Planet Destruction

Planet Destruction
With a single tap of his finger, Beerus (Dragon Ball Super) destroys half of a planet.
Power/Ability to:	Destroy planets

"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.

Also Called

• Planet Bust/Buster/Busting
• Planetary Destruction
• Planet Killing/Planet Killer

Capabilities

The user can destroy an entire planet and everything on it regardless of its size.

Applications

• Omnicide of every life-form on the planet
  • Civilization Erasure
  • Extinction Inducement
• Orbit Destruction

Variations

• Planet Fall
• Planetary Parasitism; by draining the life from a planet.

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
• Space Warfare Mastery
• 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.
  • User themself may also be destroyed along with the planet.
• 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, and Apocalypse How/Class X.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Tetsuo Shima (Akira)
• Seraphs (Bastard!!); stated but not shown
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto (Bleach); via Zanka no Tachi
• Sosuke Aizen (Bleach); after fusing with the Hogyoku
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach); after realizing his true potential
• Yhwach (Bleach); via the Soul King’s power
• The Royal Guard (Bleach)
  • Ichibei Hyosube
• Users of Control Transcriptomes Quanx ability (Denma)
  • Hades' Henchman
• Nono (Diebuster)
• Arale Norimaki (Dr. Slump)
• Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
  • Frieza
  • Cell
  • Majin Buu
  • Broly
  • Vados
  • Vegeta
  • Son Goku
  • Ultimate Shenron
  • Gods of Destruction
    • Beerus
    • Champa
  • Moro
• Oración Seis Galáctica (Edens Zero)
  • Drakken Joe
  • Elsie Crimson
• 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)
• Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya)
• Barron Salamander (HeartCatch PreCure!)
• Hellstar Remina (Hellstar Remina)
• Bellcross (Heroic Age)
• Thanatos (Hybrid × Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia)
• The Ten-Tails (Naruto); stated but not shown
• Obito Uchiha (Naruto); as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and via the sword of Nunoboko
• Madara Uchiha (Naruto); as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki
• Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto); stated but not shown
• Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto); stated but not shown
• Various Ōtsutsuki Clan Members (Naruto)
• Boros (One-Punch Man)
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Quat Nevas (Pysren)
• Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon)
• Sailor Galaxia (Sailor Moon)
• Various Characters (Saint Seiya)
• Angol Mois (Sgt Frog)
• Ikaros (Sora no Otoshimono); via the Hephaestus Cannon
• Various Characters (Toriko)
• S-Class and Upper S-Class characters (Yu Yu Hakusho); stated but not shown

Cartoons/Comics

• Celestialsapiens (Ben 10 series)
  • Alien X
  • Galactic Gladiator
• To'kustars (Ben 10 series)
• Captain Planet (Captain Planet and the Planeteers)
• Various characters (DC Comics)
  • Darkseid
  • Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman
  • Clark Kent/Superboy Prime
  • Trigon
  • Mano
  • Gog
• Pumpkinator (The Fairly OddParents: Scary Godparents)
• Mooncake (Final Space)
• Godzilla (IDW Godzilla)
• Various Characters (Image Comics/Invincible)
• Erodius the Planet Killer (Kid Cosmic)
• Experiment 513/Richter (Lilo & Stitch)
• Various Characters (Marvel Comics)
  • Thor
  • Magneto
  • Beta Ray Bill
  • Terrax
  • Thanos
  • Gladiator
  • Dr. Stephen Strange
  • Blackagar Boltagon/Black Bolt; via Ballistic Scream
  • Silver Surfer
  • Bruce Banner/Hulk; as World Breaker Hulk
  • Galactus
  • Technarchy and Phalanx members; via "techno-organic virus"
  • Phoenix Force and its avatars
  • Living Tribunal; pre-retcon
• Grrkek (Megas XLR)
• Cosma (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Cromulons (Rick and Morty)
• Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars Legends); via Force Storm
• Unicron (Transformers)
• Dr. Solar (Valiant Comics)
• Black Hat (Villainous); via Black Hat Magisword

Literature

• S.L.I.M.E. (Ology Series)
• Lord Nyax (Star Wars Legends); implied
• Luke Skywalker (Star Wars Legends)
• Kyp Durron (Star Wars Legends)
• Abeloth (Star Wars Legends)

Live Television/Movies

• Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Many alien civilizations and powerful characters (Doctor Who)
• King Ghidorah (Godzilla/MonsterVerse)
• Godzilla (Godzilla/MonsterVerse)
• Evolt (Kamen Rider Build)
• Celestials (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Princess Serenity/Princess Sailor Moon (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon)
• Species 8472 (Star Trek: Voyager); via bio-ships
• V'ger (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
• Various Villains (Super Sentai series)

