Calling Your Attacks: Difference between revisions

In terms of realism, this has some ground as traditional and even some current practitioners of martial arts hold the belief that accompanying statements and/or vocal noises alongside execution build up their ''chi'', thereby increasing the power and efficacy of their moves and techniques. Put less spiritually, saying a phrase at the right time during an attack ensures proper breathing. A call used for this reason is known as a ''[[Kiai]]''. The naming of attacks also served a more practical purpose as many martial arts schools, Chinese ones in particular, used to be secret societies. The passing down of techniques was done orally and giving them esoteric names often facilitated this transmission. In addition, ''kiai'' has the potential to startle the opponent and give you an opening.

 

 

A variant has a [[Combat Commentator]] recognizing the attacks being used (usually with a line like "That's the legendary something-or-other technique!") and explaining them to any other characters watching (and the audience, of course).

* Hyoma Aoi -and his team- from ''[[Combattler V]]'': "BATTLE GULEGGER!" "CHOUDENJI TATSUMAKI!", "CHOUDENJI SPIN!"

* Kenichi Go from ''[[Voltes V]]'': [[BFS|"TENKUKEN!"]]

** Only in the ''Shin Getter Robo vs. Neo Getter Robo'' OVA. The other series don't bother with this, or at least don't mention it outright.

* From ''[[Gintama]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2LCsOTZmy4 Domestic Violence!]

* The ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' series are famous for this.

** Parodied with Hercule/Mr. Satan, a normal human who shouts a ridiculously long name for a normal punch.

** In a tournament arc when Goku was a kid, he called a punch, a kick, or a chop with Rock, Paper, or Scissors. When his opponent revealed that he knew the technique, and was able to defend against it (having actually been the man who trained Goku's grandfather), he switched it up.

** The majorly cocky "Gotenks" who actually created a huge list of attacks with comedic names. None of them were any bit more successful than Hercule's/Mr.Satan's. Except maybe those two attacks. But those didn't really happen.

** ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' loves to parody this trope. Reecoom, a member of the Ginyu Force, has a silly name for every one of his attacks.

** Lampshaded in Team Four Star's ''[[Dragonball Z Abridged]]'' with Piccolo pointing out how shouting out their attack strategy for the enemy to hear probably isn't the best idea.

** Toriyama himself has said in an old interview that he doesn't particularly like it when characters shout attack names before performing said attack, saying that "in a battle of life and death, there's no way you can say the name of each technique. You'd be done in while yelling the technique's name." The aforementioned Mr. Satan and Gotenks are examples of Toriyama lampooning this.

*** The best example of the lampooning is Recoome's most powerful attack: the Recoome Ultra Fighting Miracle Bomber. Goku intervenes and attacks Recoome in the middle of calling out this attack! As a result, {{spoiler|the only way to see this attack is to perform it in the Dragon Ball Z games.}}

** There's also the most well known example: ''KAAAAAAMEEEEEEHAAAAAAMEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAA!''

* In ''[[Tower of God]]'', Ignition Weapos like Black March, Narumada and Green April will only release their special abilities when their name in combined with the command to attack. Since this happens in the heat of battle, there will be shouts.

** [[Missed Moment of Awesome|FIRST EMPEROR'S MARTYR]]!!!

** "Burning in the depths of the pits of darkness, let the fires of hell take you, Let the fires become my sword and strike you down! Venom!"

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''

* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' attacks ''can'' be thrown without naming, if one needs the element of surprise. One episode had Minako / Sailor Venus impersonating Sailor Moon -- in this case, she used her own normal attack, but with a ''different'' incantation. They do name their attacks most of the time, though, leading to phrases such as "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" and "Star Gentle Uterus!". The ''Codename wa Sailor V'' manga gave Minako a lot of such phrases -- some are genuine magical incantations, some are just said for extra coolness. Such incantations also tend to be spoofed in side stories ("Garlic Attack!").

