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{{quote|''YOU WANT ME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN''
|''' Thor Odinson, God of Thunder''', ''[[The Avengers]]''}}
{{quote|Look upon this hammer I hold before me, for it is far more than a weapon. It is a symbol of the Imperial justice that smites the diabolic enemies of the [[The Empire|Imperium]] wherever they are found, just as I. Though it has banished even a mighty [[Our Demons Are Different|Greater Daemon]] to the hell from which it was spawned, [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|it remains true and pure, just as I]]. Furthermore, it is a symbol of my order and my office, of the authority granted to me by the divine will of the [[God-Emperor|Emperor]]. By that authority, I am commanding you and your entire regiment to obey me without question or hesitation. Advance, [[You Have Failed Me...|or it will not be daemonic blood that stains my hammer this day]].|'''Inquisitor Lord Hephaestos Grudd, addressing Colonel Molian of the 223rd Gudrunrite Rifles''', ''[[Warhammer
Hammers used in battle. They come in different sizes, from [[Joke Weapon|squeaky mallets]] to giant sledgehammers. The lighter ones [[Rule of Funny|inspire laughs]], while the bigger ones inspire terror. Some are [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|thrown]], but most are used to pound things into a bloody smear in the ground. It sometimes comes with [[Shock and Awe]] due to a certain [[Norse Mythology|thunder god]].
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{{examples}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'''s Goldion Hammer is one of the biggest hammers ever in media. Its entire gimmick is turning things it strikes into photons, and it's so powerful that GaoGaiGar suffers severe damage from the backlash of its use, and needs another mech to act as a giant oven mitt to use it safely (said mech, Goldymarg in his Marg Hand form, can be seen in the above picture replacing GaoGaiGar's right hand).
** In the [[Expanded Universe]], King J-Der is able to use the same hammer in the form of the "Silverion Hammer." King J-Der being a transformed battleship, the hammer, a bit taller than GaoGaiGar, is proportionally the size of a mallet.
** ''[[GaoGaiGar]] FINAL'' features the Goldion Crusher, a hammer with a handle made out of three giant spaceships, and a head roughly ''twenty times'' the size of the handle, making it ''several orders of magnitude bigger'' than the Goldion Hammer. [[GaoGaiGar]] actually hangs off the end of its handle. In a show notorious for its revival of over-the-top shouting and [[Calling Your Attacks]], just imagine how the main characters handled it. Especially when they use it to smash {{spoiler|the Sun, for Pete's sake.}}
*** To put that in a normal human's perspective, imagine you, as a person, using the Mir space station as a giant hammer (with the head itself roughly the size of an ''ocean liner''). Yeah, kinda like that.
* The Gigantform of Vita's Graf Eisen in ''[[
** Graf Eisen's Destructionform is basically the insane lovechild of the aforementioned Goldion Hammer and [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|the Giga Drill]].
** Cranked up ''even more'' in ''Force'', where Vita gains a new weapon called Warhammer. It's huge and looks like it has a fusion reactor in the middle.
* Skuld of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' with the extendable polo-style mallet she uses for debugging. Which mostly involves chasing around furry hybrid rabbit-insect creatures and pounding them in the head.
* Usopp of ''[[One Piece]]'' fame has three of these: a normal one used for carpentry (though it's a surprisingly good weapon; he managed to beat one of Arlong's [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] half to death with it), the "Usopp Pound", a massive-looking hammer that supposedly weighs five tons {{spoiler|but is really two frying pans bound in plastic on a stick that weights 2 kg}}, and the "Golden Pound", an even bigger hammer, supposedly weighing ten tons, that {{spoiler|is really a balloon which pops upon impact}}.
* Zudomon of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' had a massive hammer made of Chrome Digizoid (the [[Digimon]] universe's answer to [[X-Men|Adamantium]] or [[Captain America (comics)|Vibranium]]) that could kick up energy attacks or be used for good ol' bashing. (It could even be thrown to strike an opponent, and ''return like a boomerang.'')
** In [[Norse Mythology]], Thor's hammer Mjollnir shared the same properties - it grew or shrank as needed, could be thrown like a boomerang (and hit with the force of thunder when it did). The only thing Mjollnir lacked was the ability to throw a energy bolt.
*** Considering that Mjollnir is supposed to ''be'' lightning when thrown, the energy bolt isn't so much missing as used differently...
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** And then there's Grumblemon of the fourth season: he can usually be found [[Dual-Wielding]] giant sledgehammers to knock around multiple, far-larger heroes in a way that'd make Puppetmon jealous.
