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* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': Odette wears a crown containing a magic crystal, which can project an impenetrable barrier around her to protect her from magic. She exploits this to protect Prince Daniel when Rothbart tries to kill him with his magic by standing in between them, using the crystal's barrier to shield the former from harm.

** [[TheMedic Orihime Inoue]]. Her powers manifest as six fairies which combine in different ways to produce shields that have different powers. Three fairies combine to create an extremely powerful DeflectorShield. Two combine to create a [[HealingHands healing shield]]. One lone fairy specialises in a shield that splits two substances apart and can therefore be used to attack and kill. This shield is extremely weak because it's linked to the strength of her KillingIntent, which she has very little of as a TechnicalPacifist. [[spoiler: She has, however, [[TookALevelInBadass learned]] how to combine it with her DeflectorShield for a four-fairy AttackReflector.]]

* Jill in ''Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga'', with various results. The force field extends from his shield. It tends to be quite weak in the beginning, but he gets [[TookALevelInBadass better at it]]. He also depicted as more of a {{Mighty Glacier}}.
* One of the powers of Ryujin's sword allows ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'' to create an energy shield. Emerald is capable of summoning Barriers and healing people. [[spoiler: Actually, she Is the Barrier Soldier]].

** The Invisible Woman has easily taken out the other members of her team with force fields, as well as knocking out both [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]] and ComicBook/SheHulk by cutting off their air. This was mocked in an issue of Exiles, implying she brags about the feat often.

* Post-Crisis ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s'' invincibility is explained by an invisible forcefield millimetres from his skin. It protects his skin-tight costume but not his cape.
** One of the NewPowersAsThePlotDemands Supes gets from ThePowerOfTheSun in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' is the ability to extend his bio-electric field around other people to protect them.

* ComicBook/SpiderMan doesn't have any forcefield powers, but he sometimes uses his flexible and very durable webbing to create protective barriers and domes to shield himself and others from explosions, debris, energy blasts and various other dangers.

* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': A large part of [[AnIcePerson Bobby's]] utility to the X-Men in fights is his ability to throw up large ice walls on cue, though in time that's revealed to only be the start of what he can do.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Osira zooms around in a pyramid shaped force field she is quite confident will protect her from the good guys.

** In his very first appearance, ComicBook/{{Magneto}} created a forcefield around an entire military base to keep the X-Men away. Occasionally, writers still remember that he can do that, with later forcefields being able to tank blasts from Galactus and the Phoenix (albeit with great effort).

* ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'': ShrinkingViolet Violet Parr uses a more limited version of this. She uses it for trapping mooks, cutting off electrical circuits, and as a super-hamster ball (particularly when combined with her brother's SuperSpeed). In [[ComicBook/TheIncredibles the comic adaptation]], her force fields become [[TookALevelInBadass massively upgraded]], complete with purple sparks resembling electricity, courtesy of a power-enhancing virus.

* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': One of Apocalypse's many superpowers is to create a forcefield around himself which he basically uses as a more elaborate form of telekinesis. He escapes from his underground tomb by expanding it to lift up the pyramid that collapsed on top of him, and later uses it to ward off attacks from multiple opponents ganging up on him. He's so strong that they're actually losing the fight until [[spoiler:Jean Grey unleashes her Phoenix powers.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Brennus}}'', Tartsche becomes {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le if he's standing still, and can choose to extend this defense to anything or anyone he's touching. By WordOfGod, even if you destroyed the ground beneath him (and he habitually extends his power over it anyway), he would just float in the air until he chose to move. He uses this to ignore the [[LawOfInverseRecoil recoil]] and [[SteelEardrums sound]] when fighting GunsAkimbo with ''[[MoreDakka machine guns]]''.

* ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''

* Bella in ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]] book ''Literature/BreakingDawn'' is able to protect herself and her allies from the mental powers of enemy vampires.

* A few ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' charcters:

* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' the Defender archetype uses this type of powers, and shares weaker versions of them with the Controller; additionally villains get their own versions in Corruptors and Masterminds. Four of the power sets available work primarily by putting shields of some kind on other characters (or in the case of the Mastermind, a bunch of henchmen!), including Force Fields, Ice Shields, Sonic Barriers and Thermal Radiation Shields. The other Buff/Debuff sets vary widely but several include auxiliary barrier powers. All of these various powers are so potent that a team composed heavily of support characters can truly be {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le.

** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', the Sentinel class has access to the 'tech armor' ability, which projects a form of holographic armor over your character's normal combat armor, providing a tremendous boost to your shields. Unless your (buffed) shields are depleted, it will never go down. When it does go down, an explosion is triggered, which is great for gaining some breathing room when surrounded by melee enemies. As you put more skill points into it, it becomes far stronger, eventually to the point where it doubles your shields. The thing that makes it really {{gamebreaki|er}}ng is that when you do cast it, it restores your shields up to their buffed maximum, even from entirely depleted shields. Even better, it can usually be cast again as soon as your shields go down, providing you with virtually limitless shield power (only if you're willing to mostly forego the Sentinel's other tech and biotic abilities, which also trigger global cooldown). Essentially, if used right, it makes you invincible. Fun stuff.

** His fellow Tank hero Zarya has a skill that lets her apply a [[DeflectorShield particle barrier]] to either herself or an ally. As a passive ability, any damage sustained by the barrier is absorbed and increases the damage of her [[EnergyWeapon Particle Cannon]], which cuts through enemies in seconds when fully-charged.
** Tanks overall have this as a mechanic. Winston can provide a spherical barrier on spot that protects those behind or inside the sphere. D.Va is able to create a temporary barrier that absorbs any projectiles shot at her, no matter how damaging the projectile is. Orisa shoots a projectile that deploys into a curved barrier. Sigma has a barrier that he can send out in front of himself, as well as an ability that absorbs incoming damage and converts them to personal shields (though with its range being considerably smaller than the aforementioned Defense Matrix, it really only protects Sigma himself). Roadhog openly defies the trope, making up for his lack of barriers with his [[DamageSponge ridiculous self-sustainability]], whereas Wrecking Ball plays with it by allowing him to gain extra shields temporarily, with the amount increased the more enemies are in close proximity, but lacking a proper shield ability for his teammates.

* The Engineer class in ''VideoGame/TorchlightII'' has the Forcefield skill, which when activated, gives him and nearby allies a DeflectorShield for 30 seconds. It absorbs up to a certain amount of damage from almost any source. At higher levels, the shield can absorb ludicrous amounts of punishment before finally failing.

** Priests specializing in the Discipline tree have become a full embodiment of this trope. Discipline Priests specialize in creating shields to prevent damage rather than to heal it. When combined with their signature Atonement ability, which heals them for the damage done when their barrier is up, they become NighInvulnerable.

* ''Everyone'' in {{WebAnimation/RWBY}} can use Aura to protect themselves from harm. Since Aura is manifestation of a soul everyone has it, even animals. Ozpin, however, is a truer example of this trope, since he can use his cane to create a spherical shield capable of withstanding and repelling [[spoiler:the full power of the Fall Maiden and a significant amount of the energy stored in The Long Memory.]]

* Though WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse could hardly be called a warrior in most situations, his weapon and main ability are a shield and a defensive bubble which are eventually combined into a massive transparent shield that seems completely indestructable. He's occasionally expanded the bubble to push an opponent away, and eventually learns to protrude spikes from it. His mother was similar in this regard; even though she was a skilled swordswoman and could wield a wide array of weapons, her defensive powers (and leadership) were much more important than her offensive capabilities.

** Ratchet from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''. His main ability comes from his wrist-mounted magnetic field generators, which he often uses to create shields against enemy attacks. They're a bit more malleable than the average DeflectorShields, though, and they can just as easily toss enemies around or push objects into them.

** The most powerful Barrier Warrior in the series is [[CanadaEh Guild superhero]] Narwhal, whose forcefields are powerful enough to ''slice clean through people'' and ''stop tidal waves''.

* ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes'' (on the Saturn and XBOX LIVE) has Nicole. While she fills a variety of roles such as WhiteMage, LuckStat, LightningBruiser, among others, one of her more prominent spells creates a giant barrier dome that gives your party a chance to regroup or set up [[ArcherArchetype ranged attacks]]. Being a shield maiden isn't all defense; an offensive use of Barrier is running up to enemies and activating it like a [[RammingAlwaysWorks battering ram]], crushing them against walls or the screen edge (which hurts even if they try to block).

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** Brigitte, a Support/Tank hybrid character, has a much smaller shield mostly used to protect herself, but she also has a shield bash that stuns whoever gets hit by it.

** Since he started using magic again, Fai Flourite from ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' is also this. Notably, in a recent chapter of the manga he threw up a barrier and held it against an all out onslaught of magic from ''two'' other characters.

