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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~swordchucksyo_2967~~swordchucksyo 2967.jpg\|link=8-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~\|~~right~~frame\|Sword Chucks, yo!]] {{quote\|''I need gopher-chucks!''\|'''--[[The Chosen One]]''', ''[[Kung Pow]]''}} [[Fighting ~~With~~with Chucks\|Nunchucks are fun!]] The [[Ninja]] love them, and they are one of the most famous martial arts weapons around (next to the [[Katanas Are Just Better\|katana]]). The best thing about them is the fact that they are so easy to make! All you have to do, is take two random items, and connect them with a rope or a chain, and there you go! [['''Instant Chucks]]'''! Forget practicality, this one runs on pure [[Rule of Cool]]. Being such an easy weapon to make, a [[Combat Pragmatist]] can make some while locked in battle. If he is fighting multiple enemies, [[Conservation of Ninjutsu\|Asskicking ensues, if not, they will be discarded very quickly.]] [[Sub -Trope]] of [[Double Weapon]] and [[Mix -and -Match Weapon]]. {{examples}} Line 15: * In ''[[One Piece]]'' during the thriller Bark Arc, resident builder and strongman Franky makes Pillar chucks. * ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has [[Swiss Army Weapon\|Bardiche]] and his Riot Zamber form, which is a pair of energy sabers connected by an energy cable. In other words, [[Laser Sword]] chucks * In [[Yaiba]], during the fight between [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever\|Giant Yaiba]] and Goemon inside the [[Humongous Mecha\|Onimaru Fortress]], the latter used a whole train as a nunchak/sansetsukon againts Yaiba, and it's quite effective. * Shuuhei Hisagi's Zanpakuto from ''[[Bleach]]'' releases into what seems to be two double-bladed scythes that are chained together in this fashion. ** Subverted with Ukitake's shikai, which is two swords connected by their ends by a chord, but he doesn't swing either around, rather it lets him [[Energy Absorption\|absorb attacks from one]] and [[Attack Deflector\|fire it out the other.]] Line 21: == Film == * In the second live action ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (~~Film~~film)\|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie, Michaelangelo uses a pair of salamis joined by a string as a pair of readymade nunchucks. * In ''[[Kung Pow]]'', [[The Chosen One]] gained the help of two gophers and made Gopher-chucks in the middle of a fight. * [[Rob Schneider]] has one of his characters do this in a movie set in a prison with two bars of soap, and we are even shown him working on them with a prison shiv so he can affix the rope to attach them. Line 27: == Live Action TV == * ''[[~~MST3K~~Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' had Joel & the 'Bots come up with several "'chucks" during a break while watching ''[[Master Ninja]].'' They included "up-chucks (plastic vomit)," "nun-chucks (nun's habits)," and "Chuck Woolerys (covered in wool)." == Video Games == Line 35: == Webcomics == * Fighter of ''[[8-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~\|Eight Bit Theater]]'' had the grand idea to connect two swords together and make [[Sword Chucks]]. They become a [[Running Gag]] throughout the comic. {{spoiler\|Pretty much stopped after he got them, for a while anyway.}} * ''[[~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)\|~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'': Mongo wields the wonderfully ludicrous [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p37 Chainsaw nunchucks] during the "D.A.R.E To Resist Ninja Drugs" arc. He does the classic nunchuck warmup ~~moves -- while~~moves—while the saws are running. * Eddie, in ''[[Emergency Exit]]'', has the ability to create ''Malletchucks'', which he wields with very improbable dexterity. * In ''[[~~Sinfest (Webcomic)\|~~Sinfest]]'' most-definitely-not-a-furry Slick claimed to be superhero Bunnyman using "[~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20140209183612/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1934 carrot numchucks]". * Parodied in ''[[The Dreadful]]'', as [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/03/21/a-paid-message-from-big-eagle-beer-03/ banana chucks] are as effective as you'd expect them to be. Line 44: == Web Original == * Chris Sims of the ''Invincible Super-Blog'' had a "Batman using unconventional nunchucks" contest. Entries included [http://www.the-isb.com/?p=601 Nunchucks made of Sharks,][http://www.the-isb.com/?p=611 ...and alligators, and car batteries] [http://www.the-isb.com/?p=633 and more...] * [[Uncyclopedia]] has a list of fictional melee weapons the contributors wish was real. It [~~http~~https://uncyclopedia.~~wikia.com~~ca/wiki/List_of_melee_weapons_that_don~~%27t_exist~~'t_exist,_but_should#Nunchucks includes] Bananachucks, Weasel-chucks, Sword Chucks, and Sephiroth-chucks. == Western Animation == Line 55 ⟶ 54: {{reflist}} [[Category:Improvised ~~Index~~Weapon Tropes]] [[Category:Weapons and Wielding Tropes]] [[Category:Instant Chucks]] ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~