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[[caption-width:251:Trope Namer 1: KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAA!!!]]
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The (Kamehame)Ha(doken) is the ultimate [[KiAttacks Ki Attack]] of any given martial-arts-based anime or video game, and almost always takes the form of a huge and/or continuous solid beam of [[PureEnergy weaponised ki]], shot from the cupped hands of the main character after bringing his/her hands forward from behind their back. The attack is always derived from the latent power of the user, and the blast is ''incredibly'' destructive, ranging from causing large personal property damage, to the destruction of large satellites, to possibly destroying the planet on which the character stands. It is frequently, though not always, a FinishingMove.

A form of LimitBreak. A staple for {{Shotoclone}}s, along with the {{Shoryuken}} and HurricaneKick. Compare with {{BFG}}, which is often the technological version, and WaveMotionGun, for the HumongousMecha or spaceship-scale version of that. Contrast BeamSpam.

Usually the end result of a MyNameIsInigoMontoya.
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[[folder: Anime ]]

* The first TropeNamer here is the Kamehameha (literally "Turtle [School] Wave Attack", often rendered less accurately but more colorfully as "Turtle Destruction Wave") used by Goku and others from ''DragonBall''. Not that there weren't plenty of cousins around, such as the Galic (or Garlic) Gun and Final Flash used by Vegeta, as well as several variations of the original - From-the-Feet-Kamehameha, Super-Kamehameha, Genki-Dama-Kamehameha, Warp-Kamekameha, Father-and-Son-Kamehameha, Angry Kamehameha, The Original Kamehameha and Big-Bang-Kamehameha.
** [[AffectionateParody Parodied]] in an omake of ''WeddingPeach'', with Kame Hame Kame.
** Parodied again in ''ExcelSaga'', with Nabeshin's Nabehameha.
** Also in ''{{Yotsubato}}'', Jumbo is told that Miura's parents are too busy to take her anywhere during the summer, so he takes her fishing. At the end of the trip, he finds out she's going to Hawaii in the fall, and goes comically berserk, yelling ''"Kamehameha!"'' at her--which is an actually relevant name, given her destination.
** Parodied in lots and lots of shows, though the Kamehameha is not the ultimate ki attack in the Dragon Ball, just the most used and recognizable.
*** Isn't the actual word Filipino or Hawaiian or something like that? I recall there was a historical king of this name...
*** Kamehameha the Great was the first Hawaiian king to unite all the islands at the end of the 18th century. Four others in the dynasty used the name over the next 75 years or so. The commonality between the names might merely be coincidental.
*** Toriyama's wife suggested the name for him and he liked it so much he decided to stick with it.
* Ryoga of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' has the depression-powered ''Shishi Hokodan'', and Ranma has the confidence-powered ''Moko Takabisha'', although the strongest version of the former is a more like a giant SphereOfDestruction that falls on top of everything. For added fun, they actually look like Hadokens when fired normally. Except in the second NonSerialMovie, in which they are shown more like the Kamehameha.
** Meanwhile, Prince Herb of the Musk Dynasty simply emits massive, unnamed torrents of raw ki from his hands. The final adversary in the series, the Phoenix King Saffron, possesses the ''Tenka Shunmetsu Kokyuudan'' (roughly, "Entire-Empire Instant Annihilation Shot") a giant heat ray capable of vaporizing mountains.
* In ''YuYuHakusho'', Yusuke Urameshi's attack, the [[IncrediblyLamePun Reigun]], is a variation, wherein he usually fires a large blast from only one finger at a time, though he has at times full-palmed the blast, resulting in the partial destruction of no less than two stadiums and a fair portion of the surrounding landscape.
* {{Naruto}} has used a variation of the attack, though only when in nine-tailed fox form, wherein he launched a "dense chakra" blast from [[BreathWeapon from his mouth]], destroying a large hill and most of the ground surrounding it in a half-mile diameter.
