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* Virgo Shaka of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' is basically the king of this trope. Even his peers among the Gold Saints ''dread'' having to fight him for fear of him stopping his meditation to open his eyes. In the Hades arc, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome he fights three resurrected Gold Saints at the same time]][[spoiler: and he loses only because [[ThanatosGambit he allows them to.]] By the end of the fight, the Gold Saints have [[CurbStompBattle each lost four of their five senses and gotten beat up pretty bad.]]]]

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* Virgo Shaka of ''Anime/SaintSeiya'' is basically the king of this trope. Even his peers among the Gold Saints ''dread'' having to fight him for fear of him stopping his meditation to open his eyes. In the Hades arc, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome he fights three resurrected Gold Saints at the same time]][[spoiler: and he loses only because [[ThanatosGambit he allows them to.]] By the end of the fight, the Gold Saints have [[CurbStompBattle each lost four of their five senses and gotten beat up pretty bad.]]]]

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* Virgo Shaka of ''SaintSeiya'' is basically the king of this trope. Even his peers among the Gold Saints ''dread'' having to fight him for fear of him stopping his meditation to open his eyes. In the Hades arc, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome he fights three resurrected Gold Saints at the same time]][[spoiler: and he loses only because [[ThanatosGambit he allows them to.]] By the end of the fight, the Gold Saints have [[CurbStompBattle each lost four of their five senses and gotten beat up pretty bad.]]]]

* This is how Aang in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is supposed to activate [[LetsGetDangerous the Avatar State]]. The first time he does this, [[spoiler:he gets one-shotted in the back mid-transformation by a DangerouslyGenreSavvy Azula]]. The second time he does this [[spoiler:is the beginning of one of the greatest asskickings ever on Fire Lord Ozai at the end of the series]].

* Byakuya Kuchiki of {{Bleach}} is a good example as well. Most characters have a bright flash of energy surrounding a Zanpakutou's release, shouting the name of their release as they do so. Byakuya defies this for his [[EmpathicWeapon Shikai]] by almost whispering his release command as the blade unassumingly disintegrates. His Bankai is a perfect example, as the whole room tends to go quiet, save for a soft harmonic hum, when his sword pierces the ground, and there's no gigantic explosion like nearly every other Bankai in the series.

* Played absolutely straight with [[HotBlooded Ken]] in the ''StreetFighter II'' movie. Having (just barely) shaken off Bison's Psycho Power control, Ken finds himself [[GameBreakingInjury broken and battered]] and unable to help Ryu defeat the monstrous dictator. After a few desperate attempts to get on his feet, he recalls a meditation technique from his master and stands in a perfect, serene guarding pose. The background fades to black and all sounds but his chanting stop while his spirit flickers in small blue flames around his body. After a few minutes, he opens his eyes, having regained his calm, his center, and his strength [[BigDamnHeroes to go and save]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship his friend]].

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* Halfway through the battle against Elyon in ''BreathOfFire: Dragon Quarter'', he "begins meditating", with a very large targetting circle locked onto one party member. After three turns, lightning strikes that character and anything nearby, inflicting [[OneHitKill quadruple-digit damage]].
* In the {{Pokemon}} games, Mewtwo is said to spend its time meditating to increase its mental powers.
** The "Meditate" attack, which raises the user's Attack by one stage.
*** The "Calm Mind" technique, which does the same, for one stage each, for the user's Special Attack and Special Defense.
* In ''GuildWars: Factions'', final boss [[spoiler:Shiro Tagachi]] has the attack "Meditation of the Reaper". He goes into a meditative state and nullifies the next 500 damage he takes while in that state. He stays in the stance for 30 seconds, or until he's taken that 500 damage, whichever is shorter. You do ''not'' want him to spend the full 30 seconds in meditation, because as soon as the stance ends, he steals 20 health from each party member for each second he was in the stance. For those of you playing at home, that's ''600 damage'' to ''everyone in the party'' if he stays in it for 30 seconds.
* In ''TheSims 2'', meditating sims can learn to teleport by meditating for 14 in-game hours.
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* InTheSims2, meditating sims can teleport.

