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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* The [[Pokémon (~~Anime~~)|Pokémon anime]] has Electric attacks being dodged very easily. Few Electric attacks miss as easily in the games, and the ones that do involve an electrified body part making contact. Shock Wave notably cannot miss.

* The [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon anime]] has Electric attacks being dodged very easily. Few Electric attacks miss as easily in the games, and the ones that do involve an electrified body part making contact. Shock Wave notably cannot miss.

** Though Thunder also has poor accuracy - except in rain. When, realistically, it should become a multi-hitting move in rain instead.

* [[Shock and Awe|Misaka Mikoto]] of [[~~To Aru Majutsu no Index (Anime)|~~To Aru Majutsu no Index]] and [[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun ~~(Manga)~~|Railgun]] fights Touma a lot, and each time he is able to swing his [[Anti-Magic|right arm]] in the direction of the attack and block it entirely.

* [[Shock and Awe|Misaka Mikoto]] of [[To Aru Majutsu no Index]] and [[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun|Railgun]] fights Touma a lot, and each time he is able to swing his [[Anti-Magic|right arm]] in the direction of the attack and block it entirely.

== [[Film]] ==

* At the end of the first ''[[Back to The Future]]'' film, the lightning crawls down the wire at roughly a walking pace.

** And no, no amount of Theory of Relativity at 88MPH will justify it. (Though being in a time machine, you do have some wiggle room)

* ''[[~~Constantine (Film)|~~Constantine]]'': When the title character and Angela Dodson are talking on the street, demonic influence causes the streetlights to turn off (with clunking sounds) - first far away, then approaching them.

* ''[[Constantine]]'': When the title character and Angela Dodson are talking on the street, demonic influence causes the streetlights to turn off (with clunking sounds) - first far away, then approaching them.

** Justified. It is not like the electricity is falling out. The demonic creatures are 'destroying' the lamps.

* ''[[The Descent (Film)|The Descent]]'': While a woman is in a hospital corridor, the lights go out at one end of the corridor and continue going out toward her, causing her to flee. This appears to be a hallucination sequence.

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** ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded'': After the power station is destroyed (and later when Trinity turns off the power again), the blackout spreads slowly through the affected area.

** ''[[The Matrix]] Revolutions''. Inside the Oracle's apartment building, the overhead lights go off (with clunking sounds) as a warning of Agent Smith's approach. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nHJS1ZB1LA#t=0m13s Watch it here].

* The lights turning on one row at a time in the ''[[Men in Black (~~Film~~)|Men in Black]]'' post-credits [[DVD Bonus Content|music video]].

* The lights turning on one row at a time in the ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' post-credits [[DVD Bonus Content|music video]].

* The [[Bollywood]] movie ''Mohabbatein'' features a scene where a student is caught coming back to his room after curfew. He's walking in a dark hall when the light right over his head comes on, then the next one in the hall, then the next one... when the last light comes on, it reveals the headmaster starring at him disapprovingly.

* ''~Ocean's Eleven~'': When they use the EMP, there is the obligatory shot of the lights going out city block by city block.

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* In the movie ''My Science Project'', the protagonists' car can and does go faster than the electricity running through power lines. This is a plot point, allowing them to cut off power that would have run to an alien spacecraft.

* At the end of ''Addams Family Values'', the electricity moving in the mass of wires flows so slowly that Pubert is able to crawl into the room and short-circuit the wiring, {{spoiler|saving his family from the electric chairs and electrocuting Debbie, who has thrown the switch}}.

* The first ''[[Resident Evil (~~Film~~)|Resident Evil]]'' film. When the Red Queen (and the power) are shut down and restarted in the first film, some areas and devices turn off (and light up again) at different times.

* The first ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]'' film. When the Red Queen (and the power) are shut down and restarted in the first film, some areas and devices turn off (and light up again) at different times.

* In the new ''[[Sherlock Holmes (~~Film~~)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' movie starring [[Robert Downey Jr]] and Jude Law, there is a scene where Holmes is fighting a giant man in an abandoned warehouse with the aid of an electric cattle prod. At one point his opponent is hanging on to a pipe on the wall for support, and Holmes touches the far end of the pipe with the cattle prod. Although it moves quickly the movement of the electricity (well, the magic blue sparks showing where the electricity is) as it races down the pipe is clearly visible.

