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| 9 | [[quoteright:328:[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/money_mauling.png]]]] |
| 10 | [[caption-width-right:328:Talk about getting more bang for your buck.]] |
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| 12 | ->''With relatively low damage, the Money Bundle's main benefit is its reasonable knockdown value with quick swings and, of course, the comedic value of slapping cops around with a thick wad of cash.'' |
| 13 | -->-- '''Videogame/PAYDAY2 Wiki''' on the Money Bundle |
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| 15 | Money has long been used to buy weapons useful in fights. But how about using money itself ''as'' the weapon? |
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| 17 | There are several reasons someone would weaponize money itself instead of using it to buy more classical weapons. Here are several of them. |
| 18 | * The most obvious example would be a filthy rich user who either has nothing better to do with all their money or wants to boast about how gigantic his wealth is. And money ammo can complement their optional BlingBlingBang rather well. |
| 19 | * Alternatively, cash attacks can help to reinforce how greedy and/or money-obsessed some characters are. |
| 20 | * For some characters, a roll of coins or some other money is all they have on hand as a weapon in the current situation. |
| 21 | * More humourous media can also use this trope for the sheer ludicrousness of featuring such an improbable weapon. |
| 22 | * In post-apocalyptic or otherwise desperate scenarios it can also be done simply out of pragmatism, to get some use out of otherwise WorthlessCurrency. Obviously most effective with metal coins, whether melting them down to cast something else out of them, [[AbnormalAmmo loading into a shotgun shell]], or what have you. |
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| 24 | Its effectiveness varies depending on what kind of money is used. Moneybags filled with coins could be a very heavy and therefore highly effective blunt weapon, while slapping someone with a sole dollar bill probably won't. Also, it is a great way to show about everyone (and especially your target) how filthy rich you are. |
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| 26 | Subtrope of ImprobableWeaponUser and, in some cases, ImprovisedWeapon. Overlaps with AbnormalAmmo when the cash is shot out of another weapon. SisterTrope to GemstoneAssault, which also uses valuables as weapons, and PracticalCurrency, where the money was intended to be a weapon. |
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| 28 | See also BlingBlingBang, in which the weapons are unusually fancy to show their user's wealth without ''being'' money; MoneySlap, which doesn't hurt like this trope (unless you use loose change), but is moreso done as a sign of disrespect; CastFromMoney, an ability (not necessarily an attack) that drains money with each use while not necessarily weaponizing the money itself, CrimefightingWithCash, where the money is spent to achieve the owner's ends, and CoinTargetingTrickshot, specifically the variation where a bullet is ricocheted off of a coin to precisely hit a target. |
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| 30 | !!Examples: |
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| 34 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 35 | * This is Halekulani's ''superpower'' in ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''. His [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Fist of Gorgeousness]] allows him to control money, be it by sending waves of cash [[GemstoneAssault or jewels]] at his enemies or turning them into coins. |
| 36 | * In one case in ''Manga/CaseClosed'', the murder weapon is an ImprovisedWeapon made from bunch of coins put inside a sock. |
| 37 | * In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Mikoto Misaka is able to launch coins with the force of a railgun, aided with her electric powers, hence her nickname "Railgun". |
| 38 | * In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', the communist assassin Fem prefers to get the job done with the shotgun built into her arm that is specifically designed to fire rolls of coins. The manga adaptation of this episode adds an extra layer of {{Irony}} by revealing that she's on a mission to assassinate the man who was responsible for financially ruining her father through a business scheme. |
| 39 | * In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Gotoh weaponizes coins by flipping them at such an incredible speed that they possess more destructive force than regular ammunition, and he can flip them at rapid speed. When spun, they also carry enough momentum to shred through Hisoka's adhesive Bungee Gum. He chose coins as his projectile due to their small disk shape and how easily obtainable they are. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'': |
| 41 | ** Tamaki Damo uses a thousand-yen note ''as a torture device''... after using his Stand to [[HarmlessLiquefaction soften]] someone's body enough that said note can be used to cut pieces off. |
