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[[File:WEAP pan nick.jpg|link=Left 4 Dead 2|frame|...please tell me you're going to make breakfast with- '''**Spang**''']]
{{quote|''"Let me stress that again: ''heavyweight''. A thin-bottomed saucepan is useless for anything. (...) A proper saute pan should cause serious head injury if brought down hard against someone's skull. If you have any doubts about which will dent--the victim's head or your pan--then throw that pan right in the trash."''
|'''[[No Reservations|Anthony Bourdain]]''', ''Kitchen Confidential''}}
Unlike many other [[Improbable Weapon User|Improbable Weapons]], the frying pan could actually cause quite a bit of damage. One can assume that getting hit over the head with a slab of iron would at least cause a concussion. Indeed, the noble frying pan is a worthy melee weapon.
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See also [[Tap on the Head]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Chi-Chi from ''[[Dragon Ball]]''. The extent to which it's used, however, is significantly [[Character Exaggeration|overstated]] by [[Fanon]].
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', started by the chef main character, has various human baddies taken out by a sneak attack with a frying pan. Oddly, [[Guns Are Worthless|they seem more effective than the machine guns]].
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* Mana from ''[[Dragon Half]]'' frequently uses a frying pan to rein in her [[Pervert Dad|perv of a husband]].
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* In ''[[Ninja Burger]]'', one of the combat boosting items you can get is the spatula, which is as deadly as the Ninja Burger Official Wakazashi. Also, a training card "Wok the Casbah" shows a ninja dual wielding ironcast woks on top of the Casbah.▼
* The ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' TCG made a card out of the frying pan used by Sam in the movie (see Film). In-game, it could be used to do direct damage to any orcs the wielder was fighting. Because you could give it to any hobbit you wanted (including Frodo, who for a while was a necessity in every deck), it ended up banned because it made orc-based decks much less effective.▼
* Getting older, [[The DCU]]'s Ma "Original Red Tornado" Hunkel has been known to administer a beatdown with one of these.
* In an issue of ''[[Black Panther]]'', Storm's American grandmother knocked out a HYDRA agent with one of these, while grandpa took on several more in the living room. They were actually disappointed by the low turnout, saying "HYDRA played us soft just because we're old."
* [[Batman]] once used a frying pan to beat up a ninja and block another ninja's shuriken.
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* In the ''[[Worm]]'' [[Alternate Universe Fic]] ''[[Mauling Snarks]]'', one of Taylor "Maul" Hebert's weapons loadouts includes a cast-iron frying pan, which her parahuman power allows her to use as a ranged weapon. At one point in the story, she loans it to a new Ward whose power lets her transform into a cartoon, and she's able to use it the way a cartoon character would, right down to the target's face imprinting itself into the iron.
* [[Exaggerated]] in ''[[Tangled]]'', where a frying pan is more effective than a sword in a fight, and becomes the palace guard weapon as a result. Bonus points for averting [[Always Female]].▼
== [[Film]] ==
▲* [[Exaggerated]] in ''[[Tangled (2010 film)|Tangled]]'', where a frying pan is more effective than a sword in a fight, and becomes the palace guard weapon as a result. Bonus points for averting [[Always Female]].
* In the movie adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Sam takes down a few goblins in Moria with his trusty frying pan.
{{quote|'''Sam:''' I think I'm getting the hang of this...}}
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* In ''[[Mad Max|Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]'', one of Max's young "followers" wields a metal frying pan during the final chase scene.
* In the movie ''Thursday'', the protagonist gets bound to a chair in his own kitchen. He manages to free himself while alone in the room, grabs a frying pan, and sits back down in the chair with it held behind his back as the villain who was going to torture him returns. And proceeds to berate himself for not grabbing the hidden gun nearby instead.
* Hilariously used in ''[[Throw Momma from the Train]]'' between [[Danny
{{quote|'''Momma''': Who the hell is this?
'''Owen''': Oh, this is Cousin Paddy. He's coming to stay with us a while. Isn't that nice?
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* [[Played for Laughs|Hilariously averted]] in ''Hancock'' when the titular hero attempts to prove a point. When trying to get answers from {{spoiler|invincible counterpart Mary}} he manages to bend a barbecue fork in her back, shatter a rolling pin over her head and finally attempts to smash two frying pans on her head. She manages to stop him in time, though it is unlikely the frying pans would have had any physical effect, aside from [[Cross-Popping Veins]].
* In one scene in ''[[The Great Dictator]]'', a [[Mook]] gets knocked out with a frying pan.
* ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'': "Hey, Bobbo, look up! Now look down! Now look at Mister Frying Pan!" '''''clang''''' "Uh-oh! Bobbo fall down; go boom."
** In the special features commentary, Al describes that he accidentally hit the actor portraying Bobbo VERY hard with the skillet; the pain and utter aggravation he exhibits is pure reaction TO BEING HIT WITH A FRYING PAN.
* Used during a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] in a kitchen in the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] film ''[[The Living Daylights]]'', both a straight example and a variant; a thrown saucepan full of boiling water.
