Edible Bludgeon: Difference between revisions

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Food used as [[Improvised Weapon|melee weapons]]. Be sure to take note of the fact that a [[Genre Savvy]] criminal will realize that they can [[Eat the Evidence]] if the weapon was used to commit a crime without having to suffer horrific indigestion as a result.

 

[[Baguette Beatdown]] is a [[Sub-Trope]]. See also [[Edible Ammunition]], [[Produce Pelting]], [[Shamu Fu]], [[Food Slap]], and [[Fork Fencing]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[Ranma ½]]'', foods, such as Okonomiyaki, Ramen, and Takoyaki, are used as a weapon a number of times.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Thanks to Bowlderization, we have Michelangelo in the second ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie using a couple joints of sausage in place of his nunchucks.

{{quote|'''Michelangelo:''' *Grabs sausages* "Combat coldcuuuuuuuts!"}}

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* In ''[[Discworld]]'', Dwarven Bread is well known to be a backup weapon. Its actual edibility is dubious.

 

* Classic example is the leg o' lamb from ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', adapted from the aforementioned [[Roald Dahl]] story.

* The ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch "Self-defence against fresh fruit" must fit somewhere.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** In ''[[The Batman]]'', Joker sets up an ambush for a vigilante targeting super-villains. His henchmen are armed with pies. Granted it's silly, but since this is the Joker we're talking about, chances are they aren't safe for consumption.

* An episode from the 90's cartoon adaptation of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' involves a battle between the heroes and the Shredder in the kitchen of a pizza parlor. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* Broadway uses one in an earlier ''[[Gargoyles]]'' episode.

 

 

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[[Category:Food Tropes]]

[[Category:Combat Tropes]]