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9	->''"His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth."''
10	-->-- '''[[Literature/BookOfJob Job 41:21]]''', ''Literature/TheBible'' (describing [[KrakenAndLeviathan Leviathan]])
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12	Myth and folklore are replete with [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] and other creatures spewing [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [[PoisonIsCorrosive corrosive venom]], [[DeadlyGas noxious gases]], energy beams, [[ShockAndAwe lightning]], and other exotic and catastrophic exhalations from their mouth. More modern media have applied the motif to fantastic beasties, {{Kaiju}}, creatures from alien worlds, mutants, [[ZombiePukeAttack zombies]], and even the occasional robot, and expanded the effects to encompass [[PurpleProse blazing beams of coruscant annihilation]]. In other words, [[BuffySpeak bright things coming from the mouths of big things that can destroy other things]].
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14	Classically a trait of creatures that are, at least physically, animalistic -- no matter how [[TalkingAnimal erudite and noble]] they may be. When ''humanoids'' vomit destruction from their mouths, they almost always have at least a hint of corruption or, at best, atavism about them. According to anthropologist David D. Gilmore, this is because of the mouth's symbolism as the organ of predation, evoking one mankind's [[PrimalFear primal fears of what used to hunt them]]. Given that a human being's only experience with oral expulsions is usually spit or vomit (or in the case of certain snakes, venom), it may then follow that anything coming out of the mouth is unpleasant. Whatever the reason, it's right up there with GlowingEyesOfDoom as a surefire sign of [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman inhumanity]]. ''Heroes'' will generally [[HandBlast emit blasts of destruction from their palms]] [[EyeBeams or their eyes instead]] (though villains can do that too). This is also why, in PrimateVersusReptile stories, the reptile is more likely to have the Breath Weapon than the primate.
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16	A number of Breath Weapons are especially common:
17	[[index]]
18	* {{Acid\|Attack}}: While not strictly a ''breath'' weapon per se, [[SuperSpit acidic spit]] is often included in lists of breath weapons. A more breath-based version also exists where a character breathes out a cloud of corrosive mist instead.
19	* [[CastingAShadow Darkness]]: Common among [[AlwaysChaoticEvil traditionally evil creatures]] like demons, this breath weapon usually manifests as semi-solid shadows, dark clouds of smoke, [[TechnicolorFire unnaturally colored fire]], or, ironically, beams of dark-colored "light". In cases of [[TheCorruption corrupted]] creatures, expect to see them use variations of their natural breath weapons, but shaded in the [[GoodColorsEvilColors designated "evil" colors]] of the setting.
20	* [[DishingOutDirt Earth]]: The ability to launch {{sand\|Blaster}} or rock particulates with deadly force. Common for desert-dwelling or subterranean monsters. The blast can come in a large column that can crush or tear targets apart or a concentrated stream that carves through materials in its path. Rapid-fire sharpened [[GemstoneAssault crystal shards]] and [[ExtraOreDinary metal "bullets"]] are common variations of the attack. Sometimes combines with [[PlayingWithFire fire]] to produce blasts of [[MagmaMan lava]] breath. [[MakingASplash Water]] can also mix to make sticky mud or quick drying concrete as is a common ability for swamp monsters.
21	* [[PureEnergy Energy]]: Breathing vaguely-defined "energy" is common in more exotic or mystical creatures. While [[PowerGlows glowing beams or balls]] are most common, this breath is such an esoteric idea that it can take on many forms, including those of other breath weapons. However it looks, it will always be noted as unique from any other breath and has no obligation to behave as what its current shape would suggest. Examples include [[MagicFire "fire"]] that doesn't burn or "lightning" that can bend to chase down a target. Often said to be related to [[LifeEnergy lifeforce]], [[SoulPower spirit]], [[KiManipulation ki energy]], and/or [[{{Mana}} magical energy]] in some manner.
22	* [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]: The archetypal and most iconic breath weapon, fire is almost obligatory for [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons and related creatures]], although anyone with well-developed fire powers may also demonstrate this ability. In particularly extreme cases, the breath may take the form of a beam or an [[FireBalls explosive ball]] of plasma that is much more destructive than normal flame.
23	* [[AnIcePerson Ice]]: Another common breath weapon, ice is often included as a direct inversion of the popular fire breath. The most common form is a gale of icy air that freezes everything it touches, but volleys of icy shards are not unheard of. Beams of "coldness energy" that produce [[InstantIceJustAddCold mass volumes of ice on contact]] are fairly common variations of these attacks.
24	* {{Light\|EmUp}}: Light, when focused into a point or narrow beam, can be a very destructive force. Light-based breath weapons consequently manifest in the form of lasers, although more diffuse radiance can also prove effective against creatures that are WeakenedByTheLight.
25	* [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]]: While also not a breath-based ability in the strictest sense, characters and creatures with strong enough ties to electricity are known to spit lightning bolts.
26	* {{Poison\|ousPerson}}: Like acid, [[PoisonIsCorrosive which may or may not be treated as the same exact thing]], poison-based breath weapons can come both as jets of toxic liquid and as clouds of noxious gases.
27	* [[AtomicSuperpower Radiation]]: Made famous by the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King of the Monsters himself]], this is the ability to launch blasts of focused high-intensity radiation or radioactive plasma. As radiation is often poorly understood by the general public beyond being seen as dangerous and does not conform to the traditional elements, this ability is usually reserved for monsters with a particular "otherness" to them. Most common with artificially created monsters (especially those [[NuclearMutant mutated by exposure to radiation]]) and extraterrestrials.
28	* {{S\|uperSmoke}}moke: While often seen as a byproduct of [[PlayingWithFire fire breath]], smoke can be an effective weapon in and of itself. As a support ability, smoke can be expelled in large volumes to [[SmokeOut obscure the target's vision]] or suffocate those who can't escape the area in time. Less commonly, smoke itself can be directly damaging: either by burning the target with suspended superheated ash, poisoning with toxic particulates, or [[RuleOfCool somehow]] impacting with concussive force.
29	* [[SuperScream Sound]]: Some creatures and characters are capable of roaring, howling, shouting or otherwise vocalizing with sufficient volume to employ their voices as effective sonic weapons.
