History Main / ChainsawGood

* In ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'', Barb trashes her Angler Bus by slicing a couch in half via chainsaw, out of anger for getting glitter in her face. She apparently does this often because there are repair seams, and a Rock Troll in the couch doesn't flinch from reading his book when Barb reveals his hiding spot.

* ''Series/DontHugMeImScared'': As the trio's offscreen fight continues to get increasingly heated during the credits of "Friendship", Red Guy uses a chainsaw to ram Duck and Yellow Guy.

* Michael Z. Williamson's novel ''Better To Beg Forgiveness'' features, among other ''equally awesome'' things, the esteemed yet extremely enraged President Bishwanath of Celedon driving off a mob of bloodthirsty rioters with a chainsaw. Yes. [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking The PRESIDENT]].

* ''ComicBook/DarkWeb'': In the ''[[ComicBook/VenomEwingAndRamV Venom]]'' tie-in, Meridius mocks Bedlam for not using a bladed weapon to counter Codex (Dylan Brock)'s Necrosword katana. Bedlam manifests a chainsaw arm-blade, which he uses in the finale to rip and tear Limbo's demons to shreds.

[[folder:Video Games]]
* Delicatessen from ''VideoGame/TwoDark'' uses a chainsaw
* ''VideoGame/AbyssCrossing'': The Farewell Chainsaw is an accessory rather than a weapon, and it grants a skill that deals 5 hits, which is similar to how a chainsaw cuts.
* With infinite ammo and no reloading, the chainsaw in ''VideoGame/AlienSwarm'' is a great weapon, especially for characters with a melee bonus.
* In ''VideoGame/AmateurSurgeon'', a chainsaw is used by the main character as a makeshift bonesaw.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' golf game, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Zombie Ninja Pro-Am]], features a chainsaw pickup on certain levels. While it is slow and unwieldy, it does a ''lot'' of damage.
* In the game ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore-For Answer'', there exists a number of Arms Forts which act as the main adversaries, which include a six-legged aircraft carrier, a giant hydrofoil...and a gigantic tank named Cabracan that has 4 multi-story chainsaw blades on the front!
* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore 5'' features the "Grind Blade", six [[KillItWithFire flaming]] chainsaws that [[ThisIsADrill form a drill]]. Not just any weapon; it is classified as an Overed (Ultimate in the US/EU versions) Weapon, and once activated, completely replaces the left arm and purges the right arm weapon, and one hit ''will'' kill any AC it comes into contact with. Steep requirements make this weapon situational at best, but [[RuleOfCool Mech-mounted gigantic sextuple rotating superheated chainsaws]]!
* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' gives one of these to the WrenchWench, Krusche.
* A new class in ''VideoGame/AtlanticaOnline'' uses chainsaws, despite the modern chainsaw not having been ''invented'' until the early 20th century -- there were chainsaws earlier, but they were quite different from the device we know and love today -- and the game seeming to take place in the 19th century at the latest. This only adds to the already bubbling AnachronismStew of the setting. The Chainsaw person has ridiculously high stats, save for Dexterity, and can only be made by someone with a level 100 character already made.
* David and his [[EvilCounterpart nemesis]] Judgement from ''VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden 3'' fight with chainsaws.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' features dynamic, special kills called Torture Attacks. When killing the angel ''Harmony'' with a Torture attack, Bayonetta jumps onto its back and produces a [[{{BFS}} huge demonic]] chainsaw out of nowhere, which she proceeds to cleave the enemy in half with. She then retains this chainsaw as a pick-up weapon. Until it breaks (as all pick-up weapons do), it's the strongest weapon in Bayonetta's arsenal. The only downside is that it's slow. It'll even cleave apart an Ardor or two in just a few swings. If she manages to keep it until the end of the current chapter, she gets extra Arcade Bullets for [[MiniGame Angel Attack.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'', Rodin breaks his promise to not attach chainsaws on Bayo's arm and sells you Salamandra -- chainsaws forged from dragon scales that you can equip on your arms AND your feet for potential quadruple chainsaw action. They have a short attack range and lack Wicked Weaves, but [[DifficultButAwesome when used correctly with their Charge Modifier slashes]], they're among the best weapons in the game, capable of raking in combo points something fierce while tearing through even bosses like a hot knife through butter.
* ''VideoGame/BloodyZombies'' allows you the chainsaw as one of the game's last melee power-ups, and it can slice up zombies like no tomorrow just by ''holding it near'' your undead foes. It's slower than bats, katanas, or your trusty knuckle-dusters though.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' [[DownloadableContent DLC]] ''The Old Hunters'' adds the Whirligig Saw, a circular saw ''on a stick'', to its already crazy arsenal. It can either be thrusted into mooks spinning until they die or your [[SprintMeter stamina]] runs out, or swung around like an axe. It's as awesome as it sounds.
* A chainsaw is one of ''VideoGame/BloodCrusher2'''s possible starting melee weapons.
* In ''VideoGame/BloodyBattle'', the Chainsaw is one of the primary weapons, deals a heck ton of damage and is an execution weapon on top of that.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'', Psycho enemies wield buzzsaw axes, though these are usually left unpowered. In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', however, Krieg, the playable Psycho character, has a buzzsaw axe that is both powered ''and'' can potentially be loaded with dynamite, making it a fusion of this ''and'' StuffBlowingUp.
* ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}'' is a run and gun game where the player controls affectionate parodies of badass movie characters from the 80s to today. The one of [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams]] uses his chainsaw as his special attack. Mooks run away screaming in terror at the sight, it deflects bullets back at those who fired them, and is a great way to get through an area in a hurry.
* ''VideoGame/CarBattlerJoe'''s weaponized cars can use these to attack opponents, though they're obviously not great long-range weapons.
* One of the weapons in ''VideoGame/CelDamage'' is a chainsaw.
* ''The Chainsaw Incident'' was a failed Kickstarter horror fighting game developed by [=ORiGO=] Games, featuring designs by Masahiro Onoguchi from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' and ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter''. The game involves combat between various supernatural creatures who are all packing a chainsaw-related weapon somewhere on their bodies.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cube}}'' chainsaw is mostly there to serve as your EmergencyWeapon in the single-player modes, although it ''is'' more damaging than the pistol and has enough range to serve as a semi-useful crowd clearing weapon if you're out of grenades or rockets.
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''
** As an expy of [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], the Hillbilly has a chainsaw as his killer power. When it's ready and revved up, the Hillbilly launches into a dash forward that can cover a lot of distance and will instantly put down any survivor he hits as well as break doors and dropped pallets, but it's somewhat hard to control.
** Leatherface himself was added later, also with the chainsaw as his power. When running the chainsaw, he swings it around side-to-side in front of him while moving at a speed between a running survivor and Hillbilly's dash; just like [[FanNickname Billy]], hitting a dropped pallet or breakable door will instantly destroy it, and hitting a survivor will down them immediately, but unlike Billy, hitting a survivor extends the chainsaw's power timer. Just be careful to not miss and hit a solid surface, as if you do, Bubba will throw a frustrated tantrum similar to [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the end of his first movie]] and become almost uncontrollable by the killer player until the power runs out.
* Studio Nanafushi's ''Dead or School'' makes chainsaw-type weapons an impressive find. They have a medium-level base damage but if you hold down the attack button they hit constantly at an incredible attack rate. Chainsaws also boast an impressive durability (broken weapons do a fraction of the damage). Their value really goes up if the chainsaw has abilities like [[RazorWind Slash Wave]], [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Thunder]] and other powerful attack powers.
* ''Franchise/DeadRising'' games:
** Although it's one of the best all-around melee weapons in [[VideoGame/DeadRising the original]], being incredibly powerful without the extreme clumsiness of weapons like the sledgehammer, and possessing dangerous 360 degree spin and charging attacks, the chainsaw is too heavy and clumsy to store in your inventory, has to be started up before use, and its fuel supply only lasts a fairly short time after starting. The game also features a smaller, slightly weaker, but far more portable version... which, barring the InfinityPlusOneSword, is commonly recognized as the best overall weapon in the game.
** The [[VideoGame/DeadRising2 sequel]] takes this further, with a zombie-killing reality game show were the climax involves riding through hordes of the undead with ''motorcycle-mounted'' chainsaws. And that's ''just at the beginning of the game''. You may later have [[http://www.onelastcontinue.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/chainsaw_bmp_jpgcopy.jpg double chainsaws]] ''' mounted on a kayak paddle''' (which is just the cover art example).
* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' also has a weapon called the Ripper: it takes it up a notch by being a ''buzz saw'' that projects a spinning blade about a foot in front of it. It can then ''shoot the blade at a distance''.
** ''Dead Space: Downfall'' has the Plasma Saw, a more common-looking chainsaw, except that the blade is made of glowing hot plasma.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' introduces the Cavaliere as part of Dante's arsenal, a demonic motorcycle than can split off into two giant buzz saws capable of taking down large groups of enemies.
* ''VideoGame/Die2Nite'' has chainsaws. They're about as powerful as you'd expect, but come with some hefty drawbacks. First of all, they're an extremely rare item that most towns will be lucky to find a single one in their entire existence. Secondly, they are found broken and need several parts to fix up. Lastly, they have limited uses and need batteries (thankfully, a very common item) to power them.
