History Main / PowerFist

** ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'': Veyron's "Claw Grab" seems to fit this trope as it's a claw-shaped gauntlet that allows him to fire non-magical explosive attacks with internal fluids and also seems to enhace his already impressive strenght as one of it's first demonstrations was [[spoiler:blocking and damaging Subaru's own powered gauntlet mentioned above]]. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As it's name implies]], it's really good for grabbing things and make them explode ...like [[AnArmAndALeg limbs]] ...or [[YourHeadAsplode heads]].

%%* ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'': This hand of mine glows with an awesome POWER!!! ITS BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!!!%%Less memes, more context.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' : The Guren's Radiant Wave Surger is basically a Power Fist with wicked-looking talons and a WaveMotionGun built into the palm.

* ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'': One of Fumina's Winning Gundam's "Winning Road" modes was the Winning Knuckle, a massive fist that would combine with Sekai's Build Burning Gundam. It was used a few times, but abandoned after Fumina made the Star Winning Gundam instead.
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': All fighters wear armor, so they have this by default, but the Dragon Cloth includes a reinforced right gauntlet that is far harder than it should, allowing the Dragon Saint to punch much above his weight.

* ''Literature/KumaKumaKumaBear'' has an especially adorable and ridiculous example with Yuna's Bear Puppet Gloves. As the name suggests, they appear to be cloth hand-puppets shaped like teddy bears but as long as Yuna has them on, a simple jab becomes a ''devastating'' ''Kuma Punch'' capable of knocking out foes and monsters alike with ease. Just a handful of repeated blows is enough to temporarly disfigure a man's face beyond recognition. The only real downside is it's [[EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit embarrassing to wear]] and Yuna oftentimes finds herself needing to fight as people think she's insulting the adventuring profession with how ridiculous she looks.

*** A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] story has Batman gain this power temporarily as a result of an experimental chemical splashing on Bruce Wayne's hands, which was later activated when Batman got splashed by a fire hose from a criminal (this isn't SuperStrength; his hands were just reinforced to withstand impact). This example overlaps with BlessedWithSuck as Batman realized this meant he can't fight someone directly, as punches that could dent wrecking balls or smash through brick walls would kill people out right.

** In his usual stories, Donald's superhero alter ego Paperinik favors spring-loaded punches, usually from his belt but also from all sorts of traps, including a comfy armchair and a small trunk.

** ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': The Super-Skrull likes to turn his hands into copies of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing's]] (no, not [[Film/TheThing1982 that one]]) and combine rocky-skinned superstrong punches with the long reach of Mister Fantastic and sometimes adds a flame and forcefield combo to [[ElementalPunch add to his punches', er, punch]]. In fact he once used this destructive combo-punch and his VoluntaryShapeshifting powers to impersonate Powe...I mean, Iron Fist.

* ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'': Johnny Alpha uses Electro-Knux when engaging in hand to hand combat. Having been created by the same writer, the technology has also appeared in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''.

* In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', Izuku's weapon, Emerald Gust, consists of a pair of shotgun equipped gauntlets and [[ArmedLegs a pair of similarly equipped boots]]. They go off whenever he punches particularly hard, but can also function as typical ranged weapons if he decides to punch the air, subverting ShortRangeShotgun. Katsuki's own gauntlets, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast King Explosion Murder and Lord Explosion Murder]], are gauntlets designed to focus his Semblance's explosions while also serving as handy melee weapons and defensive tools.

** Sanakan has a heavy bracer which protects the arm/wrist instead of the fist, but works pretty much in the same way as a gauntlet. One blow is strong enough to break the opponents neck.

* The killer in ''Film/DontOpenTillChristmas'' kills an undercover police officer by punching him the neck several times with a spiked pair of brass knuckles.

* In a obscure John Saxon movie, ''The Glove'', prominently features a so-called "riot glove", armored with metal plates and allegedly used by police to beat up hippie demonstrators.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In ''Literature/ColdDays'', when Harry subverts SquishyWizard by running up to a demon and punching it while it expects a magical attack, a thick layer of [[AnIcePerson ice]] forms over his fist and forearm mid-swing, letting Harry to strike like a piledriver without breaking his arm. The demon goes flying into the opposite wall.

** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': The Robot Fullbottle comes with a bulky clawed gauntlet for the user's left hand. The same gauntlet was later reused for Kamen Rider Grease Blizzard. Grease normally wields the Twin Breaker, a knuckleduster which can flip between a jackhammer for stronger punches or a gun for ranged combat.
** ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': Most of Zi-O's early Rider Armors turn one of the Rider's handheld weapons into a gauntlet, which he proceeds to use to perform a parody version of their finishing move to the original Rider's irritation. Later in the series, Geiz Revive comes with a knuckleduster that can swap between a buzzsaw for when he wants to punch hard, or WolverineClaws when he wants to punch fast.

*** Willis "Diamondback" Stryker has a gauntlet he slips over his right hand, which can hit with such impact it can break through Kevlar, send people flying 20 feet into the air and pretty much kill with one punch.

* In ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'', Autumn's weapon is a pair of gauntlets. Shaula also wields a pair with built in knives.
* ''Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour'': Sparks Nevada has his trademark robot fists[[note]]POW!![[/note]]. They were his present for graduating the Academy.

** The Scorpion's Claw, a powered scorpion claw with a built in gun that fires thousands of molecule-thick ninja stars;

** Now even the Tau have their own version: the Onager Gauntlet. Created during the Damocles Gulf Crusade, the Gauntlet was meant to allow battlesuits to take on heavy Imperial armor when ammo was running low. One description describes it as beng able to falcon punch tanks.

** Among the "components" available to warforged in TabletopGame/{{Eberron}} is the battlefist, a +1 weapon which looks like a massively oversized spiked gauntlet and increases the damage of the warforged's natural slam attacks.

* ''TabletopGame/SLAIndustries'' has several examples of this trope. The three main ones are the GASH Fist (a powered fist with a large blade attached, much like a katar), the ITB Mutilator (a powered fist that, for unspecified reasons, causes more damage due to vibrational actions) and the JOLT fist, which deals no damage but acts like a finger tip-mounted taser instead.

* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' has brass knuckles, which only slightly increase damage but also allow you to attack targets that would otherwise damage your hands. ''GURPS: Martial Arts'' has the Bagh-Nakh, bladed hand, cestus, myrmex and sap glove. ''Ultra-Tech'' has and advanced version of brass knuckles and [[ElectricTorture zap glove]], along with a system that makes your punches stick grenades to the enemy.

