Line #72 Main/RollingPinOfDoom


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12	[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheRescuers https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rolling_pin.jpg]]]]
13	[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog "OW! What did I do?!"]]]]
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15	->"''When my husband drinks excessively, I may threaten him with this rolling pin, although we are still very much in love.''"
16	-->-- '''One of the G-Men''', ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''
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18	The rolling pin as a [[CarryABigStick weapon]], often aimed at someone's head. Most often wielded by [[ChefOfIron a cook]], or else [[StayInTheKitchen a woman]] (especially of the ApronMatron persuasion).
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20	An ImprobableWeapon, though one that does have reasonable efficacy. Closely related to the FryingPanOfDoom and often used in conjunction with it. Note that most of these rolling pins are made of ''wood'', as plastic is usually too light to do any damage. A HenpeckedHusband is a usual target of this in DomesticAbuse situations.
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22	!!Examples:
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26	[[folder:Comic Books]]
27	* In Creator/MarvelComics ''Series/{{ALF}}'' Issue #8, it is subverted in his own WhatIf : ALF, after being chased by Raquel Ochmonek for his mischief, ALF [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that [[BreakingTheFourthWall he's lucky]] that MediaNotes/TheComicsCode Authority had her throwing a feather-duster, not a rolling pin, which Trevor Ochmonek agreed wholeheartedly... since it hit ''him'' instead!
28	* In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' (which is set in 50 BC during the Roman conquest of Gaul), chieftain Vitalstatistix's wife Impedimenta has an {{anachronis\|m Stew}}tic rolling pin as a weapon of choice to bash Romans with. She uses one in several {{Animated Adaptation}}s as well, like ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'' (whe she chases a gladiator and bashes his butt with it after taking it out of a BagOfHolding) and ''WesternAnimation/AsterixAndTheBigFight'' (other women of the Gaulish village do the same in the latter).
29	* Chachi Bini, the wife of famous Indian comic character, ''ComicBook/ChachaChaudhary, always has a rolling pin (belan) in her hand. She often uses it as a weapon against thieves and robbers.
30	* In ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures Spider-Man'' #56, Chat hits Dagger with a rolling pin.
31	* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' had a ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' parody featuring Jimmy Five as Romeo and Monica as Juliet. Friar Smudge told Romeo Jimmy the marriage would be so Monicapulet would stop hitting them with that bunny. Jimmy was interested until Smudge showed a rolling pin and told Jimmy that's what wives hit their husbands with.
32	* ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': Tante Sidonia uses rolling pins often to defend herself.
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35	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
36	* A standby in the ''ComicStrip/AndyCapp'' newspaper comic since 1957.
37	* Used very, ''very'' frequently in ''Family Warfare'' (雙響炮), a Taiwanese 4-panel comic popular in the 90s revolving around a skinny HenpeckedHusband and his overweight wife. The latter would alternate between whacking the husband with rolling pins or use a FryingPanOfDoom every now and then.
38	* '' ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'': Madam Pheip and Madam Nero's favorite weapon of defense.
39	* In ''ComicStrip/{{Sappo}}'', by ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' creator Segar, John Sappo is always in danger of being bopped by his wife, and several strips involve his attempts to circumvent this. In one arc, he constructs a series of special, protective cages to wear, made of transparent metal, so his wife can't see what's stopping the rolling pin. He then sells several of these cages to other [[HenpeckedHusband henpecked husbands]], much to Mrs. Sappo's confusion. ("He's selling nothing and getting money for it!")
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42	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
43	* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' when housekeeper Winston hears noises coming from Georgette's room he gets ready to attack the intruder with the rolling pin [[ImprovisedWeapon he was already holding]].
44	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' has a muskrat housewife who's always carrying a rolling pin and hits the villain, Madame Medusa, in the head with it.
45	* In ''WesternAnimation/SherlockGnomes'', Moriarty's primary weapon is a rolling pin. (He was originally the mascot of a pie company.) During the climax, he fences Sherlock with him using his rolling pin and Sherlock using his magnifying glass.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'':
47	** In ''WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers'', Gromit brandishes a rolling pin at Feathers [=McGraw=]. Feathers responds by pulling a gun on Gromit and forcing him into the wardrobe with Wallace.
