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* In ''[[Bleach]]: [[The Movie|The Diamond Dust Rebellion]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Sojiro Kusaka and his two subordinates use Ice, Fire and Lightning powers respectively.▼
* The three main ninjas of ''[[Beat Blades Haruka]]'': Haruka uses lightning (and her strongest attack paralyzes the enemy for one turn), Narika uses fire, and Subaru uses ice. The elements themselves don't have any real effect on enemies, except for the effects of each one's strongest attack.▼
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', the first three members to join the titular character (Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter) have these as their elements, though Mercury's dominant element is water and Jupiter has wood as her sub-element.▼
* The three Marine Admirals in ''[[One Piece]]'' is probably meant to be this. Akainu is Magma, Aokiji is Ice, and Kizaru is Light. The only reason they can't use actual Fire and Lightning is because [[Super-Hero Speciation|there are other characters that already have those powers]].▼
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', there are people who possess a "magic conversion nature", allowing them to convert their mana into a specific element without the need to even consciously think about it, though normal mages could display similar effects if they work hard at it. Examples of these include Signum, who has a magic conversion nature of [[Playing with Fire|fire]], and Erio, who has a magic conversion nature of [[Shock and Awe|lightning]]. Based on supplementary materials released for ''StrikerS'', these come in three forms. They are, you guessed it, Fire, Lightning, and pretty rarely, Ice.▼
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' have a good example of this, one ultimate spell for each element, Blazing Heat In The Sky for fire, Eternal Glacier for ice, and The Thousand Bolts for lightning. We have been shown the versions of magical arrow for each. (but magical arrows also contain elements of darkness, sand, wind and light.)▼
** Though, now we also have Tearing Earth as the ultimate spell for the earth element.▼
* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', the five main saints have elemental affinities, with Ikki (fire), Hyoga (ice) and Shun (his [[Variable-Length Chain]] can generate lightning) filling in the three. The Gold Saints lack a fire-based member, with Leo Aioria (lightning) and Acuaris Kamus (ice) filling in the other slots▼
** In the spin-off series ''[[Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas]]'', Scorpio Kardias is given a fire motif, completing the trio with Leo Regulus and Acuarius Degel.▼
* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' has something like this, with [[An Ice Person|Blue Rose]] and [[Shock and Awe|Dragon Kid]]. 'Fire' fits with [[Playing with Fire|Fire Emblem]] due to his tendency to include ''himself'' when referring to the 'girls' of Hero TV.▼
* ''[[Ultimate SpiderWoman
* In ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', the eponymous hero's original three alternate forms carry an elemental association with them: [[Cool Sword|Garulu]] [[Fragile Speedster|Form]] is Fire, [[The Gunslinger|Basshaa]] [[Glass Cannon|Form]] is Water, and [[Drop the Hammer|Dogga]] [[Mighty Glacier|Form]] is Lightning. It makes sense since the latter two are modeled on [[Our Mermaids Are Different|the Gill-Man]] and [[Frankenstein's Monster]], but [[Wolf Man|Garulu]] is a little harder to justify.▼
* An earlier ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' example was with ''[[Kamen Rider Blade|Blade]]''. Blade was lightning, Garren was fire, Leangle was ice and Chalice added [[Blow You Away|air]] to the mix.▼
* A borderline example is Accel from ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]''. His Engine Blade has three settings: Jet (fire), Steam (water), and Electric (lightning).▼
* In ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]'' / ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' Gold and Silver's dagger weapons have fire, ice, and lightning for three of it's attack modes.▼
* Interestingly enough, it is optimal to use elements outside of the standard Fire-Ice-Lightning (such as Acid or Sonic) in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', because due to their rarity, few monsters resist them (whereas every non-humanoid non-animal in the ''Monster Manual'' resists at least one of the three).▼
** Technically, it isn't optimal to use elements at all. The best spells don't even do damage, and the best damage spells are Force effects such as Maw of Chaos and Wings of Flurry. But yes, sonic and acid are superior to the main three.▼
** Most effective nuke based caster builds rely on the feat Arcane Thesis to hugely multiply the power of one favorite spell. One strategy for these actually is to take either a fire or ice spell, and Energy Substitution: Fire/Ice to reverse its element as needed, since fire and ice are the most common weaknesses in addition to most commonly resisted elements. Either Fire/Acid or Ice/Lightning are more favorable for casters who wish to use Energy Gestalt to add debuffs to their spells.▼
* The four elements wielded by characters in [[LEGO]] [[Ninjago]] are fire, ice, lightning and earth.▼
* ''[[Monster High]]'' Brought us Frankie Stein (Lightning), Holt Hyde (Fire), and Abby Bominable (Ice).▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
=== Action Adventure ===
* Three brush techniques in ''[[Okami]]'' use these elements, and behave the same way - you can draw a line from a source of the element to a target, or draw a special symbol for a stronger, more expensive attack. The three final weapons - the Solar Flare reflector, Tundra Beads, and Thunder Edge glaive - are always burning/frozen/shocking, so Ammy always has an elemental source to draw from. Water exhibits somewhat similar behavior, as a line of it can be drawn from the source to a target and another, more expensive brush technique produces a brief rainstorm, but there is no water-elemental weapon and water does not directly damage most enemies. (It still slows them down or has other effects, and a handful of enemies are weak to water.)
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▲* In ''[[Bleach]]: [[The Movie|The Diamond Dust Rebellion]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Sojiro Kusaka and his two subordinates use Ice, Fire and Lightning powers respectively.
▲* The three main ninjas of ''[[Beat Blades Haruka]]'': Haruka uses lightning (and her strongest attack paralyzes the enemy for one turn), Narika uses fire, and Subaru uses ice. The elements themselves don't have any real effect on enemies, except for the effects of each one's strongest attack.
▲* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', the first three members to join the titular character (Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter) have these as their elements, though Mercury's dominant element is water and Jupiter has wood as her sub-element.
▲* The three Marine Admirals in ''[[One Piece]]'' is probably meant to be this. Akainu is Magma, Aokiji is Ice, and Kizaru is Light. The only reason they can't use actual Fire and Lightning is because [[Super-Hero Speciation|there are other characters that already have those powers]].
▲* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', there are people who possess a "magic conversion nature", allowing them to convert their mana into a specific element without the need to even consciously think about it, though normal mages could display similar effects if they work hard at it. Examples of these include Signum, who has a magic conversion nature of [[Playing with Fire|fire]], and Erio, who has a magic conversion nature of [[Shock and Awe|lightning]]. Based on supplementary materials released for ''StrikerS'', these come in three forms. They are, you guessed it, Fire, Lightning, and pretty rarely, Ice.
▲* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' have a good example of this, one ultimate spell for each element, Blazing Heat In The Sky for fire, Eternal Glacier for ice, and The Thousand Bolts for lightning. We have been shown the versions of magical arrow for each. (but magical arrows also contain elements of darkness, sand, wind and light.)
▲** Though, now we also have Tearing Earth as the ultimate spell for the earth element.
▲* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', the five main saints have elemental affinities, with Ikki (fire), Hyoga (ice) and Shun (his [[Variable-Length Chain]] can generate lightning) filling in the three. The Gold Saints lack a fire-based member, with Leo Aioria (lightning) and Acuaris Kamus (ice) filling in the other slots
▲** In the spin-off series ''[[Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas]]'', Scorpio Kardias is given a fire motif, completing the trio with Leo Regulus and Acuarius Degel.
▲* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' has something like this, with [[An Ice Person|Blue Rose]] and [[Shock and Awe|Dragon Kid]]. 'Fire' fits with [[Playing with Fire|Fire Emblem]] due to his tendency to include ''himself'' when referring to the 'girls' of Hero TV.
▲=== Fan Works ===
▲* ''[[Ultimate SpiderWoman|Ultimate Spider-Woman: Change With The Light]]'' has this trope in the arachnid heroine's [[Rogues Gallery]]. The petty criminal Blizzard is [[An Ice Person]], the [[Pyromaniac]] Firebrand enjoys [[Playing with Fire]] and [[Stalker with a Crush]] Superchargers is a [[Psycho Electro]].
▲=== Live-Action TV ===
▲* In ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', the eponymous hero's original three alternate forms carry an elemental association with them: [[Cool Sword|Garulu]] [[Fragile Speedster|Form]] is Fire, [[The Gunslinger|Basshaa]] [[Glass Cannon|Form]] is Water, and [[Drop the Hammer|Dogga]] [[Mighty Glacier|Form]] is Lightning. It makes sense since the latter two are modeled on [[Our Mermaids Are Different|the Gill-Man]] and [[Frankenstein's Monster]], but [[Wolf Man|Garulu]] is a little harder to justify.
▲* An earlier ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' example was with ''[[Kamen Rider Blade|Blade]]''. Blade was lightning, Garren was fire, Leangle was ice and Chalice added [[Blow You Away|air]] to the mix.
▲* A borderline example is Accel from ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]''. His Engine Blade has three settings: Jet (fire), Steam (water), and Electric (lightning).
▲* In ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]'' / ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' Gold and Silver's dagger weapons have fire, ice, and lightning for three of it's attack modes.
▲=== Tabletop Games ===
▲* Interestingly enough, it is optimal to use elements outside of the standard Fire-Ice-Lightning (such as Acid or Sonic) in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', because due to their rarity, few monsters resist them (whereas every non-humanoid non-animal in the ''Monster Manual'' resists at least one of the three).
▲** Technically, it isn't optimal to use elements at all. The best spells don't even do damage, and the best damage spells are Force effects such as Maw of Chaos and Wings of Flurry. But yes, sonic and acid are superior to the main three.
▲** Most effective nuke based caster builds rely on the feat Arcane Thesis to hugely multiply the power of one favorite spell. One strategy for these actually is to take either a fire or ice spell, and Energy Substitution: Fire/Ice to reverse its element as needed, since fire and ice are the most common weaknesses in addition to most commonly resisted elements. Either Fire/Acid or Ice/Lightning are more favorable for casters who wish to use Energy Gestalt to add debuffs to their spells.
▲=== Toys ===
▲* The four elements wielded by characters in [[LEGO]] [[Ninjago]] are fire, ice, lightning and earth.
▲* ''[[Monster High]]'' Brought us Frankie Stein (Lightning), Holt Hyde (Fire), and Abby Bominable (Ice).
* In ''[[Winx Club]]'', the Trix are Icy (Ice), Stormy (Lightning), and Darcy (officially Darkness, but she can create fire)
** In some foreign versions, Darcy's power is called "Black Fire."
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* The three main utilities for a house are heat (fire), water (ice), and electricity (lightning).
* Thanks to the [[wikipedia:Thermoelectric effect|Thermoelectric effect]] you can actually cause the trio to appear simultaneously.
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