* ''TabletopGame/SeventhSea'': there are two preeminent fighting styles in Eisen. One involves a [[{{BFS}} Zweihander]] and your face. The other involves a regular broadsword, a Panzerhand (lit. Armored Fist, a heavy plate glove, possibly made of the local Adamantium), and your face. It may not be as graceful as Montaigne fencing or as subtle as Vodacci dagger-fu, but by God it's efficient. There's also a lesser known fighting style where a panzerhand is worn on both hands at once. Its primary move is just yanking the weapon out of a person's hands and then beating them silly.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Battlemachines}}''' power fists are mounted onto giant [[HumongousMecha giant mecha]] and can throw anything they kill around. You can also upgrade one to set stuff on fire, or explode.

* The ''Tabletopgame/StarWarsRoleplayingGame'' has the Repulsor Fist a cybernetic forearm that can deliver a devastating punch once every few turns. There are also "Blast Knuckles", an armored glove that designed to fire blaster bolts when the user connects with a punch. Causing quite a bit of damage but also strain to the user.

*** Many fans also like to give him a second fist from one of his teammates (or any spares they may have lying around) for some good old fashioned giant fisticuffs.

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has several fist weapons such as cestuses, genuine-looking WolverineClaws and a huge fist carved of dragon bone.

** Nero's Devil Bringer arm allows him to perform various feats using it such as SuperStrength, a MegatonPunch and mostly {{Grapple Move}}s. The arm usually summons an astral version of itself, which can enlarge or extend as Nero wills it. In ''Devil May Cry 5'', many of his large arsenal of Devil Breaker arms he uses during combat are attributed to this.

* In the games where monks/martial artists appear in ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games, there is at least a few weapons of this type (although most monk and martial artist weapons are of the claw variety).

*** The punch gun is back in glorious form with the Ballistic Fist: a full on power fist with a double-barreled shotgun attached to it which triggers on contact. Uppercut a Deathclaw with it, go ahead.

*** From ''Honest Hearts'' is the [[BearsAreBadNews Yao Guai]] Gauntlet, similar to the Deathclaw Gauntlet but worn as a glove. It's specialized variant is ''She's Embrace'', your prize after you kill Ghost of She.

** Jacqui Briggs wears a pair of gauntlets which enhance her physical strength.

* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' and its sequel have fist weapons, which range from simple gloves to massive gauntlets several times larger then your character's actual hands.
* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' seems to be unique among [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons DnD]]-based video games in devoting an entire non-[[BareFistedMonk monk]] discipline to fist weapons. Many of these were BladeBelowTheShoulder type weapons like katars and [[ComicBook/XMen Wolverine-style]] claws, along with enchanted brass knuckles and one set of man-eating gauntlets. Annah fights exclusively this way, typically using punch daggers but she's also capable of equipping spiked gauntlets.

* The Counter Sword in ''VideoGame/S4League'' keeps a small sword in the right hand, but it's only used for the weapon's weaker attacks. Counterattacks and the weapon's uberpowerful Jump Attacks and Strong Attacks instead use a massive armored gauntlet, nearly as large as the player character.

** One pilot's machine is tailored to deal damage using power fists. Or rather, the "Jet Magnum", a normal, giant robot fist, with plasma charged stakes that explode upon contact with the enemy, who usually then explode.

* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', the Heavy received a pair of unlockable boxing gloves: the '''K'''illing '''G'''loves of '''B'''oxing. They're actually a bit of a variation, in that the gloves don't directly increase his melee attack power; rather, after killing someone with the [[FunWithAcronyms KGB]], the Heavy gets 5 seconds of 100% critical hit chance, which apply to any of his weapons... But if he just keeps using the gloves, the timer tacks on another five seconds with each kill, allowing him to rack up a chain of [[ThatCameOutWrong deadly fistings]]. He's since gained access to the '''G'''loves of '''R'''unning '''U'''rgently , which make him much faster but drain his health or leave him ''much'' more vulnerable to damage depending on the update), and the Fists of Steel, an actual pair of metal gauntlets which shields Heavy from 40% of the damage ranged attacks [[NecessaryDrawback but forces him to take 100% damage from melee attacks]] (with the ''Tough Break'' update he also holsters 100% more slowly which makes the previous weakness hurt so much more).

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has Fist weapons, often of the claw variety. Back at the game's advent, they were generally overlooked and not too common to begin with. Starting with the first expansion, however, Blizzard recognized the potential greatness of this trope and fist weapons became vastly more common; there is usually a fist weapon in every freshly released raid dungeon, and it is often looking awesome and is a great choice for any melee specialization that uses the Agility stat - namely Combat (non-dagger-user) Rogue, Windwalker Monk and Enhancement Shaman.

** Yang Xiao Long of the titular Team RWBY wields a pair of wrist bracers that, when activated, extend over her arm from elbow to knuckles, allowing her to use wrist-mounted shotguns. These allow her to fight at range, reinforce the power of her fisticuff fighting style. Her weapon is modified in Volume 7 to allow her punches to deliver sticky bombs that explode on detonation.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-06 Lord Tedd]] wears one. We don't see the real thing active, but in Tedd's [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone dream]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-08-26 it fires]] in a spectacular fashion. In fact, it impressed Tedd so much that he wants one too... and as a MadScientist he's [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2011-10-07 not going to]] wait until [[IWantMyJetpack it appears in shops]].

** At Whateley Academy Chaka gets a set of power gauntlets as a christmas present. They only work twice a day and require her to [[CallingYourAttacks call her attack]] but they will go through the local [[PoweredArmor power armour]] with little difficulty.

** Vander wielded two home-made looking cast-iron fists in his rebellion against Piltover, but hung them up when he adopted Vi and Powder. [[spoiler: Vi wields Vander's gloves to defend him against a small army of {{Mooks}}, only being driven back by a Shimmer-boosted Deckard.]]

* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'': This is Fisto's power. In the 1983 version it's just a glove, while it's a mechanical prosthesis in ''Classics''. In the 2002 series it's explicitly shown that while he is wearing a glove, the hand under it [[RightHandOfDoom really is that huge]]. In one episode of the remake, he successfully uses it to distract an enemy so that he can punch him with his other hand.

* Combat sports that involve punching will usually feature some sort of glove for the fist. People commonly assume that these gloves are to soften the blows to the opponent and are used as a safety measure, when in fact, it's the opposite. Padded gloves are intended to protect the ''fist'', allowing fighters to throw full-force punches at their opponent's heads with near-impunity. Fighters' hands and wrists are also often taped up beneath the glove, turning their fists into virtual clubs. Ultimately, gloves make striking sports more dangerous rather than less, as far as long term injury goes anyway. In the short term, gloves also reduce cuts on the receiver, which lessens concerns of contracting blood transfered disease and simple blood loss induced stamina degeneration...but the longer fights just make the long term injuries cause by gloves even more likely to happen.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-vABMIdm5Y Somebody]] [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]] the power fist from ''VideoGame/Fallout4''. The thing can punch through a door or cinderblocks in one hit. The creator also noted how the device required few cosmetic additions to make it look like the one in game and runs off the same mechanical principle (pneumatic pressure). One wonders if someone at the studio wasn't building their own.

