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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'': Fuli, being a cheetah, is accurately described as the fastest animal in the Pride Lands. ArtisticLicenseBiology is at work here, though, as she runs much faster -- and apparently has more stamina -- than her species is capapble of in RealLife.

*** Polnareff's Stand, Silver Chariot, is the only one close to Jotaro and DIO's stands. It's much faster when it's armor is off, to the point that it can appear as if there are ''six'' to '''seven''' of them at once. Too bad he never does that past his first fight. Also, while The World and Star Platinum are {{Lightning Bruiser}}s, Silver Chariot is very much a FragileSpeedster.

* ComicBook/IronMan has armors that can fly at hypersonic speeds that five times faster than the speed of sound and has even reached warp speed. Plus after becoming infected with the Extremis Virus, Tony gains the superhuman reflexes to boot, to extent where he can FlashStep an Extremis-enhanced individual who trounced him earlier.

** Some people don't need powers to have Super Speed as normal human Tony Stark aka Film/IronMan proves in his first movie when he goes faster than two F22-Raptors in his suit, most impressive because those jet go can 2,410 km/h. Tony's speed feats get bigger in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' as not only does he SpeedBlitz Thor the God of Thunder, but starts up one of the [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Helicarrier]]'s turbines ''[[https://youtu.be/iF5e3is7ls8?t=19 by pushing it]]'' fans estimate it would take 642 m/s (1400 mph) just to get the Helicarrier off the ground so Mr Stark is well going past the speed of sound by keeping the ship airborne. Not to mention in the climax, where Iron Man catches up to nuclear missile likely going at 7,500 mph seizing it and guiding it through Manhattan without harm; until the missile reaches the portal where the Chitauri are coming from then Tony lets it go.

** Film/{{Thor}} the Avengers's first FlyingBrick is no slouch when it comes to speed, in his first movie he travels so fast with Mjolnir he puts a hole clean [[https://youtu.be/YKQHjitSzZY?t=107 through a ice beast]], as well getting away with rugby tackling The Hulk in Avengers. Even without the magic hammer Thor's latent [[ShockAndAwe electrical powers]] put his speed greater than most of Avengers; as he becomes a literal LightningBruiser in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
** Carol Danvers aka [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Captain Marvel]] has super speed able to blitz through Skrulls, Kree and humans effortlessly, and also catch up a speeding train. But Carol also gets into the echelons of this trope during the FinalBattle where she [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/d6d398373fc04fe28f8d998e5ccfcd47/tumblr_pj88q2elWW1x0bvwko1_500.gif becomes]] a FlyingBrick proper and can even [[FasterThanLightTravel travel light years]] as seen at the end when she leaves the galaxy... [[spoiler: and arrives back on Earth in front of the Avengers just [[StealthHiBye after]] Nick Fury's pager goes off]].
** Other enhanced speed examples in [=MCU=] include The Hulk, Vison, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Captain America, Bucky and Red Guardian (last three of whom have taken a SuperSerum). The jolly green giant can smash through almost anything with the speed of a freight train and let's not forget Hulk's InASingleBound jumping, Vison equals Thor in terms of being a FlyingBrick and flies as fast as the Iron Man suits, Spider-Man can SpeedBlitz [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] like Bucky and with the help of Doctor Strange even TeleportSpam Thanos in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]. Black Panther has excellent showing of his mobility in his first fight scene where he chases down Bucky in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', to point where he, Bucky and Cap are [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1lJ6_HE4Dnw&t=25s running faster than the speeding cars in the underpass]].

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': [[EvilCounterpart Surge the Tennec]], created [[spoiler:(well, more accurately brainwashed and modified with various cybernetic augmentations)]] by Dr. Starline as part of his intention to surpass Dr. Eggman and succeed in destroying Sonic the Hedgehog once and for all, possesses absurd speed which is partially powered by her [[ShockAndAwe electrokinesis]] to the point [[FastAsLightning she visibly generates a lightning trail as she runs]]. When she has her first confrontation with the Blue Blur, she boasts that she can move at the speed of light, and to her credit she proves she can keep up with him in a speed fight. [[spoiler:She cannot, however, much to her shock get the better of him, which is due to the fact that while they might have comparable speeds (at least when Sonic isn't going all-in, as Surge is clearly putting in much more effort than he is), she has [[WellTrainedButInexperienced nowhere near Sonic's experience when it comes to fighting other speedsters]].]]

** Most versions show him as just ''slightly'' slower than The Flash, usually because running is much more strenuous for him than flying. However, when the Flash's top speed changes, Superman's top speed has changed as well, usually preceding or following by months or years. This is probably because their races are a classic battle. It took a while for ThePowersThatBe to decide to stop the EvasiveFightThreadEpisode tradition and truly decide that the Flash was indeed the fastest man alive. It went from "Neck and neck then something interrupts the race" to "Supes is just slower, but [[WorfHadTheFlu his running speed is slower than his flying speed]]" to the ComicBook/PostCrisis status of Superman being ''nowhere near'' capable of even approaching the Flash's top speed. (Immediately-Post-Crisis Superman got quite a power-down from the godlike levels of UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}. PowerCreepPowerSeep has made him ultra-powerful again; he now outstrips about 90% of the specialized speedsters in terms of speed. The Flash, of course, is still much faster.)

** Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths}}, at least, Superman's speed matched or was a notch below the Flash's; this was the era during which most of the classic Flash-Superman races took place. (One race featured the two forced to race to the edge of the ''galaxy'' and back, with Flash surviving in space via a means rigged up by the Guardians of Oa.) While not involving running, Superman also was shown pre-Crisis (and [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale in a few post-Crisis stories]], despite the canonical powering-down) as able to fly through interstellar space (without being gone from Earth for months/years). Finally, like the Flash, Superman in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} and UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} could travel through time via use of his super-speed, which ''also'' came up in a Superman/Flash race, this one through the timestream. (The ability to time-travel under his own power was also how Superboy could be a member of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes.) Even pre-Crisis, however, what sets Flash's speed apart from Superman's was Flash possessing finite control over his body's molecules, allowing him to do various stunts Superman couldn't do.

* Cole/Dagon from ''Series/{{Tracker}}'' (as well as all the members of his species) can enter "hyperspeed" at will, although he can only do it for a short while and it drains him. He can usually only do it once a day. We always see it from Cole's perspective, so TimeStandsStill. In one episode, the BigBad invents a device that allow anyone to do the same, and it recharges in 20 ''minutes''. In another episode, Cole uses this trick to get a mobster to think he shot him. He is kneeling on a dock. The bad guy shoots. Cole enters hyperspeed and moves his head out of the way. The bullet slowly makes its way past him. Cole then puts his head back in the same place and "resumes" normal time. Cole falls in the water. The bad guy leaves, satisfied.

** In Part 3, ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', Jotaro's [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Star Platinum, is incredibly fast, enough to catch a bullet fired at his head at point blank range. DIO's Stand, The World, is ''even faster'' and catches Star Platinum off guard on multiple occasions during their fight. This is actually the basis for DIO's ability to [[spoiler:[[TimeStandsStill freeze time]]. The World is so fast that ''time can't keep up'']]. However, [[spoiler:Star Platinum gains the same ability and uses it in future Parts]].

** In Part 5, ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'', Notorious B.I.G, a Stand which isn't limited by the constraints of most ordinary Stands, officially has ''infinite'' stats for speed and range. Its method of attack is to go after the fastest moving thing in its general vicinity, which it always manages to catch.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Besides ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} and Tommy mentioned above there's quite a few {{Mutants}} with above average speed.

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* Several characters in the ''[[Literature/AcademyOfSuperheroes ASH]]'' universe. Lightfoot is notable because he makes anything he's touching faster. This includes motorcycles, cars, spacecraft and his own body.

->''"Keystone City has become a utopia — a protectorate relentlessly patrolled by a gale force once human. No one sees him... no one hears him. He runs a lonely race... but all who live here have felt his presence. He is everywhere at once... a guardian angel who rights even the most harmless of wrongs with lightning speed. He lives between the ticks of a second. He is the Flash."''

SpeculativeFiction writers love to apply this trope to the Theory of Relativity, TheThemeParkVersion of which says, "If you go fast enough, you'll alter the flow of time, and you can TimeTravel to the future or the past." Characters who can't travel through time get the opposite effect: They can speed up so fast, it's as if [[TimeStandsStill time stops]] for the rest of the world. (Unfortunately, the speed factor is usually forgotten, and time is treated as if it really did just stop.) A (slightly) less egregious option is simply to have the speedster move so quickly that he appears to duplicate himself — appearing in two places with so little real time passing in between that the brains/sensory equipment of any observers see him in two places at once. Extremely skillful speeders are capable of creating multiple "light clones" in this fashion. A typical trick speedsters can do is run up the side of a building and even across a body of water. Speedsters can even generate [[BlowYouAway vacuums or vortices]] from the speed they produce, allowing them to knock out enemies with a twister punch, put out fires, keep themselves in midair, and be quite useful at taking out annoying tornadoes.

Curiously, characters with Super Speed tend to [[RequiredSecondaryPowers also have super acceleration and deceleration]]: they usually reach their regular running speed instantly and are able to stop on a dime [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou without harm]]. You only see them "speeding up" if they're trying to reach some extreme level of speed they usually aren't accustomed to. They also probably need some sort of {{Handwave}} as to why they (and anyone/anything on their person) don't [[FrictionBurn catch on fire]] from the atmospheric friction.[[note]]Or compressional heating, which is what actually makes meteors burn up.[[/note]] Finally, a lot of speedsters have incredible levels of stamina as well, even if only when they're in speed mode — the amount of ground they cover is more than any human being should cover without a good rest and perhaps a protein bar.

* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', all Titans (except the [[MightyGlacier Colossal Titan]]) can move at break neck speed [[FasterThanTheyLook regardless of their size]].
** The vertical maneuvering equipment aka JetPack/[[GrapplingHookPistol grappling hook]] the Survey corps use against the Titans has immense mobility, enough to match and surpass the Titans in speed.

** [[AntiHero Guts]] from the get go in the series has been described as having "lighting-fast" movements and attacks. When facing Zondark's crazy tentacle arms, he parried all blows despite the attacks being faster than eye could follow according to Puck. His speed is best showcased in his DynamicEntry while saving Casca in the Conviction Arc, appearing as a [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/13/139955/4761583-8979540869-30882.jpg whirlwind of death.]] Though Guts is very fast in his own right e.g out-maneuvering elite knights, Kushan assassins and Apostles with sheer human tenacity it's actually the [[ScaryImpracticalArmor Berserker Armor]] that pushes Gut's mobility far beyond human limits, making his speed formidable even for the monsters he's facing, though at the [[DeadlyUpgrade cost]] of damaging his body.
** Guts's lover [[ActionGirl Casca]] is incredibly speedy as well, in Golden Age she could out-pace multiple knight and keep up super assassin Silat though she trades [[FragileSpeedster durability]] for mobility. Even after the [[DespairEventHorizon Eclipse]], despite her degraded mental state Casca still retains some of her skills, as she butchers three rapists in mere seconds before Guts finds her.
** [[DarkMessiah Griffith]] and his swordplay was not only fast enough to beat Guts's twice but he has almost surgical precision with his cutting to the extent where his sword is just a blur and Gut has cuts all over. However after three years Guts managed best Griffith's speed in their last duel.

* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Hanzo is the fastest character in the series, and of the five key ninja skills the Iga Grotesque Five embody, he's "swiftness."
* One of the stock powers for Heretic Gods in ''Literature/{{Campione}}''. At his top speed Sun Wukong was effectively invisible due to his speed, but also lacked the fine control to do anything more than strike once while passing his opponent. Functionally, godspeed is not actually them moving faster but [[RealityWarper warping space to reduce the distance they travel between two points]].
** Godou also possesses super speed from his Raptor authority. At full speed he lacks any form of fine control and so any attack is likely to miss. If used sparingly, it can act as a type of FlashStep and increase his ability to dodge.
* In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', several characters can move at incredible speeds, especially Saints. Mark Space was once talking to a little girl named Patricia Birdway. He noticed an assassination attempt, darted out and stopped it, then returned to his original position ''without Patricia seeing him move''.
* In ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}'', Joujirou is capable of accelerating to ludicrous speed, though for some reason he calls it "teleportation". He's a somewhat comedic example of what happens when you lack the RequiredSecondaryPowers. He can't stop or change direction once he gets going--all he can do is aim where he wants to go and shoot himself at the target--so every use of it ends with him violently crashing into something. He uses it rather recklessly in attempts at MundaneUtility such as cutting in line at the cafeteria, and often gives himself AmusingInjuries, though he compensated by buffing up his body for extra toughness and wearing armor concealed under his school uniform.

* In ''Anime/ConcreteRevolutioChoujinGensou'', Hyouma Yoshimura is this. This may have contributed to a nickname (and possibly superhero alias) "Jaguar" - it doesn't explain his other ability (stopping time) though.
* Joe Shimamura a.k.a. Cyborg 009 of, well, ''Manga/Cyborg009'' has the power to accelerate to freeze time (or ''greatly'' slow it down, from his subjective view), therefore allowing him to move at the blink of an eye. One episode actually had his power malfunction for the whole episode, during which he spent a subjective ''week'' in the time it took 003 to ''blink''.
** He's not the only one, either. Jet aka 002 also had it (though it's not his ''main'' skill), and several enemies had that same skill too (MagnificentBastard Vog Bogoot and BloodKnight Cain among them)

** J Soldat, the cyborg in ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' that's a shout out to Cyborg 002, also possesses the super speed and flight present.

* Played with in the second season of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. A Contractor who briefly appears has Super Speed, yes, but he lacks nearly ''all'' the RequiredSecondaryPowers. He complains that his muscles will be sore the next day when he has to FlashStep ''twice'', he can't change direction fast enough to avoid crashing face-first into a tree, and it turns out that when you're moving fast enough to dodge bullets, [[spoiler:everything else is moving towards you [[InertiaIsACruelMistress just as fast]]. So when April makes it rain...]]

* Manga/{{Doraemon}}
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasLittleSpaceWar'': Doraemon has a gadget that makes a person capable of Super Speed fast enough to become invisible as long you have the stamina.
** ''[[Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan Nobita and the Birth of Japan]]'' movie has a tether like rope that he makes the gang hold on to, which makes them capable of running like a train.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' (manga):

* In ''Literature/{{Gate}}'', the demigoddess Rory Mercury can easily run faster than a car and dodge or deflect bullets.
* Yuki Nagato of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''. How fast is she? Well, remember the [[EyeBeams Mikuru Beam]]? Turns out, thanks to a certain RealityWarper, she really ''was'' firing laser beams. And these were not the usual slow laser beams of fiction. These were actual, fast-as-light laser beams. Still, in a blink of an eye (Mikuru's, specifically), Yuki moved from her position two meters away to block the laser headed for Kyon with her palm, then continued blocking every other laser heading for him until she was able to [[PowerNullifier nullify]] the Mikuru Beam.

** Shampoo may be slower than Ranma, but she's still much faster than her rival Akane Tendo. In their only duel, Shampoo effortlessly leaps over Akane when she tries to punch Shampoo, and then hits Akane with a PressurePoints and herbal shampoo technique that lets her erase Akane's memories of Ranma; the attack takes 56 seconds in the manga, and only ''5 or 6 seconds'' in the anime. In the manga, Shampoo is also shown effortless protecting herself when Cologne throws daggers at her whilst Shampoo is waitressing by tossing the order into the air, using the tray to deflect the daggers back into the wall, and then catching the order again, all without either spilling the order ''or'' looking behind herself.

* In ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' [[LightningBruiser Bikara]] of the Twelve's insane speed combined with his considerable strength was enough to reach a ''draw'' with Kyo in his prime after fighting for a day.
* Straight Cougar from ''Anime/{{Scryed}}''. His alter power (named "Radical Good Speed") enables him to transform objects (including his own body) to reach their fullest speed capacity. He also both drives and talks very quickly. ("I love it! Two more seconds to live...")

