History Main / ThePenIsMightIEr

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

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* Averting this trope is why patients in mental asylums are given chalk or crayons for writing and drawing, not pens or pencils. Though many a teacher knows how a thrown chalk can hurt.

* Alone (Hades), the BigBad from SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas, occasionally uses his painting brush for close combat fighting, which is not all that necessary considering his PhysicalGod status.

* In the first of the [[TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] movies, Bourne surprises a knife-wielding assassin with a pen to the hand, causing him to drop the knife.

* Played with in PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians; the title character has a pen that ''turns into'' a sword.

* Maximum Security, the third book in the {{CHERUB}} series, has Lauren fighting off and seriously injuring an attacker with the first thing she could grab- a hotel biro.

* In the second {{Manhunt}} game, Danny and Leo can both equip ballpoint pens, and make good use of them, using them in some of the most brutal stealth kills of all time, gouging out eyes and giving people new breathing holes.

* In the {{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.

* ''DeathNote'' features a considerable amount of murder via pen, but not by stabbing. At least, [[spoiler:until near the end when Teru Mikami uses his pen to commit suicide, with [[HighPressureBlood a truly ludicrous amount of blood]]]].

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

* When Stan in ''AmericanDad'', [[HiddenSupplies is showing off his guns...]]

* Beryl Benito, ''{{Tales of Hearts}}'', 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'!"
** [[FinalFantasyVI Relm]] does her one better and kills people with both her brush and ''her drawings''.

* This example isn't literal, but many a time in China have corrupt officials been sacked, sent back to their hometowns, been chased into hiding or just plain disgraced for life with the power of mircoblogs. So if you want something done in China, get a few million netizens to protest about it.

* The titular character in ''[[PsychoCop Psycho Cop Returns]]'' kills one of his victims with a pen into the eye.

* In ''Film/FridayThe13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' film FinalGirl Rennie manages to fend Jason off at one point by stabbing him in the eye with a pen.

* Titular character in ''[[PsychoCop Psycho Cop Returns]]'' kills one of his victims with a pen into the eye.

* Played with in ''GoldenEye''. Q whips up a bomb [[ShoePhone shaped like an ordinary ballpoint pen]]. Three clicks of the button arms it, three more disarms it.

* In the James Bond film ''NeverSayNeverAgain,'' Bond is equipped with an exploding dart pen.

* It's no knife, but a fountain pen does have a blade-like writing tip. Get stabbed in a large vein or artery like the jugular and it can be deadly, no doubt.

* In ''FridayThe13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' film FinalGirl Rennie manages to fend Jason off at one point by stabbing him in the eye with a pen.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy, Willow and Dawn all have used pencils to take out vampires.

* Imaginary-Barry in ''AlanWake: The Signal'' DLC quotes[=/=]lampshades this after Alan takes out a wave of Taken. Granted, words in typewriter-font are utilized throughout the game, but
ItMakesSenseInContext.

* Imaginary-Barry in ''AlanWake: The Signal'' DLC quotes[=/=]lampshades this after Alan takes out a wave of Taken. Granted, words in typewriter-font are utilized throughout the game, but ItMakesSenseInContext.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Bonus points for putting an [[ShockAndAwe Electric Aura]] around the pencil.]]

-->"''How about a magic trick? I'm going to make this pencil disappear...[[EyeScream TA-DA!]] It's... Ah, it's '''gone'''....''"

-->"''Can't tell. I'll have to write it down....''"
-->--'''[[{{Firefly}} River Tam]]''', just prior to [[spoiler: throat-stabbing]]

** ((SnapToTheSide The look of shock on Kisame's face)) was priceless.