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19	->''"You must pay for these crimes against art! The only question is... how will you be '''art-xecuted'''?!"''
20	-->-- '''Giolla''', ''Manga/OnePiece''
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22	The Art Attacker is a character who uses {{art}} as a weapon. This could be paint, puppetry, music, video, etc.
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24	Unlike a StarvingArtist (who is dying ''for'' their art), an Art Attacker has someone else dying ''from'' their art. The attacker can be, but is not necessarily, a MadArtist or a CulturedBadass. Their WeaponSpecialization might be an InstrumentOfMurder, ThePenIsMightier, a WeaponizedCamera, or something else. They may be able to create AnomalousArt. And if they run a WaxMuseumMorgue, then their victims are very, very screwed.
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26	SuperTrope to the following:
27	[[index]]
28	* ComedyAsAWeapon
29	* DanceBattler
30	* MarionetteMaster
31	* MusicalAssassin
32	* PaperMaster
33	* ThePowerOfActing
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36	Examples fitting any of the above should be listed on their own pages. SubTrope of ImprobableWeaponUser. Compare ArtInitiatesLife, BrownNote, ImaginationBasedSuperpower, and RewritingReality.
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38	[[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample This trope has nothing to do with the TV series]], ''Series/ArtAttack''. Or someone literally or [[CausticCritic metaphorically]] attacking a piece of art.
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40	!!Examples:
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43	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
44	* ''Manga/BlackClover'' has the captain of the Azure Deer, Rill Boismortier. Despite behaving like an energetic and excitable kid, he is an extremely formidable Magic Knight due to his Picture Magic creating anything that he paints. [[spoiler:By proxy, the elf Lira possessing his body borrows his magic and uses it in forced blind hatred against the Clover Kingdom.]]
45	* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has Pict Magic, a subtype of [[ArtifactOfPower Holder Magic]], by which practitioners can summon items or familiars, generate attacks including fire blasts, or rend holes in the earth. Reedus Jonah, a minor member of the titular guild, is the most well-known user of Pict Magic [[spoiler:and prior to the timeskip he was]] comically huge and rotund so that he can use his giant stomach as his canvas.
46	** The [[EvilSorcerer Dark Guild]] Red Hood is made up of members who all use advanced Pict Magic; they're so skilled with it, they don't need canvases and can just draw in the air. They're also capable of [[FusionDance Unison Pict]], the pinnacle of Pict Magic which allows them to combine their drawings into the most advanced of spells.
47	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
48	** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': Kakyoin does this while he's BrainwashedAndCrazy early in the story. He attacks Jotaro by making a painting of him, then slashing the leg with red paint, causing a gash to appear on Jotaro's leg; later on, he uses a marionette to control the school nurse's body. After he's freed from DIO's mind control, it's shown that this was all unnecessary (since he then fights directly along with his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] Hierophant Green), suggesting that it was just [[EvilIsHammy theatrical flair]].
49	** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'':
50	*** Koichi Hirose's Stand Echoes is mostly based around the use of manga-style onomatopoeias. Its first form can make people hear a sound that he paints on their body. He uses this for a number of purposes, including torturing a con artist by writing things like 'boom' and 'crash' on him over and over again, stopping his mother from committing suicide by writing 'believe in me!', and tricking another enemy into stopping for a nonexistent train by writing 'ding ding ding'. Echoes' second form can actually cause physical effects with its onomatopoeias, like making something intensely hot by writing 'sizzle' and making something bouncy by writing 'Boing!'.
51	*** Rohan Kishibe can turn people into books in which he can read their life story. He can also 'edit' the text of those books, which can cause a number of effects on his enemies; his most common use of this power is writing 'Cannot attack Rohan Kishibe', which prevents the target from fighting against him, but he's also blinded people, catapulted them through the air, forced them to self-immolate, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking taught them to speak Italian]].