* Lavi of ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' has a hammer, maybe six inches long, as his weapon. When he activates it, it grows very, ''very'' large, usually with the head reaching human-sized. We haven't seen any specific limit, but he's made it so large that he once demolished a building with a mis-swing. In another instance, he makes the hammerhead as large as a house. He's explicitly mentioned once [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|in response to a reader's question]] that, since it's his [[Empathic Weapon]], he doesn't notice the weight.
* In [[Ranma ½]], the [[Hyperspace Mallet]] shows up often enough and in a pretty impressive
* Saki in ''[[Shikabane Hime]]'' uses a huge, fancy-looking hammer as her [[Weapon of Choice]].
* The appropriately-named Marie Mjolner from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' is a hammer when in weapon form.
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* Sana and her mother in ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'' regularly use the squeaky toy version.
* In ''[[Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z]]'', Buttercup wields an oversized Daruma Otoshi hammer with casual ease. As a testament to her strength when transformed and how heavy the weapon actually is, her teammates (working together) can barely lift the thing.
* Shin from ''[[Dorohedoro]]'' uses an average hammer as his main weapon. It is incredibly surprising however the amount of damage that he can do with it.
* Vento of the Front from ''[[
* In ''[[The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer]]'', Sir Noi Crezant, the Lizard Knight, has been sent to gain the aid of the great warrior Amamiya Yuuhi in hopes of finding the Princess Samidare and protecting the planet from the incredible 'Biscuit Hammer' poised to crack the Earth in two.
** {{spoiler|Then they try to destroy said hammer with the Blues Drive Monster, which... also has a hammer.}}
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* [[Scott Pilgrim|Ramona Flowers']] purse contains a girl-smiting hammer, [[Hyperspace Arsenal|among other things.]]
* [[The Awesome Slapstick|Slapstick's]] primary weapon is his oversized cartoon mallet.
* The main character of the
* [[Harley Quinn]]'s [[Weapon of Choice]] is either a carnival-style mallet or [[Batter Up| a baseball bat.]]
== Fan Works ==
* A [[Running Gag]] in the ''[[
▲* A [[Running Gag]] in the [[Super Robot]] [[Reconstruction]] fic ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|NGE:]] [[Nobody Dies]]'' has [[Eldritch Abomination|R]][[Genki Girl|e]][[Crazy Awesome|i]] using a rubber mallet in a really unexpected way...
{{quote|'''Gendo:''' A squeaky mallet.
'''Maya:''' I have ''no'' idea how she destroyed Sub Commander Fuyutsuki's car with it.
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'''Gendo:''' From a 45 degree angle, apparently. ''(Yui facepalms)'' }}
** It's also Mana's weapon of choice in Jet Alone Prime.
* The ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[Forward]]'' has, for the purpose of [[Actor Allusion]], given [[
* In the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfic ''[
* Because her parahuman power works only with blunt objects, Taylor Hebert equips herself with a maul and takes "Maul" as her cape name in the ''[[Worm]]'' [[Alternate Universe Fic]] ''[[Mauling Snarks]]''.
== Film ==
* In ''[[Blade]] 2'', a member of the Blood Pack named Lighthammer wields a large maul with retractable spikes.
* Jodie Foster has to use a sledgehammer against a thief in ''[[Panic Room]]'', who then falls straight down a flight of stairs and [[Made of Iron|instantly recovers as though nothing happened at all]]. Presumably after {{spoiler|one of his cohorts pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] and shoots him in the back of the head}}, [[Sarcasm Mode|said thief spent a painful afternoon in physical therapy and made a full recovery.]]
* [[Thor (film)|Thor]] again. And my [[Just for Pun|god]] does he use it well.
** In ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', Captain America makes the mistake of ordering Thor to "drop the hammer." Iron Man warns him that this was a bad idea... but not soon enough to prevent several hundred feet of the surrounding forest from being flattened.
* Kevin from ''[[Sin City]]'' uses a sledgehammer to lay [[The Big Guy]] and [[Badass]] Marv out cold.
* Ilsa from ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]'' carries a sledgehammer and later uses a smaller hammer to shatter some glass.
* Morrell in ''A Room For Romeo Brass'' wields a claw hammer.
* In ''[[Oldboy]]'', Oh Dae-su fights an entire corridor filled with mooks using only a claw hammer. He later uses it for some improvised dentistry.
* Subverted in one scene in the remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'': Michael discards his ([[Too Dumb to Live|almost certainly more useful]]) crowbar in exchange for a croquet mallet, and then promptly gets jumped by a zombie. As expected, the mallet promptly breaks across the zombie's head without fazing it; he ends up killing it by driving the broken-off mallet-handle under its chin and through its brain.
