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A close relative to [[Killer Yoyo]] and [[Rings of Death]]. See also [[Improvised Weapon]], and [[Improbable Use of a Weapon]]. [[I Thought It Meant|Has nothing to do with]] [[Discworld|the Discworld]], though it's [[Crapsack World|usually pretty deadly]] (especially in Fourecks).
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* If we count energy disks, Krillin's Kienzan or Destructo Disk from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' which acts like a sawblade that cuts through anything.
** Frieza probably gave us the deadliest variant in fiction...not only does it cut through anything, but it CHASES AFTER YOU.
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* Series II of ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' has Eagle Ken armed with a discus in place of his eagle shaped boomerang.
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* Trash can lids has been used, by [[Captain America (comics)|Steve Rogers]] IIRC (he was out of costume and had to improvise).
** [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]]'s one-time sidekick Nomad used weighted throwing disks as weapons.
* The [[Marvel]] superhero Ricochet, who has the superability to throw discs and have them hit whatever he wants.
* There is a minor villain in the [[Marvel Universe]] called Discus. Guess what he hurls as weapons?
* {{spoiler|Ozymandias}} uses his plate as one during the climactic fight of ''[[Watchmen]]''.
* One of the [[New Universe]] characters had telekenetic control over one object and one object only... a hubcap.
* Issue 174 of the [[DC Universe]]'s ''[[Blackhawk]]'' had a villain who [https://web.archive.org/web/20130919181235/http://superdickery.com/images/stories/stupor/1244_4_174.jpg fired spinning saw blades] from a flying [[Monowheel Mayhem]] device.
* Used twice in ''[[Toy Story
* [[Action Mom|Elasti-Girl]] in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' uses a manhole cover to take out the robot's laser. She doesn't have the super-strength to fling it normally (as evidenced by her effort to lift it), so she stretches her arm around a street lamp and sling-shots it at the robot.
* ''[[Tron]]''; in fact, one of the [[Atari 2600]]/[[Intellivision]] games based on the original movie was actually called ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20141006172719/http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/games/credits/action2.html#discs Tron: Deadly Discs]''. ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' switched to [[Rings of Death]].▼
▲* ''[[Tron]]''; in fact, one of the [[Atari 2600]]/[[Intellivision]] games based on the original movie was actually called ''[http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/games/credits/action2.html#discs Tron: Deadly Discs]''. ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' switched to [[Rings of Death]].
* In ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]'', Matrix kills two goons by throwing circular saw blades at them.
* ''[[Darkman
* Records are used in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', to no real effect.
* CDs in ''[[Three Ninjas]]'', though mainly as a distraction.
* ''[[Superman II]]'': the supervillainess Ursa throws a manhole cover at Superman and knocks him into a car.
* Marty does it in ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]] Part II'' (in Biff's office) and ''III''. In the former, it's an ashtray with star-like blades sticking out. In the latter, it's an instance of creating a [[Stable Time Loop]] again, as the insinuation is that it's the original Frisby pie plate that inspired the phenomenon that led to the Frisbee.
* In ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]'', Dr. Loveless has a machine that fires high speed homing saw blades.
* The Batmobile in ''[[Batman Returns]]'' fires high-speed discus-style discs that Batman uses in the opening fight to unseat Skull Riders.
* [[Jet Li]]'s [[Super Soldier]] character in ''[[Black Mask]]'' somehow manages to critically wound his former commanding officer by throwing a CD at his neck. Said CD manages to cut into the neck and is halfway in.
* The [[Predator
* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', Scott chucks a cymbal from a drum set right at Matthew Patel's head.
* ''[[Hancock]]'': how Hancock disposes of Red and gains control of Red's [[Dead-Man Switch|detonator]] to bombs on hostages after Red calls Hancock an [[Berserk Button|asshole]]. Hancock made it by [[Improvised Weapon|flattening a metal pole lamp shade and pinching the edge to make it sharp]].
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* The fundamental subject of 1990's movie ''[[I Come in Peace]]'', where an alien with a flying killing disc gets on Earth and [[Dolph Lundgren]] gets to handle it.
▲== Literature ==
* In ''[[Discworld]]'', this is one deadly form dwarf bread takes. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* Sharpened plates are used as weapons in ''Wolves Of The Calla'', the fifth book in ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series.
* Engineer Sam Kelly in ''Born to Run'', part of the ''The SERRAted Edge'' series by [[Mercedes Lackey]], uses blunted sawblades to great effect, throwing them like a discus. It works in part because he's battling elves highly vulnerable to [[Cold Iron]].
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* ''[[Smallville]]'' season 9 episode "Savior". A Kandorian woman from the future uses blue kryptonite to negate hers and Clark's powers and attacks him. During the fight she throws a circular saw blade at him at high speed.
* In ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', one of Xena's signature weapons is a razor-edged hoop called a chakram.
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* Krishna has the ultimate badass version of this in [[Hindu Mythology]]. Even other gods are afraid of it.▼
▲* Krishna has the ultimate badass version of this. Even other gods are afraid of it.
* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has a first-level spell named 'Flamespin', creating a pinwheel ''[[Incendiary Exponent|of flame]]''. Unattended, it only hangs where spawned and burns (
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' has disc saws weaponized by various insurgents (mining equipment) and Ork walkers (purpose made).
