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Improbable Use of a Weapon
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This is when a weapon is used in such a way that shouldn't work (or would simply be inefficient). It can be broken down into a few subtypes: Where the writer, actor, or animator didn't bother to find out how the weapon is used (e.g. Using a rapier primarily for cutting, using a vehicle-mounted weapon as a man portable weapon). Or the user failing to understand how to use it In-Universe because of a lack of familiarity. When the weapon does something it wouldn't normally (see Set Swords to "Stun" for the most common example, lethal weapons being non lethal) or works better than it should (e.g. destroying a tank with a pistol). Using the weapon in the place of a tool when the tool it's replacing would do the job more efficiently (tools which are much more effective as weapons than they should be also fit). When this is done on a large scale, see Swords to Plowshares. Using a weapon which shouldn't be available (e.g. being anachronistic or extremely rare and/or expensive). See Exotic Weapon Supremacy for the rare variant. Using a weapon which wouldn't work in real life (e.g. BFS which are too heavy to lift). Using a weapon for its intended purpose, but also using it for other purposes as a secondary attack (e.g. using a bow as a close quarters melee weaponnote This is actually possible in a pinch depending on the bow. For example, an unstrung English longbow can be used like a spear, because it has pointed horn knocks on either end which could inflict damage if thrust into the throat or eyes. However, bows tend to be poor striking weapons because they're too light and flexible, as well as prone to damage if used for blocking.). Compare Improbable Weapon User for when something that clearly isn't a weapon is used as one. Supertrope to: Bullethole Door Gangsta Style Hammer Hilt Firing One-Handed Implausible Fencing Powers Improperly Placed Firearms No Scope One-Handed Zweihänder Pistol-Whipping Recoil Boost Removable Turret Gun Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship Throwing Your Gun at the Enemy Throwing Your Shield Always Works Throwing Your Sword Always Works Not to be confused with the novel Use of Weapons. |
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In Predator, Jesse Ventura uses a hand-held GE M134 Minigun. It is impossible for anyone to really hold and use this weapon. In Real Life this gun is mounted on a helicopter or armored vehicle, it is far too heavy to be used otherwise. An even smaller version was actually designed to be man-portable, the XM214 "Microgun" of the 1970s, but even it was designed to be used with a tripod, and never made it past the prototype stage because it didn't offer any advantages over existing single-barreled machine guns that its own weight and extreme fire rate didn't circumvent. | |
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In Betrayal at Krondor and its Spiritual Sequel Betrayal in Antara, you can thrust with slashing weapons and slash with thrusting weapons, but accuracy and damage increases if you a certain type of sword in the manner it was intended to. | |
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In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the T-800 uses the same GE M134 Minigun. The Terminator's use of it can be handwaved by being a super-strong cyborg, though one wonders why Sarah Connor kept a helicopter's weapon in her arsenal to begin with. | |
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In Star Ocean: The Second Story, Opera has a laser rifle... That she smacks people with. | |
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In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the weapon itself is not exactly improbable but the manner in which it is used definitely qualifies. When Harry and Ron rescue Hermione from the troll they have locked into the girls' bathroom with her, rather than using it to cast any sort of useful spell, Harry accidentally shoves his wand up the troll's nose (It Makes Sense in Context). The distraction caused by having "a long bit of wood up its nose" allows Ron to use his own wand in a more conventional manner, using "Wingardium Leviosa" to raise the troll's own club high into the air and knock it out. | |
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Samurai Shodown has a bit of this in its repertoire, of course. Some are justifiable, like the swordsmen taking a cheap shot with the hilt (or, for Ukyo, with the sheath). Some are a little more Rule of Cool, like Earthquake tossing the blade end of his kusarigama. And a few are less than textbook, like Cham Cham using her boomerang as a melee weapon or Andrew fighting in sword duels using the bayonet of his musket. | |
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Hawkeye is the world's greatest archer (and one of the above-mentioned other people who can throw Cap's shield effectively) as well as an all-around expert marksman — and we mean all-around. He's subdued enemies with coins, normal playing cards, and even his own fingernails (in Ultimate Marvel at least). Once when his bow was broken by enemies, he managed to subdue them by throwing arrows like darts. And when cornered, he can easily use his bow as a melee weapon. | |
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[PROTOTYPE 2]: James Heller is capable of ripping weapon mounts off of tanks and helicopters and carrying them around. In universe he's strong enough to punch out a tank, so this makes sense. However, in addition to carrying these weapons around and throwing them he can actually fire them which qualifies for this trope since these are vehicle mounted weapons that fired from inside the vehicle and don't actually have triggers. Many of these weapons (especially helicopter missile launchers) seem to have far more shots than you would expect from looking at them, which also counts. | |
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Bowguns and Bows in Monster Hunter can actually be used for melee attacks (sluggishly hitting monsters with your gun or your arrows, respectively). It's about as effective as it sounds and usually not worth the effort. | |
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In Prince Caspian, Susan throws an arrow at a soldier. It lands point in, in his heart and kills him. Justified by the arrows being a gift from Aslan. And Susan wields her bow like a staff when soldiers are up close and personal. | |
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Bleach: A couple of quincies have shown they can fire bows with less hands than a bow really requires. Ryuuken's default choice is a two-foot bow that he fires with his left hand. When forced to, Yhwach can produce a gigantic bow in the sky that is fired without any hands at all. Masaki was capable of shrinking her bow down to such a tiny size it could be nestled between her fingers and thumb, but used normal sized bows with two hands. The difference between Ryuuken, Yhwach and Masaki is that Ryuuken is the only one whose bow looks solid instead of energy. | |
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The Gamers: Successfully Back Stabbing a person with a ballista. In a tavern. It's technically possible in Dungeons & Dragons, unless the DM specifically forbids it. | |
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This is a clue in the Lord Darcy story "Murder on the Napoli Express". A man is clubbed to death with his Sword Cane. Since it's far easier to kill a man with a sword cane by stabbing them rather than repeatedly whacking them on the head, this suggests to Darcy that the killer was someone who didn't know it was a sword cane. | |
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An episode of The Simpsons has Homer buying a revolver, which he promptly uses to do things like opening beer cans and changing TV channels. This recklessness causes Marge to leave with the children and gets him kicked out of the local NRA. | |
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On MythBusters, shooting an escape hole in the floor or shooting out a lock proved possible but far, far more difficult than using the proper tools (a boltcutter and circular saw) and required fairly impressive firepower. | |
