Aquatic Breathing

Aquatic Breathing
Atlanteans/Homo Mermani (Marvel Comics)
Power/Ability to:	Breathe underwater.

The power to breathe in both water and air. Sub-power of Aquatic Adaptation.

Also Called

• Amphibian Effect
• Underwater Breathing/Respiration
• Water-Breathing

Capabilities

The user can breathe in both water and air and are capable of staying underwater as long as they like and reemerge ready to breathe oxygen again.

Associations

• Amphibian Physiology
• Aquatic Adaptation
• Fish Physiology
• Gill Manifestation
• Invulnerability
• Land Adaptation
• Respiratory System Manipulation

Limitations

• May have complications when transitioning from water to air.
• Chemicals/pollutants in water may damage the lungs.
• May have a limited amount of time they can respire air or water.
• May only be able to breathe underwater.
• May be limited to certain kinds of water. Example: May only be able to breathe freshwater or only seawater.

Known Users

Comics

• Vixen (DC Comics)
• Baltorpetrideans (5 Years Later)
  • Mantabolt
• Aquatic mobians (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Atlanteans (DC Comics)
  • Aquagirl
  • Aqualad
  • Aquaman
  • Atlanna
  • Lagoon Boy
  • Mera
  • Orm/Ocean Master
• King Shark (DC Comics)
• Abe Sapien (Hellboy)
• Iara Dos Santos/Shark-Girl (Marvel Comics)
• Atlanteans/Homo Mermanus (Marvel Comics)
  • Lady Dorma
  • Princess Fen
  • Namor McKenzie/Submariner
  • Aquaria Neptunia/Namora
  • Namorita Prentiss
  • Faira Sar Namora
  • Attuma
  • Beemer
  • Meranno/U-Man
• Ai Apaec (Marvel Comics)
• Todd Arliss/Tiger Shark (Marvel Comics)
• Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Uhari (Marvel Comics)
• Super Commando Dhruva (Raj Comics)

Cartoons

• Genie (Aladdin)
• Jafar (Aladdin)
• Merliah Summers (Barbie in a Mermaid Tale)
• Piscciss Volanns (Ben 10 series)
  • Ripjaws
  • Magister Patelliday
  • Kevin 11
  • Ultimate Kevin
• Aerophibians (Ben 10 series)
  • Jetray
• Amperis (Ben 10 series)
  • Ampfibian
• Ditto (Ben 10 series)
• Pyronites (Ben 10 series)
• Big Chill (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Ultimate Big Chill (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Water Hazard (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Walkatrout (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Overflow (Ben 10 Reboot)
• Undertow (Ben 10 Reboot)
• Ultimate Aggregor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
• Various sirenas (Elena of Avalor)
  • Princess Marisa
  • Prince Marzel
• Lopaka (Flipper and Lopaka)
• Serge (Generator Rex)
• Nessies (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch)
• Mira (The Hollow)
• Nya (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Agent K (Men in Black: The Animated Series)
• Merpeople (The Little Mermaid)
• Syren (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Ladybug and Cat Noir (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir); via Aqua Form
• Sirens (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Merpups (Paw Patrol)
• Cpt. Cutler (Scooby Doo)
• Sideshow Bob (The Simpsons)
• Sea monsters (Sofia the First)
• Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (SpongeBob SquarePants)
• Jonathan Rook/Stretch Monster (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
• Xever Montes (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series); via water-breathing rig and mechanical legs
• Sirena Ong (The Venture Bros.)
• The Winx (Winx Club); via Harmonix and Sirenix
• The Trix (Winx Club); via Dark Sirenix
• Roy (Winx Club); via Trident Aura

Anime/Manga

• Pyunma/Cyborg 008 (Cyborg 009)
• Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009 (Cyborg 009)
• Guyver Units (Guyver)
• Alice (Moomin)