** [[{{Yokai}} Nine-tailed foxes]] in Japanese mythology were known to generate fire from their mouths and/or tails. Just not on such an outrageous scale.
** Killer Bee in his eight-tailed demon ox form can use the same attack.
* In a strange combination with the WaveMotionGun, ''GGundam'' has the Sekiha Tenkyoken, the ultimate attack of the Touhou Fuhai School of Martial Arts, which practitioners can perform on foot (where it appears to be a gigantic hand) and while piloting their MoCapMecha (where it more closely resembles this trope).
** Don't forget Domon usually combined the Exploding God Finger/Erupting Burning Finger with the Sekiha Tenkyoken, which, like everything else in that series, is surrounded by [[HotBlooded Hot Blooded]] [[CrowningMomentofAwesome CMoA]] screaming. In the final episode, Rain and Domon attacked the Devil Gundam's core with the "Erupting Burning Finger Sekiha Love-Love Tenkyoken".
* ''SailorMoon'', as [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Serenity]], evokes this whenever she uses the Mystical Silver Crystal. [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum That is, when it doesn't decide to bail on her.]]
** Her live-action counterpart in ''PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' has an even more powerful attack -- which [[spoiler:is responsible for the complete death of the Moon Kingdom]].
** Sailor Saturn from the later seasons of the anime has an explicit planet-killer attack, which also automatically kills ''her''. Needless to say, this is Only Works Once. (See Mystical Silver Crystal.)
* Used in ''{{Bleach}}'' by Menos level [[{{TheHeartless}} Hollows]], the move is called Cero. Most Hollows use the technique as a BreathWeapon. Arrancar, on the other hand, can unleash these attacks from their fingers.
** Not to mention Nnoitra's [[http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Nnoitra%27s_cero.JPG Cero from his tongue.]]
** [[{{TookALevelInBadass}} Ramped up]] by Grimmjow Jeagerjacques during his final confrontation with Ichigo, unleashing a variation of the attack that only Espada-level Arrancar can use: the Gran Rey Cero.
*** Ramped up even further with Ulquiorra's Cero Oscura [[spoiler: (and probably further still with Ichigo's standard Cero which is, according to Ulquiorra, more powerful yet.)]]
** As well as [[spoiler:Adult Nel's Cero Doble, which fires the opponent's Cero (after she ''swallows it!'') back, along with Nel's own Cero]]!
** Not to mention [[spoiler:Pesche and Dondochakka's Cero Sincrético, which combines both of their Ceros and condenses it into a swirling ball of destruction]]
** [[spoiler: This is (ironically) the ability of Soi Fon's Bankai; she mentions that the huge, flashy nature of it is what keeps her from using it regularly.]]
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' and ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'' has several monsters that pull this off. They include Exodia, Obelisk the Tormentor, etc.
* ''{{Haruhi-chan}}'' mentions the Kame Hame Ha in the OP lyrics.
* ''PrettyCure'':
** Most prevalent in ''FutariWaPrettyCure'', where Pretty Cure Marble Screw (and its variations) and Pretty Cure Rainbow Storm are two-person KamehameHadoken variants.
** ''FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'''s Pretty Cure Twin Stream Splash is quite similar to the Marble Screw variants, and ''its'' powered-up versions are even more like the standard KamehameHadoken.
** ''[[YesPrecure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' stayed away from this for the most part. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Then Cure Mint figured out how to turn the Mint Shield into one.]]
* '''[[GetterRobo STONEEEEERRRR!!! SUUUUNNNSHIIIIIIINNNEEEE!!!!]]'''
** This is actually more of a SphereOfDestruction thrown at some poor bastard.
* [[spoiler: Vivio's Sankt Kaiser form]] in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' used this against the titular character during the final battle of the third season. The BeamOWar against Nanoha's WaveMotionGun was inevitable.
* In ''{{Slayers}}'', Lina Inverse's Dragon Slave spell starts as a KamehameHadoken, and ends in a SphereOfDestruction.
* Nina does this to Arika during their first duel in ''{{Mai-Otome}}''.
* ''KyouranKazokuNikki'' has SantaClaus use this attack against [[CatGirl Kyouka]] during their duel. Yes, Santa Claus.
-->'''Santa Claus''': "MERRY... CHRISTMAS!!" *BOOM*

