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** Subverted with Kimberly's "Pteradactlyl Thunder Whip". Despite what it's name implies, it doesn't channel electricity at all.

* ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'': Adam's [[AmphibianAtLarge frog zord]] has an OverlyLongTongue that can channel electric currents.

* ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'': Jiang Cheng wields Zidian, a whip made of purple lightning. One blow from it can force spirits out of the bodies they're possessing. It originally belonged to his mother, Yu Ziyuan, who used it to whip Wang Lingjiao when she tried to order Yu Ziyuan around.

** Myers's wand is a whip instead of a MagicStaff as is common in the series. She specializes in lightning magic and can channel electricity through her whip, an ability which has earned her the nickname "Thunder Whip".

* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'': Myers's wand is a whip instead of a MagicStaff as is common in the series. She specializes in lightning magic and can channel electricity through her whip which has earned her the nickname "Thunder Whip".

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Ilia fights with a WhipSword called Lightning Lash which can fire electricity in sword mode.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}: Ilia fights with a WhipSword called Lightning Lash which can fire electricity in sword mode.

* ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'': The police are equipped with electric whips as a less-than-lethal way of dealing with criminals.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': One of the enemies resulting from Cerberus' SuperSoldier Pheonix Project are Dragoons, heavily armored soldiers armed with two energy whips, which are used for sweeping melee attacks as well as [[MagicByAnyOtherName casting biotics]], and firing a sub-machine-gun. In the multiplayer, they were PromotedToPlayable, with DefectorFromDecadence Dragoons having a Vanguard's FoeTossingCharge, as well as some of the most powerful biotics period, able to attack enemies through walls.

Obviously a subtrope of WhipItGood, as well as ShockAndAwe, and EnhancedArchaicWeapon. Likely an ElementalWeapon in setting with elemental powers. Can also overlap with ChainPain. Though not the same as ChainLightning, will often have this effect in Video Games.

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* A minor Angel in ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' illegally wielded electric whips.

* Hei in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' uses a steel wire as his primary weapon. Not only is he able to choke people to death with it, he can also conduct his [[ShockAndAwe electrical discharges]] through it.

* "Electric whips" are a recurring background weapon in the ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' universe, appearing primarily in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' and ''ComicBook/{{Flesh}}''.

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* ''Film/IronMan2'''s villain Ivan Vanko a.k.a. yet another Whiplash uses both an exoskeleton and a suit of PowerArmor that have whips with enough electricity flowing through them to cut through cars like butter. His Father, Anton Vanko, is not the Anton Vanko who became Whiplash in the books, but is instead based on the Ivan Vanko who was the first Crimson Dynamo before his HeelFaceTurn and HeroicSacrifice in the comics, except [[{{Dissimile}} for the Crimson Dynamo, Heel Face Turn, and Heroic Sacrifice bits.]]

* In ''Film/PacificRimUprising'', the [[HumongousMecha Jaeger]] Guardian Bravo is armed with the Elec-16 Arc Whip, an almost indestructible whip capable of delivering extremely powerful electric shocks.

* In [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov's]] "Robot" series, specifically in ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', the police are equipped with electric whips as a less-than-lethal way of dealing with criminals.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 5[[superscript:th]] Edition: The "Lightning Lure" spell strikes a nearby enemy with an electrical lash, dealing lightning damage and [[YouWillNotEvadeMe pulling them]] towards the spellcaster.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/details.aspx?multiverseid=212239 Livewire Lash]] is a whip that lets the creature using it to repeatedly damage an opponent.
* The 3rd Edition of ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'' introduced shock whips, long, coiling weapons are popular amongst the more experienced members of [[AmazonBrigade House Escher]]. When fully energised a shock whip resembles a handheld bolt of lightning that can incapacitate enemy fighters with the slightest tough.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' a kineticist who specializes in the air element can charge a whip (or any other weapon) with electricity, or manifest a whip made of pure electricity, with the right talent selection.

