History Main / FryingPanOfDoom

* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Carnerri the Succubus' first scene is threatening Haara with a frying pan when she catches the latter stealing trash from her backyard.

* The ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLuke'' ''Go West'' film has a whole caravan turn into a battlefield of frying pans, wielded by angry housewives who found their husbands sneaking near the dancers carriage.

** This was [[InfinityPlusOneSword the best weapon]] for Peach in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''. She also uses it in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series as her side Smash attack alongside a golf club and a tennis racket. Not only is the one that deals the most damage out of the three, but it makes a [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound hilariously satisfying]] ''whang!'' sound when it connects, too. In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' Daisy, being an [[MovesetClone Echo Fighter]] of Peach, is also able to use a frying pan.

* ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' Taken UpToEleven in "Gas", when Eddie repeatedly hits the gasman over the head with a frying pan, to stop him discovering them stealing gas from next door.

* ''WebVideo/GloveAndBoots'': Fafa hits [[spoiler:Mario's father]] with a frying pan.

* Sissi uses one in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'''s "Bad Connection" to knock out a XANA-possessed Hervé.

-->''You know, when we bought the set, I never thought the little 'uns would come in handy...''

* Wilma from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' likes to use these. Usually on Fred.

* Weapon of choice for Irma, April O'Neil's dowdy coworker in ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. She nearly brains Donatello before she realizes who it is.

* As mentioned in the trope page; this trope is often seen because yes, Frying Pans can be pretty heavy and several people ''have'' put them to use as makeshift weapons in self-defense.
** Adding to that, if the frying pan has been recently used, it could also be red hot while it's being slung around.
*** Not only that, but it might also have some ''blisteringly hot'' oil inside to fling at your would-be attacker, though there's a genuine risk of getting yourself burnt at the same time if you're too clumsy.

* Back when fighter airplanes were unarmoured many pilots sat on frying pans to cover themselves from [[GroinAttack shots from under the plane]].

** A Super Bowl commercial for ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' called "We Will Wok You" shows [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Po using two woks to beat a bunch of wolf thugs]] with "We Will Rock You" by Queen playing. Woks are technically giant Chinese frying pans.

* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'', when Branch throws one at a giant (relative to a Troll) spider and hits it in the head, but the spider is only briefly confused and charges him. Subverted with Bridget, who attempts to smash Branch with a frying pan before Poppy interrupts her.

* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', this is Hungary's ''other'' weapon of choice, aside from her [[BladeOnAStick spear]]. Especially when around France, and ''maybe'' Prussia.

* Creator/EddieIzzard: Part of the "Heimlich Gesture", along with being thumped in the stomach and [[GroinAttack kneed in the bollocks.]]

* In an issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', while the [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]] was cooking bacon in a pan, a group of hitmen attempted to sneak up on and ambush him. He first threw the hot grease in the pan into the face of one hitman, then threw the pan at another's head knocking that guy unconscious. The others are then driven away with gunfire.

* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'', when Branch throws one at a giant (relative to a Troll) spider and hits it in the head, but the spider is only briefly confused and charges him.
** Subverted with Bridget, who attempts to smash Branch with a frying pan before Poppy interrupts her.

* Kyo'nne of ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' pulls this offscreen [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6578 when a halme sneaks up on her]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6610 to hilarious effect]]

* [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00218.html Also invoked]] in ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'', especially against a girl's drunken boyfriend who is too violent to reason with and manhandles his date.

* A character in ''Literature/{{CAPOW}}'' uses a Frying Pan of Heaven. Luckily for the rest of the cast she's a staunch {{pacifist}} who only uses it to fix glitchy code in the WorldTree, and the planned storyline where the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt hits and her optimism gets [[BreakTheCutie broken]] in the worst possible way never came to full fruition.
* ''WebOriginal/GloveAndBoots'': Fafa hits [[spoiler:Mario's father]] with a frying pan.

* [[http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/01/robert-farago/defensive-gun-use-of-the-day-north-carolina-frying-pan-follow-up-edition/ A man]] used a frying pan to fend off a home invader.

* As the page quote shows, Anthony Bourdain once wrote that if upon hefting a frying pan if you have any doubt whether it's the pan that will dent on someone's head instead of the reverse, ''throw it away''. [[DontTryThisAtHome Please don't actually test frying pans in this way.]]

* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': In the Roger Moore episode, during the introduction to the "In the Navy" skit, the Swedish Chef takes offense at Kermit disparaging the Vikings as "cruel, heartless Scandinavian marauders" and hits him with a skillet.

