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[[File:army-of-darkness-1992 poster.jpg|link=Army of Darkness|thumb|350px| [[Evil Dead|Groovy]].<ref>Note that this man is not carrying a chainsaw in his right hand; the chainsaw ''is his right hand''.</ref>]]

 

 

Basically, chainsaws are good. Good here having the meaning of "totally unstoppable weapons of mass destruction." Nothing can stand before their roaring, multi-toothed might; only death awaits any who challenge a chainsaw-wielding maniac.

 

 

Chainsaws are also prone to a phenomenon called "kickback" where one tooth of the blade contacts something without cutting it and the resulting shock throws the blade backwards violently, often right at the unfortunate operator's head; obviously, this is all the more likely to happen when they're being used as a weapon.<ref>In [[Real Life]] a chainsaw needs to be firmly and slowly "applied" to the cutting surface to avoid kickback and get any useful cutting from it.</ref> The chain also runs the danger of snapping and whipping the user in the process. Fictional chainsaws also have the ability to start instantly, with one pull of the starter handle, unlike in [[Real Life]] where they require several pulls and most models will need to warm up for at least 30 seconds or they'll immediately die when you try to cut something. Most [[Real Life]] chainsaws also dull in seconds if they touch anything harder than wood.<ref>Chainsaws with diamond teeth are used for concrete and some use water for cooling and safety purposes, but it's unusual for a non-professional to have one of these</ref> Finally, running out of fuel or suffering a broken chain or clutch will leave the erstwhile chainsaw maniac holding a big, unwieldy and rather useless club.

 

While the trope name refers to chainsaws, it has mutated to include the use of circular saws and even lawnmowers as well. Both of these obviously have similar problems to chainsaws when it comes to use as weapons.

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

** Which becomes useless when tangled up.

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', [[Humongous Mecha]] with [[Katanas Are Just Better|Chainsaw Katanas]] show up about halfway through season 1. [[Captain Obvious|Much asskicking ensues]].

** One suggestion is that the use of chainsaws in horror films is the reasoning behind the 'truly traditional' comment.

** He's also one of a few weapons which can wield themselves by turning part way into their weapon form (he usually manifests his chain to act as armour, cut stuff up with his hands and feet or...[[Rule of Cool|as treads to move around with]]).

* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' has Sawyer the Cleaner, a chainsaw wielding [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]. To be fair, it's as much a tool of her trade as much as an instrument of mayhem even though she can apparently deflect bullets with it. What's her trade you ask? She 'cleans' up the many bodies that litter Roanapur by making them... More portable. Occasionally when the bodies are still technically alive in order to give the correct impression to the receivers of the bodies in their portable state.

* In ''[[Kotetsu Jeeg|Kotetsushin Jeeg]]'', the titular [[Humongous Mecha]] can equip the "Earth Parts," granting it a pair of chainsaw arms.

* A weapon in ''[[Bleach]]'' known as [[Gratuitous German|Seele Schneider]] seems to be a cross between a chainsaw and a [[Laser Blade|light]][[Star Wars|saber]]. It's wielded by the [[The Smart Guy|very]] [[Stoic Spectacles|last]] [[The Archer|person]] you'd expect to have a chainsaw.

* In the ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' anime, [[Extra Ore Dinary|Gajil's]] Iron Dragon Sword was changed from an everyday jagged blade to a colossal chainsaw.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

{{quote|'''Abslom Daak''' (to a Dalek): Okay, Chuckles, take a look at this chainsword. Notice those nice whirring teeth... and imagine them '''ripping through your little tin body!'''}}

* ''[[The Savage Dragon]]'' The hero, Dragon, early in his series, uses two chainsaws against a (later revealed) brainwashed rat man. The creator, Larsen, said he chose the chainsaws because they look cool. And Dragon could easily survive kickback.

** He's never actually killed anyone with it. He's ''that'' good.

* The 2000 AD series ''[[Nemesis the Warlock]]'' has a variation in book 9 - having already broken his chainsaw Cheryl, [[Big Bad]] Torquemada despatches a henchman to find a replacement. When he returns during Torquemada's battle with Nemesis, it turns out that the local garden centre has sold out of chainsaws - so Torquemada has to make do with a hedge trimmer instead.