30	* [[MakingASplash Water]]: An ability often suited to an aquatic creature; indeed, many [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Eastern dragons in particular]] will likely have one due to their association with water. It often takes the form of a water spray similar to that from a hose or a concentrated blast similar to a high-pressure water cutter. A variant may even combine this with [[PlayingWithFire fire]] to launch ''boiling'' water or superheated steam.
31	* [[BlowYouAway Wind]]: Making the "breath" part quite literal, this ability weaponizes [[SuperBreath exhalation]]. A creature need only take a deep breath before unleashing a gale-force blast of air that might as well be a localized tornado in form and destructive power. "Bullets" of compressed air or flurries of [[RazorWind cutting wind blades]] are less extreme alternatives as is inhalation producing a [[VacuumMouth consuming vortex]].
32	[[/index]]
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34	Typically, any given character or creature only has one breath weapon. Multiple ones per person are very rare, and usually indicate that the user is special in some way. The primary exception are [[MultipleHeadCase many-headed creatures]]; in these cases, it's common for each head to have a different breath weapon.
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36	A particular type of StreetPerformer or member of TheFreakshow -- known variously as a "fire-breather" or a "fire-eater" -- uses the magician's sleight-of-hand to appear to do this. Such examples can go on this page as well, since such tricks can be extremely dangerous for both performer and audience.
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38	Compare BlowGun, BoozeFlamethrower, EyeBeams, NasalWeapon, SuperScream, SuperSpit, and SuperBreath. See also ThroatLight and HandBlast.
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40	Contrast AttackTheMouth.
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42	!!Example subpages:
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44	[[index]]
45	* BreathWeapon/AnimeAndManga
46	* BreathWeapon/{{Literature}}
47	* BreathWeapon/TabletopGames
48	* BreathWeapon/VideoGames
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52	!!Examples:
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56	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
57	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': The ice monster in Season 2 episode 11 and Penguin Monster in episode 40 of the same season both have ice breath.
58	* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': As the Mechablaster, [=MechaBot=] shoots blue lasers from his mouth.
59	* ''Animation/MotuPatlu'': In "Dragon Motu", Motu consumes a fire-breath capsule invented by Dr. Jhatka and gains the ability to breathe fire. He uses this ability to attack John the Don and his minions when he and Patlu run into them.
60	* ''Animation/YamuchasKungFuAcademy'': In episode 4, Jubby breathes fire as Nao fights her in her dream.
61	* Kube from ''Animation/YoYoMan'' is able to breathe fire, befitting his dragon-like appearance.
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64	[[folder:Comic Books]]
65	* ''ComicBook/AlanFord'': The supervillain Superciuk [[note]]which means something like "Superdrunk" or maybe "Superalkie"[[/note]] uses his high-proof breath to put his opponents into an alcoholic coma. At full power he can turn honey to black cherry, destroy clothing and burn down anything remotely burnable.
66	* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
67	** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': The villain Fright can exhale fear toxin.
68	** ''ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}'': Etrigan the demon breathes {{Hellfire}} from his mouth. It tends to function as normal, extremely hot fire, flames that burn one's soul, and infernal fires that destroy pure evil beings. It is of course, magical in nature.
69	** ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': The Red Lanterns have the ability to expel blasts of burning plasma from their mouths. Most Red Lanterns use this as their primary form of attack. Not only does it deal a lot of damage, it also destroys Green Lantern constructs.
70	** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': Bea da Costa aka Fire originally had the ability to breathe a jet of green fire, before the metagene bomb in ''[[Comicbook/InvasionDCComics Invasion!]]'' gave her full-on WreathedInFlames (but still green).
71	** ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': A rare example of a human with a Breath Weapon, but no "taint": Fire Lad, can breathe (and sneeze) fire. (Too bad he also has a raging set of allergies.)
72	** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Supergirl has freezing breath and hurricane breath.
73	*** In [[ComicBook/Supergirl1972 her first self-named series]], Kara uses her freezing breath to put out a burning meteorite (''Supergirl'' #4). And in ''Supergirl'' #7, she soaks two super-strong cavemen and then petrifies them in ice with a blast of super-cold breath.
74	*** ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 Supergirl Volume 2]]'': In #23, Linda uses her hurricane breath to push bystanders away the battlefield.
75	*** ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Supergirl Vol. 5]]'': In #34, Supergirl fights a flame-spewing griffon. When it belches out flames on her, Kara retaliates with her freezing breath.
76	*** ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'': As a [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern]], Supergirl can, like other Red Lanterns, spew corrosive plasma.
77	*** ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'': Kara uses her super-icy breath to freeze the fist of a train hijacker who tried to punch her.
78	*** Being Supergirl's opposite clone, ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}} breathes fire.
79	*** Being an alternate universe version of the aforementioned Supergirl, ComicBook/PowerGirl also possesses super breath. She's used it to [[https://imgur.com/a/ZoVsLBB ice her way out of restraints]], [[https://imgur.com/a/lkJzbHf freeze and destroy a seemingly indestructible monster]], [[https://imgur.com/a/Vq5xqOA and reveal a cloaked base by covering it in ice]] and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TrollXComics/comments/azlgfm/power_girl_casually_deals_with_a_flasher_power/ give an unwanted chill to a guy who made the mistake of flashing her]].
80	** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
81	*** Superman has arctic breath (essentially gusts of supercooled air which freeze things in their path) and [[EyeBeams heat vision]]; as a counter to these, Bizarro has "freeze vision" and "heat breath", which is a nice way of saying that he breathes fire.
82	*** Superman also has heat breath, although he seldom uses it. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'' Superman blasts a super-villain with a blow of super-heated air when they fight in the Fortress.
83	*** Superman (and, of course, all other Kryptonians and Daxamites) also possess hurricane breath; that is, they can create and direct gale-force winds simply by exhaling, without the winds necessarily being freezing cold. Pre-Crisis, Superman and Supergirl had such precise control over this power that it basically became {{telekinesis}}.
84	*** ''Comicbook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'': Supes uses his hurricane breath to blow Spidey away from a booby-trapped computer.
85	*** ''Comicbook/SupermanBrainiac'': Superman uses his freezing breath to encase Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} in ice before ramming him.
86	*** ''Comicbook/WarWorld'': Superman deflects a cluster of K-tipped missiles with a tight-focus blast of his hurricane breath.
87	*** Doomsday eventually develops the ability to breathe fire.
88	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The chimera and hydra both breath fire.
