History ShockAndAwe / VideoGames

** A common electricity-based enemy is the jellyfish-like Bari and Biri, who reside in underwater areas such as ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time's]]'' [[WombLevel Jabu-Jabu's Belly]], ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages's]]'' Mermaid's Cave and Jabu-Jabu's Belly, and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds']]'' Swamp Palace. Attacking them directly will deal damage to Link, so projectile weapons such as the Boomerang, Arrows/Slingshot or Hookshot/Longshot/Clawshot will take them out easy.

** ''Twilight Princess'': [[spoiler:Along with the TennisBoss portion of the final battle with Ganondorf [[FightingYourFriend while he is possessing Zelda's body]],]] the game also features Twilit Parasites, as well as the Twilit Bloat, who serves as the KingMook to the aforementioned Parasites, which hold Tears of Light taken from the Light Spirits by the Shadow Beasts, which caused Hyrule to be engulfed in darkness. During his quest for the [[PlotCoupon Fused Shadows]], Link has to collect 16 Tears of Light[[note]]12 in ''Twilight Princess HD''[[/note]] to awaken the Spirits of Light in each affected province. Faron and Eldin Provinces had Link successfully collect them all, but in Lanaryu Province, the location of the final Tear suddenly appears on the map after Link collects 15 of them[[note]]11 in ''HD''[[/note]], forcing him to fight the Twilit Bloat to get the last one.

** ''Twilight Princess'': [[spoiler:Along with the TennisBoss portion of the final battle with Ganondorf [[FightingYourFriend while he is possessing Zelda's body]],]] the game also features Twilit Parasites, as well as the Twilit Bloat, who serves as the KingMook to the aforementioned Parasites, which hold Tears of Light taken from the Light Spirits by the Shadow Beasts, which caused Hyrule to be engulfed in darkness. During his quest for the [[PlotCoupon Fused Shadows]], Link has to collect 16 Tears of Light[[note]]12 in ''Twilight Princess HD''[[/note]] to awaken the light spirits in each affected province. Faron and Eldin Provinces had Link successfully collect them all, but in Lanaryu Province, the location of the final Tear suddenly appears on the map after Link collects 15 of them[[note]]11 in ''HD''[[/note]], forcing him to fight the Twilit Bloat to get the last one.

** ''Twilight Princess'': [[spoiler:Along with the TennisBoss portion of the final battle with Ganondorf [[FightingYourFriend while he is possessing Zelda's body]],]] the game also features Twilit Parasites, as well as the Twilit Bloat, who serves as the KingMook to the aforementioned Parasites, which hold Tears of Light taken from the Light Spirits by the Shadow Beasts, which caused Hyrule to be engulfed in darkness. In Faron and Eldin Provinces, Link had to find 16 tears of light in his quest for the first two pieces of the [[PlotCoupon Fused Shadows]], but in Lanaryu Province, the location of the 16th and final Tear suddenly appears on the map after Link collects 15 of them, forcing him to fight the Twilit Bloat to get the last one.

** ''Twilight Princess'': [[spoiler:Along with the TennisBoss portion of the final battle with Ganondorf [[FightingYourFriend while he is possessing Zelda's body]],]] the game also features Twilit Parasites, as well as the Twilit Bloat, who serves as the KingMook to the aforementioned Parasites, which hold Tears of Light taken from the Light Spirits by the Shadow Beasts, which caused Hyrule to be engulfed in darkness. In Faron and Eldin Provinces, Link had to find 16 tears of light in his quest for the first two pieces of the [[Plot Coupon Fused Shadows]], but in Lanaryu Province, the location of the 16th and final Tear suddenly appears on the map after Link collects 15 of them, forcing him to fight the Twilit Bloat to get the last one.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': The boss of [[WombLevel Jabu-Jabu's Belly]] is Barinade, a parasitic monster that unleashes powerful bolts like there's no tomorrow, and is the KingMook of the electric-based Biri and Bari (even its BossSubtitles say so). The game also has the boss of the Forest Temple, Phantom Ganon, and Ganondorf himself; the two throw electric balls at Link, who in turn has to throw them back in TennisBoss form, but in Phantom Ganon's case, before he and Link play their game of Dead Man's Volley, the first phase involves him [[PortalPicture jumping into]] [[SpookyPainting paintings of a spooky road]] and Link has to determine which one the real one will pop out of, while [[DoppelgangerSpin a fake one]] will keep him distracted long enough for the real one to deliver a devastating shock to him. Phantom Ganon retains the Tennis Boss feature when he reappears as a miniboss at the Forsaken Fortress and Ganon's Tower in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', while Ganondorf does in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' [[spoiler:while [[FightingYourFriend possessing Princess Zelda's body]]]].

