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* Earthcrafters in the ''CodexAlera'', who are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Like all the other Aleran elements, though, it gives them extra abilities; earthcrafters can also draw power from the earth to give themselves SuperStrength, and while most of the "inspire emotions" powers belong to [[PlayingWithFire fire]], earth controls lust.

* Subverted due to a translation error in DigimonAdventure with WarGreymon's attack. One magazine (released before WarGreymon appeared in the dub) stated that the attack "Terra Force" caused earthquakes. (It turned out to be more of a SpiritBomb.) It ''probably'' should have been translated ''Tera'' Force ("tera" being the metric shorthand for trillion), seeing as MetalGreymon's attack was ''Giga'' Blaster ("giga" meaning billion), and this was just turned UpToEleven.

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* Sandman from ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'', pictured above, has the ability to change his body into sand.

One of the ElementalPowers. This may blend some with [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] when [[MagmaMan magma]] is involved. Often blends with GreenThumb or other "life"-related abilites, or ExtraOreDinary for metal-related powers; after all, metal is just refined minerals.

* ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' is sort of weird about this, in that it splits rock and ground based powers into separate categories, as are metal and plant based powers, which are sometimes grouped in with earth powers.
** Not too weird, as Chinese classical elements include metal and wood.

** Ground is sand and mud like stuff. Rock is actual rocks, although the two are often paired together.

* Elysion, a minor LegionOfSuperHeroes villain.

* Stardust Fall from ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', a spell [[ComicBookAdaptation used in the manga]] that rains down giant rocks over an area.

* Doesn't show up in the ''MegaMan'' series as much as others, but Gutsman can produce stone blocks, Crystalman and Jewelman use gems, and Stoneman is essentially a robot {{golem}} who uses the Power Stone (not '''that''' ''PowerStone'').

* ''GoldenSun'': Isaac and Felix. Interesting because they are the 2 leaders / player characters of their respective games, which isn't common for the earth element.

Sasarai from Suikoden 2 and 3 has the True Earth Rune.

* ''FinalFantasy'' may or may not have an earth element, depending on the game. All ''Final Fantasy'' games except for ''FinalFantasyI'' and ''FinalFantasyII'' either have the Quake spell, Titan summon, Terrato summon, or the Brothers summon that deals earth-elemental damage. ''FinalFantasyI'' DOES have the Quake spell, but it's the Death-element. ''FinalFantasyII'' also has a Quake attack, but it can only be used with a very hard-to-get item, and only deals very little non-elemental damage.

One of the ElementalPowers. This may blend some with [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] when [[MagmaMan magma]] is involved. Often blends with GreenThumb or other "life"-related abilites.

** Personality wise it's subverted with regards to King Bumi (the crazy Earthbender that Aang was friends with 100 years ago). That man is crazy, though he IS a competent ruler and obscenely powerful, in addition a lot of it may be [[ObscufatingStupidity exaggerated]]. Played straight, however, with Toph, who is among the more down-to-earth of the Gaang.

** Then there's "obliterate enemy with flying cow," but that's [[EarthwormJim another story.]] His monsters are also rock-based, with his most powerful creature sending up spears of earth to impale everything around it.