** Not only did the English dub rename every attack (despite already being in English) they also were horribly inconsistent. Giving attacks a name they gave a different attack, using something completely unrelated ("Mars Fire Ball Charge" in place of "Evil Spirits Begone!") or just plain wrong! Dic was fairly constant about what they were called despite being renamed (aside from a few early oddities like "Mars Fireball Charge"), while Cloverway would change episode to episode, Such as "Venus Love-Me Chain" being called "Venus Love-Me-chain" or "Venus Love-Me Chain Smash" or "Venus Love-Me Chain Encircle".

** On the other hand calling the Rune Gods names' is a must for the girls' transformations. You'll end up hearing RAYEAAAAARTH! three times per episode due to that little tidbit...

* ''[[One Piece]]''

** Usopp subverts this trope further in his and Chopper's battle with Mr. 4 and Ms. Merry Christmas when he calls out an attack while impersonating Ms. Merry Christmas's voice, tricking Mr. 4 into swinging his bat into his own partner's face.

** Also averted by Don Krieg, who is famous as a master of sneak attacks and duplicity. Krieg has names for his various attacks, but they are given in public [[Just Between You and Me]] speeches after he has already used them. He also pulls Usopp's trick of announcing the "wrong" attack to throw opponents off guard.

** On the way to Enies Lobby, Luffy and Zoro debate what they're going to call the combination of Luffy's Gum-Gum Cannon with Zoro's 108 Pound Cannon, and settle on "Gum-Gum Three Hundred Pound Cannon" because Luffy decided that doubling 108 and saying "Two Hundred and Sixteen" was too long.

* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' doesn't always call her attacks, but her computerized magical wand does, combining this trope and [[Robo Speak]].

* The girls in ''[[Yumeria]]'' made up calls to go with their attacks because it was traditional for [[Sentai]]''/''[[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]].

** The ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series have tried to integrate this silliness into the traditionally more realistic [[Real Robot]] genre by making these attacks voice-activated. Then there's mecha Fanboy [[Jumped At the Call|turned mecha pilot]] Ryuusei Date, who not only calls out his attacks, but will often ''rename'' them. If the player assigns him to pilot a different mecha, he'll rename ''that'' mecha's attacks too. In the most recent games, his "disease" has apparently spread to Mai Kobayashi ("Queen of Kicks") and Latooni Subota ("Tonfa Princess"), both of whom adopted this habit because they have a crush on him.

** Lampshaded to a degree in the anime adaptation ''Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector'' episode in which Kyousuke demonstrates his now (in}famous "Ultimate Gespenst Kick", as just before he launches the attack an on-screen prompt actually ''instructs him to shout the attack name'', which the normally stoic Kyousuke does with dramatic hot-bloodedness.

** Shikamaru may have lost a fight (Chuunin exams) because he may have done one attack name (or after-attack explanation) too many; his technique burns chakra quickly and he would have won if he had, say, 5 more seconds of it. Shikamaru is too clever for such an error; one would wonder if he lost on purpose to avoid (what a drag!) more combat or if attack names are more of a strong compulsion/tic.

** Subverted when Ino fakes Sakura out by calling her possession technique (complete with sound effect!). Sakura dodges... into a trap, which holds her down so Ino can use the ''real'' technique.

** Sort of lampshaded in the anime, when Tobi uses an "attack" he came up with right on the spot that involves darting around in front of people while feinting an attack [[You Shall Not Pass|to keep them from going onward]] which, after thinking for a second, he calls the "Whack-A-Mole Technique".

** [[Dynamic Entry|DYNAMIC]] [[Trope Namer|ENTRY!]]

*** The former kage do a lot of explaining their own abilities, even.

*** This zombie situation also gives us awesome justification for [[Talking Is a Free Action]], as well as a subversion when Itachi hit Naruto and Bee with a fireball in the middle of a civil conversation, and Naruto had to be reminded that he wasn't in control of his fighting and couldn't be blamed for the timing.

