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There are various attacks in the Super Smash Bros. series that cause the electric effect. Targets hit by these attacks will be shocked and spark for a second or two. Electric attacks have other effects:

  • They multiply the freeze frames of an attack by 1.5x.[1][2]
  • They do no damage to Yellow Pikmin, which will not flinch.
  • They are strengthened by Electric Attack stickers.
  • They are weakened by Electric Resistance stickers.

The majority of magic, energy, and PK attacks use the electric effect, though this is hardly universal. The electric effect can be confused with the paralyze effect, as the only common moves that can paralyze use electrical sound effects.

Pikachu's Thunder in Brawl, a powerful electric attack.

List of electric attacks by characters

List of electric attacks by items

List of electric attacks by enemies and bosses

  • Crazy Hand - sweep attack, lasers, parts of drill attack, jet flight, flying punch, start up of cross punch combo move, fourth hit of applause combo move, second hit of triple poke
  • Duon - blue laser attack
  • Feyesh
  • Glunder
  • Jyk - Zap variety
  • Master Core
    • Master Giant - electric orbs
    • Master Beast - Dark Thunder
  • Master Hand - lasers, flying punch, drill attack (sweetspotted, Melee and Brawl only), slamming punch (Smash 64 only)
  • Plasma Wisp
  • Porky - beam attacks, lightning bolt
  • Rayquaza - Thunder, Dragon Pulse
  • Spaak
  • Tabuu - Electrical Shield, Eye Lasers, Off Waves
  • Waddle Doo - eye beam

List of electric attacks by stage hazards

Trivia

 
The playable characters' appearances when hit by electric attacks in Smash 64 where some of the characters get shocked with cartoon animations showing; this is the only game in the series to use such an easter egg.
  • In Super Smash Bros, characters hit by electric attacks will briefly flash black, with their skeleton (or lack thereof) visible. The exception is Samus, whose suitless shape is seen instead. Non-playable characters do not have this effect.
  • In Melee, when Pikachu uses its back, up, or down throw on an opponent, it begins to spark immediately, without the "shock" being displayed when the move connects. This was fixed in Brawl, where they were given a neutral effect. This also happened to Pichu.
  • When a character is hit by an electric attack in Brawl and they have high enough damage, the crowd doesn't make any sounds unless the electric attack in question happens to hit an opponent that has already been launched by another, non-electric attack.

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