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{{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]]''}}

[[Chainsaw Good|Chainsaws]] aren't the only power tools to be used as weapons in TV Land. Weaponised ''drills'' are a staple of the [[Super Robot Genre]], almost as ubiquitous as the [[Rocket Punch]]. Perhaps it's because they're actually fairly effective against heavily-armoured targets, or perhaps [[Most Writers Are Male|the male gender]] finds an inherent appeal in the idea of [[Freud Was Right|"penetration"]]. For whatever reason, huge cone-shaped mining drills, often with rings of contra-rotating spikes, are much more popular than the boring "normal" kind (no pun intended, for ''once''). It also puts one in mind of a "spinning" chainsaw, which of course, makes [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning|Everything Better]].

This is a [[Weapon of Choice]] trope. [[PunA Worldwide Punomenon|You know the drill]]. A subtrope of [[Everything's Better Withwith 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 Withwith Dinosaurs|dinosaurs]], drill ''trees''... the list goes on. Getter Drill Missile. Drill hand [[Rocket Punch]].

* In fact, ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|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).

** ''[[Great Mazinger (Anime)|Great Mazinger]]'''s Drill Pressure Punch combines the two most ubiquitous Super Robot weapons, being both a drill and a [[Rocket Punch]].

** And ''[[MazinkaiserUFO (Anime)|MazinkaiserRobo Grendizer]]'''s TurboScrew SmasherCrusher Punch, likewise.

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' (The first chapter even lampshades the male symbolism when one of the girls points out how nasty it would be if Simon "drilled" them). As well as being a choice weapon for the most power mechs, drills are a motif and symbol of the series' theme:

{{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&! (Manga)|Yotsuba&!]]''. But only with a power drill.

* Parodied in ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]''. Konata [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emq0Xf6zVDw imagines] a ''[[Gun BusterGunbuster]]''/''[[Getter Robo]]''-esque dentist. And, if [[Freud Was Right]], Miyuki's fear of dentist drills may be symbolic for fearing men in general.... In a later episode, Akira Kogami refers to the page quote... to, rather disturbingly, justify her desire for [[Princess Curls]] (or "twin drills", as she calls them). A later episode has her wearing two literal drills in her hair in an attempt to simulate the style.

* ''[[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]]'' - 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]].

* Jean in ''[[Claymore (Manga)|Claymore]]'' is a non-[[Super Robot]] example. She twists her arm around several times, allowing her to use her sword as a drill against heavily-armored opponents. {{spoiler|After the timeskip, Helen starts using the technique herself.}}

* 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 (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.

* ''[[Naruto (Manga)|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 ''[[The Tower of Druaga (Animeanime)|The Tower of Druaga]]: The Aegis of Uruk'', Ahmey's lance has a drill bit at the tip, which she can activate using a ripcord.

* 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.

* ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' fought a few opponents with drill weapons. Big Duo Inferno had fingers that could come together into a wicked drill instead of punching, and Big Fau had what looked like turbines on his wrists. Alan Gabriel can turn his hand into a drill and ''thoroughly'' enjoys using it.

* The first episode of the ''[[Witchblade (Animeanime)|Witchblade]]'' anime series featured an [[Mecha -Mooks|Excon]] with a drill-like weapon.

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'':

** Drillago is possibly an anagram of [[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar|"DrillGao"]], too.

** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' brings us [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Drillroid Drillroid] and [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Vehicroid_Jumbo_Drill Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill].

** And ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Ds|5Ds5D's]]'' 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 Asas 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.

* Even though it's called the "Eve Cannon", Eve's finishing move in ''[[NeedlessNEEDLESS]]'' is an arm-mounted drill. Which, for some reason, comes with a school uniform.

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

== ComicsComic Books ==

* In ''[[Ghost Rider (Comic Book)|Ghost Rider]]: Road to Perdition'', the villain intends to use a huge drill to bore a hole straight into Hell. There is a funny scene: At the end of one page, some soldiers are being told that "[[This Is Not a Drill]]". Flip the page, and the next thing you see is the giant drill.

