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* Lindsay in ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' is a good shot with a slingshot. She's a woman in her thirties. An only child, apparently her father wanted a boy as he often gave her shotguns and fishing rods for birthday presents.

** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'' introduces the Slinger, a generic weapon loaded with rocks or a variety of other small fare, such as flash bombs. The rock type is situationally useful at best; the other loadouts become ''invaluable'' as a means by which to open an enemy to getting a huge chunk of their HP sliced, smashed and burned off.

* ''ComicBook/FourKidsWalkIntoABank'': Berger uses a slingshot to shoot his D&D miniature into a criminal's eye.

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* In ''The Sparrow'', ten-year-old Charlie [=McGuckin=] uses a slingshot to fire marbles at Emily Book.

* ''[[https://steamcommunity.com/app/2513240 Hero Tale]]'' has a series of slingshot weapons, starting with the basic slingshot obtained as loot from, appropriately enough, "Brat" enemies. They're typically less powerful than a bow, especially a bow with magical arrows, but slingshots don't require ammunition (the idea being that you can pick up any random rock and launch it), so they're helpful for extended LevelGrinding.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', the weapon you start out with as Young Link is a slingshot. Oddly, ''grown-up'' Link in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' also gets a slingshot to play with the village kids, and it's obviated halfway through the second dungeon combat-wise.[[note]]It remains a good utility for small tasks such as hitting switches and Skulltulas when you don't want to waste arrows.[[/note]] It reappears in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', where it is more useful. ''VideoGame/HyruleTotalWar'' has Kokiri ChildSoldiers armed with slingshots.
* Halley Brancket from the first ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts1'' is a 12-years old StreetUrchin, who uses slingshots as his weapon. His [[HelloInsertNameHere naming screen]] even calls him "Heckling Brat".
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has the dart gun, which you can construct using a paint gun, surgical tubing, toy car and [[PoisonedWeapons radscorpion's poison gland]]. As the name suggests it fires darts, much like a crossbow, however it is much more like a slingshot with a trigger in its construction (using surgical tubing rather than a bow). The poison bit makes it a GameBreaker, as it makes anything that attacks in melee, even [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathclaws]], into cripples unable to move at more than a snail's pace.
* In ''VideoGame/TheGoonies II'' (as well as ''VideoGame/WaiWaiWorld''), one of Mikey's weapons is a slingshot with limited ammo.
* Jimmy from ''Videogame/{{Bully}}'' has a slingshot. He eventually upgrades from the classic 50's Y-shaped stick to a more modern one with a wrist brace.

* ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'':
** ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings:'' Slingshots are purchasable weapons from the FirstTown Podunk's department store and can be equipped by all members of the party, though they have low attack power and are outclassed pretty handily by the other weapons in the game, some of which include [[BatterUp baseball bats]], [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pans]], [[SlowLaser ray guns]] and [[CoolSword swords]].
** ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'': A slinghot is available as an early weapon and possesses higher attack power than other weapons sold in the area, but is inaccurate to the point of being rather impractical. An upgraded ''bionic'' slingshot is available later, and makes a good weapon for everyone, due to not suffering from the aforementioned flaw.
* NES game ''VideoGame/LittleRedHood'' gives the little Red a slingshot as her only means of attack. Bafflingly, instead of using the slingshot to launch pebbles or something, Red actually has to throw the slingshot to kill enemies. [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks Throwing Your Slingshot Always Works]]?
* ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'': This is the closest thing Freddi has to a [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]], though as an ActualPacifist she never directly shoots anyone with it. At least one version turns out to be an ''incredibly'' sophisticated device, complete with a targeting HUD.

* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' requires the use of a slingshot at key points. Bizarrely, in the War chapter the titular characters gets to use one to shoot ''flaming'' pellets.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Deadlight}}'', the slingshot is used to hit targets or create distractions. Shooting a Walker with it is pointless.