52	** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'':
53	*** Ungalo's Stand; Bohemian Rhapsody, causes fictional characters over the entire earth to come to life. When a person runs into a character they like, they get the character's role and are doomed to share their fate. For example, if you really like Creator/VincentVanGogh and run into one of his self portraits, you will cut off your own ear and [[AteHisGun kill yourself]]. How is the Stand beaten? [[spoiler:[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Weather Report has Vincent van Gogh draw a fictional character whose ability is to stop Bohemian Rhapsody]].]]
54	*** In the spin-off, ''Whitesnake's Miscalculation'', Fujiko Fujiyama's Stand; Bad Romance, is connected to her art. In order to be able to use it, someone needs to get a drawing from her to form a connection, and from them on, she can influence the person emotional status as she draws.
55	* ''Manga/MedakaBox'': The last episode of Medaka Box abnormal introduces an painter by the name of Fude Ezumachi. His color of beauty allows him to control colors and their associations. For example, his brittle grey paint makes objects brittle and fall apart. His blue paint covers the opponent with "bruises" and the body registers the pain as real. He'd be a fearsome character if he weren't just a one shot filler character.
56	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a sizable stable of art weapon users. Sasori, Kankuro and Chiyo are trained puppetmasters, Deidara uses explosive clay, and Sai can bring his paintings to life. Sasori and Deidara, like the ''Manga/OnePiece'' example, were partnered, but constantly argued over whose definition of art was superior (Sasori argued that art should be eternal and sought to make indestructible puppets, while Deidara believed true art was ephemeral and thus explosions were the ultimate expression of art).
57	** [[spoiler:The meeting of all of the above but Chiyo was the very first battle of the Fourth Ninja War arc. Chiyo got there later, after Sasori [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath "left."]]]]
58	** There's also Konan and her origami.
59	** ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'': Inojin has unique paintings like Sai, Hako Kuroi's puppets, Denki's scientific ninja tools etc.
60	* Benisato, one of the QuirkyMinibossSquad from ''Anime/NinjaScroll'', uses her serpent tattoos to unleash venomous snakes upon her opponents.
61	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
62	** Mr. 3, who uses wax sculptures, and Miss Goldenweek, who uses color to paint on StatusEffects or other powers. They are paired together due to their art theme.
63	** Giolla of the Doflamingo Family is an even more literal version of this, as her power lets her transform things (and people) into abstract art using thought clouds.
64	** The former Supernova rookie Scratchmen Apoo ate a devil fruit allowing him to turn his body parts into musical instruments. The catch is that some of the soundwaves he produces cause slashes and explosions.
65	** Evening Shower Kanjuro can make anything he draws come to life to help him. Though there's a hilarious subversion from other people in One Piece (and probably Manga in general) who use magical drawings; Kanjuro's drawings are ''awful'', and most of his attacks are squiggly and pathetic, and turns what could easily be one of the strongest Devil Fruits in the world (an ImaginationBasedPower in a world where power increases are entirely determined by imaginative thinking instead of linear increases) into a complete and utter joke. [[spoiler: At least, until it's revealed that he's [[IAmNotLeftHanded not using his dominant hand]] to be unthreatening while playing the part of TheMole, when he switches to his actual drawing hand he proves exactly as dangerous as his power should entail him being.]]
66	* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': [[MonsterOfTheWeek Binah]] from the first arc does this by turning her feathers into quill pens, making them draw things in the air and turning those drawings into real things.
67	* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Kurama goes up against a demon who uses make-up to power himself and de-power others.
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70	[[folder:Comic Books]]
71	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The minor villain Pix has the power to bring her [[AnimatedTattoo tattoos (body art) to life]]. She originally used this power to kill her targets by tattooing a design on them, and then activating the tattoo. For example, a gang banger who had a sword tattooed on his chest suddenly found himself with a very real sword sticking through his chest.
72	* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'':
73	** The two villains who have used the alias the Tattooed Man have the power to bring their [[AnimatedTattoo tattoos (body art) to life]]. The second one underwent a HeelFaceTurn and became an AntiHero.
74	** Also, [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns Kyle Rayner]] is an artist, and while it's not always explicitly shown, he wields his ring as an art form; that's his style.
