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* The patron saint of this trope is Creator/JackieChan. Part of his signature style is picking up random objects from the scene in which he's fighting, like tables, chairs, umbrellas, shopping carts, ladders, refrigerators, LEGO sculptures, and using them in novels ways for combat and mobility.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': During the BarBrawl, Young [=MacGuffin=] uses a long bench as a weapon.
* Normally, a sword does not meet the standards for an Improbable Weapon. However, it does in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', where the wielder is a ''horse''. And that's not even getting into Rapunzel's FryingPanOfDoom.
* In the final battle of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', the heroine finds herself standing up against BigBad Shan Yu, who's twice her height and weight and wielding a deadly sword. She reaches into her waistband and finds a fan -- and not even a metal war fan, just a paper one. Shan Yu swings the sword...and Mulan is able to wield the fan in such a way that the blade catches in it, allowing her to snatch it ''right from his hands.'' Mushu then gets in on the action by lighting a gigantic firework to hit Shan Yu directly, which sends him careening into an entire storehouse of explosives and sends him out with a literal bang.

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* Mike Howell in ''Film/AmericanUltra'' makes use of anything at hand to defend himself: steaming ramen soup, the spoon he was eating said soup with, dust pan, canned goods, hammers, various knives, you name it. If it's within reach, he'll weaponize it.
* ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'': Graham, Jake and Tibbsy fight zombies with a video game controller (used like a bolas), a pair of watermelons and a bunch of knives attached to a fence gauntlet to resemble Wolverine claws.
* In ''Film/{{Antigang}}'', Genu uses an 'enforcer'--a one-man battering ram used for breaching doors--as a hand-to-hand weapon; wielding it like a tonfa during the final fight against Kasper's gang.
* In ''Film/AquamanTheCastOfTheAngler'', Aquaman throws starfish like ninja stars to attack enemies.
* In ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'' , [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Oddjob]] spoof "Random Task" throws his ''shoes'' as weapons. When he tries this move on Austin late in the film, he only succeeds in giving the superspy a minor headache, prompting an incredulous response: "Who throws a shoe? Honestly! You fight like a woman!"
* In ''Film/Batman1989'' the Joker at one point wields a revolver with a ridiculously long (as in, over 3 feet) barrel that somehow takes down the Batplane in one shot.
* In ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', Genghis Khan is impressed by the military potential of modern sporting equipment. He dons some football armor, arms himself with an aluminum baseball bat, and charges off on a skateboard.
* In ''Film/Daredevil2003'', [[ImprobableAimingSkills anything Bullseye throws]] is a murder weapon (except when thrown at his {{Plot Armor}}ed nemesis). This includes semi-normal things like darts, steel needles, shuriken, and one of Elektra's ''sai''. It also includes off-the-wall items like unsharpened pencils, Daredevil's cane (which to be fair is actually a weapon), ''paperclips'', and chunks of stained glass. In one case he even manages to kill someone with a peanut!
* Among the many knives found in the Joker's pockets in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' film, the police also pull out a potato peeler! You may cringe at the thought of how effectively he'd use it. He also makes effective use of a [[EyeScream pencil]].
* ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' had ''guitar cases'' that served as rocket launchers and machineguns.
** In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico'', we get a guitar case with a ''flamethrower'' and another case that could be remote controlled as a rolling bomb.
* In ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', Rita wields a sharpened rotor blade as a {{BFS}} (with the help of PowerArmor).
* In ''Film/TheFastestGuitarAlive'', Roy Orbison wields a guitar that conceals a rifle.
* Creator/PamGrier as blaxploitation hero ''Film/FoxyBrown'': "I've got a black belt in barstools!"
** Nick Frost's character in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' ''dual wields'' barstools.
* ''Film/GrossePointeBlank'': "I once killed the president of Paraguay with a fork."
* The killers in ''Film/{{Gutterballs}}'' dispose of most of their victims with bowling pins, blunt ones for bludgeoning and sharpened ones for stabbing.
* In ''Film/GunsGirlsAndGambling'', The College Kid attacks John Smith and takes him down with a beer can.
* ''Film/HellraiserIIIHellOnEarth'' features the CD and Camerahead Cenobites. Guess what their main weapons are.
* In ''Film/TheHost2006'', Gang-du gets increasingly skilled with a stop sign.
* Film/JamesBond: In ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', henchman Oddjob uses his razor-rimmed hat as a throwing weapon.
* ''Film/JohnWick'': Viggo mentions that he once saw John kill three guys in a bar with a pencil; in [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 the sequel]], we finally get to see him do it, albeit only two guys this time. In [[Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum the third film]], he ups the ante by killing one assassin with a ''book'' and several others with a ''horse''.
* KL Hog's weapon of choice in ''Film/JourneyToTheWestConqueringTheDemons'' is a rake, as when he was human he had been attacked by villagers wielding them.
* In ''Film/KillerWorkout'', the killer's preferred weapon is a giant safety pin.
* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', the goblin guards in the hedge maze sections use small, sharp-toothed critters tied to the end of poles, which bite whatever they are put near.
* In ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'', Rom uses a weaponized rosary to garotte his foes.
* The young Jack Carlisle from the film ''Film/MagicIsland'' once used bubble gum to defeat a land shark, yes, you read that right.
* In the Sammo Hung film ''Film/MagnificentButcher'', Wong Fei Hung fights another kung fu master with ''ink brushes''.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: The Winter Soldier is one of these whenever he doesn't have a strike team around to keep handing him loaded {{BFG}}s. The signs are there in [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier the movie of the same name]], which features him disabling a moving car by pulling out the steering wheel and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath throwing more than one person into a vehicle]]. But it doesn't really reach its apex until ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]'', where he uses (among other things) a railing, a mattress, helicopter blades, and [[GrievousHarmWithABody Cap]] as weapons.
* ''Microwave Massacre'', ''Film/TheNailGunMassacre'', ''Woodchipper Massacre'', etc.
* In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'', Jonathan fights Anck Su Namun with a golden [[BuffySpeak stick-club-staff-thingy]]. Wasn't until later that they discovered that the stick turns into the Spear of Osiris.
** Anck Su Namun at one point threw a ''snake'' at a Rick. He [[CatchAndReturn caught it and threw it back]].
* Practically every main character in ''Film/MysteryMen'' uses an unusual weapon. Examples include thrown forks, a shovel, a possessed bowling ball, and flatulence. The film also includes a weapon designer who only creates improbable nonlethal weapons.
* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseumBattleOfTheSmithsonian'' showcases the usefulness of a Maglite flashlight, which is actually a common weapon for security guards and other types of people.
* Anton Chigurh of ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'' has a cattle bolt gun, which uses compressed air to shoot out a retractable metal rod. He apparently uses it because it's good for blowing out locks, and not many people can tell it's a weapon.
* The hero of ''Film/PootieTang'' uses his belt with great effect.
* ''Film/{{Python}}'': While being attacked in the shower, Theresa tries to hold the python back by whipping at it with a towel, squirting shampoo into its eyes and then futilely throwing a rubber duck at it.
* The title character of the Japanese splatter film ''Film/RoboGeisha'' is proficient in the use of weapons one would not normally expect to be deadly... with the most [[{{Pun}} eye opening]] example being a pair of ''fried shrimp''.
* Joey in ''Film/RollingVengeance'' who uses a monster truck of all things during his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* ''Film/SeeNoEvil'': Kane's main method of killing people is a meat hook.
* George in Film/{{Sharknado}} uses a barstool as a weapon on two occasions.
* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' and the cricket bat. Not to mention the records. Later at the Winchester, they try to fight off a zombie with billiards cues and throwing darts.
* Smith manages to kill someone with a carrot in ''Film/ShootEmUp''. TWICE! He even uses one as a trigger finger when his hands are injured.
* The killer of ''Film/SororityRow'' uses a bladed lug wrench for stabbing, throwing and at one point, after attaching some rope, as a KillerYoYo.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles:
** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' features Casey Jones, who has a penchant for sporting goods, including golf clubs, hockey sticks, and a cricket bat. Twice during the film's climax, he manages to use a garbage truck as a weapon. The films drop subtle hints that with his bare hands he's an average fighter (he takes down a few [[{{Mooks}} Foot ninjas]] with his bare fists in the climax), but if given a weapon he's effectively unbeatable.
** In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'', the turtles don't use their actual weapons to attack a single time in the film, instead using many different improvised weapons, such as sausage links and yo-yos during the battle against the mall robbers in the mall at the beginning.
** Somewhat exaggerated in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows'', where Casey defeats a group of Foot ninjas (armed with swords and ninja stars) with a hockey stick alone.
* As the title implies, the killer's arsenal in ''Film/TheToolboxMurders'' consists solely of stuff you'd find in a toolbox, like a hammer, [[NailEm nail gun]], screwdriver and [[ThisIsADrill drill]].
* The eponymous hero of ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' often uses a mop as a weapon.
* Frank, the eponymous driver of ''Film/TheTransporter'', uses all manner of odd melee weapons to incredible effect to take down entire groups of {{Mook}}s, including fruit, bicycle pedals, a fire hose, and of course his car.
* In ''Film/TrickRTreat'', Sam uses a razorblade hidden in a chocolate bar and an ultra-sharp lollipop.
* ''Film/{{TRON}}''. Sole weapon: glowy Frisbee. With a controllable flightpath. Which could chop other characters in half or even split heads (though all we saw were jewel-like bits coming out of the helmet when this happened).
* ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' uses afro picks as throwing knives.
* In the climactic battle of ''Film/VampiresVsTheBronx'', one kid chucks a Timberland boot at the lead vampire. It does nothing but confuse everybody.
* Both [[Film/WalkingTall1973 the 1973]] and [[Film/WalkingTall2004 2004 versions]] of ''Walking Tall'' was all about laying the smackdown with a two by four, based on the real life Buford Pusser.

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