Video Games

• Various Characters (Asura's Wrath)
• Users of the Eyes of the World (Bayonetta)
• Ouroboros (Bravery Default)
• Lavos (Chrono Trigger)
• Pyron (Darkstalkers)
• Laharl (Disgaea 2)
• Red Magnus (Disgaea 5)
• Usalia (Disgaea 5)
• Void Dark (Disgaea 5)
• Doomguy (Doom); implied
• Icon of Sin (Doom Eternal)
• Cloud of Darkness (Final Fantasy III)
• Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI); as the God of Magic
• Jenova (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Omega (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Vegnagun (Final Fantasy X-2)
• Bhunivelze (Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII)
• Bahamut (Final Fantasy XIV)
• Hydaelyn (Final Fantasy XIV)
• Zodiark (Final Fantasy XIV)
• Zenos yae Galvus (Final Fantasy XIV); after merging with Shinryu
• Fandaniel (Final Fantasy XIV); after merging with Zodiark
• Meteion (Final Fantasy XIV); as the Endsinger
• The Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV); implied
• Clive Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI)
• Dion Lesage (Final Fantasy XVI)
• Ultima (Final Fantasy XVI)
• 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)
• Cyber Smoke (Mortal Kombat)
• Cyrax (Mortal Kombat)
• Various Legendary Pokémon (Pokémon)
• Various Characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Planet Buster (Spore)
• Darth Nihilus (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)
• Emperor Vitiate (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
• Grey Goo (Tasty Planet)
• Azazel (Tekken)
• Jin Kazama (Tekken); as Devil Jin
• Artemis (TYPE-MOON); in her true form
• Collapse (Valkyrie Crusade)
• God (Team Fortress 2)
• Various Characters (Warcraft series)
• Malos (Xenoblade Chronicles 2); via Aion

Music

• Herman the Planet Smasher (Devin Townsend Project)

Web Animation/Comics/Originals

• Zalgo (Creepypasta)
• The Snarl (The Order of the Stick)
• God of Light (RWBY)
• God of Darkness (RWBY)

Known Objects

• Conquest Ray (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Planet Buster (Brandish 2)
• 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)
• Black Materia (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Planetomic missiles (Fireball XL5)
• Planetary Annihilator (Futurama)
• Nova Bombs (Halo)
• Guardian Custodes (Halo)
• High-Tier Longinus (Highschool DxD)
  • True Longinus
  • Zenith Tempest
  • Dimension Lost
  • Annihilation Maker
• Tianshang Weapons (Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight); if used all at once
• 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)
• Infinity Stones (Marvel Comics)
• Planet Staff (Mighty Milky Way)
• True Dragon Sword (Ninja Gaiden); stated but never shown
• Deplanetizer (Ratchet & Clank)
• Beast Planet (Shadow Raiders)
• Eclipse Cannon (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Anubis' superweapon (Stargate)
• Project Arcturus (Stargate)
• An Overloaded ZPM (Stargate)
• Planet Killer/Doomsday Machine (Star Trek)
• Xindi Weapon (Star Trek)
• Red Matter (Star Trek)
• Species 8472 Energy Focusing Ship (Star Trek)
• Various Superweapons (Star Wars)
  • The First Death Star
  • The Second Death Star
  • Starkiller Base
  • Xyston-class Star Destroyers
  • Sun Crusher (indirectly)
  • Galaxy Gun
  • World Devastators
• The Cluster (Steven Universe)
• Heart of Darkness (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Drej Mothership (Titan A.E.)
• Hydra Cannon (Transformers Armada)
• Black Hat Magisword (Villainous)

Gallery

Dragon Ball series

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.

Vegeta (Dragon Ball Series) using his heavily charged Galick Gun, with the intent to destroy the Earth...

...and as Super Vegeta preparing his Final Flash which has enough power to destroy the Earth just by hitting the surface.

Frieza (Dragon Ball Series) using his ultimate technique, the Death Ball, to destroy an entire planet...

...and later uses the Earth Breaker attack...

...to detonate the Earth.

Like his younger brother, Cooler's (Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge) Supernova is a 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 Z) firing the aptly named Earth-Destroying Kamehameha...

...and his Solar Kamehameha with the intent to wipe out the entire solar system.

As described by Goku, Kid Buu's (Dragon Ball Z) 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.

Beerus, the God of Destruction of Universe 7 (Dragon Ball Series) destroys planets to maintain universal balance.

Champa, the God of Destruction of Universe 6. (Dragon Ball Super)

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.

Star Wars series

The Death Star (Star Wars) is a moon-sized battle station...

...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.

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...

...Such as the planet Kijimi.

Other

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Everett James/Ej (Black Sands Entertainment) can destroy planets with absolute ease.

Doraemon (Doraemon) bringing out his "Earth-Destroying Bomb".

Arale Norimaki's (Dr. Slump) Earth Splitter attack truly lives up to its name.

Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon) can destroy entire planets using the Silence Glaive.

