History Main / GoldenSuperMode

* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel'': ComicBook/CarolDanvers was subjected to an evolutionary ray by the [[AliensAreBastards Brood]] which triggered the latent potential of her Human-Kree DNA turning her into the cosmically powered [[SuperMode Binary]] which in the later comics is depicted as giving Carol [[FlamingHair flaming]] Super Saiyan hair and a [[BattleAura gold aura]].

* 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]].

** In ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', Super Sonic returns as a mainstay for fighting the various [[MechanicalAbominations Titans]], but in "The Final Horizon" DLC update, [[spoiler: Sonic, in order to combat [[BigBad THE END]] who has mutated the Titan SUPREME [[TrueFinalBoss into a new form]], uses the Cyber Corruption that's been plaguing him throughout the game to supercharge his Super Form to become "Cyber Super Sonic", giving him a faint red lightning aura alongside his golden one and turning his red eyes blue.]]

** The most recurring example of this is, of course, the transformation Sonic himself undergoes when utilizing the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds, Super Sonic, who may very well be the most famous example of this trope outside of Dragon Ball's Super Saiyans, who served as the inspiration for this form. Sonic's Super Form has been a recurring mainstay of the series since the form's debut in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', and usually either is granted after the player collects all the Chaos Emeralds in special stages or appears at the end of the game to fight the FinalBoss. Super Sonic's appearance is very similar amongst both his Classic and Modern versions: His fur turns golden and his spines curl upwards akin to the hair of a Super Saiyan and, for Modern Sonic in particular, his eyes turn red. Sonic transforming into Super Sonic provides the page image!

* Heralds of ''ComicBook/{{Galactus}}'' (Apart from Sliver Surfer, Firelord, The Destroyer etc) will have their bodies colored gold e.g [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5a/e4/12/5ae41297e3d9a6646bd10745651e140b--marvel-civil-war-galactus.jpg Frankie Raye]], and in WhatIf storylines [[https://i.imgur.com/aKnbGgu.jpg Superman]] and [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/8f/f5/d78ff584807607fb4450ee6459a9a31c.jpg Aunt May]]... yes we are serious.
* ''ComicBook/CarolDanvers'' was subjected to an evolutionary ray by the [[AliensAreBastards Brood]] which triggered the latent potential of her Human-Kree DNA turning her into the cosmically powered [[SuperMode Binary]] which in the later comics is depicted as giving Carol [[FlamingHair flaming]] Super Saiyan hair and a [[BattleAura gold aura]].
* ''Franchise/XMen'': Those chosen (or possessed) by the [[SentientCosmicForce Phoenix Force]] will receive a flaming golden aura and near unlimited cosmic power, the primary examples in the canon being [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSwn2c_b5Ejun9IEFJqvyNPOaiqbsTJT6Kz8V2pB7HsVl5Ndvkp Jean Grey]] [[https://i.imgur.com/D3SAz14.png Cycolps, Emma Frost, Colossus, Magik and Namor]]. Others such as [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/3/30432/1790294-spider_man_025_16.jpg Spider-Man]], [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C85qMegW0AEBLe2.jpg Wolverine]] and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111127359/5823079-thanos%20(2016-)%20006-014.jpg Thane]] (Thanos's son) have been "[[SuperPoweredEvilSide blessed]]" by the [=PF=]

* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'''s ComicBook/TheSentry glows golden when he uses his powers.

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' this happens to Tager in his gag reels, thanks to Kokonoe's modifications. This may be a reference to its predecessor, the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series, which often included golden-shaded character variants that were [[SNKBoss extremely overpowered]].

* 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.

* ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare Gold]]'' has Wario transform into Wario Deluxe for the final stage and the ''Wario Interrupts'' sub-mode, which gives him a golden tuxedo. Apparently he's not really any more powerful than usual (even his [[ShockAndAwe lightning abilities]] are something he's had before), but Wario Deluxe is a lot quicker to start cheating via InterfaceScrew using the aforementioned lightning.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' gives [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Jin Saotome]] a hyper named Saotome Shine, which, upon activation (which requires that Jin be the only surviving member of his team, has his feet on the ground, and [[DesperationAttack has roughly only 35% of his health remaining]]), grants Jin an increase in attack power and defense, as well as [[ImmuneToFlinching super armor]].

** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', Sonic gains the form of Excalibur Sonic, which uniquely [[BlingOfWar gives him a suit of golden armor]] [[spoiler:while [[EquippableAlly Caliburn]] turns into a giant glowing Excalibur]].

* The Golden Gun from ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye]]'', and the golden Cougar Magnum from ''VideoGame/PerfectDark''. To a lesser extent, the golden/silver [[{{AKA47}} PP7s]] from ''[=GoldenEye=]'' as well.

* Yet another Arthur can don golden armor in the ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghosts 'n Goblins]]'' series, greatly powering up his attacks and giving him the ability to cast magic based on his weapon of choice. In his appearance in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', equipping this armor is one of his super moves.

* ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]'' gives [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Jin Saotome]] a hyper named Saotome Shine, which, upon activation (which requires that Jin be the only surviving member of his team, has his feet on the ground, and [[DesperationAttack has roughly only 35% of his health remaining]]), grants Jin an increase in attack power and defense, as well as [[ImmuneToFlinching super armor]].

