History Main / PowerOfTheGodHand

[[caption-width-right:350:Today's Forecast: ''"My arm, my arm, my arm, my arm, my arm! I summon up the power of the God Hand!"'']]

->''"My arm, my arm, my arm, my arm, my arm! I summon up the power of the God Hand!"''
-->-- '''Gene''', the BraggingThemeTune of ''VideoGame/GodHand''

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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants AND HERE COMES THE GIANT FIST!]]"]]

** Shows up again as one of [[KickChick Chie Satonaka's]] supers in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''.

* Barely averted in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', with the MidSeasonUpgrade's primary attack being the God Finger, despite the fact that it's either a FacepalmOfDoom or a HandBlast. Averted entirely in the English dub, which changes it to [[{{Bowdlerise}} Burning Finger]].

* One of the guns Lance from ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' can use iss the God Hand, appropriately a Holy-elemental cannon that vaguely resembles a hand.

* [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Lenny]] in ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts: Covenant'' makes a pact with a demon and becomes "Godhand."

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 0}}'' has "God Hands" Wen Hai Lee, a former assassin turned acupuncturist and masseur.

* Parodied in ''LightNovel/HeavensMemoPad'', where Narumi is called "God Hand" by Souchirou's gang members because they are ''fantastically'' computer illiterate and he knows how to run a virus scan, so he inevitably has to fix their computer after they visit too many sketchy porn sites.

* Kurogiri Satsuki from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' bears the title of "God's ''Word''" for his mastery of the [[LanguageOfMagic Divine Language]].

The appeal of the name is obvious. By comparing one's hands to those of a god, a fighter makes it seem like he can do impressive feats with them. For those who fight with their hands, obviously it's an appealing notion. Additionally, it evokes the idea of the [[DivineIntervention "hand of God"]], while still being concise.

Compare RedBaron, which this often gets used as when it's a title. When it's a weapon, it's usually a PowerFist (see StockWeaponNames).

* Obviously the game ''VideoGame/GodHand'', where the title refers to a legendary warrior's actual arm. The trope name comes from a line from the game's ending theme song, which is [[http://youtu.be/vAga2AjfZlg hilarious]].

* Kun Lan, BigBad of the game ''VideoGame/Killer7'' has the title "God Hand." At one point he catches a bullet shot at his hand and uses its momentum to fly away. It's a weird game.

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants AND HERE COMES A GIANT FIST!]]"]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Where did this giant fist come from?]]

* Kurogiri Satsuki from ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' bears the title of "God's ''Word''" for his mastery of the [[LanguageOfMagic Divine Language]].

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* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', God Hand is the name of [[TheBerserker Berserker]]'s passive ability which negates any attack below a certain rank[[note]]Meaning that in most cases he can only be hurt by a LimitBreak or FinishingMove, regardless of how strong the attacker is.[[/note]] and [[ResurrectiveImmortality grants him a total of twelve lives]], [[spoiler:[[Myth/GreekMythology one for each of the twelve labors Heracles realized in his life]]]]. Combined with the fact he's [[spoiler: a demigod]] with [[LightningBruiser inherently high strength, speed and toughness]], enhanced even more by the Berserker class, this makes him one of the more dangerous servants of the war... [[WorfEffect except when it doesn't]].

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* A rare subversion in Argentinian [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer player]] Diego Maradona. He was nicknamed The God's Hand not because of his ability as a soccer player (of course, soccer is played with ''feet''), but by the fact that he managed to score a goal by tapping the ball with his hand (the most obvious possible infraction) over English keeper Peter Shilton's head, during their 1986 World Cup quarter finals match. The referee didn't see it, and that goal gave Argentina the advantage in the match, which they would eventually win 2-1. In other words, his God's Hand was his ability to cheat with that hand without getting caught, or that the score was really thanks to [[DivineIntervention the Lord Himself hitting the ball]]. It's a disparaging nickname to his detractors (English coach Bobby Robson called it "the Hand of a Rascal"), but his fans [[ItMakesSenseInContext and worshippers]] use it in a complimentary and only partially-ironic fashion.

* Erina Nakiri of ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'' has the "God's Tongue" thanks to her incredibly refined palate.

The reason this is primarily a Japanese-media trope is that the Japanese tend to use "god" in their names without considering it as blasphemous as western audiences do.

* In a post on the RolePlay Online site (rpol.net), a poster demonstrated the game-breaking potential of the Hulking Hurler ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' class by taking advantage of every possible loophole to create a monstrously powerful character, Urldred the Mountainthrower. His weapon was an eighteen-foot nickle-iron meteorite he called the Fist of Heaven.

* Obviously the game ''VideoGame/GodHand'', where the title refers to a legendary warrior's actual arm. The trope name comes from a line from the game's ending theme song, which is [[http://youtu.be/vAga2AjfZlg a gigantic, hilarious]] EarWorm.

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Though its Japanese name was "Heaven's Knuckle," Angemon's signature attack was called "Hand of Fate" in the English Dub. By any name it's a HandBlast which can overwhelm enemies who gave the ''entire team'' a lot of trouble. At least in season one; it's [[NerfArm nerfed]] in season two.

* Kun Lan, BigBad of the game ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'' has the title "God Hand." At one point he catches a bullet shot at his hand and uses its momentum to fly away. It's a weird game.

* The most powerful Strike attack in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is called God's Hand. This is more literal than most, as it involves a giant golden hand striking from above!
** The skill returns in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' as the second strongest single-target physical attack.
** Shows up again as one of [[KickChick Chie Satonaka's]] supers in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4 Arena}}''.

* God-Hand is an available character class in ''Videogame/SeventhDragon III: code VFD''. They specialize in jabbing enemies to build up "God Depth", and then inflicting burst-damage attacks on the afflicted target.