History Main / SufferTheSlings

Although slings require considerable training to use effectively, since timing when to let the projectile go is key when it comes to aiming properly, they are quite lethal (just ask [[Literature/TheBible Goliath]]) and have an extremely long range of about 400 meters, which is longer than the vaunted English longbow and only outranged by the very best composite bows, making them inherently DifficultButAwesome. Much like how [[HistoryRepeats bows would be supplanted later on by firearms,]] slings fell out of use due to the significant training requirements, as many sling-using ancient cultures began training while they were children. The concussive force they imparted certainly would have been more effective than early arrows against armor and shields of the time even if they failed to penetrate, especially in the case of [[AbnormalAmmo lead bullets]], and there's speculation the hard-to-see rounds would have had a [[LosingTheTeamSpirit unique psychological impact on foes]]. Despite all that, slings are generally perceived as a weak weapon in fiction. They are usually given to kids, beginning adventurers, angry peasants, or idiot {{Mook}}s, and are [[RealityIsUnrealistic very rarely treated as the lethal weapons that they are in real life]]. This is probably due to confusion with the slingshot, a child's toy that is about as lethal in real life as a sling is in fictionland. Not helping is that the sling is referred to as a "Slingshot" in the United Kingdom.

When a sling is used in fiction, the slinger will always whirl it [[SpectacularSpinning round and round]] several times before loosing the bullet. This is [[RuleOfCool just for]] [[RuleOfPerception show]]-- in reality, the more (and faster) it's swung, the less accurate the aim -- the point of a sling is (basically) to make your arm longer, thus increasing the speed and power of your throw. No more than two rotations are usually required.

* In Creator/ShannonHale's ''[[Literature/BooksOfBayern River Secrets]]'', this is Razo's preferred weapon, and he's a good enough shot to impress soldiers from both Bayern and Tira, arising from a lifetime of hunting in the forest to supplement his family's diet. He actually carries two different sized slings, one more compact and one for longer ranges, but he repeatedly finds himself having to use the distance sling even at shorter ranges, because it's easier to disguise as a belt.

** The Bible describes the Tribe of Benjamin in Judges:20, who had a far greater proportion of left-handed men than the rest of Israel. When Benjamin was in a dispute with the other eleven tribes and a CivilWar broke out, there is an account of a CurbStompBattle where outnumbered Benjamin, with its corps of picked left-handed slingers (numbering no more than 700) took on twenty-two thousand men in battle and slew the lot. The left-handed slings of Benjamin were especially deadly as they could target the un-shielded (and thus less protected) side of an opponent.

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* ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'': The Dwarf Shaman uses a sling as his ranged weapon when he's unable to cast spells. Some goblins also use slings, most notably early in the story when one member of the female adventuring party looking to clear an elven fortress was struck in the head with a slung rock. This is later contrasted with Goblin Slayer taking a hit from a similarly slung rock, but since he's wearing a helmet, it bounces off harmlessly. Goblin Slayer himself takes up a sling during the last battle in Water Town to help High Elf Archer HoldTheLine against a horde of charging goblins.
** When it becomes apparent that lower spellcasters are especially in danger the moment their spell slots run out, the Guild starts to train these spellcasters to use other weapons that aren't forbidden by their class, namely slings. Priestess ends up being so crackshot with hers - she kills two out of three yetis terrorizing a rabbit padfoot village as a warning in Volume 9.

Although slings require considerable training to use effectively, since timing when to let the projectile go is key when it comes to aiming properly, they are quite lethal (just ask [[Literature/TheBible Goliath]]) and have an extremely long range of about 400 meters, which is longer than the vaunted English longbow and only outranged by the very best composite bows. Much like how [[HistoryRepeats bows would be supplanted later on by firearms,]] slings fell out of use due to the significant training requirements, as many sling-using ancient cultures began training while they were children. The concussive force they imparted certainly would have been more effective than early arrows against armor and shields of the time even if they failed to penetrate, especially in the case of [[AbnormalAmmo lead bullets]], and there's speculation the hard-to-see rounds would have had a [[LosingTheTeamSpirit unique psychological impact on foes]]. Despite all that, slings are generally perceived as a weak weapon in fiction. They are usually given to kids, beginning adventurers, angry peasants, or idiot {{Mook}}s, and are [[RealityIsUnrealistic very rarely treated as the lethal weapons that they are in real life]]. This is probably due to confusion with the slingshot, a child's toy that is about as lethal in real life as a sling is in fictionland. Not helping is that the sling is referred to as a "Slingshot" in the United Kingdom.

