History ImprovisedWeapon / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', "The Wedding Job":

'''Eliot''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I don't know. Maybe.]]

** He once engaged in battle with a few mooks, one of whom was in a car. While fighting with 2 mooks, a third guy is trying to get out of the car and join the fight. This resulted in Eliot repeatedly kicking the door into him telling him to "Stay in the car!".

* In the ''Series/{{JAG}}'' episode "Code Blue" (second season), when a terrorist in a hospital demands that he identify himself, Harm claims his callsign is "Zapper". [[IncrediblyLamePun And then zaps the guy with]] a defibrillator.

* In ''Series/{{LostInSpace2018}}'', the main cast often find themselves restoring to improvisation, often (but not always) due to colonial restrictions on firearms. Notable examples include:

* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': When a riot breaks out, Brasso, who was holding Maarva's cremains brick during her funeral, knocks out a member of the Imperial garrison with it.

* This is in ''Series/{{Angel}}'', when Angel kills a werewolf with a pen he borrows from Wesley. Later, when they're discussing the werewolf:
-->'''Spike:''' I had a wee spat with a werewolf myself once. Fought for over an hour. Brutal, vicious. ''(holds up his hand, wiggles his fingers)'' Almost lost my--\\

* ''Series/SweetHome'': Most of the survivors wield one, but most notably Eun-hyeok fights off a monster with a fire extinguisher.

** Buffy did it first, in Ep: 306 "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy Band Candy]]". Buffy and Giles are sitting in a graveyard, studying for Buffy's UsefulNotes/SATs, (homework... [[InSpace with vampire slaying!]]) when a vamp appears behind Giles.

** Sarah makes a subspecialty of this. She's attacked people using wooden skewers, a bar of soap in pantyhose, a plate used discus-style, a [[FryingPanofDoom frying pan]], knives she found in a pile of wedding presents, a pipe she ripped out of a shower, a bust of a cougar, a broken CD, and anything else she could get her hands on. Oh, and she once hit a steering wheel so hard the airbag went off and knocked her opponent unconscious.
** Chuck once used his own casted foot and a [[CaneFu cane]] to knock a guy out. He also took out a mook with a plate of nachos.

** In the first ChristmasEpisode "Comparative Religion", during the [[AnAssKickingChristmas epic climatic brawl]] between the study group and a bunch of {{Jerk Jock}} bullies, [[BrainyBrunette Annie]] turns a flocking machine into a ''{{BFG}}'' while [[TheFundamentalist Shirley]] whacks the crap out of a guy using a giant decorative plastic candy cane.

* In the ''Series/{{Titans}}'' episode [[Recap/TitansS1E5Together "Together"]], Dick is forced to use a red hot crepe pan, fresh off the stove, as a weapon when he's ambushed by a bunch of armed goons.

* Butcher from ''Series/TheBoys2019'' uses a superbaby's EyeBeams to cut down a number of guys trying to kill him and his partner.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Life}}'' features a female ProfessionalKiller who is very skilled at this. Her entire shtick is using household objects to kill people. One really good scene features Charlie talking to her in her kitchen, and constantly looking around at everything in the room that he could be killed with at any time. [[spoiler:He then one-ups her by asking for a soda as he leaves, and pouring it in her gas tank so she can't get away once she disables his less savvy partner.]]

** As early as the first episode, Michael beats the crap out of an attacker with a public restroom.

* Mohinder from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' is fond of these, having used a ceramic elephant, a wall-sized map, a fire extinguisher, a microscope, a car door, and a ''tuning fork'' (MakesSenseInContext). Sylar also likes his improvised weapons (broken glass, beer bottles, and assorted kitchen implements, among others), but almost anything's a projectile when you're telekinetic.

** Later, in the third HalloweenEpisode "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps", [[ItMakesSenseInContext when the study group becomes convinced that one of them is a homicidal lunatic]], almost all of them (with the exceptions of [[SoapboxSadie Britta]], who already had a SinisterSwitchblade on hand, and [[OnlySaneMan Jeff]], the only one to ''not'' arm himself and instead try to talk everyone down from hurting one another.) arms themselves with one of these and initiate a MexicanStandoff; Shirley has a [[GrievousBottleyHarm broken bottle]], [[DirtyOldMan Pierce]] has a fire extinguisher, Annie has [[ShearMenace a pair of scissors]], [[MetaGuy Abed]] has [[ChairmanOfTheBrawl a folding chair]], and [[LovableJock Troy]] is using a bunch of pens and pencils as WolverineClaws.

'''Buffy:''' ''(after dusting the vamp with her pencil)'' Hmm. I broke my No. 2 pencil. We'll have to do this again sometime.\\
''(Giles calmly produces another pencil)''

* One episode of ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'' had Natalie go to a costume party as Creator/CharlieChaplin and get mugged on the way home. The girls later attend a self-defence course where the instructor suggests improvising weapons. Natalie then realizes she could have used the cane from her Charlie Chaplin costume to fight off the mugger.

* Mohinder from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' is fond of these, having used a ceramic elephant, a wall-sized map, a fire extinguisher, a car door, and a ''tuning fork'' (MakesSenseInContext). Sylar also likes his improvised weapons (broken glass, beer bottles, and assorted kitchen implements, among others), but almost anything's a projectile when you're telekinetic.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', [[{{Jerkass}} Jade]] chasess [[NiceGirl Tori]] and [[TheAce Andre]] , cornering them in the janitor's closet with [[BelligerentSexualTension Beck]] before threatening their lives with a random roll of toilet paper. They're not sure how, but she obviously means what she's saying and Beck sternly tells her to stand down. We never get an answer on how Jade can kill someone (let alone, more than one) with a roll of toilet paper, but when Jade gets angry again, Andre is smart enough to grab all the toilet paper rolls.