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** In ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'', not only is Sonic his usual high speed self, but Tails and Knuckles are shown to be super fast to a degree as well. And when Metal Sonic comes on the scene , he quickly proves himself to be even faster than Sonic, and is able to go from the planet's surface to space and vice versa in seconds.
** In ''Anime/SonicX''. Most of the anthropomorphs are shown to possess this to a degree, albeit a much lesser one than Sonic. Shadow is once again portrayed as being equal to him, until he takes his limiters off at least, in which case he becomes much faster still. This show arguably has one of Sonic's fastest quantifiable moments of super speed, showing Sonic as being literally fast enough to outrun a 'friggin' lightning bolt'.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}:

** Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}}, at least, Superman's speed matched or was a notch below the Flash's; this was the era during which most of the classic Flash-Superman races took place. (One race featured the two forced to race to the edge of the ''galaxy'' and back, with Flash surviving in space via a means rigged up by the Guardians of Oa.) While not involving running, Superman also was shown pre-Crisis (and [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale in a few post-Crisis stories]], despite the canonical powering-down) as able to fly through interstellar space (without being gone from Earth for months/years). Finally, like the Flash, Superman in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} and UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} could travel through time via use of his super-speed, which ''also'' came up in a Superman/Flash race, this one through the timestream. (The ability to time-travel under his own power was also how Superboy could be a member of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes.) Even pre-Crisis, however, what sets Flash's speed apart from Superman's was Flash possessing finite control over his body's molecules, allowing him to do various stunts Superman couldn't do.

** In Bronze Age story ''Comicbook/WarWorld'', when Superman goes after his missing cousin he pours on speed until he breaks all barriers of speed, space and time.
--->With a speed that all but beggars description, Superman flashes through the limitless darkness — pushing himself harder, faster — until he surpasses the speed of light itself!
** In another Bronze Age story ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore'', Superman loses most of his power. However, even when weakened, Superman can run so fast on water that he doesn't sink. After getting his powers back, he tests his speed by flying across space:
--->'''Superman:''' Let's see how fast I am! I'm moving at about ten times the speed of light — quick as The Flash! So I'm okay in that department, too!

** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982'' Supergirl shows how incredibly fast she is when she flies from Chicago to her foster parent's home in the Midwest within seconds. And in ''Supergirl #21'':
--->Take a stopwatch to it if you'd like — from the instant Supergirl leaves the Kryptonite Man — to speeding to her cousin's side — turning back a miniature alien invasion — and returning to her starting point — within scant seconds!
** In ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'' Linda's lightning speed allows her put out a fire by spinning quickly until she forms a whirlwind, and dodge Nightflame's strikes.

** In Bronze Age story ''Comicbook/WarWorld'' Kara flies at incalculable speed when she hurls herself at Warworld.
--->Supergirl: If this plan this going to work, I've really got to pour on the speed — move as I've never moved before! I have to push myself — harder — until I reach the speed of light itself — and exceed it!
** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'' Linda is as super-fast as ever but she hasn't learned yet how to stop herself from crashing into things.

* ComicBook/PowerGirl being an alternate universe version of Supergirl also has super speed.
--->'''The Flash:''' Mr. Freeze, Captain Cold, Minister Blizzard — All of them will try to freeze you dead in your tracks, coat you in ice. You gotta know how to counter. If you vibrate at Super Speed, your molecules will be able to slip between the molecules of whatever's freezing you.

* ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse can "only" go about 700 MPH. He's explained to a psychologist the reason he's quick-tempered, irritable, and impatient -- imagine a world where ''everyone'' is that annoying person who doesn't know how to work an ATM and you're behind them in line. [[note]]Writer Creator/PeterDavid said he based this on how he actually feels sometimes.[[/note]]
** Though amusingly this attitude was once reversed during the Marvel vs DC crossover. Quicksilver fought the Flash and found himself just as annoyed to find someone who was ''faster'' than him.
*** Though when the Flash found himself in the Marvel Universe, with no Speed Force, the tables were very quickly turned...
** 616 Quicksilver's speed has always been a tad inconsistent, but ever since M Day he has been depicted as much faster than 700mph.
*** He had some limiters that were removed after a feverish dream which somehow restored his original powers. (Before that, he'd use the Terrigen Mists that powered the Inhumans to try and restore his powers. That didn't work well for most mutants who tried it, but for him, it gave him altered powers: while he could no longer run fast, he could vibrate his molecules at faster than light speeds, allowing him to time travel at will.)
** Ultimate Quicksilver is much faster. He once gave an enemy speedster an object lesson in what real speed is by taking hold of her and running so fast her skin was stripped off and then she burst into flame.
** As of ''Siege'', Quicksilver is comfortably moving at FTL speeds (outrunning radio signals). And more recently, it was confirmed in-universe that he can run faster than the speed of light (meaning he can now more or less catch up to the Flash).
** From the '60s to the '90s Quicksilver is the benchmark/topline speedster of Marvel. In the various Marvel Universe handbooks, nobody could run faster than him (though in the case of Aurora/Northstar and Makkari of the Eternals, they can go faster than him because of flight). Unfortunately back then, his top speed was...175 miles an hour, so Marvel's next fastest speedsters - the Whizzer and Speed Demon would run 125 or 150 miles an hour.
** As of ''ComicBook/AvengersNoSurrender'' 688# Pietro ''is definitely'' on Flash level now, as thanks to his beloved sister ComicBook/ScarletWitch giving him a boost with her magic and his girlfriend Synapse unlocking his mind [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/21/87/c5/2187c5714ec219343d25e3d6ffcb7f11.jpg Pietro can go so damn fast]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQB3joNjB0N5sDNkZIpPFh6wL0aMvY2RQvMvg&usqp=CAU that he disappears completely]] and enters a PocketDimension akin to the Speed Force which he can travel to and fro from.
* Franchise/WonderWoman:
** Super speed was one of Wondy's first established powers, as her Golden Age feature in ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' touts she's "swifter than Mercury". She's got a quicker reaction time than Supes making her a much faster combatant and can keep better track of Flash at his higher speeds but her speed is overall about the same as Supes and generally slower than him over long distances, especially when flying. One time Diana blocked attacks that came from "[[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11114/111148187/5702039-0211094415-55684.jpg every corner of the universe]]" with her SuperReflexes.

