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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Ichigo's Zanpakuto technique, [[SwordBeam Getsuga Tensho]], is enhanced when he enters his [[SuperMode Bankai]], turning black and jagged due to the influence of his Inner Hollow. As such, it is made even more powerful when he dons his Hollow Mask, with Ulquiorra commenting that it is akin to his own Cero Oscuras. Ichigo's "Final Getsuga Tensho" merges him with his Zanpakuto and allows him to use "Mugetsu" -- a "Getsuga Tensho" powerful enough to badly damage Aizen's ultimate OneWingedAngel form. However, using this attack came at the cost of him purportedly permanently losing his Soul Reaper powers, rendering him a powerless human for several years, and he had to undergo intense training to reactivate them. [[spoiler:After his Zanpakuto is reforged during the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, Ichigo is able to fire a Getsuga Tensho from both his swords and merge them into a cross-shaped blast called "Getsuga Jūjishō". In his Horn of Salvation form, Ichigo can merge a Gran Rey Cero with his Getsuga Tensho to create a blast powerful enough to injure the Soul King-augmented Yhwach.]]
** Menos-class Hollows are capable of firing beams of crimson spiritual energy called Ceros. Arrancar are capable of firing super-charged Gran Rey Ceros by mixing their spiritual energy with their blood, while members of the Espada are capable of firing extremely powerful black Ceros called Cero Oscuras -- though only Ulquiorra is shown doing so.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** Many ki attacks possess more powerful variants, with the Kamehameha, in particular, having dozens of variants -- the MAX Power Kamehameha, Super Kamehameha, True Kamehameha, and God Kamehameha, to name just a few.
** ''Anime/DragonBallGT'': After attaining his Super Saiyan 4 transformation, Goku utilizes a new version of his classic Kamehameha attack, known as the "x10 Kamehameha".
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Naruto has multiple stronger variants of his SignatureMove, the "Rasengan". Examples include "Big Ball Rasengan, which is literally just a bigger, stronger Rasengan. But more varied twists include techniques like "Rasenshuriken", a projectile variant that grants Naruto greater range and power, and has the added benefit of sharp edges that can cut through hard surfaces.
** The Tailed Beast Ball is the signature BreathWeapon of the Tailed Beasts, but Naruto learns how to perform an augmented version called the Tailed Beast Ball Rasenshuriken.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': "Sagitta Magica" is the first attack spell most mages learn to cast, [[MagicMissileStorm launching one or more bolts of energy]] (always a prime number) composed of one of the caster's elements. Combat mages normally use it less and less as they become more skilled and learn more powerful magic. However, as Negi develops his unusual fighting style (with tricks like keeping a stock of delayed spells and [[ElementalPunch discharging them through physical attacks]]) he finds ''Sagitta Magica'' useful for its granularity and quick casting time, so he keeps pushing it further; eventually, he can fire off 1001 arrows in a single casting, which compares favorably to war-grade attack magic.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': [[Characters/OnePieceMonkeyDLuffy Luffy]] can enter various "[[SuperMode Gears]]"; Gears affect his overall physiology and the properties of his attacks, allowing him to perform stronger and more versatile versions of his many attacks. In Gear 3rd for example, where he can enlarge parts of his body, he can perform "Gum Gum Giant Pistol", a version of "Gum Gum Pistol" with a disproportionately massive fist.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
** Madoka's magical girl weapon is a bow that fires pink energy arrows. When dealing with particularly resilient witches, she has an unnamed, stronger version of it. She charges an arrow for a while and then shoots it at the sky where it appears a pattern made of circles and lines, also pink. Finally, several big energy arrows rain from the pattern. She's launched this attack successfully against [[spoiler: the FinalBoss witch Walpurgisnatch]] on several occasions. It doubles as an EvolvingAttack because it gets considerably stronger [[spoiler: with each new timeline]].
** Mami's weapons are ribbon-made muskets that she often summons in batches. Her finisher attack consists of merging a bunch of them to create a giant gun that fires an equally big beam of yellow energy. She calls it "Tiro Finale", which is the Italian for "final shot". It's also Mami's SignatureMove.
* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'': There are plenty of ways the girls can access stronger versions of their pre-existing moves.
