History Main / CallingYourAttacks

* Brilliant, brilliant spoof: the ''MarmaladeBoy'' movie features a memorable scene where five small neighbourhood boys encounter the protagonist as she's practicing tennis, and pretend to be a SuperSentai FiveManBand, including [[InTheNameOfTheMoon a formal introduction of the entire team]] and lots of highly stylized called KiAttacks. The teenage girl in question decides to be the CoolBigSis, and cheerfully pretends to be the MonsterOfTheWeek in response.

* {{Toku}} shows (''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider'') love this kind of thing. Even if most of the time, the attack is pure StockFootage.

** ''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''[=/=]''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' has an odd variant - the characters ''write'' their attacks [[WordsCanBreakMyBones in Japanese kanji]]. Justified as [[MagicAIsMagicA that's the way magic works for them]].
** Parodied once in ''GekisouSentaiCarranger''; the MonsterOfTheWeek, SS Paman, tried to use his ultimate attack (which included shout outs to past Sentai robo finishers). Unfortunately for him, it was '''so''' long that the Carrangers just went ahead and killed him with the RV Robo.
** ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' has an interesting variant of this, while there are some attacks that the Gokaiger call, whenever they use the one of the thirty-five preceding SuperSentai powers or a FinishingMove their attacks are called out [[CrazyAwesome by the Narrator]] who coincidentally is TomokazuSeki.

* In her current solo miniseries, ComicBook/{{Vixen}} shouts out the name of the animal that she is using the powers of.

** In ''{{Naruto}}'', Naruto can perform his Kage Bunshin/Shadow Clone jutsu without uttering the name; note that that doesn't stop him from doing so anyway. In the manga, however, [[InvertedTrope Kishimoto places the attack titles in the panels themselves]]. The real problem with this is that, being a Shounen franchise, this trope is seen in a world of NINJAS (aka warriors who are supposed to fight via stealth).

** This is not [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] at all as a trait of the inexperienced main cast; even the higher-ranked and elderly Kage end up doing this from time to.
** It's been observed that, from time to time, the characters merely yell out the name of the technique in their mind. Of course, they do yell it out often a lot (i.e. Gaara hearing Kimimaro say "Bracken dance" even though the latter is supposed to be 200 meters UNDERGROUND under a ton of sand).

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny 2'' (the actual Japanese-only Destiny 2 for PS2, not the renamed Eternia) spoofs this practice by giving one of the characters a LimitBreak consisting of 15 kanji, which also has the unique property of having the ingame title pop up one kanji at a time when it is used.
*** It gets this trouper's [[HotBlooded blood boiling]].
-->'''Stahn:''' OUGI...GOUMA...KAIGIN-KENN!

*** In Tales of Vesperia, Rita takes a long time scrying out Violent Pain whenever she casts it. She has a full speech ready each time. Put her in [[BerserkButton Overdrive]] though, and she'll just screw over the scrying incantation by saying "Blah blah blah," followed by calling out her attack. "Violent Pain!"

* ''DespicableMe'': "[[FreezeRay FREEZE RAY]]! FREEZE RAY! FREEZE RAY!"

* In ''DespicableMe2'', when Agent Lucy Wilde approaches Gru to recruit him, she points out that it's more effective to call your attack '''after''' you execute it, then demonstrates her point with a seemingly harmless looking tube of lipstick.

* The CombatCommentator version is present in most promotions of ProfessionalWrestling, with the ringside commentators talking about the move, its history, and how utterly devastating it is. As well, most wrestlers, while not explicitly calling their signature moves, do have a particular pose or set-up they perform to signal it. The late [[CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]] actually did call his signature move, turning towards the camera and saying, "Now, you're going to see a Perfect-Plex," before executing the maneuver.

** Wrestlers frequently "signal" the impending move with signature gestures (Ex: ShawnMichaels will "Tune Up The Band" -- a long, drawn out, ring stomp -- before attempting his "Sweet Chin Music" superkick.)
** BretHart, eternally characterised as a master technician, used a variation of this with his FiveMovesOfDoom -- "calling" his Sharpshooter by using the same group of set up moves in sequence. It's now common enough to have become a trope of its own.

** [[DwayneJohnson The Rock's]] People's Elbow... Nuff Said!
** In the indies, it isn't uncommon for wrestlers to literally yell out the name of the move they're about to hit before executing it. (Or attempting to, as the case may be.) ChristopherDaniels, for instance, sometimes shouts "Angel's Wings!" before going for that finisher, Chris Hero shouts "Death Blow!", and on one occasion BryanDanielson screamed "AIR...PLANE...SPIN!" before doing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WifeCQFv_Po this.]]

** In ''PokemonMysteryDungeon'' TV Specials, most talking Pokémon call their attacks.

* Then there was Johnny B in the short lived ''MisfitsOfScience'' blasted stuff with his electric powers while singing "Johnny Be Good".
* In ''TheOffice'', when Michael is calling his mom to tell her about his fake engagement to Holly, Andy Bernard exclaimed "speaker phone" as he hit the aforementioned button so all the office could hear.

* Lampshaded in ''Manga/AngelDensetsu''. Sanzo makes up progressively idiotic names for his attacks, while [[DeadpanSnarker Ikuno]] comments how he's talking out of his ass.

* Pilots of Western Air Forces typically call out warnings when launching weapons. A call of "Fox Two!" for example, warns nearby friendly aircraft that the pilot has fired an infrared guided missile.

* Playing BujingaiSwordmaster involves {{Gackt}} calling his magics as he cast them.

** The sequel reveals that problem with this. When a representative of the Anti-Villain League shows up on Gru's doorstep, he tries to freeze her. She counters with a flamethrower and explains that it works better when this trope is not invoked. She then proceeds to demonstrate by tasering him ''without'' announcing it beforehand.

* Being an amalgamation of a great many HumongousMecha anime, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' has more of this than even entire series of fighting anime. Although just about everyone does it, OriginalGeneration character and AscendedFanboy [[IKnowMortalKombat Ryusei]] has a particular joy for doing this, even when simply letting off a couple shots in a RealRobot, to the point where he initially gets some funny looks from the other characters. It seems to be infectious, as those same characters end up using this trope more and more as the games go on.

** ''DragonBallZ'' loves to parody this trope. Recoome, a member of the Ginyu Force, has a silly name for every one of his attacks.

** Lampshaded in Team Four Star's ''DragonBallZAbridged'' with Piccolo pointing out how shouting out their attack strategy for the enemy to hear probably isn't the best idea.

* Used somewhat inconsistently in the Dreamcast RPG ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''. Several characters do call out their moves, such as the main protagonist Ryudo doing so in a typically Dragonball Z-style. Others incorporate the move's name into a more natural sounding sentence, while Millenia just makes unrelated snarky comments.

*** Not only that, he forgets what he called it the first time when he needs to say it again, so he calls it something else that just as ridiculously long.

** Toriyama himself has said in an old interview that he doesn't particularly like it when characters shout attack names before performing said attack, saying that "in a battle of life and death, there's no way you can say the name of each technique. You'd be done in while yelling the technique's name." The aforementioned Mr. Satan and Gotenks are examples of Toriyama lampooning this.

** In the Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga. During Jounouchi's rematch with [[Eagleland Bandit Keith]]. Jounouchi takes control of Keith's monster Fiendish Engine Omega and names it's attack "Jounouchi Crusher". This is even lampshaded by the manga.

* In ''TheLordOfTheRings'', there are the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Words of Command]], which are extremely draining. While most spells observed in the text require no verbal activation, spoken spells are also alluded to by Gandalf in various places.