** In ''Comic Cavalcade'' is much faster than Wonder Woman, and Cheetah by extension, in a sprint. As long as Wonder Woman can keep Badra in her sight and within reach she proves to have reflexes of equal or superior speed, but ends up having to OutsideRide her robot plane since Badra can fly unaided, something Wonder Woman wouldn't be able to do until the "Silver Age".
** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' Mayfly took a super serum for super-human speed before the [[ComicBook/InvasionDCComics gene-bomb]] permanently activated her meta-gene and gave her speed faster than Wonder Woman's. In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' she underwent experimental procedures to give herself super-speed.

* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] can emulate her airforce training by traveling at super sonic speeds without her jet due to her hybrid Kree [=DNA=], Carol can fly from [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/11128/111284868/5448043-7521065163-TbYlS.jpg Broadway to the Earth's atmosphere in a minute and 15 seconds]].

** Wolverine's OppositeSexClone-daughter ComicBook/{{X23}} is shown to be even [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQmzpLwn4JtkGPHjv_frOhL-SjgZoZFObXWCQ&usqp=CAU faster than her originator]], at age eleven she killed a man [[https://imgur.com/a/oZ1wN in the time it takes for a camera's flash to go off]] as an adult she can steal Hydra-Captain America's (who has SuperReflexes himself) shield then flip over his back, [[http://i.imgur.com/Mk0MxeY.jpg while dodging darts from a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]. Laura can also deflect bullets with her claws, however she is unfortunately also a FragileSpeedster due to lacking the [[UnbreakableBones Adamantium Skeleton]].
** ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}} can run and move at speeds that are slightly beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete, despite his [[FasterThanTheyLook abnormal size]]. He can run at speeds up to 40 mph for short distances, particularly if he runs on all fours, Beast can even take out [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/7/75188/2193976-beastvsdanger.gif flying foes]] with his mobility.
** ComicBook/{{Rogue}} since she [[PowerParasite absorbed]] Ms Marvel's (see above) powers is a huge FlyingBrick for the X-Men and like Carol Davers can travel at 62 miles per hour. When she first joined the X-Men Rogue got knocked into space by Carol and then flew back down to Xavier's Mansion in less than a minute, another time Rogue absorbed Colossus's powers and used it with conjunction with her {{Flight}}; the [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/Cel5zh3KebNqdfvBHQpjXvPg97BKitgqM86-9mhBY5-Sn4VjqlTuNC1MXtutFDaC7Vg1PvUEU_yj=s1600 result]] was spectacular. She can also [[BulletCatch catch bullets]]

** ComicBook/{{Gambit}} has some of the best speed feats for a non-super speedster, he's matched Spider-Man, Daredevil, Wolverine and even ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} in CombatParkour. One time Gambit fought a FlyingBrick Gladiator and his agility gave him the edge. Gambit can also [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTJRU6AxFAq8prTpEx0msh5RigiCSg9Vlk42PWxPt2csERvjdzf limbo dodge bullets]], [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQnVm5abxHnK_tuUm_9303-s0q-TxI1ChBdIvyq0tm5Vseen3DF leave behind]] SpeedEchoes with his mobility and once took on the X-Cutioner's convoy ([[https://imgur.com/a/5FT8Y all while avoiding volleys of bullets and traffic]]) with sheer ninja-like agility.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Metro Man at one point casually reads books, flies a kite, takes time out for fast food - at the speed of light. While RuleOfFunny does apply here, it's an explicit plot point that he's fast enough to [[spoiler:leave the DeathTrap that supposedly killed him, have a whole existential crisis outside, realize what he needs to do and bring a prop back to fake his death]] so fast no one even notices he did anything at all.

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* In ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' the Waco Kid is such a fast gunslinger you don't even see him move when he draws his gun!
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'': A nice side-effect of being Holy Half-Dead. The Lord Marshall himself is able to cover great distances in a short amount of time, even while wearing a full suit of plate armour and maille. Having SuperStrength is rather helpful in those respects as well. In order for Riddick to defeat the Lord Marshall, he had to be quicker thinking then his adversary.

** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'': Diana of Themyscira moves [[https://i.giphy.com/3oKIPgIKMnLEunZqSY.gif very]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rHU9EgtH2RY very]] fast.
** After a cameo each in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Flash really shows us what he can do in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}''. We get a few BulletTime sequences where TimeStandsStill, going much faster than he ever needed to in his cameos where only he dealt with lone unpowered human thugs. However, when a NotHimself Superman suffering from ResurrectionSickness attacks the team, he seems frozen to the Flash for a while... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klX0jtvFfx0 until he speeds up.]] Cue an OhCrap as the Flash sees Supes turn his head to look at him. During that fight, Flash still moves faster than Superman, but not ''so'' much faster that a blow from the Man of Steel doesn't still send him flying. When Superman is back to normal, his speed isn't focused on as much as in, say, Smallville, but at the climax he ''is'' able to get far from the battle to rescue civilians and then return to the fight easily, the distance a non-issue, just as with Flash in the same battle. So who's fastest? At the end of the film, Flash and Superman begin one of their famed races, this time simply because the Flash wanted to know who'd win. As ever, we don't get to see how it turns out.