 

 

* Sheila uses one when [[It Makes Sense in Context|attempting to murder Calvin]] in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]''.

** Calvin himself later uses the [[Do-Anything Robot|MTM]] as one.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In the movie and manga ''[[Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge]]'', the personification of evil uses a chainsaw.

* The classic horror movie ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' (sic) just might be the [[Trope Maker]].

* Ash Williams from the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' films (pictured above). This is a [[Badass]] guy who ''cut off his own [[Evil Hand|demon-possessed hand]]'' and [[Artificial Limbs|replaced it]] with ''a chainsaw mounting''. Obviously not to be taken lightly.

** In ''Army of Darkness'' (the 3rd film), Ash apparently no longer needs fuel for his chainsaw, not that he really needs it anymore, since he now has a [[Punk Punk|fully working mechanical hand built with 14th century blacksmith technology]]. Nothing scientific makes sense in Army of Darkness, as it was much more comical than the previous 2 films.

* When the Freeling family is escaping their house in ''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]] II'', a possessed flying chainsaw tries to stop them.

* Art for ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' showed that one of the options for Optimus Prime's weapons pack - an option which was not used in the final film - included a ''giant, triple-chained chainsword''.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Michael Z. Williamson's novel ''Better To Beg Forgiveness'' features, among other ''equally awesome'' things, the esteemed yet extremely enraged President Bishwanath of Celedon driving off a mob of bloodthirsty rioters with a chainsaw. Yes. [[Authority Equals Asskicking|The PRESIDENT]].

* Possibly one of the very earliest Chainsaw Swords in literature is the Diskos from William Hope Hodgson's seminal 1912 fantasy-horror novel ''[[The Night Land]]''. (The hero's survival ration pack also includes literal [[Dehydrated Water]], which if it isn't a TV trope darn well ought to be.)

* ''[[The Zombie Survival Guide]]'' deconstructs this, noting all of the above reasons ''not'' to use a chainsaw against the undead, and adding that you're throwing infected bodily fluids all over the place if you ''do'' get it to work, and that the loud noise is just going to attract more zombies.

* [[Badass Normal|Lieutenant Karrin Murphy]] in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' uses one to down a tree monster. With the added bonus that [[The Fair Folk]] really, really don't like [[Weak Point|being attacked by iron]].

* Averted in ''[[Misery]]'', in which Annie Wilkes is {{spoiler|found dead from her injuries and clutching a chainsaw she'd plainly intended to use on Paul Sheldon}} in the end.

 

* [[Double the Fist]] gives us The Time-Saw, a chainsaw which can cut through the fabric of time and space. Oh yes, Chainsaw indeed good.

* Subverted in an episode of ''[[Torchwood]]'', where Rhys fires up a chainsaw to take out a rampaging [[Monster of the Week]], only to have the machine die on him at the worst possible moment.

* ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' has a ''chainsaw kick.''

 

* One of the antagonists of ''[[Priest (manhwa)|Priest]]'' wields a primitive chainsaw. ''[[Anachronism Stew|In the Old West]].''

 

== [[Music]] ==

''Daniel solves his problems with a doctor and the law,''

''But Malcolm has his own way, and it's better than them all...''

''Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw, And he never has the same problem twice!'' }}

* In "The Curse of Millhaven", by [[Nick Cave]] & The Bad Seeds, the [[Enfante Terrible]] protagonist uses a circular saw (close enough) to decapitate a handyman, and then leaves his severed head in the mayor's fountain.

* In the song "Break Stuff" by [[Limp Bizkit]], Fred Durst points out that he "packs a chainsaw" and politely suggests that people get out of his way.

** Lead singer Blackie Lawless used to wear various saw blades on his costume in the eighties.

* M.I.A.'s "Steppin Up" kicks off with a sample of a chainsaw.

* One of the songs on [[The Ramones]] debut album is "Chainsaw", which was inspired by the ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', complete with a power saw opening the song.

* [[Ke$ha|Ke$ha's]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HMwPcK0uIM&feature=channel second 'Take it Off' video] has one that shoots lasers.

* Used as an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=benjMWOoD2g instrument] and stage prop by Finnish punk rocker Maukka Perusjätkä.

