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A [[Sub
Why? Perhaps it's the vague club shape of the animal, since most uses of this involve swinging by the tail. However, the most likely reason is simply because ''[[Rule of Cool|it is so frikkin' awesome.]]''
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It should be noted that [[Art Major Biology]] really comes into play here. In fiction, not only do the creatures seem to not be affected by the force of the impact, they also don't seem to suffer much from being out of the water. And let's not even mention the fact that their spines can stand up to this abuse.
This action has received a word in English (unofficially): The verb "[[cornobble]]".
Note this is actually hitting something with a fish. If it's merely tossing the fish anywhere other than someone you intend to hurt, it doesn't count.
The only case where [[
Compare [[Improbable Weapon User]], [[Edible Bludgeon]], [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]].
{{examples|Examples}}▼
Not to be confused with [[Shaq Fu]]. Or [[Ranma ½|Shampoo]].
== Anime & Manga ==▼
* The [[Everything Is Better With Penguins|Prinnies]] in the anime version of ''[[Disgaea]]''.▼
▲* The [[Everything
* In one episode of ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'', after one practical joke too many, [[Action Mom|Minamoto]] gains [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]], grabs a nearby alligator and proceeds to break out the Shamu Fu.
* During the Arlong Arc in ''[[One Piece]]'', Luffy grabbed the seamonstercow Momoo and used it to clear out all the [[Fish People]] Mooks prior to engaging the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]].
* ''[[
* ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Asterix]]'' frequently features "Assault with a Deadly Tuna", courtesy of the village fishmerchant.
* Usagi from ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'' once beat up a couple of thugs with a very silly-looking octopus.
** It should be noticed that this is a rather [[Troperiffic]] example, as it was included specifically because of Stan Sakai's exposure to the page picture via Scott Shaw!'s blog- one of the thugs getting fish-slapped was, in fact, a toon version of Shaw! (and yes, the exclamation point is part of his name).
* In one of the ''[[Marvel]]'' vs ''[[DCU]]'' crossovers Aquaman provided what is possibly an entirely literal example during his fight with Namor- Namor punched him into the middle of a Seaworld-esque park, and when Namor followed, Aquaman had a killer whale jump out of its tank and squash Namor.
* Pictured above, Heroic Publishing's [http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=32476096993%2033 Flare]{{Dead link}} (not to be confused with [[Black Canary]]) is [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|hitting a gorilla with a shark]]...a gorilla ''in a spacesuit''...while standing in a dinosaur's mouth...wearing high heels...being stared at by a robot...
** You forgot the [[
==
* In ''Jonah: A [[
* In ''[[Despicable Me]]'', Gru's rival Vector seems to have an obsession with [[Abnormal Ammo|guns that shoot sea creatures]], given his gushing over his "piranha gun" and his "squid launcher".
* In Disney's ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'', Kings Stefan and Hubert get into an argument and the latter uses a swordfish as a sword while the former uses a plate as a shield. They eventually get over it.
** One Disney short showed Mickey Mouse doing the same thing while fighting against Pete, who was using a scabbard.
* There is a scene in ''[[My Super Ex
* Chris Farley in ''[[Beverly Hills Ninja]]'' [[Dual
▲* There is a scene in ''[[My Super Ex Girlfriend]]'' with the shark being tossed into the guy's window.
▲* Chris Farley in ''[[Beverly Hills Ninja]]'' [[Dual Wielding|dual-wields]] fish towards the end of the movie.
* ''[[Dogma]]'': "Or you'll do what, exactly? Hit me with that fffffffish?"
* ''[[Tank Girl]]'' does it too.
* ''[[Asterix]] and Obelix vs. Caesar'', true to its source, begins with a large fish fight within the Gaul village.
