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* Filicia Heideman of ''[[Sora no Woto]]'', the only visible chink in her [[Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough|Captain Smooth]] persona.

* In the first episode of ''[[Stitch!]]'', Yuuna is shown to be afraid of lightning.

* Nano is shown to be afraid of lightning in ''[[Nichijou]]'' when she walks her Professor to the bathroom during a storm.

* Aria from ''[[Hidan no Aria]]'' is quite afraid of thunder. This does present problems in missions where it's raining.

* [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Ramba Ral's]] Zeon crew are completely ''freaked out'' when they land on Earth in the middle of a thunderstorm, actually thinking that it's some sort of Federation defense system until Ral corrects them and explains what's going on. A [[Justified Trope]]: most of them were born and live in massive, climate-controlled colony stations, and have never been to Earth before.

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** Oh, and his subordinate/boyfriend's last name is either a clever way to reinforce said subordinate's resemblance to Raiden or a really jerk-ass bit of bilingual humor. Anyone who disagrees with the previous designation is [[Ho Yay|clearly lying.]]

* Tails from the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series is afraid of lightning in some versions. Especially in [[Sonic the Movie|the anime OVA]]. Though the games seem to have removed this character trait, as his [[Elemental Powers|element power]] in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' is Thunder Shoot.

* Rikku in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' suffers this, due to a traumatic childhood experience of a mis-aimed attempt to protect her from a sea monster using lightning magic. Between that game and its sequel, ''[[Final Fantasy X 2]]'', she cures her phobia through the fairly simple method of camping for a week in the Thunder Plains, where there's ''always'' lightning. Rikku even reacts in both games to this fear -- in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', she gives a unique scream (compared to the rest of the team) whenever she's hit with a lightning spell, and in ''[[Final Fantasy X 2]]'', she actually says "Astraphobic? Not me!" when actually casting Lightning spells in the Black Mage class. While anyone showing fear at having to walk through the Thunder Plains where one must literally dodge lightning bolts by ''stepping out of the way'' is rational, Rikku's reaction is considered to be well over the top by the rest of the party during the storyline.

* Rikku in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' suffers this, due to a traumatic childhood experience of a mis-aimed attempt to protect her from a sea monster using lightning magic. Between that game and its sequel, ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'', she cures her phobia through the fairly simple method of camping for a week in the Thunder Plains, where there's ''always'' lightning. Rikku even reacts in both games to this fear -- in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', she gives a unique scream (compared to the rest of the team) whenever she's hit with a lightning spell, and in ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'', she actually says "Astraphobic? Not me!" when actually casting Lightning spells in the Black Mage class. While anyone showing fear at having to walk through the Thunder Plains where one must literally dodge lightning bolts by ''stepping out of the way'' is rational, Rikku's reaction is considered to be well over the top by the rest of the party during the storyline.

* Shion in ''[[Xenosaga]]'' is traumatized by lightning because her fiancé and parents were both killed during thunderstorms. This also appeared in the anime adaptation of the game.

* Despite the subversion in the novel, this is played straight in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 4'' in one of the Shu Endings. Liu Bei is eating with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei when a bolt of lightning strikes, causing Liu Bei to dive under the table in panic while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei Watch.