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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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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', Seto Kaiba uses a briefcase when he is attacked by Pegasus' goons. His [[Distressed Damsel|little brother]] ''tries'' to pull off the same moves later on, but fails miserably.
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* 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 ''[[
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* 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!''
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