** The Symphogear wielders can, of course, improve their own moves. Shirabe's Gamma Style Infinite Firewheels has her throw two spinning buzzsaws from her twin-tails gear. She can split the compartments in two to up the number to four and, thus, launch her Reverse Gamma Style: Reckless Swastika Finish move.
** Some of the gears can be further fueled by mythology-related conditions. Tsubasa's Moonlit Wind Ring's Fiery Blades are already a more potent version of her Wind Ring's Fiery Blades, but when fueled by the moon, you can only pray to dodge it. This is signaled by how the spinning blades of the normal version go from burning in an orange fire to a much hotter blue fire.
** Adding new modes to their Symphogears is the most common method. For instance, Hibiki's Spear Thrusting Strike goes from simply being an overpowered punch (normal gear) to a piercing beam able to shatter a Moon fragment (Burning X-Drive gear). Similarly, Maria's SERE†NADE (a slashing move from her elbow) gets boosted in her Ignite Module gear, so it can be effective against Autoscorers who have proven impervious to normal attacks.
** Sometimes, the reason is a combination of reasons. Chris's MEGA DETH FUGA is a fairly standard attack that shoots a couple of missiles at the enemy. Her MEGA DETH PARTY is a barrage of missiles that, in turn, has MEGA DETH QUARTET as an upgrade. When in her normal gear, the missiles get bigger than Chris herself but need more time to charge. When in her Ignite Module gear, there's no loading period and it adds lots of supplementary fire.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Chiaroscuro}}'' (''Manga/{{Naruto}}''): The Shadow Splitting jutsu is, at its core, just an advanced version of the Shadow Manipulation various techniques. Like those, it requires channeling Yin chakra through one's shadow in order to command it. Unlike the others, it's necessary to, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin split it in two]] so one portion remains attached to the caster and the other portion can act independently. This way, the shadow is not restricted to the user's position and, once it makes contact, overrides the victim's self-will. It also means it doesn't need more chakra afterward. Unfortunately, it's quite {{dangerous|ForbiddenTechnique}} to cast.
* ''Fanfic/{{Fargo}}'' (''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''):
** Erika's [[FinishingMove finisher]], "Borrasque Denouement", has her clone herself to the point of filling a massive cavern to the brim and then perform her usual katana wind slash. This results in a gale so potent it could be considered a force of nature. Each Erika copy is made of wind and imbued with Erika's soul, so they have all of her expertise wielding a katana. With this, she's able to shred through the ArcVillain's defenses.
** Sloan's finisher move requires the sun, courtesy of her machine gun firing [[HardLight literal light]], and is for all intends and purposes, just her normal attack on steroids. A metric ton of steroids. Her turret's barrel supercharges with solar energy and then unleashes an unholy amount of light bullet rounds it looks like a blinding solar flare from afar. Looks like MoreDakka is indeed effective at getting rid of FinalBoss-level Wraiths. Other than the sun, Sloan is powered by two hundred cubes, i.e., three months' worth of magic.
* ''Fanfic/MoreThanEnemies'' (''Manga/{{Naruto}}''): Yuna gifts Sakura a special explosive tag that reads "destroy" on the center. She warns her that it's for emergencies only -- and lo and behold when Sakura finally has the chance to activate it, the explosion is enough to rip apart from the inside one of Orochimaru's gigantic snake summons. To survive, Sakura and the shinobi she's trying to rescue have to entirely coat themselves in chakra. And, even then, they are in need of medical aid. To put it in scale, normal explosive tags wouldn't have even scratched the summon and moderately strong ninjas can shrug them off.
* ''Fanfic/MyHeroSCP'' (''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', ''Website/SCPFoundation''): After [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], Twice can use his "Sad Man's Parade" while making copies of other people. Previously, he could only do so with copies of himself.
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* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'': Mami's Tiro Finale is already an example of this trope, but this [[TheMovie movie]] has proven that she can bring it even further by combining it with another magical girl's finisher attack. She does so with Madoka, weaving ribbons around the two of them and creating the "Tiro Duet". Albeit the actual energy beam is smaller, it's intertwined with Madoka's pink beams and causes the Nightmare to shrink back to its initial size and be incapacitated for a while. It has a nice visual effect of trapping the monster in a cage of ribbons to squish it.
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* ''Series/NogizakaSkits'': In the final skit of the "Captain Yuri" series, the titular {{Superhero}}ine uses an improved version of her Super Yuri Crush, the Super ''Summer'' Yuri Crush. Why summer? Because of the Music/Nogizaka46 song the characters perform afterward, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUQQN7POquU "Hadashi de Summer"]].
* ''Series/Stargirl2020'': In the episode "Frenemies Chapter Two: The Suspects", [[ComicBook/StarmanDCComics Starman]] teaches the titular heroine his SuperSpecialMove, the Shooting Star. By fueling with positive feelings the most basic ability of the Cosmic Staff, canceling gravity, the user can turn into a streak of cosmic energy and get launched very high into the sky.
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* ''VideoGame/AlienSoldier'': Epsilon-2's ultimate attack, Phoenix Force, is a WreathedInFlames version of Counter Force, a DashAttack that can obliterate regular enemies. It's a LimitBreak that requires Epsilon-2 to have full health, as it [[CastFromHitPoints Casts From Hit Points]], and execute a Zero Teleport. Phoenix Force can be effective on bosses [[DifficultButAwesome if you know when and where to use it]]. It's also his SignatureMove and, therefore, heavily featured in cutscenes.

