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* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]:'' Yuki Nagato tends to fight by slamming people with forcefields, although this may be due to the fact that both times we see her fight, she's also protecting [[Non-Action Guy|noncombatants]]. This is in contrast to her [[Evil Counterpart]] {{spoiler|Ryouko}}, who prefers various means of stabbing the hell out of people (spears thrown with telekinesis, [[Knife Nut|regular ol' knives]], whatever.)

* The [[Deflector Shields|Distortion Fields]] on ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' are also useful for offense (and like most Aestivalis weaponry, are an [[Homage]] to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', above, albeit not as creepy). The most generally powerful attack the [[Humongous Mecha]] pilots use involves angling their Distortion Field to a point and ramming the enemy with it, a technique named "[[Gekiganger 3|Gekigan Flare]]" as a reference to ''Nadesico'''s [[Show Within a Show]]. When Aestivalis appear in [[Super Robot Wars]], the Gekigan Flare (or combination attacks involving it) is usually the Aestivalis's [[Limit Break]]. Gekiganger fanboys Akito and Gai usually have the Double Gekigan Flare as a [[Combination Attack]]. Given that Gai usually survives much longer in a Super Robot Wars game than he did in his own series, you have a surprising amount of opportunities to use it. (It never did get used by Akito and Gai in the series, because they hadn't seen the [[Short Anime Movie]] that introduced it yet.)

* The [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|SDF-1]] was given a barrier early on: the only problem is that they didn't have the energy reserves to power it up enough to cover more than a tiny circle of the ship. The solution was to create a series of 'pinpoint barriers' controlled by ''trackballs'' handled by the [[Bridge Bunnies]] (not ''the'' principal Bridge team, but other three girls specially trained for this purpose). The [[Number Two]] then came up with the Daedalus Maneuver, which involved putting all the shields around the Daedalus (which was originally [[Military Mashup Machine|a sea-going carrier]] acting as both a fist and a docking bay) so it could punch through the enemy's hull, then open up and unload a large quantity of missiles ''inside'' the enemy's guts.

** Later models of the fighter craft mecha also were given Pinpoint Barriers, and could execute a powerful punch in much the same manner.

** The Invisible Woman has easily taken out the other members of her team with force fields, as well as knocking out both [[The Hulk]] and [[She Hulk]] by cutting off their air. This was mocked in an issue of Exiles, implying she brags about the feat often.

** Dr. Doom has stated, on a number of occasions, that Sue is easily the most powerful member of the team. This is backed up by a few of higher end feats, which include [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|killing a Celestial, who are essentially space-roaming gods]]. She is, to date, the only Earth-based Marvel hero to accomplish this. And in fact, very few characters of any level of power have ever accomplished such a feat; even another Celestial would have great difficulty killing a Celestial.

* Melissa Joan Gold aka Songbird from the ''[[Thunderbolts]]'' creates pink solid-sound energy constructs quite similar to Sue Storm.

** The resemblance was noted by Sue Storm's son Franklin Richards:

* Bella in [[Twilight (novel)|Breaking Dawn]] is able to protect herself and her allies from the mental powers of enemy vampires.

* Kharl in [[Saga of Recluce]] uses Order Barriers as his main ability often using them to not just protect himself but to suffocate enemies while deflecting firebolts at armies of soldiers.

* Harry Dresden qualifies. Over the course of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' series, he's used various bracelets to create both convex and flat shields. Up until {{spoiler|his hand got burned to a waxy crisp (the shield blocked the physical effects of fire but not the heat it produced)}} it primarily shielded against objects and other kinetic energy. He made sure the next version of the focus corrected that little flaw.

* Derek Huntsman of the web-novel ''[[Domina]]'' has the power to create barriers. Quite fitting for someone with [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]], though a little odd for someone in the position of [[The Hero]].