Mr. Scatterbrain (Superhero AU)

In the Superhero AU, Mr. Scatterbrain has animal shapeshifting powers and animal telepathy.

Origin Story
As a teenager, he once underwent a mysterious contagious illness that infected half of his school. He was sent to a research facility, where he underwent a series of horrific tests to find a cure. He eventually recovered from the disease, but the experiments have caused him to mutate animal parts and develop a beastly personality.

Ashamed of his appearance, he abandoned his family and spent most of his life in underground sewers to hide himself from the public. He was raised by alligators, rats, and escaped zoo animals, and had mutated the ability the shapeshift and talk to his animal friends.

He was eventually discovered by superheroes, and was taken to the facility.

Powers
Mr. Scatterbrain has over 100 animal instincts in him. Even when in human form, he still aquires an animalistic personality, even snarling a bit when he talks. He can transform into any animal in the world, including the amoeba. He can also talk to animals and command them to do tasks.

He still keeps his bright pink color for every animal he changes into, which can be helpful in having team members spot him easily, but it might cause him to stand out too much as well.

Morality and Social Interaction
Mr. Scatterbrain is naturally good and wants to help out people, but sometimes has trouble clinging onto his morality due to his animal side trying to take over him, and finds himself conflicted to consider himself a "hero". He has trouble functioning in social situations, and has rather messy habits.

While Scatterbrain is well-accepted by the facility, he often prefers to interact with his animal friends, but he is require to interact with a person at least once a day, to avoid fueling his animal side to much.

Weaknesses

 * Depends on what he transforms into, but traps, cages, nets, and tranquilizers can be easily used to capture him
 * Can be easily spotted, due to keeping his color when he shapeshifts
 * Can't talk to people in animal form
 * Can't stay as an animal for too long, otherwise he'll lose grip of his humanity