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16->''"There is nothing softer and weaker than water,''\
17''And yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.''\
18''For this reason there is no substitute for it."''
19-->-- '''[[Creator/{{Laozi}} Lao Tzu]]''', ''Tao Te Ching, Ch. 78''
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21For 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|ItWithWater}}'' someone! (Although in many cases, water is used as a healing element.)
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23Many philosophers, like Lao Tzu above, wax poetic far beyond SesquipedalianLoquaciousness about how nothing in the world is weaker and more malleable than water, and yet water wears away the hard and strong. Water extinguishes fire, smothers air, and erodes earth. The mountain stands tall and proud, but the sea will eventually grind it to sand. [[Series/DoctorWho Water always]], ''[[Series/DoctorWho always]]'', '''[[RuleOfThree always]]''' [[Series/DoctorWho wins.]]
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25Combined with the other {{element|al powers}}s, water has additional effects: [[PlayingWithFire fire]] can boil or steam, [[DishingOutDirt earth]] can create mudslides, and [[BlowYouAway air]] can create mists, dew, or storms.
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27A water controller's biggest weakness is that they usually [[ElementalBaggage must be in the vicinity of water to be effective]]. Not a problem in a modern city if they can affect underground plumbing, but if it's not raining and they're nowhere near a source of water, they might be screwed. It's very rarely addressed that [[StatingTheSimpleSolution they could]] just [[LethalHarmlessPowers sap the water directly from a person's body]], killing or weakening them instantly, but this could be an issue of [[RuleOfCool dramatic license]] since that would result in some very short and uninteresting fight scenes.
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29There are also beings like Creator/MarvelComics' Hydro-Man and ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'''s Liquidator, who are sentient masses of water. Beating them can be tough as bullets and fists can simply punch through them to no effect while energy weapons' beams can be scattered through the substance. Furthermore, they usually change their shape at will, pass through anything that is not watertight and hit with concentrated blasts of their own mass. However, there are ways of defeating them: you can freeze or boil them, you can evaporate them, you can make them lose cohesion by hitting them with electricity to induce electrolysis,[[note]]That is the effect of forcing the hydrogen and oxygen atoms making up water apart.[[/note]] or you can contaminate their bodies with a solidifying material, like cement or bake mix, to immobilize them.
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31Water is also required for SuperDrowningSkills and HazardousWater.
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33In most cases, this power [[ElementalRockPaperScissors beats]] PlayingWithFire. A SubTrope of sorts is AnIcePerson; both can be very dangerous indeed, [[IceMagicIsWater if the two are combined]]. See KillItWithWater for cases where this is super effective; SoftWater may still be in effect -- you just drown 'em. On the other hand, HealItWithWater is for cases when water is presented as a force of healing. Often, WaterIsBlue. May also appear as part of FireWaterWind.
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35If you came here looking for SplashDamage tropes, you might want to go to SplashDamageAbuse, and to ShockwaveStomp for situations where [[ShockwaveStomp the stomp]] isn't [[CutscenePowerToTheMax purely decorative]].
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37May overlap with ElementalShapeshifter.
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39In a FourTemperamentEnsemble, such a character is normally Phlegmatic (except in the case of a PowerStereotypeFlip). When it overlaps with ClassicalElementsEnsemble, the bearer is normally [[WaterIsWomanly female]].
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45[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
46* ''Manga/SazanEyes'':
47** Hua She is a demon who can invoke floods. As Yoko Ayanokoji she's able to control and manipulate water in many fashions, though at first (when she's still in the dark about her true nature) she causes water-related incidents around herself.
48** Downplayed with the water-related monster Avank: he can turn himself into mist and speed up water cells inside others to make them combust to death.
49** Koko is an half-demon who obtained the powers of the Water General in Nepal and can use the caustic poisonous water to melt his enemies or make a [[OneWingedAngel giant monster body for himself.]]
50* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
51** ArchangelGabriel's dominion is water, first shown when it accidentally falls down from heaven due to an accidental spellcasting. Later on, we are introduced to Acqua of the Back of God's Right Seat, who is aligned to Archangel Gabriel and thus the most powerful water magician in the series.
52** Misaki Shokuhou's level 5 Mental Out is typically described as telepathy, but turns out to be liquid control to such a specialized and incredibly precise degree that she can read and edit someone's thoughts by manipulating the fluids in their brain. This is also why sufficiently powerful [[ShockAndAwe electromasters]] and hydrokinetics can defeat her powers. She has, on rare occasions, demonstrated the ability to manipulate external fluids, even [[AnIcePerson freezing a hallway once]].
53* ''Manga/AirGear'' has Om the Water Queen and Orca, both of whom use water in the form of bubbles.
54* The Hayagami of Yorunami from ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'' uses water as its primary power.
55* In ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'', one of the enemies Alita fights uses a molecule-thin stream of water fired at supersonic speeds. It cuts through steel with shocking ease.
56* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
57** Kelpies can manipulate water making missiles, beams of water and even water shields. Ironically they're one of the less threatening monsters [[CrapsackWorld in Berserk]].
58** Schierke can [[SummonMagic summon]] the Lady of the Deep Water who wash away monsters attacking Enoch village, Schierke also uses the Lady to wash away some of the horrific monstrosities in [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind Casca's mind]].
59* Water is one of the four main magic attributes in ''Manga/BlackClover'':
60** Noelle has Water Magic and tries to use it effectively if it weren't for her [[PowerIncontinence inability to aim properly]]. Over time, she gains control of her magic and learns to form barriers and blasts of water.
61** Noelle's siblings Solid and Nebra use Water Magic as well, though the latter specifically uses Mist Magic. Nozel meanwhile uses [[ExtraOredinary Mercury]] Magic, though it ''is'' still a "liquid".
62** Lolopechka has this magic empowered by the water spirit Undine. She is able to water her kingdom's forests and even form a gigantic dome of water in the air.
63* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
64** According to the video games, Jushiro Ukitake's Zanpakutou is water-based (the only power it was ever shown using in the actual series is absorbing and redirecting energy attacks). Whether it is actually water-based is unknown, but its release command ("All waves, rise now and become my shield! Lightning, strike now and become my blade!") and translated name ("Law of the Twin Fish") strongly suggests that it is. His former lieutenant Kaien Shiba's Zanpakuto, Nejibana, ''is'' 100% water-based.
65** Some [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Bount]] twins in the anime arc use water-based dolls. In a twist that one expects to happen more, they usually create masses of water around the target's head to drown them instead of, say, sweep them away with a torrent. And just to make things as difficult as possible for Ichigo and the others, it's ''raining'' when the twins attack, neutralizing the ElementalBaggage and taking the threat level up to eleven.
66** In the Fake Karukura Town arc, Lieutenant Hisagi fought against a Fracción, Findorr Carias, that used high-pressure water to attack.
67** Also, the Third Espada, Tier Harribel, when she uses Resurrección.
68** Tenjirō Kirinji can control the water from his hot spring. It drains reiatsu and is scalding hot.
69* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Rokuro is the Brave of Water. However, his use of water is quite uncommon, as he mixes it with [[SuperScream shouts]] to create sonic waves that incapacitate his enemies.
70* In ''Anime/CapRevolutionBottleman'', Hokari Ryo's Bottleman, Aquasports, shoots bottle caps that have water gushing out of them. One of them is based on the [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident of Poseidon]], using three bottle caps at once to copy the three prongs on a trident.
71* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': The Watery, one of the elemental cards whose capture is necessary so Kero regains his true form. There's another card called The Rain (though the main threat presented by it is that it was making The Wood grow out of control. It could still chase you around and drench you, though). Also, the antagonist of the first movie utilizes water-based powers.
72* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes'' have the gang gaining superpowers thanks to Doraemon's Upgrade Light, where their powers reflect their personalities and interest. Shizuka, being a BathingBeauty, gains the ability to shoot high-powered jets of water from her hands, and can even create liquid tornadoes to trap her opponents... or just [[MundaneUtility use her powers to take a late-night shower]].
73* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
74** Arqua from the [[MundaneAfterlife Other World]] [[TournamentArc Tournament]] has a "Flooding Technique" where he turns the area into a giant cube of water where he has the advantage, using it to briefly give Goku an aquatic beatdown before he is knocked out of the water.
75** Goku has been shown using his telekinesis to move water when testing his abilities but hasn't used it in combat.
76* ''Manga/FairyTail''
77** Juvia Lockser has water powers as an Element Four member. She can turn her [[ElementalShapeshifter body into water and prevent physical attacks]] and initially had rain surrounding her constantly, which she can heat up and scald you when she gets angry.
78** Erza and Mirajane are also able to manipulate water. Lucy too when she summons Aquarius and Yukino when she summons her Pisces.
79** Come the [[TheLegionsOfHell Tartaros]] arc, [[spoiler: Lucy is forced to break Aquarius' key to summon the Celestial Spirit King, resulting in her being unable to summon her. As compensation, Lucy is granted Aquarius' water magic.]]
80** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Torafuzar]] can use his Curse to summon an lake's worth of GrimyWater.
81** In ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'', the first of the [[DragonsAreDivine Dragon Gods]] the team encounters is the Water Dragon God Mercphobia, who has the power to split the ocean apart, potentially cause TheGreatFlood, lift all the water that's submerging his flooded city of Elmina into the sky while keeping anymore from flowing in and turning it into massive water vortexes, and coat his body in a protective water covering. [[spoiler:And he does all of this while suffering from PowerIncontinence brought on by having his powers restricted and/or running on maddened brainwashed instinct, not ''once'' [[WorfHadTheFlu having brought his full power to bear]].]]
82* In ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'', Mikagami Tokiya uses a water sword, which he can form whenever there's a water source. His water-based power works well against Recca's [[PlayingWithFire flame powers]], but during the rematch, Recca amplified his flame powers so that the water boiled to steam, nullifying the effect. Note that the water around the sword is finite (meaning he needs another water source to "recharge"), while Recca's flame is infinite. He can make his sword even stronger simply by absorbing more water. Hell, before one early battle, he absorbs all the water from an entire Olympic-sized swimming pool, for crying out loud. At one point, when his sword had its water removed or something, he used [[spoiler: his own blood]] to reactivate it.
83* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'':
84** ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'''s first episode introduced (and promptly killed) Isaac [=MacDougall=], the Freezing Alchemist. Don't let his title fool you, though. [[RedBaron The Freezer]] uses water for everything, from ice-based weaponry to high-pressure cutting tools, and can kill you by either flash freezing or boiling all the water in your body. His last-ditch technique is using his own blood as a weapon. This is a guy who definitely knows how to KillItWithWater.
85** The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 anime]] goes one step further, introducing a version of Sloth who ''is made of water.'' And she demonstrated how deadly her powers could be.
86* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' weaponizes a portal scroll in this fashion against an Ogre early on in Volume 1. By linking its exit point to the bottom of the sea, he essentially turns it into a water jet cutter that slices the ogre apart. And to add insult to further injury, he was originally going to use it to clear out the goblin nest.
87* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': With [[RealityWarper Haruhi]] subconsciously blurring the line between reality and her movie, one of the devastating abilities Mikuru's toy guns take on is firing terrifically-powerful blasts of water without recoil.
88* [[OnlyOneName Eisen]] in ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'' has water-based [[ElementalPowers powers]].
89* ''Manga/HoshinEngi'':
90** Koyuken, One of the enemies that Taikobo faces has a paope (magic artifact) that controls water. He uses it to summon a megatsunami in the desert, create a sticky water dome and waterspouts, and try to drow Taikobo by ''creating a permanent, inescapable water bubble just large enough to engulf his head''. Specifically, the paope Kongenju (Primordial Chaos Orb) is actually composed of two spheres, one of which is constantly floating on the ocean of Kingo, allowing the user to call the seawater to the orb he wields. The detail that the water he uses is seawater means that the water bubble he uses to drown his victims can't just be drunk safely.
91** Ryukitsu Koshu, one of the strongest Sennin of Konrong, wields the paope Kenkon Muromo (Universal Net of Mist and Dew), consisting of a massive formation of icy water she can use to form [[BarrierWarrior impregnable barriers]] to protect herself, but can also attack with water tendrils cold enough to turn magma into stone in a handful of seconds and able to pierce her opponents like lances if needed.
92* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
93** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'': Jonathan's Hamon technique Turquoise Blue Overdrive involves him sending waves of Hamon-infused water towards his enemies.
94** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': In Lisa Lisa's debut scene, not only does she WalkOnWater like a true Hamon master, she uses her Hamon to create two pillars of water to hold an oar up for her to use it as a high beam.
95** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': N'Doul's [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Geb, which takes the form of a small puddle of water capable of moving at high speeds, allowing it to slice through humans like it's nothing. This is rather ironic, considering it's [[IronicName named after the Egyptian]] ''[[IronicName Earth]]'' [[IronicName god]].
96** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'': SerialKiller Anjuro "[[IronicNickname Angelo]]" Katagiri has the Stand, Aqua Necklace, which can travel through any body of water, even if it's vaporized.
97** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': F.F. can travel through bodies of water almost instantaneously. They use this offensively by dragging opponents along for the ride, drowning them in the process.
98** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': Blackmore's Catch the Rainbow is an especially versatile version of this, allowing him to manipulate rainwater, freeze raindrops into platforms or blades, merge into the rain, or use rainwater to patch otherwise mortal wounds. The catch? [[SituationalSword Catch the Rainbow]] ''only'' works with rainwater, and cannot actually be used to make it rain in the first place.
99** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands The JoJoLands]]'': Jodio's November Rain can create drops of water that fall down with massive force. Moreover, Jodio can selectively decide how the drops will affect different objects; for instance, he can make it so that the rain will soak a carpet like normal water, but destroy the concrete floor underneath.
100* In ''Manga/JoujuuSenjinMushibugyou'', Jinpachi Nezu of the Sanada Ten Top Insects was reborn as a giant water bug insect man. While in his base form he's merely faster and stronger underwater, in his [[BishonenLine true form]] he can manipulate the surrounding water currents, to either pull enemies towards his claws ([[CallingYourAttacks Water God March]]) or to send devastating jets of water against his opponents ([[CallingYourAttacks Water God Ferocious Army]]).
101* In ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'', Kirby can become Water Kirby, who can blast water out of his mouth. Water Kirby went on to [[CanonImmigrant become an ability]] in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''.
102* The final [[MineralMacGuffin Jewel Seeds]] in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' created giant waterspouts that Fate and Arf tried to fight off.
103* Umi Ryuuzaki of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' uses mostly water magic, although her ultimate one is [[AnIcePerson ice]].
104* Elma from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' is a SeaSerpent with powerful water magic. While she's never seen using it in the present day (unless you count her flash freezing a lava plume during the anime version of her reconciliation with Tohru), they played a large role in her backstory where she used them to bring peace among humans in the other world by ensuring bountiful harvests.
105* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a few characters with water-based Quirks. Backdraft, Waterhose, Waterhose's son Kota, and an unnamed villain from the USJ arc all possessed varying levels of water manipulation. Interestingly, the Unnamed Villain seems to be the most powerful, having cleaved a ship in half with a single blow, as compared to Backdraft -- who's mostly restricted to a support role -- and Kota, who's barely able to generate a light splash. That being said, we've only seen a few images of Waterhose in flashback, during which time they were able to gouge out [[NighInvulnerable Muscular]]'s eye.
106* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', several ninja are capable of using water-based jutsus, with experts only needing their own spiritual energy to produce a ''lake's worth'' of water out of thin air; the Hidden Mist Village, in particular, is renowned for producing shinobi who specialize in water techniques (such as Zabuza Momochi and Kisame Hoshigaki), but other villages have also produced Water Release masters, most notably the Hidden Leaf's Second Hokage. Water chakra can also be combined with Wind to create Ice, Fire to create acidic Mist, Lightning to make Storm (a quasi-[[LightEmUp Light]] attack), and Earth to make Wood. Special mention goes to Suigetsu Hozuki, who can apply his power to turn his body into water in all sorts of creative ways; it's a special ability of his clan.
107* One-half of Fate Averruncus' abilities in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''. [[spoiler: Also the stated elemental abilities of the newly appeared Sextum.]]
108* Lala Lu's power with water in ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'' may not be offensive per se, but she certainly uses it that way.
109* [[TokenMiniMoe Shizuku]] from ''Manga/OmamoriHimari''. Seeing as how her family of mizuchi was worshiped as water gods before their extermination and their traditional depictions, it makes sense.
110* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
111** The SuperpowerLottery that the Devil Fruits provide can give literally any power you can think of EXCEPT this; the price for eating a Devil Fruit is acquiring SuperDrowningSkills for the rest of your life. You won't be able to so much as wade knee-deep in the water without losing your strength, so there's no chance of directly manipulating it. And in a world where the vast majority of the planet's surface is water (hundreds of islands and only one continent, which is essentially an equator), that can be dangerous. Of course, this only applies to water in its natural liquid form; Devil Fruits that allow the manipulation of [[AnIcePerson ice or snow]] do exist. The closest thing we've seen to manipulating water via Devil Fruit is in ''[[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld One Piece: Strong World]]'', where [[BigBad Shiki]]'s fruit lets him levitate anything he touches. He showed that this extends to water when he entrapped Luffy in a ball of water to incapacitate him.
112** Perhaps to make up for this, we have the [[FishPeople Fishmen]], who have the ability to manipulate water the old fashion way -- by hand. It is the principle of Fishman Karate: by controlling all the water around them, as well in the atmosphere and even in the bodies of living things. Arlong could fling water with the force of a bullet or "shotgun blast" as Sanji attests, while his archerfish underling Chew could spit water with the power of a cannon or the speed of a [[GatlingGood machine gun]]. Standing above both of them is the whale shark Jimbei, whose mastery of [[FantasticFightingStyle Fishman Karate]] lets him manipulate water like cloth, manually throwing waves or lances of water that can blast through battleships at his opponents. It has been revealed that humans can learn how to use Fishman Karate, but just how much power they can gain is unknown as of yet.
113** [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Merfolk]] have their own version of Fishman Karate called Merman Combat, although its full abilities have yet to be shown in the series.
114** Nami using her [[WeatherManipulation Clima-Tact]] can create water via artificial clouds, at one point she takes a shower using a PersonalRaincloud. She can also make fogs using water vapor.
115** Whitebeard uses his quake powers to trigger two [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom giant tidal waves]].
116** From the [[Anime/ClockworkIslandAdventure second movie]], [[MsFanservice Honey Queen]] ate a [[ElementalShapeshifter Logia Devil Fruit]] that lets her turn into an unspecified pink liquid, and she always [[PowerPerversionPotential takes her clothes off when doing so]].
117** [[EvilMatriarch Big Mom]] uses her [[SoulPower Soul Devil Fruit]] to turn a massive wave into a SoulJar that nearly sinks the crew.
118* ''Literature/OurHomesFoxDeity'' has Kou, a {{miko}} whose impressive hydrokinetic powers are a result of a water dragon god ("Mizuchi"} sealed within her body.
119* Morino Mizuki from ''Manga/PopcornAvatar'', the incarnation of the Water Deva Varna, gives her avatar and close friend Sanae water-based abilities.
120* Hajime, the Leafe Knight of Water, from ''Manga/{{Pretear}}''; and it's just water -- the reason he doesn't have powers over ''[[AnIcePerson ice]]'' is because these are handled by his buddy, Mannen.
121* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': In the "Big Trouble in Nekonron, China" movie, Ranma is able to ''punch'' the water spurts coming from the geysers around them in order to create steaming hot water projectiles that can hit his opponent, no matter what his defenses. Earlier on, Cologne is able to blast seawater at Ranma in the shape of a great white shark after effortlessly whirling her staff while underwater to create a massive waterspout.
122* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
123** Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury and Michiru Kaiou/Sailor Neptune, though Mercury occasionally dabbles in [[AnIcePerson ice]] [[SuperheroSpeciation to differentiate the two]], while Neptune's powers are stated to be Sea-based rather than plain water. Villainess Berthier is another example, she can cast water spells ([[PsychoRangers To match Mercury's]]) and in the manga is stated than even when killed, her spells can't be stopped.
124** Anime-only villainess Thetis could control water, making huge columns of it that have enough pressure to break metal.
125** One of the Daimons, Dovlin, also had this ability, being created after a Daimon seed entered some pool water. She can also make water become hard to trap people.
126* In ''Literature/TheSaintsMagicPowerIsOmnipotent'', Jude is a magic potion researcher with an affinity towards Water magic. This comes in especially helpful with brewing quality potions as he's able to conveniently and reliably produce large amounts of clean water.
127* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'':
128** The Sea Mariners Baian. The Rising Billows, his strongest attack, was a powerful rising tidal wave capable of sending the enemy from the depths of the seas all the way to its surface.
129** Naturally Poseidon, as God of the Sea, controls all of the oceans in the world to its will and rain, causing widespread flooding.
130%%* ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'' has the {{Tsundere}} Tsukiumi (No. 09) as her powers.
131%%* Mio Mizumori from ''Manga/TenYoriMoHoshiYoriMo''.
132* Mew Lettuce of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' can control water and breathe underwater. She doesn't use the latter ability much, however.
133* In ''Anime/UmiMonogatari'', Marin's power is to control water.
134* ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'':
135** In the manga/anime, Dragon of Earth Yuto Kigai is a water master, able to summon floods and hurl water bolts.
136** In TheMovie, he lacks this power, and Shogo Asagi has this ability who can even cut with water.
137* [[Manga/{{Yaiba}} The Water Orb of Suijin]] grants you this power. Also, Rain the Water Demon. She can easily give lessons on how to KillItWithWater.
138* In ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', [[LonelyRichKid Karen]] becomes Cure ''Aqua''. Guess what she uses to fight. Go on, guess.
139* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
140** ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
141*** Mako uses a water deck, [[NewRulesAsThePlotDemands and he actually uses the water fields to cover his monsters inside them just because he can]].
