History Main / BoulderBludgeon

* ''ComicBook/ DarkReign'' at one point had the X-Man, Colossus fighting the Mac Gargan version of Venom. Besides being impervious to Venom's attack and being a lot stronger, Colossus upped his advantage by ripping out a part of the ground and braining Venom with it.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': According to his story in "Almost Got 'Im", Killer Croc's closest attempt at killing Batman involved a thrown rock[[note]]...It was a ''big'' rock...[[/note]]. Croc's love of thrown rocks is brought up later in "The Trial" when he's part of the JokerJury and suggests hitting Batman with a rock, and he tries (or re-tries) the feat in the later episode "Sideshow" where it once again fails to kill Batman (but gets pretty close).

* In ''Film/RamboIV'', serves as a very dark CallBack during the climactic battle. As Rambo uses a [[MoreDakka .50 cal.]] to mow down Burmese troops, and [[FriendlySniper School Boy]] uses his [[{{BFG}} .50 cal rifle]] to cover the mercenaries, Lewis, one of the Hostages rescued by Rambo and the mercs., tackles a Burmese soldier that tried to flank the mercs. As they fighting, Lewis, who earlier preached to Rambo a "ThouShaltNotKill" spiel, picks up a rock and bashes it onto the soldier's skull.

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shadr-stone-proletariat.jpeg "The Cobblestone Is the Weapon of the Proletariat"]] is a famous sculpture by the Soviet sculptor Ivan Shadr, symbolizing the worker class' struggle against exploitation. It depicts a shirtless worker prying out a large cobblestone from the street to use as an improvised weapon in his rebellion.
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* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'':
** As mentioned in ''{{Literature/Sourcery}}'', many people with all manner of magical weapons and powers have been defeated by the old Half-brick-in-a-sock. It is also the weapon Rincewind uses to fight [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination The Creatures from the Dungeon Dimension]]]].
** Trolls hit each other with rocks all the time. However trolls are durable enough (being made of living rock themselves) that this is seen as a friendly greeting rather than an attack. If it's a ''pretty'' rock, then it's a ''very'' friendly greeting.

* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the season 5 episode "Goldfaced", a temporarily depowered Ralph and Bary have to fight off Goldface's gang. Barry tries to toss Ralph a brick to use as a weapon, and ends up hitting one of the criminals instead, knocking him out.
* In ''Series/GameOfThrones,'' when Lady Brienne finds Arya, she intends to take her with her, and after she refuses to go, Clegane, who was traveling with her, tells Brienne to leave them alone. When Brienne refuses, they get into brutal fight, that is ultimately ended when Brienne, picks up a rock, and bashes it onto Clegane's skull. Brienne then goes to look for Arya who ran off during the fight, shortly there after, [[spoiler: Arya confronts a badly injured Clegane, and after he tried to goad her into killing him [[MercyKill to end his suffering,]] she instead takes the coin bag, [[CruelMercy and leaves him to die on his own]].]]
** In ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', Daemon Targaryen comes back to the Vale and kills his UnwantedSpouse Rhea Royce with a stone after causing her to fall from her horse (the fall paralyzes her and the scene's last shot is him grabbing a stone and getting closer to [[CoupDeGrace finish her off]]).
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': The Accountants have a picture of the first human act that earned positive points: A caveman gifting his brother with a rock. Unfortunately they also have a picture of the first human act that earned negative points: The brother braining him with the rock moments later.
* ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'': Raita Ooishi/Yellow Owl, TheBigGuy of the Jetmen, has a penchant to beat up the MonsterOfTheWeek with a big rock as large as his arm span, either to pummel with or use it as a hammer throw weight. For extra VisualPun points, Raita's surname means "Big Rock".

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': One of Cody's [[CombatPragmatist dirty fighting tricks]] is to pick up some stones and then throw them at people mid-fight. Later on, in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', he's got a variant; he can toss up a stone and then punt it with his steel pipe like a baseball to hit enemies at range.

