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== Anime & Manga ==

* Both Keiichi and Satoshi in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]''.

* Both Keiichi and Satoshi in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''.

** Also Rena in her backstory, {{spoiler|when she beat some boys that [[Attempted Rape|tried to]] [[Rape As Drama|rape]] [[Rape As Backstory|her]].}}

** Also Rena in her backstory, {{spoiler|when she beat some boys that [[Attempted Rape|tried to]] [[Rape as Drama|rape]] [[Rape as Backstory|her]].}}

* ''[[Reborn]]'' has a weapon called Yamamoto's Bat that combines this with [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: a baseball bat that, when swung at 300 MPH, turns into a sword.

* A baseball bat is the preferred weapon of Kuroki from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', even though he's on the football team.

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'''Ren''': That was more...

'''Shinji''': ...powerful than usual. }}

* In [[~~Gun Buster~~]], the titular mecha wields a massive baseball bat. Considering that said mecha is one of the largest in fiction, you can imagine just how big the bat is.

* In [[Gunbuster]], the titular mecha wields a massive baseball bat. Considering that said mecha is one of the largest in fiction, you can imagine just how big the bat is.

* Used to its full Freudian extent in ''[[FLCL]]''. Constantly.

* Mr. 9 and Mr. 4 of ''[[~~One Piece (Manga)|~~One Piece]]'' use bats, a pun off their names; there are ''nine'' people up to bat, and the ''fourth'' batter is considerably the best so that they can score a grand slam.

* Mr. 9 and Mr. 4 of ''[[One Piece]]'' use bats, a pun off their names; there are ''nine'' people up to bat, and the ''fourth'' batter is considerably the best so that they can score a grand slam.

** And of course the baseball special had nearly everyone using bats as unique weapons.

* [[You're Under Arrest]] has the [[Large Ham]] crazy baseball-themed vigilante, Strikeman, who calls his archnemesis "Home Run Girl" after her usual way of beating him.

* Sentou Oumi from ''[[Fight Ippatsu Juuden ~~Chan~~]]''. He hits Plug and Arresta with his baseball bat in reaction to their sudden appearances before him. Plug doesn't react well to the assaults. Arresta, however, gets an orgasm from the impact of the bat. But only when it's Sentou wielding it.

* Sentou Oumi from ''[[Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!!]]''. He hits Plug and Arresta with his baseball bat in reaction to their sudden appearances before him. Plug doesn't react well to the assaults. Arresta, however, gets an orgasm from the impact of the bat. But only when it's Sentou wielding it.

* Kai from ''[[Tokyo Tribe]] 2'' uses a baseball bat as his main weapon.

* Mob boss Momochiki Minoi in ''[[Mezzo Forte]]'' quite appropriately uses a bat to take out his frustrations on the underperforming pitcher of his baseball team.

* ''[http://www.mangareader.net/1092/batting-female-doctor-saori.html Batting Female Doctor Saori]'' is a rare case where her batting ''heals people''.

* In ''[[~~Baccano (Light Novel)|~~Baccano]]!'', Isaac and Miria commit a robbery using baseball bats as weapons. They steal money from a major crime family while dressed as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. [[Cloudcuckoolander|Yeah, they can be like that.]]

* In ''[[Baccano]]!'', Isaac and Miria commit a robbery using baseball bats as weapons. They steal money from a major crime family while dressed as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. [[Cloudcuckoolander|Yeah, they can be like that.]]

* Tooru of ''[[A Channel]]'' will brandish a metal baseball bat at any boy who gets too close to her Run-Chan.

* Takashi from ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'' fights [[Not Using the Z Word|them]] with a baseball bat until he graduates to a shotgun.

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* A ''self-telescoping'' baseball bat is apparently the preferred weapon of Griff Tannen from ''[[Back to The Future]] II''. He even says the trope name before attacking Marty with it.

** In the same movie, Marty comes back to 1985 and sneaks into his own house through an open window -- only to discover that reality has changed and somebody else lives there now. Since the room he broke into happened to be a little girl's bedroom, the father quickly appears and chases him out with a baseball bat.

* Wanna-be gangsta Raji Lowenthal uses a red baseball bat in ''[[~~Be Cool (Film)|~~Be Cool]]'' to get even with another character who insulted his manner of speech... only after said character was already incapacitated, of course.

* Wanna-be gangsta Raji Lowenthal uses a red baseball bat in ''[[Be Cool]]'' to get even with another character who insulted his manner of speech... only after said character was already incapacitated, of course.

* In ''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure]]'', Genghis Khan raids a sporting goods store for weapons and armor. He selects an aluminum baseball bat as his weapon and gives it a few flourishes.

