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  1. Two minor superheroes who appear in the climax are revealed by source material to actually be named Shock and Awe. Presumably, their powers involved electricity. The witch in ParaNorman uses a great deal of lightning when she tries to attack.

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  2. Ace's Electric Shock Kick. One of Ultraman Ace's many finishers, he uses this electrically-energised high kick to bring Aquarius down at the climax of episode 49 of his debut series. Example of:

  3. A page for describing Analysis: Shock and Awe. When shooting lightning, it tends to be treated as a sort of beam you can aim and shoot anywhere. This doesn't …

  4. Decoding 'Shock and Awe': Mastering an Expressive English Phrase • Unravel the secrets of 'Shock and Awe' and elevate your English language skills with this ...

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    Any weapon with "Tesla" in its name.
    A lot of weapons with a name involving "bolt".
    Lightning is also the stereotypical attack of a god. A typical quote would run "if you're a god, why don't you zap him with lightning or something?" You can probably blame Zeusfor this one.
    Hibari and Hibiki in Sekirei use this as their standard attack, and their Ashikabi Handsome LechSeo 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.
    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 psychotic and abusive mother, Pre...
    One of the principal nasty things Storm of the X-Men does to enemies. Know what happens to a toad when it gets struck by lightning...?
    Various characters from The DCU:
    Lightning Lad of The Legion of Super Heroes, as well as Lightning Lass, their Psycho Electro brother Lightning Lord, and Storm Boy. Lightning Lass and Lightning Lad get a free pass from the "no two...
    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 ac...
    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 Silverb...
    Force Lightning from Star Wars, which is considered one of the more powerful abilities of The Dark Side, though you don't necessarily have to be evil to use it.
    One of the spirit-demon guys from Big Trouble in Little China (creatively named "Lightning") used lightning as a weapon.
    The primary streamthrowers in Ghostbusters. They can torch toilet paper, explode maid's carts, and will cause The End of the World as We Know It if you cross the streams. Oh yeah, and you can snare...
    The lightning guns used by Zion's forces throughout The Matrixtrilogy.
    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...
    Joanna of The Weather Wardensseries can use lightning as a weapon, and so can any other weather mage with the proper air/water elemental specialty.
    Lightning bolts are a favorite tool of Discworld's gods, though Blind Io has a monopoly on thunder.
    Channelers in The Wheel of Timecan summon lightning from an open sky, given proper skill in weather manipulation.
    One of the monsters of the week in The X-Fileswas a teenager who called down lightning and controlled electricity in general.
    Elle Bishop in Heroes.
    In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow's offensive combat magic of choice is bursts of dark-energy lightning.
    Gwen Raiden in Angel.
    Older Than Feudalism: Zeus of Greek Mythologyis frequently portrayed as flinging thunderbolts.
    Likewise, Thor, God of Thunder, from Norse Mythology.
    Indra, the king of the Hindugods (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.
    Raiden of ShintoMythology.
    Mortasheen has 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...
    Various Warhammer 40,000 examples:
    The spell "Incantation of Lightning" in the Tabletop RPG Ars Magica.
    The blue dragons in Dungeons & Dragons which shoot lightning, rather than fire, from their mouths.
    Zoids has Liger Zero X and Dark Spiner. Liger Zero X has electrified blades that shoot lightning while Dark Spiner fires a burst of electricity that causes other mecha to go into Unstoppable Rages.
    Lightning is one of the secondary elements featured in Bionicle. Users of the element include several Toa of Lightning, Tahnok-Kal, and a few Rahkshi species.
  5. Shock And Awe (not to be confused with the trope, which completely doesn't apply) is a technothriller novel by David Isaak. Carla Smukowski has seen better days. A former member of a US Army special forces Amazon Brigade, her career was ended when she lashed out at Arabs celebrating 9/11, in...

  6. Jan 17, 2018 · Unfortunately, one of the coolest powers is a good deal more difficult than pointing your finger and watching it go. If you want to splice together a pet Pikachu, you need to overcome these hurdles first:

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