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Related to [[Blinded by the Light]] and [[Ride the Lightning]]. Someone with this power may also be a [[Technopath]]. Contrast [[An Ice Person]] and [[Playing with Fire]]. For other uses of lightning and electricity, see [[Magical Defibrillator]] and [[Electric Torture]]. For the physics ([[You Fail Physics Forever|or lack thereof]]) behind electrical attacks or weapons, see [[Chain Lightning]], [[Lightning Gun]], and [[Static Stun Gun]].

 

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== Media in General ==

* ''Any'' weapon with "[[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]]" in its name.

 

 

* [[Pokémon (anime)|Pikachu, use Thundershock/Thunderbolt/Volt Tackle!]]

** Dawn has a Pachirisu. And Iris has an Emolga.

* Fate Testarossa-Harlaown of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Her squad is called "Lightning" for a reason. Other Lightning mages include her adopted kid, Erio, and her [[Psycho Electro|psychotic]] and [[Abusive Parents|abusive]] [[Evil Matriarch|mother]], Precia.

** In fact, [[All There in the Manual|some fluff]] contains the term "Mana Conversion Affinity", an ability to spontaneously convert one's mana into a specific form of energy without the use of spells, etc.. Fate and Erio have Lightning (that is, electricity) affinity, whereas Signum is [[Playing with Fire|attuned to fire]].

** Nami also frequently uses her weather manipulating staff to create lightning.

*** [[Meaningful Name|"Thunder Lord"]] Makugai is able to channel Lightning through his sword, [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum|somehow]].

* ''[[Dai no Daibouken]]'' has "raiden", which is a lightning attack.

* Ginji Amano of ''[[GetBackers]]''.

* Negi Springfield of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' uses this as one of his elements. Setsuna wields this as one of her [[Implausible Fencing Powers|Shinmeiryuu]] [[Elemental Powers|elements]].

** Negi takes it up to the next level when he begins using [[Black Magic]]; he [[Elemental Shapeshifter|turns himself into]] [[Ride the Lightning|lightning]].

* ''[[Naruto]]'': Sasuke Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and a number of other characters including [[Filler|Raiga and several ninja in the Ninja Guardians Arc]].

** Kumogakure, the capital of the Land of Lightning, where they practice Lightning-style jutsu. Some of the most powerful ninja in the world hail from there.

* The Thunder Card of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]''.

* Suzaku, the leader of the [[The Four Gods|Saint Beasts]] in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''.

** She gets her nickname from her signature attack where she accelerates a ferromagnetic object to Mach 3, with range limited by the projectile tending to ''dissolve from air friction''. She can launch bigger objects but prefers arcade coins for their portability and concealability, at the expense of having a "short" range of 50 meters.

** She can also throw blasts of electricity and call down lightning in a very [[Kill Sat]]-esque manner.

** She has also been shown to use her power to manipulate magnetic fields, giving her [[Mind Over Matter|pseudo-telekinetics]] that go as far as throwing a block of reinforced concrete by manipulating the steel bars inside of it, [[Wall Crawl|magnetically attaching herself to walls]], and using electricity to align her brain with someone else's, [[Mind Probe|allowing her to see that person's memories]].

** She can also float over water by doing electrolysis on the water and [[Crazy Awesome|spark-igniting the hydrogen products of the reaction as propulsion]]. Her rival, Mugino "Meltdowner" Shizuri, has a similar ability based on converting electrons into what is for all intents and purposes ''antimatter''.

* Killua from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' uses mostly lightning or lighting-related abilities.

* Laxus from ''[[Fairy Tail]]''.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Levi A Than]], one of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Varia]] in [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]], always carries eight umbrellas with him. They shoot lightning. Appropriately enough, this attack is called Levi Volta.

** Also, Lambo (well, his 10 {{spoiler|and 20}} years older self) and, more generally, any Thunder Flame user fit this trope.

* Wizardmon from ''[[Digimon Adventure]]''

** ELECTRO SHOCKER!

** And then there's the [[Foe-Tossing Charge|Super Inazuma Kick...]]

* Main character Gangryong and his presumed dead mentor Lightning Tiger in the [[Manhwa]] ''[[Veritas]]'' practice the Enlightenment Of Thunder and Lightning (EOTL) school of martial arts which manifests its users' ki as electricity. In the hands of a master, it's a bit of a [[Game Breaker]] since the electricity can disrupt the ki flow of anyone it hits. Lightning Tiger took it up a notch by reverse engineering {{spoiler|Vera's Arts of Heaven's Rich Strength}} on the spot and combining it with EOTL ''to call down a bolt of lightning from the sky''.

