History Main / HolyHandGrenade

** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0859.html strip #859]], Durkon uses "Holy Word" (described above under Tabletop Games) against the Linear Guild. Most of their members are deafened, while the [[HornyDevils succubus]] Sabine is outright banished to her home plane for 24 hours. Only "Thog", namely [[spoiler:[[BigBadWannabe Tarquin]] in disguise]], manages to resist the spell. Amusingly, Belkar is also deafened by the Holy Word, as his alignment does not include "Good".

[-[[caption-width-right:300:[[{{pun}} Holy Crap!]]]]-]

-->-- '''[[HollywoodApocrypha The Book of Armaments]]''' on the [[TropeNamer Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch]], ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

** ''Worms 4 Mayhem'' and ''Worms Ultimate Mayhem'' push the holiness ''UpToEleven'': The explosion has a halo.

** In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', if you have the Wild Wasteland trait you can actually find said item within Camp Searchlight. Use them sparingly, as there's [[TooAwesomeToUse only three]].

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' is the TropeNamer. The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is the weapon used against the KillerRabbit. Although it functioned just like a regular grenade, it was treated like a holy relic, and even had a section in [[HollywoodApocrypha "The Book of Armaments"]].

Compare HeartBeatDown (using love like this), FireIceLightning, DepletedPhlebotinumShells, WeakenedByTheLight.

* In ''Film/SixgunSavior'', no normal bullet can stop Zathera's zombies. The ammunition needs to be blessed by a priest or an Indian medicine man. Lane has all of his ammo blessed by a medicine man he is friends with.

* Several [[http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Constantine examples]] in the movie ''Film/{{Constantine}}'', including the Holy Shotgun, the Holy Brass Knuckles, and yes, a literal Holy Hand Grenade.

* Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'s gun fires all sorts of religious DepletedPhlebotinumShells, including shells filled with [[KillItWithWater Holy Water]], White Oak shavings and garlic, while the gun itself is made of metal from church bells, crucifixes, and pieces of the True Cross.

* The Thaumaturges in ''Manga/{{Radiant}}'' are special members of the Inquisition that are capable of using a power called Miracle that doesn't contain [[MagicBackGroundField Fantasia]], it is activated after reciting a phrase and manifests as a circle of light with horizontal and vertical lines around the Inquisitor's body or weapons, with each Thaumaturge having their own unique power.

* The Thaumaturges in ''Manga/{{Radiant}}'' are special members of the Inquisition that are capable of using a power called Miracle that doesn't contain [[MagicBackgroundField Fantasia]], it is activated after saying a especific phrase and manifests as a circle of light with horizontal and vertical lines around the Inquisitor's body or weapons, with each Thaumaturge having their own unique power.

* The Thaumaturges in ''Manga/{{Radiant}}'' are special members of the Inquisition that are capable of using a power called Miracle that doesn't contain [[MagicGroundField Fantasia]], it is activated after saying a especific phrase and manifests as a circle of light with horizontal and vertical lines around the Inquisitor's body or weapons, with each Thaumaturge having their own unique power.

** In ''Legion'' at least several Artifact Weapons the Adventurers could wield were in some way considered Holy Hand Grenades. Paladins could wield ''[[AbsurdlySharpBlade Oathseeker]] and [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Truthguard]]''[[note]]Protection Paladin Artifact crafted by Titan Keepers capable of revealing the truth of their opponents, be it through GlamourFailure or MyGodWhatHaveIDone.[[/note]], ''[[DropTheHammer The Silver Hand]]'' [[note]]Holy Paladin Artifact created for [[GreaterScopeParagon Tyr]] and emulates his missing Hand and serves as a testament to his HeroicSacrifice that all [[ThePaladin Paladin]] Organizations on Azeroth operate by.[[/note]], and ''[[FlamingSword The Ashbringer]]'' [[note]]Retribution Paladin Artifact created by [[ChurchMilitant The Knights Of The Silver Hand]] from a dark crystal once carried by an Orcish Warlock that was purified by The Light. The Crystal was used to create a sword [[HolyBurnsEvil capable of incinerating both Demons and The Undead when struck by it]], and was the very blade [[BeenThereShapedHistory used to defeat the Lich King Arthas Menethil]] during ''Wrath of The Lich King''.[[/note]]

** Most games in the series have Light as a category of attack magic, and it tends to conjure gigantic beams and explosive spheres of light. In the games that have ElementalRockPaperScissors, Light beats Dark, but loses to elemental magic.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', the class "Bishop" got to deal bonus damage to monsters.
** In fact, even ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia'', which don't have the above mentioned Elemental Rock Paper Scissors, do have the Book of Naga and the Aura and Starlight tomes, respectively.

** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitofRuin'' there's Holy Lightning.

* ''Webcomic/LifeAndDeath'': [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Life_and_Death/index.php?p=815954 Literally]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-10-14 the angels leap to defend Lil'E and Tangerine with sparkles,]] producing [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-10-15 sharply different reactions among the characters,]] and [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-10-16 Ariel explains it to Tangerine.]]
%%** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2009-01-24 GRACE!]]

* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Madeleine's [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-30/ SMITE]] -- in HeavenlyBlue, no less.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has the Holy school of magic, performed exclusively by priests and paladins. While most Holy spells are for healing or buffing, there are a few damage spells and a Holy DPS priest makes a viable--if challenging and unorthodox--character option. What's nice about holy damage is that there's no resistance or immunity to it, at the cost of dealing slightly less damage than the other schools.
** This is even more true since "Mists Of Pandaria" gave Paladins an overhaul. Many Paladin abilities now either generate Holy Power or are fueled by it. All Paladins use holy power, and Retribution Paladins specifically use it as a weapon.
** In ''Legion'' at least several Artifact Weapons the Adventurers could wield were in some way considered Holy Hand Grenades.
*** Paladins could wield ''[[AbsurdlySharpBlade Oathseeker]] and [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Truthguard]]''[[note]]Protection Paladin Artifact crafted by Titan Keepers capable of revealing the truth of their opponents, be it through GlamourFailure or MyGodWhatHaveIDone.[[/note]], ''[[DropTheHammer The Silver Hand]]'' [[note]]Holy Paladin Artifact created for [[GreaterScopeParagon Tyr]] and emulates his missing Hand and serves as a testament to his HeroicSacrifice that all [[ThePaladin Paladin]] Organizations on Azeroth operate by.[[/note]], and ''[[FlamingSword The Ashbringer]]'' [[note]]Retribution Paladin Artifact created by [[ChurchMilitant The Knights Of The Silver Hand]] from a dark crystal once carried by an Orcish Warlock that was purified by The Light. The Crystal was used to create a sword [[HolyBurnsEvil capable of incinerating both Demons and The Undead when struck by it]], and was the very blade [[BeenThereShapedHistory used to defeat the Lich King Arthas Menethil]] during ''Wrath of The Lich King''.[[/note]]

** Holy Word is a high-level spell that has various [[BrownNote damaging effects]] on non-Good creatures nearby. Unfortunately, going by standard D&D demographics, speaking a Holy Word on a busy street would probably strike three quarters of the crowd dead on the spot. Its variants are "Blasphemy" (affects non-Evil targets), "Dictum" (affects non-Lawful targets) and "Word of Chaos" (affects non-Chaotic targets).

* ''Literature/BeneathNightmareCastle'': One of the two methods to defeat the BigBad, Xakhaz: if you can't get your hands on the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Trident of Skarlos]] for the final battle, or simply choose not to fight Xakhaz one-on-one, you can instead combine the Talisman of Loth with a Sacred Green Orb, and then hurl it at Xakhaz. Best case scenario, the resulting explosion performs a OneHitKill on Xakhaz allowing you to win instantly. Otherwise, the exploding orb reduce Xakhaz's stats to SKILL 9, a reasonably low stat for a final battle that players who made it that far into the game shouldn't have any problem fighting.

* ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'', this is the purpose of Holy Magic, which doesn't rely on magicules or a contract with spirits but rather absolute faith in a higher being (not necessarily a god [[spoiler:as even the god "Luminous" worshipped by the Church is in fact the True Demon Lord [[VampireMonarch Ruminas Valentine]]]] and several of Rimuru's followers are able to use it channeling their faith in him), which means it can actually ignore most AntiMagic effects. The two highest-tier Holy magic spells are Disintegration, [[FantasticNuke which uses a massive blast of holy light that can destroy a mountain]], and Melt Slash, [[SwordBeam which focuses the destructive light of Disintegration into a sword]]. Also, both of these are intense enough to [[DeaderThanDead destroy a target down to the cellular level and kill the soul]].

* ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'', this is the purpose of Holy Magic, which doesn't rely on magicules or a contract with spirits but rather absolute faith in a higher being (not necessarily a god [[spoiler:as even the god "Luminous" worshipped by the Church is in fact the True Demon Lord [[VampireMonarch Ruminas Valentine]] and several of Rimuru's followers are able to use it channeling their faith in him), which means it can actually ignore most AntiMagic effects. The two highest-tier Holy magic spells are Disintegration, [[FantasticNuke which uses a massive blast of holy light that can destroy a mountain]], and Melt Slash, [[SwordBeam which focuses the destructive light of Disintegration into a sword]]. Also, both of these are intense enough to [[DeaderThanDead destroy a target down to the cellular level and kill the soul]].