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| 7 | [[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ninja_Gaiden_Scythe_8634.jpg]]]] |
| 8 | [[caption-width-right:350:You reap what you sow.]] |
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| 10 | ->''Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.'' |
| 11 | -->-- ''Literature/{{Mort}}'' |
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| 13 | The scythe is a farming tool whose primary purpose is to mow grass and harvest grain. But in the arms of a skilled fighter -- especially one whose social class [[WeaponsOfTheirTrade forbids him from owning conventional weaponry]] -- it's as lethal as any sword or mace. It is also likely to mark the [[ExoticWeaponSupremacy special or dangerous enemy]], as well as the macabre touch brought on by evoking TheGrimReaper. |
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| 15 | Scythes have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe been used as polearms before]] in real life, though this usually involved straightening the blade into something more like a large spear. But even keeping the blade perpendicular to the shaft has its own benefits, such as being harder for the opponent to predict and building armor-piercing momentum in its swing, with the added bonus of being able to cut an opponent in half once you've impaled them. While farming scythes will only have the sharp edge on the inner curve, a war scythe will likely be sharp on both sides. Like its cousin the battle axe, don't be surprised if a fictional scythe is several times larger than anything you'd find in the real world. |
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| 17 | A related weapon is the sickle, also known as the ''kama'' in Japan: a smaller, handheld scythe that is often duel-wielded in combat. What they lack in weight, they compensate with their ability to trap a sword with one blade and deliver the killing blow with the other. In Japan they're commonly associated with {{ninja}}s due to being a mundane tool that happens to be great for killing, perfect for deadly assassins masquerading as peasants beneath notice. |
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| 19 | Because scythes and sickles have such specific connotations in fiction nowadays, simple farmers are rarely depicted using them, so [[TorchesAndPitchforks pitchforks]] are their melee weapon of choice in most armed-serf situations. See Real Life examples below for when they've been weaponized in real life. |
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| 21 | {{Kamaitachi}} and SlayingMantis will often be portrayed with a pair of these. HammerAndSickle sees similar implements paired with hammers, either due to their [[CarryABigStick heft]] or [[WeaponsOfTheirTrade their shared agricultural roots]]. See also SinisterSwitchblade and SinisterShiv, other bladed weapons associated with unsavory people. |
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| 23 | !!Examples: |
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| 27 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 28 | * ''Manga/ZeroSevenGhost'': The title characters each carry a BFS (Big Fucking Scythe). |
| 29 | * ''Manga/AoiHouse'': Once the series gets around to parodying action/horror, [[{{Tsundere}} Elle]] [[AlphaBitch Mathers]] gets a scythe... and immediately makes an extremely corny pun. |
| 30 | * ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'': Chikuma Koshirou {{dual wield|ing}}s two kama scythes that [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang return to his hands when thrown.]] |
| 31 | * ''Manga/BlackButler'': Among the supposed members of the Shinigami Dispatch Association, only one has an actual scythe in possession -- [[spoiler:a rogue shinigami named Undertaker]]. |
| 32 | * ''Manga/BlackClover'': The blades formed from Jack the Ripper's Severing Magic resemble the curved blades of a scythe. His spells are named "Death Scythe", and they can adapt to cut through anything by changing the blades' nature and sharpness. |
| 33 | * ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'': Dead Master wields the black Dead Scythe. |
| 34 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 35 | ** Shuhei Hisagi's Zanpakuto Kazeshini, which is a pair of chained together sickle-like weapons. He specifically states that he actually dislikes the weapon for its Sinister Scythe connotations. Its activation command is "Reap". |
| 36 | ** There is also Nnoitra. His original weapon isn't really a scythe so much as a pair of opposite-facing crescent blade stuck to the end of a long pole. It's a truly impractical weapon. However, after powering up he grows six arms and his own strange scythe-like weapons becomes six double-bladed scythes, that he wields all at once. That can be regrown and shot out of his arm. RuleOfCool obviously applies. His resurrection activation command is "Pray, Santa Teresa" and refers to praying mantis -- probably the scariest and most badass insect. |
| 37 | ** In ''Anime/BleachFadeToBlack'', the younger sibling [[spoiler:Shizuku]] wields one of these that was later passed on to [[spoiler:Rukia after the siblings [[FusionDance fused with her]]]]. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': Tokiko's buso renkin, the Valkyrie Skirt, is classified as a Death-Scythe buso renkin but is actually {{Downplayed|Trope}} as it has very little resemblance to a traditional agricultural scythe, consisting of four leg-mounted mechanical arms, each with an angular blade at the end that are similar to the blade of a straight war scythe. |
| 39 | * ''Literature/{{Campione}}'': Athena and her mother Metis wield scythes as in this verse, they are also death goddesses. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/DeathNote'': The cover art of the manga show Light Yagami wielding a scythe; this is a mix of CoversAlwaysLie and RuleOfSymbolism. Also, several minor {{Shinigami}} characters are drawn with scythes. |
| 41 | * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': Phantomon (''Anime/DigimonAdventure'') and [=MetalPhantomon=] (''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'') wield scythes. |
| 42 | * ''Manga/{{Digimortal}}'': The protagonist is a merc in a super-powered black armor with a toothy grin and skeleton-like features. Weapon of choice? A scythe. |
| 43 | * ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': Upon further improvement, [[EvilTwin Goku Black]] demonstrates the ability to convert his LaserBlade into one and use it to open a portal to create copies of himself to overwhelm his enemies. |
| 44 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'': Celty can manipulate the [[CastingAShadow darkness flowing from her neck]] to form a scythe. As expected from something based on the Grim Reaper. Or a CYBORG Grim Reaper... |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' has the Kasanemanji School, whose weapon is the kusari gama. However, they [[ShownTheirWork use it only as a melee, last resort weapon]] while swinging the weight around. [[AxCrazy Sasuke's]] spear Beninuki resembles a scythe thanks to the curved blade jutting from the side, which he can use to behead his opponents when required. |
| 46 | * ''Manga/GetterRobo'': At least one incarnation carries as its main weapon a curious type of double-edged poleaxe with one blade that extends into a scythe-like shape with a more conventional axe-head behind it. |
| 47 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': |
| 48 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'': |
| 49 | *** The Gundam Deathscythe ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin *cough*]]) wields a [[LaserBlade Beam Scythe]]. Its pilot, Duo Maxwell, even refers to himself as the {{Shinigami}}, or God of Death. When his mecha is [[SoLastSeason upgraded]] in the TV series, it gets a double beam scythe; TheMovie's version gets a scythe with a bigger blade. |
| 50 | *** In ''Frozen Teardrop'', the Deathscythe's successor, Warlock Gundam, dual-wields beam scythes. |
| 51 | *** Duo has a personal beam scythe he pulls out ONCE in the series to use as a helicopter after breaking Heero out of a really tall building. |
| 52 | *** The Kunio Okawara designed incarnations actually avert many of the potential problems with using a scythe as a weapon by having the beam emitter mounted on a pivot, allowing its angle to be adjusted, though this only comes up in the show once. |
| 53 | ** Other Gundam scythe-users include the Abigor from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory]]'' and Ghirarga from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE AGE]]'' (two beam scythes which combine into a double-ender), and the Forbidden from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED SEED]]'' (metal scythe). |
| 54 | ** ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'' featuers Magee, a CampGay NiceGuy who also happens to be an extremely talented builder and pilot... whose Gundam, the Love Phantom, features a Deathscythe-model Beam Scythe, and the ability to throw it like a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang, bisecting whole squads of enemies at range. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Zorin Blitz. An evil [[DarkActionGirl (female)]] Nazi with a scythe and [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] and [[MindRape mind powers]]. |
| 56 | * ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'': TheGrimReaper. It even has "Death" engraved in lovely cursive letters on the blade. |
| 57 | * ''Anime/HiiroNoKakera'': [[TheDragon Zwei]] wields one in addition to eating people's souls. |
| 58 | * ''Manga/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'': Grace Sinclavia wields a scythe called Harvest that drains the energy from whatever it stabs and feeds it to her to strengthen herself. |
| 59 | * ''Manga/InuYasha'': Kohaku's weapon of choice is a kusarigama made of demon bones; its blade is closer to the crescent curve of a western scythe. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': Mannish Boy's Death XIII is a MonsterClown wielding an immense scythe. |
| 61 | * ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': |
| 62 | ** Fate's [[SwissArmyWeapon Bardiche]] has an energy scythe form. |
| 63 | ** The ''Scythe Form'' is later replaced by another scythe-looking form: the ''Haken Form'' in the main continuity, and the ''Crescent Form'' in the movie continuity. |
| 64 | * ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'': Elise wields a huge, menacing-looking scythe. Strangely, she hardly uses it for actual combat, which is very unwise against the protagonist of the show. |
| 65 | * ''Manga/MakaryuudoDemonHunter'': Yama Rikudo fights with a large crimson scythe. It seems to be made out of her own hair. |
| 66 | * ''Anime/MazingerZ'': |
| 67 | ** Several [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beasts]] were armed with scythes: Garada K7 (two scythe blade were mounted on its skull and they could be used like boomerangs or like weapons in hand-to-hand combat), Brutus M3 (one scythe replaced its right arm), Karma K5 (he was armed with a more normal-looking)... |
| 68 | %%* ''Manga/MurderPrincess'': Dominikov. He is a {{Shinigami}}, too. |
| 69 | * ''Anime/MyHime'': Both of Fumi's incarnations use a scythe as their primary weapon. |
| 70 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 71 | ** Hidan: ''Three''. Bladed. Scythe. On the end of a retractable cord that lets him swing it around in [[ConfusionFu an incredibly unpredictable manner]] to attack and deflect projectiles. Justified in that its purpose is merely to draw blood for his [[BloodMagic ritual]]; he even admits that it is not very good for inflicting fatal injuries. |
| 72 | ** Also, Temari's summon wields a scythe, it being a kamaitachi (a "sickle-weasel"). |
| 73 | ** Hanzo wields a traditional [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusarigama Kusarigama.]] |
| 74 | * The leader of the Loyard clan in ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' wields a scythe. In-universe, this scythe is the inspiration of TheGrimReaper myth. |
| 75 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': Doc Q of the Blackbeard Pirates wields a scythe. A double-bladed scythe. Appropriate, as his epithet is "{{Shinigami}}". |
| 76 | * ''Anime/{{Ookamikakushi}}'': A scythe gets major use as a murder weapon. |
| 77 | * ''Manga/PandoraHearts'': |
| 78 | ** Oz can summon a good one. Originally believed to belong to Alice, later chapters have revealed him to be the original owner of it. And it's not just a good sinister scythe, but an indicator of awesome action. Whenever the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast B-rabbit]]'s Scythe is in his hands, shit's about to go down. After all, when he calls on the power the scythe represents, his nature as an incarnation of destruction shows itself. |
| 79 | ** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': One of the CoDragons -- Hardias, general of Evil Spirits Army of the Mykene Empire -- is armed with a vicious-looking scythe. |
| 80 | ** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': The weapon of the title HumongousMecha is Double Harken, a double-bladed scythe. |
| 81 | * ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': Kneesocks transforms her socks into a pair of large golden scythes for combat. |
| 82 | * ''Manhwa/{{Priest|1998}}'': In the first of many {{Unstoppable Rage}}s, Ivan Isaacs decimates a horde of zombies with an ordinary farm scythe. |
| 83 | * ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'': Kirika Kure uses WolverineClaws shaped like sickles. |
| 84 | * ''Manga/Reborn2004'': This is [[spoiler:Daemon Spade's weapon of choice-as opposed to the anime only episodes, where he used a gentleman's cane-like staff]]. |
| 85 | * ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'': [=ReiQ=] from the third movie wields a mecha-sized one, probably for the Death implications. |
| 86 | * ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'': Kamatari is a scythe wielder. Notably, he usually uses it not to cut, but rather to smash enemies, and the sheer weight of the weapon is actually used effectively in battle. FYI, this is actually a subtle pun. He calls his weapon an ''ogama'', and a common Japanese word for a gay man is ''okama''. (Kamatari is a very feminine transsexual in love with a man.) Also, most of the smashing was done with [[EpicFlail a large ball and chain on the other end of the pole]], making it kind of a giant, mutant kusuri-gama. |
