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| 11 | [[quoteright:340:[[Film/{{Machete}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the-wrong-mexican_8133.jpg]]]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:340:[[TheyCallHimSword They call him "Machete".]] [[SarcasmMode I wonder]] [[MeaningfulName why]]?]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ->''"Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back!"'' |
| 15 | -->-- '''Professor Lowe''''s [[FamousLastWords/FridayThe13th famous last words]], ''Film/JasonX'' |
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| 17 | The machete. The perfect weapon. Unlike a {{chainsaw|Good}}, it doesn't need a power source, never jams, and you ''can'' actually swing it like a sword. Unlike a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]], you don't need to pay hundreds of dollars for a decent one and you don't need years of training to effectively wield it. Unlike a kitchen knife, you can actually use it to lop someone's head off. Unlike a {{s|inisterScythe}}cythe, [[AwesomeButImpractical you can actually kill someone with it]]. And unlike a [[GunNut gun]], you don't have to reload it, you can guarantee that a strike will kill a victim, it won't jam, and you don't have to worry about aiming. All this could be why they've become so popular in pretty much any movie where people get hacked to bits. |
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| 19 | The machete's original application, like many similar [[TorchesAndPitchforks implements]] of destruction, was [[GardeningVarietyWeapon agricultural]]; they were used to clear undergrowth. In the Caribbean, it was a necessary tool for picking sugarcane, as well as useful for cutting the heads off snakes that were apt to bite cane-pickers. This usefulness and versatility made machetes a common household and farm tool in India, Indonesia, Latin America, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. This prevalence also meant they were often one of the only weapons available if the farmers were attacked, and their use as weapons eventually lead to the development of many martial arts from these regions (such as UsefulNotes/{{Silat}} and UsefulNotes/{{Eskrima}}) featuring various machete styles as a central part of their armed combat teachings. |
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| 21 | See KukrisAreKool for the machete's Nepalese twin brother. Compare and contrast ChainsawGood and SinisterScythe. |
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| 24 | !!Examples: |
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| 26 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 29 | * Yu Lan chases Kaname with a machete in ''Literature/FullMetalPanic''. |
| 30 | * In ''Manga/FutureDiary'', the SerialKiller Takao Hiyama uses a machete as his weapon. An alternate version of him shown in ''Paradox'' ended up killing himself when Akise tricked him into stabbing an electric power box. |
| 31 | * In ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' the shogun SuperSoldier Karai wields a Falchion with all the grace and skill of a MasterSwordsman, combined with his high agility and knowledge of martial arts. |
| 32 | * ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', brainwashed disciple Pengulu Sankan is a gigantic brute with a creepy mask who, as if being trained by the psychopath [[AxCrazy Silkwat Junazard]] wasn't enough, wields humongous curved machetes as his weapon of choice, carrying several more on his person alongside karambit knives. Due to his brainwashing, he has little personality beyond brutal murder machine. |
| 33 | * A one-shot character in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is the former pirate captain "Machete" Run, so called for DualWielding two large machetes (though he's so huge they look like knives compared to his bulk). Thanks to Law's powers, he has become a [[SpiderPeople Spider centaur]] able to wield two more machetes in his front legs. |
| 34 | * Shows up in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', of all places: Sailor Uranus' Space Sword is a falchion, one of the European cousins of the machete. |
| 35 | * The recurring villain [=PoH=] from ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' has the Mate Chopper, an oversized knife with a cleaver-point blade. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 39 | * Knife, an enemy of Batwoman, uses a machete against her in issue #3 of ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth''. |
| 40 | * Bones from ''ComicBook/{{Burlap}}'' wields a machete that's half his height. |
| 41 | * [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Ferdinand_Lopez_%28Earth-616%29 Machete]] (who oddly enough bears a striking resemblance to Creator/DannyTrejo) is a machete-wielding foe of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. |
| 42 | ** Probably coincidence as Machete first appeared in 1985; the same year Danny Trejo made his first movie and years before ''Film/SpyKids''. |
| 43 | * Wallace, the main character in the ''ComicBook/SinCity'' story ''Hell And Back'', has a machete in the climax. |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 47 | * Quite a few of Scarface's goons are wielding machetes in chapter 6/5 of ''Fanfic/TheDarkAngel''. Not that they actually do anything to Pinhead/Dark Angel. |
| 48 | * In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' continuum, the [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Rimwards Howondalandian]] Assassin, Johanna Smith-Rhodes, is typical of her people in that one of her declared culturally appropriate weapons is a large jungle machete, a ''panga'' in her own language. This is typical of Rimward Howondalandians outside their own country. Even though this weapon is not thought of as all that ''cool'' or ''stylish'' by the Guild, and Swords teacher Emmanuelle les Deux-Epées views it as not so much a sword but a large metal club with a sharp edge. Johanna once defeated a [[LandDownUnder Fourecksian]] in the mandatory "do-you-call-that-a-knife?" game by bringing out her machete and politely saying "No, I call ''this'' a knife." Rimwards Howondalandians crop up in the writings of Creator/AAPessimal: there is, for instance, the story ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6791038/1/The-Black-Sheep The Black Sheep.]]'' |
