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Water is also required for [[Super Drowning Skills]] and [[Hazardous Water]].
In most cases, this power [[Elemental Rock
If you came here looking for [[Splash Damage]] tropes, you would do well to go to [[Splash Damage Abuse]], and to [[Shockwave Stomp]] for situations where [[Shockwave Stomp|the stomp]] isn't [[Cutscene Power to The Max|purely decorative]]).
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A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Elemental Powers]].
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* In the manga/anime ''[[X 1999]]'', Dragon of Earth Yuto Kigai is a water master, able to summon floods and hurl water bolts.
* ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]'' has Om the Water Queen and Orca, both of whom use water in the form of bubbles.
* Any water-based jutsu users in ''[[Naruto]]'', particularly Momochi Zabuza, The Second Hokage, and Kisame. Ice is actually a combination of the wind and water elements and is limited to certain bloodlines. Acid is a combination of fire and water (a burning water). Water can be combined with lightning to make Storm (a quasi-[[Light
** Special mention goes to Suigetsu, who can turn himself into water and change body parts.
* In the "Big Trouble in Nekonron, China" ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' movie, Ranma was able to ''punch'' the water spurts coming from the geysers around them in order to create steaming hot water projectiles that could hit his opponent, no matter what his defenses.
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* [[Yaiba|The Water Orb of Suijin]] grants you this power. Also, Rain the Water Demon. She can easly give lessons on how to [[Kill It With Water]].
* In ''[[Yes Precure 5|Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'', [[Lonely Rich Kid|Karen]] becomes Cure ''Aqua''. Guess what she uses to fight. Go on, guess.
* [[Token Mini
* ''[[Wagaya no Oinarisama]]'' has Kou, a [[Miko]] whose impressive hydrokinetic powers are a result of a water dragon god ("Mizuchi"} sealed within her body.
* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'': With [[Reality Warper|Haruhi]] subconsciously blurring the line between reality and her movie, one of the devastating abilities Mikuru's toy guns take on is recoillessly firing terrifically-powerful blasts of water.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
* In [[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]], {{spoiler|Tracy}} gains this power after coming [[Back From the Dead]] during the Volume 4 finale.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Waters of Mars", {{spoiler|a flood of water controlling viruses from the planet Mars infected the water supply of a human base. In a rare example, they could take over a human's body, making them akin to zombies.}}
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* The Fantasy trilogy [[Chronicles Of The Raven]] has a wonderful example where three dimensional mages open a gate to a dimension made entirely of water and use it to flood a whole valley of invaders.
* Watercrafters in ''[[Codex Alera]]'' may be better known for being healers and [[The Empath|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 [[Dishing Out Dirt|earthcrafters]] or [[Playing With Fire|firecrafters]] with their respective elements. They also [[Older Than They Look|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.
* [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|Percy Jackson]] is born with this ability, being the [[Half
* In the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]], 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.
* In the ''[[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.
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== [[Myth and Legend]] ==
* Flood myths are pretty common. [[The Epic of Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]] goes to find the survivors of the Flood, who has been granted immortality.
* [[Incredible Hulk|Don't make]] [[Greek Mythology|Poseidon]] [[Hair
** Incidentally, he's also a god of earthquakes. So he doesn't just kill you with water.
* Many other gods, obviously, both of the sea and freshwater bodies. Examples include Oceanus (also from [[Classical Mythology]]), [[Celtic Mythology|Mannan Mac Lir]], [[Norse Mythology|Njord]], and [[Egyptian Mythology|Sobek]], as well as the many kinds of nymphs and fairies and the like.
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** Also, Bubble Man in ''II''.
* Mario uses the Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Super Mario Sunshine]]''.
* Cagnazzo the Drowned King of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''. 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 [[One
** In later installments, player characters can learn various Water spells, from the high-pressure Aqua Rake to the Tsunami and Clean Sweep spells; [[Summon Magic|Summoners]] can even call Leviathan and other summoned monsters to deliver such water-elemental attacks.
* Frog of ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]''. Being a, well, frog, Spekkio gave him Water magic.
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