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== [[Film]] ==
* In the movie ''[[The Forbidden Kingdom]]'', Golden Sparrow has throwing blades disguised as the tuning pegs of her ''[
* ''[[The World Is Not Enough (Film)|The World Is Not Enough]]'' had a bagpipe flamethrower being tested in Q's lab.
{{quote| '''Bond''': "I guess we all have to pay the piper sometimes."<br />
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* In ''[[Casino Royale 1967]]'', Ursula Andress uses the old machine-gun-in-the-bagpipes trick.
* ''[[The Fastest Guitar Alive]]'', a humorous Western from 1967, stars Roy Orbison (!) who wields a guitar/rifle.
* The Harpists from ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'', who could summon flying swords and ghost pirates from their ''[
* ''[[Zombieland (Film)|Zombieland]]''. [[Badass|Tallahassee]] bludgeons a zombie with a [[Crazy Awesome|banjo]].
** In another scene, a nun drops a piano on a zombie.
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* In ''The Tragedy Of Y'' ([[Ellery Queen]] writing as Barnaby Ross), one of the murder victims is smacked in the face with a mandolin. (Twisting this trope a bit, the blow wasn't fatal, but did set off a fatal heart attack.) This turns out to be a clue to the murderer's identity. {{spoiler|Most adults who read the phrase "blunt instrument" would think fireplace poker or something equally nasty. But a homicidal child might just take the second word literally....}}
* In Juliet Marillier's ''[[Bridei Chronicles]],'' Faolan is a musician and an assassin, and he strangles someone with a harp string at one point.
* The end of ''[[Friday the
* A character is killed by having a drumstick launched into their chest by an explosion in the main character's vision at the beginning of ''[[Final Destination]]: Dead Reckoning''. Later book ''Death of the Senses'' has a guy get decapitated at the jaw line by a platinum record, also launched through the air by [[Stuff Blowing Up]].
* In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]], [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Mandalorian]] instruments can often double as these. Their idea of a flute has a sword blade attached.
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* In [[Joe Abercrombie]]'s ''Best Served Cold'', the main characters hire a band of thugs who pose as [[Dreadful Musician|musicians]]. One of the thugs has his lute built around an axe, on the theory that the lute will break on impact, [[Department of Redundancy Department|leaving only the axe in his hands.]] {{spoiler|It almost works, but he gets so tangled in the wreckage that he's unable to pull it free from his first victim to defend himself. [[Captain Obvious|He dies.]]}}
* During the final battle of the first ''Bedlam's Bard'' novel, witch/musician Beth Ketraine defeats [[The Dragon]] by clubbing her over the head with a guitar.
* ''[[The Laundry Series|The Jennifer Morgue]]'' by [[Charles Stross]] plays on this; Bob's girlfriend, Mo, carries a Zann-model violin that she wields like a weapon. In an amusing [[Shout
* In the [[Phryne Fisher]] mystery ''The Green Mill Murder'', the mute in a cornet is used as a blowgun.
* One of Samuel R. Delany's ''Nova'' protagonists has senso-syrinx, a complex futuristic instrument capable of projecting holographic images, complete with sound and odours. The thing is, it includes a laser to create holograms, has a very sharp focus and runs on near-inexhaustible batteries. As the bad guys learn the HARD way, with [[Improvised Weapon|it's maximum output focused on a person]], it can knock them out with horrible stench, blow their eardrums out and not only blind them with a laser, but ''[[Kill It With Fire|set them ablaze]]''.
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** The ''[[Kamen Rider 555]]'' Hyper Battle DVD had the Faiz Sounder, a boombox that transformed into a powerful sonic cannon. This was the winning contest entry Toei had for a new weapon for Faiz, which like all other weapons in the show, was based off a real world object.
* On an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' there was a sketch featuring a performance of the William Tell Overture that ended with the cellist firing the bow from his cello to shoot an apple off Beauregard's head.
* In the ''[[
* In the ''[[MI High]]'' episode "The Visit", the enemy spies use an alpine horn that spews knockout gas.
* An episode of ''[[Friday the
* One enemy agent in ''[[The Avengers (TV)|The Avengers]]'' had a clarinet with a blade that would slide out of the bell when the right key was pressed. He used it twice: once to kill a fellow he caught trying to steal the [[McGuffin]], and once in an unsuccessful fight with Steed ... who remarked that the instrument probably played [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"sharp."]]
* In ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode [[Community (TV)/Recap/S1 E24 English As a Second Language|English as a Second Language]] Chang wields a key-tar like a battle axe.
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* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'''s version of Soundwave has an electric guitar that turned into his attack bird Laserbeak. At least until Prime used him as an axe. ([[Incredibly Lame Pun|Sorry!]]) He also had Ratbat, who turned into a keytar.
* In ''[[Silverhawks (Animation)|Silverhawks]]'', Bluegrass wielded a sonic blaster guitar as a weapon while his [[Evil Counterpart]] Melodia had a keytar that fired laser blasts shaped liked musical staves.
** Got an [[Actor Allusion]] [[Shout
* Ember Mclain from ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' could smack people around with her electric guitar.
* The Cosmic Guitar from ''[[Loonatics Unleashed (Animation)|Loonatics Unleashed]]'' which, amongst its other powers, could fire energy blasts.
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