** The titular ''[[Film/SHAZAM2019 Shazam]]'' [[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ImperturbableGenuineCentipede-size_restricted.gif has Super Speed as one unforunate mugger learned first hand]], the BigBad Dr Sivana has it also. [[spoiler: In the climax all of the kids get Super Speed too, Darla [[https://youtu.be/xNj7clZSo4g?t=48 in particular]] uses BulletTime, signifying she's the fastest]].

* The Russian film ''Film/Guardians2017'' has this as Khan's power. A leaked video shows him facing off against several [=SUVs=] and pickup trucks full of heavily-armed {{Mook}}s. He takes out his curved {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}}s and then speeds up (this is demonstrated by the butterfly fluttering next to him slowing down to a crawl). His first dash [[DiagonalCut cleaves an SUV neatly in two]], and the pieces (including that of the guy who was sitting in the middle) collapse a few seconds later. He then proceeds to slaughter everyone else (although some are actually killed by UnfriendlyFire from a Mook too focused on hitting the fast-moving target to see where he's aiming his minigun). The short CurbStompBattle ends without a scratch on Khan and everyone else dead.

* OlderThanFeudalism: According to {{Creator/Virgil}}, the Thracian Harpalyce (daughter of Harpalycus, king of the Amymnei) was capable of outrunning horses, the river Hebrus and the East Wind.
** In ''{{Literature/Aeneid}}'' by the same author, Camilla can run so fast that she can run over a field of wheat without breaking the stalks or over the ocean without getting her feet wet.

** As Virgil and Dante rise out of Hell, they witness an angel moving across the ocean so fast "its motion by no flight of wing is equalled."
** In ascending from Purgatory to Paradise (if Dante's experience is to be generalized) move faster than lightning out of anticipation to finally return home.
* From ''Literature/TheSongOfHiawatha'':
-->Swift of foot was Hiawatha\\
He could shoot an arrow from him\\
And run forward with such fleetness,\\
That the arrow fell behind him!
* The 1901 Creator/HGWells short story "The New Accelerator" is about a scientist who invents a serum that can accelerate a human to time-stop speeds.[[note]]"The New Accelerator" provided the plot basis for ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' episode "The Night of the Burning Diamond" and the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Wink of an Eye".[[/note]] Notable for being perhaps the first example of this trope that attempts to depict the real-life side effects that would ensue, such as the atmospheric friction discussed above.
* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' one book has the team morph into cheetahs. Cue a VillainOfTheWeek with this ability.
* ''Literature/DocSavage'': In ''The Whisker of Hercules'' the villains use a drug that temporarily induces this, after Monk takes a dose he thinks that everyone else is moving in slow motion. Large doses also cause RapidAging, unfortunately.
* In the ''Literature/DumarestOfTerra'' series, the slow-time drug gives its users this. It's usually used to heal people up quickly. If you use it while conscious you have the problems of moving so fast you kill yourself if you trip, and possibly starving to death before the drug wears off.
* The Shrike from the book ''Literature/{{Hyperion}}'', can travel through space at about [[spoiler:70 trillion times lightspeed (you read that right)]] thanks to time manipulation powers. It doesn't seem to be quite so fast in combat but still sufficient to absolutely humiliate every would be speedster it encounters.

** In a confrontation with the Pax is manages to massacre two armies, disable two starships, and meticulously kill every living thing abord a third ship. In thirty seconds.

* In ''Literature/HereticsOfDune'', [[spoiler:Miles Teg]] gets this power as a result of a botched interrogation -- implied to be a result of the [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum unique mechanics]] of the interrogation device unlocking a latent genetic talent. His speed also includes accelerated reflexes, [[TimeStandsStill slowed time perception]], a form of SuperSenses (explained as an amplification of his Mentat training), and massive boosts to his metabolic rate and the oxygen storage capacity of his blood to handle the increased energy demands. The effect also turns him into a BigEater, which is played for both drama and laughs. Fortunately, he can turn the ability on or off at will.
* John D. [=MacDonald=], who normally writes mainstream detective fiction starring Literature/TravisMcGee, once wrote a novel titled ''Literature/TheGirlTheGoldWatchAndEverything'', which featured a watch that could slow time down to [[TimeStandsStill near-timestop levels]]. The inertia that ordinary objects would have at such superaccelerated perceptual speeds played a key role in the story.
** Spider Robinson borrowed the idea for a story in ''[[Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon Lady Slings the Booze]]''.
* Creator/AnneRice's vampires have this ability.
** Shown to great effect in the first chapters of ''Literature/InterviewWithTheVampire''. Louis stands in a darkened room with his human interviewer and tells him, very calmly and very thoroughly, that he is going to step across the room and turn on the light. The man is baffled, wondering what the big deal is. When Louis moves, at a speed he later assures the man is nowhere near his top speed and in turn nowhere near the speeds of many other vampires, it appears to human perception that Louis' arm grew to incredible lengths to reach the light switch and turn it on, while to Louis, he very deliberately reached out his arm, walked across the room, turned on the switch, and walked back to where he had been standing.
** As do the vampires in ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan''. All vampires (whether they're still part-human or "fully-blooded") can move so quickly over short distances that it seems instantaneous to humans. Mr Crepsley uses this to fake MindOverMatter, snatching things out of people's hands so quickly they don't see him take them. Full-blood vampires can cover much greater distances via "flitting".
* Turbo from ''Literature/SuperMinion''. His power seems to work by distorting time, as he's been know to talk very fast while using it and anything he throws at other people returns to its normal speed and kinetic energy.

