Line #1 ImprobableWeaponUser/WesternAnimation


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7	->'''Bandito:''' Tell me, Kabong. What do you use—a sword? A whip? A shillelagh?\
8	'''El Kabong:''' I use a GEE-tar. Kabong! ''(kabongs bandito)''
9	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw''
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12	* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' while Finn usually uses a sword, in the Season 2 finale he defeats [[spoiler: The Lich]] with a ''sweater'', [[spoiler: thrusting it through his eye sockets and ripping the top of his skull off. This was because the sweater had been imbued with the [[ThePowerOfLove power of l-l-liking someone a lot]].]]
13	* Subverted in the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien''. Julien thinks that a rubber ball on a paddle will be a sufficient weapon to defeat a fossa; he uses it, but the fossa eats the ball and smashes the paddle.
14	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}:''
15	** While Anne has been known to use a sword, her signature weapon is a tennis racket.
16	** Other residents of Amphibia have been known to use unusual weapons: for example, Stumpy the chef uses various cooking-related prosthetic hands like spatulas, tenderizing hammers, and cleavers, Wally uses an accordion, and Fern the hairdresser wields a giant pair of scissors.
17	* The [[AmazonBrigade Kyoshi Warriors]] of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' use hand fans.
18	** TruthInTelevision: There really were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_fan fans made for combat]], and an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessenjutsu entire martial art]] dedicated to them.
19	* Harley Quinn in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. Picture this: she's rendered mute by an omnipotent Joker, themed like a 1920s Flapper, paired up with the fourth-wall ignoring Bat-Mite, reality has pretty much fallen apart, and she has some goons to beat up. What does she do? She and Bat-Mite tear the intertitles that hold her dialogue from the TV Screen and use them like 2x4s!
20	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Pretty much ALL KND operatives qualify as using unorthodox objects as weapons. They have [[BambooTechnology 2x4 Weaponry.]] At the least, too.
21	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
22	** The [[HarmlessVillain Box Ghost]] uses boxes, cardboard, and anything square. Although sometimes he will use contents inside the box, one of which had ''very, very sharp scalpels''. He also uses bubble wrap. [[MusicalAssassin Ember McLain]] has many functions for her guitar, but when she runs out of option, it doubles as her choice weapon. [[HauntedTechnology Technus]] uses 21st century machinery at his disposal, including, but not limited to computers, cars, satellites, and even an ''online video game''.
23	** One of the Fenton weapons is an ordinary baseball bat... with the word ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome "Fenton"]]'' on it.
24	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': During the Halloween epsiode, Ed's costume as Lothar the Barbarian includes a spatula, which he wields as a battleaxe. However, he has no qualms against using a stop sign to absolute ''wallop'' Jimmy, who he believed was an alien.
25	-->''"EARTH IS NOT YOUR SALAD BAR!"''
26	* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Adam West's]] Cat Launcher in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
27	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had Ben Franklin's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy43iZCPeLI Franklinator]], which is essentially an animal (usually a badger) tied to a stick. However, Bender receives one with a small shark, and Fry gets a chipmunk.
28	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' saw Dib fighting in a cage match in order to see his father. He had a choice of improbable weapons, including a giant corkscrew, and giant cotton swab. Dib, however, chose the giant [[TooDumbToLive Turkey Baster]].
29	* In the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', Jackie beat off the Dark Hand Enforcers with a pair of ''windshield wipers''.
30	* This is The Questions's entire M.O. in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. While he does occasionally take more conventional weapons off of downed opponents, his usual style is to grab some random object around him and use it to clobber the bad guys.
31	* Stumpy the squirrel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' has used bananas as weapons instead of guns[[note]]He has been seen using real weapons at times[[/note]].
32	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
33	** Mad golfer Duff Killigan has been known to use golf clubs as weapons, as well as exploding golf balls.
34	** The Mathther, an {{Expy}} of [[RiddleMeThis The Riddler]] only obsessed with math problems rather than riddles, occasionally throws grenades shaped like digits.
35	** On one occasion, Ron's pet mole rat Rufus volunteered to let Master Sensei throw him like a throwing star. Ron's adopted ninja sister Hana once threw a cookie in the same manner, with destructive results.
