History Main / KungFuSonicBoom

* A large number of recent ''{{Wuxia}}'' films love to add shockwaves whenever powerful fighters clash, like ''Film/TheStormRiders''.

* Comicbook/{{Superman}} is known to let loose one of these when he isn't holding back. Enhanced by computer effects in the recent ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' animated movie.

* Gerd of ''{{Blassreiter}}'' pulls this off first against a Demonized [[spoiler: Jil]], and the effect is repeated throughout the series.

Has nothing to do with Guile's signature move from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.

* TheIncredibleHulk has been known to do this deliberately to stun or deafen weak or evasive enemies, by slapping his own hands together.
** More than once, TheHulk has collided with an enemy possessing a comparable level of strength with enough force to wreck surrounding buildings. Notable instances include him clashing with IronMan (wearing a Hulkbuster suit) in mid air, blowing out the windows in ever building for blocks in the ''WorldWarHulk'' story line, and a fight against Red She-Hulk that was causing tremors for miles around.
** Also from ''WorldWarHulk'', Green Scar vs the Sentry. The impacts destroyed most of the surrounding buildings. And indeed, about half of Manhattan.

* ''ShaolinSoccer'' takes this to utterly ludicrous levels.
* A large number of recent ''{{Wuxia}}'' films love to add shockwaves whenever powerful fighters clash, like ''TheStormRiders''.
* In ''Film/TheAvengers'', this is [[YinYangClash what we get]] when Film/{{Thor}}'s Mystical Uru Hammer hits {{Captain America}}'s Mighty Shield.

* Comicbook/{{Superman}} is known to let loose one of these when he isn't holding back. Enhanced by computer effects in the recent ''SupermanDoomsday'' animated movie.

* ''TransformersCybertron'': Megatron/Galvatron and Optimus Prime do this a few times. The Galvatron vs. Starscream fight takes it UpToEleven.

* Hilariously used in ''TheSimpsons'', where Bart lines up a whole bunch of megaphones and turns them on. As soon as he speaks into one, it creates an expanding shockwave of doom.

* ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix Revolutions]]'' used this effect in the battle between Neo and Smith, with raindrops revealing the wave.

* ''Manga/{{Dragonball}} Z'' did this a lot. From the Freeza saga onward, major fights would often include stretches of midair shockwaves with no other sign of the [[LightningBruiser characters]]. Near the end of Goku's fight with Cell, the punches that missed were still shattering boulders feet away from them.
** In the original Dragonball, Goku defeated Chichi simply by punching the air in front of her, creating an air pressure strong enough to knock her out of the ring.

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', Clark has these when fighting kryptonians like [[KneelBeforeZod Zod]], [[EvilTwin Bizarro]] and [[{{Supergirl}} Kara]]. Also [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Jeremiah]].

* ShaolinSoccer takes this to utterly ludicrous levels.

* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', several characters are strong enough to do this. The shock waves generated by Ryuko and Satsuki's sword clashes pretty much made the arena collapse.

** {{Supergirl}} tried this against Amazo when the android was returning to Earth, creating a shock wave that was most likely visible for a hundred miles. It didn't work.

* Wonder Girl does this in her first appearance in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. She punches Lobo in the gut hard enough to break every window of the room they're in.

* Happens in ''{{Gaiking}}'' during the Daiya vs. Nouza fight. Given that they're both HumongousMecha, there's a lot of landscape damage.

* ''Anime/{{Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd As}}'' uses this to show off the power of the [[MidSeasonUpgrade new Catridge System]], with the shock wave from the clash between Fate's [[BladeOnAStick Bardiche Assault]] and Signum's [[FlamingSword Laevatein]] shattering all the windows of the buildings around them.

** Both were caused by Unit 02 freefalling onto and impacting the relevant Angel's [[BeehiveBarrier AT-Field]], causing a shockwave powerful enough to kick up dust kilometres away. This troper is heavily reminded of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_wall#String_theory a certain part of string theory]].

Has nothing to do with Guile's signature move from ''StreetFighter''.

* Every single fight, without exception, from the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''anime. [[RatedMForManly It's that kind of series]].

* Luffy vs Rob Lucci did this in ''{{One Piece}}'' when both initiated a PunchParry. The resulting shockwave was so powerful, [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom it knocked both of them back to both sides of the room]].
* In ''{{Claymore}}'', the repeated {{Kung Fu Sonic Boom}}s from two characters using {{Spam Attack}}s causes a nearby building to crumble.

* The titular ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' versus the Great Zamboa. Standing on top of a galaxy...
* Gerd of {{Blassreiter}} pulls this off first against a Demonized [[spoiler: Jil]], and the effect is repeated throughout the series.
* ''RebuildOfEvangelion 2.0'' has this two times, both performed by Unit 02: first against [[FanNickname Clockliel]] then against Zeruel.

* [[MahouSenseiNegima Negi and Kotaro]] cause this to happen when performing a [[HandshakeSubstitute Fist Bump]].

* Happens often in ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple''.

** Bulkhead and Breakdown also achieve a shockwave when their melee weapons collide in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' had an interesting version of this during the final fight between Ichigo and Aizen. A parried sword strike from the latter levels a nearby mountain, which Aizen comments on, assuming his new OneWingedAngel form is just that string. Turns out it was Ichigo's power that destroyed the mountain, not his.

* Luffy vs Rob Lucci did this in ''{{One Piece}}'' when their punches connected. The resulting shockwave was so powerful, [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom it knocked both of them back to both sides of the room]].

* A literally "kung fu" example; an issue of ImmortalIronFist has the titular character and his arch nemesis, both supremely skilled martial artists, strike each other each other with chi enhanced flying kicks. The resulting shockwave demolishes the office building they're inside.