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[[caption-width-right:330:You bring down the thunder!]]

Tropes about electricity, lightning, and thunder.

Named for a lyric in [[Music/ANightAtTheOpera "Bohemian Rhapsody"]] by Music/{{Queen|Band}} (Very very frightening!).
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Related:
+ InstantIndexJustAddWater
+ PrecipitationIndex
+ TheseTropesWereFrozenToday
+ ThisIndexIsOnFire
]
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* ThirtySecondBlackout: A very brief power outage.
* BigBlackout: An entire city or region goes through a major power outage.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Piss off a god, get a lightning bolt coming at you.
* CerebroElectro: Electricity is associated with knowledge in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
* ChainLightning: Lightning that likes to move from one target to another.
* ConspicuousElectricObstacle: Electricity used as a hazard inside a level.
* {{Cumulonemesis}}: A sentient cloud can use lightning as a weapon.
* DramaticThunder: Lightning and thunder can really punch up a moment.
* ElectricBlackGuy: ComicBook/BlackLightning, and his copycats, have electric powers.
* ElectricInstantGratification: Electric-driven orgasm.
* ElectricJellyfish: A jellyfish sting is either made to look like an electric shock or is actually one.
* ElectricJoybuzzer: Shaking hands with someone to administer a shock as a prank, often with actual lightning.
* ElectricLove: Love and romance represented by electric sparks.
* ElectricSlide: Travelling on, or through, power lines.
* ElectricTorture: A tool in ColdBloodedTorture.
* ElectricityKnocksYouOut: Electricity causes unconsciousness.
* ElectrifiedBathtub: A common way to make a DeadlyBath.
* ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture: Electroconvulsive Therapy is useless and painful.
* FastAsLightning: Lightning or electricity is associated with speed.
* FearOfThunder: A phobia of the loud noise it makes.
* FireIceLightning: A common ElementalPowers trio.
* GodOfThunder: A deity that rules over electricity.
* HarmlessElectrocution: When 100,000 volts aren't even as bad as stubbing a toe.
* HighVoltageDeath: When 100,000 volts is lethal.
* HydroElectroCombo: Water and electricity go hand-in-hand someway.
* ImprovisedLightningRod: Lightning is hard to control unless you use this.
* InstantThunder: It's not as cool if the light and sound delay means we can't see the flash and hear the boom all at once.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Can make monsters, give superpowers, and bring back the dead.
* LightningFireJuxtaposition: They make a lot of heat, and do a lot of damage, so why not pair them up?
* LightningGlare: Two {{Death Glare}}s at each other make mini lightning.
* LightningGun: Any device that shoots lightning.
* LightningLash: Electrified whips or whip-like weapons made out of lightning.
* LightningReveal: Using the "light" in "lightning" for showing things in the coolest way.
* LightningWindJuxtaposition: Two elements occuring naturally in the weather, paired up and juxtaposed.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Electricity to the chest always revives people.
* PowerCableAttack: When you can't use magic or advanced tech to attack with lightning, use these instead.
* PowerCordTail: It just looks cute to use that as an appendage.
* PowerOutagePlot: An episodic plot where characters deal with a sudden disruption of electrical power in their buildings.
* PullThePlugOnTheTitle: The TitleSequence involves plugging on/off the title, whose font is made of lights.
* PsychoElectricEel: Somehow being able to generate electricity isn't cool enough, so fiction makes them spark and glow.
* PsychoElectro: Electricity can be chaotic without grounding, and the same applies to the sanity of those with electric powers.
* {{Raiju}}: {{Youkai}} of lightning in Japanese Folklore.
* RideTheLightning: Using lightning or electricity as a teleportation medium.
* ShockAndAwe: Having electric powers.
* ShockCollar: A control device that delivers an electric shock to the wearer.
* ShockStick: A stick or club that generates electricity.
* StaticElectricity: Using electricity as a powerful... annoyance tool.
* StaticStunGun: Weapon that stuns with electricity.
* TaserTagWeakness: Stun guns can drop even the toughest targets.
* ThunderBeetle: Stag beetles, fireflies, and other creatures are associated with lightning for various reasons.
* ThunderHammer: A hammer that can channel electricity or summon lightning.
* {{Thunderbird}}: A giant bird connected with storms, lighting, and more generic electric powers, usually drawn from Native American myth.
* ThunderDrum: Pairing drums and thunder, due to their booming noises.
* ThunderShock: Lightning flashes on the 4th wall, to emphasize a moment.
* UmbrellasAreLightningRods: You won't get wet... but you will wish that happened instead.
* XRaySparks: A favorite visual for one getting shocked.
* YellowLightningBlueLightning: The two most common colors fiction uses for it. But that doesn't mean they are the only colors used.
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->''very very fright'ning me!''
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