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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'''s [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-076-2 Mobile Task Force Omega 7 Incident Log]] mentions that SCP-076-2, being TheJuggernaut that he is, once broke a man's jaw with a Nerf sword when he got [[BloodKnight bored without a fight]].

* In the first ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' or ''Devil Kings'' the strongest weapons are also the joke weapons. So you can get things like [[PlayingWithFire Toshiie]] impaling mooks with a swordfish, [[AnAxeToGrind Shingen]] hammering people with a giant party fan and [[CombatSadomasochist Mitsuhide]] maiming soldiers with oversized cutlery. Each game has his set of joke items, making this option possible.

* In [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]], one of the possible weapons that Raiden can unlock is a (mostly) non-lethal high-frequency wooden sword. Unlike the regular kills caused by other swords, where the enemies get sliced to pieces, the enemies defeated by this weapon just fall unconscious and fade away.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'': The [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0292.html dreaded newspaper]].

* Lots of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' weapons are alchemized from a weapon combined with other, often random objects, and have a tendency to look very silly (and be named silly things as well.) Some especially silly examples:
** John's Wrinklefucker, a hammer combined with a ghostbusters slimer pogo toy and an iron.
** Dave's Snoop Dogg Snow Cone Machete, a sword combined with a turntable, a snow-cone machine, and a picture of Snoop Dogg.
** Dave's ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' Sword.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' sees [=GTA's=] entry and raises UpToEleven; the Penetrator is a three foot long purple jelly dildo with a bat handle. And JigglePhysics.

** The starting sword in the original ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' is made of wood. (Or bronze. The graphics and dialog are too vague to completely rule out bronze.) Link also uses a wooden sword in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', but for a significantly shorter period of time. The latter is almost certainly a ShoutOut to the former; other equipment you get in ''Twilight Princess'' by the end of the 'wooden sword part' include the Lantern (the first equipment you get in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'') and the Slingshot (mostly pointless except as a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' or when you need to conserve arrows).

** Jax's skins maintain this theme; weapons include a hockey stick, a board with nails in it, a fishing rod, a cardboard tube, and a trophy cup on a stick, and Riot has stated at least once that the seemingly real weapons of his remaining skins are actually made of foam.

See also ImprobableWeaponUser, StatisticallySpeaking, CherryTapping, ThisBananaIsArmed. Closely related to--but not to be confused with--{{Nerf}}. Can overlap with LethalJokeCharacter. A Subtrope is WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter. Contrast AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe. Compare TheManMakesTheWeapon, where someone is skilled enough to use ordinary items to great effect.

* In ''Website/{{Neopets}}'', even before PowerCreep started to take effect over the years, the Sword of Domar always served as one from the beginning. It doesn't ''look'' silly; it's a greatsword made of lead, which, granted, isn't a good weapon material (even bronze would slice through it in RealLife), but it still seems like it should have SOME use. And yet, a pet can literally do more damage by equipping nothing and just punching their opponent. In fact, the sword is so weak that an unarmed pet will NoSell it being [[BareHandedBladeBlock used against them]].

* ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'', starting with the second game, featured an entire class of joke weapons, one for each character. In addition to having bizarre effects and, in some cases, just looking completely ridiculous ("Link has a [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast butterfly net]], LOOK OUT!"), they also cause bizarre sound effects whenever they hit, turning every ''life or death battle'' into a laugh-fest. In ''II'', ''III'', and ''IV''[[note]]In ''V'' and ''VI'', all weapons are purely cosmetic.[[/note]] don't just ''look'' weak, either; at most they'll have 80% of the attack and defense power of the character's default weapon, and some have additional detrimental effects as well, such as self-damage (as is the case with Talim swinging around weights that her village used to punish naughty children, or Heihachi using bracers shaped like his scowling face described as being a physical manifestation of his being [[BerserkButton unreasonably angry at lazy people]]).

* ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'', starting with the second game, featured an entire class of joke weapons, one for each character. In addition to having bizarre effects and, in some cases, just looking completely ridiculous ("Link has a butterfly net, LOOK OUT!"), they also cause bizarre sound effects whenever they hit, turning every ''life or death battle'' into a laugh-fest.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': While it's not something in the player's hands, in the Extra Stage Boss of ''Great Fairy Wars'', Marisa does this, with spell cards such as Love Sign "Master Spark-like Flashlight" and "Blazing Star-like Tag", where, instead of powering them using her Mini Hakkero, she powers these attacks using a flashlight.

