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{{quote|''YOU WANT ME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN''|''' Thor Odenson, 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 40000]]''}}

{{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 40000]]''}}

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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See also the [[Hyperspace Mallet]], the [[Weapon of Choice]] for cartoon animals seeking to inflict [[Amusing Injuries]] (as well as the angry [[Anime]] female's favorite tool against perverts and other sources of irritation). Also see [[Carry a Big Stick]] for other kinds of bludgeoning weapons. Not to be confused with [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]], although you can achieve this with a hammer if it's the only thing you have to work with.

== Anime & Manga ==

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** 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 (Manga)|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.

* Skuld of ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|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 (Manga)|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|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.'')

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*** Considering that Mjollnir is supposed to ''be'' lightning when thrown, the energy bolt isn't so much missing as used differently...

** Puppetmon, a child-sized marionette-based Mega-level Digimon, had a (significantly smaller, but still large in comparison to himself) hammer as a weapon. [[Power Levels]] being what they are, though, Puppetmon was stronger (Zudomon's an Ultimate, one stage below Mega), so when the hammers collided in one battle, Zudomon's hammer was ''sent flying'' and the force knocked him back to his [[Sleep Mode Size]].

** 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.

** 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 One Half]], the [[Hyperspace Mallet]] shows up often enough and in a pretty impressive size -- Kodachi uses one with a head about the size of Akane's torso in her first ambush. Shampoo, meanwhile, prefers to [[Dual Wielding|alternate]] between [[Carry a Big Stick]] (or two) and wielding a BFS.

* In [[Ranma One Half]], the [[Hyperspace Mallet]] shows up often enough and in a pretty impressive size -- Kodachi uses one with a head about the size of Akane's torso in her first ambush. Shampoo, meanwhile, prefers to [[Dual-Wielding|alternate]] between [[Carry a Big Stick]] (or two) and wielding a BFS.

* 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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* Wulf in ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' carries around a big massive hammer called the Happy Stick.

* Luba in ''[[Love and Rockets]]'' always carries a hammer, often to fight off guys attracted by her large breasts.

* When Calculus is first seen in ''[[Tintin|Destination Moon]]'', the multiplex helmet he is wearing is being attacked with a hammer to test its strength. ("Glass isn't nearly tough enough," Calculus explains.)

* When Calculus is first seen in ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)|Destination Moon]]'', the multiplex helmet he is wearing is being attacked with a hammer to test its strength. ("Glass isn't nearly tough enough," Calculus explains.)

* Hammerstein in ''[[ABC Warriors]]'' has a lump hammer for a hand.

* So do Rack and Ruin in ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]''. Well, okay, one of their hands is a hammer and the other is an anvil that can be used pretty much identically anyway.

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* 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.

* ''[[~~Sixteen Thirty Two~~]]'' has some Scottish mercenaries deciding that ogling the wife of Tom Simpson is a bad idea for many reasons including the fact that Tom is a very big, muscular man (he was a college football linebacker who was just short of making it in the NFL). When one of them asks Tom out of curiosity what his weapons of choice would be in a duel, he responds with "sledgehammers".

* ''[[1632]]'' has some Scottish mercenaries deciding that ogling the wife of Tom Simpson is a bad idea for many reasons including the fact that Tom is a very big, muscular man (he was a college football linebacker who was just short of making it in the NFL). When one of them asks Tom out of curiosity what his weapons of choice would be in a duel, he responds with "sledgehammers".

* Khynan Rhys Gower, of ''[[Time Scout (Literature)|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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== Live Action TV ==

* Several ''[[Power Rangers]]'' characters have hammers as personal weapons, on the good and bad sides of things, most notably Dustin from ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'' and Will from ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]''.

* ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' has [[Mighty Glacier|Dogga Form]], empowered by [[Battle Butler]] [[~~Frankensteins~~ Monster|Dogga/Riki]] and wielding a gigantic fist-shaped hammer as well as [[Shock and Awe|lightning attacks]] for finishers.

* ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' has [[Mighty Glacier|Dogga Form]], empowered by [[Battle Butler]] [[Frankenstein's Monster|Dogga/Riki]] and wielding a gigantic fist-shaped hammer as well as [[Shock and Awe|lightning attacks]] for finishers.

** ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze (TV)|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.

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** The ''[[Ice Climbers]]'' both wield mallets to break ice (and the heads of their foes in ''Smash Bros'').

** 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]]''.

* 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.

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** And there's also the Paladin's Blessed Hammer skill.

* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' has the Hammer as a Axe-type weapon, which is effective against armored enemies such as Knights and their promotion classes.

* In ''[[Halo]] 2'', the final boss {{spoiler|Tartarus}} wields a giant, glowing hammer that can generate gravity fields and [[One Hit Kill|kills you in one hit]]. In the sequel ''Halo 3'', minor bosses often wield a mass-produced version of this hammer, which is also now a usable weapon.

* In ''[[Halo]] 2'', the final boss {{spoiler|Tartarus}} wields a giant, glowing hammer that can generate gravity fields and [[One-Hit Kill|kills you in one hit]]. In the sequel ''Halo 3'', minor bosses often wield a mass-produced version of this hammer, which is also now a usable weapon.

* Keeping with its “game that took RPGs out of the dungeon” motif, the most powerful melee weapon in ''[[Fallout]]'' is the sledgehammer (and the super sledge, a pneumatic version.)

* ''[[Arcanum]]'', from the guys who brought us ''Fallout,'' also has a variety of hammers and maces available. They had the special effect of dealing Fatigue damage, which meant that they could knock enemies unconscious and effectively drained [[Mana]] from mages. They can also be used to open locked doors and chests [[Breakable Weapons|without being damaged]].

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* Shows up in other ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' games, generally in Astaroth's hands as the Great Maul. Decidedly ''not'' a [[Cherry Tapping|joke weapon]].

** Also shows up in Rock's [[Mighty Glacier|big, slow, worthless hands]].

* Zappa the smith can swing one in ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''. Getting a certain hammer is also required to craft any character's [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword]] or armour.

* Zappa the smith can swing one in ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''. Getting a certain hammer is also required to craft any character's [[Infinity+1 Sword]] or armour.

* 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 and Evil (Video Game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]''-- both the good guys and the [[Alien Invasion|evil army]] use them. Some of them are [[Weapon of Choice|part axe]] as well, and some even shoot ''[[Family Friendly Firearms|lasers]]''.

* Hammers seem to be the war weapon ''[[Weapon of Choice|de rigueur]]'' in ''[[Beyond Good and Evil (Video Game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]''-- both the good guys and the [[Alien Invasion|evil army]] use them. Some of them are [[Weapon of Choice|part axe]] as well, and some even shoot ''[[Family-Friendly Firearms|lasers]]''.

* 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.

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** The third game in the series reduces the different types of weapons you can use in melee to swords and... well take an educated guess.

* In the [[Monster Hunter]] series, hammers are a whole class of weapons. They are ''huge'', with the head of the hammer often being as big as or even bigger than the character's torso. [[Glass Cannon|They have the greatest damage potential of all weapons, and have decent speed, but you cannot guard with them]].

* ''[[Baldurs Gate]] II'' features the ''+3 Hammer of Thunderbolts'', which requires peak human strength to wield. As if that wasn't bad enough for whoever's on the receiving end, with a scroll, Gauntlets of Ogre Power, and one of the Giant Strength belts, you could turn it into ''Crom Faeyr'', an [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword|Infinity Plus One Hammer]].

* ''[[Baldurs Gate]] II'' features the ''+3 Hammer of Thunderbolts'', which requires peak human strength to wield. As if that wasn't bad enough for whoever's on the receiving end, with a scroll, Gauntlets of Ogre Power, and one of the Giant Strength belts, you could turn it into ''Crom Faeyr'', an [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Hammer]].

** Best thing about Crom Faeyr? It is one handed. So you can wield an infinity-plus-one whatever in the other hand [[For Massive Damage]].

