History Main / RollingPinOfDoom

* In ''Film/SherlockGnomes'', Moriarty's primary weapon is a rolling pin. (He was originally the mascot of a pie company.) During the climax, he fences Sherlock with him using his rolling pin and Sherlock using his magnifying glass.

--->"Hello? My husband gave me for a present a kitchen kit he bought from you, but the rolling pin is missing!\\

* In the Creator/GordonKorman series ''Literature/{{Island}}'', the one brother and sister hospitalized one another on Halloween night. She was a chef armed with a marble rolling pin. We're not told what he was carrying.

"He [[GenreSavvy refused to take it]]."

** In another ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon, Miss Prissy goes after Foghorn Leghorn with a rolling pin, wanting to make him her husband. Foggy replies, "You're going about it all wrong. You don't bat 'em on the bean with a rolling pin. [[DeadpanSnarker That comes later]]."

** In the "Apes of Wrath", Mama hits Elvis over the head with a rolling pin for scaring the "baby" (actually WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in a case of MistakenIdentity caused by a drunken [[DeliveryStork Stork]]).

!!'''Examples''':

[[folder:Film]]
* Shows up in ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne''.
* Billy kills his mother with one in the ''Film/BlackChristmas2006'' remake.
* In ''Film/{{Hancock}}'', the eponymous character breaks one over Charlize Theron's head, but she's just as invulnerable as he is.
* This is the Weapon Of Choice for the wife of ''Pekka Puupää'' (Puupää meaning Woodhead, as in someone dense) Justiina in the Finnish series of comedy films called Pekka ja Pätkä (Pekka and Shorty/Stumpy). She is an ApronMatron, with a will strong enough to bend steel (not literally), and she has quite the DeathGlare to boot.

---> Masha, can I borrow your rolling pin for a couple hours?
---> Sorry, neighbor, I'm still waiting for my own drunkard.

---> Hello? My husband gave me for a present a kitchen kit he bought from you, but the rolling pin is missing!
---> He [[GenreSavvy refused to take it]].

---> My little worker bee... at this hour, and you are still baking.

* {{Lampshaded}} - but not used - in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''.

--> '''Narrator''': I had the brilliant idea of bringing [my buddy] home, but I understood when facing the rolling pin...

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* A standby in the ''ComicStrip/AndyCapp'' newspaper comic since 1957.
* In ''Sappo'', by ''ComicStrip/{{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 [[HenpeckedHusband henpecked husbands]], much to Mrs. Sappo's confusion. ("He's selling nothing and getting money for it!")

[[folder:Theatre]]
* From ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'': "Only it's wise to be handy with a rolling pin when the landlord comes to call!"
* In the Met Opera's production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Norina [[https://youtu.be/XGbRsHpoZpE?t=26s playfully fences]] with Doctor Malatesta while they're making their plan, she with a rolling pin, he with a ClassyCane.

[[folder:VideoGames]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''

-->'''Eustace''': OW! What did I do?!

--->'''Marsha:''' [[{{Understatement}} "Little man, I've had a busy day."]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers'', Gromit brandishes a rolling pin at Feathers [=McGraw=]. Feathers responds by pulling a gun on Gromit and forcing him into the wardrobe with Wallace.
* ''The Twelve Tasks of ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' has Impedimenta using a rolling pin on a gladiator. The few times she fights, it is her standard weapon of choice like also in ''Asterix and the Great Fight''.
* In ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' when housekeeper Winston hears noises coming from Georgette's room he gets ready to attack the intruder with the rolling pin [[ImprovisedWeapon he was already holding]].

[[folder:Other]]
* Disneyland's ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ride has at one point a large woman chasing a food-thieving pirate with a rolling pin.
* In the browser game ''[[http://www.addictinggames.com/girl-games/bash-girl-game.jsp Bash Girl]]'', each enemy has two variants; one enemy has a variant that wields a Rolling Pin of Doom, and a variant that wields a FryingPanOfDoom.
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* In the song "Consider Yourself" from ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'', Dodger in forms us that "It's best to be 'andy wiv a rollin' pin, when the landlord comes to call".

** A women calls a shop:

* In the Creator/GordonKorman series ''Literature/{{Island}}'', the one brother and sister hospitalised one another on Halloween night. She was a chef armed with a marble rolling pin. We're not told what he was carrying.
* Lampshaded - but not used - in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''.

* Boris Vian's song "''On est pas là pour se faire engueuler''" ("''We aren't here to get yelled at''") is narrated from the husband's point of view, who comes home late and drunk with his best friend (in the same state) and experiences an OhCrap moment when he sees his wife holding the rolling pin and waiting for them in front of the door. [[spoiler: It gets them both killed.]]

* The rolling pin is one of many household items that can be [[ImprovisedWeapon drafted for combat duty]] in ''VideoGame/ProjectZomboid''. It's only mediocre—much better used for making actual baked goods—but if you're desperately scrabbling through kitchen cabinets and your only other choice is a butter knife, take the pin.

** In the "Apes of Wrath", Mama hits Elvis over the head with a rolling pin for scaring the "baby" (actually WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in a case of MistakenIdentity caused by [[DeliveryStork a drunken Stork]]).

** In the "Apes of Wrath", Mama hits Elvis over the head with a rolling pin for scaring the "baby" (actually WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in a case of MistakenIdentity by [[DeliveryStork a drunken Stork]]).

An ImprobableWeapon, though one that does have reasonable efficacy. 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.

* Disneyland's ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ride has at one point a large woman chasing a food-thieving pirate with a rolling pin.

* In ''The Bourne Conspiracy'' (the video game based on ''Film/TheBourneIdentity''), one of the enemies on Wombosi's ship kitchen will use a rolling pin to fight you in hand-to-hand combat.

* In the GordonKorman series ''Literature/{{Island}}'', the one brother and sister hospitalised one another on Halloween night. She was a chef armed with a marble rolling pin. We're not told what he was carrying.

* ''The Twelve Tasks of ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' has Impedimenta using a rolling pin on a gladiator.

* In ''Marvel Comics Presents Series/{{ALF}}'' Issue #8, it is subverted in his own WhatIf : ALF, after being chased by Raquel Ochmonek for his mischief, ALF [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that [[BreakingTheFourthWall he's lucky]] that UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode Authority had her throwing a feather-duster, not a rolling pin, which Trevor Ochmonek agreed wholeheartedly... since it ''him'' instead!

* ''Film/{{Hancock}}'' breaks one over Charlize Theron's head, but she's just as invulnerable as he is.
* This is the Weapon Of Choice for the wife of Pekka Puupää (Puupää meaning Woodhead, as in someone dense) Justiina in the Finnish series of comedy films called Pekka ja Pätkä (Pekka and Shorty/Stumpy). She is an Iron Matron or maybe Apron Matron, with a will strong enough to bend steel (not literally), and she has quite the Death Glare to boot.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* Music/VinceGill's "One More Last Chance" describes a woman coming after her husband with a rolling pin and a Bible: "If you don't listen to my preachin', boy / I'm gonna have to beat you half to death."

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

* In the "French Baker" minigame from ''Videogame/{{Action52}}'', the eponymous baker throws rolling pins (if you can get the game to work).

* In ''[[Franchise/WallaceAndGromit The Wrong Trousers]]'', Gromit brandishes a rolling pin at Feathers [=McGraw=]. Feathers responds by pulling a gun on Gromit and forcing him into the wardrobe with Wallace.

* An Creator/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.