History Main / CombatHaircomb

* Music/PinkFloyd in song "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" on album ''Music/{{Animals}}'' has the lyric "You like the feel of steel, You're hot stuff with a hatpin, And good fun with a hand gun..."

* People can buy butterfly knives that have a comb replacing the blade. They are surprisingly sharp, and if you push slightly too hard on your hair you may hurt your scalp. If you have one, don't pull it out next to someone. It will probably alarm them. The knife can also be used for butterfly knife [[KnifeNut tricks]] which is great practice without the risk of really hurting yourself.

* People can buy butterfly knives that have a comb replacing the blade. They are surprisingly sharp, and if you push slightly too hard on your hair you may hurt your scalp. If you have one, don't pull it out next to someone. It will probably alarm them. The knife can also be used for [[ButterflyKnife butterfly knife]] [[KnifeNut tricks]] which is great practice without the risk of really hurting yourself.

* ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic'': In the classic Disney cartoon ''Literature/CaseyAtTheBat'', after the title character gets a strike, a woman in the stands attempts to stab the umpire with a hairpin, brandishing it like a dagger.

* ''Series/ShadowAndBone''. Inej has to do an ExtendedDisarming of all her knives before meeting with Tante Heleen, the woman holding her in IndenturedServitude, concluding with a blade she uses as a hairpin, which the Heleen's bodyguard says is new.

* ''Series/ShadowAndBone''. Inej has to do an ExtendedDisarming of all her knives before meeting with the woman holding her in IndenturedServitude, concluding with a blade she uses as a hairpin, which the woman's bodyguard says is new.

[[caption-width-right:300:For hard core combers!]]

** In ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'', Conina the barbarian hairdresser is the daughter of Cohen the Barbarian ("wholesale slaughter") so has no choice than to accept destiny as a barbarian warrior. But what she ''really'' wants is to own a hairdressing salon. In between bouts of sickening violence, she keeps her hand in by doing hairdos. Sometimes combs and scissors become lethal weapons in her hands...

* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'', Talia's [[ArsenalAttire formal Whites]] include two long pins in her hair that could, in a pinch, be used as stilettos. She also has throwing-knives on her wrists ([[NothingUpMySleeve concealed by long sleeves]]) and a long dagger--almost a short sword--strapped to her thigh, accessible through an invisible slit in her skirt.

* The Erlking's Daughter in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' has a hairpin as part of her human disguise that came handy in many situations. Including as stabbing weapon to threaten a magical mercenary with it. And Glinda had magic sleeping spell poppies among the flowers in her hair at least once.

* Ibuki the girly ninja from [[Franchise/StreetFighter]] appears [[https://i.imgur.com/XjjYHJL.jpg to have one]] in her battle outfit but since it is not her main outfit it isn't used.

* Music/PinkFloyd on album ''Music/{{Animals}}'' song "Pigs (Three Different Ones)", has the lyric "You like the feel of steel, You're hot stuff with a hatpin, And good fun with a hand gun..."

* [[Music/PinkFloyd]] on album ''Music/{{Animals}}'' song "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" has the lyric "You like the feel of steel, You're hot stuff with a hatpin, And good fun with a hand gun..."

* [[Pink Floyd]] on the Animals album, "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" has the lyric "You like the feel of steel, You're hot stuff with a hatpin, And good fun with a hand gun..."

* In ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': TheProtagonist Blanca possesses a jade hairpin is actually a powerful magic weapon made by the Jade workshop. Not only it serves by being a deadly FlyingWeapon, but also has the magical ability to [[EnergyAbsorption absorbing magic or the essence of other beings]], although constant use seems to have the side-effect of messing with the memory of its user.

* The Erlking's Daughter in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' has a hairpin as part of her human disguise that came handy in many situations. Including as stabbing weapon to threaten a magical mercenary with it. And Glinda had magic sleeping spell poppies amongst the FlowerInHerHair at least once.

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->'''"Have you heard of the Kunoichi? [...] It's the deadly sisterhood of the Ninja, originally Japanese. Like the geishas, they were trained in singing and entertaining so they could get access into the household of an enemy warlord, and just when he'd gotten her nice and cosy in his arms he'd end up with an icepick through the ear into the brain--one of their favourite tricks, in my language the ''ssu chieh wen''--the kiss of death."''

In a pinch, chopstick-style plain wood hair pins can be used this way, as an ImprovisedWeapon. Another variant is to use a big brush comb and use the handle to hide a weapon or as a blade. In rare cases, it's an ''actual'' comb, albeit with poison tips.

See also NothingUpMySleeve, SlipknotPonytail and VictoriasSecretCompartment. Subtrope to ArsenalAttire.

** Anyone who sees Granny Weatherwax remove her hat pins had better start running...

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* ''Series/RobinHood'': If Marian is wearing anything in her hair it will be used as a weapon, a lockpick or both.

* The Erlking's Daughter in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' has a hair pin as part of her human disguise that came handy in many situations. Including as stabbing weapon to threaten a magical mercenary with it. And Glinda had magic sleeping spell poppies amongst the FlowerInHerHair at least once.

* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Bravo, James Bravo" (a ''Film/JamesBond'' parody) had several spy gadgets, including the bomb haircomb--one wave would arm it, another would disarm it. After getting it, Johnny immediately proceeds to rapidly comb his hair, sending his higher-ups into a panic. It doesn't explode though, because he's just ''that'' good at combing.