* In Creator/ShannonHale's ''[[Literature/BooksOfBayern River Secrets]]'', this is Razo's preferred weapon.

* ''Literature/BookOfBantorra'': Hamyuts Meseta, uses a sling as her WeaponOfChoice. And she's known as the best "massacre artist" of the world.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' Pumyra's WeaponOfChoice was a sling.

* ''LightNovel/BookOfBantorra'': Hamyuts Meseta, uses a sling as her WeaponOfChoice. And she's known as the best "massacre artist" of the world.

* The sling was original weapon of choice for ComicBook/{{Robin}} in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] would later adopt it along the quarterstaff.

* ''Videogame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare'' features slings as a weapon choice for the Archer class, alongside bows, crossbows, and javelins. While slings are great for harassment due to their mobility and infinite ammo, they are extremely difficult to use courtesy of their low muzzle velocity, delayed release and body hits deal minor damage. Slings excel at second-line support, as the stones can make enemies flinch and drop their parries.
* In ''Videogame/TheBannerSaga'' slings are the only ranged weapon that the dredge are seen using, and they equally as capable with them as human warriors are with bows. To say nothing of their slingers immediately running away from you whenever you hit them to make them GoddamnedBats.
** [[VideoGame/TheBannerSaga2 The sequel]] introduced Hurlers, which are similar to Slinger but has a passive ability that not only works like the Slinger's passive ability but also any Hurlers in range of the attacker will retaliate.
* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': King David is summonable as an Archer-class Servant, and while he usually attacks with his shepherd's staff, his [[LimitBreak Noble Phantasm]] is his sling, and it does tremendous damage to the enemy it hits.
* ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth'': The second ranged unit (after the rock thrower) in the game is the Slinger, which then upgrades to an archer in the Copper Age. The main difference with the rock thrower is that it can hit targets that are behind a wall.
* A sling is Amicia's primary weapon in ''VideoGame/APlagueTaleInnocence''. It's quite deadly, killing enemies instantly if you hit them in the head, and you can craft different kinds of specialized ammunition for it.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Civilization VI]]'', sling throwers supplant archers as the first ranged unit that a player can build (with archers now being direct upgrade over slingers).
* Paulette uses a variant in ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'' - her [[ImprobableWeaponUser improbable weapon]] is called a Sling Knife, where she is able to pull her shot (the knife) back to her.
* The Lobber in the PSP remake of ''VideoGame/TacticsOgreLetUsClingTogether'' is a sling. It is considered a "Thrown weapon" in gameplay purposes, though specialised ammo can fire, allowing even a SquishyWizard or a CombatMedic to become a surprisingly effective nuker as these shots deal ''quite'' the impressive damage, but can only reduce HPToOne.

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* In ''Film/BeyondSherwoodForest'', Gareth is an expert with the sling. In his first appearance, he knocks out an armoured rider on horseback with a sling stone.
* ''Film/TheMonsterClub'': Luna explains that the ghouls are experts with using stones to hunt for food. Later one of them kills her with a sling stone to the back of her head.