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The introductory mission of Battlefield 3 has a shotgun used to bar a door between the cars of a subway train. You don't even get to use it for its intended purpose, as five seconds after you remove it from the door an enemy ambushes you and throws it out the window. | |
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Jason impales a woman with a cleaver in Friday the 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat. | |
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Odin Sphere: Cornelius twirls his sword like a helicopter blade to glide through the air. | |
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Chaos Fighters has swiping, an type of attack which the weapon (usually a sword or a lance) is swung in a direction perpendicular to how its blade is aligned. In reality this would not work as well as depicted and could potentially break the weapon. | |
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In Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Kamina's first impression of a gun is to use its butt as a hammer to bash his enemies note This is a completely legitimate tactic in real life, but it's not recommended because that's why you have a knife. After almost shooting himself in the crotch through that method, he realizes how it's supposed to be used (but still holds it upside down). Later, during his first fight against Viral, he more cleverly uses an arrow as a makeshift knife. | |
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Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist fights with push knives but is always shown throwing them rather than punching with them. | |
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Axl Low of Guilty Gear uses a kusarigama with a second sickle in place of the weight on the other end of its chain. Sol wields his sword upside-down, in order to evoke the imagery of Freddie Mercury's baseless mic-stand. |
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Samurai Warriors has Hanzo, who swings the scythe-part of his kusarigama, Shingen Takeda, whose warfan can be used for slicing people and Nagamasa using Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship with his lance may count as well . Toshiie Maeda can use the two spears he carries on his back as boomerangs, just as his lord Katsuie Shibata can with his axes. |
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Lance's Crush skill (renamed Armor Crush in EBF5) has Lance pull out whatever shoulder-mounted gun he has equipped and whack them with it. Matt and Lance both get quotes for this skill in the fifth game: | |
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In the Humanx Commonwealth novel The End of the Matter, Anti-Hero Skua September puts in his first appearance wielding a heavy military laser designed to be fired from a tripod. He wears the massive power supply as an impromptu backpack. He does comment that it's awfully heavy, which says something coming from a man as huge as he is. | |
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During the battle at the end of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the gargoyles build a catapult and, instead of using it to fire something, they just push it off the cathedral onto the enemies below, who manage to avoid it while it lands face down. | |
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This is a Discussed Trope in Snake's Codec call on Falco. Slippy informs Snake that Falco's Reflector is supposed to be held in place to reflect projectiles, which is how Fox uses it. However, Falco uses it by kicking it to send it flying around like a boomerang. Snake comments that there's no reason a weapon can't have more than one use, and adds that the Reflector's versatility shows just how well Slippy designed it. | |
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In Dead Rising 2, the player can use machine-gun wheelchairs, pitchfork-shotguns, and chainsaw-paddles to mow down the undead. | |
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In The Incredulity of Father Brown, this is actually the answer to the death of a millionaire that seemed to have been shot through a window by God. He was stabbed with an arrow where the angle pointed to the window. | |
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and the first Pumpkinhead have people being impaled with shotguns. | |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_468bebb0 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_468bebb0 | comment |
In the Discworld City Watch Novels, Detritus the troll's weapon of choice is a ballista. He is able to use it like a crossbow just because he's so damn big. Sometimes it's used to fire the iron spears it was designed to fire, but most of the time Detritus loads it with bundles of arrows. Which shatter from the force of being fired. Then burst into flames from the air friction. When Detritus test-fired it for the first time, it wiped out the training targets, the hill behind them, and some birds that happened to be flying directly above him. He calls it the Piecemaker. It cannot be fired indoors, primarily because it's no longer indoors after he fires. | |
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Discworld | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_468bebb0 | |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
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Y: The Last Man: One of the antagonists shows up for a fight Dual Wielding a pair of (two-handed) naginatas. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_475972f0 | featureApplicability |
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Y: The Last Man (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_475972f0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_49ad83ee | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_49ad83ee | comment |
In World of Warcraft: The Warrior ability Heroic Throw does exactly what it sounds like it does - no matter what size or shape the Warrior's weapon is. One tie-in novel has a (granted, extremely skilled and demigod-blessed) warrior throw his giant two-handed sword like a spear. The Paladin ability Avenger's Shield has them throw their shield Captain America style, although they might be using magic. The ability Titan's Grip allows a Warrior to Dual Wield two-handed weapons. It gets a bit ridiculous when a gnome dual wields giant battleaxes. Most magic users are unlikely to ever use their weapons to hit things, but somehow their high-level weapons greatly improve their magic even when sheathed. Makes sense for keeping things balanced with items, not so much in how it is applied to the game itself. Then there are feral druids using their animal-form fangs and claws to attack, but somehow still draw upon their weapon (and the rest of their equipment that disappears when they shapeshift) stats to determine how effective their attacks are. Monks in Mists of Pandaria are similar, mostly attacking with their bare hands. |
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World of Warcraft (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
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The characters in the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers SNES beat-em-up don't have any ranged attacks, which leads to the bow-wielding Kimberly just beating everything to death with her bow. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_4be3aedd | featureApplicability |
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Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_4be3aedd | |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_4ce5263e | comment |
XCOM: Enemy Unknown: Suppression is an action that involves throwing a lot of firepower a target's way to dramatically reduce its aim. Normally those that get it are Heavies, who have light machinegun-style guns, and Supports, who tote semi/full-auto rifles. Depending on "Training Roulette]]", which randomizes what skills a soldier can get, Suppression may be available to Assaults (and while they can equip the same rifles as Supports, it also works when their loadout is a shotgun) and Snipers, whose basic weapon is bolt-action. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_4ce5263e | featureApplicability |