* ''[[Iron Man]]'' - Iron Man's suit has a specialized armor made for tunneling that has its forearms transform into drills. Considering that Tony managed to dispatch a bunch of [[Mecha -Mooks]] with them they are also pretty effective weapons.

* 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 (Fanfic)|Embers]].

* Raim's Heaven Piercer "Drill of Soul" spellcard in the Touhou fanfic [[Troper Works/Human Of The Other Side|Human of the Other Side]] turns [[Empathic Weapon|Kraid]] into a '''drillsword'''. In fact, the spellcard itself is a [[Shout -Out]] for [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Gurren Lagann]]. And it was awesome.

* [[Avatar: theThe Abridged Series]] Ep.10

{{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: theThe 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 (Film)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' to sink a British ship -- andship—and later by [[James Bond]] to kill said villain.

* A bow-mounted drill is a staple feature of the ''Gotengo'' (known as ''[[Atragon (Film)|Atragon]]'' in America), a recurring [[Cool Ship]] of Toho features (including ''[[Godzilla Final Wars (Film)|Godzilla: Final Wars]]''). Making its movie debut in 1963 and based on even older adventure novels, the ship may be Japan's [[Ur Example]] and why drills are such a staple in their pop culture.

** The robot Moguera from ''[[The Mysterians (Film)|The Mysterians]]'' and ''[[Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (Film)|Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla]]'' has a drill forming its "snout".

** Megalon, from ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon (Film)|Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'', has drills for "hands". Kiryu in ''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (Film)S.O.S.|Godzilla Tokyo SOS]]'' could turn his right hand into a drill.

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

* The ''Narada'', the Romulan ship in ''[[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|Star Trek]]'', is a giant 24th-century mining vessel with a drill that can reach a planet's core in a relatively short amount of time. The fact that the drill is made of ''fire'' is just that much more awesome.

* ''[[The Driller Killer (Film)|The Driller Killer]]''.

* ''[[The Slumber Party Massacre (Film)|The Slumber Party Massacre]]''. [[Freud Was Right|Check out the cover]].

* A [[Nightmare Fuel|creepy]] [[Asshole Victim|pedophile]] gets impaled through the back of the head with a huge cordless drill in ''[[Easter Bunny Kill Kill|Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!]]''.

* A couple are found skewered by some kind of mining drill in the original ''[[My Bloody Valentine (Filmfilm)|My Bloody Valentine]]''.

** In ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'', the [[Sixth Ranger]]'s mecha is one-third Dragon Caesar homage and one-third Abarenoh homage. Of ''course'' it has a humongous drill.

* Drills would sometimes be used as weapons in ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'', mostly notable was Sir Killerlot's lance drill.

** ''[[Kamen Rider Den -O]]'' has the Zero Liner, which utilizes a drill as a method of attack. Kamen Rider Zeronos' Henshin also includes a drill animation when his mask forms.

** [[Kamen Rider OOO|Kamen Rider Birth]] has, besides his gun, 6 different weapons he can summon as of this edit. One of these is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Drill Arm]].

* An episode of ''[[The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (TV)|The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne]]'' featured a [[Steampunk]] drill used as a method of underground transportation by rebels to attempt to kill the Queen. It is shown impaling at least two people. Verne first encounters Fogg when the latter arrests him on suspicion of building the drill, as it is based on one of his sketches.

* ''[[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].

* [[Robot Girl|KOS-MOS]] of ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'' is capable of turning her arm into a drill as a special move, as well as an [[Arm Cannon]] or a [[Blade Below the Shoulder]].

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

* ''[[Drill Dozer]]''. [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]].

* 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.

