Name your attacks and shout them every time you use them. It's stronger that way.
— Rule Number 16 of the Rules of Super Robot Anime
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◊You're right. Naming and describing every combo move in that fight scene will make it much more exciting.
Zoro: "Gum Gum Whip"?
Luffy: Yeah! All the great fighters call out their finishing moves.
Zoro: No, they don't.
Luffy: Yeah! All the great fighters call out their finishing moves.
Zoro: No, they don't.
Akiho: Gunval Upper Cut!
Kaito: Hey Aki? You think you could stop shouting out the attack names?
Akiho: Wha-? Special moves are meant to be shouted out!
Kaito: Hey Aki? You think you could stop shouting out the attack names?
Akiho: Wha-? Special moves are meant to be shouted out!
Sokka: AAAAARGH! SNEAK ATTACK!
(Aang earthbends a wall to block him)
Aang: Sokka, sneak attacks don't work if you yell them out loud.
"So power up and unleash your finisher move! Just tell us what it's called."
— Nico Nico Douga 2 Kirbomix
"This hand of mine glows with an awesome power!
Its burning grip tells me to defeat you!
Take this! My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow!
SHINING FINGER SWORRRRRRRRRDDDDDD!!!"
Its burning grip tells me to defeat you!
Take this! My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow!
SHINING FINGER SWORRRRRRRRRDDDDDD!!!
"— Domon Kasshu, Mobile Fighter G Gundam
"I FIRE YOU WITH BULLETS NOW."
— Nextwave
"640. There is a limit to the amount of adjectives I can add to an uppercut."
Yor: CHARGING GRAPPLE ATTACK!
Hank: Oh my gods, Yor, I swear, you do NOT need to keep shouting out your attacks! This isn't manga!
Hank: Oh my gods, Yor, I swear, you do NOT need to keep shouting out your attacks! This isn't manga!
Hak Foo: ANGRY CROW TAKES FLIGHT!
Uncle: Thank you for sharing, Angry Crow!
Uncle: Thank you for sharing, Angry Crow!
"HADOKEN!"
— Ryu, Ken, Gouken, and Sakura, Street Fighter
"SUPREME RULER BURNING HEAT THUNDERING DRAGON ROAR ERUPTING FLASH DEMON TEMPEST RAKAN FIST!!!! No good. The name's too long and it doesn't sound good at all... I'm thinking too much. It needs to be boiled down. I need to make it simpler...Return to the basics and put his name in...hmmm....NEGI FIST! Grgh. That's no good. It still sounds bad and there was no time to use the designated pose. This naming isn't working at all!"'
— Jack Rakan, while trying to think of a finishing move for Negi, Negima! Magister Negi Magi
"RAKAN-FOR-THE-HELL-OF-IT-RIGHT-HAND-PUNCH!"
"Hard To Avoid... AREA ATTACK!"
Philionel: Take this! All Men Brothers, Hand In Hand!
Philionel: Joyful Reunion Bear Hug!
Zelgadis: Those oxymoronic attacks!
Gourry: That's Phil, all right.
Philionel: Joyful Reunion Bear Hug!
Zelgadis: Those oxymoronic attacks!
Gourry: That's Phil, all right.
— Slayers Next
This is an Ukemi!
Critical Super Crash!
Shishigami Ninpo Forbidden Art: FU-RIN-KA-ZAAAAAAANNN!!!
Critical Super Crash!
Shishigami Ninpo Forbidden Art: FU-RIN-KA-ZAAAAAAANNN!!!
— Bang Shishigami, BlazBlue
"I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles.
"Knife to the eye!"
— Franky, The Goon
"Ka... Me... Ha... Me... HA!!!"
— Goku, and half of the main cast of Dragon Ball Z
O, brilliant blade of coldest steel...rend the infinite darkness...and CRUSH MY ENEMIES TO NOTHING! SAVAGE WOLF FURY!
— Yuri Lowell, Tales of Vesperia
Are they shouting the names of their attacks because they're using voice commands?
