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{{quote|''I threaten you with an umbrella with a poison tip.'' |''The House Detective'' by '''Fionn Regan'''}}
A good fighter can take anything and be able to [[Improbable Weapon User|use it as a weapon]]. [[
Yes, despite their standard use as protectors from rain, snow and sunlight, a parasol can be a deadly weapon in the hands of any fictional character, if used the right way. In this case, they're mainly used for clubbing people to death, but some varieties of umbrellas can shoot things - from bullets to gas to [[Ki Attacks|laser beams]]. Don't be fooled if you see an old lady wielding an umbrella. [[Never Mess with Granny|Get on her bad side, and she'll whack you good]]!
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]]
* Guido from ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'' is surely the king of this trope. His Samurai Sunspot Umbrella can do pretty much anything.
* The [[Proud Warrior Race|Yato]] from ''[[Gintama]]'' use their metal umbrellas as protection from the sun, batons, shields and… guns. While there is no normal bullet that can pierce them, a yato's punch is very well capable of that.
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* In [[The Parasol Protectorate]] series, one of these is Alexia {{spoiler|Maccon nee }} Tarabotti's weapon of choice. It has all sorts of surprises built into it.
== [[Live
* John Steed from ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''. His had a sword inside, but he didn't always feel the need to draw it.
* In an episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Cory keeps having nightmares where he kills all the people he loves. He describes how in one of them, he shoved an umbrella down his best friend's throat and then opened it. "Shawn... I [[Mary Poppins]]ed ya."
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* The preview trailer for the Korean drama series ''Runaway: Plan B'' (''도망자 / Do Mang Ja'') shows a female character using a purple parasol to fend off attackers in a busy street.
== [[Music]] ==
* In the Lemon Demon song "Samuel and Rosella", the titular character, annoyed by a young person in Hot Topic, "didn't like the way he dressed, so they closed their umbrella and they rammed it through his chest."
* In the play "The Turn of the Worm", two teenage thieves break into an apartment where two old ladies live. Pina, the feistier of the old ladies, stabs the male thief in the foot with an umbrella (it was revealed earlier in the show that she sharpens the point specifically for this purpose).▼
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* The use of the ''Western'' umbrella became an integral part of the Hung Gar family of Martial Arts, when Doctor Wong Fei Hung saw their prevalance as China became increasingly westernized in the latter part of the 19th century. It also became the [[Weapon of Choice]] that came to define Wong Fei Hung in cinema, notably those in which he is portrayed by Jet Li.▼
* Real people may also be apt to break things with umbrellas if they're pushed too far, like that one time when Britney Spears shaved her head and went crazy on that one guy's car.▼
* [[wikipedia:Georgi Markov#Umbrella Murder|The Umbrella Murder]]: On September 10, 1978 the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov died of ricin poisoning. It was later determined that he had been killed by a poison capsule that was injected into his leg by the tip of an umbrella.▼
* [[wikipedia:Bartitsu|Bartitsu]] is an entire style of martial arts that revolves around using walking sticks and, yes, umbrellas. Pierre Vigny, a particularly renowned practitioner of one such technique, had (by his own account) once fought off several Apaches (Parisian street gangsters, not Native Americans) with a light umbrella. Incidentally, this now somewhat forgotten martial art may be responsible for a fair amount of the examples used here.▼
* In another example of bizarre [[Truth in Television]], people have actually made [http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/unbreakable-fig.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp combat umbrellas], which have been used by the Phillipine Secret Service. Combat umbrellas that can ''split watermelons''.▼
* As with nearly everything else, the [[MythBusters]] have covered this one.▼
* [[Britney Spears]] allegedly beat the paparazzi with an umbrella.▼
** Prinz Ernst August von Hannover ''did'' attack a newspaper reporter with an umbrella. A computer game was even made based on this incident and what led to it.▼
* And now, [http://www.littlegun.be/curios%20et%20antiquites/a%20parapluie%20poivriere%20gb.htm a gun/sword/umbrella].▼
* During the [[A Bridge Too Far|Battle of Arnhem]] British paratrooper Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter armed himself with a pistol in one hand and his signature combat umbrella in the other. Devised as a way to mark himself as an Englishman due to his chronic inability to remember passwords, the umbrella came in handy for more military purposes when on one occasion he used it to disable a German armoured car by thrusting the rolled up umbrella through an observation slit in the vehicle and incapacitating the driver.▼
** "Classic" umbrellas (cane-like, non-telescopic) are perfectly able to turn into vicious stabbing weapons due to the 5-inch metal spike on top, which is naturally sharp and can be further sharpened if needed. A military man trained in bayonet combat also knows how to hold it with both hands to avoid bending the shaft.▼
** In a rather funny way, if folding or normal knives ''of significant size'' (which is below 5 inch anyway) are forbidden to carry in public places, umbrellas are thought harmless by most people including law enforcement.▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* In the ''[[New World of Darkness]]'' Core Rulebook, there is a piece of fluff where a character fights off an attacker with an umbrella (and stabs him in the eye for his trouble).
* ''[[Exalted]]'' has [[Overly Long Name|Princess Magnificent with Lips of Coral and Robes of Black Feathers]], one of the [[Omnicidal Maniac|Deathlords]]. Her weapon of choice is the Umbrella of Discord, a dreadful thing stitched together from the flesh and bone of five Solars killed in the First Age.
