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In real life, sai are very rarely actually bladed weapons, and are primarily used in defense in order to disarm and/or break blades. In fiction, however, the middle prong (or all three) is usually sharpened into a makeshift dagger. (''Sometimes'' TruthInTelevision, but not normal practice.) Unusually, DualWielding a pair of sai ''is'' TruthInTelevision. The common depiction of turning them into a punch-dagger type weapon with the middle prong held between the middle and ring finger decidedly is ''not'' TruthInTelevision, as it would be an absurdly useless way to wield a sai.

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* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'': Neo used his powers to pull two sais off the wall and fight with them during his battle with the Merovingian's minions. He ends up using them to pin one of his assailants to the wall.

* Ace Killer famously wields a two-pronged Sai in his debut episode in ''Series/UltramanAce'', but for some reason, never wielded it again in any of his subsequent appearances outside video games.
* Series/XenaWarriorPrincess's sidekick Gabrielle makes a point of fighting principally with a pair of Sai, starting in Season 5 and lasting until the end of the show. The exclusivity of the weapon to Gabrielle made them all the more cool.

* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'', starting with ''Factions'', has sais as a type of dagger for the Assassin profession.
* ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' also uses them as daggers, the one kind of weapon that can be dual-wielded. They're quite popular with Ninjas.
* Wang Yi from ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7'': XL, though they are called "Trishula". They are held in a reverse grip, always used in pairs and are short-ranged but fast.
%%* Monsoon from ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''.

%%* A Sai ''Gal'' is Cheshire from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.
%%* Cobrax of the Nindjas in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' wields a pair.

* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}} Shura'': after losing his arm to Iori, [[PsychoForHire Yukio]] returns to the fray with three-pronged sai-like weapon he calls "Vajra" embedded in his wrist, meant to be a defensive weapon to attack enemies who escapes his primary weapon, the [[WhipSword urumi]] "Shiva".

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%%* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Sun-Sun's [[EmpathicWeapon zanpakutou]].
%%* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', one of Freya's Valkyries uses them.
%%* Kayura in ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' wields a pair with extendable middle blades.
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%%* Wang Yi from ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7'': XL.

** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'': Mileena does not appear in ''Mortal Kombat 11'', but sai do still make an appearance as one of the three pieces of gear used by Kitana, alongside her mask and fan. There is also a Modifier that can occur in the Towers of Time, Mileena's Favorite, which involves sai being thrown across the fightline.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant This is not]] about some sort of {{Rhino|Rampage}} [[BeastMan Man]], or characters whose name is "Sai". [[{{Manga/Naruto}} Although to be fair,]] [[WeaponOfChoice he]] ''[[WeaponOfChoice did]]'' [[WeaponOfChoice wield some]].

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Sun-Sun's [[EmpathicWeapon zanpakutou]].
* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', one of Freya's Valkyries uses them.
* Kayura in ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' wields a pair with extendable middle blades.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' sometimes uses these.
* One of the preferred weapons of Zaran the Weapons Master in the MarvelUniverse.

* ''Film/TheMummyReturns'': A {{Flashback}} has a duel between two women DualWielding these, which doesn't make sense as sais originated from Asia, not Egypt. And more specifically, sai were a rice-agricultural implement, and the Nile has always been primarily wheat territory.

* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': The Yakuza used Sais as a weapon.

* Used by Vetkin in ''VideoGame/BattleRealms''.
* Mileena from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series fights using a pair of sai.

* Wang Yi from ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7'': XL.
* Monsoon from ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''.

* Mitzi of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' favors sais.

* A Sai ''Gal'' is Cheshire from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.
* Cobrax of the Nindjas in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' wields a pair.

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* Creator/ChrisColfer. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZl1QBOW5X0 True story.]]
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* ComicBook/{{Elektra}}'s WeaponOfChoice in the ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' comics.
** And to prove they're dangerous, [[Film/{{Elektra}} movie portrayer]] Creator/JenniferGarner confessed she cut her leg with one on the set.
* ''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}'' sometimes uses these.

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* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': the Yakuza used Sais as a weapon.
* [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Mele]] / [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Camille]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:Perfect weapon of choice for a [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 cool but rude guy]].]]

* Mileena from the ''MortalKombat'' series fights using a pair of sai.

* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' has sais as a type of dagger.

* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': Raphael's WeaponOfChoice.
** In fact, the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 most recent animated incarnation]] of Raphael is the first to use it as intended, as a grappling/disarming weapon, rather then as a stabbing dagger.

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* Mitzi of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' favors sais.
* Moé the ninja girl from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' Her three brothers use a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles sword, nunchucks, and bo staff]] respectively.

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[[IThoughtItMeant This is not]] about some sort of [[RhinoRampage Rhino]] [[BeastMan Man]], or characters whose name is "Sai". [[{{Manga/Naruto}} Although to be fair,]] [[WeaponOfChoice he]] ''[[WeaponOfChoice did]]'' [[WeaponOfChoice wield some]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Perfect weapon of choice for a cool but rude guy.]]