— Goat Hoary, Martian Successor Nadesico
Gai: We're going to dock your cockpit into my air unit frame. The call will be "Cross Crash".
Akito: Do I really have to shout that?
Gai: Damn straight!!
Akito: Do I really have to shout that?
Gai: Damn straight!!
Spider-Woman: VENOM BLAST!
Spider-Man: Argh... PAINFUL UTTERANCE! See, Jess? It sounds stupid when you call things out like that. Just sayin'.
Spider-Man: Argh... PAINFUL UTTERANCE! See, Jess? It sounds stupid when you call things out like that. Just sayin'.
— Spider-Man Free Comic Book Day 2011
Why doesn't he yell out the moves? "Praying Lotus! Five Fingers of Death! Fist of the Tainted Punch!"
— Spider-Man, New Avengers Volume 2 #15 (Fear Itself tie-in)
Saber: EX—! CALIBUR!
Lancer: GAE! BOLG!
Archer: RHO AIUS!
Assassin: HIKEN! TSUBAME GAESHI!
Rider: BELEROPHON!
Gilgamesh: CHAIN OF HEAVEN!
Lancer: GAE! BOLG!
Archer: RHO AIUS!
Assassin: HIKEN! TSUBAME GAESHI!
Rider: BELEROPHON!
Gilgamesh: CHAIN OF HEAVEN!
— Various Servants, Fate/stay night
Baron Diamond: Diamond Knuckle!
Shadehawk: Oh come on. That didn't deserve a name! It's just a punch!
Shadehawk: Oh come on. That didn't deserve a name! It's just a punch!
Iska: It's like calling punch, or kick.
Lloyd: Shut up! It gets me in the mood.
Time to finish you off..! Super Ultra Delicious Dynamite Kraken Gaki Special Atomic Bomber Spiral Core Poisoned Drill Gravity Air Spin Fire Flare Vibrating Spectacular Final Yogurt Electronic Synchro Drive Jumping Beam Happy Zero Heat Ice Crusher Terry Itou Stone Mountain Surging Dark Candle Freeze Buster Light Sun Ocean Remarkable Clear Clip Cutter Jab Gazelle Monkey Boar Coelacanth Stardust Poison Papiko Sunder Storm Enlightened Over-Named But Really Nothing But A Extremely Normal PUUUUNCH!!!
— Aceman, hero of a Show Within a Show from Deadman Wonderland
WIND TUNNEL!!
— Miroku, Inuyasha, on multiple occasions.
I-Have-The-Best-Wife-In-The-Universe SWING!!
— Dayaka, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
For one, the callings out of an attack move like "Rider Kick!" Growing up an Asian kid, this concept is not new to me and is highly acceptable in the Asian culture. But it sounds ridiculous in the American culture because nobody does that. Why would you call out your moves in a fight. Silly right? Power Rangers have been doing this for the last 15 years and it’s still silly.
— Steven Wang, Executive Producer of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
[Insert Function Here] Jutsu!
— Every Ninja, Naruto
"Pegasus Ryu-Sei-Ken!!!"
— Pegasus Seiya, Saint Seiya
"FLAARE UP NOOOOOOW!!!!!!"
— Ryo of the Wildfire, Ronin Warriors
Born in a world of strife!
Against the odds
We choose to fight!
Blossom Dance!
Against the odds
We choose to fight!
Blossom Dance!
— Dunban, Xenoblade Chronicles 1
Lightning that flickers
Like a star, and purges all
That violate its realm!
Astrasphere!
— Gunvolt, Azure Striker Gunvolt
"A true Buster Machine pilot! A true Nonoriri! Has a Buster Machine in her heart!
BUSTEEEEEER! BEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!! SLAAASH!"
BUSTEEEEEER! BEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!! SLAAASH!"
Deadpool: Speaking of video games, you ever play Street Fighter?
Kitty Pryde: As if—
Deadpool: SHORYUKEN!!!