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_4ce5263e | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_56cb92c3 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_56cb92c3 | comment |
In the trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), as in the comics, Rocket Raccoon is shown hand-wielding a minigun-type weapon bigger than he is. Not that a film featuring a gun-wielding raccoon and his buddy the talking tree should be held to a high standard of realism, but it may be justified as Rocket has been subjected to various painful augmentations. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_56cb92c3 | featureApplicability |
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_56cb92c3 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531a | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531a | comment |
Persona 3 has an example of the user not understanding how to use it: Junpei uses two-handed swords like they were baseball bats. The Evokers the party uses to summon their Personae are usually shaped like handguns, which they use to shoot themselves in the head. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531a | featureApplicability |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531a | featureConfidence |
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Persona 3 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531a | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531c | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531c | comment |
Persona 5: Due to the Your Mind Makes It Real nature of the Mental World of the Palace, even prop weapons, such as a toy gun Ryuji gives the protagonist early in the game, are able to work as fully functioning weapons that can damage Shadows, although the amount of ammo it can fire is still limited. This also explains how Goro is able to use laser swords and ray guns as weapons. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531c | featureApplicability |
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Persona 5 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5921531c | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5a3533fe | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5a3533fe | comment |
It's mentioned that a Korean War veteran in My Name Is Earl killed three enemy soldiers with one bullet and no gun. He pushed it into their skulls with his bare hands — which logically considering it probably would mean a person capable of that could have just killed them with their bare hands anyway rather than bothering to shove the bullet through three separate heads. | |
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My Name Is Earl | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5a3533fe | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5bddbfbd | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5bddbfbd | comment |
If you're smart while playing Zombies Ate My Neighbors, you will never once use the Bazooka to kill an enemy. It's simply too valuable for blasting open doors and cracked walls. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5bddbfbd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5bddbfbd | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5c897f4a | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5c897f4a | comment |
Schlock Mercenary: The titular mercenary, Schlock, is unable to take advantage of the flight-powered armour most of the mercenaries work, due to being a carbosilicate amorph. He eventually works out that in low- or zero-gravity enviromnents, he can use his plasma cannon as an improvised thruster. According to Maxim 44 of the Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries "If it will blow a hole in the ground, it will double as an entrenching tool." |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5c897f4a | featureApplicability |
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Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5c897f4a | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5c8bc496 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5c8bc496 | comment |
Epic Battle Fantasy series: Anna can whack her enemy with her bow (via the aptly-named Bow Whack skill) in Epic Battle Fantasy 5. Its complete inability to kill foes (leaving them at 1 HP instead), alongside its increased chance to get them to surrender makes it useful for capturing them. Lance's Crush skill (renamed Armor Crush in EBF5) has Lance pull out whatever shoulder-mounted gun he has equipped and whack them with it. Matt and Lance both get quotes for this skill in the fifth game: Matt, meanwhile, has the ability to throw his sword like a boomerang via the Sword Cyclone skill. This can overlap with Improbable Weapon User, given Matt's arsenal features a guitar and a hockey stick, among other things. |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5c8bc496 | featureApplicability |
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Epic Battle Fantasy (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5c8bc496 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5ce3fc86 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5ce3fc86 | comment |
Death The Kid in Soul Eater holds Liz and Patty Thompson upside down and pulls their triggers with his pinkies. This might be because he uses them something like tonfa in close combat (so holding them the way he does would give him more torque) but that just justifies one example with another. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5ce3fc86 | featureApplicability |
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Soul Eater (Manga) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5ce3fc86 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5e150650 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5e150650 | comment |
In Exalted second edition, the standard use for a daiklave is to take some time and commit a few motes to attune to it. This will allow you to wield this ridiculously big chunk of metal as if it weighed no more than a regular sword. Of course, if you're in a hurry, unattuned daiklaves are listed as acceptable improvised weapons by at least one martial arts style. In which case you can wield the ridiculously big chunk of metal as if it weighed as much as a ridiculously big chunk of metal. | |
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Exalted (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5e150650 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5e3832b5 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5e3832b5 | comment |
In Cave Story, the machine gun's most powerful upgrade has intense recoil... powerful enough that if you fire it downward, it propels you upward. In other words, you can use the machine gun as a makeshift jetpack, and it's actually better at this than the actual jetpack you acquire (unless you manage to get the jetpack's upgraded form, which is far more maneuverable). | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5e3832b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Cave Story (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_5e3832b5 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_638624c8 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_638624c8 | comment |
Slayers has rapid-fire muzzleloaders. It subverted the "used the blunt side" trope, though—Zelgadiss assures someone he's just cut that he didn't use the cutting edge, then pauses, and looks at his sword. "Wait... this is a double-edged sword. Uh, sorry?" | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_638624c8 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_638624c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Slayers | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_638624c8 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_65ccb34a | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_65ccb34a | comment |
Delirious inserted brass knuckles into his mask to deliver a headbutt hard enough to defeat Adam Pearce. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_65ccb34a | featureApplicability |