** The Walnut Bombers from ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', which are [[DualWielding weapons]] locked to the Walnut Lock Seed, currently only used by Kamen Rider Knuckle. Interestingly, these weapons can be removed, but it's never explained or seen how.
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': Ex-Aid's first upgrade form, Robot Action Gamer, is equipped with a big robotic left hand.

* ''LightNovel/KumaKumaKumaBear'' has an especially adorable and ridiculous example with Yuna's Bear Puppet Gloves. As the name suggests, they appear to be cloth hand-puppets shaped like teddy bears but as long as Yuna has them on, a simple jab becomes a ''devastating'' ''Kuma Punch'' capable of knocking out foes and monsters alike with ease. Just a handful of repeated blows is enough to temporarly disfigure a man's face beyond recognition. The only real downside is it's [[EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit embarrassing to wear]] and Yuna oftentimes finds herself needing to fight as people think she's insulting the adventuring profession with how ridiculous she looks.
* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': The NinjaMaid Kanae, one of Reina’s bodyguards, uses a set of power gloves and boots to fight with martial arts, which is very conspicuous in a setting where most characters rely on guns. She has [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe force field shields on her arms]] to let her handle enemy bullets. Part of why she prefers to fight this way is that she’s a BloodKnight.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' featured [[DeathSeeker Ziggaurat 8]] ("Ziggy"), a cyborg whose left arm and both legs are visibly robotic and used to devastating effect. [[HotScientist Shion]] used an odd sort of power-knuckle device equipped with various gadgets and weapons.

* General Electric's "Hardiman" system has particularly terrifying hydraulic claws (as may be seen [[http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=2656 here]]). They'd need the whole exoskeleton to be worn to use in a standalone fashion (funny enough, the whole rig looks almost exactly like the Power Loader from ''Film/''Aliens''), and GE [[WhatCouldHaveBeen never solved]] [[AwesomeButImpractical potentially lethal positive feedback loops]] in the control system. Man amplifiers are coming back into fashion though...

Brass knuckles, possibly [[SpikesOfVillainy spiked]]. Armored gauntlets, with or without taloned fingertips. [[WolverineClaws A set of blades strapped to the back of the fist and used like claws]], [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Wolverine-style]]. [[SwissArmyWeapon Some hardcore mix of the above.]]

Subtrope of WeaponOfChoice. See also TrickedOutGloves for a non-offensive version, HandwrapsOfAwesome for a mundane version, and PowerPalms for a more open source.

** Hand-mounted weapons, including brass knuckles and claws, are the WeaponOfChoice for the Pugilist class and Monk job in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2 Tactics A2]]'', knuckles range from reinforced gloves to wrist-mounted claws and are the WeaponOfChoice for the Bangaa White Monk, the Moogle Gadgeteer/Tinker, and the Seeq Berserker.

* Tia in ''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals'' uses punching gloves as her WeaponOfChoice. Punching gloves that fire out of a luggage case. Which also contains [[GrapplingHookPistol a hook-shot]], [[ThisIsADrill a giant drill]], and ''[[ChainsawGood a freaking chainsaw]]''!

* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'''s lead, Kazuma. While most alter users can assemble mech-like constructs and beings from nearby matter, Kazuma’s power is a rare “alloy type” that turns his own right arm into a bionic weapon.
* [[HalfHumanHybrid Liza]] [[WolfMan Wildman]] of ''Manga/MonsterPrincess''/''Princess Resurrection''/''Kaibutsu Ojou''/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS whatever we're calling that show today]].
* The three protagonists of ''Manga/ProjectARMS'' has these.
* [[GentleGiant Chad]] from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', and his Right Arm of the Giant. [[spoiler: Later he adds the Left Arm of the Devil which takes on the offensive role. The right arm now acts as a shield.]]
** Moe Shishigawara's Jackpot Knuckle.
* [[CuteBruiser Subaru]] and [[CoolBigSis Ginga]] from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' have one gauntlet each from the pair of [[MagicWand Devices]] [[AncestralWeapon that was once owned]] by their [[ActionMom mother]]. They each get their own set of [[RollerBladeGood armored roller-blades]] as well. Much cooler than it may sound. Also, Fate's armored left gauntlet (with the "Thunder Arm" ability) is a defensive variant.
** In ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', Veyron's "Claw Grab" seems to fit this trope as it's a claw-shaped gauntlet that allows him to fire non-magical explosive attacks with internal fluids and also seems to enhace his already impressive strenght as one of it's first demonstrations was [[spoiler:blocking and damaging Subaru's own powered gauntlet mentioned above]]. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As it's name implies]], it's really good for grabbing things and make them explode ...like [[AnArmAndALeg limbs]] ...or [[YourHeadAsplode heads]].
* Allen Walker from ''Manga/DGrayMan'', and his left arm. Normally, it's an unsightly RedRightHand, though he's one of the nicest guys, ever. When activated, it becomes a monstrously huge metallic paw with large, wicked claws. There is actually a scene where he points out that his claws are too big for him to make a fist. From the same series, there's also Lenalee Lee, whose special weapons are the Dark Boots, which allow her such awesome speed and mobility she might as well be flying, and deliver brutally hard kicking attacks.
** As his left arm evolves, though, it becomes able to turn into a {{BFG}} and a Beam Saber before becoming a smaller, sleeker claw with a prehensile cape, and finally a {{BFS}}.

* Chao Lingshen of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' had one of these to suit her PoweredArmor so she could stand against the more [[HermeticMagic magical]] or [[KiManipulation ki-empowered characters]]. It was later parodied in the AlternateContinuity {{Omake}}s. Later, [[spoiler:Chapter 278 has Jack Rakan summoning a huge one, which he uses to smash Fate Averruncus into the ground with a [[Anime/TheBigO piston-powered]] punch.]]