| 87 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'': Umanosuke, leader of the three brothers trailing Mugen, has a kusarigama with an AbsurdlySharpBlade. [[spoiler:Mugen actually beats him by getting in really close and manipulating the chain into [[HoistByHisOwnPetard cutting the guy's head off]].]] |
| 88 | * ''Anime/{{Symphogear}} G'': Kirika Akatsuki's Armed Gear is a scythe with a green blade, fitting Kirika's {{Shinigami}} theme. Her Armed Gear can also change its appearance, but it's always a scythe. |
| 89 | * ''Manga/ShugoChara'': [[spoiler:Ikuto]] turns his [[spoiler:violin]] into a big scythe when transformed into [[spoiler:Death Rebel]]. |
| 90 | * ''Manga/SoulEater'': |
| 91 | ** The eponymous character is a white-haired, red-eyed human who can [[EquippableAlly turn into]] a Sinister Scythe. |
| 92 | ** And one cannot forget the ''wielder'' of said eponymous character and main protagonist of the series, Maka Albarn. Although the scythe is supposed an impractical weapon to use, Maka is able to swing, spin and slice all things possible with apparent ease and agility (this also being a contributing factor to the fact that ''Soul Eater'' is very popular for its fight scenes). Incidentally, "Maka" is also an anagram of "kama", which is a kind of sickle-like weapon. Not to mention in the anime, because of her parentage [[spoiler:she can also turn into a scythe]]. |
| 93 | ** Another example is Maka's father, Spirit Albarn, who is also a scythe and, appropriately enough, the personal Weapon of the Shinigami. Stein is [[AxCrazy horrifyingly effective]] as Spirit's meister. |
| 94 | * ''Manga/SoulEaterNot'': Main character Tsugumi Harudori can turn into a halberd and functions as three types of weapons at once: spear, axe, and, you guessed it, scythe. She has a Meister for each weapon type, with LastEpisodeNewCharacter Ao Hoshino being the scythe specialist. |
| 95 | * ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'': Gilmer is armed with a small, double-bladed scythe. |
| 96 | * ''Literature/TrinityBlood'': [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Abel Nightroad]], also known as Crusnik 02, wields an especially wicked, multi-bladed scythe. Made of his own blood. |
| 97 | * ''Manga/UshioAndTora'': One of the four candidates to the [[WeaponOfXSlaying Beast Spear]], [[CreepyChild Kirio Inasa]], can fight monsters with the weapon crafted by his father, the Elzaar Scythe, which he thinks it can be mass produced and used against [[BigBad Hakumen]] herself [[spoiler:, not knowing that it's just a plot from Hakumen to destroy the Spear]]. The scythe is collapsible and sports an axe-like blade in the back, resembling some sort of halberd. |
| 98 | * ''Manga/VampireKnight'': [[spoiler:Yuki]] eventually gains one. She only uses it to help people. |
| 99 | * ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'': Sizer wields a giant scythe with her name engraved on the blade and a flute embedded in the handle. |
| 100 | * ''Manga/VirginRipper'': This trope is played straight with most shinigamis, but notably averted by Hikari, whose "scythe" is in fact a giant ''spoon''. |
| 101 | * ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' has the so-called "Scythe of Testament", which has a black-on-red color scheme and three spikes at the back of the head. Awarded to top graduates of New Hell's Runaway Spirit Squad, so far only [[{{Tsundere}} Haqua]] and Akari have been seen with one; the latter has one of its spikes broken due to wear and tear. |
| 102 | * ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'': There are some scythe users, including [[{{Ninja}} Kotaro Fuuma]] who used a kusarigama, [[TheStarscream Basho Matsuo]] who wielded a large scythe with some kanji written on the handle and last but not least [[EvilGenius Diamond]]. In her case is justified since her scythe was an EnergyWeapon and thus able to cut almost everything. |
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| 105 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 106 | * ''Franchise/{{Batman}}: Year Two'': The weapon of choice for the Reaper, the BigBad. |
| 107 | * ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'': [[Franchise/GreenLantern Nekron]], the BigBad, wields a scythe that has a Power Battery built in. |
| 108 | %%* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': The Hooded One. |
| 109 | * ''ComicBook/{{Burlap}}'': [[MonsterClown Chuckles]] wields a sickle. |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/{{Cavewoman}}: The Zombie Situation'': Meriem uses a scythe to mow down a horde of zombies. |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'': [[DontFearTheReaper Bernie]] wields an ornate scythe, but she uses it more for its inherent magical properties than for its blade. The scythe itself can revive people and create [[SpellBlade veilrippers]], but it's, in her words, finicky to use. |
| 112 | * ''ComicBook/Reaper7'': Isaac wields a scythe, and is even called "Grim Reaper" by mooks for doing so. Later battle sequences seem to indicate that the scythe has an inward and outward blade. |
| 113 | * ''ComicBook/HackSlash'': The Mosaic Man uses a scythe constructed from the bones of his early victims. |
| 114 | * ''ComicBook/HolyAvenger'': A troglodyte character wields a scythe... but calls it an axe. Interestingly enough, it was later revealed the scythe had the advantages of both an axe and a scythe by ''D&D'' rules (as the comic book takes place in a world that worked under the rules of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''... and ''Defenders of Tokyo''... don't ask). Also intriguingly the character's name is Tork, a reference to Torque, stated below as one of the Scythe's main actual advantages. |
| 115 | * ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': One of Lady Death's weapons is the Scythe of Eternity which originally belonged to Reaper, the eternal personification of Death in the Chaos Comics universe. He gave Lady Death the scythe after he appointed her as his chosen avatar. |
| 116 | * Creator/MarvelComics: Reaper has always used one. Even after [[ArtificialLimbs losing both of his hands]]. |
| 117 | * ''ComicBook/RedRobin'': The villain codenamed "Sac" wields a pair of sickles in addition to his devastating and horrifying use of his PestController abilities. |
| 118 | * ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'': The demonic wheat scarecrow wields one in the story "Blood is the Harvest". |
| 119 | * ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh: The dark and sinister Zmierzchnica's weapon of choice is a eerie looking scythe, which is also a reference to [[Myth/SlavicMythology Południce]], the Polish demon she is based on. |
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| 122 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 123 | * ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': King Sombra wields a black bladed scythe sharp enough to slice through walls of crystals and a Kaiju's hide. When Xenilla manages to shatter the blade, Sombra is undaunted and tries to stab him in the throat with the broken handle. |
| 124 | * ''Fanfic/TheButcherBird'': This is [[VillainProtagonist Grigori]] [[MadScientist Vinci's]] weapon, although the blade is reattached to be parallel to the shaft, making it more practical than most examples. |
| 125 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami is given a spell to conjure a scythe, intended as an insult, since it's a completely impractical weapon for her size and build. She makes use of it anyway, [[spoiler:teaching an army of goblins to cast the spell, training them in scythe combat, and then letting them remotely pilot her scythe-wielding "Reaperbots"]]. |
| 126 | * ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsFriendshipSouls'': |
| 127 | ** [[spoiler:Luna's]] Zanpakuto takes the form of dual scythes in Shikai, complete with CastingAShadow powers. And when she goes all out, she creates a single giant two-handed scythe with dual blades at both ends and covered along the shaft with smaller blades to swing with reckless abandon [[spoiler:while her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide werewolf form]] has literal scythes for claws.]] |
| 128 | ** Cheese Sandwich's Shikai takes the form of a kusarigama (chain-sickle) with multiple scythe blades at one end reminiscent of a rooster head and a large incense orb replacing an iron ball at the other. |
| 129 | %%* ''Fanfic/TheEquestrianWindMage'': This is Sombra's weapon . |
| 130 | %%* ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsMagicalGirls'': Sunset Shimmer's choice weapon. |
| 131 | * ''Fanfic/IWillNotBow'': Alice wields a scythe. |
| 132 | * ''Fanfic/LightDarknessAndParadox'': Both Ruby and Nero wield enormous scythes as weapons. Ruby's scythe also functions as a sniper rifle, while the latter's looks so impractical (it has a handle on the inner edge of the blade) that it shocks Ruby when she first sees it. |
| 133 | %%* ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'': Rep-Stallion's weapon. |
| 134 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6902577/1/Phases-of-the-Moon Phases of the Moon]]'': [[spoiler:Kurosaki Karin]]'s zanpakuto [[spoiler:Ongetsu]] is one of these. It overlaps with FourIsDeath at the end when she becomes [[spoiler:fourth seat of the Eleventh Division]]. [[spoiler:Ongetsu is also an example of AntiMagic]]. |
| 135 | * ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': |
| 136 | ** Luna has used a scythe. Given she's a deity, the magic probably overrides the impracticality (which is lampshaded). |
| 137 | ** Mortis, being [[TheGrimReaper the God of Death]], has been depicted with one on occasion. [[DontFearTheReaper Though the sinister part doesn't apply.]] |
| 138 | ** Starlight (the MLPT version) became an Angel of Death after dying and wields a scythe. Though it can also transform into a sword. |
| 139 | ** Chrysalis [[spoiler:(now an EvilTwin of Cadence after becoming complete)]] briefly wields one made of crystal while [[spoiler:fighting Cadence in the FinalBattle]]. |
| 140 | %%* ''Fanfic/ThePrinceOfDeath'': [[Manga/DeathNote Light]] gets one as an EmpathicWeapon in. |
| 141 | * ''Fanfic/PrincipalCelestiaHuntsTheUndead'': Luna is given one by [[spoiler:Zecora]] and wields it during the final battle with [[spoiler:Cinch, and uses it to finish her]]. |
| 142 | * ''Fanfic/{{Quicken}}'': Super-villain Cricket's weapons were two kamas. After defeating her, [[AntiHero Emma]] took them. |
| 143 | * ''Fanfic/RaindropsHearthsWarmingEveMiracle'': The Pyrefrost Beowolf owns two massive ones carved of ice and has fire emanating off of them. |
| 144 | * ''Fanfic/RWBYDark'': Ruby plays it straight unlike her canon counterpart. [[AdaptationalVillainy This version]] is a malevolent, AxCrazy SerialKiller who lives for nothing but bloodlust. Crescent Rose is often stained in blood. |
| 145 | %%* ''Fanfic/ShatteredDimensions'': Drayke Blackwood usually wields one. |
| 146 | * ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Before she got the]] [[ComicBook/SpiderMan spider powers]], Petra was trained in the use of kama, dual-wielded Japanese war scythes. Even after gaining powers and her web-shooters, she prefers using her kama to fight serious battles (if it isn't serious, she just [[IShallTauntYou cracks jokes]] before [[AllWebbedUp webbing her opponent to a wall]]). |
| 147 | * ''Fanfic/ThroughHerEyes'': Ruby still has her Crescent Rose. However, Ruby's Grimm powers in this story also let pull a black scythe from the portals she uses to summon Grimm, described in-story as so dark it doesn't reflect light at all. One chapter also does some WorldBuilding on ''why'' scythes have a reputation as sinister on Remnant: The fighting style that accompanies the weapon itself utilizes odd angles and unusual attacks make them both [[ConfusionFu very hard to defend against]] and [[DifficultButAwesome equally hard to master]], making for a very intimidating weapon in the right hands. The intimidation factor is only helped by the tendency for them to have been the weapon of many of the more... [[AntiHero unheroic]] Huntsmen over the years. |
| 148 | * ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': |
| 149 | ** The blind Kiri shinobi Misora carries two of them. |
| 150 | ** This is also Zagi's weapon, which he uses to channel Wind Style jutsu. |
| 151 | * ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorldSoldiersOfFortune'': Baphomet, one of the "boss" Beasts, uses an eight-foot-long black scythe. |
| 152 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10860252/chapters/24119295 The World Is Ours]]'': Airi's main weapon is a scythe. |
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| 155 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 156 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'': {{Scar|yScarecrows}}ecrow and his gang of escaped [[BedlamHouse Arkham]] inmates and CrazyHomelessPeople wield scythes and sickles in the "In Darkness Dwells" segment. |
| 157 | * ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': The Wolf hunting down Puss dual-wields a pair of collapsible sickles. [[spoiler:Which makes sense because he ''is'' TheGrimReaper.]] |
| 158 | * ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'': Pitch Black wields a massive scythe made of Nightmare Sand. |
| 159 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'': Spinel's rejuvenator, which is designed to revert Gems to their earliest states and [[IdentityAmnesia erase their memories]], takes the shape of a scythe with an energy blade. |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
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| 162 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 163 | * ''Film/AmericanScarecrow'': The killer uses a sickle as his main tool of murder. |
| 164 | * ''Film/BloodWidow'': The killer uses a sickle to murder [[spoiler:Kenneth]]. |
| 165 | * ''Film/BattleRoyale'': Mitsuko Souma wields a small scythe. ''For a beginning''. |
| 166 | * ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon'': A hand scythe is the weapon for the title character. |
| 167 | * ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': Yhe standard weapon of the Border Tribe are [[SinisterScimitar shotels]], which they wield in tandem with their vibranium-powered energy shields. |
| 168 | * ''Film/TheButchers'': The Zodiac Killer uses a sickle as his weapon. |