| 49 | * Recurring Creator/SetaSuzume District 4 victor Song Wen-Goff is described "Song 'pretty with a machete' Wen" in her youth. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 53 | * One of Clayton's weapons in Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' is a machete. Given that he's in a jungle, he has a very good reason to be carrying one. [[spoiler:Flailing around with it during his VillainousBreakdown while entangled in treetop vines severs all of them but one - which hangs him.]] |
| 54 | * PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', where [[spoiler:the faceless band of horsemen that killed Pedro in the past]] wield prominent machetes, and they're directly [[GoryDiscretionShot implied to be used soon after]]. The drama lies mainly in the accuracy: No matter the time period, marauders with machetes could ''only'' mean brutality and often a complete massacre of the victims for their land. |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 58 | * ''Film/AsGoodAsDead'' (2022 DTV film starring Creator/MichaelJaiWhite) has a machete fight where Jai White's protagonist gets attacked by several machete-wielding mooks. Jai then disarms two of them, DualWield their machetes, and kills everyone. |
| 59 | * ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'': Selena uses one to hack [[spoiler:Mark]] to death. |
| 60 | * ''Film/SixtyEightKill'': Dwayne's weapon of choice. He uses it to wreak bloody havoc on Monica's gang during the final showdown. |
| 61 | * ''Film/BigJake'': The worst of the villains is fond of the machete as a weapon. |
| 62 | * In ''Film/BlackRat'', the Black Rat uses a machete when she attempts to kill Misato on the roof of the school. |
| 63 | * ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': The Border Tribe wield shotels, which (due to their size) combine this trope with equal parts SinisterScythe and SinisterScimitar. |
| 64 | * ''Film/TheBookOfEli'': A rather wicked Genesis Machete is used by Eli to good effect... and is even able to parry a chainsaw. |
| 65 | * ''Film/DemonKnight'': Brayker uses a machete (grabbed off Willy's wall) to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate the possessed Uncle Willy]]. Beacuse this does not destroy his eyes, [[LosingYourHead the head and body keep functioning even they are no longer connected]]. |
| 66 | * ''Film/DontOpenTillChristmas'': A drunken Santa gets a machete slammed into his face |
| 67 | * ''Film/EasternCondors'': Tung Ming-sun (Creator/SammoHung) wields a machete as one of his weapons and does so with brutal efficiency. When they attack the arms depot, he leaps out of the truck and [[OffWithHisHead decapitates a Vietnamese soldier]] with a single blow. |
| 68 | * ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': |
| 69 | ** Used by Jason Voorhees, probably single-handedly responsible for the popularity of machetes in modern cinema. Funnily, a lot of people forget this and think he uses [[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw chainsaws]] ([[BeamMeUpScotty he never has]]). |
| 70 | ** Ironically, rather like Jason's reputation for OffscreenTeleportation, Jason didn't really favor the machete that much until he was resurrected as an undead being (''[[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives Part VI]]'' and onwards) -- Jason as a human being tended to favor [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised weaponry]] instead. |
| 71 | *** Jason didn't get one machete kill [[spoiler:until his first real starring film]] (''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'') -- slamming a panga machete into the face of the guy in a wheelchair, as appears in the [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII next film]]'s opening sequence. In fact, his very first kill on-screen is with an ice-pick to the skull. |
| 72 | * ''Film/FutureWorld2018'': Few guns exist in the wasteland, so people often use machetes. Ash gets ahold of one to kill several of the Warlord's {{mook}}s in succession. |
| 73 | * ''Film/TheGentlemen'': In the flashback explaining the '[[{{Understatement}} bad things]]' Mickey did to carve out his place in the underworld shows him wiping out a gang of rival dealers with a machete. |
| 74 | * ''Film/GodOfCookery'': The favoured weapon of many a street thug. Also one of the most unpleasant BarehandedBladeBlock moments you'll ever see, complete with BloodyHandprint immediately after. |
| 75 | ** Considering that it's tough to get hold of a gun in Hong Kong, these and other assorted bladed weapons are quite popular among TheTriadsAndTheTongs. |
| 76 | * ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'': One is briefly used by Michael to massacre the Cult of Thorn. |
| 77 | * ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'': In the Hunger Games arena, the bow and arrows that Katniss retrieves from the Cornucopia has a machete sheathed in the quiver. She gives it to Peeta, and it becomes his primary weapon in the games. |
| 78 | * ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'': Congo warlord Dikembe Umbutu loads up with a pair of machetes (that he keeps in a case like a CoolSword) when he realizes the aliens are coming back. He puts them to good use. |
| 79 | * ''Film/TheInitiation'': After stabbing Dwight Fairchild, the killer uses a machete to cut his head off. |
| 80 | * ''Film/JamesBond'': |
| 81 | ** As he is rescuing Solitaire in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', Bond shoots a guy who is about to hit him with a machete, and later uses it against Baron Samedi in a very brief SwordFight. |
| 82 | ** ''Film/LicenceToKill'' ends with Sanchez suffering a VillainousBreakdown and attempting to hack Bond to death with a machete. He comes damn close to succeeding too. |
| 83 | ** Steven Obanno threatens to cut Le Chiffre's girlfriend's hand with a machete in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. He later uses it against Bond. |
| 84 | * ''Film/JuanOfTheDead'': Lázaro wields two rusty machetes. Given his job experience slicing steaks at a hotel, he is able to assist Juan in killing zombies for profit. |
| 85 | * ''Film/JustBeforeDawn'': The main weapon is a machete. For extra pain, it also has a saw-bladed edge on the blunt side (saw-backed machetes are TruthInTelevision for certain manufacturers; the style used in the movie is irregular, apparently hand-made). |
