History Main / ThunderDrum

* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter Frontier'', the [[InstrumentOfMurder Hunting Horn]] you can craft with Kirin's material is a drum, and like all of Kirin's weapons, has Thunder element. ''World'' also has a weapon called Lightning Drum, this time crafted mainly from materials from Tobi-Kadachi.

OlderThanPrint. In Myth/JapaneseMythology, the thunder god Raijin is commonly depicted with having a ring of drums behind his back. The belief is that the drumming of his drums is the cause of thunder.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Electra is a Electric-elemental Blade whose default weapon is a taiko drum-themed hammer which even makes drum sounds when she hammers the ground during her awakening cutscene.

* Zan Partizanne, a boss and [[DefeatMeansFriendship playable ally]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', uses a set of Raijin drums as her signature weapon. Every pound of the drums generates a homing spark of lightning, but they can be shorted out with water-based attacks, leaving her vulnerable.

* Zan Partizanne, a boss and [[DefeatMeansFriendship playable ally]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', uses a set of Raijin drums as her SignatureWeapon. Every pound of the drums generates a homing spark of lightning, but they can be shorted out with water-based attacks, leaving her vulnerable.

* At the beginning of "Forces of Nature" from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Thunder is shown drumming thunderclouds to whip out a storm alongside Lightning. Note that otherwise, he has nothing to do with drums.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', one of the items that Teddie can throw is a small pellet drum that calls down lightning where it lands, based on the Ball Lightning item from ''Persona 4''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', Raiko Horikawa is a drum [[AnimateInanimateObject tsukumogami]] who has two spell cards that involve her creating streams of electricity.

The sound of thunder is loud, powerful and booming. What common objects can create a similar sound? Certain types of drums. It is thus not surprising that drums tend to be paired with thunder and, by extension, lightning. Sometimes it can be used visually by having lightning striking whenever a drummer plays their drum, as if they are summoning it. Sometimes the drums are more directly connected by having them [[ShockAndAwe be the cause of lightning]].

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Eneru has the ability to control lightning, and one of ways he channels it is by striking a ring of drums behind his back.

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-->"Who's afraid of thunder? / Thunder's just a lot of noise. / Who's afraid of thunder? / Like the noise we make with toys. / When thunder comes with a boom boom boom, / We get out our drums and we room toom toom."

* As mentioned above, Raijin from Myth/JapaneseMythology is the local god of thunder, lightning and storms, who is commonly depicted having a wheel of drums on his back which he pounds to create thunder and lightning.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', one of items that Teddie can throw is a small pellet drum that calls down lightning where it lands, based on the Ball Lightning item from ''Persona 4''.

* Raijin in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' is able to summon bunch of drums around her, and one of her attacks involves rapidly drumming on them with her dumbbell-like objects to generate lighting orbs. She can also send them around while they are charged with electricity and shoot lightning from them.

* In the beginning of "Forces of Nature" from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Thunder is shown drumming thunderclouds to whip out a storm alongside Lightning. Note that otherwise he has nothing to do with drums.

OlderThanDirt. In Myth/JapaneseMythology, the thunder god Raijin is commonly depicted with having a ring of drums behind his back. The belief is that the drumming of his drums is the cause of thunder.

* In the fourth Eldoran series, ''Daiteioh'' (which never made it past a promo reel and was only developed more in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''), the SuperMode combination sequence starts with Daiteioh ceremoniously rattling a giant pellet drum while riding atop dragon-mode Ryuuteioh, prior to the two combining.

The sound of thunder is loud, powerful and booming. What common object can create a similar sound? Certain types of drums. It is thus not surprising that drums tend to be paired with thunder and, by extension, lightning. Sometimes it can be used visually by having lightning striking whenever a drummer plays their drum, as if they are summoning it. Sometimes the drums are more directly connected by having them [[ShockAndAwe be the cause of lightning]].

OlderThanDirt. In Myth/JapaneseMythology, the thunder god Raijin is commonly depicted with having a ring of drums behind his back and the believe is that the drumming of his drums is the cause of thunder.

The sound of thunder is loud, powerful and booming. What other thing what has similar presence as the sound of thunder? Certain types of drums. So it wouldn't be surprising that drums tend to be paired with thunder and by extension lightning. Sometimes it can be used visually by having lightning striking whenever a drummer plays their drum like they were calling for it. Sometimes the drums are more directly connected by having them [[ShockAndAwe be the cause of lightning]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'', The Thunderclouds have large drums what Chibiterasu can use to get to higher places and some of the inhabitants of the place use drums to create electricity, alongside other instruments. After clearing the place, Chibi also gets a pellet drum item what makes him immune to electricity.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', one of items that Teddie can throw is a small pellet drum what calls down lightning where it lands, based on the Ball Lightning item from ''Persona 4''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', Raiko Horikawa is a drum [[AnimateInanimateObject tsukumogami]] who has two spellcards what involves her creating streams of electricity.
* In ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'', both Renka and Tachibana are electricity users and while Renka pounds on her taiko drums to create electricity, Tachibana uses drumsticks clad in electricity.
* Raijin in ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' channels his thunder and lightning via the drums he beats. However, instead of using the circle of drums he is traditionally depicted, he uses four large drums.
* In ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'', Drums are one of the many weapon types, resembling a ring of six drums. All Weapon Skills with the drums involves electricity, mainly by the character "[[LimitedAnimation drumming]]" on them. They are mainly used by Raiden and his boss Alexander.

* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter Frontier'', the [[InstrumentOfMurder Hunting Horn]] you can craft with Kirin's material is a drum, and like all of Kirin's weapons, has Thunder element.

May overlap with InstrumentOfMurder if the drummer is summoning lightning to attack their foes.

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* ''TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons'', Advanced D&D supplement Oriental Adventures (1985). One of the Asian magic items is the Drums of Thunder. When they are played they can be used to cast a Control Weather spell (which can create a thunderstorm) or send forth a lightning bolt that does 20-120 HitPoints of damage.

* In ''The Rainmaker'', one of the props Starbuck carries on his wagon is a big bass drum, which he directs Jim to give several resounding beats on to make the rain come. When a real thunderstorm does break out at the end of the play, the sound is mistaken for the drum.

* In ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'', both Renka and Tachibana are both electric-themed and while Renka pounds on her taiko drums to create electricity, Tachibana uses drumsticks clad in electricity.