75	** Meanwhile, [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns John Stewart]] was an architect, and all of his ring [[StealthPun constructs]] have blueprint-like attention to detail.
76	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Wilhelm van Vile (a.k.a. 'Painter of 1000 Perils'), a foe of Spider-Man's and the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Human Torch]], possesses enchanted paints that allow him to paint inanimate matter to life. These creations can be erased from existence if he desires so. On top of that, the paints grant him superhuman speed when painting.
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79	[[folder:Fan Works]]
80	%% * Artie from ''FanFic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''.
81	* ''VideoGame/PokemonWack'': The [[BizarroElements Paint type]] has been added. As you may expect, Smeargle (A painter Pokémon that uses its paint brush shaped tail to both paint and attack) has been given this type, as well as Octillery's [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] (which is exclusive to this game).
82	* [[Anime/SmilePrecure Yayoi Kise]] in ''Fanfic/{{Respect}}'' has these powers as a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi]], specializing in [[PhantomZonePicture Phantom Zone Pictures.]]
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85	[[folder:Film -- Live Action]]
86	* ''Film/ArtOfTheDead'': Not only can MadArtist Dorian Wilde's seven cursed paintings corrupt those in their presence, and leave them open to possession by Wilde, they can also attack people directly. When Douglas Winter attempts to blast the Wrath painting with a shotgun, the painting [[PortalPainting sucks the shotgun into itself]]. The now-painted shotgun barrel then emerges from the painting and blasts Douglas.
87	* [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'' describes himself as such to Vicki Vale.
88	* ''Film/TalesFromTheHood'': Walter Johnson discovers his drawings have the ability to do real harm after crumpling a drawing of his bully causes spontaneous injuries for said bully. He later uses this ability [[spoiler:to kill his mother's abusive boyfriend]].
89	* In ''Film/VelvetBuzzsaw'', the curse on Vetril Dease's artwork uses [[AnomalousArt art itself as a weapon]] to kill the greedy art dealers and snobbish critics who profit from it.
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92	[[folder:Literature]]
93	* ''Literature/BattleIsAnArt'': The MC, Herah, has the ability to manifest any art she creates into reality, once using this particular ability to create exploding hand tattoos.
94	* The title character in the Oriental tale of ''The Boy Who Drew Cats''.
95	* In ''Literature/CatchingFire'', Peeta uses his solo session with the game makers to paint an image of Rue covered in flowers to hold them responsible for her death.
96	* ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'': In ''Literature/{{Greenwitch}}'', a man working for the Dark paints a picture that acts as a spell to control the Greenwitch.
97	* In ''Literature/TheDarkTower2004'', this plays a major role in the defeat of [[spoiler:The Crimson King]].
98	* ''Literature/DumaKey'' involves both a protagonist and an antagonist who use this...sort of. [[spoiler:The protagonist, Edgar, is possessed by an EldritchAbomination named Perse who gives his paintings power. Edgar uses a painting to kill an AssholeVictim who wholly deserved it, but Perse uses the paintings to do worse things.]]
99	* The boy Ma Liang who was blessed with the ''Magic Brush''.
100	* Rithmatists from ''Literature/TheRithmatist''. They can use chalk to create barriers, wards against Rithmatic attacks, and animated drawings. With a special glyph, these drawings can be allowed to interact with the real world, often by ripping people into tiny pieces.
101	* ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' has a court wizard who places spells on people by drawing them, using their likeness for SympatheticMagic.
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104	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
105	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E11FearHer "Fear Her"]], Chloe has been drawing children out of the real world and onto her paper. Turns out she's been possessed by a lonely little alien, but before the Doctor can find the spaceship, the alien captures him and the TARDIS in her paper. She later abducts the Olympic Stadium in London, and almost does so to the entire planet.
106	* A season 2 episode of ''Series/{{Eagleheart}}'' has a variant of this when Monsanto becomes a hot new artist with blood spatters from the people he shoots as his pieces. At one point a woman in line for a club asks him to do her dress so he shoots the guy in front of her, covering her outfit in blood as she shrieks with excitement over "wearing a MONSANTO!"