* ''VideoGame/TitanQuest'': large Trolls in the fifth act wield giant boulders either as long-ranged projectiles or as rudimentary bludgeons in melee. While it showcases their strength and brutality, it also makes them slow.
* ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'', Giants are primitive humanoids, barely at bronze-age level of technology. They use massive boulders to attack from afar, with such efficiency that they can easily lay siege to whole towns without siege engines.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'' and its sequel, Outbreak File #2. A piece of concrete is a throwing item, which deals 100HP in damage and may render an enemy incapacitated for a short duration. If David King is around, he can even combine the concrete piece to a metal pipe with the help of vinyl tape, to create a makeshift [[DropTheHammer sledgehammer]].
* In ''VideoGame/Condemned2Bloodshot'', bricks are one of the more fairly common weapons to run into. In fact in a few levels, whole piles of it can be found, you can pick up more bricks infinitely without worrying about decreasing the pile too. They are light and attack very quickly, but obviously have short reach and deal a low amount of damage. Naturally thanks to these brick piles and how light they are, they are also commonly used as projectiles. Some levels even need bricks to be thrown in order to access certain areas. If a player discards a brick, it will break as soon as it hits the floor.
* The Brute summon from ''VideoGame/TheBardsTale'' is a massive half-naked oaf who, despite his size and girth, is a long-ranged fighter. ''Because'' of his size and girth, said long-ranged attack is delivered with massive boulders, dealing massive damage to enemies and stunning them.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', during the Tartaros Arc, Natsu and Lucy end up figthing Franmalth, a demon whose Curse allows him to absorb anything living or with magic in it... and is ultimately defeated when Natsu just grabs a giant slab of stone and proceed to turn him into a pancake.

When turned into a superpower, this is DishingOutDirt. DefiantStoneThrow is when the character throws a rock as an act of defiance instead of using it as a weapon although there's nothing stopping the tropes from overlapping. Subtrope of ImprovisedWeapon. Unrelated to HomingBoulders.

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* ''Film/{{Parasite}}'': Ki-Woo takes the scholar stone to the Parks' house with the intent of [[spoiler:killing the man in the basement.]] While descending to the cellar, Ki-Woo drops the rock. Through a quick turn of events, the [[spoiler: man in the basement grabs the boulder and hits him over the head, causing him to haemorrhage.]]

* In ''Film/RamboIV'', serves a s very dark CallBack during the climactic battle. As Rambo uses a [[MoreDakka .50 cal.]] to mow down Burmese troops, and [[FriendlySniper School Boy]] uses his [[{{BFG}} .50 cal rifle]] to cover the mercenaries, Lewis, one of the Hostages rescued by Rambo and the mercs., tackles a Burmese soldier that tried to flank the mercs. As they fighting, Lewis, who earlier preached to Rambo a "ThouShaltNotKill" spiel, picks up a rock and bashes it onto the soldier's skull.

* Played with in the WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons episode "Bart's Friend Falls in Love''. After Bart confesses that he's the reason Samantha's dad won't allow Milhouse to see her anymore, the latter starts to strangle Bart. [[WithinArmsReach Bart then reaches around the floor]], choosing from a brick and [[GrievousBottleyHarm a broken glass bottle]], before settling on a "Lucky 8-ball".

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Meet the Beat-Alls", while the other villains bring high-tech weapons (and in the case of HIM, magic) to fight the Girls, Fuzzy Lumpkins only has a boulder. However, he's the one who delivers the final decisive blow against the Girls by dropping it on them while they're immobilized by the other villains' attacks.

* At the climax of ''Film/{{Tumblewood}}'', Lam attempts to smash Jim's head in with a rock. However, when he misses, the rock causes him to overbalance and he falls to his death of the cliff.
* During the climactic fight in ''Film/FloatLikeAButterfly'', local bully Eamann hits Frances in the face with a rock after she knocks him down, which almost completely negates the previous advantage she had over him. Given that they're supposed to be having a fair, stand-up boxing match, it's particularly dirty (and Eamann was ''already'' cheating by having stones hidden in his hand wraps).

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[[caption-width-right:350:Who knew rocks were good for Fratricide?]]

* ''Film/Parasite'': Ki-Woo takes the scholar stone to the Parks' house with the intent of [[spoiler:killing the man in the basement.]] While descending to the cellar, Ki-Woo drops the rock. Through a quick turn of events, the [[spoiler: man in the basement grabs the boulder and hits him over the head, causing him to haemorrhage.]]

[[caption-width-right:280:Who knew rocks were good for Fratricide?]]

TruthInTelevision, of course; a decently-sized rock will do just as well as any other bludgeon in the event that you need to defend yourself quickly.

When turned into a superpower, this is DishingOutDirt. DefiantStoneThrow is when the character throws a rock as an act of defiance instead of using it as a weapon. Subtrope of ImprovisedWeapon.

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'': One of Cody's [[CombatPragmatist dirty fighting tricks]] is to pick up some stones and then throw them at people mid-fight. Later on, in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', he's got a variant; he can toss up a stone and then punt it with his steel pipe like a baseball to hit enemies at range.