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Hunter Johnston (Wrestling) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_65ccb34a | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_684610 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_684610 | comment |
BlazBlue features the cyborg girl Nu-13, who uses a throwing knife with a loop in the hilt to tie off her braid. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_684610 | featureApplicability |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_684610 | featureConfidence |
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BlazBlue (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_684610 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_69d15cc0 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_69d15cc0 | comment |
Marvel Cinematic Universe: In The Avengers, Hawkeye runs out of arrows and is forced to fight the Chitauri with just his bow instead. This one has some historic precedent — unstringed longbows, for instance, made pretty good quarterstaves. By the time of Captain America: Civil War, Hawkeye has a new bow that can turn into a proper quarterstaff. In the trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), as in the comics, Rocket Raccoon is shown hand-wielding a minigun-type weapon bigger than he is. Not that a film featuring a gun-wielding raccoon and his buddy the talking tree should be held to a high standard of realism, but it may be justified as Rocket has been subjected to various painful augmentations. Thor often makes creative use of Mjölnir outside of combat, usually by taking advantage of the weapon's Only the Chosen May Wield nature. In his solo movie he restrains Loki by placing the hammer on his chest, knowing that Loki is not worthy and won't be able to move it on his own. In Thor: Ragnarok he combines the worthiness clause with the hammer's ability to return to his hand when thrown as a God Test to expose the fact that Loki is disguising himself as their father (the real Odin being worthy of the hammer). Thor throws the hammer into the distance, grabs "Odin" by the neck and holds him in the return path. Loki opts to dodge and drop his disguise rather than risk having his face caved in. |
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Marvel Cinematic Universe (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_69d15cc0 | |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6a6a293a | comment |
Robyn Hood: In Robyn Hood: I Love NY #2, Robyn is Caught in a Snare and unable to use her bow. She somehow manages to kill a Lizard Folk by throwing an arrow at it. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6a6a293a | featureApplicability |
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Robyn Hood (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6a6a293a | |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6c1234ed | comment |
Dwarf Fortress brought in the German School of Swordsmanship mentioned in the Real Life section below, enabling Adventure Mode players to club opponents with pommels, the flat of swords and the shafts of polearms. And if you have a stack of bolts/arrows in hand, you can shank anyone that gets in melee range with them, so be careful about going melee on that crossbowman. | |
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Dwarf Fortress (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6c47db4e | comment |
In Dynasty Warriors, Zhong Hui uses five floating swords that he controls seemingly through some form of telekinesis, although in the game anyone can use the swords like that. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6c47db4e | featureApplicability |
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Dynasty Warriors (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6c47db4e | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6db5698 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6db5698 | comment |
The titular Transistor is shaped like a BFS, and Red uses it to fire bursts of energy and projectiles, set mines, summon a Process animal familiar...everything except use it as a sword. The only thing she actually uses it like a proper sword on is herself. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6db5698 | featureApplicability |
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Transistor (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_6db5698 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_717c5f25 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_717c5f25 | comment |
Gamaran: In the first series, Sasuke Sakakibara wields a kata-kama yari (spear with a sickle-like sideblade), a weapon which is most effective in slicing and held in melee. His trump card, however, consist in throwing the yari like a javelin, but works in his favor as it's usually too fast to be dodged and, since it's unexpected, the enemy rarely has the reflexes to counter. In the second series Shura, member of a secret shinobi clan Jinkuu can use a secret technique which involves throwing the wakizashi at the enemy from below.... then grab it with your foot and use the momentum to slam it into the opponent's chest. |
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Gamaran (Manga) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_717c5f25 | |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_733ac336 | comment |
In the final cutscene of Unreal Tournament III the protagonist kills the Big Bad by clubbing her to death with a rocket launcher. | |
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Unreal Tournament III (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_7d8c61a2 | comment |
Aric Jorgan, the Trooper's ranged damage companion in Star Wars: The Old Republic, qualifies as his combat stance is referred to as "Sniper Mode." His weapon of choice is also a blaster autocannon held at hip level. Usually, people use sniper rifles to do their sniping, but not Jorgan. Then again, neither do certain real-life war heroes mentioned in the real life section of this page, but Jorgan doesn't even use a scope or bipod, and, again, shoots from the hip. As of the Knights of the Fallen Empire re-vamp of SW:TOR across the board, this is no longer the case. | |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_7d8f184d | comment |
Among the many weapons available in Akiba's Trip is an anti-material rifle...which is used as a two-handed beatstick. | |
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Akiba's Trip (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_7f87dafc | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_7f87dafc | comment |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Kira and Cagalli are attacked by terrorists while out on shore leave. Kira comes across a pistol, and promptly uses it...by throwing it at one of the terrorists, then performing a flying kick in the follow-through. Lampshaded by Cagalli: "Do you know how a gun is supposed to be used?!"* He doesn't. | |
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | hasFeature |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8017eca0 | comment |
William in Snow White & the Huntsman frequently stabs enemies with arrows if they're too close to shot with his bow, despite having a perfectly good sword at his hip. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8017eca0 | featureApplicability |
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Snow White & the Huntsman | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8017eca0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_816a2880 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_816a2880 | comment |
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage gets in on this with Jagi, the Dirty Coward Unfavorite of the Hokuto brothers. Instead of using his fists like pretty much everyone else, he elects to use shotguns and a freakin' bazooka as his weapons of choice. Sometimes this involves firing them like a proper gun-toting maniac. More often, though, he's clubbing people with them, or swinging the bazooka around like a club to wallop his enemies into the distance. Oddly enough, his regular attacks simply leave normal corpses behind, but his special attacks cause the series' traditional cases of Your Head A-Splode. | |