* VideoGame/DynastyWarriors and its many derivatives have created new, stronger variants on the series' traditional Musou attacks.
** The most basic is the True Musou, which is activated by performing a Musou with your health being low. It generally adds extra damage and often sees the weapon [[WreathedInFlames temporarily set alight]].
** The next variant is the Double Musou, which is done by performing a Musou next to a significant ally(often a co-op player), which causes both characters to unleash their Musou at the same time, often with extra benefits, such as the attacks both being a True Musou regardless of health.
** Another version is the Rage Musou, performed by activating a Musou when the character's rage meter is in use. This attack lasts much longer than an average Musou and will cause defeated enemies to drop experience point pick-ups.
** ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' has the Ultimate Musou, which is used when the character has their spirit gauge in use and activates a Musou, similar to the Rage Musou, though the Ultimate Musou is one big attack, rather than a long chain of attacks.
** ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' has the Musou Chain, where when one character is in the middle of a Musou, they can tag out with another character, who immediately activates their Musou, causing an automatic True Musou, with bonus attributes based on the character types in use by the team.
* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': {{Subverted}} with [[Characters/EldenRingMalenia Malenia]]'s SignatureMove, the "Waterfowl Dance". Despite the fact it gets its own cinematic like all Super Special Moves do, the "Waterfowl Dance" is ''not'' an example. It's not of limited use nor does it require any set-up, just chaining three distinct combos together.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'':
** Heimerdinger's ultimate ability, [[LampshadeHanging "UPGRADE!!!"]], makes his next ability free to cast and greatly enhances its effects:
*** ''H-28G Evolution Turret'' becomes ''H-28Q Apex Turret'', deploying a much larger temporary turret that has bonus health and damage. Its rapid-fire machine gun attack also damages enemies around its main target and slows all targets hit, while its pass-through laser charges much more rapidly.
*** ''Hextech Micro Rockets'' becomes ''Hextech Rocket Swarm'', sending out a devastating barrage of four waves of rockets that deal increased damage to the first enemy they hit.
*** ''CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade'' becomes ''CH-3X Lightning Grenade'', lobbing a grenade that bounces three times, each bounce damaging and slowing nearby enemies, or stunning those in the center of the blast.
** Karma's ultimate ability, "Mantra", empowers the next ability she uses:
*** "Inner Flame" becomes "Soulflare", increasing the damage dealt and leaving behind a field of energy on the ground that slows enemies inside and explodes for damage after a small delay.
*** "Focused Resolve" becomes "Renewal", increasing the duration of the immobilization effect and also healing Karma based on her missing health.
*** "Inspire" becomes "Defiance", increasing the strength of the shield and also granting a smaller shield and the movement speed bonus to other allied champions around the target.
** [[Characters/LeagueOfLegendsPantheon Pantheon]]'s "Mortal Will" gains a stack whenever he attacks or uses an ability, up to five. Upon reaching five stacks, his next basic ability gains an enhanced effect.
** Using his basic abilities grants Rengar a stack of "Ferocity", up to four. Reaching four "Ferocity" stacks resets the cooldown of Rengar's basic abilities and makes his next basic ability consume all "Ferocity" stacks to gain an empowered effect and grant him a short burst of movement speed. However, all "Ferocity" stacks will be lost if Rengar stays out of combat for a few seconds.
** Twister Fate's second ability, "Pick a Card", essentially acts as a booster for his next basic attack.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork4RedSunAndBlueMoon'': The Big Noise program advance from ''Battle Network 5'' is [=ShadeMan's=] Noise Crush with a big jump in damage and range.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Introduced in Generation VII, the Z-Moves are superpowered versions of status moves (they add a new effect and make the move an UnblockableAttack) that vary depending on the Pokémon's type. They can only be [[LimitBreak activated]] by using a Z-Crystal and a Z-Ring.

