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* Peacock from ''[[Skullgirls]]'' can pull a hammer out of nowhere to whack an enemy with. The creepy part about this is that when she's done with the hammer, where does she put it? ''She shoves it into one of her empty eye sockets.''

 

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' not only do the [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-06-20 currently] female characters pull hammers out of nowhere, but Dr. Germahn, at one point, gives a lengthy, [[Techno Babble]]-laden explanation of the spatial anomalies that make this possible. Susan is particularly adept at using the hammers, having [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-06-26 demonstrated] (offscreen, admittedly) the ability to juggle 3 Hyperspace Mallets and a food-tray at the same time.

** In one twist of the trope, Susan once [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-04-29 hammered] the local [[Jerk Jock]] not because he did something to her, but because he pushed aside Tedd. Elliot and Sarah are left wondering why she was able to do so. "He's just ''[[Dude Looks Like a Lady|that]]'' androgynous."

** In a later [[Cerebus Retcon|more serious turn]] Susan told she was taught how to use the hammers in more dangerous circumstances (though non-lethal, it's still a [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells|magical weapon]]). And later was rather surprised to discover their original purpose. {{spoiler|During that revelation it was revealed [[It Makes Sense in Context|Hyperspace Mallets would henceforth no longer be accessible but Susan could still access special versions of them using her own magical abilities]].}}

* Parodied in [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic/series.php?view=archive&chapter=13021#strip2 this strip] of ''[[Narbonic]]''.

* The characters of ''[[Looking for Group]]'' use [[Hammerspace]] a lot for their weapons and other gear, because they certainly don't seem to carry around backpacks (despite changing their outfits from time to time) and their weapons are curiously absent when not in use. But they never pull a weapon from hammerspace just for a humorous toonish effect (not even Krunch, the huge minotaur scholar wielding a massive sledgehammer), so it's more a case of both audience and characters deliberately ignoring the question where the weapons go.

** The Warlock Richard, on the other hand, often manifests odd items from nowhere for humorous effect and Fourth Wall Breaking; at one point he explained that "[his] mind can make arrows", so his mind probably can make dice, too.