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* Yes, the Kamehameha shows up in ''DragonballEvolution''. Either from unmitigated gall or a need to give the studio's legal department a workout, the writers decided to call it ''[[AvatarTheLastAirbender airbending]]''.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* This was the designated FinishingMove of Ninjor, who appeared in the third season of ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.
* Ando from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' can occasionally do this. It's not quite as epic as most KamehameHadoken attacks, but it looks very much the same.

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[[folder: Professional Wrestling ]]

* Both Kenny Omega and Player Uno have been known to use the Hadoken - Omega's requires a few moments of concentration but is most always successful, and Uno's is rather instant but is regularly blocked by his opponent raising their forearms. Used once against his own partner Player Dos (then known as Stupified) to which Stup. complained against his use of superpowers.

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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* The recent supplement to ''[[MutantsAndMasterminds Mutants & Masterminds]]'', Mecha & Manga, has the power, Devastating Blast. The power fits this trope entirely (as was intended in this anime-based supplement) and you may spend combat turns to charge the power, increasing the power's damage.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* The second part of the name comes from the Hadoken ("Surge Fist") used by RyuAndKen (and Akuma and Sakura) from the ''StreetFighter'' series, specifically the Shinkuu Hadoken (A big fireball in the canonical games and a huge beam in ''[[CapcomVsWhatever Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' and its successor ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom''; the latter fits the definition of the trope more.).
** Chun Li's "Kikosho" attack is a stationary version of this. Rather than a beam of death, it's a SphereOfDestruction.
* Some [[LimitBreak Final Smashes]] in ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'', like the {{Mario}} Finale or [[{{Metroid}} Samus]] Zero Beam, although the latter (being technologically driven) is more properly a {{BFG}}.
** The [=~Pokémon~=] Lucario's signature attack Aura Sphere is a blatant Hadoken look-alike of the large projectile variety, while its [[FinishingMove Final Smash]] in ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' is the continuous beam variety.
* A number of ''{{Touhou}}'' characters have this technique at their disposal, but the most common variation is undoubtedly Marisa Kirisame's ''Master Spark'' (never mind that she has to cup a magical artifact in her hands to launch the beam; the pose is the same).
** [[http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Spark_lesson.jpg Laser is not difficult]].
** The best known, but pretty much the weakest of them. Yuka does the same, but clones herself so she actually gets TWO Kamehamehas. In the fanon game ''Touhou Soccer 2'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4DNBlhRrCw&feature=related Mima can join her]] for 3 Kamehamehas. Mima herself is not one to be outdone, even by herself: this troper is not quite sure whether [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kofnEdB8Blc&feature=related this epicness]] is a Kamehameha, a BFG, a WaveMotionGun or something even more badass.
* Barret's final limit, Catastrophe, from ''FinalFantasyVII'' is a similar attack but is actually superheated plasma being shot from his ArmCannon. It is, however, implied to be fueled by the very life essence of The Planet.
*Regal, of ''TalesOfSymphonia'', has one of these. It is only ever seen once. Well, maybe twice.
*[[TalesOfPhantasia DHAOS LASER!]] [[ThatOneBoss So friggin' powerful, it may as well qualify as a]] WaveMotionGun.
* The Pyro of ''TeamFortress2'' has a taunt that mimicked this. In the update on 19 June, this attack instantly kills anyone standing next to it. Can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYUIA8pp53k here]].
* In ''BreathOfFire: Dragon Quarter'', the protagonist can perform this in the form of the 'Dragon Breath' attack, when using his DeadlyUpgrade form. At the end of the game, he even manages to get in a BeamOWar with an actual dragon.
* In [[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness ''Disgaea: Hour of Darkness'']] (and its PSP port), characters can level up their mastery of weapon types to gain various special attacks. For those of the martial artist career path, these attacks consist largely of simple punch and kick combos for the first few levels... until they obtain the 'Lions Roar' technique, which costs more than ''ten times'' as much mana as their previous moves, often requiring mana-boosting equipment to use even once per fight when it is first aquired. When the attack is used, the character somersaults into the sky, pushing their back up against the lens of the isometric camera, and throws an enormous Kamehamehadoken, killing everything within a large radius of their original position before falling gently to earth. Needless to say, the first time this Troper aquired and used this attack, he nearly fell off his chair in delight.
* One of the attacks of Soulgain in ''SuperRobotWars'' is called [[TheFourGods Seiryuu Rin]]... which is practically this trope exemplified. While weaker than Soulgain's other attacks, it's the only attack that allows multi-enemy targetting.
* Ninja-clad Bandits in ''[[SuperMarioBros Yoshi's Island]]'' use this as their primary attack.
* Firzen in ''Little Fighter 2'' has the Firzen Cannon technique; while not his ultimate attack, its appearance and effect are clearly based on Hadoken and/or the Kamehameha.
** TIIIMMMEEEEEEE!!!!!!
* Dark Demon in ''DynamiteHeaddy'' has a beam attack that takes up nearly the entire screen.
* Fei in ''{{Xenogears}}'' has an attack resembling this as one of his final Deathblows.
** His "chi blast" spell when used in his gear is straight up KamehameHadoken or Wave Motion Fist except it looks be somewhat fire elemental, even though its not. His special option ability "Thor Wave" is an even better example.
* Basch in ''FinalFantasyXII'' has a [[LimitBreak quickening]] called "Fulminating Darkness" (How's ''that'' for an attack name?), which superficially resembles Vegeta's Final Flash, except it's a beam of swirling greenish-black energy. It's actually the weakest of Basch's quickenings, though.
** This is a common style of attack for the Monk classes in some of the games, notably [[FinalFantasyVI Sabin]].
***Sabin's is especially notable because his blitzes are triggered by [[ActionCommand button inputs]]. The pattern for Aura Bolt? [[StreetFighter Quarter-Circle-Forward-A.]]
* In ''{{Kirby}} Super Star'', Kirby's fully-charged "Plasma" attack looks like this. It doesn't hurt that his hair in this form looks like a green version of Goku's, either.
** The same in ''Kirby Air Ride''.
** His fighter mode does this by charging and shooting it. Unlike his plasma mode, where he becomes the projectile, the fighter shoots it in a fully Wave Motion Fist fashion.
* Chaos Spear in the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series. The other chaos powers [[TimeStandsStill are a bit]] [[SphereOfDestruction different]].
* Linn Kurosawa gets one of these in the ''AliensVersusPredator'' arcade game.
* Invoked in ''{{Worms}}'' for the Fire Punch and Dragonball weapons.
* Dizzy and Justice in ''GuiltyGear'' get "Gamma Ray", a massively powerful laser beam.
* One of the [[MegaManning Special Weapons]] in ''{{Mega Man X}}5'' has a ChargedAttack that allows Mega Man X to do exactly this. It later became a [[ArmCannon X-Buster]] upgrade in ''X8'', and also seen in a CombinationAttack in the same game.
** And then there's the actual Hadoken (regular version, thus a normal fireball), included as a ShoutOut EasterEgg in the first ''Mega Man X''.
* In ''[[TheKingOfFighters The King Of Fighters 2002]] [[UpdatedRerelease Unlimited Match]]'', the EX version of Takuma's [[DesperationMove MAX2/HSDM]] is this. It has a nice lion motif to it.
* Cloud of Darkness in ''FinalFantasyIII'' has its signature Particle Beam attack. In the DS version, it builds it by charging the energy between its hands; which are cupped, facing each other, and stacked vertically, and then fires it as a beam of energy by separating its hands.
* Alex Mercer from ''{{Prototype}}'' can do this. Only the stream of destruction emerging from his hands isn't ki, it is concentrated biomass from the people he has eaten.
* ''SuperMarioRPG'' has the Geno Beam.
* As opposed to the honorable trope namers, ''NoMoreHeroes''' resident cheating bastard, Destroyman, uses the sphere-type. [[CallingYourAttacks Destroy Cannon]]. The Destroy Buster (beam-type), [[IncrediblyLamePun on the other hand]], comes from [[FreudWasRight somewhere ''else''.]]

