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* 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]].

* Mana from ''[[Dragon Half]]'' frequently uses a frying pan to rein in her [[Pervert Dad|perv of a husband]].

 

* 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.

 

* 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...}}

* [[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.

 

* 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 ''[[The Wee Free Men]]'', Tiffany uses a cast-iron skillet as a weapon on her journey with the Feegles to Fairy Land (justified, because [[The Fair Folk|elves and other creatures of Fairy Land]] can't stand [[Cold Iron]]).

* 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}}.

 

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

 

* 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.

* 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.

 

* [[They Might Be Giants]], with ''Particle Man'': "Person Man, Person Man, Hit on the head with a frying pan..."

 

* ''[[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.

 

* [[Eddie Izzard]]: Part of the "Heimlich Gesture", along with being thumped in the stomach and [[Groin Attack|kneed in the bollocks.]]

 

* 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.

 

* 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.

* 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.

 

* 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].

** Then again, the pig was being a jerkass.

 

* 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].

* Rhia, from the [[Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society]] uses a frying pan as her [[Weapon of Choice]].

 

* 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.

* 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.

 

* 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 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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