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* Used by a guy in ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'', who uses it to shoot a paralyzing dart at Gon.
* [[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma]] uses one to shoot down the Principal's hot air balloon in the manga
 
== Comic Books ==
 
* A group of onetime villains in ''[[Spider-Man (Franchise)|Spider-Man]]'' comic (four criminals who learned to copy Vulture's wings) used those. The curare was fatal for humans -- Spider Man was too tough to die, but would get stiffer with every dart and actually got close to succumbing. The next issue, he had to save their lives when the real Vulture came to town.
* In one ''[[Batman (Franchise)|Batman]]'' storyline during the ''[[Zero Hour]]'' series, [[The Joker]] frames Batman for the Penguin's murder by having a henchman shoot a poison dart this way, thus making it appear as if Batman knocked Penguin off a side railing with his Batarang and made the villain fall to his death.
 
== Film ==
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* Used in ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'' (by CIA agents, who should logically have something better), with explicit mention of [[wikipedia:Curare|curare]], which is treated as a temporary paralyser. Because it was improperly prepared, the victims recover sooner than anticipated.
* Used in ''[[Ace Ventura]]: When Nature Calls''. Ace is shot with dozens of little darts (with [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarious effects]]) before he passes out.
* Used in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' in the opening sequence.
** Also seen in ''[[Indiana Jones and Thethe Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Thethe Crystal Skull]]'' in the tomb sequence. Indy does the "blow the dart back" trick.
* In ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]'', an assassin uses a blowgun to shoot darts tipped with a hallucinogenic drug.
* The natives in ''[[Aguirre the Wrath of God (Film)|Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]'' keep sniping at the conquistadors on the raft with these.
* Tim Allen's character in ''[[Jungle 2 Jungle]]'' contrives to shoot himself in the leg with semi-paralytic darts not once but twice. Once was mildly amusing, twice makes you despair for the writers.
 
== Literature ==
 
* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Colour of Magic|The Colour of Magic]]'', the leader of the Assassin Guild use a blowgun as his weapon.
* In ''[[Sherlock Holmes|The Sign of the Four]]'', Tonga uses poison blow darts.
* In one ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' novel, the pirate hunter Captain Deudermont is darted by a thug who wanted to claim the black-market bounty on him. Apparently, his darts are made from cat claws (don't ask how those could be used as darts) and no other ammunition is compatible with his blowgun.
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== Live Action TV ==
 
* ''[[Myth Busters (TV)|Myth Busters]]'' made these in the ninja special.
* Parodied in a TV sketch of the comic trio Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, where the blowgun is used to anesthetize a patient.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': The Doctor uses one against the assassin in "The Deadly Assassin".
 
== Tabletop Games ==
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== Web Original ==
 
* ''[[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]]'' has this in ''[[Kickassia (Web Video)|Kickassia]]'' ([[Improbable Weapon User|mostly because Brad wanted to stand out with everybody wielding fake weapons]], so his weapon was a packet of straws he bought in a gas station.
** [[Crowning Moment of Funny|And he inhales one of the darts.]]
 
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== Western Animation ==
 
* In a ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'' short, a Wacky Native tries to use a blowgun on [[Bugs Bunny]], but Bugs blows in the other end just before the native does, so it ends up going down the native's throat. The same gag was also used against prehistoric Elmer Fudd.
* In the ''[[Jonny Quest (Animation)|Jonny Quest]]'' episode "The Deadly Doll", the villain Korbay uses a blowgun to fire darts that have a poison that causes its victims to enter a coma.
* In a ''[[Happy Tree Friends (Web Animation)|Happy Tree Friends]]'' short, Lumpy attempts to sedate a animal mauling one of the "children", but accidentally sucks the dart in when taking his breath.
 
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