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[[File:hadouken_6829hadouken 6829.jpg|link=Street Fighter II (Video Game)|rightframe|[[Kamehame Hadoken|Quarter Circle Forward + Punch]]]]
 
 
An [[Energy Weapon]], and a specific [[Sub -Trope|subtype]] of [[Ki Attacks|Ki Attack]] or [[Functional Magic]] that takes the form of one or more glowing orbs of [[Pure Energy]]/[[Pure Magic]]. Most commonly made of [[Light 'Em Up|light]], [[Shock and Awe|electricity]] or [[Playing Withwith Fire|fire]].
 
Warning: just because it's shaped like a ball doesn't always mean it will [[Pinball Projectile|bounce off flat surfaces]]. In fact, they're far more likely to explode on impact. You may need special equipment if you want to [[Playing Tennis With the Boss|play tennis]].
 
Often created by [[Sucking in-In Lines]]. This is an integral part of a [[Shotoclone]].
 
See also [[Fireballs]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', {{spoiler|after absorbing God, Father gains the ability to create a miniature sun in his hand using nuclear fusion.}}
** A more straight example of this trope occurs around that point in ''Brotherhood'', where he fires some kind of purple energy ball from his forehead instead of creating a tornado as he did in the manga.
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'': Sensui's Reikou-resshuu-ken (single) and Resshuu-shien-dan (multiple) attacks.
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': Vegeta's Big Bang Attack, and Broly's signature attack. Not to mention the [[Combined Energy Attack|Spirit Bomb]], And going back much further, Yamcha's Spirit Ball. Generic balls of energy also get thrown around in pretty much every fight as well.
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', the Seravee Gundam is shown to be able to create a large [[Energy Ball]] with its [[Wave Motion Gun|Wave Motion Guns]]s.
* Koizumi's fireball in ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', down with ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' [[Shout -Out|Shout Outs]].
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'': Parodied with Tamama's Jealousy Ball.
* {{spoiler|Vivio's Sankt Kaiser form}} in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has the Impact Cannon, a huge energy ball that she punches out of her fist, and the Sacred Cluster, energy balls she throws which would explode around a target and bombard them with smaller energy bullets.
* Several of the Sailor Senshi's attacks in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', such as Jupiter's [[Shock and Awe|Sparkling Wide Pressure]] and Pluto's [[Dark Is Not Evil|Dead Scream]].
* Ku:Nel Sanders of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' uses giant orbs of gravity magic during his fight with Kaede. Kaede hit back with massive balls of ki.
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** Some of the Fire Style jutsu favored by, among others, the Uchihas, fall into this category, as does the only special attack used by Naruto's four-tailed release.
* Shin [[Getter Robo]]'s Stoner Sunshine.
* Most [[Ki Attacks]] in the ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'' manga and video games are actually large spheres of force propelled forward, as opposed to the [[Kamehame Hadoken|constant beams]] shown in the animated versions. Most epic of all: the Perfect Shishihokodan actually does generate a [[Pillar of Light|Pillar of Ki]] straight up... that coalesces into a titanic ball that crushes everything underneath and leaves a perfectly hemispherical crater.
* ''[[Digimon]]'': Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker can qualify as this, as well as Greymon's Nova Blast to an extent.
* One of Ryoko's abilities in ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' is to create these. If she squeezes one, it turns into a [[Laser Blade]].
 
 
== Card Games ==
* Iconic ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering]]'' creature Ball Lightning is a [[Shaped Like Itself|ball-shaped lightning elemental]]. It only lasts one turn, with the intent that you'll throw it at your opponent immediately to inflict a good bit of damage.
 
 
== Films -- Live Action ==
* ''[[Time Bandits]]''. The mini-fireballs that shoot out of the eyes of the cow-skull-head monsters. On [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn5e7pn5DNA starting at 5:10].
* In ''[[Burnt Byby the Sun]]'', the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121001213328/http://alsolikelife.com/shooting/images/burnt24.jpg ball lightning] is a recurring [[Motif]].
 
 
== Literature ==
* During the climactic duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader in the [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] novel ''[[Splinter of the Minds Eye]]'', Vader creates a kinetite, a ball of pure white energy the size of his fist, and sends it at Luke. {{spoiler|Luke [[Playing Tennis With the Boss|hits it back at Vader]], and Vader's armor is dented inward as if hit by a giant's fist.}}
* ThunderFlashes in ''[[Septimus Heap (Literature)|Septimus Heap]]'' are described as energy balls that are used as weapons both by antagonists and protagonists.
 
