- "You have SO many layers of defense in this game to try and keep you going. First, you have SHIELDS. This game takes place in 20,000 A.D. Who would've thought we might invent a shielding system for our ships by then?"
- ― Ross Scott/Accursed Farms on one of the player's ships. (Ross's Game Dungeon: Tyrian)
The ability to project powerful fields of manipulated energy. Sub-power of Force-Field Manipulation and Constructs Creation.
Also Called
- Barrier Generation
- Energy Barrier Generation
- Flyrogenesis
- Force-Field Barrier
- Deflection Field
- Shield Generation
- Protection Bubbles
- Ray Shields
- Shielding
Capabilities
User can create a shield, wall, or a field formed from energy, elements, the environment, or by manipulating smaller items to form a greater whole.
Force-fields aren't usually impenetrable and can be removed by energy drain or extreme force. Some users are also able to throw shields away from themselves or to catch things with them, while other users may be able to create them into any shape.
Applications
- Create Force-fields for protection from physical attacks and/or energy attacks.
- Create selective force-fields to prevent specific things from leaving/entering.
- Create an area for breathing where doing so can be dangerous, allowing navigation through toxic gas or vacuum.
- Create a force-field inside an object or person, and expand the force-field so that the object or person explodes.
- Armor Creation
- Assimilation Shield
- Binding
- Damage Negation/Reduction
- Platform Creation
- Matter Surfing using force-fields.
- Shield Construction
- Wall Generation
Variations
- Electrical Force Field
- Magnetic Force-Field
- Personal Environment
- Psioplasmic Field Generation
- Psychic Force-Field Generation
- Spatial Force-Field Generation
Associations
- Barrier Magic
- Constructs Creation
- Defense Powers
- Elemental Wall Generation
- Ergokinetic Combat
- Force-Field Combat
- Force-Field Manipulation
- Wall Generation
Universal Differences
Some universes consider Energy Constructs to be the building block of force-fields.
Limitations
- May be limited on the size/shape/duration of their barriers.
- May not be able to maintain barriers under stress.
- Attacks on the barriers may cause equivalent damage to user's mind or body.
- May require concentration.
- Some targets may not be held in or contained by barriers.
- Some targets may be immune to barrier restrictions.
- Airtight barriers may cause asphyxiation from prolonged use.
- May only be able block certain types of attacks.
- Those with Absolute Strength are infinitely strong, meaning they are capable of obliterating force-fields.
- Weak against users with Shield Break and Defense Break.
Known Users
See Also: Barrier Warrior.
Cartoons
- Libby Folfax (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius); as Invisible Sister
- Brainstorm (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Lodestar (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Gravattack (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Echo Echo (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Ultimate Echo Echo (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Charmcaster (Ben 10)
- Adwaita (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Anodites (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Verdona Tennyson (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Fulmini (Ben 10 2016 Reboot)
- Shock Rock
- High Override
- Users of "Bakudō #81: Dankū" (Bleach)
- Laila (Bondi Band)
- Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Vlad Plasmius (Danny Phantom)
- Kim Possible (Kim Possible); via battlesuit
- Brainy Barker (Krypto the Superdog)
- Alicorns (My Little Pony Series)
- Various Unicorns (My Little Pony Series)
- The Evillustrator (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Nino Lahiffe/Carapace (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Parsty (Plasmo); via her tiara
- Spaceman KISS (Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery)
- Lord Wingus Eternus (Spliced)
- Steven Universe (Steven Universe)
- Maguro Maki (Sushi Pack); via telekinesis aura
- See-More (Teen Titans)
- April O’Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
- Various Characters (Winx Club)
- Yin (Yin Yang Yo)
- Master Yo (Yin Yang Yo)
- Yuck (Yin Yang Yo)
- Lin Chung (Hero: 108)
- Mechtavius Destroyer (Bakugan Mechtanium Surge)
- Experiment 627: Evile (Lilo & Stitch)
- Captain Kaizo (Boboiboy)