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Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_816a2880 | |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_82643b4b | comment |
Lena in Zoids: New Century pilots her Gun Sniper, which as the name implies is a precision sniping mecha. Hers is decked out with twelve extra guns and missile pods which she fires all at once. In fact, she's never once shown using the sniper rifle built into her mecha's tail. | |
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Zoids: New Century | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_82643b4b | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8954c942 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8954c942 | comment |
The title character of Golgo 13 uses M16 rifles for sniping assassinations, often ones that require absurd feats of marksmanship. This is more possible than a lot of people would think (assault rifles can still very accurate in semi-auto, especially when they're close-bolt like an M16), but still a bit strange, as a bolt-action rifle in the same caliber would be smaller, lighter, and easier to obtain (especially in countries which restrict self-loading weapons more tightly, or in the manga's earlier years before AR platforms became so widespread). Various explanations have either been that an M16 is very common for a specific standardized firearm, or Duke Togo simply wants the benefits of an assault rifle in the unlikely circumstance of an unplanned firefight. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8954c942 | featureApplicability |
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Golgo 13 (Manga) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8954c942 | |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8be8295a | comment |
Elektra: There's an issue where an old martial artist she's staying with mocks her for using sharp-tipped sai instead of ones with blunt tips. | |
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Elektra (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8be8295a | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8c6bc3c2 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8c6bc3c2 | comment |
Street Fighter III has Urien's Aegis Reflector, which is ostensibly an Attack Reflector, but since it deals continuous Scratch Damage for as long as it contacts the opponent, it's best used after herding your opponent into a corner to lock them into a Cycle of Hurting and open them up for combos. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8c6bc3c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8c6bc3c2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Street Fighter III (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8c6bc3c2 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8fff999c | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8fff999c | comment |
Vegan Black Metal Chef uses the weapon-used-as-a-tool variant. He crushes potatoes with a mace, chops mushrooms with an axe, and uses knives that would be more suitable as weaponry than kitchen utensils. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8fff999c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8fff999c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Vegan Black Metal Chef (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_8fff999c | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90a62d7d | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90a62d7d | comment |
In Hot Shots! Part Deux, Topper's machine gun runs out of ammunition. He spies a crate filled with bullets and throws them at the bad guys... killing them. Unlike other examples, the improbability is the point of the scene considering it's a comedy movie. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90a62d7d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90a62d7d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Hot Shots! Part Deux | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90a62d7d | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90f42a9b | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90f42a9b | comment |
In the first The Wheel of Time book, Rand uses his father's Heron-marked sword to cut the tongues off a wagon to make a stretcher. He's astounded that it works, and doesn't ruin the sword, not knowing at the time that it was made with magic. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90f42a9b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90f42a9b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Wheel of Time | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_90f42a9b | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_91f0df16 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_91f0df16 | comment |
In Salt and Sanctuary, the Trinity Scepter is basically a scepter once used for channeling magic. But due to its massive size, it is used and classified as a Greathammer in-game for bashing your enemies. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_91f0df16 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_91f0df16 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Salt and Sanctuary / Videogame | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_91f0df16 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_95d534e1 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_95d534e1 | comment |
The Dragon Prince: In a flashback episode, some guards from Katolis are shown using their halberds (which are seemingly based on the Chinese ji and fitted with curved sideblades to slash) as javelins against the Magma Titan, tossing them across the air at the beast. The lack of effectiveness is apparently put on the fact that the target is made of living magma. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_95d534e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_95d534e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Dragon Prince | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_95d534e1 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_961b549f | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_961b549f | comment |
ZombieNightmare has a teen hood who is impaled with a metal baseball bat. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_961b549f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_961b549f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Zombie Nightmare | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_961b549f | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_982fa89f | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_982fa89f | comment |
Robin Hood the BBC version: when the Sheriff's men are at a distance, the Outlaws shoot them with bows; when the Sheriff's men are close, Outlaws use their bows as quarterstaffs and hit them. The whole point of a staff is that it is solid; the whole point of a bow is that it bends (while war bows were rather stiff, they also had to withstand a lot of stress; using one as a bludgeon would be an excellent way to ruin it). | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_982fa89f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_982fa89f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Robin Hood | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_982fa89f | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_98e97d56 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_98e97d56 | comment |
Daria from Rune Factory 3 uses her hammer as a paintbrush. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_98e97d56 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_98e97d56 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rune Factory 3 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_98e97d56 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e2f90f4 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e2f90f4 | comment |