* ''[[Braveheart]]'': William Wallace uses a war hammer to great effect during the battle of Stirling before switching to his [[BFS|massive honkin' claymore]].
* ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''. Thorgrimm (one of Thulsa Doom's [[The Dragon|associate bad guys]]) wields
* In ''[[Zombieland]]'', the somewhat-cowardly lead character winds up grabbing a sledgehammer from a Test Your Strength carnival game and using it on his greatest fear (a clown zombie).
* In ''[[Streets of Fire]]'', hero [[Badass Longcoat|Tom Cody]] and villain Raven fight a duel, each armed with 12-pound sledgehammers.
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** In ''A Dance with Dragoms'' [[Big Guy]] Archibald Yronwood wields a great warhammer.
* "Grond", Morgoth's "Hammer of the Underworld" in [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' is a mace in some adaptations, a hammer in others. Not to be confused with the giant wolf-shaped battering ram named after it that features in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Return of the King]]'', despite equal massive smashiness.
* [[Forgotten Realms|Drizzt Do'Urden's]] friend Wulfgar wields a huge magical warhammer called Aegis-fang in battle; aside from him being strong enough and the hammer being powerful enough to stagger a giant when he throws it, it returns to his hands after it's thrown.
* Perrin Aybara in Robert Jordan's ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' often finds himself choosing between a blacksmith's hammer and a battleaxe, each representing the sides of personality able to create and destroy. In ''Towers of Midnight'', he trades in his blacksmith's hammer for {{spoiler|''Mah'alleinir'', a massive warhammer that is is also the first weapon forged with the One Power in three thousand years}}.
* [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''Creatures of Light and Darkness'' features a weapon called the Hammer That Smashes Suns. Of course, it might look more like a giant crossbow. That fires ''comets''.
* ''[[The Shining]]'''s Jack Torrance is well known for being [[Ax Crazy]] [[An Axe to Grind|with an actual axe]], but his weapon when he finally goes nutso in the original [[Stephen King]] novel is a croquet mallet.
* In the ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'' [[Verse]] by Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont, the [[Physical God|Ascendant]] Caladan Brood wields a great hammer so [[Badass]] that it has the power to awaken the sleeping earth goddess Burn (whose body is apparently the earth itself). No one wants Brood to
* The preferred weapon of Baron Edmund Talbot, aka {{spoiler|Charles the Hammer, former ruler of Anarchia}}, in [[John Ringo]]'s ''[[Council Wars]]'' series.
* [[The Determinator|Roran]]'s weapon of choice in the ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]''. He kills 193 people with it in one go, and ends the day [[Atop a Mountain of Corpses|standing on a house-sized pile of bodies]]. This earns him the name Roran [[Meaningful Name|Stronghammer]]. The hammer isn't even that special.
* A picture book called ''Little Rabbit Foo Foo'' depicted the rabbit as using a motorcycle and a net to scoop up the various other forest dwellers, and then a hammer to "bop them on the head".
* A long handled hammer is the weapon of choice for most of the characters in [[The Runelords]] books. The description of the weapons, however is somewhere between a medieval poleaxe and a military pick.
* ''[[1632]]'' has some
* Khynan Rhys Gower, of ''[[Time Scout]]'', prefers a war maul for a close quarters weapon. He'll substitute a croquet mallet if he has to.
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** ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' has the Hammer Switch, which makes a rather small hammer on his left hand. Still effective, however.
* A standard way of interrupting sketches on ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' was smashing characters with a giant hammer.
* [[The Umbilical Brothers]] have an act that involves a few hammers hitting a koala puppet (the show this appeared on used the trio of puppets as pseudo-mascots and the koala (as he mentions during the act) was always on the receiving end of some rather brutal actions by the other two who were known - aptly - as the Threatening Bears): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Azwjs 931
* As Sheriff Sam Cade in one of the episodes of his 1971-1972 modern western TV series, ''Cade's County'', Glen Ford had to do battle with a recalcitrant miner in front of a hostile group in a miners' bar with both of them using the supposed miner's weapon of choice, a pick hammer.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', season five. The magical troll hammer that even Spike has trouble lifting. Buffy can swing it like a ten pound maul. {{spoiler|And does so, repeatedly, on Glory in the finale}}. Also, at the start of season 2, {{spoiler|vampires have exhumed The Master's skeleton as part of a ritual that involves messing with Buffy's mind}}, a sledgehammer that was wielded by one of the vampires she slew presents a perfect opportunity for her to work out her remaining issues while making him [[Deader Than Dead]].
