History Main / ShockwaveClap

** She uses this against Steppenwolf in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', slamming one wristband against her shield.
** Diana tries using this move against [[spoiler: the resurrected Superman in a fight]], he stops her before she can even move by grabbing her arms.

* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat: [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]]'', Hsu Hao has a special named "Khan Klap/Thunder Klap" (note the [[XtremeKoolLetterz intentional misspelling]]) which emits a visible pulse of air that damages his enemy while pushing them back.

* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat: [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]]'', Hsu Hao has a special named "Khan Klap/Thunder Klap" (note the [[XtremeKoolLetterz intentional misspelling]]) which emits a visible pulse of air that damages his enemy while pushing them back.

* A trademark move of both ComicBook/FantasticFour's The Thing and the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]].
** In a notable instance, at the end of the ''ComicBook/FallOfTheHulks'' storyline, the Hulk uses this to stop a building from collapsing by using the shockwave to fill the building with sand (he was fighting on the beach).

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' has performed this move every so often. In ''[[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lanterns: Atrocities]]'' she uses a super-clap to take down a mob of Red Lanterns surrounding her.
* SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime does this to hit two [[ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legionnaires]] in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis: Legion of 3 Worlds''.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} has been known to do this on occasion.

* ComicBook/HunterZolomon (Zoom/Reverse-Flash II) was able to make sonic booms with just finger snaps, but he's also used this trope, which is basically a stronger version of the finger snap trick.

* Fourarms does this a lot on ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}''.

* The Stone Giants from Disney's ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' actually generate force fields by clapping their hands.

* [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Alex Mercer]]. That is, when he's not just [[ImAHumanitarian eating people]].
** Even better, he's not clapping hands. He's smashing his knuckles together.

* Hunter Zolomon (Zoom/Reverse-Flash II) was able to make sonic booms with just finger snaps, but he's also used this trope, which is basically a stronger version of the finger snap trick.

* A trademark move of both Comicbook/FantasticFour's The Thing and the [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]].

* One of the psychic powers (called ''Thunderclap'') available to Space Wolf Rune Priests in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.

* ''Series/Supergirl2015'': In "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S3E8CrisisOnEarthXPart1 Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1]]", [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] does this to stun [[EvilCounterpart Overgirl]], before delivering a massive gutpunch that leaves her gasping on the floor, forcing Dark Arrow to grab her and order a retreat.

* In ''Fanfic/FromMuddyWaters'', Izuku uses this to knock away Uraraka and Todoroki during the Heroes vs. Villains exercise as well as shatter Todoroki's ice attacks. He later uses this to slow his descent after he and Todoroki launch themselves into the air over the stadium during the obstacle course.

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* In ''Fanfic/FromMuddyWatters'', Izuku uses this to knock away Uraraka and Todoroki during the Heroes vs. Villains exercise as well as shatter Todoroki's ice attacks. He later uses this to slow his descent after he and Todoroki launch themselves into the air over the stadium during the obstacle course.

* ''OnePiece'': how Emporio Ivankov's "EyeBeams" actually work, just replace hands with eyelashes.

* ''AssassinationClassroom'': Nagisa is taught this as an assassination technique; clapping his hands in front of an enemy whose senses are on high alert disorients them. In the over-the-top style of the manga this is represented as a nuclear explosion

* A telekinetic version occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' episode "Future of the Force". It's hard to notice, but in her fight against the Seventh Sister Ahsoka Tano didn't actually use the standard [[MindOverMatter Force-push]], rather than clapping her hands together, which slammed the inquisitor into a stonepillar so hard it cracked from the impact.

See also KungFuSonicBoom, MakeMeWannaShout, ShockwaveStomp. [[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve.

* Film/DCExtendedUniverse: Wonder Woman can blast forth shockwaves by clashing her vambraces together.

** She uses this against Steppenwolf in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}''.

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* In ''[[Literature/KeysToTheKingdom Sir Thursday]]'', Dame Primus does this with the Second Key, which takes the form of a pair of gloves.

* Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}: In "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S3E8CrisisOnEarthXPart1 Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1]]", Kara does this to stun [[EvilCounterpart Overgirl]], before delivering a massive gutpunch that leaves her gasping on the floor, forcing Dark Arrow to grab her and order a retreat.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' 3.5 has the Thunderclap feat from the Book of Vile Drakness that gives a powerful sonic attack in a cone that has a chance to deafen and even knock enemies down and also extinguishes unprotected fire sources, by clapping hands really hard. The more powerful the user (mesured in Hit Dice), the bigger the affected area and the harder it gets to resist. This feat requires a massive Strength score of 30 since it was designed for monsters, and a standard PC race would need a load of bonuses from various sources to reach such an amount.

* Through a similar hand motion, [[Film/WonderWoman2017 Wonder Woman]] can blast forth shockwaves that can make send Doomsday reeling by clashing her vambraces together.

* Jimmy's MiniMecha, [=LUX5000=], from ''VideoGame/{{Awesomenauts}}'' smashes its fists together at the end of their auto attack combo to create [[http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/awesomenauts.gamepedia.com/2/28/Rattlesmash.gif?version=3eab99b954b63f5551fa9bc4f1620182 a damaging shockwave around them]].