| 169 | * ''Film/CabinByTheLake'': In ''Return to Cabin by the Lake'', the SerialKiller Stanley kidnaps a guy from the set who annoyed him to torture him to death. He grabs a set of increasingly scarier weapons from a shelf to scare the victim, ending with a scythe. When the victim claims that it's just a prop, Stanley pokes him with the blade to dissuade him from that notion. |
| 170 | * ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'': The Children favor agricultural scythes and sickles, for obvious reasons. They often [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xdN0QQwsP1A/TED-Ln0Q9RI/AAAAAAAAJfU/6TfsgGphgCY/s400/children_of_the_corn.jpg appear on posters as well.]] |
| 171 | * ''Film/ADeadlySecret'': Scythes are the default weapon used by the corrupt monks of the Tibetan Blood Saber Sect. |
| 172 | * ''Film/DiaryOfTheDead'': The mute Amish man uses one -- although interestingly enough not to decapitate any zombies, just to skewer them. |
| 173 | * ''Film/DraculaIIAscension'' and ''Film/DraculaIIILegacy'': Uffizi (the vampire-hunting priest) uses something that bears a strong resemblance to a switchblade scythe (along with a whip that can sever limbs or heads). |
| 174 | * ''Film/BurialGroundTheNightsOfTerror'': A zombie Etruscan uses a scythe to decapitate a victim. |
| 175 | * ''Film/TheFrighteners'' had a villainous ghost disguised as TheGrimReaper, wielding a switchblade scythe. It looked like a relatively harmless, though ominous, wooden staff, though the blade would ''snikt'' out when whoever held it thumped the other end on the ground. |
| 176 | * ''Film/Godzilla2014'': The Mutos have curved scythe-like legs. |
| 177 | * ''Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers'': A character gets slashed [[GoryDiscretionShot partially]] offscreen with a scythe. |
| 178 | * ''Film/HeadlessHorseman'': When Liam attacks Headless with the holy sword, Headless defends himself wielding a pair of sickles. |
| 179 | * ''Film/HellBent'': A sickle is the only weapon used by the killer. |
| 180 | * ''Film/{{Horrific}}'': In ''Crypt of the Undead'', one the undead executioners carries a sickle as his weapon. |
| 181 | * ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'': One of the French vampires uses a scythe when playing death in a theatre, using it to cut things on stage. It is later used by Louis in his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against said French vampires after they killed Claudia, with lethal effect. |
| 182 | * ''Film/MidnightMovie'': In the FilmWithinAFilm, the mother kills the FinalGirl with a sickle. Later, [[spoiler:Timmy]] uses the sickle to kill the mother. |
| 183 | * ''Film/MountaintopMotelMassacre'': The killer's main weapon. |
| 184 | * ''Film/RomasantaTheWerewolfHunt'': When Barbara confronts Romasanta in the wheat field, she holds a sickle to his throat. |
| 185 | * ''Film/ScarecrowSlayer'': The Scarecrow dual wields a pair of sickles as his preferred weapons. |
| 186 | * ''Film/TheWindmillMassacre'': A scythe is one of the major weapons wielded by Miller Hendrik. The other is a [[HooksAndCrooks metal hook on the end of a long chain]]. |
| 187 | * ''Film/{{Scarecrows}}'': One of the scarecrows wields a sickle as its personal weapon. |
| 188 | * ''Film/SilentNight2012'': One of these (with a candy cane handle) is used to kill Goldie, Frank and Deputy Giles. |
| 189 | * ''Film/ShootOutAtMedicineBend'': During his final fight with Devlin, Clark grabs a scythe and swings it at him. The movie does a good job of showing just what an impractical and unwieldy weapon a scythe is, [[spoiler:and Clark is killed when he falls on his own blade]]. |
| 190 | * ''Film/TimberFalls'': Deacon, the main psycho, uses a strangely shaped sickle with a second spring-loaded blade as his main weapon. |
| 191 | * ''Film/Unhinged1982'': A character gets killed with a scythe. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Gamebooks]] |
| 195 | * One of the minor enemies in ''Literature/{{Deathmoor}}'' is a dark elf gardener holding a scythe as tall as himself. Despite his low Skill of 7, he can OneHitKill you with the scythe if his Attack Strength is a Double. |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 199 | * ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': Andalites have scythe-like blades built into their tail anatomy. |
| 200 | * ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'': The eponymous character is confronted by an afrit wielding a scythe who uses it to deflect Bartimaeus's magical attacks. |
| 201 | * ''Literature/BattleRoyale'': Mitsuko Souma, a mean girl with sociopathic tendencies, is given a farming sickle. |
| 202 | * ''Literature/CradleSeries'': Ozriel the Reaper, Eighth Judge of the Abidan Court, earned his mantle when he forged The Scythe. It was such an ultimate tool of destruction that the universe itself marked him as the avatar of Death, manifesting a new aspect of reality beyond the seven the Abidan already had. The Scythe, ironically, is mostly not used as a ''weapon'' (even though Ozriel did originally create it for defense), but closer to the purpose of an actual scythe: It can destroy an Iteration outright, leaving no corrupted fragments behind. With Ozriel's help, the Abidan entered an unprecedented era of expansion. Makiel, who never trusted Ozriel, attempted to create a Scythe of his own, but failed. When Ozriel disappeared, Makiel's prototypes were stolen, and someone finally managed to forge them into a reasonable facsimile of the true Scythe... and then sold it to the Mad King, who used it to try to cut down the Abidan one world at a time. |
| 203 | * ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'': In one of the books, one of the wraiths of [[BigBad Boris' warriors]] wielded a dual bladed scythe. Whether it is a DoubleWeapon or a scythe with two blades on the same side is not clear. |
| 204 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 205 | ** ''Literature/{{Mort}}'': Commented on. "Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasant's revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome." In this instance, those hands belong to TheGrimReaper who, as you might imagine, has some practice with it. |
| 206 | ** ''Literature/ReaperMan'' is one of the few, if not only, fictional portrayal of scythes which notes that the traditional [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]] scythe is slightly different from the standard agricultural scythe. It also shows how Death makes his scythe. It's made of iron, sharpened on a whetstone, then an oilstone, then steel, then hessian, then calico, linen, satin, silk, ''cobweb'', a ''breeze'', and finally ''daylight''. At this point it's so sharp that it can cut ''sound'' and the edge glows faintly from the plasma created by random air molecules bumping against it and getting sliced in half. That wasn't the "official" scythe, though, just an improvised scythe. His actual scythe is even sharper. |
| 207 | ** ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'': A vampire lord's ShamingTheMob strategy involves criticizing the angry mob's choice of weapons. "Pitchforks, yes, good mob weapon -- but scythes? The way you're waving them about you'll do more harm to each other. May I recommend sickles if you want to go down that route -- much more manageable." |
| 208 | * ''Literature/DreadNation'': The combat schools teach their students the following melee weapons for dealing with Shamblers: scythe, dual-wielded sickles and dual-wielded dual-edged short swords known as "Mollies" (cavalry sabres aren't that great on Shamblers). The scythe does a lot of damage, but main character Jane [=McKeene=] dislikes it as even combat-specced scythes are unwieldy and tiring to use. She favours the sickles and her weapons are a pair given to her as a break-up gift by her ex-boyfriend. These sickles are much wider than the traditional sickle--almost a half-moon instead of crescent moon shape. Made of high-quality steel, they're finely balanced, very durable and extremely sharp--easily capable of decapitating a shambler in a single swipe. |
| 209 | * ''Literature/EclipseHunter'': Dark Sun uses this in the end of book one. |
| 210 | * ''Literature/ExpeditionZ'': TheHero Adam equips himself with a scythe for the titular expedition despite its impracticality as he assumes that he's not going to be under constant threat by zombies. |
| 211 | * ''Literature/AGatheringOfHeroes'': One of the heroes uses a "battle scythe" to literally mow down rows and rows of attacking Goblins. Before the battle, he carefully takes notes of the range and politely asks his companions to stay away from him, as he "doesn't like to cut down his friends too". |
| 212 | * ''Literature/TheGreatBalloonRace'': In a DickDastardlyStopsToCheat moment, Count Pommodoro steals a scythe to disguise himself as peasant and then uses the scythe to cut through the mooring lines on the Soaring Sylvia, setting the balloon adrift. |
| 213 | * ''Literature/IncarnationsOfImmortality'': This is the weapon of choice for Zane, the incarnation of Death. His scythe is a switchblade model, with the blade (magically?) concealed in the shaft. It even comes with built-in snorkel. |
| 214 | * ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Scythes are used by [[{{Psychopomp}} reapers]] and the death priests that assist them. They're as much a symbol of office as a weapon. |
| 215 | * ''Literature/MercyThompson'': Mercy uses a scythe to behead some vampires. |
| 216 | * ''Literature/ParadiseLost'': Cain is described as using a scythe to reap his fields shortly before he murders Abel, both to indicate his role as a farmer and as an indication that Cain is about to cause the first death in history. |
| 217 | * ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': As in Myth/ClassicalMythology, Kronos wields one. It spends most of the series reforged into Luke's CoolSword Backbiter before getting reforged back into its classic form, able to hurt both gods and men -- and guess what our hero [[SemiDivine Percy Jackson]] is. |
| 218 | * ''Literature/{{Rigante}}'': Huntsekker has one as his signature weapon. It's a European-style scythe blade, but with a shortened hilt so it's wielded like a kama and worn like a sword. |
| 219 | * ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'': The magic police uses scythes. |
| 220 | * ''Literature/{{Tunnels}}'': The Styx villains use scythes as their primary weapons. |
| 221 | * ''Literature/VigorMortis'': Played with. Vita, infamous necromancer, starts using a scythe when she goes to war. But since her society doesn't have any "Death uses a scythe" stories, it's used to represent her workmanlike devotion to duty. She just picked it up from where a farmer abandoned it (and almost knocked the blade off because a simple stick would probably have been more useful). She embraces the idea, however, and later creates an indestructible scythe made from monster bones and animated by a dead soul. |
| 222 | [[/folder]] |
| 223 | |
| 224 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 225 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'': The demonic warrior Vocah that Wolfram and Hart summon can pull scythes out of {{Hammerspace}}. Eventually Angel killed him using one of the scythes he'd discarded. |
| 226 | * ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': |
| 227 | ** Loosely parodied with Nursie believing lots of ideas make one's foot fall off. This is due to a friend who had the "good idea" to cut his toenails with a scythe, causing his foot to fall off. |
| 228 | ** In the same season Blackadder is imprisoned by some inquisitors who threaten to castrate him with a farming implement that's name none of them can recall. It turns out to be a scythe, of course. |
| 229 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Although frequently referred to as such, the mystical "Scythe" in the last season is technically a combination of axe, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice spear]], and [[CarryABigStick mace]]. |
| 230 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation "The Visitation"]], TheBlackDeath is sweeping across the land so all strangers are being killed in the belief that they're carrying the plague, which is bad news for the Doctor and Richard Mace as they're nearly decapitated by a peasant with a scythe. Then an android [[GodGuise disguised as the Grim Reaper]] enters and [[IWantThemAlive takes the scythe off the peasant]]--naturally they all run for their lives at the sight. |
| 231 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' |
| 232 | ** The arakhs that are the weapon of the Dothraki, given that they do most of their fighting from horseback. |
| 233 | --->'''Ser Jorah Mormont:''' Their blades are more scythe than sword... the better to cull the infantry ranks without breaking stride. |
| 234 | ** Karsi is one of the Wildling leaders from the episode "Hardhome", and her weapon of choice is a pair of sickles. |
| 235 | * ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': The Reapers use Sinister Scythes to murder Grimms. |
| 236 | * ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'''s sidekick Helen, while in her battle outfit, occasionally used a double-ended sickle weapon; this was carried over when the series was adapted as part of ''Series/VRTroopers''. |
| 237 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Subverted when Dean gets his hands on Death's scythe -- it's a rusty hand tool like you'd use for gardening. But then it soon becomes obvious that TheGrimReaper does not need props to be scary. |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 241 | * The Ankou of Breton/Cornish/Welsh/Norman French folklore is a death god often depicted with a scythe with a reverse blade, thus making it more of a thrust weapon. |
| 242 | * TheGrimReaper, probably the most famous representation of death, is so well-known with his scythe that it has become his IconicItem. |
| 243 | * Yarikh, lord of the sickle, the ancient Myth/HebrewMythology moon god. The crescent star symbol that would later be appropriated by the Arab god Hubal and later still, Mohammad's Islam, used to be associated with him. |
| 244 | * OlderThanFeudalism: Kronos/Saturnus from Myth/ClassicalMythology was probably a major TropeCodifier, fittingly as he was originally a harvest god who later got mashed together with Chronos (with a 'h'), the personification of time, specifically of time as a universal destroyer. |