▲== Tabletop Games ==
** Narthecium is a field medic tool which includes a buzzsaw or chainsaw (there are variants), more for emergency removal of armor than for amputations - standard issue for Space Marines, though a lesser version appears in well-supplied Guard regiments.
** Spinoffs follow and expand it, [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|perhaps predictably]].
▲* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has a first-level spell named 'Flamespin', creating a pinwheel ''[[Incendiary Exponent|of flame]]''. Unattended, it only hangs where spawned and burns (good to block a window or hatch), but the caster is free to pick it up and beat someone with it, throw it down a corridor, and so on.
*** ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' has stats for Hunting Quoit (chakram) among the weapons of more primitive worlds.
*** ''[[Rogue Trader]]'', with its unspoken obligation to outdo the other lines, introduced "Crimson Crown" - a thrown buzzsaw floating on a miniature suspensor (like in those servoskulls), and Power Discus - much the same, but as high-tech version it's lighter and instead of teeth uses circular power blade (i.e. augmented with disruptor field).
▲== Toys ==
*** ''[[Deathwatch]]'' and ''[[Only War]]'' have rules for using Narthecium (see above) as an [[Improvised Weapon]].
== [[Toys]] ==
* ''[[LEGO]]'': the Throwbots / [[Slizers]] series featured robots that throw disks.
** ''[[Bionicle]]'', the successor of the before mentioned series and Roboriders, reuses the disk as weapons for Matoran. Later, Kanoka Disks were added, fired using a launcher.
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* The aforementioned [[Atari 2600]]/[[Intellivision]] game ''Tron: Deadly Discs'', plus its arcade counterpart ''[http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7594 Discs Of Tron]''.
** The
** ''[[Tron 2.0]]''
** ''[[Tron Evolution]]'' and the [[Wii]]-exclusive ''[http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/TRON:_Evolution_-_Battle_Grids Tron Evolution: Battle Grids]''.
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* ''[[Dead Space (series)|Dead Space]]'' brings you The Ripper, good for when you want to cut a 2x4 from across the room.
* ''[[Lost Planet]]'' has the Disc Grenade, which has the added bonus of being a [[Sticky Bomb]].
** In ''[[Lost Planet]] 2'', you also have the Shuriken, which does what the average
* ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]'': Features the Disc Launcher, which will catch a human on it, fly them into various solid objects to lower the health of the human, and rise into the sky towards the end of its run, exploding and dropping them from
* Metal Man's weapon in ''[[Mega Man 2]]''. Resurfaces in ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]] 3'' as one of MetalMan.EXE's signature weapons.
* Rinoa of ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' has a few weapons that function as this, namely Rising Sun and Shooting Star.
* The Engineer from ''[[Ghouls vs. Humans]]'' has the Blade Launcher, which shoots discs that rip through enemies and land on the ground, harming anyone who passes over them. They can also be simply dropped down to make a trap.
* Several weapons throughout the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series involve launching circular saw blades at enemies. Many of which ''track''. Or [[Recursive Ammo|split into more blades upon contact]].
* The Disc Gun from ''[[Super Crate Box]]''. It's also a [[Pinball Projectile]]. {{spoiler|Be careful with it.}}
* There are a
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' allows the dwarves to forge large serrated discs, a type of weapon that can only be used in weapon traps. Up to ten discs at a time can be placed in a single trap, and due to the way weapon damage is calculated, they are one of the
* The ''[[Castlevania Sorrow]]'' games have the Disc Armour, which uses a disc on a tether to attack you with. You can get this ability by obtaining the foe's soul. ''[[Symphony of the Night]]'' also features a variant as a [[Unique Enemy]].
* The ''[[Turok (series)|Turok]]'' series has the Razor Wind weapon ([[Razor Wind|nothing to do with the trope of the same name]]).
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* Rinoa's shield/boomerang/buzzsaw Silenced Tear in ''[[Dead Fantasy]] II''.
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* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'' Gil's "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040213 more realistic fencing clank]" has a [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040216 sawblade] as one of its weapons. Which makes its blunt rapier sort of hilarious.
** Also, "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050408 Smilin' Stev]".
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* Just a quick one of how [[Karate Bears]] [http://www.karatebears.com/2011/07/sawstar.html use saw blades]
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* Depthcharge of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' fires energy disks with the [[Fan Nickname]] of "Energy Pizzas".
* ''[[Birdman]]'' episode "Train Trek". The villain fires the "Guided Disc" (a giant spinning circular saw blade) at Birdman.
* The ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' did this ''constantly'' in the 1987 cartoon with manhole covers. Considering manhole covers generally weight about 150 pounds (likely much more on high-traffic New York streets) and the turtles were generally speed fighters, one would think that they would favor an easier to utilize weapon to throw...
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* The ancient weapon of the [[India
* The Greeks had discus throwing as a classic warrior sport. Coincidentally, they used chariots, too.
▲* The ancient weapon of the [[India|Subcontinent]], known as the [[wikipedia:Chakram|Chakram]]. Perhaps most famously used by the [[Sikhism|Sikhs]], it even forms part of the symbol of their religion.
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