* [[Evelyn Evelyn]]'s autobiographical monologue "The Tragic Events of September Part 1" describes how, when the [[Conjoined Twins]] were born, the doctor attempted to separate them with a chainsaw, accidentally killing their father in the process.

 

 

== [[Radio]] ==

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** Warhammer's love of chainsaws can be summed up in this quote:

{{quote|[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Quotes_Space_Marines#J "Problems? Problems? There is no problem I cannot solve with this..."]

** Several commissars are noted for their skill with chainswords. Such as [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Gaunt's Ghosts|Ibram Gaunt]] and [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s [[Ciaphas Cain|Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!]].

** Chainsaw bayonets are widespread, though not common.

** Tellos of the Soul Drinkers loses his hands quite early on, and the [[Healing Factor]] he picks up when the Chapter begins mutating won't give him his hands back. So what does he do? He ''attaches chainswords to the stumps''.

** Ork Nobs take this [[Up to Eleven]] with one one-handed chainsaw axe, two two-handed chainsaw axes, two two-handed circular saw axes, and a circular saw ''bionic hand''.

** Thanks to the Mega-Damage combat system, those chainsaws CAN slice through a tank. The fact that the preferred model among Juicers has teeth virtually honed to the molecule, and that your average Juicer can bench press a grown bull, may be a factor in this as well. Anti-tank chainsaws wielded by suicidal-steroid-freak-supersoldiers are not among the top ''40'' weirdest things in Rifts. Which tells you something of what you need to know...

** And while the books note that strictly speaking a chainsaw isn't a very practical weapon even in the hands of a colossal Juicer or Titan Juicer (that is, while stupidly deadly, they're still extremely clumsy in use), they admit that the potent symbolism and intimidation factor is the real reason they see widespread use among Juicers; entire Coalition brigades have run in terror at the sight of a mere handful of chainsaw-wielding Juicer shock troopers.

* Even ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has gotten in on this trope.

** ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon Magazine]]'' #132 ([[April Fools' Day|April]] 1988) introduced Chainsword (a unique magic sword that's a cross between a sword and a chainsaw).

* Averted in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' RPG. They do acknowledge the desire to use them given their prevalence in horror movies, and they deal great damage, but they are ''dangerous''. If you roll a [[Critical Failure]], you'll hit yourself.

* ''[[Mutant Chronicles]]'', has a chainsaw attachment for various firearms called a "Chain Bayonet." There's a picture of one on an Ahhnold-style Minigun that might as well have the word manly stamped on it.

* In ''[[GURPS]]'' chainsaws do more damage than any other melee weapon. Unfortunately, they're terribly difficult to use.

* Both versions of ''[[The World of Darkness]]'' grant chainsaws terrible accuracy penalties... but if you ''can'' land that hit, they deal great damage.

* ''[[Hong Kong Action Theatre]]'' lists the chainsaw as just one of the Improvised Weapons a character can wield. It does a fixed 100 points of damage rather than being reliant on Muscle like most other melee weapons, but it's also got the biggest Speed penalty out of all the weapons of the game, meaning you're not going to get a lot of Actions with the sucker. But if you want to recreate the final showdown from ''Tiger On The Beat'', what's stopping you?

* ''[[Mekton]]'' represents this with the Armour Piercing upgrade. The standard Saw item has a low Weapon Accuracy, to represent its clumsiness. However, the weapon construction system in ''Mekton Plus'' offers no obstructions beyond price/space considerations to building a chainsword that could be used by a particularly agile [[Impossibly Graceful Giant]] for ''fencing''.

* ''[[Heavy Gear]]'' has chainsword, though it doesn't stand out compared to other melee weapons.

 

* Even [[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s ''[[Mystere]]'' plays with this trope for laughs. {{spoiler|Brian Le Petit tries to get a man out of a wooden crate with one. The pompous emcee stops him; Brian begins to shoo him away with the threat of a [[Groin Attack]] -- and then the power runs down and he can't restart it in time.}}

 

== [[Toys]] ==

** Later runs have also had solid-grey buzzsaws.

** Later in [[Bionicle]], Onua Nuva had Quake Breakers that were essentially these. They also doubled as [[Rollerblade Good|all-terrain treads]].

