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* ''[[Naruto]]'': Earth is one of the basic [[Elemental Powers]] which any ninja can potentially use, including [[Mad Artist|Deidara]] (moving sculptures made of explosive clay); Yamato (which he combines with [[Making a Splash|water]] to let him control [[Green Thumb|wood]]); Kakuzu (who can turn his skin hard as rock for defense); the Tsuchikage (not surprising, given that he's the Kage of the Hidden ''Rock'' Village), due to [[Superpowerful Genetics]], can combine it with [[Blow You Away|Wind]] and [[Playing Withwith Fire|Fire]] to make Dust, which he uses to atomize people; and Akatsuchi (controls a stone golem).

** There's also Gaara, who controls sand. However, Gaara's sand power is somewhat unique, as it's power obtained from being [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|the host of the One-Tailed Beast]] and does not seem to be categorized as an "Earth Release" technique.

* ''[[Kaze no Stigma (Light Novel)|Kaze no Stigma]]'': Earth mages can detect anyone on the ground, cause spikes to shoot up from the ground, and so forth. They ''cannot'', however, control things like magma. One fire mage protects himself from his opponent's earth spikes by melting the sand around and under him.

* Fate Averruncus of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' uses stone-based techniques, from [[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice|launching spears of stone at people]] to [[Taken for Granite|turning people]] ''[[Taken for Granite|to]]'' [[Taken for Granite|stone]] to [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|crushing people with huge monoliths of stone from on high]]. Good with [[Making a Splash|water techniques]] and {{spoiler|[[Reality Warper|rewriting existences]]}}, too.

* Genbu of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', a rock demon that can split itself into many stones to launch at foes and travel through rock.

* [[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]] has Kilik and {{spoiler|Sora's twin brother, Nike}}.

* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi VidViVid]]'' introduces Corona, who has the ability to animate rock and soil and use them to construct a [[Golem]] out from the ground in an instant.

* Sekio of ''[[Flame of Recca]]'', a man who uses the Madogu Sekichu, allowing him the power to control stones.

* The Earthy card from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]''.

* [[Team Pet]] Iggy from Part 3 of ''[[Jo JosJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' had the ability to control sand with his stand, The Fool.

* [[Big Bad|Sir Crocodile]] of ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' is a villain who combines his powers over sand with the [[Touch of Death]], allowing him to drain all the moisture out of whatever he comes into contact with. Oh, and subverting the normal personality that most earth-controllers have, he's a cold, ruthless [[Chessmaster]].

** {{spoiler|Whitebeard himself and, later, Blackbeard}} have power over earthquakes.

* Nagareyama Shimon in ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka Dede]]'' has earth-based [[Elemental Powers|powers]].

* Sherry Cromwell of ''[[ToA AruCertain Majutsu no Index (Light Novel)|To Aru Majutsu noMagical Index]]'' uses earth-based magic and uses it to summon her golem, and Terra of the Left of God's Right Seat wields the element of earth, notably when he uses his [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]] made of flour.

* Earth mages in ''[[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]''.

** Another example from the same series: Galactus has given all his messengers powers related to [[Elemental Rock -Paper -Scissors|one of the elements]]. Terrax, the too-evil one, is the earth-mover. It's worth noting that he is a mutant who already had the powers to begin with; Big G just made them stronger.

* Elysion, a minor ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Bookcomics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' villain.

* The Old Power in ''[[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]]'': an ability to draw power from the Earth which grants improved physical abilities and the ability to manipulate Rocks as long as the user is on the ground, with the most notable Old Power user being the Hulk's son, Skaar. Not a case of [[Personality Powers]] in his case, as he's more of a devious [[Barbarian Hero]].

== FanfictionFan Works ==

* The ''[[LoyaltyNaruto]]'' (Fanfic)|fanfic ''[[Loyalty]]'' Givesgives Sakura a major power upgrade in the form of a scroll of earth jutsu and a hell of a motivation to use it. Somehow, the author actually makes ''tunnleingtunneling'' powers seriously badass.