89	* ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'': In #19, the Japanese army frees a frozen dragon that can breath fire which the hope to use as a weapon.
90	* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'': Played with. Sliding up the scale, Iron and Copper dragons have fairly generic elemental breath weapons, usually fire. Golden dragons are renowned for having completely random breath weapons, which are affected by their magical auras as well. At the top of the peak, Platinum dragons don't have breath weapons at all, but rather "ether vents", which are essentially small points on their bodies that effortlessly channel destructive levels of magic (when used to attack, WordOfGod has compared them to Franchise/StarTrek ship phasers.)
91	* ''ComicBook/KaijuDayz'': Big Mama and her son Junior can breath streams of flame, with the former's being orange and the latter's blue.
92	* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
93	** ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': In the "Age of Khonshu" story arc, the Jennifer Walters version of the Hulk was able to breathe out a beam of gamma rays to knock out the mummies imprisoning Dr. Strange and other heroes. This is fitting as Jennifer had been altered by a dying Celestial and is now a huge, brutish mutate that uses HulkSpeak.
94	** ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': The Rider can breathe {{Hellfire}} and shoot chains from his mouth.
95	** ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Fin Fang Foom is a firebreather of sorts. He blows out gas that can be ignited.
96	** ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'': Doctor Doom can exhale toxic/corrosive fumes as part of his transformation. Apparently, it's based on the fact that his now-useless organs are ''rotting into mush inside his body''.
97	** ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' has member Chamber able to breathe out a blast of energy. Too bad it also did a number on his lower jaw. This turns out to be caused by him undergoing an incomplete transformation into an energy being.
98	* ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'': Imperial class [[AliensAreBastards Evronians]] grow a secondary head on a tail they use to talk, while their "original" head can now shoot blasts of highly-damaging energy. Usually at the expense of [[SurroundedByIdiots incompetent officers]].
99	* ''ComicBook/RichieRich'': The Onion uses onion breath as his weapon, even making it powerful enough to destroy walls.
100	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'': Megatron, seemingly spontaneously, develops or formats new abilities just because of the raw power at his disposal with Ore-13 ("ultra-energon"). Among these is a Breath Weapon. He loses these powers after he runs out of fuel and never uses the stuff again (as he found out that it came with some dangerous side-effects). Cybertronians with bestial alt-modes, like the Dinobots, Monsterbots, Horrorcons, and Trypticon also have breath weapons, and the Dinobots and Trypitcon are explicitly noted as being tainted compared to standard Cybertronians (in fact, it was contact with Trypticon's body-fluids that tainted the Dinobots).
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103	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
104	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': In one of the Sunday comics, Calvin watches a {{Kaiju}} movie and later pretends to be a giant monster rising from the depths of his bathtub, shooting a "fireball" at his archenemy Megalon (read: [[MrImagination spits water at his mom while naked]]).
105	* ''ComicStrip/HsuAndChan'': "Pocket Morons Platinum": The Charmander-spoof Gila Mobster performs the Flamethrower attack by taking a swig off his flask & blowing it through the cigarette lighter he holds in his tail.
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108	[[folder:Fan Works]]
109	* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Besides Mothra's projectile webbing, Rodan can spit fireballs from his maw like in unused ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' concept art. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:[=MaNi=]/Elder Brother]] retains the ability to fire a [[spoiler:Gravity Beam]] in his current state.
110	* ''Fanfic/AdoptedDisplaced'': In addition to his original ability to breathe fire, Spike acquires a variety of other breath weapons, including freezing breath (via Rundus), electricity (via Gandrayda) and Fazite breath, which is antithetical to Phazon.
111	* ''Fanfic/{{Antipodes}}'':
112	** Tantalus can breathe out torrents of green fire.
113	** The sea serpent that lives in the lake below Jigsaw and Tiptoe's home bunker can emit a powerful laser beam from its mouth.
114	* ''Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks'': Thanks to using a TM on herself, Yang can use Flamethrower.
115	* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': From [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9805735/26/A-Certain-Droll-Hivemind "Entry 26"]]: Mikoto and one of her clones meet the last [[TheDragonslayer dragonslayer]]. While Mikoto is arguing over [[LockedOutOfTheLoop whether dragons ever existed,]] 11111 muses on what the Network knows of dragons.
116	-->The original nods. "Yeah, sure," she says. She has her arms crossed, and is tapping her foot. We do not believe she is impressed. "And I suppose you've killed lots and lots of dragons. Because they're a thing that exist."\
117	Hamida pouts. "No! Because my great-grandfather killed the last one!"\
118	"Oh, right." The original crossed her arms. "How convenient."\
119	I agree that it is convenient. Our research has revealed that dragons are large fire-breathing mythological monsters. It would be very inconvenient to have them around. They are said to eat princesses. The original is known as the Electric Princess as one of her alternate titles. We suspect she would object violently if a dragon tried to eat her, but it is possible that we would be mistaken for her. We have not been eaten by a dragon before. We are not enthusiastic about the idea.
120	* ''Fanfic/CaseySteele'': When Rebecca Clause mentions her DragonAncestry, Casey asks if this also means that she can breathe fire.
121	* ''Webcomic/DestinyIntertwined'': The first form of elemental manipulation to manifest in a dragon, and which all individuals can do to at least some degree, is a breath weapon. Increased training allows this to be sustained for longer and to cause more damage.
122	** Earth is a stream of nature energy, tinged either green, brown or grey and flecked with leaves, dirt, or pebbles depending on the variety.
123	** Electricity manifests as a lightning bolt shot from the mouth.
124	** Fire is the classic stream of flame.
125	** Ice is a cloud of chill wind and powdery snow that freeze whatever they touch. Practice allows this to be condensed into projectiles of solid ice.
126	** Water is a jet of high-pressure liquid. High training allows this to be ejected with enough force to serve as a pressure cutter.
127	** Wind is a gust of buffeting air.
128	** Shadow can be exhaled as a cloud of icy, asphyxiating black smoke.
129	%%* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'': Medeva and [[spoiler:Beast Boy's dragon form]].
