History Main / BatmanCanBreatheInSpace

* In ''Animation/TheReturnOfHanuman'', Hanuman fought against Rahu and Ketu in outer space, with no space equipment whatsoever.

* In the ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film ''Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'', the gang goes to the moon to keep the Gourd King from making it bitter. They do not wear their spacesuits while on the moon, and yet they have no problems breathing there.

* In the ''Literature/{{Kemlo}}'' series by Creator/ReginaldAlecMartin, anyone born in space (i.e. actually in the vacuum of space itself, not merely on board a spaceship or station) can somehow "breathe" in space. Even for a pulpy children's science fiction book series from TheFifties, this strains the reader's credulity to breaking point.

* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}} ("How would he ''know''? Has he ''[[https://shortpacked.com/comic/batman-can-breathe-in-space tried]]''?"). More recent strips show that, while Bruce Wayne can breathe in space, Dick Grayson ''can't''. One ''Bigger Than Cheeses'' comic lampshades this with the title "Breathing in space doesn't help on the Sun" -- the comic itself is about what would really happen in a fight between Batman and Superman. Incidentally, while Batman can breathe in space, Franchise/TheFlash ''[[http://pics.livejournal.com/shortpacked/pic/000y2cyq/ can't]]''... oops!

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'': The Octalians are immune to the vacuum of space as long as they hold their breath and shapeshift; as explained by Loab:
-->'''Loab''' Well, our hull was breached and I was sucked out. You see, we're immune to the vacuum of space as long as we hold our breath and shape shift. Milo was the last one I touched, so I changed into him.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' episode "Bad Day On The Moon", Sam and Max are able to breathe on the moon (which has no atmosphere) without special equipment, Max shrugs it off by saying "I guess those prissy paranoid astronauts didn't have the spine to try it." Given that the characters reach the moon by ''driving there in a 1960 Desoto convertible'', this is not that surprising.

* On an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' Brock Sampson got sucked into the vacuum of space for a good 10 minutes before he was rescued. He survives fine.

SubTrope to TheNeedless, because the character is somehow protected from dangers that would be lethal to human beings, and to ArtisticLicenseSpace, because these outer space inaccuracies are in service of the story. Compare SpaceIsNoisy, where sound is conveyed via vacuum in the same way as sound is conveyed through atmosphere, allowing the characters to talk to one another. Contrast ExplosiveDecompression, where being exposed to a vacuum will quickly make you explode due to the air inside your body trying to expand and fill the void.

* Many ''VideoGame/{{Battletech}}'' missions take place on airless moons and martian-style environments. While [=BattleMechs=] ''are'' rated for hard vacuum in-universe (this is one of their major draws), most of the standard-issue vehicles that you can encounter in such missions are not. In addition, cracking open the cockpit of a 'mech does not put the [=MechWarrior=] inside at risk of decompression or atmospheric poisoning.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', everyone can breathe in space. No explanation; they just... ''can''. Chalk it up to RuleOfCool, since the whole movie treats space [[SpaceIsAnOcean like an ocean]]. Space is called "The Etherium". And there's all sorts of spaceborne organisms, like {{Space Whale}}s.

* In ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', the girls frequently end up in space for one reason or another, and have no trouble breathing, talking, shouting, or, in [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie the movie]], hearing screams and gasps from the Earth while on an asteroid. DependingOnTheWriter: in one episode they did have spacesuits on.

* Happens in two Object Shows, ''WebAnimation/ObjectOverload'' and ''WebAnimation/ObjectMayhem''. The elimination areas on those 2 places are in space, namely "Prison Planet" and the moon, and none of the eliminated contestants wear equipment in space and yet are perfectly fine. Subverted in ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'', because although the contestants go to space in Episode 2 of Season 2 to save Marshmallow without gear, Mephone4 admits that earlier in the episode, Marshmallow will in fact die in space after an hour if she is not saved.

* Happens in two Object Shows, ''WebAnimation/ObjectOverload'' and ''WebAnimation/ObjectMayhem''. The elimination areas on those 2 places are in space, namely "Prison Planet" and the moon, and none of the eliminated contestants wear equipment in space and yet are perfectly fine. Subverted in ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'', because although the contestants go to space in Episode 2 of Season 2 to save Marshmallow without gear, MePhone4 admits that earlier in the episode, Marshmallow will in fact die in space after an hour if she is not saved.

* There are 2 moon maps in ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'' 2, and there's no sort of sustaining tech for either the Plants or Zombies.