Video Games

• Chomper (DUSK)
• Chomper's Sons (DUSK)
• Archers (Hλlf-Life)
• Ichthyosaurs (Hλlf-Life series)
• Blue Pikmin (Pikmin)
• Fishmen (Serious Sam)
• Chaos (Sonic Adventure 2)
• Spyro (Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!)
• Noki Race (Super Mario Sunshine)
• Many Water-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
• Dratini Evolution Line (Pokémon)
  • Dratini (Pokémon)
  • Dragonair (Pokémon)
  • Dragonite (Pokémon)
• Zora Race (The Legend of Zelda Series)
• Link (Majoras Mask);via Zora Mask
• Mermaids (The Sims 3: Island Paradise)

Live Television

• Glendower Family (Haven)
  • Cole Glendower
  • Daniel Glendower
• Tidelanders (Tidelands)
• Adam Davenport (Lab Rats)
• The Deep (The Boys)
• Sirens (The Vampire Diaries)

Literature

• Percy Jackson (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)

Real Life

• All gilled animals.

Known Objects

• Neutronic Air Gum (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
• Air Charms (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Magical Seaweed (Barbie: Fairytopia)
• Underwater Breathing Rune (The Dark Artifices)
• Rebreather (Fallout: New Vegas)
• Underwater Materia (Final Fantasy VII)
• Poseidon's Trident (God of War series)
• Gillyweed (Harry Potter)
• Mind Control Device (Inside)
• King Triton's Trident (The Little Mermaid)
• Ursula's magic (The Little Mermaid)
• Water Breathing Potions (Minecraft)
• Pearl of Transformation (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Air Necklaces (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Starfire Sapphire Gem (Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic)
• Zora Tunic (The Legend of Zelda Series)
• Gills of Hamachi (Xiaolin Showdown)
• King Triton's trident (Disney's The Little Mermaid)

Gallery

Vixen (Arrowverse/DC Comics)

Dolphin (DC Comics) sustains her respiration serenely underwater.

Archers (Hλlf-Life)

Like any aquatic creature, Ichthyosaurs (Hλlf-Life series) can breathe underwater, especially if they are in the kind of water that’s found on the planet Earth.

Fishmen (One Piece)

Mermaids (One Piece)

Alex (Heroes), right, is fine underwater as Claire holds her breath.

Dillan breathing underwater

Cpt. Cutler emerges

Gillyweed (Harry Potter)

Harry Potter swallows Gillyweed in the second task of the Triwizard Tournament to grow gills and fins.

Aquatic mobians (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Air Charm (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a mystical necklace that allows air-breathing mobians to breath underwater.

Nessies (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch)

Super Commando Dhruva (Raj Comics) can breathe and even talk underwater.

Gills of Hamachi (Xiaolin Showdown) allow the user to breathe underwater plus giving the user fish-like appearance and movements

Kevin 11 (Ben 10) possesses Ripjaws' underwater breathing.

Ultimate Aggregor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)

Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)

Undertow (Ben 10 Reboot)

Piscciss Volanns (Ben 10 series)

Aerophibians (Ben 10 series)

Amperis (Ben 10 series)

Ditto (Ben 10 series)

Pyronites (Ben 10 series)

Big Chill (Ben 10: Alien Force)

Ultimate Big Chill (Ben 10: Alien Force)

Water Hazard (Ben 10: Alien Force)

Overflow (Ben 10 Reboot)

Marina (Stingray)

Using Poseidon's trident, Kratos (God of War series) can swim and breathe underwater indefinitely.

The Mariner (Waterworld) can breathe underwater, thanks to a set of gills behind his ears.

Sea monsters (Sofia the First)

Atlanteans (DC Comics)

Tritonians (DC Comics)

SeaWings (Wings of Fire)

Godzilla (Godzilla) can survive on land and water.

Pearl of Transformation (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), a magical pearl that can transform hippogriffs and ponies to seaponies and various land creatures to various sea creatures.

Sirens (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Xever Montes (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)

Flora, Bloom, Stella, Musa, Tecna, and Aisha (Winx Club) can all breathe underwater while in their Harmonix and Sirenix forms.

Princess Marisa (Elena of Avalor)

Guyver Units (Guyver)

In addition to being adaptive to both surface and aquatic environments, Fishmen (Serious Sam) can breathe underwater, as well as breathe outside it.

The Deep (The Boys)

Hulk (Marvel Comics)

Jonathan Rook/Stretch Monster (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)

Alice (Moomin)