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** Extremely [[Badass]] doomers are known to complete the game without using any weapon other than the chainsaw and, when absolutely needed, the pistol. This is known as [http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/UV_Tyson Tyson] style, preferably done on ultra violence (UV Tyson). [http://www.doom2.net/~compet-n/database/cn.cgi?record:udoom:tyson+ 2005:7 The COMPET-N]{{Dead link}} has demos of all four boss levels from the original Doom being played "Tyson" style, with only the fists. The Cyberdemon can be punched to death, but it takes patience, dexterity, precision, strategy, and a very long time (28 minutes 10 seconds is the record). The two Spiderdemons can be lured into being killed by other monsters.

** Touching on the [[Awesome but Impractical]] angle, [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/12/01/strafe-left-the-formative-years-6/ an ex-forestry worker] points out that the marine left the safety cutout intact.

** The ''[[Quake II]]'' Mission Pack ''Ground Zero'' introduces the Chainfist, which can kill an unarmored player in one or two swings and has unlimited ammo.

** While the chainsaw was eventually reintroduced in a number of quasi-official mods for ''Quake'', the default melee weapon in ''[[Quake III Arena]]'' was the gauntlet, a wrist-mounted '''circular saw'''. Along with Quake's nailgun, this raises the question of which powertool Id will weaponize next.

** The chainsaw makes a return in ''Doom 3''. It's one of the best weapons to use when you're in Berserk mode. As to why there are chainsaws on Mars, a [[Lampshade Hanging|log you can read in-game]] mentions a delivery error. Somewhere on Earth is a group of lumberjacks wondering what to do with their shipment of jackhammers.

** In ''Doom 2'', a chainsaw is the first weapon you receive. It's about 10 feet from where you start the game. [[Guide Dang It|If you think to look there.]]

** ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'' paid homage to Doom with the pickup message: "It's been five years since I've seen one of these."

** ''[[Heretic]]'' features the Gauntlets of the Necromancer, functionally identical to the chainsaw of [[Doom]], but made more practical by the limited number of enemies that possesses ranged attacks. When powered up using a Tome of Power, not only do they rip into enemies with red magical lightning, they also vampirically heal you.

* ''Tremulous'' has a human weapon called the Painsaw, a chainsaw with a blade made of electricity.

* ''[[.hack|.hack//G.U.]]'' has angsty [[Anti-Hero]] Haseo [[Dual-Wielding]] short swords (some which are mini-chainsaws, some have spikes on them), a [[Sinister Scythe]] and, because he is cool enough, a big Chainsword. In fact, he tries to be so cool he cuts off an opponent's head during a skirmish. That all happens in the Virtual World, so he can do it as many times as he wants with impunity. It's just a game after all.

** The Chain Sawd reappears in the [[Phantasy Star]] Universe expansion [[Ambition Of Illuminus]].

* Edgar from ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' can use a chainsaw. Against normal foes, he [[Shout-Out|sometimes pulls on a]] [[Friday the 13th (film)|hockey mask]] and lands an instant kill.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', Vincent's third [[Limit Break]] (which is a cross between Jason and ''FRANKENSTEIN'') uses a chainsaw.

** Barret also has a chainsaw arm attachment as one of his (melee) weapon options. Very reminiscent of Ash [[Evil Dead]] and [[Army of Darkness]] what with it being a replacement for his actual hand.

* In ''[[Dead Rising]]'', although it's one of the best all-around melee weapons in the game, being incredibly powerful without the extreme clumsiness of weapons like the sledgehammer, and possessing dangerous 360 degree spin and charging attacks, the chainsaw is too heavy and clumsy to store in your inventory, has to be started up before use, and its fuel supply only lasts a fairly short time after starting. The game also features a smaller, slightly weaker, but far more portable version . . . which, barring the [[Infinity+1 Sword]], is commonly recognized as the best overall weapon in the game.

** While there is a slightly more powerful weapon than the small chainsaw in [[Dead Rising]], it suffers from [[Breakable Weapons]] just like everything else; however, the game's durability increasing power-ups for weapons can be applied to the small chainsaw more than any other weapon in the game, turning the small chainsaw into the game's [[Disc One Nuke]] (relatively speaking, since the game's still crazy hard even with this exploit).