* Creator/RogerZelazny's ''This Immortal'' aka ''And Call Me Conrad''. The titular hero is forced to use a sling in a duel. Being unfamiliar with the weapon he has to practice all night before the duel the next day. By the time of the duel he's hit or miss, but due to his strength what he does hit gets destroyed. This example plays "multiple swings before release" straight.
* Creator/DavidDrake uses slingstaffs in some of his ancient alternate histories, like the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'', and the end books of ''Literature/TheGeneral'' series, where the action shifts to a different planet. They're much easier to learn than plain slings, so slingers can be trained instead of merely recruiting those who've used slings their whole lives. This averts the "multiple swings" trope. They're usually used to throw the primitive grenades that are being introduced ahistorically.
* Literature/TheBible has [[TropeCodifier David's famous defeat of Goliath with a sling.]] It also mentions what ELSE David has defeated with the sling: lions, wolves, bears, etc.
** There are several other references to Israelite use of the sling as a weapon of war--for example the "mighty men" who came to David's aid in 1 Chronicles 12, who are described as being skilled in the use of slings alongside other weapons. This subverts the idea of slings being weak weapons used by primitives--these guys were, it would seem, skilled warriors who were as badass as they came.
* In Creator/ShannonHale's ''[[Literature/BooksOfBayern River Secrets]]'', this is Razo's preferred weapon.
* Guido in ''[[Literature/MythAdventures M.Y.T.H Inc in Action]]'' discussed low-tech military ranged weapons. Slings were mentioned as the worst one in terms of training: unless you mobilize people already familiar with a weapon, sticking to crossbows is the only option.
* The main characters in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' start out carrying slings. They never use them against anything bigger than a raven, even after they were told that slings are actually "real weapons".
* In the ''Literature/{{Videssos}} Cycle'' by Creator/HarryTurtledove, the displaced Roman legion includes some slingers from Iberia. (A case of ShownTheirWork -- Iberians were indeed noted by the Romans for their skill with the sling, remembered in the name of the Balearics ('Isles of the Slingers')).

* ''{{Wolfhound}}'' plays it dead straight. Two seasoned warriors are chased around an island by a bunch of sling-swinging cannibals.
* In ''Warrior Woman'' by Creator/MarionZimmerBradley, a mighty warrior with a sword and shield faces off against a small man with a sling and dagger in the gladiatorial arena. The protagonist thinks it's a mismatch. She's right, although she misses her guess on who's going to win; the mighty warrior drops with a hole in his forehead.
* In ''Literature/TimeScout'', Corydon, the Greek Hoplite, favors a sling, to great effect.
* In ''Literature/TheRedemptionOfAlthalus'', a large numbers of shepherds are recruited by a mercenary army due to their skill with slings. While the mercenaries were initially skeptical, when they learn one of them took down several warhorses at range, while they were being ridden, they change their tune.

* In ''Literature/TheWhiteCompany'', during the big battle against the Spanish army near the end, the archer Johnston is almost instantly killed by a slinger. The Spanish slingers then proceed to rain hell down on the White Company and kill another twenty men in only minutes.

* Michael Curtis Ford's ''The Ten Thousand'' (a historical novel about Xenophon's ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_%28Xenophon%29 Anabasis]]'', averts the portrayal of slings as weak weapons, where the Rhodians' slings are shown to be extremely effective against both men and horses when they can strike exposed flesh; the missiles themselves are described as "deadly lead 'bees'", as they are inscribed with grooves that create a high-pitched whine as they fly towards the target.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. While in Essos, Tyrion Lannister is shown slings being TestedOnHumans (specifically [[MakeAnExampleOfThem slaves who have tried to escape]].) The results are rather nasty, with a detailed description of someone's knee being so badly shattered by a lead projectile that the man's lower leg is simply left hanging and twisting on a scrap of tendon. We never see them being used in Westeros, presumably for the same reasons many medieval European armies didn't use them despite their utility.
* ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'': Slings and staff-slings are the only missile weapons allowed to Harchongese peasants, which means everyone on both sides of the Jihad starts out underestimating the potential of the Mighty Host of God and the Archangels (which largely consists of drafted peasants and serfs). This changes when one Harchongese general realizes that hand grenades are very close in size to the lead bullets normally used by staff slingers.
* ''Literature/YoungSherlockHolmes'': In ''Red Leech'', Sherlock buys a sling to avoid suspicion while pretending to shop. He later uses the sling to win a TraintopBattle; hitting Ives in the forehead with a ball bearing and causing him to fall off the train.