| 245 | * Some versions of Perseus' weapon, the harpe, is depicted as a sickle rather than a sword with a sickle protrusion. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 249 | * ''Wrestling/{{FMW}}'': Mr. Pogo and Shark Tsuchiya used scythes in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 253 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 254 | ** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition'': Scythes do a relatively small amount of damage for a large weapon (2d4 compared to 1d10, 1d12, or 2d6) but make up for it by having a whopping x4 critical modifier, meaning they do quadruple damage on a critical hit in comparison to most weapons, which do double. So while they don't do very much damage on most swings, when they hit big, they ''really'' hit big. Their effectiveness is rather reduced by the changes in critical damage rules in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFourthEdition''. |
| 255 | ** ''TabletopGame/LaNotteEterna'', a 3rd party setting for ''D&D'' 5e: Yolandi is a marilith demon bound in the form of a living, talking sickle, adorned with jagged edges and a staring eye, that retains a great and cheerful lust for evil. |
| 256 | * Creator/GamesWorkshop games: |
| 257 | ** Champions of the Chaos God Nurgle in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' often wield scythes. Notable is the special character Typhus, who swings a nasty weapon called a Manreaper. Mortarion, Daemon Prince of Nurlge and Primarch of the Death Guard, also wields a massive scythe named "Silence". |
| 258 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'': The Spyrer Matriarch uses a [[ChainsawGood Chainscythe]]. Yes, as in a scythe with a chainsaw blade. She also wields it ''one-handed'', carrying a monomolecular sword in the other hand. |
| 259 | ** ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': |
| 260 | *** The [[CosmicHorror Nightbringer]] also tends to carry a scythe, although his is purely ornamental. Many of his Necron minions, however, are armed with Warscythes, which are very powerful close-combat weapons. Technically, though, the warscythe is a glaive, not a military scythe. That's more due to their blades phasing in and out of existence as needed. They are however shaped like the above mentioned ''kosa bojowa'' rather than normal scythes... did we mention ''kosa bojowa'' translates to ''battlescythe'' or, oh, ''warscythe''? |
| 261 | *** The Tyranids are particularly fond of adding scythes to their biologically-constructed arsenal. So much so that most Tyranids carry a pair! Or '''two''' pairs! |
| 262 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': Wizards of the Amethyst Order often carry scythes. In this case they are purely for show, functioning like {{Magic Staff}}s instead of melee weapons (the wizards of the order specialize in death magic, and the scythe has the usual connotations with the grim reaper). |
| 263 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' brings us the scythe version of the BFS, creatively called a Grand Grimscythe. |
| 264 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': |
| 265 | ** In First Edition, Scythes do a relatively small amount of damage for a large weapon (2d4 compared to 1d10, 1d12, or 2d6) but make up for it by having a whopping x4 critical modifier, meaning they do quadruple damage on a critical hit in comparison to most weapons, which do double. So while they don't do very much damage on most swings, when they hit big, they ''really'' hit big. In Second Edition, scythes use a d10 damage die and have the Deadly property, meaning you roll an extra damage die on a critical in addition to doubling the rolled damage. |
| 266 | ** The scythe is the weapon of many evil deities, most notably Urgathoa, the goddess of disease and undeath, and Deskari, the demon lord of locusts and infestations, the latter of whom plays a prominent role in the First Edition ''Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path'' and [[VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous its video game adaptation]]. |
| 267 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Ponyfinder}}'': The Night Mare, a goddess of tyranny, darkness and monsters, has the scythe as her favored weapon. |
| 268 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'': Japanese Shinigami are shown to wield massive scythes whose blades are nearly three-quarters the length of the actual handle, and are mentioned to cut not with actual blade-edges, but with the literal supernatural essence of death -- making the act of hitting one with his own weapon ''entirely pointless'', as they are already dead. |
| 269 | * ''TabletopGame/SLAIndustries'' gives us the 'Dynamic Precision Blades' company's product, the 'flick scythe' - a staff with an extendable scythe blade that oscillates for extra damage. |
| 270 | * The Skeleton monsters in the board game ''TabletopGame/HeroQuest'' wield scythes in combat. Possibly justified by the fact that Skeletons are mindless warriors who don't need more sophisticated weapons. |
| 271 | * Scythes in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' are equally lethal and ridiculously unwieldy. |
| 272 | ** Sickles also exist, but are much easier to use. One of their benefits comes from the fact that you can hook enemies with them, and the sharp blade will constantly hurt them. They can also be swung to either slash or to impale the enemy. |
| 273 | * The warlock Moshar the Desertwalker from ''[[TabletopGame/IronKingdoms Hordes]]'' has himself a nasty-looking scythe. |
| 274 | * In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'' (from the TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness), Lucifer fends off Michael with a scythe because it's what's on hand when Michael comes down to break up the fallen's agriculture lesson to the humans. Yes, Michael the Archangel, with a sword, was beaten by Lucifer, with a scythe. Part of that is the symbolism -- angels are ''very'' big on that sort of thing, and a scythe freely given to defend oneself from oppression carries a lot of weight. The scythe in question appears again in the sourcebook ''Houses of the Fallen'', where it's gotten significantly stronger because Lucifer touched it. |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 278 | * The mummified warriors scaring the guests from Ride/UniversalStudios' ''Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights'' 1999's ''Ride/TheMummy'' wielded khopeshes. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 282 | * In LEGO's ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' series, [[MysteriousMercenaryPursuer Nidhiki]] wielded a big scythe during his days as a Toa of Air. It was destroyed when he was mutated by [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Roodaka]]. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 286 | * ''VideoGame/AkibasBeat'': Kotomi Sanada's weapon is a scythe, to go with her ElegantGothicLolita look and [[CastingAShadow Dark magic]]. It's pretty good for keeping enemies away, but she has little in the way of melee offence, being a mage. |
| 287 | * The Executioner from ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'' chase the eponymous heroine with a gargantuan scythe, swinging it at a ludicrous speed and chopping even his own minions in the path. |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The members of [[TheMorlocks The Outcasts]] who went renegade wield metallic scythes to attack whoever approaches them. |
| 289 | * ''VideoGame/ArcRiseFantasia'': Paula is an assassin, who wields a large, ornate scythe, that's even color-coded to fit her red-and-black color scheme. The point is kinda moot, given that she is primarily a mage, and her sister Luna (who otherwise just flips her elemental affinities) uses an [[ParasolOfPain umbrella]], of all things. |
| 290 | * Being the [[TheGrimReaper Arcana of Death]] in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'', Dieu Mort naturally has one that he uses for his [[LimitBreak Arcana Blaze]]. |
| 291 | * ''VideoGame/BatenKaitosEternalWingsAndTheLostOcean'': Giacomo uses a large, heavy scythe, that can be mistaken for an axe at the first glance. However, if one looks closer at his finishers, it becomes clear that it's indeed a scythe, as only the inner edge leaves SwordLines. Quite a way to pass off a cunning [[TheDragon Dragon]] as a hulking [[TheBrute Brute]]. |
| 292 | * Pendles the {{snake|People}} [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' wields two small different looking handheld scythes kamas. According to his lore challenges, the left handed kama is made from the [[BadWithTheBone bones of a Kormiri Aviant]] while his right handed one is a modified [=BlissTek=]™ ice-climbing axe. |
| 293 | * In ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta 2}}'' there's the Chernobog, a three bladed scythe powered by the souls captured by the [[TheGrimReaper God of Death of the same name]]. There's also an enemy scythe wielded by an [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Infernal Demon]] named Hideous and a [[DoubleWeapon double-ended scythe]] used another demon named Hatred that is available as temporary ExclusiveEnemyEquipment. |
| 294 | * There's a secret scythe that can appear as an EasterEgg in ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' Chapter 5. Henry can use it to [[spoiler:kill a bunch of [[{{Mooks}} Searchers]] in the Administration area, including Sammy Lawrence]]. |
| 295 | * ''Franchise/BlazBlue'''s Ragna the Bloodedge, aka The Grim Reaper, has a {{BFS}} called Blood Scythe that unfolds into a scythe with a red energy blade for a couple of his attacks (most notably his FinishingMove). |
| 296 | * In ''{{VideoGame/Bloodborne}}'', by refusing and subsequently killing [[spoiler:Gehrman, the First Hunter]], you gain access to the Burial Blade, a scythe with a detachable blade utilizable as a [[SinisterScimitar sword]], and the basis for all other [[MorphWeapon Trick Weapons]] in-universe. |
| 297 | * One of Miriam's subweapons in ''VideoGame/BloodstainedCurseOfTheMoon'' [[spoiler:and its sequel]] is a thrown double-bladed scythe that flies like a boomerang, reminiscent of the Cross from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''. |
| 298 | * Vivi of ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' uses this ''freaking sickle'' as a barber's razor to try to kill Lance in a DangerouslyCloseShave. |
| 299 | * Mad Monarch Dryst from ''VideoGame/{{Brigandine}}''. |
| 300 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': |
| 301 | ** Although somewhat expected of Death in the series, his main unique method is to make mini-scythes appear from nowhere and rain down on you. In some games he does use the scythe for melee attacks, or even turns it into a [[SpectacularSpinning spinning buzzsaw]] that he sends after you. |
| 302 | ** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'' allow you to equip Death's Scythe. It's insanely powerful but very, very awkward to use, and often difficult to score a hit with. Death himself wields a double-bladed scythe when he [[TurnsRed engages you directly]] in ''Aria of Sorrow''. |
| 303 | ** Shanoa, via the Falcis series of glyphs, can use sickles as a weapon in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia''. By magically combining two of them, she creates a large enough scythe to make Death envious. |
| 304 | ** You get to use one in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness Curse of Darkness]]'', but you have to [[ItemCrafting create it]] yourself. |
| 305 | ** Another hatchet-type weapon is Zaghnol, which is described as a war pick, but looks like a small scythe. |
| 306 | * Used by Lord Mortimer, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/CharlieMurder''. He's always seen carrying it, and usually wipes the blood off it. His [[spoiler:phantom clone also uses one]]. |
| 307 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger:'' |
| 308 | ** Magus from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. He's MaouTheDemonKing, looks like a vampire, and is a powerful Dark mage to boot. Naturally, his melee weapon of choice is a scythe. |
| 309 | ** Lynx from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''. [[spoiler:Although when you switch bodies with him, outside of one battle, you use your swallow.]] |
| 310 | * The Tall Man in the ''VideoGame/ChzoMythos'' series by Ben Croshaw carries around a ''sinister'' spike with four very wide scythe blades. He uses it more like a club than anything else. That, or he just stabs things with the other end (which basically acts like a spear) |
| 311 | * One of these becomes a vital weapon in ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersUndying'', both for plot reasons and as an emergency healing source (it's a vampiric weapon). You probably won't use it unless you have to, though. |
| 312 | * Anesha from ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'' favors this kind of weapon. |
| 313 | * ''VideoGame/CurseCrackersForWhomTheBelleToils'': Belle's rival, Bonnie, is a rabbit-eared {{Necromancer}} who wields a giant scythe that she can throw like a boomerang. |
| 314 | * Kureha Yamisaka from the game ''VideoGame/DaemonBride''. |
| 315 | * In ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'', Dante defeats Death and takes his scythe as his personal weapon. [[spoiler:Or so he thinks.]] The handle is made from a giant spinal column and flexes for special attacks or swinging, and the blade is hinged so it can act more like a glaive or spear. |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/DarkAgeOfCamelot'' has the Valewalker, a [[MagicKnight fighter-mage]] who specializes in the use of the war scythe. |
| 317 | * [[TheDragon Gaspard]] in ''[[VideoGame/DarkChronicle Dark Cloud 2]]'' used to wield a blood-red sword, but after being defeated by [[YouKilledMyFather Monica]] he took the blade and attached it to a pole, giving him even greater range. The skull at the base only adds to the menace. |
| 318 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'': |
| 319 | ** War can obtain a scythe said to be used by his brother Death. However, in ''Darksiders II'', Death's scythes (it's a standard weapon type he acquires many examples of) are different in appearance and functionality. While it can still be a two-handed scythe, it also has the ability to split into two smaller scythes for extra badassery. It's likely the wielder rather than the weapon -- War ''won't'' separate it or never learned to. War's fighting style emphasizes power moves for every attack, hard blocks, and practiced-but-still-limited FlashStep usage. Death is more versatile overall with weapons, as reinforced by their respective performances with their brother Strife's guns. |
