- "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)