 
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]''. It's part of the standard demon power package: teleport, slow moving dark energy fire-y balls, and... not being able to dodge slow moving light energy fire-y balls.
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': The Mega Dragonzord's [[Finishing Move|finisher]] is a giant blue energy sphere with a Z in the middle that completely disintegrates the monsters it's used on.
 
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'': numerous, including the ever-popular Fireball spell.
** And ''Magic Missile'', although that may be dart-shaped.
*** interestingly enough, Magic Missle can be assigned any visual representation the caster wishes, even as its being cast (at least for spontaneous casters) though it defaults to this trope. Being killed by mini casters glomping you to death has never been so much fun.
** Also, the Psionic Power "Energy Ball".
** Not to mention the Epic Level Spell: Hellball.
** Though perhaps the best examples are the various "Orb of [[Elemental Powers|X]]<ref>[[Hollywood Acid|Acid]], [[An Ice Person|Cold]], [[Shock and Awe|Electricity]], [[Playing Withwith Fire|Fire]], [[Pure Energy|Force]], and [[Make Me Wanna Shout|Sound]]</ref>" spells, most of which have a "Lesser" version too.<ref>Force is the only one that doesn't</ref>.
* The [[Deadlands|Wichita Witches']] trademark spell, Ball o'[[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doom]].
* ''[[GURPS]]: Magic'' the Ball of Lightning spell that makes an intangible guided missile that makes an explosion of electricity when it reaches a target.
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* The ''Hadoken'' move in ''[[Street Fighter]]'', of course.
** And every other projectile attack that isn't physical.
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. Unique in that not only does the fireball bounce off the ground, it also obeys gravity. Freaky!
** Mario's fireballs in the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' series behave like this, but Luigi's travel in straight lines regardless of gravity.
* ''[[Doom]]'''s [[BFG]] 9000 fired one of these. In addition, Imps, Cacodemons, Hell Knights and Barons of Hell are well known for hurling (or spitting, in the Cacodemon's case) fireballs. Mancubi use cannons built into their arms that shoot fireballs that explode like rockets.
* A good number of ''[[Pokémon]]'' attacks are represented as balls of whatever element; however, the move entitled [[Energy Ball]] is a Grass-type as opposed to being Normal, Electric, or Steel-type. Most likely it's a [[The Power of the Sun|solar-powered move]] a la Solarbeam.
** In addition to the actual "[[Energy Ball]]" attack, there's also Zap Cannon (Electric-type), Shadow Ball (Ghost-type), and Aura Sphere (Fighting-type). Flash Cannon, which is a Steel-type attack, also looks like a round ball of energy, even if it's not explicitly in the name.
** Focus Blast is a Fighting-type chi blast.
** Gyro Ball is also depicted as one of these, though that's more of the user spinning at high speeds and slamming into the opponent, similar to Rollout and Ice Ball.
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*** Generation V brings us [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ball_of_Flame_(move) Searing Shot (''Ball of Flame''/''Flame Bomb'' in Japanese)], an attack that can only be learned by one [[Pokémon]], Victini, who happens to be a Fire/Psychic-type.
*** Furthermore, Fusion Flare (Fire-type) and Fusion Bolt (Electric-type), the respective signature moves of the Tao Dragon-type [[Pokémon]] Reshiram and Zekrom, resemble powerful fireballs and electrical balls, corresponding with the secondary elemental types of this Dragon duo. If both moves happen to be used in the same turn, the one that occurs second receives a boost, as well.
** Castform's signature move Weather Ball could also be seen as a form of [[Energy Ball]], as it changes its elemental type with the weather, complementing Castform's own weather-dependent ability of changing type, Forecast. Weather conditions also provide a boost, doubling Weather Ball's base power from 50 to 100. The variants of Weather Ball occur with the following weather settings:
*** Sunny weather yields the Fire-type.
*** Rain brings forth the {{color|blue|Water}}-type.
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*** Sandstorm changes the element of Weather Ball to Rock-type, though Castform itself remains Normal-type and still takes residual Sandstorm damage.
*** Just like Castform, the move remains as a Normal-type if no weather is occurring or if foggy conditions are present.
*** Under the Shadow Sky condition (present in ''[[Pokémon]] Colosseum'' and ''XD''), this move assumes the ???-type, causing neutral damage against all defending types.
** Ancient Power is depicted as a silvery-white sphere of energy, but only in the anime. The game animations include throwing levitating stones at the enemy. The move is Rock-type, but the anime might have tried to emphasize that this is also a special attack rather than a physical one (it wasn't shown in the anime until Generation IV, even though the move was introduced in the Generation II games).
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'': Ganon shoots off balls of energy in a few of the boss fights throughout the series; [[Playing Tennis With the Boss]] results.
