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* The first segment of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.

* [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] grabs a bone to fight the Rancor in ''[[Return of the Jedi]].''

* Abby stabs one of the villains in ''[[Hobo with a Shotgun]]'' with her exposed arm bone.

 

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** The ''[[Dark Sun]]'' settings is a world that lacks ([[Crapsack World|amongst other things]]) metals, and the majority of equipments are made of bone, carapace, etc. These are understandably inferior to the rare metal gears. Pre 4th Edition it was even more merciless, with those bone equipments have atrociously low durability.

** Pushing [[Theres No Such Thing As Notability]] to the limit, there was also an obscure Osteomancer prestige class which focused on exactly this subject.

* In ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'', your character can use bone based weapons like The Bone Sword and Bone Axe.

** ''[[Adventure Quest]]'' as well has a few bone-based weapons, like the Lumpy Skull Club or Dragonfang Scimitar.

* The first "weapon" you get in ''[[Secret of Evermore]]'' is a large bone.

* ''[[Pokémon]]'': Cubone and Marowak (pictured on the top of the page), which use bone attacks such as Bone Club, [[Precision-Guided Boomerang|Bonemerang]], and Bone Rush. All three used to be [[Signature Move|exclusive to them]] until [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|Generation IV]].

* In ''[[MediEvil (1998 video game)|Medievil]]'', your first weapon is your own arm.

* A number of weapons in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' are leg bones. There are also several high quality weapons constructed of bone such as [http://www.wowhead.com/item=50415 Bryntroll], in these cases losing any of the improvised aspect. Skulls are also a fairly frequent off-hand item spell casters hold to increase their abilities.

** This carries over from the earlier ''[[Diablo]] II'', where there were wands, helmets, and shields made of bone plus socketable demon skulls. All particular favorites of the necromancer class.

*** The [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Hellgate:London]]'' follows with Necromancer-inspired abilities to throw bones as javelins and skulls as fragmentation grenades. Some skeletal enemies shoot homing bone spikes and explode with bone shrapnel on death.

* In ''[[Adventure Island]] IV'', Master Higgins begins the game with an infinite supply of bones he can throw at enemies.

* In ''[[Metal Slug]] 3'', yetis usually don't harm the player, but if you get caught by their freezing breath which turns you into a snowman, and don't shake off the snow in time, they will crush you using giant bones as clubs.

* Stalfos in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' normally wield giant maces, but if you disarm one it will... [[Incredibly Lame Pun|disarm]] itself in a more literal fashion and start beating you with that.

* In ''[[Monster Hunter]]'', many of the early weapons are made out of bone. In fact, one of your earliest Great Swords/long Swords (depends on the version) is, literally, a giant bone.

== [[Real Life]] ==

* There's evidence that early humans carved, among stone, animal bones into weapons or tools. Knife handles carved from bone or ivory remain popular to this day.

* The traditional warclub of many Inuit tribes is the penis-bone of a walrus, which can be the size of a baseball bat.

** In 1993, after Aboriginal [[Australian Rules Football]] player Nicky Winmar had been the target of racial abuse in a game against Collingwood, and their president Allan McAllister had made comments condoning their fans' behaviour, a witch-doctor laid a curse on the club in this manner.

** In an example of parallel cultural evolution, Navajos and Apaches also believe a witch can curse someone by pointing bones at them. Since fingers are made of bones, [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]] is ''really'' rude in their cultures; they point by pursing their lips toward the indicated object, instead.