* In the UsefulNotes/AcornArchimedes game ''[=DinoSaw=]'', you play as a caveman who mauls dinosaurs with a chainsaw.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'', AxCrazy Princess Sapphire threatens to open Mao's heart with a chainsaw to save Almaz from being turned into a demon.
* ''VideoGame/TheDishwasher: Dead Samurai'' features a chainsaw used like a heavy sword. It's not used to cut through enemies, only to hack and slash at them, though cutting through an enemy is an optional finishing move. There's also an especially relentless miniboss, the Cyborg Pumpkinhead, who cackles maniacally and barrels at you, rapidly and dextrously swinging a very large chainsaw about. He stops periodically to rev it back up again, and that should be the ''only'' time a player would risk getting near him, TeleportSpam or no.
** In the sequel ''VideoGame/TheDishwasher: Vampire Smile'', Yuki gets her arm cut off early in the game and replaces it with a chainsaw that can also turn into a chaingun or a shotgun. Also, the cyborg pumpkinhead enemy shows up again, this time downgraded to a recurring enemy, but still wielding his chainsaw. Yuki can have [[BladeLock chainsaw]] [[SingleStrokeBattle duels]] with him.
* All the games in the ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'' franchise feature a chainsaw:
** In ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/DoomII'', the chainsaw replaces your fists as the EmergencyWeapon once you find it, works like a melee-range chaingun and works quite well as a way to save ammo when dealing with lesser enemies. The weapon proved so popular in the original game that it's the first available weapon in the sequel, so long as you [[OffscreenStartBonus remember to look behind you]]. That said, in high-level play it's very unfavored by players due to two characteristics: one, it pulls the player into the monster he's sawing, jerking his aim every which way; two, [[HitboxDissonance the blockmap bug]] from the original games and preserved in the more faithful source ports makes hitboxes unreliable for hitscan attacks, which melee counts as.
** The Beavertooth chainsaw in ''VideoGame/Doom3'' deals a very high amount of damage and can wipe out even some mid-tier demons as long as you're fleet-footed to avoid their melee strikes. Similarly, chainsaw zombies are some of the most formidable former humans and can drop your health to nil in a second or two of contact. As to why there are chainsaws on Mars, a [[LampshadeHanging log you can read in-game]] mentions a delivery error -- somewhere on Earth is a group of lumberjacks wondering why they got a shipment of jackhammers instead of the chainsaws they ordered.
** In ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' the chainsaw now [[OneHitKO kills any non-boss enemy you use it on in one hit]], and is a great way to get an ammo refill, but each use consumes fuel. Chainsaw fuel is quite rare, and bigger enemies require more fuel to take down, the biggest (the Baron of Hell) requiring all of your fuel. Its presence on Mars is explained as being imported by a black market for unusual weapon enthusiasts.
** In ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'', the Chainsaw is an essential part of the Doom Slayer's kit, and is used frequently to restock ammo. It now recharges one stock of fuel over time, but without extra fuel it can only kill the weakest enemies. With three stocks, it can kill stronger demons like a Mancubus, but it lost its OneHitKill potential against super-heavies.
* In ''VideoGame/{{DRL}}'', the chainsaw makes an appearance. It has the effect of a berserk pack the first time you pick it up, with the pickup message "[[ShoutOut BLOOD!]] [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress BLOOD FOR ARMOK, GOD OF BLOOD!]]" It is absolute murder in the hands of a proper melee build, and is particularly powerful when modded for damage and the player is berserked.
* ''VideoGame/DustyRagingFist'' have albino [[NeverSMileAtACrocodile crocodile enemies]] who carries chainsaws as their weapons.
* Another Circular Saw Good example: the serrated metal discs in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', which are used in weapon traps. Each disc hits three times per trap activation, and each trap can hold up to ten weapons, so an enemy stepping on a trap entirely loaded out with disc will be hit ''30 times'' by razor-sharp discs in the blink of an eye. Entertainingly, their usage usually triples the amount of dumping required to get rid of each goblin, [[LudicrousGibs because of the small body pieces scattered everywhere]].
* In the browser-based game ''Earn to Die 2: Exodus'', the first armour upgrade for all three vehicles brings with it a circular saw mounted on the front. The police car adds a second one poking out of the bonnet like the world's most violent hood ornament, and the van has two small saws mounted on the front instead of one big one.
* True to its source, the games based on ''Franchise/EvilDead'' films feature a chainsaw as the main melee weapon. ''VideoGame/EvilDeadAFistfulOfBoomstick'' ups the ante with an upgraded one with extended guide bar and diamond-tipped cutting chain.
* ''VideoGame/EvilNight'', an obscure horror-themed {{Rail Shooter}} released for [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcades]], features zombies resembling [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] who attack with drills and [[GardeningVarietyWeapon weedwhackers]]. The end boss for the first stage is also [[TheButcher a butcher]] wielding a chainsaw.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' has the Ripper, which is another version of the chainsaw sword, which is used one-handed. In the [[VideoGame/Fallout3 third game]] they even name one 'UsefulNotes/{{Jack|TheRipper}}'. It's very... effective, as the trope implies.
** ''The Pitt'' DLC for ''3'' adds the "Auto-Axe" (with its own unique variants), which scales things up to industrial strength.
** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' adds a regular Chainsaw in addition to the Ripper. Since all melee weapons are considered "silent", [[WithCatlikeTread the Chainsaw is therefore an amazing weapon for stealth kills]]. The ''Gun Runner's Arsenal'' DLC allows the Courier to buy chainsaws and attachments that give +50% to condition ([[BreakableWeapons they wear out]] ''[[NecessaryDrawback fast]]''), carbide teeth to add +15 to damage (chainsaws ignore armor so this makes a good thing better), and an alloy frame to decrease weight (from a rather hefty 20 to 12).
** ''Lonesome Road'', the DLC expansion of ''New Vegas'', adds the Industrial Hand, a cross between a buzzsaw and a Power Fist.
** The Ripper returns in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', sometimes with legendary effects. A Wounding Ripper will pretty much destroy ''[[GameBreaker EVERYTHING!]]''
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' chainsaw is Edgar's tool that deals highest physical damage (but to a single enemy and reduced by armor). Despite the name, it normally looks more like a circular saw, except for [[RandomNumberGod a random effect]] [[ShoutOut in which he also pulls on a]] [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask.]] This [[OneHitKill instantly kills a regular enemy]], but gives a "MISS" for bosses and maximizes the health of the undead.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
*** Vincent's third LimitBreak (which is a cross between [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] and Literature/{{Frankenstein}}) uses a chainsaw.
*** Barret also has a chainsaw arm attachment as one of his (melee) weapon options. Very reminiscent of Ash from ''Franchise/EvilDead'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' what with it being a replacement for his actual hand.
** Ba'Gamnan, a Bangaa BountyHunter in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', wields a chainsaw spear, a long wooden pole with a large ring-shaped saw at the end.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', after [[YouHaveFailedMe one]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness too]] [[DirtyCoward many]] [[TheChewtoy failures]], Grynewaht, who was already on the cusp of becoming an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, becomes the target of one of Yotsuyu's supersoldier attempts. This turns him into a hyper-roided, mindless {{Expy}} of the Doom Guy, complete with lots of chainsaw (and general sawblade) action.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', one category of weapons (usable by Noctis and Prompto) is Machinery, in reference to Edgar and his tools above. Sure enough, one of them is a Circular Saw.
* If you choose the ''Revelation'' route in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Avatar's [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Yato]] evolves into the Omega Yato, a mix of chainsaw and FlamingSword [[spoiler:once it reunites with the other four legendary weapons the male royal siblings own]]. Omega Yato is also [[CipherScything Corrin]]'x weapon in their ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' appearances, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
* In ''VideoGame/FreedomWars'', the EZ Falke II is a light melee weapon taking the form of a chainsword.
* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' features the famous Lancer, an assault rifle with a ''chainsaw bayonet.'' Interestingly, while it is as lethal as one might imagine -- essentially an instantaneous kill for the poor bastard on the receiving end -- it takes time to rev up. The sequel has chainsaw ''duels''. A boss named Skorge wields ''[[RuleOfCool two chainsaws at the ends of a staff]]''. The chainsaw is a JustifiedTrope, as it was shown in the ExpandedUniverse novels that Locust skin is so tough that it often broke the bayonets on the old model of Lancer. Indeed, the Retro Lancer needs a fairly long running start before its bayonet can OneHitKill an enemy in-game. It's also mentioned in the novels that Gears have to be careful when slicing with the chainsaw otherwise it could get caught on bone.
** ''Gears of War 4'' adds the Buzzkill, a heavy weapon that rapid-fires spinning buzzsaws that ricochet off surfaces. Firing one into an enclosed room can easily create [[BulletHell Buzzsaw Hell]].
* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series between ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]]'' and ''Chinatown Wars'' has a couple of chainsaws scattered around the map. As the guns dealer from ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]'' would say: "works best in a crowded area".
** ''Vice City'' features it in a revenge mission and gives out other {{Shout Out}}s to ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.
** Fittingly, one was in an out of the way hick-like town.
* ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' has angsty AntiHero Haseo DualWielding short swords (some which are mini-chainsaws, some have spikes on them), a SinisterScythe and, because he is cool enough, a big Chainsword. In fact, he tries to be so cool he cuts off an opponent's head during a skirmish. That all happens in the Virtual World, so he can do it as many times as he wants with impunity. It's just a game after all.
