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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:BattleAura.jpg\|frame\| Bask in the glow of their awesomeness... wait a minute...[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?\|BASEBALL?!]] <ref>source from top left across then down: [[Dragon Ball\|Goten]], [[Saint Seiya\|Phoenix Ikki]], [[Saint Seiya\|Cygnus Hyoga]], [[Naruto\|Sasuke Uchiha]], [[Yu Yu Hakusho\|Kazuma Kuwabara (L) and Kurama (R)]], [[Clannad (visual novel)\|Yoshino Yusuke]].</ref>]] {{quote\|''Watch the power of Aura!'' ~~{{quote\|''Watch the power of Aura!''~~\|[[Pokémon\|Lucario]], '''[[Super Smash Bros.\|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''', just before he does his [[Limit Break\|Final Smash]]}}▼ When psyching themselves up for battle, warriors emit a coruscating, [[wikipedia:Kirlian photography\|Kirlian-like]] glow around their bodies. These glows are frequently [[~~Colour~~Color-Coded for Your Convenience]], with good guys having a blue aura and the bad guys having a red one, although this is by no means a hard-and-fast rule (for example, [[Anti-Hero\|Shadow]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog\|the hedgehog's]] aura in [[Super Mario Bros Z]] is black).▼ ▲{{quote\|''Watch the power of Aura!''\|[[Pokémon\|Lucario]], '''[[Super Smash Bros.\|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''', just before he does his [[Limit Break\|Final Smash]]}} ▲When psyching themselves up for battle, warriors emit a coruscating, [[wikipedia:Kirlian photography\|Kirlian-like]] glow around their bodies. These glows are frequently [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]], with good guys having a blue aura and the bad guys having a red one, although this is by no means a hard-and-fast rule (for example, [[Anti-Hero\|Shadow]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog\|the hedgehog's]] aura in [[Super Mario Bros Z]] is black). Sometimes the battle aura is a metaphor, and sometimes it is visible to bystanders, who take it as a sign to run away or dive for cover. Either way, it is a sign of power, because [[Power Glows]]. Line 12: This is a subtrope of [[Power Glows]], and the supertrope of [[Animal Battle Aura]]. Compare [[Holy Halo]] and [[Throat Light]]. Occasionally manifests as a [[Sphere of Power]] or [[Dramatic Wind]]. If only certain people can see it you could be looking at [[Aura Vision]]. Characters experiencing [[Face Heel Turn\|morality]] [[Heel Face Turn\|shifts]] may have their aura experience a [[Convenient Color Change]]. {{examples}} == Anime and Manga == * Elizabeth in ''[[Maburaho]]'', as well as occasional others. Line 26: * In ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'', Sana-chan, when angry, occasionally manifests effects—frequently the appearance of standing in a raging bonfire—that could be interpreted as battle auras. * In one episode of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'', a young wild cat Sakaki had [[Androcles' Lion\|befriended]] in the previous episode shows up to save her from a pack of cats led by Kamineko, and scares them off by displaying a Battle Aura. ** Just to be clear, a [https://web.archive.org/web/20121001054821/http://webpages.charter.net/smerrow/posters/battle.jpg kitten] has a Battle Aura. * ''[[~~Onegai~~Please Twins!]]'' had two rivals for the lead's heart stare each other down when large animal auras burst out of their backs. We think this is metaphorical, but it terrifies the timid Karen, who is watching. * During the Dark Tournament arc of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Yusuke's aura is large enough to fill half of the arena. Younger Toguro, however, has such a powerful aura that it literally incinerates a portion of the audience. ** Hiei's last opponent during the same arc also explicitly calls his energy field a Battle Aura. Line 40: * Highly skilled drivers in ''[[Initial D]]'' occasionally display their battle auras in the ''4th Stage'' season. * Demons and spiritually powerful humans have this in ''[[Inuyasha]]''. ** Sango, the only member of the [[Five-Man Band]] to have absolutely no supernatural powers, also [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024011708/http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/4328/inuyashav35094.jpg manifests] a Battle Aura several times when she is ''[http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7997/inuyashav35112.jpg really pissed off]'' (usually at [[Handsome Lech\|Miroku]]). It scares the pants off Inuyasha every time. * ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' has this (particularly in the Shishio saga) in the form of "swordsman spirit". * ''[[Sumomomo Momomo]]'' has auras for any martial artist that's sufficiently powerful. Momoko is unusual because she can actually use hers to deflect attacks. As for colors, well, with twelve factions, you take anything that looks good. Hers is red. Line 46: * These are typically avoided in ''[[Pretty Cure]]'', but ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'' went for it, particularly with Cure Bloom. * Yoshimori's initial attempts in ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' to perform Zekkai look like one of these. * ''[[Bamboo Blade]]'' has Tama's red battle aura which ignites whenever she gets particularly heroic, and Miyamiya's black aura, which activates whenever she [[Yandere ~~(disambiguation)~~\|goes crazy]]. Andou, Miya's rival from another school, also has a black aura. {{quote\|''"I can'' '''see''' ''your evil Miya, I can see it!"''