* Urd in ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' does this. She can also [[Playing with Fire|use fire]].

* Emperor Ganishka from ''[[Berserk]]''.

* In the original manga and OVA of ''[[Birdy the Mighty]]'', the titular character is able to grab people and electrocute them; this is how she fatal wounds Tsutomu in those incarnations.

* Sage/Seiji Date from [[Ronin Warriors]] (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers)' [[Elemental Powers|elemental power]] is lightning, which he invokes with his [[Finishing Move|Thunder Bolt Cut]] (Rai Kou Zan). Cale (Anubis) also has this power with black lightning.

* [[The Dragon|Pandora]] in ''[[Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas]]''.

* In the ''[[Tokko]]'' manga, Mayu can shoot electricity from her hands.

 

* One of the principal nasty things Storm of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' does to enemies. Know what happens to a toad when it gets struck by lightning...?

** Magneto can also control electricity to some degree (he almost killed Kitty Pryde with an electric shock in UXM #150), though some writers tend to forget that magnetism is good for more than just [[Lightning Can Do Anything|chucking metal around]]; electromagnetism is one of the four fundamental forces of the universe, after all.

* [[The Mighty Thor|FORSOOTH! When the lightning falleth, the Son of Odin be-eth in the familial dwelling!!]]

** [[Black Lightning]] (and his ''[[Superfriends]]'' [[Expy]], Black Vulcan...and Black Vulcan's ''[[Justice League]]'' [[Expy]], Juice).

** There's also [[Static (comics)|Static]], but he's not technically DC (he's from [[Milestone Comics|Milestone]]). Well, except now, the Milestone characters are being integrated into the DCU, so...

*** Static's powers are identical to Marvel's Magneto, except that Static is more likely to overtly include electricity in the visual effect of his powers.

* Jolt from ''[[Thunderbolts]]''. She generated bio-electricity, which she could channel into energy blasts, super strength, and super speed.

* Guns that shoot bolts of electricity are the signature weapons of [[Atomic Robo]] and other Tesladyne Action Scientists. Justified, since Robo was created by none other than Nikola Tesla.

* [[Spider Woman]]'s venom blasts are biolectrical in nature. They're not very potent as lightning powers go and are usually treated more or less like a taser.

* Electric Ray from ''Amazing Man'' can emit lethal electrical charges.

* Dynamo, who was featured in ''Science Comics'' and ''Weird Comics'', can control electricity and shoot electrical bolts.

* Electro Man, from ''Rocket Comics'', can fire electrical blasts and turn into electricity to travel through wires.

* Lightning, from ''Jumbo Comics'', can shoot electricity from his fingers.

* Firebrand, from ''Yankee Comics'', can produce destructive electrical blasts and create an energy field to protect himself.

 

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

** One of R2-D2's gadgets is an arc welder. A particularly hilarious scene involves a droid KO'ing R2 after getting shocked.

* One of the spirit-demon guys from ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'' (creatively named "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Lightning]]") used lightning as a weapon.

** Though, to be fair, those are '''proton''' streams rather than the electron streams they'd need to be to classify as lightning.

* The [[Lightning Gun|lightning guns]] used by Zion's forces throughout ''[[The Matrix]]'' trilogy.

* [[Godzilla]] has been known to electrify and/or magnetize his body on occasion.

** In ''[[King Kong]] vs [[Godzilla]]'', Kong has this, albeit only by touch.

 

== Literature ==

** Elaine appears to favor electricity for combat, using both lightning strikes and a magical electrocuting chain.

** While Harry favours fire and force, he has a neat line in air magic (of which lightning is a part), and occasionally uses it, if only to surprise opponents who generally expect him to try and [[Kill It with Fire]].

** In the sequel series [[The Heroes of Olympus]], Jason, being the son of Jupiter, has the same abilities.

* In [[The Thrawn Trilogy]], Joruus C'baoth likes using Force Lightning. [http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/286/blz23.jpg He's crazy, all right]

* [[The Guardians]] each have a [[Personality Powers|Gift]] related to their life. {{spoiler|Jake's second}} Gift is electricity, and {{spoiler|he's}} referred to as the human Taser.