107	* One ''Series/GetSmart'' villain used "[[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]]" paint - he painted pictures of his victims who would then rapidly age and die.
108	** [[https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7017-dorian-gray#/7017/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0 And weirdly enough...]]
109	* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' MonsterOfTheWeek [[http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Artistmole Artistmole]], who drains the colors from living things and absorbs their life force.
110	* In ''Series/{{Misfits}}'', a tattoo artist turns out to be able to use his tattoos to control and attack people.
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113	[[folder:Video Games]]
114	* ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'': Brushroom and Fungogh wield giant paintbrushes as weapons. Their SecretArt, Paint Swipe, transfers their current elemental coating onto the target by "painting" it on.
115	* Brauner from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin''. When you fight him, he paints on an easel with blood, making a pattern on the screen that damages you when you touch it. He also uses ArtInitiatesLife to summon monsters by painting them.
116	* In ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'', you primarily fight with the Brush, but not until you face the eye-like creatures that serve as the first boss, where you paint over them to attack them.
117	* In ''VideoGame/ComixZone'', the artist ([[MeaningfulName named Sketch, natch]]) and BigBad of a comic series switch places, where the hero is in the series, and the BigBad is in the real world. To make the switch more permanent, the BigBad draws enemies into the comic to kill off the hero.
118	* In ''VideoGame/DeBlob'', you can take over the occupying forces by coloring the world.
119	* Zeri of ''VideoGame/{{Dawngate}}'' is an Art Attacker. When she's not lobbing blobs of paint at enemies, she even has one technique where she "desaturates" the opponent, removing some of their colour temporarily and stopping their ability to cast spells.
120	* ''VideoGame/Dota2'' has [[MadArtist Grimstroke]], who fights with magical ink and paintbrush. One of the skills he can learn even makes an [[TwinMaker evil portrait of an enemy hero]] to fight on his side.
121	* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'':
122	** Ma Dai fights with a giant brush that shoots off solid ink "pellets" as well as pictures of tigers and dragons.
123	** As does Narsus in ''[[Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan Arslan: Warriors of Legend]]'', a crossover-spinoff of ''Dynasty Warriors''.
124	* In ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'', Mickey uses a brush and paint thinner to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. His opponent, par for the course, is the Phantom Blot.
125	* Valerie Rose from ''VideoGame/FantasyStrike'' fights with an oversized paintbrush that creates damaging trails of paint in the air.
126	* The Foreigner-class Servant Katsushika Hokusai in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' goes about with this as part of her attacks, attacking with her paintbrushes, various painted images, and even extends into her Noble Phantasm, where she paints one of her most distinctive paintings, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa#/media/File:Tsunami_by_hokusai_19th_century.jpg The Great Wave Off Kanagawa]], damaging enemies.
127	* Relm from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has the "Sketch" ability which lets her use the target monster's special abilities.
128	* The main protagonist of ''VideoGame/GraffitiKingdom'' has a magic brush that turns himself into different creatures using cards. Some are hidden, some are dropped from enemies which turn you into that enemy and give you their powers. You can even acquire cards allowing you to turn into miniature versions of bosses.
129	* This is Lunalu's power in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', she can draw monsters and they'll attack for her.
130	* In ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'', the player can encounter three Nailmasters, but one of them, Sheo, has hung up his nail and taken up painting. If the Knight insists on learning his nail art, he will demonstrate it with his paintbrush, leaving a wide splash across his canvas. [[spoiler:When he is encountered again in Godhome, his entire fight is done with the paintbrush, leaving the arena splattered with paint.]]
131	* ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'' features two artistic superpowers. "Neon" has various attacks that are accompanied by vibrant colors and one character can use them to pain glowing art wherever they want. The "Video" power set summons videogame angels and demons as minions to do various things, like carry away enemies.
132	* ''VideoGame/{{IkenFell}}'': Ima's magical talent is that they can summon painted objects, such as a rain of arrows or a giant sword. They can also use their magic to heal allies or cast a Regen effect on them.
133	* The various rudies from the ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' series attack using graffiti.