130	* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'': In chapter 36, Sanguine reveals that one of the benefits of being a Canterlot Ghoul who isn't fused into a full-body outfit is that he has a constant supply of [[DeadlyGas Pink Cloud]] in his lungs, which he can exhale over any threat that gets too close. [[spoiler:He blows a gout into the face of the unicorn Priest when he tries to stop Sanguine, [[FacialHorror causing Priest's entire face to melt like a candle too close to a flame]]. Then, when Priest collapses to the ground, his own running facial flesh ''fuses'' to the soul where he falls.]]
131	* ''Fanfic/FateBlackReflection'': Kakolethros' Μηδέν (pronounced Midén, Greek for "Zero") is a stream of spiritual energy and mana that it fires fom its mouth. Although it bears a resemblance to the Cero used by Menos-class hollows, it's outright stated that it doesn't pack anywhere near as much of a punch due to Kakolethros' origins. Despite this, the technique is acknowledged as being a serious threat to a normal human or a magus.
132	* ''Fanfic/GodzillaNeo'': Several Kaiju are able to do it, but the one with the added ability is the ''Godzillasaurus''. It's explained that their breath weapon was natural and when the dinosaurs mutated, so too were their attacks.
133	* ''Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure'': The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Grass Dragon]] has a powerful AcidAttack breath weapon, for some reason.
134	* ''Fanfic/HarryIsADragonAndThatsOK'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As a dragon learning magic]], in addition to his regular dragon fire (which isn't as strong due to his age), Harry has learned to cast some spells with his breath, usually fire-based ones like [[ColdFire Bluebell Flames]], the fire whip spell and even [[HellFire Fiendfyre]], but also stuff like ''[[MakingASplash Aguamenti]]'' that allows him to breathe water, and even the Bubble-Head Charm.
135	* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': During the war with [[ComicBook/NewGods Apokolips]], Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} often use their ice-cold super-breath to freeze enemies and put out fires.
136	* ''VideoGame/IceAndFireMinecraft'':
137	** Fire dragons can breathe a stream of flames or an explosive fireball, ice dragons breathe freezing mist, and lightning dragons spit thunderbolts.
138	** Hydras spit streams of venom.
139	* ''Fanfic/OniGaShikuSeries'': As per canon, Hisashi Midoriya has a fire-breathing quirk. Back when he was a kid, Majima had him do [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman breathing exercises]] to better control it. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:Hyosuke Serizawa thought that this is a great quirk for a ChildSoldier and tried to kill Majima (whom he was living with) at the time and kidnap him.]]
140	* ''Fanfic/OriginStory'': Alex Harris (a Kryptonian trapped in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse) uses her “super-breath” on Reed Richards to freeze him, thus nullifying his stretching capabilities. He compliments her on her creative thinking.
141	* ''Fanfic/OSMUFanfictionFriction'': The dragon that attacked Orla and goes after Oswald in Chapter 8 has the typical fire-breathing ability that most dragons have.
142	* ''Fanfic/OskarOsakerTrueOmnivore:'' Oskar/Emerald gains the ability to breath fire or plasma after consuming a Dragon that possessed the same ability.
143	* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': Most dragons breathe fire, while certain blind and flightless specimens found deep BeneathTheEarth breathe clouds of mind-clouding fumes and poison gas.
144	* ''Fanfic/PastSins'': ''Glimpses 2'': "Day": Helia has fire breath.
145	* ''Fanfic/RaindropsHearthsWarmingEveMiracle'': The Pyrefrost Beowolf breathes both fire and ice.
146	* ''Fanfic/RottingCamellias'' features Cul as a fire-breather who works in a circus.
147	* ''Fanfic/TheSiphon'': The half-dragon girl Tia can breathe fire.
148	* ''Fanfic/StarWarsGalacticFolkloreAndMythology'':
149	** Frostbite, a beast created from ice and stones by the giant Big Bloqo, is said to have been able to freeze enemies solid with his icy breath.
150	** The mythical rolyetra from Frozian mythology can breathe fire. The stated reason for this is that one once heard the true name of the king of the gods, who caused the beast's breath and voice to turn to flame so that it couldn't reveal this secret.
151	* ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'': The Emperor, upon merging with a Tarrasque, gets its powerful kinetic/fiery roar which he combines with his own psyker powers, creating a weapon that can cause class 2 ApocalypseHow.
152	* ''Fanfic/TeenTitansTokyo'': This is one of Nabiki Tendo's abilities as a [[WereDragon Were]]-[[DraconicHumanoid Dragon]]-[[CuteMonsterGirl Girl]]; exhaling destructive energy. Unusually, she has ''three'' breath weapons that she knows of; [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [[AnIcePerson frost]], and a corrosive purple mist that she isn't sure if it's [[AcidAttack acid]] or [[PoisonIsCorrosive venom]]. It doesn't help that, when the fic starts, [[HowDoIShotWeb she has no idea how to actually use her breath weapon on purpose]].
153	* ''Fanfic/UnderTheNorthernLights'':
154	** Nidhoggs breathe out void-cold freezing wind.
155	** Skolls are an unusual example, in that they approximate the effects of ice breath but do so by inhaling heat rather than exhaling cold. This difference proves critical against Twilight's shield spell, which is designed to keep enemy attacks out while letting allies through -- since the Skolls simply make a part of their prey move towards them, their attack isn't stopped by the shield.
156	* ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': While transformed, Tatsuki can fire a beam of lightning from her mouth.
157	* ''Fanfic/WhatLiesBeyondTheWalls'' has Gila the Putrid, whose breath is so toxic that he manages to bring a rat to his knees and makes him throw up profusely just after Gila exhales in his face.
158	* ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'':
159	** George, apparently an [[VoluntaryShapeshifting unlimited shapeshifter]], does a [[ScaledUp red dragon]] and gets quite a bit of mileage out of his breath weapon during the battle on the Plains of Death.
160	** ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'': George does several dragons to take advantage of their breath weapons, including a red dragon again to wipe out most of the [[BatOutOfHell Laser Bats]], and a brass dragon to put a room full of giant centipedes to sleep. (He also puts John and Ringo to sleep because he talks nonstop while he's the brass dragon.)
161	* ''Fanfic/{{Wyvern}}'': Taylor has manifested three distinct form of fire breath: an explosive fireball whose size, "fuse" and power she can deliberately control, a narrow and extremely hot blue-white cutting torch, and a broader cone of flames.
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164	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
165	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': Jafar breathes fire during his battle with Aladdin.