* Realistically played in ''[[Butterfly Effect]]'' when {{spoiler|the frat-boy version of Evan gets attacked by Tommy and then loses it}}. Hitting someone in the head with one doesn't give them a black eye, it's extremely liable to kill them.

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* A bat is kept in the store for security in ''[[Cornered]]'', so it's of course used on the killer, but [[Once Is Not Enough|just once]].

* ''Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy'' has [[Attack of the Killer Whatever|a spectral baseball player]] with ''a circular saw'' embedded in his bat.

* In ''[[Escape ~~From~~ New York]]'', Snake gets entered into some [[Blood Sport]] and pitted against a huge guy. First they fight with baseball bats, then with baseball bats with huge nails.

* In ''[[Escape from New York]]'', Snake gets entered into some [[Blood Sport]] and pitted against a huge guy. First they fight with baseball bats, then with baseball bats with huge nails.

* ''[[~~Fifty First Dates|~~50 First Dates]]''.

* ''[[50 First Dates]]''.

* In ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', Donny Donowitz, known to Nazis as ''[[Red Baron|The Bear Jew]]'', has a notorious reputation for his execution of Nazis with a baseball bat. [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=287 Basically an even more sociopathic] [[Team Fortress 2 ~~(Video Game)~~|Scout]]. He even says "batter up".

* In ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', Donny Donowitz, known to Nazis as ''[[Red Baron|The Bear Jew]]'', has a notorious reputation for his execution of Nazis with a baseball bat. [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=287 Basically an even more sociopathic] [[Team Fortress 2|Scout]]. He even says "batter up".

* In ''[[Innocent Blood]]'', the cop uses a bat on the vampire gangster's thug, and breaks the bat on him.

* In ''[[The Last Detail]]'', a bartender tells the protagonists he's gonna pull out the gun he has under the bar if they don't settle down, and [[Jack Nicholson]] says he knows for a fact all the bartender has under there is a baseball bat, because he saw him pull it out one night and bash some kid over the head with it.

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{{quote| '''Graham''': Swing away Merrill. Merrill... swing away.}}

* In [[Silver Bullet]] Reverend Lester kills Sheriff Haller while transforming into a werewolf by bashing his skull with with a baseball bat he had taken from one of his victims.

* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (~~Film~~)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Casey Jones uses all manner of sport clubs as his [[Weapon of Choice]].

* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Casey Jones uses all manner of sport clubs as his [[Weapon of Choice]].

** He uses [[Dual-Wielding|two baseball bats]], apparently autographed ones:

{{quote| '''Raphael''' (after blocking one of Casey's swings and examining the bat): A Jose Canseco bat? Tell me...you didn't pay money for this.}}

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* [[Al Capone]] in ''[[The Untouchables]]'' famously used a baseball bat to savagely murder one of his subordinates at a dinner meeting. This was [[Truth in Television]].

** Parodied on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' when Mr. Burns tries to bludgeon a holdout on the Board of Regents at Springfield U. He can barely lift the bat, taps the guy so softly he's just confused by it, and then passes out from exhaustion.

* ''[[~~Vampires Suck (Film)|~~Vampires Suck]]'': Edward does this to Jack, parodying both the baseball scene and the final fight of ''[[Twilight]]''. Vampires may be able to jump inhuman distances, but once they're airborne, they're still subject to the laws of projectile physics!

* ''[[Vampires Suck]]'': Edward does this to Jack, parodying both the baseball scene and the final fight of ''[[Twilight]]''. Vampires may be able to jump inhuman distances, but once they're airborne, they're still subject to the laws of projectile physics!

* Sheriff Buford Pusser in the ''Walking Tall'' series.

* The Baseball Furies gang in the movie ''[[The Warriors (~~Film~~)|The Warriors]]'' is baseball themed, and all use baseball bats as their weapons. They don't stop the Warriors [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], but our heroes make good use of them later.

* The Baseball Furies gang in the movie ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'' is baseball themed, and all use baseball bats as their weapons. They don't stop the Warriors [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], but our heroes make good use of them later.

* Tallahassee uses a baseball bat to kill a few zombies in [[~~Zombieland (Film)|~~Zombieland]].

* Tallahassee uses a baseball bat to kill a few zombies in [[Zombieland]].

* In ''Problem Child", Junior's dad gives him the tip of "holding onto the bat" after two strikes. After hitting the ball, he holds onto the bat while making his way to the bases and uses it to beat up anyone in his way.

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== Literature ==

* British pulp hero Bill Samson a.k.a "the Wolf of Kabul" had a hulking native sidekick named Chung who wielded a cricket he called "clicky-ba" with which he used to kill foes.