- Princess Morbucks (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Orangutank (Power Players)
Comics
- Samda the Invulnerable (The 99)
- Laura Weathermill (Angel: After the Fall)
- Bunnie D'Coolette (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Nicole the Holo-Lynx (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- T-Pup (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Blackfire (DC Comics/Teen Titans)
- Alpha Centurion (DC Comics)
- Black Lightning (DC Comics)
- Brainiac 5 (DC Comics)
- Lantern Corps (DC Comics)
- Alexander Luthor Jr. (DC Comics)
- Raven (DC Comics)
- Static (Static Shock/DC Comics)
- Maxima (DC Comics)
- Batman, God of Knowledge (DC Comics); via the Mobius Chair
- Atom Eve (Image Comics)
- Arclight (Marvel Comics)
- Black Bolt (Marvel Comics)
- Captain Britain (Marvel Comics)
- Firelord (Marvel Comics)
- Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
- Invisible Woman (Marvel Comics)
- Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
- Magneto (Marvel Comics)
- Polaris (Marvel Comics)
- Nathaniel Richards/Iron Lad (Marvel Comics)
- Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
- Radioactive Man (Marvel Comics)
- Radius (Marvel Comics)
- Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
- Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- Jocasta (Marvel Comics)
- Skids (Marvel Comics)
- Speedball (Marvel Comics)
- Wiccan (Marvel Comics)
- Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics)
- Richard Rider/Nova (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics)
- Kang the Conqueror (Marvel Comics)
- Thanos (Marvel Comics)
- Lady Octopus (Marvel Comics)
- Unus the Untouchable (Marvel Comics)
- Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
- Captain Manhattan (New Universe)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Comic)
- Tatepon Hero (Patapon 2)
- Mahopon (Patapon)
- Taterazay Uberhero (Patapon 3)
- Guarida Uberhero (Patapon 3)
- Pingrek (Patapon 3)
- Arlo (unOrdinary)
- Tamers (Monster Allergy)
- Magneto (Amalgam Comics)
Movies
- The Heart of Atlantis (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)
- Violet Parr (The Incredibles)
- Neo (The Matrix)
- The Smile! Cures (Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi)
- Dave Stutler (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
- Mechagodzilla (Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla)
- Spaceman KISS (Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery)
Literature
- Wizards and witches (Harry Potter); via the Protego Charm and other protective spells.
- Dylan (The Medusa Project)
- Jonathan Phaedrus/Prof (The Reckoners series)
- Miranda (Shadow Falls series)
- Gregory Kennedy (The Young Guardians)
Live Television
- Shani Rai/Wired (The Amazing Extraordinary Friends)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Wyatt Halliwell (Charmed)
- The Charmed Ones (Charmed 2018)
- Paige Matthews (Charmed)
- Greg Rowe (Charmed)
- Paul Rowe (Charmed)
- The Zodiacs (Charmed)
- Daleks (Doctor Who)
- Silurians/Homo Reptilia (Doctor Who); via third eye
- Abigail (Heroes)
- Haruto Souma (Kamen Rider Wizard)
- Chase Davenport (Lab Rats)
- S-1/Taylor (Lab Rats)
- Dr. Gao (Lab Rats: Bionic Island)
- Skylar Storm (Mighty Med)
- Henry Hart/Kid Danger (Henry Danger)
- Mermaids (Mako: Island of Secrets); via Moon Ring or the Trident
- Cora (Once Upon a Time)
- Maleficent (Once Upon a Time)
- Regina Mills/Evil Queen (Once Upon A Time)
- Tyzonn (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
- Sky Tate/ S.P.D. Blue Ranger (Power Rangers S.P.D)
- Various villains (Power Rangers series)
- Freya Mikaelson (The Originals)
- Rodney (The Thundermans)
- Various Kaiju (Ultraman series)
- Zetton
- Gordon (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Parker/Googz (Reboot: The Guardian Code); via Guardian form
- Trey Davies/D-frag (Reboot: The Guardian Code); via Guardian form
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Takizawa Yuuta (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Jin Muso (Aquarion Evol)
- Hikari Homura (Babel II: Beyond Infinity)
- Koichi Kamiya (Babel II: Beyond Infinity)
- Hachigen Ushoda (Bleach)
- Misaka Mikoto (A CertaIn Magical Index/A Certain Scientific Railgun); via AIM Diffusion Field
- The Shield (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)
- Yūki Tenpōin (Code:Breaker)
- Ante (Corrector Yui)
- Rescue (Corrector Yui)
- Users of Planar Constraint Quanx ability (Denma)
- Mole Face (Denma); via Shockwave Quanx ability
