Shock and Awe: Difference between revisions

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[[File:StaticSAW 7241.jpg|link=Static (comics)|frame| [[Static Shock|He'll put a shock to your system!]]]]

{{quote|''"There's nothin' like a fistfulla' lightnin', now is there?"''~~|'''Atlas''', ''[[BioShock (series)]]''}}~~

{{quote|''"There's nothin' like a fistfulla' lightnin', now is there?"''

|'''Atlas''', ''[[BioShock (series)]]''}}

The use of lightning, huge electrical discharges, and stuff resembling them as a weapon to fry things with. This is one of the most common [[Elemental Powers]] and is part of the basic [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]] trio. It's also one of the handiest ones around, being used for [[Lightning Can Do Anything|pretty much anything and everything that the writers can think of]].

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== Anime & Manga ==

== Anime and Manga ==

* Hibari and Hibiki in ''[[Sekirei]]'' use this as their standard attack, and their Ashikabi [[Handsome Lech]] Seo can power them up to deal massive damage by making out with them!

* In ''[[Bastard!!]]'', Arshes Nei is called the Thunder Empress for obvious reasons.

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

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

* [[The Stoic|Ulquiorra Cifer]] from ''[[Bleach]]'' uses Lanza del Relampago...[[Bilingual Bonus|"Lance of the Lightning"]]

* [[The Stoic|Ulquiorra Cifer]] from ''[[Bleach]]'' uses Lanza del Relampago...[[Bilingual Bonus|"Lance of the Lightning"]].

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== ~~Card~~ ~~Games~~ ==

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* Many Red direct damage spells in ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', starting with the classic [http://magiccards.info/al/en/162.html Lightning Bolt].

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* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' gives us [[Dem Bones|Summoned Skull]], [[Giant Flyer|Hamon - Lord of Striking Thunder]], the Raigeki spell, and a few Thunder-type monsters such as the Watts and Batterymen.

== Comic Books ==

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* Steeplejack of ''[[The Surrogates (comics)|The Surrogates]]'' can channel lightning through his suit.

* [[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.

* There's [[The Hulk]] villain Zzazz and his [[Distaff Counterpart]] Axon.

* There's ''[[The Hulk|Hulk]]'' villain Zzazz and his [[Distaff Counterpart]] Axon.

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

* Lash Lightning, who was featured in ''Sure-Fire Comics'' and ''Lighting Comics'', has the ability to generate electricity.

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* 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.

* Striker from [[Avengers Academy]] has the basic set.

* Striker from ''[[Avengers Academy]]'' has the basic set.

* 9-Jack-9, the assassin villain from [[Zot]]

* 9-Jack-9, the assassin villain from ''[[Zot]]''.

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== Fan Works ==

* This is the signature ability from which the superheroine Terawatt derives her [[Sobriquet]] in ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'' and other stories from [[The Teraverse]] -- which makes sense because she's actually [[The Secret Life of Alex Mack|Alex Mack]].

* 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.

== Films -- Live-Action ==

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** 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.

* In ''[[South Park]]: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', after Cartman's V-chip gets zapped, he eventually discovers that swearing now lets him generate electricity without causing self-trauma. He uses this against Saddam in Sith/''[[Dragon Ball]]'' style.

* In ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'', after Cartman's V-chip gets zapped, he eventually discovers that swearing now lets him generate electricity without causing self-trauma. He uses this against Saddam in Sith/''[[Dragon Ball]]'' style.

* [[Transformers (film)|Bayverse]] Jolt has electric [[Whip It Good|whips]].

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

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== Literature ==

* The first book of [[The Dresden Files]] has an evil sorcerer fueling his evil spells with massive lightning strikes. However, the main spell he used it for ripped people's hearts out, the lightning was used only to provide power.

* The first book of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' has an evil sorcerer fueling his evil spells with massive lightning strikes. However, the main spell he used it for ripped people's hearts out, the lightning was used only to provide power.

** 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]].

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** 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 main way of attacking for a witch or sorcerer in the [[Women of the Otherworld]] series and its ~~spinoff~~ [[Darkest Powers]] seems to be through throwing lightning bolts. These apparently range from lethal to non-lethal, with the damage depending on just how much OOMPH the user puts into the spell.

* The main way of attacking for a witch or sorcerer in the ''[[Women of the Otherworld]]'' series and its spin-off ''[[Darkest Powers]] ''seems to be through throwing lightning bolts. These apparently range from lethal to non-lethal, with the damage depending on just how much OOMPH the user puts into the spell.

* [[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.

* In Adrian Tchaikovsky's ''[[Shadows of the Apt]]'' series, Wasp-kinden are able to shoot blasts of ~~bioelectric~~ energy from their hands.

* In Adrian Tchaikovsky's ''[[Shadows of the Apt]]'' series, Wasp-kinden are able to shoot blasts of bio-electric energy from their hands.

* 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.

* [[The Prisoner of Cell 25|Michael Vey]].

* ''[[The Prisoner of Cell 25]]'': Michael Vey.

* In ''[[Shadow Ops]]'', generating lightning and controlling electrical storms is a subset of [[Blow You Away|Aeromancy]].

== Live Action TV ==

* One of the monsters of the week in ''[[The X-Files]]'' was a teenager who called down lightning and ~~controled~~ electricity in general.

* One of the monsters of the week in ''[[The X-Files]]'' was a teenager who called down lightning and controlled electricity in general.

* 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.

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* ''[[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.

* [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=209 Lightning Bolt] is the oldest non-variable direct damage card in [[Magic: The Gathering]] and probably the best for tournament play in formats where it's allowed.

* [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=209 Lightning Bolt] is the oldest non-variable direct damage card in ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' and probably the best for tournament play in formats where it's allowed.

* [[Summoner Wars]]: Quen of the Mountain Vargath, the militant Ram-men of Itharia, shoot lightning bolts that sometimes DO strike the same spot twice.

* ''[[Summoner Wars]]'': Quen of the Mountain Vargath, the militant Ram-men of Itharia, shoot lightning bolts that sometimes DO strike the same spot twice.

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* Many Red direct damage spells in ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', starting with the classic [http://magiccards.info/al/en/162.html Lightning Bolt].

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* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' gives us [[Dem Bones|Summoned Skull]], [[Giant Flyer|Hamon - Lord of Striking Thunder]], the Raigeki spell, and a few Thunder-type monsters such as the Watts and Batterymen.

== Toys ==