| 86 | * ''Film/KickAss2'': Mother Russia wields a machete with the words "God give, God take" inscribed on the blade in Russian. |
| 87 | * ''Film/TheLastCircus'': The protagonist's father is a circus clown who's forced to participate in a battle during the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar, and in it, he swaps his rifle with the machete given to a fellow circus artist who doubted the usefulness of the weapon, but the clown slays multiple Francoist soldiers with it before being captured. |
| 88 | * ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'': Soap has a collection of giant knives. When his partner sarcastically asks if he has anything bigger, Soap whips out a machete from a scabbard. "[[BringMyBrownPants Shit 'em right up!]]" |
| 89 | * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': While it's known as a ''scimitar'', the cleaver-like sword wielded by the Uruk-hai has more in common with an oversized machete. |
| 90 | * ''Film/{{Machete}}'': Creator/DannyTrejo's character in the ''Film/SpyKids'' movies and the DarkerAndGrittier expansion of his character in a fake trailer of ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' [[{{Defictionalization}} later made into an actual movie]]. [[MeaningfulName So named]] because he uses them. A lot. (The full movie reveals that's ''actually his name'' - "Machete Cortez.") |
| 91 | * ''Film/NobodySleepsInTheWoodsTonight'': Late in the movie, Zosia takes a machete from the basement of the twins' house. She uses it to stab one of the twins to death [[SlainInTheirSleep while he's asleep in his bed]]. |
| 92 | * ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'': |
| 93 | ** Billy uses a machete (well, more of a really big knife) when he decides to HoldTheLine in the original ''Film/{{Predator}}'' film. [[spoiler:He gets his spine ripped out]]. |
| 94 | ** In ''Film/Predator2'', Bill Paxton's character also uses a machete he finds on the subway after his gun runs out of ammo. [[spoiler:He gets his spine ripped out]]. |
| 95 | ** In ''Film/{{Predators}}'' Royce uses a machete(actually the same really large knife as Billy) to clear a path, rather than fight a giant alien big-game hunter. [[spoiler:He doesn't get his spine ripped out. Coincidence?]]. He does behead an alien hunting dog with it, though. |
| 96 | * ''Film/ProWrestlersVsZombies'': A few of the characters wield machetes from the prison's lockers against the zombies, but it becomes Sarah Schuman's primary weapon throughout the film, wielded to deadly effect. |
| 97 | * ''Film/TheRaid: Redemption'': Features a gang of machete-wielding EliteMooks hunting for and eventually battling with the protagonist. |
| 98 | * ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'': Rambo uses a golok (an Indonesian machete) instead of his usual Bowie knife in his [[Film/RamboIV fourth movie]], one that he hand-forged the night before from a broken truck leaf-spring. |
| 99 | * ''Film/{{Riddick}}'': The BountyHunter Santana uses a machete as his weapon of choice, pledging to use it to decapitate Riddick and store his head in a box for the reward. Naturally, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard it ends up being his own undoing]] when Riddick uses it against Santana in the exact fashion he promised, ''using only his foot to balance and throw the blade''. |
| 100 | * In ''Film/Rogue2020'', Pata confronts Zalaam's second-in-command Masakh, the man who executed his family, in a BattleAmongstTheFlames where he is wielding a knife and Masakh is brandishing a machete. |
| 101 | * ''Film/SomeGuyWhoKillsPeople'': Wade Hutchinson, the second victim, is hacked to pieces with a machete; including having [[OffWithHisHead his head cut off]]. |
| 102 | * ''Film/TalesOfHalloween'': At the start of "Friday the 31st", the SerialKiller is wielding a machete as a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/FridayThe13th''. |
| 103 | * ''Film/TenDeadMen'': After Axel tries to kill him, only to find that [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets the gun was unloaded]], Ryan draws a machete from his coat and turns on Axel to wreak his vengeance. |
| 104 | * In ''Film/TodayWeKillTomorrowWeDie'', Elfago uses a machete wielded like a katana to cut down the outriders on the stagecoach he and his gang rob. Later he uses it in his fight against O'Bannion. |
| 105 | * ''Film/TragedyGirls'': SerialKiller Lowell Orson wields a machete as his weapon of choice and scores several kills with over the course of the film. |
| 106 | * In ''Film/{{Transit}}'', having been forced to abandon the guns, Losada uses a machete to intimidate Nate and [[{{Fingore}} cut some fingers off his left hand]]. |
| 107 | * ''Film/TheWildGeese'': The [[EliteMooks Simba regiment]] that pursues the mercenaries have pangas that they put to bloody use, most notably when hacking up Arthur Witty during his last stand. |
| 108 | * The killer's main weapon in [[SlasherMovie slasher movies]] like ''Film/DeathScreams'', ''Film/BloodRage'', ''Film/ThePool'' and ''Film/MotorHomeMassacre''. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 112 | * ''Literature/DrFranklinsIsland'': The castaways find a machete that had been given to a less fortunate passenger on their doomed plane. Semi once uses it to cut a snake in half, almost on accident. Otherwise its uses are strictly utilitarian, slicing poles and such, and at some point, it proves to Miranda and Semi that Arnie passed through a hidden area. |
| 113 | * ''Literature/{{Emberverse}}'': A modified version of a machete becomes a popular weapon all across post-Change America. The main villains of the second and third trilogy are called [=CUTters=] for a reason. |
| 114 | * ''Literature/TheExecutioner'': Mack Bolan often operates against terrorists, pirates, drug runners, and other disreputable sorts in Southeast Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world where machete usage is common. In the process, he sometimes encounters machete-wielding {{Mook}}s. Occasionally, he will use the mook's own weapons against them or will be carrying a machete of his own for use both as a jungle tool and a weapon. |