** {{spoiler|Not quite! In the comic it's shown that he's actually been alive again for quite a while.}}
* A brightly-colored hammer is the weapon of [[El Chapulin Colorado]].
* ''[[Dexter]]'''s fourth season features the Trinity Killer, who finishes out a cycle of ritual murders by bludgeoning a father to death with [[Gorn|the claw end of a framing hammer]].
* ''[[Top Gear]]'': While he has never used it in battle, per se, Jeremy Clarkson's tool of choice during a challenge is, has been, and always will be a hammer.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** In 3ed, warhammers, along with maces, are still considered the default weapon of any generic good aligned cleric who doesn't follow an established god.
** In addition, there are certain types of enemies that take greatly reduced damage when not struck by a particular type of weapon. One of these (usually possessed by skeletons) is bludgeoning damage, so prepared adventurers will bring a mace or hammer along just in case.
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* There's a reason it's called ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', you know. The titular weapon is named ''Ghal Maraz'' (Dwarf for "skull-splitter") and was wielded by Sigmar Heldenhammer, the Empire's founder-turned-god with a hammer for a holy symbol. Stat-wise it's one of the nastiest weapons in the game. The Dwarfs additionally favor hammers as much as they do axes.
** Incidentally, Heldenhammer is German for "Hero-hammer," which was ''Warhammer'''s nickname during the character-centric 4th and 5th Editions.
* ''[[Warhammer
** The Salamanders chapter of Space Marines are known to prefer Thunder Hammers along with flamers and melta weapons, it helps to reinforce forging and smithing motifs.
** [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orks]] being [[Crazy Awesome|Orks]], their Tankbustas' "tankhammers" are nothing more than rockets on long sticks they bludgeon enemy armor with. Given their [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|ranged accuracy]], this is a more reliable way for them to get tank kills.
** In the ''[[Horus Heresy]]'' novels, Eidolon of the Emperor's children wields a big-ass hammer.
** Naturally, the ''[[Dawn of War]]'' [[Real Time Strategy|RTSes]] include thunder hammers; the main character gets a Daemonhammer in the first game, and in the sequel thunder hammers are the best melee weapons in the game.
* ''[[Exalted]]'', naturally, not only has hammers, but ''[[BFS|big fucking hammers]]'' made of one of the five magical materials. These are called Goremauls. The Abyssal signature character Falling Tears Poet is often seen carrying one that could probably fell an elephant in one blow.
** The ''[[BFS|Grand]]'' Goremaul is even bigger than the average Goremaul and could be used to smash out the front door and back door of your house in one blow.
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== Video Games ==
* Innumerable games make reference to Thor's trademark hammer, Mjolnir.
* In ''[[Dark Souls]]''
* In the ''[[Total War]]'' series, Venetian Heavy Infantry wear plate armor, use warhammers, and carry shields. Just to be realistic, they have quite a bonus against highly-armored enemies.
* The ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series gives us the Hammer Brothers, and Mario himself sometimes uses the hammer as a callback to his ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' days. The Hammer become Mario's [[Weapon of Choice]] in the [[Super Mario RPG|various]] ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' [[Mario & Luigi|RPGs]].▼
* [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]:
▲*
** The Hammer Brothers are recurring enemies and high-ranking Koopa Troop members that made their debut in [[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|''Super Mario Bros.'']], where they fling hammers at Mario, and very often appear in pairs.
*** In
** In ''Wrecking Crew'', Mario's (and Luigi's) ordinary hammer was good against walls but not enemies, but the secret Golden Hammer could stun enemies and demolish any wall in a single hit.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' franchise:
▲** In the original ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]'' game, [[Big Bad|Bowser]] (and to a much lesser extent, his last two fakes) for some reason had the ability to throw hammers at Mario/Luigi as well as [[Breath Weapon|breathing fire.]]
** Shao Kahn
** Although Raiden usually used a staff for a weapon, in MK4 he used a hammer, then left it on top of a tower the size of the Empire State Building, where anyone who wants to can use it.
** Noob Saibot uses a [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Troll]] Hammer in ''Armageddon''.
* ''[[Silent Hill 1]]'' features a huge emergency hammer that's the best melee weapon. It resembles a medieval war hammer, and Harry sensibly uses the huge, pointy spiked peen [[For Massive Damage]] instead of the flat side.
* Amy Rose of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has
▲* The Pow Hammer moves from the ''[[Tales (series)]]''.