166	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'': Killer Croc does one inadvertently when Bats sticks an explosive of some sort in his mouth and sets it off. "Belching smoke and flame", indeed!
167	* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Most of the dragons have some sort of breath weapon. Usually it's the standard shots of flame at varying degrees of volume, heat and intensity, but more exotic variants exist:
168	** Night furies and light furies have a [[WaveMotionGun turbolaser]].
169	** Zipplebacks breathe flammable gas to create a [[NukeEm fuel-air explosion]] -- [[MultipleHeadCase one head]] breathes out the gas and the other lights it.
170	** Gronkles [[EatDirtCheap eat rocks]] and vomit them back up as lava.
171	** Scauldrons spit out jets of [[KillItWithWater superheated boiling water]].
172	** Smothering smokebreaths exhale thick clouds of fog, which they use for concealment and to confuse and disorient enemies.
173	** Changewings [[AcidAttack spit globs of lime green]] HollywoodAcid.
174	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIceAgeAdventuresOfBuckWild'': The small lizards can breathe fire.
175	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfAmazingPleasantGoat'': The goats have to fight a dragon that can turn anything into stone with its breath. The dragon uses its breath to [[TakenForGranite turn several of the characters into stone]] a couple of times.
176	* ''Film/SpaceJam'': One of the abilities of the Monstars is breathing fire.
177	-->'''Foghorn Leghorn:''' Did you order original recipe or extra-crispy?
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180	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
181	* ''Film/AfterEarth'': The Ursa can spit gouts of corrosive liquid.
182	* ''Film/{{Arachnoquake}}'': The spiders occasionally breathe fire.
183	* ''Film/BatmanReturns'': The Red Triangle Circus Gang has the Fire Breather, a performer dressed as a devil who contributes to the atmosphere of street terrorism by "blowing fire" on a display of jumbo stuffed animals in a toy store. Batman dispatches him by turning the Batmobile around so that the car's exhaust pipe is facing him and shooting out a jet of flame, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard setting the Fire Breather on fire]].
184	* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'': David Lo Pan fires a blinding blast of light from his mouth. The effects are only temporary, which is apparently common knowledge to residents of Little China.
185	* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': During the big fight scene, Gabby Johnson the [[ThePigpen grizzled drunk]] [[MountainMan mountain man]] grabs a bad guy by the collar and exhales in his face, knocking him out.
186	* ''Film/BoneEater'': The titular monster can somehow spew a gas that turns people into dust ''despite being a skeletal monster with no lungs''.
187	* ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'': Draco is an odd variant: unlike the typical depiction of dragons, he shoots flames from his nostrils rather than his mouth. This is relevant to the plot, as this way he cannot just shoot flames at the knight standing in his mouth and [[PalatePropping propping his palate with a sword]].
188	* Film/{{Gamera}} breathes fire -- a continuous stream in the original series, and exploding plasma balls in the modern films directed by Shusuke Kaneko. The sonic rays fired by frequent nemesis [[Film/GameraVsGyaos Gyaos]] straddle the line between Breath Weapon and SuperScream.
189	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
190	** Godzilla breathes concentrated streams of radiation. This appears to be a form of superheated vapor in the Showa era films, but becomes a pure energy beam in the 90s and beyond.
191	** Omitted in ''Film/Godzilla1998'' (where he technically has a "power breath" that simply makes things catch on fire rather than producing fire itself) since Roland Emmerich felt it was "unrealistic".
192	** Godzilla has this power in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', true to the original incarnation of him. Unlike the laser appearance from Toho's Heisei and Millennium eras, this incarnation's atomic breath is similar to the superheated vapour appearance from the Showa era (though ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' made it a bit closer to the energy beam design from the Heisei films and more beam-like in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', to the point [[spoiler:he uses it to drill through the crust of the Earth into its hollow center]]). [[spoiler:He uses it as the ''coup de grâce'' against the female Muto three times, but it's only when he ''force-feeds'' it to her that it has any real effect.]] Also, significantly, the first time he uses it he visibly ''inhales'' first. He is quite literally ''breathing'' atomic fire.
193	** Ghidorah fires lightning bolts from its three mouths; these are sometimes called "gravity beams", and in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' they actually have an anti-gravity effect.
194	** [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah Destoroyah]] fires "micro-oxygen" rays that disintegrate matter.
195	** Really, this trope is so pervasive in the daikaiju genre that there is a great number of examples not listed here; attempting to include every one would likely prove fruitless.
196	** ''Film/ShinGodzilla'': Godzilla is able to [[spoiler: not only shoot a beam from his mouth, but one from a vestigial mouth from its tail, and also a BeamSpam from his spines]]. However, this time doing so [[spoiler: uses up a lot of Godzilla's energy and after doing so he stops moving for several weeks to recharge]].
197	** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This version of Godzilla's breath weapon (called a heat ray in this film) shows Godzilla inhaling before he fires, similar to the 2014 film. While the blue glow is still here and even travels up from the tip of his tail like his Monstervese incarnation, but now Godzilla's dorsal spines now painfully extend from his back at the same time before slamming back in to release it. This process bears a striking resemblance to how the control rods of a nuclear reactor function. [[spoiler: It also causes a massive explosion, as if an atomic bomb had been set off, further driving home the allegory for nuclear war, as a single use destroys Ginza]].
198	* ''Film/TheMask'' features this in what could be described as a ''literal'' BlowGun: villainous Dorian goads his mobster boss into shooting him while wearing the mask... and using the device's cartoonish powers, he absorbs the bullets, takes a breath and "fires" with his mouth.
199	* ''Film/TheMummy1999'': Imhotep belches out a huge swarm of flies.
200	* ''Film/PacificRim'', in keeping with its roots in the {{Kaiju}} genre, includes one Category 4 kaiju that spews blue corrosive slime from its mouth. The game takes it a step further, granting breath weapons to some previously unequipped kaiju.
201	* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' plays this one for laughs, as captain Jack Sparrow possesses bad breath of such potency as to be able to make people swoon. To put how bad his breath is in perspective, when face to... mouth with [[spoiler: the Krakken, whose breath is said to be the foulest thing on earth]] he barely even reacts to it.
202	* ''Film/WizardsOfWaverlyPlaceTheMovie'': Alex uses wind element magic from her mouth on Justin.