== [[Theatre]] ==
▲* In the play "The Turn of the Worm", two teenage thieves break into an apartment where two old ladies live. Pina, the feistier of the old ladies, stabs the male thief in the foot with an umbrella (it was revealed earlier in the show that she sharpens the point specifically for this purpose).
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[Kirby]]'' has, at different times, had umbrella-toting enemies he could absorb. While the Parasol isn't the strongest power he can gain, it does slow his falls. And it even naturally protects him from attacks from above.
* Aerith's [[Cherry Tapping|joke weapon]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' is a parasol, though she's still the [[White Magician Girl]] so it isn't exactly badass.
** However, Zack totes one in the [[Beach Episode]] mission of ''[[Crisis Core]]'', and it apparently does the same amount of damage as his [[Big Freaking Sword|BFS]].
** Likewise, in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] 358/2 Days'', Roxas's joke weapon is also an umbrella.
* There are three of these in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''. The Titanium Assault Umbrella, is listed as a one-handed weapon, as is the Goatskin Umbrella (whose real advantage as a weapon is that it ''[[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|stinks]]'' of rotting goatskin).
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* Lan uses a high-tech parasol defensively in ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]] 3'', to block a brainwashing beam.
* The Civilian in the original ''[[Team Fortress Classic|Team Fortress]]''. Later reused for the famous ''They Hunger'' Half-Life mod.
* Momo in ''[[Breath of Fire|Breath of Fire III]]'' uses an umbrella ([[
* Rachel is prone to using Nago as one in ''[[BlazBlue]]''. And also prone to [[Morph Weapon|using him as everything else]].
** One of Bang Shishigami's distortion drives has him toss an umbrella... which then rains dozens of nails on the opponent.
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* Parasoul in ''[[Skullgirls]]'' uses a western style umbrella that is also a [[Living Weapon]] as her main fighting tool.
* There are enemies in ''[[Maximum Carnage]]'' who use umbrellas as both weapons and shields.
* In ''[[Splatoon 2]]'', the Brellas are three weapons like this; they act like shotguns that can be opened to use as shields. This makes sense, as Inkling weapons use liquid projectiles.
==
* Aerynn from ''[[Electric Wonderland]]'' gives a laser-shooting umbrella to Shroomy after Shroomy realizes her boyfriend Parker didn't give her anything for Christmas.
* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', John obtains the umbrellakind [[Weapon of Choice|strife specibus]] and alchemizes the Barber's Best Friend, an umbrella made of razors. He never uses either, though, in favour of hammers.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the "Ballpoint, Penn., or Bust!" episode of ''[[Wacky Races]]'', Penelope Pitstop hit the Gruesome Twosome's dragon with the parasol from her car.
* In a ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' episode
* One of many gadgets the heroines use on ''[[Totally Spies]]''; Alex is even using one in the opening credits.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* The use of the ''Western'' umbrella became an integral part of the Hung Gar family of Martial Arts, when Doctor Wong Fei Hung saw their
▲* [[wikipedia:Georgi Markov#Umbrella Murder|The Umbrella Murder]]: On September 10, 1978 the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov died of ricin poisoning. It was later determined that he had been killed by a poison capsule that was injected into his leg by the tip of an umbrella.
▲* [[wikipedia:Bartitsu|Bartitsu]] is an entire style of martial arts that revolves around using walking sticks and, yes, umbrellas. Pierre Vigny, a particularly renowned practitioner of one such technique, had (by his own account) once fought off several Apaches (Parisian street gangsters, not Native Americans) with a light umbrella. Incidentally, this now somewhat forgotten martial art may be responsible for a fair amount of the examples used here.
▲* In another example of bizarre [[Truth in Television]], people have actually made [http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/unbreakable-fig.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp combat umbrellas], which have been used by the Phillipine Secret Service. Combat umbrellas that can ''split watermelons''.
▲* As with nearly everything else, the [[MythBusters]] have covered this one.
▲* Real people may also be apt to break things with umbrellas if they're pushed too far, like that one time when [[Britney Spears]] shaved her head and went crazy on that one guy's car.
▲* [[Britney Spears]] allegedly beat the paparazzi with an umbrella.
▲** Prinz Ernst August von Hannover ''did'' attack a newspaper reporter with an umbrella. A computer game was even made based on this incident and what led to it.
▲* And now, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091022131855/http://www.littlegun.be/curios%20et%20antiquites/a%20parapluie%20poivriere%20gb.htm a gun/sword/umbrella].
▲* During the [[A Bridge Too Far|Battle of Arnhem]] British paratrooper Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter armed himself with a pistol in one hand and his signature combat umbrella in the other. Devised as a way to mark himself as an Englishman due to his chronic inability to remember passwords, the umbrella came in handy for more military purposes when on one occasion he used it to disable a German armoured car by thrusting the rolled up umbrella through an observation slit in the vehicle and incapacitating the driver.
▲** "Classic" umbrellas (cane-like, non-telescopic) are perfectly able to turn into vicious stabbing weapons due to the 5-inch metal spike on top, which is naturally sharp and can be further sharpened if needed. A military man trained in bayonet combat also knows how to hold it with both hands to avoid bending the shaft.
▲** In a rather funny way, if folding or normal knives ''of significant size'' (which is below 5 inch anyway) are forbidden to carry in public places, umbrellas are thought harmless by most people including law enforcement.
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