** Marble Garden Zone in ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Video Game)|Sonic 3]]'' has three drill-based bosses: The miniboss which excavates the ceiling and causes debris to fall, a flying vehicle driven by Robotnik fought by taking flight with Tails (fighting this boss in "Tails Alone" mode is [[Scrappy Level|infamous for its difficulty]] in some circles), and Knuckles' fight against Egg Robo in a similar drill-equipped flying vehicle. The last is fought within a lone room because Knuckles, at this point in the story, is still not in a mood to help nor be helped by the game's only flying hero; making defeating it in the sky impossible.

** One part of Cosmic Wall in ''[[Sonic Adventure 2 (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure 2]]'' involves being chased by a giant drill.

** [[Sonic Colors (Video Game)|Sonic Colors]] gives Sonic himself the ability to turn into a drill due to the yellow wisps, capable of drilling through certain dirts and even through water. One of the bosses in the DS version has drill attacks - you get the drill by boosting into it, then drill underwater to hit the real weak points.

* It's a weapon trope, gotta have ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'': In this case, Crash Man's "Crash Bomber" (''[[Mega Man 2 (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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 ''[[MegamanMega 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.)

** [[MegamanMega Man Legends]] and its sequel also have a Drill Arm.

* 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.

*** Hell, the second PV promises that the game will be full of them. [[Dai -Guard|Dai-Guard's]] drill arm, the [[Gravion|Graviton Pressure Punch]] and of course [[Getter Robo|Getter-2]] and [[Gurren Lagann|Lagann Impact]]...

** 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 ''[[BioBioShock Shock(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 ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]] Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'', Iku Nagae transforms her scarf into a lightning-imbued drill for some of her specials and spellcards. Tenshi Hinanai also fires rocks that are vaguely drill-like.

* In ''[[Indiana Jones and The Emperors Tomb (Video Game)|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.

* Subverted in ''[[Worms (Video Game)|Worms]]'': Not only is the drill usually relegated to digging as it's pathetically weak, it's a '''pneumatic''' drill. Still makes for for an [[Cherry Tapping|awesome and silly finisher]].

* Parin, the heroine from ''[[Gurumin: aA Monstrous Adventure (Video Game)|Gurumin a Monstrous Adventure]]'' carries a magical drill with her. Before [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|she pulled out of a pedestal]], it was containing the [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]. [[The Legend of Zelda|Stop me if you've heard this one before.]]

* Drachma from ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'' can get a drill attachment (among numerous other things) for his artificial arm.

* Gilgamesh's [[Wave Motion Gun|Wave Motion Sword]] Ea (the Sword of Rupture) in ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' and ''[[Fate /Zero]]'' is ostensibly a sword, but designed specifically to resemble a subterranean tunnel drill. When charging up, it sucks in wind by [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning|rotating like a drill]]. The Wave Motion bit comes in when it rips apart spacetime.

* Attentive players of ''[[Monster Hunter (Video Game)|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''.

* Mario gets a drill powerup in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.

* [[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.]]

** One of [[MegamanMega Man Legends|Tron Bonne]]'s special attacks in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom|Marvel Vs. Capcom 2]]'' and later ''Marvel Vs. Capcom 3'' involves turning her [[Powered Armor|robot's]] hand into a drill.

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

* In ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'', drills are a trademark of [[Tomboy|Homura]] [[Student Council President|Akai]], who's a fan of mecha anime. It's such a trademark of hers, that in a [[Shout -Out]] to [[Metal Gear Solid]], the game's illustrator even made a joke illustration in one of the official illustrations books of ''[[Fan Nickname|Tokimemo 2]]'' where Homura offers a drill to [[Trigger Happy|Revolver]] [[Badass Grandpa|Ocelot]] ([[Crowning Moment of Funny|who's rather annoyed by the girl's antics, so much that Homura's best friend, clearly afraid, tries to restrain her]]) so he can use it as a replacement for his severed arm.

* ''[[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."]]

* Engineers in ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company (Video Game)|Battlefield Bad Company 2]]'' can use their drill as a weapon. While its very damaging on vehicles, it can also be used on humans for a quick kill and an achievement.