* The [[Meaningful Name|Krikkit]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|Robots]] from ''[[The ~~Hitchhikers~~ Guide to ~~The~~ Galaxy]]'' have a cricket motif (in fact the other way around - cricket is built around a deeply ingrained [[Genetic Memory]] of the robots). As well as being melee weapons, their "bats" [[Swiss Army Weapon|double up]] as [[Ray Gun|ray guns]] and [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|a launching mechanism for bright red incendiary grenades]]. <ref>If you think they sound like a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' villain, it's because that's for what they were originally intended.</ref>

* The [[Meaningful Name|Krikkit]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|Robots]] from ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' have a cricket motif (in fact the other way around - cricket is built around a deeply ingrained [[Genetic Memory]] of the robots). As well as being melee weapons, their "bats" [[Swiss Army Weapon|double up]] as [[Ray Gun|ray guns]] and [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|a launching mechanism for bright red incendiary grenades]]. <ref>If you think they sound like a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' villain, it's because that's for what they were originally intended.</ref>

* In ''[[Trainspotting]]'', Sick Boy uses a baseball bat as a weapon. Renton wonders how many baseball bats are purchased in Scotland with the honest intention of ''playing baseball.''

* In ''Gil's All-Fright Diner'', the ghost Cathy has to fight another ghost. Since they can't touch any physical objects, she has to create a weapon from her own memories, and comes up with... a baseball bat.

* This is an occasional weapon in ''[[The Hardy Boys]]'' through process of elimination. [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]], so slashing and piercing weapons are out, and since they usually avoid combat they don't carry standard weapons, but a baseball bat can be scavenged to use as an [[Improvised Weapon]] for a [[Tap On the Head]].

* This is an occasional weapon in ''[[The Hardy Boys]]'' through process of elimination. [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]], so slashing and piercing weapons are out, and since they usually avoid combat they don't carry standard weapons, but a baseball bat can be scavenged to use as an [[Improvised Weapon]] for a [[Tap on the Head]].

* ''[[~~The Nights Dawn Trilogy (Literature)|~~The Nights Dawn Trilogy]]''. When one of the Possessed claims to be legendary gangster Al Capone, he grows a blood-stained baseball bat from his hand to prove it. Which he later puts to use beating the non-possessed into submission.

* ''[[The Nights Dawn Trilogy]]''. When one of the Possessed claims to be legendary gangster Al Capone, he grows a blood-stained baseball bat from his hand to prove it. Which he later puts to use beating the non-possessed into submission.

* ''Fraternity of the Stone'' by David Morrell. The assassin protagonist while a youth knocks out the teeth of a school bully with one, as he regards him as no different from the terrorists that killed his parents. Although the headmaster is sympathetic, he naturally thinks this is overkill and expels him.

* Baseball bats appear several times as weapons against the zombies in ''[[World War Z]]''. One character finds a dropped bat that's been bent totally useless as a result.

* Subverted to comedic effect in the ''[[~~Honor Harrington (Literature)|~~Honor Harrington]]'' novel ''Flag in Exile'' when the main character, unfamiliar with baseball, confuses baseball bats ''for'' clubs, but is actually looking at people gathering for a Sunday afternoon pickup game in the local park.

* Subverted to comedic effect in the ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' novel ''Flag in Exile'' when the main character, unfamiliar with baseball, confuses baseball bats ''for'' clubs, but is actually looking at people gathering for a Sunday afternoon pickup game in the local park.

* In [[Stationery Voyagers]], [[Kung Fu Jesus|Maria DiNazalenth]] tries a 2x4 variation of this against Gabon, before he explains who he is. [[Intangible Man|It doesn't work]].

* The killer in John Dickson Carr's {{spoiler|''The Skeleton in the Clock''}} used a cricket bat.

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== Live Action TV ==

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''Remembrance of the Daleks'', the Doctor's sidekick Ace fights a Dalek armed only with a baseball bat. Admittedly, it's a baseball bat that's been turned into an energy mace after being exposed to a long-lost alien superweapon... [[Sophie Aldred]], who played Ace, considers the fact that she is the only person in the entire series to beat a Dalek to a pulp with a baseball bat as a personal [[~~Crowning~~ Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moment of Awesome]], and this led to the creation of the trope page in the first place.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''Remembrance of the Daleks'', the Doctor's sidekick Ace fights a Dalek armed only with a baseball bat. Admittedly, it's a baseball bat that's been turned into an energy mace after being exposed to a long-lost alien superweapon... [[Sophie Aldred]], who played Ace, considers the fact that she is the only person in the entire series to beat a Dalek to a pulp with a baseball bat as a personal [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moment of Awesome]], and this led to the creation of the trope page in the first place.