** 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.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', the protagonists' ultimate Personae (one of them, in the former case), Orpheus Telos and Izanagi-no-Ookami, which have golden color schemes, are much more powerful variants of their initial Personae (well, potentially more powerful in the case of Orpheus Telos, depending on how you build it).
** The [[UpdatedRerelease Royal release]] of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' introduces an immensely powerful ultimate Persona, with it and its Persona-user covered in golden armor. [[spoiler:However, it's not the protagonist's but the TrueFinalBoss; Adam Kadmon, wielded by none other than Takuto Maruki.]]

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* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'':
** The Golden Kanohi and Golden Armor. The former gives the wearer the power of 6 Kanohi in one, while the Golden Armor allows to wearer to destroy all solid Antidermis.
** In the game ''BIONICLE Heroes'', a Toa's Hero Mode is completely Gold.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'':
** Lloyd has one which functions differently than the other Ninjas' True Potential (which is a more traditional SuperMode unlocked when a Ninja overcomes a psychological barrier). He uses this to defeat the Overlord in Season 2's climax, but [[spoiler: the Overlord steals his Golden Power in the next season to become the Golden Master, which nerfs Lloyd from then on out and renders him unable to access this form]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'' spoofs this. Mao Mao is achieves a ridiculously powerful “Golden Truth” form by [[ItMakesSenseInContext finally admitting]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome how much he loves eating cobbler]]. Since he doesn’t exactly have a ''second'' lifetime of suppressed love for cobbler, this was likely a one-time deal.

** [[spoiler:Neo Metal Sonic]] from ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' uses the Master Emerald to [[spoiler: become Super Metal Neo, just like Super Mecha Sonic before him. He has a similar golden hue to the real Super Sonic.]] It doesn't last long, though; [[spoiler: After Shadow shows up, Neo Metal Sonic copies his biodata and transforms into an altered version of Metal Overlord called Master Overlord, which returns to the blue colour scheme.]]

* 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.]]

** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': For the regular SuperMode, the titular hero has the Maximum Gamer form, but for ''Golden'' Super Mode, he has Ex-Aid Muteki[[note]]Invincible[[/note]] Gamer form. The latter's design keeps to his PlatformGame theme by being a combined ShoutOut to the Franchise/SuperMarioBros series's [[InvincibilityPowerup Super Star]] and [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'s [[SuperMode Super Sonic]] form.

* BREAK cards in ''TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}'' are Golden Super Modes advertised as various non-Mega Pokemon from an AlternateUniverse.

** In ''Series/DobutsuSentaiZyuohger'', one of the auxiliary mecha has this - Cube Kuma can upgrade into the golden Cube Panda, seen in episodes 19 and 30.

** The most recurring example of this is, of course, the transformation Sonic himself undergoes when utilizing the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds, Super Sonic, who may very well be the most famous example of this trope outside of Dragon Ball's Super Saiyans, who served as the inspiration for this form. Sonic's Super Form has been a recurring mainstay of the series since the form's debut in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', and usually appears at the end of the game to fight the FinalBoss. Super Sonic's appearance is very similar amongst both his Classic and Modern versions: His fur turns golden and his spines curl upwards akin to the hair of a Super Saiyan and, for Modern Sonic in particular, his eyes turn red. Sonic transforming into Super Sonic provides the page image!

** In ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' and ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', Super Tails counts as well, though to a lesser extent: His fur color alternates between its usual orange and a golden color, though the Flickies that aid him are gold through and through.. Similarly, Super Ray in Sonic Mania Plus does this as well, though it's a bit harder to notice due to Ray's natural fur color being a bright yellow anyway.

* In ''High Seas Havoc'', a game influenced by ''Sonic'', it is the final boss who [[TurnsRed turns golden]] and starts summoning bigger meteors.

* 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/DigimonTheMovie Rapidmon]],[[Anime/DigimonFusion OmegaShoutmon and ZekeGreymon (and by extension Shoutmon DX. Shoutmon X7 has 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.

->'''Jack:''' You did it [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]! You killed him and yourself just like I knew you would!\\

** In ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', Super Sonic was his SuperpoweredEvilSide, and, later, EnemyWithout. The only difference between the main series' Super Sonic and the Comic's Super Sonic in appearance is that Comic Super Sonic's eyes are spiral in shape.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhVrains'': Upon logging into Link VRAINS or any cyberspace, Yusaku changes his light blue part of his hair into blonde as Playmaker, while the dark blue part becomes red and the pink parts change shades.

** In ''XV'', the Amalgam form is introduced, being a Symphogear with the power of a Faust robe, giving the user golden material in the colored parts of the gear itself. its an evoution of Hibiki's golden form from AXZ, and she manages to give all the other symphogears this power as well in episode 4.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhVrains'': Upon logging into Link VRAINS or any cyberspace, Yusaku changes his light blue part of his hair into blonde as Playmaker, while the dark blue part becomes red and the pink part change shades.

* One of the bosses in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' is Goriath, a yeti martial artist. When he gets down to half health and TurnsRed, his hair turns yellow and stands up. To heighten the obvious homage to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', he starts pulling out KamehameHadouken attacks and (in EX Mode) an icy Spirit Bomb.

* 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 has 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.

** [[BonusBoss The Master]] from ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' can be fought in three progressively tougher battles. In the second and third battles, his red clothes turn a golden yellow, while he gains a gold aura in the third.

* As shown below in Tabletop Games, ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' features Break Evolution, which manifests as a layer of golden pure energy coating the Pokémon to increase its powers.

* ''Anime/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.