** Sloan's finisher move requires the sun, courtesy of her machine gun firing [[HardLight literal light]], and is for all intends and purposes, just her normal attack on steroids. A metric ton of steroids. Her turret's barrel supercharges with solar energy and then unleashes an unholy amount of light bullet rounds it looks like a blinding solar flare from afar. Looks like MoreDakka is indeed effective at getting rid of FinalBoss-level Wraiths.

* ''Fanfic/{{Fargo}}'' (''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''): Erika's [[FinishingMove finisher]], "Borrasque Denouement", has her clone herself to the point of filling a massive cavern to the brim and then perform her usual katana wind slash. This results in a gale so potent it could be considered a force of nature. Each Erika copy is made of wind and imbued with Erika's soul, so they have all of her expertise wielding a katana. With this, she's able to shred through the ArcVillain's defenses.

* ''Fanfic/{{Fargo}}'' (''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''): Erika's [[FinishingMove finisher, "Borrasque Denouement", has her clone herself to the point of filling a massive cavern to the brim and then perform her usual katana wind slash. This results in a gale so potent it could be considered a force of nature. Each Erika copy is made of wind and imbued with Erika's soul, so they have all of her expertise wielding a katana. With this, she's able to shred through the ArcVillain's defenses.

* ''Fanfic/MyHeroSCP'': After [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], Twice can use his "Sad Man's Parade" while making copies of other people. Previously, he could only do so with copies of himself.

* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'': There are a handful of ways the girls can access stronger versions of their pre-existing moves.
** Adding new modes to their Symphogears is the most common. For instance, Hibiki's Spear Thrusting Strike goes from simply being an overpowered punch (normal gear) to a piercing beam able to shatter a Moon fragment (Burning X-Drive gear).

** Madoka's magical girl weapon is a bow that fires pink energy arrows. When dealing with particularly resilient witches, she has an unnamed, stronger version of it. She charges an arrow for a while and then shoots it at the sky where it appears a pattern made of circles and lines, also pink. Finally, several big energy arrows rain from the pattern. She's launched this attack successfully against [[spoiler: the FinalBoss witch Walpurgisnatch]] several times.
** Mami's weapons are ribbon-made muskets that she often summons in batches. Her finisher attack consists of merging a bunch of them to create a giant gun that fires an equally big beam of yellow energy. She calls it "Tiro Finale", which is the Italian for "final shot".

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': "Sagitta Magica" is the first attack spell most mages learn to cast, [[MagicMissileStorm launching one or more bolts of energy]] (always a prime number) composed of one of the caster's elements. Combat mages normally use it less and less as they become more skilled and learn more powerful magic. However, as Negi develops his unusual fighting style (with tricks like keeping a stock of delayed spells and [[ElementalPunch discharging them through physical attacks]]) he finds ''Sagitta Magica'' useful for its granularity and quick casting time, so he keeps pushing it further; eventually he can fire off 1001 arrows in a single casting, which compares favorably to war-grade attack magic.

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': Bloom's SignatureMove is summoning a dragon made of fire around her. It doubles as an EvolvingAttack seeing that, with each new fairy transformation she earns, said spell gets stronger. It can be found at its most impressive in the second movie, ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub3DMagicalAdventure''. Usually, the flaming dragon, when coiled, is roughly the same size as Bloom. In that film's FinalBattle, however, it gets significantly bigger and is strong enough to compete against the combined might of Icy (the strongest of the Trix) and her ancestor Belladona (basically a semi-goddess in terms of power). Both of them are being powered by the negative side of the Tree of Life. Bloom has also combined her Fire Dragon with other magical essences in order to boost its potency -- e.g., with her Fairy Dust to contend against the Omega Dimension's giant serpent and [[YinYangBomb with the Water Stars]] to nearly kill Valtor. This display is followed by Bloom making Convergence with the other Winx to produce an even more potent version of this spell, which quite literally burns the Ancestral Witches and [[KilledOffForReal eliminates them for good]].