* Chris ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'' hits Owen over the head with one in the first episode when he freaks due to his fear of flying.

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': PlayedForLaughs by Gopal, who hits both [=BoBoiBoy=] Earth and [=BoBoiBoy=] Wind on the head with frying pans in an attempt to restore their memory, just because [[SawItInAMovieOnce he saw it on TV]]. When he can't recall which channel it was, [[RobotBuddy Ochobot]] suddenly slams his head with a frying pan to get him to remember. Considering that he murmured "TV 4" while he was dazed, it hilariously worked.

* ''Film/CarryOnBehind'': Sylvia and Vera repeatedly pound their husbands Ernie and Fred with frying pans and saucepans, when they unexpectedly turn up and find lots of pretty young women taking refuge from the rain in their caravan.

* From ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Stage Fright", [[BabysitterFromHell Vicky]] tries to audition for a movie role and has Timmy playing the role of her character's little brother, who is in a coma.\\
'''Timmy:''' But I'm not in a coma.\\

* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'', this is the weapon of choice for [[FishPeople the Salmonids]]. Sunken Scrolls even mention that they are {{Ancestral Weapon}}s, passed down from generation to generation and cared for in [[AlwaysChaoticEvil what passes for Salmonid culture]].

* In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23g5Nc1YWlo&feature=related CGI-Lego recreation of '''The Apprentice'']], each fired contestant is shown the door by way of a frying pan.
* Being hit with a frying pan is the usual form of dismissal in the [[https://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=bolegbros Boleg Bros Lego Apprentice parodies]].

->''"Let me stress that again: ''heavyweight''. A thin-bottomed saucepan is useless for anything. (...) A proper saute pan should cause serious head injury if brought down hard against someone's skull. If you have any doubts about which will dent--the victim's head or your pan--then throw that pan right in the trash."''

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--> '''Marie''': This is what you get for shooting at my restaurant! [whacks a mook and send it flying off-screen]

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': One of the many blunt objects Akane introduces to Ranma's skull. Used deliberately in a later story arc: when facing the fire-breathing Rouge (in her Asura form,) Ranma and Pantyhose Tarou arm themselves with griddles, pans, pots, and other kitchen utensils that they can use as shields. After Tarou punches Ranma high above the flying Rouge, Ranma comes down on top of her to deliver an overhead frying-pan smash to one of her heads.

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* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': PlayedForLaughs by Gopal, who hits both [=BoBoiBoy=] Earth and [=BoBoiBoy=] Wind on the head with frying pans in an attempt to restore their memory, just because [[SawItInAMovieOnce he saw it on TV]]. When he can't recall which channel it was, [[RobotBuddy Ochobot]] suddenly slams his head with a frying pan to get him to remember. Considering that he murmured "TV 4" while he was dazed, it hilariously worked.
* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 3 episode 12, Arcas's mother hits him with a frying pan twice - once after seeing the trouble he's caused, and again when he forgets to refill their ship's fuel.
* In the ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' episode "Motu Ke Sawaal", Motu decides to constantly ask questions to increase his knowledge. This gets on Patlu's nerves, so much so that Motu just barely dodges a frying pan that Patlu throws at him in his anger.
* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', Wolnie's preferred method for punishing Wolffy is to hit him with a frying pan.
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-->'''Josephine''': Who says I can't use a skillet?

--> '''Sam:''' I think I'm getting the hang of this...

-->'''Momma''': Who the hell is this?\\
'''Owen''': Oh, this is Cousin Paddy. He's coming to stay with us a while. Isn't that nice?\\
'''Momma''': [suspiciously] We don't ''have'' a "Cousin Paddy".\\
'''Owen''': [to Larry] You lied to me!\\
'''Wham!'''

--> "Master, did you know that the most common murder weapon here is a frying pan?"
--> "Blunt trauma or just bad cooking?"

* ''Series/ComeBackMrsNoah''. Mrs. Noah is trying to cook something up for the people trapped on the space station, but gets annoyed by Cunliffe making one too many lewd comments about how she's the only woman on board, and knocks him off his seat with the frying pan.

* In ''{{Series/Dinosaurs}}'', the baby repeatedly beats Earl over the head with a frying pan, all the while shouting, "Not the mama! Not the mama!"

* Lampshaded in an episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}''. At Gibbs' place (doubling as a safe house for a young crime witness) Abby helps Ziva to subdue an intruder.
--> '''Abby''': It's a frying pan. It's a little cliché
--> '''Ziva''': Works for me.