** In ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'', Conina the barbarian hairdresser is the daughter of Cohen the Barbarian ("wholesale slaughter") so has no choice than to accept destiny as a barbarian warrior. But what she ''really'' wants is to own a hairdressing salon. In between bouts of sickening violence, she keeps her hand in by doing hairdos. Sometimes combs and scissors become lethal weapons in her hands...

** Played absolutely straight by [[BattleButler Willikins]] in ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}''. If he's tasked with keeping you under control, and you start getting any funny ideas about escaping, and you see him remove a steel comb from his pocket... you just sit right where you are and don't so much as ''breathe'' in a threatening manner.

In a pinch, chopstick-style plain wood hair pins can be used this way. Another variant is to use a big brush comb and use the handle to hide a weapon or as a blade. In rare cases, it's an ''actual'' comb, albeit with poison tips.

See also SlipknotPonytail and VictoriasSecretCompartment.

* Yoko from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' uses two needles that serve as her hairpins to stab Adiane's [[BewareMyStingerTail scorpion tail]]
* Paako from ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'' sometime uses her flower hairpin as a knife.

* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973'': While fighting Constance Bonacieux over the diamond-studded necklace, Milady pulls a ornamental hairpin out of her hair and uses it as a weapon.
* A male example is the title character of ''Film/UndercoverBrother'', who uses his afro picks as throwing knives.

* In ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'', Golden Sparrow wears a magical dart in her hair that can kill an immortal. She's waiting to meet the magical warlord who killed her family.
* ''Film/BlackChristmas2019'': When Riley is forced to kneel at Brian's feet in the frat house, she grabs the comb that had been stolen from her earlier off the altar and uses it to rake Brian's face.

** That indefatigable chronicler of Discworld Rail Ways, Mrs Bradshaw, notes in her Handbook that pins are frequently deployed by ladies nervous of being molested by strange men with whom they are forced to share a compartment. She hints that many prim old ladies seem to ''hope'' men will molest them under cover of darkness....

* In ''[[Literature/KushielsLegacy Kushiel's Avatar]]'', Phèdre uses a sharpened hairpin to [[spoiler: assassinate the Mahrkagir]].
* Shada D'ukal's EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy The Last Command]]'' is her instant transformation from decorative escort to incredibly lethal bodyguard by pulling out her hair needles and using them as throwing daggers.
* In the Literature/DresdenFiles novel ''Cold Days'', Sarissa, Harry's personal trainer, is invited to a fae party and taken hostage. She breaks out by using her hair needles--while they're just ordinary glass decorations, inside they are supported by steel rods, [[ColdIron which burn fae]].
* In the ''Series/{{Heralds of Valdemar}}'', Talia's formal Whites include two long pins in her hair that could, in a pinch, be used as stilettos. She also has throwing-knives on her wrists (concealed by long sleeves) and a long dagger--almost a short sword--strapped to her thigh, accessible through an invisible slit in her skirt.
* In the ''{{Literature/Kate Daniels}}'' series, specifically ''Magic Strikes'', this is first averted--with Kate telling her companion that her hair ornaments aren't knives, as this is a good way to lose a chunk of hair when you pull them--and then played straight, with Kate killing an attacker with them and explaining that, technically, the sharpened wooden sticks are ''spikes'', not knives.

* TheReveal of ''[[Literature/JudgeDee The Chinese Nail Murders]]'' involves a mysterious death finally being explained by [[spoiler:the victim's wife driving a shoe nail into her husband's head.]]
* In ''{{Literature/Tigana}}'', [[spoiler:Catriana uses a bladed, poisoned hair comb to assassinate Anghiar, who is the conqueror's emissary in the free province of Senzio.]]
-->''You could buy anything you wanted in Senzio’s weapon market. Anything at all. Including a woman’s ornament with a hidden blade. And poison on the blade. An ornament for the hair, in black, with shining jewels, one of which released the spring that freed the blade. An exquisite, deadly thing.''

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Buffy runs into evil vampire Angelus and draws a small wooden stake she was holding her hair bun in place with, ShakingHerHairLoose in the process. Angelus promptly quips, [[BeautifulAllAlong "Why, Ms. Summers! You're]] ''[[BeautifulAllAlong beautiful!"]]''

* ''Series/KillingEve'': Villanelle has used a hairpin with a syringe built inside it to poison someone.

* Komachi from ''VideoGame/NarutoClashOfNinja 2'' uses her kanzashi as weapons.
* One of the Hoshidan {{joke weapon}}s in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' is a cute-looking, intricately-crafted [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Hair_Pin Hair Pin]] with a single [[CherryBlossoms cherry blossom flower]] on its handle. It can only be used by female characters.

* The Erlking's Daughter in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' has a hair pin as part of her human disguise that came handy in many situations. Including as stabbing weapon to threaten a magical mercenary with it. And Glinda had magic sleeping spell poppies amongst the FlowerInHerHair at least once.

* The Tangle Web Comb on ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' turns into a bunch of strings that can be used to bind the enemies.

* In the classic Disney cartoon ''[[WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic Casey At The Bat]]'', after the title character gets a strike, a woman in the stands attempts to stab the umpire with a hairpin, brandishing it like a dagger.

* In the classic Disney cartoon ''[[Disney/MakeMineMusic Casey At The Bat]]'', after the title character gets a strike, a woman in the stands attempts to stab the umpire with a hairpin, brandishing it like a dagger.