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2[[caption-width-right:330:You could say Superman [[{{Pun}} blew him away]].]]
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4->''"I'll just put out this fire with my Super-Breath... I've got to think of a less embarrassing name for that..."''
5-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''
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7This is the ability to expel large amounts of air from one's mouth, blowing things around as if with a powerful wind.
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9It often overlaps with SuperScream. If it works in reverse, it's VacuumMouth. See also BlowYouAway and BreathWeapon (for some reason (we blame Franchise/{{Superman}}), a lot of people who have this power tend to make it Icy as well).
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11Theoretically, this would come hand in hand with SuperStrength, since 1) the strength of your breath relates to the strength of your diaphragm (which is a muscle); 2) the amount of air that is breathed out is often so immense in comparison to the breather's lungs (evident by how long such super-breathing tends to last) that it would have to be under absurdly high pressure to be contained within the lungs (which, consequentially, necessitates similarly high muscular power on part of the diaphragm to push out).
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13Great power and control over one's breathing is also associated with CharlesAtlasSuperpower and SupernaturalMartialArts, the implication being that secret breathing techniques can unlock the full potential of the human body. Even in the mundane realm of real life, breathing techniques are an essential foundation of power and endurance in many physical disciplines such as boxing and weightlifting.
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21* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
22** Majin Buu used his breath to destroy a city.
23** In an animated movie, Gohan used his to put out a forest fire.
24** Recoome is so above Gohan in terms of power, he simply uses his breath to blow away his Masenko attack.
25* ''Manga/Fabricant100'': The Lung Fabricant can use his superior breathing to stay underwater and create massive air bubbles.
26* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Wendy and Chelia use the BreathWeapon variants with their [[TheDragonslayer Sky Dragon's Roar]] and [[KillTheGod Sky God's Bellow]] respectively.
27* ''Manga/KongohBancho'': How [[spoiler:Nenbetsu Bancho]] ''really'' attacks. Kongoh Bancho is smart enough to realize this (by piecing together the clues in the attacks) and neutralizes them.
28* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Luffy's [[RubberMan rubber body]] means that he can inhale as much air as he wants. His Gum-Gum Storm attack involves him inflating himself with so much air that he becomes large and balloon-like in appearance, twisting his body to increase pressure, and exhaling with a force so strong that it launches him into the air [[NotQuiteFlight almost like flight]].
29* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', Carnage Kabuto [[AttackReflector repels]] one of Genos' hand laser beams by blowing it away.
30* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'':
31** Grinpatch can literally use his breath as a weapon, using a giant straw to shoot bullets or missiles of air with his lung capacity.
32** Ichiryuu can also do this, which he did to deflect Toriko's [[BeamSpam Flying Forks]].
33** Heracles, one of [[spoiler: the Eight Kings uses this in both directions: she inhales once a year to take in as much air as there is water in the Atlantic Ocean, and a single exhalation was not only powerful enough to CurbStompBattle Toriko, but also able to penetrate the Earth's crust with ease.]]
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37* This is one of powers of all Kryptonians, powered by sun, in the DC universe.
38** ComicBook/{{Superman}} can create hurricane force winds by blowing, and also chill his breath to freeze a target. He can also breathe in large amounts of air to dispel clouds of gas by exhaling it. Superman has also the ability to survive indefinitely underwater or in space.
39** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', Superman blasts Protector with a blow of super-heated air when they fight in the Fortress.
40** In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'' Superman deflects a cluster of Kryptonite-tipped missiles with a tight-focus blast of his hurricane breath.
41** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}: Kara is able to create hurricane force winds by exhaling air from her lungs. She can chill the air as it leaves her lungs to freeze targets. She can also reverse the process to pull large volumes of air or vapor into her lungs.
42** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton1959'', Linda blows the dust off her bedroom... literally.
43--->'''Linda:''' Super-Breath is handy, too, to dust out my room in one big blow!
44** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1972 Supergirl Vol 1]]'' #4 Kara uses her freezing breath to put out a burning meteorite; and in the seventh issue, Linda soaks two super-strong cavemen and then petrifies them in ice with a blast of super-cold breath.
45** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 Supergirl Vol 2]]'' #23, Linda uses her hurricane breath to push bystanders away the battlefield.
46** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Supergirl Vol 5]]'' #34, Kara fights a flame-spewing griffon. When it belches out flames on her, Kara retaliates with her freezing breath.
47** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'', Kara uses her super-icy breath to freeze the fist of a train hijacker.
48** In the mini ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Linda uses her freezing breath to freeze ice cream.
49** ''ComicBook/GirlPower'': Parodied. When Kara expels out a gust of extremely cold air, freezing Grace in her tracks, the member of the Outsiders complains about her "freeze breath". Kara automatically and indifferently retorts that is not its name.
50--->'''Grace:''' ''"Not the freeze breath. Not the freeze breath. Not the G.D. Freeze Breath!"''\
51'''Supergirl:''' ''"Arctic Breath. At least that's what my cousin calls it. Argue with him about it."''
52** Being an alternate universe version of the aforementioned Supergirl, ComicBook/PowerGirl also possesses super breath. She's used it to [[https://imgur.com/a/ZoVsLBB ice her way out of restraints]], [[https://imgur.com/a/lkJzbHf freeze and destroy a seemingly indestructible monster]], [[https://imgur.com/a/Vq5xqOA and reveal a cloaked base by covering it in ice]] and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TrollXComics/comments/azlgfm/power_girl_casually_deals_with_a_flasher_power/ give an unwanted chill to a guy who made the mistake of flashing her]].
53** Bizarro and ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', on the other hand, as imperfect reverse-clones of both Kryptonian cousins, have "flame breath" that heats air. It's Bizarro's Vision-based attack power that lets him freeze anything.
54* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk''
55** The Hulk has occasionally displayed this ability. In ''The Incredible Hulk'' #282 had him using it to push back a poisonous gas Arsenal deployed to kill his cousin ComicBook/SheHulk.
56** ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'': In issue #16, She-Hulk puts out a camp fire she and her friends used to keep warm by blowing it out.
57* In British children's comics, Billy Blow and Percy Puffer are schoolboys with this ability.
58* Bigby Wolf from ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', who is an updated version of the Big Bad Wolf. His super-breath probably originates from him being [[spoiler:the son of the North Wind]].
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62* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Franchise/{{Superman}} does a quite humorous display of it:
63-->Clark Kent, in a black tux, held onto Lois with one arm, waved with the other, and winked at Linda. She smiled shyly at him. Linda didn't have to guess whose super-breath had guided those flowers just where he'd wanted them.
64* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku manifested his Super Breath at ten years old, first using it in the story to blow away the Sludge Villain who was trying to suffocate him. He considers using his ice breath against the Villain but decides against it out of fear of being labeled as a Vigilante. He later discovers how to use his Super Breath to generate blocks and sheets of ice rather than just chilling everything it comes in contact with. Unfortunately, the first time he does this he's so happy about his success that he accidentally freezes his instant ramen solid.
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68* ''WesternAnimation/The3LittlePigsTheMovie'': How Big Boss blows away Wally and Beemo's houses, although when he tries it on Feeno's house, like the original, he can't muster up a strong enough breath to take it down. When he tries to give it a second go with a bigger breath, a particularity sadistic bee decides to get itself inhaled and sting him from the inside, causing Big Boss to try getting in some other way.
69* Poseidon uses this to stop Hercules from ascending Olympus in ''WesternAnimation/HerculesPureMagic''. He quickly runs out of breath and collapses.
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73* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'', the Baron's companion, Gustavus, has this ability in addition to super hearing.
74* In the first ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' live-action movie, ''Film/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar'', Obelix blows away a swarm of spiders by exhaling on them rather than try to cross the pit they're filling (as he'd rather not touch them). Note that he never demonstrated such an ability in the comics.
75* In the film Film/{{Constantine|2005}}, after telling a helpless Constantine his plan, [[spoiler:Gabriel]] blows, sending him crashing through a door.
76* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse: Superman gains a frost breath after his resurrection in both ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''. He freezes Steppenwolf's axe with a sustained blow in the former, while in the latter he only needs a small puff to freeze the axe.
77* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': Themberchaud has trouble with igniting his BreathWeapon, but a mere exhalation of his is enough to send the whole party flying backward, above the Thayan assassins pursuing them, before they even see the red dragon.
