History Main / PowerGlows

* In ''FramcjoseFinalFantasy'', any place with a constant glow to it (such as the Mako Reactors in ''VII'' and Bahamut's hideout in ''VIII'') is very important place with lots of either magical or technological power hidden from mortals. Party members tend to glow when using special abilities, and {{LimitBreak}}s always glow brightly.

* {{MAG ISA}} -- [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119792 Kyle]] glows after he Hulks out.

* As ''QuestionableContent'' reveals, even [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=717 bourbon whisky will glow]] if [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=718 it's good enough]].

* As demonstrated [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00474.html here]] in ''[[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/ Nip & Tuck]]'', particularly sexy lingerie glows, too. (Obviously a reference to the ''Film/PulpFiction'' example mentioned above.)

* The river [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Dyne]] glows blue, of course this might be because it is Radioactive.
* Magical things in ''TheWayOfTheMetagamer''. Particularly the [[{{BFG}} Rob of Za-Boom]].
* Magic items glow in ''{{Goblins}}'' when being used. Some of them also "smoke" light.

* TheDreamlandChronicles: [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-08/page-508/ Why Felicity chose to steal the amulet]].
* In {{Harkovast}}, magic is generally represented as glowing. This is most evident on the [[http://www.harkovast.com/index.php?id=22 Darsai]] energy weapons.
* BobAndGeorge

* In Webcomic/TheRifters, Tobi's gained some kind of ability that activates when he clenches. He glows when he clenches!
* {{Strays}} [[http://www.straysonline.com/comic/76.htm Feral's blade]]
* Webcomic/{{Memoria}} [[http://memoria.valice.net/?p=243 His hand]]
* WoodenRose [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/comic.html Reviving a woman from the bed where she just had a C-section]].
* In {{Roza}}, [[ThePowerOfBlood her blood is magical]]. [[http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/?date=2007-05-03 It glows.]]
* [[http://whatsshakincomic.com/2011/01/17/page-20/ Ell]] from WhatsShakin has a power up moment with a golden glow.
* In ''ImpureBlood'', even the MundaneUtility of unlocking the door [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter003/ib017.html glows]].
* In ''{{Endstone}}'', the ArtifactOfDoom, [[http://endstone.net/2011/06/23/6-04/ the Banestone]], can really glow.

* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3162 zapping the devil book to subdue it glows]].

* In ''FinalFantasy'', any place with a constant glow to it (such as the Mako Reactors in ''VII'' and Bahamut's hideout in ''VIII'') is very important place with lots of either magical or technological power hidden from mortals. Party members tend to glow when using special abilities, and {{LimitBreak}}s always glow brightly.
** An interesting example is in ''FinalFantasyVI'', where Kefka is surrounded by a pyramid of magic before the final fight. In addition to showing his immense magical powers, it reflects his emotions: when he's taunting the party and laughing, it's blue, then turns purple as he laments the futility of life, green when the party members declare he's wrong, then red when he gets angry. Emotion Glows too.
* ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'', pretty much every character gets an aura of some sort when they enter EX Mode.
* ''CityOfHeroes'' (And [[CityOfVillains Villains]]) doesn't shy from this, either. By hitting Level 30, characters gain the ability to attach an Aura of his choice to every costume. Most of these simply Glow (although some get creative and ''crumble'' instead), and none of them does anything other than ''being awesome''.

* {{Arago}}

* Subverted in ''Manga/RisingXRydeen''. Takara gets worried when Golden Lion King starts roaring and glowing brightly. Takara thinks he's about to use a powerful attack but MissionControl reveals to Takara that it's actually just Golden Lion King's power, roaring makes him glow.

* In the earlier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Shego had clawed gloves that glowed with a green light when she fought; the glow was implied to amplify the force of her attacks. In the second season, she began displaying the ability to use the glow as a projectile attack, throwing blasts of energy, and it was retconned into a superpower called the "Go Team Glow", which she and her brothers obtained as children when they were exposed to an alien meteorite.

** ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'':\\\
Twilight sparks with electricity occasionally as a result of being supercharged by the other Princesses.\\\
When Twilight first receives the combined power, as well as when she tries to lower the moon and raise the sun, her body glows and her hair turns more ethereal, with a glow about her.\\\
The Rainbow Power is very glowy indeed, which wears off once it's done its job.

* Creator/JRRTolkien's ''LordOfTheRings'': orc-hating elvish swords and entire tower of Minas Morgul.

* Mocked in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' when Stannis gets Lightbringer, a literal glowing sword, but despises it because it doesn't do anything else better than most swords.

* In ''TheDresdenFiles'' Harry more than once makes his staff/blasting rod glow, usually when he is about to smash something into the water table.

* The same happens in GundamUnicorn: the full Psycoframe under the RX-0's armour glows whenever its NT-D is activated. Its colour depends on the strength of the Newtype's abilities.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', characters will obtain a [[BattleAura glowing aura]], along with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom yellow eyes]] when they break a Smash Ball, an item that gives them the capacity to perform a personalized FinishingMove.

** Literally; in ''TheSandman'' graphic novel ''Endless Nights'', an Oan precursor of the Guardians of the Universe manipulates a primitive form of Green Lantern energy which she calls "the Glow". Her name? Killalla of the Glow.
* In ''PowerPack'', Katie's (Energizer) power causes her to glow when she absorbs... just about anything; she's also able to shoot energy balls. The brighter the glow, the more power she has stored up.

** In the ''Burning Crusade'' expansion to [=WoW=], Blizzard one-upped themselves by enabling enchanters to apply a glow to weapons that's actually a complex graphical animation. The Mongoose enchant causes your entire weapon to crackle with lighting, while the Savagery enchant makes your weapon drip blood.
*** While the primary theme of The Burning Crusade was "[=WoW=] [[AC:InSpace]]!!!", the secondary theme was "glowing stuff is really awesome". Seriously. Just look at most of the new areas - they're glow-tastic. Also, both of the new races have [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]].
*** The multi-colored glowy-LiteBrite-Crystal cave in the original Un'Goro Crater was simply power-glow-tastic.
*** ''Wrath of the Lich King'' too, the whole nexus which is Malygos' lair is really one hell of a glow-tastic SceneryPorn.
*** In ''Cataclysm'', Blizzard one-ups themselves again with the Power Torrent enchant, which shifts through the colors of the rainbow periodically ''and'' is the best-in-slot enchant for all raiding casters.

* [[OnePiece Luffy's]] Gear Second gives his body a bright red glow. Yeah it's high-pressure blood in his body but it's still glowing. Also, Sanji's Diable Jambe (Devil's Leg) makes his foot glow a bright red.

* ''{{Darkbolt}}'': Everyone who is powered by demons or angels...

** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'':\\\
Twilight sparks with electricity occasionally as a result of being supercharged by the Princesses.\\\

[[caption-width-right:300:...[[Theatre.JuliusCaesar and absolute power glows absolutely.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:...[[Theatre.JuliusCaesar and absolute power]] [[{{Pun}} glows absolutely.]]]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'', not only does EVE glow very faintly (the better to invoke a Gaussian Girl), her presence and touch cause electrical lights to glow as well.

->''"This hand of mine glows with an '''awesome power'''!"''
-->-- '''Domon Kasshu''', ''GGundam''

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' applies this to, well, magic, which arguably qualifies as this trope. In the premieres of both the first and second seasons, for example, Twilight's eyes (and the second time, those of her friends too) glow when she and her friends unleash their CareBearStare.

** During Twilight's [[spoiler: transformation into an alicorn]] she gets surrounded by a bright purple light in the shape of her cutie-mark. Earlier in the episode, that very same power glows makes it look as if it burned Twilight into a pile of ash, much to her friends' terror.

* The finale of the third arc of ''{{Robotech}}'' and during ''RobotechTheShadowChronicles'', where Ariel glows whenever she's using creepy Invid powers.

* In ''TransformersCybertron'', when using great amounts of power a character will glow. Used most dramatically in the FinalBattle of [[spoiler: Optimus Prime and Galvatron]]