— Deadpool, vol. 1 #27
"Wu Tang shouts 'Seven Demon!' and kicks you in the knee. 'Hey!' you say, 'you didn't finish the name of the attack!' 'It's the Seven Demon Kick You In the Knee While You're Waiting For Me To Finish the Name of the Attack," he says, and kicks you again."
Charlotte: Ultimate Technique, Beautiful Charlotte Chuhlhourne's Final Holy Wonderful Pretty Super Magnum Sexy Sexy Glamourous Cero!
Yumichika: That's just a cero!
Yumichika: That's just a cero!
— Bleach
Wonder-Red: Final Ultimate Legendary Earth Power Super Max Justice Future Miracle Dream Beautiful Galaxy Big Bang...
Wonder-Blue: AAAAAARRRGGHHH!
Wonder-Red: ...Little Bang Sunrise Starlight Infinite Fabulous...
Wonder-Blue: Red...?
Wonder-Red: ...Totally Final Wonderful Arrow...
Wonder-Blue: RED?!
Wonder-Red: Hrm! *socks him* FIRE!
Recoome: RECOOOOOOME-
Krillin: Does every move you have start with-
Recoome: KICK!
Tien: Did you catch the name of his attack, though?
Piccolo: I know, right? "Big Bang Attack"?
Nail: (in Piccolo's head) Uhh, I dunno, this comin' from Mr. "Special Beam Cannon"?
Piccolo: Hey, why don't you try coming up with a better name for an attack?
Nail: How about... "Devil Drill Beam"?
Piccolo: What about "Spiral Death Beam"?
Nail: "Doom Laser!"
Piccolo: "Rail Beam!"
Nail: "Nail Gun"?
Piccolo: ...Shit, that's good.
[Later]
Piccolo: Alright, what about "Regicide Blaster"?
Nail: "Doomsday Crush!"
Piccolo: "Anarchy Barrage!"
Nail: "Taco Tuesday!"
Piccolo: "Hellzone Grenade!"
Nail: Eeeehhhh....
Piccolo: Screw you, I'm keeping that one!
[Later still]
Piccolo: "Wind Scar!"
Nail: "Spirit Gun!"
Piccolo: "Bankai!"
Nail: "Rasengan!"
Piccolo: "Gum-Gum Pistol!"
Nail:...That sounds dirty!
Vegeta: FINAL FLASH!
Perfect Cell: Oh, how cute, he named it - OH, SHIT! (BOOM)
Perfect Cell: Oh, how cute, he named it - OH, SHIT! (BOOM)
If the author insists upon my shouting attack names, I will not choose eight-kanji confections with fourteen syllables and no identifiable meaning. I will have attacks with names like "HA!"
...Though I might make an exception for an attack called "Neener-neener-neener."
...Though I might make an exception for an attack called "Neener-neener-neener."
ROCKET PUNCH!!
— Koji Kabuto, Mazinger Z
Kagaku ninpou! Tatsumaki fighter!note
— Ken the Eagle, Science Ninja Team Gatchamannote
"If you called out your technique’s name during a fight, you’d probably get your ass kicked."
— Akira Toriyama (ironically)
Yuuhi: How'd you come up with "Heavenly Halberd", Shinonome-san?
Hangetsu: Named it for a Chinese military commander's weapon. It just sounds so cool! And the key thing is making sure it feels good to shout it out!
Yuuhi: ...I guess you do have to shout it, huh?
Hangetsu: Aww, c'mon! Of course! It's your killer technique, after all!
Little Witch Magical Mary: MAGICAAAL~! VIOLENCE GAUNTLET!!
Hangetsu: See?
Hangetsu: Named it for a Chinese military commander's weapon. It just sounds so cool! And the key thing is making sure it feels good to shout it out!
Yuuhi: ...I guess you do have to shout it, huh?
Hangetsu: Aww, c'mon! Of course! It's your killer technique, after all!
Little Witch Magical Mary: MAGICAAAL~! VIOLENCE GAUNTLET!!
Hangetsu: See?
