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* ''ComicBook/TheStrangeTalentOfLutherStrode '': In ''The Legacy of Luther Strode'' #1'', Luther's Hulk-meets-Wuxia fight with the female Twin does this to asphalt and concrete as they leap and land and punch each other through buildings and overpasses.

* This is a signature move of ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'', achieved by performing a two-fisted GroundPunch. He's ''really'' good at directing the shockwave in all sort of ways, too.
* In ''[[ComicBook/TheStrangeTalentOfLutherStrode The Legacy of Luther Strode]] #1'', Luther's Hulk-meets-Wuxia fight with the female Twin does this to asphalt and concrete as they leap and land and punch each other through buildings and overpasses.

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* ''Battle Zeque-Den'' from Asmik is action platformer set in ancient Japan and involving martial artists. Of the 3 characters you can choose, Hamusu has the "Megaton Quake" where she punches the ground and sends a blast of energy quickly across the screen and hitting for significant damage.

* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', at least one of the Koopalings causes ground waves by stomping when the heroic brothers fight him.
* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'':
** During the Swiggler boss fight, the boss will counter with several [[ShockwaveStomp damaging shockwaves]] that take the form of the ground rippling if attacked head on.
** When the Trampoline attack item is being used, the entire ground briefly ripples and jiggles for every successful stomp preformed, ''even if the current target is floating in midair''.
* ''VideoGame/MarioKart'':
** ''Mario Kart Wii'' has the battle course Thwomp Desert, featuring a huge Thwomp in the middle of the arena. Every so often it slams down, causing huge waves that ripple outwards, throwing karts around.
** In ''Mario Kart 7'', [[NostalgiaLevel SNES Rainbow Road]] has Thwomps that cause the track to ripple when they slam down, which didn't occur in the track's original version.

* In the first ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' game:
** The ground wobbling and rippling is one of the side-effects while Yoshi is [[MushroomSamba dizzy]].
** During the first phase of the FinalBoss, both Yoshi and Baby Bowser's {{Ground Pound}}s cause damaging shockwaves that literally ripple across the floor.

* ''Battle Zeque-Den'' from Asmik is action platformer set in ancient Japan and involving martial artists. Of the 3 characters you can choose, Hamusu has the "Megaton Quake" where she punches the ground and sends a blast of energy quickly across the screen and hitting for significant damage.

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* ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' (the one with Tom Cruise) has a scene where the tripods ram an invasion force into the ground, tearing up the entire area.

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* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' has the lunar colonists who rebel against earth's government to throw rocks, basically steel-cased house-sized boulders. It's noted they'll create a huge hole, a ground wave and a blast wave due to the air being compressed at the strike point. One strikes with so much force the impact can be seen with the naked eye all the way back on the moon!
* Occasionally happen when [[DishingOutDirt earthcrafters]] get to work in ''Literature/CodexAlera.'' [[MundaneUtility They also use this as a form of ground transport by making the ground under your feet travel in a slow, continuous wave. Beats walking.]]

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* In the ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' franchise, [[DishingOutDirt earthbenders]] are able to create this effect. It's normally used to push people away by literally moving the ground beneath their feet, giving themselves some room to maneuver, or else to just mess with an opponent's footing and balance. [[LittleMissBadass Toph]], naturally, has also used this to travel at sub-locomotive speeds.

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** Averted with the Hulk's Ground Wave move in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' despite the name, but played with starting with his return in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'', as it's the ground itself that he actually gets to hit you rather than a ground-hugging energy wave. Taken UpToEleven with the [[SuperSpecialMove Gamma Wave]].

** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': Protagonist Kyo Kusanagi and his rival Iori Yagami possess the Yami Barai ground fireball, though Kyo dropped it from his movelist around the time of ''KOF '99'' in favor of the Aragami/Dokugami chain combo attack. The franchise's first BigBad Rugal Bernstein possesses Geese Howard's Reppuken since he copied the techniques of the world's greatest fighters[[note]]SNK was originally going to have him use actual PowerCopying like Rogue in ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'', but hardware limitations forced them to give him a standardized moveset[[/note]].

* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'': Magneto's "Magnetic Shockwave" attack channels magnetic energy into the ground, releasing a series of explosions in the opponent's direction.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD6IcFz_yOQ In the advert for the BMW X4]], it showed the car driving through several waving cityscapes, with the buildings constantly shifting up and down from the waves, while occasionally cutting to people doing various activities. At one point, it cut to an interior shot showing balls rolling around on a pool table due to the room tilting from a wave rolling underneath the building.

