History Main / KukrisAreKool

* Demonstrated in an episode of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' featuring gurkhas, one of whom is BloodBrothers with Deeks.

** Helmeppo fights with two kukris, whcih Zoro even remarks on the weapon on their brief clashes. After the timeskip, he uses two larger pairs.

** Helmeppo fights with two kukris.

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-->'''Emily''': You do not ''disarm'' a Gurkha. You merely convince him to temporarily give you some of his weapons.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Chaka's {{Mithril}} knife, created accidentally [[ItMakesSenseInContext when Silver stabbed Arch-Fiend with her moonsilver-covered hand, through the opening which Firefox had created in the magical cage they were trapped in]]. Its unique creation - involving [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot mithril, magical fire, quenching in demonic ichor, and getting charged with Ki by Chaka to dislodge Silver's hand]] - imbued it with a magical bond that causes it to return to Toni's hand when thrown, and [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands probably other things we haven't seen yet]]. The fact that it specifically formed into a kukri has the Magical Arts instructors baffled and has led to some odd speculation about what it means.

* The character known as The Bailiff wields a kukri to murder his harem of lovers in the Caitlin R. Kiernan novel ''Literature/{{Daughter of Hounds}}''.

* For the miniature domestic equivalent, a peeling or tourne knife is a type of specialized kitchen knife, used for removing fruit rinds, carving decorative garnishes, and excising flaws from vegetables. Its blade is seldom more than 2-3 inches long, but its edged inner curve is similar to the kukri and its ancestral sword types.

* Aging from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' uses an extra large Kukri as one of her weapons of choice. (Dual-wielded opposite to a modified Mini-gun).

* Two appear in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic The Second Raid'' albeit as upscaled monomolecular cutters shaped to look like kukris; 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 Yu Lan by slicing her Codarl's limbs off and then impaling her through the Codarl's torso.]]

* In ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'', [[AmazonianBeauty Tione]] wields a pair of kukri as her usual weapon.

* In ''VideoGame/FreedomWars'', the PlayerCharacter starts off with a technologically-advanced kukri called the Murasame Mk. 9, along with a sub-machine gun called the EZ-Katze, and a [[WhipItGood Binding Thorn.]]

For a relatively obscure weapon from Nepal, they feature quite frequently in the media, easily spotted because of their distinctive (and threatening) shape. As an interesting side note, it possibly wasn't actually invented in Nepal, but in ''Greece'' of all places. The current theory goes that the kukri is a (somewhat shrunken) descendant of a Greek ''machaira'' sword. The machaira itself was a modification of an earlier sword called the ''kopis'' (literally, "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin chopper]]"), just one of the large family of recurved sabers used throughout the Mediterranean. The troops of UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat brought it to India during his expedition there, and the locals may have adopted the design. The falcata, a similar recurved sword from Iberia, may share the same origin.

* In ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', kukris are essentially throwing knives which can inflict bleed, and you can only throw them instead of wielding them.

For a relatively obscure weapon from Nepal, they feature quite frequently in the media, easily spotted because of their distinctive (and threatening) shape. As an interesting side note, it possibly wasn't actually invented in Nepal, but in ''Greece'' of all places. The current theory goes that the kukri is a (somewhat shrunken) descendant of a Greek ''machaira'' sword. The machaira itself was a modification of an earlier sword called the ''kopis'' (literally, "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin chopper]]"), just one of the large family of recurved sabers used throughout the Mediterranean. The troops of Alexander the Great brought it to India during his expedition there, and the locals may have adopted the design. The falcata, a similar recurved sword from Iberia, may share the same origin.

* Kukris are available for your use in ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard]]'', although they are quickly outclassed. One NPC in the same game has one attached to the end of her staff.

* ''VideoGame/FarCry1'' features them as your option for a melee weapon, with the implication that the mercenaries use them to cut their way through the thick jungle of the islands the game is set on, since you can find several across the game.
** It also shows up as Ajay's melee weapon in ''VideoGame/FarCry4'', appropriate owing to the game taking place in a fictional country that borders Nepal. Two of them form the emblem for the Golden Path resistance.
* The Kukri appears as a knife-class weapon in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''. Somehow, they teach Jugglers how to throw Molotov cocktails.

* ''Series/Loki2021'': Showing off her more confrontational nature, Sylvie's WeaponOfChoice is a Kukri rather than the daggers of the Sacred Timeline Loki.

See also MacheteMayhem and KnifeNut, as well as SinisterScythe, another repurposed agricultural weapon disproportionately popular in media for its sinister, exotic inward-curved blade. Also NationalWeapon and UsefulNotes/NepaliWithNastyKnives.

* TheHero from ''Film/{{Cyborg 1989}}'' was a '''major''' KnifeNut, having at least a dozen hidden on his body. This included several kukris.

* In ''VideoGame/{{RAGE}}'', several melee focused enemies, especially Ghosts, use kukri. Just before the self-revival tutorial, you get a very close look at one.

* Doug from ''Manga/{{Gangsta}}'' uses one. His kukris is apparently sharp enough to slice through guns.

* Kukris are used in various fight scenes in ''Film/TheGameChanger'', notably in the final mansion shootout where the hero, Zi-Hao, uses twin kukris as sidearms and effectively slicing up plenty of mooks with these.

* 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 its 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 ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yatagan yatagan]]'' is a late example of a recurve sabre. All of the examples mentioned here are [[CoolSword significantly bigger than the kukri]] [[MacheteMayhem and are closer in size and appearance to machetes]].

* Most, if not all, [[http://traditionalfilipinoweapons.com/Sandata.html Traditional Filipino Weapons]] with a blade have a forward curve with the blade on the inside of the curve. This also applies to neighbouring Indonesian Swords and some Malaysian. The [[http://traditionalfilipinoweapons.com/Ginunting.html Ginunting]] is the official bladed sidearm of the Filipino Marine Corp.

* Kukris are used in various fight scenes in ''Film/TheGameChanger'', notably in the final mansion shootout where the hero, Zi-Hao, uses twin kukris as sidearms and effectivepy slicing up plenty of mooks with these.

As with katana, there is a persistent myth that the blade must '[[DrawSwordDrawBlood taste blood]]' before it is sheathed. This is untrue, as a kukri is [[SwissArmyWeapon useful for far more than just violence]]. However there have been instances of Gurkhas slicing their fingers with it as a practical joke to [[ShroudedInMyth impress]] outsiders with their [[ProudWarriorRace ferocity]]. It's also been theorized that the "must taste blood" line was something that annoyed Gurkhas started telling tourists, to make them stop asking to see their kukris.

** He later received the Tribalman's Shiv, which is an even ''nastier'' looking kukri [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter made entirely out of wood.]] It only does half the immediate damage of the kukri, but causes [[StandardStatusEffect bleeding]], lowering health over time and preventing Spies from cloaking properly.