* In the new ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' movie starring [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] and Jude Law, there is a scene where Holmes is fighting a giant man in an abandoned warehouse with the aid of an electric cattle prod. At one point his opponent is hanging on to a pipe on the wall for support, and Holmes touches the far end of the pipe with the cattle prod. Although it moves quickly the movement of the electricity (well, the magic blue sparks showing where the electricity is) as it races down the pipe is clearly visible.

* In [[Eighth Wonderland]] a special ops team has tracked down the server farm hosting the "unwanted" virtual nation. After blowing it to smithereens, the video feeds of the users slowly fade away over the course of a minute.

* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by [[Big Bad|Syndrome]] in ''[[The Incredibles]]'', since he has a weakness for designing his buildings with dramatic flair.

== [[Literature]] ==

* Aversion on ''[[Dirk ~~Gentlys~~ Holistic Detective Agency]]'' when Dirk walks down the street and the street lights go out as he passes them. Turns out there's a reason for that.

* Aversion on ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' when Dirk walks down the street and the street lights go out as he passes them. Turns out there's a reason for that.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'': In "Dual", when the lights go off in the Primatech medical facility's hallway. Possibly justifiable in that maybe {{spoiler|Sylar did it that way on purpose}}.

* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'': In "Dual", when the lights go off in the Primatech medical facility's hallway. Possibly justifiable in that maybe {{spoiler|Sylar did it that way on purpose}}.

* We get the city power failure sequence in ''[[Jericho]]'' at [[The End of the World As We Know It]].

* We get the city power failure sequence in ''[[Jericho]]'' at [[The End of the World as We Know It]].

* ''[[Star Trek]]'': The console displays always came on/off this way. If there's a shipwide outage, expect an outside shot of windows lighting up this way. Usually, the last thing to come back is the engines. Also, the [[Techno Babble]]-laden ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation]]'' was ''always'' having something about to undergo a 'cascade failure,' but it was pretty much never like this.

* ''[[Star Trek]]'': The console displays always came on/off this way. If there's a shipwide outage, expect an outside shot of windows lighting up this way. Usually, the last thing to come back is the engines. Also, the [[Techno Babble]]-laden ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' was ''always'' having something about to undergo a 'cascade failure,' but it was pretty much never like this.

** Possibly justified in that the starships in ''Star Trek'' use a plasma distribution system as their power grid, rather than modern-day electrical cabling.

* In the New Adventures of [[Superman]], explosives under a light-beam cage were deactivated by having Lois setting off the explosives and Superman destroy the wall panel circuit before electricity reached the destination. This is [[Post-Crisis]], so Superman is ''fast,'' but '''not''' "here to Alpha Centauri in three seconds" fast.

* In one episode of ''[[Numb3rs]]'' the case involves several reactors being taken down in an attempt to create a cascading failure. The shot of the shutdown when it occurs is basically the same thing as most shows/movies show though, but it's a bit more valid then a full electrical failure causing the skyline shutdown sequence.

* ''[[Smallville]]'' episode "Idol". The Wonder Twins' attack on a criminal causes a blackout during which the lights of Metropolis turn off in segments.

* ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'', Series 6, The Rebel Flesh, opening scene

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', Series 6, The Rebel Flesh, opening scene

== [[Video Games]] ==

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* A puzzle in ''[[Myst]]'' begins this way when you flip on the lights in a certain underground chamber for the first time (understanding that it's electricity, and involves power-ups, overloads, and breaker switches, is crucial to solving the puzzle).

* Happens in ''Dark Fall: Lost Souls'' when you restore power to Dowerton Station. Could perhaps be justified, if one assumes the wiring is defunct and supernatural forces are actually operating the lights as well as {{spoiler|the television sets}}.

* ''[[~~Unreal (Video Game)|~~Unreal]]'' has you fighting slow monters known as "brutes" for the first two levels, which are only really dangerous if you don't move. Later on you're merrily coming back from a hit-the-button mission, walking in a corridor, and suddenly the lights start to go out one by one. When the final one dies, {{spoiler|the game presents you with the ''real'' enemy - fast, hard to kill and quite dangerous - while you can't see a thing}}. Lots of crazed shooting at shadows usually ensues.

* ''[[Unreal]]'' has you fighting slow monters known as "brutes" for the first two levels, which are only really dangerous if you don't move. Later on you're merrily coming back from a hit-the-button mission, walking in a corridor, and suddenly the lights start to go out one by one. When the final one dies, {{spoiler|the game presents you with the ''real'' enemy - fast, hard to kill and quite dangerous - while you can't see a thing}}. Lots of crazed shooting at shadows usually ensues.

== [[Web Comics]] ==