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* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Monsoon II nearly drowned Tim when she used her abilities to suddenly move several pools worth of water into a Bludhaven alleyway, he'd have died if he hadn't been accompanied by [[ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}} magic using allies]] at the time.

For this SubTrope of ElementalPowers, you attack with the stuff that makes up 60% of your body mass, covers 70% of the Earth's surface, and falls from the sky on a regular basis: '''[[color:navy:water]]'''. Just plain old reliable water. It may not scream "[[StuffBlowingUp explosive devastation]]" like [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] do, but you can't trump water's versatility and availability. Flood 'em, drown 'em, [[IceMagicIsWater frost]] 'em, steam 'em, wash 'em, whatever. And no, we don't use that water to [[HealingHands heal someone]], that's for the WhiteMage. Use it to ''kill'' someone! (Although in many cases, water is used as a healing element.)

In a FourTemperamentEnsemble, such a character is normally Phlegmatic (except in the case of a PowerStereotypeFlip). When it overlaps with FourElementEnsemble, the bearer is normally [[WaterIsWomanly female]].

* ''Webcomic/DestinyIntertwined'': Water is the youngest hybrid element, having originated from the crossing of Fire and Ice. Its breath form manifests as a stream of water that batters targets or, at very high mastery, can outright pressure-cut, while its manipulation allows for the creation of shields of water around oneself or others. Water dragons who live mainly underwater tends to develop manipulation first and the breath second, in an inversion of how other dragons manifest these powers, and use their manipulation to control existing water around themselves.

* One of Mirabel's abilities in ''Fanfic/JustAddWaterAkelaVictoire'' is hydrokinesis, even being able to freeze it on command.
* In ''Fanfic/KeepersOfTheElements'', Bridgette has this as a power, along with [[AnIcePerson ice]].

* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Misty, like other Water Heart bloodliners, can use Water-type Pokémon moves. Water Heart bloodliners can also [[SuperSwimmingSkills swim very well]], [[SuperNotDrowningSkills breathe underwater]], and [[RequiredSecondaryPowers withstand inhuman pressures]]. To top it all off, they can communicate with Water Pokémon and even control their minds.
* Discussed in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45173524/chapters/118987564#workskin Pretty Cure Jungle Trip]]''; [[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Lala]] is impressed that [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Setsuna]] is such a good diver despite not having water powers. She is promptly shown up by an actual water-based Cure, [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Laura]].
* In ''Fanfic/{{Raindancer}}'', Izuku's Quirk, "Liquid Body", allows him to produce, manipulate, [[ElementalShapeshifting and become]] water at will.
%%* ''Fanfic/RidingTheWaves'': Hayden [[spoiler: and Kai]].

* Discussed in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45173524/chapters/118987564#workskin Pretty Cure Jungle Trip]]''; [[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Lala]] is impressed that [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Setsuna]] is such a good diver despite not having water powers. She is promptly shown up by an actual water-based Cure, [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Laura]).

* Discussed in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45173524/chapters/118987564#workskin Pretty Cure Jungle Trip]]''; [[Anime/StsrTwinklePrettyCure Lala]] is impressed that [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Setsuna]] is such a good diver despite not having water powers. She is promptly shown up by an actual water-based Cure, [[Anime/TropicaRougePrettyCure Laura]).

%%* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': Gi.

* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Amira Chadid, a rookie witch at the evil WizardingSchool Myth/TheScholomance and a member of Lily's cruel clique, specializes in water magic. The protagonist Emily learns this when Amira pulls water out of her canteens and wraps it around her (Emily's) face so she can't breathe, then leaves her to die.

* In the fourth ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film, one of Xiao Shen Long's powers, the Gushing Faucet, has him creating a huge dragon out of water.

* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' himself doesn't have any abilities that influence water itself, per se, but his wife, Mera, could control it to the point of a GreenLanternRing, as could the destructive denizen of Sub Diego, the Eel. There's also his little buddy Aqualad, currently Tempest, whose magic powers grant him elemental control over water.

* ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'' features a Chinese inspired dragon as the Great Protector, which fittingly uses water based powers instead of the usual more common fire. She draws water from a lake as she is fighting.

* There was a short Sci-Fi story where a worker at a salvage yard used a portable [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cutter Water Jet Cutter]] to dismember his attacker.
* Water Lily, aka Jane Doe, in ''Literature/WildCards'' is able to control water [[spoiler:in lethal ways. She once sucks out the water out of a person.]]
* Creator/SergeyLukyanenko and Creator/NickPerumov's ''Literature/WrongTimeForDragons'' has the Water Clan, one of the four Elemental clans in the Middle World, whose mages are very adept at using water magic in a deadly manner. In their first appearance, they ambush and kill several experienced Air mages during their Hour of Power (each Element has a time of day when it's the strongest). Two are killed when the Water mages begin to manipulate the water in the Air mages' bodies, and one is killed by a water whip, which slices him in half. They can also create water {{golem}}s that cannot be stopped by conventional means (steel weapons simply pass through the water, while rusting and crumbling). It's not a surprise that the Water Clan is the most powerful at the time the story takes place. They also use it for peaceful means, especially in their capital city of Hundred Fields, which is full of beautiful fountains, canals, and water mirrors.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}: Kai's sister Nya is revealed in Season 5 to be the Elemental Master of Water. After undergoing training, Nya can shoot jets of water at the enemy, make it rain, and manipulate existing sources of water, which allows her to defeat the Preeminent. [[spoiler:She can also become the [[ElementalEmbodiment very embodiment of the ocean]] by merging with the Endless Sea, though doing so comes at the cost of her humanity and forces her to say goodbye to her friends until they are able to restore her by temporarily taking away her powers.]]

* ''Literature/LostVoices'': While the mermaid Luce practices singing, trying to train her voice to do something besides [[SirensAreMermaids kill people]], she discovers that when she sings a certain way, she can make waves rise out of the water and move the way she wants. Catarina says that she's never seen anyone with that gift except for Marina, who was Catarina's queen when she lived off the coast of Russia.

* ''Literature/LostVoices'': While the mermaid Luce practices singing, trying to train her voice to do something besides [[MermaidsAreSirens kill people]], she discovers that when she sings a certain way, she can make waves rise out of the water and move the way she wants. Catarina says that she's never seen anyone with that gift except for Marina, who was Catarina's queen when she lived off the coast of Russia.

* The Fantasy trilogy ''Chronicles of the Raven'' has a wonderful example where three-dimensional mages open a gate to a dimension made entirely of water and use it to flood a whole valley of invaders.

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