| 320 | ** [[AllThereInTheManual It's also explained in background and various expanded universe materials]] that Death's main weapon (Harvester) is actually a MorphWeapon, but his preferred form for it is the giant two-handed scythe form wielded by War and Death's own [[SuperMode Reaper Form]] and split into two smaller hand-held scythes in his own normal form. |
| 321 | * ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' have several weapons like this. |
| 322 | ** The ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' scythe-weapon is aptly named "War Scythe," and is an exact reproduction of the Polish Kosa Bojowa, with the blade parallel with the shaft and being treated more like a polearm than anything. See Real Life entry below. |
| 323 | ** ''[[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI Dark Souls I]]'' has the Great and Lifehunt Scythes, which more resemble the fictional, perpendicular-bladed version of this trope, and are classified as halberds. Somewhat matching the real abilities of a scythe, they are very capable of hitting an opponent facing you from the side or back, bypassing their shield (this is called "dead angling" by the game's community). Naturally this is difficult to pull off, but holding the scythe with two hands and performing the strong attack swings it in a wide arc. Holding it one-handed is ineffective at best and its regular attacks are situational and hard to hit enemies with. |
| 324 | ** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' expands "reapers" into a new weapon type, including several sickles and [[ImprovisedWeapon a large, inwardly curved sword chained to a pole]]. |
| 325 | ** Strangely, both ''Dark Souls I'' and ''II'' have a weapon that is called a "Scythe" but is clearly a bardiche and is classified in ''II'' as a halberd instead of a reaper (it's suspected this is one of several [[BlindIdiotTranslation translation errors]]; ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' finally made the name "Glaive"). |
| 326 | ** Yurt the Silent Chief and his ''Dark Souls'' counterpart Knight Lautrec of Carim are both known to wield shotels (one-handed sickles) for their signature weapons. These weapons are classified under the "[[SinisterScimitar Curved Swords]]" category, and are a recurring weapon in the series. Like their pole-armed counterparts, they can bypass shields, but this is a property of their strong attack rather than an actual technique like dead angling. |
| 327 | * The Scythe Claws in ''VideoGame/DeadCells'' are a pair of ''massive'' scythes bigger than your body. They're uniquely a melee weapon that takes up both weapon slots, and alternating attacks between its slow and strong left claw and the even slower and stronger right claw makes them deal critical damage. |
| 328 | * ''Franchise/DeadRising'': |
| 329 | ** In ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' you can find a scythe as one of your various BreakableWeapons. It is a favored melee weapon due to its high durability and its ability to one shot zombies (you hook their neck on the blade and then pull, cutting their head off and earning bonus PP) and do crowd control. However, it's less useful against cultists and soldiers due being unable to one-shot them. |
| 330 | ** Makes its return in ''[[VideoGame/DeadRising2 Case West]]'' and ''VideoGame/DeadRising2OffTheRecord'' with its instant kill and crowd control capabilities still intact. But with the added bonus of combining with the katana to make one of the deadliest combination weapons in the game. Aptly named: Reaper. |
| 331 | ** ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' brings back the Reaper and allows you to combine it with a grim reaper mask and gasoline to form the Ultimate Grim Reaper, a flaming scythe that lobs exploding skulls everywhere when it's swung, making it one of, if not the most effective non-vehicular zombie killing melee weapon in the series. |
| 332 | * In the ''VideoGame/DeadlyRoomsOfDeath'' series, the second game introduces Slayers who use these (called "hooks" because of graphical constraints on the area they can occupy). The first Slayer you encounter is the second boss-class enemy in the series, and the very first enemy that's actually a serious threat one-on-one. Despite being (like you) a OneHitPointWonder, Slayers are the puzzle game's version of a PerfectPlayAI. |
| 333 | * ''VideoGame/DemonHunterTheReturnOfTheWings'': Varians and its rare version Slaneesh use a bloodied scythe as a weapon. |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': |
| 335 | ** In the games where it can be wielded by the playable character, the Sparda sword transforms into a scythe when you throw it via the Round Trip skill. |
| 336 | ** The original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'' featured these guys; first there was the Sin Scythe, a ghost wielding one scythe. Its bigger brother is the Death Scythe, who usually uses one but will often ''quadruple'' wield scythes. |
| 337 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' features a large number of enemies with scythes, including one Laserblade and one [[FlamingSword made of fire]]. |
| 338 | ** There's also Nevan in ''[=DMC3=]'', an [[RuleOfCool electric guitar scythe that shoots bats and lightning]]. |
| 339 | ** Dante has this as one of his main weapons in the [[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry reboot]]. Interestingly enough, it's an angelic holy weapon called "Osiris". |
| 340 | * ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': |
| 341 | ** Lots of demons in ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' use scythes as primary weapons and scythes are available as equippable weapons, powerful but not that effective. |
| 342 | ** Also, some of the Uniques aimed for the Necromancer were Scythes adorned with skulls. And the lack of effectiveness from the scythes come more from the fact that slow weapons with heavy damage are largely useless in the game, due to the fact it means you take a long time to recover and thus are incapable of effectively dodging insta-kill attacks (like some creatures' ability to cast an uber powered version of the Sorceress inferno, and some bosses' attacks). Still, it is said a Concentration specced Barbarian would be able to pull it off... |
| 343 | ** Scythes (particularly War Scythes) are effective weapons for Druids since they get a Fast (or Very Fast) attack speed. They work especially well with the Shapeshifting skill tree. |
| 344 | ** Median XL's Necromancers are quite fond of using scythes as their weapons, and have some nice attacks such as Angel of Death that do nasty damage. |
| 345 | ** While Malthael, the BigBad of the ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' expansion ''Reaper of Souls'', is the Angel of Death, his weapon are two wickedly-sharp sickle-like swords known as shotels rather than a scythe. |
| 346 | ** Xul, representing the Necromancer class from ''Diablo II'' in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'', wields a Sinister Scythe. Literally. |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/DragonProject'' has Soul [[NonIndicativeName Spears]], which are massive scythes that allow the wielder to [[LifeDrain steal hit-points]] from Behemoths by using Rend, which also offers [[InvulnerableAttack iframes]] for ample time. While their damage and survivability are decent, Soul Spears are [[MightyGlacier cumbersome and slow to attack]], although the dodge-roll can drastically improve the Soul Spear's mobility issues, along with filling up the Soul Meter quickly. {{Subverted|Trope}} with the [[DarkIsNotEvil Sinister part]], as you're TheHero who will save Heiland from [[BigBad Tiamat's]] wrath while keeping denizens safe from Behemoth attacks. |
| 348 | ** Two of the Behemoths, [[GrimReaper Leider Reaper]] and [[FallenAngel Void Necroth]] carry Scythes as big as themselves. It helps that the former is both the first SS-Rank Spear Behemoth and SS-Rank [[ShockAndAwe Thunder-Elemented]] Behemoth, while the latter is not only the first Soul Spear Behemoth; Necroth is also the first [[CastingAShadow Dark-Elemented]] Behemoth. |
| 349 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'': |
| 350 | ** Scythes are one of the weapon types Yangus can use. Building his skill with them lets him learn stealing techniques, for some reason. |
| 351 | ** Also the Dark Druids enemies can summon a red scythe made of energy to attack. |
| 352 | * In ''[[VideoGame/{{Drakensang}} Drankensang 2: The River of Time]]'' and its expansion you can find two examples: the Marus War Scythe (which looks more like a real world Polish war scythe and is used as a polearm) and Kazak's weapon of choice. In the latter's case, the scythe itself looks more like a traditional farming tool (curved shaft and handle included), has a smaller blade on the other end and mostly use it like a sort of pickaxe to skewer your characters. |
| 353 | * A polearm choice in ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl''. [[AwesomeButImpractical Actually pretty terrible]], generally agreed to be the worst weapon in the Polearm category, but it's also associated with WakeUpCallBoss Sigmund, a terrifying MagicKnight who has reaped an astounding number of playthroughs early with it. |
| 354 | * The Horned Reaper from ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' wields one. In the intro to the second game, it's revealed to be a ''switchblade'' scythe. Badass. |
| 355 | * ''VideoGame/{{Dungeons}} II'' has the [[TheGrimReaper Black Deaths]], female ghosts in black ballgowns armed with huge scythes to go with their death motif, and can deliver massive damage to enemies. |
| 356 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': |
| 357 | ** ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' includes the Dagger Axe, the Real Life "ge" in the game. |
| 358 | ** Yue Ying wields a fairly viable-looking scythe in ''Dynasty Warriors 4 and 5'', as (at lower levels) it's simply a short staff with a small perpendicular blade at the end. Higher level weapons fall towards the trope, as the blades get progressively larger and more, well, scythe-like. |
| 359 | ** In ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', the {{Ninja}} Hanzo Hattori wields a ''kusarigama'', which combines sinister scythe and EpicFlail. |
| 360 | ** In the crossover series ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'', Orochi (and Orochi X) wields a massive scythe. |
| 361 | ** And now there is Kiyomasa Kato, whose weapon is called "steel halberd" but it's clearly a scythe with a straight handle and a spear tip. |
| 362 | * ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey V: Beyond the Myth'' introduces scythe weapons, which are mainly used by the Harbinger class (Reaper in the Japanese version) to make use of their "Reap" skills. |
| 363 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 364 | ** Dark Knights in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' have this as one of their best rated weapons (the other, also rated A+, is Great Swords). A running joke in the ''Final Fantasy'' community about Dark Knight accuracy is largely because Scythes have high damage but very high delay, so a single miss means it takes a long time to get a hit in, compared to other classes using faster weapons: a one-hand sword can hit four times in the time it takes a Scythe to hit twice, with the advantage that missing one of those four attacks reduces damage output by 25% instead of 50% for the Scythe. |
| 365 | *** Ark Angel TT gets a special mention for wielding a scythe that's [[http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/images/mobs/arkangelTT.jpg bigger than he is]]. Bonus points for materializing it in the boss fight cutscene. |
| 366 | ** Reapers in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' fight using scythes in combination with ghostly Avatars. The origin of the Reaper job is that Garlean farmers under prosecution (in the age before TheEmpire) picked up the nearest sharp thing at hand; the "Grim Reaper" connotations only came about after they started making [[DealWithTheDevil deals with voidsent]]. It's also the chosen job of [[BigBad Zenos yae Galvus]] going into his final battle with the Warrior of Light. |
| 367 | ** Sice from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' wields a scythe and has abilities reminiscent of a Dark Knight. |
| 368 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': |
| 369 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', the Death Knight wields a huge scythe called the Scythe of Sariel as his weapon of choice. It's classified as a lance in gameplay terms. Some of his subordinates wield less-powerful Crescent Sickles, and drop them so you can use them yourself. |
| 370 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' Surtr and Hel (as befitting the Queen of the Dead) wield scythes called Sinmara and Hel's Reaper, respectively. Perplexingly enough though, in gameplay terms they are classified as an ''axe''. (Especially perplexing considering the Death Knight is also in ''Heroes'' and his scythe is still classified as a lance.) |
| 371 | * ''VideoGame/GloryOfHeraclesDS'' has Eris, a BlackMagicianGirl, who can equip scythes as a secondary weapon (with primary being {{Magic Sta|ff}}ves). Scythes tend to have a huge attack power, turning normally-SquishyWizard Eris into a powerful physical GlassCannon. Scythes-dependent attacks are also quite powerful, and have such charming names as [[LifeDrain Soul Eater]]. |
| 372 | * The ''VideoGame/GodEater'' series has a set of melee weapon options called Variant Scythes. With their special wide-sweeping attacks, they have the longest range of any melee weapon and can strike multiple times internally upon the same target, provided the distance and angle are just right. As it is standard weapon choice used by the sympathetic main character and [=NPCs=], some of the motifs and blade designs might look [[DarkIsNotEvil sinister and cruel]], but the use is purely to help defend against [[OurMonstersAreWeird Aragami]]. |