| 115 | * ''Literature/NightLords'': [[YouAreNumberSix Septimus]], slave of the legion, combines this with a pair of salvaged imperial [[EnergyWeapon laspistols]] to serve as a credible [[TheMusketeer Musketeer]]. He does a [[BadassNormal pretty good job]] of it, given he's fighting alongside ten thousand-year-old posthuman {{Super Soldier}}s. |
| 116 | * ''The Zabajaba Jungle'': Wielded by protagonist Leonard in this {{Creator/William Steig}} creation (though referred to as a bolo in the text, it clearly resembles and is used as a machete). |
| 117 | * ''Literature/TheZombieSurvivalGuide'': Max Brooks names the machete as the best edged weapon to use against zombies, due to its size, weight, and availability. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 121 | * The machete is the short-range weapon of the Medellin Cartel in the "Somali Pirate vs. Medellin Cartel" episode of ''Series/DeadliestWarrior''. |
| 122 | * In ''Series/{{Diablero}}'', this is Elvis' weapon of choice. |
| 123 | * ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS4E5 Dark Autumn]]", the murderer uses a billhook for the first two murders, which nearly decapitates them. |
| 124 | * ''Series/MrAndMrsSmith2024'': John and Jane have to use a machete to get out of a super high risk mission gone wrong. They look [[ThousandYardStare visibly disturbed]] by the ordeal afterwards. |
| 125 | * ''Series/{{Rawhide}}'': Luke Storm, the outlaw leader in "Incident of the Tumbleweed", carries a machete and is only too keen to use it. |
| 126 | * In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Dean and Benny get pretty good at beheading monsters in purgatory using machetes, and the preferred tool for hunters taking on vampires is a machete. |
| 127 | * ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': In "[[Recap/TalesFromTheCryptS2E4TilDeath 'Til Death]]", zombie Maggie uses a machete to [[OffWithHisHead cut off Freddie's head]]. |
| 128 | * In the ''Series/TopGearUK'' Bolivia Special, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXLxszv9eCM James May threatens to cut the head off his fellow presenters]] if they [[RunningGag ram the back of his Suzuki]] on the Yungas Road[[labelnote:Note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungas_Road Billed as the most dangerous road in the world given the road is built into a cliffside and is lacking protective... anything.]][[/labelnote]]. When May allows another driver to pass him, Clarkson rams him [[NotWhatItLooksLike (probably not on purpose)]] as he was following closely behind him. This enrages May, and he stops to [[TranquilFury calmly shove a machete into Clarkson's face]]. |
| 129 | -->'''Richard Hammond:''' James is killing Jeremy... things are going well. |
| 130 | * Rick Grimes has a machete in ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''. It's among a gun stash he hides before entering Terminus, which he describes in a bit of GunPorn after being captured: "...AK-47, .44 magnum, automatic weapons, night scope, there's a compound bow aaaand a machete with a red handle... That's what I'm gonna use to kill you." [[spoiler:He does!]] |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 134 | * Silver Potato is known for wielding a machete in Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel and went so far as to ''kill'' Pablo Plantain with it. He then tried to go for a clean sweep and kill Pedro Plantain with it too, but failed. |
| 135 | * Jessicka Havok tried to kill Wrestling/MercedesMartinez with a machete after she was rendered immobile at Wrestling/{{WSU}}'s first War Games ([[UnnecessaryRoughness causing Brittney Savage to forfeit]]). Havok would later mock Midwest Militia teammate Wrestling/AllysinKay for carrying a machete without intent to use it. |
| 136 | * Wrestling/SamoaJoe tortured [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari Sheik Abdul Bashir]] for getting in the way of his nation of violence by suspending him by his legs, sticking a machete in his mouth, and beating him with a kendo stick. Joe would go on to try and kill members of [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s main event mafia with the machete for breaking his arm...so they bought him off. |
| 137 | * Leva Bates, as part of her [[{{Cosplay}} imitation]] [[TheGimmick gimmick]], has incorporated machetes into her entrance attire... and had one turned on her by Nevaeh. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 141 | * ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'' has the Bolo Knife from Malfi, which is the 40K equivalent of a machete. One of the few knives in the game that punches through flak armour. |
| 142 | * Even ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' gets in on the action in Zendikar block, with [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/details.aspx?name=Trusty%20Machete Trusty Machete]] being the most visible example. |
| 143 | * Creator/WhiteWolf, makers of ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'' gamelines and ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'', seem to like machetes. They're practically the only non-weapon weapon that never carries "ImprovisedWeapon penalties"... in ''any'' gameline. In the latter, they're particularly favored by Scions of the Loa (because they were commonly used in the Haitian Revolution). They're also one of the two most accessible, reliable, and effective melee weapons, the other being the fire axe. Both are absolutely lethal, loosely controlled and available at any gardening/utility store at prices any character can meet. |
| 144 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Orks, especially Slugga Boyz, carry choppas (crudely made melee weapons) and can be made in the shape of jagged machetes (though axes seem more "Orky"). |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 148 | * In ''Ride/SkullIslandReignOfKong'' at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]], one of the Eighth Wonder Expedition members uses a machete to break free from the grip of a flying reptile by slicing its leg off, and later uses the machete to decapitate several Carnictus worms. |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 152 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedFreedomCry'': Adéwalé [[ImprovisedWeapon picks a rusty machete off the beach]] after he's stranded by a storm and continues using machetes for the remainder of the story. |
