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Jacobs Ladder:

Once the arc starts it is easier for the current to pass through the already ionized air. The ionized air is hot (due to the current being passed through it) and rises.

A variation of this is how C-PAWS work, and the hand-wave that Traveller's Fusion / Plasma guns are based on.

Scott Martin
 
Also the special effectof choice in Frankenstein movies through the 1940s. Usually with two antaenna-like conductors curving apart to guide the spark.
 
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