* The "Scott of the Sahara" sketch in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. Lieutenant Scott uses his underwear as an improvised sling to defeat a giant electric penguin.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': During an ambush, a soldier gets his head smashed by a slung rock.
* In ''Series/ThePillarsOfTheEarth'', William is hit in the head by a slung stone during an attack on Kingsbridge. It knocks him to the ground with a nasty bruise, which is enough [[KeystoneArmy to drive his men off]], but does no lasting damage.
* The French series ''Series/ThierryLaFronde'' is about a young French medieval lord and Myth/RobinHood {{expy}} who fights the English invaders and French traitors. His weapon of choice is a sling, which is [[TheyCallHimSword included in his moniker]] ("fronde" means "sling").
* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': In "Dirtier by the Dozen", Gambit uses Purdey's bra as an improvised sling to hurl a rock that knocks out a commando.

* In Myth/IrishMythology's ''Literature/BattleOfMaghTuireadh'', this is how Lugh of the Long Hand kills Balor (specifically he knocks Balor's MagicalEye through the back of his head with a stone.)

* Literature/TheBible:
** The Bible describes the Tribe of Benjamin in Judges:20, who had a far greater proportion of left-handed men than the rest of Israel. When Benjamin was in a dispute with the other eleven tribes and a CivilWar broke out, there is an account of a CurbStompBattle where outnumbered Benjamin, with its corps of picked left-handed slingers (numbering no more than 700) took on twenty-two thousand men in battle and slew the lot. The left-handed slings of Benjamin were especially deadly as they could target the un-shielded (and thus less protected) side of an opponent.
** More famously, DavidVersusGoliath. Goliath was a huge man covered with armor and carrying a sword and spear while an attendant carries his massive shield, David was just some guy with a sling. Goliath never stood a chance (one theory holds that Goliath suffered from gigantism, which gave him both brittle bones and bad eyesight, contributing to his defeat).

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' features these for missile troops who are of lower rank than the average archer, like slaves or Halflings. However, they do have the advantage of being able to strike twice at half range.
* Slings in ''TabletopGame/{{Mordheim}}'' have similar stats to short bows but with a special rule allowing them to be fired twice if the unit wielding it does not move in the same turn. A popular tactic for the [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Skaven]] warband is to arm a whole lot of cheap units with slings for a ZergRush since ranged attacks were a bit over-powered.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' the sling and staff sling are dangerous but inaccurate. They're also the only ranged non-bow weapons that rate as a Hard skill. The staff sling in particular is potentially very powerful, sometimes able to outperform almost any real-world hand weapon short of a revolver.

* ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'' has slings that are more or less equivalent in efficacy to the standard bow (though not Longbow or Composite Bows). Specifically, accuracy and damage are slightly lower, but this is arguably nullified by the sling's superior range.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}'' has a sling you find early on and need to load separately with a stone, but once you do, it becomes the only weapon capable of dropping a Cyclops you encounter later[[note]]you also find a sword, but that's only useful once the Cyclops is already unconscious[[/note]]. The game even invokes the David vs. Goliath comparison in the description of your attack.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', as above.
* Slings and bullets are a ranged weapon available for use in ''VideoGame/IcewindDale''.
* In ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' and each of its several remakes, one of the early weapons in the game is a sling.
* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIVohaulsRevenge'', Roger has to improvise a sling with his jockstrap in order to knock out a security guard.
** Additionally, the Pinkos use slings to kill Roger if he fails to save one of them from a trap earlier in the game.
* Used in ''VideoGame/{{Runescape}}'' as a new elementary ranged weapon. Subverted in that it is incredibly ineffective, and cannot be used in conjunction with ammo due to not requiring any.
* In ''[[VideoGame/AncientDomainsOfMystery ADOM]]'' even regular slings are quite decent weapons, and one of the best artifact weapons is a sling.