* This is the signature weapon of Mika from the ''Daiku no Gensan'' video game series -- better-known in the US as ''VideoGame/HammerinHarry''. The manual for ''Hammerin' Hero'' even mentions that her nickname is "Chainsaw Mika"... despite the fact that she actually uses a fan in that game. The cover art has a nice picture of her using a chainsaw, though.
* Chainsaw Man in ''Mega Man'' fangame ''VideoGame/HardHat 2: War Ensemble'' doesn't use mere chainsaws. He uses ''explosive chainsaw missiles'', [[PowerCopying which you can acquire for yourself]].
* ''VideoGame/HauntingStarringPolterguy'': In the garage, poltergeist Polterguy can activate a chainsaw a scare the crap out of the family members (mostly main antagonist Vito Sardini, because he hangs around here a lot).
* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal [=FAKK2=]'' lets Julie wield the mighty chainsword. Unfortunately, you can't use it with the game's DualWielding / GunsAkimbo system. Plus, the damn thing gorged fuel like crazy.
* Alex of ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' wields a bright orange chainsaw as her sole weapon, capable of ripping even the heftiest of enemies apart.
* The first ''VideoGame/HunterTheReckoning'' game included a chainsaw. It's a terribly devastating weapon and the most effective tool against the FinalBoss, but not for the obvious reason: [[spoiler:it can cut through the boards over the windows, allowing the sunlight to destroy the master vampire]].
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'' introduces an Atomic Wonder Woman from a ravaged world all but destroyed by nuclear warfare. Her weapon is a chainsaw tied to a long metal pole.
* In ''VideoGame/JablessAdventure'', the first boss is the lumberjack, Lumber Jacques, who attacks you with his mighty chainsaw.
* There are logger-bot enemies in ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterTheLostFrontier'' with chainsaws. A boss, the Uber-Bot 888, comes with circular saws about the size of Jak's torso.
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' gives us Chainsaw Good and Chainsaw ''Bad'': the melee-specialist Berserker class can use and get discounts on the chainsaw, which is easily the best melee weapon in the game, dishing out hideous amounts of damage in short order. However, the flip side of this is the enemy [[NotUsingTheZWord Specimen]] type known as the Scrake, who resembles a [[MadDoctor psychotic surgeon]] clad in [[TheButcher a butcher's apron]] with [[BladeBelowTheShoulder a chainsaw for a hand.]] He happens to be [[DemonicSpider one of the most lethal types of Specimen.]]
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' features a chainsaw that, unlike normal melee weapons, [[AmmoUsingMeleeWeapon has a limited gast tank]], but you can just hold the fire button down and walk forward and wipe out everything in your path. The character wielding the chainsaw will also taunt appropriately as they lay waste to the Infected, most often while turning a horde of common zombies to paste. And it does pretty heavy damage to everything, even a Tank: you can kill him in about 5 seconds if you can stay close that long. Suitably, it's a good aeapon for drawing aggro, as the engine's noise alerts almost every zombie within render distance. One of the game's "Mutations"[[note]]special game modes with different gimmicks[[/note]] involves all the players having no weapons except for chainsaws with unlimited fuel.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has the Ancient Bladesaw, which is a [[LaserBlade laser chainsaw]] with a hilt. It has one of the highest damage ratings out of all two-handed weaponry, although some of the parts required to make them are hard to come by.
* The Sawtooth Sword in ''VideoGame/{{Lemegeton}}'' is actually an unpowered chainsaw. "Unpowered" meaning it works like most other swords.
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' has a cheerleader wielding a pimped out chainsaw that could cut through adamantium.
* In ''VideoGame/LostPlanet: Extreme Condition'', the [[HumongousMecha PTX-class]] [[AMechByAnyOtherName Vital Suit]] has one of these [[BladeBelowTheShoulder mounted to its left arm]].
* In ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'', Rakka Isezaki is shown wielding a chainsaw on some of the loading screens. It is revealed to be her weapon of choice during the Love arc.
* Aya gets a mini-chainsaw in ''VideoGame/MadFather'' about a third of the way through the game. Unusually for this trope, it's not used to attack enemies. Aya can only break barrels, crates and other weak objects with it, so it's used more to explore the environment and solve puzzles. The titular [[MadScientist mad father]] also gets a chainsaw, only this one's the real deal. [[spoiler:Which he'll try to use on Aya in the final part of the game.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Madworld}}'' more or less eats this trope for breakfast. The main character has a mechanized arm with a retractable chainsaw built into it. The first miniboss carries a giant dual-bladed chainsaw, which you can pick up as a weapon of your own after you beat the game at least once. Revolving buzzsaw blades are a common environmental weapon. Some of the tougher gangmembers in the Downtown stage carry chainsaws. The Shogun boss uses a BladeOnAStick that consists of a huge staff with two massive buzzsaws at either end. And then there's [[{{mirrorboss}} Kojack]], who also has a retractable arm-chainsaw.
** Platinum Games' ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'', gives us the return of Jack (in full color, no less), and his debut on non-Nintendo consoles, upgrading his previous, retractable chainsaw arm for a [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill double-bladed retractable chainsaw arm]] now named Gator Tooth.
* In the old adventure game ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', you can find a chainsaw in the house but there is no fuel to make it run. In ''VideoGame/ZakMcKrackenAndTheAlienMindbenders'' you find a can of gas ("For chainsaw use only!") in a locker on Mars as an in-joke, with the player character refusing to pick it up because "It's for another game".
** An UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' included a reference to ''Zak [=McKracken=]'' in the form of a poster in the arcade room, examining which [[LampshadeHanging makes your character wonder]] [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} why anyone would need chainsaw fuel on Mars]].
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', quadruped robot [[RobotDog LQ-84i]] carries a chainsaw on its back, which it picks up and swings around with its long prehensile tail to devastating effect (as do its cheaper, non-sentient knockoffs). It sadly loses this when it's rebuilt into the recon-focused Blade Wolf. Khamsin's MiniMecha also carries around a giant axe with a chainsaw blade. Both these chainsaws quite literally clash in the Blade Wolf DLC, resulting in a lot of SwordSparks and grinding.
* In ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'' the Chainsaw Massacre dirty trick equips the ball carrier with one. Spinning around while attempting to evade a tackle will result in the tackler getting severely injured, if not outright killed.
* The world of ''VideoGame/NexusClash'' is strewn with chainsaws and fuel cans that have little other imaginable purpose. One iteration of the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Seraph]] took this absolutely literally with the Clockwork Blade, a chainsaw powered by literal goodness.
* Some machine lifeforms in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' take advantage of this trope by strapping a circular saw to their torso and rushing you. The [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever building-sized Engels]] also invoke this trope in a different way by having arms ending in bucket-wheel excavators (which resemble circular saws in design.)
* The most expensive purchasable weapon from the Nightmare Vending Inc. in ''VideoGame/ANightmareOnElmStreetPC'' is a chainsaw. It grants you an ability to go though walls until it breaks.
* In ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden II'' for the 360, one type of enemy is a zombie with a chainsaw for one arm and a cannon for another. Ya rly.
* ''VideoGame/NotDyingToday'' have the chainsaw as one of the game's later, and best melee weapons, capable of grinding zombies in a pulp just by ''holding it in front'' of zombie mooks (without attacking!). It work wonders on bosses as well.
* ''VideoGame/{{Noita}}'' has the Chainsaw spell. It has quite high DPS and often [[LudicrousGibs gibs]] enemies, but you must get close to them. [[MundaneUtility It's also useful for cutting through wood]].
* The chainsaw is used fairly realistically in ''VideoGame/ObsCure II''. It's not a weapon, but a tool, meant for cutting through downed trees and other obstacles that lay in your path. It even holds this utility during a boss fight, the player using the chainsaw to cut off a giant [[PlantPerson plant monster]]'s vine-tentacles when it lays them down on the ground. [[HillbillyHorrors Jedidiah]], on the other hand, uses a chainsaw as his primary weapon -- appropriate, given that he's a walking ShoutOut to [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974 Leatherface]]. The final scene where Jedidiah is taken down involves a chainsaw duel between him and Corey straight out of the aforementioned ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' (the two games came out the same year).
* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2''
** The [[MemeticMutation OVE9000]] industrial circular saw as a weapon. It's actually not much good for fighting and is meant to be used as an UtilityWeapon, to saw open stationary items such as doors, deposit boxes and [=ATMs=].
** The Lumber Lite L2 chainsaw comes with the [[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]] Character Pack as a melee weapon. Like the OVE saw, it's also considered a poor weapon, though for different reasons. It does 70 damage without a ChargedAttack, and charging it to full throttle takes a whopping four seconds, dealing 450 damage, and leaving you very vulnerable to attack by the police.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'' gives us a hilarious version of this trope. Within ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' history, there is a chance a FusionDance between two demons/personas could go awry. This leads to humorous scenes enough, but ''Persona 5'' ups the ante in this regard: if a fusion accident happens (with the fusion taking the form of an execution), your two assistants, [[GoodCopBadCop Caroline and Justine]], will break out a [[{{BFS}} huge freakin' chainsaw]] to lop off the demon's head! Seriously, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNdF1InU80c the results need to be seen to be believed.]]
** And in ''Persona 5 Royal'', in the BonusBoss Fight against [[spoiler:Lavenza]], if she decides to melee attack you, she does it with a chainsaw.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' has a hidden weapon known as the Chain Sawd, which is a lightsaber-toothed chainsaw {{BFS}}. In practice it's not as effective as the trope would indicate, but its HP-steal special, along with the fact that it IS still effective in combat, mean it has a lot of fans.
** The Chain Sawd reappears in the ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarUniverse'' expansion ''Ambition of Illuminus''.
** ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'' brings back the Chainsawd once more, and also features the Glow Scrapper [[ArmedLegs Jet Boots]], which are a pair of foot-mounted chainsaws.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarNova'' has Galation, a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever gigantic]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot winged]] [[OrganicTechnology machine-beast hybrid]] {{unicorn}}[[BuffySpeak -esque thing]]. The chainsaws? That's what the wings are ''made'' of. There's also one on its tail.
* In ''VideoGame/PlanetSide'', Terran Republic infantry get a knife with a built-in chainsaw as a melee weapon - in the first game it's ''very'' loud when spun up for a stab attack, though the sequel makes it much more quiet, with the loud activated mode reserved for the OneHitKill-capable "Ripper" knife.