** By ''Anime/MacrossPlus'', the aforementioned energy shields have been miniaturized to the point where standard Valkyries have them, and a few pilots in ''Plus'', ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', and ''Frontier'' have used them to perform a "Pinpoint Barrier Punch".
* Tanarot from ''Manga/MacademiWasshoi'' has a pair of oversized boxing gloves that serve as her primary weapon. This is a perfect match for her personality, which is a ball of energy bound to blow up things. She's very good with them. Also due to the creator being an Otaki, they are shaped like cat paws.
* A variant is found in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'': Knuckle Bombers, which are shaped charges attached to a guard over the fist of the heroines' PoweredArmor. Understandably, getting punched by this ''hurts''.
* [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam This hand of mine glows with an awesome POWER!!! ITS BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!!!]]
* Solty from ''Manga/SoltyRei'' can punch a [[HumongousMecha walking tank ten times her size]] [[MegatonPunch into the stratosphere]].

* In ''Manga/BlasterKnuckle'', main character Victor Freeman's weapon of choice are his titular knuckles. It's a gauntlet with four bullet chambers over each knuckle that shoot silver bullets when he punches monsters. The result is a wonderfully gory explosion.
* Minai from ''Manga/CorpsePrincess'' fights with spiked armored gauntlets.

* One of the weapons used by the operatives of Section Nine in the ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' anime can essentially be summed up as tazer knuckles. They're primarily for use against combat-rated cyborgs.

* The Golem girl of ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'' has two of these as her arms, and a [[ArmCannon cannon built into at least one of them.]]

* Hibiki Tachibana of ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'' has PileBunker gauntlets that are ''very'' effective when combined with her Kung Fu training. In season 2, they get an upgrade to RocketPoweredWeapon.
* In ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'', one of Fumina's Winning Gundam's "Winning Road" modes was the Winning Knuckle, a massive fist that would combine with Sekai's Build Burning Gundam. It was used a few times, but abandoned after Fumina made the Star Winning Gundam instead.
* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' all fighters wear armor, so they have this by default, but the Dragon Cloth includes a reinforced right gauntlet that is far harder than it should, allowing the Dragon Saint to punch much above his weight.
* Technically a South Korean-Spanish example, ''Animation/IronKid'' (Eon Kid in America) about a boy who found a strange object, but now that object is stuck to their arm, but now the boy, his female friend, and dog sidekick go on crazy adventures.

* A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] story had Franchise/{{Batman}} gain this power temporarily as a result of an experimental chemical splashing on Bruce Wayne's hands, which was later activated when Batman got splashed by a fire hose from a criminal (this isn't SuperStrength; his hands were just reinforced to withstand impact). This example overlaps with BlessedWithSuck as Batman realized this meant he can't fight someone directly, as punches that could dent wrecking balls or smash through brick walls would kill people out right.
* ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'s [[RedRightHand Right Hand of Doom]] is technically a key to unlock the monsters which will bring about the apocalypse, but since it's made out of an indestructible holy rock Hellboy primarily uses it to punch Lovecraft monsters in the face.
* The ComicBook/FantasticFour enemy the Super-Skrull likes to turn his hands into copies of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing's]] (no, not [[Film/TheThing1982 that one]]) and combine rocky-skinned superstrong punches with the long reach of Mister Fantastic and sometimes adds a flame and forcefield combo to [[ElementalPunch add to his punches', er, punch]]. In fact he once used this destructive combo-punch and his VoluntaryShapeshifting powers to impersonate Powe...I mean, Iron Fist.
* The Jager Maxim of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' wears one of these into combat. Similar devices have also been seen being worn (in flashback) by Dr. Mongfish and The Other.
* Chase of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' wore the Fistigons, "the most powerful gauntlets ever invented" for a while. And he has recently retrieved them thanks to the wonders of TimeTravel.
* Both versions of Goldengloves from ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' use super-powered alien boxing gloves as their main gimmick.
* The Satan Claw worn by Baron von Strucker, the original Supreme Hydra in the MarvelUniverse. Unfortunately for him, the first person he used the metal weapon on was Magneto.
** Later, ComicBook/ThePunisher acquires one of the Satan Claws and proceeds to beat the snot out of Rhino with it.
* Southpaw (from ''ComicBook/SheHulk''), Gauntlet and Armory (from ''The Initiative''), all created by Dan Slott, and all posessing alien gloves that project energy fists, but can't be removed. All three weapons are related (Southpaw and Gauntlet's were worn by the same alien; Armory's belonged to the one he was fighting.)
* ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' protagonist Johnny Alpha used Electro-Knux when engaging in hand to hand combat. Having been created by the same writer, the technology has also appeared in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''.
* In ''Comicbook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', Batman wears gloves made out of kryptonite to give him an edge when handing Superman his ass.
* Gully from ''ComicBook/BattleChasers'' has her father's gauntlets which seem to provide the wearer with SuperStrength and invulnerability. Bonus points for Gully being a [[CuteBruiser cute little ten-year-old]].
* The original prototype for the GreenLanternRing was in power glove form.
* Comicbook/IronFist's superpower is the ability to concentrate his ''chi'' in any part of his body, most commonly his fist, and render it "like unto a thing of iron." The better to punch you with, my dear. His charged-up fist also [[PowerGlows glows]] and shows the [[KirbyDots Kirby krackle]], because.... hey, [[RuleOfCool why not]]?
* ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} wore a {{Magitek}} glove called The Claw of Horus that drew power from the magnetic core of the Earth and knocked The Man of Steel out with [[CurbStompBattle one punch]]([[spoiler: Actually Superman pretended to be knocked out to fool his villains.]]). The glove was later a plot point in ''ComicBook/BrightestDay''.
* ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} has tasers installed in her gloves in the ComicBook/New52. Even without these, her gloves also feature knobby protrusions along the top knuckles, making them functionally similar to brass knuckles.

* ComicBook/MotherPanic wears attachments on her gloves that are covered in nasty-looking knobby protrusions and greatly resemble the ancient Roman cestus.
* In ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', Paperinik's favored function of his [[SwissArmyWeapon Extransformer shield]] is the Crusher, a powerful and extendible power fist. The Crusher has become [[IconicItem so iconic]] that "classic" Paperinik stories (that ignore the ''Paperinik New Adventures'' continuity) from Denmark have given him a multi-purpose gauntlet as his main weapon.
** In the usual "classic" Paperinik stories he favors spring-loaded punches, usually from his belt but also from all sorts of traps, including a comfy armchair and a small trunk.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': During her time as an AntiHeroSubstitute for Diana, Artemis wielded the Gauntlet of Atlas which granted her super strength. Cassie Sandsmark, the second Wonder Girl, also used the Gauntlet until her own demigod powers were unlocked.

* Ardois in ''Webcomic/BeCalm'', [[spoiler:once his missing arm grows back.]]
* Sol's WeaponOfChoice in ''[[http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]]''.
* In ''Webcomic/CogaNito'', any character that combines with [[spoiler:Snowy]] gains a pair of these. [[spoiler: When Niko combines with both Snowy and B.B. at once, she gets [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MultiArmedAndDangerous four.]]]]

