History Main / PersonOfMassDestruction

* [[TheTransformersIDW The Decepticons]] in the IDW continuity have specialized soldiers called "Phase-Sixers", tasked with razing entire planets to the ground ''by themselves.'' Sixshot and Black Shadow are the only two. [[spoiler: Tarn of the DJD is also one. Overlord was meant to be one but went rouge.]]

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', the titular character. He is the most powerful sorcerer on Earth. He can easily take out towns and cities with the wave of his hand. He can also kill groups of people and take out armies all at once, [[spoiler: like what was seen in the series finale when Merlin took out the entire Saxons army, plus Morgana, with the swipe of his hand.]]

* In IrishMythology, Balor of the Evil Eye, as told about in ''Literature/TheBattleOfMaghTuireadh'', was a king of monstrous giants called the Fomor who used his eye as a wepaon: "The Evil Eye was no ordinary eye but a deadly weapon that was never opened except on the battlefield. It was 'a ruinous venomous weapon' that needed four strong men to raise the lid from the eye with a polished grappling iron hung on massive wheels and pulleys. As the Evil Eye swept the battlefield its deadly gaze destroyed all who stood before it; whole troops of warriors lay withered in its wake and the tide of battle turned against the Tuatha Dé Danann."

* The original 1940s ''All-Star Comics'' had a story where the JusticeSocietyOfAmerica started fighting in the war, logical issues aside. This was {{retcon}}ned to be [[AllJustADream a hallucination]] to which they were subjected when captured by psychic supervillain Brain Wave. GreenLantern was shown horrified at the destruction he had caused in order to defeat the Japanese, uttering the line "I have become death, destroyer of worlds," a quote known for its use by Robert Oppenheimer (originally quoted[[hottip:*: It's often said "incorrectly" since it doesn't appear exactly that way in any English translation; but it's a perfectly legitimate translation modulo a bit of poetic license. It doesn't appear in any translation because he had been reading it in the original Sanskrit and translated that passage on the fly.]] from the Bhagavad Gita) after the first deployment of the atom bomb.

* The original 1940s ''All-Star Comics'' had a story where the JusticeSocietyOfAmerica started fighting in the war, logical issues aside. This was {{retcon}}ned to be [[AllJustADream a hallucination]] to which they were subjected when captured by psychic supervillain Brain Wave. GreenLantern was shown horrified at the destruction he had caused in order to defeat the Japanese, uttering the line "I have become death, destroyer of worlds," a quote known for its use by Robert Oppenheimer (originally quoted, [[BeamMeUpScotty incorrectly]], from the Bhagavad Gita) after the first deployment of the atom bomb.

* Paul Atreides, especially in the DavidLynch version of ''Film/{{Dune}}'', is capable of calling gigantic sandworms, using the voice and using sonic weapons without the weirding module. His name is a killing word.
** Even more so, [[spoiler: Paul's son Leto II and his distant descendant Miles Teg. Either of those is more than a match for a small army of opponents.]]

* In ComicBook/Black Summer, the Seven Guns fit the bill, to varying extents. They're all more or less beyond conventional military forces, and the main antagonist, John Horus, survives a nuclear missile attack.

* In ''ComicBook/Black Summer'', the Seven Guns fit the bill, to varying extents. They're all more or less beyond conventional military forces, and the main antagonist, John Horus, survives a nuclear missile attack.

* In ''ComicBook/Black Summer', the Seven Guns fit the bill, to varying extents. They're all more or less beyond conventional military forces, and the main antagonist, John Horus, survives a nuclear missile attack.

* The scarab graphed onto Jaime Reyes's spine in ''BlueBeetle'' has an arsenal that includes everything from nukes to a BFG that has "potential theological implications." It's likely only by the virtue of Jaime being IncorruptiblePurePureness that the world isn't already a burnt cinder.

* The Watterson family in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' frequently cause massive property damage, some good examples being "The Skull" and "Christmas".

* An episode of ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' featured a guy with (basically) a black hole in his gut.

* [[KillItWithFire Flame Princess]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime.'' Not only is she an ApocalypseMaiden [[spoiler:if she ever kisses someone]], but she caused a massive forest fire as a baby after [[ArchnemesisDad her father left her in the woods to perish]].
* The DisneyAnimatedCanon has a few examples..

** Ralph from ''WreckItRalph'' arguably applies.

** ''Disney/Aladdin'''s Jafar, after being made a genie. He already had the ability to shapeshift into a giant snake. Now he has added RealityWarper powers! [[PowerAtAPrice Except of course, being a genie meant being bound to your lamp]]..
** ''Disney/Hercules'' has a cast full of people of mass destruction: Hercules himself, the Titans, Zeus, Hades.. The list goes on and on. Though Hades' status as NonActionBigBad raises at least some doubts about his capabilities, he's still a PhysicalGod commanding a cabinet full of creepy monsters.

** Elsa from ''Disney/Frozen'', or at least she sees herself this way.

* [[spoiler: Andrew Detmer]] at the end of ''{{Film/Chronicle}}'' is one of these. Ends up demolishing half of Seattle.

* [[spoiler: Andrew Detmer]] at the end of ''Film/Chronicle'' is one of these. Ends up demolishing half of Seattle.

