History Main / AwesomenessIsAForce

* In ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', Raoh has a few such moments, with the mere presence of his emissaries [[HopeCrusher sending his enemies in despair]] and [[HopeBringer lifting the morale of his loyal subjects]]. One defining moment was when some mutinuous soldiers of his were attacking terrified civilians that lived in his domain after hearing of his death, then Raoh appeared and the civilians started cheering while the mutineers ''lined up and kneeled for their execution'', without him having to say anything or do anything more beyond a single slap (strong enough to behead the victim, but still a single slap).

* In ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' the protagonist Oscar meets a young Napoleon Bonaparte. She is terrified of him for no rational reason, and demands to know who he is. Seems that she subconciously recognizes him as a FutureBadass supreme.

* Scrooge [=McDuck=]. He was so awesome that he scared the living daylights out of ''Wyatt Earp'' during his goldrush days already, and broke Earp by just slinging around with his number one dime.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', Spongebob manages to destroy all of Plankton's mind control bucket helmets with energy blasts from his guitar. Plankton's exclamation afterwards cements it as this trope in conjunction with ThePowerOfRock.

* The drama and excitement already present in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games is turned UpToEleven in the anime adaptation ''[[Anime/AceAttorney Gyakuten Saiban: Sono Shinjitsu, Igiari!]]'', where slamming on a desk or pointing your finger at someone can cause ''gales of wind'' inside the courtroom.

* Similar to the above, ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has the Presence skill and its associated special techniques. A [[BadassPreacher Zenith Caste]] can make '''armies''' too awestruck to attack. Actually, almost everything the [[UpToEleven Solar]] Exalted do is a case of AwesomenessIsAForce.

* Gildarts from ''Manga/FairyTail'' has this and it brings [[spoiler:Natsu]] to tears[[note]]because it's the first time he's ever truly felt defeated[[/note]].

* In ''Script/AHDotComTheSeries'', [=Super55=] and [[Music/ElvisPresley The King]] are characters of this type.

Not to be confused with [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome something awesome happening off-screen]], where the awesomeness's effect was probably justified by something tangible actually happening. Nor does it have any relation to TheForce.

* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' does this on occasion such as [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/5.html this instance,]] which actually [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/6.html knocks Kenichi unconscious]], just because his masters are that awesome. Sakaki, in particular, is able to utilize the power of awesomeness. In Chapter 18 he makes a charging delinquent stop and fall on his butt retreating just by looking at him, and in Chapter 30 he apparently shoots a Hadouken from his fist (probably just a visual representation of the force of his punch).

** The current list of users: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[spoiler: [[TheLancer Roronoa Zoro]]]], [[PlayingWithFire Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou]]: (Big Mom, Kaido, Shanks, and Whitebeard), Big Mom's son [[TheAce Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[LadyOfWar Boa Hancock]], [[TheDon Don Chinjao]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], [[BloodKnight Eustass Kidd]] and The late Kozuki Oden. [[note]] Sengoku, Kidd and Hancock haven't been seen using it however. [[/note]]

Not to be confused with [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome something awesome happening off-screen]], where the awesomeness's effect was probably justified by something tangible actually happening.

* A somewhat subtler form of this exists in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''. Middle-Earth, in general, was heavily inspired by folklore and heroic sagas. The characters' abilities have less to do with tangible physical characteristics like strength, endurance or skill and more to do with more amorphous concepts such as "might" or "countenance." Hence, the greatest elves of the elder days could stand against balrogs and dragons simply because they possessed the might to do so. The actual tactics and details of the battles were irrelevant, the outcome was decided by a direct conflict of might.
** In one nice example, Finrod and Sauron "duel in songs of power." Finrod does pretty well for himself, but in the end, Sauron wins.

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* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' takes this pretty far:
** Gurren Lagann [[spoiler:(piloted by Simon and Viral)]] arrives [[BigDamnHeroes just in time]] to save the day. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome All nearby enemies are destroyed by the awesomeness of its arrival.]]
** [[RuleOfCool Spiral Energy]] in general allows the heroes' hot-bloodedness to manifest as anything from giant drills to [[spoiler: galaxy-sized robots]]. Essentially, Pure Awesomeness surpasses all known laws of physics. [[spoiler:Which is why the Anti-Spirals are against the use of Spiral Energy: eventually, the universe [[AwesomenessIsVolatile will be literally incapable of holding so much awesome and, as such, will collapse.]]]]

* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' does this on occasion such as [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/5.html this instance,]] which actually [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v05/c038/6.html knocks Kenichi unconscious]], just because his masters are that awesome. Sakaki, in particular, is able to utilize the power of awesomeness. In Chapter 18 he makes a charging delinquent stop and fall on his butt retreating just by looking at him, and in Chapter 30 he apparently shoots a Hadouken from his fist (probably just a visual representation of the force of his punch).
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', a number of strong ninjas, like Zabuza, Orochimaru, and [[spoiler:Sasuke with Orochimaru's power]], are capable of giving off a "killing intent" so strong that it paralyzes weaker enemies, despite apparently not being an actual jutsu of any kind. This is taken to ridiculous levels with [[spoiler:the First Hokage, who can literally cause the room he's standing in to crack just by flaring his chakra.]]
* ''Manga/MedakaBox'' has [[spoiler:Hinokage Kudo, whom no one knows, remembers, or even notices despite his large size. Why does no one notice him? Because he's so damn powerful people subconsciously repress the memory of his existence out of absolute fear. His unnotability has not earned him the nickname "Mr. Unknown." He hasn't earned this nickname 'cos no one knows who he is and therefore can't address him as anything in the first place]]. [[spoiler:Except Zenkichi for some weird reason.]]

* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Nen users can kill non-users through sheer force of [[strike:awesome]] Nen.
* Gildarts from ''Manga/FairyTail'' has this and it brings [[spoiler:Natsu]] to tears[[note]]because it's the first time he's ever truly felt defeated[[/note]].
* Played for laughs in ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'': when Asuka jr. bragged he had been assigned to capture Saint Tail by the mayor himself and Rina shouldn't butt in, her pointing out she's the mayor's niece caused her to be surrounded by an aura of awesomeness that blinded the presents.
* ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'': Spiritual beings exert ''reiatsu'' on their surroundings, which is capable of bringing people to their knees or killing if intense enough. Most individuals [[SubvertedTrope need to consciously intensify such power, even if it looks like they're not doing anything]], but some people do it passively or [[PowerIncontinence can't even stop it]]. The most notable example is Primera Espada Coyote Starrk, who was always lonely (even going so far as to [[spoiler: split himself into two people, Starrk and Lilynette]], just so he wouldn't be alone anymore) because his ''reiatsu'' was '''so strong every Hollow going near him simply died'''.

* In ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', Raoh has a few such moments, with the mere presence of his emissaries [[HopeCrusher sending his enemies in despair]] and [[HopeBringer lifting the morale of his loyal subjects]]. One defining moment was when some mutinuous soldiers of his were attacking terrified civilians that lived in his domain after hearing of his death, then Raoh appeared and the civilians started cheering while the mutineers ''lined up and kneeled for their execution'', without him having to say anything or do anything more beyond a single slap (strong enough to behead the victim, but still a single slap).
* The drama and excitement already present in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games is turned UpToEleven in the anime adaptation ''[[Anime/AceAttorney Gyakuten Saiban: Sono Shinjitsu, Igiari!]]'', where slamming on a desk or pointing your finger at someone can cause ''gales of wind'' inside the courtroom.
* Happens during the final battle of ''Anime/MacrossII'': in the middle of his VillainousBreakdown, [[BigBad Ingues]] is having his own ships self-destruct without the crew, be them Marduk or their enslaved Zentraedi, daring to defend themselves when Earth's two last Macross Cannon ships fire on his PlanetSpaceship. They don't do any real damage, only shaking it... But just that happening to the invincible ship of their divine lord is enough to prompt the Marduk to fight back and wipe him out.

* ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' - In issue #250, a large goat humanoid demon pins the protagonist John Constantine. All John did was to look at it, and it [[InvisibleMeansUndodgeable spontaneously exploded]] due to obvious badass reasons.
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', we meet a race of aliens called "[[JustForPun Personality Ticks]]", parasites who feed upon the charisma of those with extroverted personalities. They are defeated when Rodimus and Megatron are called, and the sheer ''presence'' the two of them have basically caused the ticks to overdose on awesome and die just from them entering the room.