One Piece: Ben Beckman, a member of Shanks' crew, has only been shown wielding a flintlock rifle as a bludgeon. The bounty hunter Jean Ango's fighting style involves picking up as many weapons as he can (various types of swords, maces, axes, polearms and so on) and then throw them like javelins with deadly accuracy, as he refers to himself as a sniper. This may or may not have just been because we saw him fight in a tournament that forbid ranged weapons. Roronoa Zoro uses three swords - one in each hand, and one in his mouth, held by the grip between the teeth. This is somehow an integral part of his fighting style - when without his third sword, he mentions, "I'm not that familiar with two-sword techniques", and when he gets it back actually turns the fight around. The sheer variety of things Usopp can fire from his slingshot push it into this territory - while it is a real-life Swiss-Army Gun, that doesn't extend to entire pint bottles of booze, rotten eggs or enormous strings of shuriken. Buggy the Clown likes to wield three or four knives in each hand, held between his fingers. This is a terrible idea for all sorts of reasons. Brook somehow manages to use his Cane Sword as a bow for his violin. |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e2f90f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e2f90f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
One Piece (Manga) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e2f90f4 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e8e9ba3 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e8e9ba3 | comment |
Gaunt's Ghosts' Trooper "Try Again" Bragg loves to use autocannon or heavy machine guns like they were rifles. He's certainly massive enough to swing it, and it helps make up for his marksmanship. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e8e9ba3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e8e9ba3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Gaunt's Ghosts | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9e8e9ba3 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9f6c32a9 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9f6c32a9 | comment |
The infamous curving bullets from Wanted. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9f6c32a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9f6c32a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Wanted | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_9f6c32a9 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a34863aa | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a34863aa | comment |
Of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, only Leonardo comes close to fighting appropriately with his weapon. Donatello is decent, but never uses half the techniques for a bo, Michelangelo is missing 95% of his nunchuku skills since he dual wields them, and Raphael uses his sai as knives instead of defensive bludgeon tools. The last one varies somewhat by work: in the 2012 series Raphael actually uses his sai to catch and break weapons (and limbs), although he still occasionally uses them to stab as well. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a34863aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a34863aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a34863aa | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a4e6a00a | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a4e6a00a | comment |
Vyse from Skies of Arcadia holds one of his swords in a Reverse Grip, but he holds it by the crossguard like a tonfa. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a4e6a00a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a4e6a00a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Skies of Arcadia (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a4e6a00a | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a796bde8 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a796bde8 | comment |
Vulcan Raven, one of the bosses in Metal Gear Solid, is codenamed after the M61A1 Vulcan rotary cannon he carries into battle. The weapon and its feeding system typically weigh more than 400 lbs. and was originally fitted on a fighter jet. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a796bde8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a796bde8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Metal Gear Solid (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a796bde8 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a81325d3 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a81325d3 | comment |
Final Fantasy series (the older ones, anyway): The Ninja's Throw technique makes you able to throw weapons at the enemy. All weapons. Yes, even katanas. And it's even more effective depending on the power of the weapon. So, throwing a katana is more effective than throwing a dagger, and some weapons are only effective when thrown, like the Excalipoor. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a81325d3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a81325d3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Final Fantasy (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a81325d3 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a9c126b5 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a9c126b5 | comment |
In Brawlhalla, some of the available weapons are used in odd fashions: the bow can be used as a melee weapon in combos, as well as used to fire an enemy you manage to catch. The rocket lance's exhaust can be used to attack the enemy and the cannon can be carried and used to clobber your enemy with it. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a9c126b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a9c126b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Brawlhalla (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_a9c126b5 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_aa5b7cc2 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_aa5b7cc2 | comment |
Oglaf: In "Hilting", Kronar's right hand is missing all the fingers. Turns out he severed them by holding his sword by the blade so he could use the hilt to pleasure another man. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_aa5b7cc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_aa5b7cc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Oglaf (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_aa5b7cc2 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_af09dcde | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_af09dcde | comment |
Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask: One of the team attacks in the game is Kagome using Miroku's staff as an arrow. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_af09dcde | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_af09dcde | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_af09dcde | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b0666b59 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b0666b59 | comment |
The same issue is present in both Neverwinter Nights games. You can certainly use a rapier...but it has the same attack animation as a longsword, and the result looks as suitably ridiculous as you'd imagine. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b0666b59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b0666b59 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Neverwinter Nights (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b0666b59 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b1172da2 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b1172da2 | comment |
During The Falling Kingdoms Series, a captured Cleo makes her escape in the fourth book with the assistance of several arrows. Being a terrible shot, she opts to just jab them into guards' eyes. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b1172da2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b1172da2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Falling Kingdoms Series | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b1172da2 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b5134390 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b5134390 | comment |
In My Immortal, James Potter somehow manages to pull out a knife and start shooting at Lucious Malfoy with it. And "Snaketail" appears to have been stabbed with a gun. |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b5134390 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b5134390 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
