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* Casey Jones, of TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles fame.

** It should be noted that both times he uses the sports equipment correctly, they act as a Finishing Move to defeat two accomplished martial artists. [[BadAss Casey Jones]], ladies and gentlemen.

* During River's fantastic bar fight scene in ''Serenity'', her fighting moves were based off of dance techniques (primarily ballet), presumably as a nod to both River's love of dancing and the abilities of her actress.

* [[FragileSpeedster The Scout]] from TeamFortress2 is baseball-themed-- he can run especially fast, use a bat as a weapon, become invulnerable from an energy drink, and even stun enemies with baseballs. Many of his taunts and all of his achievement titles are references to baseball, and he wears a baseball cap, hand wraps, and long socks tucked into rolled pants (which is characteristic of old-fashioned baseball uniforms). "Yo, I oughtta be on a baseball card!"

* ''[[SuperMarioBros Super Mario World]]'' features Chargin' Chuck, a variety of [[{{Mook}} Koopa]] decked out in gridiron football gear, who attacks by rushing, lobbing baseballs (which is why he's the image of GretzkyHasTheBall) and punting footballs. They tend to appear near the curiously goalpost-shaped stage goal.

* Several characters in ''{{Kinnikuman}}'', most notably Specialman, whose entire gimmick is about being an American football player and whose signature move is "Glorious Touchdown", and Kinnikuman Big Body, whose moves are also heavily based on his love of American football. There's also The Mari, who is literally a giant volleyall with arms and legs.

* ''AstroCity'' features the football themed All-American and his sidekick, the baseball styled Slugger.

*** And shyguys with baseball bats. Figure out what they do if you throw an egg at them. Even if [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard they're facing the other direction]].

* Strike Man (who looks like a baseball, no less) from ''Game/MegaMan 10'' throws "Rebound Strikers", [[HyperDestructiveBouncingBall fastballs that bounce all over the place and get more deadly per bounce]].

* Used quite a bit in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]'': Martial Arts Rythmic Gymnastics, Martial Arts Figure Skating, Martial Arts Tea Ceremony, Martial Arts Martial Arts Dining, Okonomiyaki Martial Arts, and Martial Arts Takeout. And that's not even a complete list...
** Except for the first two, that would be MartialArtsAndCrafts.

In this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq2WUJd2ecs&feature=related (please make a link of this) Bob Sapp demonstrates how American Football is not a martial art.

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* The GoldenAge ''DCComics'' super villain, the Sportsmaster was an Olympic level athlete who used sporting-themed weapons such as exploding baseballs, flying bases, rocket baseball bats, knockout basketballs, lacrosse snare nets, exploding hockey pucks.

This is the inverse of MartialArtsAndCrafts, where combat skills are adapted to non-combat activities. If the sport is gymnastics or cheerleading, see SheFu. See also IKnowMortalKombat and DanceBattler.

* ''BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden''.

* Three Words. NFL Super Pro.

* [[FragileSpeedster The Scout]] from TeamFortress2 is baseball-themed-- he can run especially fast, use a bat as a weapon, become invulnerable from an energy drink, and even stun enemies with baseballs. Many of his taunts and all of his achievement titles are references to baseball, and he wears a baseball cap, hand wraps, and long socks tucked into rolled pants (which is characteristic of old-fashioned baseball uniforms).

* Johnny Maximum from ''WorldHeroes'' has a heavily football inspired fighting style which includes, rushing attacks and energy footballs as projectiles. Justified in that he works officially as a quarterback, just...a very violent one. He's also based heavily on Joe Montana.

** Subverted with Charlie [=MacDonald=] who despite being a Football player actually fights Travis in a HumongousMecha showdown.

* In ''KingArthurAndTheKnightsOfJustice'', the Aurthur King and his team would use American football plays and strategies in their battles against the Warlords..

* ''GIJoe'' character Captain Gridiron, an ex-quarterback that runs around in modified football gear and throws football-shaped grenades.

* ''ProStars'' was a TV show featuring the crime fighting trio of Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, and Wayne Gretzky. And yes, all of their crimefighting gadgets involved their respective sports (except, of course, Bo Jackson, who could seemingly pull out any sport he wanted due to DualClassing in Baseball and Football).

Often seen in fighting games, this trope is about characters whose fighting styles either use tactics from or are based on non-combat sports. This does not include those who just use sporting equipment as bludgeoning weapons (for instance, BatterUp). It comes as no surprise that many of these characters are athletes.

* ''Romeo Must Die'' features Jet Li adapting his kung fu to suit a pick-up football game.

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*** I'd wager my second-favorite pair of pants that the racket strike is a [[CherryTapping Cherry Tap]], not a real use of a weapon.

* GreenLantern villain Javelin, who threw gimmicky javelins and was supposedly a former Olympic athlete in you can probably guess what event.
** Curling?

* Jonathan Cabot from combines ninjutsu and gymnastics to make a new martial art, ''{{Gymkata}}''. And may I add, SoYeah.
** Don't watch it, just know that it's as bad as the title suggests.
** [[SarcasmMode No, no, it's awesome.]] [[SchmuckBait You must see it.]]

* Johnny Maximum from ''WorldHeroes'' has a heavily football inspired fighting style which includes, rushing attacks and energy footballs as projectiles. Like the Gorin students, Johnny also dresses the part of the game he plays to the extent that he wears a football helmet. Johnny takes it to the next level; He's actually ''based'' on John Madden himself.

* "Calamity" James Wa from ''TheOrder'' used the skills he developed as a baseball star frequently in superhero melees, up to and including swinging an uprooted road sign like a bat and sending a robot's head over the fence for a grand slam. He also used an actual bat to beat the drunk driver who cost him his legs to death. Just messin' with you, he played Wii Sports with the guy.