- "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
- ― Vishnu (Bhagavad-Gita)
- "No. One death isn't gonna do it. You have to do something that will get everyone's attention, something huge."
"How about if you blow up the Earth?"
"Too huge. But you're thinking. I like that." - ― Death and Chris Griffin (Family Guy)
- "I am the Death of Worlds."
- ― Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"
- ― Marvin the Martian (Looney Tunes)
The power to destroy planets. Sub-power of Planetary Manipulation. Variation of Destruction. Opposite to Planetary Creation.
Contents
Also Called
- Planet Bust/Buster/Busting
- Planetary Destruction
- Planet Killing
Capabilities
The user can destroy an entire planet and everything on it regardless of its size.
Applications
- Omnicide of every life-forms on the planet
- Orbit Destruction
Variations
- Planetary Parasitism; by draining the life from a planet.
- Planet Fall
Levels
- Building Destruction
- City Destruction
- Mountain Destruction
- Island Destruction
- Continent Destruction
- Sea Destruction
- Moon Destruction
- Planet Destruction
- Star Destruction
- Planetary System Destruction
- Galaxy Destruction
- Universe Destruction
- Multiverse Destruction
- Omniverse Destruction
- Totality Destruction
Associations
- Apocalypse Inducement
- Cosmic Manipulation
- Creation
- Planetary Lordship
- Planetary Manipulation
- World Splitting
- Oversized Attacks
Limitations
- May be limited to a certain size.
- May be limited to a certain type of planet, such as terrestrial planets or gas giants.
- Kills everything on/near the planet, including friends and allies.
- Can be reversed by World Healing.
- May only destroy all life forms on the surface rather than annihilate an entire planet.
Known Users
See Also: Earth Shattering Kaboom & Planet Destroyer.
Cartoons/Comics
- Celestialsapiens (Ben 10)
- Alien X
- Galactic Gladiator
- To'kustars (Ben 10)
- Captain Planet (Captain Planet and the Planeteers)
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)
- Clark Kent/Superboy Prime (DC Comics)
- Mano (DC Comics)
- Pumpkinator (The Fairly OddParents: Scary Godparents)
- Mooncake (Final Space)
- Godzilla (IDW Publishing)
- Thor (Marvel Comics)
- Beta Ray Bill (Marvel Comics)
- Terrax (Marvel Comics)
- Thanos (Marvel Comics)
- Gladiator (Marvel Comics)
- Dr. Stephen Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Blackagar Boltagon/Black Bolt (Marvel Comics); via Ballistic Scream
- Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- Bruce Banner/World Breaker Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Technarchy and Phalanx members (Marvel Comics); via "techno-organic virus"
- Phoenix Force and her avatars (Marvel Comics)
- Jean Grey
- Living Tribunal (Marvel Comics); pre-retcon
- Cosma (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
- Unicron ("The Transformers")
- Cromulons (Rick and Morty)
- Dr. Solar (Valiant Comics)
- Black Hat (Villainous); via Black Hat Magisword
Literature
- S.L.I.M.E. (Ology Series)
Live Television
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Many alien civilizations and powerful characters (Doctor Who)
- Species 8472 (Star Trek: Voyager)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Seraphs (Bastard!!); stated but not shown
- Users of Control Transcriptomes Quanx ability (Denma)
- Hades' Henchman
- Nono (Diebuster)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Frieza
- Kid Buu
- Broly
- Hakaishins
- Beerus
- Champa
- Vados
- Vegeta
- Son Goku
- Ultimate Shenron
- Oración Seis Galáctica (Edens Zero)
- Lucy (Elfen Lied)
- The Phoenix (Fairy Tail: The Phoenix Priestess); via the process of rebirth
- Dark King (Futari wa Pretty Cure)
- Goyan (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)
- Barron Salamander (HeartCatch PreCure!)
- Hellstar Remina (Hellstar Remina)
- Bellcross (Heroic Age)
- Boros (One-Punch Man)
- Saitama (One-Punch Man)
- Quat Nevas (Pysren)
- Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon)
- Sailor Galaxia (Sailor Moon)
- Angol Mois (Sgt Frog)
- Ikaros (Sora no Otoshimono); via the Hephaestus Cannon
- Various Characters (Toriko series)
- Thanatos (Hybrid × Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia)
- Drakken Joe
- Elsie Crimson
Movies
- King Ghidorah (Godzilla)
Video Games
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
- Sephiroth (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
- Pyron (Darkstalkers)
- Icon of Sin (Doom Eternal)
- Vegnagun (Final Fantasy X-2)
- Bhunivelze (Final Fantasy)
- Herrscher of the End (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Kirby (Kirby)
- Galacta Knight (Kirby)
- Star Dream (Kirby: Planet Robobot)
- Luna (Mighty Milky Way); via her staff
- Laharl (Nipponverse)
- The Destroyer (Legend of Spyro)
- Demise (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Planet Buster (Spore)
- Grey Goo (Tasty Planet)
- Artemis (TYPE-MOON); in her true form
- Collapse (Valkyrie Crusade)
- God (Team Fortress 2)
Music
- Herman the Planet Smasher (Devin Townsend Project)
Known Objects
- Conquest Ray (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Leviathan (Destiny)
- BFG 10,000 (Doom Eternal)
- Earth-Destroying Bomb (Doraemon)
- Black Star Dragon Balls (Dragon Ball GT)
- Peace Shield/Blubonium Laser (Escape from Planet Earth)
- Planetomic missiles (Fireball XL5)
- Planetary Annihilator (Futurama)
- Nova Bombs (Halo)
- High-Tier Longinus (Highschool DxD)
- Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator (Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run)
- Anihilation Wave "Harvester of Sorrow" (Marvel Comics)
- Asgardian Destroyer Armor (Marvel Comics)
- Mister Knife Flying Fortress (Marvel Comics); via missiles
- Shi'Ar Empire Nega Bombs (Marvel Comics)
- Planet Staff (Mighty Milky Way)
- Deplanetizer (Ratchet & Clank)
- Eclipse Cannon (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Anubis' Superweapon (Stargate)
- Project Arcturus (Stargate)
- An Overloaded ZPM (Stargate)
- Planet Killer (Star Trek)
- Xindi Weapon (Star Trek)
- Species 8472 Energy Focusing Ship (Star Trek)
- The First Death Star (Star Wars)
- The Second Death Star (Star Wars)
- Starkiller Base (Star Wars)
- Xyston-class Star Destroyer (Star Wars)
- Various Superweapons (Star Wars Legends)
- Sun Crusher (indirectly)
- Galaxy Gun
- World Devastators
- The Cluster (Steven Universe)
- Gourmet Cells (Toriko)
- Heart of Darkness (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
- Black Hat Magisword (Villainous)
- Planet Buster (Brandish 2)
- Red Matter (Star Trek)
Gallery
Asura (Asura's Wrath) was already strong enough to kill planet sized deities, but after becoming Asura the Destructor, he was able to destroy planets far larger than the earth with a single punch.
Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath) can fire cosmic beams capable of traversing galaxies and vaporize multiple planets.
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) channeling the Earth's life force into the effigy of Proserpexa to destroy the planet.
After witnessing the death of his race, Mano (DC Comics) destroys his dead world.
Herman the Planet-Smasher (Devin Townsend Project) is a creature who's voice could destroy planets, galaxies and everything else in the path of its voice
Doraemon (Doraemon) bringing out his "Earth-Destroying Bomb".
Super Saiyans like Son Goku (Dragon Ball Series) have a kili level of 3,000. It was stated that at 200-300 kili, one could destroy 1-2 planets.
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Vegeta (Dragon Ball Series) using his heavily charged Galick Gun, with the intent to destroy the Earth.
Frieza (Dragon Ball Series) using his ultimate technique, the Death Ball, to destroy an entire planet.
Frieza (Dragon Ball Series) uses the Earth Breaker attack...
...to detonate the Earth.
Like his younger brother, Cooler's (Dragon Ball) Supernova is powerful variation of the Death Ball. As such, it is capable destroying entire planets, reducing them and everything on them into dust.
Broly's (Dragon Ball Series) Omega Blaster is his most powerful attack, capable of destroying an entire planet with ease.
Cell (Dragon Ball Series) firing the aptly-named Earth-Destroying Kamehameha.
Cell (Dragon Ball Z) fires the Solar Kamehameha with the intent to wipe out the entire solar system.
As described by Goku, Kid Buu's (Dragon Ball Series) Planet Burst has enough power to destroy the Earth ten times over.
Omega Shenron (Dragon Ball GT) using the Minus Energy Power Ball with the intent to destroy Earth.
Champa, the God of Destruction of Universe 6 (Dragon Ball Super) destroys planets to maintain universal balance.
Beerus, the God of Destruction of Universe 7 (Dragon Ball Series) destroys planets to maintain universal balance.
Sidra, the God of Destruction of Universe 9 (Dragon Ball Super) destroys planets to maintain universal balance.
Zeno and his future counterpart (Dragon Ball Super) using Erase on anything, whether a planet or an entire universe.
After being summoned and granting a wish, Ultimate Shenron (Dragon Ball GT) will cause the planet on which he was last summoned to explode unless the Black Star Dragon Balls are all collected and returned to said planet within one year.
Vegnagun (Final Fantasy X-2) is a machina weapon powerful enough to destroy all of Spira.
Bender Bending Rodríguez (Futurama) wielding the Planetary Annihilator, which fires a deadly beam capable of living up to the weapon's name.
King Ghidorah (Godzilla) destroyed Venus and sought to do the same to Earth.
Herrscher of the End (Honkai Impact 3rd) can destroy entire planets and universes.
As a machine god, Thanatos (Hybrid × Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia) can destroy the worlds she created and turn them into data.
The Destroyer (The Legend of Spyro) exists to bring about the birth of a new world by destroying the old one.
Kurohime (Magic User Kurohime) wielding the Ultimate Sword that can cut through even an entire planet.
Using his cosmic axe, Terrax (Marvel Comics) cleaves an entire planet in two.
The World Breaker Hulk (Marvel Comics) truly lives up to his name.
Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon) can destroy entire planets using the Silence Glaive.
Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog) exists solely to destroy the Earth every few thousands of years in a cycle of destruction and rebirth.
When powered by all seven Chaos Emeralds, the Eclipse Cannon (Sonic the Hedgehog) can destroy the Earth...
...though when powered by only six, it has enough power to destroy half of the moon.
The Death Star (Star Wars) is a moon-sized battlestation...
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...with the power to destroy a planet with one shot of its superlaser.
Starkiller Base (Star Wars) is a planet installed with a superweapon in the crust...
...that had the power to destroy multiple planets in a single shot.
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A successor to the Death Stars, the Xyston-class Star Destroyers (Star Wars) of the Sith Eternal could destroy planets with a sustained burst of their Axial Superlaser...
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...Such as the planet Kijimi.
Collapse (Valkyrie Crusade) destroying a world with her fingers.
Heart of Darkness (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)...
...can create black holes powerful enough to consume entire planets.
