History Main / BlowGun

* In one ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' possible future during the ''ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' series, SelfDemonstrating/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.

* ''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.

* Used in ''HudsonHawk'' (by CIA agents, who should logically have something better), with explicit mention of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curare curare]], which is treated as a temporary paralyser. Because it was improperly prepared, the victims recover sooner than anticipated.
* Used in ''AceVentura: When Nature Calls''. Ace is shot with dozens of little darts (with [[HilarityEnsues hilarious effects]]) before he passes out.

* In ''YoungSherlockHolmes'', an assassin uses a blowgun to shoot darts tipped with a hallucinogenic drug.

* Tim Allen's character in ''Jungle2Jungle'' contrives to shoot himself in the leg with semi-paralytic darts not once but twice. Once was mildly amusing, twice makes you despair for the writers.

* In one ''ForgottenRealms'' novel, the pirate hunter Captain Deudermont is darted by a thug who wanted to claim the black-market bounty on him. Apparently, his darts are made from cat claws (don't ask how those could be used as darts) and no other ammunition is compatible with his blowgun.
* In ''[[HumanxCommonwealth Midworld]]'' and its sequel, human hunters on the green world use [[BambooTechnology 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 tried out by ''{{Survivorman}}'' in the Brazilian jungle.

* ''LittleBigAdventure'': Twinsen, the player character, uses one in the second installment.
* ''DonkeyKong64'': Lanky's Grape Blowgun
* In the second chapter of ''EternalDarkness'', you receive these. It poisons enemies but does very little damage either way and has limited ammo. If you use it to {{Cherry Tap|ping}} some zombies to death in order to save a particular NPC, however, you can get your sword (which just broke) repaired and then upgrade it to DualWielding with what would have otherwise been the replacement.

* In one ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' possible future during the ''{{Armageddon 2001}}'' series, SelfDemonstrating/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 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.

* In ''{{Strays}}'', Feral starts putting one together, before the TagAlongKid botches his assassination job.

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[[caption-width-right:350:A deleted scene from the original ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'' album.]]

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* 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''.

* The 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.

* Teemo from ''LeagueOfLegends'' uses this as his trademark weapon in order to pump his enemies full of poison.

* Blowguns are an option in ''DungeonCrawl''. They don't do much damage, but are excellent for inflicting status conditions (most commonly poison, but some other StandardStatusEffects are also available) from a distance without relying on magic. Curare needles are particularly effective, as they also inflict damage through asphyxiation.

* In one ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' storyline during the ''ZeroHour'' series, SelfDemonstrating/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.

* Mini-me uses one on Mustafa in AustinPowers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

It's near-silence makes it an ideal exotic weapon for an assassin. It's surprisingly common for the user to accidentally inhale the dart. Another regular gag is for the target to grab the end of the gun and blow the dart ''back''.

* In ''[[SherlockHolmes The Sign of the Four]]'', Tonga uses poison blow darts.

* You can find blowguns in some chests near the surface of ''{{Terraria}}''. While getting ammunition for it is a cinch (it uses seeds that you collect by cutting grass), the weapon is far outclassed by most other ranged weapons, at least one of which you should have at that point.

* In ''Film/{{Apocalypto}}'', Jaguar paw improvises one with leafs. He creates the darts with thorns and poisons them with frog venom.

* Used in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' in the opening sequence.