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* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'':
** Hewkii's uses [[ShockAndAwe Electrified]] Chains.
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* In ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', Nisha's melee weapon is a bullwhip, which fits her character as both a cowgirl and a CombatSadomasochist. It has a longer range than other characters' melee attacks yet does slightly less damage. With certain skills, she can eventually steal ammo from enemies and even unleash a lightning bolt just by cracking her whip.
* The ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games are no stranger to whips, and in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines '' includes the ability to turn it into a 'lightning whip'.

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' the whip, though generally weak, can be upgraded to a lightning whip.
* Razor from VideoGame/{{Dota 2}} wields a lightning whip as his WeaponOfChoice. As a warden of the Underscape, he hurt those to make them move quicker to the other side.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'', the spell Brontide summons a magical whip of pure electricity.

* In ''Videogame/GranblueFantasy'', [[CuteGhostGirl Ferry's]] recruitment weapon is the [[https://gbf.wiki/images/2/2c/Weapon_b_1040006100.png Ethereal Lasher]], a magical whip where everything but the handle is [[PureEnergy pure magical energy]], which takes the form of greenish-blue lightning. However, the description says that it can theoretically take on "countless forms".
* In ''VideoGame/IntoTheBreach'', The Lightning mech's primary weapon is the Electric Whip, whose primary selling point is it's ChainLightning ability.
* In ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' Kirby can [[PowerCopying copy]] the Waddle Doo's Beam ability, which attacks with an electric whip.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', one of the enemies resulting from Cerberus' SuperSoldier Pheonix Project are Dragoons, heavily armored soldiers armed with two energy whips, which are used for sweeping melee attacks as well as [[MagicByAnyOtherName casting biotics]], and firing a sub-machine-gun. In the multiplayer, they were PromotedToPlayable, with DefectorFromDecadence Dragoons having a Vanguard's FoeTossingCharge, as well as some of the most powerful biotics period, able to attack enemies through walls.
* In ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'', the Shocktether Photon Art has the user grapple a single target and pump electricity through them. [[ButtonMashing Repeatedly pressing the button]] increases the number of hits and thus the potential damage.

* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'', you can acquire the shock ravager, a weapon of the pure electricity variant, which upgrades to the more powerful lightning ravager.
* The Ivory Wispon in ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' allows the Avatar to attack enemies with a lightning whip.
* In the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series, the dominatrix enemies use whips to fight. Those whips are [[ShockAndAwe electrical ones]] starting with ''Streets of Rage 2''.

* ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' features Electric Wire, whip-class weapon that's literally just a still electrically-charged wire, and the more bizarre Electric Eel, which is a, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin electric eel]] used as a whip-class weapon.

* Lilywatt in ''Literature/FlyoverCity'' has whips that she charges with electricity.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In "The Once and Future Thing" part2, The Dee Dees fight using electric whips. [[HeroKiller They use these to kill]] [[spoiler: Terry [=McGinnis=].]]
* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse: Befitting her role as a disciplinarian to the Quartzes of the Human Zoo, Holly Blue Agate's gem weapon is an electrified whip.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In "The Once and Future Thing" part2, The Dee Dees fight using electric whips. [[HeroKiller They use these to kill]] [[spoiler: Terry McGinnis.]]

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', one of the enemies resulting from SuperSoldier Pheonix Project are Dragoons, heavily armored soldiers armed with two energy whips, which are used for sweeping melee attacks as well as [[MagicByAnyOtherName casting biotics]], and firing a sub-machine-gun. In the multiplayer, they were PromotedToPlayable, with DefectorFromDecadence Dragoons having a Vanguard's FoeTossingCharge, as well as some of the most powerful biotics period, able to attack enemies through walls.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In "The Once and Future Thing Part 2", the Dee Dees fight using electric whips. [[HeroKiller They use these to kill]] [[spoiler: Terry [=McGinnis=].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In "The Once and Future Thing" part2, The Dee Dees fight using electric whips. [[HeroKiller They use these to kill]] [[spoiler: Terry McGinnis.]]

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' has the card [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Bolt_Penguin Bolt Penguin]], who is described as having electric whips as its arms, and uses them as its weapon.