History Main / DeadlyForceField

* In ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', this shows up in the episode ''ComicBook/{{Cable}} vs. ComicBook/BoosterGold'' as one of the applications of the latter's force field. [[spoiler:It also serves to deliver the finishing blow, with Booster Gold crushing Cable into nothingness.]]

* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes'', in the "End of an Era" storyline that led to the first reboot, an evil Brainiac 5 from a MirrorUniverse used his forcefield belt to crush several Legionnaires, while commenting on the "lack of imagination" the mainstream Brainy showed by using it purely for defence.
** ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' shows us some good examples, including:
*** Ultimate Sue blocking the light from reaching some zombies' retinas, rendering them blind, and later, rapidly creating and dissipating bubbles in the zombie FF's brains, causing them to collapse.
*** Pre-zombie Sue using the popping variant on zombie She-Hulk's head.

* This is the secondary use of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' spell "Reflect". Protecting yourself from incoming magic is all well and good, but it's even better if you [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin reflect that spell]] right back at its caster. Reflect can also be used offensively by casting it on enemies who have a healer in their party, or are healers themselves, so their Cure spells bounce off the shield and restore your party instead. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' very pointedly required both of these tactics to defeat Bahamut and Asura, respectively, and they became series staples ever since.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' establishes that certain types of force fields, like those used by the Jem'Hadar (and possibly the Cardassians), are lethal to the touch. Mind you, in the case of the Jem'Hadar, we hear this from someone who [[spoiler: turns out to be a mole for the Dominion]], so there's room for doubt.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': [=EVAs=] have to use their [[DeflectorShields AT Fields]] offensively to [[TakesOneToKillOne neutralize that of an Angel]] so they can make the kill. [[spoiler:It turns out that [[OurHumansAreDifferent all humans]] make their own AT Fields, which aren't capable of shielding them physically, but do keep their minds separate from each other. Using Lilith's AT Field to neutralize all of ''those'' is the cornerstone of SEELE's AssimilationPlot.]]* ''Franchise/OnePiece'':

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': [=EVAs=] have to use their [[DeflectorShields AT Fields]] offensively to [[TakesOneToKillOne neutralize that of an Angel]] so they can make the kill. [[spoiler:It turns out that [[OurHumansAreDifferent all humans]] make their own AT Fields, which aren't capable of shielding them physically, but do keep their minds separate from each other. Using Lilith's AT Field to neutralize all of ''those'' is the cornerstone of SEELE's AssimilationPlot.]]

* The Daedalus Maneuver in ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' has the Macross focus its DeflectorShields on the "fist" so it can [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram]] opponents without damaging itself.

* ''Franchise/OnePiece'':

* Jake Martinez from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', has the power to create DeflectorShields and uses it offensively creating tiny shields that act like a bullet on contact, applying a large pushing force in a small surface.

* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Sue Storm is the poster girl for TookALevelInBadass precisely because of this trope. In the original comics, she had a more passive role, often playing the DamselInDistress. The writers gave her invisibility powers a force field aspect to make her more active and useful, other writers gave her more creative ways to use them, and now "lil' Suzie" is one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, period. Notably, she can deal out all [[ArcNumber four]] main manners of death this trope describes: cutting, crushing, popping, and internal blockage.

* In ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Giles and Faith are fighting a rogue Slayer and her warlock ally. Giles grabs a book and starts chanting, the warlock mocks him for grabbing a book of defensive spells. Then Giles says he just created an expanding forcefield... inside of the warlock.
* In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', Thanos creates an indestructible force cube around Cyclops's head to counter the latter's eye beams. Unfortunately for Cyclops, it also cuts off Doctor Strange's spell that allowed him to breathe in space, and he suffocates to death despite Captain America desperate attempts to free him.

*** Ultimate!Sue blocking the light from reaching some zombies' retinas, rendering them blind, and later, rapidly creating and dissipating bubbles in the zombie!FF's brains, causing them to collapse.
*** Pre-zombie!Sue using the popping variant on zombie!She-Hulk's head.

* In ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'', [[spoiler:Yahveh]] is killed in that manner by an energy attack. His body is stated to be considerably smaller once it's done.

* In ''Literature/TheZombieKnight''

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** {{Defied|trope}} by the Scroll of Protection: It acts as a force field, preventing a specified type of creatures from entering the protected area. If the user of the Scroll tries to use it to push the creature(s) around or trap them, [[ObviousRulePatch the protection immediately fails]].

** Also in the movie, Steven puts a small bubble around each fist to act as [[PowerFist knuckle dusters]].

** When he was sparring with Jasper, she goaded him into using his full power. It culminated an giant impenetrable spiked wall of doom descending on her while smaller fields kept her in place. [[spoiler: He ends up outright killing her, though his healing powers combined with the other three Diamond essences were able to restore her]].

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' establishes that certain types of force fields, like those used by the Jem'Hadar (and possibly the Cardassians), are lethal to the touch.

** ''The Compleat Arduin'', ''Book 2: Resources''. Phandelume's Spell of the Sphere of Doom contracts at a rate of 3 feet per melee round. Any creature trapped in it is pulverized and incinerated to dust.

* From the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': [=EVAs=] have to use their [[DeflectorShields AT Fields]] offensively to [[TakesOneToKillOne neutralize that of an Angel]] so they can make the kill. [[spoiler:It turns [[OurHumansAreDifferent all humans]] make their own AT Fields, which aren't capable of shielding them physically, but do keep their minds separate from each other. Using Lilith's AT Field to neutralize all of ''those'' is the cornerstone of SEELE's AssimilationPlot.]]

DeflectorShields are usually a defensive measure, protecting a person, object, installation, or ship from harm. But sometimes, force fields can be dangerous, either intrinsically or through [[NotTheIntendedUse using them in creative ways.]] Force fields opening and closing may cut objects or beings into pieces, or a force field may shrink around an object, crushing it into oblivion. If the capability exists to create force fields within another object (like a person), those fields may interrupt vital connections (such as blocking a human's carotid artery, starving the brain of oxygenated blood) or be expanded to tear the unfortunate subject apart. If the force field in question is strong enough, hitting it may be like hitting an indestructible barrier, smashing the crashing object into bits.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has found a surprisingly large number of offensive uses for his bubble shield:

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has found a surprisingly large number of offensive uses for his [[BarriorWarrior bubble shield]]:

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse''. One of Green Lantern's [[FinishingMove Heroic Brutalities]] involves him using his ring to form a compacting bubble of green energy that shatters the bones of the unfortunate victim.

Related to PortalCut, when dismemberment happens as a result of a teleport portal. Subtrope of LethalHarmlessPowers. Related to AbsurdCuttingPower. Compare OrbitingParticleShield. If the force field is used like a melee weapon, it's a kind of ShieldBash.

Related to PortalCut, when dismemberment happens as a result of a teleport portal. Subtrope of LethalHarmlessPowers. Related to AbsurdCuttingPower. Compare OrbitingParticleShield. If the force field is used like a blunt weapon, it's a kind of ShieldBash.