* ''VideoGame/PrimalCarnage'': The Pyromaniac's main weapon is a "flamesaw", which is a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]] with a chainsaw attached to the bottom for melee use. While the flamethrower does a small amount of continuous damage at close or moderate range, the chainsaw is great for tearing through small dinosaurs that get too close (it's generally much less effective against big dinosaurs).
* ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'': The Ogres use chainsaws as a melee weapon against you.
* The ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' Mission Pack ''Ground Zero'' introduces the Chainfist, which can kill an unarmored player in one or two swings and has unlimited ammo.
* While the chainsaw was eventually reintroduced in a number of quasi-official mods for ''Quake'', the default melee weapon in ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' was the gauntlet, a wrist-mounted '''circular saw'''. Along with Quake's nailgun, this raises the question of which powertool Id will weaponize next. The game would yell "Humiliation!" to all players whenever someone scored a kill with it (except the killer, who hears "Gauntlet!" as they score a Medal for a Gauntlet Kill).
* ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' has chainsaws as lootable and usable items. They do give a bonus in combat, but are equally efficient as construction tools... and the best weapons are actually rifles, shotguns or machine guns, meaning their use for killing zombies is limited.
* If there's one series that has a wet spot for chainsaws, that'd be ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', there are chainsaw-wielding Ganados that can [[OneHitKill kill Leon in one hit]]. (Though it is worth noting that there are ''many'' things in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4]] that can kill Leon in one or two hits, especially during boss battles.) Capcom clearly thought the chainsaw was so cool that the limited edition [=RE4=] game controller was a chainsaw, even though the player ''never'' uses one in the whole game. Moreover, [[http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/resident-evil-4-artwork-chainsaw-guy.jpg one piece of official artwork]] shows the player character ''being killed'' with it. Just for overkill, the Waterworld level in the Mercenaries mini-game features an exclusive enemy who wields a ''dual-bladed flaming chainsaw'' and swings it around nonstop while advancing at decent speed, which will automatically decapitate your character at any opportunity.
** Chainsaw-wielding enemies also return in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5,'' and while they are still lethal, there's a chance that they may just deal very high damage to the player instead.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' has Scagdeads, bloated, two-headed ([[BodyHorror more like two-mouthed, really]]) Ooze with a giant buzz-saw in place of its right arm. Although its standard swinging attack isn't a one hit kill anymore, it does possess an instant death attack where it will grab the player by his/her legs and then brutally grind them to death on their buzzsaw. This attack has a quick animation windup and is always fatal, even with full health. Despite not being electric or having any machinery in their bodies, the Scagdeads's saws sound like electric buzzsaws. This doesn't stop the Comms. Officer-turned-Scagdead from asserting his humanity, which would be funny except for the extremely creepy way he says it.
** And then ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' brings us the Ubistvo, a gangly monster that has ''[[BodyHorror had its ribcage and right hand merge into an organic chainsaw powered by its heart]]''. The [[BilingualBonus name is Serbo-Croatian for "Murder"]], and [[MeaningfulName it is]] [[MeaningfulName ''very'']] [[MeaningfulName well-named]].
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' is actually the first main series title to avert this in its main story since Resident Evil 4. However, Scagdeads show up in the Raid Mode, so the trope is still at least present. [[spoiler: The main story uses ThisIsADrill instead this time, to the same effect.]]
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' has a ''chainsaw duel'' for one of its boss fights. The player (Ethan Winters) has a regular chainsaw, while Jack Baker has what only be described as giant ''chainsaw scissors.''
--->'''Jack:''' [[Franchise/EvilDead Groovy.]]
--->'''Ethan:''' That is not groovy.
*** If you completed the game under 4 hours, you'll get electric ''circular saw'', which deals very high amount of damage to the enemies, even bosses.
* A Chainsaw is a regular fixture in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series:
** The [[OneHitKill instant-kill]] Chainsaw is extremely powerful ''VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend'': while intended to work only on low-level enemies and not bosses, [[GoodBadBugs a bug in the code]] makes it do [[GameBreaker the exact opposite]], which leads to a rather [[AnticlimaxBoss anticlimactic final battle]]. This was also incorporated into an axe in ''VideoGame/{{Romancing SaGa}}: Minstrel Song'' (it turns into a chainsaw). The aforementioned final battle even gets a mention as a story in the Library.
** The Bilqis technique (Fury of Bel'kwinith) actually uses the same stat as the Saw (Agility) in ''VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend''. However it will not insta-kill certain enemies/bosses, mostly because of their immunity to instant death and LP damage skills.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'', you can first obtain the Chainsaw midway through the game. It's an equippable weapon which kills any one mook instantly. Depending on how you plan your stat growth, it continues to be effective all the way to the final dungeon.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow 2'' has chainsaws as an available melee weapon, though as you need to complete a very difficult challenge in order to unlock the most players would only see them when they were handed out for certain diversions. Hitting someone with one causes an automatic OneHitKill (actually an animation of you cutting the person in half), but it's a fairly slow weapon so whether using it or not is actually a good idea in timed events is questionable.
* In ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'', the chainsaw is indeed the most powerful weapon, able to one-hit-kill targets and sever extremities. The same also applies if used against Tony by enemies. Hear a chainsaw? Run. They will catch you and decapitate you faster then you can reload.
* ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'': Arashi's weapon is a chainsaw which she uses her SuperSpeed PsychicPowers in order to climb on an enemy hold it against [[AttackItsWeakPoint their weak point.]] The name of her line of chainsaws is [[FluffyTheTerrible "Innocent Rabbit Hug X"]].
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', as usual, throws out historical accuracy for RuleOfCool and RuleOfFun. The latest installment gives us Muneshige Tachibana, a noble and just samurai who might just be the game's OnlySaneMan… who happens to be armed with {{dual|Wielding}} [[http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-15/sbsh-tachibana-muneshige.html lightning chainsaws.]] It is every bit as awesome to see (and dangerous to fight) as it sounds.
* The chainsaw found in ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'' has its fuel problem {{Handwave}}d by the existence of an advanced fuel cell. Due to how it works, it's an excellent defense against homing fireballs and {{Zerg Rush}}ing suicide frogs. There is also a type of enemy {{mook|s}}, the Curcubito, that uses a chainsaw and is suitably deadly if allowed to get close.
* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' has a chainsaw weapon, with a chance to inflict the fear ailment if you perform a regular attack with it.
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' has the Chainsaw return. This time, however, it can inflict ''instant death'' on whatever it hits (which, naturally, will always exclude bosses).
* The chainsaw weapons in ''Franchise/SilentHill'' are generally useful weapons . . . except they're all NewGamePlus-only. The first game's protagonist, Harry Mason, holds his forward when in ready stance, meaning some enemies will just run ''right'' into it (Though not as many as with the [[ThisIsADrill Rock Drill]], since he holds the saw lower and thus enemies that do a leaping attack are still problematic). James from the second game is not smart enough to do this; he holds his chainsaw to the side, meaning to actually do damage he has to swing or thrust with it. As well, if he gets hit he's stunned out of it and has to rev the thing up again... Which he'll likely get hit ''again'' trying to do... The Lying Figures' attack pattern and the tendency of ankle-biting Creepers to share a room with other enemies nudge this one towards DifficultButAwesome, as it's harder to hit baddies but it puts a bigger hurting on them if an attack does connect. Fun Fact: it's too blurry to see in-game, but the chainsaw as it appears from ''[=SH2=]'' onward has the word "BADASS" written down the bar. [[https://retrovania-vgjunk.blogspot.com/2014/08/ephemera-volume-7.html Yes, really!]]
* ''VideoGame/TheSkeleton'': In the appropriately-named "Chainsaw Mode", the skeleton trades its sword in for a chainsaw with which to strike you down.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'':
