History Main / GoldenSuperMode

* ''Manga/G Gundam'' could be considered the TropeNamer, since Golden Super Mode is what they call Shining Gundam's strongest form, unlocked after Domon masters [[TranquilFury Meikyo Shisui]]. The other [[TheTeam Shuffle Alliance]] members also have it, but for [[MidSeasonUpgrade God Gundam]] and [[EvilCounterpart Master Gundam]] it's simply called Hyper Mode.

* ''G Gundam'' could be considered the TropeNamer, since Golden Super Mode is what they call Shining Gundam's strongest form, unlocked after Domon masters [[TranquilFury Meikyo Shisui]]. The other [[TheTeam Shuffle Alliance]] members also have it, but for [[MidSeasonUpgrade God Gundam]] and [[EvilCounterpart Master Gundam]] it's simply called Hyper Mode.

* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' when Bronze Saints get upgraded Cloths through the blood of Gold Saints. Then this trope is in full effect as their regular armors take a golden shade to highlight their full power.
** ''G Gundam'' could be considered the TropeNamer, since Golden Super Mode is what they call Shining Gundam's strongest form, unlocked after Domon masters [[TranquilFury Meikyo Shisui]]. The other [[TheTeam Shuffle Alliance]] members also have it, but for [[MidSeasonUpgrade God Gundam]] and [[EvilCounterpart Master Gundam]] it's simply called Hyper Mode.

->'''Amy!Jack:''' You did it [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]! You killed him and yourself just like I knew you would!\\
'''Sonic!Michael:''' I can't be killed, '''I'm golden!''' Wom wom wom wom wom wom wom wom!

** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros4'': The Golden Plains stage in the 3DS version has coins that can be collected by fighters. Collecting 100 coins makes the fighter golden for a period of time, increasing the knockback they deal and stopping them from flinching when attacked.

** Minato Namikaze, [[spoilers: Naruto’s father, also has this, thanks him being the Jinchuriki of the Yin half of the Nine-Tails.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Naruto Uzumaki gains this after [[spoiler: defeating The Nine-Tailed Fox inside their shared consciousness]], allowing Naruto to siphon the Fox's power at will. Naruto later achieves perfect control after [[spoiler: making peace with Kurama, allowing the two to work in unison.]] [[spoiler:After his meeting with Hagoromo Otsutsuki aka the Sage of Six Paths, he gains a divine transformation called Six Paths Sage Mode, which allows Naruto to use all of his abilities to their absolute peak]].

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* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[spoiler:When Xavier urges Jean Grey to cut loose her Phoenix Force, she manifests golden energy wings, and her powers are amped up to PhysicalGod levels of strength, vaporizing Apocalypse with minimal effort.]]
* Carol Danvers aka ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' upon [[https://media1.tenor.com/images/6f8b1db6c5203ce6081e3a108e5c79ef/tenor.gif?itemid=13008894 activating]] her SuperMode Binary, probably the closest thing to a live action cinematic depiction of a Super Saiyan we’ll ever get.
* The goal of ''Film/TheLastDragon'' is to achieve this, apparently Bruce Lee was the first to do so here.

* Skeletor's armour turns gold when he absorbs The Sorceress' power in ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse''. Luckily it doesn't last long because He-Man breaks his MagicStaff.
* ''Film/UltramanTigaTheFinalOdyssey'': [[spoiler:Tiga once again activates his Glitte Form with the hopes of the deceased Ultras in R'lyeh in order to defeat Demonzoa.]]
* ''Film/SuperiorUltraman8Brothers'': [[spoiler:Not only does Tiga once again achieve his Glitter Form (though this one is an AlternateSelf of the original) but also Series/{{Ultraman}}, Series/{{Ultraseven}}, [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Ultraman Jack]], Series/UltramanAce, Series/UltramanDyna, Series/UltramanGaia and Series/UltramanMebius also achieve it with the hopes of humanity in order to vanquish the Giant Silhouette.]]
* Po, at the climax of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', achieves this when his friends and family in the secret panda village give him their chi energy. This transformation is so powerful, that it changes the hue of the Spirit Realm itself from jade green, to gold. Po gets brand new golden robes, and a long, BadassCape. He then proceeds to craft an enormous golden, chi dragon around himself using his new mastery of chi energy and then proceeds to absolutely curb stomp Kai.
* Near the end of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2'', [[spoiler: Sonic turns into Super Sonic after getting the Chaos Emeralds. Making him an indestructible FlyingBrick and implied RealityWarper as he conjures chilli dogs.]]