| 42 | ** Zaihei Nigatake's Stand, Milagro Man, enforces a PlagueOfGoodFortune onto someone to constantly earn money and never lose any of it until it buries them alive. |
| 43 | * ''Anime/KillLaKill'' features machine guns that shoot paper bills during the invasion of Osaka. Mako [[BulletCatch takes advantage of this]] to sample the local cuisine. |
| 44 | * ''Manga/NoLongerAllowedInAnotherWorld'': An Otherworlder Annette and Ysha encounter in the market — Kotaro — has a skill called "Minting", where he magically generates money from his hands. |
| 45 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' zig zags this as Meowth can't learn Pay Day due to learning to walk and talk like a human and the one time Pay Day was shown in ''Spinarak Attack!'', the Black Arachnid's Meowth shot glowing white energy balls in a flashback and Team Rocket had to improvise with bottle caps. In ''Sword and Shield: The Legends Awaken!'' after Team Rocket gets Gigantamax Meowth back into his normal mindset, he tries a G-Max Gold Rush...only for Eternatus's Dynamax Cannon to completely overpower the move and send Team Rocket blasting off again. |
| 46 | * In the ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' OAV, Yomiko uses her PaperMaster powers to shape a stack of dollar bills borrowed from her comrade Drake into a sharp blade. Drake lends her the cash reluctantly, begging her not to destroy or lose the money. |
| 47 | * In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin: Restoration'', Kanryu Takeda uses a bag of money as a club, pointing out paper money is very heavy and very hard. |
| 48 | * In ''Anime/{{Symphogear}} GX'', being the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Autoscorer]] associated with [[TarotMotifs the suit of Coins]], Leiur can flick coins with the speed and power of a [[GatlingGood gatling gun]]. |
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| 51 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 52 | * In one early ''ComicBook/BarbeRouge'' album, when short on cannonballs or grapeshots to face an enemy ship, Barbe-Rouge and his crew decide to use their recently seized treasure instead. The foe goes down under the deadly shot of gold coins, and Barbe-Rouge quips that he can now boast to have fired the most expensive broadside in the history of piracy. |
| 53 | * In a 1947 ''{{ComicBook/Batman}}'' comic, [[MonsterOfTheWeek Crook of the Week]], the Penny Plunderer, used a roll of pennies like brass knuckles to punch out Batman, later the Penny Plunderer tossed a bag of pennies at Robin with surprising effectiveness. |
| 54 | * In ''ComicBook/BigBangComics'' #11, the Absolute kills a woman who is holding him at gunpoint by flicking a dime at her her with enough force that it [[EyeScream penetrates her eye]]. |
| 55 | * In the final "Saddle Tramp" strip from ''ComicBook/{{Eagle}}'', BountyHunter Trampas is captured by an Indian renegade who has just escaped from jail. Without weapons, Trampas manages to improvise a makeshift mortar out of a stovepipe, and uses the bagful of gold coins he received as reward money as ammunition. After the coins kill the Indian, Trampas looks at the corpse, then mutters that he is not dirty enough to want his coins back and walks off. |
| 56 | * ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': In "De Wilde Weldoener", Lambik finds a magic ring that can create gold coins. At one point, while in India, he finds himself ambushed by a group of thugs. He comes across an empty machine gun, and quickly uses the ring to fill it up with coins, which he proceeds to fire at his attackers. |
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| 59 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 60 | * ''Film/TheCasino'': The protagonist kills several mooks in the final scene by flinging ''silver coins'' into their faces. |
| 61 | * In the original ''Film/DeathWish'' film, Paul Kersey uses a roll of quarters loaded into a sock to fend off a mugger who accosts him soon after his wife's funeral. This is the incident which sparks his turn to vigilantism. |
| 62 | * In ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun'', the Hobo smashes Slick in head with a sock full of loose change while rescuing Abby. |
| 63 | * ''Film/{{Hummingbird}}'': When Joey is collecting for Mr. Choy, a family of restaurateurs tries to stop him taking the cash, and he beats them down with the cash box. |
| 64 | * In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', Film/JamesBond throws the case containing the $2 million bribe at [[DirtyCop corrupt DEA agent]] Ed Killifer: knocking him into the SharkPool. |
| 65 | * In ''Film/LongJohnSilver'', Long John's men make improvised black powder grenades out of goblets filled with pieces-of-eight. They lob these into Mendoza's camp, and cut down Mendoza's men with coin shrapnel. |
| 66 | * ''Film/MagnificentWanderers'': The hero, Chu Tie-Xia, shoots golden spherical pellets from his bow to take down mooks. Made from the gold he had stolen from corrupt ministers, fitting his nature as a Robin Hood-style rogue. |