| 153 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'', the Machete is one of the first alternate weapons you pick up. It's relatively weak at first but has an incredibly fast attack speed even without upgrades, and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks can be thrown]] for a decent amount of damage. Upgrades allow it to [[StatusEffects damage over time]] on any strike and throw multiple blades at once, or massively increased CriticalHit damage. The latter upgrades combined with the ludicrous swing speed make it ''devastating'' when under the effects of the [[CriticalStatusBuff Werewhisky tonic]]. |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' has a machete skin for the player's melee weapon in multiplayer. |
| 155 | * Being a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Film/{{Machete}}, this is the weapon of choice of Brochete in ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}''. His primary attack has him throw a machete straight ahead, impaling mooks, while his secondary attack has him throw a barrage of them and can be aimed. |
| 156 | * Machete users are smattered through ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', but special mention goes to the [[SkyPirate Sky Raiders]], who explicitly use machetes as part of a martial style that favors fast, maneuverable close-quarters weaponry that includes submachine guns and flamethrowers. |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' features a machete as an optional melee weapon in some missions. |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': the Ork builder units, Gretchin Squads, have Choppas that look like big machetes. Being grots their bodies are too small and weak to make good on it and their low morale points means they flee more easily than Orks. |
| 159 | * This is the weapon used by the Trapper (an expy of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]) in ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''. |
| 160 | * Machetes are one of the most commonly used melee weapons in ''VideoGame/DeadIsland''. They are the rewards for a lot of quests, especially in the main quest line. They deal a lot of damage, have decent handling, and have good force and durability for an edged weapon, making them the [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] of a lot of players. The [[AntiClimaxBoss Butcher]] [[ImAHumanitarian of Banoi]] also wields a machete and he killed his family with one when he was 9. |
| 161 | * A machete is Cliff's [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] in ''VideoGame/DeadRising''. |
| 162 | * Dylan from ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis2'' had a machete as a side weapon at the start of the game and enabled him to hack away at doors that were covered in heavy vegetation. |
| 163 | * ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has machetes that are quite obviously made from broken lawnmower blades. There is also an option to do a ReverseGrip attack in VATS. Coincidentally Creator/DannyTrejo, the actor who plays Machete, is also in the game, though his character is TheGunslinger. Caesar's Legion uses them extensively, in lieu of the historical ''gladius'', because there's no readily available stock of period Roman swords in the post-apocalyptic American West. There is a weapon ''called'' the "Machete Gladius" used by high-ranking Legionaries, but it's not a machete ''or'' a gladius, [[KukrisAreKool it's a kukri]]. |
| 164 | ** A downloadable content bundle includes a more traditionally designed 'broad machete' as a starting melee weapon, notable for being a properly forged and assembled knife rather than a lawnmower blade with a handle. Very useful as an early melee weapon, as it is more powerful, more durable, lighter, and faster than its common counterpart. |
| 165 | * ''VideoGame/FarCry1'' and its [[VideoGame/FarCry2 first]] [[VideoGame/FarCry3 two]] sequels have the machete as the primary melee weapon, while the [[VideoGame/FarCry4 fourth game]] uses a {{kukri|sAreKool}} for similar purposes. ''Far Cry 3'' in particular also shows off a lot of [[UtilityWeapon non-combat applications]]; the player character uses it to forage for materials, skin animal carcasses, and remove the padlocks from radio towers by bashing them with the hilt. The machete also returns as the main melee weapon of the [[VideoGame/FarCry6 sixth game]]. |
| 166 | * In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'''s prologue/tutorial, your weapon is a machete. It's only usable during the prologue, and unobtainable later on. |
| 167 | * In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', the machete is one of your options for melee weapon. You're able to both perform a one-hit kill and run with it, meaning it's nearly as good as the {{katana|sAreJustBetter}}. |
| 168 | * The first additional weapon you pick up in ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheEmperorsTomb'' is a machete. It's okay in combat, but its main use is clearing thick walls of vines out of your way. |
| 169 | * In ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami,'' the machete can be randomly found in levels, although no Russian mobsters ever employ it against you. If you try to [[CoupDeGrace finish off]] a downed enemy with the thing, the PlayerCharacter will chop the unfortunate mobster's head off in three strokes. Come ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber,'' mooks from TheCartel use machetes as one of their melee weapons of choice, and Manny Pardo and The Son can use the weapons by picking them up from the Cartel mooks they fight. The Son brings back the three-stroke execution from the first game, while Manny Pardo simply slits the downed enemy's throat with the machete. |
| 170 | * ''VideoGame/IsleOfTheDead'' gives you a machete as your first weapon, as well as the game's only melee weapon. It works amazingly well against zombies, and allows you to save your ammo for stronger enemies later on. |
