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* Boss defeats in VideoGame/{{Touhou}} are accompanied by several of these in rapid succession, [[SpecialEffectsEvolution especially in the later games.]]

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* Boss defeats in VideoGame/{{Touhou}} ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' are accompanied by several of these in rapid succession, [[SpecialEffectsEvolution especially in the later games.]]



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* As mentioned above, large nuclear explosions can look [[http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/Images/massive-nuclear-explosion.jpg something like this.]] However, it's just cloudlike condensation as the invisible spherical-ish shockwave passes through layers of the atmosphere where pressure and water content are right. Depending on conditions, this can produce [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8adFNycaanI/RiXsoHQ3d8I/AAAAAAAAAFs/FJv_0fHjPG4/s400/Bravo%2Bfireball.bmp multiple stacked rings.]]

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* As mentioned above, large nuclear explosions can look [[http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/Images/massive-nuclear-explosion.jpg [[https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/testing/french/licorne.html something like this.]] However, it's just cloudlike condensation as the invisible spherical-ish shockwave passes through layers of the atmosphere where pressure and water content are right. Depending on conditions, this can produce [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8adFNycaanI/RiXsoHQ3d8I/AAAAAAAAAFs/FJv_0fHjPG4/s400/Bravo%2Bfireball.bmp [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_Bravo_nuclear_test_(cropped).jpg multiple stacked rings.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'': Akvran Cutters are grenade-like weapons made by a now-extinct alien race, which when detonated send out circular shockwaves that slice through anything in their way.
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* Narn energy mines in one of ''Series/BabylonFive's'' space battles.
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* The Narn launched "energy mines" towards the attacking Shadow vessels in the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode [[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E15InterludesAndExaminations Interludes and Examinations]]". The "mines" produced planar shockwaves when they detonated and were shown to cause the Shadow ships some pain.
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* ''Film/UltramanGingaSTheMovieShowdownThe10UltraBrothers'' have the ending battle where Ultraman GInga-Victory defeats Etelgar using the [[AllYourPowersCombined Ultra-Fusion Shoot]], an energized combination beam made from the powers of ten different Ultras, which results in Etelgar exploding into a wide circle in outer space.


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* ''VideoGame/EvilGenome'' have the last boss, Hugo, floating into the skies upon defeat before exploding into a circular ring that expands out above the city.
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* ''VideoGame/SPYFox'': Parodied when Poodles Galore's Aerosol Space Station explodes in the penultimate climax of the game.
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* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' has one when the nuclear ordnance exploded inside the asteroid.

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* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' ''Film/Armageddon1998'' has one when the nuclear ordnance exploded inside the asteroid.
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* The shockwave ring from the first Death Star's destruction is carried over into the parody of the scene in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.

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* The shockwave ring from the first Death Star's destruction is carried over into the parody of the scene in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''.
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* Averted repeatedly in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', when [[spoiler:two stars explode and a warp core breaches]], all are shown as spherical shock waves.
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* In ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'', rockets, grenades, cannonballs and ''laser beams'' send {{Planar Shockwave}}s of various sizes along the surface they explode on.

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* In ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'', rockets, grenades, cannonballs and ''laser beams'' send {{Planar Shockwave}}s Planar Shockwaves of various sizes along the surface they explode on.
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* In ''Webcomic/RealLifeComics'', when [[http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/081024.html Tony's space station explodes]]. Given a LampshadeHanging in the following strip:

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* In ''Webcomic/RealLifeComics'', when [[http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/081024.html Tony's space station explodes]]. explodes.]] Given a LampshadeHanging in the following strip:
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* Boss defeats in VideoGame/{{Touhou}} are accompanied by several of these in rapid succession, [[SpecialEffectsEvolution especially in the later games.]]
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** The Special Editions of the original trilogy do this three times: once for each Death Star (vertical and horizontal rings, respectively) and once when Alderaan is destroyed. They weren't in the original versions. Partially justified with the Death Stars: the trench dividing the two hemispheres is weaker than the rest of the shell, which would cause a (if somewhat smaller) Planar Shockwave. However, the first Death Star exploded vertically, and the second Death Star wasn't completely built yet.

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** The Special Editions of the original trilogy do this three times: once for each Death Star (vertical and horizontal rings, respectively) and once when Alderaan is destroyed. They weren't None of these were in the original versions. Partially justified with the Death Stars: the trench dividing the two hemispheres is weaker than the rest of the shell, versions, though, which would cause a (if somewhat smaller) Planar Shockwave. However, the first Death Star exploded vertically, and the second Death Star wasn't completely built yet.simply used ordinary explosion effects.
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* After she's [[GoldenSuperMode fully-powered up]] and has destroyed an Accuser battleship with her bare hands, [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Carol Danvers]] collects enough energy in her fists to resemble a small bipolar star, then forcefully palms one fist, the impact unleashing a potent planar shockwave right at [[TheDragon Ronan]]'s face. He's appropriately intimidated by her show of force and retreats with his fleet.


