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* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': Lord Shen frequently fans out his throwing knives before either throwing them or slashing with them like claws. Since Shen is a peacock, and his knives resemble feathers, this adds to the effect of a bird spreading its wing feathers.
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* Mr. Grin, the knife-throwing [[TheDragon Dragon]] to BigBad Herod Sayle in ''Film/{{Stormbreaker}}'', fans a set of throwing knives while attempting to intimidate Alex Rider.
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* The first ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' has the DiscOneFinalBoss, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0006_8.png Sherudo Garo]], greeting Richard Miller by holding his knives in a fan-shaped pattern, during a cutscene, before flinging them rapidly at Richard.
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* ''Film/VForVendetta'': During the final confrontation, V holds up a pair of daggers in his hand and deliberately fans them in the [[LetterMotif shape of a V]] before he flings them at the regime's soldiers, instantly killing two. He then pulls out another pair and proceeds to slaughter the opposition before they can even react.
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* The first ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' has the DiscOneFinalBoss, KnifeNut [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0006_8.png Sherudo Garo]], greeting Richard Miller by holding his knives in a fan-shaped pattern, during a cutscene, before flinging them rapidly at Richard.
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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': In the final battle between Jotaro and DIO, DIO doesn't want to underestimate Jotaro by getting in close since their [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are relatively evenly matched, and Jotaro has proven himself capable of [[MoveInTheFrozenTime throwing punches for brief periods]] inside DIO's [[TimeStandsStill Time Stop]]. Instead, DIO stops time and informs Jotaro that he simply intends to overwhelm him with a FlechetteStorm from a safe distance while he fans out knives he stole from a nearby restaurant during their fight.
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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': In the final battle between Jotaro and DIO, [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureDio DIO]], DIO doesn't want to underestimate Jotaro by getting in close since their [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are relatively evenly matched, and [[spoiler:and Jotaro has proven himself capable of [[MoveInTheFrozenTime throwing punches for brief periods]] inside DIO's [[TimeStandsStill Time Stop]].Stop]]]]. Instead, DIO stops time and informs Jotaro that he simply intends to overwhelm him with a FlechetteStorm from a safe distance while he fans out knives he stole from a nearby restaurant during their fight.
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* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased:'' Trixie Roughouse does this with a number of boxcutters kept up her sleeves in the trailer for ''Prison of Plastic.''
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Humans are fragile - -- compared to most of the animal kingdom in our general weight-class, it doesn't take a lot to put us down; as a result, we tend to have an instinctive aversion to anything sharp, especially if that sharp thing is moving, as speed only increases the danger.
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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': In the final battle between Jotaro and Dio, Dio DIO, DIO doesn't want to underestimate Jotaro by getting in close since their [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are relatively evenly matched, and Jotaro has proven himself capable of [[MoveInTheFrozenTime throwing punches for brief periods]] inside Dio's TimeStandsStill. DIO's [[TimeStandsStill Time Stop]]. Instead, Dio DIO stops time and informs Jotaro that he simply intends to overwhelm Jotaro him with a FlechetteStorm from a safe distance while he fans out knives he stole from a nearby restaurant during their fight.
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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle:'' The above-mentioned [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Dio]] uses this in his Death Battle against [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]], before nailing the Bird of Hermes with a thrown volley of knives. Sadly for Dio, Alucard's HealingFactor enables him to NoSell the knives and introduce Dio to the jaws of [[{{Hellhound}} Baskerville]].
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* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': From the 7th instalment onwards, throwing knives are an available weapon, and officers who wield knives carry them fanned. Special mention goes to Xun Yu in 9, who unfans them at the beginning of his [[LimitBreak Musou Attack]] in order to fan them again during the start-up animation.
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A particular way of doing this is by [[TitleDrop Fanning The Knives]] in their hands - even if the soon-to-be-thrower doesn't utter a single word as they do it, it is ''immediately'' apparent what they intend to do. Expect the person on the soon-to-be-recieving end (and possibly the audience) to [[OhCrap react]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck accordingly]].
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A particular way of doing this is by [[TitleDrop Fanning The Knives]] fanning multiple knives in their hands - even if the soon-to-be-thrower doesn't utter a single word as they do it, it is ''immediately'' apparent what they intend to do. Expect the person on the soon-to-be-recieving soon-to-be-receiving end (and possibly the audience) to [[OhCrap react]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck react accordingly]].