* Nix from ''Webcomic/DogKnightRPG'' fights by using giant metal gauntlets as oversized fists.
* [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-06 Lord Tedd]] in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' wears one. We don't see the real thing active, but in Tedd's [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone dream]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-08-26 it fires]] in a spectacular fashion. In fact, it impressed Tedd so much that he wants one too... and as a MadScientist he's [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2011-10-07 not going to]] wait until [[IWantMyJetpack it appears in shops]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Equius's fists ''are'' power fists; fistkind is even listed as one of his Strife specibi (method(s) of fighting). Of course, because Equius serves as a {{Deconstruction}} of SuperStrength, he finds it hard to use his fists for [[MundaneUtility anything aside from combat]], as his [[BoldInflation STRENGTH]] tends to snap anything he tries to hold in half from sheer pressure. There's also Roxy, who coincidentally ([[StealthPun or not?]]) is also a Hero of [[PowerOfTheVoid Void]].
* In the [[ShonenDemographic shōnen]]-[[{{Homage}} inspired]] world of boxing that is ''Webcomic/StarImpact'', all of the fighters wear superpowered gloves, made from a special material called [[AppliedPhlebotinum Real Leather]], that [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman bestow upon the wearer]] a unique ability. Many of these pairs simply [[EnhancedPunch add power to the wearer's punches]][[note]], such as Aster's Shooting Star, granting her a [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once-per-match]] [[OneHitKill One-Hit KO]] MegatonPunch, and Etna's Happy Teeth, which [[AgonyBeam sets the victim's nerves on fire]] with every punch[[/note]], while other pairs provide other sorts of benefits that're every bit as useful[[note]], like Phoebe's Moonlight Dream, giving her the ability to FlashStep around the ring, or Sanfran's Titan Hammer, which lets him pull off a ShockwaveStomp and disrupt his opponents' footwork[[/note]].
* RD from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' carries the moniker [[RightHandOfDoom The Devil of the Right Hand]] for a reason.
* In ''Webcomic/UncommonAnimals'', [[http://uncommonanimals.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/ The inside of Terry's purse]] shows her kitty-shaped brass knuckles.

* [[RobotBuddy Robo]] of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' fights with his fists, which he can replace with better fists through the game, so he mostly counts. He's also got a kind of rocket punch. Cavewoman Ayla fights completely barehanded, and so falls under a [[GoodOldFisticuffs different trope]].

* Brass knuckles, also called knuckle dusters, are one of the most common versions. They're illegal in much of the United States.

* In ''Film/SilentNight'', Jim has his head beat in with brass knuckles that read "Ho Ho Ho".

** The show also changes the backstory on the Atlas Gauntlets that Vi wears. Jayce shows off a prototype mining glove capable of crushing a boulder with ease. She gets her hands on them in Episode 8, and wields them to great effect from that point on.

** The show also changes the backstory on the Atlas Gauntlets that Vi wears. Jayce shows off a prototype mining glove capable of crushing a boulder with ease. [[{{Prequel}} No points on guessing who will end up wielding them.]]

Brass knuckles, possibly [[SpikesOfVillainy spiked]]. Armored gauntlets, with or without taloned fingertips. [[WolverineClaws A set of blades strapped to the back of the fist and used like claws]], [[{{Wolverine}} Wolverine-style]]. [[SwissArmyWeapon Some hardcore mix of the above.]]

** In ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'', Eryx is a pair of demonic flaming gauntlets.

* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'': One of the machines Rex can generate [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWdm5CWKrwk is this]]. It seems to be his favourite so far.