== Literature ==
* In ''[[
** This is after a whale-tackle does work perfectly {{spoiler|in the first Megamorphs to shove a space-beast from Saturn into the ocean, as [[Weaksauce Weakness|water paralyses]] the millions of micro-organisms that it's built from.}}
* In ''[[
** There is a throwaway reference to a spree-killing by someone bearing the title of "The Notorious Herring Thrower". Granted, it wasn't ''specifically'' stated that throwing fish was how this person killed...
** According to the ''City Watch Diary'', there was once a laughable misunderstanding over the law that the Citizen's Militia should be armed with pikes.
* Carl Hiaasen's novel ''Skin Tight" begins with the main character killing a would-be assassin with a stuffed and mounted marlin.
* In chapter three of the ''[[Gotrek and Felix]]'' book ''Manslayer'', Gotrek [[Dual-Wielding|dual wields]] sturgeon.
=== Magazine ===▼
* The cover of ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' #98 had a dolphin slapping Alfred E. Neuman in the face with a fish.▼
== Live
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' had the fish slapping dance sketch.
* Lew Zeeland, one of the minor puppet-characters on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', threw fish as boomerangs, and was occasionally seen smacking another character with one.
* [[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]] had a long-standing habit of using seafood as weaponry in mortal combat. She fought off several attackers in season one, who'd attacked her while fishing, and in season three, an episode climax featured Xena fighting off an army, just using the fish she'd spent the episode catching.
▲== Magazine ==
▲* The cover of ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' #98 had a dolphin slapping Alfred E. Neuman in the face with a fish.
== New Media ==
* The "slapping" feature in mIRC : "X slaps Y around a bit with a large trout"
== Theatre ==
* ''[[Spamalot]]'' features the "fisch schlapping" business in the "Finland" number.
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[City of Villains]]'', a high-level character may gain powers from [[Petting Zoo People|Captain Mako]] that allows you to project [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|spiritual sharks]] that pin enemies, hold them in place, knock them down and the like. [[Narm Charm|It's so stupid it's awesome.]]
** There
* Goro from ''[[
** Well, when it "breaks", it thaws. When it's "repaired", it's refrozen.
* Speaking of Frozen Tuna, you can wield one as a two-handed blunt weapon in ''[[Maple Story]]''.
** And then there's the Thunder Breaker class, which throws sharks ''made out of thunder'' at your foes in later levels.
* Joachim in ''[[Shadow Hearts]] Covenant'' can also wield a frozen tuna as a weapon, just one in a series of increasingly improbable [[Improvised Weapon
** Frank from ''[[Shadow Hearts]] from the New World'' has a habit of creating [[Improvised Weapon
* Death in ''[[Castlevania
* One popular mod for ''[[The Sims|The Sims 2]]'' turns the pillows into large fish when your sims start pillow fights.
** In the console version, the ''default'' for Slap is to slap with a fish. Depending on the other person's personality and the extent of enmity, they'll either walk away or pull out ''[[Always a Bigger Fish|an even bigger fish]]'' to slap the first one.
* Cat Kid units in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' attack by pulling a large fish from [[Hammerspace]] and slapping things with it.
* Because of the way the item system works in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', adventure mode makes it possible to use dead fish as weapon. A giant sperm whale is surprisingly effective, though it's so heavy that it slows you to a crawl.
** You're able to edit the tags that determine what creatures and items are made of. You could make fish out of adamantine, or mark fish as valid items to make weapons out of.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has the Rockhide Strongfish, a mid level mace, and the Dark Herring, a high level dagger. There are also some fish caught with the fishing skill that can be held in the off hand. They are entirely useless aside from looks and since you can't actually attack with them they don't really count.
* Fish are wieldable weapons in ''[[Phantom Brave]]''. Like all items in the game, [[Item Crafting]] means this can result in an [[Infinity
* ''[[Power Stone]] 2'' has the Frozen Tuna, which is unlocked through [[Item Crafting]].
* In ''[[Puzzle Pirates]]'', you can use fish as a bludgeon in the Rumble game.