** [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|"WHO YOU CALLIN' SMALL?!"]]

** In the 2010 episode "The Eleventh Hour", {{spoiler|Amy Pond}} attacks {{spoiler|the Doctor}} using a cricket bat.

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** In one episode, a guy who tried to fake his death to collect on the insurance by using Blowfish poison to make him appear dead was betrayed by his spouse and buried alive. He managed to break out, so the spouse's lover killed him with a cricket bat (but not before he managed to inject both of them with the poison).

** In the episode "Tanglewood", the Tanglewood Boys kill a wannabe with an autographed baseball bat taken from a sports bar. The fragment of signature on the splinter left in the body provides the CSI investigators with a vital clue.

* In one episode of ''[[~~Cold Case (TV)|~~Cold Case]]'', the victim was a baseball player {{spoiler|who, on being harassed one more time by homophobic thugs, finally lost his temper and went after them with a bat. Sadly, it was three on one and he ended up being beaten to death with it.}}

* In one episode of ''[[Cold Case]]'', the victim was a baseball player {{spoiler|who, on being harassed one more time by homophobic thugs, finally lost his temper and went after them with a bat. Sadly, it was three on one and he ended up being beaten to death with it.}}

* Vyvyan in ''[[The Young Ones]]'' sometimes used a cricket bat as weapon; mostly against his fellow housemates.

{{quote| '''Rick''': Oh, Vyvyan, what repartee! Sticks and stones may brrreak my bones -

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** Giles wields a ''[[Incendiary Exponent|flaming]]'' baseball bat when he attacks Angelus.

** This was also Angel's solution to stop Faith raping\killing Xander.

** In the ''[[~~Angel (TV)|~~Angel]]'' spin-off, Gunn uses a baseball bat whose head has been sharpened into a stake. Ironically the same weapon is used in a [[Mad TV]] spoof ''Buffy the Umpire Slayer''.

** In the ''[[Angel]]'' spin-off, Gunn uses a baseball bat whose head has been sharpened into a stake. Ironically the same weapon is used in a [[Mad TV]] spoof ''Buffy the Umpire Slayer''.

* Bodie and "The Pit" crew beat up some rival drug dealers with bats on ''[[The Wire]]''. It's the weapon of choice when they don't want to bring down police attention.

* Parodied in ''[[~~Its~~ Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' when the gang locks a Mexican family in a room filled with stereotypical American culture. Mac casually swings a baseball bat around them, causing them to think he's threatening them.

* Parodied in ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' when the gang locks a Mexican family in a room filled with stereotypical American culture. Mac casually swings a baseball bat around them, causing them to think he's threatening them.

* Memorably used (probably half-jokingly, but we'll never know) as a threat by none other than the White House Counsel on ''[[The West Wing]]'', in a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]:

{{quote| '''Leo McGarry''': You're going to meet him right now. It's going to be fine...

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'''Kramer:''' ''Sure. Do you need a glove?''

'''Brody:''' ''*smiles* No.'' }}

* [[Married ~~With~~ Children|Al Bundy]] liked to keep a baseball bat near the door in case of undesirables... such as Jehovah's Witnesses.

* [[Married... with Children|Al Bundy]] liked to keep a baseball bat near the door in case of undesirables... such as Jehovah's Witnesses.

* In the [[Tear Jerker]] last episode of the first season of [[Queer As Folk]], Justin is hit over the head with a baseball bat by his homophobic classmate, and is very nearly killed.

* In the [[Tear Jerker]] last episode of the first season of [[Queer as Folk]], Justin is hit over the head with a baseball bat by his homophobic classmate, and is very nearly killed.

* In one episode of [[Titus]] Chris grabbed a bat he kept under his couch when he arrived at his home one day and heard an intruder in his kitchen. His girlfriend did not think it was a good idea.

{{quote| '''Erin:''' ''What's that for?''

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== Tabletop Games ==

* The Bat Mobile in the Card Game ''Super [[Munchkin (~~Tabletop Game~~)|Munchkin]]'', and the Bat Bat in ''Munchkin Bites''.

* The Bat Mobile in the Card Game ''Super [[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'', and the Bat Bat in ''Munchkin Bites''.

* The baseball bat is often cited in 'modern' role-playing games (''[[GURPS]]'', Spycraft, etc). Generally, it's considered a club. Which, you know, it is.

** A few ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' [[Splatbook|Splatbooks]] have also mentioned that a "worked" club is essentially a wooden baseball bat, and d20 Modern gives them the same combat stats.