142*** Gansley uses Reptile monsters more than water monsters, but he uses them enough that it's notable.
143*** Crump of The Big 5 uses a Penguin deck, all of them being water monsters. His Deck Master Nightmare Penguin buffs all WATER monsters he controls.
144** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':
145*** Misawa's second deck uses Water Dragon as one of his ace monsters, a monster made by two Hydrogeddon's and one Oxygeddon whose presence alone depowers FIRE monsters.
146*** Admiral, a VillainOfTheWeek, used a WATER deck.
147*** Princess Rose uses the Frog archetype, composed purely of WATER monsters.
148*** Adrian Gecko used the Cloudian archetype in his first deck, most of which are WATER monsters.
149** ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'':
150*** Shark uses a Shark deck, a deck comprised of WATER Fish-Type monsters and he has access to several powerful WATER Xyz Monsters. He proudly claims to be the best WATER duelist.
151*** Rio, Shark's twin sister, uses an Ice deck, which is full of ice birds and has access to ice lady Xyz Monsters. All of her monsters are WATER monsters.
152** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'':
153*** Sawatari's second deck is a WATER deck focusing on Mobius the Frost Monarch and Mobius the Mega Monarch.
154*** Ayu uses an Aquaactress deck, a deck full of WATER Aqua-Type monsters resembling fishes and it contains Aquarium Spell Cards.
155*** Teppei uses a deck focusing on The Legendary Fisherman, an infamous WATER monster.
156* Mitarai "Seaman" Kiyoshi of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' has the ability to animate water to attack people by mixing his blood in it. It's also very enduring, to the point Kuwabara only manages to break free by empowering his energy sword to dimension-breaking levels.
157* Patie/Penny from ''Manga/ZatchBell'', StalkerWithACrush for Zatch at first quickly becomes infuriated when Zatch doesn't remember her. And unlike the usual circumstances, [[ShockAndAwe Zatch's powers]] are the ones that are completely useless in their fight, Penny using her water powers to absorb his lightning and deflect it back.
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161* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', the Guling Supermen have different elemental-themed powers, with Sad S. having water powers that manifest themselves through her weaponizing her crying.
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164[[folder:Comic Books]]
165* Hydroman, a GoldenAge superhero from Eastern Color Publishing, was the first superhero with the ability to transform his body into water. He was revived in ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers'', using the nickname Hydro.
166* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': The titular character himself doesn't have any abilities that influence water itself, per se, but his wife, Mera, could control it to the point of it being a SwissArmySuperpower, 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.
167** The Creator/TangentComics version of Aquaman was a DiabolicalMastermind turned sentient ''ocean'', as well.
168** In the Creator/{{Filmation}} ''WesternAnimation/{{Aquaman}}'' cartoon, Aquaman ''did'' have the ability to gather seawater into a hard ball and hurl it at his underwater foes. It could knock them off their seahorses. Aquaman, when equipped with the Hand of the Waterbearer, had some fairly high-level hydrokinesis abilities.
169** [[MediaNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]] newcomer Aqualad; Kaldur'ahm has hydrokinetic capacities controlled and directed through his water bearers, though to a less refined degree than Mera.
170** New 52 Ocean Master has a helmet that allows him control over water.
171** Also in New 52 continuum Aquaman has recently ascertained a fabled [[ProngsofPoseidon Relic]] of an "Old Monarch" which wields the power of the storm itself, including controlling water.
172* ''ComicBook/{{Elementals}}'': Fathom can shoot, control, [[ElementalShapeshifter turn into]], or breathe water (and the vampires of that 'Verse were the water-killed variety too).
173* ''ComicBook/{{Fathom}}'': A common power of all Elite Blue/assorted other factions and the Black, the ability to control water and transform into water. Aspen [[ExaggeratedTrope raises the level]] using her unique biological traits/heritage, intellect, and personal outlook to maximize her abilities beyond all known limits. If Aspen wants to move all the oceans and alter the weather simultaneously, it happens!
174* ''ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}'': Mashenka Medviedenko aka Rusalka is a Russian metahuman whose control over water extends even to bodily fluids. Her moniker is a reference to the Ruasalka, a creature of Slavic myth that is often associated with water.
175* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': Water Wizard/Aqueduct can control liquid in any form. Despite his big-league powers, Water Wizard is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who was once spared a gruesome death when his Volkswagen's tire blew out and later surrendered to the police because he was afraid of a vigilante targeting losers like him.
176* ''ComicBook/GlobalGuardians'': Sujatmi Sunowaparti is an Indonesian woman whose metagene was activated while she was working at a factory that became a battle site for two warring factions. She gained the ability to transform her body into water and control water in vast amounts.
177* ''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}'': New Wave of the Masters of Disasters can transform her body into any form of water, including steam and [[ElementsDoNotWorkThatWay acid rain]].
178* ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'': 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.
179* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': [[EnfantTerrible Kitsunami "Kit" the Fennec]] uses water stored in his backpack to form CombatTentacles and, when agitated, can even [[AnIcePerson freeze it]]. He can replenish his water supply by absorbing moisture from the air, [[LogicalWeakness lest he run out and be rendered powerless]].
180* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Morris Bench aka Hydro-Man (who is basically made of water in a similar way to Sandman with sand and usually uses his powers to produce flash floods). Hydro-Man is one of the harder rogues Spidey has to deal with since his liquid composition makes him insanely versatile and NighInvulnerable (unless you can [[AnIcePerson freeze]] or [[ShockAndAwe electrocute]] him). Spider-Man once had to get Hydro-Man into a wide enough space so he couldn’t reform himself. Also fortunately for Peter Hydro-Manis textbook StrongButUnskilled thus is never as dangerous as he could be if he was creative with his powers.
181* ''ComicBook/SubMariner'': Namor has displayed water-controlling abilities. Namor once summoned a tsunami to sink New York but was stopped by the 1940s Human Torch. However, Wakanda isn't so lucky in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' as the Phoenix Force powered-Namor drowns most Wankadans with a massive wave.
182* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
183** Holding Poseidon's trident enables the villain Queen Clea to manipulate the ocean.
184** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Solo of Neptunia can control water though a focus, which he generally uses as a water whip.
185** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': "The Witch and the Warrior" features a fight between New Wave, Tsunami, and Cascade, three superpowered individuals with the ability to control water. They flood a fair portion of Manhattan and nearly drown some of their respective allies. Another fight from the same issue features Rusalka, a Russian metahuman whose control over water extends to bodily fluids.
186* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
187** [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], as a part of her iconic WeatherManipulation, can control rain, doing everything from playfully getting her lover T'Challa [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/wj7Xx8nkmEGd9L23qrLFaO0FNg44t-hqEBb14jquRcS_gfF1-2GmuHGVDbQ-AlyocsZ7G1SmlDAMess-GHwNysXxeeqMLoobjm7S2uZOYb0Sgrbin_0znG8fN0-hCIWymbTHGQ=s1600 soaked]] to kicking [[PlayingWithfire Pyro]]'s ass with a monsoon to the point [[https://i.imgur.com/PoTJCun_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand where he can barely stand]]. In ''ComicBook/XMenRed2022'' Ororo is able to down Vulcan (Cyclops and Havok’s raised in space DrunkWithPower brother) with [[https://i.imgur.com/PoTJCun_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand a powerful rain shower that extinguishes his flames]]. Even Gabriel is annoyed he got downed by something as simple as water.
188** [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge The Krakoan Age]] introduces Sobunar III of the Depths, a member of the Great Ring of Arakko. Not only can he manipulate water, but his bloodstream is water teeming with oceanic life, essentially making him a walking ocean.
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192* ''Webcomic/DestinyIntertwined'': Water is the youngest hybrid element, [[ElementalFusion 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.
193%%* ''Fanfic/FlyOrFall'': Naida is the Fairy of Water.
194* ''Fanfic/JustAddWaterAkelaVictoire'': One of Mirabel's abilities is hydrokinesis, even being able to freeze it on command.
195* ''Fanfic/KeepersOfTheElements'': Bridgette has this as a power, along with [[AnIcePerson ice]].
196* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''/''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/MapleSugarPrettyCure'', Tyler's Cure form, Cure Fresh, has water powers.
197* ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'': ''Fanfic/{{Oversaturation}}'': "Light": {{Sea Serpent|s}} magic filtered through humans results in wave generation, at least:
198--> Mr. Magnet, the drama teacher, had bodysurfed in on a wave of his own making, looking like the human seapony from that one Whinny movie.
199* ''Fanfic/PokemonNovaAndAntica'': Marina, Gym Leader of Morwenna City, uses all Water types.
200* ''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.
201* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45173524/chapters/118987564#workskin Pretty Cure Jungle Trip]]'': Discussed; [[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]].
202* ''Fanfic/{{Raindancer}}'': Izuku's Quirk, "Liquid Body", allows him to produce, manipulate, [[ElementalShapeshifting and become]] water at will.
203%%* ''Fanfic/RidingTheWaves'': Hayden [[spoiler:and Kai]].
204* ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheGaleforces'' gives us David Squall/Splashdown. It helps to remember that he is essentially an {{Expy}} of Aquaman.
205* ''Fanfic/TakeAStand'': Regina Lowell got the power to create water and control it from the [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent Purple Sky incident]] in ''The Broken Mirror''.
206* ''Fanfic/TouhouGalaxy'': Juvia, Aquarius, Nitori, Demyx and F.L.U.D.D. all have this ability, though Aquarius does so reluctantly (at best!) due to tending to be summoned when she's in the middle of something.
207* ''Fanfic/UtopiaUnmade'': Cure Marine has mild control over water, being able to sense it underground. She's also able to directly control it and drown people in it, as Kumojacky found out the hard way.
208* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Water Genasi can control any water in their immediate environment or generate new water from thin air.
209* In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', John gains complete control over water, thanks to the magical Kansael that embedded itself in his chest. Being an ActualPacifist, he doesn't do much more than play with it (though he did some pretty heavy-duty undead ass-kicking in the Plains of Death), but in several places, it's implied that he could be incredibly scary if he did some of the things the Kansael suggested to him. He seems to have some degree of control over the weather as well.
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213* Any water-talent fairy in ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' can do this. Rani and Silvermist are the two best known.
214* King Triton from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' can lift himself out of the water with a wave and hold that position channeling and funneling the water.
215* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf - Animation/MissionIncredibleAdventuresOnTheDragonsTrail'' film, one of Xiao Shen Long's powers, the Gushing Faucet, has him creating a huge dragon out of water.
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219* ''Film/TheAbyss'': The underwater aliens had the ability to control water, from a harmless water tentacle to making continent destroying tidal waves all over the planet.
220* The Mermaids from ''Film/{{Aquamarine}}'' can manipulate water.
221* ''Film/BrahmastraPartOneShiva'': The Jalastra wielded by Shiva's mother Amrita gives one power of water.
222* In ''Film/Carrie1976'', Norma Watson (P.J. Soles) is killed when a fire hose, controlled by the title character, hits her in the face, breaking her neck with the pressure.
223* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse: Arthur Curry aka Aquaman can stop water with his trident. Mera (his LoveInterest) magically weaponizes water in all manner of ways and as seen when she creates air bubbles, sucks water out of bodies or impales Atlantean soldiers with wine stalactites. They demonstrate these powers in ''Film/{{Justice|League 2017}} [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague League]]'' and ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' with Mera even pulling the blood out of Steppenwolf’s body in the director’s cut of the former film.
224* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
225** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' [[BigGood Dumbledore]] just like in the books effectively imprisons [[BigBad Voldemort]] in [[http://pa1.narvii.com/6315/327b6a1f1a10be1a0fd2465b5d7b90a0f4d7a298_00.gif of water]] before the snake man breaks free. Very fitting that Dumbledore uses water in that battle while Voldermort [[EvilIsBurningHot uses fire]].
226** The Aguamenti Spell is used and said out loud by Harry during the ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart2'', unlike in the book [[https://youtu.be/F3L02Ke9h3E?t=61 it briefly holds back]] [[HellFire Fiendfyre]].
227* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse
228** In ''Film/IronMan2'', Tony Stark's lab features a waterjet cutting machine, though we never see him use it.
229** ''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.
230** In ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'' Namor and the other Talokans (the MCU versions of the Atlanteans) use Hydrobombs to drown their opponents and seeming are able to manipulate water enough to make it explode out of the ground and flood Wakanda.
231* ''Film/TheMermaid'' has the mermaid elder, who can create tidal waves using her tail. For most of the film she appears as a benevolent, harmless elderly mer-woman, until the climax when Ruolan's mercenaries raids the mer-people's hideout, at which point the elder reveals her abilities and blast the armed mooks all over the place with a few swishes from her tail.
232* ''Film/TheMightyOne'': The warrior Hsiang Kuei, whose RedBaron title is the Water Knight, proves that he lives up to his name when he chugs a mouthful of wine and spits it into the faces of three mooks, resulting in all three getting their facial skin shredded off. Somehow.
233* Controlling [[DishingOutDirt sand]] apparently isn't enough for [[{{Mummy}} Imhotep]] in ''Film/TheMummyReturns'' as he makes [[https://youtu.be/6XyUIXqIoAM?t=40 a giant wave]] to attack Rick and others when they are trying to chase him down.
234* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' has a Goon Squad player called Wet-Fire (a parody of Klay Thompson), whose powers are a mix of [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and water.
235* Wadatuzin the alien from ''Film/UltraQTheMovieLegendOfTheStars'' can manipulate water and turn liquid solid, creating "water bullets" and using them to silently assasinate various CEO and project managers responsible for Okinawa's over-development. Her projectiles turns back into water particles, leaving the authorities baffled at the mysterious murders.
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239* Water is the totem (and weapon) of Translucent of the ''Literature/ApprenticeAdept'' series.
240* The Fantasy trilogy ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheRaven'' 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.
241* Watercrafters in ''Literature/CodexAlera'' may be better known for being healers and [[TheEmpath Empaths]], but they can also drown you on dry land if you piss them off. They can also control water, though not to the same dramatic effect as [[DishingOutDirt earthcrafters]] or [[PlayingWithFire firecrafters]] with their respective elements. They also [[OlderThanTheyLook look much younger than they really are]], as a side effect of their healing prowess, and specialist watercrafters known as "witchmen" also use their talents to keep powerful ocean beasts from detecting their ships as they pass over.
242* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': Tarquin has the power of controlling and creating water.
243* In the ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden Files]]'', Warden Carlos Ramirez is one of the few water mages who takes advantage of water's ability to dissolve and erode. His shielding spell turns a hail of bullets into lead powder (and turns a ghoul that tries to force its way through into ghoul-ade) and his primary offense is a blast of disintegrating green light.
244* The ''Literature/ElementalMasters'' series by Creator/MercedesLackey has several Water Masters/mages, the main ones being Peter Scott (''Literature/TheSerpentsShadow''), Lord Peter Almsley (''Literature/UnnaturalIssue'' and ''The Serpent's Shadow''), Marina Roeswood (''Literature/TheGatesOfSleep'') and Mari Prothero (''Literature/HomeFromTheSea'').
245* Waterworkers of ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'' are people who can manipulate water.
246* In ''Literature/GrimmTales'', Zane Grimm is a powerful user of water magic. Many of his water spells focus on concussive force, and when used at [[FullContactMagic close range]], [[ChunkySalsaRule can end a fight in a hurry]].
247* The Aguamenti Spell from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is a great and useful spell for making a splash, though if used incorrectly it can be quite hazardous as Seamus Finnigan shows when he accidentally shot a powerful stream that knocked Professor Flitwick away, ending with him having to write lines in detention. Dumbledore uses it to give Voldermort a thrashing during their climactic fight in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''. It doesn't work on Fiendfyre however, just evaporating in the air.
248* ''Literature/{{Inkmistress}}'': Asra conjures a huge horse made from water up in a river when she and Hal are cornered, which spirits them away from the Nightswifts, by [[BloodMagic a spell from her shed blood]] dripping into its waters.
249* ''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. Luce uses her power in battle against both humans and other mermaids, and to conjure up currents to carry herself along when she's exhausted. Conventional wisdom is that controlling water is a gift that only a small number of mermaids have, but Luce is convinced that anyone could learn with practice. She's proven right in ''The Twice Lost'', when she teaches hundreds of mermaids to conjure waves.
250* Both Melusine and her son Maelstrom in ''Literature/TheNewHumans''.
251* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesPercyJackson Percy Jackson]] is born with this ability, being the [[HalfHumanHybrid son]] of [[Myth/GreekMythology Poseidon]], the god of the sea (who is presented in a much more favorable light in the books than the myths, but then, so are most people). Even throughout the other instalments of ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'' he stands out in this regard.
252* The ''genius loci'' Rivers from ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' can control the flow of their respective watercourses, sometimes causing floods when they're angry or upset.
253* ''Literature/TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'' has the twins learn this Magic in the third book from Gilgamesh and it is the first element that they both learn together. Excalibur also gets upgraded to the sword of Ice/Water.
254* ''Literature/{{Renegades}}'' has Tsunami, one of the OG Renegades, who can both create and control water in large quantities.
255* ''Literature/ShadowGrail'' has Adalaide Lake, a water witch and a close friend of the protagonist
256* In ''Literature/ShadowOps'', hydromancers can control water. They can also either heat up or cool down water, allowing them to generate ice or steam as needed, which makes them useful as medics for burn victims, or as breachers for knocking down doors or walls.
257* ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': The waterlords, whose magic lets them control this, with the most powerful of them able to make an ''entire river'' fold back on itself and starve a city dry.
258* In the ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse'', the aquatic Alonis do not possess opposable digits. In order to build a civilization, they instead use their limited but effective telekinetic control over water. They essentially "shape" the water into "tools". The exact limit on the ability has not been determined (yet) but, possibly, it depends on the individual.
259* ''Literature/StoriesOfNypre'' has mages of the [[ElementalPowers four main elements]]. The water mages tend to use water in combat.
260* In ''Literature/TheSyrenaLegacy'', the Gift of Triton allows a Syrena to create waves with a scream. In ''Of Triton'', Rayna develops a mysterious voice ailment that turns out to be her developing Gift. Once she gains control of her powers, she uses them to flood the island of Kanton in order to rescue two Syrena who are being held captive by humans there.
261* In the ''Literature/Tempest2011'' trilogy, this is one of the merman [[spoiler:Sabyn]]'s powers. In ''Tempest Unleashed'', he forms a whirlpool around Tempest, trapping her in place and moving water over her gills so quickly that she can't breathe.
262* Mia Rinaldi from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', is a water magic user who manages to temporarily incapacitate a Strigoi by drowning him.
263* In ''Literature/TheVazulaChronicles'', Princess Kiana of Kyona has this power. She demonstrates it for a group of Valorian visitors by making water rise out of the pitchers on the table, shaping it into a giant, floating flower, and dropping it back into the pitchers without spilling a drop.
264* There's a short Sci-Fi story where a worker at a salvage yard uses a portable [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cutter water jet cutter]] to dismember his attacker.
265* ''Literature/WildCards'': Water Lily, aka Jane Doe, can control water [[spoiler:in lethal ways. In one scene, she sucks out the water out of a person.]]
266* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Amira Chadid, a rookie witch at an evil WizardingSchool 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.
267* ''Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire'': The wizards of the Rhoynar specialized in raising waterspouts and "walls of water". They expected this to [[ElementalRockPaperScissors be an adequate countermeasure against Valyrian dragons]], and it worked as such for a long while until the Valyrians overwhelmed them with hundreds of dragons at once.
268* ''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.
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272* ''Series/Charmed1998'': In the backstory of, Patty Halliwell (the protagonists' mother) was drowned decades earlier by a water demon. The demon itself appears as a MonsterOfTheWeek in the second season; aside from controlling water, it can transform fully into water and jump inside people, animating corpses or (as in Patty's case) drowning its victims on dry land. It is defeated when Patty's former [[GuardianAngel whitelighter]] Sam lets it drown him while holding a set of jumper cables, [[HeroicSacrifice electrocuting them both]].
273* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars "The Waters of Mars"]], [[spoiler:a flood of water-controlling parasites from the planet Mars infect the water supply of a human base. In a rare example, they can take over a human's body, making them akin to zombies.]]
274-->''"Water is patient... water just waits. Wears down the cliff tops, the mountains. The whole of the world. Water always wins."''
275* Aisha from ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'' is a pretty powerful Water Fairy and she is able to both control and generate significant amounts of water (although, ironically, she has a harder time in manipulating the minimal amounts of it, as seen in [[Recap/FateTheWinxSagaS1E3HeavyMortalHopes the third episode]]).
276* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'':
277** Although the three girls have powers over water, Cleo is the only one who can actually control it and manipulate it. Emma's power is [[AnIcePerson freezing things]] while Rikki's is [[PlayingWithFire boiling things]].
278** Charlotte, the BigBad of season 2 has this [[AllYourPowersCombined and the other two's powers as well]].
279** ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure'': In the spinoff series, all natural-born merpeople have this power to varying degrees. [[spoiler: Evie gains this ability when she becomes a human mermaid.]]
280* In ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', [[spoiler: Tracy]] gains this power after coming BackFromTheDead during the Volume 4 finale.
281* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' has had a few water users in its history, including [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kiva's]] Basshaa Form, [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Abyss]], and [[Series/KamenRiderOOO OOO]] [=ShaUTa=] Combo, [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Wizard]] Water Style, [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Zero-One]] Biting Shark, and [[Series/KamenRiderSaber Blades]].
282%%* ''Series/Merlin1998'': The main character.
283* ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'': Ivar, with his Barbed Trident ("water around me!")
284* ''Series/NowhereBoys'': Andy and Jesse.
285* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has featured a few heroes who can manipulate water -- chiefly the [[WaterIsBlue Blue Rangers]] of each team. Examples include the [[Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman Gingaman]], [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricangers]], [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magirangers]], [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Shinkengers]], and [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Goseigers]]. Driven home by MilestoneCelebration installment ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', where [=GokaiBlue=] uses a finishing move referencing said Blues against a MonsterOfTheWeek.