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': Bloom's SignatureMove is summoning a dragon made of fire around her. It doubles as an EvolvingAttack seeing that, with each new fairy transformation she earns, said spell gets stronger. It can be found at its most impressive in the second movie, ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub3DMagicalAdventure''. Usually, the flaming dragon, when coiled, is roughly the same size as Bloom. In that film's FinalBattle, however, it gets significantly bigger and is strong enough to compete against the combined might of Icy (the strongest of the Trix) and her ancestor Belladona (basically a semi-goddess in terms of power). Both of them are being powered by the negative side of the Tree of Life. Bloom has also combined her Fire Dragon with other magical essences in order to boost its potency -- e.g., with her Fairy Dust to contend against the Omega Dimension's giant serpent and [[YinYangBomb with the Water Stars]] to nearly kill Valtor.

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': Bloom's SignatureMove is summoning a dragon made of fire around her. It doubles as an EvolvingAttack seeing that, with each new fairy transformation she earns, said spell gets stronger. It can be found at its most impressive in the second movie, ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub3DMagicalAdventure''. Usually, the flaming dragon, when coiled, is roughly the same size as Bloom. In that film's FinalBattle, however, it gets significantly bigger and is strong enough to contend (and win) against the combined might of Icy (the strongest of the Trix) and her ancestor Belladona (basically a semi-goddess in terms of power). Both of them are being powered by the negative side of the Tree of Life.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': "Sagitta Magica" is the first attack spell most mages learn to cast, [[MagicMissileStorm launching one or more bolts of energy]] (always a prime number) composed of one of the caster's elements. Combat mages normally use it less and less as they become more skilled and learn more powerful magic. However, as Negi develops his unusual fighting style (with tricks like keeping a stock of delayed spells and [[ElementalPunch discharging them through physical attacks]]) he finds ''Sagitta Magica'' useful for its granularity and quick casting time, so he keeps pushing it further; eventually he can fire off 1001 arrows in a single casting, which compares favorably to war-grade attack magic.

* ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonStar'': Lurantis has the Z-move called Bloom Doom, a DangerousForbiddenTechnique that has a chance of [[GameBreakingBug causing the game to crash]] if the LillieDex is summoned. She uses it to take down a low-on-hit-points Tapu Fini, who has Legendary stats and is boosted by a Totem aura.

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** In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXI'', Leader Desperation Move can be upgraded into the Dream Cancel version, which can be easily chained into a combo (at the cost of often significantly reduced damage, however). Some [=LDMs=] also have different characteristics in their Dream Cancel version; Ralf's Galactica Phantom becomes blockable, unlike its normal version, Kasumi's Shingan Kazura Otoshi transforms from a counter move into a standard command grab, and so on.
** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIII'': The EX Mode can upgrade a Super Move into EX Super Move by spending two Power Gauge stock, although functionally this is almost identical to the way MAX Super Move works in ''2002 UM''.
** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV'': Krohnen's super special moves include the [[SphereOfDestruction Infernal Prominence]], a souped-up Heat Shield that's a kill confirm of a move that's easier to pull off than K9999's or Nameless' equivalent moves on-demand, and [[ArmCannon Fusion]] [[MoreDakka Blaster]], another anti-zoner button to use since he can either fire five unseeable shots (all you can do at that point is to either block or jump over him pre-emptively) or a single, powerful charged shot with the MAX version.

** Many ki attacks possess more powerful variants, with the Kamehameha, in particular, having dozens of variants -- the MAX Power Kamehameha, Super Kamehameha, True Kamehameha, God Kamehameha, and 10x Kamehameha, to name just a few.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': Many ki attacks possess more powerful variants, with the Kamehameha, in particular, having dozens of variants -- the MAX Power Kamehameha, Super Kamehameha, True Kamehameha, God Kamehameha, and 10x Kamehameha, to name just a few.
* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'': After attaining his Super Saiyan 4 transformation, Goku utilizes a new version of his classic Kamehameha attack, known as the "x10 Kamehameha".

** VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors has the Ultimate Musou, which is used when the character has their spirit gauge in use and activates a Musou, similar to the Rage Musou, though the Ultimate Musou is one big attack, rather than a long chain of attacks.
** VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi has the Musou Chain, where when one character is in the middle of a Musou, they can tag out with another character, who immediately activates their Musou, causing an automatic True Musou, with bonus attributes based on the character types in use by the team.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'':
** Most of Captain America's Hyper Moves are variations of his standard attacks. His [[DashAttack Charging Star]] special, where he rushes forward with his shield, becomes "Hyper Charging Star", a powerful, multi-hitting rushdown tool. And [[{{Shoryuken}} "Stars & Stripes"]], his standard uppercut, becomes ([[ThemeNaming you guessed it]]) Hyper Stars & Stripes, dealing multiple uppercuts and ending with a powerful multi-hit.
** Doctor Doom's Photon Shot has a Hyper counterpart called "Photon Array". Not only does it have more range and damage, but also hits off the ground and can be mashed for more hits.
** Wolverine's "Berserker Barrage X" is longer and more damaging, ending with a knockdown that makes for a good combo ender.
** The ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' characters have Hyper Combos, which are generally Super Moves they can already perform, albeit with a much more powerful look (e.g. Ryu's ''Shinku Hadouken'' is a single strong energy ball in his home series, but here, it's a continuous beam that covers the entire length of the screen not unlike a WaveMotionGun).
* Creator/{{SNK}}, as a company that for a long time produced sprite-based fighting games, used these types of specials to their full effect.
** ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'': [[Characters/ArtOfFightingI Ryo and Robert]] can both perform "Haou Shoukou Ken" ('Supreme King Soaring Howl Fist"), a stronger version of the standard [[KamehameHadoken "Kou'ou Ken"]]. The projectile used in the super version is bigger, faster, and sometimes is rendered a brighter color like orange rather than blue.
** ''VideoGame/FatalFury'':
*** Joe Higashi's "Screw Upper" takes his Hurricane Upper and turns it into a massive cyclone, striking well past the top of the screen.
*** [[Characters/FatalFuryTerryBogard Terry Bogard]]'s "Power Geyser" uses a similar animation to his normal "Power Wave". The biggest difference being that instead of creating a GroundWave projectile he creates a massive pillar of energy that strikes opponents in front of and above him.
** ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'': There are plenty of these, though they are rather easy to get interrupted.
*** Many of Benimaru's moves are riffs on his standard [[SignatureMove "Raijinken"]] ("Thunder Quiver Fist"), a burst of [[ShockAndAwe electricty]] from his hand. The Desperation Move, "Raikouken" ("Lightning Fist"), is a stronger variant with more hits and damage. And then there's 'Rai-Kou Ken", which instead fires a massive stream of lightning.
*** In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXI'', Leader Desperation Move can be upgraded into the Dream Cancel version, which can be easily chained into a combo (at the cost of often significantly reduced damage, however). Some [=LDMs=] also have different characteristics in their Dream Cancel version; Ralf's Galactica Phantom becomes blockable, unlike its normal version, Kasumi's Shingan Kazura Otoshi transforms from a counter move into a standard command grab, and so on.
*** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIII'': The EX Mode can upgrade a Super Move into EX Super Move by spending two Power Gauge stock, although functionally this is almost identical to the way MAX Super Move works in ''2002 UM''.
*** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV'': Krohnen's super special moves include the [[SphereOfDestruction Infernal Prominence]], a souped-up Heat Shield that's a kill confirm of a move that's easier to pull off than K9999's or Nameless' equivalent moves on-demand, and [[ArmCannon Fusion]] [[MoreDakka Blaster]], another anti-zoner button to use since he can either fire five unseeable shots (all you can do at that point is block or jump over him pre-emptively) or a single, powerful charged shot with the MAX version.
*** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2003'':
*** Replacing MAX Mode and its associated [=MAX2=]'s from ''2002'', ''2003'' grants Leader Desperation Move to one of your fighters. This move is unique to each character, spends two Power Gauge stocks, and will do tons of damage on hit or produce a beneficial effect.
*** Ash Crimson's "Thermidor" resembles a larger and multi-hitting version of "Genie", which has Ash blow forward a ball of flame to blow up in his opponent's face. On the other hand, "Pluviose" is a string of three AntiAir "Nivose" specials.
*** Shingo's Oboroguruma is a HurricaneKick he's borrowed from the Kusanagi Style. In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters97'' it was a normal move while in the 2003 videogame and in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXI'', it's upgraded to a super special move.

* VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth: EX moves are mechanically more like this trope than [[ExSpecialAttack what they're named after]], having a brief but dramatic pause like any other SuperMovePortraitAttack.

*** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'': Luke's Thermobaric Thrasher is the boosted version of Rock Smasher, a RapidFireFisticuffs type of move that fires a series of Sand Blasters in rapid succession.