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{{trope}}
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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[X
* In ''[[Face Off]]'', Castor Troy fights Sean Archer with an anchor during the climactic fight scene. Though to be fair, they ''are'' on a boat.
* In ''[[Shark Tale]]'' Frankie is crushed to death by an anchor.
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== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* The GaoMuscle formation from ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]]'' uses the anchor on a chain variant.
* Gokai Silver in ''[[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* May {pictured} of ''[[
* ''[[
** In a variation, the anchor bullets are generated from spiritual power as part of her [[Danmaku]]. Her actual weapon is the bottomless scoop she carries (which she does use to attack), which fits with her drowned ghost inspiration.
* Edgar of ''[[
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', Ward used a weapon that looked like a cross between an anchor and a harpoon. His [[Limit Break]] is called "Heavy Anchor" and involves him tossing it high into the air and then riding it down on the enemies with a huge shockwave.
* In ''[[Runescape]]'', the player can use a [http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Barrelchest_anchor Barrelchest anchor] as a weapon. Taken from the [[Everything Fades|lack of a corpse]] of the [[Wetware CPU|Barrelchest]] itself, the previous user.
* A sailor boss in ''[[
* [[Beat'Em Up]] entry ''Vendetta'' had a gangster boss swing one of these, if memory serves.
* The swung-on-a-chain version comes in to play at the end of an ''ESWAT'' level. You had to guess which height it would be swung at, and for some reason it was swung just right so the enemy could deflect your bullets.
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** There's also one (and only one) [[Pirate]] who uses "a martial arts weapon that looks like an anchor" in ''[[Suikoden Tierkreis]]''. The weapon in question is clearly a lot smaller than a standard anchor, though, incidentally allowing him to wield two of them.
* ''[[Gaia Online|zOMG!]]'': Anchor Bugs and Sea Anchor Bugs launch their anchor heads at you. You can also get a recipe to make an Anchor for your avatar to wield in the game as well.
* Ruby Heart from ''[[
* Sea Giants in ''Warcraft3'' and ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
* Chosokabe Motochika in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' wields his one handed ''and surfs through the air on it while its on fire''
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[
* Book 1 of ''Derelict'' features a huge Gargoyle (aptly named Iron Hand) with a full-size anchor and chain attached to his arm - he's able to decimate a barn in only a few swings, nearly killing the protagonist. She's barely able to defeat it by shooting it in the head with an UV glow-bolt.
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