Electric

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. Prior to Brawl, this multiplier only applied to the victim, not the attacker.
• 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.
• They make Hotheads grow larger and make them more powerful.
• In Smash 4, they cause attacks to inflict one more frame of hitstun than usual.

In the first three installments of Smash Bros., electric attacks always emit very loud sounds on hit. This has been toned down to a "buzzing" sound in Smash 4, making them much quieter.

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

Character	Move(s)	Games
Captain Falcon	Knee Smash (sweetspotted)
	Lightning Falcon Kick
Dark Pit	Electroshock Arm
	Electrocut Arm
	Quickshock Arm
Donkey Kong	Lightning Punch
Dr. Mario	Forward smash
	Shocking Sheet
Falco	Lasers during back, up and down throws
	Reflector
	Blaster
	Explosive Blaster
	Burst Blaster
Fox	Reflector
	Charge Blaster
	Wolf Flash (sweetspotted)
Ganondorf	Neutral attack (except sourspot in Brawl and Smash 4)
	Down aerial
	Dark Dive
Giga Bowser	Up smash
	Neutral aerial
	Back aerial
	Down aerial
	Whirling Fortress
King Dedede	Waddle Dee Toss (Waddle Doo lasers)
	Bouncing Gordo
Kirby (Copy Abilities)	Charge Shot
	Thunder Jolt
	PK Flash
	Shadow Ball (charge hitbox)
	Blaster (Falco)
	Pikmin Pluck (thrown Yellow Pikmin)
	Blaster (Wolf)
	Thunder (Robin)
	Charge Blast
Link	Shocking Spin
Lucas	Forward tilt (sweetspot)
	Dash attack
	Up tilt (tip)
	Up smash
	Down smash
	Neutral aerial
	Forward aerial (sweetspot)
	Back aerial
	PK Thunder
	PSI Magnet
	Down aerial (last sweetspotted hit)
Lucina	Iai Counter
Mario	Shocking Cape
Marth	Iai Counter
Mega Man	Forward smash
	Up smash
Mewtwo	Neutral aerial
	Pummel
	Shadow Ball (charge hitboxes)
	Floor attack
Mii Gunner	Charge Blast
	Echo Reflector
	Full Blast
Mr. Game & Watch	Judge (number 5)
Ness	PK Thunder
	PK Flash
	Dash attack
	Forward aerial
	Back aerial
	Rising PK Flash
	Lasting PK Thunder
	Rolling PK Thunder
	Forward PSI Magnet
Olimar	All Pikmin-based attacks with a Yellow Pikmin (all smashes, all aerial attacks except for neutral aerial, pummel, all throws, Pikmin Throw and customs)
	Pikmin Chain (Yellow Pikmin)
Pichu	Forward smash
	Forward aerial
	Down aerial
	Thunder Jolt
	Skull Bash
	Thunder
	Pummel
	All throws
Pikachu	Forward smash
	Forward aerial
	Down aerial
	Forward throw (back throw in SSB)
	Thunder Jolt
	Thunder
	Down smash
	Pummel
	Quick Attack
	All throws (except forward throw)
	Skull Bash
	Volt Tackle
	Thunder Wave
	Thunder Shock
	Shocking Skull Bash
	Meteor Quick Attack
	Quick Feet
	Thunder Burst
	Distant Thunder
R.O.B.	Forward smash
	Diffusion Beam
	Super Diffusion Beam
Robin	All aerial attacks except neutral air (Levin Sword)
	All smash attacks (Levin Sword)
	Thunder
	Thunder+
	Speed Thunder
Samus	Charge Shot
	Screw Attack (last hit)
	Forward and back throws
	Grab aerial
	Zero Laser
	Dense Charge Shot
	Melee Charge Shot
	Screw Rush
	Apex Screw Attack
Sheik	Chain (tip)
Wario-Man	Corkscrew
Wolf	Blaster (shots)
	Wolf Flash (sweetspot)
	Reflector
Zelda	Neutral attack
	Up tilt
	Dash attack
	Forward smash (last hit)
	Up smash
	Lightning Kicks (sweetspot)
	Pummel
	Down throw
	Neutral aerial (last hit)
	Down aerial (sweetspot)
Zero Suit Samus	Neutral aerial
	Up smash
	Forward throw
	Plasma Whip (whip body)
	Forward smash
	Plasma Wire
	Power Suit Samus
	Gunship lasers

By items

Item	Attack	Games
Assist Trophies	Barbara: Shockwaves
	Elec Man: Thunder Beam
	Phosphora: Electric shots
Beam Sword	First hit of forward smash when used by Captain Falcon
Fan
Parasol
Hothead	Spark
Key	Throw against enemies
Poké Ball (Pokémon)	Lugia: Aeroblast, contact with body
	Raikou: Spark
	Zapdos: ThunderShock
	Dedenne: Discharge
Ray Gun	Shots

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss	Attack	Games
Crazy Hand	Lasers
	Sweep attack
	Parts of drill attack
	Flying Punch
	Jet flight (comeback)
	Triple poke (second hit)
	Applause combo (fourth hit)
	Cross punch combo (startup)
Duon	Blue laser attack
Feyesh	Tentacle swipe
Glunder	Discharge
Jyk (zap variety)	Contact with body
Master Core	Master Giant: Electric orbs
	Master Beast: Dark Thunder
Master Hand	Slamming punch
	Parts of drill attack
	Lasers
	Flying punch
Metal Face	Laser
Plasma Wisp	Plasma beam
Porky	Beam attacks
	Lightning bolt
Rayquaza	Dragon Pulse
	Thunder
Spaak	Spark and thunderbolt attacks
Tabuu	Electrical Shield
	Eye Lasers
	Off Waves
Waddle Doo	Eye beam
Yellow Devil	Lasers

By stage hazards

Stage	Hazard	Game(s)
Balloon Fight	Sparks
Corneria	Great Fox blaster charge
Kalos Pokémon League	Rayquaza in Dragon Chamber
Midgar	Ramuh's Judgment Bolt
Orbital Gate Assault	Forcefield
Unova Pokémon League	Zekrom's Fusion Bolt

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 visible. The exception is Samus, whose suitless shape is seen instead. Non-playable characters do not have this effect. Using AR codes can enable the player to play as a skeleton for an entire game.
• 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 happens to Pichu, with these attacks also being the only ones that don't cause recoil damage to it (besides dismissed Thunder).
• In Brawl and Smash 4, characters use a special animation when hit by an electric attack, which has them continuously tremble in place during freeze frames and before being launched, instead of using a single animation frame, and is the same as their animation when paralyzed.
• 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.