History Main / EnergyRingAttack

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure2020'': [=MetalGreymon=]'s "[[ChestBlaster Giga Storm]]" attach is sometimes depicted as twin orange beams surrounded by rings.
* ''Manga/DragonBallZ'': [[FusionDance Gotenks]] has an attack called "Galactic Donut" which has him creating a large glowing halo to bind his opponent. By binding them in multiple rings, he can trap them in a volley ball. ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'' gives him a variation of the technique called "Super Donut Volley" which has him fire multiple energy rings that explode on contact.

* ''Franchise/XMen'': Havok can absorb ambient cosmic radiation and release it in the form of plasma beams with a tell-tale concentric circle pattern. These waves will emanate from his body in all directions unless he purposefully tries to channel them in a single direction, usually along the length of his arms.

* ''Film/MarsAttacks''. After General Decker starts shooting at the Martian leader, the leader whips out a ShrinkRay gun and fires back. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W208Y8etcj4#t=50s The Shrink Ray takes the form of concentric blue rings that strike the general, reducing him down to an inch in height.]]

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite'': Sonic Man can fire rings that bind enemies.

* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'': One of the weapons that Shadow can get from the Black Arms is a gun that fires a slow-moving purple ring.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': The anime gives Irina the ability to use halos of light to bind her enemies. In volume 4, she displays the ability to create rings of light which [[HomingLaser home in on the enemy]].

* '''Concentric Circle Beam''' (Type 1): A beam or energy burst fired in a concentric circle pattern.

* '''Single Circle''' (Type 2): A singular, circle shaped blast which can either hit [[DeadlyDisc edge-on]] or is shot with the flat side outward.

* '''Blast in a circle''' (Type 3): An energy blast attack surrounded by one or more rings.

* '''Energy Cuff''' (Type 4): This one has the energy ring used to restrain the opponent.

* ''Film/SkyHigh'': The FreezeRay [[{{Technopath}} Gwen]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwxHkTiQy8Q assembles in science class emits a ray like this]].

** In ''Film/ANewHope'', the Stormtrooper's blaster fires a set of blue concentric hexagonal rings when set to "stun."
** In ''Film/TheLastJedi'', Leia stuns Poe with a ring-shaped beam from her blaster.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'': [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hypnosis_(move)#Core_series_games The Hypnosis move is a psychic attack which manifests as a concentric circle beam]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Chantelise}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'': Eyebats fire green energy rings.

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': [[PlayingWithFire BoBoiBoy Fire]] pulls a move like this on his EvilKnockoff [=BoBoiBot=]. He sets hoops on fire and sends them flying towards [=BoBoiBot=], who is then restrained by them tightening around him. [=BoBoiBoy=] Fire proceeds to cause them to get hotter, causing him to malfunction.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': The crossover with ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' has a woman named Genevieve who serves as an assistant to an anti-Mutant racist. It is revealed that Genevieve is a mutant herself with telekinetic powers which manifest as a concentric circle beam that levitates anything it hits.

* ''Manga/DragonBallZ'':
** [[FusionDance Gotenks]] has an attack called "Galactic Donut" which has him creating a large glowing halo to bind his opponent. By binding them in multiple rings, he can trap them in a volley ball. ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'' gives him a variation of the technique called "Super Donut Volley" which has him fire multiple energy rings that explode on contact.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': The sentry beam enemy releases a circular pulse that must be jumped.

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: In the ''Kingdom Kong'' graphic novel, [[Characters/MonsterVerseKaiju Camazotz]]' sonic screech is drawn this way.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts2'': The Strafer Heartless, native to the Space Paranoids, can use the Homing Beam attack. This attack manifests a homing ring of energy that travels slowly through the air to strike targets.

* ''VideoGame/FatalFury''[=/=]''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': Billy Kane can set his SimpleStaff [[PlayingWithFire ablaze]] for extra damage. He can also use this power to create a ring of fire projectile.

* ''VideoGame/{{Chantelise}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'': Eyebats fire green rings forward.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': The crossover with ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' has a woman named Genevieve who serves as an assistant to the anti-Mutant racist villain of the crossover. It is revealed that Genevieve is a mutant herself with telekinetic powers which manifest as a concentric circle beam that levitates anything it hits.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Asami Koizumi has the power of KiManipulation which generates an energy aura that causes an air disturbance that can be seen as concentric circles. She can use this power to leap great distances and soften landings. She later displays the ability to fire a concentric circle beam.

Energy projectiles in fiction can take on a variety of shapes from [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation weapons]] to [[EnergyBall spheres]]. And then we have energy blasts shaped like rings.

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