History Main / DeusAxMachina

* [[spoiler: [[BigBad ______]]]] actually uses a blimp's fire axe as an attempt to kill ____ during the climax of ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', only to miss and crack the window of a metal container containing the crystallized ____, impaling himself by one of the pieces of broken glass in the process and causing him to turn into a horrific crystalline ice monster and being shredded by the blimp's propellers.

* A fire ax is the melee weapon for the Pyro in ''TeamFortress2''.

* [[spoiler: [[BigBad ______]]]] actually uses a blimp's fire axe as an attempt to kill ____ during the climax of ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', only to miss and crack the window of a metal container containing the crystallized ____, impaling himself in the process and causing him to turn into a horrific crystalline ice monster and being shredded by the blimp's propellers.

* While AxeCop did find his ax "at the scene of a fire", it was just lying on the ground unattended.

A character is in a public building and for whatever reason, needs a weapon. They may be the hero in dire trouble and in need of a way to defend themselves, or a villain who needs to prove just how AxeCrazy he is. But where does he find one...?

Simple: '''All public buildings have fire axes'''. It doesn't matter if having a weapon in such easy reach would be irresponsible in that location, such as a school or an airplane. All the character needs to do is break glass, get axe. Sure, it might even set off an emergency alarm, but who cares?

[[AC: Comic Books]]
* The Batman villain known as [=KGBeast=] cut off his own hand with a fire axe when Batman trapped him by looping a rope around it, which of course leads to the question of why he didn't just cut the ''rope''.

[[AC: Film]]
* In ''{{Titanic}}'', Rose finds a fire axe to cut Jack out of his situation.

* In ''Film/TheOne'' starring Jet Li, during the final battle, Ulaw grabs a fire axe that was just hanging on a nearby safety rail.

[[AC: InteractiveFiction]]
* In {{Infocom}}'s ''The Lurking Horror'', one can find a fire emergency cabinet in the middle of the university hallway. The description even notes that the glass-fronted cabinet lacks a fire extinguisher or hose, but contains a fire axe.

[[AC: Live Action TV]]
* Lana managed to find one in ''{{Smallville}}'' once.
* An episode of ''{{CSI}}'' began with a student going insane with a fire axe from the building where all his friends were murdered. [[spoiler: It turns out he was just tripping on LSD in the bathroom that a couple of hookers had slipped him (hoping to steal some money he'd won earlier playing bingo) and a their pimp (who they'd shot and were trying to get away from) was the one who used the axe to kill his friends.]]
* In the first appearance of Spike on ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Joyce hits Spike in the back of the head with an fire axe that was hanging in the hallway.
* In a season 5 episode of ''{{Psych}}'', a group of convicts hijack a ferry. They take the other passengers hostage, and one of the convicts has a fire axe while he stands guard.
* The season 3 finale of ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'', Chase was forced to cuff the final bomb to himself to keep it away from the villain. When Jack is unable to disable it and time is running short, Chase notices the fire axe on the wall and tells Jack to cut the hand off. (It's okay; they reattach it after the danger is over).
** In a later season, Jack is being pursued up a flight of stairs. At the top he finds a fire axe, which he buries in the chest of the first pursuer to reach the top.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* Fire axes are everywhere in ''Left4Dead2''. May make sense in a shopping mall. But when they are scattered throughout a swamp, that's definitely DeusAxMachina.

* Melee weapon for the Pyro in ''TeamFortress2''
* In ''ZorkGrandInquisitor'', there is a glass box on the wall in one of the first locations. It contains, a sword, a small hammer and a scroll with a spell and is signed "In case of adventure, break glass."

[[AC: Web Comics]]
* While AxeCop did find his axe "at the scene of a fire," it was just lying on the ground unattended.

[[AC: Web Original]]
* This has occurred a few times in ''[[DarwinsSoldiers Darwin's Soldiers]]''. The examples are [[JustifiedTrope justified]] though.
** In ''Fool's Gold'' Dr. Kerzach breaks into a control room and one of the workers snatches a fire ax hanging on the wall next to a fire hose and attacks him with it.
** In ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'' Dr. Shelton grabs a fire ax from an emergency station and uses it to break into the control room.
** In the RP ''Disruptive Selection'', Dr. Pauline Wayne breaks down the door to her lab with a fire ax that she took from an emergency station in her lab. She then later uses it to kill a zombie that tried to get aboard the helicopter that she and two other survivors were going to evacuate on.
* In the 3rd RP of the InsaneCafeSeries, Zachary uses a fire ax to kill a magically summoned knight that attacked him.