* This is the whole reason for the events of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17636003 Supreme Chancellor Obi-Wan Kenobi]]'': Obi-Wan finds himself replacing Palpatine in the middle of the Clone Wars because an anti-war Senator who remembered him from his Padawan days thought he could succeed in ending the war and even those who didn't want to oust Palpatine ''know'' he'd do the job at his best and then step down, as soon as he becomes Chancellor ''ten Separatist worlds petition to rejoin the Republic'' because they know him and his reputation, and Palpatine's plans for Anakin have always been endangered by the mere fact he ''exists''-thus prompting him to send Obi-Wan on more than his fair share of missions when Anakin was still a child, and spreading his reputation for awesomeness even further.

* This is essentially how the "presence attack" mechanic in the ''TabletopGame/HeroSystem'' works for characters with a high enough Presence stat (basically charisma). Presence attacks take no time and don't really require the character to do anything else -- although the right kinds of supplemental actions certainly ''help'' -- and can make other people hesitate, stop what they're doing to listen, or at the highest levels of effect outright surrender, faint, or be inspired to instant loyalty, all from the character's sheer awesome force of personality alone.
* Similar to the above, ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has the Presence skill and its associated special techniques. A [[BadassPreacher Zenith Caste]] can make '''armies''' too awestruck to attack. Actually, almost everything the [[UpToEleven Solar]] Exalted do is a case of AwesomenessIsAForce.
* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'':
** It features the Style skill, which is basically a measure of how awesome a character is. The example the book gives as a use for the skill is having thunder crash in time with your strikes while fighting during a thunderstorm.
** Additionally, characters with large amounts of [[KiManipulation ki energy]] or [[{{Mana}} magic power]] start creating noticeable changes in their environment, like miniature localized windstorms or earthquakes.

* The characters of ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' regularly cause huge explosions from the presence of their sheer manly awesomeness. Yes, even the women.

* [[BigBad DMK]] is finally defeated at the end of the ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' series ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', solely due to the eponymous character's [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001760 glowing personal charm.]] Sepulchritude, the most powerful attack in the whole comic, runs on ''awesome''.

* In ''Script/AHDotComTheSeries'', [=Super55=] and [[Music/ElvisPresley The King]] are characters of this type.
* A recurring theme in ''Creator/ShackTactical'' videos, with regards to [[MemeticBadass Dslyecxi]]. When he's around (particularly, flying a CAS helicopter), [[AcePilot he inspires a vague sense of safety]]. If the helicopter is shot down, it's immediately replaced with despair. If he's on the enemy team and believed to be nearby, [[MookHorrorShow it's palpable dread]]. And if he's ever captured, there is literally no such thing as a sufficient number of guards. [[ThatOnePlayer And it's all absolutely justified]].

* Surprisingly rarely used in ''Manga/FairyTail'' but during the Tenrou Island arc, Gildarts flexes on Natsu, causing Natsu to immediately surrender and break down crying out of sheer terror.

** The current list of users: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[spoiler: [[TheLancer Roronoa Zoro]]]], [[CoolBigBro Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom, Kaido, Shanks, and Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[LadyOfWar Boa Hancock]], [[TheDon Don Chinjao]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], [[BloodKnight Eustass Kidd]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething The late Kozuki Oden]]. [[note]] Sengoku, Kidd and Hancock haven't been seen using it however. [[/note]]

** The current list of users: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[spoiler: [[TheLancer Zoro]]]], [[CoolBigBro Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom, Kaido, Shanks, and Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[LadyOfWar Boa Hancock]], [[TheDon Don Chinjao]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], [[BloodKnight Eustass Kidd]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething The late Kozuki Oden]]. [[note]] Sengoku, Kidd and Hancock haven't been seen using it however. [[/note]]

** The current list of users: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[spoiler: [[TheLancer Zoro]]]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom,Kaido,Shanks, and the late Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[LadyOfWar Boa Hancock]], [[TheDon Don Chinjao]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], [[BloodKnight Eustass Kidd]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething The late Kozuki Oden]]. [[note]] Sengoku, Kidd and Hancock haven't been seen using it however. [[/note]]

