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11	[[quoteright:350:[[Anime/OjamajoDoremi https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/halisen.jpg]]]]
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13	It's just an ordinary, if large, paper fan -- accordion-pleated white paper, taped at one end to form a handle, but some characters wield them the way others do the dreaded HyperspaceMallet, and get much the same results -- the unfortunate target usually [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom goes rolling down the street from the force of the blow]].
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15	Sometimes used as a symbol of dubious authority, the paper fan (or ''harisen'' in Japanese) has roots in the Japanese equivalent of vaudeville comedy, particularly of the {{slapstick}} variety -- and like an actual [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slapstick slap stick]] it makes a lot of noise with little real hurt. It is the tool of a ''tsukkomi'', or "{{straight man}}", of a standard two-man comedy team in [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine a kind of routine]] common to the Kansai region called ''[[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine manzai]]''; it's used to upbraid the other member of the team (the buffoonish ''boke'') when he says or does something foolish. Naturally, this has been carried right over into anime and, being a tradition stemming from the Kansai region, it should be noted that, usually, either the wielder or the target are TheIdiotFromOsaka.
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17	This may go back even further though, since fans with sharpened metal ribs were allegedly used as weapons of war and assassination, being particularly suited to the latter due to ease of disguise. (In fact; there are arts about using fans, as well as fans ''made'' for weapons). For such weapons, see CombatHandFan, though these two tropes can overlap.
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19	A similar western version is the archetypal ''rolled up newspaper''. Compare DopeSlap. If the paper fan is used as an ''actual'' weapon, see CombatHandFan.
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21	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] [[DeadlyRotaryFan the dangers of fans with exposed rotating blades]].
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28	* Haruko in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' uses one to reinforce that she likes to be called by her first name.
29	** Uraha also uses one in the feudal arc.
30	* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitanJuniorHigh'' Levi wields paper fans instead of blades.
31	* In ''Manga/BlueExorcist'''s Anime, during an early filler episode, Rin briefly suddenly has one in his hands to whack his brother Yukio for being an idiot and ultimately being responsible for the current problem re demon that runs the dorm's kitchen is trying to cook a bunch of girls who, through a misunderstanding, smashed some bento he made with Rin.
32	* Inagawa Yuu from ''VideoGame/ComicParty'' is also a fan-wielder. And similar to Tomoko above, she also [[CombatHandFan weaponizes]] it in ''[[VideoGame/TheQueenOfHeart Party's Breaker: The Queen Of Heart 2001]]'', and later when she appears as an AssistCharacter in ''VideoGame/{{Aquapazza}}''.
33	* The third ''Manga/CrayoNShinChan'' movvie, ''Crayon Shin-chan: Unkokusai's Ambition''have the Nohara family traveling back to Feudal Era Japan to battle the titular villain, Lord Unkokusai, whose sole weakness is a sacred giant paper fan.
34	* ''Anime/Daitarn3'' carries two of these. Note that Daitarn 3 is actually a ''HumongousMecha.''
35	** And Daitarn uses them for defense. Which may or may not be more outlandish.
36	** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', ''Anime/Daitarn3'' can use said paper fan to either block attacks in defense by opening the fan, or use it ''like a sword'' to block sword attacks and missiles. Note that Daitain already has a pair of swords and it ''still'' uses the paper fan like this.
37	* Rahzel uses one against [[spoiler: the other]] Alzeid when he comes to her school and gets in a fight with Fay in ''Manga/{{Dazzle}}''.
38	* In episode 18 of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', Sumiyoshi's secret weapon as part of the Municipal Force Daitenzin is a harisen, called the "Giga Paper Fan" in the dub by Creator/ADVFilms.
39	* Suzuna from ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' used a fan twice in one episode on her brother. Well, he's an idiot, why shouldn't she?
40	* ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'': Chloe Traces a paper fan and smacks Gilgamesh after she and Bazett find that he slept through Illya getting kidnapped and then didn't want to do anything after being told.
41	* In ''Literature/FullMetalPanic!'', Kaname acquires a paper fan from episode 8 and onward, and [[HyperspaceMallet relentlessly whacks Sousuke with it]] in order to teach him how to be a civilized civilian.
42	** Her use of said paper fan becomes '''much''' more frequent in ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu''. And ''boy'' does Sousuke start to fear it; on one occasion, the mere sight of it was enough to shut him up.
43	* In ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'', [[OnlySaneMan Saki]] [[DungeonmastersGirlfriend Kasukabe]]'s frequent role as [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine the tsukkomi to the rest of the group's boke]] is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when the group makes her a paper fan.