* ''VideoGame/{{Dominions}}'', has slingers as the cheapest, weakest ranged unit. The C'tissians have a more pumped up version with exploding poisonous bullets for ammo.
* Available in ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'', where they are reasonable but somewhat niche starting ranged weapons (they do not cross train with any other skill except throwing), as their ammo seems to have less tendency to get lost or break on impact. It's not unknown for enchanted slings to turn up in early floors, which can help support players up until level 10. 0.15 added Fustibalus, which makes slings viable even up to late game.
* Craftable in ''VideoGame/{{Cataclysm}}'' since turn one, as well as its ammunition. It stays useful until the very late game, thanks to its minimum size and the possibility of crafting metal bearings, which pack a lot more punch than pebbles.
* Archers in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal'' can focus on slings rather than bows--and still be just as dangerous. This is because the main trade-off isn't damage, but rather swapping area-of-effect bow skills for crowd control/status hell sling skills.
** In the 1.2 version, a new class, Skirmisher, is introduced. The Skirmisher uses a sling, a shield, and tons of mobility to stay away from enemies and deflect attacks. It also introduces some interesting new talents like Kill Shot, which does more damage the further it travels and passes through enemies...basically, a mage/archer killer.
** In the lore, slings are the favored weapons of [[{{Hobbits}} halflings]]. Given that this universe's halflings are some of the finest soldiers in the world, whose military prowess built the first great empire of the Age of Allure, it's safe to say that slings are ''not'' a joke in the world of Eyal.
* ''VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth'' has the Footpad unit, a FragileSpeedster armed with a sling and club. While the Footpad is notably weaker than other level 1 archer units, its upgrades to Outlaw and then Fugitive bring it up to par with the others while still having much better speed and evasion.
* Batgirl's super move in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' is thus: she attaches a Batsling to her foe, rappels them up some hundred feet, drops them so they slam into the ground as she stabs her knife boots into their back. It's just as deadly as it sounds.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresI'': The ''Rise of Rome'' expansion , introduces the Slinger as a ranged infantry unit that counters archers. In ''[[VideoGame/AgeofEmpiresII Age of Empires II]]'', they are replaced by the javelin-throwing skirmishers but return in the ''Forgotten Empires'' expansion as a unique unit for the Inca civilization, which deal bonus damage against infantry rather than archers.
* ''VideoGame/RiseOfNations'' has the Slinger as the starting unit in the Light Infantry tree and serve the same purpose as an archer counter that they were in ''Age of Empires'', and are also replaced by javelin-throwing skirmishers. The Maya civilization have a unique unit, the Balamob Slinger, that replaces the Skirmisher. They generally deal less damage, but are cheap to build, and move and attack very quickly.

Although slings require considerable training to use effectively, since timing when to let the projectile go is key when it comes to aiming properly, they are quite lethal (just ask [[Literature/TheBible Goliath]]) and have an extremely long range of about 400 meters, which is longer than the vaunted English longbow and only outranged by the very best composite bows. Much like how [[HistoryRepeats bows would be supplanted later on by firearms,]] slings fell out of use due to the significant training requirements, as many sling-using ancient cultures began training while they were children. The concussive force they imparted certainly would have been more effective than early arrows against armor and shields of the time even if they failed to penetrate, especially in the case of [[AbnormalAmmo lead bullets]], and there's speculation the hard-to-see rounds would have had a [[LosingTheTeamSpirit unique psychological impact on foes]]. Despite all that, slings are generally perceived as a weak weapon in fiction. They are usually given to kids, beginning adventurers, angry peasants, or idiot {{Mook}}s, and are [[RealityIsUnrealistic very rarely treated as the lethal weapons that they are in real life]]. This is probably due to confusion with the slingshot, a child's toy that is about as lethal in real life as a sling is in fictionland. Not helping is that the Sling is referred to as a "Slingshot" in the United Kingdom.

Although slings require considerable training to use effectively, since timing when to let the projectile go is key when it comes to aiming properly, they are quite lethal (just ask [[Literature/TheBible Goliath]]) and have an extremely long range of about 400 meters, which is longer than the vaunted English longbow and only outranged by the very best composite bows. Much like how [[HistoryRepeats bows would be supplanted later on by firearms,]] slings fell out of use due to the significant training requirements, as many sling-using ancient cultures began training while they were children. The concussive force they imparted certainly would have been more effective than early arrows against armor and shields of the time even if they failed to penetrate, especially in the case of [[AbnormalAmmo lead bullets]], and there's speculation the hard-to-see rounds would have had a [[LosingTheTeamSpirit unique psychological impact on foes]]. Despite all that, slings are generally perceived as a weak weapon in fiction. They are usually given to kids, beginning adventurers, angry peasants, or idiot {{Mook}}s, and are [[RealityIsUnrealistic very rarely treated as the lethal weapons that they are in real life]]. This is probably due to confusion with the slingshot, a child's toy that is about as lethal in real life as a sling is in fictionland.