286* ''Series/TidelandsNetflix'': The hybrids have the ability to manipulate water somewhat. Also blood, which is implied to be because that's mostly water too. They usually do this with water in people's bodies, whether to harm or heal them.
287* A MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger / Series/PowerRangersSPD'' turned out to be using this power to [[spoiler: cut through things like steel and stone. And opponents; you ''will'' feel it even through a Ranger suit, ''in the same episode'' where we find a Ranger can causally lift and toss a car, proving just how strong those suits are.]] Water could be fired with ''that'' kind of razor precision. And it turns out it's TruthInTelevision. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_jet_cutter Water jet cutters]] really are a thing. Mind you, abrasives of some sort are often mixed in, but ''not'' always.
288* Not common in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' but it shows up here and there:
289** ''Series/UltramanGaia'': While Ultraman Agul doesn't have any obviously water-based powers, his life energy is drawn from the sea itself, so he can be considered an example.
290** ''Series/UltramanRB'''s Ultraman Blu uses water-based abilities by default, in contrast to [[PlayingWithFire his brother's fire-based ones]]. He can switch powers with Ultraman Rosso though if needed.
291** A number of kaiju as well.
292*** Seamons and Seagorath from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' are a mated pair of {{Sea Monster}}s who can use their combined powers to summon tsunamis and cause massive rainstorms.
293*** The Gilas Brothers of ''Series/UltramanLeo'' possess many of the same powers as Seamons and Seagorath above, which Alien Magma uses to devastate coastal cities and even sink an entire island.
294*** Mizunoeryu from ''Series/UltramanGaia'' is the Dragon God of Water, thus possesses a wide range of water-based powers, including WeatherManipulation, create shields or orbs of water, and change the consistency and color of water.
295*** Maga-Jappa from ''Series/UltramanOrb'' is the King Demon Beast of Water. Resembling a seahorse mixed with an octopus, it fouls up bodies of water with its presence, rendering them unbearably smelly, and is able to shoot jets of polluted water from its snout.
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299DJ the S' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im7getdr0zE Disciple of the Water]]" is a compilation remix of Water-based themes from video games.
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303* Various deities and spirits in Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths (fitting, as most of the continent is arid so some water is appreciated):
304** In the Gunwinggu sphere Ngalyod is the LordOfTheOcean and the [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Yawkyawk]] the various sea gods which can control the waves and weather.
305** The Wandjina from the "Wandjina-Wungurr" cultural complex in Kimberley bring in the rains. Wungurr is the LifeForce, represented by water.
306** Similarly, Yurlungur is a serpent deity associated with water in Yolngu lore.
307** The Gamilaraay have Birrangulu, a goddess that brings in floods. The Garriya is a water snake monster; the famous Bunyip is associated with water in modern times, but traditionally its just a term for any dark spirit.
308** Wagyl is the Noongar FertilityGod, bringing in the rains.
309** Ironically the Yuin, the Australian Aboriginal culture that were the best navigators and fishermen, don't seem to have sea deities.
310* ''Literature/TheBible'':
311** Jesus. Not only can he control the entire ocean and all its storms, he can also walk on water or turn it into wine.
312** Moses [[PartingTheSea split the Red Sea]] to allow his people safe passage out of Egypt.
313* When the forces of the demon Mara attack [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddha]], calling him unworthy of calling himself enlightened, the latter calmly summons the Earth to be the witness of his enlightenment. The Earth appears in the form of the goddess Dharani, who promptly generates a flood tide from her hair, symbolizing the amount of Buddha's merits, and washes the demons away.
314* Flood myths are pretty common. [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]] goes to find the survivors of the Flood, who has been granted immortality.
315* In Myth/GreekMythology, Poseidon is the hot-tempered god of the sea. Incidentally, he's also a god of earthquakes. So he doesn't just kill you with water.
316* Many other gods, obviously, both of the sea and freshwater bodies. Examples include Oceanus (also from Myth/ClassicalMythology), [[Myth/CelticMythology Mannan Mac Lir]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Njörðr]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Sobek]], and [[Myth/TainonMythology Atabey]] as well as the many kinds of nymphs and fairies and the like.
317* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Eastern dragons]] are frequently {{Nature Spirit}}s attuned to water.
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321* Chel[=/=]Summer from ''Podcasts/{{Sequinox}}'' can summon large waves thanks to her beach theme, usually in the form of her Misirlou Beach Blast attack. In the monster world from the Gemini Arc, Winter's ice powers are replaced by murky seawater.
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325* ''TabletopGame/FiftyFathoms'': Magic in Caribdus is element-based. Since the world is mostly ocean (and getting more so all the time, thanks to an ongoing curse), specialising in water is a pretty solid choice.
326* In ''TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}'', Splash is a well-respected member of Team Tomorrow with the ability to control water and transform her body into water. And the powers are available to player characters.
327* In ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'', one can specialize in Water-based magic, which allows both for the control of water and [[AnIcePerson ice.]]
328* The Aquos attribute in ''TabletopGame/{{Bakugan}}'' is that series' water element.
329* ''TabletopGame/BlueRose'' has "water shaping" as one arcanum adepts can learn. It's rather less dramatic than usual for this trope, letting you do things like raise or lower the surface of a body of water with a few feet.
330* ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'': The Lore of Storm practiced by the Defilers is, despite [[BlowYouAway what its name implies,]] mostly about controlling water.
331* A few ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' monsters and prestige classes get in on this, particularly water elementals, water-based Elemental Savants, and Wavekeepers. There's also a species of aberration in the ''Pathfinder'' setting that's damaged by saltwater.
332* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': Water elementals, deities associated with water and Water Aspect Dragon-Bloods can do this a bit, and their equivalents, the Water Ryuujin from the shard Burn Legend, do this virtually all the time, to the extent of getting damage and clash bonuses when near a full bathtub, fire sprinkler, or other sources of water.
333* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Multiple:
334** [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=159235 Jokulhaups]], one of the earliest ResetButton (i.e. kill everything!) cards of the game. But why does it use mountain mana? [[FridgeBrilliance Because Jokulhaups are the result of melting a glacier, which would require a lot of red mana.]]
335** A student mage in the Kamigawa novels tries to explain the strength of water by talking about the strength of a ''tsunami'' breaking apart a ship.
336** The "[[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2508 Hydroblast]]" spell, from its name and image. Also WaterIsBlue, as it uses blue mana.
337* ''TabletopGame/{{Nobilis}}'': take Water, Floods, Rivers, Streams, Oceans or anything along those lines as your Estate, then buy the rest of your Familia some floaties.
338* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
339** Kineticists with the water element, which also crosses over with AnIcePerson. Their abilities start at blasting enemies with high-pressure bolts of water and upgrade into manipulating mist and fog, general hydrokinesis, walking on water, and creating DeflectorShields out of water or ice, with the element's ultimate wild talent summoning a GiantWallOfWateryDoom.
340** Some class archetypes also revolve around controlling water, including the Water Elementalist (Wizard), Sea Singer (Bard), and Ocean Druid (Druid).
341* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' features an optional (and somewhat underwhelming) Psychic Character class called the Soaker, a character with hydrokinetic powers.
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345* The Water Element in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}''. One example of use is Gali, a Toa of Water, who has literally killed the [[{{Mordor}} realm of Karzahni]] with a massive flood attack after evacuating all the traumatized Matoran.
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349* Kira Daidouji in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has the default Arcana of Water.
350%%* The spitball in ''VideoGame/BackyardBaseball'' is more this than an actual spitball.
351* Alani from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' uses water to either attack or heal.
352* ''VideoGame/BayonettaOriginsCerezaAndTheLostDemon'': When Cereza and Cheshire find and destroy the Water Core, Cheshire gains the power of water, with this he can shoot a beam of water or shoot 3 beams at once, trap a faerie in a bubble with an uppercut, and swim in bodies of water.
353* The Undertow Vigor from ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', while it [[PainfulTransformation causes painful-looking suction cups and barnacles to appear]] on Booker's arms, allows the player to repel enemies with jets of high-pressure water or pull them towards you. It's especially useful since Columbia is a FloatingContinent you can (and will) use Undertow to punt enemies off the edge with water jets. It's also useful against projectiles allowing for CatchAndReturn.
354* In ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', Cornelia’s [[SecretArt Megahax]] is a sweeping tidal wave called “Digital Sea.” It’s one of the strongest offensive spells in the game, and can only be cast once per battle.
355* The ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' games have water-filled bubbles that can be used to rinse down enemies. It can also stun the protagonists ''while'' they're being pulled with the current.
356* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'':
357** Frog. Being, well, a frog, Spekkio gave him Water magic.
358** Ice is not considered its own element in the game, and so [[IceMagicIsWater all ice attacks do water damage]] (which means that Marle, who is the [[HealItWithWater healer]]/[[AnIcePerson ice user]] of the team, is given a water element).
359** The blue innate in ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' encompasses both water and ice, similar to ''Chrono Trigger''. Any character can equip blue Elements to use in battle. Irenes, a mermaid, is the only character who uses water in her special attacks.
360* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'': The Water Blast ranged set's abilities mostly inflict a combination of Smashing and Cold (essentially ice) damage, but the final powers are steam-themed and inflicted Fire damage. There's also a "Tidal Power" gimmick that's increased by certain moves and depleted by others to increase their secondary effects.
361* Lots of dams [[StuffBlowingUp get destroyed]] over the course of the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer: Generals'' campaigns. Half the time, you're the one doing it, half the time, you... umm... get wet.
362* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' introduces Wa-Wa, the Elemental Mask of Water who can create tsunamis and snowstorms.
363* Rikuo/Aulbath in ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.
364* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'': The Water power allows characters to manipulate water in many unique ways, such as creating [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower Water Constructs]] and [[HealItWithWater Healing]] allies.
365* In the ''VideoGame/EarthAndSky'' series, one of the new [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman supersuits]] introduced in the final chapter has a water-themed powerset.
366* ''Franchise/DragonQuest'': Water has appeared sparingly throughout the series history typically in the form of tidal waves, sea storm attacks, and high-pressure water jets, although more often than not, they were lumped in with [[BlowYouAway wind]] or [[AnIcePerson ice]]-based attacks since water did not have a dedicated element.
367** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' introduced the Tidal Wave skill which can be learned by Sages and a handful of aquatic monsters. Unfortunately, its usage is quite limited, since the main characters cannot use it when they're underwater or indoors.
368** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has a strong nautical theme throughout the game and introduces the Jolly Rager and Maelstrom skills, both of which can be learned by Pirates.
369** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'': In the ''Joker'' series of games, water skills deal ice-elemental damage to enemies. It wasn't until ''Joker 3'' that a dedicated water element was introduced, along with Splish, the first water-elemental spells in the series. Many aquatic monsters in the series are capable of using both [[IceMagicIsWater ice and water]] abilities.
370** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestTreasures'': This spinoff game is the first to be released outside of Japan that utilizes the water element. All of the skills that previously used wind and ice to calculate damage were now water elemental.