* One of the mutant varieties in ''[[John Ridley|Those Who Walk In Darkness]]''--they—they communicate with the Earth and talk it into shifting. They're [[Always Lawful Good]] and [[Actual Pacifist|hate fighting]].

* Earthcrafters in the ''[[Codex Alera]]'', who are [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]. Like all the other Aleran elements, though, it gives them extra abilities; earthcrafters can also draw power from the earth to give themselves [[Super Strength]], and while most of the "inspire emotions" powers belong to [[Playing Withwith Fire|fire]], earth controls lust and can "ground" the emotions of others, making them calmer.

* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Sparrow Redhouse was revealed as having this power in an online comic.

* Countless ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' creatures and spells. Earth Elementals, Mud Paraelementals, and Avalanchers as creature examples; Earth Grasp, Earth Wall, Rock To Mud, Mud to Rock, Shape Rock, Stone Skin, etc...for spells. Also a few prestige classes like the Earth Dreamer.

* In ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering]]'', Earth is the domain of the highly destructive Red mages; thus, there are many spells that fall under this, such as [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518104042/http://ww2.wizards.com/gathererGatherer/CardDetails.aspx?id=11254 Earthquake] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20080612064929/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?id=11515 Stone Rain].

** And Earth [[Elemental Embodiment|Elementals]]. The Kukla, the [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|Greater Elemental Dragon]] of Earth (one of the most powerful Elementals and beings in general in Creation), has powers such as "convert everything within 50 miles into freshly tilled soil" and is ''[[Apocalypse How|incredibly]]'' dangerous (simply waking it up causes earthquakes powerful enough to send tsunamis three miles inland on every coast in Creation).

* ''[[Pokémon]]'' is sort of weird about this, in that it splits Earth-based powers into separate categories. This is something of an [[Early Installment Weirdness|artifact from the first generation]]. The Rock-type attacks are solely involved with chucking stones and using it for a variety of uses while the Ground-type is a hodgepodge of different Earth powers like sand (Sand Tomb, Sandstorm), mud (Mud Slap, Mud Bomb), lava (Earth Power), bones (Bone Club, Bonemerang), tremors (Earthquake, Magnitude), [[This Is a Drill|drills]] (Drill Run), fissures (...[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Fissure]]), and travelling in it (Dig), among other abilities.

* ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]'': Isaac and Felix. Interesting because they are the 2 leaders/player characters of their respective games, which isn't common for the earth element. Issac's son, Mathew, continues this unusual tradition in the third game.

* Leon Magnus from ''[[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Tales of Destiny]]'', using his Swordian Chaltier. {{spoiler|However, when he becomes Judas in ''Tales of Destiny 2'', he becomes a [[Yin -Yang Bomb]]}}.

** Ricardo Soldat and Hermana Larmo in ''[[Tales of Innocence (Video Game)|Tales of Innocence]]'' both have some Earth magic. It's odd because, like ''[[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Tales of Destiny]]'', ''Innocence'' has sharply divided elemental characters.

** Beryl Benito in ''[[Tales of Hearts (Video Game)|Tales of Hearts]]'' is the designated Earth character. Character element is less binding than the above two, but it guarantees that she alone gets the ultimate Earth magic Ground Dasher. In fact, she's the only one with Earth spells at all, and she also uses Earth elemental techs, including the highly useful Guruguru ([[Everything Is Better With Spinning|Spinning]]) Ribbon.

* ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]'' has Earth spells as part of the standard spellbook along with the other [[Elemental Powers]], second only to [[Playing Withwith Fire|Fire]] for strength. The Hobgoblin Geomancer boss from Dungeoneering features such spells as his primary Magic attack, and they are inexplicably powerful against Damis who guards the Shadow diamond in Desert Treasure.

* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|Gurdijeff/Grudiev]], the dragon-like [[The Four Gods|Earth Guardian]] of the ''[[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' series.

* Elementalists in ''[[Guild Wars]]'' who specialize in earth magic, sometimes called Geomancers. True to form, they're the most defensive specialization, and geomancers tend to actually be more common as characters of a different primary class who pick up elementalist as their secondary. Warrior/geomancers, rather expectedly, tend to be the most common form.

* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' may or may not have an earth element, depending on the game. All ''Final Fantasy'' games except for ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'' either have the Quake spell, Titan summon, Terrato summon, or the Brothers summon that deals earth-elemental damage. ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' DOES have the Quake spell, but it's the Death-element. ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'' also has a Quake attack, but it can only be used with a very hard-to-get item, and only deals very little non-elemental damage. ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'' has Quake available to all of the party members as a technique, and Vanille's summon, Hecatonchires, uses earth-based attacks.

** However, ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'' does have the very common "Stone" spells, the Titan summon, Quake spells, and other earth-elemental attacks.

* Doesn't show up in the ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' series as much as others, but Guts Man can produce stone blocks, Crystal Man and Jewel Man use [[Gemstone Assault|gems]], and Stone Man is essentially a robot [[Golem]] who uses the Power Stone (not '''that''' ''[[Power Stone]]'').

** Its brother series, [[Mega Man Battle Network (Video Game)|Mega Man Battle Network]], has Desertman.EXE, though, who is made entirely of sand. Stone Man has a counterpart in it, and there are several Breaking [[Fight Like a Card Player|Chips]] that involve stones or stone objects (Aura Head, Air Hockey) or drills (Drill Arm).

* Maori Kasuga of ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]]'', who has Ohtsuchi, the Arcana of Earth, as her default Arcana. Powers include raining large rocks on opponents and summoning massive stone fists and [[Giant Foot of Stomping|feet]].

** Then there's "obliterate enemy with flying cow", but that's [[Earthworm Jim (Videovideo Gamegame)|another story.]] His monsters are also rock-based, with all of his ranged attack creatures using ''some'' variant of "throw rock at enemy" as an attack.

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* Rock Mario from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.

** Also, [[Big Bad|Bowser]], during the first third of his final battle with him at the end of the first ''[[Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

* In ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'', PK Ground is a [[Psychic Powers|psychic ability]] exclusively used by Kumatora. It generates a massive earthquake which deals repeated damage to all enemies, is particularly potent against the penultimate bosses, and is one of the most powerful PSI attacks in the game.

* The Sand Wand has this power in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]''. With it, Link is able to raise sand so he can rise to higher spots, move or stop heavy objects, walk over quicksand, attack sand-based enemies, etc. It's very versatile.

== WebcomicsWeb Comics ==

* ''[[Bob and George (Webcomic)|Bob and George]]'': [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041101c Stone Man].

* [[Whatevermancy|Dirtamancer]] Sizemore Rockwell of ''[[Erfworld (Webcomic)|Erfworld]]''. Though, before Parson entered the picture, he was mostly only used to create Crap Golems and tunnels. He could also convert gems into hard currency and, {{spoiler|with the help of a [[Necromancy|Croakamancer]], reignite an extinct volcano.}} Probably a good deal more, given that ''Erfworld'' seems to be rather liberal in what a given caster can do within their domain.

* ''[[Wayward Sons (Webcomic)|Wayward Sons]]'': Haydez, after a few weeks practice after discovering his power, was able to carve a ''whole city'' out of a mountainside as a Holy Day gift to his crewmates.

* In ''[[Wake the Sleepers (Webcomic)|Wake the Sleepers]]'', [http://wakethesleepers.com/comics/89 Locke's rescuer].

* Earthbenders in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' control most stone and sediment-derived things. While it is most often stylized as telekinetic martial arts shaping and moving stone as attacks and defense, the strongest benders can even levitate giant boulders through the air. Most Earthbenders also exhibit an innate level of invulnerability to blunt force trauma, though [[Animated Armor|forging literal rock armor]] around themselves is a technique several advanced benders use (usually against Firebenders).

* ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'': Clay.

* ''[[WITCH (Animationanimation)|WITCH]]'': Cornelia.

* Terra from ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]''.

* The ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' series has two, probably because sand is everywhere (get used to it). Sadira manipulates more conventional sand, while Mozenrath has the Black Sand his kingdom is named for that seems for all intents and purposes to be ''sentient quicksand''.

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