Shockwave

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A shock wave is a type of propagating disturbance in a fluid, gas, or plasma medium.

Shockwave, shock wave, or shockwaves may also refer to:

In fiction:

• Shockwave (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Master of Kung Fu
  • Shockwave Rider (mecha), a fictional vehicle in Marvel Comics
• Shockwave (Transformers), a fictional sentinent and intelligent alien robot
• Shock Wave (novel), a novel written by Clive Cussler
• Shock Waves, a horror movie from 1977 directed by Ken Wiederhorn
• "Shockwave" (Enterprise episode), an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Shockwave Radio Theater, science fiction radio program
• The Shockwave Rider, a science fiction novel by John Brunner

In music:

• "Shock Wave" (song), a song from Black Sabbath's album Never Say Die!
• Shockwave (album), the eighth album by now aggrotech duo Decoded Feedback
• "Shockwaves" (song), a song by Diana Ross from her 1987 album Red Hot Rhythm & Blues
• Shockwave, a song by Black Tide of their debut album Light from Above

In media:

• Shockwave (TV Series), a documentary distributed by The History Channel which shows the viewer footage of headline making events.

In roller coasters:

• Shockwave, a rollercoaster at the amusement park Drayton Manor
• Shockwave (Kings Dominion), a stand-up roller coaster at Kings Dominion
• Shockwave (Six Flags Great America), a large defunct roller coaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee
• Shockwave (Six Flags Over Texas), a roller coaster at the amusement park Six Flags Over Texas

In sports:

• Big Valley Shockwave, an American Basketball Association based in Turlock, California
• San Diego Shockwave, a team of the National Indoor Football League scheduled to play in 2007

In other fields:

• Adobe Shockwave, a multimedia platform
• C&C ShockWave, a modification for the popular RTS game Command and Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour