Hyperspace Mallet: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' uses it on occasion. [[Fanon]] makes it far more prominent and always has Akane Tendo to be the one to use it; this actually varies depending on continuity. In the anime, Akane only uses a hammer four times: the 3rd and 5th season episodes "Ryoga's Miracle Cure!" and "Into the Darkness" respectively, the OAV "Team Ranma Vs. The Legendary Phoenix", and the 1st movie "Big Trouble in Nekonron, China". It's only slightly more prominent in the manga, and just about everyone has used it, from Kodachi (the first person to wield it) to Soun Tendo to Happosai to Ranma Saotome himself.

** In the manga Akane most frequently uses her fists, samurai weaponry such as shinai and bokken, or usually any blunt object at hand. She doesn't really use a mallet more than anyone else.

** So pervasive and insidious is the view that Akane is a "hammer girl" (the "[[Weapon of Choice]]" kind, not the "[[Super Drowning Skills|No Natural Buoyancy]]" kind) that many of the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' video games actually give her a huge wooden mallet as a legitimate attack.

** In its first appearance in the [[Ranma ½: The Abridged Chronicles|abridged series]], Kodachi [[Calling Your Attacks|calls out "Hyperspace mallet!"]] as she attacks with it.

** Made better by the fact that you see it materialize as if Transported in on occasion.

** Amy is a rare character who actually fully utilises her hammer against her enemies rather than just punishing friends.

** This is apparently a genetic trait, as Sunako's father also materialises a wooden sword in a lightning bolt when he is angry.

* Carerra Marker from ''[[Karin]]'' manifests her deadly slipper from hyperspace, complete with [[Battle Aura]].

 

== Literature ==

* In [[The Stormlight Archive]] by [[Brandon Sanderson]], some of the most powerful weapons in the setting, Shardblades, can be summoned from thin air with an effort of will by their owner, they will appear after ten of the owner's heartbeats.