- Users of Barrier Quanx ability (Denma)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- August (Fairy Tail)
- Splash Star Pretty Cures (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)
- Emi Yusa (Hataraku Maou-sama)
- Barrier users (InuYasha)
- Kekkaishi Users (Kekkaishi); via Hazama-Ryu style kekkaijutsu
- Yoshimori Summura
- Tokine Yukimura
- The Kichougasaki clan (Love Tyrant)
- Yuzu Kichougasaki
- Ameisha Kichougasaki
- Gaito/Gakto (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)
- Hekiji Tengai (My Hero Academia)
- Users of Barrier Ninjutsu (Naruto)
- Angels (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Bartolomeo (One Piece); via the Barrier-Barrier/Bari Bari Fruit
- Kurozumi Semimaru (One Piece); via Barrier-Barrier/Bari Bari Fruit
- Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
- Various Characters (Saint Seiya)
- Griamore (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- King (The Seven Deadly Sins); via Chastiefol Form Eight
- Toriko (Toriko); via Fork Shield
- Zebra (Toriko); via Sound Wall
- Ronove (Umineko No Naku Koro Ni)
- Shannon (Umineko No Naku Koro Ni)
- Irori (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Kimberly (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Cure Mint (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
- Koenma (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Player Killer of Darkness (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Tia and Megumi Ooumi (Zatch Bell!)
- Clear Note (Zatch Bell!)
- Various Espers (Mob Psycho 100)
- Mikoto Kuga (Norn9 Norn+Nonette)
- Kurumi Tokisaki (Date A Live)
Video Games
- Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
- Aiden (Beyond: Two Souls)
- Wrecking Ball (Skylanders)
- Golden Queen (Skylanders)
- Chompy Mage (Skylanders)
- Brain (Skylanders)
- Marsha (Skylanders)
- Taomon (Digimon)
- Cole Macgrath (Infamous)
- Various Characters (Kingdom Hearts); via Reflect spell
- Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
- Daruk (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
- Yunobo (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
- Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat)
- Pokemon that can use "Protect" or "Safeguard" (Pokemon)
- Users with Ki Blast skill (Punch Quest)
- Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Princess Elise (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog); via Insta-Shield ability
- Solaris (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sentry (Starcraft II: Wings Of Liberty)
- Rosalina (Super Mario Galaxy)
- Alphys (Undertale)
- Mettaton (UnderTale)
- Lumen (Azure Striker: Gunvolt)
- Sin (Final Fantasy X)
- Wizards (Magicka series)
- Mikoto Kuga (Norn9 Norn+Nonette)
- Zarya (OverWatch); via Particle Barrier, Projected Barrier
- Add (Elsword)
Web Series
- Agent Maine/Meta (Red vs Blue)
- Indus Tarbella (Epithet Erased)
Known Objects
- Lantern Power Rings (DC Comics)
- Legion Flight Rings (DC Comics)
- Living Scarecrow's Hat (Mona the Vampire)
- Regent Mothership (Battleship)
- The Kanohi Hau (Bionicle)
- Gods (Black and White Series)
- The Mega Wave (Blake and Mortimer)
- The Amulet of Protection (Charmed)
- The Eye of Aghbar (Charmed)
- The Flying Saucer (Earth vs the Flying Saucers)
- The Applause Wall (Highschool DxD)
- Space Gem (Marvel Comics)
- Bounce Belt (Mech-X4)
- MECH-Link (Mech-X4)
- Mech X4 (Mech-X4)
- The Bubbler (Splatoon)
- DJ Octavio's Octobot King (Splatoon)
- The Remati Shackle (Warehouse 13)
- The Guardian Amulet (WITS Academy)
- Orb of Osuvox (Ready Player One)
- The Force-Field (Unreal Series)
- Deflector Shield technology (Star Trek)
- Deflector shield technology (Star Wars)
- Shield technology (Stargate)
- Energy Shielding technology (Halo)
- Kinetic Barrier technology (Mass Effect)
Known Locations
- Magic School (Charmed)
- Upper Regions (Charmed)
- Disney Castle (Kingdom Hearts series); wards off dark forces
- Konohagakure (Naruto)
- Wakanda (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- The Southern Region (Oz the Great and Powerful)
- The Mines (The Secret Circle); wards off dark witches
- Alicante (Shadowhunter Chronicles); wards off demons
- The CORE (UnderTale)
- Hotland (UnderTale)
Gallery
Cartoons/Comics
Bunnie D'Coolette (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
Nicole the Holo-Lynx (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) can create barriers of energy while in her hard-light hologram from.
Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
Adwaita (Ben 10)
Michael Morningstar (Ben 10)
Brainstorm (Ben 10)
Charmcaster (Ben 10) casts Valieris Mihi Occoltus Valieris Meus Amicitia Occoltus.
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Hex (Ben 10) can create shields.
Shock Rock (Ben 10)
Jonathan Septimus (Blake and Mortimer) putting his Mega Wave to practical use, forming a physical barrier to stop Mortimer from reaching him.
Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom) using a Ghost Shield.
The Living Scarecrow's (Mona the Vampire) hat has the power of generating a field made from energy to immobilize his enemies/victims.
Hal Jordan (DC Comics)
Maxima (DC Comics)
Legionnaires (DC Comics) activating their Ring shields during the Lighting Saga.
Brainiac 5 (DC Comics)
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Raven (DC Comics)
Black Lighting (DC Comics)
Doctor Polaris (DC Comics)
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Blackfire (Teen Titans)
Kim's (Kim Possible) battlesuit create force-field.
Magneto (Marvel Comics)
Polaris (Marvel Comics)
Unus the Untouchable (Marvel Comics) proving he is untouchable via forcefield.
Cable's (Marvel Comics) TK force fields.
Radioactive Man (Marvel Comics)
Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Stryfe's (Marvel Comics) TK force field.
Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
Lady Octopus (Marvel Comics)
Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
The Evillustrator (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) can create barriers by drawing them into existence.
Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) creating a protective bubble.
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Comic) vibrates air molecules around his body at high speeds to create his "Insta-Shield."
Steven (Steven Universe) using his bubble shield.
Maguro Maki (Sushi Pack)
Samda the Invulnerable (The 99) can create a force field that protects her, and anyone near her, from all harm.
Bloom (Winx Club)
Flora, Bloom, Stella, Musa, Tecna and Aisha (Winx Club) all have the ability to create force fields for multiple uses.
Yin (Yin! Yang! Yo!) using Foo Field.
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Princess Morbucks (The Powerpuff Girls)
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Spaceman KISS (Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery)
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Indus (Epithet Erased)'s epithet is "Barrier", this allows him to generate barriers of any size.
April O’Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
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Magneto (Amalgam Comics)
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Invisible Woman (Fantastic Four)
Violet Parr (The Incredibles)
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The five Smile! Cures (Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future) creating a huge rainbow shield.
Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Literature
Gregory Kennedy (The Young Guardians) can produce force fields that are strong enough to withstand potent missile attacks.
Live Television
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) using a force field.
Wyatt Halliwell (Charmed) could generate powerful force fields even as a child.
Paige Matthews (Charmed) creates a orb shield to repel demons.
The Charmed Ones (Charmed 2018)
Daleks (Doctor Who) are surrounded by a force field that can melt bullets before they hit them.
Tyzonn's (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive) Mercury force-field.
Sky Tate (Power Rangers S.P.D.) using his force field.