My Immortal / Fan Fic | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_b5134390 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_bb1b8e8c | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_bb1b8e8c | comment |
Critical Role: At two points in the second campaign, Yasha uses her five-foot greatsword to shave Caleb's beard. The first time it goes well, but after her second attempt a few months later leaves Caleb with a large gash by his ear, they mutually agree to just use a straight razor from now on. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_bb1b8e8c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_bb1b8e8c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Critical Role (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_bb1b8e8c | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c0d295c4 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c0d295c4 | comment |
Team Fortress 2: The Demoman uses a World War II-era Stielhandgranate (hand grenade) as a melee weapon. The sniper's taunt kill with his unlockable bow has him stab an opponent with the arrow. Another of his unlockables is a tranquilizer rifle, which he uses to fire piss-filled darts. They're as deadly as regular bullets, except they can't headshot. |
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Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c0d295c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c0d295c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Team Fortress 2 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c0d295c4 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c3e2fd3e | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c3e2fd3e | comment |
Intrusion 2: Where to begin with Maku, she uses a laser cannon twice as big as her, twirls it around like a baton, swings around on a grappling hook while shooting it, uses it as some sort of jetpack, fires it at a disco ball to reflect and split the beam, and fires it into the ground to make molten lava shoot out of the ground. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c3e2fd3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c3e2fd3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Intrusion 2 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c3e2fd3e | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c4b82575 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c4b82575 | comment |
Underworld (2003) is notable in the instance where Selene uses a pair of fully-automatic pistols to shoot a circle around her feet, creating an exit through the floor in a building when she tries to evade the werewolves and retrieve Michael. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c4b82575 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c4b82575 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Underworld (2003) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c4b82575 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c72c2d06 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c72c2d06 | comment |
Kanan from Star Wars Rebels knocks out Fenn Rau by bludgeoning him with the hilt of an unignited lightsaber. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c72c2d06 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c72c2d06 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Star Wars Rebels | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_c72c2d06 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cb6abef3 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cb6abef3 | comment |
In The Avengers, Hawkeye runs out of arrows and is forced to fight the Chitauri with just his bow instead. This one has some historic precedent — unstringed longbows, for instance, made pretty good quarterstaves. By the time of Captain America: Civil War, Hawkeye has a new bow that can turn into a proper quarterstaff. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cb6abef3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cb6abef3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Avengers (2012) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cb6abef3 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cba48b98 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cba48b98 | comment |
In God Hand you can get the tremendously useful rocket launcher... which you use with the same animation as every other weapon and use it to beat someone's head in - after you've fired its single payload, of course. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cba48b98 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cba48b98 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
God Hand (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cba48b98 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc1ec7ec | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc1ec7ec | comment |
Daredevil: Bullseye's the best assassin in the Marvel Universe and is capable of killing with any weapon or throwable object. Things that Bullseye has used as weapons include paperclips, toothpicks, paper airplanes, golf balls, peanuts, and his own teeth. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc1ec7ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc1ec7ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc1ec7ec | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc503e93 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc503e93 | comment |
BattleTech and its expanded universe is fond of improbable weapons usage. Hanse Davion in The Warrior Trilogy fires his BattleMech's particle projector cannon at point-blank range despite the Arbitrary Weapon Range before using the cannon to bludgeon an enemy battlemech to death, then rips off an another enemy's arm and then beats it to death. Mundane Utility is present, as battlemech weaponry can make decent impromptu combat engineering tools; a dialed-down laser can weld metal, and long-range missiles can fell forests or clear minefields. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc503e93 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc503e93 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
BattleTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_cc503e93 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d24c730 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d24c730 | comment |
The Toolbox Murders remake and The Sleeper both have scenes where characters have their throats slit with the claw-end of a hammer. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d24c730 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d24c730 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Toolbox Murders | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d24c730 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d4f05601 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d4f05601 | comment |
Ben Snow: In "The Edge of the Year 1900", a blowgun dart coated in curare is used as the murder weapon. The murderer actually pressed the dart into the victim in the dark. Using the dart was an attempt to frame the blowgun's owner. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d4f05601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d4f05601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ben Snow | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d4f05601 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d76723b5 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d76723b5 | comment |
In Ultraviolet (2006), guns are used for everything, including opening doors, cauterizing wounds, and occasionally killing people. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d76723b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d76723b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ultraviolet (2006) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_d76723b5 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_dbbabee0 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_dbbabee0 | comment |
