Epic Flail: Difference between revisions

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Completely unrelated to [[Epic Fail]], unless you've somehow [http://andersson.elfwood.com/Epic-Flail.3555900.html smacked yourself in the head with it] and/or gotten the pointy bits embedded in your face. Also not that thing [[Muppets|Kermit]] does [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/ebunnie/kermit.gif when he's excited], nor is it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye7b3bOQ6lY that one Pokémon battle featuring a Magikarp] [[Magikarp Power|Flailing around and sweeping]] an entire team of '''''[[Olympus Mons|legendaries]]'''''.

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=== ~~'''~~Examples~~:'''~~ ===

=== Examples ===

== Anime ==

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' has an infamous scene involving ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' wherein Decade's [[Finishing Move|Final Form/Attack Ride]] transforms Kuuga as the Gouram into the "Ball", with Den-O as Momotaros holding the "Chain". You don't want to know where the ball and chain connect...<ref>it involves Momotaros stabbing Kuuga in the ''[[Ass Shove|ass]]</ref>.''

* ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' has an infamous scene involving ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' wherein Decade's [[Finishing Move|Final Form/Attack Ride]] transforms Kuuga as the Gouram into the "Ball", with Den-O as Momotaros holding the "Chain". You don't want to know where the ball and chain connect....<ref>it involves Momotaros stabbing Kuuga in the ''[[Ass Shove|ass]]</ref>''

* The Tortoise Hammer, usable by the Senpuujin in ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger]]'', is one. By extension, so is the Turtle Mace for the Storm Megazord in ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]''.

* ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' has Gokai Yellow's signature trick fitting this trope. Each ranger has a gun and sword all but Red tend to swap weapons around so that they're either going [[Guns Akimbo]] (Green and Pink) or [[Dual-Wielding]] (Blue and Yellow). Yellow uses the grappling wires in the base of the swords to swing them around when she wants to take out large numbers of mooks, hence this trope.

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* The boss of Zoness in ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]] 64'' is a submarine/barge called the Sarumarine that fires a massive, spiked, [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning]] wrecking ball as his [[Turns Red|desperation]] [[Desperation Attack|attack]]. [[Oh Crap|It's about as deadly as you'd expect.]] [[One-Hit Kill|Especially on Expert.]]

* Mordos Kull from ''[[Mace: The Dark Age]]'' uses one of these.

* The Blades of Chaos/Athena wielded by Kratos in ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' are essentially a bladed variation of the [[Epic Flail]].

* The Blades of Chaos/Athena wielded by Kratos in ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' are essentially a bladed variation of the Epic Flail.

** And by the same token, Nariko's titular weapon in ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' can morph into a variant of these for weak attacks.

* The poorly designed and received [[Hack and Slash]] game ''[[Red Ninja End of Honor|Red Ninja]]'' has the protagonist waving around essentially a shuriken-on-a-string.

* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' had both the nunchaku and the Vigoorian flail to satisfy swingers. It somewhats subverts the trope by being quite practical and lightweight. But it's still quite [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYAL2Ep_rdA&fmt=18 epic] in the right hands.

** Ninja Gaiden 2 gives us the Kusari-gama. On one hand we have [[Epic Flail]]. On the other we have [[Sinister Scythe]].

** Ninja Gaiden 2 gives us the Kusari-gama. On one hand we have Epic Flail. On the other we have [[Sinister Scythe]].

* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKStRhsOcg4 Ware koso wa[[ Ware koso wa]] Baran Doban!]

* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKStRhsOcg4 Ware koso wa [[Ware koso wa]] Baran Doban!]

** [[The Brute|Sikalog]] of the [[Super Robot Wars 3|Inspectors]] also favors a flail, albeit not quite as huge of one.

** In ''Original Generation 2'' Arado is given a Boost Hammer for one mission, as it was the best weapon to suit his fighting style the designer could come up with on short notice. If you perform well enough with it, you get to keep it.

** [[Super Robot Wars Destiny|Forte Gigas]], the flail is as nearly as large as the sprite wielding it. And it's an [[Energy Weapon|Energy Flail]] to boot.

