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Some people are satisfied with [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]; to them, there's nothing more gratifying than pummeling [[Mook|mooks]] left and right with your fists. Other people would prefer [[Kill It
And then, there's the people who [[Take a Third Option]]: After all, a punch hurts. Fire hurts. A punch of fire is bound to hurt twice as much as either of the two individually. And thus, the art of combining [[Elemental Powers]] with close-quarter combat was born.
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** Also, Erza once got extra power on a spear cast by having Natsu punch the spearbutt midthrow.
* In ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]]'', the ''Flying Dragon Ascension Blast'' or ''Hiryuu Shouten Ha'' is an uppercut that unleashes a devastating tornado. The ''Shark Fist'' blasts a torrent of water (in the shape of a shark, natch). The ''Flying Dragon Ice Breakthrough'' or ''Hiryuu Hyoutoppa'', a variant devised by Ranma himself, is a blast of icy wind that can instantly freeze and shatter even foes whose very presence melts rocks into lava.
* Early in the ''[[Pokémon (
* Coming from the Logia (elemental in the widest definition of the word) Devil Fruits in ''[[One Piece]]'', users can change into/use Fire, Ice, Light, Electricity, Magma, and many more to add to their punches.
** Sanji can use friction-caused heat to imbue his leg with fire-elemental properties. [[Everything's Better
** During the [[Time Skip]], Brook learned to channel his soul into his sword, imbuing it with a freezing hellwind attribute.
* A number of spells in ''[[The Slayers]]'', such as [[Technical Pacifist]] Amelia's Visfarank, which wraps whatever part of her body she's attacking with in astral energy that allows her to harm otherworldy creatures and deflect magic with kicks and punches.
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== Fan Fic ==
* In [[
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* The Rider Punch and Rider Kick in the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series.
** This is more true in recent seasons. Blade and Stronger's are lightning kicks, Ryuki and Hibiki had fire kicks, Double has recently patented a wind based kick(appropriately a corkscrew kick), and G had a water/wine based kick(again a corkscrew). Shadowmoon, Kuuga, Kabuto, and both Blacks had energy based kicks. All the others are mainly physical in nature with the exceptions of Ohja, Agito, and Ichigo-tachi who are backed by an element (a poison kick which could fall into water, a possible energy kick, and possible wind kicks).
* Sylar famously used a NUKE PAWNCH in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
== Tabletop Games ==
* The Path of the Brilliant Flame in ''[[
* The ''[[Weapons Of The Gods]]'' RPG has several elemental kung-fu styles, including Blizzard Fist and Holy Fire.
* [[GURPS]] has huge number of ways to perform this kind of attack, including:
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** ''Imbuments'' where you can do stuff like light your hands on fire because you're just ''that'' good.
* [[Exalted|Dragon-Claw Elemental Strike.]]
* Presumably at least some of the creatures in ''[[Magic:
* Any spell in ''[[
** [[Eberron|Warforged]] have the Shocking Fist feat, which allows them to charge their fist with electricity.
* ''[[Pathfinder]]'' inherits ''[[
* [[Champions]] offers any sort of elemental attack as a basic power. Hand to Hand Attack for normal, Killing Attack for, well, killing damage. It being HERO, the special effects are up to the player.
* ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' has multiple ways of doing this, including adding Mighty to an elemental Strike power, or creating a touch-range aura.
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* ''[[Pokémon]]'' has Fire, Ice, and Thunder Punches and Fangs, and other moves such as Volt Tackle, Blaze Kick, and Aqua Tail that combine a physical attack with an elemental attribute. It wasn't until ''Diamond and Pearl'' that these moves were labeled as physical attacks, though; they were previously treated as special attacks like Thunderbolt and Ice Beam.
** The move Vacuum Wave is a wind-type variant, projecting a punch of "pure vacuum" at the foe.
* In the ''[[
** Most of the ''[[
* Several [[Combination Attack|dual techs]] in ''[[
* ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' has [[F
* Several spells in ''[[Secret of Mana]]'' allow the girl of your party to give any character's weapon elemental effects (although the character who gives you your first spells implies that these spells only work on the boy's weapons).