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Humans are fragile - compared to most of the animal kingdom in our general weight-class, it doesn't take a lot to put us down; as a result, we tend to have an instinctive aversion to anything sharp, especially if that sharp thing is moving as it could be dangerous and potentially lethal.
Bladed implements are the epitome of this, a single blade being thrown is bad enough, but the mere threat of a FlechetteStorm or StormOfBlades immediately elevates the threat level from ''Dangerous'' to ''Lethal'', and will be treated as such by audience and InUniverse observers alike. As such, it's not uncommon for those of a less-than-reputable nature to use the threat alone to unnerve their opponents.
Bladed implements are the epitome of this, a single blade being thrown is bad enough, but the mere threat of a FlechetteStorm or StormOfBlades immediately elevates the threat level from ''Dangerous'' to ''Lethal'', and will be treated as such by audience and InUniverse observers alike. As such, it's not uncommon for those of a less-than-reputable nature to use the threat alone to unnerve their opponents.
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Humans are fragile - compared to most of the animal kingdom in our general weight-class, it doesn't take a lot to put us down; as a result, we tend to have an instinctive aversion to anything sharp, especially if that sharp thing is moving moving, as it could be dangerous and potentially lethal.
speed only increases the danger.
Bladed implements are the epitome ofthis, this; a single blade being thrown is bad enough, but the mere threat of a FlechetteStorm or StormOfBlades immediately elevates the threat level from ''Dangerous'' to ''Lethal'', and will be treated as such by audience and InUniverse observers alike. As such, it's not uncommon for those of a less-than-reputable nature to use the threat alone to unnerve their opponents.
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Humans are fragile - compared to most of the animal kingdom in our general weight-class, it doesn't take a lot to put us down; as a result, we tend to have an instinctive aversion to anything sharp, especially if that sharp thing is moving as it could be dangerous and potentially lethal.
Bladed implements are the epitome of this, a single blade being thrown is bad enough, but the mere threat of a FlechetteStorm or StormOfBlades immediately elevates the threat level from ''Dangerous'' to ''Lethal'', and will be treated as such by audience and InUniverse observers alike. As such, it's not uncommon for those of a less-than-reputable nature to use the threat alone to unnerve their opponents.
A particular way of doing this is by [[TitleDrop Fanning The Knives]] in their hands - even if the soon-to-be-thrower doesn't utter a single word as they do it, it is ''immediately'' apparent what they intend to do. Expect the person on the soon-to-be-recieving end (and possibly the audience) to [[OhCrap react]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck accordingly]].
Note that despite the name [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible it doesn't necessarily need to be knives]] - A fanned set of cards in the hand of a DeathDealer is just as capable of invoking this trope, and in general, anything that can be thrown en-masse can be fanned for intimidation.
SubTrope to IntimidationDemonstration and SisterTrope to WeaponTwirling, another way of using your weapon to show off.
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* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'': Rin's attempt early on at a SignatureMove, "Flight of the Golden Wasps", has her show off and then fling a fan of knives at a target. In practice the move is [[CoolButInefficient showy and ineffective]]: the knives don't do much damage and she's lucky if even half of them hit in the first place.
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': In the final battle between Jotaro and Dio, Dio doesn't want to underestimate Jotaro by getting in close since their [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are relatively evenly matched, and Jotaro has proven himself capable of [[MoveInTheFrozenTime throwing punches for brief periods]] inside Dio's TimeStandsStill. Instead, Dio stops time and informs Jotaro that he simply intends to overwhelm Jotaro with a FlechetteStorm from a safe distance while he fans out knives he stole from a nearby restaurant during their fight.
* ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'': Jaeha likes to fan out his kunai before unleashing a FlechetteStorm at his enemies, even when he's in the air where likely no one can actually see him do it.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'' features the DeathDealer by the name of 'Gambit' - while his exact alignment varies DependingOnTheAuthor, he's nonetheless quick on the draw with his cards, and often fans them out before throwing them if he intends to throw more than one.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'': During Master Wu and Lord Garmadon's battle, Garmadon uses the Seven Deadly Butterflies of Shaolin against Wu, fanning them out in his hand before throwing them.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': Lord Shen frequently fans out his throwing knives before either throwing them or slashing with them like claws. Since Shen is a peacock, and his knives resemble feathers, this adds to the effect of a bird spreading its wing feathers.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': In Buzz's final fight with Zurg, he starts throwing a series of discs at him. He fans two of the discs and prepares to throw both of them at once, but Zurg catches him in a NeckLift.
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* In ''Film/BuddhasPalm'', Yu Hua the DarkActionGirl can fling multiple knives with deadly accuracy, and often poses with a dozen knives held in a fan in ''one hand''.
* In ''Film/MysteryMen'', hero "The Blue Raja" does this before fighting. It's less intimidating than it sounds as it's with ''forks''.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': As an homage to [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureDio DIO]], Valentine can perform a super move where she throws a barrage of scalpels at her opponent, fanning them out like DIO does with his knives.
* The 2011 TGS trailer for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' shows [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Bob]] flashing a SlasherSmile while fanning out six plates in his hands before throwing them.
* The first ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' has the DiscOneFinalBoss, KnifeNut [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0006_8.png Sherudo Garo]], greeting Richard Miller by holding his knives in a fan-shaped pattern, during a cutscene, before flinging them rapidly at Richard.
--> '''Sherudo''': "Since you've travelled so far... (knives pop out from inside sleeves into hand) be my guest and let me ''entertain'' you!"
* ''VideoGame/{{Valorant}}'': [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] by Jett. When she activates her Ultimate ability, Blade Storm, she brings out five throwing knives. However, instead of holding them in her hands, she uses her wind power to hold them in midair around her hands in a fan pattern.
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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle:'' The above-mentioned [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Dio]] uses this in his Death Battle against [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]], before nailing the Bird of Hermes with a thrown volley of knives. Sadly for Dio, Alucard's HealingFactor enables him to NoSell the knives and introduce Dio to the jaws of [[{{Hellhound}} Baskerville]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand:'' The ChristmasEpisode ''Holiday Time'' sees Zurg steal Santa's [[TimeStandsStill Time Stopper]] - which Santa normally uses to [[HowCanSantaDeliverAllThoseToys deliver toys to the entire galaxy in a single night]]. When Buzz asks what Santa did before that, Santa gives him his Hyperspeed Accelerator - a JetPack that gives its wearer both SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to such a degree that it allows them to [[MoveInTheFrozenTime move in Zurg's frozen time]] - during their ensuing fight, Zurg picks out a bunch of rocket-themed fireworks, fanning them in his hands with an enormous grin. Buzz is thankfully able to dodge out of the way of the ensuing barrage.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'': During his fight against Nomura at his house, Nomura flings Jim to the kitchen. He reaches for his kitchen knives, but they're absent from the holding set. Jim then sees Nomura with the knives at hand, fanning all of them as she walks into the kitchen before throwing them at Jim.
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Humans are fragile - compared to most of the animal kingdom in our general weight-class, it doesn't take a lot to put us down; as a result, we tend to have an instinctive aversion to anything sharp, especially if that sharp thing is moving as it could be dangerous and potentially lethal.
Bladed implements are the epitome of this, a single blade being thrown is bad enough, but the mere threat of a FlechetteStorm or StormOfBlades immediately elevates the threat level from ''Dangerous'' to ''Lethal'', and will be treated as such by audience and InUniverse observers alike. As such, it's not uncommon for those of a less-than-reputable nature to use the threat alone to unnerve their opponents.
A particular way of doing this is by [[TitleDrop Fanning The Knives]] in their hands - even if the soon-to-be-thrower doesn't utter a single word as they do it, it is ''immediately'' apparent what they intend to do. Expect the person on the soon-to-be-recieving end (and possibly the audience) to [[OhCrap react]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck accordingly]].
Note that despite the name [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible it doesn't necessarily need to be knives]] - A fanned set of cards in the hand of a DeathDealer is just as capable of invoking this trope, and in general, anything that can be thrown en-masse can be fanned for intimidation.
SubTrope to IntimidationDemonstration and SisterTrope to WeaponTwirling, another way of using your weapon to show off.