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== Video Games ==

* Makes things easier sometimes in ''[[Bully (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Bully]]''.

* Makes things easier sometimes in ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''.

* The Home-run bat in ''[[~~Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|~~Super Smash Bros]]'', which can become a [[One Hit KO]] item when charged up.

* The Home-run bat in ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'', which can become a [[One Hit KO]] item when charged up.

* Ness from ''[[Earthbound]]'' wields one, possibly augmented by his psychic abilities. In ''[[MOTHER 1 ~~(Video Game)~~|EarthBound Zero]]'', Ninten also wields a bat, and Lucas' ultimate weapon in ''Mother 3'' is the Real Bat. He has also a Fake Bat.

* Ness from ''[[Earthbound]]'' wields one, possibly augmented by his psychic abilities. In ''[[MOTHER 1|EarthBound Zero]]'', Ninten also wields a bat, and Lucas' ultimate weapon in ''Mother 3'' is the Real Bat. He has also a Fake Bat.

* One of Cloud's weapons in ''[[~~Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|~~Final Fantasy VII]]'' is a Nail Bat.

* One of Cloud's weapons in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' is a Nail Bat.

* ''[[Max Payne (~~Video Game~~)|Max Payne]]'' features a baseball bat as an [[Emergency Weapon]], which replaces your initial pipe. In the first game, Max gets it from Frankie "The Bat" Niagara. The violent comic strip character Captain Baseball Bat Boy is also a running theme throughout the first two games.

* ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'' features a baseball bat as an [[Emergency Weapon]], which replaces your initial pipe. In the first game, Max gets it from Frankie "The Bat" Niagara. The violent comic strip character Captain Baseball Bat Boy is also a running theme throughout the first two games.

** The conversation Max has with him pretty much says it all:

{{quote| '''Frankie:''' Pleased to meet ya. I'm Frankie "the Bat" Niagara.

'''Max:''' Niagara... as in you cry a lot?

'''Max's narration:''' He had a baseball bat and I was tied to a chair. Pissing him off was the ''smart'' thing to do. }}

* ''[[Persona (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Persona]]'':

* ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'':

** In ''[[~~Persona 3 (Video Game)|~~Persona 3]]'', the [[Joke Weapon]] of the [[BFS|2-handed sword class]] is a Nail Bat. Junpei, the party's [[BFS]] wielder, attacks with weapons of this class as though they were baseball bats, complete with yelling "Home Run!" when he scores a [[Critical Hit]]. And he's particularly ecstatic if you ''do'' equip him with the bat.

** In ''[[Persona 3]]'', the [[Joke Weapon]] of the [[BFS|2-handed sword class]] is a Nail Bat. Junpei, the party's [[BFS]] wielder, attacks with weapons of this class as though they were baseball bats, complete with yelling "Home Run!" when he scores a [[Critical Hit]]. And he's particularly ecstatic if you ''do'' equip him with the bat.

** ''[[~~Persona 4 (Video Game)|~~Persona 4]]'' lets the protagonist equip one as well. It only hits 30% of the time (though [[Fridge Brilliance|when you think about it]], that's a pretty good batting average), but has a much higher than normal rate of critical hits.

** ''[[Persona 4]]'' lets the protagonist equip one as well. It only hits 30% of the time (though [[Fridge Brilliance|when you think about it]], that's a pretty good batting average), but has a much higher than normal rate of critical hits.

* Lots of games set in an urban environment feature the baseball bat as a weapon - ranging from ''Manhunt'' to ''[[Dead Rising]]''.

** Frank West carries a bat into ''[[~~Tatsunokovs Capcom (Video Game)|~~Tatsunokovs Capcom]]'', both as a special move and a super move. The trope name is even one of his sound bites. Bats have sort of become an [[Iconic Item]] for Frank. In ''[[Dead Rising 2|Dead Rising 2: Case West]]'', an AI controlled Frank has an infinite supply of bats as weapons.

** Frank West carries a bat into ''[[Tatsunokovs Capcom]]'', both as a special move and a super move. The trope name is even one of his sound bites. Bats have sort of become an [[Iconic Item]] for Frank. In ''[[Dead Rising 2|Dead Rising 2: Case West]]'', an AI controlled Frank has an infinite supply of bats as weapons.

* In the ''[[Fallout]]'' series:

** ''Fallout 2'' has the "Louisville Sluggerm" a baseball bat obtainable from Mrs. Wright in New Reno if you help her sabotage the Wrights' stills.

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** The "Slugger" is a secret weapon found in ''Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel'', and one of the most powerful in the game.