* In the ''[[Codex Alera]]'', [[Blow You Away|windcrafters]] cannot generate lightning by themselves. However, if a group of them are in a thunderstorm, they can, via group effort, gather the lightning generated by the storm and direct it at a target on the ground. In addition, a windcrafter who is also capable with [[Making a Splash|watercraft]] can generate a sort of defibrillator via electrical generation while a patient is submerged in a healing tub.

* Cracklers/Edisons from the [[The Grimnoir Chronicles|Grimnoir books]] are superhumans with electrical powers.

* Tris from [[The Circle Universe]]. Though she can wield other abilities, her chief attribute seems to be lightning, as she has been referred to as a lightning mage.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* Elle Bishop in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.

** Sylar, too. And not even the usual way, originally. He still kills her eventually, though, and destroys the body with her own power.

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Willow's offensive combat magic of choice is bursts of dark-energy lightning.

* Gwen [[Meaningful Name|Raiden]] in ''[[Angel]]''.

* Johnny B of the cult classic ''[[Misfits of Science]]''. The ability to throw lightning and move at Flash-like speeds somewhat makes up for the fact that [[Blessed with Suck|a drop of water will burn him like acid]]. How he doesn't die of dehydration [[MST3K Mantra|was never addressed.]]

* Brennan Mulwray in ''[[Mutant X]]''.

* [[Doctor Who|The Master]] in The End of Time. Made unpleasantly realistic by his [[Horror Hunger|need to recharge.]]

** The Silence also attack their enemies with electricity.

** [[Kamen Rider OOO|Uva]] can shoot lightning. This power is passed down to his Kuwagata Medal.

** [[Kamen Rider Stronger]] was powered by electricity. His [[Hour of Power]] [[Super Mode]] allowed him to discharge more electricity than usual (and he had to; otherwise, he'd explode).

* Carla Burnelle from [[Flanders Company]] has her powers based on electricity. [[Badass|She's quite good with it.]]

* In ''[[Alphas]]'', this is the Red Flag operative Kosar's power. He can't shoot lightning bolts, but he can create localized brownouts and electrocute things by touching them, or if they're connected by a conductor.

 

== Mythology ==

* Likewise, Thor, God of Thunder, from [[Norse Mythology]].

* Indra, the king of the [[Hindu Mythology|Hindu]] gods (according to the earliest text, anways), is the god of thunder and lighting. Also, many "ruler of the gods" are associated with Thunder or the Sun.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* [[Mortasheen]] has [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/abcoulix.htm Abcoulix], an enormous brain toad created as an organic electrical generator, which can attack by frying people from a distance with an electrical bolt or trying to grapple with them to fry them like an electric chair.

** Psychic powers: Eldritch Storm, Bolt of Change.

** Ranged weapons: Zzzap gunz, all gauss-flayer weapons ever.

** One variety of [[Machine Worship|Tech-Priest]] known as Electro-priests have this as their entire shtick.

* The spell "Incantation of Lightning" in the [[Tabletop RPG]] ''[[Ars Magica]]''.

** And many wizards, particularly evokers or war wizards, have blasted at least one poor bastard with lightning at one point in their career. Not that this is guaranteed to do enough damage to kill, though it is possible some mages use it for [[Cherry Tapping]].

** Some clerics and druids too. "Call Lightning", anyone?

* ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'' has a few Forces Rotes that allow the mage to redirect electricity and throw lightning.

* One of the more powerful Gifts in ''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]'' causes a lightning bolt to to strike the werewolf's enemies.

* ''[[In Nomine]]'' has the Generator Attunement given out by Jean, the Archangel of Lightning. It allows the user to, well...generate lots of electricity and fry things with it.

* ''[[Rifts]]'' features a Psychic Character Class called the Zapper, who can shoot mega-damage blasts of electricity and use other electric powers.

 

== Toys ==

* Lightning is one of the secondary elements featured in ''[[Bionicle]]''. Users of the element include [[Toyless Toyline Character|several Toa of Lightning]], Tahnok-Kal, and a few Rahkshi species.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Killzone]] 2'' gives us the VC5 Arc Rifle, a modified welding tool that shoots giant arcs of lightning at things. It can only be found in the single player campaign, during a single level. It requires no ammunition and, instead, [[Abnormal Ammo|draws charge from the surrounding air]] via a special ore.