36	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
37	** The titular heroine has a power called "Lucky Charm" that [[RandomEffectSpell creates the most random objects]] to help her in battle, such as a spoon, guitar strings and ''a coin''. "What am I supposed to do with this?" could be her catch phrase, but she always find a way to use them effectively.
38	** Several of the Miraculous have rather unusual weapons. Sure, some are reasonable enough, like the Cat's staff or the Turtle's shield, but then there's the Ladybug's yo-yo, the Fox's flute, the Bee's spinning top, the Horse's ''horseshoe''...
39	** Also true of the [[VillainOfTheWeek akumatized villains]]. Often their weapons do something unusual — for example, Simon Says and Princess Fragrance can cause MindControl with playing cards and perfume, respectively.
40	* The Settler Ponies in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' arm themselves with [[PieInTheFace apple pies]] to fight a war against a tribe of buffalo. Not a play war or a game, mind you, but a sincere war over a parcel of land that both groups claim ownership over. [[spoiler:It even goes into slow-motion when Chief Thunderhooves is hit, complete with tragic western music as he lays stunned with pie in his face.]]
41	* In a few of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' characters used '''ice cream scoopers''' [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms in place of guns.]]
42	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS2E1ThePatrickShowCashesInStarGames The Patrick Show Cashes In]]", Perch Perkins fights Patrick with a cannon that fires Bermuda shorts.
43	* ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'':
44	** Penn doesn't always get a weapon when he enters a new dimension, so he often has to rely on ImprovFu or mundane items like clipboards or flare guns.
45	** Vonnie Zero, Penn's mother, has a talent for this as well. It's an useful ability to have when you're [[TrappedInAnotherWorld trapped]] in a monster-infested dimension with no proper tools.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'': "G.I. Pink". Seeing the pink menace, DrillSergeantNasty immediately gives him a broom instead of a rifle. It doesn't help - [[RuleOfFunny the broom shoots him all the same.]]
47	* And who can forget ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'''s alter-ego El Kabong whose weapon of choice is a guitar... nothing special, just a regular guitar he that he uses to beat folks about the head and shoulders. Lampshaded in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' when Quick Draw is arrested for hitting a man with his guitar and is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, leading to a courtroom debate about the right to bear guitars.
48	* In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', Scaramouch is a MusicalAssassin who uses two main weapons: A magic flute that can create stone golems and a sharp-bladed tuning fork that, when struck against an object, will cause it to resonate uncontrollably until it explodes. Jack takes the latter from Scaramouch and uses it in the following episode to cover his tracks as he escapes from an ancient tomb.
49	* In a ShowWithinAShow example, Shaggy on ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' once watched a doctor in a horror movie trounce some zombies using a stethoscope.
50	* Lady Richington from ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' often beat up Sheep with her stainless steel wig as soon as she saw him due to despising sheep in general.
51	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When Marge is kidnapped by the Hell Satans in the episode "Take my Wife, Sleaze", Homer and their leader Meathook fight with motorcycles ''used as swords''. RuleOfFunny is in full effect here.
52	* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s unofficial trailer, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpiritOfChristmas,'' baby Jesus throws his HolyHalo at the murderous [[{{Snowlems}} Frosty the Snowman]], knocking the hat off its head and rendering it immobile.
53	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
54	** [[TheBrute Jasper]] wears a helmet with a hammer-like protusion to deliver powerful [[UseYourHead headbutts]].
55	** Most of Steven's {{fusion\|Dance}}s (except for Stevonnie and [[spoiler:[[AllYourPowersCombined Obsidian]]]]) wield... unusual weaponry:
56	*** [[BigFun Smoky Quartz]] wields a KillerYoyo, a combination of Steven's [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield]] and Amethyst's whip.
57	*** [[spoiler:Rainbow Quartz 2.0 combines Steven's shield and Pearl's spear into a ParasolOfPain.]]
58	*** [[spoiler:Sunstone has the strangest weapon, turning Steven's shield and Garnet's [[PowerFist gauntlets]] into giant gauntlets with ''suction cups'' on them.]]