371* In ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', the Demonic Petunia of the [[BubblegloopSwamp Deep Darkness]] can spray a huge blast of water that does heavy damage to all party members. Oddly enough, this attack is identical in all but FlavorText to PSI Fire γ or Jeff's flamethrower. ("Petunia" is also a localization-induced misnomer, as it's actually a Rafflesia.)
372* [[FishPerson Argagarg]] from ''VideoGame/FantasyStrike'' manipulates water to "attack" his opponent. "Attack" is in quotation marks because unlike most examples, the water does no damage at all except for [[PoisonousPerson his poisoned projectile]]. However, it still can make the opponent flinch or push them away to keep them from hurting Argagarg while the aforementioned poison [[DamageOverTime chips away at their health]].
373* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'':
374** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': Cagnazzo the Drowned King. When he gathers water for his Tsunami attack, he can absorb ice attacks (but zap him with a Thunder spell and he won't be able to use it). In the DS version, Tsunami has a chance of [[OneHitKill killing your party members instantly, regardless of HP]]. Oh, and you can get said Tsunami as an Augment move after beating the boss. Notably, only the DS version has an actual water element. In the other versions, Cagnazzo's Tsunami and the Leviathan summon are NonElemental while Edge's Flood ability is [[IceMagicIsWater ice-elemental]].
375** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': The Bismarck summon deals water damage to all enemies. Strago can deal water damage using his Aqua Breath and Tsunami lores while Mog's Water Harmony dance can deal water damage with En Nino and Acid Rain. The Advance and iOS versions also have Leviathan, a second water-elemental summon that also gives the player access to the Flood spell.
376** In later installments, player characters can learn various water spells, from the high-pressure Aqua Breath to the Tsunami and Clean Sweep spells and even one or more SpellLevels of Water; [[SummonMagic Summoners]] can even call Leviathan and other summoned monsters to deliver such water-elemental attacks.
377** Water is a Black Magic spell in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', but its higher SpellLevels are enemy-exclusive abilities. It's called Aqua in the UpdatedRerelease. There's also the water [[SummonMagic Esper]] Famfrit, who uses Briny Cannonade as a standard ability and Tsunami as a LimitBreak, as well as Waterja as a DesperationAttack when fought as a boss.
378** In addition to his full suite of ice magic, Snow of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' is also the only character to learn all three Water spells as a [[ElementalPowers Ravager]]. For physical damage, Lightning, Snow, and Fang can all learn Aquastrike. Depending on the character, [[SupportPartyMember Synergists]] can also bestow the water element on the [[AttackAttackAttack Commando]] and [[StatusInflictionAttack Saboteur]]'s abilities with the Enwater spell or reduce incoming water damage with Barwater. Sazh and Hope can do both.
379** There are a handful of Water spells in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', spread widely across the various classes, most of which have unique side effects. For instance, the Viking class learns Tsunami as one of its only spells (the rest being the [[ShockAndAwe Thunder family]]); Tsunami floods a very large area, damaging both health and MP, but can only be cast if the Viking is standing in water.
380* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', [[WaterIsWomanly Azura]] has water-based powers, which she uses in some points. Also, the Avatar's dragon form is associated with water. [[spoiler: The Avatar gets it from their father, Anankos, the mad king of Valla and the BigBad in ''Revelation''.]]
381* ''VideoGame/FromDust'' allows the [[AGodIsYou player]] to pull water from the sea, lakes, rivers or even puddles, morph it into a ball, and hurl it about. Whether you're using it to install a water feature, combat a forest fire, or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential flood a village]] is up to you, however...
382* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': anyone with a Hydro vision. These characters tend to have powers that require higher hit point totals. The catalyst users, Barbara and Kokomi, splash water with all their attacks and are excellent healers.
383* Mercury Adepts in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' are both this and the WhiteMage version in one handy package. Most of their later moves seem to involve [[AnIcePerson encasing their opponents in ice]]. Mia is a classical WhiteMagicianGirl and Piers is a much more offensive version. ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' includes Mia's son, Rief, as a [[GenderFlip Staff Dude]] and [[spoiler: Alex's son]], Amiti, as a MagicKnight. Mia's daughter also makes an appearance and is stated to share her family's element.
384* Kraken from ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth'' uses this trope: his abilities include tsunami-powered running, summoning whirlpools, and actually making a splash, with which he delivers splash damage to everyone around his target.
385* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': Some of the hissatsu techniques used for soccer incorporate elemental powers, including water. [[MeaningfulName Tsunami]] from the first series can summon tsunamis and typhoons. Hamano from ''GO'' has the dribbling technique Naminori Piero which allows him to create a whirlpool that turns into a wave. [[WaterIsWomanly Norika]] from ''Ares'' has three catch hissatsu techniques that allow her to manipulate water. Interestingly, all three of them have a water-related hobby, with Tsunami being a surfer, Hamano fishing in his free time and Norika having a mother whose business involves the ocean.
386* ''VideoGame/KameoElementsOfPower'' has the water-themed Elemental Warriors Deep Blue (a sea creature who can swim easily, spray water while on land and melt into a pool) and Flex (a tentacled Warrior who can skate over water). There are also the Water Trolls, who are composed of water, and require being drenched with Deep Blue to be solidified.
387* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
388** One of the summons from [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]] is WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, who flies around and sprays water from his trunk. He returns as summon in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''.
389** In addition to Dumbo, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' has the Aqua Splash sleight which sprays [[IceMagicIsWater melted ice]] from Sora's keyblade while he levitates around.
390** The MusicalAssassin Demyx from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' is Organization XIII's water user. If he ever utters "Dance, water, dance!", [[TimedMission you're in trouble]]. He also creates geysers and massive blobs of water to attack with.
391** [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Aqua]], as well, though she's a subtle example. Unlike [[DishingOutDirt Terra]] and [[BlowYouAway Ventus]], her only spell that actually fits [[MeaningfulName her name]] is her initial shotlock; instead, she's cross-trained in [[AnIcePerson Blizzard]] and [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] spells, gaining advanced versions of both that only she can use. [[FridgeBrilliance And what do you get when you mix the two?]]
392** Water is finally treated as its own element in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', though it can only be inflicted by Water-Dream Eater links. The "Balloon" line of spells are commonly mistaken to be Water as well due to confusion stemming from the bonus it gives to Dream Eaters (it adds Water resistance) but a quick glance at a Dream Eater's movelist that can use Balloon suggests it is [[NonElemental neutral]] instead.
393** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' finally introduces a full line of water spells to go with Sora's standard FireIceLightning magic. Ariel also shows up as a water summon and the Wheel of Fate Keyblade's FinishingMove pummels nearby enemies with tentacles made of water.
394** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIIIReMind'': The SecretBoss normally uses entirely Sci-Fi themed weapons, but has a move that steals Sora's Keyblade for a short period of time. During that phase, the boss becomes capable of using powerful water attacks.
395* [[VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad Bubble]] Kirby from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series and later Water Kirby. Also, there's the Water Galboros mid-boss, who only appears so far in ''[[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Return to Dream Land]]'', as well as the Water Galbo enemies. ''[[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Star Allies]]'' introduces Driblee, a tadpole enemy who also provides the Water ability. [[spoiler: The Magolor epilogue in Dream Land Deluxe has Hydriath, a water-themed version of Goriath. He has water versions of Goriath's moves and can teleport as well to surprise Magolor.]]
396* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games:
397** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' has Morpha, the boss of the Water Temple. Morpha is a giant amoeba that can create tentacles with the water it resides in. These tentacles are capable of striking and even grabbing and throwing Link. Though Navi does mention that the "water" Morpha inhabits is not normal water.
398** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', water-elemental weapons include Link's Great Fairy, Impa's Giant Blade, Lana's Spear, Ruto's Zora Scale, Tetra's Cutlass, King Daphnes's Sail, and Marin's Bell. ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' has Mipha, who can control water at will to create torrents imbued with healing power to aid allies.
399* In ''{{VideoGame/Lineage 2}}'' the Hydro Screw and Hydro Blast skills, used by a summon and Spell Singer class, respectively.
400* Hipopo from the Creator/{{Taito}} PlatformGame ''Liquid Kids''.
401* One of the more powerful attacks for the ''flamethrower'' in ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'' is a torrent of water that also pushes the victim a long distance.
402* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
403** Robot Masters Wave Man, Bubble Man and Aqua Man from the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series. Toad Man summons a screen-filling acid rain attack. Pump Man creates a shield out of globes of water and can throw them out. Oddly enough, Splash Woman ''doesn't'' fit this, as her weapon is the armor-piercing Laser Trident.
404** Stardroid Neptune yields the Salt Water weapon, allowing Mega Man to short out and corrode robots with globs of ionized saline solution.
405** From the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series, we have Bubble Crab from ''X2'', Rainy Turtloid from ''X6'', and Splash Warfly from ''X7''. Launch Octopus and Jet Stingray also utilize whirlpools to suck X (and Zero for the latter) in.
406* [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Metal Gear Ray]] can shoot a high-pressure stream of water from it's "mouth", and it's a devastating attack [[PowerGlows that even looks like a laser.]]
407* ''VideoGame/MikeShadowIPaidForIt'': Water attacks. Lv.1 is a tidal wave. Lv.2 is a huge spinning typhoon of water that turns into a larger tidal wave. Lv.3 has Mike surf on what is the largest tidal wave that swamps the machine.
408* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'':
409** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2004'': Plesioth is a large Piscine Wyvern that can shoot a laser-like water stream at the hunter, be it while standing on land or while swimming in a moat. The UpdatedRerelease ''Monster Hunter G'' adds the subspecies Green Plesioth, whose water shots are stronger.
410** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2Dos'': Daimyo Hermitaur and Shogun Ceanataur are a pair of large Carapaceons ({{Giant Enemy Crab}}s), serving as the respective {{King Mook}}s of the Hermitaur and Ceanataur, capable of attacking hunters and preys with powerful, pressurized water streams. The main difference is that Daimyo shoots it from its mouth (and, in higher-rank quests, moves sideways while doing so to cover a greater territory for a higher chance to harm its enemies), while Shogun shoots it from the mouth of its shell (namely a claimed Gravios shell) and prefers to do it while hanging from the ceilings. They gain subspecies in ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterFreedom2 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite]]'': Plum Daimyo Hermitaur (which moves in a curved sideway pattern while shooting the water stream to make it even harder for hunters to dodge it) and Terra Shogun Ceanataur (which can shoot water ''while'' climbing to the ceilings).
411** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'':
412*** Royal Ludroth is a spongy yellow Leviathan that attacks its enemies by shooting water globules, be it while standing still and aiming at different angles or while walking from one spot to another (and often turning back to repeat the attack).
413*** Gobul is an enormous Leviathan modeled like an anglerfish that is adapted to fight underwater as well as on land, and has a wide array of attacks (such as paralizying opponents with its spikes or stunning nearby hunters and small monsters with an intense flash from its lamp); however, the only water-based attack is has is creating an enormous suction torrent while swimming to swallow preys and inflict serious damage to the hunters caught with it
414*** Ceadeus is a gigantic whale-like Elder Dragon that can absorb a large amount of water to expel it as a massive torrent to attack hunters. It can do it either while looking frontward or from above after rising to the highest spot of the Underwater Ruins. The UpdatedRerelease ''3 Ultimate'' introduces a bioluminiscent, gold-colored subspecies in G Rank whose water shots are far stronger.
415** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPortable3rd'': Amatsu is a large Elder Dragon that floats in the air thanks to the dense wind currents it creates around. Wherever it goes, rains and downpours ensue, which makes it a major natural threat. Within its vast repertoire of attacks, there's the strong water streams it can shoot from its mouth, and do so while it looks from down to up. When it's enraged, it can shoot a bigger stream from afar in the skies.
416** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4'':
417*** Kecha Wacha is a lemur-like Fanged Beast that can attack by shooting water globules from its trunk. The Seltas Queen and (in ''4 Ultimate'') her desert-dwelling subspecies have both a similar attack, though they only perform it when they're very angry ([[GrievousHarmWithABody and the desert subspecies tends to shoot their male partners as well in the process]]).
418*** In the UpdatedRerelease ''4 Ultimate'', due to inhabiting deserts instead of icy coasts (unlike its parent species), Tigerstripe Zamtrios shoots warm water (be it through a succession of globules while it's inflated, or as a powerful stream that instantly puts it back into its usual shark form) instead of ice or cold water.
419*** ''4 Ultimate'' also introduces Tidal Najarala, a subspecies adapted to live in cold waters like those of the Frozen Seaway (though some specimens are shown to also live in warmer water bodies located in forests, much like the standard Najarala); it replaces the sound-sensitive scales of its cousins with scales capable of redirecting the water globules the monster shoots so it can hit unsuspecting hunters (who manage to dodge them the first time) from behind.
420** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations'': Mizutsune, one of the [[EliteFour Fated Four]], is a beautiful Leviathan with purple-and-pink fur that can shoot a thin, yet powerful water stream from its mouth, and cover a wide area as it turns around while performing the shot. The monster is also unique in that it unleashes big bubbles capable of impairing a hunter's movement, though some of the bubbles have colors that signal additional properties (for example, the green ones slightly heal a hunter who bursts it upon contact).
421** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld Iceborne'':
422*** Coral Pukei-Pukei is a subspecies that replaces the poisonous attacks of its standard cousin with water-based ones. It uses its tail to absorb a large volume of water from the spongy plants that grow in Coral Highlands. During battle, the stored water can be shot at hunters as powerful jets, or also as globules from its mouth (similar to Kecha Wacha).
423*** Namielle is a mysterious Elder Dragon that combines traits from aquatic animals like jellyfish and manta rays. It is capable of absorbing and then manipulating large amounts of water, and use it during battle in conjunction with electricity produced from its body to inflict a mix of water and electric damage.
424** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'': Though Tetranadon favors using melee attacks (often based on those of sumo wrestling), it can also shoot water globules from its mouth when it's in inflated form, similar to Tigerstripe Zamtrios.
425* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': In ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3]]'', to round out their roster of PaletteSwap ninjas, the water-manipulating Rain is introduced [[StealthPun (he was purple)]]. Later installments expanded upon his water-controlling abilities, and he made a reappearance in the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' as DLC. In the ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' comic Rain shows he can manipulate the clouds as well.
426* Tyurru, the young wizard from ''VideoGame/NinetyNineNights'', who drowns people in [[BubbleGun bubbles]].
427* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' has Nuregami, a snake goddess who gives Amaterasu the Waterspout brush technique. With it, she can take control of water, allowing her to solve puzzles where this element is required as well as extinguish fire. Certain sidequests unlock extra abilities with this technique, such as enabling the Mermaid Spring Portals and casting powerful rains.
428* Many {{Youkai}} in ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'', especially those who live underwater. Special mentions go to Ame-onna who either shoots water at enemies or summons a rain that lowers the enemies' speed as she cries, and Aragawa-no-aruji who shoots water missiles similar to Ame-onna above or creates a whirlpool that deals great damage to one of the enemies.
429* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'': The Water Vellumental rules over liquid matter, and can summon and direct vortexes and large waves of water.
430* The ''VideoGame/Persona2'' duology are the only games in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' franchise to feature Water magic (the Aqua line of spells) while keeping the traditional Bufu line ([[AnIcePerson ice]]) as a separate element. Eikichi, in particular, specializes in this, but several other characters also have similar skills.
431* ''VideoGame/{{Plantasia}}'' has a non-fighting example with Holly's rainstorm spell, which can be used to water every plant on the field.
432* '' Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
433** Water-type Pokémon, with attacks like Water Gun, Surf, and Hydro Pump. In keeping with the frequent sub-trope of water-based attackers also being able to use ice-based attacks, almost all Water-type Pokémon can also learn Ice-type attacks like Ice Beam and Blizzard.
434** Water-type specialty Trainers include [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Gym Leader Misty of Cerulean City]] [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver in Kanto]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Wallace and Juan of Sootopolis City in Hoenn]][[note]]Juan serves as the Sootopolis Gym Leader in Emerald and [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime]], while Wallace, uniquely, serves as the Sootopolis Gym Leader in the Ruby and Sapphire Games ''and'' a member of the Elite Four, where he is fought as the Hoenn Champion in Emerald, and makes his official anime appearace in "[[Recap/PokemonS11E23OurCupRunnethOver Our Cup Runneth Over!]]"[[/note]], [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Gym Leader Crasher Wake of Pastoria City in Sinnoh]], [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Gym Leaders Cress of Striaton City and Marlon of Humilau City in Unova]], [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Gym Leader Nessa of Hulbery in Galar]], [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Kalos Elite Four member Siebold]], [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Trial Captain Lana of Brooklet Hill in Alola]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Gym Leader Kofu of Cascarrafa in Paldea]]. Uniquely, of these Trainers, Unova has ''two'' Water-type Gym Leaders[[note]]Striaton City's Cress is one of three that must be fought along with green thumb Cilan and the fiery Chili, while Humilau City's Marlon is a stand-alone trainer[[/note]], while Wallace of Hoenn serves as both the Sootopolis City Gym Leader ''and'' a member of the Elite Four.
435** One of the available starters for any generation of ''Pokémon'' games is always a Water-type, with the other two being a [[GreenThumb Grass-]] and [[PlayingWithFire Fire-type]], and picking a Water-type starter usually results in your rival taking the Grass-type starters, while taking a Fire-type has the rival picking a Water-type. They are generally very useful in the in-game due to their [[MightyGlacier resilient and powerful nature]] (excluding Greninja, who instead focuses on abusing its speed and offensive power), the good coverage of Water attacks, and the expansive movepool they usually have to abuse their huge offensive stats. There is a reason picking the water starter is commonly considered the easy mode.
436** Legendary Water-Types include Suicune, a qilin-like quadruped and one of Johto's Legendary Beasts; Kyogre, a whale-like behemoth said to have created the oceans and one of Hoenn's Creation Trio; Palkia, a theropod-like dragon and the lord of space and dimensions; Manaphy, a Mythical nymph said to be prince of the seas; Keldeo, a colt-like unicorn from Unova who serves as the D'artagnan to Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion's [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers Three Musketeers]]; and Tapu Fini, one of Alola's four guardians who presides over Poni Island.
437* Carlo Belfrond, Psychiccer of Water from ''VideoGame/PsychicForce 2'' and second-in-command of the [[AnIcePerson Psychiccer of Ice, Keith]].
438* In ''Videogame/Psychonauts2'', Maligula was a powerful Hydrokineticist who was responsible for causing a massive flood that killed countless innocent people in the Eastern European nation of [[{{Ruritania}} Grulovia]]. Not only does this make her a ManOfKryptonite for Raz (whose family was literally cursed with SuperDrowningSkills) but she's the one considered responsible for the curse in the first place. [[spoiler:Of course, the truth is a lot more complicated]]. It's also implied that [[spoiler:Raz and his family are actually capable of Hydrokinesis and that the "Hand of Galochio" that represents their curse is actually a manifestation of said ability affected by their aquaphobia]].
439%%* Sougetsu Kazama of ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''.
440* Water is the element of the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' characters Margarete (first game), Anastasia (''Covenant''), and Mao (''From The New World''). This applies more to their physical attacks than their magic, due to the second two games using PowersAsPrograms.
441* ''VideoGame/Shantae2002'': The octopus-like boss of the [[DownTheDrain Dribble Fountain]] can flood the area with water.
442* In ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'', the [[WeirdMoon Blue Moon]] has both this and [[BlowYouAway wind]] as its elements. Because of the combo, the attack spells resemble something like a tornado made of water. Drachma can learn this magic more quickly than the other party members, but it doesn't wholly matter because he [[MagicallyIneptFighter has the weakest magic in the game and makes up for it with raw attack power.]]
443* This is one of the eight original elements in the ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' series. While many do generally use water in its base form or are forms of aquatic life like crabs, whales, squids, and dolphins; this element does also link partially to [[ShockAndAwe electricity]], as [[VideoGame/SkylandersSpyrosAdventure Zap]] was [[InterspeciesAdoption adopted by electric eels]] and made a special harness to fit in while [[VideoGame/SkylandersSwapForce Punk Shock]] is an electric eel princess; [[AnIcePerson ice]] with Slam Bam, [[VideoGame/SkylandersGiants Chill]], Freeze Blade, and [[VideoGame/SkylandersImaginators King Pen]]; and steam in the form of [[VideoGame/SkylandersTrapTeam Lob-Star]], who can go into a "steamed mode" to increase his speed and attack strength. In the ElementalRockPaperScissors, it beats [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] but loses against [[GreenThumb Life]].
444* In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', the Urashima Woman's cause of death was drowning, and so as a spirit she's gained some control over water. She can make her victims feel like they're drowning even without water present, she can control the water in Akira's pipes when she haunts his apartment, and Seiji theorizes that she can teleport herself to any location that has water, such as bathrooms, lakes, sewers, etc.
445* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
446** [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Chaos]] is more or less a water elemental, ranging from a humanoid to a gigantic [[CombatTentacles Tentacle Monster]].
447** And [[spoiler:Marine the Raccoon]] is like [[PlayingWithFire Blaze the Cat]], only with water. It was kept a secret until the end of [[VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure the one game the character appears in]], though it's hard to tell if it's a water or energy blast.
448* In ''VideoGame/StellaGlow'', the Water Witch Lisette can attack with torrents of water. Later skills allow her to attack with ice as well, though ice in this game is still treated as a water-type attribute gameplay-wise.
449%% Needs context * Tytti Noorbuck, herald of Water Elemental Lord, in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.
450* Water is one of the staple elements in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''. Two of its most commonly seen spells are Splash, which dumps a torrent of water on the target, and Tidal Wave, which either drenches the entire battlefield with ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin or summons a swirling vortex that hits most of, if not all of the battlefield depending on the game.
451* ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' deserves specific mention -- the game does indeed make a differentiation between "Water" and "Ice" like a lot of them, but in the ElementalRockPaperScissors, a player will notice that there is actually no "light" element, and that Water spells are actually effective against [[CastingAShadow Curse]]-aligned enemies, and that similarly, Curse is strong against Sea enemies. Since in the context of the game, the sea is holy, this means that traditional light spells like Brilliant Lance, Ray, and Judgment are considered "Sea"...but this also means that traditional water spells like Spread, Aqua Laser, Maelstrom, and Tidal Wave are ''technically'' holy spells.
452* The Water-type in ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'' mainly consists of aquatic creatures, with techniques are themed around high-pressure water, ice, or cleansing.
453* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
454** Captain Murasa uses water for some of her spellcards, fitting her sailor theme. There's also resident kappa Nitori Kawashiro, with the power to control water.
455** There's also [[SquishyWizard Patchouli Knowledge]], who has it as one of the 7 elements she uses, and [[PhysicalGod Suwako Moriya]], who has a few water-based attacks (mainly in the fighting games, which is why the term spellcard is not used -- she has a water-based spellcard in her first appearance, though.)
456* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Kalim's unique magic "Oasis Maker" allows him to summon massive amounts of water, which is more than other magicians are capable of and enough to irrigate a large desert area.
457* In ''VideoGame/AWitchsTale'', Aquell's doll ability is to cast a powerful Supra spell.
458* Both Erik and Captain Kidd in the ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series are respectively a Viking and a pirate, and as such they're associated with water. This is reflected in their projectiles: Erik uses a tidal wave, Kidd throws watery {{Ghost Ship}}s and [[ShamuFu sharks]].
459* Frost Mages in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' have the ability to summon water elementals (not ice, for some reason) to fight by their side for a little while. Shamans also use water to restore their mana and help them heal. The graphic of their final healing spell, Riptide, looks like you just dumped a bucket of water on the target. They were the SummonMagic of Alliance Mages in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' and of Conjurers in ''VideoGame/WarcraftOrcsAndHumans''. Ice elementals are also extremely rare, being the result of conflict between the elemental lords of air and water. Also, a few select [=NPCs=] are also able to cast Waterbolts, Tsunamis, or water geysers that hurl the opponent into the air.
460* ''VideoGame/WrathUnleashed'': Aenna, the HeroUnit of the Light Order army, has power over water.
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464* The spell Conjure Water in ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane''.
465-->'''Spell description:''' Causes water to magically flow out of the caster's hand. This water will flow so long as the caster maintains concentration on the spell.
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469* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'':
470** Anjren can shoot blasts of water by ''creating clouds'' of various sizes.
471** Jenna can create a ball of water by combining [[AnIcePerson a ball of ice]] and [[MagmaMan a ball of lava.]]
472* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'':
473** Given what she is the goddess of, Waterfall Girl has this trope in the bag. She can even drop a waterfall on you.
474** Tide can create water spouts and such.
475** While not involving water directly, Corla can create spikes of coral.
476* Calamity of ''WebAnimation/NoEvil'' can control water with the aid of Tlaloc's magical tuning fork. Her real name, Chalchiutlique, is that of an Aztec goddess of water.
477* ''WebAnimation/WaterHuman''. He can attack people with masses of water, apparently has a propensity for sitting in water for no reason, and may very well be an ElementalEmbodiment, actually (his skin is revealed to actually be blue in the final episode).
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481* In ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'', Jordan's element is Water.
482* In ''Webcomic/AirRideAdventures'', Blue Kirby can use Teal Dolphin's Sea to make water appear out of thin air. He creates hydrogen atoms to do it.
483* In ''Webcomic/BeyondTheCanopy'', Cascadian foot soldiers are trained in this. Which is odd, because they live in a desert. They carry water -- with explosive fish inside -- on their shoulders to shape into weapons.
484* Seaweed's power set in ''Webcomic/{{Gloomverse}}''.
485* In ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes Larima]] is an Elite-ranked Pacificator of water (the rank Elite is the highest possible). She's so good at her power of water, she's also AnIcePerson. [[note]]However, she can't [[{{Irony}} swim, and is afraid of deep water]].[[/note]] The renegade Tiamat is one as well.
486* ''Webcomic/{{Panthera}}'': [[GratuitousLatin Onca Aquae]], Jaguar of Water.
487* ''{{Webcomic/Phantomarine}}'': Cheth is the god of Death and of Water, and has the ability to manipulate water in all forms.
488* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'''s protagonist Undine Wells has this power as Alchemical Water. She's a member of Team Alchemical, a MagicalGirl group with powers based on the four classical elements (plus Tessa, their leader, as Aether).
489* In ''Webcomic/{{Suihira}}'', Wahida seems to have developed water multiplying powers after her talk with Akia.
490* ''Webcomic/WaywardSons'': Saiden. He can control its state of matter too, allowing him to form his weapon of choice, a trident, out of ice. He can even move a fleet of ships around, though he runs the risk of passing out from exhaustion when he does so.
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494* In ''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2766952/1/Elemental Elemental]]'', the element of water goes to Nachtis, symbolized by internal shifting and change, just like his element.
495* Strangely, only Sabella in ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' has any water-based powers. She also has one [[ShockandAwe ability]] that she tends to mix with her hydroblasts to make them especially deadly. Aside from her liquid control, she also has the added gift of [[AnIcePerson freezing water]].
496* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' examples: Riptide, the girlfriend of protagonist Chaka, and Aquamaster of the West Coast League.
497* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Leviathan has this ability on a terrifying scale, capable of causing tsunamis and sinking islands.
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501* ''WebVideo/FeatherAdventures'': Sploshey, the aquatic version of Sqaishey, has hydrokinetic powers which work even in the Nether dimension, where water usually evaporates instantly. However, they [[PowersViaWeapon only have this ability if they have]] their [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident]].
502* In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', water elementalists are healing-oriented, but their token non-healing spells fit the trope. The one among the protagonists has been shown using the classic water jet and having some control over bodies of water in the comic. The CoconutSuperpowers-laden web series that demotes the former to light particles had her mention the possibility of generating an ice shield.
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506* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aquaman}}'', since the censors wouldn't let him punch people, Aquaman can toss high-pressure concussive water balls, a power which has since been adapted into several animated, live-action, and comics versions of the character. His wife Mera also retains this power from the comics.
507* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
508** Waterbenders tend both toward this and the WhiteMage version. Water can be used for healing along with manipulation of chi flow, but in its attack forms, it's used as a malleable weapon (wall-of-water ram, razor-whip, ensnaring tendrils, etc.). Waterbending also involves solidifying shapes as [[AnIcePerson ice]], and certain waterbenders can leech water from surrounding plants, ''manipulate'' plants through the water inside them, and [[PeoplePuppets physically manipulate]] other beings through their blood. ''Extremely'' exceptional waterbenders such as [[spoiler: Amon/Noatak]] can use bloodbending to [[spoiler:take away others' bending abilities]].
509** [[HandicappedBadass Ming-Hua]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' deserves special mention, as she has the fine control to manipulate water without any arms. Indeed, being able to have water ''for'' arms makes her far more versatile and dangerous with the element than most.
510** Like the other bending styles Waterbending is based on a martial art. Specifically, it's based on ''t'ai chi ch'uan'', a style that features slow movements and elegant forms that evoke the feel of flowing water.
511* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
512** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'':
513*** The Orishans have this as their main ability. Both Bivalvan and Water Hazard display the ability to [[WaterIsAir breathe underwater]] and shoot out pressurized water blasts. Water Hazard takes this even further by being able to manipulate the density of his water blasts and being able to manipulate and absorb the moisture in the air.
514*** Aggregor, after [[spoiler:absorbing Bivalvan]], also displays this ability, though he mostly uses it to create a [[BarrierWarrior bubble shield]] capable of withstanding missiles.
515** ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016'':
516*** Overflow can do most of what Water Hazard can and can even redirect streams of water thrown his way.
517*** Kevin's take on Overflow, dubbed Undertow, is capable of similar hydrokinetic abilities, though his water looks like it came right out of a swamp.
518* Gi of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' has Water as her element, whether from any body of water, a faucet and the like.
519* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'': Sypha's magic allows her to summon and control water, though mostly in the form of ice.
520* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': The villain Liquidator can not only manipulate water, but also heat it, chill it, or turn it into hard water.
521* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'': Scauldrons are aquatic dragons that spit super-heated water at their prey.
522%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has [=H2Olga=].
523%%* ''WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr'': Fluid Man from ''The Impossibles'' segment.
524%%* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': The water demon Bai Tza.
525* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Downpour, from ''Justice League Unlimited'', uses is water powers to try to drown Max Lord, sweep a few dozen lava monsters off an oil rig, and turn himself into a tsunami. [[ShootingSuperman And then he tries to drown Aquaman.]]
526-->'''Aquaman''': King of the ''Seas'', remember?
527* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': In practice, Tad Mulholland can come off as a water elemental. He manipulates water and can even create certain figures of water to fight.
528* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE58FlightToCloudCastle1 Flight to Cloud Castle]]", one of the castle's guardians is a merman who can control water, mostly in the form of blasts of it that he shoots at the heroes.
529* ''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.]]
530* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Mermista has control over water. She derives her powers from the Pearl.
531* ''WesternAnimation/SkyDancers'': A variation: [[MagicalNativeAmerican Breeze]] is able to conjure rain clouds torrential enough to flood a room.
532* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'': Aquamaria takes on the living water being form. She actually does well against Static (he's prone to shorts) until he realizes, hey, electrolysis!
533* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[Characters/StevenUniverseLapisLazuli Lapis Lazuli]] can manipulate water and [[DittoFighter create copies of her opponents]]. In one of the most dramatic shows of this power onscreen, she controls the ''entire ocean'' at the same time and shapes it into a huge tower. By extension, Malachite, a fusion formed between Lapis and Jasper, also retains this ability.
534* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Aqualad has these sorts of powers, which don't seem to work while he's ''UNDER'' water for some reason.
535%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'': Zan of the Wonder Twins. "Shape of... a monsoon!"
536* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
537** Subverted. While Aisha comes from an ocean-based realm, and seems connected to water, her powers come from plasma, which appears in the show to be shiny, pink clay. This is very evident in the 4th season when, twice, the girls had to stop a housefire and Aisha could not use her powers to douse it. Her Sophix seems to give her this power, though.
538** Played straight in the spinoff ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx'' where Aisha DOES have water-based powers.
539* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': Irma Lair can control water, as well as create it seemingly from nowhere.
540%%* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': Omi is the Xiaolin Dragon of Water when he's not AnIcePerson. Orb of Tornami also gives this.
541* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Aqualad can telekinetically control water and [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower turn it into weapons]] like a [[CoolSword sword]] or [[CarryABigStick hammer]]. It's later shown that this is the standard for Atlantean magic and that the powers Aqualad wields are actually a far simpler version. Atlanteans with fuller training have demonstrated making different shapes out of water, like manta rays as shields, octopi to make use of combat tentacles, and even an eel, to electrocute enemies. Though it's no longer her exclusive ability, Mera is definitely a ''lot'' more powerful than the others by a few orders of magnitude.
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