See also ImprobableWeaponUser, StatisticallySpeaking, CherryTapping, ThisBananaIsArmed. Closely related to--but not to be confused with--{{Nerf}}. Can overlap with LethalJokeCharacter. A Subtrope is WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter. Contrast AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe.

*** Rock-It Launcher, which allows the player to use all the [[VendorTrash clutter]] they've found in the wasteland as potentially lethal projectiles. Clutter such as forks, plates, ashtrays paper-money stacks, books... [[BearsAreBadNews Teddy bears.]] You haven't lived your full Capital D.C. Wastelad experience until you applied ChunkySalsaRule to someone's head with a plunger!

** ''VideoGame/Persona4Ultimax'': Rise has never fought before and doesn't even have a Persona with combat abilities, but she can stand against the others with ''[[ThePowerOfRock a microphone stand and J-pop.]]''
** Becomes a JustifiedTrope in ''VideoGame/Persona5''. The Phantom Thieves fight with replica weapons and model guns, but they cause real damage due to the YourMindMakesItReal nature of the mental world. As long as the Shadows ''think'' the weapons are real, they can be hurt by them. [[SixthRanger Goro Akechi (a.k.a. Crow)]] plays it straight the most, utilising toy swords and ray guns in battle.

* [[TheHero Sakata]] [[LazyBum Gintoki]] from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' wields his [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter wooden sword]] Lake Touya, which is able to smash through walls and [[ScissorsCutsRock even break conventional swords]], due to being made from an ancient tree that's said to be as hard as metal. [[LethalJokeItem It's also a mass-produced mail-order product]], which lets him replace it easily after the [[WreakedWeapon numerous occasions where it's been destroyed]].

* [[TheHero Sakata]] [[LazyBum Gintoki]] from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' wields his [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter wooden sword]] Lake Touya, which is able to smash through walls and [[ScissorsCutsRock even break conventional swords]], due to being made from an ancient tree that's said to be as hard as metal. [[LethalJokeItem It's also a mass-produced mail-order product]], which lets him replace it easily after the [[RunningGag numerous occasions where it's been destroyed]].

* [[TheHero Sakata]] ][LazyBum Gintoki]] from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' wields his [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter wooden sword]] Lake Touya, which is able to smash through walls and [[ScissorsCutsRock even break conventional swords]], due to being made from an ancient tree that's said to be as hard as metal. [[LethalJokeItem It's also a mass-produced mail-order produc]]t, which lets him replace it easily after the [[RunningGag numerous occasions where it's been destroyed]].

* Sakata Gintoki from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' wields his wooden sword Lake Touya, which is able to smash through walls and even break conventional swords at times, due to being made from an ancient tree that's said to be as hard as metal. It's also a mass-produced mail-order product, which lets him replace it easily after the numerous occasions where it's been destroyed.

See also ImprobableWeaponUser, StatisticallySpeaking, CherryTapping. Closely related to--but not to be confused with--{{Nerf}}. Can overlap with LethalJokeCharacter. A Subtrope is WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter. Contrast AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe.

So as I play, [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks UNLIMITED NERF WORKS.]]"''

* In ''Literature/WorldWarZ'', the US armed forces weaponize their standard-issue entrenching tool, dubbing it the "Lobotomizer" or "Lobo." TruthInTelevision, as seen below in the Real Life folder..

* In ''Literature/WorldWarZ'', the US armed forces weaponize their standard-issue entrenching tool, dubbing it the "Lobotomizer" or "Lobo."

* ''VideoGame/Undertale'' has you begin the game with a stick as your weapon. Along your journey, you can find and use weapons such as a toy knife, a glove, ballet shoes, a notebook, and a frying pan. The first real weapon you find is a gun... that has no ammo left, so you hit enemies with it like a blunt weapon.

* ''VideoGame/Undertale'':
** You begin the game with a stick as your weapon. Along your journey, you can find and use weapons such as a toy knife, a glove, ballet shoes, a notebook, and a frying pan. The first real weapon you find is a gun... that has no ammo left, so you hit enemies with it like a blunt weapon.