134	* Newcomer Isla in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV'', on top of having a urban tagger motif to her design, also weaponizes spray cans as part of her moveset. Her [[LimitBreak Climax Super Special Move]] even ends in a [[Franchise/KamenRider Rider Kick]] enhanced by a paint can!
135	* The ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series features many bosses like this, mostly as {{Mook Maker}}s.
136	** The most well-known is Paint Roller in ''Kirby's Adventure''. ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' has Ado, and ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' features Adeleine, as a boss turned ally.
137	** ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' allows Kirby himself to take on this trope with the creation of the Artist ability, which allows him to attack his foes with paint and sculptures, as well as allowing him to create food from his paint.
138	* ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'': Mayu Kozue's weapon is a giant paintbrush and she attacks by painting rainbow projectiles onto her enemies.
139	* Eve in ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' is a variation of this, as she tries to kill you using her own ''pieces of abstract art''.
140	* Amaterasu, the main character of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', uses her tail as a brush to cast spells. There is also her EvilCounterpart [[AsianFoxSpirit Ninetails]], who in his first form can use similarly powerful spells whenever the player tries to sketch (his brush moves slowly, so sketching faster than him is important), and Shiranui, Amaterasu's ancestor who draws extremely fast and helps the player against the Wawku Shrine DualBoss.
141	* In ''VideoGame/RFCKEndlessWar'',spray paint cans, paint rollers, and paintbrushes are tools used for tagging and capturing districts for your gang. Alternatively, they can be used as emergency weapons.
142	* This is the player's modus operandi in the ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' games.
143	* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'':
144	** ''VideoGame/SkylandersTrapTeam'' gives us Short Cut (a tailor armed with Traptanium {{shear\|Menace}}s whose needlework immobilizes enemies) and Wolfgang (a [[NinjaZombiePirateRobot werewolf rock star]] whose guitar--in addition to being a literal [[{{Pun}} axe]]--emits destructive notes).
145	** ''VideoGame/SkylandersSuperChargers'' gives us Splat (a satyr whose bo staff/double-ended paintbrush lays down damaging paint and summons paint constructs to aid her) and Fiesta (a ghostly mariachi player whose weapon is a trumpet and is backed up by [[AssistCharacter his band]]).
146	* The ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' series has the Panda King, a firework artist who uses fireworks in combat and to help his crimes.
147	* The ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' games involve separate teams spraying their color of ink all over arenas, and the team with the most ink on the ground after 3 minutes is the winner. This also counts as GeoEffects, as players can swim through ink of their own color at high speeds, and are slowed down by touching enemy ink.
148	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
149	** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', the ability you get from the ruby star is literally called "Art Attack." The amount of damage it does depends on how many times you can draw circles around your opponent.
150	** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'', while the Colored Pencils make attractive art (if a bit macabre based on the "lost life" Mario drawing), it uses their colored pencils as missiles and gatling bullets.
151	** ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' has Vincent Van Gore, whose paintings of ghostly {{Mooks}} come to life.
152	** ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'' has [[http://www.mariowiki.com/Hoggus Hoggus]] in the Doodle Woods, who sketches pictures of enemies that [[ArtInitiatesLife subsequently come to life]] and attack Wario. Deburinas also emerge from pictures in the same level.
153	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
154	** In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', Bowser Jr.'s [[LimitBreak Final Smash]] is him turning into [[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine Shadow Mario]] and obscuring most of the screen with an orange painted X, which damages opponents who make contact with it.
155	** One Assist Trophy debuting in ''Ultimate'' is Nikki from ''UsefulNotes/{{Swapnote}}'', who shows up in the lower-left corner of the screen and can draw various pictures that affect other fighters. These can include a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bullet Bill]], a fire-breathing monster, a pinwheel that produces wind, ghosts that capture fighters, and even a Smash Ball (which works the same as any other Smash Ball).
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158	[[folder:Web Comics]]
159	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Simon Voltaire is a huge patron of the arts. When he's at the top of his game his attacks formed by rearranging the components that make up the city of Paris are arranged aesthetically. When making a tactical move against the Geisterdamen attacking Martellus's masquerade, he flourishes as if revealing an artistic opus ("VOILÀ!"), and the scene [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170215 looks like a perspective picture]].