44	* In ''Anime/HareGuu'', Guu produces a fan and pummels Wadi for his incessant laughing, then swings it threateningly like a baseball bat.
45	* [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Sakuya Aizawa]] from ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' doesn't just wield an ordinary paper fan -- it's a ''telescoping'' one that can be reduced to the size of a golf ball and stowed in her pocket.
46	* In ''Manga/InuYasha,'' Kagura the Wind Sorceress uses a fan to assist her in summoning her various wind magics.
47	* In ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', Ishigami makes fun of Kaguya and Fujiwara's breasts ([[ACupAngst nonexistant]] and [[BuxomBeautyStandard comically large]] respectively, in his opinion)...while the girls are [[RightBehindMe standing right behind him]]. Fujiwara responds by ''crafting'' a paper fan on the spot, then furiously whacking Ishigami upside the head until she's out of breath.
48	* Mei Mer's mother in ''Anime/KOBeast'' uses a PaperFanOfDoom as a greeting.
49	* During an episode of ''Manga/KOn'', Yui and Azusa perform a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine before a show with just the two of them. Azusa, as the tsukkomi, "corrects" Yui's blunders as the boke with a large fan.
50	* Rika uses one sometimes in ''Manga/KurokosBasketball''.
51	* Used and referred to by name often in ''Manga/LoveLab'', with most subtitles [[{{Woolseyism}} translating]] it as "a slapstick". The very shy and clumsy Suzune Tanahashi comments that her only real talent is to make these very fast, and almost every character gets the fans from her.
52	* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaInnocent'' gives us Alicia and her Paper Fan Smash, where she transforms her MagicWand into a paper fan [[ATwinkleInTheSky to smack a target hella far]].
53	--> '''Precia:''' [[CombatCommentator Allow me to explain]]. [[ShapedLikeItself Paper Fan Smash is Alicia's super-cute paper fan technique]]. ...That is all. \
54	'''Amy''': [[LampshadeHanging That didn't explain anything...]]
55	* Arumi from ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'' beats Sasshi mercilessly with her paper fan, but then, Sasshi's a moron.
56	* Hidaka Azumi from ''Manga/MirumoDePon'' also use one to beat up her fairy Yatch.
57	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
58	** Temari's attacks are all centered around the giant fan she carries.
59	** And now there's a slightly more literal version called Bashosen. Powerful, but it takes a heavy toll on whoever uses it, I.E. Chakra Drain. (Tenten is the last one seen holding it. Make of that what you will.)
60	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
61	** Asuna has a ridiculously enormous harisen as her magical weapon, which dispels summoned enemies in addition to packing a comedic wallop. It can turn into a {{BFS}} when things get serious.
62	** In a lighter vein, Chao and Setsuna evoke the ''manzai'' routine twice (complete with harisen) during the Mahora Festival arc, when Chao tries to explain [[SarcasticConfession that she's a Martian]].
63	* ''Manga/NodameCantabile'' has Etou Kouzou, one of the teachers, carry one of these around at all times to the point where he is referred to as Harisen-sensei by the students. [[spoiler:He later gives up his harisen in order to get Nodame to come to her lessons, however]].
64	* Pictured is Senoo Aiko from ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''.
65	* Kanou uses this to reign in Kaoruko when the otaku gets a little too flamboyant in ''Manga/OkaneGaNai''.
66	* Kuromi from ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' loves to smack [[ButtMonkey Baku]] with her fan. Some people compare them to a [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine comedy duo]]. In one episode, Baku gives her a golden fan for her birthday and she vents her rage on him through it.
67	* The women of the Rainsworth House in ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' are fond of this. Break frequently makes himself available for Sharon to practice on.
68	* In one episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' ("The Purr-fect Hero"), Misty convinces the boys to do what she wants by beating them with a fan. Jessie has also been known to use a fan on her [[TerribleTrio Team Rocket]] partners.
69	** In another episode called "The Tower of Terror," a Gengar also uses a paper fan to hit Ash in the back of the head. Said Gengar does the same to his buddy Haunter in the face. Both actions were learned from a late-night slapstick comedy TV show.
70	* Played with a bit in ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': Ahiru (or Duck, whatever) blocks a ''sword'' with a fan.
71	* As it's a common tool in rakugo already, ''Anime/RakugoTennyoOyui'' has Enchou and Yui using a precise, strong paper fan that, if given significant height, can let Yui slice through a black dragon.
72	* Ranma from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' countered a punch from Happosai with a paper fan and used a fan to blow powder/incense back into peoples faces.