— The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, Chapter 13
<blip> Evaluating necessity of vocalization component. TREMBLE BEFORE MY COSMO MEMORY!
— Omega, Final Fantasy XIV
Callie: I love it when the whole team shares a Bubbler!
Marie: I call that technique... ETERNAL PHALANX OMEGA!
— Splatoon
Callie: I love calling an Inkstrike just as time runs out!
Marie: I call that technique... FINAL CRYSTAL DUST!
— Splatoon
Marina: DISMISSIVE DISS MISSILE!
Inko: I don't know why you two are so fixed on naming your moves.
Izuku: There's a bunch of reasons to name your attacks. Names act as a mnemonic device, conditioning our minds to perform the move, making it easier. It also can serve like a kiai, helping to distract an opponent and regulate breathing. And if you become famous and your moves are well known, you can call one move and use another to catch your opponent off guard. That one is a bit harder given the mnemonic conditioning part. Plus you can't do it too often, or the villains could get wise to it.
Tsuyu: It's also for branding. Think about how much more you pay for an All Might doll...
Izuku: Action figure!
Tsuyu: ...that says "Texas Smash" when you push the button to make it punch.
You've become stronger. It is well to shout your attack names, but there are risks. First... it interrupts your breathing, which can be dangerous. It also alerts the opponent to the technique you will use. The greatest risk is it may disrupt your concentration, which— ...Hey. Are you listening? Why are you laughing?!
— Grøh, Soulcalibur VI
I understand now. Shouting the name of my technique really does help.
— Hildegard von Krone, Soulcalibur VI
Cybermen suppress emotion. Daleks channel it...through a gun. That's why they keep yelling "Exterminate"; it's how they reload.
— Missy, Doctor Who, "The Witch's Familiar"
Junesake: Triple Turbo Hyper Mega Neo Giga Super Berserk Dragon Electric Crystal Galaxy Thunder Overkill Aura Whirl Comet Punch Total Apocalypse Smash Lunatic Flare Shower Ultimate Limit Gaiden Beam Alpha Fury Power Level 100+ !
[Mortimer No-Sells the attack]
Mortimer: [laughs] Triple Turbo Hyper Mega Neo Giga Super Berserk Dragon Electric Crystal Galaxy Thunder Overkill Aura Whirl Comet Punch Total Apocalypse Smash Lunatic Flare Shower Ultimate Limit Gaiden Beam Alpha Fury Power Level 100+ has no effect on me. Surely you realize I'm wearing a Triple Turbo Hyper Mega Neo Giga Super Berserk Dragon Electric Crystal Galaxy Thunder Overkill Aura Whirl Comet Punch Total Apocalypse Smash Lunatic Flare Shower Ultimate Limit Gaiden Beam Alpha Fury Power Level 100+ defense cape?
— Paul Robertson's "Hyper Parsnip Bitches"
Folded Sumo Bros.: Push! Shove! Win!
Olivia: Weird shout... Weird stance... Call it a hunch, but I think they're about to do something weird!
Olivia: Weird shout... Weird stance... Call it a hunch, but I think they're about to do something weird!
"Black Dynamite Panther Fist!"
— Black Dynamite, Black Dynamite
Outrageous Lemon: Lemon Lace... Laceration!
Outrageous Apple: Awesome Apple... Ollie!
Undine: Ah... they're that kind of team...
Outrageous Lime: Lime... Home Run!
Undine: That one didn't have alliteration...
Outrageous Apple: Awesome Apple... Ollie!
Undine: Ah... they're that kind of team...
Outrageous Lime: Lime... Home Run!
Undine: That one didn't have alliteration...
"During her supers, Tianhuo employs the classic technique of shouting her attacks before she performs them. I, on the other hoof, would never make such a rookie mistake."
— Oleander, Them's Fightin' Herds
Rainbow Dash: Block this, you jerk! Buccaneer Blaze!
Applejack: Well, if we’re namin’ these moves, might as well join on in the fun. Roaring Apple Cannon!