48	** A much darker example appears at the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/AMatterOfLoafAndDeath'', where the Cereal Killer [[spoiler:Piella Bakewell]] bludgeons Baker Bob to death with his own rolling pin.
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51	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
52	* ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerDonuts'': Howard grabs a rolling pin to defend himself against the killer donuts in Mrs. Scolari's house.
53	* Billy kills his mother with one in the ''Film/BlackChristmas2006'' remake.
54	* Shows up in ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne''.
55	* In ''Film/FreshMeat'', Margaret attacks Heri with a rolling pin after he attempts to stab Rina. Heri grabs her and uses her rolling pin and another one to fend off Rina and Gigi's knife attacks.
56	* In ''Film/{{Hancock}}'', the eponymous character breaks one over Charlize Theron's head, but she's just as invulnerable as he is.
57	* In ''Film/KungFuZohra'', the eponymous character crushes the fingers of Omar (her [[DomesticAbuse abusive husband]]) with a rolling pin in the climactic fight, then Omar tries to hit her with it.
58	* ''Film/MidnightMovie'': In the FilmWithinAFilm ''The Dark Beneath", the killer's mother uses a rolling pin to knock out one of the girls for her son.
59	* This is the Weapon Of Choice for the wife of ''Pekka Puupää'' (Puupää meaning Woodhead, as in someone dense) Justiina in the Finnish series of comedy films called Pekka ja Pätkä (Pekka and Shorty/Stumpy). She is an ApronMatron, with a will strong enough to bend steel (not literally), and she has quite the DeathGlare to boot.
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62	[[folder:Jokes]]
63	* For some reason, this trope is extremely common in [[RussianHumour Russian jokes]] (often overlapping with the FryingPanOfDoom), the common scenario being a husband coming home late (and often drunk) to get hit over his head by one. For example:
64	** Two women are talking:
65	--->"Masha, can I borrow your rolling pin for a couple hours?"\
66	"Sorry, neighbor, I'm still waiting for my own drunkard."
67	** A woman calls a shop:
68	--->"Hello? My husband gave me for a present a kitchen kit he bought from you, but the rolling pin is missing!"\
69	"He refused to take it."
70	** A totally drunk husband returns home late. His wife meets him at the door, holding a rolling pin. He tries to give her a hug:
71	--->"My little worker bee... at this hour, and you are still baking."
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74	[[folder:Literature]]
75	* The Creator/OgdenNash poem "The Comic Spirit or Never Say Die, Say Kick The Bucket" describes a cartoonist whose life was a stream of classic comic strip tropes. When his wife finally had enough of it all, she naturally used a rolling pin to do him in.
76	* In ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'' (the book) there was a brief mention of "angry aunts with rolling pins" coming after Howl.
77	* In the Creator/GordonKorman series ''Literature/{{Island\|2000}}'', one brother and sister hospitalized one another on Halloween night. She was a chef armed with a marble rolling pin. We're not told what he was carrying.
78	* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', when the titular squad are locked in an abandoned kitchen as a makeshift prison and consider using these against the guards, noting that they're a "traditional female weapon". As it turns out, [[{{Pyromaniac}} Lofty]] manages to [[MacGyvering MacGyver]] a ''bomb'' from leftover ingredients and the rolling pins are unnecessary.
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81	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
82	* On ''Series/MamasFamily'', when Mama thought her family was planning to send her to a home ([[ThreeIsCompany it was actually a dog they were talking about]]), her rolling pin was her weapon of choice for defending herself.
83	* Betty of ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' manages to disarm her fake brother Chic before knocking him unconscious with a rolling pin in Season 2.
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87	[[folder:Music]]
88	* ''Music/VinceGill'''s "One More Last Chance" describes a woman coming after her husband with a rolling pin and a Bible: "If you don't listen to my preachin', boy / I'm gonna have to beat you half to death."
89	* Boris Vian's song "''On est pas là pour se faire engueuler''" ("''We aren't here to get yelled at''") is narrated from the husband's point of view, who comes home late and drunk with his best friend (in the same state) and experiences an OhCrap moment when he sees his wife holding the rolling pin and waiting for them in front of the door. [[spoiler:It gets them both killed.]]