* 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]].

* ''[[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," this tends to result in dead dwarves; once the Hammerer arrives, you're better off making that prison and assigning guards if you've previously been putting both things off (since the penalty for unpunished crimes was mostly limited to unhappy thoughts in a few useless nobles, and even that could be countered with enough bling).

** In the current version, blunt weapons in general but war hammer especially are also (as in real life) the best weapons against heavily armored foes, being able to deal nearly as much damaged to [[Unobtainium|adamantine]] armored foes as ones with silver armor (the worst kind). Additionally, the effectiveness of such blunt weapons is largely determined by weight, so a literally "silver hammer" is quite an effective weapon, and an artifact weapon made of gold or lead is utterly terrifying. (While, ironically, adamantine is so light, a hammer made of the substance is useless. Unless you can see to it that your Hammerer starts wielding it..)

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** The fact that it grows along with him is justified in that ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'' is based on D&D rules, and just about all of the size-expansion spells make equipment grow too.

* Bo the Sheep and her Ramrod, from Bleedman's ''[[Sugar Bits]]''.

* Susan in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' and her friend Sarah were fond of the [[Hyperspace Mallet]], until the writer got tired of that particular joke. (A Q&A strip explicitly stated that it could only be used for comedic circumstances, though. Tedd's bugging her, that's one thing. Get mugged in an alley or need to sneak into the [[Big Bad]]'s lair, though, and it pays to know a [[Half Human Hybrid]] who exemplifies [[Beware the Nice Ones]]...

* Susan in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' and her friend Sarah were fond of the [[Hyperspace Mallet]], until the writer got tired of that particular joke. (A Q&A strip explicitly stated that it could only be used for comedic circumstances, though. Tedd's bugging her, that's one thing. Get mugged in an alley or need to sneak into the [[Big Bad]]'s lair, though, and it pays to know a [[Half-Human Hybrid]] who exemplifies [[Beware the Nice Ones]]...

** Comedy relief part was dropped later, but it's confirmed that the Hammer-call works only if the would-be target is male ''and'' does something offensive [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-14 specifically towards women], so the indiscriminate violence of random muggers and sentinels doesn't fit. And even this [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-04-29 depends on the perception].

* Ronson from ''[[The Godsof Arr Kelaan]]'' is an odd case. His hammer is a tiny pink rubber mallet that can kill ''gods''.

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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 ''[[~~Eight~~ Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' has a hammer as her [[Weapon of Choice]], as the white magi of ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' frequently used them.

* White Mage of ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' has a hammer as her [[Weapon of Choice]], as the white magi of ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' frequently used them.

* 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]].

* 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 (Webcomic)|Adventurers]]'' wields "The Mallet of Extreme Pain".

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* Just like the ''Hisoutensoku'' example above, Cirno uses a hammer made of ice with a MASSIVE head in ''[[Touhou Nekokayou (Webcomic)|Touhou Nekokayou]]''. The minor meme described above is essentially her battlecry when using it.

* ''[[Wayward Sons (Webcomic)|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. [http://commedia2x00.wordpress.com Commedia 2X00] trades it out for a huge cartoon mallet--the better to bludgeon Super Fighting Cyborgs.

* In the classic [[Commedia Dell'Arte]] and Punch & Judy shows, Pulcinelle/Punch uses a blunt club. [http://commedia2x00.wordpress.com Commedia 2X00] trades it out for a huge cartoon mallet--the better to bludgeon Super Fighting Cyborgs.

== 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.

* ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'' ''averts'' this; Captain Hammer, despite his namesake, doesn't ''have'' a hammer. Well, actually, [[I Call Him Mister Happy|he does....]]

* ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'' ''averts'' this; Captain Hammer, despite his namesake, doesn't ''have'' a hammer. Well, actually, [[I Call Him "Mister Happy"|he does....]]

** [[Don't Explain the Joke|The hammer is his penis.]]

*** But can he hammer a six-inch nail through a board with it?