** Along with the return of Phantom Ganon, ''The Wind Waker'' also features Blue and Yellow [=ChuChus=], who are protected by electricity that can harm direct-attackers, so Link has to stun them before he can attack them.
** ''Twilight Princess'': [[spoiler:Along with the TennisBoss portion of the final battle with Ganondorf [[FightingYourFriend while he is possessing Zelda's body]],]] Biri and Bari return as enemies in the Lakebed Temple, and the Clawshot is the only effective weapon against them.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': The boss of [[WombLevel Jabu-Jabu's Belly]] is Barinade, a parasitic monster that unleashes powerful bolts like there's no tomorrow, and is the KingMook of the electric-based Biri and Bari (even its BossSubtitles say so). The game also has the boss of the Forest Temple (Phantom Ganon) and Ganondorf himself; the two throw electric balls at Link, who in turn has to throw them back in TennisBoss form. Phantom Ganon retains this feature when he reappears as a miniboss at the Forsaken Fortress and Ganon's Tower in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', while Ganondorf does in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' [[spoiler:while [[FightingYourFriend possessing Princess Zelda's body]]]].

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' has two electricity-based bosses to count: Smog of the Crown Dungeon and Plasmarine of Jabu-Jabu's Belly. Smog is [[{{Cumulonemesis}} a living storm cloud]] that [[AsteroidsMonster spits into smaller clouds]] which spit fireballs, but when Link forces him back together, he spits lightning bolts at him. Plasmarina is a giant jellyfish whose electric body can shock its opponents on contact. When he fires a ball of electricity at Link, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the player must switch sides with him, making it change to the opposite color, dealing damage to it]].

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' has two electricity-based bosses to count: Smog of the Crown Dungeon and Plasmarine of Jabu-Jabu's Belly. Smog is [[{{Cumulonemesis}} a living storm cloud]] that [[AsteroidsMonster spits into smaller clouds]], but when Link forces him back together, he spits lightning bolts at him. Plasmarina is a giant jellyfish whose electric body can shock its opponents on contact. When he fires a ball of electricity at Link, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the player must switch sides with him, making it change to the opposite color, dealing damage to it]].

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' has Plasmarine, a giant jellyfish and the boss of Jabu-Jabu's Belly, whose electric body can shock its opponents on contact. When he fires a ball of electricity at Link, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the player must switch sides with him, making it change to the opposite color, dealing damage to it]].

** The Gym Leaders [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Lt. Surge of Vermillion City in Kanto]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Wattson of Mauville City in Hoenn]], [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Volkner of Sunyshore City in Sinnoh]], [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Elesa of Nimbasa City in Unova]], [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Clemont of Lumiose City in Kalos]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Iono of Levincia City in Paldea]], as well as [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Trial Captain Sophocles of Alola]] all specialize in Electric-type Pokémon. As is usual for this trope, most of them have blond hair, and they tend to be engineers.

** The Gym Leaders Lt. Surge of Vermillion City in Kanto, Wattson of Mauville City in Hoenn, Volkner of Sunyshore City in Sinnoh, Elesa of Nimbasa City in Unova, Clemont of Lumiose City in Kalos, and Iono of Levincia City in Paldea, as well as Trial Captain Sophocles of Alola all specialize in Electric-type Pokémon. As is usual for this trope, most of them have blond hair, and they tend to be engineers.

*** Huff N. Puff, [[{{Cumulonemesis}} a giant Ruff Puff]] and the sixth Boss of the game, possesses powerful lightning attacks that can either strike the ground (which deals 12 points worth of damage) or attack Mario directly (which deals 10 points of damage), as well as [[BlowYouAway powerful wind attacks]].

[[ShockAndAwe Electrifying characters]] in VideoGames.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas's Old World Blues DLC has the Laser Assisted Electrical Rifle, and a prototype Tesla Cannon.

