- "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
- Suffocation
Capabilities
The user can erase the oxygen from surrounding environment causing respiring organism to choke and even go into cardiac arrest.
Applications
- Cough Inducement
- Death Inducement by making breathing useless.
- Fire Negation - fire can't burn without oxygen.
- Mental Hallucination - lack of oxygen can cause hallucinations.
Variations
Associations
- Air Manipulation
- Bubble Encapsulation
- Container Imprisonment
- Dark Wind Manipulation
- Drowning
- 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
- 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.
- May accidentally suffocate their allies.
Known Users
- Elena Validus (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Clayface (DC Comics)
- Zari Tomaz (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
- Red Tornado (DC)
- Meredith Gordon (Heroes); via Pyrokinesis
- Aireo (Marvel Comics) via Aerokinesis
- Toa Lewa (Bionicle)
- Toa Matau (Bionicle)
- Toa Iruini (Bionicle)
- Toa Kongu (Bionicle)
- Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Guardian ÄRM, Undine (Marchen Awakens Romance); via Bubble Encapsulation
- Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H)
- Halinor (W.I.T.C.H)
- Middle School Boy (Heroes)
- Speed (Sky High)
- Storm (Marvel Comics)
- Cloud 9/Abigail Boylen (Marvel Comics)
- Flash (DC Comics)
- Ren Akatsuki (Fairy Tail)
- August (Fairy Tail)
- Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach)
- Caesar Clown (One Piece)
- Airbenders (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
- Zaheer (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
- Delsin Rowe (InFamous: Second Son)
- Heracles (Toriko); via Destroy Breath
- Kihara Gensei (To aru Majutsu no Index/To aru Kagaku no Railgun); via the Aero Ability from Level Upper
- Michael Guerin (Roswell); via Molecular Manipulation
- Destoroyah (Godzilla series)
- Pigs (Hero 108)
- Ilya Sokoloff (Darker than Black)
- Damien Darhk (Arrow)
- Zed O'Brien (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
Known Objects
- Oxygen Destroyer (Godzilla)
- Zalkonian Warship (Star Trek: TNG)
- Apneic Beauty (TYPE-MOON)
- Gas Gas no Mi (One Piece)
Gallery
Zaheer (Avatar: The Legend of Korra) extracts the oxygen from Hou-Ting's lungs, smothering her.
Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach) turning a local area into the vacuum of space in an attempt to kill Zaraki.
Clayface (DC Comics) in the process of smothering Batman within his own body.
Zari Tomaz (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
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)
Guardian ÄRM, Undine (Marchen Awakens Romance) traps Emokis in a bubble, causing her to suffocate.
Caesar Clown (One Piece)
Apneic Beauty (TYPE-MOON) drains all oxygen inside it after 301 seconds