* There are several fishy swords in ''[[
* Nightmare from the ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' series wields a squid as a joke weapon in SC III, SC IV and SC V.
** In ''Soul Calibur V'', Patroklos' joke weapon is a pike (fish) for a sword and a ray for a shield.
* ''[[
** ''Tri'' gives us the Sharq Attaq, which is a lance-type that consists of a [[
*** As if that weren't awesome enough, the Sharq Attaq comes with a shield... in the form of a ''"No Swimming" sign.''
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has a halibut as a (very good) weapon. Why? [[Stealth Pun|Well...]]
** Also, every Turtle Tamer knows how to toss a familiar at an enemy. There are piscine familiars.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* The Scout from ''[[
* ''[[Dead Rising 2]]'' has a swordfish available as a weapon. It's not especially good (although it's alternate attack is a one hit kill... against a single zombie).
* On [[Gaia Online]], ''zOMG!'' has an attack ring that summons sharks to attack monsters.
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* In ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]'', Roll's [[Catgirl]] outfit uses a fish as a weapon.
* ''[[Shank]] 2'' allows the titular hero (or his friend [[Action Girl|Corina]]) to use frozen fish as weapons, or, in a variation, flick a switch and send either a net full of fish or a great white shark careening into their foes.
* Kidd from the ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* A red snapper is used this way in ''[[Not Quite Daily Comic]]''.
* In ''[[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things]]'', this is how Jared the [[Pokémon]] trainer [[Magikarp Power|leveled up his Magikarp into a Gyarados]].
* ''Barking Crayon'' has "[http://www.barkingcrayon.com/uploads/5/5/8/1/5581082/2059879_orig.jpg Tuna Surprise]" [[Hash House Lingo|in the menu]] of one restaurant. Apparently their special for those who don't know what they order and won't ask.
== Web Original ==
* Number 165 on [http://angevin2.livejournal.com/148520.html The Evil Shakespeare Overlord List] is "At no time shall [[Romeo and Juliet|Romeo]] slap Tybalt with a fish. This is especially key during their confrontation in 3.1 [where Romeo kills Tybalt]."
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Critic]]'': Jay gets a whale on his head while singing "Nothin's gonna stop me now!"
* There's an episode of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' where Alias
* There's a ''[[
** Another episode has Jerry beating Tom with a fish he was going to eat.
* An episode of ''[[Batman:
* And there's the almost literal example in an episode of ''[[Justice League]]'', where [[
* In ''[[
* The climax of the ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' episode "Dueling Eds" involved Rolf and Eddy fighting with Mackerel for weapons.
** I think you mean Rolf, [[Curb Stomp Battle|giving Eddy the severe beatdown]] with a mackerel while Eddy was holding one.
* In the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' "Frigid Hare", Bugs in drag gets a big fish as a gift from a lust-stricken Eskimo, who puckers up for a kiss. Bugs smacks him with the fish, the Eskimo gets really excited, grabs Bugs, his disguise slips off, and after a seconds' pause, Bugs fish-smacks him again twice as hard!
* Basil from ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' uses a fish as his weapon of choice.
* In one episode of ''[[Brandy and Mr. Whiskers]]'', Whiskers and Ed are about to engage in a duel but don't have any actual weapons and can't decide what they should fight with. They eventually settle on fish.
* Happens in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
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'''Principal Goodvibes:''' ...Why did you just hit me with a trout?
'''Eris:''' Because the mackerel wasn't fresh. }}
* In the ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode "I Was a Teenaged Stimpy" upon finding that Stimpy made himself a cocoon with his corn magazines he starts beating it with a mounted swordfish.
== Real Life ==
* Two cases from [
** A man hit his girlfriend with a dead Tuna after an argument.
** A trawlerman ''broke someone's spine'' by beating them with a 20
* [[That Other Wiki]] uses the [
* The old IRC chat meme of "trout slapping", phrased "X slaps Y around with a large trout".
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