** And variants, like [[Game Breaker|Toss Hammer]], which poisons instead of stuns, the Pow Pow Hammer, which drops a ''giant'' hammer from the sky that stuns every enemy in a pretty big radius (or is a bunch of Pow Hammers in [[Tales of Symphonia|Colette]]'s case), and Hammer Rain, which does [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. There's also Anise's Miracle Hammer from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''.
** And a couple of [[Tales of Symphonia|Presea's]] weapons (the ones that aren't axes).
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* Multiple hammers are lumped into the axe weapon class in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series.
** [[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]] lets the Eryngya and Gargoyle monsters magichange into hammers, and these hammers will be ''very'' large if a giant monster transforms into one.
* ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'' gave the frail-looking little dancer girl the big-ass hammer, and she did fall over after swinging it in one of her attack animations.
* A hammer is a recurring weapon in the [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|''Zelda'' games]]:
** The Magic Hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
** The Megaton Hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** The Skull Hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The
** A
** There's also the hammer in ''[[Zelda II: The
* In the roguelike game ''[[Angband]]'', [[Church Militant|priests]]
* ''[[Hammerin' Harry]]'' featured a construction worker with a hammer bigger than his head, but there was a power up that made it even bigger than his body.
* ''[[
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series:
* The ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' series have Mario's black hammer from ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', and ''Brawl'' added a Golden Hammer from ''[[Wrecking Crew]]'', another Mario game. A character's size has absolutely no effect on whether they can wield the hammers, meaning a Super/Poison Mushroom can result in the user wielding a comically under/oversized hammer.▼
** The ''[[Ice Climbers]]'' both wield mallets to break ice
** Mr. Game and Watch uses them for his downward smash attack and Judgement special. In the case of the former, it actually knocks foes farther if the hammer hits ''near'' them as opposed to hitting them directly, though a direct hit launches foes at a low angle that can be difficult to recover from.
▲**
* King Dedede uses a hammer as his weapon in the ''[[Kirby]]'' games. And Kirby can also get a hammer [[Power-Up]] by inhaling some opponents. They both use them in ''[[Super Smash Bros]]''.▼
** Hammer Bros. appear as Assist Trophies from ''Brawl'' on.
▲* King Dedede uses a hammer as his weapon in the ''[[Kirby]]'' games. And Kirby can also get a hammer [[Power-Up]] by inhaling some opponents. They both use them in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''.
** One of Kirby's abilities as Yo-yo is called Hammer Drop, although it doesn't have anything to do with a hammer, besides looking like a single-hit [[Metronomic Man-Mashing]].
** Interestingly, [[Metal Gear Solid|the Colonel]] notes that despite looking like a big wooden mallet, Dedede's hammer is an incredibly advanced and powerful weapon that Dedede is very good at using.
** Dedede gets another hammer [[Crazy Awesome|with an attached flamethrower, missile launcher, and rocket engine]] during ''Super Star Ultra''.
** In ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]],'' one of Kirby's Super Abilities lets him wield the '''[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111014192321/kirby/en/images/0/09/Hammer_Kirby.png Gigaton Hammer]''', a gold-colored hammer that is [[Up to Eleven|much bigger than Kirby himself]].
* The paladins [[Dual Wield]] a war hammer and a lance in ''[[Warcraft]] II''. They switch to just humongous sledgehammers in ''[[Warcraft]] III''. In the latter case, their [[The Big Guy|twenty-inch biceps]] are justified, seeing as how the hammers' heads are the size of small ovens.
** How can we forget the Griffin Riders from ''[[Warcraft]]'' II and III who have an infinite supply of giant hammers to throw at the enemy. For bonus points their quotes reveal that the "warhammers" cost "40k".
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** Don't forget that ''Rogues'' can use maces, albeit one-handed maces. But then again, the icon for the technique Sap is a blunt weapon, so they're probably used to incapacitate enemies.
** And in regards to the ''[[Warcraft]] III'' reference above: There are plenty of paladins (and shamans, and druids, and even some warriors and death knights) who ''still'' use maces. Before some of the later ''Burning Crusade'' raids went live, [http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28800 this] was considered one of the best weapons in the game for retribution paladins. (Do a Google Images search for "Vindicator Maraad.")
** [[Kill It with Fire|BY FIRE BE PURGED!]] All this talk of Hammers in World Of Warcraft and no mention of Ragnaros, the Firelord's Sulfuras!? Well, I guess it's [[Blatant Lies|not]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513055018/http://www.criticalgamers.com/archives/pictures/RagnarosSmash.jpg Big enough.]
