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== Fan Works ==

* This appears to be a favorite powerset for the Warriors, the superteam to which Douglas Sangnoir belonged in the [[Backstory]] of ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'', what with a storm goddess leading the team and Silverbolt, another lightning-thrower, on it as well. Not to mention Doug's admitted bias toward using his own polymorphic power to zap things with bolts of lightning.

 

* 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]]''.

* 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 ==

** 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]].

* ''[[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 ==

* 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.

* The chief weapon of [[The Mercury Men]].

* [[Fenspace]]: Minor character [[Punny Name|Leda Swansen]] generates electricity, and has been known to use her ability in place of a taser.