History Main / InstrumentalWeapon

->'''Bandito:''' Tell me, Kabong. What do you use—a sword? A whip? A shillelagh?
->'''El Kabong:''' I use a GEE-tar. Kabong! ''(kabongs bandito)''
-->--''QuickDrawMcGraw''

->'''El Kabong:''' I use a GEE-tar. Kabong! ''(kabongs bandito)

* In "Californy'er Bust", a old WesternAnimation/Goofy cartoon, some indians start playing their bows like string instruments when they notice the sounds they make when firing.

* ''SuperSentai''[=/=]''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': The Green Ranger calls his Dragonzord using his sword as a flute.

* There's a glitch in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' that allows Link to play his sword as an ocarina. This can be applied to any item used wile back-flipping after dropping and recapturing a fish.

Compare AirGuitar. If you ''pack'' your weapon as if it were an instrument, that's SenselessViolins. SubTrope of EverythingIsAnInstrument.

* The Pyro from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' taunts with its melee weapon by strumming it as if it were a guitar while making guitar-esque sounds. If the Medic has a melee weapon that isn't the Ubersaw or Solemn Vow, he will play the weapon as if it were a violin. A Medic with a Vita-Saw will play a slightly different sound when he taunts, while a Pyro with a Third Degree or Neon Annihilator will play a shredding guitar riff and bass guitar riff (while making guitat sounds), respectively.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': the Pyro taunts with his melee weapon by strumming it as a guitar. The Medic taunts with his melee weapon, except for the Ubersaw and Solemn Vow, by playing it like a violin.
** In the Medic's case the sound varies depending on which bonesaw you're using. The Pyro makes the noises himself (unless he has the Third Degree or Neon Annihilator, which produces a metal guitar riff).

Compare AirGuitar. If you ''pack'' your weapon as if it were an instrument, that's SenselessViolins.

* [[Music/DriftlessPonyClub Craig]] uses his guitar as a sword during his battle with ninja!Sam Grant in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xLSkpF_E8c music video for "Legend of Archery"]]. It works pretty well [[spoiler: before Sam ends up killing him anyways]].

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' has the rare (and no longer available) Face Melter item which is an Ax that has frets and struts like an... Ax, which is to say a heavy metal rock guitar. It has an activatable ability that causes you to "rock out" with your Ax, complete with faux strumming and headbanging.

** In the Medic's case the sound varies depending on which bonesaw you're using. The Pyro makes the noises himself (unless he has the Third Degree, which produces a metal guitar riff).

** One episode had a monster was defeated by Tommy playing his dagger and Kim playing on her bow.

The inverse of InstrumentOfMurder and MusicalAssassin, Instrumental Weapon is where someone uses his or her weapon as if it were a musical instrument.

* [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E. Coyote]] of ''LooneyTunes'' fame once played a bow and arrow like a harp while trying to figure out why it wouldn't fire. Of course, the plucking eventually did cause it fire at the worst possible moment.

* Music/WalkOffTheEarth: One of the earlier videos uses a cocked handgun as a beat in the drum loop.

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The inverse of InstrumentOfMurder and MusicalAssassin, Instrumental Weapon is where someone uses his weapon as if it were a musical instrument.

* [[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E. Coyote]] of ''LooneyTunes'' fame once played a bow and arrow like a harp while trying to figure out why it wouldn't fire. Of course, the plucking eventually did cause it fire at the worst possible moment.

* ''TeamFortress2'': the Pyro taunts with his melee weapon by strumming it as a guitar. The Medic taunts with his melee weapon, except for the Ubersaw and Solemn Vow, by playing it like a violin.

* In ''AdventureTime'', Marceline plays an Axe-Bass, which is both a [[AnAxeToGrind war axe]] (originally) and a bass guitar.

The inverse of InstrumentOfMurder and MusicalAssassin, Instrumental Weapon is where someone uses their weapon as if it were a musical instrument.

Compare AirGuitar. If you ''pack'' your weapon as though it were an instrument, that's SenselessViolins.

* ''SuperSentai''[=/=]''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': the Green Ranger calls his Dragonzord using his sword as a flute.

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' has the rare (and no longer available) Face Melter item which is an Ax that has frets and struts like an... Ax, which is to say a heavy metal rock guitar. It has an activatable ability that causes you to "rock out" with your Ax, comeplete with faux strumming and headbanging.

* [[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E. Coyote]] of ''LooneyTunes'' fame once played a bow-and-arrow like a harp while trying to figure out why it wouldn't fire. Of course, the plucking eventually did cause it fire at the worst possible moment.

* ''SuperSentai''[=/=]''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': the Green Sentai/Ranger calls his Dragonzord using his sword as a flute.