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* Used by Ewoks in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. They somehow manage to be effective against stormtroopers [[ArmorIsUseless in full composite armor]]. There is also a famous scene where Wicket [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing manages to knock himself out with it]].

* In ''Film/SwissFamilyRobinson'', when "Bertie" moves to steal a gun and escape from Fritz and Ernst to return to her grandfather, Ernst distracts her with shots from a sling while Fritz sneaks up on her.
* In ''Film/BeyondSherwoodForest'', Gareth is an expert with the sling. In his first appearance, he knocks out an armoured rider on horseback with a sling stone.

A sling is essentially two strands of rope connected by a pocket. You place a stone or other projectile in the pocket, whip the contraption around, and let go of one end of rope, letting the bullet fly. It’s an easy weapon to make and requires no materials more advanced than cords and a fabric pocket, making this trope ''at least'' OlderThanFeudalism; given that the story of [[Literature/TheBible David and Goliath]] may date back to around 1000 BCE, it may well be OlderThanDirt.

* The sling was original weapon of choice for ComicBook/{{Robin}} in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] would later adopt it along the [[MartialArtsStaff quarterstaff]].

* The sling was original weapon of choice for ComicBook/{{Robin}} in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] would later adopt it along the [[SimpleStaff quarterstaff]].

When a sling is used in fiction, the slinger will always whirl it [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning round and round]] several times before loosing the bullet. This is [[RuleOfCool just for]] [[RuleOfPerception show]]-- in reality, the more (and faster) it's swung, the less accurate the aim -- the point of a sling is (basically) to make your arm longer, thus increasing the speed and power of your throw. No more than two rotations are usually required.

* Slings still see occasional use in modern times to throw grenades, {{Molotov Cocktail}}s and the like (as recently as the 2008 riots in Kenya), and of course their traditional role of protecting shepherds in remote locations. Apart from that they're mostly of interest to hobbyists and athletes.

* At the start of ''Fanfic/SanctuaryTLOZ'', Malon tries to chase off Gerudo bandits with a slingshot. Sheik offers to teach how to use a more effective bow instead.

Although slings require considerable training to use effectively, they are quite lethal (just ask [[Literature/TheBible Goliath]]) and have an extremely long range of about 400 meters, which is longer than the vaunted English longbow and only outranged by the very best composite bows. Much like how [[HistoryRepeats bows would be supplanted later on by firearms,]] slings fell out of use due to the significant training requirements, as many sling-using ancient cultures began training while they were children. The concussive force they imparted certainly would have been more effective than early arrows against armor and shields of the time even if they failed to penetrate, especially in the case of [[AbnormalAmmo lead bullets]], and there's speculation the hard-to-see rounds would have had a [[LosingTheTeamSpirit unique psychological impact on foes]]. Despite all that, slings are generally perceived as a weak weapon in fiction. They are usually given to kids, beginning adventurers, angry peasants, or idiot {{Mook}}s, and are [[RealityIsUnrealistic very rarely treated as the lethal weapons that they are in real life]]. This is probably due to confusion with the slingshot, a child's toy that is about as lethal in real life as a sling is in fictionland.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': Esmeralda uses an improvised one to provide a distraction for Phoebus.

* ''LightNovel/TatakauShisho'': Hamyuts Meseta, uses a sling as her WeaponOfChoice. And she's known as the best "massacre artist" of the world.

* Used by Ewoks in ''[[StarWars Return of the Jedi]]''. They somehow manage to be effective against stormtroopers [[ArmorIsUseless in full composite armor]]. There is also a famous scene where Wicket [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing manages to knock himself out with it]].