** Chain Reaction ''{{dual wield|ing}}s'' chainsaw swords. That's not all he does with chainsaws, though. He's also able to create machines that combine a turbine with four chainsaws, charge his chainsaws with [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] and use it to power his machines or call down lightning bolts, and his [[LimitBreak Sky-Chi]] lets him operate what basically is a mobile version of his aforementioned chainsaw/turbine hybrids.
** Previously, Roller Brawl did this to an extent. She has circular saws serving as wheels for her [[RollerbladeGood skates]], and is able to launch them at opponents as projectiles. She can also perform pirouettes to lash at opponents on one upgrade path, and another enhances her skills with the sawblades, allowing to lay down a saw as a trap to slash opponents or even summon four sawblades as an OrbitingParticleShield.
** Chainsaws and buzzsaws are also used by villains quite a lot.
*** There is the villain Shrednaught, a pair of trolls who operate a tank armed with a chainsaw, and it can perform a SpinAttack to slice opponents around it.
*** Another villain by the name of Shield Shredder has a circular saw that he uses as a shield. He is also capable of summoning two giant saws that can be used as makeshift barriers.
*** Trolls, in the first game, acted as lumberjacks (due to the IrrationalHatred [[BigBad Kaos]] holds to trees) and operated chainsaw mechs during his hunt for the Eternal Life Source.
* ''VideoGame/SLAISteelLancerArenaInternational'' has a traditional chainsaw as the melee weapon option for OMSK's кит models of [=SVs=]. Kojima one-ups this by supplying their Protons with [[KatanasAreJustBetter chainsaw katanas]].
* The [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 GUN Military Truck]] in Modern City Escape from ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' is equipped with three circular saws.
* ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'':
** The [[https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Splatana_Stamper Splatana Stamper]] is a large chainsword [[ScavengedPunk fashioned out of a]] [[https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/72d3128f-b319-480f-a5af-5441e853e827_1.4cc5c9f6acb29308c8601a0f3372b094.jpeg rolling stamp]]. The weapon's blade-track spins whenever flinging {{Sword Beam}}s of ink, and also when readying a [[ChargedAttack charged slash]].:
** The [[https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Grizzco_Splatana Grizzco Splatana]] is a PurposelyOverpowered illegally-upgraded version of the standard Stamper, which is only available on special occasions in [[MultiMookMelee Salmon Run]]. It is much slower to swing and cannot fling {{Sword Beam}}s when it does, but it deals phenomenally high damage and its charged slash can penetrate through any [[MiniBoss Boss Salmonids]]' [[KungFuProofMook armor]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}} 2'' is the only game in the ''Splatterhouse'' series to date to feature a chainsaw as a weapon.
** That Rick gets to use, in any case. The infamous "Biggy Man" boss from the original game has two chainsaw blades in place of his hands.
* The very selling point of ''VideoGame/SplatterMaster'', being that your default weapon is your trusty chainsaw which can slice and grind through hordes and hordes of enemies and even does massive damage to bosses. More often than not each level will have entire ''acres'' of [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe dead enemies sliced into half]] thanks to your chainsaw. You'll need to refuel it regularly at the start of each level, though.
* While most of the mecha in ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'' are armed with swords or {{Laser Blade}}s for melee combat, the Havoc is armed with a gigantic chainsaw.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy'' eschews SpikesOfDoom (found in every other PlatformHell) in favor of Buzzsaws Of Doom. Dr. Fetus also favors using chainsaws with some of his {{Humongous Mecha}}s, generally in the boss levels.
* The Assault Blade weapon in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Original Generation'' is a HumongousMecha-sized Chainsword. Quite a number of mecha feature it as a weapon, even the cute ElegantGothicLolita Fairlions. In the ''Original Generations'' VideogameRemake, Ryusei uses the ART-1, a mecha armed with chainsaw ''tonfas''. In MX, the Garmraid has buzzsaws for knees.
** In ''[=SRW Z=]'', the Gunleon carries a pair of chainsaws on its shoulders, which it can use in combat to brutal effect, as demonstrated when, upon scoring a Dynamic Kill with them, it stabs both into the target and then ''tears it in half.'' (And this is one of the ''least'' mind-blowing things it does.)
*** Just in case you missed/forgot it in that surge of craziness there: Gunleon does ''[[SwordsAkimbo Chainsaws Akimbo]].''
* There's a chainsaw in ''VideoGame/SurvivalCrisisZ''. However, it's one of the ''worst'' weapons in the game, only slightly above the knife. It inexplicably doesn't require fuel, but it's clumsy, not particularly damaging, and you have to get in close, easily allowing the Infected and zombies to mob you, or counterattack if you don't line it up right. Even low-end guns like the revolver or SMG are better than it if you have the choice.
* [[RobotGirl Alisa Bosconovitch]] from ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken 6]]'' has a retractable chainsaw hidden in each arm. She uses them in throws and some attacks, and can switch to a chainsaw stance that changes all her attacks to strikes with the chainsaws. However, this stance is difficult to maintain for any amount of time as she'll automatically end it if she blocks or takes damage.
* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' features chainsaws as an alternative to axes, similar to how drills are an alternative to pickaxes. They chop trees really quickly, but otherwise aren't good for much; the sole exception is the Butcher's Chainsaw[[note]]unsurprisingly dropped by the Butcher, a blend of [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] and [[Film/MotelHell Vincent Smith]] that shows up in the [[MonsterMash Solar Eclipse]] event[[/note]], that works well as a melee weapon ''and'' as a tree cutter.
* In the FightingGame ''VideoGame/TimeKillers'', the 21st-century fighter Rancid uses a chainsaw as a weapon.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tremulous}}'' has a human weapon called the Painsaw, a chainsaw with a blade [[EnergyWeapon made of electricity]].
* Paul Chuck from ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy'' has a song about cutting a tree down with a chainsaw, and how his chainsaws are better than those of his rival, Joe Chin.
--> ''NEVER USE JOE CHIN'S CHAINS FOR THEM!''
* ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' features one, though normally only through the "Chainsaw Melee" mutator, which replaces the normal Impact Hammer with one. It can be used the same as most other chainsaws with primary fire, or a side-to-side swipe with SecondaryFire that can [[OneHitKill instantly take off someone's head]]. It also pays homage to ''Doom'' with the pickup message: "It's been five years since I've seen one of these."
* ''VideoGame/{{Unturned}}'' is a WideOpenSandBox ZombieApocalypse SurvivalHorror title, so of course it has a chainsaw. It's noisy and individual hits are weak but it attacks very quickly when you hold the button. ''Unturned'' gives it a special power rarely seen in video games: ''its intended purpose of cutting wood'', which you use in crafting and construction.
* In ''Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga'', chainsaws are one of the numerous weapon types.
* ''VideoGame/VersusUmbra'': The M.O.D. Device is a weapon that places two portals and 20 chainsaws moving between then infinitely, harming all enemies which make contact. It's even described as "The 2 very best things combined into one multidimensional organic dismemberment device."
* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' has the Ripkas, a pair of hand-mounted chainsaws with decent critical hit chance and focusing on Slash damage. Their original purpose was stated as cutting through metal and overgrown wildlife. It even has a unique mod made for increased critical chance and dismemberment of enemies.
* The little-known Xbox game ''VideoGame/{{Whacked}}'' has a commercial for a toy called "My First Chainsaw", showing a baby revving up a chainsaw. The Christmas Tree map even has a box of the toy.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 4}}'' has an ''anti-tank'' chainsaw. Considering it shreds a train cart to itty-bitty pieces and overkills your characters many times beyond their max HitPoints, it likely does what its name implies. It {{av|ertedTrope}}oids the usual depiction of the chainsaw though; the character that wields it is one of the slowest bosses in the game, and he needs to waste one turn to start up the chainsaw every time he uses it.
* The Rip-Saw in ''VideoGame/WildStar'' serves a dual-purpose, being a shield and a massive, monster-munching circular saw.
* In ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', B.J. employs a chainsaw as a JackBauerInterrogationTechnique by threatening to use it on a Nazi he captured unless he offered up the location of captured resistance fighters. He then saws off his head anyway ([[GoryDiscretionShot albeit with the scene fading to black just beforehand]]).
* ''VideoGame/XKaliber2097'' has a boss called "Chainsaw". Who attacks you with a chainsaw ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin who knew?]]) that's grafted to his arm.
* Chainsaw is the most effective weapon in''VideoGame/YoJoeBeatTheGhosts'', although unlike other melee weapons it requires fuel.
%%* ''VideoGame/YukiOnna2020'': You can pick up a chainsaw in the game to use. Administrivia/ZeroContextExample
* In ''VideoGame/{{Yume2kki}}'', the collaborative fan tribute to ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', the player character Urotsuki's choice weapon is a chainsaw in supplement to Madotsuki's knife in the original game.
* In ''VideoGame/ZenlessZoneZero'', Corin Wickes of Victoria Housekeeping Co. uses a circular saw on a pole as her main weapon against otherworldly monsters, the Ethereals. Unlike most other examples, she relies on DeathOfAThousandCuts due to her poor per-hit damage or filling an enemy's BreakMeter and switching out to a teammate who does more damage. Talents can improve her damage output by increasing the amount of total damage she can do the longer she shreds into an opponent, though.
* The chainsaw in ''VideoGame/ZombievilleUSA'' kills quickly at close range and stuns them as long as you are attacking.
* Bebop in ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantsInManhattan'' wields a chainsaw in his boss fights.
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** The [[https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Grizzco_Splatana Grizzco Splatana]] is a PurposelyOverpowered illegally-upgraded version of the standard Stamper, which is only available on special occasions in [[MultiMookMelee Salmon Run]]. It is much slower to swing and cannot fling {{Sword Beam}}s when it does, but it deals phenomenally high damage and can penetrate through any [[MiniBoss Boss Salmonids]]' [[KungFuProofMook armor]].

* ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'''s [[https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Splatana_Stamper Splatana Stamper]] is a large chainsword [[ScavengedPunk fashioned out of a]] [[https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/72d3128f-b319-480f-a5af-5441e853e827_1.4cc5c9f6acb29308c8601a0f3372b094.jpeg rolling stamp]]. The weapon's blade-track spins whenever flinging {{Sword Beam}}s of ink, and also when readying a [[ChargedAttack charged slash]].

* ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'''s [[https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Splatana_Stamper Splatana Stamper]] is a large chainsword fashioned out of a [[https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/72d3128f-b319-480f-a5af-5441e853e827_1.4cc5c9f6acb29308c8601a0f3372b094.jpeg rolling stamp]]. The weapon's blade-track spins whenever flinging {{Sword Beam}}s of ink, and also when readying a [[ChargedAttack charged slash]].

* In 2016, a man in Portland, Oregon [[https://komonews.com/news/local/report-man-brandishing-chainsaw-robs-plaid-pantry-in-portland attempted to rob a convenience store]] using a chainsaw. Unfortunately for him, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Surprisingly Realistic Outcome]] occured, as the saw wouldn't start properly, and he had to run away before being eventually caught by the police.

* The chainsaw weapons in ''Franchise/SilentHill'' are generally useful weapons . . . except they're all NewGamePlus-only. The first game's protagonist, Harry Mason, holds his forward when in ready stance, meaning some enemies will just run ''right'' into it (Though not as many as with the [[ThisIsADrill Rock Drill]], since he holds the saw lower and thus enemies that do a leaping attack are still problematic). James from the second game is not smart enough to do this; he holds his chainsaw to the side, meaning to actually do damage he has to swing or thrust with it. As well, if he gets hit he's stunned out of it and has to rev the thing up again... Which he'll likely get hit ''again'' trying to do... The Lying Figures' attack pattern and the tendency of ankle-biting Creepers to share a room with other enemies nudge this one towards DifficultButAwesome. Fun Fact: it's too blurry to see in-game, but the chainsaw as it appears from ''[=SH2=]'' onward has the word "BADASS" written down the bar. [[https://retrovania-vgjunk.blogspot.com/2014/08/ephemera-volume-7.html Yes, really!]]

* With infinite ammo and no reloading, the chainsaw in ''VideoGame/AlienSwarm'' is a great weapon, especially for characters with a melee bonus. It's also used as a quick way to open doors, essential in {{Speedrun}}s.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/DoomII'', the chainsaw replaces your fists as the EmergencyWeapon once you find it, works like a melee-range chaingun and works quite well as a way to save ammo when dealing with lesser enemies. The weapon proved so popular in the original game that it's the first available weapon in the sequel, so long as you [[OffscreenStartBonus remember to look behind you]]. That said, in high-level play it's very unfavored by players due to two characteristics: one, it pulls the player into the monster he's sawing, jerking his aim every which way; two, [[HitboxDissonance the blockmap bug]] from the original games and preserved in the more faithful source ports[[note]]the Boom family of ports, including the speedrunner-oriented DSDA-Doom[[/note]] makes hitboxes unreliable for hitscan attacks, which melee counts as.

** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', there are chainsaw-wielding Ganados that can [[OneHitKill kill Leon in one hit]]. (Though it is worth noting that there are ''many'' things in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4]] that can kill Leon in one or two hits, especially during boss battles.) Capcom clearly thought the chainsaw was so cool that the limited edition [=RE4=] game controller was a chainsaw, even though the player ''never'' uses one in the whole game. Moreover, [[http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/resident-evil-4-artwork-chainsaw-guy.jpg one piece of official artwork]] shows the player character ''being killed'' with it. Just for overkill, the Waterworld level in the Mercenaries mini-game features an exclusive enemy who wields a ''duel-bladed flaming chainsaw'' and swings it around nonstop while advancing at decent speed, which will automatically decapitate your character at any opportunity.

** ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore 5'' features the "Grind Blade", six [[KillItWithFire flaming]] chainsaws that [[ThisIsADrill form a drill]]. Not just any weapon; it is classified as an Overed (Ultimate in the US/EU versions) Weapon, and once activated, completely replaces the left arm and purges the right arm weapon, and one hit ''will'' kill any AC it comes into contact with. Steep requirements make this weapon situational at best, but [[RuleOfCool Mech-mounted gigantic sextuple rotating superheated chainsaws]]!

* A new class in ''VideoGame/AtlanticaOnline'' uses chainsaws, despite the modern chainsaw not having been ''invented'' until the early 20th century -- there were chainsaws earlier, but they were quite different from the device we know and love today -- and the game seeming to take place in the 19th century at the latest. This only adds to the already bubbling AnachronismStew of the setting.
** The Chainsaw person has ridiculously high stats, save for Dexterity, and can only be made by someone with a level 100 character already made.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' features dynamic, special kills called Torture Attacks. When killing the angel ''Harmony'' with a Torture attack, Bayonetta jumps onto its back and produces a [[{{BFS}} huge demonic]] chainsaw out of nowhere, which she proceeds to cleave the enemy in half with. She then retains this chainsaw as a pick-up weapon. Until it breaks (as all pick-up weapons do), [[GameBreaker it's the strongest weapon in Bayonetta's arsenal]]. (The only downside is, it's slow.) It'll even cleave apart an Ardor or two in just a few swings. If she manages to keep it until the end of the current chapter, she gets extra Arcade Bullets for [[MiniGame Angel Attack.]]
** In ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' Rodin breaks his promise to not attach chainsaws on Bayo's arm and sells you Salamandra -- chainsaws forged from dragon scales that you can equip on your arms AND your feet for potential quadruple chainsaw action. They have a short attack range and lack Wicked Weaves, but [[DifficultButAwesome when used correctly with their Charge Modifier slashes]], they're among the best weapons in the game, capable of raking in combo points something fierce while tearing through even bosses like a hot knife through butter.

