PK Thunder

PK Thunder is a PSI attack, first introduced in Mother. It has a variety of effects between games, but the most common effect is hitting a random enemy for lightning-based damage. PK Thunder can be reflected by the Franklin Badge in EarthBound and Mother 3.

In Mother





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In EarthBound







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In the Super Smash Bros. series
PK Thunder is Ness's Special Up move, available in all Super Smash Bros. games. He can redirect it at himself to fire himself at enemies, which does much damage. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, PK Thunder is once again Ness's Special Up move, but is also now Lucas's. Lucas's is different in the fact that it can move through enemies, while Ness's can't. The move also makes an appearance in the Subspace Emissary, with Ness using it to save Lucas from the King statue.