203	* ''Film/WrathOfTheTitans'': The Chimera can breathe fire, with the horned, rhino-like head vomiting gasoline-like fluid that the fanged, ape-like head ignites with hot embers.
204	* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Not quite breath, but Angel can spit {{Fireballs}}.
205	[[/folder]]
206
207	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
208	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Female Raxacoricofallapatorians can breathe poison from their lungs as a defense mechanism. One tried it on the Doctor. It didn't work.
209	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'':
210	** Sheeyangs can spit fire. Unfortunately, the same biological quirks that allow them to do this also mean that they explode violently when shot.
211	** Although most Scarrans prefer to emit their deadly heat-beams from their hands, at least one projects it from his mouth while speaking.
212	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The dragons have the standard ability to breath fire.
213	* ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'': Before the ReTool, the Rider could shoot flame from his mouth.
214	* ''Series/MagicMountain'': Dragon conjures magic by blowing a breath of smoke from his mouth. Notably called his Magic Dragon Breath.
215	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
216	** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Various monsters can breathe fire and other dangerous things, the Mastodon Dinozord can snort freezing mist out its trunk, Titanus can launch energy balls from his mouth, [[FlyingFace Lokar's]] Breath of Doom can upgrade monsters and cause major property damage, the Red Dragon Thunderzord can breathe fire, the Tigerzord can shoot {{Energy Ball}}s from the tiger head when in warrior mode, Serpentera can fire an energy attack from its mouth (this was once used to ''vaporize a planet'', although Serpentera has not been able to build up sufficient power since), the Frog Ninjazord breathes fire, and the Falconzord shoots laser bolts from its mouth. Additionally, in ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'' Bandora can exhale strong winds.
217	** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'': Vypra can breathe blue fire into her hands and then launch it from them.
218	** ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'': Yamiror breathes out poison gas.
219	* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'':
220	** {{Kaiju}} can turn up with virtually every type, such as fire, acid, poison gas, lightning, generic energy beams, and many others of this sort.
221	** The Ultras themselves were originally intended to possess these. But since the movable mouth for the suit intended to be used for that looked better on paper than on screen, it was scrapped.
222	[[/folder]]
223
224	[[folder:Music]]
225	* Hot Chip's video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaCZN2N6Q_I&feature=related I Feel Better]]" features an angelic being that can shoot lasers from his mouth, who uses it to kill the members of the parody boy band Hot Chip is portrayed as.
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	[[folder:Mythology]]
229	* ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'': The Dragon is [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the fairly standard]] fire-breathing, treasure-hoarding, cave-dwelling kind. It probably eats people, too, but we never see it.
230	* Myth/BetiPahuinMythology:
231	** Ntoutoume Mfoulou once devastated poor Ndoutoume Allogo Minko’s village with a fire ball from his mouth while battling the Flame tribe. The fireball exploded and caused a terrible inferno which could be felt beyond the mountains shielding the village.
232	** Eleng Akena's pet dog rescued her from Engouang Ondo’s wrath by shooting iron balls at him that sent him flying out of the mountain and across the barren landscape to the feet of his companions.
233	* Literature/TheBible:
234	** The Literature/BookOfJob describes the Leviathan, a fire-breathing sea dragon.
235	** Literature/BookOfRevelation:
236	*** The Two Witnesses (who are about as uncorrupted as mere mortals could be) stand around outside the Temple and breathe fire on anyone who tries to harm them. They're two olive trees and [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast two candlesticks]]. With ''mouths''. Symbolically.
237	*** The red dragon of seven heads that chases the woman dressed with the Sun and crowned with stars attempts to drown her with water coming from its mouth that produces a flood.
238	* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
239	** The Chimera could breath fire. In some versions, she was actually killed by having a lead tipped spear shoved into its throat causing her to suffocate on the molten lead.
240	** ''Literature/TheIliad'': The [[MixAndMatchCritters Chimera]] is described as "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire" (VI. 179-182).
241	* Myth/EgyptianMythology: The sacred uraei and serpents of the Duat breathe fire to protect the king and gods.
242	* Myth/NorseMythology: As if being a sea serpent big enough to encircle the ''world'' wasn't scary enough, Jormungandr the Midgard Serpent also has poisonous breath. In the FinalBattle of Ragnarok, Thor breathes in too much of Jormungandr's breath while beating it to death with {{Mjolnir}}. He's badass enough to try and keep going, but only manages to take nine steps before finally dying.
243	* In Scottish folklore, the Nuckelavee has diseased breath that blights plants and makes humans and animals ill.
244	* A common version of the mythological beast catoblepas describes it as having poisonous breath (one description of the poisonous exhalation, curiously, matches the properties of the now-well known toxic gas phosgene).
245	* One of the Fomorians, the legendary race who ruled Ireland before the coming of humans, is said to have had a terrible eye that turned people to frozen ice, and breath that touched everything with the blight of deep winter snow and frost. Creator/MichaelMoorcock wrote the second Corum trilogy as a thinly-velied Expy of Irish myth where the "Fhoi Myore" rule the land.
246	* The [[http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Tripodero tripodero]], [[FearsomeCrittersOfAmericanFolklore a humorous cryptid]], spits wads of mud at birds and small mammals to bring them down.
247	[[/folder]]
248
249	[[folder:Pinball]]
250	* ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons1987'': The red dragon breathes fire, of course. Differently colored dragons breathe cold, acid, lightning, shadow, and assorted other things.
251	* ''Pinball/MedievalMadness'' has fire-breathing dragons.
252	* ''VideoGame/FullTiltPinball'': The dragon from the "Dragon's Keep" table, of course, breathes fire.
253	* ''Pinball/GodzillaSega'': The backglass art and certain animations in-game[[note]]such as when the player gets a bonus multiplier[[/note]] depict Godzilla shooting flames from his mouth (a noticeable departure from both the original Japanese character's blue-colored Atomic Breath and the 1998 version's ''lack'' of a real Breath Weapon).
254	[[/folder]]
255
256	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
257	* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': At the end of "A Nice Girl Like Me" in the Sandy Duncan episode, Duncan -- having downed an entire row of whiskies -- breaths on the Muppet monsters and they all collapse from alcohol fumes.
