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[[File:DrillEXE23234_7809DrillEXE23234 7809.jpg|link=Mega Man Battle Network|framethumbnail|[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|You know what,]] [[A Worldwide Punomenon|screw this.]]]]

{{quote|''"Mark my words! This drill will open a hole in the universe! And that hole will be a path for those behind us! The dreams of those who've fallen! The hopes of those who'll follow! Those two sets of dreams weave together in a double helix! Drilling a path towards tomorrow! [[Title Drop|And that's Tengen Toppa! That's Gurren Lagann!!]] My drill is the drill... that creates the heavens!"''|'''Simon''', ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''}}

This is a [[Weapon of Choice]] trope. [[PunA Worldwide Punomenon|You know the drill]]. A subtrope of [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]. Often found on the business end of a [[Drill Tank]] or [[Drill Mole]].

Not to be confused with [[This Is Not a Drill]]. [[Shaped Like Itself|Because it is]]. And a [[Bavarian Fire Drill]] [[I Thought It Meant|is not an overly specific example of this trope]] (but you have to admit, a [[Incendiary Exponent|burning]] [[This Is a Drill|'''drill]]''' [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|from Bavaria]] would be pretty damn awesome). Neither is [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]], although again, a nasty sergeant armed with a drill would be cool and [[Badass]]. [[Princess Curls]] is this line of thinking applied to hair styling -- theystyling—they're nicknamed "drill hair", for goodness' sakessake!

== Anime &and Manga ==

* Getter-2 of ''[[Getter Robo]]'' was the [[Ur Example|original]] drill-wielding [[Super Robot Genre|Super Robot]]. They're also all over the place in the manga and [[OVA|OVAs]]s. [[Drill Tank|Drill tanks]], drill monsters, drill [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|dinosaurs]], drill ''trees''... the list goes on. Getter Drill Missile. Drill hand [[Rocket Punch]].

* In fact, ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' - unsurpsingly - already applied this trope with one of its weapons: Drill Missiles. They were drill-shaped missiles located inside its upper arms drilled the [[Robeast]] armor and exploded into it. Some [[Robeast|MechanicalBeasts]] also used weaponized drills (such like Zaila D3 or Holzon V3).

{{quote| '''Simon:''' We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before! Little by little, we advance a bit further with each turn. That's how a drill works!!}}

* Spoken word for word in ''[[Yotsuba&!]]''. But only with a power drill.

* ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' - GaoGaiGar's very legs are formed by the DrillGao, a [[Drill Tank|twin-drilled tank]]. [[Super Robot Wars]] even took the name of the robot's basic melee attack from Guy shouting "Drill Knee". Before the [[Transformation Sequence]], GaiGar can also attach DrillGao to his hands for a devastating punch attack (which also has been used to dig).<br /><br />GaoFighGar uses DrillGao II, which is enhanced with an expanding, contra-rotating drill setup. Genesic GaoGaiGar has the Straight Drill, used to parry enemy stab attacks, and the Spiral Drill, which is used as a standard attack.

* ''[[Gravion]]'' - Gravion's G-Driller forms its arms, which of course makes its Graviton Pressure Punch a combination Drill and [[Rocket Punch]].

* The Destruction Form of Vita's [[Drop the Hammer|Graf Eisen]] and {{spoiler|Ginga's hand when she's using her cyborg abilities}} in ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''.

** <!-- Graf Eisen's ''Raketenform'' is a drill in all but name. A rocket-powered drill on the end of a hammer, no less. All it lacks are the spiral threads. MOD: No spiral threads, no spinning ... it's not a drill, it's a pick. --> Amusingly, Graf Eisen shares a (Japanese) voice actor with Simon of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.

* ''[[Naruto]]'' has a fellow by the name of Kimimaro who can control his bones as weapons. In his full Cursed Seal form, he can form a gigantic bone drill over his left arm to attack with.

** The Inuzuka's signature attacks: Tsuuga and Gatsuuga.

* In ''[[Inukami!]]'', the perverted magician Sekidousai has a robot assistant with a giant drill in the crotch area. That same robot grows [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever|huge]] and starts drilling the ground with its drill bits not long after. Yes, really.

