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PK Thunder

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Ness's PK Thunder in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

PK Thunder is a PSI attack which appears in every EarthBound game. It is also the up special move of both Ness and Lucas in all of their Super Smash Bros. series appearances, since Super Smash Bros. for the former and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the latter.

When used, Ness and Lucas fire a ball of lightning that can be controlled using the control stick. When hitting an opponent, Ness's PK Thunder only hits one time before disappearing, while Lucas's is able to travel through opponents. Lucas's PK Thunder is also slower and has a shorter lightning "tail", but it can curve more quickly than Ness's.

Hitting Ness or Lucas themselves while the move is active causes them to fly forward. The direction they move depends on where they are hit. Like with the standard PK Thunder, Ness deals one hit with high knockback, while Lucas deals multiple hits.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Ness is given two custom variants for this move. The first is Lasting PK Thunder, which behaves like Lucas's version of the move, that it can pass through opponents and it controls more tightly, though it deals less damage. When it hits Ness, it propels Ness further than regular PK Thunder. The second is Rolling PK Thunder, which is larger, more powerful, and colored green, but does not move as quickly; hitting Ness also gives less distance, though it is also more powerful.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a trajectory arrow appears indicating the direction Ness flies if he hits himself with the lightning ball.

Gallery

  • Lucas using the move in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

    Lucas using the move in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

  • Ness using the move in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

    Ness using the move in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

  • Lucas using the move in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

    Lucas using the move in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U character customization graphic of Ness using PK Thunder

    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U character customization graphic of Ness using PK Thunder

  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U character customization graphic of Ness using Lasting PK Thunder

    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U character customization graphic of Ness using Lasting PK Thunder

  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U character customization graphic of Ness using Rolling PK Thunder

    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U character customization graphic of Ness using Rolling PK Thunder

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese PKサンダー
Pī Kei Sandā		 PK Thunder