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* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster PEPCON perchlorate processing plant]] in Henderson, Nevada (just outside Las Vegas) generated one of these after a chain of DisasterDominoes when several drums of [[HairTriggerExplosive Ammonium Perchlorate]], also known as the oxidizer component of rocket fuel, were inadvertently exposed to an ignition source (with the exact cause still a matter of debate). This triggered a cascading destruction sequence over the course of several minutes that led from these drums to the precursor chemical storage bins to the plant's [[OhCrap shipping storage bay which held approximately 4500 metric tons of Ammonium Perchlorate and sat over an incorrectly marked natural gas transmission line]]. The largest of the 5 major explosions was so strong it reached a Richter scale reading of about 3.5. Video from a camera several miles away showed the ground rippling outward from the blast site. The shockwave occurring after the blast can be seen in this [=YouTube=] video at about 58 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KuGizBjDXo

A ''ground wave'' is a condition in which the solid ground ripples and moves in waves, the way water in a pool will ripple when a rock is tossed in. In real life, this can only happen as a result of a nuke bomb detonation or a huge explosion (see the PEPCON disaster under Real Life, below). In movies, some character with either superpowers or incredible strength strikes the ground -- or the opponent it is fighting throws them at the ground -- so hard that the ground rolls, ripples and moves in response. See ShockwaveStomp.

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* ''Animation/EjenAli'': [[TheBrute Trez]] has cybernetic implants in his arms which amplify his strength to form shockwaves when he strikes the ground.

A ''ground wave'' is a condition in which the solid ground ripples and moves in waves, the way water in a pool will ripple when a rock is tossed in. In real life, this can only happen as a result of a nuke bomb detonation or a huge explosion (see the PEPCON disaster under Real Life, below). In movies, some character with either superpowers or incredible strength strikes the ground - or the opponent it is fighting throws them at the ground - so hard that the ground rolls, ripples and moves in response. See ShockwaveStomp.

Note, if the landing just creates a big hole and not a ripple effect, it's a GroundShatteringLanding.

* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster PEPCON perchlorate processing plant]] in Henderson, Nevada (just outside Las Vegas) generated one of these after a chain of DisasterDominoes when several drums of [[HairTriggerExplosive Ammonium Perchlorate]], also known as the oxidizer component of rocket fuel, were inadvertently exposed to an ignition source (with the exact cause still a matter of debate). This triggered a ChainReactionDestruction sequence over the course of several minutes that lead from these drums to the precursor chemical storage bins to the plant's [[OhCrap shipping storage bay which held approximately 4500 metric tons of Ammonium Perchlorate and sat over an incorrectly marked natural gas transmission line]]. The largest of the 5 major explosions was so strong it reached a Richter scale reading of about 3.5. Video from a camera several miles away showed the ground rippling outward from the blast site. The shockwave occurring after the blast can be seen in this [=YouTube=] video at about 58 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KuGizBjDXo

* In the ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' franchise, [[DishingOutDirt earthbenders]] are able to create this effect. It's normally used to push people away by literally moving the ground beneath their feet, giving themselves some room to maneuver, or else to just mess with an opponent's footing and balance.

Compare SuperRugPull. Can overlap with TremorTrampoline if the wave is powerful enough to throw someone into the air.

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* ''Film/TheFantasticFour'' happens to the heroes and the villain as they keep trying to kill each other.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' has this in several places, when Neo strikes the ground when fighting Agent Smith, or some of the other characters cause this when making a jump or landing on a building or the freeway.
* ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' (the one with Tom Cruise) has a scene where the tripods ram an invasion force into the ground, tearing up the entire area.

* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', Terry's Power Wave move sends a wave of energy along the ground. Likewise with Iori's (and occasionally Kyo's) Yami Barai move. Terry reprises this with both the grounded version of Power Wave and Power Geyser for his appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', one of the many {{Game Mod}}s allows you to use custom shaders. One particular shader, called "The Wave", causes the entire world to undulate and roll.

* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', Terry's Power Wave move sends a wave of energy along the ground. Likewise with Iori's (and occasionally Kyo's) Yami Barai move.

* Tidal forces affect not only water, but solid ground as well, though it's too subtle to be noticed without the aid of special devices. Still, twice a day a two-foot tidal GroundWave travels beneath your feet.

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