History Main / DualTonfas

* Noah of ''ElGoonishShive'' duel-wields what appear to be [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2011-04-27 flaming tonfas.]]

*** But that raises rather more questions than it answers. For example, why don't they make ''everything'' out of that material ? Some body armour maybe ? A shield maybe ? Pfft, no, what are the chances of a jedi showing up and killing everyone...

* Eagle, the refined British gentleman first featured in the original ''Game/StreetFighter'', fights with a pair of tonfas.

** Shows up as a findable weapon in ''SymphonyOfTheNight'', as a direct reference to ''SuikodenII'' (it hits twice), although it's misnamed as "nunchaku."

* Raven uses them in ''EveofExtinction'', where they are the most advanced Legacy prototype and give him access to energy blasts. Josh gets his hands on them for the last level, where they lose that power but can make him ImmuneToBullets for their [[LimitBreak Legacy Drive]].

* Maki from ''FinalFight'' and ''StreetFighter Alpha 3'' uses one.
* Eagle, the refined British gentleman first featured in the original ''StreetFighter'', fights with a pair of tonfas.

* Marie Mjollnir of ''SoulEater'' is one, at least when wielded by Stien; normally she takes the form of a [[DropTheHammer hammer]].

* Marie Mjollnir of ''SoulEater'' is one.

* Marie Mjollnir of ''SoulEater''.

* Yoko Kono of ''LastBronx''

* Maki from ''FinalFight'' and ''StreetFighter Alpha 3'' uses them.

* [[WarriorMonk Sister Schach]] in ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]''.

Wielded in pairs with one in each hand, a martial art based on the use of dual tonfas (Kobudo) exists in the Japanese islands of Okinawa, where the first tonfa was supposedly made from a a modified millstone handle. This was a result of the restriction of conventional weapons by the rulers of the land back in the day, when people needed to [[ImprovisedWeapon make their own weapons, often out of farm tools. ]]

* Some Knightmare Frames in ''CodeGeass''.

* Maris Brood of ''StarWars: TheForceUnleashed'' uses tonfa-[[LaserBlade lightsabers]] (which would, in reality, be [[CoolButInefficient about as sensible as fighting with swordchucks]]

* Maris Brood of ''StarWars: TheForceUnleashed'' uses tonfa-[[LaserBlade lightsabers]]

* Orchid of ''KillerInstinct''.

* Retsu in JukenSentaiGekiranger, and his [[PowerRangersJungleFury Power Ranger]] counterpart Theo.

They are a staple in weapon based fighters, where they are most commonly the main weapon for one of the female characters [[hottip:*:why male tonfa-users are the minority in fiction is unknown, since nothing about this weapon is particularly feminine, and it's popular among male martial artists in RealLife]], and in any anime or manga where all kinds of weapons are already around they will often turn up somewhere down the line in the hands of a character, usually either a competent part of the hero's team or a major threat to the protagonists.

They are a staple in weapon based fighters, where they are most commonly the main weapon for one of the female characters, and in any anime or manga where all kinds of weapons are already around they will often turn up somewhere down the line in the hands of a character, usually either a competent part of the hero's team or a major threat to the protagonists.

The tonfa is basically a stick with a handle sticking out near one of the ends. This is, however, [[RuleOfCool very boring]], and naturally all sorts of variations (including the the bladed tonfa, the [[LaserBlade energybeam tonfa]], and the tonfa that shoots KiAttacks among others) have been dreamed up by writers in order to spruce up the humble handled club.