** The Paladin class has a lot of "Hammer of" attacks, a lot of which have graphics of hammers.
** The quest [http://www.wowpedia.org/Quest:Thieving_Little_Pluckers "Thieving Little Pluckers"] has you dealing with pygmy thieves in a certain way.
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* A Magic Hammer shows up in the [[Power Stone]] fighting games; it greatly resembles a squeaky mallet, though?
* Just like every other kind of weapon the game, some warhammers in ''[[Rune]]'' were absurdly, ridiculously huge.
* Hammers seem to be the war weapon ''[[Weapon of Choice|de rigueur]]'' in ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]''
* Yangus uses hammers as one of his favored weapon sets in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''.
* The Order of the Hammer (colloquially known as "Hammerites"), the main religion in ''[[Thief]]'', uses the hammer as both their holy symbol, and their weapon of choice.
{{quote|[[Shout-Out|"Hadst I a hammer, wouldst I hammer in the morning. Wouldst I hammer in the evening, all over this land."]]}}
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' has had hammers and mauls in some of their games, but ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' gives them to [[The Medic|White Mages]] and cranks it all the way up to... well, you know. [[Limit Break|Hexa Strike]] + well-geared WHM = a tiny pile of powder that was once a [[Dem Bones|skeleton]].▼
* ''[[Dark Cloud|Dark Cloud 2]]'' features various warhammers as the main character's [[Weapon of Choice]].
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] III: Morrowind'' features warhammers that range from small and wimpy (the ones made of chitin), to medium (the [[Shout-Out|b&hammer]]), to [[Infinity Plus One]] (the Daedric and the [[Path Of Enlightment|Sixth House]] Bell Hammers).
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* The War Mace powerset in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' doesn't specifically use a hammer, but since a recent update it has become one of the custom skins for the weapon. (along with [[Improbable Weapon User|a shovel]])
** The Stone Melee powerset also includes two powers, Stone Mallet and Heavy Mallet, which involve a big two-handed hammer formed out of stone.
* ''[[Myst
* Vulcan's Hammer is a staple weapon of the later ''[[Wizardry]]'' games, and is an excellent weapon for the early-to-middle parts of the games, though it tends to be outclassed later on. Lesser hammers and maces are also present but generally unexceptional.
* In the ''[[Fable (video game series)|Fable]]'' series of games your character can wield progressively more awesome hammers as they go up in level. And of course there's the Hero of Strength, {{spoiler|Hammer}} who uses a massive hammer from a statue as a primary weapon.
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* The only non-blade weapon in ''[[Bushido Blade]]'' was the hammer, an almost polearm-length weapon which was slow, but would rapidly crush through your opponent's guard with repeated strikes. Oddly enough, the best character to give it to was the [[Fragile Speedster]] of the group, Tatsumi, as his speed overcame his low strength to allow fairly rapid strikes.
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' features several varieties of mace and war hammer, which trade a reduced [[One-Hit Kill]] probability compared to slashing or piercing weapons for a better chance of causing knock-back; high-level mace- or hammerdwarves can launch enemies into nearby walls with enough force to reduce them to [[Ludicrous Gibs]].
** In addition, a noble/vigilante called the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Hammerer]] shows up once your fort hits a certain population, and starts dispensing his own brand of justice if your guards aren't doing their jobs. As the Hammerer has no use for sissy notions like "restraint
** In the current version, the war hammer (and blunt weapons in general
*
** [[Guest Star Party Member]] Cid Polledina wields hammers in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''. The number of characters that are likely to wield hammers at some point of the game are greatly increased in the
** You can use hammers in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' too and they make a cool booming sound.▼
▲*
▲** The number of characters that are likely to wield hammers at some point of the game are greatly increased in the sequel, including his apprentice Luca, the ninja Gekkou and possibly even {{spoiler|Golbez}}.
▲** You can use hammers in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' too, and they make a cool booming sound.
* The protagonist of the aptly named, but sadly canceled, ''Project H.A.M.M.E.R.''
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* ''[[Nethack]]'' has the war hammer as a type of weapon that appears in the game. Some variants such as ''[[SLASH'EM]]'' and ''[[EvilHack]]'' include an 'upgrade' in the stronger heavy war hammer, which often serves as an artifact base.
** Mjollnir is a neutral artifact war hammer that strikes foes it hits with lightning bolts, and is probably among the best neutral-aligned weapons. It is always the first sacrifice gift for [[Valkyries]]. It's a great weapon for neutral characters in general, but especially great for Priests - they are restricted in all bladed weapons [[Church Militant]]-style, but can attain Expert in hammers.