258	[[/folder]]
259
260	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
261	* The "poison mist" used by many wrestlers, especially in Japan. According to Japanese {{Kayfabe}}, only certain wrestlers can do it because they have a special gland that allows them to produce the mist. Most wrestlers can produce only certain colors of mist, and [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience each has its own effects]]: The most common, the green mist, blinds the opponent, the red mist both blinds and burns, the blue mist puts the opponent to sleep, the yellow mist paralyzes, and TheDreaded black mist is a [[MoralEventHorizon career ender]].
262	[[/folder]]
263
264	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
265	* Ride/UniversalStudios: Poultra from ''Ride/JimmyNeutronsNicktoonBlast'' has a green breath attack that's powerful enough to destroy the Mark IV rocket.
266	[[/folder]]
267
268	[[folder:Web Original]]
269	* ''Literature/AngelOfDeath'': The Dragons have various breath weapons. We've only seen a cold dragon in person, but we've also been told about Antimatter Dragons.
270	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': [[https://homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html Burninating the countryside! Burninating the peasants! Burninating all the people in their thatched-roof cottages! THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!]]
271	%%* WebAnimation/TheLazerCollection: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVNbxjdvv8 all]] [[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQLKEZzBIZE&feature=related three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ZYF-Zmo2E&feature=channel videos]] are completely devoted to this.%%Links aren't context/
272	* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': In the Battledome, Halitosis is a Level One ability.
273	* ''Website/RPCAuthority'', [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/rpc-399 RPC-399 "A Breaching Leviathan"]]. RPC-399 can breath gamma radiation out of its mouth.
274	* ''Podcast/{{RPGMP3}}'': The ''Jade Regent'' Campaign features a character called Skygni, who's a [[UpliftedAnimal magically Awakened]] [[KillItWithIce frost]]-[[BreathWeapon breathing]] [[AnIcePerson Winter]] [[SavageWolves Wolf]]. He swore a [[MagicallyBindingContract Blood Oath]] (under duress) to [[TokenEvilTeammate not eat people]]. Well, at least not the ones travelling with the heroes' caravan, anyway.
275	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Cinder Fall weakly breathes out fire when she screams in frustration. Being a [[ElementalPowers Maiden]], she can presumably do this with other elements, but it seems to be involuntary. In Volume 8, [[spoiler:as part of her ShesBack moment, she demonstrates the ability to control it in the final battle]].
276	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2301 SCP-2301 ("Slayer's Song")]]. When SCP-2301 takes the form of a European dragon, it can breath out fire that has a temperature greater than 1000° C.
277	* ''WebVideo/TalesFromMyDDCampaign'': Little One has two of these: an extremely powerful once per day lightning bolt from his half-dragon bloodline and a very weak but repeatable cone of fire from his Dragonfire Adept splash.
278	* ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' has Elijah and Lysandra who are both dragons with breath weapons - Elijah has [[EnergyWeapon plasma]] and Lysandra has [[SmellsSexy pheromones]].
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Webcomics]]
282	* ''Webcomic/Aurora2019'':
283	** Dragons are the most common users of this, with different varieties having different effects. For a few examples, a burrower wyrm's breath disintegrates stone, a crystal drake's breath causes rapid crystal growth, and a whispdragon's breath is a [[SuperScream sonic attack]].
284	** Magic can also be used this way by mages, with fire-breathers not being unheard of.
285	* ''Webcomic/CorgiQuest'' has a somewhat unconventional example: Puffington's breath makes the target [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul deliriously happy]]. She is a faerie dragon, after all.
286	* ''Webcomic/{{Deadendia}}'': In Issue 2, Courtney uses this on a cowboy named Murdoch.
287	* ''Webcomic/DragonCity'': The dragons have vestigial venom sacs in their throats that produce flammable venom. They're usually removed as hatchlings and the one time Erin uses hers they burn her throat and render her mute for weeks.
288	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
289	** Fire summons and the Bulldog Dragon are capable of shooting fireballs from their mouths
290	** As shown in ''[[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=224 Dragon Goo]]'': Omega Goo could straight up breath fire from one of its many mouths.
291	* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'': [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dwagons]]. The red, green, blue, purple, and brown ones have normal elemental breath weapons (fire, poison gas, lightning, sonic blast, and smoke respectively) while pink ones ''breathe pink bubbles that smother enemies''. Yellow ones {{invert\|edTrope}} the trope by having ''massive'' bowel movements.
292	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The OmnicidalManiac BigBad Lord English can fire a multicoloured laser from his mouth that destroys everything it touches. No exceptions. He [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AizILfl4z4 uses it]] to shatter a Dream Bubble, [[DeaderThanDead annihilating all the ghosts residing there]] and damaging the fabric of reality in its wake.
293	* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Mammon, the Great Dragon, can spit jets of molten metal.
294	* ''Webcomic/MadnessInABox'': Subverted. The Combustible Crusader can breathe flame... out of her nostrils.
295	* ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'', Ozy's adoptive father Llewellyn is a dragon who breathes fire on occasion. It's usually played for laughs, i.e. setting things alight when he sneezes. Ozy hasn't quite learned how to do it himself: he's succeeded twice on-panel.
296	* ''Webcomic/RivalAngels'' is a webcomic set in a [[TheVerse 'verse]] where ProWrestlingIsReal. Not surprisingly, one character is known to use the Asian Mist attack described under ProfessionalWrestling above.
297	* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
298	** For a time, the Toughs' flagship is named ''Broken Wind'', which due to the religious symbology of the culture they got it from, could also have been translated as "Angry God." Later, an ambassador dislikes it; "wind" lacks the proper spiritual aspect as it does in the original language, and "broken" isn't destructive enough. He suggests an alternative: ''Breath Weapon''. When it's reclaimed by its original pilot from millions of years ago, the original term is a NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom...but, [[ContrivedCoincidence conveniently]], it is close enough to ''Breath Weapon'' that the name is allowed to stick.
299	** Tagon gets an upgraded ''Dragon''-class cruiser with a main gun that shoots a powerful beam of plasma at short range.
300	--->'''Murtaugh:''' My ship is keeping the name ''Breath Weapon''. You can't have it.
301	** Schlock stores his plasgun in his mouth, and has been known to fake this trope by firing it [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-05-30 without taking it out first]].
302	* ''Webcomic/SlackWyrm'': The two dragons (fire drakes) featured there, Ferragus and his sister Hildegard, breathe fire.