* Even ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has gotten in on this trope. With the second Adventurer's Vault sourcebook, anyone who wields a Heavy Blade, Axe or Polearm can find a Fleshgrinder version, a demon-developed magical weapon that the text and sidebar make clear is a chainsaw-bladed version of the [[{{BFS}} greatsword]], [[AnAxeToGrind battleaxe]], [[SinisterScythe scythe]], [[BladeOnAStick glaive]] or whatever's appropriate.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', quadruped robot [[RobotDog LQ-84i]] carries a chainsaw on its back, which it picks up and swings around with its long prehensile tail to devastating effect (as do its cheaper, non-sentient knockoffs). It sadly loses this when it's rebuilt into the recon-focused Blade Wolf. Khamsin's MiniMecha also carries around a [[AnAxeToGrind giant axe]] with a chainsaw blade. Both these chainsaws quite literally clash in the Blade Wolf DLC, resulting in a lot of SwordSparks and grinding.

* In ''ComicBook/SWORD'', when Shi'ar Majestrix Xandra Neramani and a few of her Imperial Guard make a diplomatic visit to planet Arakko (Mars), they're ambushed by the new Lethal Legion. One of them, Mr. Eloquent has an [[AbsurdlySharpBlade "Atomic Chainsaw"]] for a hand. Facing the Guardman Neutron, who boasts of his [[NighInvulnerable invulnerable skin]]. Mr. Eloquent [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice easily stabs through Neutron]] and then tells him "My Atomic Chainsaw proves that there's no such thing."

* In ''ComicBook/{{Sword}}'', when Majestrix Xandra Neramani and a few of her Imperial Guard went on a diplomatic visit to planet Arakko (Mars) - they were ambushed by the new version of the Lethal Legion. One of them, Mr. Eloquent has an [[AbsurdlySharpBlade "Atomic Chainsaw"]] for a hand. Mr. Eloquent went up against the Guardman Neutron, who boasted of his [[NighInvulnerable invulnerable skin]]. Mr. Eloquent [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice easily stabs through Neutron]] and then tells him "My Atomic Chainsaw proves that there's no such thing."

* [[Film/TheRoom Tommy Wiseau]] uses one to take down the Zombie Lisa in ''WebAnimation/TheFrolloShow'''s zombie apocalypse arc. The Pity story of the Finally Do It arc introduce Aya from [[VideoGame/MadFather Mad Father]] who use a chainsaw as a WeaponOfChoice.

* While it was fairly rarely used, [[GadgeteerGenius Tanya's]] WeaponOfChoice in ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'' is a small chainsaw in her wrist-mounted Omnitool, one of many tools in her armour.

* [[ChainsawGood/LiveActionFilms Films - Live-Action]]

!!Examples:

