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* The melee weapon of the Sniper class in ''TeamFortress 2''.

** He actually referred to the knife a few times "a kind of curved knife" a few times then later he called it a Kukri out of the blue instead of "a kind of..." and then paused to say( ah i knew id remember eventually!)

* Shenhua from ''BlackLagoon'' fights with a much more practical version of a Whip Sword ? twin whip kukri. She's good enough to behead people with them from 30 feet away.

* Jonathan Harker wielded a kukri in ''{{Dracula}}''.

** He also now has The Bushwhacker, a longer and more detailed blade with a ornate handle.

* The kukri is in fact the only surviving member of an entire sword family: the recurve sabres, single-edged hacking weapons that curve away from the wielder. The concept has been around since the ancient Egyptians, whose [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khopesh ''khopesh'']] was essentially a militarised farming sickle. The Greek [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopis ''kopis'']] or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machaira ''machaira'']] (the first name meaning "chopper") was a common sidearm for Greek infantry and a standard weapon for Persian cavalry. It was used across the entire Mediterranean and became a bane of the Roman legions when wielded by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcata Iberian infantry]], and it's big two handed brother, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falx ''falx'']], made them upgrade their Armour when wielded by the Dacians. The Medieval Turkish ''yatagan'' is a late example of a recurve sabre. All of the examples mentioned here are [[CoolSword significantly bigger than the kukri.]]

* The kukri is in fact the only surviving member of an entire sword family: the recurve sabres, single-edged hacking weapons that curve away from the wielder. The concept has been around since the ancient Egyptians, whose ''khopesh'' was essentially a militarised farming sickle. The Greek ''kopis'' or ''machaira'' (the first name meaning "chopper") was a common sidearm for Greek infantry and a standard weapon for Persian cavalry. It was used across the entire Mediterranean and became a bane of the Roman legions when wielded by Iberian infantry. The Medieval Turkish ''yagatan'' is a late example of a recurve sabre. All of the examples mentioned here are [[CoolSword significantly bigger than the kukri.]]

* The ''OnePiece'' character Helmeppo fights with two Kukri.
* Mamungi from ''TheBreaker'' uses [[{{BFS}} one huge]] Kukri.
* In ''GhostInTheShell: 2nd Gig'', in the episode where Pazu's ex decides to become exactly like him (down to the DNA of his cybernetic body). The real and fake Pazus then duel with folding, forward swept Kukris.
* two appear in ''FullMetalPanic The Second Raid'' albiet as upscaled monomolecular cutters shaped to look like kuhkri's, one is the standard melee weapon for Belfaghn's [=M9D=] Falke, the other is a [[{{BFS}} massive one]] used by gates' for his Codarl I in the last episode, [[spoiler: which he promptly uses to kill Yui Lan by slicing her codarls limbs off and then impaling her through the codarls torso]]

* In ''{{Waterworld}}'', Kevin Costner's character is briefly seen using a Kukri.
* In the third ''ResidentEvil'' movie, Alice wields two Kukri blades.

* TheHero from ''Cyborg'' was a '''major''' KnifeNut, having at least a dozen hidden on his body. This included several Kukris.

* Jonathan Harker wielded a Kukri in ''{{Dracula}}''.
* White Court Vampire Thomas Raith in ''TheDresdenFiles'' uses a Kukri in battle in one book. This leads to a humorous moment where Harry mentions "a kind of curved knife", then [[BrickJoke some chapters later]], pauses his line of thought in the middle of a fight to go "Kukri! ''That's'' what they're called."

* In ''Halo Reach'', Emile is often seen sharpening the kukri he keeps sheathed on his shoulder.

* In ''{{Uncharted}} 2'', the character Tenzin carries a Kukri.

* The Wretcher's Blade in ''{{Fable}} 2'' is a very large version of a Kukri.
* In ''{{MortalKombat}}'' 4, Kai uses the "Gurkha Knife" or Kukri as his weapon of choice.
* Warrant Officer Emile-A239, one of the SPARTAN-III teammates in ''{{Halo}}: Reach'', uses a Kukri-esque bladed weapon.

* The Kukri is in fact the only surviving member of an entire sword family: the recurve sabres, single-edged hacking weapons that curve away from the wielder. The concept has been around since the Ancient Egyptians, whose ''khopesh'' was essentially a militarised farming sickle. The Greek ''kopis'' or ''machaira'' (the first name meaning "chopper") was a common sidearm for Greek infantry and a standard weapon for Persian cavalry. It was used across the entire Mediterranean and became a bane of the Roman legions when wielded by Iberian infantry. The Medieval Turkish ''yagatan'' is a late example of a recurve sabre. All of the examples mentioned here are [[CoolSword significantly bigger than the Kukri.]]

* In ''DungeonsAndDragons'' Kukris are martial melee weapons, doing low damage but with the best Critical Hit range of all non-exotic weapons. [[AwesomeButImpractical Everyone you fight has a good chance of being immune to criticals and further increases to critical chance don't stack with each other.]]

* two arm slave sized monomolecular cutter versions appear in ''FullMetalPanic The Second Raid'', one is the standard melee armarment for Belfaghn's M9D falke, while Gates gets a [[BFS massive one]] for his Codarl I in the last episode, [[spoiler: which he promptly uses to kill Yui Lan by slicing her codarls limbs off and then impaling her through the codarls torso]]

* Emile in HaloReach uses one of these, typically carried in a sheath on his shoulder plate. The shoulder plate apparently doubles as his sharpner for it.

* Emile from [[{{Halo}} Halo: Reach]] has a rather nasty one to go with his armor. The player, when using the Right Security Shoulder Armor, gets one too.

* Emile from [[Halo Halo: Reach]] has a rather nasty one to go with his armor. The player, when using the Right Security Shoulder Armor, gets one too.

* George Macdonald Fraser, the noted author, carried one through the Burma campaign. He said he preferred it to a [[MacheteMayhem machete]].