- "Now, we'll be right back after this word from oxygen, which Homer desperately needs to live."
- ― Baseball Announcer (The Simpsons)
- "Why you selfish little maggot. I'll suck your lungs dry."
- ― Groundskeeper Willie (The Simpsons)
The power to remove oxygen from one’s surrounding environment. Sub-power of Oxygen Manipulation and Air Absorption. Opposite to Oxygen Generation.
Also Called[]
- Asphyxiation
- Hypoxia
- Suffocation
- Oxygen Removal
Capabilities[]
The user can erase the oxygen from surrounding environment causing a respiring organism to choke and even go into cardiac arrest.
Applications[]
- Brain Damage
- Coma Inducement
- Cough Inducement
- Death Inducement via lack of breathing.
- Fire-Extinguishing Activity (Fire can't burn without oxygen.)
- Hallucination Inducement (Lack of oxygen can cause hallucinations.)
- Nausea Inducement
- Pain Inducement (Headaches)
- Unconsciousness Inducement
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Air Manipulation
- Bubble Encapsulation
- Container Imprisonment
- Some users of Fire Manipulation may apply their abilities to burn off oxygen from a small space, effectively granting them this power as well.
- Gas Manipulation
- Heat Manipulation due to air currents traveling towards a low-pressure field generated by intense heat.
- Neck Destruction
- Respiratory System Manipulation
- Smoke Manipulation
- Water Manipulation
Limitations[]
- Suffocation may take time.
- May accidentally suffocate their friends and allies.
- Could suffocate something one didn't intended to deoxygenate.
- Users of Oxygen Independence are immune.
- Oxygen Generation can counteract this power.
- Users with Enhanced Endurance or Enhanced Lung Capacity can hold their breath for long periods of time. Could defeat user in that time frame.
Known Users[]
- Damien Darhk (Arrowverse)
- Zari Tomaz (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
- Airbenders (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Monk Gyatso
- Zaheer
- Yangchen
- Elena Validus (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Toa Lewa (Bionicle)
- Toa Matau (Bionicle)
- Toa Iruini (Bionicle)
- Toa Kongu (Bionicle)
- Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach)
- Zed O'Brien (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
- Ilya Sokoloff (Darker than Black)
- Clayface (DC Comics)
- Flash (DC Comics)
- Red Tornado (DC Comics)
- Ren Akatsuki (Fairy Tail)
- August (Fairy Tail)
- Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Destoroyah (Godzilla series)
- Pigs (Hero 108)
- Meredith Gordon (Heroes); via Pyrokinesis
- Middle School Boy (Heroes)
- Delsin Rowe (InFamous: Second Son)
- Undine (Marchen Awakens Romance); via Bubble Encapsulation
- Aireo (Marvel Comics) via Aerokinesis
- Abigail Boylen/Cloud 9 (Marvel Comics)
- Storm (Marvel Comics)
- Highly Evolved Bacteria (Martin Mystery)
- Caesar Clown (One Piece)
- Volcarona (Pokémon)
- Michael Guerin (Roswell); via Molecular Manipulation
- Speed (Sky High)
- Choi Jong-In (Solo Leveling)
- Kihara Gensei (To aru Majutsu no Index/To aru Kagaku no Railgun); via the Aero Ability from Level Upper
- Heracles (Toriko); via Destroy Breath
- Halinor (W.I.T.C.H)
- Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H)
Known Objects[]
- Oxygen Destroyer (Godzilla)
- Gas Gas no Mi/Gas-Gas Fruit (One Piece)
- Zalkonian Warship (Star Trek: TNG)
- Apneic Beauty (TYPE-MOON)
Gallery[]
Zaheer (Avatar: The Legend of Korra) extracts the oxygen from Hou-Ting's lungs, smothering her.
Clayface (DCAU) in the process of smothering Batman within his own body.
Zari Tomaz (Arrowverse)
Ars Magia is an Ancient Magic that evaporates the blood and oxygen and melt the earth, August (Fairy Tail) mastered it to a degree that he can destroy an entire country, even disrupt magic.
Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Meredith Gordon (Heroes) using Fire Manipulation to consume oxygen, suffocating Claire.
Undine (Marchen Awakens Romance) traps Emokis in a bubble, causing her to suffocate.
Caesar Clown (One Piece)
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When Volcarona (Pokémon) scatters its burning ember scales, the surroundings are robbed of oxygen.
Apneic Beauty (TYPE-MOON) drains all oxygen inside it after 301 seconds