History Main / BlowGun

* The UsefulNotes/AppleII game ''Aztec'' revolved around robbing an {{Mayincatec}} tomb. In the deepest levels there were 8-bit natives armed with blow guns. The stun effect was deadly: if the native didn't get the player, the wildlife probably would.

* ''Series/HillStreetBlues'': Subject of a gag at the start of one episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E17SimpsonSafari Simpson Safari]]'', while attempting to defend a nature preserve from perceived poachers, Marge and Lisa shoot bees through reeds to puncture the tires of the group’s jeep.

* In one ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' possible future during the ''ComicBook/Armageddon2001'' series, the Joker frames Batman for the Penguin's murder by having a henchman shoot a poison dart this way, thus making it appear as if Batman knocked Penguin off a side railing with his Batarang and made the villain fall to his death.
* A Hovito Indian attempts to kill Dr. Jones on ThePrecariousLedge atop a New York skyscraper in ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'' #9.
* Used by Papa Smurf in ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book story "The Black Smurfs" (and its English version "The Purple Smurfs") to shoot an antidote pellet into an infected Smurf's mouth.
* A group of one-time villains in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' (four criminals who learned to copy Vulture's wings) use these. The curare is fatal for humans -- Spider-Man is too tough to die outright but gets stiffer with every dart and actually gets close to succumbing. In the next issue, he has to save their lives when the real Vulture comes to town.

* The old Creator/CharlesBronson movie, ''Film/LoveAndBullets'' have Bronson's character using a blowpipe on an assasination mission to take down his targets stealthily. He even scored a MoeGreenSpecial into someone's eye via blowpipe.

* In one ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' possible future during the ''ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' series, ComicBook/TheJoker frames Batman for the Penguin's murder by having a henchman shoot a poison dart this way, thus making it appear as if Batman knocked Penguin off a side railing with his Batarang and made the villain fall to his death.

* A group of one-time villains in ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' comic (four criminals who learned to copy Vulture's wings) used those. The curare was fatal for humans — Spider-Man was too tough to die outright, but would get stiffer with every dart and actually got close to succumbing. The next issue, he had to save their lives when the real Vulture came to town.
* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': Used by the Arumbaya natives of San Theodoros in ''The Broken Ear'' and ''Tintin and the Picaros'', as well as by the villains in ''The Cigars Of The Pharao'' and ''The Blue Lotus''.

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* One famous sketch of Creator/AldoGiovanniAndGiacomo has them as doctors ([[DeadlyDoctor of the deadly end of the spectrum]]) trying to use a lullaby as a substitute for anesthesia. When that fails ([[EpicFail because they accidentally ends up singing out loud after the patient fell asleep]]), they resort to plan B: curare, deployed with a blowgun and dart.
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* In a ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' short, Lumpy attempts to sedate an animal mauling one of the "children", but accidentally sucks the dart in when taking his breath.

* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': Used by the Arumbaya Indians in ''The Broken Ear'' and ''Tintin and the Picaros'', as well as by the villains in ''The Cigars Of The Pharao'' and ''The Blue Lotus''.