* The Thumper from [[MDK]] – a [[Hyperspace Mallet]] the size of an outhouse, used by Kurt (the protagonist) to smash all enemies that get too close.▼
** Ogresmasher is an unaligned artifact war hammer with a +d5 to-hit bonus that does double damage against ogres; when wielded, it also sets the wielder's constitution to 25. It's not nearly as noteworthy as Mjolnir, to speak nothing of the other artifacts, but it might find a niche use for stat-boost strategies or quest-faring Barbarians.
▲* The Thumper from [[MDK]]
* Nikki's hammer from ''[[Mana Khemia]]'' looked normal enough, until the head pops off, revealing a chain that somehow turns it into a dual [[Epic Flail]]. [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]] indeed.
* The [[La Résistance|Red Faction]] in ''[[Red Faction
** Low gravity reduces weight, not mass... Nevertheless one could kill someone or bust through concrete with a single hit, just like on earth.
** It is [[Hand Wave|mentioned that this a technologically advanced hammer]], which lets it rip through a concrete wall and the guy standing behind it.
* The Hammerfist power in ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'', which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. With it Alex can flatten ''tanks''. Topped only by the Blade power, which lets him ''chop up tanks''.
** Best used when combined with the elbow drop, which lets you
* This is one of the weapon types in ''[[Avalon Code]]''. Its charge ability is to spin round and round and then throw
* Bouphua from the ''Hamumu'' games uses a hammer most of the time. In one of the games, his hammers had special powers, like shooting superheated steam, zapping bolts of green electric homing bolts, and projecting energy shields, among others.
* The first weapon you get in ''[[Alpha Prime]]'' is a small hammer. Each hit is fairly weak, but you can swing it ''as fast as you can click''.
* Fuuto, the [[Big Guy]] of the team in ''Mini Ninjas'' wields one as his [[Weapon of Choice]]. How he came to use it is the focus of the mini-movie detailing his backstory.
* Mauls can be used in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins''. They're good for taking on opponents in heavy armor like golems.
* In ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', the Pyro eventually received a sledgehammer called the Homewrecker, which does extra damage to buildings but isn't as effective against enemies as the axe. It wasn't too popular, as Sentry Guns (the buildings you're in the biggest hurry to destroy) push you back while shooting at you, until the ability to take out sappers on friendly buildings was added. An automechanic-themed update features the Powerjack, a makeshift hammer made out of a tire jack and a car battery, which doesn't get random [[Critical Hit
* One of the four weapon types in ''[[Children of Mana]]'' is the hammer. Its unique ability is to smash large objects.
* In ''[[Assassin's Creed]] 2'', hammers and mauls can be used as Ezio's main weapon in place of single-handed swords. There is negligible practical in-game difference between the two.
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* A gigantic clockwork hammer is the trademark weapon of ''Malice'', originally a very hyped [[Xbox]] launch title before a detour through [[Development Hell]].
* Hammers are popular in ''[[Vindictus]]''. Tank character Fiona can use a one-handed hammer, starting at level 24. The first challenging boss on the Perilous Ruins beginner missions, the Gnoll Chieftan, uses a massive two-handed hammer larger than the player character. Many Gnoll bosses on higher-level missions use similarly massive ''[[Kill It with Fire|flaming]]'' hammers. Starting with the Ruins of Sanctity missions, Gnoll mooks start using big two-handed hammers as well.
** Use of hammers is handled
* Poppy from ''[[League of Legends]]'' uses a hammer that's as big as she is. She calls it Whomper. Sion also swaps his axe for a huge mallet in his Hextech Sion skin. Items you can buy from the shop also include the Phage, a large wooden mallet, and its 2 upgraded versions, the Frozen Mallet and the Entropy.
* Probably one of the largest hammers compared to the user's size appears in ''[[Touhou]] Hisoutensoku''. It is one of [[An Ice Person|ice fairy]] Cirno's high-end spallcards, and the head is practically AS LARGE AS THE GAME SCREEN ITSELF. There is also a minor [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] based around this spellcard; "[[Hulk Speak|CIRNO SMASH PUNY [X] WITH GLACIER MALLET.]]"
* ''[[Alice: Madness Returns]]'' uses a Hobby Horse for a gigantic sledgehammer in-game. Turning the game's Physx settings to Medium and above will display more prominently its destructive capability.
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* Blanc/White Heart from ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'', whose weapon of choice is a giant hammer she can easily wield despite her small frame.