* ''VideoGame/Lit2009'''s protagonist, Jake, has one that he can use to shatter windows to let light in through, and also break electric appliances (computers, [=TVs=], lamps) to control the power usage in the room he's traversing. Pellets come individually and have to be carefully rationed, and they're single use.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Morgana is a snarky cat-thing who uses slingshots as his primary ranged weapon. He can rapid-fire it, too.
* [[MushroomMan Shroomboom]] from ''{{VideoGame/Skylanders}}'' uses a slingshot as his primary weapon, and him creating it plays into his backstory. He came from a pizza topping garden belonging to [[BigBad Kaos]], and he and all his fungi friends knew one day they would be on the [[{{Pun}} chopping block]]. Thus, Shroomboom took a twig and a strand of spider web to make his slingshot, using it to fire his friends and eventually himself out of the garden. In combat, Shroomboom primarily uses the slingshot to rapidly shoot bouncing explosive mushrooms (which can be [[ChargedAttack charged to launch a bigger mushroom]]). Alternatively, he can use it to launch Mushroom Paratroopers that can be used as traps by pushing opponents into where the paratroopers will land. He can even launch himself as a massive projectile and, with his Series 2 version, can also summon mushroom bumpers to become a literal PinballProjectile.
* In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', slingshots are used by Aloy to fire grenades of various types.
* In the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' games from ''Wild World'' onwards, one of the tools your villager can use is the slingshot. This is mostly used to pop [[{{Balloonacy}} balloons carrying presents]] that fly through the sky every ten minutes, but in ''Wild World'' and ''City Folk'', your villager can also use it to shoot down Gulliver's [[Main/MadeOfExplodium Flying Saucer]], and in ''Wild World'', your villager can use it to [[Main/VideoGameCrueltyPotential shoot down Pete the Postman.]] In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', the villager uses the slingshot as a weapon.
* ''Betabound''
** The slingshot is an early-game [[ItemCrafting craftable]] weapon which can later be upgraded to shoot military-grade grenades.
** The incredibly simple [[MasterConsole console command]] allows the spawning of slingshots which fire whatever number projectile at once.
* In the ''VideoGame/DennisTheMenace'' LicensedGame for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]], a slingshot is one of the weapons Dennis can use to defeat enemies.
* ''VideoGame/ElHijoAWildWestTale'': [[PlayerCharacter El Hijo]]'s weapon from the start of the game is a slingshot. He can use it to open window shutters and break locks on cages.
* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'': In the Wild West chapter, Sundown Kid is given a slingshot by the Sheriff's son, Billy, who mentions he's very good with it and could be useful. When you start organizing the town's defenses, you can give the sligshot back to Billy and he'll use it to take down one of the bandits as they arrive.

* ''WesternAnimation/KidLucky'': Since this series is a SpinoffBabies aimed at younger audiences than previous ''Franchise/LuckyLuke'' media, the little boy protagonist uses a slingshot instead of a gun.
* Wheelie of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' is a [[BrattyHalfPint child-like robot]], and his [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] is his little slingshot.
* During a ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' sketch about Apollo 13, Loud Kiddington is shown using a slingshot to knock his pals' coffee mugs out of their hands.
* In the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', Courage digs one up to hit a space chicken.
* Mixadel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' is actually a ''living catapult'', but he uses it just like the spoiled brat with a slingshot he is would, tossing things from dodgeballs to spitballs at other students.
* In the first half of season one of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' Ezra uses an energy slingshot. It's almost entirely useless (being the only weapon in the series that Stormtrooper armor actually protects against; throwing fruit explicitly does more damage) and he abandons it pretty quickly.
%%* Kshin is seen using a slingshot in the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "Battleground".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy, Chester, and AJ use slingshots in "Boy Toy", though mostly on old junk. The only human they fire at is Tootie, and they use water balloons as ammo rather than anything dangerous.

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* ''Anime/AngelBeats'': While not a brat, Tenshi used a slingshot when [[spoiler:she and Otonashi are helping Yui fulfill some of her desires so she can move on]].

* ''ComicBook/FourKidsWalkIntoABank'': Berger uses a slingshot to shoot his D&D miniature into a criminal's eye.

* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' plays with this. Ember thinks she has outgrown slingshots, but during a time of really bad hunting, the tribe start using them to hunt mice. There's a non-canon story where it's suggested that Skywise's distinctive metal faceguard is actually part of a troll-made slingshot, dubious as it sounds.

* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Tim Drake chose a slingshot from an arrangement of weapons when tasked with choosing one to master by his chosen master. He becomes very good at using it but when his training is derailed by ComicBook/LadyShiva and she asks him the same question as his new martial arts instructor he chooses a staff instead for its non-lethal atributes and is rarely thereafter seen with a slingshot despite how good he was with one.
* In ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', Robin uses one.

* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In "Recap/AsterixInSpain", Pepe, the BrattyHalfPint son of the Spanish chief Huevos y Bacon has a slingshot as his [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]]. He dings Julius Caesar twice with it.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin has used one at least once, but he prefers to fling snowballs (and he once made a giant slingshot for hurling large snowballs).

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* Lock, Shock, and Barrel get introduced by firing rocks and bone shards at the Mayor in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.

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* In ''Film/{{Newsies}}'' most of the Brooklyn Newsies used slingshots as their primary weapons, with marbles as ammo.

* In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'', Alex O'Connell uses a slingshot to torment the bad guys early in the film (and that kid is definitely a bit of a brat).

