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** Tsurugi Higashikata from ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'' has the Stand Paper Moon King, which gives [[spoiler:him]] power over origami creations. It imbues Tsurugi's origami with their "real world" counterparts abilities: a fortune teller reads minds and tells the future, a frog hops, a cicada flies, a car drives around, bananas make someone slip and fall. Paper Moon King even allows Tsurugi to turn things like cellphones into origami creations. However, the Stand's true power [[spoiler:is to steal the target's ability to recognize people and objects for what they really are, particularly if they're looking for someone or something in particular. Tsurugi has used the Stand to make two people see every other person as having the same distorted face, make all signs and labels say the same name, make a pile of leaves all look like origami frogs, and make every city bus look like his own father to a man chasing him down.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'':
** While scolding Bolt for his bad behavior in "The Coffee Shop," Penny threatens to spank the dog with a rolled-up newspaper if he continues to misbehave. It's an empty threat, as it's stated that she has never hit Bolt -- but it has kept him in line in the past.
** In "The Party," Leonard the poodle dashes for the bedroom to avoid what he expects will be a spanking with a rolled up newspaper from his owner when he is caught playing loud music.
--->'''Leonard''': Hide, hide, hide, hide, hide! I gotta hide before he catches me and whacks me with a newspaper! Outta my way, cat!

* ''WebAnimation/TheRedEclipse: Origami's paper-like suit grants her additional ways to attack in combat. She is shown using her paper armor to create deadly paper airplanes, a revolver to send back a bullet she was hit with, and swords.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': StalkerWithACrush [=Paperdoll=]: compressed the bodies of those she envelops and administers lethal papercuts strong enough to slice through Spider-Man's webbing.

* StalkerWithACrush [=Paperdoll=]: compressed the bodies of those she envelops and administers lethal papercuts strong enough to slice through Franchise/SpiderMan's webbing.
* Creator/MarvelComics' Thin Man has the ability to flatten himself razor-thin, in addition to RubberMan powers. Again, ''razor'' thin. And he's a sadistic, bitter old man. And a good guy.
* [[Comicbook/{{Gambit}} Gambit's]] real power is his ability to force small objects to explode by "charging" them, converting their potential energy into kinetic energy. His favorite tool is playing cards and the impossible things he can do with them sometimes evoke this trope
* Franchise/TheFlash: Villain Papercut's power is to control paper, [[spoiler: though his actual power is controlling wood. It's just easier for him to manipulate paper.]] He primarily uses his power to make razor-sharp paper shurikens.
* Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/TheCreeper once battled a foe called the Origami Man who controlled paper: killing people by blasting rolled paper through the victim like a hurricane blasts straw through a plank.

* ''Franchise/OnePiece - Great Hidden Treasure of the Nanatsu Islands'' has a villain who ate a Logia-type Devil Fruit, called the Pasa-Pasa no Mi or the Paper-Paper Fruit, that granted him power over paper. Simon used this ability in various ways such as flight, cutting attacks, elemental attacks such as electricity and poison, and the power to '''heal''' himself. Given how Devil Fruits are only limited by the strength, skill, and creativity of the user, it's no wonder why Oda relegated such a versatile power to non-canon status.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': While scolding Bolt for his bad behavior in "The Coffee Shop," Penny threatens to spank the dog with a rolled-up newspaper if he continues to misbehave. It's an empty threat, as it's stated that she has never hit Bolt -- but it has kept him in line in the past.

* In ''LightNovel/NinjaSlayer'', Yamoto Koki uses origami to fight.

* ''Franchise/OnePiece - Great Hidden Treasure of the Nanatsu Islands'' has a villain who ate a Logia-type Devil Fruit, Called the Pasa-Pasa no Mi or the Paper-Paper Fruit,that granted him power over paper. Simon used this ability in various ways such as flight, cutting attacks, elemental attacks such as electricity and poison, and the power to '''heal''' himself. Given how Devil Fruits are only limited by the strength, skill, and creativity of the user, it's no wonder why Oda relegated such a versatile power to Non-Canon status.