Trivia

  • In the MOTHER / EarthBound series, Ness and Lucas are unable to learn PK Thunder in their respective games; in Super Smash Bros. Melee the trophy for Paula, one of the characters in EarthBound who can learn PK Thunder, states that she taught Ness this and PK Fire, though no explanation is offered for Lucas. This explanation further returns as a random tip in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.
Super Smash Bros. moves
Standard Blaster Shot • Boomerang • Charge Shot • Egg Lay • Falcon Punch • Fireball • Giant Punch • Green Fireball • Inhale • PK Fire • Pound • Thunder Jolt
Up Egg Throw • Falcon Dive • Final Cutter • Fire Fox • PK Thunder • Quick Attack • Screw Attack • Sing • Spin Attack • Spinning Kong • Super Jump Punch
Down Bomb • Falcon Kick • Hand Slap • Luigi Cyclone • Mario Tornado • PSI Magnet • Reflector • Rest • Stone • Thunder • Yoshi Bomb
Miscellaneous Jump • Meteor smash • Shield • Smash attack • Taunt
Super Smash Bros. Melee moves
Standard Blaster • Charge Shot • Chef • Egg Lay • Falcon Punch • Fire Bow • Fire Breath • Fireball • Flare Blade • Giant Punch • Green Fireball • Hero's Bow • Ice Shot • Inhale • Megavitamin • Nayru's Love • Needle Storm • PK Flash • Rollout • Shadow Ball • Shield Breaker • Thunder Jolt • Toad • Warlock Punch
Up Agility • Belay • Blazer • Dark Dive • Dolphin Slash • Egg Throw • Falcon Dive • Farore's Wind • Final Cutter • Fire • Fire Bird • Fire Fox • Peach Parasol • PK Thunder • Quick Attack • Screw Attack • Sing • Spin Attack • Spinning Kong • Super Jump Punch • Teleport • Whirling Fortress • Vanish
Side Boomerang • Cape • Chain • Confusion • Dancing Blade • Din's Fire • Double-Edge Dance • Egg Roll • Falco Phantasm • Fox Illusion • Gerudo Dragon • Green Missile • Hammer • Headbutt • Judge • Koopa Klaw • Missile • Peach Bomber • PK Fire • Pound • Raptor Boost • Skull Bash • Squall Hammer • Super Sheet
Down Blizzard • Bomb • Bowser Bomb • Counter • Disable • Dr. Tornado • Falcon Kick • Hand Slap • Luigi Cyclone • Mario Tornado • Oil Panic • PSI Magnet • Reflector • Rest • Stone • Thunder • Transform • Vegetable • Wizard's Foot • Yoshi Bomb
Miscellaneous Air Dodge • Jump • Meteor smash • Shield • Smash attack • Taunt • Tether recovery
Super Smash Bros. Brawl moves
Standard Aura Sphere • Blaster • Bullet Seed • Charge Shot • Chef • Chomp • Egg Lay • Eruption • Falcon Punch • Fire Breath • Fireball • Flamethrower • Giant Punch • Green Fireball • Hand Grenade • Hero's Bow • Homing Attack • Ice Shot • Inhale • Mach Tornado • Nayru's Love • Needle Storm • Palutena's Arrow • Paralyzer • Peanut Popgun • Pikmin Pluck • PK Flash • PK Freeze • Robo Beam • Rollout • Shield Breaker • Thunder Jolt • Toad • Warlock Punch • Water Gun
Up Aether • Belay • Corkscrew • Cypher • Dark Dive • Dolphin Slash • Egg Throw • ExtremeSpeed • Falcon Dive • Farore's Wind • Final Cutter • Fire • Fire Bird • Fire Fox • Fire Wolf • Fly • Peach Parasol • Pikmin Chain • PK Thunder • Plasma Wire • Quick Attack • Robo Burner • Rocketbarrel Boost • Screw Attack • Shuttle Loop • Sing • Spin Attack • Spinning Kong • Spring Jump • Super Dedede Jump • Super Jump Punch • Vanish • Vine Whip • Waterfall • Whirling Fortress • Wings of Icarus
Side Angel Ring • Arm Rotor • Boomerang • Cape • Chain • Dancing Blade • Din's Fire • Drill Rush • Egg Roll • Falco Phantasm • Flame Choke • Flying Slam • Force Palm • Fox Illusion • Gale Boomerang • Green Missile • Hammer • Headbutt • Judge • Missile • Monkey Flip • Peach Bomber • Pikmin Throw • PK Fire • Plasma Whip • Quick Draw • Raptor Boost • Razor Leaf • Remote Controlled Missile • Rock Smash • Skull Bash • Spin Dash • Squall Hammer • Waddle Dee Toss • Wario Bike • Withdraw • Wolf Flash