90	-->'''Narrator:''' I had the brilliant idea of bringing [my buddy] home, but I understood when facing the rolling pin...
91	* The Dutch rock band Normaal, in their song "Net als gisteren" (just like yesterday) the singer recalls how he got knocked on the head with the roller pin after coming home late and his wife didn't believe his excuses.
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94	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
95	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}}'' magazine #48 adventure "Them Apples". If the PlayerCharacter party fights the female hill giants inside Brufnu's house, each of the giants will use (or at least try to use) rolling pins taken from the kitchen against the party.
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98	[[folder:Theater]]
99	* In the Met Opera's production of Donizetti's ''Theatre/DonPasquale'', Norina [[https://youtu.be/XGbRsHpoZpE?t=26s playfully fences]] with Doctor Malatesta while they're making their plan, she with a rolling pin, he with a ClassyCane.
100	* ''Theatre/TheDrowsyChaperone'' has two buffoonish gangster characters who disguise themselves as pastry chefs, making this trope perfect for them.
101	* From ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'': "Only it's wise to be handy with a rolling pin when the landlord comes to call!"
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104	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
105	* Disneyland's ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ride has at one point a large woman chasing a food-thieving pirate with a rolling pin.
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108	[[folder:Video Games]]
109	* In the "French Baker" minigame from ''Videogame/{{Action52}}'', the eponymous baker throws rolling pins (If you can get the game to work).
110	* In the browser game ''[[http://www.addictinggames.com/girl-games/bash-girl-game.jsp Bash Girl]]'', each enemy has two variants; one enemy has a variant that wields a Rolling Pin of Doom, and a variant that wields a FryingPanOfDoom.
111	* All the multiplayer characters of ''Videogame/BioShock2'' can use a rolling pin as their melee weapon.
112	* In ''VideoGame/TheBourneConspiracy'' (the video game based on ''Film/TheBourneIdentity''), one of the enemies on Wombosi's ship kitchen will use a rolling pin to fight you in hand-to-hand combat.
113	* This happens off-screen in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' if the PlayerCharacter is human and follows Commander Cullen's advice to denounce some trouble-making relatives who are trying to take advantage of their distant cousin's position. One cousin was so outraged that he picked a fight with an Inquisition soldier in a tavern, which descended into a BarBrawl, which ended when an angry cook decided enough was enough and brained the cousin with a rolling pin.
114	* In the first level of the arcade game ''[[VideoGame/DragonsLair Dragon's Lair II: The Time Warp]]'', Dirk is pursued, after the kidnapping of Daphne, by his irate mother-in-law, who is wielding a rolling pin.
115	* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Drakensang}} Drakensang 2: The River of Time]]'' you can find a magic rolling pin (classified as a one-handed club) which acts as a HealingShiv. The explanation is that the former owner used to relieve stress with it by beating up her workers with it.
116	* ''VideoGame/Fallout3'':
117	** Several rolling pins can be found in the Wastelands, likely as a [[JokeItem gag weapon]].
118	** They are also in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''... even going as far as including a street gang consisting of old ladies equipped with rolling pins that ambush you in an alley.
119	* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'': This is one weapon that Greenies use in the game, mostly in the kitchen of the Gloomy Manor, a place you'd likely expect to find a rolling pin; they tend to use weapons that fit the place they're in.
120	* In ''VideoGame/MediEvil'', there are brainwashed women in the sleeping village that chase Daniel around with these. Unfortunately, he can't fight back, as they are essentially innocent people and killing them will cost him pieces of the Chalice.
121	* A few ''enchanted'' rolling pins can be found in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''.
122	* In ''VideoGame/PaperBoy'', a woman chases you with one of these.
123	* The rolling pin is one of many household items that can be [[ImprovisedWeapon drafted for combat duty]] in ''VideoGame/ProjectZomboid''. It's only mediocre -- much better used for making actual baked goods -- but if you're desperately scrabbling through kitchen cabinets and your only other choice is a butter knife, take the pin.