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* Creator/EddieIzzard: Part of the "Heimlich Gesture", along with being thumped in the stomach and [[GroinAttack kneed in the bollocks.]]
* Creator/DaraOBriain has a comment on frying pans as part of a bit on confronting burglars in the home.
-->Don’t be fooled by the frying pan industry, they don’t go “dong” when you hit someone. There is no setting for “stun” on a frying pan. You're either going to anger the burglar, or you're going to fucking kill them.

* In ''Franchise/TheMuppets: On With the Show!'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, the "The Swedish Chef Cooking Hour" mini-game involves the Swedish Chef hitting Rizzo and the rats with his frying pan to keep them from stealing his food ingredients.

* Iris from ''WebComic/{{Broodhollow}}'' pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment with one, [[spoiler:pounding the tailor-skeleton [[PaintingTheMedium until the colors go back to normal]]. And then a bit more for good measure]].

* As demonstrated in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', the best weapon is [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050916 the one you don't use]].

-->Marie: And now I'd like you to convince me you're not out to hurt Agatha.
-->Wooster: Or you'll hit me with the pan?

* [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-01 Invoked]] in ''Webcomic/MacHall''.

* [[{{Film/Labyrinth}} Sarah Williams]]' signature weapon in the fancomics ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' and ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' justified by the same thing as the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' example earlier: Most of her troubles are [[TheFairFolk fae]] in nature so ColdIron is a good bet.

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* Rhia, from the ''Fanfic/AntiClicheAndMarySueEliminationSociety'' uses a frying pan as her weapon of choice.

* A character in ''Literature/{{CAPOW}}'' uses a Frying Pan Of Heaven. Luckily for the rest of the cast she's a staunch {{pacifist}} who only uses it to fix glitchy code in the WorldTree, and the planned storyline where the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt hits and her optimism gets [[BreakTheCutie broken]] in the worst possible way never came to full fruition.

* ''WebOriginal/GloveAndBoots'': Fafa hits [[spoiler:Mario's father]] with a frying pan.

* Hillary Clinton uses one to hit Bill with in the ''Website/JibJab'' video "Time For Some Campaignin'"
* Kate knocks out Steve with a frying pan in the ''WebVideo/KateModern'' episode "Ding Dong".
* In ''Podcast/ThePenumbraPodcast'', Mary-Ann wields a frying pan during ''The Coyote of the Painted Plain'', [[spoiler: using it to knock out her fiancée Beau]].
* WebVideo/ScottTheWoz uses a frying pan to swat a copy of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' he encountered on his desk in the episode "The Best Games of All Time".
-->'''Scott:''' Always keep a frying pan handy, you'll never know when a 7/10 game is gonna strike.
** Scott himself ends up on the receiving end of one to the head in ''Virtual Boy: I've Seen Better'' and ''Borderline Forever''.
* In ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables'', the NPC kiwi kenku Rogue appropriately named Kiwi uses a frying pan exclusively during the events of the Canary Perch Arc against the zealous United Clergy of Orun, to surprisingly great effect despite being under leveled compared to the party.
* In ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'', [[WebVideo/EpicMealTime Harley Morenstein]] wielded a frypan made of Adamanitium and used it to deflect bullets with ease.

* Sissi uses one in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'''s "Bad Connection" to knock out a possessed Herve.

* From ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Stage Fright", [[BabysitterFromHell Vicky]] tries to audition for a movie role and has Timmy playing the role of her character's little brother, who is in a coma.
-->'''Timmy:''' But I'm not in a coma.
-->'''Vicky:''' You are now! ''*CLANG*''

-->[[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Frying pans... who knew, right?]]

* In "The Cloud Searchers", the third of book of ''ComicBook/Amulet'', Karen Hayes's first response to Gabilan, an armed assassin, telling her to put her hands up where he can see them is to do exactly that by using them to bash him in the head with a frying pan. [[AllForNothing Not that that mattered; he had a metal helmet on]].

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Zombicide}}'', set after a ZombieApocalypse, four to six survivors start with the following weapons, each distributed randomly to one of them: a [[AnAxeToGrind fire axe]], a [[CrowbarCombatant crowbar]], a [[{{Handgun}} pistol]] and a Frying pan per survivor beyond 3. In the Wild West-themed ''Zombicide: Undead or Alive'', "Bruiser" characters (who have special abilities with melee weapons) automatically start the game armed with a cast-iron frying pan.