| 67 | * ''Film/{{Mercenaries}}'': In Kat Morgan's intro, prisoner Kat was narrowly forced upon by an obnoxious guard who tells her "he'll pay her for ''every penny'' she's worth" before dropping a single coin and then [[AttemptedRape trying to do her in]] before he's interrupted. Kat returns the favour... by throwing the guy's penny [[MoeGreeneSpecial into his eye]], with bloody results. |
| 68 | * ''Film/NeverGrowOld'': When he goes after Dutch, Patrick loads a blunderbuss with coffin nails and the two silver dollars Dutch gave him to bury the sheriff. |
| 69 | * In ''Film/NewsOfTheWorld2020'', Kidd pumps multiple bandits full of dimes from his shotgun. Also an example of AbnormalAmmo. |
| 70 | * Jack Sparrow chucks gold coins in Barbossa's face during their duel at Isla de Muerta in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''. |
| 71 | * The AbnormalAmmo variation of this trope shows up in ''Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife'', where Alice's sawed-off shotguns are loaded with shells that have quarters inside of them. The effect is used chiefly to show off the 3D effects, but the ammo doubles as a rather good caliber.[[note]]As noted below in the Real Life folder, this isn't really practical nor as deadly as one might think.[[/note]] |
| 72 | * In ''Film/SpiderMan2'', Spider-Man confronts Doctor Octopus while he's robbing a bank which leads the two of them to throw bags of cash at each other, with Spidey webbing one of the bags back at Doc Ock with the wisecrack "here's your change!" |
| 73 | * In ''Film/StarWarsTheLastJedi'', BB-8 takes out a couple guards on Canto Bight by shooting them with coins that some drunk guy filled him with, apparently thinking he was a slot machine (or the equivalent). |
| 74 | * ''Film/SuperCop2'': Jessica Yang, while fighting a GiantMook in a vault, briefly uses two sacks of coins to bash his head in. |
| 75 | * ''Film/TwelveDeadlyCoins'' has a heroine who throws coins as projectiles, and it's as deadly as the title states. |
| 76 | * ''Film/ValleyOfTheFangs'': The hero of this ''wuxia'' uses bronze Chinese coins as projectiles, instead of darts like these usual types of movies. |
| 77 | * ''Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies'': One woman in the casino is killed when the Djinn causes coins to erupt forth from inside her. |
| 78 | * ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Used by Magneto to deliver a DeathByIrony to his EvilMentor from the concentration camps. Since said mentor killed Magneto's mother because he couldn't adequately move a coin with his MagnetismManipulation, once he masters his powers, Magneto ''very slowly'' pushes a coin through his brain. |
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| 81 | [[folder:Folklore]] |
| 82 | * Sometimes a coin ({{silver|HasMysticPowers}} or otherwise) instead of a more literal silver bullet is specified as the right type of ammunition against a given supernatural creature. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
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| 85 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 86 | * In the ''Literature/AlexRider'' story ''Eagle Strike'', one of Damien Cray's henchmen agrees to work for Cray in exchange for a $2 million bribe. When the henchman [[YouHaveFailedMe screws up and attracts unwanted attention from a journalist]], Cray locks him in a bottle-shaped chamber and gives him his money - $2 million [[PayingInCoins in quarters]], crushing him to death. |
| 87 | * In one ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' short story, a disgruntled weapons developer who had his funding cancelled by the government invents a weapon that imparts coins with the same impetus they'd have if they were dropped from the top of the Empire State Building and uses it to murder those who cancelled his funding. At the end of the story, Remo uses Sinanju to fling a coin at him with same speed, killing him. |
| 88 | * In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series, as a young boy, the OldRetainer Willikins was a [[StreetUrchin member of a much-feared street gang]], where his [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] was a hat with sharpened pennies sewn into the brim. He politely changes the subject, albeit not before admitting that it could [[EyeScream take a man's eye out]] "with care". |
| 89 | * In ''Literature/ElsabethSoesten: Bait and Switch'', Husson and Elsabeth slip into the vaults of Castle Auch to recover the arms and armor the noble family, [[spoiler:however it's all a setup: Husson is there to rob the treasury, with Elsabeth as the patsy. Elsabeth gets wise and a fight breaks out, which ends when Husson smacks her with a sack full of coin, allowing him to escape. It happens again when Elsabeth and Hieronymus catch up with Husson and his partner, Maerten. Elsabeth kills the former in a duel, but Maerten pulls the same trick on Hieronymus while distracted, striking him with the bag of stolen coin]]. |