** Aoshi Shinomori ''describes'' his Kaiten Kenbuu technique while he's using it, only announcing the name after the attack.

** In the fight against Enishi, he demonstrates how tough of an opponent his is by matching Kenshin move for move in his fastest attack on one occasion, and [[Talk to the Fist|punching Kenshin in the face]] before he can finish getting even the Hiten Mitsuryugi name out on another.

** Spoofed by [[Love Freak]] Prince Phil, who practices what he calls "[[Martial Pacifist|Pacifist Martial Arts]]" and Zelgadis dubbed "oxymoronic attacks" -- "Pacifist Crush", "Goodwill-Towards-Mankind Smash", "Joyous Reunion Bearhug", etc. Phil and Amelia are [[White Magic]] users, so this [[Good Hurts Evil|works well]] against [[Always Chaotic Evil|Monsters and demons]].

** In interviews with the creator, how this ties into the rules of magic in the world were even more blatantly spoofed, with the creator mentioning that [[Idiot Hero|Gourry Gabriev]] has nearly the same magic capacity as Lina, but would never make a good sorcerer because he's so stupid as to be incapable of memorizing the incantations necessary to utilize it.

** Although the anime loves to have fun with [[Calling Your Attacks]] and incantations in its filler and comedy episodes, in the more serious story arcs the exact phrasing of the incantations has a big effect on the effectiveness of the spell: after learning the true nature of the Lord of Nightmares, Lina subtly changes the incantation of the Ragna Blade and makes it much more powerful (and more difficult to use). In the novels she does the same to create {{spoiler|a perfect version of the Giga Slave (in the anime the incantation for the perfect Giga Slave is unchanged in the English subtitles and dub)}}.

* Most of the main characters in ''[[Inuyasha]]'' call their attacks. Kagome doesn't actually name her sacred arrow attack, though she frequently utters the [[Catch Phrase]] "Hit the mark!" when firing.

* Parodied constantly in ''[[Bobobobo Bobobo]]'' where every single attack is given a name, often ridiculous.

* The original ''[[Gundam]]'' series almost always averts it, but Amuro and Kamille manage to do this with [[Chars Counterattack|Fin Funnel]] and [[Zeta Gundam|Beam Confuse]] respectively.

* ''[[G Gundam]]''. Domon's "Shining Finger" (and, later, the "Erupting <s>Burning</s> God Finger") is not only accompanied by its name, but also always, without fail, is preceded by a chant, which has gained Internet popularity. Other fighters call their attack names, but most do not take nearly as long to recite.

** When Domon does the "Shining Finger Sword" attack in [[Super Mode]] or Hyper Mode, the chant doubles in length. That version, and a video of it, are at the top of this page.

* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' usually avoids this, but Michael Trinity couldn't resist shouting "Fangs, fly!" whenever launching them, and ''everyone'' shouts "[[Super Mode|Trans-Am!]]" when that system is activated. Tieria usually announced when he was firing his "Burst Mode" bazooka, but this could simply be a warning to his allies, as said Burst Mode is extremely powerful, and not something you'd want to get hit with, Gundam or no.

* Pretty much all duelists in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' call the attacks of their duel monsters, as well as any magic or trap cards they play. This is even parodied/lampshaded at one point (at least in the English dub) by The Pharaoh himself in his duel with {{spoiler|Dark Marik.}} His opponent is so busy calling out his monster's attack that he fails to notice that Yugi has played a magic card which negates the damage.

** It was played for laughs in the Jounouchi vs. Marik duel - Jounouchi gets control over one of Marik's monsters. Since he doesn't know the monster, he doesn't know its attack's name, so he makes one up - ''Jounouchi Fire!''. The reaction of his friends marks one of the [http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1492/excep.png rare instances in which Yami Yugi is drawn in a semi-chibified style] (the [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]]' dub omitted the joke, replacing it with some generic duel comments).

* Like so many other anime tropes, spoofed in the first episode of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]] no Yuuutsu'' with the "Mikuru Beam". Haruhi, our resident unconscious [[Reality Warper]], gets so into it that the supposedly fictional attack temporarily becomes a real ability.