* Akane Akiyama of the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}'' has this power.
* In ''Literature/CodexAlera'', talented Windcrafters can draw on their Fury's power to move really damn fast. But, if they don't have [[RequiredSecondaryPowers metalcrafting]], they can damage themselves pretty badly in the process.
* In ''Literature/TheVu'' [[spoiler: Sabella Hall]] can move at incredible speeds which increase her reaction times and allow her to perceive the world as if in a [[TimeStandsStill time dilation]].
* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books, iconographs are externally just like cameras, but they have little imps inside that paint the pictures. This means that the imp can paint a photorealistic picture in a split-second. They may not do any running, but that's very fast indeed.
* Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli ran 135 miles in 72 hours in ''Literature/TheTwoTowers'' to catch up to the Orcs holding Merry and Pippin hostage. Eomer even tells Aragorn that his nickname “Strider” sucks and that “Wing Foot” is a more accurate description. %%ah, but does it have the flashiness required?
** Elves in general are fastest beings in Middle Earth since they don’t have any perceptible weight e.g Legolas can run (or more like fly) up [[DeathMountain Caradhras]] and back without so much leaving a footprint in the snow.
** Shadowfax is the fastest horse in Middle Earth to point where he makes the literal wind look slow. Riding Shadowfax Gandalf reached the Shire from Isengard only a couple days after Frodo left Hobbiton.

* In Marion G. Harmon's ''Literature/WearingTheCape'' series, all speedsters are similar in powers. Their personal speed can vary between normal and up to 10x normal. Beyond that they "jump the wall" into "hypertime". Essentially everything is stopped, and they're moving at normal speeds along with whatever they bring (one speedster brings his motorcyle with him so he can get around in the "instant" faster). It's lampshaded in the filler text that the laws of physics for hypertime are hideously inconsistent and make no sense whatsoever.
* Michael Grant's ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series has Brianna. It's never stated precisely how fast she can run, but at one point she races a bullet (and loses -- she has to dodge out of the way), and another character estimates her speed as around 300 miles per hour.
* In ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'', Feruchemists can replicate this effect using steel; by being more slow for a time, they can be faster later for an equal period of time. Or they can compound how "quickly" they draw on this reserve, meaning they can have double the increase for half the time, triple for a third, etc. With sufficient storage, a Feruchemist can cross a country on foot in a matter of ''hours''. However, if they haven't stored up physical endurance, or mental speed, or any other RequiredSecondaryPowers, they may still have to deal with those problems.
* In ''Literature/RumorsBlock'', the character Red Racer achieves super speed by a form a gravity manipulation. It is stated that his father had the same power.
* There is a novel about a guy who witnesses a NegativeSpaceWedgie in his backyard and wakes up the next morning noticing that everything else appears to have been slowed down. In fact, he is the one that is sped up and continuing to speed up. A bum who has been sleeping in his backyard at the time also ends up in the same boat. Unlike the protagonist, the bum uses it as the opportunity to start stealing stuff. The entire novel takes place over the course of a weekend, while his family is away, but it seems to last for weeks, if not months, to the protagonist. He even recalls the above-mentioned short story "The New Accelerator" and points out certain stupid things about it, such as the scene of a guy throwing someone's dog, noting that the dog would've probably died from such acceleration. The novel ends up going into the some of the problems of moving this fast, although not all of them (the two characters can still walk and run normally without bouncing, and air resistance or breathing don't become a problem until much later). At the end, the protagonist manages to reverse the effects on both himself and the bum by putting themselves into tubs full of ice.
* In ''Literature/TheSecretsOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'' and ''Literature/TheHauntingOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'', this is "Light Fingers" Naisbitt's ability. To begin with, she mainly uses it to pick people's pockets. [[spoiler:Later, she discovers that it also endows her with "quick thinking", the ability to develop complicated theories and plans in a moment, and the flash-forward indicates that she will go on to become a successful detective]].
* In Creator/SergeyLukyanenko's ''Literature/RoughDraft'' duology, several types of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Functionals]] are able to move with incredible speeds. This includes Customs Officers and Police Officers. At one point, the protagonist is running away from soldiers and a helicopter gunship and manages to outrun them, while dodging bullets. Those soldiers then start popping certain pills and [[OhCrap temporarily accelerate to his frame of reference]].
** In Lukyanenko's ''Literature/{{Genome}}'', [[DesignerBabies Fighter-Speshes]] can move so fast, [[FlashStep they look like a blur]].
* This is Sasha's power in ''Literature/SuperPowereds''. She's not even close to the Flash's level, being able to move at a couple hundred miles per hour at most. Other limitations include inertia (she has to appreciably slow down to change direction) and poor aim (her perception is sped up along with her, but only to the same rate as a normal person running, so hitting things at super speed is still difficult with any precision). Her body's endurance is strong enough to handle accelerating to such speeds and survive the air resistance, as well as punching things at such speeds. Still, her first battle at the college is against a girl, who can turn her skin into steel and who waits until Sasha has already committed herself to a super speed punch before hardening it. Sasha's hand is shattered from the blow (luckily, there are a number of Supers with HealingHands standing by). During the class's nature trip, she opts to get there on her own two feet. According to her, road trips are a slow-ass nightmare. She ends up being barely more than a blur to Roy, who's speeding down the highway on his bike. Knowing that there's only one speedster in his class, he mutters "Bitch" and resolves to try to catch up to her, already knowing it's futile. The same limitations don't apply to elemental-based speedsters, an extremely rare kind. Their powers are based on manipulating a particular element to the point of being able to take on that element's characteristics. In the case of one professor, electricity. The professor is able to actually turn into a bolt of lightning and move extremely fast, taking down a roomful of Supers before they have a chance to blink. Elemental-based speedsters like him don't need to slow down before attacking, as they're not made of flesh and bone at that moment. Even when in human form, they can move faster than the eye can see. In ''Year 3'', the students encounter a speedster, who has been boosted by another Super to an extent that he's even faster than the above-mentioned professor. However, as he learns, [[spoiler:speedsters shouldn't try to take on an [[EnergyAbsorption energy absorber]], after all, kinetic energy is still energy]].