73	* In perhaps the deadliest example of the harisen, Anita King from ''Anime/RODTheTV'' (the TV sequel to ''Anime/ReadOrDie'') uses one much of the time. This coupled with Anita being a Paper User and her own not-inconsiderable strength means each hit with the fan can carry the force of a sledgehammer, or, at least, a lil harder than a normal paper fan, when the target isn't an enemy, but her ditz of a sister, who blew the food money on books.
74	* The priest Genjou Sanzo in ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' exercises his moral and scholastic authority over Son Goku by hitting him with a fan. Gojyo's not exactly exempt, either.
75	** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the sixth episode when Gojyo, faced with the wrath of the fan, exclaims "where did that paper fan come from, anyway"?
76	* The primary weapon of Sanada Yukimura in ''Literature/SamuraiGirls''. In her Master Samurai form, it even has wind powers.
77	* Mai Otsuka from ''Manga/SchoolRumble''.
78	* In ''Manga/SlamDunk,'' Ayako the manager girl usually smacks Sakuragi, his friends and/or Miyagi with her paper fan.
79	* In the first episode of ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'' when the girls are making a birthday present for Nobue the one who falls asleep gets hit with a paper fan (they even keep a tally of paper fan hits). Also, in the Encore OVA Miu's IronicHell involves making a fool of herself and ''not'' getting hit by a paper fan for it.
80	* Kosuzu Sakurazaki/Tanpopo of ''Literature/{{Dokkoida}}'' is a cute little schoolgirl/alien [[MissionControl mission controller]] who wields a mean paper fan.
81	* Hoshina Tomoko from ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' carries a paper fan. And she actually ''[[CombatHandFan weaponizes]]'' it in ''VideoGame/TheQueenOfHeart''.
82	* Eva from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' puts the "doom" in Paper Fan of Doom. Especially in the manga.
83	* The paper fan is the usual weapon of the Karasu-tengu who guard the Zashiki Warashi in both the manga and anime ''Manga/XxxHolic''.
84	* Yuzu Hiragi's main shtick in ''[[Anime/YuGiOhARCV Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]''. Even her own father isn't safe. Her other target is Yuya, and since she primarily dishes out this punishment when someone's being stupid, and her father and Yuya are a BumblingDad and IdiotHero respectively, this happens frequently. [[spoiler: It ends up being an important plot point. After Yuzu is RetGone, her father sees the fan and is able to remember his daughter.]]
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87	[[folder:Fan Works]]
88	* Commonly appears in the ''WebAnimation/TouhouM1GrandPrix'', as it follows a BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine format.
89	* The author of ''Fanfic/AWildBadficAppearedCommentaries'' is actually from Kansai, and rather appropriately has her AuthorAvatar Erika wield one of these starting from Episode 5. Though, it isn't until Episode 25 that she actually uses it as a weapon.
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93	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' uses an ordinary fan to disarm the villain in their final showdown.
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96	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
97	* At the beginning of the movie ''Film/BattleRoyale,'' the psycho killer character, Kazuo Kiriyama, receives a paper fan as his weapon. While a group of kids who received guns are teasing him about it, he uses their own guns to kill them all and takes the guns, leaving the fan behind.
98	* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. Hermione uses a parchment for this purpose when informing Harry that Romilda Vane has taken an interest in him.
99	-->'''Hermione:''' She's only interested in you because she thinks you're the Chosen One.\
100	'''Harry:''' ''(beginning to smile in Romilda's direction)'' But I ''am'' the Chosen One ''(whack!)'' Sorry.
101	* Creator/JackieChan uses a fan as his preferred weapon in ''Film/DrunkenMaster 2'', released in America as ''Legend of Drunken Master''. His character had been made to decorate such fans as punishment by his father, but when he battles some thugs, his step-mother throws him the fan to use in self-defence.
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105	* An incredibly rare non-anime example: In Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'', the Yamani women of the warrior class use ''shukusen'', the delicate, deadly Japanese "war fans". Said women carry these fans when they feel endangered but can't carry a weapon openly. They are silk with razor-sharp steel ribs, are much heavier than they look, and can slice fingers like sausage - -as Neal finds out when he interrupts a game of fan toss. (Luckily it ''doesn't'' end in {{Fingore}}, but Lady Yukimi demonstrates its cutting power on a tent pole to demonstrate what could have happened.) Queen Thayet immediately requests one for herself. Ilane also used to whack her children with a normal fan when they didn't cooperate with healers.
106	* In Eric van Lustbader's ''Sunset Warrior'' Series, Ronin's [[EvilMentor mentor]] [[spoiler:and ultimately BigBad]] [[MeaningfulName the Salamander]] is a master of using the fan as a weapon. Though the fans he uses are more like the War Fans in the real life section than simple origami.