Kurohime (Magic User Kurohime) wielding the Ultimate Sword that can cut through even an entire planet.

Cartoons

Bender Bending Rodríguez (Futurama) wielding the Planetary Annihilator, which fires a deadly beam capable of living up to the weapon's name.

Heart of Darkness (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)...

...can create black holes powerful enough to consume entire planets.

Unicron (Transformers) can devour Planets that stand in his way.

The Pumpkinator (The Fairly Oddparnets) in his Doomsday form can Destroy a planet.

Erodius the Planet Killer (Kid Cosmic) was once a planet-sized killer of planets that invoked destruction throughout the galaxy.

Experiment 513/Richter (Lilo & Stitch) can crack planets in half with a single whip of his tail.

Drej Mothership (Titan A.E.) destroying Earth.

Comics

With Space Racer's Ray Gun acting as the catalyst, Thaedus, Omni-Man, and Invincible (Image Comics/Invincible) destroy their dead ancestorial home planet of Viltrum when they combined their might.

Godzilla (IDW Godzilla) destroys the Earth in a clash with SpaceGodzilla.

Superman (DC Comics) can shatter planets like pebbles with his strength...

...and fry planets with his Heat Vision.

Guided by some inexplicable instinct, Sun-Eaters (DC Comics) are living weapons that seeks out vibrant stars and envelops them, absorbing all of their solar radiation, destroying any and all nearby planets that orbit them.

After witnessing the death of his race, Mano (DC Comics) destroys his dead world.

Known across the universe as the World Eater, Galactus (Marvel Comics) has consumed entire planets as his main form of cosmic sustenance.

Dark Phoenix (Marvel Comics)

The World Breaker Hulk (Marvel Comics) truly lives up to his name...

...as seen when clashing with his wife Betty Ross/Red She Hulk...

...destroying an entire planet in the Dark Dimension.

Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics) breaking a planet with a swing of Mjölnir.

Using his cosmic axe, Terrax (Marvel Comics) cleaves an entire planet in two.

With his sheer might, Thanos (Marvel Comics) has destroyed entire planets.

Television

Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) channeling the Earth's life force into the effigy of Proserpexa to destroy the planet.

Movies

King Ghidorah (Godzilla) destroyed Venus and sought to do the same to Earth.

Music

Herman the Planet-Smasher (Devin Townsend Project) is a creature whose voice could destroy planets, galaxies and everything else in the path of its voice.

Video Games

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 Gaea with a single punch.

Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath) can fire cosmic beams capable of traversing galaxies and vaporize multiple planets.

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII series) performing his Supernova attack.

Vegnagun (Final Fantasy X-2) is a machina weapon powerful enough to destroy all of Spira.

By combining their firepower, several Guardian Custodes (Halo) can tear apart planets.

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.

With his Fighter Copy Ability, Kirby (Kirby) can crack a planet in half with a Megaton Punch.

The Destroyer (The Legend of Spyro) exists to bring about the birth of a new world by destroying the old one.

Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog) exists solely to destroy the Earth every few thousands of years in a cycle of destruction and rebirth.

The End (Sonic the Hedgehog)

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.

Collapse (Valkyrie Crusade) destroying a world with her fingers.

Videos

Grand Moff Tarkin Destroys Alderaan - Star Wars- Episode IV-2

Alliance with The Borg-2

Star Trek - Mind Meld-2

Stargate SG1 - Apophis's Fleet & An Exploding Star (Season 4 Ep. 22)-2

Frieza Destroys Planet Vegeta (Original Funimation Audio)-2

Vegeta destroy a planet-2

Goku Goes SSJ3 Remastered HD (1080p)-2

Dragon Ball Super sneak - Toonami - Adult Swim-2

Dragon Ball Z Resurrection F end of the world-2

Asura's Wrath - VS Chakravartin 2nd Battle -A-Rank--2

Captain America meets the real Madame Viper-2

Celestial Destroys an Entire Planet Scene - Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) Movie Clip HD-2

SCP-2399 A Malfunctioning Destroyer (SCP Animation)-2

The Last Man... - SCP-2399 (SCP Animation)-2

Fights

Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia (Dragon Ball VS Sailor Moon) - DEATH BATTLE!

Goku VS Superman - DEATH BATTLE!

Hulk VS Broly (Marvel VS Dragon Ball) - DEATH BATTLE!

Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro - DEATH BATTLE!

Frieza VS Megatron (Dragon Ball VS Transformers) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Saitama VS Popeye (One-Punch Man VS Thimble Theatre) - DEATH BATTLE!

Phoenix VS Raven (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Ghost Rider VS Lobo (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Analysis & Discussions

Why the Barbaric Imperial Orbital Bombardment Scared Populations more than the Death Star-2

Superhero Origins- The Silver Surfer-2

Beyond Omega Level- Galactus - Comics Explained-2