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* Whenever the Ultima spell shows up in a ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' game, it usually manifests as either an explosion or a SphereOfDestruction. In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' it went above and beyond by being a rapidly-expanding SphereOfDestruction ''with'' countless, overlapping planar shockwave rings expanding from it.
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* Somewhat played for laughs when the trope is used while [[spoiler:Asgard is being destroyed]] in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.

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** Adverted in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. When the star that dies sets off a shockwave it goes in all directions as an expanding sphere.



* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'':
** Though averted in ''Series/StargateSG1'' in favor of the usual (equally unlikely) space fireballs, the spin-off uses a planar shockwave when the Asuran homeworld explodes.

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* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'':
** Though averted in ''Series/StargateSG1'' in favor of the usual (equally unlikely) space fireballs, the spin-off
''Series/StargateAtlantis'' uses a planar shockwave when the Asuran homeworld explodes.



* Averted in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', where all explosions are [[SphereOfDestruction spheroidal]] (although they end up looking like geodesic balloons due to polygon limitations).
** ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' plays this straight however as most spaceships in the game blow up like this. This is especially apparent when [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon Andross's head]]]] explodes at the end of the game exactly like the Death Star did, complete with ship's outrunning the fireball.

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* Averted in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', where all explosions are [[SphereOfDestruction spheroidal]] (although they end up looking like geodesic balloons due to polygon limitations).
** ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' plays this straight however as
In ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'', most spaceships in the game blow up like this. This is especially apparent when [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon Andross's head]]]] explodes at the end of the game exactly like the Death Star did, complete with ship's outrunning the fireball.
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** Adverted in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. When the star that dies sets off a shockwave it goes in all directions as an expanding sphere.
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* Other supernovae look like this because the brightest ejecta forms a thin shell. You can barely see the part that's coming straight at us, but the edges (where our view is tangent to it) look very bright. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1987A SN 1987A]] is a good example of this.

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* Other supernovae look like this because the brightest ejecta forms a thin shell. You can barely see the part that's coming straight at us, but the edges (where our view is tangent to it) look very bright. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1987A SN 1987A]] is a good example of this.this, though it's a subversion in that the supernova brightened an already-existing ring of material.
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** The [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] novel ''Literature/DeathStar'' explains the ring produced by Alderaan as the realspace shadow of a hyperspace ripple, produced as a side effect of the Death Star's superlaser being fully charged when fired. Presumably this is also the case when the Death Star itself explodes, as it was literally seconds away from firing on Yavin IV when it was destroyed. This can also be used to explain the ring produced by the Death Star II in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. According to EU materials, the second Death Star could recharge much faster than the original, so it was likely charged to full power when it blew up.[[note]]The script and the novelization of ''Return of the Jedi'' include material which never made it to film about Moff Jerjerrod being ordered to destroy Endor if the Rebels successfully took down the shield generator, and the Death Star had indeed rotated in the direction of the moon by the time it was destroyed.[[/note]]

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** The [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' novel ''Literature/DeathStar'' explains the ring produced by Alderaan as the realspace shadow of a hyperspace ripple, produced as a side effect of the Death Star's superlaser being fully charged when fired. Presumably this is also the case when the Death Star itself explodes, as it was literally seconds away from firing on Yavin IV when it was destroyed. This can also be used to explain the ring produced by the Death Star II in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. According to EU ''Legends'' materials, the second Death Star could recharge much faster than the original, so it was likely charged to full power when it blew up.[[note]]The script and the novelization of ''Return of the Jedi'' include material which never made it to film about Moff Jerjerrod being ordered to destroy Endor if the Rebels successfully took down the shield generator, and the Death Star had indeed rotated in the direction of the moon by the time it was destroyed.[[/note]]
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* As mentioned above, large nuclear explosions can look [[http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/Images/massive-nuclear-explosion.jpg something like this]]. However, it's just cloudlike condensation as the invisible spherical-ish shockwave passes through layers of the atmosphere where pressure and water content are right. Depending on conditions, this can produce [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8adFNycaanI/RiXsoHQ3d8I/AAAAAAAAAFs/FJv_0fHjPG4/s400/Bravo%2Bfireball.bmp multiple stacked rings]].