| 171 | * In ''VideoGame/IAmAlive'' the machete is your best friend. You can use it as a tool to break open things, or as a weapon to break open enemies. If you don't catch enemies by surprise, however, their allies will usually end up shooting you in the back before you can take them down. |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' includes a machete as a melee weapon for clearing away troublesome patches of zombies. The trope is in full effect since all the melee weapons being OneHitKill[=s=] means it's only their attack speed and the radius of their swings that differentiates them - and alongside the nightstick as its blunt counterpart, the machete is the fastest-swinging and with a decently-wide reach (the katana and golf club have a wider swing but are slower). In sheer damage per-second potential, both pale in comparison to the {{chainsaw|Good}}, but [[AwesomeButImpractical that has its own problems]]. |
| 173 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' |
| 174 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', Link can obtain machetes by disarming or defeating Bokoblins. Besides their use in smashing through wooden barriers, they can serve as a stronger alternative to the Hero's Sword (until the player obtains the Master Sword). |
| 175 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Rusl carries a machete across his lower back later in the game, although his main weapon is a longsword. |
| 176 | ** The Bokoblins in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' have machetes with rectangular blades. |
| 177 | * In ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'', Dwight Mendez, head honcho of the Barracudas, favors the machete -- [[DualWielding two of them at a time]]. For a character portrayed by Creator/DannyTrejo, [[ActorAllusion it's only fitting]]. |
| 178 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' you can get a machete from a slain Wardog. It's one of only three weapons that can be used to decapitate an enemy during an execution, along with the wire and the cleaver. The machete and the cleaver will decapitate an enemy with any level of execution. |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' |
| 180 | ** Null carries one in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps''. When you complete the game, you can use him in your NewGamePlus, complete with his machete. |
| 181 | ** Sundowner of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' uses two [[{{Vibroweapon}} High Frequency]] machetes dubbed "Bloodlust". He can either wield one in each hand or attach them together to become a ShearMenace. Once he's defeated Raiden can use them, though he only uses them in the second form as a {{BFS}}. Some of the {{Mook}}s also carry around more traditional-looking HF Machetes. Raiden can unlock this weapon, which sacrifices range for speed. |
| 182 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': |
| 183 | ** Kobra, the [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty]] Black Dragon neophyte, wields a machete as his [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon''. |
| 184 | ** As a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Jason Voorhees uses a machete too. He even has the Slasher variation dedicated to it. |
| 185 | * ''VideoGame/Postal2: Apocalypse Weekend'' added three [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throwable melee weapons]] to the arsenal; the first among them is a machete that [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang comes back to you]]... and that the local Pitbull population can [[PetTheDog play fetch with]]. |
| 186 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': a machete becomes available for purchase as your melee weapon late in the game. Before that, it's a commonly used weapon by the Swamp People, so you can instead loot it from their corpses the moment you're able to go to that region. |
| 187 | * Chris from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' uses a machete as his default melee weapon. His partner uses a knife. Some Majini also wield them, as do Ganados in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 the previous game]]. |
| 188 | * It's the favorite melee weapon of the Sons of Samedi in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''. |
| 189 | * One of Sakon Shima's [[{{BFS}} huge swords]] in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 2'' is an oversized machete. |
| 190 | ** Likewise, Guan Ping from ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' also has a giant machete as one of his weapons. |
| 191 | * In ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'', machete-wielding mooks are all over the place. At one point survival depends on punching out one of them, taking his blade, and hacking up a gunman. Ambushes help. |
| 192 | * Machetes appear as an equippable weapon in ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}'' which asides from having better upside range (and worser range straight ahead) can also get rid of spider webs. |
| 193 | * The Grineer in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' manufacture a high-tech machete with a glowing blade, used by their Scorpion troops. It's a [[ScrappyWeapon pretty terrible weapon]] in player hands, though the limited edition Machete Wraith is a great weapon. There is a limited time Prisma Machete that can be bought from Baro Ki'teer on occasion, and the Tenno Lab in the Dojo can make the Gazal Machete, which synergizes with the Djinn Sentinel's "Fatal Attraction" skill, adding bonus Corrosive Damage per kill made with the weapon. |
| 194 | ** Rogue Grineer "Kahl-175" has a unique Machete called Slaytra, which he takes with him on his missions. The player can acquire their own version, which has high status chance to afflict targets with Slash Procs. Its passive effect doubles the length of Slash Procs for extra bleed damage. |
| 195 | * Luke from ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo'' keeps one strapped to his thigh, but will also use a gun if he has one when things get dangerous. |
| 196 | * In yet another title from Creator/RockstarGames, ''VideoGame/TheWarriors'', the machete is one of the most powerful weapons in the game. Unfortunately, you'll only get to use it three or four times over the course of the main story. |
| 197 | * The Ranger class from ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' has a machete as the basic melee weapon. Fitting for soldiers that are part of LaResistance. |
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| 201 | * Machetes are used quite often in ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'', most notably in the sixth installment, Antipathy, where [[OneManArmy Hank]] has one from the beginning and kills several mooks with it. [[RuleOfCool And it's awesome]]. |
