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==Anime and Manga==
* In the 2011 reboot of the ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' manga, Ganman specializes in murdering his foes with his antlers. He can use them like a pincer and turn into them into a [[Turbine Blender]]. Sneagator was one of his victims.

== Film ==
* In ''[[The Lost Boys]]'', David is impaled on a pair of antlers.


== Television - Live Action ==
== Television - Live Action ==
* The 1979 miniseries ''[[Salem's Lot]]'' had possibly the very first instance, with a murder victim impaled on antlers.
* The 1979 miniseries ''[['Salem's Lot]]'' had possibly the very first instance, with a murder victim impaled on antlers.
* On ''[[Hannibal]]'' (2012-13 season), the Chesapeake Ripper also impaled a victim on a set of antlers.
* On ''[[Hannibal]]'' (2012-13 season), the Chesapeake Ripper also impaled a victim on a set of antlers.
* The first murder victim of the 2013-14 season of HBO's ''[[True Detective]]'' was staged with antlers on her head.
* The first murder victim of the 2013-14 season of HBO's ''[[True Detective]]'' was staged with antlers on her head.
* ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' is rife with stag imagery, with the consequence that any deaths in the general vicinity of House Baratheon are unable to avoid having antlers associated with them.
* ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' is rife with stag imagery, with the consequence that any deaths in the general vicinity of House Baratheon are unable to avoid having antlers associated with them.
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== Web Original ==
== Web Original ==
* One of the ''[[Hannibal]]'' fangirls is shown wearing antlers in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IErBgfATPTA this] youtube video by ''[[LeighLahav]]''.
* One of the ''[[Hannibal]]'' fangirls is shown wearing antlers in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IErBgfATPTA this] youtube video by ''[[LeighLahav]]''.



== Real Life ==
== Real Life ==
* In March 2013, [http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/21/marin-man-arrested-for-brandishing-deer-antler-at-deputies/ a man in Marin County, CA was arrested for threatening police with an antler.]
* In March 2013, [http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/21/marin-man-arrested-for-brandishing-deer-antler-at-deputies/ a man in Marin County, CA was arrested for threatening police with an antler.]
* In August 2014, [http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/08/women_attacked_each_other_with.html two Pennsylvania women were arrested after attacking each other with a stuffed deer head.]


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Latest revision as of 16:02, 5 June 2017

If you're planning a murder, why settle for an ordinary killing? Why not ensure your act of violence has that certain special flair by decorating the scene of the crime with antlers? Better yet, dispatch your target with the antlers! No way will anyone mistake your work for that of an ordinary killer then.

This appears to be a new trope, freshly emerging from the collective unconscious of TV and movie writers. Entertainment Weekly first noticed it in January 2014.

Contrast with Animal Assassin, where a whole, living animal does the killing on its own.

Examples of Assault with a Deadly Antler include:

Anime and Manga

  • In the 2011 reboot of the Kinnikuman manga, Ganman specializes in murdering his foes with his antlers. He can use them like a pincer and turn into them into a Turbine Blender. Sneagator was one of his victims.

Film

Television - Live Action

  • The 1979 miniseries 'Salem's Lot had possibly the very first instance, with a murder victim impaled on antlers.
  • On Hannibal (2012-13 season), the Chesapeake Ripper also impaled a victim on a set of antlers.
  • The first murder victim of the 2013-14 season of HBO's True Detective was staged with antlers on her head.
  • Game of Thrones is rife with stag imagery, with the consequence that any deaths in the general vicinity of House Baratheon are unable to avoid having antlers associated with them.

Web Original

Real Life

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