* Classical Chinese philosophy discusses a concept known as ''de'' (德) which is usually translated "inherent character; inner power; integrity" in Daoism, "moral character; virtue; morality" in Confucianism, and "quality; virtue" (guna) or "merit; virtuous deeds" (punya) in Chinese Buddhism. However the actual description of the effects of ''de'', particularly in the most ancient (i.e. pre-Confucian and pre-Buddhist) contexts include de's ability to instil a sense of awe or submission in other people; an amoral and innate quality of leadership, awesomeness or effectiveness that can occur as often or as easily in an evil person as in a good person, and is therefore more like "charisma", "awesomeness", "being chosen" or "being set above others". Later artistic depictions of the quality of ''de'' show historical figures of great power and merit subduing barbarian hordes or wild beasts with a mere glance, or even with sheer aloofness.

** The Exemplar class lets you pick one skill which can be used to impress people, in a manner so awesome that everyone in 60 ft becomes undyingly loyal to him.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', especially powerful individuals can strike weaker ones unconscious with their mere presence, through the power of "Haki" (Ambition). But only one in a million inherently awesome people can use the Conqueror's Haki, Which is essentially their sheer willpower behind it, as the 'Conqueror' part in the name implies. When two users clash, it actually ''cleaves nearby clouds in two'' and Shanks specifically demonstrated the ability to start damaging the (rather tough) ship he and Whitebeard were on when they arrived. [[note]] Two other types of Haki (that can be learned) enable users to gain split-second precognition and harden their defenses or strengthen attacks to harm immaterial or Haki-using enemies. [[/note]]

* The Former TropeNamer is ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', where the legendary warrior's pure awesomeness alone is sufficient to blind enemies. [[AllJustADream At least in his dreams]]. Also, the Sword of Heroes is [[AbsurdlySharpBlade so sharp]] you can get cut just by looking at it. An extreme case of AudibleSharpness.

** The current list of users: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom,Kaido,Shanks, and the late Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[LadyOfWar Boa Hancock]], [[TheDon Don Chinjao]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], [[BloodKnight Eustass Kidd]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething The late Kozuki Oden]]. [[note]] Sengoku, Kidd and Hancock haven't been seen using it however. [[/note]]

** "Could you all just stay still for a moment because [[PunctuatedForEmphasis '''I.AM.TALKING.''']]". Millions of alien warships halt in midair.

** The current list of users: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom,Kaido and Shanks, and the late Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[LadyOfWar Boa Hancock]], [[TheDon Don Chinjao]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], [[BloodKnight Eustass Kidd]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething The late Kozuki Oden]]. [[note]] Sengoku, Kidd and Hancock haven't been seen using it however. [[/note]]

** The current list of users: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom,Kaido and Shanks, and the late Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[LadyOfWar Boa Hancock]], [[TheDon Don Chinjao]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], Eustass Kidd and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething The late Kozuki Oden]]. [[note]] Sengoku, Kidd and Hancock haven't been seen using it however. [[/note]]

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', especially powerful individuals can strike weaker ones unconscious with their mere presence, through the power of "Haki" (Ambition). But only one in a million inherently awesome people can use the Conqueror's Haki, Which is essentially their sheer willpower behind it, as the 'Conqueror' part in the name implies. [[note]] Two other types of Haki (that can be learned) enable users to gain split-second precognition and harden their defenses or strengthen attacks to harm immaterial or Haki-using enemies. [[/note]]

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', especially powerful individuals can strike weaker ones unconscious with their mere presence, through the power of "Haki" (Ambition). Two other types of Haki (that can be learned) enable users to gain split-second precognition and harden their defenses or strengthen attacks to harm immaterial or Haki-using enemies, but only one in a million inherently awesome people can use the Conqueror's Haki.
** The current list: [[TheHero Luffy]], [[CoolBigBro the late Ace]], [[OneManArmy the Yonkou: (Big Mom,Kaido and Shanks, and the late Whitebeard]]), [[TheAce Big Mom's son Charlotte Katakuri]], [[ShroudedInMyth the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger]], his NumberTwo Silvers Rayleigh, [[LadyOfWar Boa Hancock]], Don Chinjao, [[DiabolicalMastermind Donquixote Doflamingo]], [[FatherNeptune Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], Eustass Kidd and The late Kozuki Oden. [[note]] Sengoku, Kidd and Hancock haven't been seen using it however. [[/note]]