*** Springtrap appears again in ''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'', though by this point it’s been revealed he’s actually the serial murderer mentioned in lore, William Afton, who hid in the suit to escape the spirits of the children he killed, was subsequently killed due to getting wet, which caused the suit’s locks to activate and crush him, and then returned to life to continue his murders. However, in this version, all the animatronics act the same and don’t have different patterns, so he’s really no more dangerous than the other three.

* When Fei-Yen from ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' drops below 50% health, she enters her golden Hyper Mode.

* The dread Rajang of ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' fame takes pages from the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' notebook and sports electrified golden fur when enraged; fittingly, shaving its tail causes it to lose this enhancement and the power that comes with it. [[note]]Bear in mind that this does not apply to Furious Rajang, whose tail is already shaved and is ''permanently'' enhanced.[[/note]]

* [[spoiler: Sonic turns into Super Sonic after getting the Chaos Emeralds at the end of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2''. Making him an indestructible FlyingBrick and implied RealityWarper as he conjures chilli dogs.]]

A common trend in fiction is to give the character a SuperMode. These tend to come in many shapes, sizes, and colors, but the most common color variation is gold. If a character and/or their weapon turns gold in fiction, he or she gain boatloads of strength, speed, endurance, [[LightningBruiser or anything in-between]].

* ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' features Ultra Necrozma, who counts, given how it transforms from Necrozma's Dusk Mane or Dawn Wings forms to take on a shining golden form after absorbing light from either its surroundings, or from its Trainer's Z-Power Ring and Z-Crystal to undergo Ultra Burst. According to the backstory, Ultra Necrozma was Necrozma's ''original'' form before it the ancient inhabitants of the Ultra Megalopolis gave it a GameBreakingInjury in a failed attempt to control it, [[BrokenAngel causing it to regress into the bizarre black prism creature]] it first appeared as in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' features one pokemon who glows golden upon achieving its strongest form. [[spoiler:Said pokemon, Necrozma, was a former deity of light who suffered a GameBreakingInjury that [[BrokenAngel regressed it into the misshapen black prism pokemon]] he is first introduced as, and achieving said golden super mode requires it to [[GrandTheftMe absorb Solgaleo/Lunala]], then [[OneWingedAngel ultra-burst]], becoming one of ''the'' most powerful pokemons in the entire franchise.]]

* A small handful of the most powerful evolved forms in the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise have gold armor; the most prominent examples being [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Magnamon]], [[Anime/DigimonFusion OmegaShoutmon and ZekeGreymon (and by extension Shoutmon DX. Shoutmon X7 gold accents on it from the aforementioned OmegaShoutmon and ZekeGreymon, and X7 has its own Golden Super Mode in Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode, which turns the entire thing golden)]]. The God Grade Appmon in ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters'' are also adorned with plenty of gold accents.

* A small handful of the most powerful evolved forms in the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise have gold armor; the most prominent examples being [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Magnamon]], [[Anime/DigimonFusion OmegaShoutmon and ZekeGreymon (and by extension Shoutmon DX and Superior Mode)]]. The God Grade Appmon in ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters'' are also adorned with plenty of gold accents.

** ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'': Superman Prime is completely Gold and is quite possibly Superman's strongest form.

** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' takes this [[SerialEscalation a step further]], as his Infinity Style is primarily ''platinum''-colored, with diamond-like accoutrements. [[spoiler:And then when it came time to [[UpToEleven boost its power even further]] for a movie, it was recolored gold.]]

** The Super Saiyan form introduced in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is the TropeCodifier, famous for giving the character glowing golden hair and a gold BattleAura. Interestingly, several transformations beyond regular Super Saiyan use different colors entirely: [[Anime/DragonBallGT Super Saiyan 4]] and [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Super Saiyan God]] are red, [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan]] is blue (to the point where it was officially shortened to "Super Saiyan Blue" after everyone realized what a mouthful the original name was), [[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly Legendary Super Saiyan is green]] and [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Ultra Instinct]] is silver.