** Also, on the Remote Island two-part episode, Haruhi calls out her table tennis serve.

'''Yomi:''' DOUBLE CHOP! ''(Yomi double-chops Tomo on the head)'' Quit being so damn rude! }}

* ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]'' has what could be a parody of this; the only called attack is Rin's FLIGHT OF THE GOLDEN WASPS!... Which almost never works the way it's supposed to, and is called out as useless by other characters at least twice.

* Parodied in ''[[Seikimatsu Darling]]''. When Shikibu and Ogata play ping-pong, Shikibu finishes with an incredibly dramatic wind-up to his "Super Special Ultra High-Grade Certain Kill Shikibu Smash." It sends the ball across the table at an extremely slow speed, so, naturally, Ogata misses and loses the game.

** Calling attacks appears to serve no purpose ([[Rule of Cool|except for the obvious]]), and even the adult meisters do it.

** Also, every team yells "Soul Resonance!" when activating it and almost everyone has to shout about it.

** The series has a few examples, though the characters do eventually refrain from yelling ''every'' attack (unless you count "ORAORAORAORAORAORAAAAAAAAAA!" as an attack yell). Sometimes this can be fun due to the [[Theme Naming]]. Trish in ''Golden Wind'' has the Stand Spice Girls. Her attack? "WANNABEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

** Subverted on one occasion as Jotaro prevented Dio from using [[Time Stands Still|The World]] by [[Talk to the Fist|punching him in the mouth before he could say it]].

** Actually, they don't have to say the names (except for the Celestial Weapons, which most people don't have). In fact, earlier in the series this was almost non-existent. The real question is [[Talking Is a Free Action|why they can always shout the name of their power no matter what.]]

* The ''[[Area 88]]'' TV series had calls like "Fox Two" and "Guns" being added to the English dub, possibly to fit audience expectations from American movies.

{{quote|'''Fai:''' You could at least announce your technique's name, Kuro-sama!

'''Kurogane:''' Screw that. }}

** Despite being a mostly [[Real Robot|serious]] mecha series, once in a blue moon, someone may call an attack. Episode 10 of R2 was notable for having two such occurrences in one episode; Tohdoh's "Shadow Longsword!" and Kallen's [[Wave Motion Gun|"Radiation Wave!"]]

** "[[Memetic Mutation/Anime|Storm]] [[Crispin Freeman|of]] [[media:orange-kun_loyalty.jpg|Loyalty]]"!

* Mercilessly spoofed in ''[[Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai]]''. At one point the protagonistic duo get to pilot a giant robot, which they control... by shouting random stuff. "Wossname juuuuuump!"

* ''[[GEAR Fighter Dendoh]]'''s attacks are called so hard the name is usually visibly flashed across the screen as they're being performed.

** <s>DOPPELGANGER!!!</s>[[Gratuitous English|DOPPERUGENGA!!!]] (written backwards for whatever reason) Furthermore, the one with this power is one of the female main characters, so expect to hear it in any episode. Yes, you have [[Ditto Fighter|a shapeshifter]] as a good guy.

** It's even more [[Egregious]] with the main hero: his power is memorizing the ability of other Fragment users, and he also copy the [[Calling Your Attacks]] part.

** BTW, this anime has nothing to do with ''[[Loveless]]'' mentioned above.

* [[Hayate the Combat Butler]] calls out his special attack. The other [[Battle Butler|combat butlers]] do this as well

** Kind of justified with the [[Up to Eleven]] version of that move, "Vascud Swell", as she needs the aid of 6 "amplifier" mechs and has to let them know before she uses it, so they can set up.

* And of course, being a Japanese action show, ''[[Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh]]'' does this as well.

* ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' does this once in the first episode; she summons a field of flowers to break [[The Wise Prince|Mytho's]] fall from a window while saying "Waltz of the Flowers" (at the same time that the actual ''[[The Nutcracker (theatre)|Waltz of the Flowers]]'' is playing in the background). In every other instance, though, her vocalizations in combat (as far as ballet can be called combat) is more along the lines of [[Talking the Monster to Death|Talking The Monster Through Its Problems]].

* ''[[Hentai Kamen]]'' flips this trope on its ear. Three words: "Inferno Bullet Train".

* Done In [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]] by Gokudera and Yamamoto

* Most characters in [[Fairy Tail]] do this, but it's justified as each call qualifies as a [[Magical Incantation]]

* Every special move in [[Inazuma Eleven]], complete with subtitile as a shout out to the original game it's made from, with a few exceptions when the moves are being debutted for the first time. In such case, [[Combat Commentator|Magane]] will name them.

* ''[[Madoka Magica]]'': Mami has her "[[BFG|Tiro... Finale!]]" This is the ''only'' called attack in the series. Though, the girls of the ''Kazumi Magica'' [[Spin-Off]] [[Manga]] all have their own called attacks.

 

== COMIIIIIICS!! ==

* [[Judge Dredd]] often calls out the names of his [[Trick Arrow|trick bullets]] whenever he fires his Lawgiver. This actually led many readers to erroneously assume that the gun was voice-activated (which in the movie it was).

* In ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' either Colossus or Wolverine will call out for the [[Fastball Special]] before it's performed. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that neither Colossus nor Wolverine are telepathic; they have to signal to each other when to do the attack or you just have Colossus flinging Wolverine around without his consent or Wolverine jumping into Colossus's arms for no reason.

* In another early 2000AD title, ''Flesh'', the characters would sometimes ''narrate their own fight scenes''. "I'll use my whip to cut this giant spider in half." "I'll kill this spider with my hook... Yes, got it, right in its rotten heart!" ''* Cringes* ''

* In one of the earlyish ''[[Deadpool]]'' issues, Deadpool is trying to get Wolverine to fight him (don't ask), and Kitty Pryde sasses him by saying Wolverine doesn't have time to play Deadpool's "little game". In reply, Deadpool asks, "Speaking of games, you ever play ''[[Street Fighter]]''?" And then he [[Shoryuken|Shoryukens]] her. (And then it is fighty time.) [http://www.aggrogate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/deadpoolshoryuken2.jpgC.\]

{{quote|'''Cat-Burglar:''' Hah! You didn't expect me to turn so suddenly and shine a blinding beam in your eyes!}}

* Memorably parodied at the climax of Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel ''[[American Born Chinese]]''.

{{quote|"Mooshu fist! Kung pow attack! Twice cook palm! Happy famiry head bonk! General Tsao rooster punch! House special kick in nards!"}}

* Lampshaded in a scene of Marvel's ''War of Kings'' event.

{{quote|'''Smasher:''' Accessing hyper-strength upload from my exospecs.

** In fact authentic Judo does teach the "judo chop" (called tegatana ate, 'hand-blade strike') but it is not allowed in competition judo. It is only allowed in 'kata' (drills or exercises). Its use in Austin Powers is a spoof of the fact that the "judo chop" was a now-narmish staple of 60s spy shows.

* The western comedy ''[[The Villain]]'', features a scene where protagonist "Cactus Jack" Slade is in a Western saloon gratuitously punching people in various ways, and naming the attacks: "Uppercut. Right cross." Finally, he gets a taste of his own medicine and then some: "And that's a two-by-four."

* ''[[Despicable Me]]'': "[[Freeze Ray]]! FREEZE RAY! FREEZE RAY!"

* In the first ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' movie, when Peter is trying to figure out [[How Do I Shot Web?|how he shot web]], he tries out various hand gestures and phrases, including "[[Superman|Up, up and away]], web!" and "[[Captain Marvel|Shazam!]]"

* Then there was Johnny B in the short lived ''[[Misfits of Science]]'' blasted stuff with his electric powers while singing "Johnny Be Good".