* Sanakan from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' has a heavy bracer which protects the arm/wrist instead of the fist, but works pretty much in the same way as a gauntlet. One blow is strong enough to break the opponents neck.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' featured [[DeathSeeker Ziggaurat 8]] ("Ziggy"), a cyborg whose left arm and both legs are visibly robotic and used to devastating effect. [[HotScientist Shion]] used an odd sort of power-knuckle device equipped with various gadgets and weapons.
* ''VideoGame/{{Familia}}'': Lono, Poki, and Red are monks that equip gauntlets and elemental claws.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' games often have weapons like this for the Monk or Monk-analogue. Mash/Sabin of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Tifa of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Zell of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. Though sometimes they just wear really durable, cool-looking gloves. Monks in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' also have the above-mentioned footwear, that boosts the power of their kick attacks ([[GuideDangIt although you wouldn't know unless someone told you]]).
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Yang Fang Leiden]] only uses claws to add elemental properties or debuffs to his attacks. Then again, this is a man who used his body to make the Tower of Babil's cannon misfire, so what's a weapon gonna do for him?
** Rikku's in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''. All of her weapons are fists, including her best, the [[PowerOfTheGodHand God Hand.]] And many, like any other weapon in the game, had extra properties, ranging from status effects, to element affiliations, to the vaunted No MP ability.
** Hand-mounted weapons, including brass knuckles and claws, are the WeaponOfChoice for the Pugilist class and Monk job in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2 Tactics A2]]'', knuckles range from reinforced gloves to wrist-mounted claws and are the WeaponOfChoice for the Bangaa White Monk, the Moogle Gadgeteer/Tinker, and the Seeq Berserker.
* In the games where monks/martial artists appear in ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games, there is at least a few weapons of this type (although most monk and martial artist weapons are of the claw variety).
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
** Dante has several of these, such as Ifrit in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', Beowulf in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', Gilgamesh in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', Balrog in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. The latter three combine this with ArmedLegs.
** Nero's Devil Bringer arm allows him to perform various feats using it such as SuperStrength, a MegatonPunch and mostly {{Grapple Move}}s. The arm usually summons an astral version of itself, which can enlarge or extend as Nero wills it. In ''Devil May Cry 5'', many of his large arsenal of Devil Breaker arms he uses during combat are attributed to this.
** In ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'', Eryx is a pair of demonic flaming gauntlets.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}'' had the "Big Frigger" Power Fist. ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' adds the Mega Power Fist which was the same except, you know, fistier.
** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout Tactics|BrotherhoodOfSteel}}'' adds the Impact Gloves ("Pneumatic Power Fist" in Fallout 3) and Punch Gun, a leather and metal gauntlet that would fire a shotgun shell point blank on impact.
** ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' returns to the Pneumatic Power Fist (and two unique ones ''The Shocker'' [an electrical power fist] and ''Fisto!'' [exclamation mark included]) and also includes the Deathclaw Gauntlet, which consists of strapping the hand of the titular wasteland beastie to the end of one's arm. This doesn't sound much until you try it and realize that ''it ignores the target's armor''.
** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' loves these:
*** The Pneumatic power fist from Fallout 3 returns.
*** The punch gun is back in glorious form with the Ballistic Fist: a full on power fist with a double barreled Shotgun attached to it which triggers on contact. Uppercut a Deathclaw with it, go ahead.
*** There's also the (slightly less destructive, as well as much rarer) Displacer Glove, which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin displaces]] things you punch [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom with predictable results]]. Its unique model "Pushy" pushes everyone's shit in faster than literally nothing else except the Industrial Hand (and even then it's only the blade having the massive damage per second).
*** The Zap Glove electrifies anything you punch with it for extra damage against robots.
*** It's possible to learn to craft [[ImprovisedWeapon dog tags]] into a set of WolverineClaws, essentially holding sharpened tags between one's fingers. There's a unique version appropriately [[NamedWeapons named]] "Recompense of the Fallen".
*** And lastly, there's [[BoringButPractical plain jane]] knuckle dusters, in both the brass and the spiked varieties.
*** ''Old World Blues'' adds the steriliser glove and corrosive glove: rubber safety gloves covered in chemicals that [[KillItWithFire set enemies on fire]] and [[PoisonIsCorrosive drain health over time]], respectively. There's also the Saturnite Fist, which is a slightly more powerful version of the normal Pneumatic Power Fist made out of a special alloy called "Saturnite"[[note]]The same material that the Sierra Madre resort and casino has had for over 200 years with no dulling[[/note]], but taking it to your world-destroying toaster ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes]]) will give you the option to superheat it, which makes it stronger ''and'' lights targets on fire.
*** Oh, and you can't forget how some of the Ghost People in ''Dead Money'' have a weapon that is literally a bear trap strapped to their fist.
*** And in ''Lonesome Road'' comes the Industrial Hand, which adds a rather gruesome buzzsaw blade where the weapons punch so you can slice and dice as you ground and pound.
*** Then there's Greased Lightning, a unique version of the regular Pneumatic Power Fist, which allows for some impressive RapidFireFisticuffs. Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar jokes optional.
*** Speaking of which, there's the Fist of (the North) Rawr. Assuming, of course, you can take it from [[BonusBoss Rawr]].
*** From ''Honest Hearts'' is the [[BearsAreBadNews Yao Guai]] Gauntlet, similar to the Deathclaw Gauntlet but worn as a glove. It's specialized variant is ''She's Embrace'', your prize after you kill Ghost of She.
*** One last piece of DLC goodness ... the Two-Step Goodbye. Power fist, check. Shotgun, check. Critical kills cause a grenade-like explosion? Ka-boom.
** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' still has the Pneumatic Power Fist, here being Pre-War power tools instead of military hardware. It can be upgraded to be Puncturing for armor piercing (by chaining some old concrete and rebar to it) or adding a Heating coil for 20 extra points of energy damage. Unfortunately, you won't get as much mileage as you can't use fist weapons with Power Armor and there are much better weapons to put Perk points in.
*** On the other [[{{Pun}} hand]], you can actually build power armor mods that effectively function as an integrated power fist, though they still won't bring you up to New Vegas levels of fisticuffery.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Knuckles the Echidna has the Shovel Claws in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. In the former game, he also gets the Fighting Gloves. [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/484130 They're yellow.]]
* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' introduces a new class of weapon: Gloves. Using gloves lets the PlayerCharacter fight using martial arts, as well as allowing them to [[WrestlerInAllOfUs grab enemies and throw or piledrive them]].

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has Fist weapons, often of the claw variety. Back at the game's advent, they were generally overlooked and not too common to begin with. Starting with the first expansion, however, Blizzard recognized the potential greatness of this trope and fist weapons became vastly more common; there is usually a fist weapon in every freshly released raid dungeon, and it is often looking awesome and is a great choice for any melee specialization that uses the Agility stat - namely Combat (non-dagger-user) Rogue, Windwalker Monk and Enhancement Shaman.
* Several of Mega Man's weapons are Power Fists, such as the Hard Knuckle in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', the Mega Arm in the Gameboy ''V'', and the Super Adapter in ''VideoGame/MegaMan7''.
** [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero's]] "Z-knuckle" (a chip embedded in both hands) expands his PowerCopying ability; it allows him to steal weapons from normal {{Mooks}} so he can use them for himself. And, according to official art, [[spoiler:his EvilTwin Omega Zero]] also has one, and is supposedly the basis for the [[LimitBreak Giga Attacks]] in the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX X series]]'' (appropriate, since [[spoiler:Zero in his original body AKA Omega]] always performs his Giga Attacks by punching the ground).
** [[BearsAreBadNews Grizzly Slash]], from ''VideoGame/MegaManX 5'', has a Power Fist [[SwissArmyWeapon that can change into a]] [[ThisIsADrill Power DRILL]]! [[http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Grizzly_Slash Just take a look]]!
*** Spark Mandrill gains this ability in the remake of the original VideoGame/MegaManX.
** After Duo crash-landed in VideoGame/MegaMan8, he was so badly damaged that Dr. Light had to completely rebuild his body. The only features left from his original body were the jets on his back and the Duo Knuckle on his left arm.
* Regal from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' fights with various greaves around his shins for kicking, leaving his hands purely for balance as he's sworn never to use them for killing. Not that his hands could be used since they are shackled, which he prefers. (He gets rid of them in the sequel, apparently.)
** A better example would be Yuri Lowell from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', as he can use an assortment of power gloves and spiked knuckles as a secondary weapon.
** [[VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia Senel]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Jude]] fight primarily with fist weapons, averting HeroesPreferSwords.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': Akihiko Sanada from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and Makoto Niijima from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' both fight with an assortment of fist weapons, Akihiko's standard being a pair of blue boxing gloves and Makoto's standard being a pair of spiked knuckles.
* Drachma from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' fights with various attachments to his mechanical arm. As appropriate for the SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness, you find various outlandish attachments of all kinds (such as a hook, an ancient {{magitek}} grappling claw and a drill), all of which are perfectly compatible with his arm, all over the place. Apparently there are a lot of other people running around with robot arms; you just never meet 'em.