59	* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
60	** Casey Jones normally counts, using a variety of sports equipment as weapons. But special mention goes to the Casey from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', who uses not just a hockey stick, but hockey pucks with very powerful M-80s taped to them and a taser hidden in a hockey goalie glove that's made from a potato masher.
61	** Bishop of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' is arguably a badass version of this, as he uses everything around him as a weapon to even the odds in a fight. He goes from taking the turtles' weapons, to using a baseball bat, to using his own necktie.
62	** Lou Jitsu [[spoiler:(AKA Master Splinter)]] of ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' used ladders as his main weapon in one of his movies, and in the Battle Nexus. And in the episode "Evil League of Mutants", the Ninja Turtles were able to take on [[LegionOfDoom almost all of their enemies at once]] armed with just ladders and [[ShamuFu fish]].
63	* American Maid, from ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'', uses her shoes as weapons. Unlike Jian above, she ''does'' throw them, and they apparently have some pretty pointy heels. She would occasionally use her tiara as a weapon, as well.
64	** To say nothing of Captain Musilage, Babyboomerangotan and.... THE HUMAN BULLET!
65	** Don't forget the woman who can shoot poodles out of a poodle gun.
66	* The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise has wound up with a number of these, generally being something fairly unremarkable when they're transformed.
67	** A number of Transformers with helicopter alt-modes as of late have the ability to use the [[HelicopterBlender rotors]] as weapons in robot mode. These include Bulkhead from ''Energon'', Evac from ''Cybertron'', Blackout from the 2007 movie and Megatron from ''Animated'' (although he cheats by actually turning his blades into swords).
68	*** In what could be a deliberate inversion, the Animated version of Blackout shoots his ''rear'' rotor out as a disc weapon.
69	** A great many Transformers with animal alt-modes can use their tails as whip-like weapons once transformed. Some even have something particularly nasty at the end, like a blade or a big spiked ball.
70	** Engines forming guns. This happens ''a lot.''
71	** And, of course, anyone whose transformation leaves them with their alt-mode's head on one of their hands has a pretty nasty weapon. Not only can its jaws clamp down hard in close-range combat, but it can usually shoot some sort of [[BreathWeapon beam attack]] as well.
72	** The epitome of this, though, has got to be the Breastforce, from the Japanese-only series ''Victory''. Their robot modes have chestplates than can be removed to turn into little robo-animal partners or hand-held guns.
73	** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Prowl]]; hubcaps into shurikens. Jazz; tailpipes into ''nunchucks''. That is all.
74	*** ''' ''[[LaserBlade Lightsaber]]''' Nunchucks''.
75	** The majority of the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' Autobots use improvised weaponry (grappling hooks, wrecking balls, welders) to one degree or another. This is topped by Ratchet, whose most powerful weapons are essentially powered-up medical equipment.
76	*** In the Animated continuity, pretty much all of the Autobots are pulling this one off. They're a work force forced into war, so it makes sense that they would use the tools of their trade.
77	** ''[[Anime/TransformersEnergon Energon]]'' Megatron, and his redeco, ''[[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]]'' Megatron, have an entire tank hanging off their forearm, which they use as an ArmCannon. It can also be used as a BladeBelowTheShoulder.
78	* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'':
79	** Various episodes feature a mop, [[PieInTheFace ballistic pies]] and dodgeballs used as weapons.
80	** The French Peas of Jericho dropped slushies at the Hebrew veggies.
81	* When not using his trusty bowie knife, Brock Samson from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' will use ''anything'' at hand as a weapon. A lawn mower, a bible, a shark, a jaw bone, [[NoodleIncident a sock full of party snaps]]... ''anything''... [[DoesntLikeGuns except for a gun.]]
82	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' has a few: of the mains, Ruel fights with a shovel, and Amalia has a vegetable doll. One of the minor characters fights with a baker's plate.
83	** Shovels seem to be the Enutrof weapon of choice since it can also be used to dig for gold, and Sadida in general (both in-game and in the show) are infamous for using weird little veggie dolls to attack with. Or to put it another way, this trope as a racial trait.
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Context ImprobableWeaponUser / WesternAnimation