* Plasma bombs and Energy Cannon weapons in ''[[Homeworld (Video Game)|Homeworld]]''
* ''[[Kirby]]'' can throw these when using the Fighter ability in some of his later games, in exactly the same fashion as a hadoken.
* ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' shoots off spherical energy pellets of varying size throughout the series.
* Biotic charges in [[Mass Effect 2]] appear as basketball-sized semi-spherical missiles of blue and white energy, with slight variations depending on which power you use.
* In ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', Dante can launch [[Playing Withwith Fire|fire]] or [[Holy Hand Grenade|light]] balls at points, while in the first game during his [[Eleventh -Hour Superpower]], he launched demonically powered energy balls.
* ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'' has the Combine assault rifle, which can generate a ball of energy as its [[Secondary Fire]]. These also exist in the Combine's power generators. They vaporize other people instantly, but not you; perhaps the HEV suit grants some sort of protection against vaporization.
** ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'' uses similar energy balls to ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'' in many puzzles. Portal and HL2 are set in the same universe, and use the [[Prop Recycling|same graphic effect and sounds]] for the balls, but they are referred to as "High Energy Pellets" in Portal. Unlike HL2, if they hit you they will vaporize you instantly.
* [[Metroid|Samus]]' Charge Beam, [[Pokémon|Mewtwo]]'s Shadow Ball and Lucario's Aura Sphere in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' Though in Samus' case, both the Power Beam and the Charge Beam are depicted as spherical shots in her series.
** Pikachu's Thunder Jolt (more evident when used in midair).
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'': Chi Blast, despite people sometimes making [[Dragonball Z|Kamehameha]] macros for it.
* ''[[Marathon (Video Game)Trilogy|Marathon]]'' has the Zeus Class Fusion Pistol.
* ''[[Halo]]'' has several. One of them is the plasma pistol, which has semiautomatic firing of these, or you can charge it up and release a big one at the expense of energy and overheating. Plasma rifle has fully automatic firing energy balls.
* ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]]'' has a few, such the Sfaira attacks of Partinias, the [[The Power of Love|Arcana of Love]], and the projectiles of Anutpada, the [[Time Master|Arcana of Time]].
* The Valhawk in ''[[Super Robot Wars]] W'' can generate this with it's "Plasma Executor" weapon, which also counts as a [[Chest Blaster]].
* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]],'' [[Final Fantasy IX|Kuja]] has several of these floating around him during battle, and uses them for several of his attacks.
* Elizabeth Greene's [[One -Winged Angel]] form in ''[[Prototype (Videovideo Gamegame)|Prototype]]'' can fire what are presumably energy balls. Somewhat off considering the mostly organic nature of the series.
* ''[[The King of Fighters]]'': Athena and her Psychic Friends can throw energy balls. Hers and Kensou's don't bounce, but Bao's does, and Athena has the ability to ''become'' an energy ball herself, and fire copies of herself at enemies.
* Several attacks in ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'', such as Xelha and Lyude's level II finishing moves.
* This is the ranged attack that bareknuckles have in ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]''.
* Enough attacks in ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' (a lot of bullets are round), but especially Utsuho Reiuji's attacks (read: nukes) and Reimu's Fantasy Orb and Fantasy Seal.
* Your plasma gun in ''[[Purple (Video Game)|Purple]]'' shoots these.
* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'', Yuan has a lightning orb that he uses this way in cutscenes, and the Sorcerer's Ring allows the onscreen character to fire several different types of them when solving puzzles (depending on what dungeon you're in). Oddly, neither of these examples is ever used in battle.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', Tsukiko the Mystic Theurge learns a number of non-core "orb" spells (Electric Orb, Fire Orb, Lesser Acid Orb, Cold Orb) in order to counter Haley's evasion skill.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', the fire summon spits the fire variation of this during the battle with Justin and Elliot.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* Shego, [[Kim Possible]]'s rival, often uses energy attacks in fights, but so far she has only used an actual energy ball once; in ''[[All Girls Want Bad Boys|Bad Boy]]'', she charged up a giant ball lightning and fired it at Kim.
* Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' fires energy balls called starbolts from her hands.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' and the main character's <s>Energy</s> Ecto Rays which at times works in this manner.
* Aelita from ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', since the start of Season 3, gains pink energy balls, called Energy Field, as an attack in Lyoko form. When it hits one of XANA's goons, this covers entirely the monster in energy that destroy it, with no need to [[Attack Its Weak Point]].
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