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{{quote|''"Is that a crowbar? [picks it up] Awesome! [[Sociopathic Hero|Now I can beat the snot out of people!]]''|''[[FreemansFreeman's Mind]]''}}

A type of [[Improvised Weapon]].

Interestingly enough, they are rarely seen used for their original purpose. Give a videogame character a crowbar and point him to a [[Crate Expectations|wooden crate]], and his first impulse will be to [[Die, Chair, Die!|smash it to pieces]] rather than [[We Have the Keys|pry it open]].

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

* ''[[Durarara (Light Novel)|Durarara!!]]'''s {{spoiler|Kida Masaomi}} uses this to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|take on]] the entire {{spoiler|Yellow Scarves}}.

* ''[[Twenty Eight28 Days Later (Film)|Twenty Eight Days Later]]'''s Jim uses a crowbar in one scene near the end, where he bashes a soldier's head in.

* Michael in the remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 (Filmfilm)|Dawn of the Dead 2004]]'' as they enter the mall.

* Surprisingly averted in ''[[Transformers Dark of the Moon (Film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' which had a bit Decepticon named Crowbar who used... guns and explosives. The same sub-faction also had another member named Hatchet who also used guns.

* One of the intro victims in ''[[Cornered (Film)|Cornered]]'' is beaten to death with what looks like a crowbar.

* A character gets stabbed in the eye with a crowbar in ''[[Carver (Film)|Carver]]''.

* The cast of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', though mostly Xander.

* The ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'' episode "Hopeless" begins with the three [UnSubs murdering two couples with crowbars.

* Probably [[Trope Codifier|the most famous example]] is in ''[[Half-Life (Video Gameseries)|Half-Life]]'': [[Player Character|Gordon Freeman]]'s [[Weapon of Choice|signature weapon]] is a crowbar. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|commented on]] by the G-Man in Episode 2.

** ''[[BioBioShock Shock(series)]]'' is a [[Wrench Whack]] game, but with a [[Shout -Out]] to ''Half-Life'':

{{quote| "Now, would you kindly find a crowbar or something?"}}

* ''[[The Punisher (Video2005 Gamevideo game)|The Punisher]]''

* ''[[Siren (Videovideo Gamegame)|Siren]]'' and ''[[Siren (Videovideo Gamegame)|Siren]] 2''

* ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]''

* One of the usable melee weapons in ''[[Left 4 Dead (Video Game)|Left 4 Dead]] 2''.

* In ''[[SpacestationSpace Station 13]]'', a good clout upside the head with a crowbar will knock someone out for longer than you'd expect.

* ''[[Odium]]''. About as much power as a [[Batter Up]], and weaker than an [[An Axe to Grind|axe]].

* Subverted in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'': as a [[Shout -Out]], you can find one in Area 69, on a desk. You can't pick it up, though, but some mods replace the dildo with it.

* In ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'', one would probably expect the recurring ultimate [[Bonus Boss]], Tyrant Overlord Baal, to [[Equippable Ally|magichange into a sword]], considering how almost all of his attacks involve summoning [[BFS|really huge ones]] to impale his foes. Instead, he magichanges into an ordinary-looking crowbar. A crowbar so powerful, that it can potentially max out the wielder's stats.

** This might be a [[Shout -Out]]

* The original melee weapon for most of the classes in ''[[Team Fortress Classic (Video Game)|Team Fortress Classic]]'' was a crowbar.

* A crowbar is found in the first areas of both ''[[Sonny]]'' games. The weapon is a [[Shout -Out]] to ''[[Half Life]]'', which is more blatant in the second game (the weapon has the description "the weapon of '''free men'''").

* Subverted in ''[[Amnesia: theThe Dark Descent]]''. You do find a crowbar at a point, but its only use is to open a busted door.

* The [[They Call Him "Sword"|aptly-named]] Felt member {{color|#00FF00|CCrowbar}} from ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' uses a crowbar which, in addition to being a handy weapon, has the ability to destroy [[Time Master|temporal artifacts]] and [[Anti -Magic|negate their effects.]]

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160313231527/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=5145 Insane Cafe 3: The Curse of the Haunted Hotel]''. [[The Land Before Time|Strut]] using a crowbar then a shovel to subdue a super powered Human who had tried to pick a fight with the entire hotel.

* ''[[DarwinsDarwin's Soldiers (Roleplay)|Darwins Soldiers]]'', the second RP. Dr. Rawlson/{{spoiler|Dr. Jeston}} tries to kill Dr. Zanasiu with a crowbar.

* Tom spends a large portion of ''[[Ruby Quest (Roleplay)|Ruby Quest]]'' carrying around a crowbar to smash things with.

* In the ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch "[[Iron Man]] [[George W. Bush|Cheney]]" the terrorists order the vice-president to build them weapons. He says he already has one and knocks one out with a crowbar, calling it the "Cheney Special." The terrorists say they'll take a thousand.

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