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110	* In ''Series/GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende'''s Year 2000 Endurance Tag batsu game, one of the punishments the guys were chased with was a large, black paper fan. This all culminated at the end of the game with an entire mob of punishers going after the guys with fans.
111	* Retsu from ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' uses dual bat-themed fans that can inflict pain and deflect energy beams. He can also fly with them. Considering he got this by dancing with [[PeopleInRubberSuits a giant bat]], it's not entirely surprising.
112	** His counterpart Theo from ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' also uses these fans.
113	* Natsumi produces one of these against Tsukasa in the File 17 of the Net Movie Spinoff of ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'''s movie. (It helps that the Net Movies in general are purely for comedic purpose to begin with.) [[{{Troll}} Daiki]] then somehow gets a hand on it a few seconds later to whack Yuusuke with it.
114	* Gotou uses one on a completely lovestruck Eiji in #24 of ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'', although the attempt of [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan knocking sense]] back into Eiji doesn't work.
115	* "Sailor Luna" from ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' (the live-action version of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'') used a wand that transformed into a harisen as her primary weapon. She also turns it into a ''golden'' fan and once, a butterfly net. She uses it as a wand more often as that's the only she can use her only magical attack, Luna Sucre Candy.
116	* Mako/[=ShinkenPink=] from ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', whose weapon is the Heaven Fan. It may be a fan, but it's no less effective than any other weaponry on the team.
117	** Even better is Kaoru Shiba's fan; she's never seen actually using it as a fan. Instead, she only uses it to emphasize when her personal aide needs to shut up.
118	*** Eventually he learns to dodge her PaperFanOfDoom. The result? The Kuroko give her ''an even bigger one.'' Hits from the previous one shut her aide up by leaving him in pain; this one shut him up by knocking him out cold.
119	** Same goes for Mako's counterpart Mia from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai''.
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123	* While it may only be five minutes long, the music video for Music/{{PassCode}}'s song ''Ninja Bomber'' is shot like a (parody of a) samurai film. Near the end, Kaede mows down several armed men by dual-wielding giant paper fans.
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127	* Fan Geisha from ''VideoGame/BattleRealms'' use these.
128	* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'', the character Nina is able to use a weapon called Chopper that can be found in a bonus area. Note that Nina is a SquishyWizard that mainly uses wands with spells. The Chopper increases her physical attack stat far higher than any other weapon and the only spell that it has is a physical attack that does decent damage to enemies.
129	* The principal weapon of Ichisumi in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon''.
130	* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' the two Qiao sisters, Da and Xiao, take out entire armies with their twin paper fans[[note]]It takes a close examination, but the edges are tipped with metal, which is what they use to fight[[/note]]. Strategists Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang use big feathered fans that shoot [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]]. Sima Yi trades his in for RazorFloss and claws in [=DW6=] but gets it back in 7, also where Zhuge Dan takes up the family tradition with a feathered fan of his own. Of course, they are actually incredibly weak weapons though by 7 the feathered fan users can summon lightning as part of their repertoire and attack more by blowing gusts of wind at their opponents than simply whacking them.
131	* Mai Shiranui from ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' uses paper fans as both melee and ranged weapons.
132	* [=LeBlanc=], the [[GoldfishPoopGang semi-comic-relief villain]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' uses a metallic version of the fan for both [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine tsukkomi]] and as a weapon.
133	* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' has these as weapons Gene can pick up, but they aren't that strong compared to, say, a [[CarryABigStick hammer]] or big club.
134	* Twin paper fans are the preferred weapon of Anji Mito from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''. These aren't just fans, however; they're actually from the same set of quasi-magical weaponry as Sol and Ky's swords. Thus their ability to grow to immense sizes, conjure up KiManipulation, and many other things that normal fans can't do.
135	* In ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' videogames, Lee Rekka uses a folding fan as his weapon, though he uses it ''very'' rarely, preferring [[ElementalPowers fiery kicks]].
136	* One of Zero's weapons in ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' is the B Fan, a pair of harisen which can deflect enemy attacks.
137	** Auto, one of Dr. Light's helper robots in the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic classic series]], holds out a paper fan when doing his "battle pose". If he actually uses the fan in combat, we never see it.
138	** In the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series, the Wind Rack chip makes Mega Man attack with a Paper Fan. It hits a whole column and knocks enemies back.
139	* In ''Franchise/MortalKombat,'' Kitana uses fans as her weapons. They appeared to just be paper fans in ''MKII,'' but in more recent versions they strongly resemble [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_fan Japanese war fans]], most likely ''tessen''. She can [[MadeOfPlasticine decapitate people with them]].