* In the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':

** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'', although more specializing in multiple elements, Philia Felice's Swordian Clemente is designed as the 'Lightning Swordian'.
** Shing Meteoryte of ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' is technically [[LightEmUp Light-tilted]], but a lot of his techs that deal light damage have "lightning" in the name somewhere and/or create waves and bolts of lightning. The exceptions have "star" in the name instead. Spark Web is also one of the Light spells, and the favored move of a late-game Light monster. Lightning is apparently a subset of Light here.

* Hit someone hard with a Mishima character (Jinpachi, Heihachi, Kazuya, Jin/Devil Jin, or Lars) in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' and you'll see an aura of lightning around their limb. This doesn't actually do any electrical damage, however (although Lars has some attacks that seem to produce an actual current, though to what extent is unknown).
* Electric-type moves from ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'' include chaining lightning around the entire battlefield and calling down a flurry of lightning bolts. In the game's setting, Electric-type Temtem were revered as kami (nature spirits) in the highlands of Cipanku, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Japan.

** The Gym Leaders Lt. Surge of Kanto's Vermillion City, Wattson of Hoenn's Mauville City, Volkner of Sinnoh's Sunyshore City, Elesa of Unova's Nimbasa City, Clemont of Kalos' Lumiose City, and Iono of Paldea's Levincia City as well as Trial Captain Sophocles of Alola all specialize in Electric-type Pokémon. As is usual for this trope, most of them have blond hair, and they tend to be engineers.

** The Gym Leaders Lt. Surge of Kanto, Wattson of Hoenn, Volkner of Sinnoh, Elesa of Unova, Clemont of Kalos, and Iono of Paldea as well as Trial Captain Sophocles of Alola all specialize in Electric-type Pokémon. As is usual for this trope, most of them have blond hair, and they tend to be engineers.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': The boss of [[WombLevel Jabu-Jabu's Belly]] is Barinade, a parasitic monster that unleashes powerful bolts like there's no tomorrow, and is the KingMook of the electric-based Biri and Bari. The game also has the boss of the Forest Temple (Phantom Ganon) and Ganondorf himself; the two throw electric balls at Link, who in turn has to throw them back in TennisBoss form. Phantom Ganon retains this feature when he reappears as a miniboss at the Forsaken Fortress and Ganon's Tower in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', while Ganondorf does in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' [[spoiler:while [[FightingYourFriend possessing Princess Zelda's body]]]].

** In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', Luigi gets to generate electricity in his hands as his specific power. The power returns in Mario Strikers Charged Football, where he can pull lightning from storm clouds.

** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'': [[HighHeelFaceTurn Trish]] is a demon who can fire lightning bolts from her hands and charge her fists and feet with electricity. Her playable apperances in later games have her channeling lightning magic into her guns for extra damage, similar to how Dante charges his guns with red demonic energy. In addition, she advertises her lightning powers by wearing a corset top with a lightning symbol over the cleavage.

** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'': One of the bosses is Nevan, a demon who fights with lightning and [[BatOutOfHell bats]]. After she is defeated, she becomes a Devil Arm that takes the shape of a [[MixAndMatchWeapon guitar scythe.]]

** Samus's Wave Beam combo in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' and Grapple Voltage in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption''.

** The Gym Leaders Lt. Surge of Kanto, Wattson of Hoenn, Volkner of Sinnoh, Elesa of Unova, Clement of Kalos, and Iono of Paldea as well as Trial Captain Sophocles of Alola all specialize in Electric-type Pokémon. As is usual for this trope, most of them have blond hair, and they tend to be engineers.
** A handful of Legendary Pokémon are Electric-Type: Zapdos from Gen I, Raikou from Gen II, Zekrom and Thundurus from Gen V, and Tapu Koko and Zeraora from Gen VII.

** The Gym Leaders Lt. Surge of Kanto, Wattson of Hoenn, Volkner of Sinnoh, Elesa of Unova, and Clement of Kalos as well as Trial Captain Sophocles all specialize in Electric-type Pokémon. As is usual for this trope, most of them have blond hair, and they tend to be engineers.

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** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'': Though no electric monster is introduced in the base game, the ''Iceborne'' expansion features Fulgur Anjanath, the first Brute Wyvern in the series to employ electricity.