1 | Using a hammer as a weapon is not a trope on its own. One of the following tropes may apply instead: |
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3 | * BludgeonedToDeath: Using weapons, including hammers, to fatally beat someone. |
4 | * BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Brutal and physically powerful characters are associated with crude and direct weaponry, such as hammers. |
5 | * CarryABigStick: Using blunt objects, including hammers, as a weapon. |
6 | * HammeredIntoTheGround: Beating something into the earth as if they were a nail being hammered into wood, such as with an actual hammer. |
7 | * HammerOfTheHoly: Hammers and maces are particularly associated with religious fighters like priests, clerics, and paladins. |
8 | * HumongousHeadedHammer: A hammer with a gigantic head relative to the haft and likely the wielder, used as a weapon. |
9 | * HyperspaceMallet: Characters in cartoony comedies are prone to pulling hammers [[{{Hammerspace}} out of nowhere]] to smash people for a laugh. Cartoony characters showing up in more serious mediums also pull hammers out of nowhere to smash people, only there the hammers can genuinely hurt their targets. |
10 | * ImprovisedWeapon: Using hammers as an emergency weapon when there is nothing else available. |
11 | * ThunderHammer: A hammer with ShockAndAwe abilities, usually derived from [[Myth/NorseMythology Thor's hammer, Mjölnir]]. |
12 | * {{Vibroweapon}}: A hammer or similar weapon that vibrates at high speeds in order to maximize its smashing power. |
13 | * WeaponBasedCharacterization: Characters' weapons reflect their personality and/or traits. |
14 | * WeaponsOfTheirTrade: A specific style of ImprovisedWeapon when a tradesperson uses the tools of their trade as combat weaponry, such as a blacksmith wielding a hammer. |
15 | * WeaponSpecialization: Characters or [[CharacterClassSystem classes of characters]] have signature weapons to help them stand out from the rest of the cast. |
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