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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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* The [[Predator|Predators]], starting with the one from ''Predator 2'' onward, have been shown to use a disc which can slice clean through multiple targets and return to the wielder. In the ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]'' films, the disc was changed to a shuriken, though the games typically stick with the ''Predator 2'' incarnation.
* 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
* In ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', while he didn't really mean to use it as a weapon, Judge Doom threw a vinyl record at one of the Weasels when he found out Roger Rabbit was hiding in the bar.
* The possessed miners in [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[Ghosts of Mars]]'' use sharp metal discs as one of their weapons of choice. When properly thrown, a disc can easily decapitate a man (or {{spoiler|woman}}).
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