History Main / BlowGun

* ''Film/{{Legend}}''. The goblin Blix uses one to fire a poisoned dart into a unicorn and kill it so he can cut off its horn.

* ''Film/{{Legend}}''. The goblin Blix uses one to fire a poisoned dart into a unicorn and render it helpless so he can cut off its horn.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': The ''Unearthed Arcana'' (1985) supplement introduced the blowgun (which was 4-7 feet long) as an available weapon. The needle did only one HitPoint of damage, and was therefore only effective if poisoned.

* In ''CivilizationRevolution'', one of the barbarian tribes you can encounter has their spokesman threaten you with a blow gun.

* In ''[[HumanxCommonwealth Midworld]]'' and its sequel, human hunters on the green world use rifle-like blow guns called "snufflers", modeled on [[LostTechnology distant memories]] of their colonial ancestors' firearms. They're powered by tank seeds, which contain air bladders that burst when punctured, propelling their toxic-thorn projectiles with great force.

* A genuine Yanomami hunting blowgun was used by ''{{Survivorman}}'' in the Brazilian jungle.

* ''{{Diablo}} II'' has pygmy enemies that uses blow darts to attack.

* A group of onetime villains in ''{{Franchise/Spider-Man}}'' 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, 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.
* In one ''{{Franchise/Batman}}'' storyline during the ''ZeroHour'' series, 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.

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* ''{{Warhammer}} Fantasy'' has these as a Wargear option for Skinks, and a Huge version for mounting on dinosaurs.

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* In a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short, a Wacky Native tries to use a blowgun on BugsBunny, but Bugs blows in the other end just before the native does, so it ends up going down the native's throat. The same gag was also used against prehistoric Elmer Fudd.

* Used in ''IndianaJones: RaidersOfTheLostArk'' in the opening sequence.
** Also seen in ''Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull'' in the tomb sequence. Indy does the "blow the dart back" trick.

* A group of onetime villains in ''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, 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.
* In one ''{{Batman}}'' storyline during the ''ZeroHour'' series, 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.

* In ''Discworld/TheColorOfMagic'', the leader of the Assassin Guild use a blowgun as his weapon.

* ''{{Mythbusters}}'' made these in the ninja special.

* In a ''LooneyTunes'' short, a Wacky Native tries to use a blowgun on BugsBunny, but Bugs blows in the other end just before the native does, so it ends up going down the native's throat. The same gag was also used against prehistoric Elmer Fudd.
* In the ''JonnyQuest'' episode "The Deadly Doll", the villain Korbay uses a blowgun to fire darts that have a poison that causes its victims to enter a coma.
* In a ''HappyTreeFriends'' short, Lumpy attempts to sedate a animal mauling one of the "children", but accidentally sucks the dart in when taking his breath.

* ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob'' has this in ''{{Kickassia}}'' ([[ImprobableWeaponUser mostly because Brad wanted to stand out with everybody wielding fake weapons]], so his weapon was a packet of straws he bought in a gas station.

* [[Manga/RanmaOneHal Ranma]] uses one to shoot down the Principal's hot air balloon in the manga

* [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma]] uses one to shoot down the Principal's hot air balloon in the manga

* WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob has this in ''{{Kickassia}}'' ([[ImprobableWeaponUser mostly because Brad wanted to stand out with everybody wielding fake weapons]], so his weapon was a packet of straws he bought in a gas station.

* TheCinemaSnob has this in ''{{Kickassia}}'' ([[ImprobableWeaponUser mostly because Brad wanted to stand out with everybody wielding fake weapons]], so his weapon was a packet of straws he bought in a gas station.

* TheCinemaSnob has this in {{Kickassia}} ([[ImprobableWeaponUser mostly because Brad wanted to stand out with everybody wielding fake weapons]], so his weapon was a packet of straws he bought in a gasstation.

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* TheCinemaSnob has this in {{Kickassia}} ([[ImprobableWeaponUser mostly because Brad wanted to stand out with everybody wielding fake weapons]], so his weapon was a packet of straws he bought in a gasstation.
** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny And he inhales one of the darts.]][[/folder]]

** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny And he inhales one of the darts.]][[/folder]

** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny And he inhales one of the darts.]]

* The natives in ''AguirreTheWrathOfGod'' kept sniping at the travelers on the raft with these.

* In a ''LooneyTunes'' short, a Wacky Native tries to use a blowgun on BugsBunny, but Bugs blows in the other end just before the native does, so it ends up going down the native's throat.