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* ''Film/TheABCsOfDeath'': "L is for Libido". After finally failing to be the first to climax, the protagonist wakes up to find himself ChainedToABed, having sex with a beautiful woman. Who then pulls out a chainsaw and proceeds to [[OutWithABang hack him to death while she continues to ride him]].
* Patrick Bateman in ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' chases a prostitute through an apartment building in New York City with a chainsaw while ''[[FullFrontalAssault naked]]''. The sequence may have been a figment of his deranged imagination. Not only does he kill her with the chainsaw, he drops it on her from several stories up and kills her. Ignoring the fact that most modern chainsaws have a safety on it so that if you let it go, it'll turn off. If you look closely you can see judicious use of Duct Tape.
* In ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'', Vanderhoe carries a buzzsaw device around, which is useful to cut through both zombies and other materials (to open paths for the latter).
* In ''Film/BadTaste'', the AxCrazy character Derek (played by director Creator/PeterJackson) gets hold of a chainsaw. Cue much gore and an awesome moment or two. Cast members Craig Smith and Pete O'Herne admit in a [[http://tbhl.theonering.net/films/bad_taste_hernesmithchat.html web interview]] that it was an homage to ''Franchise/EvilDead'' and ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.
* In ''Film/BigTitsZombie'', the main character finds a chainsaw and is so overjoyed, she practically starts crying. The chainsaw even glows. This movie loves this trope so much that the first zombie kill, moments into the film, is a chainsaw attack.
* Subverted in the horror-comedy ''Film/BlackSheep2007'', in which Henry needs to perform half a dozen steps to get a complicated chainsaw's motor started, only to drop it over the side when the truck he's riding goes over a bump in the field.
* ''Film/BloodPi'': When Professor Milbern is handcuffed to the ceiling of Omega Pi's basement, Amber comes down and uses a chainsaw to [[GroinAttack castrate him]].
* Ed Gein picks up a chainsaw and uses it to drive off the Zodiac Killer in ''Film/TheButchers''.
* As the cast of ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornVFieldsOfTerror'' become besieged in a barn, Tyrus picks up a chainsaw. After he is killed, one of the children pick it up and start chasing Allison with it.
* ''Film/{{Dark of the Sun}}'', based on the Wilbur Smith novel, features two men in a chainsaw duel.
* ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'': Painfully subverted during a high-speed zombie car chase. One of the characters accidentally loses his grasp of the chainsaw, which cuts into another survivor. This causes their getaway truck to topple over.
* ''Das deutsche Kettensägenmassaker'' by Christoph Schlingensief, a political satire on the reunification of Germany, is a nod to the ''Texas'' original already in the title.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2eSP3D0s0w In]] ''Film/EvilAliens'', a combine harvester is a ''drivable'' chainsaw.
* Ash Williams from the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' films. This is a badass guy who ''cut off his own [[EvilHand demon-possessed hand]]'' and [[BadassTransplant replaced it]] with ''a chainsaw mounting''. Obviously not to be taken lightly. He still has it in ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'', but soon replaces it with a [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical hand]] that he just invented because why not.
* In ''Film/FantasyIsland2020'', Dr. Torture wields an electric bone saw as one of his primary weapons. He nearly succeeds in driving it into Sloane's head, but she is saved by a ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind by Damon.
* In ''Film/Firestorm1998'', Jesse dissuades pursuit by throwing a running chainsaw through the windscreen of the villains' truck.
* "Chainsaw-against-the-killer" also happens in ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' and ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning'', with more succession in the latter as the supposed victim manages to get away even though her chainsaw runs out of fuel.
* In ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', Gigan eventually receives ''a pair of double-pronged chainsaws instead of hands''. This is also the same monster who has a buzzsaw in his torso. And before the chainsaws for hands, he had [[HookHand hooks for hands]]. Gigan can even use these chainsaws like rudimentary tank tracks, jamming the ends into the ground and using them to accelerate forward at quite impressive speeds.
* In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', Stripe uses a (small) chainsaw from the hardware store to attack the human hero, who fends off the blade with a rapidly-fragmenting wooden baseball bat. Bonus points for awesomeness in that we hear the chainsaw's motor revving up, just before Stripe attacks, and can [[OhCrap guess what the little creep just got his scaly hands on]].
* ''Film/HalloweenResurrection''. Sarah gets a few good swings in before it stops working (which is probably justified, since she found it among the junk in the Myers' abandoned garage) prompting her into ''throwing it'' at Michael.
* In ''Film/TheHazing'', Justine bursts into the bedroom where Delia and Roy are having sex wielding a running chainsaw in an attempt to scare them. However, as Dela is currently being strangled by Roy's detached OverlyLongTongue, it does not have the desired effect. Roy grabs the chainsaw off her and uses it to kill the tongue.
* ''Film/{{Helldriver}}'' give us chainsaw-wielding zombies... so of course the heroine takes them down with a [[KatanasAreJustBetter chainsaw katana]].
* ''Film/HighTension'': Both the killer and the protagonist get a turn with a circular saw.
* The first ''Film/{{Hostel}}''. Boy, did that backfire. The sequel has a circular saw.
* ''Film/HotBot'': When he thinks that Bardot is a zombie, Nard arrives at Huffy's house with a chainsaw to destroy her. Becomes a ChekhovsGun when he uses it to escape from [[PunkInTheTrunk the trunk of his car]].
%%* ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''
* A Chainsaw arm shows up in ''Film/TheMachineGirl'' alongside a Machine Gun one.
* ''Film/MadMax''
** ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome''. During the Thunderdome fight, Max snatches a chainsaw to fight Blaster, but struggles to get it working. After it finally catches, it runs out of fuel before he can even swing it. Fuel ''is'' the most precious commodity, after all.
** In its continuation ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', multiple War Boys try to cleave the heroes with chainsaws (although they end up killing other War Boys instead thanks to some DeadlyDodging). The one War Boy that manages to fatally wound a hero is a downplayed example, cutting the Keeper of the Seeds' jugular with an arm-mounted hedge trimmer.
* In a case of a victim using a chainsaw against the killer occurs in ''Film/ManiacCop2'', where the heroine of the [[Film/ManiacCop previous entry]] is thrown through the window of a hardware store by Officer Cordell. Grabbing a chainsaw, she tries to attack him with it but he just nonchalantly grabs the blade, wrenches it from her grasp and [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome snaps her neck]].
* In ''Film/Mandy2018'', Red uses a long chainsaw to attack one of [[BigBad Jeremiah Sand]]'s cultists, who pulls out one of his own that is nearly ''twice as long'', allowing them to duel with chainsaws. But as awesome as a duel with chainsaws is, the film also shows [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome how impractical they are as weapons]].
* In the final battle of ''Film/TheMarine'', [[BigBad Rome]] attacks [[Wrestling/JohnCena Triton]] with one. Triton defends himself with a wrench, which gets sawed in half, but manages to force Roman to drop the chainsaw.
* In ''Film/MonsterParty'', Patrick hands Cameron a chainsaw when they go hunting Casper and Alexis. Cameron's eyes light up with a manic glee as he revs the engine.
* ''Film/MotelHell'' ends with a chainsaw duel between a sheriff and a crazed farmer wearing a pig's head as a mask.
* In ''Film/MrMom'', Jack Butler's first meeting with his wife Caroline's boss Ron Richardson is when he is wielding a chainsaw and coming into the house with it still running. Played mostly for laughs as Jack makes it look like he's just using it for remodeling the house, though after Ron leaves Jack contemplates using it for "trimming" Ron's mustache.
* Subverted in ''Film/MrNiceGuy'', when a {{Mook|s}} swings a big circular grinder at Jackie, but it comes unplugged the instant the thug tries to chase him with it.
* ''Film/MutantGirlsSquad'' by Noboru Iguchi. Featuring a girl who can produce a chainsaw from her [[AssPull backside....]]
* When G-Girl reveals her secret identity to Matt in ''Film/MySuperExGirlfriend'' she makes him swear that he would rather have a chainsaw shoved up his ass than tell. When Matt imagines he tells his friend, she brandishes a chainsaw telling him he was warned.
* ''Film/MyNameIsBruce'' references Ash's signature chainsaw. When a rabid fan offers Bruce Campbell a chainsaw modeled on ''Evil Dead'' to fight an unleashed god, Bruce is honored but turns it down because it's too damn heavy and unwieldy to use in combat.
* The [[HumongousMecha Jaeger]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Crimson Typhoon]] from ''Film/PacificRim'' can transform its [[MultiArmedAndDangerous three]] hands into circular saws.
* Zig-zagged in ''Film/PainAndGain''. It gets jammed by hair rather easily, but then Daniel complains it's a cheap piece of crap.
* In ''Film/PhantasmII'', Reggie must fight a [[GasMaskMooks graver]] in a chainsaw duel.
* The killer in ''Film/{{Pieces}}'' uses a chainsaw to cut up his victims and collect the bodyparts that he desire for his project.
* In the fourth ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movie, Tackleberry scares off a few new recruits to the Citizens on Patrol program with a chainsaw -- specifically by cutting his way out of a body bag.
* When the Freeling family are escaping their house and get in their car in ''Film/PoltergeistIITheOtherSide'', a possessed flying chainsaw tries to stop them.
* ''Film/PulpFiction'': When Butch is choosing a weapon to use to rescue his enemy Marsellus Wallace, the chainsaw is in the middle of his weapon escalation. He tosses aside a hammer to take the chainsaw, then tosses the chainsaw to grab [[KatanasAreJustBetter a katana]]. Swords ''are'' easier to sneak up on people with, after all.
* TheDragon in ''Film/TheReturnOfSwampThing'' attempts to attack Swamp Thing with a chainsaw.
* ''Film/RobotJox'' gives us a chainsaw on the BigBad's robot. Its placement on the robot's torso is near crotch-level.
* Buzzsaw from ''Film/TheRunningMan''. He even mounts his chainsaw to his motorcycle.
* In ''Film/{{Savaged}}'', Trey chooses to wield a chainsaw as his weapon in his final showdown against the RevenantZombie Zoe.
* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' series seems to prefer circular saws to chainsaws.
** Jigsaw is killed by Jeff with one in ''Film/SawIII''.
** William is attacked by Debbie with one in ''Film/SawVI''
** The Public Execution Trap from ''Film/Saw3D'' has two circular saws.
* In ''Film/ScareCampaign'', one of the [[MalevolentMaskedmen Masked Freaks]] kills [[spoiler:Tony]] using a chainsaw [[WeaponizedCamera attached to his camera]], so they can capture the footage for their SnuffFilm.
* In ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', one of Tony's friends meets a chainsaw-caused death gruesome enough to have a GoryDiscretionShot used.
* ''Film/{{Scarred}}'': Naturally, a chainsaw would be amongst Jonah Kandie's murder implements. One notable scene has him [[spoiler:killing Shawn while he's stuck in a wall]].
* This is Fin's weapon of choice in the climax of ''Film/{{Sharknado}}''. It was so effective then that in ''Film/Sharknado2TheSecondOne'', he actively seeks some out even earlier in the film after being informed that gun stores are illegal in New York. The sequel also features one old guy who revs up a bunch of chainsaws before hurling them into the wind to chop up the sharks on their own. In ''Film/Sharknado3OhHellNo'', Fin receives as an award a fully functional gold-plated chainsaw. April's artificial hand can be swapped out for a chainsaw, and in the climax, [[spoiler:Fin gets a [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] chainsaw.]]
* ''Film/ShredderOrpheus'' has the Furies bind and decapitate Orpheus with a hedge trimmer after he fails the rigged game show.
* ''Film/{{Slashers}}'': As indicated by his name, Chainsaw Charlie uses a chainsaw as his WeaponOfChoice.
* In the 2007 movie ''Film/SmokinAces'', one of the Tremor brothers uses a hand-mounted chainsaw during their assault on the Nomad Hotel, with predictably devastating results.
* ''Film/{{Stacy}}'', a Japanese movie concerning zombie schoolgirls (or "Stacies") who only seek love and acceptance from the living (despite eating many of them), reveals that the only way to destroy a Stacy is via "repeat-killing," specifically dismemberment. To facilitate this, one can purchase [[spoiler: "Bruce Campbell's Right Hand," a chainsaw that fits over the user's right hand.]] It comes in several different colors, many of them new this season!
* The killer in ''Film/StageFrightAquarius'' manages to kill one victim with a chainsaw until it runs out of fuel.
* ‘’Film/SundownTheVampireInRetreat’’ has Ramon, one of the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire scientists producing a blood substitute to live off, do this in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome to seize some of the guns being used by more violent and traditional vampires trying to wipe the group out.
* ''Film/TalesOfHalloween'': In "Friday the 31st", the killer uses a chainsaw to cut off Dorothy's arm during their final fight
* The classic horror movie ''[[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (sic) just might be the {{Trope Maker|s}}. Taken to a whole new level in [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2 the sequel]], which features Creator/DennisHopper [[DualWielding dual-wielding]] chainsaws in a climactic duel against Leatherface. And Leatherface's ''drive-by chainsawing'' in the same film.
* ''Film/TigerOnBeat'': This Hong Kong Buddy Cop film climaxes with TheHero and TheDragon battling each other... with chainsaws!
* Art for ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' showed that one of the options for Optimus Prime's weapons pack -- an option which was not used in the final film -- included a ''giant, triple-chained chainsword''.
* ''Film/TheTripper'': As a child, Gus used a chainsaw to murder the protestor who struck his father. The killer scores his last kill of the film with one.
* In ''Film/VampiresVsZombies'', Travis uses a hedge trimmer (although he calls it a chainsaw) to wipe out the pack of zombie schoolgirls attacking Jenna.
* In ''Film/VeryBadThings'', Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the two bodies in the hotel bathroom.
* In ''Film/TheVideoDead'', a character manages to put most of the eponymous undead into pieces with a chainsaw. The remaining one snatches the thing, [[spoiler:and eventually manages to impale him with it]].
* ''Film/VoyageOfTheRockAliens'': The aptly-named Chainsaw spends most of the movie killing people, but he does have a heroic moment towards the end, when he [[spoiler:fights off the tentacle monster attacking Dee Dee and Frankie]].
%%* ''Film/TheWizardOfGore''
* Aiko, one of the heroines in the Japanese comedy/horror flick ''Film/XCross'' uses a rather conveniently placed chainsaw at one point to fight an [[CuteAndPsycho insane]], [[ImprobableWeaponUser giant-pair-of-scissors-wielding]] [[ElegantGothicLolita Goth Lolita]] named Reika. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this fails, as she winds up ''dropping'' it. She ultimately resorts to [[KillItWithFire torching]] Reika. Which ''also'' fails.]]
* In ''Film/ZombiesZombiesZombies'', Dallas grabs the chainsaw from the back of Chris's truck and uses it to fight her way through the zombies in the car park.
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' [[DownloadableContent DLC]] ''The Old Hunters'' adds the Whirligig Saw, a circular saw ''on a stick'', to its already crazy arsenal. It can either be thrusted into mooks spinning until they die or your [[SprintMeter stamina]] runs out, or swung around like an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]]. It's as awesome as it sounds.