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* In ''[[Death Note]]'', Light prefers to smile silently while writing in the Death Note, whereas {{spoiler|Mikami Teru loves to shout "Sakujo!" ("Eliminate!") after writing each name.}}
* Also spoofed in ''[[Shinkon Gattai Godannar]]'', which is itself an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' (most obviously) and other [[Humongous Mecha]] series. It's rare to hear the same attack called out twice (beyond the trademark SOUL BREAKAAAAAH! and HEART BREAKAAAAAH!)... and a large part of the opening song in ''both'' seasons is dedicated to singing about the attacks.
* Though by and large subverted in ''[[
* Whenever Hughes Gouli of ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' uses Ninpou he shouts out the attack, its spoofed when Gouli does this while hotwiring a train transporter and calls it "BLAZING CAR", later spoofed when while fighting a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Gouli, Adette uses "Female teacher Ninpou Shedding Sking", after she escapes from Gouli using her Winter Coat as a decoy (she still had her [[Stripperiffic]] outfit on underneath) and defeats Gouli by kissing him.
* ''[[Code Geass]]''
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** Originally, it was entirely based on what you willed to happen. When someone gets distracted, this could be very bad. After a particularly horrible accident, an entire race used all their life force to make it so you could just say what you were going to do (in a language that is now only used by elves) and that's what would happen. It still wasn't foolproof. {{spoiler|Eragon gave a baby a blessing that was supposed to shield her from misfortune. His grammar wasn't very good, so he accidentally made her ''a shield'' from misfortune}}, but it's easier to learn good grammar than to never get distracted.
*** It wasn't the magic system's fault that Eragon didn't know the grammar rules of the language.
* Captains of especially large vehicles in the ''[[Warhammer
** [[Memetic Mutation|"Drive me closer so I can hit them with my sword!"]]
* And God said "Let there be light." Not actually an attack, but close enough to the spirit of the trope. The Word of God ''is'' His power. The way God's power works is He says something and then it's true.
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== Roleplaying... GAAAAAAMES!! ==
* In many live-action [[Role
* Similarly, it is sometimes necessary in LARP events to call out specific attacks. For instance, a backstab might do 5 damage, but the dagger would only do 1; in that case, the player might be required to say "Backstab - 5" instead of only the damage dealt to inform the victim he's not cheating. Calling out attacks is also used in LARPs that have magic; since there is no actual effect, and since the effects can be more elaborate then simple damage (a sleep spell, for instance), spell names and effects need to be called out.
** Lightning bolt! Sleep! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw LIGHTNING BOLT!]
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== Tabletop... GAAAAAAMES!! ==
* In ''[[
** 4th edition actually ''invites'' this, with all attacks having names like "White Raven Strike".
** Even moreso withe the "hellish rebuke" warlock power, an attack that takes the character's angry shouting (with a seemingly expected performance by the player), turns it into fire and hurls it at an opponent.
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** Naturally, this was done in the ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' series of fighting games, which features Western superheroes shouting out their attack names even when they never do so in the comics.
*** FOOT DIVE! HIGH KICK! HIDDEN MISSILES! PLASMA BEAM! MOLECULAR SHIELD!
*** Speaking of Marvel, even the ''[[X
*** 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).
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** 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!".
** In the same series, Ness—originally of ''[[
** Kirby, after copying Falcon's or Ness's powers, also calls out the attack names, but in his insanely cuter, higher-pitched voice. "[[Memetic Mutation|Fawcon Punch!]]"
*** Kirby also calls out his attacks in the ''Hoshi no Kirby'' anime (but removed from the dub).
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* In ''[[Valkyrie Profile 2]]'', all characters call out their [[Finishing Move]] at the end of their little speech while performing it. For mortals and einherjar, the speech ends with "Finishing Strike: (name of attack)". The gods finish with the shout "Divine Assault: (name of attack)".
** This is also done in ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'', with the addition of Suo's call of 'Ougi!', Badrach's 'Deathblow', and Jun's "Mugen no kensen, Blade Art, Senko-Jin!" Not to mentiong the mages who call all their spells... and go into a full [[Invocation]] for Great Magics...
** Ditto ''[[
* Some of the characters in ''[[No More Heroes]]'', including Travis, play this perfectly straight... but more noteworthy is Destroyman, a send up of [[Toku]] heroes who deconstructs or parodies this—his weakness is ''specifically'' that his overblown posturing and [[Egregious]] attack calling makes it easy to see his attacks coming, dodge, and counter.
** Destroyman can't help it, even if he knows it's the flaw in his battle strategy. His weapon, the SFX Converter, is made so that it'll automatically do an attack by calling the attack. He needs to call out the attacks or he can't use any attack except his melee attack.
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{{quote|'''Beat:''' This is it for you! Fire Blast!
'''Falsetto:''' By lightning and thunder will you be thrown. By wind will you be scattered! Heaven and earth! Howling Thunder! }}
* It's a fighting game, so one would expect characters in ''[[
** Sometimes, the names Bang calls out for his attacks aren't even the right names. Ex. "Critical Super Crash!" for "Bang's Unstoppable Double Palm Thrust." He even has two slightly different names for an attack based on whether it is being used on the ground or in the air.
** Against personal rivals, the voices change to something relevant to the character pair.
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'': "CHAOS CONTROL!"
** [[Sonic Colors|"Laser! Drill! Spikes! Cube! Rocket! Hover! Frenzy!"]]
* ''[[
* In ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'', the first time you fight Captain Blue, he shouts, "Captain Blue kick!" For some reason, he does not do this in the next battle.
** Other characters get into it, too. Joe calls out his "Red Hot Kick!" move, while Alastor calls out almost all of his moves.
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* [[Spider-Man]] mock-calls his attack when [[Storm]] does this.
** For those wondering, this comes from the [[Spider-Man: The Animated Series|90s cartoon]], where Spidey meets the [[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]], hoping that Professor X can help him with his mutation. Unfortunately, he ends up in the Danger Room. In the ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' series from the same time, Storm was quite the [[Large Ham]] when using her [[Elemental Powers]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fz93UFClpo as you can see here.] Spidey... well, [[Deadpan Snarker|couldn't resist]].
{{quote|'''Storm''': "Power of [[Shock and Awe|lightning]], strike again!"
'''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!]
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** Jump-kick! Psych, it was a punch!
** Vampire kick!
* In ''[[The Fairly
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