124	* Referenced in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' with the G-Men inside Boyd's mind disguised as housewives, which just involves them [[PaperThinDisguise holding rolling pins and using them in often incorrect ways]].
125	-->'''Housewife G-Man:''' When my husband drinks excessively, I may threaten him with this rolling pin, but we still love each other very much.
126	* You can have one in ''VideoGame/{{Runescape}}'' as a weapon.
127	* In the murder mystery game ''VideoGame/TheShip'', this is a possible murder weapon for you to use (or to have used on you).
128	* You can wield one in ''VideoGame/UltimaVI''. It's half as effective as a common knife.
129	* Filomena of ''VideoGame/UrbanRivals'' wields a rolling pin.
130	* [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=5197 This item]] in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.
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133	[[folder: Webcomics]]
134	* Implied in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', when Wulfenbach troops in Mechanicsberg have captured a group of bakers. Their commander has said they must treat the prisoners with respect, and shoot them, when the [[BrownNote ringing of the Doom Bell]] renders them unconscious. The bakers decide to tie up the soldiers since they're just a bunch of kids, but then someone asks what they're going to do with the commander. One baker is shown brandishing a rolling pin as she says "Oh, ''him'' we [[IronicEcho treat with respect]]."
135	* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', Faye embeds one in Pintsize's head more than once. Since he's a robot, no lasting damage once it's removed and the dent popped out. Since he's Pintsize, he deserves it.
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138	[[folder: Web Videos]]
139	* ''WebVideo/LifeOfBoris'': While never seen, Boris frequently mentions that his cooking skills come from spending time in the kitchen with his babushka, who used "AK-rollingpinovich" as a disciplinary measure when her young assistant goofed off or wasn't paying attention, or said a naughty word (leading him to consistently replace "bylat"-fuck- with "blin"-pancake). Sometimes a potato masher was substituted, but the end effect was the same; "dent in head".
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142	[[folder:Western Animation]]
143	* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''. Muriel almost always whacks Eustace in the head with her rolling pin after he has finished scaring Courage.
144	-->'''Eustace:''' OW! What did I do?!
145	* Perhaps most famous in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' -- Wilma does occasionally throw one.
146	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Less Than Hero," a rolling pin is Leela's insignia in her superhero identity as Clobberella.
147	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
148	** The short "WesternAnimation/WildWife" is about a housewife recounting her hectic day to her husband, who thinks she has it easy. It ends with her giving him a gift: a rolling pin monogrammed "His"... which she brings to his ''head'' shortly after.
149	--->'''Marsha:''' [[{{Understatement}} Little man, I've had a busy day.]]
150	** In another ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon, Miss Prissy goes after Foghorn Leghorn with a rolling pin, wanting to make him her husband. Foggy replies, "You're going about it all wrong. You don't bat 'em on the bean with a rolling pin. ''(aside)'' [[DeadpanSnarker That comes later]]."
151	** And others have Granny use this to dissuade Sylvester from hunting Tweety. It's not enough...
152	** In the "Apes of Wrath", Mama hits Elvis over the head with a rolling pin for scaring the "baby" (actually WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in a case of MistakenIdentity caused by a drunken DeliveryStork).
153	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' have this happening in the infamous [[BizarroEpisode "Mother Mae-Eye" episode]] when the Titans accidentally unleashed a witch called Mother Mae-Eye, who then puts them all under her control. But Starfire managed to break out after getting hit on her head, at which point she wakes up everyone else (currently trapped in an oven) via rolling pin to the cranium.
154	--> '''Starfire''': [[ApologeticAttacker Forgive me]].\
155	[''whacks everyone with a HUGE rolling pin waking them up from their trance'']
156	* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', Tom's owner would often come running out of the kitchen attempting to swipe Tom with a rolling pin after Tom had destroyed the house attempting to catch a single mouse. Failing that it was a broom.
157	* Subverted in ''US of Archie'' (American History taught by ComicBook/ArchieComics characters), where at a meeting of early 20th-century suffragettes, one lady says she convinced her husband to support women's right to vote -- as she brandishes her rolling pin. The others glare at her, as they said earlier that they did not intend to resort to violence. She then explains that tasting her homemade apple pie convinced him to change his mind.
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