[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* In ''TransformersPrime'' Miko finds an axe inside an observatory, which is promptly stolen by Soundwave. She finds another one inside a train, but the mooks leave [[BigDamnHeroes when Optimus arrives]]. She has yet to hit anything with an axe.

[[AC: Real Life]]

A character is in a public building and for whatever reason, needs a weapon. They may be the hero, in dire trouble, and in need of a way to defend themselves, or a villain, who needs to prove just how AxeCrazy he is. At this time, the character will unfailingly discover a simple truth. All public buildings have fire axes. It doesn't matter if having a weapon in such easy reach would be irresponsible in that location, such as a school or an airplane. And all he needs to do is smash that glass box on the wall.

* ''FalloutNewVegas''

* In ''TheOne'' starring Jet Li, during the final battle, Ulaw grabs a fire axe that was just hanging on a nearby safety rail.

* In The One starring Jet Li, during the final battle, Ulaw grabs a fire axe that was just hanging on a nearby safety rail.

* The Batman villain known as [=KGBeast=] cut off his own hand with a fire axe when Batman trapped him by looping a rope around it.

* In ''ZorkTheGrandInquisitor'', there is a glass box on the wall in one of the first locations. It contains, a sword, a small hammer and a scroll with a spell and is signed "In case of adventure, break glass."

* The Batman villain known as KGBeast cut off his own hand with a fire axe when Batman trapped him by looping a rope around it.

* During the final battle in QuantumOfSolace, Dominic Greene attacks James Bond with a fire ax.

* In Infocom's ''The Lurking Horror'', one can find a fire emergency cabinet in the middle of the university hallway. The description even notes that the glass-fronted cabinet lacks a fire extinguisher or hose, but contains a fire axe.

* In the first appearance of Spike on BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Joyce hits Spike in the back of the head with an fire axe that was hanging in the hallway.
* In a season 5 episode of Psych, a group of convicts hijack a ferry. They take the other passengers hostage, and one of the convicts has a fire axe while he stands guard.

* Fire axes are everywhere in Left 4 Dead 2. May make sense in a shopping mall. But when they are scattered throughout a swamp, that's definitely DeusAxMachina.
* In Zork The Grand Inquisitor, there is a glass box on the wall in one of the first locations. It contains, a sword, a small hammer and a scroll with a spell and is signed "In case of adventure, break glass."

* This has occurred a few times in [[DarwinsSoldiers Darwin's Soldiers]]. The examples are [[JustifiedTrope justified]] though.

]* During the final battle in QuantumOfSolace, Dominic Greene attacks James Bond with a fire ax.

In ''{{Titanic}}'', Rose finds a fire axe to cut Jack out of his situation.

* In ''{{Titanic}}'', Rose finds a fire axe to cut Jack out of his situation.

* ''{{Jumanji}}'' has one when [[spoiler:the bit where the kid was sent out to the shed to get the axe, but couldn't get in because it was locked... then notices the axe laying against the wall beside the shed door, picks it up and starts hacking at the docked door... then stops for a moment and [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks at the audience]] before running off with the axe.]]
* During the final battle in QuantumOfSolace, Dominic Greene attacks James Bond with a fire ax.

A character is in a public building and for whatever reason, needs a weapon. They may be the hero, in dire trouble, and in need of a way to defend themselves, or a villain, who needs to prove just how AxeCrazy he is. At this time, the character will unfailingly discover a simple truth. All public buildings have fire axes. It doesn't matter if having a weapon in such easy reach would be irresponsible in that location, such as a school, an airplane. And all he needs to do is smash that glass box on the wall.

* In ''{{Titanic}}'', rose finds a fire axe to cut Jack out of his situation.

* In Infocom's ''TheLurkingHorror'', one can find a fire emergency cabinet in the middle of the university hallway. The description even notes that the glass-fronted cabinet lacks a fire extinguisher or hose, but contains a fire axe.

[[AC: Music Videos]]
* In the music video for Sabotage by the Beastie boys, the cops randomly break down a door with an axe.

[[AC: Western Animation]]
* In Zork The Grand Inquisitor, there is a glass box on the wall in one of the first locations. It contains, a sword, a small hammer and a scroll with a spell and is signed "In case of adventure, break glass."

* In Infocom's ''TheLurkingHorror'', one can find a fire emergency cabinet in the middle of the university hallway, which lacks a fire extinguisher or hose, but contains a fire axe.

* Merchant mariners have been known to use fire axes aboard ship as weapons, either due to a dispute or in preparation for pirate attacks.