** And ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|5Ds]]'' brings us [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Drill_Synchron Drill Synchron] and [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Drill_Warrior Drill Warrior] (The latter being a direct reference to [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]) and the Equip Spell [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Double_Tool_C%26D Double Tool C&D]. The "D" stands for drill.

** Actually, the way Ramiel was in the original, it was not only directly over the Geofront, but over Central Dogma as well - all he needed to do {{spoiler|was keep on drilling until the drill came in contact with Lilith - which would of course, cause [[The End of the World as We Know It|Third Impact]].}}

* One of Miyu's attack forms in ''[[MaiMy-HiME]]'' has a drill-arm.

* One of the [[Omake|Omakes]]s in a ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga volume had Scar waking up in the field hospital with, instead of his brother's arm, a ''drill'' attached to his shoulder. Ed added a drill to ''a baby stroller'' as part of his attempt to lure Scar and the Homunculi out.

*** The ''Liberty'' has a third mounted below the first two.

== ComicsComic Books ==

* Similar to the above example, Zuko uses firebending to move burning oil in a spiral and create a drill {{spoiler|to break his ship free from an army of earthbenders}} in [[Embers]].

{{quote| "[[Let Me Get This Straight...]]: You can invent tanks, (invented 1915) jet-skis, (invented 1973) and a gi''gan''tic FRIGGIN drill, (invented 20XX) but the concept of a hot air balloon (invented 1783) ''eluuuuuuudes'' you."<br />

"Um, yes"<br />

* There's a giant tunneling drill in ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''. Mole was eager to use it.

{{quote| ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|"Beenny!! Schklew Ewe!!"]]''}}

* A drill ''torpedo'' is used by the villain of ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' to sink a British ship -- andship—and later by [[James Bond]] to kill said villain.

* ''[[Tetsuo: theThe Iron Man]]'', for a particularly disturbing scene with his girl.

* ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' has [[Artificial Limbs|bionic]] drills used as hand weapons by gladiators and tech-priests; Dreadnoughts and [[Humongous Mecha|Titans]] equipped with gigantic drills used to destroy fortresses (and quite often, other mecha); giant burrowing tanks which carry armies and other tanks through the ground and, among the most unique weapons in the setting, the ''mole mortar'', which fires drilling missiles ''into the ground'' which burrow under the enemy, surface, and explode.

* In the ''[[Mechwarrior]] Dark Age'' click-base game, industrial machines can use their civilian equipment as reasonably capable melee weapons. This includes [[Chainsaw Good|forestry saws]], [[Crazy Awesome|combine harvesters]], and of course, mining drills. The MiningMech IndustrialMech uses rock cutters and mining drills as its primary means of attack. Aesthetically subverted, however, in that the drill is not a traditional cone-shaped drill, but more like [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208020617/http://www.rocksmith.com.au/html/tri-cone_bits_-_mining.html a trifecta of smaller drills mounted together].

** The Alaraune monster class has the Thorn Drill Blast attack in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'', which is an obvious [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Giga Drill Breaker]].

* The boss of the [[Green Hill Zone|Emerald Hill Zone]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' is a car with a drill in front. A fairly simple fight, when it's down to one hit left, it ''launches'' the drill at you, in case you weren't paying attention.

** Also, the boss of the Mystic Cave Zone in the same game.

* It's a weapon trope, gotta have ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'': In this case, Crash Man's "Crash Bomber" (''[[Mega Man 2]]''), Drill Man's "Drill Bombs" (''4''), Ground Man's "Spread Drill" (''Mega Man & Bass''), and Tunnel Rhino's "Tornado Fang" (''[[Mega Man X]] 3''). Ground Man actually has more drills on his body than Drill Man himself! Spark Mandrill even has a drill hand in ''Maverick Hunter X''.

** Drillman and Groundman get remixed in ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]''. Also -- drillAlso—drill squid viruses in the fifth game, and the [[True Companions]] are threatened by the misfortune of being in a room right below a giant, out-of-control mining drill (the viruses are found here too, naturally.)

* Drills are one of the more unusual classes of weapons in ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'' -- though—though by no means the ''most'' unusual. They are, however, quite effective if you give 'em to a character strong enough to handle the weight. [[Drill Tank|Drill Tanks]]s are also available as vehicles, and at least one attack in the game launches drill ''missiles''.

* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'': Grungust Mk III has two drills on it's back it attaches to its fists for a [[Rocket Punch]].

** Thrudgelmir has that, plus a third drill on it's head it uses to headbutt with, while KoRyuOh can turn it's hand into a drill before rocket-punching. Both machines actually used to be Grungust MK IIIs.

** To say nothing of the ''Kurogane'', another [[Military Mashup Machine|submersible flying space battleship]] with a drill in the front.

** In ''[[Silent Hill Homecoming]],'' Judge Halloway has a normal power drill with a nasty-looking drill-bit in a cutscene. She is {{spoiler|clearly off her rocker and tortures Alex with it while he's restrained to a chair by ramming it into his leg fully in-camera, and the look on Alex's face as he screams is ''far'' more effective at unnerving the player than any of the acting in ''[[Hostel]]''. In the end, the torture itself inspires a burst of strength on Alex's part sufficient to tear out of his bonds, after which, he promptly shoves the drill up through the bottom of Judge Halloway's jaw.}} The look on ''her'' face at this point is equally brilliant, as are the sound effects. As a final note, the fact that Alex has no signs of hindered movement when the player gains control can be viewed, in addition to the combat system itself, as {{spoiler|evidence that his false memories actually [[Your Mind Makes It Real|give him the skills]] he would've had if he'd actually been in the military.}}

* ''[[Dig Dug]]''.

* Dordary in ''[[Virtual On]]: Oratorio Tangram'' has a heat-seeking launchable drill for an arm. A few "Vok" variants in the later games also use drills.

* In ''[[BioshockBioShock (series)]]'', the Bouncer-type Big Daddies have their right hands replaced with a drill. As if to prove its effectiveness, the player gets to see a Big Daddy demonstrate its drill on a random splicer. There was blood everywhere.

* In ''[[Indiana Jones and The EmperorsEmperor's Tomb]]'', a boss battle has Indy pursued by a drill tank -- [[Jaws First Person Perspective|from the tank's POV]], but [[Fake Difficulty|that's]] [[Unskippable Cutscene|not]] [[That One Boss|the]] [[Nintendo Hard|only]] [[Platform Hell|problem]] [[Advancing Wall of Doom|with]] that level.

* Attentive players of ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' will notice that among the hundreds of weapons in the game are a couple of drill lances. No, not blunted practice lances -- knightlances—knight lances, the kind that fits over your arm, about as long as you are tall, and ''mostly made up of a giant spinning drill bit''.

* [[The Cape (trope)|Flay Gunnar]] of ''[[Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al Revis|Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis]]'', who gets attacks such as "Big Screw", "Screwdriver" (to name a couple) [[Morph Weapon|that turn his]] [[BFS|giant sword]] [[Morph Weapon|into a (eventually even more) massive drill.]]

* A recent trailer for the upcoming [[Tales of Graces]] revealed that Pascal has a drill. Needless to say, that hit [[Memetic Mutation]] among ''Tales'' fans in ''sections''.

* ''[[Command and& Conquer]] : Tiberian Sun'', subverts this with the [[Drill Tank|Subterranean APC]], as it cannot use its drill to attack anything (save for crushing infantry) and must rely on its transported infantry to cause damage.

* ''[[Dink Smallwood]]'', the titular hero enters a base that is producing killer drill-bots. One of which proceeds to kill the attending scientist, while saying [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|"Don't be alarmed, ]][[PunA Worldwide Punomenon|this is only a drill."]]

* A semi-obscure FPS for the [[Play StationPlayStation]] and 3DO called PO'ed had a big industrial drill as a usable weapon.

* In ''[[Errant Story]]'', Meji needs to get past a magic barrier surrounding a mountain, and takes a [https://web.archive.org/web/20150906122405/http://www.errantstory.com/2011-09-15/5273 very direct approach to problem-solving].

* The Fire Nation use a giant drill as a siege weapon in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. (episode title: "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 2/13 The Drill/Recap|The Drill]]") Given that the country it's boring into is based on Imperial China, one might call this a real [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Chinese Fire Drill]].

* In the old show ''[[Superfriends]]'', one of the villians had a drill... vehicle of some sort with ''two'' drills on opposite sides of the vehicle.