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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''What's this? Attack of the old people? [[Lampshade Hanging|Oh, that's ridiculous]].''
|'''The Dream Lord''', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E07 Amy's Choice|Amy's Choice]]"}}
An elderly person attacks someone or something, from a teenager to a monster, with an object like a [[Cane Fu|cane]] or a [[Handbag of Hurt|purse]]. Effectiveness of attack varies from annoying and harmless to actually taking down the target.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|Scrooge McDuck]] often uses his [[Cane Fu|cane as a weapon]] (he certainly doesn't need it for walking).
* Kidney Lady, basically [[Howard the Duck (comics)|Howard the Duck]]'s only unbeatable enemy. Wields a mean cane against anyone who smokes or sends off harmful fast-food fumes. Clearly nuts, but can be tricky; will use magic in a pinch.
* In one [[Newspaper Comic|strip]] of ''The Middletons'', a mugger approached 85-year-old Beatrice Middleton. Rather than harming him physically, she pulled out a small scissors ... and with an evil grin, cut his iPod cord. "That's just wrong!" he wailed. "Call a cop," she said.
== [[Film]] ==
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== Other ==
* In one bit, comedian [[Patton Oswalt]] says that, if you can live to be 100, you should be allowed to legally murder anyone you want, provided you kill them with your bare hands. He then says, "Would any of you come to the rescue if you heard, 'Help, a 100 year old woman is beating me to death!'?"
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* [[Andrew Jackson]] did this to a guy who tried to kill him, chasing him with his cane after both of the would-be assassin's pistols failed to fire. Jackson, 67 at the time and reportedly having respiratory problems, had to be pulled off his target by his aides after administering a highly justified beatdown.▼
* It has been proven that elderly victims of muggings and armed robbery are twice as likely to retaliate against an attacker, compared to younger victims. The reason basically being that a younger victim would believe he or she had more to lose.▼
* More than once a mugger has targeted an elderly man they thought would be an easy mark, only to discover said elderly man is an ex-special forces [[Retired Badass]].▼
== [[Toys]] ==
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* Bruce Wayne fits this trope occasionally in ''[[Batman Beyond]]''. Given that this is Batman as a senior citizen, he is much more effective than average.
* Shows up in the opening credits for the old cartoon ''[[Superchicken]]'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-3QAiVDL-A at :04 in]).
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* [[Andrew Jackson]] did this to a guy who tried to kill him, chasing him with his cane after both of the would-be assassin's pistols failed to fire. Jackson, 67 at the time and reportedly having respiratory problems, had to be pulled off his target by his aides after administering a highly justified beatdown.
▲* It has been proven that elderly victims of muggings and armed robbery are twice as likely to retaliate against an attacker, compared to younger victims. The reason basically being that a younger victim would believe he or she had more to lose.
▲* More than once a mugger has targeted an elderly man they thought would be an easy mark, only to discover said elderly man is an ex-special forces [[Retired Badass]].
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