* Raidy in ''[[Lightning Warrior Raidy]]'' has this as her signature attack.

* The Jupiter class of adepts in ''[[Golden Sun]]'' use meteorological phenomenon such as lightning to attack, and indeed, lightning is some of their most powerful attacks. Jupiter lighthouse also features lightning puzzles.

* ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' has the Tesla Claw in the first and second games, the Tesla Barrier and Plasma Coil in the second and third, the Spitting Hydra in the third, and shock mods from the second game on.

* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games tend to have a lightning attack as a spell.

** ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' had the Blast Gun, a member of a trio of strangely named elemental-magic guns (the others were the Blaze Gun and Glacier Gun, which did exactly the opposite of what you would expect).

*** As well as Ixion. Apparently, one Thunder summon wasn't quite enough.

*** And [[Final Fantasy VIII|Quezacotl]], and [[Final Fantasy XII|Adramellech]], and one incarnation of [[Final Fantasy XIII|Odin]]. Ramuh's the one member of the [[Power Trio]] of summons most likely to be replaced.

** As you [[Meaningful Name|might expect from her nickname]], [[Final Fantasy XIII|Lightning]] uses the Thunder series of spells a little bit more than the others - she starts with Thunder, learns Thundaga, and has Odin (who is Lightning-based in that game) as her Eidolon.

** Raijin, a [[Recurring Boss]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', named after the Japanese God of Thunder. Appropriately, he's partnered with [[Blow You Away|Fujin]] (God of Wind).

* In the ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]!'' games, Crypto's basic sidearm is a [[Lightning Gun]] [[Emergency Weapon|that doesn't need ammunition]].

* Samus's Wave Beam combo in ''[[Metroid Prime]]''.

** Add-on pack ''[[Red Alert]]: Aftermath'' adds Tesla Tanks and Shock Troopers, who respond to you in Arnie-style zingers, including "''Shock''ing! Hahaha!"

** Tesla technology proved so popular with fans that the sequel ''Red Alert 2'' used it a lot, including newer versions of the above and Tesla Bombs for the Kirov Airship. In one mission, the Soviets even turn the ''[[Rule of Cool|Eiffel Tower]]'' into a supersized Tesla Coil and lay waste to Paris in order to terrorize the European allies.

* The Tesla guns from ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''.

** It also, if you land a headshot, [[Incendiary Exponent|sets the victim's neck stump on fire]].

* ''[[Painkiller]]'' has a gun that [[Rule of Cool|fires shurikens and lightning.]] [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] was impressed.

** ''Aria of Sorrow'' has two lightning weapons, Gungnir and Vajra, that are rather potent and deals multiple hits (like all lightning-based player attacks do in this game). There's also the Lightning Doll soul, which is very popular and almost [[Game Breaker|gamebreaking]] because it has considerable range, deals high damage with multiple hits for a relatively low MP cost, and lets you feel like Emperor Palpatine (which might be helped by the fact that {{spoiler|Soma is the reincarnation of the Dark Lord).}}

** As part of the [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]] trio of elemental swords in ''Symphony of the Night'', there's the Thunderbrand, which, according to its description, is the lightning sword of the Hindu God Indra.

** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Raiden Wins.]] '''[[Most Wonderful Sound|BWOW!]]'''

** Although his powers over [[Making a Splash|water]] have been emphasized in the most recent installments, Rain has always had the ability to call down lightning from above.

** The chemical launcher can shoot electric gel, and the shotgun can shoot electric shells. In Bioshock 2, the final upgrade for the shotgun gives its normal shots a chance to shock the enemy.

* In ''[[Dead Rising 2]]'' and related games, the player can make a variety of weapons that utilize electricity, like a makeshift taser (that doubles as an ATM hacking device), a Blanka mask attatched to a car battery, and a [[Lightning Gun]].

* The Zap spell in a number of ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' games.

* The Warslug monsters (which look like chubby, bipedal salamanders with horns) in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series specialize in electrical attacks.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'':

** If you're so foolish as to return to the shop in Mabe Village from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]'' after stealing from the place, the shopkeeper will [[Shoplift and Die|sic his Force Lightning powers on you]] until you are dead, after which your save title will be renamed to "THIEF".

** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'', a large part of the bestiary in Lanayru Province can trigger this with their attacks. This is also why it's advised to never bring the iron shield there.

* The indie game ''[[Shadowgrounds]]'' has a [[Lightning Gun]] as your final weapon. You can upgrade it to have more bolts and give it a slowly recharging ammo supply. The alt-fire shoots a REALLY powerful blast of electricity.

* The ''Xenophobe'' arcade game had a Lightning Rifle.

* Galford D. Weiler in ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' is a lightning user.

*** The notable exception of electricity-wielding Electric Pokemon is Voltorb/Electrode. Despite being Electric-type, it did not learn any Electric-type attacks naturally until Gen III - at which point it was presented with 2, one of which was a mere stat-boosting move.

** The Gym Leaders Lt. Surge of Kanto, Wattson of Hoenn, Volkner of Sinnoh, and Elesa of Unova all specialize in the Electric-type.

** ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' applies the lightning descriptor to Magnet Man, Bright Man, Flash Man, and new Navi Thunder Man as well as Elec Man and Spark Man themselves. Toadman's song is also electric elemental. Rock himself can use an electric Style, Thunder Soul, Magnet Soul, or Elec Cross, depending on game, and electricity-based paralysis control folders popped up every [[Metagame]] during the series run.

** The Mavericks like Spark Mandril, Volt Catfish, Web Spider, Volt Kraken, and a host of others in the ''[[Mega Man X]]'' series.

** ''[[Rock Man 4 Minus Infinity]]'' [[Game Mod]] gave Bright Man the ability to use electricity.

* ''[[Escape Velocity]]: Nova'':

** The [[Wave Motion Gun|Triphammer]], which proves that [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|entirely too much firepower]] will [[Recycled in Space|never, ever]] go out of [[Rule of Cool|style]].

** If the player takes the Vell-os path, your final [[Psychic Powers|psychic "weave"]], Winter Tempest, is a [[Deflector Shields]]-piercing lightning bolt.

* ''[[Syphon Filter]]'' has the much beloved [[Emergency Weapon|Air Taser]], which sends electrical shocks down a long-ranged probe and into a poor [[Mook]]'s body [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|until they combust]].

* Michael Roa Valdamjong from ''[[Tsukihime]]''. The original Roa, not the pathetic reincarnated one, and is one of the most powerful mages in the [[Nasuverse]] and primarily uses electric magic.

* Both Sonia{{spoiler|/Chris Ryan}} and Might in the ''[[Psychic Force]]'' series.

* ''[[Suikoden]]'''s [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Flik]] [[Meaningful Name|The Blue Lightning]] comes with the Lightning Rune by default, and he's got a pretty damn good magic stat for a Knight-type character, which means his magic will hit hard. It's been a while, but IIRC, you can't remove the Lightning Rune from him (why would you?).

** So you can replace it with the much more powerful Thunder Rune? And yes, you can remove his Lightning Rune, in both games.

* Comes loaded onto the Die Spinne 'Piranha' fighter in ''[[Crimson Skies]]: High Road to Revenge''.

* Alphonse in [[Visions and Voices|Visions & Voices]] is the only playable character who can use Shock spells.

** The Beam ability allows Kirby to attack with a shocking [[Whip It Good|whip]].

* Lightning is one of the elemental magics a mage can use in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' ''Origins''. The spell combination of Spell Might + Blizzard + Tempest (in that order) = [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Storm of the Century]], which summons a ''massive lightning cyclone'' that will probably kill anything without full boss-level hp that's stuck in it for the entire spell duration.

* [[Borderlands]]: scoring a [[Critical Hit]] on a humanoid target with a [[Lightning Gun|Shock weapon]] overloads their entire body with electricity until it has nowhere else to go but to [[Cruel and Unusual Death|melt the victim's face and blow out a piece of their skull!]]

* Jaster Rogue in ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' has the ability to make electricity generate from his sword and deal lightning damage during the duration of the spell. Useful for taking out mechanical [[Mooks]].

* Semi-obscure PC fighting game ''[[One Must Fall]]'' features the [[Meaningful Name|Electra]], a several-stories tall robot whose fighting style largely centers around the fact that, in place of hands, it possesses spikes which are conductors for its electrical attacks. These include small sparks fired by arcing electricity between them, forming ball lightning, just touching the opponent with both hands (and thus completing the circuit), and, finally, firing an electrical blast into the sky that summons lightning to destroy its opponent. [[You Fail Physics Forever|Blatantly unrealistic,]] but [[Rule of Cool|definitely one of the most awesome kills to watch.]]