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* As mentioned above, large nuclear explosions can look [[http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Science/Images/massive-nuclear-explosion.jpg something like this]]. this.]] However, it's just cloudlike condensation as the invisible spherical-ish shockwave passes through layers of the atmosphere where pressure and water content are right. Depending on conditions, this can produce [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8adFNycaanI/RiXsoHQ3d8I/AAAAAAAAAFs/FJv_0fHjPG4/s400/Bravo%2Bfireball.bmp multiple stacked rings]].rings.]]
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* In ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', which loosely follows the plot of the ''Star Wars'' movies, the shockwave bombs from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' make their [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0294.html appearance]]. One player explains that they might work like that because of the inverse square law -- by concentrating the force into a ring, more damage is done by the ring. In effect, Jango is sacrificing accuracy for power.
* Appears in an extreme long-distance panel in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', when the F'Sherl-Ganni (Gatekeepers) decide to deliberately detonate the ''t'okjith'' (trans: "very clever, but extremely dangerous thing"; a toroidal singularity trapped in the heart of a star) that was powering one of their ''buuthandi'' (trans: "very expensive thing"; sort of a DysonSphere made up of habitats slung on giant solar sails -- which is actually closer to Dyson's original concept than a solid shell) while under attack from Fleet Admiral Breya Andreyasn's forces, with their cheap wormgate-copy systems producing a ridiculous amount of missiles to force said fleet into the shockwave, with the intention of over-awing the "lesser species" by totally annihilating a multi-national fleet. [[spoiler: [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20020820.html The fleet escapes]].]] Justified by putting gravity-control devices out in the system's Kuiper Belt to ensure that when it ''does'' blow, rather than the star acting as a giant frag grenade, it rips the fabric of space/time a new one in one particular plane.

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* In ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', which loosely follows the plot of the ''Star Wars'' movies, the shockwave bombs from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' make their [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0294.html appearance]]. appearance.]] One player explains that they might work like that because of the inverse square law -- by concentrating the force into a ring, more damage is done by the ring. In effect, Jango is sacrificing accuracy for power.
* Appears in an extreme long-distance panel in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', when the F'Sherl-Ganni (Gatekeepers) decide to deliberately detonate the ''t'okjith'' (trans: "very clever, but extremely dangerous thing"; a toroidal singularity trapped in the heart of a star) that was powering one of their ''buuthandi'' (trans: "very expensive thing"; sort of a DysonSphere made up of habitats slung on giant solar sails -- which is actually closer to Dyson's original concept than a solid shell) while under attack from Fleet Admiral Breya Andreyasn's forces, with their cheap wormgate-copy systems producing a ridiculous amount of missiles to force said fleet into the shockwave, with the intention of over-awing the "lesser species" by totally annihilating a multi-national fleet. [[spoiler: [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20020820.html The fleet escapes]].]] escapes.]]]] Justified by putting gravity-control devices out in the system's Kuiper Belt to ensure that when it ''does'' blow, rather than the star acting as a giant frag grenade, it rips the fabric of space/time a new one in one particular plane.

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Perhaps this is done because the expected near-spherical explosions don't feel as big, or because a two-dimensional shockwave resembles that of powerful explosions on earth. In theory, it ''could'' be {{Hand Wave}}d by being an effect of the method of ArtificialGravity, or some kind of rotating generator exploding, or plasma trapped by some great magnetic field... but it usually just gets a pass due to being an [[RuleOfCool awesome]] visual.[[note]]It should be said that a shockwave is something produced by the force of the explosion pushing air away from the epicenter of the explosion. Since [[CaptainObvious there is no air in space]], it is theoretically impossible for a shockwave to propagate.[[/note]]

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Perhaps this is done because the expected near-spherical explosions don't feel as big, or because a two-dimensional shockwave resembles that of powerful explosions on earth. In theory, it ''could'' be {{Hand Wave}}d by being an effect of the method of ArtificialGravity, or some kind of rotating generator exploding, or plasma trapped by some great magnetic field... but it usually just gets a pass due to being an [[RuleOfCool awesome]] visual.[[note]]It should be said that a shockwave is something produced by the force of the explosion pushing air away from the epicenter of the explosion. Since [[CaptainObvious there is no air in space]], space, it is theoretically impossible for a shockwave to propagate.[[/note]]



Count on the hero's CoolShip to be directly in its path by [[ContrivedCoincidence apparent coincidence]], allowing him to OutrunTheFireball.

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Count on the hero's CoolShip CoolStarship to be directly in its path by [[ContrivedCoincidence apparent coincidence]], allowing him to OutrunTheFireball.



* A number of the graphics used for larger explosions in the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' games do this.

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* A number of the graphics used for larger explosions in the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' ''VideoGame/{{X}}-Universe'' games do this.


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* Pulsars in ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'' rapidly emit ionization in the form of white rings growing outward towards your ship.

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