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| 205 | * Vadiir and the Laughing Clown in ''ARG/DarkDreamChronicle'' each own a Black Iron kuri machete. Hanna has mentioned that she has several [[ShoutOut emergency]] [[WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID machetes]], as well. |
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| 209 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': While traversing the Foggy Swamp, Sokka uses a machete to hack away at the undergrowth and foliage, which Aang cautions against. [[spoiler: He is later proved right, as the swamp is revealed to be semi-sentient.]] |
| 210 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 211 | ** From Season 20 onwards, the opening sequence shows Bart zigzagging around several people on the street, including Sideshow Bob, who attempts to hack at Bart with a machete. |
| 212 | ** The Couch Gag for ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E17TheGoodTheSadAndTheDrugly The Good, the Sad and the Drugly]]'' shows the Simpson family hacking through foliage with machetes to reach the couch, only to encounter their Simian doppelgängers already seated. |
| 213 | ** In ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E7LivinLaPuraVida Livin’ La Pura Vida]]'', the family goes on vacation to Costa Rica, and Bart is excited to be in a country where kids carry machetes (he’s shown wielding one at various points in the episode and cutting things, culminating with TheReveal that he carved a humongous "El Barto" out of the rainforest). |
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| 217 | * Machetes were used as weapons in a slew of uprisings and rebellions throughout the Third World, especially in Cuba. Check Website/TheOtherWiki on guys like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Years%27_War Carlos Manuel de Cespedes]] for example. |
| 218 | ** In the rural areas of Venezuela, people used it for dueling instead of swords. And there were those hardcore farmers that [[CrazyPrepared hid them under their pillows and/or matresses]], but that was before the robbers met the firearms. |
| 219 | * On a far more depressing note, the Rwandan Genocide was chiefly conducted by men wielding machetes. See Film/HotelRwanda for details. |
| 220 | * The machete on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Angola Angolan flag?]] It actually stands for ''[[HarsherInHindsight agriculture.]]'' |
| 221 | * The bolo, and other Filipino bladed implements like it, have been used in quite a few conflicts in the Philippines; most notably in the Philippine Revolution, the Philippine-American War, and more recently in the Pacific Theater of WWII. |
| 222 | ** The bolo is such a common weapon that 'to bolo' is an American term meaning 'to fail;' specifically, a test. This comes from the fact that whenever troops in the Philippines have failed their marksmanship tests, they're only issued a bolo so as to save precious ammo. That being said, the bolo is still a dangerous weapon in the hands of a skilled eskrimador... as Imperial Japanese soldiers may have found out the hard way. |
| 223 | ** While UsefulNotes/{{Eskrima}} practitioners are known for DualWielding a pair of short rattan sticks, it's noted that you're not SUPPOSED to treat the sticks as [[MartialArtsStaff literal sticks/staves]], but as [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter dulled/practice swords]]--many strikes can let the wielder switch to knives with minimal fuss. |
| 224 | * The Fascine or Gabion knife issued to engineers and light infantry served that purpose in many armies which were too unconnected to Caribbean culture to know about machetes per se. Its similarity is more in its function as a medium-sized utility blade rather than its shape. Some for instance were two-edged and the French army favored a fascine knife-shaped rather like a [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome gladius]]. |
| 225 | ** Fittingly enough, the gladius was indeed as close as you can get to a machete back during UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome. Its relatively small size meant that it was a viable weapon for both slashing ''and'' stabbing, made it easier to use a large shield in the offhand, and was heavy enough to cut through vegetation if necessary. Still, it's mainly used to subject its victims to being ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe from the safety of a scutum]]. |
| 226 | * A Malay-Indonesian weapon known as the parang is essentially a machete with a curved handle to prevent slips; similar knives include the bolo and the golok, both of which have similar blade shapes. The barong is a Filipino version, and Thais have their daos and e-neps. They also proved to be as useful cutting up people as clearing underbrush during the various wars, rebellions, and occupations of the area. |
| 227 | ** Though a parang is much more multi-purpose than a machete, and as such is a favourite hunting knife for survivalists. Curved parangs can be used to chop wood or bone (the middle of the blade) skin (the slightly flattened tip) or carve (the blade edge near the handle, which is very keen but delicate). |
| 228 | ** As an agricultural / forestry tool, the machete (or parang, or bolo, or [[KukrisAreKool kukri]]) are specifically [[TheSavageSouth tropical]], made for the jungle and forest vegetation: vines, canes and lianas. In European or North American forests, where only hardwood is found, they are not efficient - for this reason, Northern cultures never developed sword-like blades for woodcutting purpose and relied on the hatchet or axe. |
| 229 | ** European cultures used the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook billhook]] - which is [[BoringButPractical adequate for clearing European shrubs, but nowhere near as cool]] as the machete. |
| 230 | * The name for machete in Portuguese is ''catana''. For. Apparent. Reasons. |