** Ditto ''[[Seiken Densetsu 3]]'', as long as at least one of party member has the ability to cast the spells or you buy the right consumables.
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* In ''[[Street Fighter]]'', M. Bison can make his hands glow with his "Psycho Power". In later games, this would actually burn.
** Ken's flaming Dragon Punch fits the mold, the first obvious proof of his [[Divergent Character Evolution]].
** In ''[[
** In ''Super [[
* The fists of the Mishimas in ''[[Tekken]]'' crackle with electricity when they go for a powerful blow.
** In its sister series, ''[[Soul Calibur]]'', powerful, guard-breaking attacks are represented by fire enveloping the user's weapon.
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* The ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' and ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' series switch between weapons with innate elemental properties and separate equipment that grants elemental attacks. Slaughtering armies of mooks is just that much more satisfying when they fly burning through the air.
* The ''[[X Men Legends]]'' series of games and the second cousin ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'' have a large number of buffs that work like this, both individual and team.
* Cole Mcgrath of ''[[
* The protagonists in all three ''[[Disgaea]]'' games have these. Laharl and Adell have fire punches, while Mao has a palm of light, or some kind of plasma, it's hard to tell.
* In ''[[
** In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Shamans have these. Rockbiter(Earth), Frostbrand(Ice), Flametongue(Fire), Windfury(Wind) and Earthliving(Life, used for healing). Paladin Seals also works like this, doing holy damage. Death Knights also have these in the form of Ice and Shadow. All classes can enchant their weapons to give similar effects every now and then.
* The Sword Magic ability in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series works like this:
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** ''[[Final Fantasy X 2]]'' had it as an ability of the Warrior dress sphere, but once it was mastered you could use it with any other sphere.
** The remake of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' on the DS didn't have a Sword Magic ability, but Cid had Upgrade, which let him expand an attack item to charge his weapon with that element. You could also get an Augment to give this to another character.
** ''[[
** The ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' series has the Gladiator class.
* In ''[[
* The ''[[
* This is standard for element-oriented playable characters in ''[[Freedom Force]]'', since all of them need at least one melee attack and a skill chain based on it. The purest example is [[Playing
* This is a standard-issue ability for keyblade-wielders in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep]]'' courtesy of the [[Super Mode|Command Styles]]. [[Kill It
* In ''[[Dubloon]]'', characters can learn moves like "Ice Palm" or "Fire Punch".
* The second generation of ''[[
* Monks in ''[[
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' series, there's Terry Bogard and his iconic Burning Knuckle special move.
** This move gets a [[Shout-Out]] in Konami's ''[[Lightning Legend Daigo no Daibouken]]'': one of its characters, Mayu Uzaka, has a special move she calls "Uzaka Punch" that's exactly the same in design as Terry's Burning Knuckle.
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== Web Original ==
* Blitz of the [[Whateley Universe]] has touch-based electrical powers, so she has to make contact to shock you. And she's a martial artist. So this is exactly her style of fighting. ''She's learning to use a meteor hammer.''
* [[Elemental Powers|Elemental]] [[Psychic Powers|psychics]] in ''[[
* In ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3X75iJLogI Tag Match]'', a short movie produced by Thousand Pounds Action Company, James Young's character (the second one to fight the lady) conducts electricity through his fists twice, using that ability to [[The Paralyzer|paralyze his opponent]].
== Western Animation ==
* Firebenders in ''[[
** Some Earthbenders have also been seen to surround their fists (or entire bodies) with rock, although it typically seems to be a defensive strategy.
* In ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[The Boondocks]]'', Huey dons a glove that gives him electrically charged punches.
* On ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', [[Batman]] has been known to use taser-equipped brass knuckles.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' {{spoiler|Zimmy}} delivers one of these from the ether to {{spoiler|Antimony's father.}}
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