* In ''[[Little Nemo the Dream Master]]'', the mouse comes equipped with a mallet to smash enemies and blocks with.
* The Hammer Bros. return in ''[[Super Mario XP]]''. Also, Mario can use the Hammer subweapon, which works like the Axe Subweapon in [[Castlevania]].
* ''[[Monster Girl Quest Paradox]]'' has hammers as part of the same weapon type as clubs. They ignore half of the target's defense, but also have lower accuracy than most weapons.
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** And it turns every fifth walnut it cracks into a pigeon.
*** And supposedly every fifth bird it kills into a walnut.
* White Mage of ''[[8-Bit Theater
* Krunch Bloodrage of ''[[Looking for Group]]'' uses a big ol' hammer to bash heads when he isn't using his fists. His father [[Dual-Wielding|dual wields]] a pair of [[Carry a Big Stick|one-handed maces]] when he [[I Surrender, Suckers|"surrenders"]]. OTOH, Krunch's brother Rayd favors the [[An Axe to Grind|battleaxe]].
* ''[[Van Von Hunter]]'' uses a hammer as his primary weapon.
* [[Big Bad]] Khrima of ''[[Adventurers!]]'' wields "The Mallet of Extreme Pain".
* John Egbert of ''[[Homestuck]]'' has hammers as his primary weapon specialty. [[Crippling Overspecialization|It proves to be a problem]] when he couldn't lift his sledgehammer. He gets a much lighter one later though, the [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002537 Pogo Hammer!]
** All the main characters are given a chance to set their weapon specialty for the rest of the "game." John, picks the hammer mostly because it allows him to free up space in his inventory, commenting that he "can't imagine it's going to be all that relevant."
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* Just like the ''Hisoutensoku'' example above, Cirno uses a hammer made of ice with a MASSIVE head in ''[[Touhou Nekokayou]]''. The minor meme described above is essentially her battlecry when using it.
* ''[[Wayward Sons]]'': Hurk's weapon of choice is a massive hammer coated with [[Unobtainium|Vastedium]], called "Olnir".
* In the classic [[Commedia Dell'Arte]] and Punch & Judy shows, Pulcinelle/Punch uses a blunt club. [
== Web Original ==
* Cole Quentin Hudson from season one of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' used a sledgehammer. Unfortunately, it slowed him down enough that the one time he used it in combat, he basically got his arse handed to him.
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** [[Don't Explain the Joke|The hammer is his penis.]]
*** But can he hammer a six-inch nail through a board with it?
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* In the third RP of ''[[Darwin's Soldiers]]'', Alfred uses a sledgehammer to kill a Dragonstorm experiment...by knocking its head clean off.
** In the same RP, [[Wrench Wench|Sharon]] also uses a hammer to kill a guard.
* [[What
* [[MSF High Forum]]: Ilushia weilds one of these. More recently Danny has taken up wielding one.
* ''[[RWBY]]'': Nora's weapon Magnhild, which is [[Swiss Army Weapon|also]] a [[Grenade Launcher]]. With [[Heart Symbol|hearts]] on it.
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* [[The Brute|Breakdown]] in ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' has a hammer as his [[Shapeshifter Weapon]]. Given his lack of subtlety and love of violence, it's a good choice.
** {{spoiler|Of the thirteen original Transformers, Solus}} appears to be wielding the Magnus Hammer, mentioned above.
* Most versions of [[Harley Quinn]] prefer bludgeons as a [[Weapon of Choice]], and often a carnival-themed mallet of some sort.
== Real Life ==
* A number of weapons resembling hammers have been used historically.
** [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/War_hammer2.jpg/100px-War_hammer2.jpg Warhammers] didn't look much different from your average carpenter's hammer - they just had longer handles. Placing a lot of the weight at the point of impact gave the weapon a lot of punch, breaking bones through armor that was intended to deflect the lesser impact of blades. The real-world hammers often had a small flat face on one side of the head and a simple pick on the other. Strike with the flat face and you can quickly use your weapon again; strike with the pick and with any luck you'll penetrate your opponent's armor entirely, at the cost of possibly having to take a moment to yank the pick out again.
** The horseman's pick also resembles a claw hammer, with an armor-piercing slanted point on the opposite side of the hammerhead. It was used primarily by Islamic cavalry and Polish hussars.
** Mauls resemble sledgehammers. They were primarily an archer's weapon, serving double-duty in hammering down protective stakes before a battle and attacking any enemies that drew too close for comfort.
* The use of hammers in war is evident in the sport of polo, which was originally a war exercise for Persian cavalry.
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