| 231 | * The seax was the Northern European version. It was a knife that was favored by Norse and of course by [[UsefulNotes/AngloSaxons SAXons]]. Later during the High Middle Ages, there were the falchion and the messer. Basically it is a heavy chopping blade coming in various shapes and sizes, such as the fittingly-named "langseax". Like other models, it was a medium utility blade useful for work or for war. While it is mostly a peasants' tool some stylized models indicate that nobles were often fond of them too. In German-speaking countries [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_sword the utilitarian short sword]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_dagger is still part of the traditional big-game hunter's attire]]. |
| 232 | * The Romans were defeated badly in their first invasion of Dacia (modern Romania) by a local weapon called the ''[[SinisterScythe rhompaeii]]'' - essentially a European parang, capable of lopping a legionary's arm off at the shoulder. They had to develop body armour capable of withstanding this weapon before trying again. |
| 233 | ** The Ethiopian Shotel is a similar weapon that combines this with SinisterScimitar and an equal helping of SinisterScythe; it's a sickle-sword that's mostly known for being used as a weapon that can hook around shields. Still, depending on the skill of the smith, it's still very capable of cutting through vegetation. |
| 234 | * The Dominican American Street Gang is infamous for the fact they use machetes rather than guns or knives as their main weapon. |
| 235 | * On a similar note, the naval cutlass is as close as one can get to a machete during the Age of the Sail. The cutlass was primarily intended for cutting rope, but it also served quite well as a machete whenever sailors were on shore. It was also short, which made it ideal for the close confines of a ship. Nowadays, a machete is now referred to as a 'cutlass' in the English-speaking Caribbean. |
| 236 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ofk_T_Vds El Baile del Machete]] is a traditional Mexican dance where the participants dual wield machetes and frequently clash them against the floor, against the other machete or, in some variants, with the machetes of the other dancers. Safe versions have the dancers only use dull metal in order to keep the sound. Done with actual machetes, the objective is to make sparks fly out of them. |
| 237 | * Quite possibly the forerunner of the modern machete would have to be the Medieval falchion. It's got a large, single-edged, often straight and thick blade that could be used in one hand, and simple enough to use that it's become the European equivalent of the SinisterScimitar. The idea behind it being that it [[MixAndMatchWeapon had the simplicity and power of an axe so as to be a menace even to armored opponents, while still having the capabilities of a sword]]. It also comes in a variety of shapes and sizes for different utilities, such as cleaver-falchions which are used to butcher meat on hunts. |
| 238 | * While it seems to be more on the SinisterScimitar side in appearance, the Chinese ''dandao'' (better known as the broadsword, or Chinese saber) is sometimes referred to in translation as a machete. To that end, modern machetes can be used with Chinese dandao forms... Exaggerating if the practitioner is DualWielding them. |
| 239 | ** Another related weapon would be the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_sword hudiedao]]'' of Southern China. While their design differs between owners, they're short enough to be oversized knives but large enough that they can chop and slice very well. Their small size makes them versatile in a close-quarters fight and makes them easier to dual-wield (which helps that they always have a d-guard with a blade-catcher). |
| 240 | * During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian paratroopers]] operating in jungle environments were issued with a combination machete-[[BayonetYa bayonet]]. |
| 241 | * The ''gauchos'' of Argentina are known to favor the ''facon'' as their [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]]. These are often smaller blades, but they can get to a length where they may as well be small swords. |
| 242 | * There's a reason why KukrisAreKool; the shape of the recurve blade lends itself very well to chopping and hacking motions, which is very good if you're trying to cut through thick branches. Because of this, you'll sometimes find a kukri-machete. |
| 243 | ** The Macedonian army under UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat used a peculiar curved sword called a ''kopis''. It was originally developed as a hunting knife, and means of personal protection. However, when formalizing Macedon's military King Philip II recognized that this sword was particularly deadly when used on horseback. It became the main weapon of the Macedonian cavalry. It also functioned as a sidearm for infantry and archers. It's not clear whether the sword design itself was originally from Egypt, and made its way to the Balkans via trade, or whether the Greeks borrowed the name of the ''kopesh'' to describe this sword. In any case, they were similar in design. The difference is that the Macedonian kopis was bent at a much more acute angle so that it was similar in appearance to an oversized kukri. This despite the fact that Alexander and his troops had never seen a kukri until they arrived in Sogdia. |
| 244 | ** The Iberian Falcata was a similar weapon from ancient Iberia, probably developed after the Balkanic or Greek version. They weren't the most popular kind of sword of Iberia (the straight sword later known as Gladius was), but it was considered a luxury item for the aristocracy, and it's believed UsefulNotes/HannibalBarca himself had one as his sidearm (he was raised there and married an Iberian princess after all). |
| 245 | * In the world of bladesports, we have a knife that's known as the 'competition chopper', a slightly forward-heavy, cleaver-like blade that is suited for nothing but chopping. |
| 246 | * While better-known for his knives, William E. Fairbairn also developed a bladed implement in WWII known as the "smatchet", a double-edged, sword-machete hybrid with a leaf-shaped blade that was intended for use by troops without a rifle and bayonet. |
| 247 | * Early versions of the Bowie knife could be quite long and weigh a couple of pounds. |
| 248 | -->'''Russell T. Johnson:''' It must be long enough to use as a sword, sharp enough to use as a razor, wide enough to use as a paddle, and heavy enough to use as a hatchet. |
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