History Main / ProngsOfPoseidon

* {{Satan}}, for some reason, always get a trident if he's going to be using a weapon. He probably popularized it for evil characters.

* The ''shikai'' form of Shiba Kaien's ''Nejibana'' in ''{{Bleach}}'' which is a [[KillItWithWater water element]] [[EmpathicWeapon zanpaktou]].

* {{Teen Titans}} had a villain named Trident (who was secretly three people), and his weapon of choice was, yep, a Trident. Yet for some reason, none of the Heros know what the weapons are called ("Fork Thingie" Doesn't have the same ring to it)

* The ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' Prinplup, who already had two "horns", grows a third horn when it evolves into [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:395Empoleon.png Empoleon]], a reference to the trident, and Poseidon in general.
* Llyr the Sea Elf wields a trident in ''Tears to Tiara''.
* Neptune, King of the Mermen, and his eldest son Fukaboshi in OnePiece. It also seems to be the WeaponOfChoice of Neptune's Army. [[spoiler: This include the captain of the New Fishmen Pirates Hody Jones.]]

The second is if you're evil. ''Really'' evil. Tridents don't go to moderately evil villains or Redshirts; if you're using a trident you better be Satan or seriously, ridiculously evil, and a major villain. They're too stylish for mooks.

* Neptune, King of the Mermen, and his eldest son Fukaboshi in OnePiece. It also seems to be the WeaponOfChoice of Neptune's Army. [[spoiler: This include the captain of the New Fishmen Pirates Davy Jones.]]

* Neptune, King of the Mermen, and his eldest son Fukaboshi in OnePiece.

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[[caption-width:350:Go ahead, tell him he's holding a fork.]]

** In TheHungerGames, [[EnsembleDarkhorse Finnick Odair]] wins his Games fighting as, essentially, a Retiarius, with a trident he received form his sponsors and a net he wove from vines.

* The ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' Prinplup grows three "horns" when it evolves into [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:395Empoleon.png Empoleon]], a reference to the trident, and Poseidon in general.

* [[LegendOfZelda Ganon]] loves to use a trident, using it in all but one of his appearances in his monstrous form. In human form, however, he's never used it.

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* ''{{Warehouse 13}}'' has the Minoan Trident (also known as Poseidon's Trident), the original WeaponOfMassDestruction, which when stabbed into the ground three times opens the fault lines below. If used over a volcano, it triggers a catastrophic eruption. If used over a supervolcano… [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt kiss humanity goodbye]]. [[FridgeBrilliance Oddly appropriate]], considering that in addition to being the god of the seas, Poseidon was also the god of earthquakes.

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* ''{{Warehouse 13}}'' has the Minoan Trident (also known as Poseidon's Trident), the original WeaponOfMassDestruction, which when stabbed into the ground three times opens the fault lines below. If used over a volcano it triggers a catastrophic eruption. If used over a supervolcano… [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt kiss humanity goodby]]. [[FridgeBrilliance Oddly appropriate]], considering that in addition to being the god of the seas, Poseidon was also the god of earthquakes.

* The {{Troll}} Feferi Peixes in ''{{Homestuck}}'' carries one of these; a legendary double-trident called the ΨDON'S ENTENTE.

* The {{Troll}} cuttlefishCuller in ''{{Homestuck}}''. She lives in the sea.

* The {{Troll}} cuttlefishCuller in ''{{Homestuck}}''. She lives in the see.