Musical Assassin: Difference between revisions

* Kidaf Gillot from ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' used an instrument to command {{spoiler|robotic}} bugs for assassination.

* The finale of the first ''[[Lupin III]]'' manga series has Lupin up against a conductor whose assassins and explosives are in sync with his music.

* Lena from ''[[Shamanic Princess]]'' has a flute as her main weapon.

* ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'''s Mic Sounders the 13th (and his 12 preceding brothers) has music-based powers. He can use Disc M to cancel out an enemy mech's abilities, use Disc P to [[Theme Music Power-Up|empower other GS-Ride-based mecha]], and use Disc X to destroy things. In fact, the reason Disc X isn't used to destroy every enemy mecha that shows up is that, unless it is precisely tuned to perfectly match whatever he's dealing with, he runs the risk of destroying ''everything'' with it, including the Earth.

* The blind musicians (well, only one of them was blind) in ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' can tear people apart with their music, [[Razor Wind|in the form of invisible blades and fists]], and at the height of their performance they're summoning hordes of Chinese zombie warrior ghosts out of their instruments.

* ''[[Wild Zero]]'' features real-life Japanese rock band Guitar Wolf fighting hordes of aliens and zombies with homing guitar picks, samurai swords in the necks of their guitars and the pure [[The Power of Rock|POWER OF ROCK AND ROLL]].

* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' a Battle of the Bands turns literal, with Sex Bob-omb and the Katayanagi Twins blasting each other with waves of sound from their amps. Eventually those sound waves turn into a giant gorilla and a giant, two-headed dragon and fight it out over the heads of the audience.

 

* ''[[The Laundry Series|The Jennifer Morgue]]'' and ''[[The Laundry Series|The Fuller Memorandum]]'' by [[Charles Stross]] have a secret agent with a violin specially tuned to kill demons. At one point she plays a "song of unbinding" on it—which, among other things, unlocks doors, breaks geases, and, when specifically focused, opens ''skin''.

* Michelle West's Kallandras is an assassin who happens to be "bard-born". He can make people feel emotions through music, and can speak in a voice that makes anyone who hears it obey, although he doesn't like to use it.

* In ''[[The Old Kingdom]]'', the Abhorsen uses seven bells to control and banish undead. Each bell has a different power.

** Sleeper, Waker, Walker, Speaker, Thinker, Binder, Weeper. AKA Ranna, Mosrael, Kibeth, Dyrim, Belgaer, Saraneth and Astarael. If you hear Ranna, you'll just go to sleep. If you hear Astarael, the most powerful bell, you and the wielder will be hurled deep into Death.

 

== Tabletop RPGs ==

** There were also troops belonging to the Ork Goffs clan that wielded electric guitars. Their name? Goff Rockers, of course.

** And on the [[Black and Grey Morality|'good']] side, we have the [[Tank Goodness|Exorcist]] of the [[Amazon Brigade|Sisters of Battle]], the holy fusion of a [[Macross Missile Massacre]] and a ''pipe organ''.

** Lets not forget Eldar Bonesingers, who use music to shape 'psychoreactive' wraithbone into a variety of weapons and tools. Their songs may not be literally lethal, but the gravitic induction shuriken launcher they just sang out of a lump of plastic is.

* ''[[Exalted]]'' wouldn't be a proper anime-based RPG if it didn't have one of these (it's a Dragon-blooded Performance charm, natch). The Abyssals also have a Performance charm that can deal damage, and there's a [[Martial Arts and Crafts|Celestial martial arts style]] based on this trope: the Silver-Voiced Nightingale Style.

* ''[[Weapons Of The Gods]]'' has a martial arts style called Music of War which lets you attack and debuff enemies from a distance by playing a musical instrument.

 

* As the above quote suggests, ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' loves this trope. [[Rule of Three|Three]] people have electric guitars that they can play to use magical attacks: Eddie Riggs, {{spoiler|Drowned Ophelia,}} and {{spoiler|Emperor Doviculus.}} Also, the Drowning Doom's Organist unit plays a funeral dirge that weakens enemy troops while Ironheade's Thunderhog plays bass riffs to heal wounded allies, and General Lionwhyte's metal screams can shatter glass and mirrors.

** Also, the Roadies of Ironhead can destroy enemy buildings by blasting them with sound waves from the giant speakers they carry, and the Rock Crusher buffs friendly units with the [[Power of Rock]].

* ''[[Dubloon]]'' features the Quartet of the Seas, [[A Worldwide Punomenon|a band]] of [[Four Is Death|four]] [[Bonus Boss|bonus bosses]], [[Hurricane of Puns|composed of]] a rapper Vypa, guitarist Standish, flutist Captain FC and a pianist Sparkles.

* The main character in ''Otocky'' collects musical notes which he then uses against large boss notes.

 

== Webcomics ==

* ''[[Soul Symphony]]'': Protagonist Olivia's weapon of choice against monsters is a clarinet allows her to fly and create magical shields, among other things.