* During one of the wacky-parenting-hijinks montages in the Creator/AdamSandler movie ''Film/BigDaddy'', the kid is given a slingshot, then proudly shows off the dozens of dead birds on the roof (and gets it taken away from him, with Sandler's character Sonny mumbling, "Go to your room, or, I dunno, do whatever you want"). Creator/RogerEbert and others understandably thought this, among other things, sort of [[BrokenAesop broke the aesop]] about Sonny being the best person to raise the kid.

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* The title character in ''Film/{{Mikey}}'' uses one a couple of times, the second time he uses to kill his teacher by firing a ball bearing through her head.
* In ''Film/Tremors4TheLegendBegins'', set in the Wild West era, the Chang boy brings out a slingshot when everybody in town shows Hiram that they're armed.
* In ''Film/RingOfFear'', Wallace the circus manager confiscates a slingshot from a trio of boys who are looking at the animals. O'Malley later uses the slingshot to further antagonize the tiger he hates.

* The murder weapon in the Literature/LordPeterWimsey novel ''Murder Must Advertise'' is a "catapult" of this sort that was confiscated from one of the office boys. Peter later enlists the boy's help in finding the murderer.
* ''Mark Tidd'': The main characters in Clarence Budington Kelland's books seem to always have a slingshot when the story calls for it, along with improbably good aim.

* In Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{IT}}'', a slingshot is employed against Pennywise after the kids figure out making silver projectiles to use against the werewolf form, and used defending against the bullies. Of the seven protagonists, the one girl (Bev) is by far the best shot.

* ''The Monkey Wrench Gang'': Used by the eponymous characters to shoot out the windows of construction equipment.

* Stalky of Creator/RudyardKipling's ''Literature/StalkyAndCo'' has his well-worn catapult or 'tweaker', and used it in his trademark indirect strategy schemes as per Liddell Hart.

* In a Will Henry short story, a school teacher uses a slingshot he had confiscated off a student earlier to drive off a gang of bullies who are attempting to run him out of town.
* In Timothy Zahn's ''Literature/{{Blackcollar}}'' series (a high-tech setting), the titular elite force uses the slingshot as their preferred sniper weapon. Picked for concealability from searches and scanners, difficulty of locating the sniper when in use, and being friendly-fire safe (blackcollars wear armor specialized against bullets and shrapnel). This goes with the force's general theme of using low-tech, high-skill weapons and tactics, relying on enhanced reaction times and outthinking the enemy for survival and success.
* In ''Literature/{{Pact}}'', Blake Thorburn recounts having been attacked by a bunch of kids with slingshots and potato guns while he was homeless. He forgives them, on the grounds that ChildrenAreInnocent, i.e., he does not believe that they really understood what they were doing when they attacked him.
* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Katniss comments on Rue's skill with a slingshot, but then notes that this would offer the younger girl little protection against the stronger tributes.
* ''Literature/{{Thinner}}'': Gina Lempke, great-granddaugther of Tadzu Lempke, is highly skilled with a slingshot, and even performs with it for money. She uses it to shoot a ball bearing through Billy's hand when he comes to the Gypsy camp to demand the curse is taken off, and it's strongly implied she killed Frank Spurton, the man Richie hired to spy on the Gypsies, with it.

* The horrible Balbini twins in ''[[Literature/ChaletSchool The New Chalet School]]'' have a catapult, which Mario Balbini uses to shoot stones at Joey Bettany while she's having lunch with her friends. Joey responds by confiscating and breaking the catapult, and the Balbinis get their own back by playing a series of pranks on the school with their gang, the Mystic M.
* ''Literature/{{Deeplight}}'': [[StreetUrchin Hark]] and [[TheArtfulDodger Jelt]] carry slingshots, which they use to take out a couple of [[LighthousePoint beacon towers]]. It's no harmless prank; they're being paid by smugglers to do it.
* In John Birminghams short story Fortune and Glory, the three protagonists use slingshots. The story is set in S.M. Stirlings Emberverse world, where modern technology, including firearms, has failed and bows, crossbows and slingshots are the only ranged weapons. One of the characters loads her pouch with several steel balls for an instant 'area suppression' shot when ambushed.
* ''Literature/{{Everland}}'': Bella's weapon of choice is a slingshot.

* A staple of legendary 80's Venezuelan child show ''Contesta'' was a section where kids got rid of their slingshots, and the host gave them in reward a more wholesome toy and/or a short rhyme specially improvised for each kid.
* An episode of ''Series/RobinHood'' featured a group of young boys who reenacted Robin's adventures with slingshots.

* In the made-for-TV movie ''Problem Child 3,'' Junior uses his to excellent effect. On the flank of a ''horse.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5shRC74Ujqw Behold.]]

* ''Series/DoctorWho''
** "The Talons of Weng Chiang," guest character Henry Gordon Jago comments that he was "a dab hand with a catapult" as a boy.
** A Seventh Doctor Episode had [[LittleMissBadass Ace]] sniping Cybermen with a slingshot and gold coins.
* On ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' Jughead's baby sister Jellybean saves Archie by hitting would-be assassin Penny Penny Peabody in the head with her slingshot.

