History Main / RollingPinOfDoom

* From ''Oliver!'': "Only it's wise to be handy with a rolling pin when the landlord comes to call!"

* An OgdenNash poem describes a cartoonist whose life was a stream of classic comic strip tropes. When his wife finally had enough of it all, she naturally used a rolling pin to do him in.

* Several rolling pins can be found in the Wastelands of {{Fallout}} 3, likely as a [[JokeItem gag weapon]].
** They are also in ''{{Fallout}}: New Vegas''... even going as far as including a street gang consisting of old ladies equipped with rolling pins that ambush you in an alley.

* In ''Sappo'', by {{Popeye}} creator Segar, John Sappo is always in danger of being bopped by his wife, and several strips involve his attempts to circumvent this. In one arc, he constructs a series of special, protective cages to wear, made of transparent metal, so his wife can't see what's stopping the rolling pin. He then sells several of these cages to other HenpeckedHusbands, much to Mrs. Sappo's confusion. ("He's selling nothing and getting money for it!")

* The ''LooneyTunes'' short "Wild Wife" is about a housewife recounting her hectic day to her husband, who thinks she has it easy. It ends with her giving him a gift: a rolling pin monogramed "His". Guess what she does with it?
-->[[{{Understatement}} "Little man, I've had a busy day."]]

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* On ''[=~Mama's Family~=]'', when Mama thought her family was planning to send her to a home ([[ThreeIsCompany it was actually a dog they were talking about]]), her rolling pin was her weapon of choice for defending herself.

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* In ''{{Tom and Jerry}}'', Tom's owner would often come running out of the kitchen attempting to swipe Tom with a rolling pin after Tom had destroyed the house attempting to catch a single mouse. Failing that it was a broom.

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* On ''[=~Mama's Family~=]'', when Mama thought her family was planning to send her to a home ([[ThreeIsCompany it was actually a dog they were talking about]]), her rolling pin was her weapon of choice for defending herself. (This troper likes to reenact the scene when she raises the rolling pin and says, "One more step and you're gonna see God!")

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* In ''Sappo'', by {{Popeye}} creator Segar, John Sappo is always in danger of being bopped by his wife, and several stripes involve his attempts to circumvent this. In one arc, he constructs a series of special, protective cages to wear, made of transparent metal, so his wife can't see what's stopping the rolling pin. He then sells several of these cages to other HenpeckedHusbands, much to Mrs. Sappo's confusion. ("He's selling nothing and getting money for it!")

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* In the arcade game ''[[DragonsLair Dragon's Lair II: The Time Warp]]'', Dirk is being pursued, after the kidnapping of Daphne, by his irate mother-in-law, who is wielding a rolling pin.

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-->[[{{Understatement}} "Dear, I've had a busy day."]]

* Lampshaded - but not used - in ''Discworld/Monstrous/Regiment''.

An ImprobableWeapon. Closely related to the FryingPanOfDoom and often used in conjunction with it. Note that most of these rolling pins are made of ''wood'', as plastic is usually too light to do any damage.

* In ''HowlsMovingCastle'' (the book) there was a brief mention of "angry aunts with rolling pins" coming after Howl.

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** They are also in ''{{Fallout: New Vegas}}''... even going as far as including a street gang consisting of old ladies equipped with rolling pins that ambush you in an alley.

** They are also in {{Fallout: New Vegas}}... even going as far as including a street gang consisting of old ladies equipped with rolling pins that ambush you in an alley.

An ImprobableWeapon. Closely related to the FryingPanOfDoom and often used in conjunction with it. Note that most of theese rolling pins are made of ''wood'', as plastic is usually too light to do any damage.

An ImprobableWeapon. Closely related to the FryingPanOfDoom and often used in conjunction with it.

An ImprobableWeapon. Closely related to the FryingPanOfDoom and often used in conjunction with it. It can be
almost as effective if it happens to be made of wood. (Plastic ones are less effective, but this trope was most common before plastic rolling pins entered the public consciousness.)

Wait, what? Plastic rolling pins? Forget that, i have a marble one. As in solid stone. It could be quite effective for a few swings, then the fairly thin handle would snap. I have never seen a plastic one. Wood or stone.

Wait, what? Plastic ones? Forget that, i have a marble one. As in solid stone. It could be quite effective for a few swings, then the fairly thin handle would snap. I have never seen a plastic one. Wood or stone.

Wait, what? Plastic ones? Forget that, i have a marble one. As in solid stone. It could be quite effective for a few swings, then the fairly thin handle would snap.

An ImprobableWeapon. Closely related to the FryingPanOfDoom and often used in conjunction with it. It can be almost as effective if it happens to be made of wood. (Plastic ones are less effective, but this trope was most common before plastic rolling pins entered the public consciousness.)