| 373 | * Menardi and her sister Karst both use scythes in the ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' games: this may be standard practice among female Fire Clan warriors. These scythes even have their own Unleash powers, although the player can't obtain enemy weapons. |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII'': DarkActionGirl Violetta carries one, called "Demon Scythe". Much like with weapons of other humanoid bosses, it's classified as an enemy on its own, which effectively gives Violetta two separate [[CombatantCooldownSystem cooldowns]], albeit with different actions. The scythe's actions include a powerful Wind spell and a quick, wide-reaching normal attack. The scythe also has its own HP, and you technically can break it, but it has ''more'' HP than the woman herself, and will "die" alongside her [[spoiler:and won't come back even if Violetta's [[DualBoss partner]] revives her]]. |
| 375 | * In ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' Manny Calavera, being [[TheGrimReaper a Grim Reaper]] carries a retractable scythe throughout the game. He's not all that great at using it in combat; it's mostly a tool to solve puzzles. |
| 376 | * ''VideoGame/GuildWars:'' |
| 377 | ** While ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' lacks scythes as a distinct weapon type, a few of their staves are scythes and any staff equipped by a necromancer becomes a shadowy scythe when they attack with it. This is however played straight by the necromancer Reaper specialization; their Reaper's Shroud ability transforms their weapon into an oversized scythe for its duration. |
| 378 | ** Scythes are the weapon of choice for the Dervish class in ''VideoGame/GuildWars Nightfall''. This makes a return with several [=NPCs=] in ''Path of Fire'', whose abilities reference the original Dervish. |
| 379 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': Two mainstay characters wield scythes; the first, Axl Low, is a cheerful British TimeMaster who uses two small scythes attached by a cord to attack at long ranges. The second, Testament, is a moody PersonOfMassDestruction, who wields a gigantic two-handed scythe whose blade is composed of Testament's own blood. |
| 380 | * ''VideoGame/DotHackGUGames'' |
| 381 | ** Haseo has a scythe as his special weapon. "Ticking Death". Subtle, eh? His badass AI alter ego, Skeith, uses one too. |
| 382 | ** Despite so, in-game, scythe-wielders are just a job-class. In this game, scythes are actually ''defensive'' weapons, with a respectable range (behind spears and guns) and can take on multiple enemies to boot. A player would swing it in a circular arc, thereby affecting any enemies caught in its swipe. Charged attacks would throw enemies away before they can get too close, hence the class's name, Flick Reapers. |
| 383 | * ''VideoGame/HandsOfNecromancy'' has a scythe besides the sword as the only other melee weapon. It's taller than you, deals far better damage, powered by ''dark'' magic and can even unleash a fiery [[SwordBeam scythe beam]] on enemies. |
| 384 | * ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'': |
| 385 | ** In ''Heroes of Might and Magic V'', wights and wraiths wield scythes. |
| 386 | ** Also, in ''Heroes of Might and Magic 3'', the Devils and Archdevils wield scythes. |
| 387 | * In the ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' fighting game, Daybreak, Rika Furude's standard weapon is a standard hoe. However, in the expansion, she can switch to a scythe, which gives her a number of magical attacks as well as being very quick. |
| 388 | * The final confrontation against Hei Wu-chang in ''VideoGame/JiuXiao'' sees the demon wielding a gigantic scythe whose blade is made of crackling electrical energy against you, seemingly to enforce a Grim Reaper reference. |
| 389 | * In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow'', Alexander makes use of a scythe for its intended purpose: to cut down foliage -- in his case, a regenerating bush. |
| 390 | * Marluxia from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. It's worth it to mention not only that his scythe is huge and sinister-looking, but also that the blade is Pepto-Bismol pink. Marluxia also backed this with some serious [[GreenThumb pink thumb]] flower magic. Originally it was specifically CherryBlossoms, which also angled his power towards death, fitting of his weapon. Later versions changed this to roses. |
| 391 | * One of ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'''s most powerful weapons, the Villainous Scythe, is crafted from a [[ShovelStrike shovel]], for two Improvised Weapon tropes in one. |
| 392 | * ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' has a scythe, unsubtly called "Death", as a weapon for your frontline fighters. It's wielded exactly as a sword, and has a chance to inflict instant death with each strike. |
| 393 | * ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' features [[{{Ninja}} Kayn]], who wields a {{living|Weapon}}, {{evil|Weapon}} scythe named Rhaast. Kayn in gameplay is an assassin-fighter with large, sweeping scythe attacks, but the twist is that the two are constantly struggling for control, with [[TheCorruption Rhaast attempting to possess Kayn's body]] and [[HijackingCthulhu Kayn attempting to purge the Rhaast from the blade for himself]]. Depending on who you target and kill, one of them will succeed, with two different potential upgrade paths that stay for the rest of the game: Rhaast prefers [[LightningBruiser harsh blows]] and [[LifeDrain siphoning blood out of his victims]], while Kayn prefers [[CleanCut precision assassinations]] and [[CastingAShadow reaping targets from the shadows]]. |
| 394 | * The weapon of choice of [[spoiler:Renne]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'', who seems perfectly innocent until pulling a scythe as big as she is out of nowhere. At which point the nom de guerre [[spoiler:Angel of Slaughter]] suddenly makes sense. |
| 395 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 396 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': The miniboss Gomess is a pitch-black, floating, robed specter whose primary weapon is a long scythe. |
| 397 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': The Poes, imp-like specters that you hunt to undo a curse they placed on a victim, attack with scythes, giving the already ghostly enemies something of a Grim Reaper vibe. |
| 398 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': The Yiga Footsoldiers use sickles as their basic weapon. Stronger versions take the basic design and turn it into RingsOfDeath. |
| 399 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': Defeated Silver Lizalfos can drop their sickle-shaped horns, among other body parts. When these horns are fused to weapons, they end up looking like Grim Reaper scythes. |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'': Both Angela and Roland wield scythes at one point. [[spoiler:During the fourth Floor Realization, Angela wields "Da Capo", the E.G.O. of the Silent Orchestra whose weapon resembles a conductor's baton with a quaver attached to the handle, forming the "blade" with an oversized flag. At the end of the sixth Realization, Roland likewise pulls out all the stops and forms one when wielding "Mimicry", the E.G.O. of [[EldritchAbomination Nothing There]].]] Considering that the series takes place in a CrapsackWorld where death, betrayal, and brutality are commonplace, the "Sinister" part is always gonna be there in some form. |
| 401 | ** In addition to these, former Color Fixer The Blue Reverberation wields a large scythe with blue designs. As is the standard for special weapons in this game, just the handle of his scythe is longer than he is tall. |
| 402 | * ''VideoGame/LuminousArc'': Vanessa, the Witch of Immolation, uses scythes. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX'': Rebellio, one of [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad the Falcons]], is depicted with a crimson scythe in the artwork, to go with his demonic-looking [[OneWingedAngel Armed Phenomenon]] form. In the game proper, the scythe is only one of his attack, as he creates many different weapons with his MasterOfThreads powers. Ironically, he's the least threatening out of the group, being simply TrappedInVillainy. |
| 404 | * ''VideoGame/LunarKnights'': Lucian is able to get the scythe Hel, which can split into four blades forming a claw that he can use in a {{spin attack}}. |
| 405 | * ''VideoGame/MagicRampage'': The Player can purchase the Death Scythe, appropriately named. Subverted in that it's considered a magic staff and throws spheres of Darkness around. |
| 406 | * ''VideoGame/{{Majesty}}'', building a Temple to Fervus, the God of Chaos and Nature, will allow you to train the Warriors of Discord from your Warrior's Guild: they are massive, completely insane behemoths with a skimpy leather armor, face-concealing helmet and a crazy attitude. They fight with "bladesticks", which are pretty much giant scythes with a smalle backward-pointing blade, allowing them to deal massive damage at expense of precision. |
| 407 | * ''VideoGame/{{MechRunner}}'': A heroic example, as the [=XP=]-41 can wield scythes in mecha form. |
| 408 | * ''Franchise/MegaMan'': |
| 409 | ** ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'' has Deathtanz Mantisk, who, in the Punishment form, has a couple of large scythes for arms. Aside from being based on an actual praying mantis, he's also a HangingJudge (at least after his {{brainwashing}} by the BigBad), and literally has ''Death'' in his name. |
| 410 | ** Prometheus of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series uses the energy scythe variant. It's so awesome he can shoot {{Sword Beam}}s and block/deflect blaster fire with it. |
| 411 | ** He was preceded by Sigma in ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', while disguised as a Grim Reaper, and Red of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX7 X7]]'', who had a ''{{double|Weapon}}''-ended scythe. |
| 412 | ** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6CybeastGregarAndCybeastFalzar'' features [=EraseMan.EXE=], a GrimReaper-like [=NetNavi=], who wields a red scythe and can slash a row from a tile away. Even his ''[[TheyCallHimSword operator's name]]'' is "Dark Scyth", and he is an assassin. |
| 413 | * The final boss of ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 5'' wields a scythe so large, its edge is as wide as your character. |
| 414 | * The Fiend enemies and their Terror Fiend variant from ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' are clear Grim Reaper ersatzes that use a scythe to OneHitKill one Mii. |
| 415 | * You can use a hoe as a weapon in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', but [[CoolButInefficient even a netherite hoe is the same as your bare fists]] when it comes to combat. Their best use is for farming and breaking blocks. |
| 416 | * In ''VideoGame/MinecraftDungeons'', one of the randomly found melee weapon types is a Soul Scythe, which allows you to collect souls, which can be used to power certain Artifacts. |
| 417 | * The Joker species from ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' uses scythes. However, their scythes tend not to resemble actual scythes so much as enormous, hooked axes, since they're bladed on all sides and are considerably thicker than real scythes. |
| 418 | * Noob Saibot uses a scythe as his weapon in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4''. |
| 419 | * ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' features five such weapons, but does so with its trademark realism for the genre. The sickle and military sickle are one-handed weapons, the former being the traditional harvesting tool and latter resembling a kusarigama sans chain. Peasants will often carry a traditional field scythe, with an inward-curving blade mounted parallel to the shaft of the weapon. The military scythe is essentially a basic spear with a straight blade, whereas the shortened military scythe is the same weapon with its haft cut down to become a two-handed weapon, resembling a sword with a long wooden grip. ''With Fire And Sword'' actually has a unit type dedicated to the use of scythes, known as Scythe Wielders. Unfortunately, they are using ''agricultural'' scythes and are thus the weakest Polish conscripts available. |
| 420 | * Ryu Hayabusa in the Xbox remake of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' can use a pair of kama chained together nunchaku-style and known as the "Vigoorian Flails". Probably the only reason why he isn't cutting himself up with them by accident, given their actually high usefulness, is because he is a CharlesAtlasSuperpower-ed HighlyVisibleNinja Badass. ''Ninja Gaiden II'', the 360 one that is, sees a proper Big F-ing Scythe in Ryu's hands, as well as a kusarigama. |
| 421 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'' has the Kusarigama as one of the possible weapons, though it's mostly used by swinging the chain and the sickle sometimes resemble a hook, a claw or even an hatchet. ''VideoGame/Nioh2'' introduces the "Switchglaive", which essentially are foldable polearms which are usually employed as scythes but can also turn into more naginata-like glaives. |
| 422 | * Margaret (Is Greek, you geek / it means "a pearl"...) Moonlight from ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' has [[MixAndMatchWeapon two anti-tank rifle scythes]]. |
| 423 | * There's a type of enemy in ''VideoGame/NosferatuTheWrathOfMalachi'' that wields these, giving them an annoyingly long reach. |
| 424 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'', both the Devil Monk and Psycho Nun monsters use scythes. |
| 425 | * A scythe customized for military use is one of the wieldable weapons in ''VideoGame/PandorasTower''. Its main use is for hitting multiple {{Mooks}} at once. |
| 426 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Patapon}}'' the Zigoton boss Gong wields a powerful scythe, which can be retrieved when he is defeated. In ''Patapon 3'', Ravenous uses a very ornate and oversized magical scythe. |
| 427 | * There are a few scythe weapons in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'', notably Soul Eater and Soul Banish. Naturally, they're sinister, cursed weapons that drain the user's health over time, but possess powerful special attacks such as a ranged one-hit-kill spell, in the case of Soul Banish. |
| 428 | * Many Rod and Partisan weapons (and Weapon Camos for these weapon types) on ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'' have the appearance of scythes. The Phantom Class wields Rods more like scythes and comes with camos for this purpose. |
| 429 | * The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Scyther and Kabutops have scythes for hands. Naturally, they're considered to be two of the more badass Pokémon. Absol has one on its ''head.'' |
