The power to breathe in both water and air. Sub-power of Aquatic Adaptation.
Also Called
- Amphibian Effect
- Underwater Breathing/Respiration
- Waterbreathing
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
- Land Adaptation
- Respiratory System Manipulation
Limitations
- May have complications when transitioning from water to air.
- Chemicals/pollutants in water may damage lungs.
- May have a limited amount of time they can respire air or water.
Known Users
Comics
- Aquatic mobians (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Atlanteans (DC Comics)
- King Shark (DC Comics)
- Iara Dos Santos/Shark-Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Atlanteans/Homo Mermanus (Marvel Comics)
- Ai Apaec (Marvel Comics)
- Todd Arliss/Tiger Shark (Marvel Comics)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Uhari (Marvel Comics)
- Abe Sapien (Hellboy)
- Super Commando Dhruva (Raj Comics)
Cartoons
- Ripjaws (Ben 10)
- Kevin 11 (Ben 10)
- Ditto (Ben 10)
- Big Chill (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Ultimate Big Chill (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Water Hazard (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Aerophibians (Ben 10 AF, UA)
- Jetray
- Amperis (Ben 10 AF, UA)
- AmpFibian
- Walkatrout (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Overflow (Ben 10 Reboot)
- Sirens (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Cpt. Cutler (Scooby Doo)
- Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy (Spongebob Squarepants)
- Nya (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Sideshow Bob (The Simpsons)
- Harmonix and Sirenix Fairies (Winx Club)
- Genie (Disney's Aladdin)
- Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)
- Merpeople (Disney's The Little Mermaid); via King Triton's trident and Ursula's magic
- Ariel
- King Triton
- Melody; via Ursula's magic
- Ursula
- Nessies (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch)
- Fish mane (Mane-online)
- Serge (Generator Rex)
- Merliah Summers (Barbie in a Mermaid Tale)
- Sea monsters (Sofia the First)
- Stretch Monster (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
- Sirena Ong (The Venture Bros.)
- Xever Montes (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series); via water-breathing rig and mechanical legs
- Syren (Miraculous Ladybug)
- Ladybug and Cat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug); via Aqua Form
- Mira (The Hollow)
- Lopaka (Flipper and Lopaka)
Anime/Manga
- Pyunma/Cyborg 008 (Cyborg 009)
- Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009 (Cyborg 009)
Video Games
- Blue Pikmin (Pikmin)
- Mermaids (The Sims 3: Island Paradise)
Live Television
Known Objects
- Underwater Materia (Final Fantasy VII)
- Underwater Breathing Rune (The Dark Artifices)
- Gillyweed (Harry Potter)
- Air Necklaces (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Gills of Hamachi (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Air Charm (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Poseidon's trident (God of War series)
- Magical Seaweed (Barbie: Fairytopia)
- Rebreather (Fallout: New Vegas)
- Mind Control Device (Inside)
- Water Breathing Potions (Minecraft)
- Starfire Sapphire Gem (Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic)
- Pearl of Transformation (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Neutronic Air Gum (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
- King Triton's trident (Disney's The Little Mermaid)
- Ursula's magic (Disney's The Little Mermaid)
Gallery
Dolphin (DC Comics) sustains her respiration serenely underwater.
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 Hedegog), a mystical necklaces that allows air-breathing mobians to breath underwater.
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Nessies (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch)
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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
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
Sirens (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
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.
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.