78* ''Film/SupermanReturns'': Superman uses his breath to blow out a house fire, and then later on a much larger fire in the broken gas lines of Metropolis.
79* Marsha Holloway in ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' is eventually revealed to have this power. It's [[SuperCuteSuperpowers glittery with a rainbow effect]].
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83* OlderThanRadio: The Big Bad Wolf in the folk tale ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'', and most retellings can destroy the first two pigs' straw or wooden shacks by huffing and puffing and blowing it down. That said, he's not quite strong enough to blow away a proper brick house.
84* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': The Dragonkin Rana has this power as her BreathWeapon.
85* In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm story Literature/HowTheSixMadeTheirWayInTheWorld, one of the heroes is a man who can blow gale-force winds out of his nose.
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89* In [[Recap/CommunityS3E05HorrorFictionInSevenSpookySteps S3E05]] of ''Series/{{Community}}'', an AngelicBeauty Shirley appears and blows away TheDevil (the Dean).
90* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]] has this power, naturally. He also discovers this from sneezing when he [[SickEpisode becomes sick]] in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS06E02Sneeze Sneeze]]".
91* As an homage to Superman, Thermoman from ''Series/MyHero2000'' has "Thermo-breath", which can add or remove heat with his breath, as well as simply exhaling powerful gusts.
92* Auric the Conqueror from ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' and Kapri from ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' both have this power, though both have only used it once (Auric against Prince Sprocket and Kapri against Tori).
93* Max and Phoebe of Series/TheThundermans can alternate between freeze breath and heat breath (usually to thaw whoever they froze).
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97* Flurrie of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' fame has the ability to blow high winds either in the field, an incredibly useful and often required ability, or in battle, which sends the enemies flying out of the fight, and thereby [[UselessUsefulSpell robs you of experience for them]].
98* VideoGame/{{Kirby}} has various breath powers, the most used being a puff of air the size of his body. He also has super-inhaling powers.
99* [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] from the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' series has a sneeze for his a attack, the attack that's used to send enemies into the air.
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103* This is the signature power of the main character in ''Webcomic/TheEasyBreather'', demonstrated in [[http://easybreather.comicgenesis.com/d/20080411.html this page]] of her webcomic.
104* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', Kell's family is descended from The Big Bad Wolf, and also can huff and puff with the best of them.
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108* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
109** The supervillain Lycanthros pulls this one out when he's losing a battle. Lycanthros is a werewolf-type villain, but his boss, The Necromancer, may have whipped this little gem up for him.
110** Champion, the greatest hero Chicago has ever known, has cryo-breath as one of his powers. The original Champion didn't.
111* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice:'' Custodes seem to have hyper-powerful lungs, but we have only been shown their capacity once during one of Whammudes' vox-logs. Powerful enough to destroy a fungal infestation, [[spoiler:blast himself out of a tight dead-end pipe along with some unknown horror that had pinned him in there]], and [[SensoryAbuse utterly destroy the ears of people listening to his blown-in microphone]].
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115* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'': Peter Potamus, with his Hippo Hurricane Holler.
116* Raseem in Creator/HannaBarbera's ''WesternAnimation/ArabianKnights'' has this as well as SuperStrength.
117* Aang in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''; a natural offshoot of his airbender powers. He'll use it mostly if his hands aren't free. In fact, in the second episode he takes out a pair of guards escorting him -- [[WithMyHandsTied with both hands tied behind his back]]. ''After'' telling them that he could do exactly that.
118* WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}} has "atomic breath".
119* The Demon of Wind in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''. And the mythological frog creature on whom he was based.
120* Hay Lin in ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''
121* Hurricane Harry from ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool''.
122* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': The episode "Mime World" had EnemyMime villain Jazz Hands transform himself into a giant. He then blew wind at the titular spies, forcing them to act out the "walking against the wind" routine.
123* Howler in Hanna-Barbera's ''WesternAnimation/DrakPack''. The cartoon's premise is that a pack of descendants of [[MonsterMash traditional movie monsters]] Fight Evil to make up for said ancestors' crimes. Howler is a descendant of the [[Film/TheWolfMan1941 Wolf Man]], so presumably he has super breath by association with "the Big Bad Wolf".
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