History Main / SphereOfPower

* In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', [[spoiler: Super Sonic]] gets one in the true final level.

So, your PlayerCharacter just got an InvincibilityPowerUp, anime hero unlocked a SuperMode, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking your essay is due in an hour and you drink a Red Bull.]] How do you [[PowerMakeover represent the sudden increase in power]]? With circles and spheres.

* In ''KingdomHearts II'' whenever a character levels up they are briefly surrounded by a sphere.
** The Aero spell, typically an air-elemental offensive spell in ''FinalFantasy'', is instead a spherical shield in ''KingdomHearts''.

* Taken to its logical extreme in ''FinalFantasyX'' in which the entire levelling system is based around spheres.

** If we're including shields, Riku's Dark Barrier ability in [[KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance Dream Drop Distance]] projects a spherical BeehiveBarrier whenever he guards.

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* As the pic shows, Aang from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' once made one from all four elements, it's the reason fans now call him [[FanNickname Planet Aang]].

* The Rasengan and all its variants in ''{{Naruto}}''.
** Tailed Beast also fire compressed balls of chakra [[BreathWeapon out of their mouths.]] [[spoiler:In fact, this was what the Rasengan was based on.]]
** The Hyuga clan can use a technique called the Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation which releases large amounts of chakra from their body and spins in order to block most attacks.
** The only one of these that counts is the Rasengan, as it usually gets upgraded by a neighboring chakra source. The Tailed Beast Ball/Trigrams are just super techniques that get saved until later on in the fight.

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[[AvatarTheLastAirbender http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AvatarElementSphere.jpg]]
[[caption-width:277:Attention, {{Big Bad}}s: this is probably the point where you should give up.]]

** Frieza was surrounded by one of as part of his own final transformation; in the ''Budokai'' games, the entire process is abbreviated into him calling it up, then cracking out of it like an eggshell.

* Two notable examples from the ''[[TalesSeries Tales]]'' series are [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Sync]]'s Harrowing Gale and [VideoGame/[TalesOfVesperia Tison]]'s Infernal Lord [[SuperMovePortraitAttack Mystic Artes]].

* Two notable examples from the ''[[TalesSeries Tales]]'' series are [[TalesOfTheAbyss Sync]]'s Harrowing Gale and [[TalesOfVesperia Tison]]'s Infernal Lord [[SuperMovePortraitAttack Mystic Artes]].

* In ''SonicAdventure'', [[spoiler: Super Sonic]] gets one in the true final level.

So, your PlayerCharacter just got a SuperStar, anime hero unlocked a SuperMode, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking your essay is due in an hour and you drink a Red Bull.]] How do you [[PowerMakeover represent the sudden increase in power]]? With circles and spheres.

* The [[SuperStar Art of the Invincible Fire Wheel]] in the NES ''NinjaGaiden'' games, which is a set of three fireballs that orbit Ryu's body for a short amount of time.

* Mew and Mewtwo in the first ''{{Pokemon}}'' movie.

* ''MegaManX'''s Rolling Shield projects a sphere of pressure around him, protecting him from harm.
** For that matter, the classic ''Game/MegaMan'' uses the ReverseShrapnel variety for his shields: Leaf Shield, Jewel Shield, Skull Shield, Junk Shield (which can also be fired outwards,) Crystal Shield...

** Several KamenRiders get a sphere effect. And these spheres are ''crazy'' impenetrable, repelling any charging monster ''or'' its weaponfire.

* The ''DungeonsAndDragons'' spell Prismatic Sphere, with all the powers of RoyGBiv.

* As the pic shows, Aang from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' once made one from all four elements, it's the reason fans now call him [[FanNickname Planet Aang]].
* In ''{{Transformers}}: BeastMachines'', the heroic Maximals are surrounded by personal spheres of light when their [[OurSoulsAreDifferent Sparks]] are temporarily empowered by the Matrix, allowing them to [[FoeTossingCharge plow through the Vehicons]] like lightning-fast wrecking balls. Sadly, it doesn't last.

* The ''KamenRiderDragonKnight'' transformation effect looks a great deal like the page image. The sphere forms, the circle (actually two in one) appears at waist level, and they turn, suiting the Rider as they pass over.

* [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Spiral Energy]], but that's more of a ''spiral'' of power.

* In ''DragonBallZ'', Cell's final transformation into his Perfect form encases him in a sphere of highly destructive power.
** Also #17's barrier of ki forms a perfect sphere around him.
*** In the Budoukai games at least, Frieza's transformation sequences are truncated to him being surrounded in an round, opaque EnergyShield, which then cracks to reveal his UltimateForm.
* [[MahouSenseiNegima Ku Fe]] emits one in a [[SeriousBusiness really intense]] ''[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c261/12.html arm wrestle]]''.
* When the [[KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Seikuken]] is activated.

* [[TalesOfTheAbyss Sync]]'s Harrowing Gale and [[TalesOfVesperia Tison]]'s Infernal Lord [[SuperMovePortraitAttack Mystic Artes]] are two notable examples of spheres from the ''[[TalesSeries Tales]]'' series.

[[caption-width:277:Paging [[EvilOverlord Ozai's]] ass; you're needed in the steel-toed boot aisle.]]

So, your PlayerCharacter just got a SuperStar, anime hero unlocked a SuperMode, or your essay is due in an hour and you drink a Red Bull. How do you [[PowerMakeover represent the sudden increase in power]]? With circles and spheres.

** For that matter, the classic ''MegaMan'' uses the ReverseShrapnel variety for his shields: Leaf Shield, Jewel Shield, Skull Shield, Junk Shield (which can also be fired outwards,) Crystal Shield...

* The Rasengan and all it's variants in ''{{Naruto}}''.

* [[MahouSenseiNegima Ku Fe]] emits one in a really intense ''[[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima%21/261/12/ arm wrestle]]''.