| 90 | * ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'': Elderly, milquetoast priest Delmio Cervantes has the ability to fling coins (silver, for preference, since he specializes in fighting vampires) at extreme speeds. |
| 91 | * ''Franchise/{{Mistborn}}'': [[ExtraOreDinary Allomancers]] with the ability to draw power from steel can "push" nearby metals away with great force. They can use any metallic object, but they're known in-universe as "coinshots" for being able to use spare change as effectively as bullets. |
| 92 | * In ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', the Marquis de Carrabas gives a busker a sheet of music for a tune that is guaranteed to get people to open their wallets, but warns the busker to use it sparingly. The busker ignores the warnings and ends up with an audience that is so enthusiastic in their generosity that they start pelting him with change. |
| 93 | * In ''Literature/OtoXMaho'', Ruma's MagicalGirl weapon of choice takes the form of a magic coin that she flicks towards her enemies. If it tags a target, she then [[MoreDakka bombards them with a seemingly infinite swarm of coins from the aether]]. |
| 94 | -->'''Ruma:''' Once your body comes into contact with [my coin], [[DeadlyEuphemism you shall become a millionaire]], naremasu no~ |
| 95 | * In ''Literature/{{Planeswalker}}'', Xantcha has a pouch full of black coins which ignite when thrown and explode on impact. The blast from these coins is powerful enough to kill a normal person instantly on a hit and blow "goat-sized craters" into the ground on a miss. |
| 96 | * In the first ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'' novel, Mudge advises Jon-Tom to keep his gold coins sewn into the hem of his cloak, as it's a secure place for them and the weight of them means that the cloak can be used as a weapon in emergencies. |
| 97 | * In another example of the trope on the mundane and practical side, the narrator of the Creator/HBeamPiper science fiction novel ''Four-Day Planet'' sometimes carries two rolls of "quarter sol" coins (in other words, a couple of rolls of quarters IN SPACE!) for use as improvised weapons that won't attract any attention at a security checkpoint. |
| 98 | --> One of these inside a fist can make a big difference. |
| 99 | * In the second novel of ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'' series, Jim makes himself a cosh out of a roll of coins bundled up in a sock after having to divest himself of any and all obvious weapons and spy tools to get past a ''very'' thorough customs examination. |
| 100 | * The protagonist of "Trouble is My Business" by Creator/RaymondChandler carries a roll of quarters in his pocket that he uses as [[WeightedGloves a fist load to give his punches extra impact]]. |
| 101 | * The LongRunningBookSeries ''Zenigata Heiji'' (and later film and TV adaptations) features a JidaiGeki-era police officer of the same name who uses thrown coins as weapons to catch criminals and bring them to justice. |
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| 104 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 105 | * ''Series/BreakingBad'': In "Crazy Handful of Nothin'", Jesse demands upfront payment for the meth he's having Tuco distribute. Tuco refuses to pay until ''after'' the meth has been sold, but Jesse refuses to sell the meth without upfront payment. Tuco takes out several bundles of cash, puts it in a bag, and makes it look like he's handing it to Jesse. When Jesse goes to take it, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Tuco savagely beats Jesse unconscious with the bag of money]]. |
| 106 | * ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' has a recurring rival named Super Sam, he is a parody of US superheroes dressed like Uncle Sam, and his weapon is a literal bag of money. |
| 107 | * In ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', the eponymous host asserts that Donald Trump's last name evokes "[smacking] a mouthy servant" with a "wad of thousand-dollar bills". ("Trump!") |
| 108 | * ''Lying to Music/MichaelJackson'', a 2003 ''UsefulNotes/ComicRelief'' parody of ''Living With Michael Jackson'', had Jackson (Creator/LennyHenry) sobbing as he remembered how his father used to throw large bags of money at him and his brothers. Creator/MartinBashir (Creator/RowanAtkinson) nods sympathetically, then asks "Could ... I have some of your money?" |
| 109 | * In the ''Series/MythBusters'' Season 1 episode, "Penny Drop", testing the titular myth involved rigs designed to shoot pennies, including a rifle modified to launch pennies at supersonic speeds. In a subversion, even the rifle proves incapable of causing more than superficial damage. |
| 110 | * One of the serial killers in ''Series/{{Profiler}}'' duct-taped a funnel to a victim's mouth and force-fed them silver dollars so they choked to death. Another victim was suffocated beneath the weight of sacks of silver dollars. |
