History Main / ElectricBlackGuy

* ''Franchise/Fable'' Vaingoriously hero Thunder specializes in Lightning magic.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesBattleForNeighborville'' has Electric Slide, who is an Electric Black Lady. Downplayed, however, in that 1) the electricity she fights with comes from advanced technology, and 2) [[EthnicityObscuringMutation because she's a zombie, her skin is now green]].

Examples on this page don't necessarily need to be superheroes though. Any black person with abilities related to electricity counts.

A SubTrope of FountainOfExpies.

A SubTrope of FountainOfExpies. Examples on this page don't necessarily need to be superheroes though. Any black person with abilities related to electricity counts.

A SubTrope of FountainOfExpies.

A SubTrope of FountainOfExpies

** Interestingly, Static gets to be a Black Lightning stand-in in a series ''with'' Black Lightning. Similar to JLU, we get a team of Superfriends shout-out characters. The ''actual'' Black Lighting is in the series, but he's got a different role in the story that doesn't involve those characters, and is not a teenager like the others, so Static takes the Black Lightning role among them.

* The newest version of ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' has racebent Lightning Lad from white to black, ironically making him one.

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* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' Has an African-American killer nicknamed [[MadDoctor “The Doctor”]]. He has access to electric attacks thanks to his power, the “Shock Therapy”.

* Huey from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' may be a {{Downplayed}} reference to this trope. He doesn't ''have'' electric powers, but he invents a [[PowerFist stun glove]] that allows him to shock people.
* Garnet from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has been shown to be able to use electric powers. Although she's [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation not actually black]], she's black coded.

* Garnet from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has been shown to be able to use electric powers.

* Huey from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' may be a {{Donwplayed}} parody and a reference to this trope. He doesn't ''have'' electric powers, but he invents a [[PowerFist stun glove]] that allows him to shock people.

* The newest version of ''ComicBook.LegionOfSuperHeroes'' has racebent Lightning Lad from white to black, ironically making him one.

* The newest version of ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuper-Heroes'' has racebent Lightning Lad from white to black, ironically making him one.

* ''Comicbook/GenerationsMarvelComics'' makes [[CanonImmigrant CanonImmigrants]] of the Next Avengers (see under Films--Animation below), including Azari T'Challa, confirmed here to be the son of Comicbook/BlackPanther and Comicbook/{{Storm}}.

* ''Comicbook/GenerationsMarvelComics'' makes CanonImmigrants of the Next Avengers (see under Films--Animation below), including Azari T'Challa, confirmed here to be the son of Comicbook/BlackPanther and Comicbook/{{Storm}}.

* Soul Power, a retro funk character from the ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' animated series. He was originally going to be Black Lightning, until lawyers got involved. And, of course, there's Static himself.

* Aqualad in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' primarily has water powers, but has electricity as a secondary one used to electrify said water attacks. The same show also featured Static and Black Lightning, meaning half the (super-powered) male black cast fit this trope. Black Lightning's lightning is also literally black.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has Bumblebee, a young African-American woman who uses a pair of stingers that blast electricity at the targets. She has the same stinger abilities when she appears in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

* Storm from the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', first played by half-African-American actress Creator/HalleBerry then by Creator/AlexandraShipp, has control over the weather and often uses lightning when called upon to use her powers offensively.

* [[PsychoElectro Electro]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' got [[RaceLift Race Lifted]] and is played by African-American actor Jamie Foxx. Like his comics counterpart (and befitting his name), he has electric powers.
* Storm from the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', first played by half-African-American actress Creator/HalleBerry, has control over the weather and often uses lightning when called upon to use her powers offensively.