* ''Franchise/OnePiece - Big Secret Treasure of the Seven Nanatsu Islands'' has a villain who ate a Logia-type Devil Fruit that granted him power over paper. Simon used this ability in various ways such as flight, cutting attacks, elemental attacks such as electricity and poison, and the power to '''heal''' himself. Given how Devil Fruits are only limited by the strength, skill, and creativity of the user, it's no wonder why Oda relegated such a versatile power to Non-Canon status.

* Melody, one of the Portrait Ghosts from ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'', attacks with sheet music.

* ''Franchise/OnePiece - Big Secret Treasure of the Seven Phantom Islands'' has a villain who ate a Logia-type Devil Fruit that granted him power over paper and fabric.

* From WebAnimation/YouTubePoop, the most unusual thief, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaj8SYXMLA8 the infamous Paper Doll Man]].

* Ciocie from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' works her magic by summoning paper familiars.

* [[spoiler:Curren Huckebein]] of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' has this as her WeaponOfChoice. She introduces herself by having the tome she carries create a paper storm that slices up and critically injures [[spoiler:Vita and Erio]].

* Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/TheCreeper once battled a foe called the Origami Man who controlled paper: killing people by blasting rolled paper through the, like a hurricane blasts straw through a plank.

* Sailor Mars from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' uses an AsianRuneChant and {{ofuda}}-throwing with "Akuryō Taisan!" (literally Evil Spirits, Begone!") to kill monsters. This is taken UpToEleven in ''Anime/SailorMoon R: TheMovie'', with an enormous spiral of ofuda used as a weapon (which, concidentally, is what the same attack does in [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon the live-action version]]).

* New Franchise/{{Flash}} villain Papercut's power is to control paper, [[spoiler: though his actual power is controlling wood. It is just easier for him to manipulate paper.]] He primarily uses his power to make razor-sharp paper shurikens.

SubTrope of ArtAttacker. Overlaps with DeathDealer, someone who favors laminated rectangular paper, aka playing cards.

* Kaede of ''Franchise/LapisReLights'' uses enchanted paper dolls as her primary forms of attack against Magical Monsters. She can also enlarge them so she can ride on them though it requires constant concentration.

* UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}, via Shikigami or [[PaperTalisman [=Ofuda=]]], is very powerful in the ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' universe. Setsuna is a notable heroic user.

* Minagi Tohno from ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' fights with rice tickets, whether by throwing them like shurikens, or striking directly; referencing how she likes carrying dozens of rice tickets with her in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''

* The v2 update of ''Videogame/EpicBattleFantasy5'' introduces Origami Wraith and Origami Dragon, which have actual paper-based (though actually non-elemental) attacks even called Paper Storm and Paper Blade respectively. The former is even accessible to the player as a follow-up to a specific weapon's basic attack. Then there is a new LimitBreak for girls only consisting of them being drawn and having dancing sketch on a paper, which somehow raises some of stats of entire party. Finally, there is ''an entire boss rush drawn on a page of paper'', and all their attacks are drawn on that list as well ... except for pencil that comes down at you randomly and does some damage to you. [[MindScrew Yeah]].

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* Ciocie from Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons works her magic by summoning paper familiars.

* The v2 update of ''Videogame/EpicBattleFantasy5'' introduces Origami Wraith and Origami Dragon, which have actual paper-based (though actually non-elemental) attacks even called Paper Storm and Paper Blade respectively. The former is even accessible to the player as a follow-up to a specific weapon's basic attack. Then there is a new skill for girls only consisting of them being drawn and having dancing sketch on a paper, which somehow raises some of stats of entire party. Finally, there is ''an entire boss rush drawn on a page of paper'', and all their attacks are drawn on that list as well ... except for pencil that comes down at you randomly and does some damage to you. [[MindScrew Yeah]].