* ''Series/AgathaRaisin'': In "Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam," the killer uses a military-grade slingshot firing ball bearings in an attempt to do in Agatha.
* Series/ElChavoDelOcho used one in several episodes, mostly to hunt lizards.
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS21E4 With Baited Breath]]", the third VictimOfTheWeek is done in with a projectile fired from a commercial fishing slingshot (normally used to fire bait into the water).
* A vignette on ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' has Benny improvise a slingshot out of a stick and some undies. He subsequently runs around causing havoc with it. [[spoiler: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when he accidentally deflates a stripper while trying to pop the balloon she uses in her act,]] and nearly gets lynched, sparking the customary [[EveryoneChasingYou Chase Sequence]] used to end each episode.

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "With Baited Breath", the third VictimOfTheWeek is done in with a projectile fired from a commercial fishing slingshot (normally used to fire bait into the water).

* [[MushroomMan Shroomboom]] from ''{{VideoGame/Skylanders}}'' uses a slingshot as his primary weapon, and him creating it plays into his backstory. He came from a pizza topping garden belonging to [[BigBad Kaos]], and he and all his fungi friends knew one day they would be on the [[{{Pun}} chopping block]]. Thus, Shroomboom took a twig and a strand of spider web to make his slingshot, using it to fire his friends and eventually himself out of the garden. In combat, Shroomboom primarily uses the slingshot to shoot bouncing explosive mushrooms rapidly (which can be [[ChargedAttack charged to launch a bigger mushroom]]). Alternatively, he can use it to launch Mushroom Paratroopers that can be used as traps by pushing opponents into where the paratroopers will land. He can even launch himself as a massive projectile and, with his Series 2 version, can also summon mushroom bumpers to become a literal PinballProjectile.

Tends to be used by the BrattyHalfPint and other {{Youngsters}}, probably because it allows them some means of defense without any expectation of them [[ThouShaltNotKill actually killing someone]]. Also a frequent [[StarterEquipment starter weapon]] in VideoGames and a WeaponJr for younger versions of ArcherArchetype.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', Tony Toponi uses one to [[spoiler:unmask Warren T. Rat as a cat]].
** Slingshots are also used as FamilyFriendlyFirearms in the sequel ''Fievel Goes West'', probably because it takes place in a MouseWorld and so the characters don't have cat or mouse sized guns, except in the movie's opening which in a FantasySequence.

* ''Literature/TheBible'': King David actually used a ''sling'' to defeat Goliath (and was quite adept with it, boasting about killing animals), people commonly confuse the two weapons and believe David wielded a slingshot. Thus, despite the story itself not being example, many of its adaptations are (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Bible Stories episode couldn't resist, for obvious reasons).

* Subverted in ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'' with Mother Anderson, who's a ''[[GrumpyOldWoman grandmother]]'' with a katty.

* The second ''Film/ShaolinTemple'' movie, ''Kids from Shaolin'', have a couple of the younger boys from the Long family hitting things with their slingshots. They even managed to help out in the final battle by firing a couple of stones into a bandit EliteMook's butt, distracting him long enough for the heroes to defeat him.

** ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'' and ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK'' are probably the {{Trope Codifier}}s. The better-known [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] owes a lot to him.

Also note that a "slingshot" is not the same as a "[[SufferTheSlings sling]]" or a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slungshot#As_a_weapon "slungshot,"]] which was a 19th century gang weapon consisting of a weight on a string attached to the arm. Laws on the books prohibiting "slingshots" may be talking about this weapon, depending on how old the law is.

* ''Video/GameLiveALive'': In the Wild West chapter, Sundown Kid is given a slingshot by the Sheriff's son, Billy, who mentions he's very good with it and could be useful. When you start organizing the town's defenses, you can give the sligshot back to Billy and he'll use it to take down one of the bandits as they arrive.

* Toval Randonneur, an A-Rank Bracer in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'', uses what appears to be a slingshot to shoot energy sphere in one of his craft.

* In the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' games from ''Wild World'' onwards, one of the tools your villager can use is the slingshot. This is mostly used to pop [[{{Balloonacy}} balloons carrying presents]] that fly through the sky every ten minutes, but in ''Wild World'' and ''City Folk'', your villager can also use it to shoot down Gulliver's [[Main/MadeOfExplodium Flying Saucer]], and in ''Wild World'', your villager can use it to [[Main/VideoGameCrueltyPotential shoot down Pete the Postman.]]
** In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', the villager uses the slingshot as a weapon.

* Halley Brancket from ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' is a 12-years old StreetUrchin, who uses slingshots as his weapon. His [[HelloInsertNameHere naming screen]] even calls him "Heckling Brat".