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* In ''[[EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]]'', the Hadoken is the signature attack of Black Mage. A variant, Boatdoken, is used by Black Mage to power a rocket boat. The Red Mage used a similar attack once ("Hadoyastopthis!?"). Fighterdoken and Medoken are not actually KamehameHadoken attacks but {{Fastball Special}}s. Black Mage's Hadoken is powered by ThePowerOfLove[[spoiler: - literally. It ''consumes love from the universe'' to power itself. The divorce rate rises every time he fires it off.]]
** The ''CaptainSNES'' parody actually uses the name "Kamehamehadoken."
* {{Lampshaded}} in ''LookingForGroup'': After Richard gets trapped in a bleach-white purgatory, he is seen attempting to use the Hadoken; the only effect seems to be that he forms a blue glowing ball in his hands, to which he says "that didn't work as well as I'd liked." He does, however, follow-up with a successful Shoryuken to Hctib.
* In ''{{Erfworld}}'', Maggie casts [[strike: Hadoken]] Hoboken to kill an enemy mount.

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[[folder: Web Original ]]

* The DBZ-inspired ''SuperMarioBrosZ'' has characters busting out the KamehameHadoken on several occasions. It's rather a specialty of Fire Mario and Bowser, for example, and Mecha Sonic uses one in episode 6 to finish off Axem Red.
* In the WhateleyUniverse, Chaka has learned a secret Ki attack like this from a superpowered ninja opponent. She fires it from a finger and calls it her [[ChittyChittyBangBang 'Chaka Chaka Bang Bang']].

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* In an entirely-American use of this, by the 3rd season of ''DannyPhantom'', Danny, when needing a more powerful hit to stop an enemy, performs a very quick [[KamehameHadoken Kamehame-Hadoken-like]] Ectoblast. Most notably, he and Dani, his clone/cousin perform a dual-blast in this manner, one which seems only slightly less-powerful than his Ghostly-Wail (and a lot less draining)
* There are a couple of examples in ''{{Green Lantern}}: First Flight'' in the finale. [[spoiler: After Hal Jordan reactivates the Green Element and becomes rather Ion-like, he one-hand blasted Sinestro through several buildings. Then during their last DBZ-style ring-powered fist fight, Hal uses the last power in his ring for a nice, big blast.]]

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* The Pistol Shrimp [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_shrimp#Snapping_effect can do this.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_ZtaRUVkwA WANT!]]
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