History Main / BeehiveBarrier

* The Leviathans in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime: Corruption'' protect themselves with glowing blue barriers composed of interlocking hexagons.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' the protect spell causes a ring shaped barrier to appear. Portions of it will appear again when you take damage until the spell wears off.

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': The Castle of Lions shields itself with a dome made of hexagons. Three of the lions were stored in similar shields.

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': The Castle of Lions shields itself with a a dome made of hexagons. Three of the lions were stored in similar shields.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{VoltronLegendaryDefender}}''. Shields the Castle of Lions in a dome encasing, formed of a force field. And similarly, three of the hidden lions.

* The Rinju tortoise-ken user Maka in ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' vs ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' uses this kind of shield, patterned after a tortoise shell.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', this appears to be a power of the [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Kings of Lucis]]. King Regis uses it to protect the entire Crown City, and the members of the [[Film/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV Kingsglaive]] gain the power to erect them from him. Alas, despite drawing his powers from the same royal bloodline, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen this power is never extended to the player character, Prince Noctis]].

Subtrope of DeflectorShields and HighTechHexagons. Despite the name, these shields almost never involve [[IThoughtItMeant actual]] [[BeeBeeGun bees.]]

* In ''[[TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'', the Barrier spell and the shield protecting the Garuda monster are Beehive Barriers.

* Certain enemies in ''RogueGalaxy'' are protected by barriers (until broken by a special gun) which are momentarily visible as Beehive Barriers when struck.

* In ''{{Rez}}'', the third boss (the Venus (Tera) security system) is protected by one of these, and you have to shoot out each individual cell when it flips over to fire its lasers at you.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': Aelita uses her power to create a Beehive Barrier (as a curved wall instead of a sphere, though) for the ''Skidbladnir'' in "Replika".

* Sydney/Halo of ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' can produce a NighInvulnerable one with one of her [[AncientArtifact Power Orbs]]. It seems to be the one power she has the most familiarity with, and its the one she uses the most, usually in conjunction with another of her powers.

* In ''VideoGame/Destiny'', [[spoiler: Valus Tlu'urn projects one at the end of the Shield Brothers strike.]]

HighTechHexagons is the SuperTrope. Despite the name, these shields almost never involve [[IThoughtItMeant actual]] [[BeeBeeGun bees.]]

* Square-Enix's ''VideoGame/{{The World Ends with You}}'' features Beehive Barriers (simply called "walls") as ways to keep your characters confined to a particular area. Walls are created by the general bad-guy force known as Reapers, and have different ways of being lifted (usually by advancing the story). They're also a perfect example of SomeKindOfForceField.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' there is a RunningGag where each time [[spoiler:Galenth Dysley]] appears in human form, [[IdiotHero Snow Villiers]] runs up and attacks only to be violently thwarted by one of these each time.

A specific and often striking type of [[DeflectorShields Deflector Shield]], often made out of PureEnergy, that takes the form of geometric shapes that connect to form the overall shape -- often [[HighTechHexagons hexagons]], as they tessellate conveniently well. It's not mathematically possible to create a sphere-like shape from regular hexagons alone, but one can come close by throwing in a few pentagons (twelve, for a complete sphere), and some objects in the real world (like fullerene molecules and soccer balls) have such structures. Named after the hexagonal wax cells of honeycombs.

** And in the ''ShinMazingerZero'' manga, [[{{Fembot}} Minerva X]] used a BeehiveBarrier to protect Kouji Kabuto and Mazinger Z.

** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' (pictured) and ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' have the Bubble Shield. The shield will completely stop bullets, plasma bolts, grenades, rockets and explosions of all sorts, and ''Reach''[='s=] version will also restore health. This BeehiveBarrier doesn't offer complete protection, however -- players and vehicles can pass straight through as if it didn't exist.
** In the later games, a beehive-esque energy shield becomes visible whenever a Sentinel is shot.

** ''Reach'' includes a similar shield with the Drop Shield armor ability, which also incorporates health-restoring properties.
** In Reach, nearly every example of the Covenant's trademark colorful metal features a subtle geometric pattern.

* ''VideoGame/{{Halo}} 3'' (pictured) has the Bubbleshield. The shield will completely stop bullets, plasma bolts, grenades, rockets and explosions of all sorts. This BeehiveBarrier doesn't offer complete protection, however -- players and vehicles can pass straight through as if it didn't exist.