*** Baran Doban still reigns as king of this trope, in the SRW community if not in total, however, purely due to his ultimate attack, the Daifunsai (literal translation: Great Pulverization). If a [[Super Robot]]-sized wrecking ball smashing you upside the face '''''faster than the speed of sound''''' isn't the purest definition of [[Epic Flail]], I don't know WHAT is.

*** Baran Doban still reigns as king of this trope, in the SRW community if not in total, however, purely due to his ultimate attack, the Daifunsai (literal translation: Great Pulverization). If a [[Super Robot]]-sized wrecking ball smashing you upside the face '''''faster than the speed of sound''''' isn't the purest definition of Epic Flail, I don't know WHAT is.

* ''[[Soul Series]]'' had two Nunchaku users, [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|Maxi]] is the current Epic Flailer, replacing Li Long. The latter taught the former how to use the weapons.

** Ivy has a flail as an optional weapon, but it's heavy enough to slowly drain her health.

* The opening video for ''[[Rock Band]] 2'' features a microphone-flail. Power Metal indeed.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Belselk/Berserk]] of ''[[Wild Arms 1]]'' wields a massive flail that can one shot your characters or at least leave them with very low health, especially in ''[[Video Game Remake|Alter Code F]]''.

* Flails (called Hammers) are weapons usable in ''[[Makai Kingdom]]''. Given that one of the top attacks for the weapon is to slam it into the ground and swing the ''stage'' around, it's also a suitably [[Epic Flail]].

* Flails (called Hammers) are weapons usable in ''[[Makai Kingdom]]''. Given that one of the top attacks for the weapon is to slam it into the ground and swing the ''stage'' around, it's also a suitably Epic Flail.

** Also of note is Asagi, who has one of these as her subweapon. [[BFS|Did we mention that the head of the flail is as big as she is?]]

* Dian Wei had his primary weapon changed from [[An Axe to Grind|a really big axe]] to a really big morningstar in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 6'' when most of the characters were redesigned.

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* Selphie from ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' uses a particularly long set of nunchaku for fighting, although her combat discipline mostly lies in [[Confusion Fu]]. Her use of this weapon marks their first appearance in the game since the [[Final Fantasy I|very first game]]. And like in the [[Soul Series]], she is forced to use a tri-rod in the UK version.

** Reuben in ''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]'' makes use of a morning star as his sole weapon. As far as weapon weaknesses in the game are concerned, it's an axe equivalent.

* If we're going to count kusarigama, then Earthquake out of the ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' series should be here. With a justified reason why the blunt head at the end of the chain is as big as a normal person's ~~head--so~~ are his fists. Meanwhile, Basara has some..weird spinning bladed thingy on a chain that he can toss around, too.

* If we're going to count kusarigama, then Earthquake out of the ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' series should be here. With a justified reason why the blunt head at the end of the chain is as big as a normal person's head—so are his fists. Meanwhile, Basara has some..weird spinning bladed thingy on a chain that he can toss around, too.

* In ''[[Runescape]]'', there are two different flails. The Verac's Flail looks like any other flail (despite being able to occasionally hit through protection prayers), but the Ivandis Flail is on an enchanted staff made of silvthril (silver + mithril) and has a blessed silver sickle in place of a spiked ball. It's worth mentioning that the latter is used against the Vyrewatch, creatures that would otherwise be able to predict your exact movements and dodge your attacks. It's the flail's unpredictable nature that counters this.

* The 1987 2D side-scroller ''Black Tiger'' featured a knight using a flail and shield.

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* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''. Homer chasing Bart down the sidewalk with a flail: "I'll mace you good!"

** In the episode "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes", one of the bounty hunters is [[Crazy Awesome|a bear wielding raccoon-chucks]].

* One of the mooks who got fused with their weapons in ''[[Quest for Camelot]]'' had ~~[[Epic Flail|~~Epic Flails]] for arms.

* One of the mooks who got fused with their weapons in ''[[Quest for Camelot]]'' had Epic Flails for arms.

* [[Enfant Terrible|Heloise]] used one on an episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', as her weapon of choice against a [[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghost]].

* Used in ''[[Voltron Force]]'', when the yellow lion forms the head of Voltron.