History Main / ButterflyKnife

* During the torture scene in ''Film/SharkeysMachine'' (1981), a thug played by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Inosanto Dan Inosanto]] brandishes a balisong to intimidate Sharkey, who only asks if he's auditioning for a job at [[https://www.benihana.com/ Benihana's]]. Then the thug starts using it to [[MutilationInterrogation cut off Sharkey's fingers]].

* During the torture scene in ''Sharkey's Machine'' (1981), a thug played by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Inosanto Dan Inosanto]] brandishes a balisong to intimidate Sharkey, who only asks if he's auditioning for a job at [[https://www.benihana.com/ Benihana's]]. Then the thug starts using it to [[MutilationInterrogation cut off Sharkey's fingers]].

** In ''Film/{{Payback}}'', the Chow's Bodyguard, played by Jeff Imada, flips a butterfly knife and prepares to [[GroinAttack cut]] Porter before being interrupted by the [[DirtyCop corrupt cops]].

* During the torture scene in ''Sharkey's Machine'' (1981), a thug played by Dan Inosanto brandishes a balisong to intimidate Sharkey, who only asks if he's auditioning for a job at [[https://www.benihana.com/ Benihana's]]. Then the thug starts using it to [[MutilationInterrogation cut off Sharkey's fingers]].

* During the torture scene in ''Sharkey's Machine'' (1981), one is brandished to intimidate Sharkey, who only asks if he's auditioning for a job at [[https://www.benihana.com/ Benihana's]]. Then the torturer starts using it to [[MutilationInterrogation cut off Sharkey's fingers]].

* In ''Film/LethalWeapon4'', one of [[Creator/JetLi Wah Sing Ku]]'s {{mook}}s wields a butterfly knife. Oddly, Creator/JeffImada plays the other mook.

* In ''Film/{{Payback}}'', the Chow's Bodyguard, played by Jeff Imada, flips a butterfly knife and prepares to [[GroinAttack cut]] Porter before being interrupted by the [[DirtyCop corrupt cops]].

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': One of Hazama's iconic weapons is a set of especially vicious-looking ''curved'' butterfly knives (the other being his GrapplingHookPistol Nox Nyctores, Ouroboros).

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s Spy uses a butterfly knife as his default melee weapon; either for a relatively weak stab, or an [[OneHitKill instant-kill]] BackStab.

* ''VideoGames/MortalKombat'' has an odd example; From VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance to VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon, resident KnifeNut Kano's [[StanceSystem weapons fighting style]] was marked as "Butterfly Knives", despite him DualWielding what looks more like a pair of Bowie knives. This is due to developer error: the weapons in question are actually known as butterfly ''swords,'' meaning the devs made the mistake noted in the description of confusing two unrelated weapons.

* During the kidnapping in ''{{Webcomic/Marilith}}'', the title character draws a butterfly knife from the waistband of her skirt and flips it open between panels.

* Angelina Jolie has a pair as she has an interest in weaponry. She demonstrated how to use one on Conan O'Brien's show which impresses the latter. O'Brien tells her that he probably wouldn't last in a fight.
* Plenty of people create youtube videos doing [[KnifeNut tricks]] with them. It is quite fun except there is a risk of cutting yourself. That is where the fake blade variation comes in handy.
* There are butterfly knife combs that actually work as a comb and something to do tricks with. Though if you are not careful it is still metal and will give you small cuts that go through a few layers of skin, with that said it [[CombatHaircomb could be used as a weapon]] in a sticky situation and with enough applied pressure.

* [[http://baliyo.com/ Balisong ink pens]] are also available and probably do their jobs better than the bottle opener.

* Brayko from ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' uses a butterfly knife. He flips it during combat when he goes on his [[TurnsRed cocaine-fueled stabby rampages]].

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* ''VideoGames/MortalKombat'' has an odd example; From VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance to VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon, resident KnifeNut Kano's [[StanceSystem weapons fighting style]] was marked as "Butterfly Knives", despite him DualWielding what looks more like a pair of Bowie knives. This is due to developer error: the weapons in question are actually known as butterfly ''swords,'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_sword a well known weapon in the Wing Chun school of martial arts]].

* ''VideoGames/MortalKombat'' has an odd example; From VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance to VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon, resident KnifeNut Kano's [[StanceSystem weapons fighting style]] was marked as "Butterfly Knives", despite him DualWielding what looks more like a pair of Bowie knives.

* In the ''WhiteCollar'' third mid-season finale "Countdown", Keller [[TheSnackIsMoreInteresting snacks on a mango]] while threatening Mozzie, cutting pieces off with a butterfly knife. It is locked open and not flipped, which would be difficult to do while coated in juice.
* Charlie in Series/SpinCity uses one to carve the description of Caitlin's sex dream into his desk.

* In ''SaintsRow2'' a butterfly knife is one of the many melee weapons the protagonist can use.

* Angelina Jolie has a pair as she has an interest in weaponry. She demonstrated how to use one on Conan O'Brien's show which impresses the latter. O'brien tells her that he probably wouldn't last in a fight.

* Charlie in SpinCity uses one to carve the description of Caitlin's sex dream into his desk.

* The protagonist of ''The Takers'' by Jerry Ahern uses one to kill some modern-day pirates so he can get his hands on a gun to kill the rest.

* ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'': Le Chiffre's bald mook uses a spearpoint butterfly knife to cut out Bond's tracker and to remove the chair's seat in preparation for the [[GroinAttack rope torture]]. It resembles a paratrooper knife in the first scene, but he flips it before and after the chair.

* ''Film/KickAss'': Hitgirl got two for her birthday. And then got quizzed on the correct name for it used in the Philippines.
** A Mook tried to intimidate her with a fancy flip routine. She was less than impressed, pulling out one of the abovementioned gifts and doing a better one.
* In ''Film/LethalWeapon4'', one of [[JetLi Wah Sing Ku]]'s {{mook}}s wields a butterfly knife. Oddly, JeffImada plays the other mook.
* ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'' has Rick use one most prominently to pry a giant scarab beetle from under Jonathan's skin. In quieter scenes, he [[MundaneUtility uses it to cut things]].
* ''Film/TheOutsiders'': Two-Bit carries a butterfly knife. In an early confrontation, he [[GrievousBottleyHarm smashes a bottle]] on a fence, passes it to Ponyboy, and flips his knife open.

* ChowYunFat's Gou Fei uses one during the first major fight of ''Full Contact''.

* At the start of ''Film/{{Transporter 2}}'' a carjacker pulls one on Frank with accompanying flashy opening. Frank kicks it out of his hand, catches the knife by the handle, does his own flashy moves up against the carjacker's throat, pauses to enjoy the OhCrap look on his face, then knocks him out with a punch.

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* Taken UpToEleven in ''BattleAngelAlita''. After losing her motorball racer body, Alita has its BladeBelowTheShoulder converted into a Butterfly [[BladeOnAStick Polearm]].
* Mai Thi Hoang, a.k.a. Eternal Feather from ''SoulEaterNot'' is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} Vietnamese]] Demon Butterfly Knife. She can transform her arms into butterfly knife blades, and it is even hinted that she might be an Autonomous Weapon.

* In ''LethalWeapon4'', one of [[JetLi Wah Sing Ku]]'s {{mook}}s wields a butterfly knife. Oddly, JeffImada plays the other mook.