* The ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series after ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|Vice City]]'' has a couple of chainsaws scattered around the map. As the guns dealer from ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|San Andreas]]'' would say: "works best in a crowded area".

** Fittingly, one was in an out of the way hick-like town.

** The Manhacks (think flying, homing circular saws), which you can grab in place with the gravity gun and slice into enemies with.

* In the game ''[[Armored Core]]-For Answer'', there exists a number of Arms Forts which act as the main adversaries, which include a six-legged aircraft carrier, a giant hydrofoil...and a gigantic tank named Cabracan that has 4 multi-story chainsaw blades on the front!

* Paul Chuck from ''[[Parappa the Rapper|Um Jammer Lammy]]'' has a song dedicated to how his chainsaws are better than those of his rival, Joe Chin.

* Another Circular Saw Good example: the serrated metal discs in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', which are used in weapon traps. Each disc hits three times per trap activation, and each trap can hold up to ten weapons, so an enemy stepping on a trap entirely loaded out with discs [[Gorn|will be hit 30 times by spinning discs in the blink of an eye]]. Entertainingly, their usage usually triples the amount of dumping required to get rid of each goblin, [[Ludicrous Gibs|because of the small body pieces scattered everywhere]].

** The Chainsaw person has ridiculously high stats, save for Dexterity, and can only be made by someone with a level 100 character already made.

* The ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' golf game, [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Zombie Ninja Pro-Am]], features a chainsaw pickup on certain levels. While it is slow and unwieldy, it does a ''lot'' of [[For Massive Damage|damage]].

** Platinum Games' upcoming online multiplayer battle royale, ''Anarchy Reigns'', gives us the return of Jack (in full color, no less), upgrading his previous, retractable chainsaw arm for a [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|double-bladed, gator-toothed retractable chainsaw arm]].

* This is the signature weapon of Mika from the ''Daiku no Gensan'' video game series—better-known in the US as ''[[Hammerin' Harry]]''. The manual for ''Hammerin' Hero'' even mentions that her nickname is "Chainsaw Mika"... despite the fact that she actually uses a fan in that game. The cover art has a nice picture of her using a chainsaw, though.

* There's a chainsaw in ''[[Survival Crisis Z]]''. However, it's one of the ''worst'' weapons in the game, only slightly above the knife. It inexplicably doesn't require fuel, but it's clumsy, not particularly damaging, and you have to get in close, easily allowing the Infected and zombies to mob you, or counterattack if you don't line it up right. Even low-end guns like the revolver or SMG are better than it if you have the choice.

* Tetsuya Nomura stated in a recent interview that the original weapon design he showed to Disney for [[Kingdom Hearts]] was a chainsaw-like weapon. Upon seeing their scrunched-up faces and the dead silence that followed, he resigned to the Keyblade, [[Averted Trope|thus averting this trope entirely.]]

* In ''[[Lost Planet]]: Extreme Condition'', the [[Humongous Mecha|PTX-class]] [[A Mech by Any Other Name|Vital Suit]] has one of these [[Blade Below the Shoulder|mounted to its left arm]].

* Indie game ''[[The Dishwasher]]: Dead Samurai'' features a chainsaw used like a heavy sword. It's not used to cut through enemies, only to hack and slash at them, though cutting through an enemy is an optional finishing move. There's also an especially relentless miniboss, the Cyborg Pumpkinhead, who cackles maniacally and barrels at you, rapidly and dextrously swinging a very large chainsaw about. He stops periodically to rev it back up again, and that should be the ''only'' time a player would risk getting near him, [[Teleport Spam]] or no.

** In the sequel ''[[The Dishwasher]]: Vampire Smile'', Yuki gets her arm cut off early in the game and replaces it with a chainsaw that can also turn into a chaingun or a shotgun. Also, the cyborg pumpkinhead enemy shows up again, this time downgraded to a recurring enemy, but still wielding his chainsaw. Yuki can have [[Blade Lock|chainsaw]] [[Single-Stroke Battle|duels]] with him.

** And it does pretty heavy damage to everything. Even a Tank; you can kill him in about 5 seconds if you can stay close that long. And if you still have gas left in it by then.

** Not only that, but one of the upcoming "Mutations" to the game involves all the players having no weapons except for chainsaws with unlimited fuel.