* The [[{{Nephilim}} shadowhunters]] and [[TheFairFolk fairies]] from ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' can move fast. In fact, both have a fighting style, which has speed as an essential part.
** Vampires and werewolves are much faster. However fast a shadowhunter might be, a vampire or a werewolf could easily escape him.
** That also seems to apply to many demons. Lilith proved not only particularly strong, but also surprisingly fast.
** Due to the experiments of Valentine, Jace Herondale and [[GoneHorriblyRight Sebastian Morgenstern]] are much stronger and faster than other shadowhunters.
* The [[DivineParentage demigods]] in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' are not only stronger than humans, but also faster. However, the extent of their powers differs from which god or goddess is their parent. So Hazel was impressed by how quickly Percy and Jason could move in battle.

* ''Literature/TheSecretLivesOfPrincesses'': Princess Zig-Zag is faster than the speed of light.
* In ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' this is one of the powers granted by Lifebinding. [[PoweredArmor Sunforged armor]] also doubles the user's speed as a secondary effect.
* ''Literature/TogetherlyLong'': [[TheDragon Teeves]] has this, allowing him to easily protect his master from objects traveling at the speed of bullets.
* ''Literature/RWBYFairyTalesOfRemnant'': In ''The Man Who Stared at the Sun'', the farmer's Semblance allows him to cover great distances in the blink of an eye. It enables him to easily manage his extensive farmland, and allows him to explore the wonders of Sanus. The reason the sun turns down the initial contest suggestion of a race is because they've seen the farmer run faster than the wind.
* ''Literature/EpithetErasedPrisonOfPlastic'': After being kicked out of Lorelai's [[PocketDimension Dream Bubble]], Rick uses his [[AllYourPowersCombined Soulmate]] epithet to copy Trixie's potion-making abilities (which she doesn't actually have, but [[AchievementsInIgnorance Rick's powers work off what he BELIEVES his friends can do]]) and brews a potion of speed, allowing him and Molly to get back to Lorelai's tower much faster than before.
* In ''Literature/TheOutside'', Talirr's former student Luellae has this ability, which she can share with anyone she's touching.
* ''Literature/TalesOfTheBountyHunters'': Dengar was enhanced surgically to become an Imperial assassin, with him being able to dodge blaster fire if he sees when it's coming.
* ''Literature/TheEnchantedFiles'': As noted in In ''Diary of a Mad Brownie'' / ''Cursed'', brownies have the "scurrying" ability, which lets them move so fast that they appear to only be a blur. It doesn't work for long distances, but it helps them get out of sight of humans who aren't supposed to know about them.

** Sonic is ''the'' video game example is, who can run [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin faster than the speed of sound]],[[note]] That means he runs at approximately ''768 miles per hour.'' [[/note]] and is generally billed as "the fastest thing alive." Notable in that in the Genesis games, he is actually capable of outrunning the screen's ability to scroll.

* One 1990's children's song was about a lightning-fast bird called "Road Running Randy", with the lyrics describing him as "fast as lightning like a bolt". He starts off at Flagstaff, Arizona in the morning, travels a decent chunk of the American Southwest, and gets as far as Wichita, Kansas--a distance of about 914 miles (1,471 km) by car--before remembering that he promised his mother that he'd be back in Flagstaff by dinnertime, then doubles back and makes it home in time to enjoy his meal.

** Umbra, one of the guardians of the Mask of Life, is capable of high-speed movement normally thanks to his [[treaded feet RollerbladeGood]], but when he gets serious he turns into a beam of light and starts blitzing his foes.

** Brook's attacks even go right by opponents without them noticing his presence or even the very pain they received in the first place; not even the audience sees much of him actually ''swinging'' his sword. It's only until his sword sheathes that the enemies "know they've been cut", this is fitting considering Brook is a "speed type" swordsmen in contrast to [[MasterSwordsmen Zoro]] and [[LongDeadBadass Ryuma]] who are seen as "power types". The main reason for Brook's great speed is because as a skeleton Brook has no organs or skin weighing him down, he can even bypasses his Devil Fruit [[SuperDrowningSkills weakness]] by running so fast he [[WalkOnWater can travel across water]]. Oda cements Brook's status as the fastest Strawhat in Chapter 890 as Brook pulls off the unbelievable by [[FlashStep flash stepping]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRL8PQWPb8_lqDRzp2-z_PP3vhcn1bpf6xhvg&usqp=CAU Big Mom]] a Yonko of the sea, the only drawback is Brook has [[FragileSpeedster none of durability]] that the Monster Trio and others possess to adequate his speed.

** Rainbow Dash is an absurdly fast flier, as she demonstrated on her EstablishingCharacterMoment by zooming through the skies to clear it of clouds in "ten seconds flat". According to calculations by a fan, at a normal pace she can go mach 5, and when she engages the [[SignatureMove Sonic Rainboom]], she can reach mach 10 (over 7000 miles per hour). Even these numbers don't reflect what the creators intended, it's clearly stated that the Sonic Rainboom is a sonic boom, so at least her top speed exceeds the speed of sound. The only other pegasus who may have achieved that onscreen was Rainbow's idol Spitfire, who once, in "Hurricane Fluttershy", created a puff of cloud while flying somewhat like an airplane breaking the sound barrier in real life.