}} * Discarding the [[Doing inIn the Wizard\|risible pseudoscience "justification"]], the Ripple from the first two parts of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' is basically a Battle Aura. It is made from energy generated whenever a person breathes in, and is transferred out through natural means - the hands and feet are most obvious, but wool, metal and vegetable oil are all used to conduct the Ripple at points. Because all energy on Earth comes ultimately from the Sun, the Ripple has the same devastating effect on vampires as sunlight. In a different vein, the Stands from the third part on are essentially anthropomorphic Battle Auras. (Or, in Jotaro's case, [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|Battle]] [[Kiai\|Ora]]). * Naturally, ''[[Aura Battler Dunbine]],'' for obvious reasons. * Junior high tennis players often sport battle auras while using physics-defying moves in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''. Line 78: * In ''[[Area no Kishi]]'' , Japanese [[Footy Rules\|football]] ace Suguru displays a battle aura that, while invisible, can still cause his opponents to become too frightened to move. * [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/nagato_yuki_chan_no_shoushitsu/v01/c005/9.html Asakura is] [[Tranquil Fury\|angry]]. Anyone who knows the [[Suzumiya Haruhi\|original story]] knows this is played for comedy because [[Ax Crazy\|she isn't stabbing anybody.]] * Souls in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' serve this purpose. They appear as a Sphere of Power of varying sizes according to strength, with characteristics unique to each person (exception so far being Shinigami and Kid who both have a skull motif) which can change over time (Maka's went from little pigtails to small wings to fully-formed ones). The anime adds [[~~Colour~~Color-Coded for Your Convenience\|Colour Coding]]. * [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/oto_x_maho/v02/c008/7.html Kanata's] anger in Oto x Maho is quite well known. * ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'': Keima sprouts a golden one of these whenever he gets REALLY excited about a Dating Sim. May be combined with [[Evil Laugh]]. Line 89: * Making [[Project A-ko\|A-ko]] really mad activates a thin white aura that lasts just a few seconds but boosts her already formidable powers. == Comic Books == == Comics ==▼ * From Uncanny X-Men, [http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8169/16sk0.jpg Phoenix.] * Excalibur's Rachel Summers, future daughter of [[Alternate Universe]] Jean and Scott Summers, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120507001533/http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/a/a3/Phoenix_rachael.jpg/200px-Phoenix_rachael.jpg "Baby" Phoenix.]. * [[Green Lantern]]s (and the other colors as well, with the apparent exception of black) have an aura generated by their ring. They seem to be able to control the brightness, though. == Film == * In the 1985 film ''[[The Last Dragon]]'', there is The Glow: when a fighter's hands glow, he is among the best in the world - when his entire body glows, he IS''is'' the best. Sho'Nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, demonstrates the former towards the end of the movie, but Leroy "Bruce Leroy" Green demonstrates the latter after a beatdown. == Fan Works == * The [[Guile Hero]] / [[Magic Knight]] protagonist in ''[[Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns]]'' can go from [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] to shining white from his whole body to exuding enough energy that something like gossamer mist strands form around him, culminating with, when he's really serious, looking like an ascended being from [[Stargate]]. The ironic part is that it gets dangerous the more he lets loose, what with {{spoiler\|his magic power coming from a tear in the Veil he harbors in his body, which is [[Blessed with Suck\|unstable]] even at the best of times.}} * In ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]'', {{spoiler\|Luso}} radiates this when preparing a Fighter ability. == Literature == * [[Older Than Feudalism]]: Homer's ''[[The Iliad]]'' features Diomedes being powered up by Athena: "She set the man ablaze, his shield and helmet flaming, with tireless fire like the star that flames at harvest, bathed in the Ocean, rising up to outshine all other stars. Such fire Athena blazed from Tydides (Diomedes is Tyndeus' son, hence that appellation) head and shoulders..." * ''[[The Dresden Files\|]]'': Harry Dresden]] wraps himself in an aura of light when stepping out to confront Cowl (Darth Bathrobe) and apprentice in ''Dead Beat''. The necromancers' are impressed. Which is impressive considering that Cowl is more powerful than Ebenezar [[McCoy]], member of the Senior Council and past master of the [[Colony Drop]]. Also just before he fries the elder fetch in ''Proven Guilty'' when he taps into Lily's Summer Fire. * ''[[The Wheel of Time\|]]'': Aes Sedai]] and other woman channelers [[Power Glows\|"glow"]] when embracing saidar to other female channelers (who are sufficiently trained). == Live -Action TV ==▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * Any ''[[Super Sentai]]'' team if they get fired up enough. This means their ''[[Power Rangers]]'' counterparts get the same effect. * William Adama has got one of these. ''[[Battlestar Galactica ~~Reimagined~~(2004 TV series)\|Battlestar Galactica]]'' isn't usually a show for this sort of thing, but Edward James Olmos to awesome for naturalism to work. In the ~~recent~~ mutiny arc he deploys it several times. First