The power to breathe in both water and air. Sub-power of Aquatic Adaptation. Variation of Non-Standard Breathing. Opposite to Lava Breathing.
Also Called[]
- Amphibious Breathing
- Aquatic/Amphibious Respiration
- Amphibian Effect
- Breathing/Breathe Underwater
- Submari (The Lorien Legacies)
- Underwater Breathing/Capabilities/Respiration/Survivability
- 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.
Applications[]
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Chemicals/pollutants in water may damage the user's respiratory system.
- They can still suffocate in oxygen-deprived water unless they are also Oxygen Independent.
- May only be able to breathe underwater. Thus, they have complications when transitioning from water to air and have a limited amount of time they can respire air or water.
- May be limited to certain kinds of water. Example: May only be able to breathe freshwater or only seawater.
- The pressure of the water can be a problem unless the user is immune to it.
- May only be temporary.
Known Users[]
See Also: Artificial Gill
Comics
- Aquarus (Invincible)
- Vixen (DC Comics)
- Atlanteans (DC Comics)
- King Shark (DC Comics)
- Abe Sapien (Hellboy)
- Aquatic Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- Iara Dos Santos/Shark-Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Samuel "Sammy" Pare/Squid-Boy (Marvel Comics)
- Atlanteans/Homo Mermanus (Marvel Comics)
- Ai Apaec (Marvel Comics)
- Todd Arliss/Tiger Shark (Marvel Comics)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Uhari (Marvel Comics)
- Super Commando Dhruva (Raj Comics)
Cartoons
- Dragons (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Jake Long
- Genie (Disney's Aladdin)
- Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)
- Princess Merliah (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)
- Necrofriggians (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien/Omniverse)
- Big Chill
- Ultimate Big Chill
- Orishans (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien/Omniverse)
- Water Hazard
- Ultimate Aggregor
- Walkatrout (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Cascans (Ben 10 Reboot)
- Overflow
- Undertow
- Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Various sirenas (Elena of Avalor)
- Princess Marisa
- Prince Marzel
- Mooncake (Final Space)
- Lopaka (Flipper and Lopaka)
- Serge (Generator Rex)
- Nessies (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch)
- Mira (The Hollow)
- Nya (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); While Merged with the Endless Sea
- Agent K (Men in Black: The Animated Series)
- 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)
- Randy Cunningham (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja)
- Cpt. Cutler (Scooby Doo)
- Mermista (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Sideshow Bob (The Simpsons)
- Marina (Snow White's Happily Ever After)
- 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
- Irma Lair (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Sea monsters (Luca)
- Lagoona Blue (Monster High)
- Pinkfong (Pinkfong & Baby Shark)
- Various penguins (Pororo The Little Penguin)
- Darwin Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Guyver Unit Hosts (Bio-Booster Armor Guyver)
- Sho Fukamachi/Guyver I
- Agito Makishima/Guyver III
- Umi, Sora and Ruka (Children of the Sea)
- Pyunma/Cyborg 008 (Cyborg 009)
- Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009 (Cyborg 009)
- Various aquatic Digimon (Digimon)
- Fish-Men (One Piece)
- Merfolk (One Piece)
- Alice (Moomin)
Video Games
- Achatina (Ark: Survivar Evolved)
- Seirus (AFK Arena)
- Chomper (New Blood Interactive's DUSK)
- Chomper's Sons (New Blood Interactive's DUSK)
- Argonians (The Elder Scrolls)
- Archers (Hλlf-Life); Cut
- Ichthyosaurs (Hλlf-Life series)
- Blue Pikmin (Pikmin)
- Fishmen (Serious Sam); Cut
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Spyro (Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!)
- Noki Race (Super Mario Sunshine)
- Water-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Dratini Evolution Line (Pokémon)
- Dratini (Pokémon)
- Dragonair (Pokémon)
- Dragonite (Pokémon)
- Sebastian Solace (Pressure)
- Zora Race (The Legend of Zelda Series)
- Link (Majoras Mask);via Zora Mask
- Mermaids (The Sims 3: Island Paradise)
- Princess of Gentlehaven; via a magic spell (Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey)
- Vela (Jet Force Gemini); cybernetic lungs
- Fishface (Roblox: Survive and Kill the Killers in Area 51)
Literature
- Aquarians (The Crystal Chronicles)
- SeaWings (Wings of Fire)
- Percy Jackson (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)
- Number Seven (Lorien Legacies)
Live Television/Movies
- Glendower Family (Haven)
- Merfolk/Merpeople (Siren 2018)
- Tidelanders (Tidelands)
- Adam Davenport (Lab Rats)
- The Deep (The Boys)
- Sirens (The Vampire Diaries)
- Various Supernatural Beings (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals/Legacies)
- Miss Eglantine Price (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
- Professor Emelius Browne (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
- Charlie Rawlins (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
- Carrie Rawlins (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
- Paul Rawlins (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
- Super-Soldiers (The X-Files Mythology)
Web Comics/Original
- SCP-169 - The Leviathan (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3700-1 - HOMER (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3700-2 - ANGIE (SCP Foundation)
- Umi Watters (Shark Girl Umi)
Other
- Gali (BIONICLE); via Kanohi Kaukau
- Toa Mahri (BIONICLE)
Known Objects[]
- Artificial gills (Various Media)
- Neutronic Air Gum (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
- Magical Seaweed (Barbie: Fairytopia)
- Kanohi Kaukau (BIONICLE)
- 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 (Disney's The Little Mermaid)
- Ursula's magic (The Little Mermaid)
- Water Breathing Potions (Minecraft)
- Conduit (Minecraft)
- Air Necklace (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Air Charms (Archie's 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)
- Milagra seaweed (Elena of Avalor)
Gallery[]
Ironically, Pyronites (Ben 10 series) are able to breathe underwater, despite being fire-based aliens.
In ghost form, Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) has been seen breathing and talking underwater. It is possible that he does not need to breathe at while in ghost form.
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.
Harry Potter swallows Gillyweed in the second task of the Triwizard Tournament to grow gills and fins.
Air Charm (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a mystical necklace that allows air-breathing mobians to breath underwater.
Gills of Hamachi (Xiaolin Showdown) allow the user to breathe underwater plus giving the user fish-like appearance and movements
Flora, Bloom, Stella, Musa, Tecna, and Aisha (Winx Club) can all breathe underwater while in their Harmonix and Sirenix forms.
In addition to being adaptive to both surface and aquatic environments, Fishmen (Serious Sam) can breathe underwater, as well as breathe outside it.
The Ninja Suit (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja) allows Randy to breathe and talk underwater for an unlimited amount of time to fight monsters' underwater plans save people.
Adam Davenport (Lab Rats) has a passive ability to breathe underwater for an extend amount of time. It is part of his bionic Super Strength properties and is unique to him, as he's surprised to hear Bree & Chase cannot do this.
A Mermaid man (The Sims 3: Island Paradise) freely breathing underwater. The Merfolk race in the game can fully breath underwater too.
Milagra seaweed (Elena of Avalor) not only turn humans into sirenas, but also allows underwater respiration.