160	* In ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'', Ed's "tool" is a paint brush, which he can use to make ink paintings with which to fight off spectral beings.
161	* This is the entire premise of [[WebVideo/RebelTaxi Pan-Pizza's]] webcomic ''Loki IRL''. Artists can bring their creations into the real world and those creations, their "IRL", can fight alongside their creator.
162	* In ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', Madame Murel has The Skeleton Brush, which transforms into a flail.
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165	[[folder:Web Original]]
166	* ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation'':
167	** First shown with the Animator. He uses his mouse and his keyboard to be able to draw up various kinds of functioning weapons to fight against his stick figures in his computer whether they are digitally drawn or ASCII art forms.
168	** This is also The Second Coming's main form of attack. They utilize the Adobe Flash pencil to draw up creations such as weapons to use and various animals that come to life to fight and protect them. [[spoiler: They seem to be the only one with this ability, however, because when the pencil is taken and used by the Rocket Co. grunts, the drawings only come to life when they're made by The Second Coming]].
169	* One group of interest for the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' is the art group "Are We Cool Yet?", who specialize in producing artwork with anomalous properties - sometimes with deadly results.
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172	[[folder:Western Animation]]
173	* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'': While in [=ChalkZone=], Rudy can create anything he needs by drawing it with his Magic Chalk. Outside of [=ChalkZone=], anything anyone draws with any chalk and erases becomes real inside [=ChalkZone=].
174	* In ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', during the fight between Martha Stewart and Sandra Bernhard, Martha uses a hot-glue gun as a weapon, and makes Bernhard's innards into a Christmas ornament.
175	* Splatter Phoenix of ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' is an artist who uses her reality-bending paintbrushes to commit various crimes, including various assaults on our hero.
176	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Nathanaël's akumatized form in the episode "The Evillustrator" has art themed powers, with the ability to draw and erase objects into/ from existence via his tablet.
177	* MadArtist Zachariah Easel from ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce'' who can attack the Skysurfers with his art.
178	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', an artist's pencil fell into Bikini Bottom, which could bring to life a disgruntled duplicate of [=SpongeBob=]. The pencil and eraser were both used to attack and defend.
179	* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', Sabine is a consummate graffiti artist and the ''Ghost'''s DemolitionsExpert. As such, one of her weapons is explosive, remote-detonated spray paint.
180	* Brushogun's ink is used to create minions for the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo''.
181	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'': In "Not For the Paint of Heart", Izzy believes that Chef wants her to rise to the challenge of destroying the daycare with art, so she gets some magic paint to bring all her creations to life.
182	* In ''WesternAnimation/ZekesPad'', anything Zeke draws on his pad comes to life. He can use this for attacks, and in the opening credits is shown using it to stick a toilet plunger on to an annoying dog's muzzle.
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185	[[folder:Real Life]]
186	* Spiders. Their [[CobwebJungle beautiful and intricately-woven webs]] are perfect for ensnaring prey into a trap.
187	* Nibs. People who inked can tell you that at least once, when tried to master it, they've hurt themselves with them. They're like miniature swords. And if they're full of ink, be careful. They will spray you [[EyeScream in the eyes]] or mark you a tattoo.
188	* Thanks to it being an aerosol, a can of spray paint could help you out in a fight in more ways than one. Orange paint is also used by police forces in Japan [[https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/japan-polices-unique-method-to-catch-criminals-involves-using-orange-paint-5456707.html during car chases]]. During the chase, motorcycle units with special paint cannons will approach the targeted vehicle and spray it with the paint, which is difficult to wash off. Should the vehicle escape, it can be identified later.
189	* [[ThePenIsMightier Pens and pencils]] are valid choices for a self-defense weapon if the wielder is trained to use them effectively, as they can easily be used as shivs that are socially acceptable to carry in public. "Tactical pens", made from rugged materials with an intentionally sharp design, are even designed with this use in mind.
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