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[[File:Goldion Hammer.jpg|link=King of Braves GaoGaiGar|frame|My other hammer crushes suns.]]
{{quote|''YOU WANT ME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN''
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** ''[[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.
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** It's also Mana's weapon of choice in Jet Alone Prime.
* The ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[Forward]]'' has, for the purpose of [[Actor Allusion]], given [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Captain Reynolds]] a proficiency with (and tendency to use) a sledgehammer.
* 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 ==
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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.
* [[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]]''.
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** [[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.
* ''[[EverQuest]]''
* ''[[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.
▲**
** 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]].
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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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* 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.''
*
* ''[[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.
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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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