when being led away the CIC by two rebel marines he scares so shit-less that the other loses focus allowing Tigh to whack him. Then at the climax of the arc having been rescued from execution, he lead a charge to CIC, no-one dares challenge him, and half the crew follows behind him. == [[Tabletop Games]] == Line 123 ⟶ 118: * And even if they ''don't'' mute their banners, their displays mask their faces; [[Highly-Visible Ninja]], anyone? ** They can spend a little bit more to avoid having a banner display at all. Both are options. * Standard issue for Daemon Princes, Living Saints, C'Tan, and other super-powerful beings in ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000\|Warhammer 40k]]''. Most of these also tend to have actual effects as well. * In the ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~& Dragons]]'' expansion ''[[Animesque\|Tome Of Battle]]'', martial disciplines have [[Color Coded for Your Convenience\|color-coded]] auras. Stone Dragon is green, Setting Sun is yellow, Shadow Hand is deep purple, Devoted Spirit is [[Real Men Wear Pink\|pink]], Diamond Mind is lavender, etc. * In the ''Deadlands'' setting, one of the * disadvantages* that you can take for the Martial Arts magic path is "The Cup Overflows". This results in a very obvious Battle Aura that cannot be suppressed, and whenever you tap a mystic ability causes things like small dust devils, your feet do not quite touch the ground, static discharges, liquid lifting out of cups, etc etc. Pretty good for intimidating people but no way in heck you're going incognito. == Video Games == Line 137 ⟶ 131: ** The Japanese game which inspired ''Elite Beat Agents'', ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'', used the combined Battle Aura of the ''entire world population'' in the final levels of both it and its sequel: in ''Ouendan'', it was used to blast an asteroid out of the sky, in the sequel to re-light the Sun after it had gone out. * Unusual example: the Flash game ''[[Dolphin Olympics]]''. * ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' has this with [[An Ice Person\|Sub-Zero]], [[Super Smoke\|Smoke]], and [[Shock and Awe\|Raiden]]. * When a character in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Brawl'' grabs a Smash Ball, they get a multicolored aura and their [[Glowing Eyes of Doom\|eyes glow yellow]], which continues until after the Final Smash is used. Lucario, as per the page quote, has a functional Battle Aura (literally called "Aura"), which powers most of his attacks. Its intensity is [[Turns Red\|based on how much damage he's taken]], and as it grows stronger, so do his attacks. Line 170 ⟶ 164: Ironically, Utsuho whose power is literally that of stars (i.e. nuclear fusion) doesn't glow. At all. Then again it would be hardly noticable considering the miniature suns she lobs around. * In ''[[Dragon Age]] Awakening'' Justice is surrounded in glowing aura when activating his primary combat buff. Other Warriors can be trained in Spirit Warrior specialization for the same effect. ** In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' both Anders and Merrill gain an aura when mode-shifting to their [[Cast ~~From~~from Hit Points]] offensive magic. * When Starkiller uses Force Fury in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]] II'', he has a blue, electric aura. * In the old Taito arcade title ''Kuri Kinton'', the player character is a martial artist taking on a mafia-like group to save a family. Standing still long enough allows the player to generate an aura, going up in color from blue to yellow to red. Not only does each color increase attack power, it allows the player to take a hit without losing health; however, the aura will drop down in rank with each hit, requiring the player to generate it again. Line 179 ⟶ 173: * In ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]'', auras are a specific type of powerful buff that's utilized by both your party and enemies alike. They come in many colors and a few different styles, such as a faint glow or a highly visible flame-like one. ▲== Web Comics == * In ''[[MAG-ISA]]'', [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119601 Claudita loves her battle aura].▼ ~~== Webcomics ==~~ ▲* In [[MAG-ISA]], [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119601 Claudita loves her battle aura]. * Elliot and Nanase from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', can invoke this if they want to. According to [[Word of God]], it's only a visual indicator, and they could turn it off if they want to, but it's a good way to impress Greg. * All of the main characters in ''[[Goblins]]'' have different coloured auras that are visible when ever they use magic items or class features. The colours also extend to their shouted comments and sound effects. Line 196 ⟶ 189: Rose had a black aura whenever she used her [[Eldritch Abomination\|Thorns of Oglogoth]]. {{spoiler\|Later, after [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge\|she goes grimdark]], said black aura becomes permanent, even seemingly after dying and being revived as her dreamself.}} Vriska gets a flashing blue one with {{spoiler\|purple ships in it}} when she {{spoiler\|rolls eight eights on her dice and accesses her ancestor's powers}}. * Was used a lot in ''[[Life of Riley]]'', especially in the case of the Dans, whose auras were [[Red Oni, Blue Oni\|red and blue]]. Several demons and Starseeds also did this. == Web Original == Line 213 ⟶ 205: [[Category:Spectacle]] [[Category:Personal Appearance Tropes]] [[Category:~~Battle Aura~~{{PAGENAME}}]]