* Brainiac 5 of the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', who uses his force field and martial arts training to make up for no powers in the comics. In the [[WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes cartoon]], he's a DoAnythingRobot and a TelescopingRobot, whose BeehiveBarrier is the least of what he can do.

* Elh from ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', though the barrier spell is extremely draining and only used as a last-ditch resort (and only in cutscenes; you aren't given the option of asking for a little help during a fight).

* [[spoiler: Jake Martinez]] from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' can create barriers and use them offensively, which is how they are used most of time.

* Samaritan of ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' manipulates an "Empyrean field", which is strong enough to repulse a tidal wave.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': This is how Personas protect their users from harm. An active Persona forms a protective aura out of lifeforce which shields the user from damage -- acting as HitPoints. As such Persona users don't suffer injuries or ClothingDamage unless they are worn down until their staminas deplete, or if they are attacked when the aura is not present, at which point they become vulnerable to injuries and death as any normal human. In a form of GameplayAndStoryIntegration, HealingHands spells used by [[HealingMagicIsTheHardest human Persona users]] generally cannot heal actual injuries, but replenish these auras instead; except within [[EldritchLocation realms within the collective conscious]] where cognition governs laws of reality.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'': This is how Personas protect their users from harm. A manifested Persona forms a protective aura out of lifeforce which shields the user from damage -- acting as HitPoints. As such Persona users don't suffer injuries or ClothingDamage unless they are worn down until their staminas deplete, or if they are attacked when their Personas are not present, at which point they become vulnerable to injuries and death as any normal human. In a form of GameplayAndStoryIntegration, HealingHands spells do not actually heal injuries, but replenish these auras instead; except within [[EldritchLocation realms within the collective conscious]] where cognition governs laws of reality.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': ShrinkingViolet Violet Parr uses a more limited version of this. She uses it for trapping mooks, cutting off electrical circuits, and as a super-hamster ball (particularly when combined with her brother's SuperSpeed). In [[ComicBook/TheIncredibles the comic adaptation]], her force fields become [[TookALevelInBadass massively upgraded]], complete with purple sparks resembling electricity, courtesy of a power-enhancing virus.

* All of the members of the Nase family in ''LightNovel/BeyondTheBoundary'' have the ability to create force fields, referred to as cages, with varying levels of skill.

* The [[BlackBox LambdaDriver]]-equipped Arm Slaves in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' are another example of mecha using force fields offensively, although they verge on variable-shape EnergyWeapons.

** Cure Rosetta from ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure''. Rosetta's attack are only barriers. However, her second attack Rosetta Reflection has also offensive usages, such as ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks and CatchAndReturn-KamehameHadoken. When the Pretty Cures fight Melan, a dragon who has a barrier that is more powerful than their group finisher Lovely Force Arrow plus Ace Shot, Cure Heart, Cure Diamond and Cure Sword give their powers into Cure Rosetta's shield, creating their new group attack Lovely Force Reflection. This shield is so strong that it breaks through Melan's barrier. Yes, that's right, barrier vs barrier.

* Bella in ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Breaking Dawn]]'' is able to protect herself and her allies from the mental powers of enemy vampires.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Link will acquire this ability after conquering the divine beast Vah Rudania, named Daruk's Protection. If the shield button is pressed and held, a spherical protective barrier will form around Link, and will remain active so long as the button is held down. Any attacks that make contact with the barrier will be repelled, accompanied with an animation of the spirit of Daruk popping out. This barrier will only work on 3 individual attacks, after which it becomes inactive and must go into a cooldown.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', Reinhardt has a shield ability that offers protection for himself and those behind it. 2000 hitpoints (equivalent to about 10 squishy characters or 3-4 tank characters) of protection.

The Barrier Warrior is a character with the MagicAndPowers necessary to create DeflectorShields or {{Beehive Barrier}}s to protect themselves and sometimes others. The Barrier Warrior fights enemies with an emphasis not on [[TheDarkSide destruction,]] but on protecting, and [[PersonalityPowers their personalities will often reflect this]] by being kind and caring, with ActualPacifist tendencies and sometimes HealingHands to go with their defensive abilities. It should come as no surprise that characters with this ability as their main or only power are, you guessed it, heroes. Usually, they're TheChick, a SquishyWizard or TheSmartGuy. In video games they specialize in protecting and aiding teammates, or [[StatusBuff "buffing"]], rather than damaging enemies.