* In the ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' episode, "Bad Day On The Moon", the eponymous duo blast off to the moon (via thousands and thousands of match heads stuffed into the [=DeSoto=]'s tailpipe) with only a set of penny-conscious moon gear (paper bags with plastic eye holes to put over their heads) to protect them from the lack of atmosphere on the moon. But, despite Sam's preparedness (he brought a spare bag in case he ran out of air), it turns out that they can breathe easily on the moon, as Max exemplifies by taking his bag off to dig some moon dust out of his eye. Explained thusly:

* Pre-crisis Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} could hold his breath indefinitely in space. After the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' reboot he needed an oxygen mask until Mongul Jr taught him a method of holding his breath.
* If you're a comic book character simply ignoring physics is a valid option: in ''Trinity'', Despero leaps out of his armada flagship to fight ComicBook/GreenLantern in space, when his lackey objects saying he has no spacesuit on, Despero merely shouts "Air is for cowards! Do it!" and he actually survives perfectly fine.
* In ''ComicBook/XMen: X-Cutioner's Song'', there's one scene where Cyclops and Jean Grey escape one of Stryfe's fortresses and attempt to get away by ''crawling across the moon''. Not only do they survive that brief point of time before they ''pass out''. That's also counting the fact that there's also probably enough gravity that Jean can take a misstep and promptly faceplant onto the moon's surface and get a bloody nose.

* ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' can breathe just fine on the moon in ''WesternAnimation/AGrandDayOut''. They don't exhibit weightlessness in outer space either, with only a ball Wallace kicks into the air being affected.

*** This could also be explained by the fact that Peter Quill at that moment still possessed his Celestial Powers, albeit he still didn't know it.

%%* '''Unsure''' The ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' just use helmets-- their [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper uniforms]] double as spacesuits (except ComicBook/TheThing, his skin is tougher than any spacesuit) -- the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_activity_suit Space Activity Suit]] was still several years away from invention when the FF started this practice.

* Pre-crisis ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' could hold his breath indefinitely in space. After the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' reboot he needed an oxygen mask until Mongul Jr taught him a method of holding his breath.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', the characters are capable of breathing in outer space without helmets or spacesuits. At one point, this is lampshaded by Sheen, who asks Jimmy how it's even ''possible'' for them to survive in space without said equipments (other than them being in a [[RuleOfFunny cartoon). Unfortunately, Carl's annoying singing drowns out all of Jimmy's explanations.
* During the [[GrandFinale Grand Finale]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', [[spoiler: the [[FinalBattle Final Battle]] occurs [[AstralFinale in space]] with the girls using their [[SuperMode Calamity Forms]] to fight against [[BigBad The Core]] in order to prevent it from [[ColonyDrop crashing into Amphibia]], however, the girls aren't able to stop it, and when all hope seems lost, Anne decides to pull a [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] by taking all the powers of the [[MacGuffin Calamity Gems]] by herself to destroy The Core, this removes Marcy and Sasha's powers, but for some reason they are both able to still breathe in space before being sent back to the planet. Sprig then flies up to space with [[RobotBuddy Frobo's]] help to try to convince Anne to don't sacrifice herself, and he is also able to talk and breathe normally.]]

* The kids in ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' pull this off. There is an explanation, but [[TheUnReveal Carl's singing]] [[TrollingCreator drowns it out]]. When interviewed about this the animators said that they decided that spacesuits would interfere with the expressions of the characters, so that InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace.

* Used frequently in ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''.While usually only Superman went into space without any breathing equipment, the other Super-Friends were able to survive with just fishbowl helmets. Oh, and [[SpaceIsNoisy Space was Noisy]].

* For the most part, ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' manages to avoid this trope, the exception being in the mini-arc "Look At The Princess", where John Crichton manages to hold his breath long enough to float from one craft to another. Even though the air pressure will rupture your lungs, that's why you ''don't'' hold your breath in a vacuum, though that's the least of that scene's problems with science . . .

* In the sci-fi series ''Akiko'', this is handwaved hilariously when the eponymous character takes her first trip into space in a roofless shuttle--there's ''plenty'' of air in space!

%%* '''Unsure - probably a subversion''' Barrington Baley's The Garments of Caean some of heroes (like Alexei Verednyev and his girlfriend Lana Armasova) just live in space. They know they can. [[spoiler:They are colonists who wear their advanced spacesuits/miniships their whole live. Their cyborg opponents also can do that but don't need suits and looks mostly human. He thought that members of research expeditions are cyborgs because of how they look and because they tried to extract him from the suit.]]

* In the ''Kemlo'' series by Creator/ReginaldAlecMartin, anyone born in space (i.e. actually in the vacuum of space itself, not merely on board a spaceship or station) can somehow "breathe" in space. Even for a pulpy children’s science fiction book series from TheFifties, this strains the reader's credulity to breaking point.