History Main / ThisIsADrill

* Touko Matsudaira from the Light Novel ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' appears in the TagTeam FightingGame ''[[VideoGame/{{Maribato}} Maribato!]]'' as a playable character. Touko fights by summoning drills in her hands, and ramming her opponents with them. In general, Touko seems to have an obsession with drills, as most of her normal attacks, specials and even one super are related to drills. Curious enough, if you look carefully during her standing A animation, she actually hits her opponent with one of her MegaTwintails, which, you guessed it, are [[VisualPun drill-shaped.]]

** The Sensei Ro-Bow does use drills, but he combines this trope with TheStraightAndArrowPath, using a bow and drill-tipped arrows. However, he has a number of other abilities. These include turning into a spiky ball with drills for spikes, sending a barrage of drills, turning his hands into drills to launch them at enemies rapidly, and even turning into a massive drill to bore into enemies for his [[LimitBreak Sky-Chi]].

** In ''VideoGame/BioShock2'', Subject Delta, a prototype Big Daddy is the player character who starts with a drill. He can stab while it spins, dealing massive damage at the cost of fuel, or slam enemies with its side for less damage [[EmergencyWeapon but no fuel cost]]. A [[AbilityRequiredToProceed mandatory]] upgrade partway into causing slamming while the drill spins to perform a very powerful charge attack 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 exchanged for [[ReducedManaCost halved EVE cost for Plasmids]].

* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster Overdrive'' for Wii, drill is an upgrade for your tank. It allows the tank to do a [[VideogameDashing dash attack.]]

->''"We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before! Little by little, we advance a bit further with each turn. That's how a drill works!!"''
-->-- '''Simon''', ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

** The main story climax of ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' has [[spoiler:Kirby on his Robobot Armor preforming a last-minute ditch drill attack on Star Dream's last form, destroying it entirely.]] The Robobot does this to previous bosses as well, turning its arm around and forming a screwdriver out of its shoulder.

** 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 [[ThisIsAHammer hammer]] with a hand-cranked drill, allowing him to release rubble to damage opponents.

* ''Manga/GetterRobo'': Getter-2. They're also all over the place in the manga and {{OVA}}s. [[DrillTank Drill tanks]], drill monsters, drill [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]], drill ''trees''... the list goes on. Getter Drill Missile. Drill hand RocketPunch.

** The franchise also seems to have developed a tradition of pairing giant mecha drills with [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]] themes:

** In the second season, the rather AxCrazy Knight of Ten, [[SociopathicSoldier Luciano Bradley]], pilots the Percival, a 7th Generation Knightmare Frame with an arm-mounted [[LaserBlade Particle] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Drill Lance]]. When he tries using it against [[ActionGirl Kallen]] (who he had threatened to rape earlier in the season), she ends up breaking his drill to little bits with her Guren's dagger.

** In the second season, the rather AxCrazy Knight of Rounds, Luciano Bradley, pilots a Knightmare with an arm-mounted [[LaserBlade laser]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot drill lance]]. When he tries using it against [[ActionGirl Kallen]] (who he had threatened to rape earlier in the season), she ends up breaking his drill to little bits.
*** There's an official {{Yonkoma}} where Kallen is introduced to her Guren Mk-II and says that it should have a drill instead of its microwave-emitting claw hand. While arguing with Zero, she even drops the famous phrase "A drill is a man's romance!"

* Abel from the Wiki/SCPFoundation used to conjure up all sorts of swords, axes, and other blades when he would fight. After spending some time with the SCP, he started using mostly drills and [[ChainsawGood chainsaw-like weapons]]. When asked why, he said [[RuleOfCool because the blades fascinated him]].

This is a WeaponOfChoice trope, though it does see action as an ImprovisedWeapon. [[{{Pun}} You know the drill]]. A subtrope of SpectacularSpinning. Often found on the business end of a DrillTank or DrillMole.

** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' has the sword-like Drill Crusher as his WeaponOfChoice in his default form; it can also [[SwissArmyWeapon turn into a gun]].

* ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'': Nameless's Rasen, [[MovesetClone his equivalent of]] K9999/[[spoiler:Krohnen]]'s Power Running Wild/[[spoiler:Calamity Overdrive]], has his PowerLimiter morph into a giant drill which he then thrusts forward into his enemy.

* Parodied in ''Anime/LuckyStar'': Konata [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emq0Xf6zVDw imagines]] a ''Anime/GunBuster''/''Manga/GetterRobo''-esque dentist. And, Miyuki's fear of dentist drills may be symbolic for fearing men in general.... In a later episode, Akira Kogami refers to the page quote... to, rather disturbingly, justify her desire for OjouRinglets (or "twin drills", as she calls them). A later episode has her wearing two literal drills in her hair in an attempt to simulate the style.

* 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. Offline, one shows up when fighting the Ceadeus. Online, you get to use it against Jhen Mohran. The fourth ''Monster Hunter'' game 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 [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Breaker]].

* ''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 [[NiceHat drill on her head]], and even has [[OjouRinglets drill hair]], needless to say, there are quite a few drills here.

* [[RunningGag There was a series of movie adaptations of]] ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', mentioned above. The drills were [[UpToEleven even bigger]].

* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel'' has the main character wield a MorphWeapon (supposedly a builder's tool) which can be used as a sword, a scissor or... a drill. The first Supermove you learn with him has the drill grow to enormous proportions as he charges through the enemies. [[UpToEleven Taken to the extreme with his Ultra Supermove.]] He even remarks that the drill is every man's fantasy.

* Zuko uses firebending to move burning oil in a spiral and create a drill [[spoiler:to break his ship free from an army of earthbenders]] in ''Fanfic/{{Embers}}''.

* A semi-obscure FPS for the [=PlayStation=] and 3DO called ''PO'ed'' had a big industrial drill as a usable weapon.

* VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy:
** ''Epic Battle Fantasy 3'' features several drills, inevitably escorted by [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] references. Two of the player characters can learn a special move that summons a huge drill from below the ground, dealing enormous damage to enemies with buffed defense, and one late-game enemy is a Flying Drill-Bot. Seriously, that's its NAME.
** The fourth game has the skill renamed to Giga Drill from Tera Drill, and the Drill-Bot returns without the "flying" part in the name (but not the behavior). It also has a weapon, the Drill Lance, which... is a drill.
** The fifth game removes the enemy entirely, with the Drill-Bot being retooled into the Red Flybot and eventually, Prototype 9X. However, the skill is still there, while the weapon was renamed into the Hyper Drill.

* The third level of ''VideoGamne/{{Slashout}}'' is a mining valley filled with robotic enemies, one of them who uses a drill larger than it's body to rip you apart.

* In ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', The Mantis minisub has a drill mounted on one of its arms that the pilot attempts to use to puncture the windscreen of the ''Neptune'' with Bond and Melina inside.

* ''Fanfic/{{Wonderful}}'': One of the weapons of [[TheCape Wonder Red]] is a giant drill. She uses it against [[EldritchAbomination Leviathan]] in her first public appearance.