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== Comics == |
== Comics == |
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* [http://marvel.wikia.com/Ferdinand_Lopez_%28Earth-616%29 Machete](who oddly enough bears a striking resemblance to [[Danny Trejo]]) is a machete-wielding foe of [[Captain America]]. |
* [http://marvel.wikia.com/Ferdinand_Lopez_%28Earth-616%29 Machete](who oddly enough bears a striking resemblance to [[Danny Trejo]]) is a machete-wielding foe of [[Captain America (comics)]]. |
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** Probably coincidence as Machete first appeared in 1985; the same year Danny Trejo made his first movie and years before ''[[Spy Kids]]''. |
** Probably coincidence as Machete first appeared in 1985; the same year Danny Trejo made his first movie and years before ''[[Spy Kids]]''. |
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* Wallace, the main character in the [[Sin City]] story ''Hell And Back'', has a machete in the climax. |
* Wallace, the main character in the [[Sin City]] story ''Hell And Back'', has a machete in the climax. |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* [[Machete]], [[Danny Trejo]]'s character in the ''[[Spy Kids]]'' movies and the [[Darker and Grittier]] expansion of his character in a fake trailer of [[Grindhouse]] [[Defictionalization|later made into an actual movie]]. [[Meaningful Name|So named]] [[Captain Obvious|because he uses them]]. A lot. (The full movie reveals that's ''actually his name'' - "Machete Chavez.") |
* [[Machete]], [[Danny Trejo]]'s character in the ''[[Spy Kids]]'' movies and the [[Darker and Grittier]] expansion of his character in a fake trailer of [[Grindhouse]] [[Defictionalization|later made into an actual movie]]. [[Meaningful Name|So named]] [[Captain Obvious|because he uses them]]. A lot. (The full movie reveals that's ''actually his name'' - "Machete Chavez.") |
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* [[Friday the 13th (film)|Jason Voorhees]], probably single-handedly responsible for the popularity of machetes in modern cinema. Funnily, a lot of people forget this and think he uses chainsaws ([[Beam Me Up, Scotty|he never has]]). |
* [[Friday the 13th (film)|Jason Voorhees]], probably single-handedly responsible for the popularity of machetes in modern cinema. Funnily, a lot of people forget this and think he uses chainsaws ([[Beam Me Up, Scotty|he never has]]). |
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* [[Knife Nut|Soap]] has one in ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''. "[[Bring My Brown Pants|Shit 'em right up!]]" |
* [[Knife Nut|Soap]] has one in ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''. "[[Bring My Brown Pants|Shit 'em right up!]]" |
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* One of Sakon Shima's [[BFS|huge swords]] in ''[[Samurai Warriors]] 2'' is an oversized machete. |
* One of Sakon Shima's [[BFS|huge swords]] in ''[[Samurai Warriors]] 2'' is an oversized machete. |
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** Likewise, Guan Ping from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''. |
** Likewise, Guan Ping from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''. |
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* The first additional weapon you pick up in ''[[Indiana Jones and The |
* The first additional weapon you pick up in ''[[Indiana Jones and The Emperor's Tomb]]'' is a machete. It's okay in combat, but it's main use is clearing thick walls of vines out of your way. |
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* Machete users are smattered through ''[[City of Heroes]]'', but special mention goes to the [[Sky Pirate|Sky Raiders]], who explicitly use machetes as part of a martial style that favors fast, maneuverable close-quarters weaponry that includes submachine guns and flamethrowers. |
* Machete users are smattered through ''[[City of Heroes]]'', but special mention goes to the [[Sky Pirate|Sky Raiders]], who explicitly use machetes as part of a martial style that favors fast, maneuverable close-quarters weaponry that includes submachine guns and flamethrowers. |
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* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'', the machete is one of your options for melee weapon. You're able to both perform a one hit kill and run with it, meaning it's nearly as good as the [[Katanas Are Just Better]]. |
* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'', the machete is one of your options for melee weapon. You're able to both perform a one hit kill and run with it, meaning it's nearly as good as the [[Katanas Are Just Better]]. |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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* Machetes were used as weapons in a slew of uprisings and rebellions throughout the Third World, especially in Cuba. Check [[The Other Wiki]] on guys like [[wikipedia:Ten |
* Machetes were used as weapons in a slew of uprisings and rebellions throughout the Third World, especially in Cuba. Check [[The Other Wiki]] on guys like [[wikipedia:Ten Years' War|Carlos Manuel de Cespedes]] for example. |
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** In the rural areas of Venezuela, people used it for dueling instead of swords. And there were those hardcore farmers that [[Crazy Prepared|hid them under their pillows and/or matresses]], but that was before the robbers met the firearms. |
** In the rural areas of Venezuela, people used it for dueling instead of swords. And there were those hardcore farmers that [[Crazy Prepared|hid them under their pillows and/or matresses]], but that was before the robbers met the firearms. |
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* On a far more depressing note, the Rwandan Genocide was chiefly conducted by men wielding machetes. See [[Hotel Rwanda]] for details. |
* On a far more depressing note, the Rwandan Genocide was chiefly conducted by men wielding machetes. See [[Hotel Rwanda]] for details. |
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