Lots of HotBlooded heroes like to power up by doing something violent. Whether it's PunctuatedEmphasis while yelling their InTheNameOfTheMoon speech, tearing off a PowerLimiter, shouting as they charge up a {{Ki Attack|s}}, flexing as they invoke the DangerousForbiddenTechnique, or even bleeding. Not [[TheStoic this guy though]]; he expresses his enhanced combat ability by entering the [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Lotus Position.]]

* Virgo Shaka of ''SaintSeiya'' is basically the king of this trope. Even his peers among the Gold Saints ''dread'' having to fight him for fear of him stopping his meditation to open his eyes. In the Hades arc, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome he fights three resurrected Gold Saints at the same time]][[spoiler and he loses only because [[ThanatosGambit he allows them to.]] By the end of the fight, the Gold Saints have [[CurbStompBattle each lost four of their five senses and gotten beat up pretty bad.]]]]

* Virgo Shaka of ''SaintSeiya'' is basically the king of this trope. Even his peers among the Gold Saints ''dread'' having to fight him for fear of him stopping his meditation to open his eyes. In the Hades arc, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome he fights three resurrected Gold Saints at the same time]][spoiler and he loses only because [[ThanatosGambit he allows them to.]] By the end of the fight, the Gold Saints have [[CurbStompBattle each lost four of their five senses and gotten beat up pretty bad.]]]]

* Virgo Shaka of ''SaintSeiya'' is basically the king of this trope. Even his peers among the Gold Saints ''dread'' having to fight him for fear of him stopping his meditation to open his eyes. In the Hades arc, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome: he fights three resurrected Gold Saints at the same time]][spoiler: and he loses only because [[ThanatosGambit: he allows them to.]] By the end of the fight, the Gold Saints have [[CurbStompBattle: each lost four of their five senses and gotten beat up pretty bad.]]]]

* Virgo Shaka of ''SaintSeiya'' is basically the king of this trope. Even his peers among the Gold Saints ''dread'' having to fight him for fear of him stopping his meditation to open his eyes. In the Hades arc, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome:he fights three resurrected Gold Saints at the same time]][spoiler:and he loses only because [[ThanatosGambit:he allows them to.]] By the end of the fight, the Gold Saints have [[CurbStompBattle:each lost four of their five senses and gotten beat up pretty bad.]]]]

* Virgo Shaka of ''SaintSeiya'' is basically the king of this trope. Even his peers among the Gold Saints ''dread'' having to fight him for fear of him stopping his meditation to open his eyes.

* Bagger in ''TheLegendOfBaggerVance'' is able to induce one of these in Junuh (making every spectator seemingly disappear) by talking about the beauty of golf and onness with nature over a WhoopiEpiphanySpeech.
* In ''StarWarsEpisodeI'' Qui-Gon Jinn took this route during a break in the fight against Darth Maul on Naboo. When those energy-shields-whose-purpose-is-never-clearly-defined come up, Maul paces and glares, Obi-Wan looks anxious, but Qui-Gon drops to his knees and closes his eyes. When the shields go down, he's back on his feet in a second. [[spoiler:It helped, but wasn't enough.]]

* [[StarWars Qui-Gon Jinn]] took this route during a break in the fight against Darth Maul on Naboo. When those energy-shields-whose-purpose-is-never-clearly-defined come up, Maul paces and glares, Obi-Wan looks anxious, but Qui-Gon drops to his knees and closes his eyes. When the shields go down, he's back on his feet in a second. [[spoiler:It helped, but wasn't enough.]]

Lots of HotBlooded heroes like to power up by doing something violent. Whether it's PunctuatedEmphasis while yelling their InTheNameOfTheMoon speech, tearing off a PowerLimiter, shouting as they charge up a KiAttacks, flexing as they invoke the DangerousForbiddenTechnique, or even bleeding. Not [[TheStoic this guy though]], he expresses his enhanced combat ability by entering the [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Lotus Position.]]

* Virgo Shaka of SaintSeiya is basically the king of this trope.

* [[StarWars Qui-Gon Jinn]] took this route during a break in the fight against Darth Maul on Naboo. [[spoiler:It helped, but wasn't enough.]]

Not to be confused with ''[[ShockAndAwe Ohm]]''-azing Powers, or OrgasmicCombat. Named after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum Om / Aum]] used in many chants.

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