** New Vegas also has the baseball bat, though its unique VATS attack is called the Grand Slam. [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness|Its also one of those early game ineffectual melee weapons you'll want to dump for something better as soon as possible.]]

* A baseball bat is Kratos/Zelos' [[Joke Weapon]] in ''[[~~Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|~~Tales of Symphonia]]''.

* A baseball bat is Kratos/Zelos' [[Joke Weapon]] in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''.

* The storm bat in [[~~S 4~~ League]]

* The storm bat in [[S4 League]]

* Baseball bat is a [[Lethal Joke Item]] in [[Jets N Guns]] - it only works at point blank range, but deals enormous damage.

* In the Heist multiplayer mode of ''[[~~Conkers Bad Fur Day (Video Game)|~~Conkers Bad Fur Day]]'', all the players have bats as a default weapon. The Xbox remake gives Conker a bat in the story mode when he finds out his frying pan isn't as effective as it was in the original.

* In the Heist multiplayer mode of ''[[Conkers Bad Fur Day]]'', all the players have bats as a default weapon. The Xbox remake gives Conker a bat in the story mode when he finds out his frying pan isn't as effective as it was in the original.

* Since ''[[City of Heroes]]'' added customizable weapons, a Tanker can take the War Mace powerset but alter it to look like a baseball bat. This troper has already seen two characters modeled after the Scout.

** Invention allows all players to create a limited-use baseball bat power. Presumably after hitting one too many characters who are [[Made of Iron]] it just breaks.

* Bad Girl from ''[[No More Heroes]]''. Hurt her enough and she lights it on '''[[Incendiary Exponent|fire]]'''.

** It's worth noting that most of the other assassins in ''No More Heroes'' use ridiculously complex gadgets and weapons (Bad Girl's predecessor attacks you with a [[Wave Motion Gun]] disguised as a ''shopping cart''). Bad Girl is able to rise above all but one of them with nothing but a wooden bat and [[Ax Crazy|a serious case of the deep-down crazies]]. And [[Abnormal Ammo|projectile gimps.]]

* The Scout from ''[[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|~~Team Fortress 2]]'' wields one and has an entire Baseball motif. His appearance, taunts, and Achievements all reference it.

* The Scout from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' wields one and has an entire Baseball motif. His appearance, taunts, and Achievements all reference it.

* One of the weapons in the arsenal of ''[[~~Worms (Video Game)|~~Worms]]''. Great way to smack someone into the ocean, complete with corny sound effects (usually the very stereotypical Charge) and caption.

* One of the weapons in the arsenal of ''[[Worms]]''. Great way to smack someone into the ocean, complete with corny sound effects (usually the very stereotypical Charge) and caption.

* Shoma in ''[[~~Rival Schools (Video Game)|~~Rival Schools]]''. He's a baseball player so this is a given, but the bat he carries around is longer than he is tall.

* Shoma in ''[[Rival Schools]]''. He's a baseball player so this is a given, but the bat he carries around is longer than he is tall.

** So, it's a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Nobatchi]] then?

* One of Gene's Roulettes in ''[[God Hand]]'' is Home Run God, where he forms ki into a bat and sends the enemy flying into the distance.

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* Let's just say that [[Grand Theft Auto]] eats, breathes, and sleeps with this trope.

* In ''[[Mafia]]'' one of the earliest missions requires you to whack some dudes senseless with a baseball bat from behind.

* Goro Majima, the [[Psycho for Hire]] rival to Kazuma Kiryu from the first ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku ~~(Video Game)~~|Yakuza]]'' game, in a Joker-like moment (Majima is voiced in the English version by [[Mark Hamill]]) takes a baseball bat to one of his underlings before Kazuma's first battle with him for not laughing after Majima gets hit in the side of the head with a baseball at the batting cage. He's more of a [[Knife Nut]] than a true bat aficionado though.

* Goro Majima, the [[Psycho for Hire]] rival to Kazuma Kiryu from the first ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza]]'' game, in a Joker-like moment (Majima is voiced in the English version by [[Mark Hamill]]) takes a baseball bat to one of his underlings before Kazuma's first battle with him for not laughing after Majima gets hit in the side of the head with a baseball at the batting cage. He's more of a [[Knife Nut]] than a true bat aficionado though.

{{quote| '''Majima:''' This is the part where you're SUPPOSED TO LAUGH! [WHACK!]}}

* Used in the sequel to ''[[The Suffering]]'', but subverted in that it's [[Joke Weapon|exactly as useless as you'd think]] compared to an M-60. (As one walkthrough remarked, "Put down the crack pipe.")

