aquatic ability theme

A character has fish-like underwater abilities beyond what is possible for any ordinary person today. They may, for example, be able to swim as fast as a shark, or stay under water indefinitely.

Examples

Captain Kirk and Spock became water breathers and froliced like fish in the oceans of the planet Argo in tas1x13 "The Ambergris Element".

12 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 5 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
tas1x13 choice Kirk and Spock acquired genetic mutations that gave them gills and enabled them to swim around in the sea as if they'd been born to do so.
futurama2x12 major The Planet Express team walked around on the ocean floor with the help of Professor Farnsworth's suppositories.
movie: Amphibian Man (1962) major Ichthyander was surgically altered to have amphibian characteristics which enabled him to swim in the ocean like it was first nature to him.
movie: Man from Atlantis (1977) major Mark had this ability in spades.
movie: Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts (1977) major Mark had this ability in spades.
movie: Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores (1977) major Mark had this ability in spades.
movie: Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances (1977) major Mark had this ability in spades.
movie: Beyond Atlantis (1973) minor Syrene and her people had the ability to live on both the land and in the ocean.
movie: Bloodshot (2020) minor Former US Navy diver KT's tracheal respirator enabled her to swim underwater for long periods of time without having to come up for air.
movie: City Beneath the Sea (1971) minor Dr. Raymond Aguila had been altered to be able to breathe underwater like a fish.