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* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'': Rin's attempt early on at a SignatureMove, "Flight of the Golden Wasps", has her show off and then fling a fan of knives at a target. In practice the move is [[CoolButInefficient showy and ineffective]]: the knives don't do much damage and she's lucky if even half of them hit in the first place.
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': In the final battle between Jotaro and Dio, Dio doesn't want to underestimate Jotaro by getting in close since their [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are relatively evenly matched, and Jotaro has proven himself capable of [[MoveInTheFrozenTime throwing punches for brief periods]] inside Dio's TimeStandsStill. Instead, Dio stops time and informs Jotaro that he simply intends to overwhelm Jotaro with a FlechetteStorm from a safe distance while he fans out knives he stole from a nearby restaurant during their fight.
* ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'': Jaeha likes to fan out his kunai before unleashing a FlechetteStorm at his enemies, even when he's in the air where likely no one can actually see him do it.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'' features the DeathDealer by the name of 'Gambit' - while his exact alignment varies DependingOnTheAuthor, he's nonetheless quick on the draw with his cards, and often fans them out before throwing them if he intends to throw more than one.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'': During Master Wu and Lord Garmadon's battle, Garmadon uses the Seven Deadly Butterflies of Shaolin against Wu, fanning them out in his hand before throwing them.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': Lord Shen frequently fans out his throwing knives before either throwing them or slashing with them like claws. Since Shen is a peacock, and his knives resemble feathers, this adds to the effect of a bird spreading its wing feathers.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': In Buzz's final fight with Zurg, he starts throwing a series of discs at him. He fans two of the discs and prepares to throw both of them at once, but Zurg catches him in a NeckLift.
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* In ''Film/BuddhasPalm'', Yu Hua the DarkActionGirl can fling multiple knives with deadly accuracy, and often poses with a dozen knives held in a fan in ''one hand''.
* In ''Film/MysteryMen'', hero "The Blue Raja" does this before fighting. It's less intimidating than it sounds as it's with ''forks''.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': As an homage to [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureDio DIO]], Valentine can perform a super move where she throws a barrage of scalpels at her opponent, fanning them out like DIO does with his knives.
* The 2011 TGS trailer for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' shows [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Bob]] flashing a SlasherSmile while fanning out six plates in his hands before throwing them.
* The first ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' has the DiscOneFinalBoss, KnifeNut [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0006_8.png Sherudo Garo]], greeting Richard Miller by holding his knives in a fan-shaped pattern, during a cutscene, before flinging them rapidly at Richard.
--> '''Sherudo''': "Since you've travelled so far... (knives pop out from inside sleeves into hand) be my guest and let me ''entertain'' you!"
* ''VideoGame/{{Valorant}}'': [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] by Jett. When she activates her Ultimate ability, Blade Storm, she brings out five throwing knives. However, instead of holding them in her hands, she uses her wind power to hold them in midair around her hands in a fan pattern.
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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle:'' The above-mentioned [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Dio]] uses this in his Death Battle against [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]], before nailing the Bird of Hermes with a thrown volley of knives. Sadly for Dio, Alucard's HealingFactor enables him to NoSell the knives and introduce Dio to the jaws of [[{{Hellhound}} Baskerville]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand:'' The ChristmasEpisode ''Holiday Time'' sees Zurg steal Santa's [[TimeStandsStill Time Stopper]] - which Santa normally uses to [[HowCanSantaDeliverAllThoseToys deliver toys to the entire galaxy in a single night]]. When Buzz asks what Santa did before that, Santa gives him his Hyperspeed Accelerator - a JetPack that gives its wearer both SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to such a degree that it allows them to [[MoveInTheFrozenTime move in Zurg's frozen time]] - during their ensuing fight, Zurg picks out a bunch of rocket-themed fireworks, fanning them in his hands with an enormous grin. Buzz is thankfully able to dodge out of the way of the ensuing barrage.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'': During his fight against Nomura at his house, Nomura flings Jim to the kitchen. He reaches for his kitchen knives, but they're absent from the holding set. Jim then sees Nomura with the knives at hand, fanning all of them as she walks into the kitchen before throwing them at Jim.
--> '''Nomura:''' Looking for these?
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