Down Banana Peel • Blizzard • Bomb • Bowser Bomb • C4 • Counter • Dimensional Cape • Double Team • F.L.U.D.D. • Falcon Kick • Flip Jump • Gyro • Hand Slap • Jet Hammer • Luigi Cyclone • Mirror Shield • Oil Panic • Pikmin Order • Pokémon Change • PSI Magnet • Reflector • Rest • Spin Charge • Stone • Thunder • Transform • Vegetable • Wario Waft • Wizard's Foot • Yoshi Bomb
Final Smash Aura Storm • Beast Ganon • Blue Falcon • Cook Kirby • Critical Hit • Diffusion Beam • End of Day • Galaxia Darkness • Giga Bowser • Great Aether • Grenade Launcher • Iceberg • Konga Beat • Landmaster • Light Arrow • Mario Finale • Negative Zone • Octopus • Palutena's Army • Peach Blossom • PK Starstorm • Power Suit Samus • Puff Up • Rocketbarrel Barrage • Super Dragon • Super Sonic • Triple Finish • Triforce Slash • Volt Tackle • Waddle Dee Army • Wario-Man • Zero Laser
Miscellaneous Air Dodge • Footstool Jump • Glide • Jump • Meteor smash • Shield • Smash attack • Taunt • Tether recovery
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Super Smash Bros. for Wii U moves
Standard Aura Sphere • Autoreticle • Blade Beam • Blaster • Blurring Blade • Bonus Fruit • Bullet Climax • Charge Blast • Charge Shot • Chef • Chomp • Clown Cannon • Dragon Fang Shot • Egg Lay • Eruption • Exploding Side Kick • Explosive Flame • Falcon Punch • Fire Breath • Fireball • Flamethrower • Flare Blade • Gale Strike • Giant Punch • Green Fireball • Grenade Launch • Hadoken • Heavenly Light • Hero's Bow • Homing Attack • Inhale • Laser Blaze • Luma Shot • Mach Tornado • Megavitamin • Metal Blade • Monado Arts • Nayru's Love • Needle Storm • Palutena Bow • Paralyzer • Peanut Popgun • Pikmin Pluck • PK Flash • PK Freeze • Pocket • Robo Beam • Rollout • Shadow Ball • Shield Breaker • Shot Put • Shuriken of Light • Silver Bow • Straight Lunge • Sun Salutation • Thunder • Thunder Jolt • Toad • Trick Shot • Ultimate Uppercut • Warlock Punch • Water Shuriken
Up Abandon Ship • Aether • Air Slash • Arm Rocket • Balloon Trip • Blazer • Boost Kick • Cannon Uppercut • Climhazzard • Corkscrew • Dark Dive • Dolphin Slash • Draconic Ascent • Duck Jump • Egg Throw • Elwind • Extreme Speed • Falcon Dive • Farore's Wind • Final Cutter • Fire • Fire Bird • Fire Fox • Fire Wolf • Fly • Helicopter Kick • Hero's Spin • Hydro Pump • Jump Glide • Launch Star • Lunar Launch • Pac-Jump • Peach Parasol • Piston Punch • PK Thunder • Power of Flight • Quick Attack • Rising Uppercut • Robo Burner • Rocket Jump • Rocketbarrel Boost • Rush Coil • Screw Attack • Shoryuken • Shuttle Loop • Sing • Skyward Slash Dash • Soaring Axe Kick • Spin Attack • Spinning Kong • Spring Jump • Stone Scabbard •Super Dedede Jump • Super Hoop • Super Jump Punch • Teleport • Vanish • Warp • Whirling Fortress • Winged Pikmin • Witch Twist
Side Airborne Assault • Angelic Missile • Arcfire • Arm Rotor • Back Slash • Boomerang • Burning Dropkick • Burst Grenade • Cape • Chakram • Clay Shooting • Clown Kart Dash • Confusion • Crash Bomber • Cross Slash • Dancing Blade • Din's Fire • Double-Edge Dance • Dragon Lunge • Drill Rush • Egg Roll • Electroshock Arm • Falco Phantasm • Feint Jump • Flame Choke • Flame Pillar • Flare Blitz • Flying Slam • Force Palm • Fox Illusion • Gale Boomerang • Gordo Throw • Green Missile • Gunner Missile • Hammer Flip • Headache Maker • Headbutt • Header • Heel Slide / After Burner Kick • Jolt Haymaker • Judge • Lloid Rocket • Missile • Monkey Flip • Onslaught • Peach Bomber • Pikmin Throw • PK Fire • Plasma Whip • Power Pellet • Quick Draw • Raptor Boost • Reflect Barrier • Shadow Sneak • Skull Bash • Slash Launcher • Spin Dash • Star Bit • Stealth Burst • Super Sheet • Super Speed • Tatsumaki Senpukyaku • Upperdash Arm • Wario Bike
