History Main / DestroyTheVillainsWeapon

* In one of the most infamous scenes of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' (which provides the page quote), the villain Shreeka is tricked into catching a hot piece of coal, which causes her beloved Power Ring to melt and she bemoans the loss of her prized possession.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': The third season begins with the [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Dark Hand]] and [[EvilSorcerer Daolon Wong]] breaking into Section 13 to steal the Talismans of [[DragonsAreDemonic Shendu]] (who's at this point trapped in the Netherworld as a lifeless spirit) to use them for their own purposes. When Wong is about to get them, Jackie decides [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower it's time to stop people from misusing their powers]] and destroys them with a laser cannon. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Unfortunately]], this results in the Talismans' indestructible powers being dispersed over the world and [[[[MacGuffinSuperPerson settle in the bodies of twelve animals]], forcing the heroes [[GottaCatchThemAll to compete with Daolon Wong to find them]] and protect them from him.

->''"Oh no! It's melting! My precious power ring! Gone forever!"''

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': Peter distracts the BigBad Ronan in order for the rest of his team to use a space gun to destroy his Warhammer, which was empowered by the Power Stone.

* In the 2015 Indian film ''Puli'', the villainess, Queen Yavanarani, turns out to be BrainwashedAndCrazy under the control of an evil scepter, courtesy of her usurping, power-hungry general Thalapathy. In the final battle, the hero Marudheeran manages to release the queen by destroying the scepter.

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', when it seems the players are winning the fight against Arthas, he suddenly reveals that it was AllAccordingToPlan and that he ''wanted'' them to reach his throne so he can turn them into his servants. He then unleashes a TotalPartyKill attack until Tyrion Fordring summons the Light to free himself and destroys [[Main/CoolSword Frostmourne]], releasing all the souls that Arthas had consumed and allowing the party to come back to life and finally end him for good.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has Robin break magician villain Mumbo's magic wand, [[BroughtDownToNormal causing Mumbo to turn into a normal human.]] Somehow, Mumbo manages to regain his abilities in his second appearance.

-->--'''Shreeka''', ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''

** Similarly, in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Mace Windu sends Darth Sidious scrambling when he manages to knock the Sith Lord’s lightsaber out the window (in some adaptations, he cuts it in half as well). Unfortunately, Sidious also has some [[ShockAndAwe built-in weaponry]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': At the end of the episode "Freebird", Cassandra destroys a magical teapot that an unscrupulous couple have been using to turn people into birds, which causes them and their house to vanish into thin air.

* In ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', Franchise/{{Superman}} freezes [[BigBad Steppenwolf's]] axe with his breath, and then Franchise/WonderWoman shatters it with her sword.
* ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'': Edmund recognizes that the White Witch's wand is the source of her petrifying powers, so when he attacks her, he goes straight for it and shatters it with his sword.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': This is how Ladybug weakens the episode's akumized villain OncePerEpisode, before using her yo-yo to de-evilize the butterfly akuma that flies out, which returns them to normal.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': An episode had Miss Bellum battle Sedusa, and their fight is soon taken to a pool where Sedusa's hair is soaked to the point of being rendered useless. The Girls and Bellum seize the opportunity to have her hair cut off to render her powerless, though NegativeContinuity in later episodes (except ''Aspirations'') shows that she has gotten her hair back.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' episode "Mind Pollution", the titular hero manages to stop Verminous Skumm from selling any more of his designer drug Bliss by forming a flame tornado that destroys both the last pieces of Bliss and the notebook containing the recipe for it. Well, one piece of Bliss managed to survive, but Skumm accidentally eats it and gets doped up himself.

** During the climax of ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Obi-Wan Kenobi slices Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsaber in half, leaving him to continue fighting with the half that's still functioning.

** Similarly, in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Mace Windu sends Darth Sidious scrambling when he manages knocks the Sith Lord’s lightsaber out the window (in some adaptations, he cuts it in half as well). Unfortunately, Sidious also has some [[ShockAndAwe built-in weaponry]].

** Similarly, in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Mace Windu sends Darth Sidious scrambling when he manages to cut Sidious' lightsaber in two and knocks it out the window. Unfortunately, Sidious also has some [[ShockAndAwe built-in weaponry]].

* ''VideoGame/SniperElite4'': There are two possible methods to destroy General Bohm's jet bomber. The first is to [[AttackItsWeakPoint shoot out both its engines]]. Should that fail, the other, more difficult method is shooting the Ms 300 "Razor" missile slung underneath the aircraft once it's airborne and about to climb. Either way, the plane goes down, killing TheBigBad, and Operation ''Avalanche'' goes as planned.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': The Rainbooms and Sunset Shimmer manage to make a rainbow beam big enough to defeat the sirens and destroy their pendants that enable their powers. Not only have they lost their magic, but also their ability to sing afterward.

* During the climax of ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Obi-Wan Kenobi slices Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsaber in half, leaving him to continue fighting with the half that's still functioning.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Subverted during Luffy's battle with Don Krieg. Krieg attacks with his Mighty Battle Spear, a weapon that explodes on impact. Luffy makes several attacks aimed specifically at the tip of the spear, taking multiple hits but eventually destroying it. Once the spear's point is destroyed, Luffy taunts Krieg by telling him his power's been cut in half now that his Mighty Battle Spear is just a bomb on a stick. The subversion is that a bomb on a stick is ''still'' a pretty good weapon, which Krieg continues to use until Luffy's attacks near the end of the fight knocks it out of his hands.