Black Lightning (Black Lightning/DC Comics)
Skylar Storm (Mighty Med)
Chase Davenport (Lab Rats) can create a force field...
... or shrink it down as a melee attack
After the Omega Weapon exploded Henry gained the ability to generate his own force-field which allows him to repulse anything when it hits it.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Takizawa Yuuta (Alive: The Final Evolution) can form force-fields that seal off an entire area in another dimension.
High Level masters of Kidō like Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach) can use Bakudō #81: Dankū to generate a wall of space to shield off attacks.
Hachigen Ushoda (Bleach) has immense mastery over Barrier Kidō, allowing him to use them for both defensively and offensively.
Sakura using The Shield card (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Yūki Tenpōin (Code:Breaker) using Million Phoneme to form a sound barrier.
Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT) has a special energy absorption barrier installed in him, absorbing energy attacks to increase his own strength, even the 10x Kamehameha.
Broly (Dragon Ball Z) generating an energy shield capable of surviving in molten magma and the vacuum of space.
Goku (Dragon Ball Z) generating an energy shield.
Super Buu (Dragon Ball Z) generating an energy shield capable of surviving even a dimensional collapse.
Android 17 (Dragon Ball Super) generating an energy shield around his fist.
Cure Egret & Cure Bloom (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star) making a double coated shield in New Stage.
Naraku and Hakudōshi (InuYasha) can both form powerful barriers.
Yoshimori and Tokine (Kekkai) forming barriers.
Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord) casting a Wall of Protection from Arrows.
Konohagakure (Naruto) is surrounded by a sensory barrier.
Kumogakure ninja (Naruto) formed a 36-layer Self-Repairing Barrier.
Ranke (Naruto) using Plasma Ball to generate an electrical barrier around herself.
Gendō Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion) can form A.T. Fields due to implanting Adam into his left palm.
Bartolomeo (One Piece) is able to create both invisible and visible barriers with the powers of his Devil Fruit power, the Barrier Barrier Fruit.
Griamore (The Seven Deadly Sins) use his power Wall to generate force-fields.
King (The Seven Deadly Sins) using Chastiefol Form Eight: Pollen Garden to create a large barrier made of pollen from the Sacred Tree capable of withstanding even the most powerful attacks.
Cure Mint (Yes! Pretty Cure 5) using Mint Protection.
Player Killer of Darkness (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using the Chaos Shield in combination with Castle of Dark Illusions to cast a barrier to defend his army of dark monsters. This unfortunately trapped them when the castle fell, massacring them all.
Diabound (Yu-Gi-Oh!) being protected by the vengeful spirits of Kul Elna, whom formed an impenetrable barrier.
Even though it halves his power, Clear Note (Zatch Bell!) creates a barrier around his partner Vino to prevent his spellbook from being burned.
Kurumi Tokisaki (Date A Live) can create a barrier called the City of Devouring Time which absorb the life force of anyone within it
Misaka Mikoto (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun) is surrounded by an invisible electromagnetic barrier all the time that allows her to become immune to any telepathic attacks and interact with anything else.
Shiego Kageyama/Mob (Mob Psycho 100)
Toichiro Suzuki (Mob Psycho 100)
Teruki Hanazawa (Mob Psycho 100
Video Games
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Daruk (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) using Daruk's Protection to create a powerful force field.
Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) using Daruk's Protection.
Armaldo (Pokemon) using Protect.
Mewtwo (Pokemon) using Barrier.
Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog) using Black Shield.
When activated, the Bubbler (Splatoon) creates an impenetrable force-field that can be shared with teammates.
DJ Octavio's (Splatoon) Octobot King generates a force-field...
...only visible up close, that not only protects Octavio from Agent 3's ink but also impedes Agent 3's progress.
All combatants (Super Smash Bros.) are capable of generating a temporary force-field known as "Shield"
Sin (Final Fantasy X) using a force field to protect itself from an Al Bhed machina weapon.
Wizards (Magicka) can conjure force fields for defense.
Aqua casting Reflega on Terra in Birth by Sleep.
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