** That Rick gets to use, in any case. The infamous "Biggy Man" boss from the original game has two chainsaw blades in place of his hands.

* There are logger-bot enemies in ''[[Jak and Daxter]]: The Lost Frontier'' with chainsaws. A boss, the Uber-Bot 888, comes with circular saws about the size of Jak's torso.

* With infinite ammo and no reloading, the chainsaw in ''[[Alien Swarm]]'' is a great weapon, especially for characters with a melee bonus. It's also used as a quick way to open doors, essential in [[Speed Run|Speedruns]].

* ''[[Meat Boy]]'' eschews [[Spikes of Doom]] (found in every other [[Platform Hell]]) in favor of Buzzsaws Of Doom. Dr. Fetus also favors using chainsaws with some of his [[Humongous Mecha]]s, generally in the boss levels.

* ''[[Killing Floor]]'' gives us Chainsaw Good and Chainsaw ''Bad'': the melee-specialist Berserker class can use and get discounts on the chainsaw, which is easily the best melee weapon in the game, dishing out hideous amounts of damage in short order. However, the flip side of this is the enemy [[Not Using the Z Word|Specimen]] type known as the Scrake, who resembles a [[Mad Doctor|psychotic surgeon]] clad in [[The Butcher|a butcher's apron]] with [[Blade Below the Shoulder|a chainsaw in his forearm.]] He happens to be [[Demonic Spider|one of the most lethal types of Specimen.]]

* In ''[[Jabless Adventure]]'', the first boss is the lumberjack, Lumber Jacques, who attacks you with his mighty chainsaw.

* David and his [[Evil Counterpart|nemesis]] Judgement from ''[[Battle Arena Toshinden]] 3'' fight with chainsaws.

* ''[[Car Battler Joe]]'''s weaponized cars can use these.

* ''[[Armored Core]] 5'' brings us one of the most awesome chainsaws to ever be wielded by a mecha. The most powerful weapon, the Grind Blade, consists of 6 chainsaws that can be positioned either adjacent to each other, or for even more awesomeness and destructive power, in a gatling-gun-like formation. Each of the chainsaws are about as long as the mech's own arms, possibly even longer, and in total, the weapon is able to dish out... pretty large amounts of damage. According to the customization-trailer, it is the most powerful weapon in the entire game, being able to rip apart even the strongest enemy mechs in seconds. But given its sheer size, it isn't the best weapon for all situations, such as dealing with smaller, faster enemies or when you need high speed to evade attacks easily.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090202073630/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=37&issue=5 Chainsaw Nunchuks].

* [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0046.html This strip] of ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' has a villain using chainsaw katars. As he remarks to the hero in a later strip, "[[Weapon for Intimidation|the point is to intimidate you]]."

{{quote|'''Fighter:''' Guys, I ran out of dragon.

('''Glorious Chainsaw Method''': Make your swords become like things unto chainsaws.)}}

* Alluded to in ''[[Backward Compatible]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224124523/http://www.crispygamer.com/comics/backward/backward-2009-06-03.aspx here].

* [http://chainsawsuit.com/2008/03/31/strip-346/ This] ''[[chainsawsuit]]'' strip illustrates the raw awesomeness of [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a full suit of chainsaws]] in regards to battling the undead but also points out one of the potential drawbacks you might not have anticipated.

* ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'', both ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'' and ''[[Homestuck]]'', use chainsaws that double as lipsticks. [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003996 Kanaya] also use hers for actually trimming topiary. {{spoiler|And amputating Tavros' legs. And chopping Eridan into two separate high-blood pieces.}}

* What, is that stupid people breeding? Time to unleash [[Queen of Wands|Charles Darwin and his Chainsaw of Natural Selection]]!

* ''[[Amazing Super Powers]]'' has the character Waynesaw (in pilot series for a [[Spin-Off]] via [[Kickstarter]]) - a [[Moe Anthropomorphism|cute]] walking talking chainsaw with matchstick humanoid features who [[And Call Him George|only wants to hug some friends]]. For some reason, acting on this urge never ends too well.

* ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]'' got [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428210014/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20080619 some]... [[Winged Humanoid]] creature [[McNinja|ninja]] armed with chainsaw. It's hard to tell what's the point, but the Ninja archetype apparently did worse things to otherwise sapient creatures.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

** Version four featured one as well, which ultimately eviscerated the same character who had initially been [[Hoist by His Own Petard|attempting to wield it]].

* ''[[I Am Not Infected]]'' features what, in the first shot, appears to be Paul decked out with chainsaws on both arms. Then it turns out to be a "Chainsawsuit" including the aforementioned arm chainsaws, leg chainsaws, and a back chainsaw. It's awesome.

* ''[[Look a Vlog]]'': Will professes his love for chainsaws in Ep. 2.

* The Flash cartoon [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/shavecut "Forehead Shavecut"]. "You dodged the bullet, [[The Matrix|Neo]]. But now you will die by chainsaw!"

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** He also has a chainsaw for a peg-leg in the ''Underfist'' movie.

** And in the zombie episode in s1, Chef wields dual chainsaws.

* In ''[[The Batman]]'', Batman wields chainsaw tonfas at one point to fight Poison Ivy's plant monsters.

* ''[[Beast Wars]]''' Dinobot has an angular 'sword' that rotates. It's functionally a chainsaw sword, as proven when he used it to cut Inferno from shoulder down to mid chest. Sparks could be seen flying as the sword gradually cut deeper and deeper into Inferno's body!

* While it was fairly rarely used, [[Gadgeteer Genius|Tanya]]'s [[Weapon of Choice]] in ''[[The Mighty Ducks (animation)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' is a small wrist-mounted chainsaw, one of many tools in her armour.

* In ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', while Dexter is picturing Dee Dee destroying his lab, the first [[Imagine Spot]] is his sister with a chainsaw.

* Played with in ''[[American Dad]]''. Francine has a dream sequence in which Stan threatens her with various objects. At first (or possibly second), he chooses a chainsaw. He changes his mind, walks offscreen, then comes back holding a ''leopard''. Apparently having decided this is not threatening enough, he repeats the act, this time returning with ''[[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs|a leopard holding a chainsaw]]''.

** Hilariously, one of the Jedi waiting on the elevator while this is going on starts frantically hitting the call button faster when he hears it.

* Rico, the [[Ax Crazy]] penguin of ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'', is capable of vomiting up a fully activated chainsaw.

* The ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' episode "Die Fly Die" has Beavis trying to kill a fly with a chainsaw.

* In an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' Bart is being stalked by an apparently homicidal criminal. That night, Homer excitedly bursts into his son's bedroom to show off his brand new chainsaw and hockey mask.

 

== Other ==

* The antihero of the ''[[Madness Combat]]'' videos is especially excited by a chainsaw in the seventh installment. This despite the fact that he's a [[Person of Mass Destruction]] even without any weapons. Give a chainsaw to someone who can already stab people through the skull with a nightstick ''[[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|from across the room]]''...

* In the Live [[Role Play]] scenario ''Final Voyage of the Mary Celeste'', {{spoiler|Johan Martens (a character on the edge of insanity) has a chainsaw, inherited from his uncle. During the game, it is accessible to the player of Martens - it can be used for various things, including killing people/things/sea monsters. Now consider the fact that another character, who wants everyone on board dead, can make attempts to mind control Martens...}}

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011121158/http://wtopnews.com/?nid=456 Man fights off starving mountain lion with a chainsaw.]

* There's nothing infinitely more awesome than a chainsaw powered motorized skateboard - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEqNvT4jJVo

* Actually, there [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DltGxhWwES4 is].

* Think regular chainsaws are scary? Forget lumberjacks: geologists who collect sectional samples of rock strata use two-man ''giant'' chainsaws with [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|diamond-dust cutting edges]], that can ''slice through granite''.

* That thing over there is a [[wikipedia:Trencher (machine)|Trencher]]. They are construction vehicles with giant chain or circular saws. No, you can't have one.

** There is a more portable type of trencher that is for digging smaller trenches in softer materials. Used by landscapers and occasionally plumbers. You still probably shouldn't buy one for fun.

 

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[[Category:Television Is Trying to Kill Us]]

[[Category:Rule of Cool]]

[[Category:The Power of Index]]

[[Category:Weapons and Wielding Tropes]]