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{{quote|''YOU WANT ME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN''|''' Thor Odenson, God of Thunder''', ''[[The Avengers]]''}}
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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 ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' is [[media:
** 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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** 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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* [[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.
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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]].
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** The Megaton Hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' (also appears in ''[[Soul Calibur]] II'')
** The Skull Hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''. This, particularly, is used by a sort of [[Cute Bruiser]] Link.
** A magic hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]''. While much smaller than the Skull Hammer, it's still impressive considering it's wielded by [[Ninja Butterfly|a tiny fairy]]… Especially for [[Charged Attack
** There's also the hammer in ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'', though this was only used to break rocks blocking your path. The one in ''A Link to the Past'' is more versatile.
* In the roguelike game ''[[Angband]]'', priests were discouraged to use cutting or piercing weapons (the Church disapproves of shedding blood, it said). So, naturally, they had to use different blunt weapons. Hammers were not at the end of the list. Plus, there's [[Evil Overlord|Morgoth]]'s hammer Grond, which collapses walls around it when swung.
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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.
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** 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.]]"
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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. [http://commedia2x00.wordpress.com Commedia 2X00] trades it out for a huge cartoon
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