* The best weapon in ''[[Mitadake High]]'' is the wooden bat, especially when nails are applied, due to how the game calculates damage and unconsciousness.

* ''[[Bangai-O]]'' uses a giant robot-scale baseball bat to deflect enemy shots and send enemies flying.

* In ''[[The Godfather (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|The Godfather]]: The Game'', a baseball bat of the wooden sort is your first melee weapon.

* In ''[[The Godfather (video game)|The Godfather]]: The Game'', a baseball bat of the wooden sort is your first melee weapon.

* [[~~Star Tropics~~|Mike Jones]] is a star pitcher from Seattle, so he's more than familiar with a baseball bat which, in the game, is a really strong, short-ranged attack.

* [[StarTropics|Mike Jones]] is a star pitcher from Seattle, so he's more than familiar with a baseball bat which, in the game, is a really strong, short-ranged attack.

* ''[[Left 4 Dead]] 2'' has both a baseball bat and a cricket bat. In the case of the latter this is rather odd, considering the setting is the [[Deep South]] of the USA.

** They belong to the local school principals, perhaps?

* In [[~~Blinx (Video Game)|~~Blinx]] 2 one of the weapons that can be obtained is a baseball bat called the Grand Slam. It is a one-use weapon that is guaranteed to take out an opponent. After using it, you have to find a new one, because it breaks in the process. But it can make all the difference. Plus, making a really annoying guard [[A Twinkle in ~~The~~ Sky]] is priceless.

* In [[Blinx]] 2 one of the weapons that can be obtained is a baseball bat called the Grand Slam. It is a one-use weapon that is guaranteed to take out an opponent. After using it, you have to find a new one, because it breaks in the process. But it can make all the difference. Plus, making a really annoying guard [[A Twinkle in the Sky]] is priceless.

* Useful for conserving ammo while zombie hunting in ''[[Time Splitters]]: Future Perfect''.

* ''[[~~Street Fighter EX (Video Game)|~~Street Fighter EX]]'''s Cracker Jack is as good with a baseball bat as he is with his fists.

* ''[[Street Fighter EX]]'''s Cracker Jack is as good with a baseball bat as he is with his fists.

* ''[[Irisu Syndrome]]'' has {{spoiler|the titular character}} wield a rather vicious nailbat. {{spoiler|The bat is actually bread.}}

* ''[[~~Mad World~~]]'' has the spike bat, a baseball bat with at least a dozen large roofing nails stuck in it.

* ''[[MadWorld]]'' has the spike bat, a baseball bat with at least a dozen large roofing nails stuck in it.

* The Batter from OFF uses a baseball bat and baseball inspired moves for killing spectres.

* It's the weapon Mark uses in ''[[Monster Party]]''.

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* One of the weapons in ''[[Odium]]''. About as much power as a [[Crowbar Combatant|crowbar]], and weaker than an [[An Axe to Grind|axe]].

* Appear quite frequently in ''[[Streets of Rage]]'' and its sequels. Some of the basic mooks wield them, although you can pick them up to return the favour!

* You'd be hard-pressed to find any official artwork of [[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten ~~(Video Game)~~|Fuka]] without her trademarked baseball bat. Of course, in-game it's treated the same weapon-wise as an [[An Axe to Grind|axe]].

* You'd be hard-pressed to find any official artwork of [[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten|Fuka]] without her trademarked baseball bat. Of course, in-game it's treated the same weapon-wise as an [[An Axe to Grind|axe]].

* ''[[Ninja Baseball Bat Man]]''. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|It's right there in the title!]]

* ''[[Ninja Baseball Bat Man]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|It's right there in the title!]]

* The bat is the second weakest melee weapon in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]''. Lots of thugs in Santa Monica and downtown LA use them.

* One weapon in ''[[River City Ransom]]'', which tends to use improvised weapons such as this and [[Whip It Good|chains]], in addition to more traditional weapons like brass knuckles.

* ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]'' and '[[Batman Arkham City]]'' had various enemies using bats as clubs to whack Batman with. In the latter game, Harley Quinn also used a bat to whack Batman unconscious after Joker {{spoiler|apparently}} ambushed him, even yelling "Batter Up!" before doing so.

* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' and '[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' had various enemies using bats as clubs to whack Batman with. In the latter game, Harley Quinn also used a bat to whack Batman unconscious after Joker {{spoiler|apparently}} ambushed him, even yelling "Batter Up!" before doing so.

* Bats are an uncommon weapon in ''[[The Warriors (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|The Warriors]]'' and like in the movie, bats are always carried by the Baseball Furies gang. Their gang leader wields ''three'' bats tied together and it HURTS. Too bad you can't get that weapon anywhere else.