* Potemkin of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' actually both uses and somewhat subverts this. Mounted on his fists are extremely heavy gauntlets with built-in shotguns - but his instant kill attack actually involves him ''stripping off'' all the heavy metal gear he's wearing, which are actually inhibitors to prevent him from misusing his physical strength. He then ''punches'' his opponent. ''Once.''
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' and its sequel have fist weapons, which range from simple gloves to massive gauntlets several times larger then your character's actual hands.
* Several chips in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' games are built around giving Mega Man a huge fist, often with special abilities. The Guts Punch and Bronze/Silver/Gold Fist series chips all have arrow commands you can do to make their attack or range expand, and the Cold Punch chip...well, just freezes things. In the anime, Heat Guts style also gives Mega Man a huge fist and a rock-hard punch. Later in both game and anime, Rock can take on the attributes of the series' native punching expert Gutsman, and his default weapon becomes the Guts Punch.
* The player may choose to do this in ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' with their [[PoweredArmor 'Nano Suit']] in [[SuperStrength Strength Mode]], and with a little file tweaking, you can [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom send enemies ''flying'' with a single blow]] from your fists.
* Savyna's weapons in ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' are all some variation of brass knuckles or fist blades. Ayme also uses certain tonfa-like weapons in this manner.
* Gracia from ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 2: Xtreme Legends'' fights with her bare hands while wearing special bracelets. Unusually for this trope, her attacks are ''incredibly weak'', much moreso than the other characters who use some sort of weapon. She compensates by having one of the best [[LimitBreak musou attacks]] in the game, and exceptionally powerful and useful musou-meter-powered special moves.
* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', the Heavy received a pair of unlockable boxing gloves: the '''K'''illing '''G'''loves of '''B'''oxing. They're actually a bit of a variation, in that the gloves don't directly increase his melee attack power; rather, after killing someone with the [[FunWithAcronyms KGB]], the Heavy gets 5 seconds of 100% critical hit chance, which apply to any of his weapons... But if he just keeps using the gloves, the timer tacks on another five seconds with each kill, allowing him to rack up a chain of [[ThatCameOutWrong deadly fistings]]. He's since gained access to the '''G'''loves of '''R'''unning '''U'''rgently , which make him much faster but drain his health or leave him ''much'' more vulnerable to damage depending on the update), and the Fists of Steel, an actual pair of metal gauntlets which shields Heavy from 40% of the damage ranged attacks [[NecessaryDrawback but forces him to take 100% damage from melee attacks]] (with the ''Tough Break'' update he also holsters 100% more slowly which makes the previous weakness hurt so much more).
** The Engineer update yielded The Gunslinger, a mechanical replacement hand that boosts the Engie's health and makes mini-sentries. On top of that, every third punch with the mechanical hand that connects has a 100% chance of a critical hit.
* Stone Melee Heroes and Villains in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/CityOfVillains'' can make their own granite fists for some of the earlier attacks. There's also the Energy Melee set, which focuses on this.
* The Counter Sword in ''VideoGame/S4League'' keeps a small sword in the right hand, but it's only used for the weapon's weaker attacks. Counterattacks and the weapon's uberpowerful Jump Attacks and Strong Attacks instead use a massive armored gauntlet, nearly as large as the player character.
* In the older ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' games, the bionic arm acted as a sort of secondary weapon, allowing you to block shots and push enemies around. The recent remake allows you to use it to more directly kill stuff.
* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' series: Neinhalt Sieger has a large, {{Steampunk}} power fist as his melee weapon. It's also an ArmCannon.

* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' seems to be unique among [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons DnD]]-based video games in devoting an entire non-[[BareFistedMonk monk]] discipline to fist weapons. Many of these were BladeBelowTheShoulder type weapons like katars and [[ComicBook/XMen Wolverine-style]] claws, along with enchanted brass knuckles and one set of man-eating gauntlets. Annah fights exclusively this way, typically using punch daggers but she's also capable of equipping spiked gauntlets.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'':
** One pilot's machine is tailored to deal damage using power fists. Or rather, the "Jet Magnum", a normal, giant robot fist, with plasma charged stakes that explode upon contact with the enemy, who usually then explode.
** There are plenty of other fist-based attacks too, like the [[VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars R-1's T-Link Knuckle]] and such.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC5AArRdIxk The Power of my God Hand (Smash)!]]
*** And the ''VideoGame/BattleMoonWars'' ShoutOut at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fRPMBatSSc 1:00]].
** Also notable is [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Folka Albark]] in his [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ialdabaoth]] who [[KamehameHadoken LAUNCHES DRAGONS FROM HIS FISTS]]. Also, as if his normal punches weren't enough, he can send HumongousMecha [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWEywsFnFBs flying miles away into a mountain]], breaking it into pieces and then [[DelayedExplosion watch them explode fabulously]].
* Master Monks in ''VideoGame/ShiningForceII'' equips fist weapons to counter their abysmal base Attack power, due to being [[WhiteMage healers]] previously before promoting. They still manage to turn the class into a walking death machine though, due to the fists having the highest attack ratings of all the game's weapons.
* In ''{{VideoGame/Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' Zorne Sepperin's claw gauntlet can produce bombs and cling to walls. Especially useful for [[MadBomber someone like her]].
* ''VideoGame/BackyardFootball'' has this in powerup form.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames'': Link and Zelda use them. Link also tends to use magic gauntlets in regular games, when they're not bracelets instead.

* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'': One of the powers of Alex Mercer is turning his fists into huge bashing clubs.
* Area from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX 2'' and ''EX 3'' fights with a miniature rocket launcher attached to her right arm.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' has a metal boxing glove called the Walloper, as well as other gloves that dispense weapons such as bombs and automatic turrets.
* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' you can buy a Metal Cestus for Ezio. Oddly enough, it's only for one hand.
* Being Warhammer 40k, ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' features Power Fists as melee weapon upgrades for Space Marine and Chaos Marine officers, switching out the barely weaker Power Swords. They ignore armor which means a nasty surprise to anyone who decides to charge the squad (since Assault Marines and Chaos Raptors are better at close combat than their regular counterparts). Ork Warbosses and Nobz can also be upgraded with Power Klaws which perform the same function.
** A pair of WolverineClaws is the weapon of choice for the Imperial Guard general, with the right one mounting a bolter as well. In ''Dark Crusade'', the bolter can be upgraded first into a double-barreled one, then into a plasma gun, while the claws themselves can be upgraded first into [[BlingOfWar master-crafted ones]], then straight-up replaced with a pair of golden power fists that do even more damage despite no longer having the claws.
* Meng Huo from ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' fights using a giant pair of metal gloves.
* Stinkoman actually gained one from defeating an earlier boss called [[GiantHandsofDoom Stlunko]] for most of Level Four of the game ''VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6''. Unfortunately, he loses it while fighting {{S|egmentedSerpent}}aargtson, the level's boss.
* In the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' series, Iron Tager fights with cybernetically-enhanced forearms and hands that provide his attacks with an electric punch, in addition to using magnets to [[YouWillNotEvadeMe draw his opponents in]].
* ''[[BraggingThemeTune My arm, My arm, My arm, My arm, MY ARM, MY ARM, WILL SUMMON UP THE POWER OF THE]] [[VideoGame/GodHand GOD HAND]]!''