| 430 | * ''VideoGame/Postal2'' has a scythe as one of the few weapons capable of [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cutting people in two]], although it's slow to use. |
| 431 | * The {{M|assivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame}}MORPG ''Videogame/RagnarokOnline'' has the Crescent Scythe, a MVP drop. |
| 432 | * Present in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. While the villagers wield small sickles, many monks in the castle have scythes as their weapon of choice. Unusually for this trope, they aren't really very good with them, as their attacks (even more than the other Ganados) are quite easy to predict. Although if you get hit by one at that's been thrown at shoulder height, well, hope you weren't too far from a save point. |
| 433 | * Serene from ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' is best with scythes. She also has dark color motif and [[WingedHumanoid bat wings]], which leads the party to initially mistake her for a vampire. Some other characters can also use scythes, but they're not quite as proficient. |
| 434 | * Aunas' Clone from ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3'' has a one-hit-kill move: Deathgod Stove, Naturally there is an Evade skill that can be learned for it; Death Sickle Evade. |
| 435 | * Formed of a giant spider's reconstituted leg and one of its massive fangs, ''VideoGame/RuneScape'''s Noxious Scythe is, at present, the [[InfinityMinusOneSword second best melee weapon]] in the game. It features a purely cosmetic effect of an endless spout of green acid gushing from the base of the blade. |
| 436 | * Angela from ''VideoGame/RustyHearts'' can choose to specialize in these once you hit lvl 10 with her. It also seems to be her signature weapon given that most of the art depicts her with one. |
| 437 | * If we're letting kusari-gama in, then Earthquake's rig from the ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' games belongs here. Of course, a sickle for him is about scythe-sized for the rest of the cast. Even doubly odd, his seems to be sharpened on the outside of the curve, given the animation of his heavy slashes. |
| 438 | * The Gliding Ghouls wield scythes in Episode 2 of ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooFirstFrights''. |
| 439 | * In the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' series, Akechi Mitsuhide wields two of them. He's a pretty damn creepy character in this series, possibly reflecting his status as betrayer of Nobunaga. |
| 440 | * ''VideoGame/ShiningSeries:'' |
| 441 | ** ''VideoGame/ShiningForceIII'': |
| 442 | *** Basanda one of the powerful leaders of the antagonists, has an oversized red scythe but with a short handle making it no longer than a sword in artwork, she's a magic user through so rarely will she attempt to hit you with it. In addition Lizard Men use scythes with enlarged blades much like an axe. |
| 443 | *** Also the Lizard-men wield come scary scythes. |
| 444 | ** ''Videogame/ShiningTheHolyArk'' features wraiths that carry scythes, they look a lot like Death. |
| 445 | ** ''VideoGame/ShiningSoul'' has many enemies that carry around scythes notably in the Glaybull Temple. |
| 446 | * Specter Knight of ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' has TheGrimReaper motif, wielding a scythe just as one would expect. When he's resized as a playable character, the blade alone is [[{{BFS}} almost as tall as he is.]] |
| 447 | * One of the monster types in ''VideoGame/SilenceOfTheSleep'', possesses a powerful scythe-like appendage. |
| 448 | * In ''Six-Guns: Gang Showdown'' from Creator/{{Gameloft}}, the game is set in a WeirdWest Arizona and Oregon so there's more than just revolvers and rifles for weaponry. There's also a number of powerful melee weapons, including 2 scythes, with the 2nd scythe being the most damaging weapon in the game and was the very weapon used by the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Horseman, Death]]. |
| 449 | * Piastol from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia Legends''. |
| 450 | * ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'': Two death deities come armed with scythes. [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Thanatos]] evokes the classical Grim Reaper style and wields a massive scythe that deals huge damage. [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Izanami]] has a pair of kamas (which are smaller than a scythe), but she throws them around like boomerangs and being a Hunter, is capable of dealing continuous damage that hurts a lot. |
| 451 | * Zasalamel and Abyss of ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur]]''. Astaroth's ultimate weapon in [=SC 2=] was also a scythe (appropriately named {{Th|eGrimReaper}}anatos), although all his other weapons were axes and the occasional hammer. |
| 452 | * Gig from ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''. Being the [[TheGrimReaper master of death]], he has the ability to [[ArmCannon morph his arms into scythes as well]], should he wish to. |
| 453 | * Hiro from ''VideoGame/SpectralSouls'' particularly stands out because of that fact that, perhaps in homage to the fact that they're so impractical, she's the only character in a cast of 45 playable characters that can actually use them. It's explained in other Neverland games that scythes are weapons made of material native of the demon realm, which is why only demon units can use them, and not even all of them. Humans will literally die if they use one of those, and they deal damage because of their alien, demonic nature rather than because they are effective weapons. Hiro's trademark scythe in particular, Gate of Hell, can ''rip an opponent's soul out instantly and send it straight to Hell'' when used on someone with an evil heart. |
| 454 | * In ''VideoGame/StandstillGirl'', two of the bosses are armed with scythes. One is a [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]]-like Time Scar created from some of Alice's memories. The other is an OptionalBoss that can be fought at the mental hospital: he's a former highly decorated soldier who's now consumed by melancholy and depression, and the scythe is his treasured weapon from the times of war. You defeating him (which is very difficult to achieve) actually breaks his scythe instead of killing him, impacting him enough to let the hospital's Shadeling doctors take care of him. |
| 455 | * Also in Blizzard's ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'', it is fitting to see on the macabre-sounding [[http://www.starcraft2.com/features/protoss/images/darktemplar-thumb1.jpg Protoss Dark Templar]] unit a particularly wicked double-scythe as the weapon of choice. |
| 456 | * ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' has Arumat, a badass [[SpaceElves Eldar]] soldier, who fights with a laser-bladed scythe. While [[DarkIsNotEvil he's not evil]], just {{antihero}}ic at worst, he still sees himself as an aspect of Death, TheGrimReaper, and mostly looks the part. |
| 457 | * The Dis Astranagant from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha 3''. Naturally, the Gundam Deathscythe also makes a number of appearances throughout the series. |
| 458 | * ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'': |
| 459 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': Largo [[RedBaron the Black Lion]] uses a large scythe as his weapon. He is the resident MightyGlacier of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad God-Generals]], with his powerful, wide strikes serving to keep your party away from his frailer allies. |
| 460 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'': Hypnos, a god of death, and the [[{{Reincarnation}} past life]] of Ricardo, used to wield a [[DoubleWeapon double-ended]] scythe, that apparently could be separated into two smaller weapons. Ricardo can put it to good use when he taps into Hypnos' power in his [[LimitBreak Mystic Arte]] (second one in ''R''). Hypnos' brother, Thanatos, also had one [[spoiler:but he has switched to a bladed stick of sorts, likely to better conceal his identity]]. |
| 461 | ** Yeager in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' uses a scythe where the handle is also a gun. It can also collapse into a crossbow. He is the leader of the Leviathan's Claw guild, which specializes in weapon smuggling, assassinations, and other shady deeds. |
| 462 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' has Ludger's and Elize's [[CombinationAttack Linked]] [[LimitBreak Mystic Arte]], Infernal Crescendo. It consists of Ludger creating a huge scythe out of Elize's Dark magic, and slashing the enemy. It then gets renamed into Blessed Arte the Pink, for maximum {{Bathos}} points. |
| 463 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': |
| 464 | ** Komachi Onozuka, the resident [[TheGrimReaper shinigami]]. However, she usually attacks by [[CastFromMoney firing coin danmaku]] at you. In the second fighting game, however, Komachi DOES use her scythe occasionally, especially when forced into physical combat. Komachi is in fact so good with her scythe that she can do RazorWind attacks with it. Which is clearly impossible to do with that kind of weapon. |
| 465 | ** In the PC-98 era, Elly from ''Lotus Land Story'', who actually threw the scythe at you like a boomerang. Worth mentioning that Elly's scythe is [[ImprobableWeaponUser curved around herself]] and that it's one of the few things in the series that can destroy your bullets. |
| 466 | * The GrimReaper[=-themed=] Mr.Grimm from ''VideoGame/TwistedMetalBlack'' throws flaming scythes from his motorcycle, instead of the skulls from previous games. Ironically, this is an incarnation where he isn't literally the grim reaper. |
| 467 | * Gordeau from ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'' uses a large scythe with impressive reach. |
| 468 | * ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has Erika Furudo, who wields a scythe of Truth. As in, literally made out of Truth. Her master has a similar one herself, with the ability to reap miracles. This is potentially a major clue about [[spoiler:[[EnemyWithout her true origins]]]]. Erika also uses this weapon in the ''Ougon Musou'' fighting games. |
| 469 | * TheGrimReaper BossBattle from ''VideoGame/VentureKid'' has the titular grim reaper wielding said weapon against [[PlayerCharacter Andy]]. |
| 470 | * Like the Gundam Deathscythe and Dis Astragant, most of the Specineff-class HumongousMecha in the ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' series wield scythes that can release energy-based RazorWind attacks. |
| 471 | * A class of weapons in ''Videogame/{{Warframe}}''. The Ether Reaper uses a blade [[LaserBlade made of plasma]], though it the blade is straight and perpendicular to the handle, making it look more like a massively stretched tomahawk. The Reaper Prime is slightly more orthodox in appearance, looking like a regular scythe, albeit with a smaller secondary blade beneath the primary and small reverse-face blades. The Hate, the calling card of [[HeroKiller the Stalker]], has a relatively normal scythe blade with what appears to be a bottle opener in it. The Kamas are miniature hatchet-like scythes, which can be dual-wielded. The "Reaping Spiral" melee stance allows you to throw scythes as a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang. |
| 472 | * Lady Harken from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' and its [[VideoGameRemake remake]]. |
| 473 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': |
| 474 | ** A class quest allows one to gain a Scythe. Different then most in that it's a class quest for ''Warlocks'' and it functions as a ''magic staff''. |
| 475 | ** Other classes can get a frost-themed scythe from the seasonal {{optional boss}} Ahune. Like the warlock scythe, it's also classified as a staff. |
| 476 | ** Also, there is a polearm version of the Warlock scythe/staff, wieldable by the Hunter, Death Knight, Warrior, Druid, and Paladin classes. |
| 477 | ** A druidic artifact known as the Scythe of Elune is referred to several times throughout the game. Most of the references to the Scythe were before any expansions; due to ''Cataclysm'', many of these references are lost. A blink-and-you-miss-it reference to the Scythe was made in Northrend, but the Scythe seems to have finally come to a resting place of sorts in [[spoiler:Gilneas, AKA the worgen starting zone. Which makes sense, as the Scythe of Elune only pops up in storylines involving worgen]]. In ''Legion'', Druids can obtain the Scythe as their Class Weapon. |
| 478 | ** Furthermore, in the ''Legion'' expansion, Affliction Warlocks obtain a scythe called "Ulthalesh, the Deadwind Harvester" as their artifact weapon. This scythe [[BeenThereShapedHistory was the weapon which drained the land around]] [[MageTower Karazhan]] [[BeenThereShapedHistory of life and turned it into Deadwind Pass.]] |
| 479 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}'', [[ElementalPowers Air]]-based weapons for [[CharacterClassSystem Warriors]] appear as scythes instead of spears. |
| 480 | * ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' series: |
| 481 | ** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': |
| 482 | *** Vandham wields two hand sickles borrowed from his [[LivingWeapon Blade]] Roc. |
| 483 | *** T-elos is a ruthless BloodKnight Blade, who gives her user a large scythe, although it's classified as a Greataxe by the game. It's a large departure from her [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} home game]], where she, much like KOS-MOS, fights by [[ShapeshifterWeapon morphing her body into weapons]]. |
| 484 | ** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has Moebius X who looks like a young girl but is as evil as most other Moebius. Her weapon of choice is great big evil looking scythe that's taller than her. |
| 485 | * ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' makes scythes incredibly powerful--they're [[TacticalRockPaperScissors strong against all other melee weapons]]. Two characters use them, of whom one's the BigBad, Gulcasa, and the other is {{Nerf}}ed with a mere garden scythe. She's a housewife. |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 489 | * ''WebAnimation/TheDailyObjectShow'': [[AncientEvil Cobalt Blue]]'s vase soldiers carry these on their person though they have yet to use it for lethal purposes, one did knock out Computer using the back side. |
