History Main / ThePenIsMightIEr

* ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' has, among his bag of tricks, a giant ink brush that appears on his right foot. At first he was ready to [[IncrediblyLamePun write it off]] as useless, but his friends discovered that the ink quickly solidifies into a metallic substance. So far he's used it to "draw" barriers and to block a MonsterOfTheWeek's [[TakenForGranite petrification beam]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And to draw Santa's sled during the]] ChristmasEpisode.

* Discussed in ''VideoGame/SongOfHorror''. One key item in chapter 3 is a mechanical pencil, and upon closer examination, most characters will only comment that the point is long and thin; if you play as police officer Ren&eacute, he will mention that in the past he was almost stabbed by a perp wielding one such pencil.

* An episode ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had Homer try to stab a representative of PBS with a bank pen. The chain was too short.

** In ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain,'' Bond is equipped with an exploding dart pen.

* Discussed in ''VideoGame/SongOfHorror''. If you play as police officer René in chapter 3, he will mention when examining a mechanical pencil that in the past he was almost stabbed by a perp wielding one.

* Aluded to in ''VideoGame/SongOfHorror''. If you play as police officer René in chapter 3, he will mention when examining a mechanical pencil that in the past he was almost stabbed by a perp wielding one.

* During the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny First Year Anniversary Team Brawl]], WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd uses one of his pens as a throwing weapon against the Nostalgia Critic, knocking his gun out of his hand.

* Dr. Wai from ''Film/DrWaiInTheScriptureWithNoWords'' packs a pen as his default weapon. One with a hidden GrapplingHookGun and RazorFloss built inside. One fight scene have Wai fighting six ninjas using his pen and ''winning''.

* An indirect example in ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', when Hannibal Lecter uses the writing part of a ballpoint pen carelessly left in his cell to fashion an improvised handcuff key.

* Beryl Benito, ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'', has to get extra credit. Her EmpathicWeapon is a massive paintbrush, taller than she is, which is waved at the enemy, applied to their faces, drawn magic circles with, or simply used as a heavy bludgeoning instrument. In a skit, she even declares that "They say 'the brush is mightier than the sword'!"
** Shirley from ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' uses feather pens as her weapons of choice, but lacks any artes that actually make direct use of them.

* ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: Resolve'' features a fountain pen as a key aspect of the mystery on how a victim came to be poisoned: namely, the killer emptied the pen, drew the poison up into the inkwell, then dropped the poison into the victim's drink.

* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': The fight between Franchise/JamesBond and Film/JohnWick combines [[Film/{{Goldeneye}} the pen bomb]] and [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 John's pencil-killing skills]] into [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the world's deadliest]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome fight over a pen]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' episode 'Performance Klok', the band's therapist calls his old band to gloat about how he's in a new one... the scene changes to several cobweb-covered skeletons, one of which has his monogrammed pen sticking out of an eyesocket.

* [[BlindWeaponmaster Hangan]] in ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'', who fights with a giant calligraphy brush.

* ''WebVideo/DeathBattle'': The fight between Franchise/JamesBond and Film/JohnWick combines [[Film/{{Goldeneye}} the pen bomb]] and [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 John's pencil-killing skills]] into [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the world's deadliest]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome fight over a pen]].

* In ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' you can buy a newspaper report detailing a murder in which the victim was stabbed to death with a quill. Justified by the fact that the chief suspect is a doctor with an expert knowledge of anatomy [[spoiler:as well as Arcanum's master trainer in the BackStab skill]].

* ''Anime/BloodPlus'': David uses this trope to hold Van Argiano hostage.

''(Places a pencil standing upright on a table, eraser end up)''\\

''(slams a thug's head onto the table so that the pencil is driven into his eye socket, and he then falls over dead)''\\

* In the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' story "Video Nasties", a heavily injured, bedridden teenager manages to grab a pen and stab a villain who was holding a woman hostage. It distracts the villain long enough for Batman to take him out.
* In ''ComicBook/BigBangComics'' #11, architect-turned-supervillain 'Faulty' Towers uses technical pens filled with poison as a weapons; hurling them like darts.
* Bullseye in ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' used pencils, among [[ImprovisedWeapon many other things]], as darts to kill people.

* [[Comicbook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool's]] introduction had her using a pen to upgrade her weaponry ("[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/de/85/fbde85dd9cedf005a5b01fe79e1c42c1.jpg Trade you pen for gun!]] [[ImpaledPalm *Aaaah!*]] [[AsideGlance I know, terrible trade.]]").
* In one of the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' comics by Chaos! Comics, a young Michael Myers gouged out a fellow mental patient's eye with a crayon.
* "Ink", a henchman in the Creator/GarthEnnis ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX Punisher MAX]]'' series got his nickname because he killed a man with a pen.
-->'''Larry''': Stabbed him in the neck?
-->'''Cavella''': Stabbed him in [[EyeScream the eye.]] [[{{Squick}} Just kept going 'til he hit brain.]]

-->-- '''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

* In the ''Manga/BattleRoyale'' manga, [[ZenSurvivor Shogo Kawada]] managed to finally [[spoiler:kill the director Yomeni Kamon with a pencil by stabbing at his throat]].

* In the ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' movie ''[[Anime/ACertainMagicalIndexMiracleOfEndymion Miracle of Endymion]]'', Mallybath Blackball wields a magic quill pen that gives her DishingOutDirt powers.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''

* Aluded to in ''VideoGame/SongOfHorror''. If you play as police officer René in chapter 3, when examining a mechanical pencil he will mention that in the past he was almost stabbed by a perp wielding one.

* ''VideoGame/ProjectZomboid'' is that rare game that allows the player to wield normal everyday pens and pencils as weapons, and does it with a completely straight face. This works about as well as you would expect against a pack of zombies: it only connects at grappling range, and it's pretty much guaranteed to break on the first stab. Fortunately, the choice of {{Improvised Weapon}}s only gets better from there. Pens and pencils can also [[UtilityWeapon scribble on the map and in notebooks and sheets of paper]][[note]]for some odd reason, red and blue pens cannot be used on anything other than the map, although mods correct this limitation[[/note]].

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-->-- '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->''"How about a magic trick? ''(Places a pencil standing upright on a table, eraser end up)'' I'm going to make this pencil disappear. ''(slams a thug's head onto the table so that the pencil is driven into his eye socket, and he then falls over dead)'' ...TA-DA! It's... Ah, it's '''gone'''..."''

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsouned}}'': Sara stabs the soldier trying to rape her in the face with a pencil.

* In the Franchise/{{Batman}} story "Video Nasties", a heavily injured, bedridden teenager manages to grab a pen and stab a villain who was holding a woman hostage. It distracts the villain long enough for Batman to take him out.

* In the ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' movie ''Miracle of Endymion'', Mallybath Blackball wields a magic quill pen that gives her DishingOutDirt powers.