Handbag of Hurt: Difference between revisions

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 Granny]]

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* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Seto Kaiba uses a briefcase when he is attacked by Pegasus' goons. His [[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]]}}.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

** [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].

{{quote|'''''Roger''': What do you have in that purse of yours, rocks?''

'''''Anita''': Oh, no; bricks.'' }}

* 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 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]].

 

== 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.

 

* [[Margaret Thatcher]] was often depicted wielding a killer handbag, especially on ''[[Spitting Image]]''.

 

* Kisarah Westfield from SNK's ''[[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.)

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Irma, the dorky friend of April O'Neill, utters the battle cry in the page quote in ''[[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...

* 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!]

 

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