Ratchet & Clank (2010): Ratchet throws his pistol at Zogg's robots twice after it runs out of ammo. Once in the first issue and once in the fourth issue. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_dbbabee0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_dbbabee0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ratchet & Clank (2010) (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_dbbabee0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_deda2888 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_deda2888 | comment |
Much of The Eminem Show is dedicated to Eminem having a breakdown about his charge for pistol-whipping a man for kissing his wife. In real life, he (secretly) took the bullets out of the gun and waved it around to intimidate the man, wanting to scare him rather than actually kill him, and because he was not licensed to own a gun yet. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_deda2888 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_deda2888 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Eminem Show (Music) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_deda2888 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e193fada | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e193fada | comment |
Saki from Suguri also uses a grenade as a melee weapon. It has a 25% chance of exploding and dealing double damage. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e193fada | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e193fada | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
SUGURI (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e193fada | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e356cbe8 | type |
Improbable Use of a Weapon | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e356cbe8 | comment |
Shoot 'Em Up is built around this trope. Smith uses his gun for everything from opening doors to delivering babies. | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e356cbe8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e356cbe8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Shoot 'Em Up | hasFeature |
Improbable Use of a Weapon / int_e356cbe8 | |
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The Dust Storm attack in Dust: An Elysian Tail, when performed on the ground, is basically weaponized Weapon Twirling, though the attack can't be performed for too long or Dust will actually hit himself with the attack by accident. | |
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Kaede Nagase in Negima! Magister Negi Magi is a ninja who mostly follows the rules of Hollywood Ninjas (kunai, explosives). Except for her being listed on BFS; it stands for BFShuriken. She does throw it, but it's normally used to shield her and smash her targets. Note that shuriken were used as make-shift blades for close-in defense in Real Life. They just happened to often be small and annoying. On one occasion she does throw it, she takes out a number of opponents. She assures some onlookers that the giant whirling deathball she just threw is totally nonlethal because she hit with the back of the blade. Do note that her shuriken doesn't appear◊ to actually have a dull side, and that the onlookers still think it should be fatal. | |
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Phantasy Star Online 2 has a Photon Art titled "Crazy Smash" for launchers. What does it do? It makes you swing the launcher like a golf club, and has nice knock back to boot. | |
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One of Gears of War 2's bosses, Skorge, uses a chainsaw staff to saw a tank in two. | |
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On Family Guy, when Peter becomes a professional jouster, he tries to fish toast out of the toaster and butter it with his lance. It works about as well as one might expect. | |
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Family Guy | hasFeature |
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Ash vs. Evil Dead: In "The Host", Kelly uses Ash's shotgun as a marijuana pipe. | |
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Ash vs. Evil Dead | hasFeature |
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In The Mummy Returns, they have flashback sequences to ancient Egypt, where two female characters duel with dual sai. Not only did the sai originate as a weapon in around the seventeenth century AD in East Asia instead of 2000 BC Egypt, but sai were typically blunt truncheon-type weapons mostly used for blocking and breaking swords instead of sharp knife-type weapons. Although there is evidence of sai-like weapons from ancient Egypt which were blunt, it's not likely they were used like that. | |
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In Tomb Raider (2013), the stealth kill animations show Lara using her bow as a makeshift garrotte to choke out enemies. | |
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Izaya of Durarara!! uses several switch blades as projectile weapons. | |
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Tales of Destiny 2: Harold Berselius's secondary weapon is a knife on a string, used similarly to a killer yo-yo. | |
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Kingdom of Loathings strongest melee attacks are specific to clubs. With the rare Iron Palm technique, fighters can use swords as if they were clubs by making their hand impervious enough to grip the blade and pummel with the hilt. | |
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MacGyver once used a revolver chamber as an improvised wrench, 70 feet up in the air. He even stated that he is afraid of heights and hates guns, and he happened to be in this situation. | |
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MacGyver (1985) | hasFeature |
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Lampshaded in Merlin when Merlin, who in this version is a peasant boy about the same age as Arthur and realistically does not swordplay, just smacks the guy with the blade. It works, and Arthur's reaction is priceless. | |
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Merlin (2008) | hasFeature |
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In Ranger's Apprentice book 3, Halt finds out that Erak the Skandian actually has quite a lot of bows. He tried using them as fence palings, apparently, but found them to be too flexible, so he just packed them away. Halt dryly agrees that flexibility is something bows are typically selected for. | |
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In Titan A.E., a rifle of some sort ends up being used to bridge an electrical connection. Of course, the person who does this dies. | |
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Titan A.E. | hasFeature |
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Super Smash Bros.: The series has a multitude of ranged and melee weapons that can be used in a normal fashion (though nobody actually wields the Super Scope as the manual says you should)... or you can simply opt to throw them into your opponent's face instead. Amusingly, this frequently is a more effective method of KOing your opponents than using the weapon in the standard fashion, due to it causing more damage and/or being a lot easier to hit them in this fashion. The Home Run Bat is probably the best example, as while being wielded, the only notably powerful offensive option it has is its ridiculously slow One-Hit KO smash attack, whereas it can be turned into a speedy projectile with a strength rivaling that of many fully charged smash attacks when thrown. Wario can eat any explosive item, which explode and damage nearby enemies (and himself). This is a Discussed Trope in Snake's Codec call on Falco. Slippy informs Snake that Falco's Reflector is supposed to be held in place to reflect projectiles, which is how Fox uses it. However, Falco uses it by kicking it to send it flying around like a boomerang. Snake comments that there's no reason a weapon can't have more than one use, and adds that the Reflector's versatility shows just how well Slippy designed it. |
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The Paladin ability Avenger's Shield has them throw their shield Captain America style, although they might be using magic. | |
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Captain America (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
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