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{{trope}}
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In fiction, chairs make for great bludgeoning objects capable of [[Tap
▲{{quote| ''[[Professional Wrestling|GIVE HIM THE CHAIR!]]''}}
▲In fiction, chairs make for great bludgeoning objects capable of [[Tap On the Head|knocking people unconscious]] in one strike; enter the Chairman of the Brawl, that one guy who can be counted on grabbing the nearest sitting implement and smashing it across his unfortunate victim's head. If the chair is made of wood, it also immediately splinters into countless pieces to show how devastating the blow is.
If there is a [[Bar Brawl]] going on, this is to be expected.
A sub-category of [[Improvised Weapon]].
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== General ==
* Pretty much every single [[The Western|Western]] featuring a [[Bar Brawl]], ever, to the point of this being a [[Dead Horse Trope]].
* Episode 4 of the ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' fic, '''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/173566505-final-stand-of-death Final Stand of Death]''', has a [[Bar Brawl]], with stools being among the weapons of choice, mostly by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|Disciples of Apocalypse]].
** Episode 17, Spur uses a steel chair as a bat as Zum was launched towards her direction.
== Film ==
* ''[[Top Secret]]''. While in a underwater [[Western]] bar ([[Don't Ask
* One of the Lizzies in ''[[The Warriors (
* Used in ''[[The Mummy
* Improbable weapon master Jackie Chan is rather famous for his use of seating material
** Played with in ''Young Master'' Jackie Chan stages an epic bench to bench combat with his fellow disciple [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJW6UpCcyI\]
* In ''[[God of Cookery]]'', [[Stephen Chow]] brings out a wooden folding chair and uses it in the middle of a [[Cooking Duel]] to beat up his main rival. The [[Caustic Judge]] actually comments on his good form and even mentions the advantages of the folding chair as a weapon.
== Literature ==
* [[The Action
* Played upon frequently in ''[[Discworld]]'', where brawls in the <s>Broken</s> <s>Mended</s> <s>Broken</s> ''Mended'' Drum are an organized sport, complete with a point system and [[Attack Pattern Alpha|named plays]].
** Also mentioned as why people who have not read the Marquis of Fantailler's book about The Noble Art of Fisticuffs tend to win against people who have.<ref>"The last words of a surprisingly large number of people were 'Stuff the bloody Marquis of Fantailler--'"</ref>
* Mica, [[Dragaera|Tazendra]]'s lackey, wields a bar stool as his [[Weapon of Choice]].
* John becomes this (adding to it with a [[Hurricane of Puns]]) in one of the big fights of ''[[John Dies
* Harry Dresden uses a chair in the first book. He lampshades the "splintering wood" part as the chair is a very solid one, and the barman actually has to check that the guy is alive afterwords.
* Not at all comedic in [[Sienkiewicz Trilogy]], where a minor (but very large) character uses an 8 foot solid oak bench in a bar fight. It crosses into [[Telephone Polearm]] territory and largely contributes to the other side getting wiped out.
* [[Defied]] in ''[[Matador Series|The Man Who Never Missed]]''. The chairs in Khadaji's bar are bolted to the floor to avoid this trope. In fact, he uses the ability to overcome the bolts as a hiring test for his bouncers. [[Heavyworlder]] [[The Big Guy|Bork]] does it ''one-handed''.
* In the ''[[
* ''[[
* In the ''[[
* 1960s ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series episode "That Darn Catwoman". After Robin is placed under Catwoman's control, he breaks a chair over Batman's head while fighting him.▼
▲== Live Action Television ==
▲* In the ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Backwards", during the reverse bar-brawl, Cat hits someone with a chair...in reverse.
▲* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch "Scott of the Sahara". Lieutenant Scott faces off against a lion wielding a chair, who breaks it over Scott's back.
▲* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''City of Death'', policeman Duggan grabs a chair with the intent of fighting off some guards and escaping, but the Doctor stops him: "For heaven's sake, that's a Louis Quinze!"
▲* 1960s ''[[Batman (TV)|Batman]]'' series episode "That Darn Catwoman". After Robin is placed under Catwoman's control, he breaks a chair over Batman's head while fighting him.
▲== Professional Wrestling ==
* Smacking people with aluminum folding chairs (when the referee isn't looking, of course) is a staple of professional wrestling, though in general it's considered to be a cheap move and thus used [[Heel]] types.
** The WWE recently{{when}} banned headshots with chairs in reaction to the countless concussion injuries caused by them.
* Subverted by the late [[Eddie Guerrero]], who would bring chairs into the ring behind the ref's back, but instead of using it on his opponent, he smack the mat with it, toss it to his opponent, and pull a [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] when the ref turned back around.
* Here we should mention La Parka, luchador extraordinaire known, during his WCW tenure, as the Chairman of WCW. Simply put, he was associated with chairs in a way few wrestlers will ever be.
* [[Edge]] and [[Christian]] perfecting the double Chair head sandwich know as the Con-Chair-To.
== Video Games ==
* Lisianthus from ''[[
* In a [[Bar Brawl]] cutscene from ''[[
* In ''[[
==
* Such a fight happens in ''[[Girl Genius]]'', during the regularly scheduled bar brawl at the Jager tavern. To keep things friendly, there's a "No weapons" policy, but:
{{quote|
'''Higgs:''' ...what?
'''Zeetha:''' You just said: "No weapons."
'''Higgs:''' That wasn't a ''weapon'', that was a ''chair''. }}
** Which leads to:
{{quote|
'''Zeetha:''' ''Ha!'' That's not a weapon, that's a ''chair!''
[...]
'''Jagermonster:''' Aie!
'''Zeetha:''' ''Tankard!'' Not a weapon!
[...]
'''Jagermonster:''' ''Urg!''
'''Zeetha:''' ''That's'' not a weapon! That's a ''table!'' }}
* In Volume 5 of ''[[Mayonaka Densha]]'', Hatsune uses a chair to fend off Constance's [[Attempted Rape|would be rapist.]]
== Western Animation ==
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* "Give him the Chair!" is shouted by a spectator in a WWE parody in the first ''[[Shrek]]''. The Ogre gladly obliges.
* ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' has some chairs being thrown and smashed in the [[Bar Brawl]] scene.
* When [[The Simpsons]] took a vacation in Japan, Bart & Homer went to a sumo wrestling event; Homer ended up in the ring, Bart got the tag, and hit the sumo wrestler with a folding chair. The crowd booed them.
* In ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch| Deathbowl 98]]'' Emma (Baby Spice) attempted this on Zack with Mel B (Scary Spice) helping her out, only to be stopped by Zack's brothers, [[Hanson| Issac and Taylor]]. They made sure she pays the price for that.
▲== Video Games ==
▲* Lisianthus from ''[[Shuffle]]'' often has to do this to her father in order to make him stop whatever inappropriate action he is doing at the current time.
▲* In a [[Bar Brawl]] cutscene from ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]'', Yangus attempts to hurl a chair at a brawny troublemaker picking fights. [[Boisterous Bruiser|Someone's still sitting in it.]]
▲* In ''[[Persona 4 (Video Game)|Persona 4]]'', a folding chair is one of Kanji's more memorable weapons. Another is a school desk. It's also his weapon in ''[[Persona 4 Arena (Video Game)|Persona 4 Arena]]''.
== Real Life ==
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