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[[File:Parts_of_a_balisong3_5136Parts of a balisong3.jpg|framethumb|400px|Your average butterfly knife. <small>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_knife Source]</small> ]]
 
The butterfly[[Butterfly knifeKnife]], also known as a ''balisong'', is a traditional Filipino knife. Its design, with two rotating handles, allow it to be flipped open and closed. It will usually appear in the hands of a [[Knife Nut]], who will perform a complex, flashy and [[Kinetic Clicking|noisy]] flip. Anything beyond a simple and quick opening is [[Awesome but Impractical]] as the hand is vulnerable to a strike disarm throughout the manipulation.
 
The most common and recognizable design is skeletonized: holes in a line along each handle. The holes control balance and add grip.
 
Not to be confused with [[Useful Notes/Swords|butterfly swords]], which are single-edged short-swords that are [[Dual-Wielding|dual-wielded]] and used in Chinese Kung Fu.
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== [[CommercialsAdvertising]] ==
* In a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIUNYuSmWe8 commercial for San Miguel beer], [[Stephen Chow]] performs a manipulation with a butterfly ''bottle opener'' that impresses and attracts all the women in the bar. The bartender assists by [[Bar Slide|sliding the bottle over]] in a bucket of ice.
** Butterfly bottle openers do exist, but the design used in the commercial (flat, large rectangular hole) must be wider than bottle caps. This extra width over knife blades adds weight, affects balance, and throws off flipping. Due to this inherent flaw, nearly all are cheap novelties.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Battle Royale (Literature)|Battle Royale]]'': At the beginning of the movie, Nobu stabs Kitano with a butterfly knife. The attack triggers Kitano's resignation and later selection as the class's Program Director. When Nobu drops the bloody knife while fleeing, Noriko grabs and hides it. {{spoiler|At the end of the movie, Noriko retrieves the knife from her desk before going on the run with Shuya.}}
* ''[[Casino Royale (Film)|Casino Royale]]'': Le Chiffre's bald mook uses a spearpoint butterfly knife to cut out Bond's tracker and to remove the chair's seat in preparation for the [[Groin Attack|rope torture]]. It resembles a paratrooper knife in the first scene, but he flips it before and after the chair.
* ''[[Face Off]]'': After asking her "Do you have protection?" Castor Troy (disguised as Sean Archer) gives Archer's daughter a kris-bladed knife. {{spoiler|It's ultimately used on him when she ''finally'' figures out which one is which}}.
* In ''[[Falling Down]]'', the main character [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness|upgrades]] his [[Batter Up|baseball bat]] in his first encounter with the gang members. The gang member flips it open in a threatening display, but can't complete the simple opening smoothly.
* ''[[Kick-Ass (Filmfilm)|Kick-Ass]]'': Hitgirl got two for her birthday.
* ''[[Killer Elite]]''
* In ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]'', one of [[Jet Li|Wah Sing Ku]]'s [[Mook|mooksmook]]s wields a butterfly knife. Oddly, [[Jeff Imada]] plays the other mook.
* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy (Film)|The Mummy Trilogy]]''
* ''[[The Outsiders]]''
* In ''[[Payback]]'', the Chow's Bodyguard, played by Jeff Imada, flips a butterfly knife and prepares to [[Groin Attack|cut]] Porter before being interrupted by the [[Dirty Cop|corrupt cops]].
* ''[[Torque]]''
* Buckingham is playing with one when he is talking to captured D'Artagnan in ''[[The Three Musketeers (2011 (Filmfilm)|The Three Musketeers 2011]]''.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* In the ''[[Law and& Order (TV)|Law and Order]]'' episode "Knock Off", Dianne Cary (guest [[Katee Sackhoff]]) has a butterfly knife sitting on a shelf open, next to a pair of [[Fighting Withwith Chucks|nunchaku]]. She became obsessed with martial arts and self-defense after being raped.
* In the ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'' episode "Pale Fire", a Gogol mook flips a butterfly knife open and slashes Alex, but she traps it and [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|kills him with it]].
** This may become a [[Once a Season]] thing, since Jaden tried to kill Alex with one near the end of season one.
* In the ''[[White Collar]]'' third mid-season finale "Countdown", Keller snacks on a mango while threatening Mozzie, cutting pieces off with a butterfly knife. It is locked open and not flipped, which would be difficult to do while coated in juice.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'': Hazama's iconic weapon.
* In ''[[Starcraft II (Video Game)|StarcraftStarCraft II]]'', Gabriel Tosh flips a butterfly knife during some of his conversations. Since it is computer generated, his manipulations are fast and crisp. {{spoiler|If the player picks Nova's mission, she will flip the knife after assassinating him.}}
* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'''s Spy uses one for his main form of attack, a one-hit-KO backstab.
* [[Knife Nut|Kano]] uses them as his weapon style in [[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]] and [[Mortal Kombat Armageddon]].
* Brayko from ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'' uses a butterfly knife. He flips it during combat when he goes on his [[Turns Red|cocaine-fueled stabby rampages]].
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* During the kidnapping in ''[[Marilith (Webcomic)|Marilith]]'', the title character draws a butterfly knife from the waistband of her skirt and flips it open between panels.
{{quote| '''Marilith:''' "Oh, I got your hall pass... here in my pants!!"}}
* ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|Questionable Content]]'': In [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2185 #2185: "The Sizzler"], Faye flips a Benchmade 40TR (trainer, red), including tossing it in an aerial.
 
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