* In ''[[The Office]]'', when Michael is calling his mom to tell her about his fake engagement to Holly, Andy Bernard exclaimed "speaker phone" as he hit the aforementioned button so all the office could hear.

* In ''Justified'' Boyd Crowdar yells "fire in the hole" whenever he fires a RPG or throws a firebomb. It is a habit he picked up learning explosives handling while working in the coal mines. He does not actually want anyone to get hurt during those attacks and when he actually wants to kill someone he does it quickly and quietly.

 

== Pro... WRESTLIIIIIING!! ==

* The [[Combat Commentator]] version is present in most promotions of [[Professional Wrestling]], with the ringside commentators talking about the move, its history, and how utterly devastating it is. As well, most wrestlers, while not explicitly calling their signature moves, do have a particular pose or set-up they perform to signal it. The late [[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]] actually did call his signature move, turning towards the camera and saying, "Now, you're going to see a Perfect-Plex," before executing the maneuver.

** Wrestlers frequently "signal" the impending move with signature gestures (Ex: [[Shawn Michaels]] will "Tune Up The Band" -- a long, drawn out, ring stomp -- before attempting his "Sweet Chin Music" superkick.)

** [[Bret Hart]], eternally characterised as a master technician, used a variation of this with his [[Five Moves of Doom]] -- "calling" his Sharpshooter by using the same group of set up moves in sequence. It's now common enough to have become a trope of its own.

 

== Video... GAAAAAAMES!! ==

* ''[[Gears of War]]'': Boomers call out "BOOM!", and so on. They achieve a sort of [[Narm Charm]] with their calls.

* ''[[Psychonauts]]'' features, in its Godzilla pastiche level "Lungfishopolis", a boss named Kochamara who is a master of this technique. His shouts include "Mighty RAM!, "Mighty ram GROUND VERSION!" "Hard to avoid AREA ATTACK!" and the notorious "Overly intricate COMBINATION!"

** Like ''Tales'' below, such calling of attacks has been in Star Ocean since the humble beginnings on the Super Famicom.

** ''Star Ocean: Second Evolution'', which is an updated version of ''The Second Story'' for the PSP that uses a new translation and new voice tracks, uses this trope for about everything that isn't Claude's Helmetbreak attack (he just screams when he uses it).

{{quote|'''Vyse:''' [[Wave Motion Gun|MOON STONE CANNON]], ''FIRE!''}}

* Notably, many Japanese 2D fighting games, such as ''[[Street Fighter]]'' and ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' feature characters that shout the names of their signature attacks, famous examples from both being the Hadouken and the Genocide Cutter, respectively.

*** Sometimes the same attack would change names between Legends 1, Legends 2, and MUA, though some characters did get new ones.

** In ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Figher'' and ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' the '''announcer''' will call your attacks. That is, if your Super Combo Finish connects. Abandoned in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'', likely due to the sheer volume of audio clips required (usually 2-3 super combos per character, 56 playable characters in all).

**** Cyber Akuma didn't get his supers called. At least not in the PSX version. Instead we got "Hyper Combo Finish!"

** Particularly jarring in the live-action [[So Bad It's Good]] movie (the first one), where most of the actors are Western, and the only character who calls their attacks is (wait for it) British fighter Cammy, who inexplicably shouts "Front Kick!" when she does one of her special moves, which is... er, a front kick.

** [[The King of Fighters]] Terry Bogard has his [[Intentional Engrish for Funny|BUSTA]] [[Memetic Mutation|WOLF!!!]]

* [[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]] presents a variant of this: when performing a Dragon Shout, the name of the attack ''is'' the attack itself.

** Which is actually a sped up version of Ryu's "Hadoken!"

** He'll also call the names of special weapons in ''X8'' and ''[[Video Game Remake|Maverick Hunter X]]''. I dunno why. He didn't in [[Video Game Long Runners|the previous]] ''7'' games.

* In [[Mega Man Star Force]] 3, Geo calls out his Big Bang attacks: "Atomic Blazer!" "Elemental Cyclone!"