140	* In ''VideoGame/Mother3'', a whack to the head with the Paper Fan item can cure a party member's Confusion status effect.
141	* In the original ''VideoGame/PaperMario'', Lady Bow uses a pink fan to slap her opponents. Her attacks include the normal "Smack" and the powerful "Fan Smack."
142	* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
143	** In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', Yukiko Amagi makes use of these. Oddly, she throws them at enemies rather than the typical smacking.
144	** In ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', Teddie smacks foes with a paper fan when he grabs them.
145	** In ''VideoGame/Persona5'' a party member whose Confidant is at least at Rank 6 can cure a teammate's status aliment by ''grabbing a paper fan out of nowhere'' and [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slapping them with it]].
146	* Papillon of ''VideoGame/LaPucelle'' wields a paper fan as her main weapon and can do pretty good damage with it. This being Creator/NipponIchi, 'pretty good damage' means 'nearly unlimited with enough grinding.'
147	* Kururu from ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure'' uses a paper fan as a weapon.
148	* In the ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' games, Kyoshiro Senryou uses a fan for light close range attacks. Oh, and also as a flaming projectile.
149	* In ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' the {{Bishonen}} Mitsunari Ishida, who wields a paper fan, happens to be a rather snarky and sarcastic fellow. Also, Takeda Shingen uses ''gunbai'' fans.
150	* Hilariously enough, UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', one of the baddest and most feared badasses has a paper fan (like the one in the image) as his [[JokeItem Joke Weapon]].
151	* Jet the Hawk of the ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' games uses a feathered variation of this to speed up as well as harm enemies.
152	* Princess Peach uses a fan in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.
153	* Each of the Elemental Lords in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' (the best known of which is Masaki Andoh's Cybuster) has a familiar, and with that familiar comes the ability to release it in battle (called "High Familiar"). The familiars of the Elemental Lord of Earth Zamzeed are three... platypus things... and when released for High Familiar, two of them smash the enemy as normal, and the third finishes by clobbering the target with a metal harisen.
154	** In SpinOff ''Super Robot Taisen: OG Saga: VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'', character Suzuka uses folding fans. She primarily uses them as an unusual control scheme for her not-so-HumongousMecha, but in at least one of her skills, she actually uses them to attack directly.
155	* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games feature the paper fan as a weapon. It does measly damage and no knockback, but its attack speed is so high that one can whack an opponent with it infinitely to rack up their damage up extremely quickly. Plus, it has high knockback when thrown and always sends the target upward, so it's very easy to just whack an enemy for half a minute with no escape then throw the fan at them for an easy kill. This is known as "fantrapping". The fan can also instantly break an opponent's shield if used as a smash attack and the shield will break no matter how charged it is. Alas, it was removed in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU''.
156	** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' features [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo & Kazooie]] and during Creator/MasahiroSakurai's gameplay demonstration of them, he introduced their side smash known in Japan as "Harisen Kazooie" which in the West is known as "Breegull Bash". Banjo slams Kazooie to the ground to hit opponents and the move in Japan is meant to simulate smacking people around with a paper fan.
157	* The Paper Fan is one of Lloyd Irving's most powerful weapons in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' and is only attainable after an extremely expensive sidequest that spans half the game.
158	* A few characters from the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series use fans as their weapons, but primarily Yukari Yakumo and Yuyuko Saigyouji. The latter goes so far as to have a BFF behind her when she uses her strongest spellcards in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''.
159	** It's not just PCB. She busts that fan out [[spoiler: on one spellcard on Hard or Lunatic in ''Ten Desires'', as the stage 1 boss.]]
160	** Yukari just slaps people with it in the fighting games.
161	** Hata no Kokoro also wields fans, [[DanceBattler but is a lot more flashy about it]].
162	** Watatsuki no Toyohime. She wields a fan that, according to herself, can ''vaporize a whole forest to atomic level with a single sweep of it''. However, noone was able to confirm this, as she still hasn't used it.
163	* In ''VideoGame/YieArKungFu'' (1985), the opponent Fan, one of the first females in fighting game history, constantly throws deadly fans at the player.
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167	* ''Webcomic/KarinDou4koma'': The punishment for laughing during the No Laughing Game is getting smacked in the ass by "Smacking-kun", an enchanted paper fan that deals no damage but makes a loud sound and causes great pain.
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171	* Mondine, the matriarch of the Glady family in ''WestternAnimation/LaFamilleGlady'', has a magic fan that can actually ''teleport you through the world'' when she smacks her terraquean globe with it.
172	* The ''WesternAnimation/SkunkFu'' episode "The Art of the Fan-Fan" has this in spades.
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