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* [[Johnny Depp]]'s cameo in ''[[Freddys Dead the Final Nightmare]]'' involves him being whacked in the face with the frying pan during a "This Is Your Brain On Drugs" commercial.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Short story ''Utensile Strength'' by [[Patricia C. Wrede]], part of her ''[[Enchanted Forest Chronicles]]'', centered around what to do with "The Frying Pan of Doom". {{spoiler|It's not just a large blunt object -- when wielded by the right person, it turns anyone whacked on the head with it into a poached egg.}} The pan is usually so hot that whoever holds it must wear an oven mitt; only its Rightful Wielder can hold it bare-handed.
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[
* Tika's most prominent scene in the ''[[Dragonlance|Dragonlance Chronicles]]'' has her bashing a draconian in the head with a cast-iron skillet. The skillet was listed in her equipment (1d8 damage) in a version of the campaign modules on which the novels were based. In the 15th anniversary edition of the trilogy (The Annotated Chronicles), Tracy Hickman notes that Tika had a special weapon specialization, known as "Skillet Bashing", which gave several benefits when wielding a skillet.
** In 1st edition ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' rules, this makes Tika's skillet as deadly as a longsword.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]''
** Aunt Petunia attempts to hit Harry with a frying pan in ''[[Harry Potter and
** The house elves use them against the Death Eaters along with other cooking implements in ''[[Harry Potter and
** In the seventh ''
* Frank Bennett is killed with a single blow to the head by a large cast-iron skillet in the book and movie ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe]]''. In the book, he's nailed in the back of the head; in the film, he's hit in the face.
* An example from ''[[TKKG]]'', the popular series of kids novels in German-speaking countries: Gaby uses it on one of her kidnappers.
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* John Irving's "Last Night in Twisted River" has a few of these: The cook, Dominic, is rumored to once have hit a bear with his 18-inch cast-iron skillet to get it out of his kitchen ({{spoiler|in reality, he had hit his friend Ketchum with it when he found out Ketchum had been sleeping with his wife}}). His son Daniel later uses the skillet as a weapon against what he believes to be a bear mauling his father, {{spoiler|killing his babysitter in the prosess}}.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Boston Legal]]'' — Bernard Ferrion killed his mother by hitting her in the head with a skillet, and later killed his neighbor the same way when he thought she was had found out about the first murder. It then showed up ''again'' when Bernard himself was killed the same way by [[Betty White]], after he said that he wanted to kill again.
* Kel in ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'' use one to take down a thug. And Kenan. And Kenan's parents. And a police officer.
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* ''[[Lost in Space]]''. Judy Robinson wields one in "Welcome Stranger", knocking Jimmy Hapgood out during his fight with Don. As a [[Call Back]] in the season two episode "A Visit To Hades", she tries this again with a pipe, only this time she hits Don instead of the guy he's scuffling with.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* In an [[ECW]] match between Cactus Jack and the Sandman, Jack grabbed a frying pan from ringside, fully expecting it to be a light aluminum pan bought from the dollar store next to the arena. It was cast-iron. According to Mick Foley, Sandman's brains didn't unscramble for two weeks.
** This was back in the days of fans bringing their own weapons to the arena for the wrestlers to use on one another. Immediately following this match, ECW stopped allowing it.
* At [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] [[Wrestlemania]] X-8, Mighty Molly turned on her partner The Hurricane by hitting him with a frying pan and pinning him to win the Hardcore Title.
* In one storyline, Chyna (who was being considered the ultimate feminist) had entered a feud with Jeff Jarrett (who had adopted a misogynist [[Stay in the Kitchen]] mentality.) They decided to run with it and booked WWE's only "Good Housekeeping" match, where the area around the ring was littered with household objects. In her autobiography, there's a photo of Chyna bringing a frying pan down hard on Jarrett's head.
== [[Music]] ==
* [[They Might Be Giants]], with ''Particle Man'': "Person Man, Person Man, Hit on the head with a frying pan..."
== [[Radio]] ==
* ''[[The Stephanie Miller Show]]'' has voice impressionist Jim Ward portray former president [[Bill Clinton]]'s reaction to titillating news stories of the day. Then his wife hits him with a frying pan after the inevitable innuendo. Mind you, this is a ''liberal'' radio show.
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* [[Eddie Izzard]]: Part of the "Heimlich Gesture", along with being thumped in the stomach and [[Groin Attack|kneed in the bollocks.]]
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* A classic story passed around in role-playing circles tells of the Dungeon Master who has a monster attack his players that can only be harmed with magic weapons, knowing that they have no such weapons in stock. Instead of fleeing like they were supposed to, one of the characters picks up the only magic item the party has, a self-heating frying pan the DM had previously given them as gag treasure. [[Lethal Joke Item|The character defeats the monster]] and the player goes on to build the character around frying-pan battle techniques.
▲* In ''[[Ninja Burger]]'', one of the combat boosting items you can get is the spatula, which is as deadly as the Ninja Burger Official Wakazashi. Also, a training card "Wok the Casbah" shows a ninja dual wielding ironcast woks on top of the Casbah.
