Dangerous waters

It could be in a lake, a pool, a river or the sea. We'll take even a full bucket!

Intentional, accidental or an attempt murder (or even a form of torture, like waterboarding)

The important thing is: the whumpee is drowning. Bonus points if there's a caretaker in duty to pull the whumpee out of the water, and maybe we're lucky enough for a CPR scene.

Check the complete Tropes index for more.

TV Shows
Future Man


 * 1x07: Josh Futturman (Josh Hutcherson) has to get into a water tank to retrieve a certain substance, and even though he gets it, when he comes back... he's not breathing. The scene is more funny than whumpy, but his friends do worry.

Ghost Whisperer


 * 4x18: Jim Clancy (David Conrad) almost drowns trying to reach Melinda, who is trapped in the tunnels.The chock of it makes him finally recover his memories.

Grey's Anatomy


 * 3x16: At the end of the previous episode, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) struggles to keep an injured man still and he unconsciously pushes her into the water. She drowns, and Derek is the one to pull her out, hypothermic.

Merlin


 * 1x07: Being mind controled by a magical being, Arthur (Bradley James) is on the way to become a human sacrifice, and the ritual consists on the prince being offered to the lake. And unconscious, he drowns.

Movies
Baywatch (2017)


 * Matt Brody (Zac Efron) is dropped into the sea trapped inside a cage, and he sinks all the way to the bottom.

Iron Man 1 (2008)


 * Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is kidnapped and kept prisioner inside a cave. They waterboard him a few times.