Applejack: Well, if we’re namin’ these moves, might as well join on in the fun. Roaring Apple Cannon!
Stan: I won't lie, I was a little worried that you were going to take us all out with that stunt. What did you call it? The Shining-Eat-Shit-And-Die-Attack?
Shining Nova: Ha, oh that? The Shining Barrage?
Stan: Yeah, that one. I've gotta admit, I didn't peg you for the type to call out your big attacks like that. Doesn't seem very tactical to tell your enemy what you’re doing.
Shining Nova: You're right, it wouldn't be... if it were actually what I was doing at all. See, sometimes, when I know there's someone filming, I'll just make up a "special move" on the spot and never use it again. Then, when I'm up against a supervillain who does their homework, I'll call out the same name, but do something completely different. It's the perfect counter for someone like Scorpion.
Shining Nova: Ha, oh that? The Shining Barrage?
Stan: Yeah, that one. I've gotta admit, I didn't peg you for the type to call out your big attacks like that. Doesn't seem very tactical to tell your enemy what you’re doing.
Shining Nova: You're right, it wouldn't be... if it were actually what I was doing at all. See, sometimes, when I know there's someone filming, I'll just make up a "special move" on the spot and never use it again. Then, when I'm up against a supervillain who does their homework, I'll call out the same name, but do something completely different. It's the perfect counter for someone like Scorpion.
"When converting raw mana into spells, there's always some wastage in the incantation time and mana efficiency. However, a Magisabre can convert all that into 'swordplay' with none of the waste."
— Laplace, Sexiled
“Oh!” said the old man, “then I'll tumble off the ladder and break my neck,” so he tumbled off the ladder and broke his neck.
— English Fairy Tales, collected by Joseph Jacobs
You... can't escape me! BLUUUE SHEEELLLLLL!!
— Koopa General, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Leviathan: My helmet's cracked from being tornado-driven into the floor, my Javelin's battered and chipped, your Phantom Slicer cut off my Ice Manipulation—-
Gray: Wait. 'Phantom Slicer'?
Leviathan: The attack that phased through me.
Gray: (confused) You actually name attacks where you're from?
Leviathan: (just as confused) You don't?
Gray: Wait. 'Phantom Slicer'?
Leviathan: The attack that phased through me.
Gray: (confused) You actually name attacks where you're from?
Leviathan: (just as confused) You don't?
HELICOPTER, BITCH!
—Badger, Breaking Bad
"[name of gadget]-inator!"
— The agents of Odd Squad
Sandman: First, I shall start with... Disappearing Serve! (smack!)
Mizuki & Alex: WHOA!!
Sandman: Coming up next... Burning Smash! (smack!)
Mizuki & Alex: GAAH!!
Sandman: Okay, this time I'm going to use something that even flies can stop. Sloooow Serve! (smack!)
Mizuki & Alex: GACK!!
Mizuki & Alex: WHOA!!
Sandman: Coming up next... Burning Smash! (smack!)
Mizuki & Alex: GAAH!!
Sandman: Okay, this time I'm going to use something that even flies can stop. Sloooow Serve! (smack!)
Mizuki & Alex: GACK!!
— Ping pong match in Gravion
Cat 1: It looks like cats have foresight and can predict the future.
Cat 2: Do people really say that?
Cat 1: I saw it in the internet!
Cat 2: Huuh? Can you really do something like that, senpai?
Cat 1: I'm about to do the 'Neko Punch'.
Cat 2: Heh, that's not even foresight—
Cat 1: NEKO PUNCH!!
Cat 2: OW, OW!!
Cat 2: Do people really say that?
Cat 1: I saw it in the internet!
Cat 2: Huuh? Can you really do something like that, senpai?
Cat 1: I'm about to do the 'Neko Punch'.
Cat 2: Heh, that's not even foresight—
Cat 1: NEKO PUNCH!!
Cat 2: OW, OW!!
Javi: Uhh...he's pep-talking the arrow?