* The Furax Gauntlets in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' are short-ranged, [[MightyGlacier slow to wind up]], and are easily interrupted. But the sheer fact that they allow you to ''punch an enemy in half'' [[DifficultButAwesome more than makes up for it]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'' has the Cestus weapon series for [[MightyGlacier Karok]], which allows him to build up a focus meter that he can then use to power various explosive techniques.
-->'''Gallagher:''' Some people might get a little nervous about strapping experimental explosives to their hands, but I know you're braver than that.
* ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}'' has the Gauntlet weapon type. Like all weapons, they're mostly made of body parts from defeated Oni. They're also around the size of a character's torso.
* The Kinetic Strike Module in ''Videogame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' outfits a [[PoweredArmor MEC suit]] with a massive, ''rocket-assisted'' brass knuckle on the left arm. It's the most powerful weapon in the game, can destroy cover, and [[MegatonPunch sends enemies flying]]. Using the Strike Module to finish off an enemy GiantMook results in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with the MEC ''ripping the enemy to pieces''
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has several fist weapons such as cestuses, genuine-looking WolverineClaws and a huge fist carved of dragon bone.
** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' gives us back cestuses and claws, which can now be [[DualWielding powerstanced]] for a quick combo of punches.
*** Then there is the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Bone Fist]] that after strapping to your fists as a weapon, allows the player to fight in martial arts moves, a mixture of Bājíquán with Muay Thai and Ryu's moves, "as if the very spirit of the bone's malicious owner had taken control".
*** Also, there's a [[InfinityPlusOneSword special]] ring that gives your [[BareFistedMonk bare fists]] a massive boost and allows powerstance for them as well.
* Variation: In ''VideoGame/LaMulana'', Rock Hand, an enemy in the Mausoleum of the Giants, is a disembodied stone fist that charges at Lemeza when he crosses its path.
* Attikus from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' has the Hedronic Collector. It's a device grafted on his right arm which ends in a mechanical fist that can project energy WolverineClaws. This thing in particular was what gave his intelligence as a side effect. In combat, this gives Attikus a passive in which he gains 1 charge per kill (5 for major enemies) up to a maximum of 5. While Fully Charged, the next ability he uses consumes all charges for an added effect.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' multiplayer, Batarian players have a heavy melee attack that involves delivering a MegatonPunch with a bladed gauntlet that will [[YourHeadAsplode messily decapitate]] anyone killed by it. There's also an item that, if equipped, will grant that attack to every other character. This means that a [[LethalJokeCharacter Volus]] who's half the size of everyone else can use his Power Fist to [[GroinAttack punch enemies in the junk]].
* In ''VideoGame/MarioSuperSluggers'', Donkey Kong uses a boxing glove to hit the baseball. Not any less powerful than an actual bat.

* ''Videogame/{{Overwatch}}'' has Doomfist, who as his name implies uses a gigantic mechanical gauntlet that takes up his entire right arm. In-universe, he's actually the [[LegacyCharacter third character]] to hold the title, with previous Doomfists all being wielders of the gauntlet.
* ''Videogame/{{Skyrim}}'' has one obscure encounter with an enemy wearing the magic Gloves of the Pugilist. And getting these gloves is almost the only way (besides an expensive Heavy Armor perk) to increase your weaponless Brawl damage, which is required for a few missions and "negotiations."
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'' has the Jurassic Rockpuncher zombie who uses the BambooTechnology version of this -- rocks tied to his fists. It's a surprisingly effective weapon since one smash from it will not only OneHitKill a plant, it will also leave a temporary unplantable crater behind!
* ''VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6'': Stinkoman kills a giant robot in one level of his game, and then attaches the robot's fist to his own arm for no apparent reason. It's the size of his entire body, and he doesn't even punch anyone with it, he uses it as a giant shield.
* The Loader from ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain'' and ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain2'' worked as a cargo loader on the UES Contact Light before the start of the game, and was equipped with a pair of large hydraulic gauntlets to allow them to lift heavy cargo. After the ship crashes, these gauntlets are instead used to tear through the hordes of bloodthirsty aliens trying to kill the player.

* In the [[ShonenDemographic shōnen]]-[[{{Homage}} inspired]] world of boxing that is ''Webcomic/StarImpact'', all of the fighters wear superpowered gloves, made from a special material called [[AppliedPhlebotinum Real Leather]], that [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman bestow upon the wearer]] a unique ability. Many of these pairs simply [[EnhancedPunch add power to the wearer's punches]][[note]], such as Aster's Shooting Star, granting her a [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once-per-match]] [[OneHitKill One-Hit KO]] MegatonPunch, and Etna's Happy Teeth, which [[AgonyBeam sets the victim's nerves on fire]] with every punch[[/note]], while other pairs provide other sorts of benefits that're every bit as useful[[note]], like Phoebe's Moonlight Dream, giving her the ability to FlashStep around the ring, or Sanfran's Titan Hammer, which lets him pull off a ShockwaveStomp and disrupt his opponents' footwork[[note]].

* In the [[ShonenDemographic shōnen]]-[[{{Homage}} inspired]] world of boxing that is ''Webcomic/StarImpact'', all of the fighters wear superpowered gloves, made from a special material called [[AppliedPhlebotinum Real Leather]], that [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman bestow upon the wearer]] a unique ability. Many of these pairs simply [[EnhancedPunch add power to the wearer's punches]][[labelnote:*]], such as Aster's Shooting Star, granting her a [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once-per-match]] OneHitKO MegatonPunch, and Etna's Happy Teeth, which [[AgonyBeam sets the victim's nerves on fire]] with every punch[[/labelnote]], while other pairs provide other sorts of benefits that're every bit as useful[[labelnote:*]], like Phoebe's Moonlight Dream, giving her the ability to FlashStep around the ring, or Sanfran's Titan Hammer, which lets him pull off a ShockwaveStomp and disrupt his opponents' footwork[[/labelnote]].

** Nero's Devil Bringer essentially functions like this, as he's able to perform various feats using it such as SuperStrength, a MegatonPunch and mostly {{Grapple Move}}s. The arm usually summons an astral version of itself, which can enlarge or extend as Nero wills it. In ''Devil May Cry 5'', many of his large arsenal of Devil Breaker arms he uses during combat are attributed to this.