303	* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': Fire demons can use [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fire magic]] but almost always seem to [[SimpleYetAwesome just]] breathe fire with it,[[note]]The only times we see them use it for anything else is to light their hands/claws on fire[[/note]] Buwaro's seems pretty weak but other fire demons are shown to be quite deadly with it.
304	* ''Webcomic/SupernormalStep'' : The main enemy of Chapter Three is an EldritchAbomination named Fenris, whose form is a wolf with GlowingEyesOfDoom and [[PoisonIsCorrosive poisonous breath]].
305	* ''Webcomic/TwinDragons'': Two of the main characters, brother-sister dragon hybrids, Kai and Kaya, can each breathe fire up to a few feet away.
306	%%* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': [[LizardFolk Rak]] in one of the less serious moments.
307	* ''Webcomic/{{Wootlabs}}'': Pengi is a genetically modified penguin with ice breath.
308	* Parodied with Exodia in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' (he fires an energy wave from his hands, not his mouth).
309	[[/folder]]
310
311	[[folder:Western Animation]]
312	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
313	** Air and firebenders can use their elements as breath weapons, and the characters who most often do this aren't particularly atavistic.
314	--->'''Iroh:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname the "Dragon of the West"]]?\
315	'''Azula:''' I'm not interested in a lengthy anecdote, Uncle.\
316	'''Iroh:''' It's more of a demonstration, really. takes a sip of his tea, then breathes fire while turning in a circle
317	** Katara and other water benders can use their breath to cause water to freeze, although they can also use their hands and stances to make ice.
318	** The angry spirit Hei Bai fires an energy beam out of his mouth.
319	** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Korra occasionally utilizes fire breath, either out of sheer rage or to compensate for her limbs being restrained.
320	* ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'': In one episode, D.D. and Pepper eat garlic to fend off a vampire chasing them. Pepper says "H-h-h-h-h-h-h-i!" to Woofer and Wimper, and they collapse from the fumes.
321	* ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool'': Hurricane Harry is an overweight windbag who uses lung power to create mighty gusts that can blow anything out of his path.
322	* ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck'': In "China Jones," Daffy ask a lovely Chinese woman why she's called the DragonLady. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv-bw5jdm9s She replies by breathing fire over him.]]
323	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': Sun dragons have the classic fire breath, while Sky dragons can breathe blasts of lightning.
324	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': [[SentientVehicle Super Bike]] has a dragon form that breathes fire.
325	* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'': Zilla, Jr. breathes a green atomic breath, while Cyber-Zilla has the traditional light blue.
326	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}'': Prickle, being a dragon/dinosaur hybrid, can spew plumes of flame. Goo and Denali have SuperSpit.
327	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'': In a variant, Metlar has hot lava inside his mouth, which he can scoop out by the handful and throw at opponents.
328	* ''WesternAnimation/JamiesGotTentacles'': Jamie breathes out fire in a few episodes, like in "The Invaders From Planet Earth" and "Unhappy Campers".
329	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Bad Kaeloo can breathe out blasts of air that can send people flying.
330	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
331	** Dragons breathe fire, of course, but Spike's fire has some [[MundaneUtility pretty unusual properties]]. Scrolls consumed by his ([[TechnicolorFire green]]) fire breath are teleported to Princess Celestia, and she can send mail back in the form of an involuntary belch of Spike's fire. Dragonfire also seems to come in unique colors for each individual -- besides Spike's green flames, Ember's fire is a hot magenta, Smolder's is yellow with a nested pink-and-blue core, and Sludge's is magenta with a yellow core.
332	** [[ClassicalChimera Chimeras]], much like in Myth/ClassicalMythology, are also capable of breathing fire.
333	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'': In "The Atomic Superman", Superman starts breathing fire as an unintended side-effect of an EatTheBomb scenario.
334	* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Blossom breathes ice.
335	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer briefly gained this after eating a flaming stick he mistook for a shish kebab and then getting tricked by Bart into drinking lighter fluid. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/040_1001.jpg He wasn't happy, to put it mildly.]]
336	* ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'':
337	** The BigBad SorcerousOverlord Mumm-Ra can breathe hot pink PureEnergy blasts while in his OneWingedAngel form.
338	** PaperMaster Gami can fold a giant [[ArtInitiatesLife animate]] paper dragon, which alternately breathes a [[BlowYouAway powerful wind]] or [[TechnicolorFire purple]] bursts of [[PlayingWithFire fire]].
339	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' has a couple of particularly weird variants.
340	** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': Megatron and Cheetor's Transmetal form can fire energy blasts from their alt-mode's mouth in robot mode, which uses said mouth as a hand, but don't seem to have the ability in beast mode for whatever reason.
341	** Transquito from the BW toyline can spit out a missile.
342	** ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': Sky Lynx has a laser cannon in his dinobird section's mouth.
343	** ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'': Unicron fires a green-blue plasma-like ray of energy from his robot head mouth, and has a powerful tractor beam in his planetoid-mode mouth.
344	** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Starscream's head can fire a beam now due to the Allspark fragment in his face.
345	** ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'': Trypticon gains a powerful mouth laser.
346	** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'': The Predacons can breathe fire.
347	[[/folder]]
348
349	[[folder:Real Life]]
350	* Fire-breathing is a trivial feat in reality, but strongly associated with tooth decay. Many traditional fire-breathers use gasoline or kerosene, which even diluted causes instant halitosis and rapidly rots the teeth. High proof alcohols (150+) are better; though they can cause notable browning within a week of regular performance, the damage is reversible with more frequent brushing and taking time for the enamel to recover.
351	* Meet [[http://www.yanobe.com/aw/aw_g_torayan.html Giant Torayan.]] To quote the website: "This GIANT TORATAN doll is the ultimate child's weapon, as it sings, dances, breathes fire, and follows only those orders given by children." Thank you Japan, for bringing the world one step closer to the robot apocalypse.
352	* Spitting cobras spray their venom at animals they perceive as threats by squeezing it out of their fangs, as end of the venom groove points forward. Despite some species appearing to exhale as they do so, there's no evidence to show that this has any affect on the range or accuracy of the attack.
353	* Archer fish use their ''literal'' breath - at least, the water they also use as an oxygen-source - as a projectile, knocking insect prey off overhanging branches with squirts of water.
354	[[/folder]]
355	----
356	->''Mints won't help. At all.''

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