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Disks, [[Chainsaw Good|saw blades]], [[Throwing Your Shield Always Works|shields]], manhole covers, and metal plates are effective weapons when [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|thrown]]. Manhole covers are a favorite among [[Superhero|supers]] in an urban setting, as the strength required to lift one and throw it like a frisbee would induce [[Fridge Logic]] if the thrower was a [[Muggle|non-super]]. However, normals can still improvise with CDs , plates, vinyls, or even [[Edible Ammunition|pizzas]], which will be [[Played for Laughs]].
 
This type of weapon is typically a [[Pinball Projectile]] or [[Precision -Guided Boomerang]].
 
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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{{quote| [[Team Four Star|On second thought. Catch it. Catch it with your teeth.]]}}
** In ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'', Syn Shenron throws a clock tower's clock at Goku. Goku catches it and throws it back... with enough force to slice a building in half.
* Eternal [[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]] does this with a [[Edible Ammunition|pizza]]. Though it's technically a [[Shout -Out]] to her first attack, Moon Frisbee/Moon Tiara Action.
* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', Doctor Hogback's zombie maid Cindry despised dinner plates and used them as her preferred weapon because she enjoyed breaking them.
* Series II of ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' has Eagle Ken armed with a discus in place of his eagle shaped boomerang.
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== Real Life ==
 
* The ancient weapon of the [[India|Subcontinent]], known as the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Chakram |Chakram]]. Perhaps most famously used by the [[Sikhism|Sikhs]], it even forms part of the symbol of their religion.
 
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