* Electricity is a powerup in ''[[Backyard Sports]]: Rookie Rush''.

* In ''[[Castle Crashers]]'', the Red Knight's magic is based around lightning.

* Haschel and the purple dragon in [[Legend of Dragoon]].

* ''[[Bug!]]'' gets the power to zap his enemies when he picks up a limited-use Zap Cap [[Power-Up]]. And then there were the lightning bugs in [[Bubblegloop Swamp|Splot]], who fired electricity from their plug-like butt to electrocute Bug.

* [[Viewtiful Joe]]'s girlfriend and sidekick, [[Ms. Fanservice|Sexy Silvia]], can use lightning based attacks such as Cool Blue Kick.

* ''[[Modnation Racers]]'' has the Bolt Power-up that can level up from a linear attack, to a bolt that does splash damage, and then to a lightning storm attack that shocks every racer in front of the user.

* [[Devil May Cry]] has Trish, whose powers are greatly shown In Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and in [[Devil May Cry|DMC 2]], Lucia and Dante have access to the lightining elemental heart.

* All three games in the ''[[MOTHER]]'' trilogy feature the [[Psychic Powers|PSI]] attack PK Thunder. Unlike most examples, this attack cannot be controlled and targets a random enemy. And unless it misses completely, it cannot be blocked or countered like most other psychic attacks in the game.

* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' has Lord Deus.

* In ''[[Dark Souls]]'', lightning is associated with Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight. It's effective against many enemies and is particularly effective against dragons. Awesomely depicted in the opening cutscene when Gwyn and his entire army fling lightning bolts to bring down a swarm of dragons. The miracles offered by the Warriors of Sunlight covenant allow a player to do the same thing. A player can also forge weapons with a lightning enchantment, enchant a normal weapon with lightning via the Sunlight Blade miracle, or use a gold pine resin to temporarily charge it up.

 

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Gil Wulfenbach's zapping stick.

** Also, Agatha Heterodyne's first and second ray guns. ("Hee hee! Death ray go BOOM!")

* Sharon Curon of ''[[Thunderstruck]]''. At first, it looked like she simply could absorb electricity and turn it into super strength. Some training and a bout of [[Grand Theft Me]] showed there was much more to her power, including the ability to zap people like an electric eel.

* Ruby from ''[[Special School]]'' has this power, now if only she could control it more.

* In "Pacificators", lightning-users are often insane due to frying the brain with their powers. We've only seen one so far, though.

* Sakido from ''[[Slightly Damned]]'' has enough lightning for a pack of demons when she's mad. Which is almost always.

* ''[[Wayward Sons]]'': Suras, as part of his weather controlling abilities.

* [http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-68/ Lightning Lass] in ''[[The Specialists]]''.

* Romeo in ''[[No Songs for The Dead]]'' packs a thunderous punch as his fists are made of a mix of lightning and magical energy. His eyes also crackle with similar energy.

 

* Celestina and Genessa from ''[[Fate Nuovo Guerra]]'' have some expertise with this kind of magecraft, particularly the spell Perunic, which creates a large tornado that shoots lightning bolts at the enemy. They also use it to accelerate metal objects magnetically, ala railgun.

* Electricity is a favorite power in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]''. Canadian superhero Acolyte, the villainous Chain Lightning, electrical-powered [[Super Speed|speedster]] Lightning Dancer and her identical (and evil) twin Blitz, Chinese hero Voltage, Disney-sponsored hero Big Thunder, Juice, the super-strong Relampago, the Italian super-criminal Dinimo, Russian super-assassin Molnya, Thunderfist, Lightning Rod of the [[Super-Hero School|Hyperion Academy]], and Cracklin' Rose all possess electrical powers.

 

== Western Animation ==

** It becomes more common in [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' used to power Republic City.

* A common power of XANA-possessed people and Polymorphic Specters in ''[[Code Lyoko]]''.

** Well, [[Nikola Tesla|SOMEONE]] did in Real Life quite a bit earlier...

* [[I Am Not Shazam|Static]] of ''[[Static Shock]]''.

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