▲* The ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' TCG made a card out of the frying pan used by Sam in the movie (see Film). In-game, it could be used to do direct damage to any orcs the wielder was fighting. Because you could give it to any hobbit you wanted (including Frodo, who for a while was a necessity in every deck), it ended up banned because it made orc-based decks much less effective.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Linear Cannon (yes, her name really is [[Punny Name|Linear Cannon]]) uses one in ''[[Evolution Worlds]]''.
* Iksei of ''[[Atelier Rorona]]''. Since he actually is a cook and runs a cafe, he can be literally considered a [[Chef of Iron]].
* This was [[Infinity+1 Sword|the best weapon]] for Peach in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]''. She also uses it in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'' and ''Brawl''. It make a [[Most Wonderful Sound|hilariously satisfying]] ''whang!'' sound when it connects, too.
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* [[Suikoden]] has Hai Yo, a chef who fights with a Wok and frying pan. He can be turned into a game breaker.
* Hisui wields a pan, in addition to several other cooking (and cleaning) implements, in ''[[Melty Blood]]. Pishi!''
* When you play as Sam in one of the [[The Lord of the Rings]] tie-in RPGs, one of your abilities uses a frying pan that has a stun effect.
* The Frying Pan is one of the melee weapons in ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'', and is the source of the above image.
** In a promotion for a Left 4 Dead DLC, the Frying Pan was added to [[Valve]]'s other hugely popular multiplayer game ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' as a cosmetic change to the Soldier's shovel and the Demoman's bottle.
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* In ''[[Attack of the Mutant Penguins]]'', a frying pan is Bernard's main weapon.
* Bud from ''[[Legend of Mana]]'' uses his mother's frying pan as his preferred weapon. The game treats it as a two handed sword.
* If you find the <s>talking chicken</s> Space Cock in the Renegades' Stronghold in ''[[Dying Light 2]]'' and complete the mission it offers you, you will receive a plan for "The Pan of Destiny". It takes a few hundred scrap to actually craft it, but what you end up with is a frying pan that is a ranged weapon, and while it doesn't do much damage it returns to your hand after you throw it.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Parodying ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', Yang's Wife in ''[[Captain SNES]]'' believes that ''any'' status effect can be cured by being hit over the head with her frying pan.
* As demonstrated in ''[[Girl Genius]]'', the best weapon is [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050916 the one you don't use].
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* [http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/2395 This] strip from ''The Devils Panties''. Comes with a side of [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]].
* [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=697 Done] in ''[[Questionable Content]]'' by Marten to a couple of [[Badass]] kung-fu monks. Yes, you read that correctly.
* Kyo'nne of ''[[Drowtales]]'' pulls this offscreen [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309022724/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6578 when a halme sneaks up on her] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717073028/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6610 to hilarious effect]
* [http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-01 Invoked] in ''[[Mac Hall]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090404071656/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00218.html Also invoked] in ''Nip & Tuck''.
** Then again, the pig was being a jerkass.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Kate knocks out Steve with a frying pan in the ''[[Kate Modern]]'' episode "Ding Dong".
* Being hit with a frying pan is the usual form of dismissal in the [http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=bolegbros Boleg Bros Lego Apprentice parodies].
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* Rhia, from the [[Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society]] uses a frying pan as her [[Weapon of Choice]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Weapon of choice for Irma, April O'Neil's dowdy coworker in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. She nearly brains Donatello before she realizes who it is.
* During Huey and Riley's fight in ''[[The Boondocks]]'' episode "Let's nab Oprah!", Riley first pulls out a frying pan from his pants ([[Trouser Space|and later produces a gun from there as well]]), while Huey fends him off with a [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]]. As the fight moves into the kitchen area, Huey uses a frying pan that's lying around to knock Riley down.
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* ''[[Tangled]]'' has one of these. It's the signature weapon of Rapunzel (well, besides her hair), and early in the film she knocks out Flynn at least three times with it. Later Flynn has a swordfight with Maximus — Flynn using the frying pan, while Maximus uses the sword. [[Improbable Weapon User|Maximus is a horse]].
{{quote|Frying pans! Who knew, right?}}
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* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E24 MMMMystery on the Friendship Express|MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]" has the cake-guarding Pinkie Pie taken out with one by an elderly [[ninja]] lady in one of Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot]]s.
▲* [[Tangled (2010 film)|Rapunzel's]] [[Weapon of Choice]] in ''[[Wreck-It Ralph|Wreck it Ralph 2: Ralph Wrecks the Internet]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Richard the Lionheart is reputed to have died after being called out of his tent to come see an enemy [[mook]] using a frying pan as a shield. The actual cause of death was being shot by crossbow though.
** Some versions claim that the lethal bolt was fired from the crossbow of the man with the frying pan. [[Improbable Aiming Skills|Lucky shot]] indeed.
* As mentioned
** Adding to that, if the frying pan has been recently used, it could also be
*** Not to mention it could be full of equally ''
* As the page quote shows, Anthony Bourdain once wrote that if upon hefting a frying pan, if you have any doubt whether when brought down on someone's head the pan or the head would dent, ''throw it away''.
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[[Tangled (2010 film)|Frying pans... who knew, right?]]
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