* Bats are an uncommon weapon in ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]'' and like in the movie, bats are always carried by the Baseball Furies gang. Their gang leader wields ''three'' bats tied together and it HURTS. Too bad you can't get that weapon anywhere else.

* In ''[[~~Attack of the Mutant Penguins (Video Game)|~~Attack of the Mutant Penguins]]'', Rodney can obtain a baseball bat. He doesn't use it to play baseball.

* In ''[[Attack of the Mutant Penguins]]'', Rodney can obtain a baseball bat. He doesn't use it to play baseball.

* In ''[[~~Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning (Video Game)|~~Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning]]'', this is how the Fateless One finishes off gnomes in Reckoning mode.

* In ''[[Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning]]'', this is how the Fateless One finishes off gnomes in Reckoning mode.

* In [[Warriors Orochi|Warriors Orochi 3]], the Bat is one of the [[Lethal Joke Item|Lethal Joke Items]] that can be used by sword-users.

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== Webcomics ==

* In ''[[Better Days]]'', Fisk stops his mother's rape by braining her attacker with a bat.

* Steve from ''[[~~Life and Death (Webcomic)|~~Life and Death]]'' uses a cricket bat as his favored weapon.

* Steve from ''[[Life and Death]]'' uses a cricket bat as his favored weapon.

* ''[[Sidekick Girl]]'', from the comic of the same name, uses a baseball bat as her primary weapon.

* Shelly of ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' seems to take a baseball bat with her to [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/i-brought-coffee/ answer the door late at night.]

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* ''[[Everyman HYBRID]]'': [[Ax Crazy|Evan]] finds a baseball bat lying around in "Ashen Waste". Then [[The Slender Man Mythos|the Slender Man]] shows up and Evan ''tries to attack him with it''.

* Yanki J's method of fighting during the second invasion of Molossia in ''[[Kickassia]]''.

* Related to the above example, this is how [[Todd in ~~The~~ Shadows]] and [[Paw Dugan]] get rid of {{spoiler|The Voice of The Ancients}} in ''[[Suburban Knights]]''.

* Related to the above example, this is how [[Todd in the Shadows]] and [[Paw Dugan]] get rid of {{spoiler|The Voice of The Ancients}} in ''[[Suburban Knights]]''.

* [[The League of STEAM]]'s zombie hunter, Katherine Blackmoore, uses a cricket bat as her signature weapon (perhaps a shout-out to ''[[~~Shaun of the Dead (Film)|~~Shaun of the Dead]]'').

* [[The League of STEAM]]'s zombie hunter, Katherine Blackmoore, uses a cricket bat as her signature weapon (perhaps a shout-out to ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'').

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* [[Badass Normal|Norm Abram]] does this in the final episode of ''[[Freakazoid]]''. Freakazoid was the bat.

* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' one of the Fenton ghost hunting weapons is one called the Fenton Anti-creep stick. It's a bat. With the word "Fenton" on it.

* In the ''[[~~Animaniacs (Animation)|~~Animaniacs]]'' episode "Draculee, Dracula" Wakko hits Dracula over the head with a baseball bat, the censors didn't want children to imitate this scene so the animators put a smiley face and bat wings on it.

* In the ''[[Animaniacs]]'' episode "Draculee, Dracula" Wakko hits Dracula over the head with a baseball bat, the censors didn't want children to imitate this scene so the animators put a smiley face and bat wings on it.

* The [[Looney Tunes]] short "Transylvania 6-5000" while trying to avoid being hit by Bugs Bunny again, Count Bloodcount puts on a pair of glasses and says "You wouldn't hit a bat with glasses would you?" in response Bugs turns himself into a baseball bat and hits him.

* In [[Beavis and Butthead]] pilot episode "Frog Baseball" Butthead bashes Beavis over the head with one knocking out most of his teeth and later beats a frog to death with it.

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* The [[Family Guy]] episode "Road To The North Pole" while posing as Santa Claus Brian makes too much noise while raiding a family's kitchen so the father decides to call the police to prevent this from happening Stewie viciously beats him to death with a baseball bat, he then uses it to knock out his wife and daughter.

* On an episode of [[Jem]], boyfriend Rio actually says this just before dispatching of the thugs who have attacked Jerrica.

* In the ''[[Batman ~~the~~ Animated Series]]'' episode, "Christmas with the Joker", Batman uses a baseball bat to swat away several RC airplanes attacking him.

* In the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode, "Christmas with the Joker", Batman uses a baseball bat to swat away several RC airplanes attacking him.

** Robin lampshades it, quipping, "They don't call you BATman for nothing!"