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* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': A minor supervillain in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, calling himself [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Ringer]], tried using this as the basis for his criminal career. The first Ringer battled Nighthawk and ComicBook/SpiderMan and got his ass kicked each time, before he was blown away by the Scourge. The second Ringer took on ComicBook/SheHulk and Comicbook/MoonKnight. In neither case did the Ringer prove himself to be any kind of a threat. Marvel also has Ringleader, the razor-ring–wielding leader of the Death Throws and enemies of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}.

* Unlike his bumbling main-universe counterparts, the Ringer in ''[[FanFic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'' is both very competent and very dangerous. One of his first criminal acts was to cripple a star player for the New York Yankees, and he gave Sleepwalker a good fight before finally being taken down. His wife, who later dons the suit herself and essentially becomes both a LegacyCharacter and a DistaffCounterpart, does even better. She very nearly beats Sleepwalker the first time they fight, and loses only because of the interference of a [[TheRealHeroes New York police officer]] who shoots the weapon with which she's about to kill Sleepwalker.

* In ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'', the thrown weapon version is available in several forms. Slightly justified in that two or three of them are specifically "magical". The most powerful of these are [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to two movies which are [[SoBadItsGood So Bad, They're Good]]; Azram's Star is the Glaive from the pseudo-SwordAndSorcery flick ''Film/{{Krull}}'', and the bizarre Aerial Decaptiator is the titular weapon of several Creator/ShawBrothers movies; Film/MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine.

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II'', one of the highest level priest spells allows her to create chakram of solid darkness and throw them at the enemy. (It makes sense for Viconia, as a darkness chakram is her goddess' weapon of choice but looks rather weird on the other priests.) The damage isn't much for that level but the attack has a ridiculous rate of fire that turns all but the toughest foes into mincemeat.

* Throwing chakrams are the favoured ranged weapon of the Dark Elves in ''[[Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Might and Magic: Heroes VI]]'', since bows are impractical in the caves where they live.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', [[PhysicalGod Frog Goddess]] [[CheerfulChild Suwako Moriya]] uses steel rings as one of her weapons, incorporating them into the unorthodox fighting style she uses in ''Hisoutensoku''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhBITcvhN5Q Before that, she was portrayed in fanworks using said steel rings like this.]]

* In ''VideoGame/CrossCode'' dual rings made of energy is the trademark weapon of the Spheromancer class. They are used solely as a melee weapon, as all ranged attack are carried out with [[PinballProjectile ARPs]].