* The sword techniques used by the [[Badass Family|Takamachi family]] in ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～]]'' also have the names appear in lettering for the audience.

"[Enemy's name]!Take this![Magic's name]!".''Even with healing spells.''

** The punch was also adopted by the anime, where it is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtw7qW7Vcw insanely powerful].

** Also, in ''Brawl'', when Snake fights Falcon and uses his codec, he and Otacon lampoon this by saying they've always wanted to do something...unlike [[Ho Yay|what you're thinking]], they do a laudably over-the-top "FALCON PUUUUUNCH!" "FALCON KIIIIICK!".

* [[Mischief Makers]] has THE Beastector, who call out the names of their respective vehicles, "Beast Change!" for them to transform, and Lunar also yells his vehicle's name when transitioning to the final part of his boss fight (and "You're mine!" for some of his melee attacks, making him the most vocal of the three). He also does the only sort-of calling the attack in the final boss fight, when THE Beastector is fighting in their [[Combining Mecha|combined vehicles]]. When the robot jumps into the background and performs the Mazinger-like chest beam, Lunar yells "Through fire, justice is served!".

* You'd think a series as wonderfully OTT as ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' would exhibit this gratuitously. You'll be wrong. Averted in ''1'' and ''2'', where Dante speaks only guttural warcries as he uses his moves. Subverted in ''3'', where he gets them wrong. Quite wrong. Perhaps the most glaring example is the super-uppercut "Real Impact", where he ends up shouting "Rising Dragon", a differently executed uppercut for which he only spares said guttural warcry.

* Spoofed a few times in ''[[Osu Tatakae Ouendan]]'': the ramen chef in the "Linda Linda" stage of OTO1 has "Ultimate Secret Techniques" for cleaning, cutting vegetables, and making noodles, while the barber in the "Julia ni Shoushin" stage of OTO2 calls out the hairstyles he's doing.

* Every game in the ''[[Tales (series)]]'' uses this whenever a character uses a special move. In case of spellcasters, high-level spells often include a lengthy chant during the casting. And yes, that includes ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' on the SNES, courtesy of the Flexible Voice Driver.

* The first two games of the ''[[Xenosaga]]'' series did this, but only for the tech attacks in Episode I and the double attacks in Episode II. In Episode III, however, the attack names are replaced with a nice little phrase before the attack. Ex: for KOS-MOS's D-TENERITAS attack, {{spoiler|after she is fully awakened as Mary Magdelene}}, she says, "Relinquish your pain unto me."

* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'': In the GC version, before every finishing move.

* ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' has the Panda King doing this with his [[Kill It with Fire|Flame-Fu.]]

* In ''[[Space Channel 5]]'', Ulala and her enemies say their cues. If they didn't, the game would be unbeatable.

* Many of the characters in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series will do this, especially boss characters, although series protagonist Sora seldom if ever calls out the actual name of the technique he's using ("Deepfreeze" for Blizzard, "Wind" for Aero, etc.).

** For Sora and Donald it seems to be linked to using magic and thus could be a normal part of spellcasting.

** And then there's [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Priscilla]] who uses this trope in a comic way [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLafyg--Dwo#t=5m18s in of her Events], shouting "Flower Hurricane !!" when throwing flowers around her, and "Double Flower Hurricane !!" when the player joins her.

* Disco Kid in ''[[Punch-Out!!]]'' for the Wii will shout "Here it comes!" before making swipes. It's almost easier to list the fighters who ''don't'' call their attacks when it comes to the Wii version.

'''Kain:''' ''[using Rising Drive]'' Engrave! DRAGON'S FANG! }}

* In ''Vattroller X'', most characters summon a creature when they use their [[Smart Bombs]]. [[One Piece|Zoro]] however, having nothing to summon, just has a bunch of text appear over his head instead.