Down Absorbing Vortex • Banana Peel • Blade Counter • Bomb • Bomb Drop • Bouncing Fish • Bowser Bomb • Celestial Firework • Counter • Counter Surge • Deep Breathing • Dimensional Cape • Disable • Double Team • Dr. Tornado • Echo Reflector • F.L.U.D.D. • Falcon Kick • Finishing Touch • Fire Hydrant • Flip Jump • Focus Attack • Foot Flurry • Gravitational Pull • Guardian Orbitars • Gyro • Hand Slap • Head-On Assault • Jet Hammer • Leaf Shield • Lightweight • Limit Charge • Luigi Cyclone • Mechakoopa • Nosferatu • Oil Panic • Phantom Slash • Pikmin Order • Power Thrust • PSI Magnet • Reflector • Rest • Reversal Slash • Rock Smash • Slip Counter • Spin Charge • Stone • Substitute • Thunder • Timber • Vegetable • Vision • Wario Waft • Wild Gunman • Witch Time • Wizard's Foot • Yoshi Bomb
Final Smash Beast Ganon • Black Hole Laser • Blue Falcon • Chain Attack • Critical Hit • Dark Pit Staff • Dedede Burst • Doctor Finale • Dream Home • End of Day • Final Edge • Full Blast • Galaxia Darkness • Giga Bowser • Giga Mac • Great Aether • Gunship • Infernal Climax • Konga Beat • Landmaster • Light Arrow • Mario Finale • Mega Evolution • Mega Legends • NES Zapper Posse • Octopus • Omega Blitz • Omnislash • Pair Up • Peach Blossom • PK Starstorm • Poltergust 5000 • Power Star • Psystrike • Puff Up • Secret Ninja Attack • Shadow Mario Paint • Shin Shoryuken • Shinku Hadoken • Super Diffusion Beam • Super Dragon • Super Sonic • Three Sacred Treasures • Torrential Roar • Triforce Slash • Ultra Sword • Volt Tackle • Wario-Man • Wii Fit • Zero Laser
Miscellaneous Air Dodge • Footstool Jump • Jump • Shield • Smash attack • Taunt • Tether recovery
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate moves
Standard ARMS Jump / ARMS Hook • Aura Sphere • Axe • Autoreticle • Blade Beam • Blaster • Blunderbuss • Blurring Blade • Bonus Fruit • Bow and Arrows • Bullet Seed • Bullet Climax • Charge Blast • Charge Shot • Chef • Chomp • Clown Cannon • Darkest Lariat • Dragon Fang Shot • Egg Firing / Breegull Blaster • Egg Lay • Eruption • Exploding Side Kick • Failnaught • Falcon Punch • Fire Arrow • Fire Breath • Fireball • Flamethrower • Flare / Megaflare / Gigaflare • Flare Blade • Flashing Mach Punch • Frizz / Frizzle / Kafrizz • Gale Strike • Giant Punch • Grenade Launch • Green Fireball • Gun / Gun Special • Hadoken • Hand Grenade • Hero's Bow • Homing Attack • Ice Shot • Inhale • Laser Blaze • Luma Shot • Mach Tornado • Metal Blade • Mine / Craft / Create Block • Monado Arts • Needle Storm • Palutena Bow • Peanut Popgun • Pikmin Pluck • PK Flash • PK Freeze • Plasma Breath • Pocket • Power Wave • Ptooie • Robo Beam • Rollout • Shadow Ball • Shield Breaker • Shot Put • Shuriken of Light • Silver Bow • Splattershot • Straight Lunge • Sun Salutation • Thunder • Thunder Jolt • Toad • Trick Shot • Warlock Punch • Water Gun • Water Shuriken
Up Abandon Ship! • Aether • Agility • Air Slash • Arm Rocket • Balloon Trip • Belay • Blade Dash / Octoslash • Blazer • Boost Kick • Cannon Jump Kick • Climhazzard • Corkscrew • Cross Chop • Cypher • Daisy Parasol • Dark Dive • Dolphin Slash • Dragon Ascent • Duck Jump • Egg Throw • Elwind • Elytra • Extreme Speed • Falcon Dive • Final Cutter • Fire • Fire Bird • Fire Fox • Fire Wolf • Fly • Grappling Hook / Wings of Rebellion • Helicopter Kick • Hero's Spin • Hydro Pump • Launch Star • Lunar Launch • Megavitamin • Nayru's Love • Pac-Jump • Paralyzer • Peach Parasol • Piranhacopter • PK Thunder • Power of Flight • Propellerpack • Quick Attack • Rising Tackle • Rising Uppercut • Robo Burner • Rocketbarrel Boost • Rush Coil • Screw Attack • Shock Spring Jump • Shoryuken • Shuttle Loop • Sing • Skyward Slash Dash • Soaring Axe Kick • Soaring Slash • Spin Attack • Spinning Kong • Spring Jump • Stone Scabbard • Super Dedede Jump • Super Hoop • Super Jump • Super Jump Punch • Sword of the Creator • Teleport • Thrust Uppercut • Uppercut • Vanish • Vine Whip • Warp • Waterfall • Whirling Fortress • Wing Blitz • Winged Pikmin • Witch Twist • Woosh / Swoosh / Kaswoosh
