History ImprobableWeaponUser / Videogames

** In the first Touhou game, ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', Reimu's only real method of attack was a giant yin-yang yo yo. Granted, this was before Touhou became a bullet hell game, and the first game is notorious for its differences to the others in the first place, but...

* The heroes of ''SuperheroLeagueOfHoboken'' tend to obtain and use a wide variety of weapons over the course of the game, from pointy sticks and rusty nails, to cyanide-laced silly string, tee-ball set, and arsenic-dipped deer antlers, to devastating weapons like the dobermann, the modified jet engine and the nest of trained hornets. TRAINED HORNETS.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cait Sith equips "megaphones" (though it's the giant stuffed moogle who actually carries out the attacks), and Red XIII equipes "headdresses" (though he is actually shown using claws and fangs to attack). Exactly how these "weapons" boost their attack power is [[FridgeLogic unknown]]. Cait Sith's limit breaks also include dice and ''armies of toys''.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Wakka fights by throwing sports equipment at the enemy (a "blitzball") - although, oddly enough, spike-covered combat versions of this type of ball are commonly found in weapons shops. Considering how ''heavy'' a blitzball must be to move fluidly through water, it makes some sense. Also, Lulu's stuffed plush toys have the capacity to move and attack the enemy by themselves, though they cause ''very'' little damage, because her strength is so weak. Their Weapon Abilities are far more valuable.

** Their primary purpose is to be given to girlfriends as gifts, but still. If CJ's strength is maxed out, he can beat any ped to a pulp with flowers in a matter of seconds. Oh, the [[strike:humanity]] hilarity.

* Three of the five playable characters in ''VideoGame/EvolutionWorlds'' qualify. Mag uses what is basically a cybernetic third arm that can also use hammers, bug spray and bowling balls, Chain uses a jet pack with a giant blade on the back, and Linear uses a FryingPanOfDoom. The other two use [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim guns/ blasters]].

* If you raise Ayla in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' to very high levels, her only weapon - fists - become "Iron Fist" and later "Bronze Fist". It's also possible to equip Crono with a Mop.
** Here's the fun part: ** Level Crono can still solo Lavos with it, too.

*** That makes sense though, since summoners in mediveal times delivered cards to summon people to court. Guess they [[ShownTheirWork did the research]].

** Forget Toadstool. One of Bowser's weapons is a little Mario doll. Wich he promptly uses to switch places and attack throwing THE REAL MARIO.

** Although not a weapon perse, Bundt, a giant cake, attacks you with some pretty powerful magic... and also, apparently, can scratch you?

* VideoGame/{{Kirby}} has a fairly large repretoire of abilities he can call upon with his [[MegaManning copying powers]]. Some are understandable, like the ReflectingLaser or the [[BreathWeapon fire breath]]. Then there's things like Ball (Kirby becomes bouncy and spherical, and with enough velocity can damage enemies by bouncing into them), Mike (Kirby's voice is amplified to the point where it harms all onscreen enemies), and Stone (Kirby [[TakenForGranite takes himself for granite]] and drops onto the foe).
** ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' allows you to combine two abilites, often with insane results. Highlights include an active volcano [[NiceHat (worn as a hat)]], ice skates, fireworks, and a ''refrigerator''. To elaborate on that last one: Kirby transforms into a fridge and flings deadly food at the enemy...and any leftover food can be eaten to heal Kirby.

** At least that one is explained...unlike Jun's flowers and Eikichi's guitar-case-machine-gun-thing. (The latter of which is actually a GeniusBonus, but they were meant to ''conceal'' weapons.)

*** Kanji really takes the cake here. Half of Kanji's weapons are shields (that he blugeons people with) and half are random heavy objects (that he blugeons people with) but it makes sense because Kanji's just a thug that throws his weight around during battle rather than a trained fighter.

* In''DevilSurvivor2'', Fumi cows Trumpeter into submission by bashing him with an endless stream of laptops.
* ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' has a voodo doll, stabing hurts the enemy or you if there are none, and it can skin monsters alive.

* ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'', also by Nippon Ichi, feature (among the more conventional [[{{BFG}} guns]] / [[{{BFS}} swords]] / [[ThisIsADrill drills]] / [[HumongousMecha giant robots]]) [[ThrowTheBookAtThem books]], [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pans]], Magical-Girl style ribboned wands, balloons, UFOs (for stealing items) and...[[PieInTheFace pies]]. (Though, to be fair, the pies are only good for healing.)

** Of course, ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' has the infamous [[RefugeInAudacity equippable horse weiner...]]

* While not a weapon per se, ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' has DK use a boxing glove instead of a baseball bat. This continues into the sequel, where Baby DK uses a Banana, King K. Rool uses his scepter, the Kremlings all use bats that look like spiked dumbbells, and Funky Kong uses a surfboard.

* In ''[[DotHack .hack]]'', the Macabre Dancer class uses fans, the Shadow Warlock class uses Grimoires (although they use them more for spellcasting), and Edge Punishers are able to equip swords that are twice the size of the person wielding them, and some flavors of these swords act like chainsaws (same with with the Twin Blade and Blade Brandier classes as well).

* ''DeadRising'' has water guns, [=CDs=], cash registers, King Salmon, chairs...if you can lift it, you can use it as a weapon.
** [[DeadRising2 The sequel]] includes the same anything-you-can-lay-your-hands-on arsenal, plus new Combo Weapons. These ranges from an RC helicopter with machetes on the blades, to a ''kayak paddle with chainsaws taped to either end''.

* ''[[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Ougon Musou Kyou/Cross]]'': A few characters have attacks with improbable weapons, but Shannon uses these exclusively, hitting with serving trays and carts, tea pots and cups, carpet beaters and scrubbing brushes, her skirt and apron.

* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', you can be the Improbable Weapon User. Some of the weapons you can wield include black hole launchers, head inflators, and guns that shoot dubstep. Some of the weapon skins can make your guns look improbable too, like the guitar case for the rocket launcher, rubber band gun for the SMG, and water gun for the assault rifle.

* In ''KingdomHearts'', the main weapon featured in the series, wielded by many major characters, and all main playable ones, is a giant magical key that they hit people with. It's not the only unusual weapon featured in the series. Goofy's weapon is a shield, which is far more normal than a key at any rate. Organization XIII also has members who use [[AnIcePerson a shield]], [[MasterOfIllusion a book]], [[MakingASplash a sitar]], and [[TimeMaster a giant deck of playing cards]].

* Three of the five playable characters in EvolutionWorlds qualify. Mag uses what is basically a cybernetic third arm that can also use hammers, bug spray and bowling balls, Chain uses a jet pack with a giant blade on the back, and Linear uses a FryingPanOfDoom. The other two use [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim guns/ blasters]].

**** This one is actually an in-joke: in Japanese, "765" is pronounced "namuko"- which sounds like the name of the company that made the game: Namco

* Micah of ''RuneFactory3'': Of the many items he can [[ItemForging weaponize]] and take into battle: carrots, daikon radishes, pineapples, [[DualWielding leeks, soup ladles, backscratchers]], a giant lollipop and a whole tuna. All of which of fairly strong mid-level weapons and a couple of which are used by some of your NPC companions.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'', Valentine's arsenal is strictly medical equipment. [=IVs=], Bodybags, scalpels, defibrillators, bonesaws; and being a ''ninja'' nurse, she demonstrates unthinkable proficiency with them.

*** And the protagonist that usually uses swords also gets two sets of sports equipment weapons one of which is poor and one of which is pretty good. A golf club (with a cheap bargin bin one, and a well made titanium one) and a baseball bat (a wooden one and a metal one with the Atlus logo on it)

* If vehicles in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' [[hottip:aren't improbable enough:[[JustifiedTrope since Alex has]] SuperStrength]], the destroyed remains of military hardware should be. Oh, and [[GrievousHarmWithABody throwable living beings]].

* In ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' and ''Z2 Saisei-Hen'' there's the Gunleon. Its weapons include giant robot sized wrenches, nail guns, chainsaws, and an assortment of other tools. All topped off with a huge wrench that's as big as the robot itself.

* ''VideoGame/GatlingGears'': The Excavator Claw robots use a ''pine tree'' as a weapon. The Gardener also throws them at you.

* Gordon Freeman of ''HalfLife'' uses a crowbar. In itself, it's not exactly improbable, but he uses it to stop an ''alien invasion''.

* The Gravity Gun in ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'' allows the player to turn anything in to an instrument of death. When it becomes your only weapon in the final chapter, you have to resort to picking up any item that isn't nailed down and hurling it at the oncoming Combine.
** One of the Steam achievements available in ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'' requires the player to kill someone by launching a toilet at them with the Gravity Gun.

* ''VideoGame/TimeCommando'': The Modern Wars stage has a mook that blows cigar smoke, while the Future has a yo-yo that can destroy robots.

** Toakaka may count in some way; though at first glance it looks like she's using her claws, when she's electrocuted it's revealed her arms aren't that long and she's holding fish bones to make up the length, meaning she may be beating people with bladed fish bones. Even without that, she still also throws scrap, garbage and kittens at people as an attack.

** Hakuman may count as an example; he technically uses a Nodachi, but it's completly blunt and lacks the tip, making it more a large flat paddle than anything else.

* In ''KingdomHearts'', the main weapon featured in the series, wielded by many major characters, and all main playable ones, is a giant magical key that they hit people with. It's not the only unusual weapon featured in the series. Goofy's weapon is a shield, which is far more normal than a key at any rate. Organization XIII also has members who use a shield, a book, a sitar and a giant deck of playing cards.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' has a large variety of weapons and a good chunk of them are silly looking when used. The most infamous example is the Paper Fan, which is extremely weak, but it can be swung so fast that it barely gives your opponent room to get away. When used as a smash attack, it can instantly destroy shields!

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' has a large variety of weapons and a good chunk of them are silly looking when used. The most infamous example is the Paper Fan, which is extremely weak, but it can be swung so fast that it barely gives your opponent room to get away. When used as a smash attack, it can instantly destroy shields!
* ''Homestuck'' basically masters this trope. The possible weapons range from Books, Knitting Needles, or Dolls, to Spoons, Makeup, and Umbrellas.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' has a large variety of weapons and a good chunk of them are silly looking when used. The most infamous example is the Paper Fan, which is extremely weak, but it can be swung so fast that it barely gives your opponent room to get away. When used as a smash attack, it can instantly destroy shields!

** Sin uses a flag.

* Paulette in ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'' uses a weapon called a "Sling Knife". It's rather hard to explain - she spins it in circles to build momentum and then tosses it at people.

* [[AuthorAvatar James]] in ''WanderingHamster'' uses an infinite supply of Spam cans[[note]]based on his internet nickname, "SPAM Man"[[/note]] as weapon. There's also Dusty who uses bones and eponymous Bob the Hamster who can use fish instead of hammers.

*** Oerba Dia Vanille uses "Blind Rods" whose head piece looks like a pair of antlers and body consists of four long wires with hooks that deal damage to enemies by latching on and pulling.

* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia: Warrior Within'' had several joke weapons, including a teddy bear, a lawn flamingo, a glove, and a glow-in-the-dark sword.

* In [[MadnessCombat Madness Combat: Project Nexus]], you can arm your character with beer bottles amongst many other weapons.