| 490 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': [[DarkIsNotEvil Keela]] can summon one at will, although her version is far less sinister than the Master of the Dammed's. |
| 491 | ** The Possessor Ghost's scythe is the length of its ''body'' and has spikes on it. |
| 492 | ** The scythe of the Master of the Dammed himself, however, makes the Possessor Ghost's look puny by comparison. |
| 493 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}:'' |
| 494 | ** Protagonist Ruby Rose subverts the usual expectations for scythe wielders. Her personally customized weapon, Crescent Rose, is a scythe/sniper rifle hybrid (officially called an HCSS; High Caliber Sniper Scythe), people predicted that she was going to be a grim AntiHero. However, she's the show's resident cheerful, energetic WideEyedIdealist. |
| 495 | ** Her teammate, the mysterious and dour Blake Belladonna, can turn her weapon, Gambol Shroud, into a makeshift kusarigama with the cleaver attached to the weapon as the blade and a ribbon as the chain. |
| 496 | ** Ruby's uncle/mentor Qrow, meanwhile, wields a scythe/greatsword/shotgun hybrid called Harbinger. He is a bit more grim in his demeanor, though that's not really his fault. |
| 497 | ** [[spoiler:Maria Calavera]] was once a legendary huntress known as "[[RedBaron the]] [[{{Pun}} Grimm]] [[RedBaron Reaper]]". Fitting her title, she wielded twin kamas called Life and Death that could merge together with gravity Dust to form a double-ended scythe. Qrow, the above example, even modeled his weapon after hers because he wanted to be just like her. Like the previous three examples, however, she's not evil or even mean-spirited. |
| 498 | ** The only villain to use a scythe-like weapon is [[MasterOfIllusion Emerald]], who wields dual kama called Thief's Respite. [[spoiler:She eventually makes a HeelFaceTurn, though]]. |
| 499 | [[/folder]] |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 502 | * In ''Webcomic/{{APOC}}'', it's Clara's main weapon. Also [[http://www.apoccomic.com/comic/01_14/ it can compact!]] |
| 503 | * Butch of ''Webcomic/ChoppingBlock'' wields a sickle, but consistently refers to it as a scythe. When someone corrected him on it, he killed her with his "fucking doohickey." |
| 504 | * Death from ''Webcomic/{{Deities}}'' has one. |
| 505 | * In ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'', Penny, is not happy after joining in a ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' game and getting placed as a [[OurFairiesAreDifferent pixie]] [[http://www.rhjunior.com/goblin-hollow-0054/ for being late]], but when [[http://www.rhjunior.com/goblin-hollow-0055/ Penny takes a look at the equipment list]]... [[spoiler:[[http://www.rhjunior.com/goblin-hollow-0081/ And she wasn't above using it, either!]] The skeletons never stood a chance.]] |
| 506 | -->'''Fred:''' You gave the pixie a '''''VORPAL SCYTHE??'''''\ |
| 507 | '''Penny:''' (''in a evil voice'') EEEXXCELENT.\ |
| 508 | '''Ben:''' It was either that or the Level 10 ''[[KillItWithFire Wand of Fireball]]''-- |
| 509 | * ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper'': This is Scarlet's weapon of choice, befitting a grim reaper. Interestingly, fellow grim reaper Brook doesn't use one, and is more prone to hand to hand combat. |
| 510 | * Karkat Vantas from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' wields a sickle as his weapon. His Sburb aspect is, [[StealthPun naturally]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle-cell_disease blood]]. |
| 511 | * ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'', being TheGrimReaper, has wielded a number of scythes. Initially he had a somewhat axe-like scythe but Central broke it over his face, then Satan made him a replacement out of the spine and skull of a religious fanatic which Kane stole, and currently he wields a rather plain looking (and more traditional) scythe that Farrago made (and which he likes a lot more than the previous ones). |
| 512 | * In ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', {{the Worm that Walks}} GodEmperor Gog-Agog [[http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-4-76/ wielded]] a large scythe during the Universal War. |
| 513 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Lovelyss}}'' antagonist Gaskar the Guts wields a large scythe despite the sci-fi setting and abundance of guns. |
| 514 | ** Gaskar also appears in a flashback scene in the prequel ''Webcomic/{{Lovesyck}}'' where he is recognisable by his scythe. |
| 515 | * Death from ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' naturally has one. [[DontFearTheReaper While Death's a nice guy]], his scythe is a very powerful MorphWeapon capable of turning into [[CoolPlane a fighter jet]], [[WebComic/DinosaurComics a dinosaur]], [[VideoGame/GrimFandango a giant skull]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a cup of tea]], and [[spoiler:[[NukeEm a nuclear bomb]]]]. |
| 516 | * These are the standard weapons for Plague doctors in ''Webcomic/WastelandersAnonymous'' |
| 517 | [[/folder]] |
| 518 | |
| 519 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 520 | * Usually exists in ''Literature/ChaosFighters''. There is even a job class assigned to it, the slayers, who uses knight equipment but uses scythes. |
| 521 | * Corah from ''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2766952/1/Elemental Elemental]]'' wields one. This one is unique in the fact that the scythe is collapsible, complete with fold-in blade. |
| 522 | * ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'': |
| 523 | ** In Season 1, the main antagonist, Xornoth, uses a scythe as a weapon in the duel before he's taken down and sealed away. |
| 524 | ** In Season 2, Shelby wields a large enchanted scythe as a weapon, and uses it to capture the souls of monsters. |
| 525 | ** Across both seasons, [[LiteralSplitPersonality Dark Sausage]] uses a soul-harvesting scythe as a default weapon [[spoiler:and forms a CommonalityConnection with Shelby in Season 2 over this, alongside a shared connection with Sculk corruption]]. |
| 526 | * Ark'hen from ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', the PhysicalGod of death in a FictionalVideoGame has one. |
| 527 | * In a ''Website/{{Springhole}}'' article on misconceptions about bladed weapons, Syera points out that, as scythes are farming tools, they were designed to cut hay and the like, but not thick objects like the human body. |
| 528 | * ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'': |
| 529 | ** Lulu Altaire's designated weapon. She holds onto it until the end of the game, even killing [[TheScrappy Liam Black]] with it. |
| 530 | ** Joe Rios from V4 also pulled one. The [[TheGrimReaper mental image it provides]] does not match up very well with [[ChaoticGood his personality.]] However, he pulls a BatmanGambit to get [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cisco Vasquez]] on his side with it. |
| 531 | * Darkstar from ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' IS a sinister scythe. |
| 532 | * ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': TheGrimReaper motif supervillain, Professor/Doctor Reaper has a scythe which "was a horrific amalgam of necrotic and destroying energy. No wound inflicted by the blade would ever heal naturally, and even magic would be touch and go." |
| 533 | [[/folder]] |
| 534 | |
| 535 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 536 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[MindHive Darcy]] uses a red-bladed technological scythe when engaging in battle. |
| 537 | * The supervillain Grim Reaper in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a serrated cybernetic scythe that [[BladeBelowTheShoulder extends from his right arm]]. |
| 538 | * Calendar Girl (a.k.a. Page Monroe) in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Mean Seasons", wields a scythe in her winter incarnation. Of course, as is often the case with Bat-villains (especially in this show), she's more "highly disturbed" than evil. What she says to her prisoners is rather chilling: |
| 539 | -->'''Calendar Girl:''' Now I only have one holiday left to celebrate. ''(coldly)'' The Day of the Dead. And you're going to ''celebrate it'' with me. ''(swings scythe within inches of their heads)'' |
| 540 | * Being a more action-based show than the above, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' has Scarecrow use one in his appearance in a [[TheTeaser Cold Open]]. |
| 541 | * Cronus' weapon of choice in ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'' is a small gold and black scythe wielded in one hand. |
| 542 | * Grim, from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has one since he is TheGrimReaper. His scythe is a magical object capable of doing any number of sinister supernatural things. Most of the [[HilarityEnsues hijinks]] in the show is the result of Billy stealing it. When Mandy steals it, it's used as a [[DeusExMachina quick fix for the plot complication]]. |
| 543 | * In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', the Monkey King attacks Jackie with one. Jackie points out that killing someone with a scythe isn't very funny. Being a villain obsessed with comedy, the Monkey King agrees and discards it. |
| 544 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 545 | ** [[MoleInCharge Darius Deamonne]] can shape his Abomination goo around his arm to form a scythe-like weapon. |
| 546 | ** [[{{Golem}} Jean-Luc]] can shape his limbs like scythes to attack any intruder in King's castle castle. |
| 547 | ** [[BigBad Emperor Belos]] himself has [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous a curse that makes him turn into a monster]], however he can still control some of it to shape-shift his arms and turn them into scythe-like weapons. |
| 548 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': [[spoiler:Qilby]] can create and wield a scythe made of [[PureEnergy pure wakfu]]. |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 552 | * Scythe blades mounted on a straight pole like a spear or glaive have been used as weapons and have been made specifically for warfare as far back as 400 BC by the Thracians north of Greece, called rhomphaia. Blades that curve forwards were quite common in antiquity, and were very effective against armor of the day; Roman soldiers encountering Dacian warriors, who were commonly equipped with a similar weapon called a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falx falx]] soon found themselves needing to modify and reinforce their armor, virtually unheard of at the time. They can still be found in {{Kukris|AreKool}}, various forms of [[MacheteMayhem machetes]], and even some knives such as hawkbills and karambits. |
| 553 | * Actual combat-training for regular scythes was invented. A fellow by the name Paulus Hector Mair preserved mysteries of this art for us in [[http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00006570/images/index.html?seite=411 his fencing manual]]. It also contains techniques for sickles (though, unfortunately, [[DirtyCommunists no hammer]]). That guide pretty much takes advantage on how a scythe can screw enemies hard simply due to its shape which makes it unpredictable. You can block a sword, an axe, and any other polearm, but since the scythe's blade is mounted perpendicular to the shaft, it can easily reach around a shield or a sword parry to strike a person. |
| 554 | * The museum in Dumfries, Scotland has a couple of war scythes dating from 1715. When you needed to arm a bunch of troops that were also farmers quickly it was a cheap and pretty effective away. Plus they were [[RuleOfScary scary]]. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe The Other Wiki]] for a few more examples. |
| 555 | * The Polish ''kosa bojowa'' (meaning just "combat scythe"), was used as a weapon in several Polish uprisings. It involved modifying the blade so that it extends upright and outward from the pole, making it an improvised glaive. Nowadays "setting the scythe upright" is an expression used metaphorically to symbolise militancy. Fun fact: [[http://polona.pl/item/3751263/10/ there are manuals]]. |
| 556 | * The Chinese ''ge'' (戈) or dagger-axe, is essentially a scythe. It consisted of a bronze blade attached to a pole at 100°, which allowed for slashing attacks and hooking moves to disarm an opponent or drag cavalrymen off their horses. National Geographic had a demonstration [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usTPupO0Ew4&feature=related here]]. Originally developed from a farming implement, the ''ge'' came to be a dedicated weapon used by all warriors, noblemen and peasants alike. As warfare in China became increasingly professionalized, the ''ge'' was eventually replaced by the ''ji'' (戟), which is essentially the same thing but with a pointy-headed tip for thrusting. |
| 557 | * The Japanese ''kama'', a one-handed sickle-like implement, and was used to harvest rice, and later adapted by peasants during a revolt; the fighting style used with these weapons use the weapon's unusual design to catch, entangle, and sweep limbs and weaponry (most fiction depict scythe fighting in much the same way). In fiction, it's often seen in the hands of {{ninja}}, as a farming implement was frequently beneath suspicion of those looking for potential assassins. ''A kusarigama'' is a scythe with a [[EpicFlail long weighted chain]] attached. It still looks quite inconspicuous but the combination allows to swing the chain with both hands without taking your hand off the kama. |
| 558 | * The Ethiopian shotel is the SinisterScimitar version of this trope. Because of its shape, it can be used to hook around an opponent's shield before going in for the kill, while still being usable in one hand. Like most weapons, its origins as an agricultural tool also made it [[MacheteMayhem ideal for cutting through the thick vegetation of Africa]]. |
| 559 | * It is believed that the iconic image of the agricultural scythe as a weapon has its origins in certain war hammers with a [[PowerfulPick pronounced back spike]] like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bec_de_corbin bec de corbin]]. |
| 560 | * [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursSaurischianDinosaurs Therizinosaurs]] were theropod dinosaurs with the largest claws of any dinosaur, which were used for defense against tyrannosaurs as much as they were used for gathering plants to eat. Their name even means "Scythe lizard". |
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