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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|'''Turtles:''' [[Turtle Power\|Turtles]] fight with honour!~~<br~~ /> '''Irma:''' And women fight with handbags!\|''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 ~~(Animation)~~\|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''}} The use of a purse or a briefcase/suitcase as an [[Improvised Weapon]]. The former may be related to [[When Elders Attack]], while the latter to [[Briefcase Blaster]]. Often occurs in the [[Cat Fight]] and [[Wimp Fight]]. (Little note - fights in football in Britain are often mere slap fights, and the commentators occasionally describe such a fight as "handbags", a shortened version of Handbags At Dawn.) One reason people should [[Never Mess ~~With~~with Granny]] {{examples}} == [[Anime]] &and [[Manga]] == * In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Seto Kaiba uses a briefcase when he is attacked by Pegasus' goons. His [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress\|little brother]] ''tries'' to pull off the same moves later on, but fails miserably. * Attempted in the fight between a Russian assassin and a serial killer (revealed to be {{spoiler\|[[Idol Singer\|Hijiribe Ruri]]}}) in the 4th volume of ''[[Durarara!!]]''. Unfortunately for them that briefcase belonged to a {{spoiler\|[[It Got Worse\|certain man in a bartender suit]]}}. * Why does a [[Humongous Mecha]] have a handbag in ''[[Kirameki Project]]''? [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]. (Although she quickly swaps it for a [[Parasol of Pain]].) * [[Played With]] in the first episode of ''[[Rail Wars!]]'' - Koumi carries an AED unit, not a handbag, but she uses it as if it's a Handbag of Hurt. == [[Comic Books]] == * ''Stuck Rubber Baby'' is a comic depicting civil rights demonstrations in the south. One character learns to defend herself with a brick - in her handbag. * ''[[~~Ms. Tree (Comic Book)\|~~Ms. Tree]]'' carries her pistol in her handbag, which makes it handy to swing at a enemy with unexpected force. == [[Film]] == Line 20 ⟶ 22: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiN7Zsz2zM Granny Gang] The Battley Townswomen's Guild did it again when reenacting the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrDr4DL_A_U First Heart Transplant]. * In the live-action ''[[~~One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Disney)\|One Hundred and One~~101 Dalmatians]]'' movie, when Roger mistakes Perdita for Pongo and attempts to take her away, Anita puts a stop to it with this. {{quote\| '''''Roger''': What do you have in that purse of yours, rocks?''~~<br />~~ '''''Anita''': Oh, no; bricks.'' }} ** She really was carrying bricks. She was collecting bricks one or two at a time as she saw them, using them to build a wall or a cobblestone walk or something at her home piece by piece. * In ''[[Madagascar]]'', an old lady attacks Alex with her purse. * ''[[The Sting]]'': after Hooker yanks a woman out of a phone booth, the woman hits both Hooker and his partner with her purse. * Mrs. Marcus from ''[[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ~~(Film)~~\|Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World]]'' will very often hit other people with her purse when she's really angry. The following characters she's hit with her purse are; Melville Crump, J. Russell Finch, Col. Hawthorne, Otto Meyer, and a random pedestrian. == [[Literature]] == * ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Mrs. Figg hits Mundungus Fletcher with her handbag, which, from the clanking, appeared to be filled with cans of cat food. * In ''[[Discworld]]'', Agony Aunt Dotsie's unnaturally heavy purse provides a quick removal of any threat == [[Live Action TV]] == * A staple of Ruth Buzzi's old lady character on ''[[Rowan and ~~Martins~~Martin's Laugh -In]]''. * ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' once improvised a weapon from a handbag and a couple of bricks. On the commentary, [[Joss Whedon]] refers to it as "[[Foo Fu\|Bag fu]]." * ''[[The Golden Girls]]'': Sophia would sometimes indulge in this, using the beaded purse she carried with her everywhere. One episode of note is when her sister, Angela, moves to Miami and moves in with Sophia's current boyfriend. Sophia automatically assumes that the two are having an affair and goes to confront them. Angela pleads her innocence...only for Sophia's boyfriend to walk out of his bedroom with ''another'' woman. [[Crowning Moment of Funny\|Sophia and Angela gang up on him.]] {{quote\| Angela: You've insulted my sister's honor!