History Main / ImprovisedGolems

* In a ''Simpsons'' Treehouse of Horror ep they made a Bride of Golem out of Play Dough for the real Golem Of Prague.

Distinct from {{Golem}}s and {{Snowlems}} in that

* They collapse without a constant energy supply from their creators. (NoOntologicalInertia)

* Somewhat unreliable/unstable and not that smart.

* [[PerdidoStreetStation Judah]] [[PunnyName Low]] from [[{{ptitlen9ir3dhv}} China Miéville's]] ''Literature/IronCouncil'' can make golems [[BeyondTheImpossible out of]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome anything]]. Even time.

* ''HitmenForDestiny'' has a Maythorn [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/thorsby/destiny/series.php?view=archive&chapter=41098 experiment]] by starting with Play-Doh. It's loyal, but since it can't hear instructions and is from an ultra-weak material, it kills itself by trying to move.

* The Dungeons & Dragons spell "Animate Objects" works like this in 2nd and 3rd edition. In contrast to creating an actual golem, which takes weeks of work and hugely expensive materials, the spell allows the caster to make a candlestick or rock sprout arms and legs and do its master's bidding. They're short-lived constructs, fragile and usually not great at fighting. On the other hand, the incident where a a BigBad was slain by a table makes for a great story to tell the grandkids.

* There's an DnD adventure in the {{Planescape}} setting where the players face a person with the ability to create golems out of objects at hand.

* ''{{Ghostbusters}}'', of course. Throughout the game, you'll have to contend with the likes of Book Golems, Coal Golems, Black Slime Golems, a Kitchen Golem (in the very first level, natch), and Graveyard Golems.
* The first BossFight in ''[[{{Drakensang}} Drakensang 2: The River of Time]]'' is against a golem made of scrap parts, including wooden planks, a chest, an anvil and several oversized sickle blades. Predictably it's [[KillItWithFire extremely vulnerable to flames.]]

* In the second season of ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers,'' as well as the Kamdor episodes of ''PowerRangersOperationOverdrive,'' the MonsterOfTheWeek is arguably this, with random objects being brought to life by the BigBad, turned into monsters, and sent to attack. Sometimes they get to be careful and smart about the choice of object, but sometimes it's a spur-of-the-moment monster creation, so you get... purses of doom with weapons made from random items inside.

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* In the last ''{{Fablehaven}}'' book one of the obstacles faced in the Dreamstone is a statue of a warrior. The group have only a short time to sculpt themselves a "champion" from the available clay; both statues are then animated and do battle.

** In the sister game ''[[MabinogiFantasyLife Mabinogi]]'', golems are made of floating rocks, but the rocks are somehow [[HammerSpace "unpacked"]] from the [[VancianMagic golem crystal]] itself.

* ''HitmenForDestiny'' has a main character [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/thorsby/destiny/series.php?view=archive&chapter=41098 experiment]] by starting with Play-Doh. It's loyal, but since it can't hear instructions and is from an ultra-weak material, it kills itself by trying to move.

Crafting a proper Golem takes takes time, effort and often magical runes. However at a pinch many bad/guys guys can use whatever's at hand, make it into a useful shape and sent it off against their enemies. Things like water, sand, dirt, snow may be used, often illustrating that the creator can easily make more if they are destroyed.

* They they collapse without a constant energy supply from their creators (NoOntologicalInertia)
* quick to assemble, almost instant in some cases

* Totally loyal
* Made from whatever is at hand

* [[PerdidoStreetStation Judah]] [[PunnyName Low]] can make golems [[BeyondTheImpossible out of]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome anything]].

* ''{{Legendary}}'' features a gigantic golem made of cars, freight containers, chunks of concrete and random pieces of metal acquired from the surrounding area.