* A small handful of the most powerful evolved forms in the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise have gold armor; the most prominent examples being [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Magnamon]], [[Anime/DigimonFusion OmegaShoutmon and ZekeGreymon (and by extension Shoutmon DX and Superior Mode)]]. The God Grade Appmon in ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters'' are also adorned with plenty of gold accents.

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'':
** Karasu's hair turns gold in the Dark Tournament finals. Cue jokes about him turning Super Saiyan. It's even funnier, considering that his voice actors play [[Creator/RyoHorikawa Vegeta]] and [[Creator/KyleHebert Son Gohan]], respectively.
** Also, Sensui’s [[spoiler:Shinobu personality and Sacred Energy]]. Though it doesn't dye his hair.
* ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' has Gundam fighters turn gold when they're using their most powerful attacks.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Izuku's skin glows a pale gold after he activates One For All: Full Cowl, as he's channeling One For All's power throughout his entire body.
* In ''Anime/CrossAnge'', the Vilkiss activates this for [[EleventhHourSuperpower the final battle against Embryo, which takes place in his dimension.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Naruto Uzumaki gains this after [[spoiler: defeating The Nine-Tailed Fox inside their shared consciousness]], allowing Naruto to siphon the Fox's power at will. Naruto later achieves perfect control after [[spoiler: making peace with Kurama, allowing the two to work in unison.]] [[spoiler:After his meeting with Hagoromo he gains a divine transformation called Six Paths Sage Mode which allows Naruto to have access to all of his abilities to their absolute peak]].

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' gains this after [[spoiler: defeating The Nine-Tailed Fox inside their shared consciousness]], allowing Naruto to siphon the Fox's power at will. Naruto later achieves perfect control after [[spoiler: making peace with Kurama, allowing the two to work in unison.]] [[spoiler:After his meeting with Hagoromo he gains a divine transformation called Six Paths Sage Mode which allows Naruto to have access to all of his abilities to their absolute peak]].

** Also, Sensui[[spoiler:'s Shinobu personality and Sei-Kou-Ki/Sacred Energy]]. Though it doesn't dye his hair.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' gains this after [[spoiler: defeating The Nine-Tailed Fox inside their shared consciousness]], allowing Naruto to siphon the Fox's power at will. Naruto later achieves perfect control after [[spoiler: making peace with Kurama, allowing the two to work in unison.]]

* Averted in the first ''Franchise/TombRaider'' game (and in ''Tomb Raider Anniversary''): if Lara Croft steps onto the Midas Hand, she turns into solid gold and dies.

** The Super Saiyan form introduced in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is the TropeCodifier, famous for giving the character glowing golden hair and a gold BattleAura. Interestingly, several transformations beyond regular Super Saiyan use different colors entirely: [[Anime/DragonBallGT Super Saiyan 4]] and [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Super Saiyan God]] are red, [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan]] is blue (to the point where it was officially shortened to "Super Saiyan Blue" after everyone realized what a mouthful the original name was), [[AnimeDragonBallSuperBroly Legendary Super Saiyan is green]] and [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Ultra Instinct]] is silver.

** The Super Saiyan form introduced in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is the TropeCodifier, famous for giving the character glowing golden hair and a gold BattleAura. Interestingly, several transformations beyond regular Super Saiyan use different colors entirely: [[Anime/DragonBallGT Super Saiyan 4]] and [[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Super Saiyan God]] are red, [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan]] is blue (to the point where it was officially shortened to "Super Saiyan Blue" after everyone realized what a mouthful the original name was), and [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Ultra Instinct]] is silver.

* After you win one fight with the Dojo Master in ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', he shows he's taking you more seriously by powering up into this. In case the ShoutOut wasn't obvious enough, his ''third'' fight adds a flaming gold BattleAura.

* Sonic turns into Super Sonic after getting the Chaos Emeralds at the end of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2''. Making him an indestructible FlyingBrick and implied RealityWarper as he conjures chilli dogs.