Cetacean Physiology

Cetacean Physiology
Grace Balin/Orca (DC Comics)
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of cetaceans.

"Never trust a species that grins all the time. It's up to something."

― Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much — the wheel, New York, wars and so on — whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man — for precisely the same reasons."

― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), Chapter 23

Power to use the abilities of cetaceans. Variation of Mammalian Physiology and Ungulate Physiology.

Also Called

• Cetacean Body/Form/Manifestation/Mimicry

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can mimic/transform into cetaceans, including whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Applications

• Cold Immunity
• Decelerated Aging
• Dermal Armor
• Echolocation
• Enhanced Endurance
• Enhanced Hearing
• Enhanced Lung Capacity
• Enhanced Strength
• Pressure Resistance
• Speed Swimming

Variations

• Mysticeti Physiology (baleen whales): Supernatural Strength
• Odontoceti Physiology (toothed whales): Enhanced Bite, Speed Swimming
  • Delphinoidea Physiology (dolphins): Enhanced Leap, Speed Swimming, Enhanced Intelligence, Enhanced Vision
  • Monodontidae Physiology (belugas and narwhals):
    • Killer whale/Orca Physiology: Enhanced Bite, Predator Instinct, Speed Swimming
  • Sperm Whale Physiology: Supernatural Strength, Wax Generation

Mythical Cetaceans:

• Bahamut Physiology
• Bake-Kujira Physiology: Curse Inducement, Skeleton Physiology, Spirit Physiology
• Encantado Physiology
• Leviathan Physiology
• Whales
  • Trolual Physiology: Supernatural Strength, Unnatural Size

Associations

• Animal Imitation
• Animal Morphing
• Mammal Manipulation
• Mammal Transmutation
• Mammalian Physiology
  • Ungulate Physiology

Cetaceans are associated with a great number of mystical and supernatural abilities in mythology and folklore, thus a user with this power may have access to: Musical Empathy, Size Manipulation, Sound Manipulation, Transcendent Physiology, Water Manipulation

• Orcas: Astral Manipulation, Astral Projection, Cosmic Awareness, Guardianship, Healing, Soulmate Connection

Known Users

See Also: Dolphins Dolphins Everywhere.

Folklore/Mythology

• Leviathan (Abrahamic Religions)

Cartoons

• Moby Lick (Street Sharks)
• Phineas Porpoise (My Gym Partner's a Monkey)
• Pearl Krabs (SpongeBob SquarePants)
• Charleston (Totally Spies)
• Dr. Blowhole (The Penguins of Madagascar)
• Mariposas (Elena of Avalor)
• Flipper (Flipper and Lopaka)
• Ultra (Flipper and Lopaka)
• Delta (Flipper and Lopaka)
• Ultra and Delta's father (Flipper and Lopaka)
• Ultra and Delta's mother (Flipper and Lopaka)
• Buster (Kenny the Shark)
• Winston (The Save-Ums!)
• Anthropomorphic cetaceans (Almost Naked Animals)
  • Narwhal
• The Fin (The Tick: The Animated Series)

Comics

• Mobian cetaceans (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Echo the Dolphin
  • Akhlut the Orca
• The Dolphin (DC Comics)
• Grace Balin/Orca (DC Comics)
• Space Dolphins (DC Comics)
• Sachi (Extinctioners)
• Orka (Marvel Comics)

Movies

• Kujira Gami (Kujira Gami)
• Mr. Big the Whale (Meet the Feebles)

Literature

• Users of Bottlenose Dolphin morph (Animorphs)
  • Ax
  • Jake Berenson
  • Cassie
  • Marco
  • Rachel
  • Tobias
• David (Animorphs)
• Moby Dick (Moby-Dick)

Manga/Anime

• Choe Neng Poww (Bleach)
• God (Denma); via muscle memory
• Guardian ÄRM, Fastitocalon (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Guardian ÄRM, Moby Dick (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Gang Orca/Kuugo Sakamata (My Hero Academia)
• Kai Mikawa (Seto no Hanayome)
• Sadina (Rising of the Shield Hero)

Live Television

• Flipper (Flipper)
• Vixens (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
  • Anaya Jiwe
  • Mari McCabe

Video Games

• Dolphmon (Digimon)
• Whamon (Digimon)
• Orca the Killer Whale (Donkey Kong Jungle Beat)
• Dolphins (Ecco the Dolphin)
• Kyogre (Pokémon)
• Lanturn (Pokémon)
• Vaporeon (Pokémon)
• Wailmer (Pokémon)
• Wailord (Pokémon)
• Flip Wreck (Skylanders series)
• Thumpback (Skylanders Giants)
• Dolphins (Super Mario World)
• Delphinus (Valkyrie Crusade)

Gallery

Ecco (Ecco the Dolphin)

Echo the Dolphin (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a mobian dolphin.

Akhlut the Orca (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a mobian orca.

Sachi (Extinctioners), a humanimalian orca.

Flip Wreck (Skylanders series)

Thumpback (Skylanders Giants)

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Delphinus (Valkyrie Crusade) is a dolphin mermaid.

Phineas Porpoise (My Gym Partner's a Monkey)

Pinochion’s Guardian ÄRM, Fastitocalon (Marchen Awakens Romance) takes the form of a giant six-eyed whale.

Pearl Krabs (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Moby Lick (Street Shark)

Charleston (Totally Spies)

Dr. Blowhole (The Penguins of Madagascar)

The Dolphin (DC Comics)

Orca (DC Comics)

Fishy (DC Comics), a Space Dolphin who served as the assistant to Archbishop Lobo of the First Celestial Church of the Triple Fish-God.

Choe Neng Poww (Bleach) becomes a skyscraper sized whale-like creature in his released form, Calderon.

Amaya Jiwe/Vixen (Arrowverse/DC Comics)

As a Sakamata (Orca Beast-man subspecies), Sadina (Rising of the Shield Hero) can transform into a humanoid killer whale.

The Fin (The Tick: The Animated Series)