* In [[Nancy Drew]] game, ''Danger by Design'', you can pick up a book on the martial art "Ichi-do," where it details 9 attacks that each have their own battle cry. [[Exploited Trope|Knowing where your opponent is going to hit]] helps with {{spoiler|defeating Minette}}.

{{quote|'''George''': [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Reverse Roundhouse. Jaw fractured... High Axe Kick. Collarbone Fractured.]]}}

 

** Power word: Stun is described as [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0306.html a single word], naturally when Vaarsuvius casts it s/he simply yells [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0716.html STUN.]

* [http://www.commissionedcomic.com/?p=1022 This Commissioned strip] "Fur Thong Ninja vs Cthulhu Ninja Zombie" parodies this, calling all the attacks ''and'' defences, including "The Stab on the Road to Madness!" and "Mandatory Crotch-Exposing Opening Strike Leap Of [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doom]]!"

** [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p40/ This strip]. Though it's a demonstration rather than a proper attack.

** {{spoiler|[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p26/ What a Twist!]}}

* ''[[Exploitation Now]]'' mocked it in [http://www.exploitationnow.com/2002-01-21/213 these] three strips.

{{quote|'''[[Naughty Tentacles|Tentacle Demon]]''': (to captives) Anybody up for a game of Monopoly or something while we wait for her to finish shouting the name of her ultimate attack?}}

* Lampshaded in ''[[1/0]]'', [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=938 when Marcus tries to make a spark].

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Zoe, [[Women Are Wiser|of all people]], invokes this trope.

* Done under the influence of large amounts of drugs in ''[[Girl Genius]]''

{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Zola}}:''' Chophead Tinybits!}}

{{quote|''Luke'': "Gomu Gomu no ROCKET!!!!"

''Cory'': "Luke, What have I told you about [[Calling Your Attacks]]? }}

* Sam G of [[Avatar Adventures]] has a tendency to do this for incredibly menial things; for example:

{{quote|"Sam Art: Darkness Needles!!!" Sam yelled, prodding a Combine in the eye with the blunt end of a pencil.}}

* ''[[Darwin's Soldiers]]'' - "[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9205633 Flaming Fist of Doom!]" Lampshaded by Aimee.

** And later... "[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9205720 Flamethrower of Death!!!]"

*** Which ironically is a parody/subversion: it was random gibberish designed to ''confuse'' Chase Yung.

* One of the oldest western examples is [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''Peter Potamus'' and his "Hippo Hurricane Holler". In this case, the call ''is'' the attack, but still...

** When the gaang are sparring, Sokka tries to get Aang from behind (who can tell he's there anyway) while yelling "Yaaaaaaaaw, SNEAK ATTACK!" to be instantly blocked by Aang who responds, "Sokka, [[With Catlike Tread|sneak attacks don't work if you yell it out loud]]."

** There was also [[Stylistic Suck|the very poorly performed]] bit where Katara pretended to be an Earthbender, and when Aang lifted up a rock, she yelled "Earthbending Style!" It even had the background made of streaks.

* In [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'''s "[[The Legend of Korra/Recap/S1 E2 A Leaf in The Wind|A Leaf in the Wind]]" Korra sincerely tries to [[Invoked Trope|invoke]] this, with no success:

{{quote|''''Korra''': "[[Blow You Away|Airbend]]!" *performs form at newspaper* "What is ''wrong'' with me? ''Airbend!''" }}

'''Spider-Man''': "Um... Power of web-shooters, get real sticky!" }}

* [[Ali Baba Bunny|HASSAN]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlMJfX_V6Ic&feature=related CHOP!]

* Amazo from ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' has to say the name of whatever Justice League member whose powers it has copied before it can use them. Given that Amazo is a robot, and that this was his first ever appearance within the continuity of the show, this is more understandable than most examples. Although this provides a clue to Amazo's weakness, and the team use that to defeat it.

* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Dale Gribble was known to do this when he was defending ("pocket sand!"), escaping ("squirrel tactic!") or ''sort of'' attacking ("monkey style!").