History Main / CraterPower

* Lina Inverse from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' leaves a crater each time she casts her signature spell.

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' in general, when he lands after one of his [[InASingleBound quarter-mile leaps]].

* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' takes this UpToEleven with the [[SwordBeam Wind Scar]], an attack that ploughs ''four massive claw-like furrows into the ground with the force of his swing''. He also does this with fairly standard punches.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'' takes this UpToEleven with the [[SwordBeam Wind Scar]], an attack that ploughs ''four massive claw-like furrows into the ground with the force of his swing''. He also does this with fairly standard punches.
* Envy from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' does this while throwing a fit after hearing that [[spoiler: his father Hohenheim is dead, since he wanted to kill him himself.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

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* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

* Lots of examples in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', once you get to the B-class and higher characters. [[spoiler: Sensui (in Holy Energy mode) even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.]]

* In ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore'', Superman makes one when he lands next to ComicBook/LoisLane.

* In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', a Supergirl enemy creates a new moon crater by smashing the titular heroine into the Moon.
* And in ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} punches her Bizarro twin so hard Bizarrogirl makes a crater when she lands.
* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore'', Superman makes one when he lands next to Comicbook/LoisLane.

* ''Film/TheMatrix Revolutions'' has Smith make a crater in the final fight with Neo.

* In the MadeForTVMovie ''The Death of Series/TheIncredibleHulk'', Hulk turns into Banner during a fall out of an airplane and lands, leaving a crater.

* In ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', [[SecondRider Zeronos Vega Form]] makes a crater at the end of his first transformation simply by posing; contrast with Zeronos' Altair Form, which called down a bolt of lightning that split a nearby tree.

* In the MadeForTVMovie ''The Death of WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'', Hulk turns into Banner during a fall out of an airplane and lands, leaving a crater.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind Change Your Mind]]", when White Diamond demands to know where Pink Diamond is, [[spoiler:Steven's [[LiteralSplitPersonality separated gem half]]]] responds by shouting "she's gone" so loud that it creates a crater beneath his feet, illustrating just how ridiculously powerful he ([[spoiler:and by extension, Steven himself]]) really is.
* WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart had a crater appear around Mao Mao and his opponent as they were engaged in an [[MundaneMadeAwesome unbelievably epic thumb war.]]

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A common variant is for a character with [[InASingleBound super jumping powers]] is to land and form a crater on impact, demonstrating the character's NighInvulnerability.

* WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart had a crater appear around Mao Mao and his opponent as they were engaged in an unbelievably epic thumb war.

When a character with immense power makes a crater with it. The ability to "crater" something may be achieved by whacking it with some variety of SuperStrength power, or unleashing some kind of pressure shockwave that does the same. On some occasions though, a character may [[InvokedTrope invoke]] CraterPower by [[GrievousHarmWithABody using someone else as a medium]].

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* In the Literature/WhateleyUniverse the supervillain Crater uses gravity control to do this to Tennyo.

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* ''Manga/InuYasha'' takes this UpToEleven with the [[SwordBeam Wind Scar]], an attack that ploughs ''four massive claw-like furrows into the ground with the force of his swing''.
** He also does this with fairly standard punches.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind Change Your Mind]]" , White Diamond pries Pink Diamond's gem from Steven's body. Instead of reforming Pink Diamond like she expected, it instead forms a construct identical to Steven in an exclusively pink color scheme (referred to by the fans as "Pink Steven"). When White Diamond demands to know where Pink Diamond is, Pink Steven responds by shouting "she's gone" so loud that it creates a crater beneath his feet, illustrating just how ridiculously powerful he (and by extension, Steven himself) really is.

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