Side Areadbhar • Airborne Assault • Alolan Whip • Arcfire • Arm Rotor • Back Slash • Boomerang • Burning Dropkick • Burning Knuckle / Crack Shoot • Burst Grenade • Cape • Chakram • Clay Shooting • Clown Kart Dash • Confusion • Crash Bomber • Cross • Cross Slash • Crownerang • Daisy Bomber • Dancing Blade • Double-Edge Dance • Dragon Lunge • Drill Rush • Egg Roll • Eiha / Eigaon • Electroshock Arm • Explosive Flame • Falco Phantasm • Farore's Wind • Fishing Rod • Flame Choke • Flame Pillar • Flare Blitz • Flying Slam • Force Palm • Fox Illusion • Gale Stab • Gordo Throw • Green Missile • Gunner Missile • Hammer Flip • Headbutt • Header • Heel Slide / After Burner Kick • Jolt Haymaker • Judge • Lloid Rocket • Minecart • Missile • Monkey Flip • Onslaught • Peach Bomber • Pikmin Throw • PK Fire • Poison Breath • Pound • Power Pellet • Quick Draw • Raptor Boost • Razor Leaf • Remote Missile • Shadow Flare • Shadow Sneak • Skull Bash • Space Pirate Rush • Spin Dash • Splat Roller • Squall Hammer • Star Bits • Stealth Burst • Super Sheet • Suplex • Tatsumaki Senpukyaku • Upperdash Arm • Wario Bike • Whip Lash • Withdraw • Wolf Flash • Wonderwing • Zap / Zapple / Kazap
Down Absorbing Vortex • Amyr • ARMS Change • Banana Peel • Blade Counter • Blizzard • Bomb (Link) • Bomb (Samus) • Bomb Drop • Bouncing Fish • Bowser Bomb • C4 • Command Selection • Counter • Counter Surge • Counter Throw • Deep Breathing • Dimensional Cape • Din's Fire • Disable • Double Team • Dr. Tornado • Echo Reflector • Falcon Kick • Feint Jump • Finishing Touch • Fire Hydrant • Flip Jump • F.L.U.D.D. • Focus Attack • Gut Check • Gravitational Pull • Guardian Orbitars • Gyro • Hand Slap • Head-On Assault • Holy Water • Jet Hammer • Leaf Shield • Limit Charge • Lloid Trap • Long-Stem Strike • Luigi Cyclone • Mechakoopa • Nosferatu • Oil Panic • Phantom Slash • Pikmin Order • Pokémon Change • Power Dunk • Power Thrust • PSI Magnet • Rear Egg • Rebel's Guard / Tetrakarn / Makarakarn • Reflect Barrier • Reflector • Remote Bomb • Rest • Revenge • Reversal Slash • Scintilla • Skewer • Slip Counter • Spin Charge • Splat Bomb • Stone • Substitute • Thunder • Timber • TNT • Vegetable • Vision • Wario Waft • Wild Gunman • Witch Time • Wizard's Foot • Yoshi Bomb
Final Smash All-Out Attack • Ancient Bow and Arrow • ARMS Rush • Aura Storm • Awakening Aether • Black Hole Laser • Blast-o-Matic • Blue Falcon • Chain Attack • Covering Fire • Critical Hit • Daisy Blossom • Dark Pit Staff • Darkness Illusion • Dede-Rush • Doctor Finale • Dream Home • Dream Town Hall • End of Day • Final Edge • Full Blast • Ganon, The Demon King • Giga Bowser Punch • Giga Mac Rush • Gigaslash • Grand Cross • Grand Star • Great Aether • Guided Robo Beam • House of Boom • Hyper Rocketbarrel • Iceberg • Infernal Climax • Jungle Rush • Killer Wail • Lightning Chariot • Mario Finale • Max Malicious Moonsault • Mega Legends • The Mighty Jinjonator • NES Zapper Posse • Octopus • Omega Blitz • Omnislash • Pair Up • Peach Blossom • Petey Piranha • Phazon Laser • PK Starstorm • Plasma Scream • Poltergust G-00 • Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven • Psystrike • Puff Up • Secret Ninja Attack • Shadow Mario Paint • Sheikah Dance • Shin Shoryuken • Shinku Hadoken • Shinryuken • Shippu Jinraikyaku • Stampede! • Super Pac-Man • Super Sonic • Supernova • Team Star Fox • Team Star Wolf • Torrential Roar • Triforce of Wisdom • Triforce Slash • Triple Finish • Triple Wolf • Ultra Sword • Volt Tackle • Wario-Man • Wii Fit • Zero Laser
Miscellaneous Air Dodge • Buster Wolf • Footstool Jump • Jump • Power Geyser • Shield • Smash attack • Taunt • Tether recovery
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