~~<br />~~ Tony: I don't know what to say. ~~<br />~~ Sophia: I'll tell you what you can say! Say "ouch"! {whacks him with her purse}~~<br />~~ Angela: Say, "That hurts!" {whacks him with ''her'' purse} }} * Discussed in the final episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. The villain asks if she's going to hit him with her handbag. She doesn't, unfortunately. * In ''[[Malcolm in ~~The~~the Middle]]'', Dewey starts to carry a handbag with him as a backpack. Reese [[Genre Savvy\|knowing that his brother would get picked on for this]], [[Pet the Dog\|tries to get him to use a backpack again]]. Despite spending the entire episode and still not changing Dewey's mind he is seen getting picked on for using a handbag. Dewey then proceeds to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome\|beat the crud out of his hecklers using his handbag]]. After they run away Dewey reveals he was carrying a brick inside the handbag as he [[Genre Savvy\|expected this too]]. * ''[[Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]'': Phryne uses her handbag to disarm and then knock down a killer in "Murder Under the Mistletoe". == New Media == * There is a (possibly staged) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQxcV4lu-a4 YouTube video] of a little old lady in a crosswalk responding to the impatient honking of a motorist by whacking his front bumper with her handbag hard enough to set off his airbags. == [[~~Satire~~Puppet Shows]] == * [[Margaret Thatcher]] was often depicted wielding a killer handbag, especially on ''[[Spitting Image]]''. Line 53 ⟶ 56: == [[Video Games]] == * ''[[~~Killer 7~~Killer7]]'': Garcian Smith's down attack involves hitting an enemy with his large suitcase. * ''[[Maple Story]]'': a briefcase is a usable weapon for players. * Handbags were available as weapons in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' - but only for female characters of a few classes. Some of them actually packed a rather impressive punch. * Chat in ''[[~~Tales of Eternia (Video Game)\|~~Tales of Eternia]]'' uses these as weapons, though sometimes she just pulls [[Drop the Hammer\|hammers]] out of them. ** Karol from ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' smacks foes over the head with his large handbag for his various debuffing artes. * Handbags are a possible weapon (albeit a very ''weak'' one) for players to find in ''[[Dead Rising]]''. ** It's definitely in the sequel as shown [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VyNJGpZggs here]. * In ''[[The Sims]] 1 & 2'', the ambiguously wedded Mrs./Miss Crumplebottom carries a handbag that, while not murderous, is quite humiliating. * Kisarah Westfield from SNK's ''[[~~Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (Video Game)\|~~Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]'' is a schoolgirl who fights with her bookbag, which is a callback to the fighting game she originally comes from (''Aggressors of Dark Kombat'') where various weapons can be picked up and temporarily used. * A handbag is the first weapon you can give to Eileen in the [[Escort Mission]] section of ''[[Silent Hill 4]]''. (Protip: Don't do it! Her AI will flip from "cower-and-hide" to "reckless enthusiasm" and she'll take damage. If you need the help, give her one of the better weapons you find later.) * ''[[EarthBound]]'' has the Cranky Lady and the [[Palette Swap\|Extra Cranky Lady]], who can deal decent damage by wielding their shopping bags. == [[Web Comics]] == * Laura Gates of ''[[Beyond Reality]]'' has a lead weight sewn to the bottom of her purse for this exact purpose. * In ''[[Lackadaisy Cats]]'', Mitzi slams one into Mordecai's face in shock when he hid in [[Danger Takes a Backseat\|her backseat]] to have a word with her. {{quote\| '''Mordecai:''' I'd like a word with you... if you can refrain from assaulting me with a bakelite for a moment.}} == [[Western Animation]] == * Irma, the dorky friend of April O'Neill, utters the battle cry in the page quote in ''[[~~Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)\|~~Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987]]'', while facing off against an unstoppable robot. * In the [[Looney Tunes]] short ''Boston Quackie'', Quackie's girlfriend Mary clobbers the man in the green hat with her handbag. Of course, she is carrying an anvil in it... * ''[[My Little Pony: ~~Friendship Is Magic (Animation)\|My Little Pony~~ Friendship Is Magic]]'': In "The Mysterious Mare Do Well", Rainbow Dash gives Granny Smith an unwanted helping hoof and gets bonked with Granny's purse for her troubles. * In one episode of ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man]]'', an [[Badass Bystander\|old lady on the subway]] saves Spider-Man's life by employing this technique ... against ''the Lizard!'' == [[Real Life]] == * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ha8pC0aBc Supergran!] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924001522/http://hd.se/multimedia/archive/00115/269235_jpg_115442d.jpg This picture] from a neonazi demonstration in Sweden. {{reflist}} [[Category:Improvised ~~Index~~Weapon Tropes]] ~~[[Category:Magic for Beginners]]~~ [[Category:Elders]] [[Category:Weapons and Wielding Tropes]] [[Category:Handbag Ofof Hurt]] [[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]