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

* In ''[[Tales of Vesperia (Video Game)|Tales of Vesperia]]'' one of Karol's weapons is the drill hammer, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|a hammer with a drill on the end]].

* In the ''[[Battletoads (Video Game)|Battletoads]]'' arcade game, Zitz's "Drilla Killa" finisher grinds enemies' faces into bloody paste.

* The Roquefort Mine in [[Musashi Samurai Legend (Video Game)|Musashi: Samurai Legend]] hosts several drill-wielding enemies (from which you can learn a special technique) and the boss in the first part of the mine is a ''[[Humongous Mecha|Drill Golem]]'' complete with [[One-Winged Angel|two possible forms]].

* ''[[Ar Tonelicotonelico]] Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel'' has the main character wield a [[Morph Weapon]] (supposedly a builder's tool) which can be used as a sword, a scissor or... a drill. The first Supermove you learn with him has the drill grow to enormous proportions as he charges through the enemies. [[Up to Eleven|Taken to the extreme with his Ultra Supermove.]]

* [[Terraria (Video Game)|Terraria]] has these available as endgame replacements to the pickaxe. They are also relatively viable as weapons against most enemies that will be encountered while mining.

* [[The Darkness (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Darkness]] has [[The Dragon]] use a drill on ''your face'' as a form of interrogation/torture. Luckily being possessed by a timeless demon means you get better. From Shrote's dialogue, it seems this is a preferred method for him.

* 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].

* Simonla from ''[[Sonichu (Webcomic)|Sonichu]]'' has a drill at the end of her tail and can turn her hands into drills as well, being based off of [[Tenga Toppen Gurren Lagann|Simon.]]

* Abel from the [[SCP Foundation (Wiki)|SCP Foundation]] used to conjure up all sorts of swords, axes, and other blades when he would fight. After spending some time with the SCP, he started using mostly drills and [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw-like weapons]]. When asked why, he said [[Rule of Cool|because the blades fascinated him]].

* The Fire Nation use a giant drill as a siege weapon in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. (episode title: "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book (Animation)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]].

* The [[Swat Kats (Animation)|Swat Kats]] regularly used drill-bit missiles, and used a [[Drill Tank]], the Turbo Mole, in "Caverns of Horror".

* In the old ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, once the Technodrome was moved to the center of the Earth, travel to and from the surface was accomplished via tunneling Transport Modules with big drills on the front. The second cartoon had Donatello create a similar vehicle for the turtles, with the "drill" made out of ''pure energy''.

* In ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]'' Season 4, the one-shot Digital Sea monster "Kalamar" attacks the ''Skidbladnir'' with a drill.

** In ''[[Beast Machines (Animation)|Beast Machines]]'', Megatron uses Vehicon Mole drones to attack the Maximals underground. Mounts a [[Gatling Good|chaingun]] as well, in case the earth-grinding blades weren't dangerous enough.

* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' has Dr. Animo who is using a literal drill to break down dimensional walls of his prison.

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

* In ''[[Centurions (Animation)|Centurions]]'', Jake Rockwell's Awesome Auger weapon system consists of a giant drill mounted to a tank-like body.

* One of the Earth Corps scientists from ''[[Inhumanoids (Animation)|Inhumanoids]]'', Eddie "Auger" Augutter, has an [[Captain Obvious|auger]] attached to his exosuit.

* ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|ThunderCats]]'' has a guy called Driller who's a living drill. We mostly works for Mumm-Ra for diamonds, to keep his drill sharp.

** In ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' he's a creepy [[Humongous Mecha]] that mines [[Unobtanium|Thundrillium]] for Mumm-Ra's military complex.

* Subverted by [[Robot Wars (TV series)|combat]] [[Battlebots|robotics]]. Drills turn out to be absolutely useless against a moving, armored target. On the other hand, many robots use motors scavenged from ordinary cordless drills.

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