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* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' gives Mario a drill power-up.

* ''WebAnimation/EmesisBlue'': Zed Conagher uses an electric drill to [[spoiler:torture Jeremy the Scout to death in a horrific SoundOnlyDeath]]. He later tries to QuickDraw his pistol on Ludwig in a showdown, but [[RummageFailure draws his drill instead, leading to his death]].

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "The Death of the Small Coppers", the first VictimOfTheWeek is strung up on a wall and has a running auger plunged through his chest.

* ''Anime/D4Princess'': A [[MagicalGirl Magical Girl]] example, where girls called Panzers fight each other with [[ImprobableWeaponUser increasingly silly weapons.]] The main character Doris wields a drill lance, has a drill on her head, and even has [[OjouRinglets drill hair]], needless to say, there are quite a few drills here.

** In ''VideoGame/BioShock2'', [[PlayerCharacter Subject Delta]], a prototype Big Daddy, starts with a drill. He can rev it up and stab things, dealing massive damage [[AmmoUsingMeleeWeapon at the cost of fuel]], or swing it while it's off for less damage. A [[AbilityRequiredToProceed mandatory]] upgrade partway in causes a swing while the drill is active to perform a very powerful FoeTossingCharge that deals massive damage. It's pretty useful to begin with and has massive potential for people who want to specialize in melee, with upgrades and gene tonics doing everything from deflecting projectiles to recovering health on hit. There's even an gene tonic that [[CripplingOverspecialization makes the drill your only usable weapon]] (barring hacking tools and the research camera) in exchange for [[ReducedManaCost halved EVE cost for Plasmids]].
** In ''[[Videogame/BioShockInfinite Burial at Sea]]'', the Bouncer gets the added ability of ''throwing'' the drill as if it was a lance.
* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster Overdrive'' for Wii, drill is an upgrade for your tank. It allows the tank to do a [[VideogameDashing dash attack]].

* Attentive players of ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' will notice that among the hundreds of weapons in the game are a couple of drill lances. No, not blunted practice lances -- knight lances, the kind that fits over your arm, about as long as you are tall, and ''mostly made up of a giant spinning drill bit''. There's also the Dragonator: If you need to kill an Elder Dragon fast, this is your weapon of choice, and it's usually mounted to vessels that go out hunting these beasts. In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'', One shows up offline when fighting the Ceadeus, and online you got to use it against Jhen Mohran ([[TemporaryOnlineContent not anymore]]). ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4'' takes it a step further with a Drill Hammer, complete with a [[RuleOfCool Rocket Booster]] activating on certain attacks.

* Darli Dagger in ''Videogame/SamuraiShodown'' (2019) has a super where she swaps her giant saw for a drill & literally performs a [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Breaker]].

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''Videogame/{{Subnautica}}'' has a more unusual (in fiction) example in the PRAWN Suit's mining drill arm, which is a grinding wheel drill rather than the usual pointed one. Still, it works wonders to dig through large mineral deposits and, while it won't kill much without a lot of perseverance (mostly because the planet's life seems to be MadeOfIron), it ''will'' get pesky predators to back off for a decent while when applied directly.

* In ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'', drills are a trademark of [[{{Tomboy}} Homura]] [[StudentCouncilPresident Akai]], who's a fan of mecha anime. It's such a trademark of hers, that in a ShoutOut to VideoGame/MetalGearSolid, the game's illustrator even made a joke illustration in one of the official illustrations books of ''Tokimemo 2'' where Homura offers a drill to [[TriggerHappy Revolver]] Ocelot (who's rather annoyed by the girl's antics, so much that Homura's best friend, clearly afraid, tries to restrain her) so he can use it as a replacement for his severed arm.

* ''Videogame/TreadMarks'''s Ramdrill is a tank-mounted drill made of diamond that can cut through armor like a hot knife through butter; not even the GAU-8 [[GatlingGood Avenger]] can kill faster.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' has a guy called Driller who's a living drill. He mostly works for Mumm-Ra and is paid with diamonds, to keep his drill sharp.

** [[DropTheHammer Graf Eisen's]] ''Raketenform'' is a drill in all but name. [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon A rocket-powered drill on the end of a hammer]], no less. All it lacks are the spiral threads. Amusingly, Graf Eisen shares the (Japanese) voice actor with Simon of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Zerstörungsform add the threads.

* In 2015's ''Film/{{Unnatural}}'', the giant killer polar bear is finally killed with a large ice drill, which one of the last surviving characters mounted on the front of a snowmobile.

** Drill Sergeant is a reactivated [[{{Precursors}} Arkeyan]] machine who has drills in place of hands. He primarily uses them as explosive missiles, but he is also able to charge into opponents drill first. His {{catchphrase}} reflects his abilities, being "Licensed to Drill".

** His fellow "Dig" Swap Force member, Rubble Rouser, similarly uses drills, having two on his feet that he uses to tunnel underground. A later upgrade also upgrades his [[DropTheHammer hammer]] with a hand-cranked drill, allowing him to release rubble to damage opponents.