* [[TheTransformersIDW The Decepticons]] in the IDW continuity have specialized soldiers called "Phase-Sixers", tasked with razing entire planets to the ground ''by themselves.'' Sixshot and Black Shadow are the only two. [[spoiler: Overlord was supposed to be one. Tarn of the Decepticon Justice Division might be one.]]

** Zeref is an even better example; he's TheDreaded for a reason. Not only is he capable of [[WalkingWasteland Death Magic]] on a scale that turns an entire forest into dessicated, shriveled husks, but ''his'' Living Magic, which is used by other characters to basically create {{mooks}}, creates colossal, nigh-unstoppable [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that carve a path of destruction through entire continents. [[spoiler:And he wishes he could take it all back, preferably [[DeathSeeker by dying]].]]

*** In the 1st animé, this [[RestrainingBolt restriction]] is removed.

* [[KillItWithFire Flame Princess]] from ''AdventureTime.'' Not only is she an ApocalypseMaiden [[spoiler:if she ever kisses someone]], but she caused a massive forest fire as a baby after [[ArchnemesisDad her father left her in the woods to perish]].

* In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' games:

* In ''Dark Ages: Mage'' (a historical setting for ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'')... to be honest, the time needed for this is exactly the amount of time one needs for standard character creation, if we count being able to be an orbital bomber enough for this. [[hottip:Details:An Order of Hermes character investing in the elemental manipulation(/creation/anything) path of their magic can easily achieve the ability to 1) fly 2) manipulate air (meaning a personal pressurised airpocket around the mage) 3) manipulate forces like gravity (potentially meaning no g-forces) 4) BURN (village/town wide if necessary), from great distances if necessary... and that's just level 3 of a very parabolic 1-5 scale. And by the default character creation rules level 3 is something you can just simply just pick for your character without gimping them in other aspects, or taking any flaws.]] So you can destroy towns with fire from the air needing only some simple item like a coin as a focus object (so not even clothes necessary) with a character out of creation. Oh, and the best part of this... that's all in medieval times. (Yes, orbital bombardment in a medieval setting.)\\

* [[TheTransformersIDW The Decepticons]] in the IDW continuity have specialized soldiers called "Phase-Sixers", tasked with razing entire planets to the ground ''by themselves.'' Sixshot and Black Shadow are the only two. [[spoiler: Overlord was supposed to be one.]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' starts with the Empire subjugating Terra, [[spoiler:half-human and half-Esper]], whose powers are so great she annihilated a battallion of MagiTek troopers in seconds. Locke's rescue of her, and Kefka's attempts to recapture her, drive the first 10 hours or so of the plot. Afterwards, the Empire sets its sights on the Espers themselves.
** Terra's also faster than the world's fastest airship, is treated by the resistance as the one hope of standing up to the Empire, able to open a magically sealed gate that no one, human or esper, could open, is described by the team's knowledgeable wizard guy as "more than magic" or rather, more powerful than it, and, oh yeah, participates in taking out several Gods at the game's ending.
** And while we're speaking of the [=FFs=], ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' gives us [[spoiler:Ashe, who chooses at the end not to become one (being a one woman army helped by five one sidekick armies is ''reasonably'' sufficient to restore her throne)]], and of course ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Yuna's pilgrimmage is basically a quest to become a nun of mass destruction.
*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has a Person-cum-monster of Mass Destruction as the entire driving point of its world and history, as [[spoiler:Sin is in actuality a summoned Horror surrounding its Summoner, Yu Yevon. Sin is doomed to return until that little sucker is ripped out and dealt with outside of Sin's core, in point of fact.]] Tidus may be considered a Smartbomb of Mass Destruction as his entire reason for existing is to break the cycle of sacrifice and renewal so Sin and that which opposes it can be put to an end, once and for all.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' had Kuja who had a TakingYouWithMe so epic he managed to destroy a planet single-handedly. He then upped the ante and nearly destroyed the entire universe at it's point of origin.
*** Also from ''[=FFIX=]'' anyone who can use summon magic. While [[spoiler:Queen Brahne was wielding Dagger's summons]] she was able to conquer an entire continent. Given how it compares to when your characters use the same summons this is also an example of CutscenePowerToTheMax

* Ariel, from ''Anime/IsThisAZombie'', is a teacher with hundreds of millions of students who sends one of them, Haruna, to pick up kyo-tofu for her in Ayumu's dimension. She initially shows a bubbly and upbeat personality toward everyone when she's speaking with others, but after Ayumu criticizes her for the first time for not helping in his battle with Kyoko sooner, she says that she is only interested in the kyo-tofu and her student, not saving his life, of which she shows no concern. She initially seems to be only a part of the comedy theme, and playfully teases some of the characters to remind them of her abilities of mass destruction for the first time by smiling and snapping her fingers, causing an inferno to engulf them for just a second. Later on, she demonstrates that she has near-infinite magical power that allows her to traverse dimensions and use her abilities anywhere she pleases, and in fact even rivals the main antagonist of the first season. The only reason she doesn't help more is apparently because she's just indifferent about anyone's well-being except her students.
* Hotaru Tomoe from ''Manga/SailorMoon'', a.k.a. Sailor Saturn the senshi of destruction and rebirth is a perfect example. Able to destroy a planet at will, and just about anything by sacrificing herself in the process.

* In series ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'' [[spoiler: Meliodas, in his backstory, wiped out the kingdom of Danafor single-handedly when he lost control of his powers in the past]].