| 111 | * ''Series/TheWesterner'': In "Mrs. Kennedy", crazed rancher Marsh Kennedy takes two saddlebags filled with gold double-eagle coins belonging to his wife's rich Uncle Henry, and uses them to smash Uncle Henry's head in. |
| 112 | * ''Series/TheWitcher2019'': When an obstructive porter tries to force a bribe out of [[HunterOfMonsters Geralt]] in an urgent situation, he gets a TapOnTheHead from Geralt's heavy coin purse instead. |
| 113 | -->'''Porter:''' Money opens all doors.\ |
| 114 | '''Geralt:''' ''[Knocks him unconscious]'' [[BondOneLiner So it does.]] |
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| 117 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 118 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', the "Coin Shot" spell enchants three coins so that they can be thrown with all the force of a bullet. The more valuable the coin, the more damage it does. |
| 119 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Zombicide}}'', one of the items you can find in the Toxic City Mall is a lot of small change. It increases the damage of any equipped SawedOffShotgun. But then again, after a ZombieApocalypse, what else is money good for? |
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| 122 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 123 | * ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark3'': You will find an empty shotgun. Acquiring the ammo for it (and realizing the item is meant to be ammunition) is a GuideDangIt moment: it shoots gold coins. |
| 124 | * In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' you could throw small amounts of coins that would cause bystanders to try and gather them, creating "[[MobstacleCourse human caltops]]" versus your pursuers. |
| 125 | * In ''VideoGame/AncientDomainsOfMystery'', shopkeepers can throw coins with deadly accuracy if the player angers them. The player can also use coins as weapons and the Merchant class gets attack and damage bonuses with them. |
| 126 | * ''VideoGame/{{Artifact}}'' has the spell ''Wrath of Gold'', which spends all your gold, and deals 4 damage to a random unit (friend or foe) for each coin spent. |
| 127 | * Millionaire's Bane in ''Videogame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' is a demonic slot machine that will sometimes attack by dropping fake coins from trapdoors in the ceiling in an attempt to crush Miriam. |
| 128 | * ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'' have areas containing large sacks of coins you can pick up using your plane's skyhook, and fling it into enemies for extra damage. Besides smashing mooks to bits, the coin sacks will often burst open allowing you to swoop over and collect the coins. |
| 129 | * ''Videogame/Borderlands3'' has a money shooting submarine gun called The "Predatory Lending" which for every shot, drains $1 from the PlayerCharacter's money. |
| 130 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoArk'': One of the protagonist's cards lets you throw 2% of your gold at an opponent. For some weird reason, it turns into American dollars... |
| 131 | * ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': |
| 132 | ** [[DualBoss Ribby and Croaks]], a boss who combine themselves into a sentient slot machine and attack by shooting giant coins. |
| 133 | ** The [[DownloadableContent Delicious Last Course]] has Esther Winchester, who has two forms of this in her second phase with her [[WeaponsThatSuck vacuum gun]] -- she can use it to suck in gold bars, coins and money bags that can damage the player, before using it to fire safes up into the air that will explode into damaging gold bars, coins and wads of cash when they hit the ground. |
| 134 | * In ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077,'' Dexter Deshawn's trademark weapon (which you can later take for yourself) is the 'Plan B,' an Iconic pistol. Instead of using your actual ammunition, every shot [[CastFromMoney takes one cred from your wallet]]. |
| 135 | * In ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons'', the theme of the Robot's abilities in ''Reunion'' involves [[spoiler:using coins to activate their weapons instead of dice.]] |
| 136 | * ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'': One of [[SuperBoss Spamton]]'s attacks in his first battle is sucking up Kromer in the form of dollar signs. |
| 137 | * In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', Dr. Faust gives Dante some control over Red Orbs, crystallized demon blood, which he can use to both deal damage to enemies by throwing the orbs at demons, or make enemies he attacks drop more orbs when hit. |
| 138 | * In ''Videogame/Diablo3'', one of the attacks used by Greed, Baroness of the Treasure Realm has her attempting to crush the heroes beneath treasure chests filled with loot. It's a tad appropriate considering [[{{Plunder}} the series' main gameplay loop]]. |
| 139 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Digger}}'', tunnelling under bags of gold causes them to fall. If an enemy is underneath the bag when it falls, it is killed. |
| 140 | * In ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'', the TrueFinalBoss of the game attacks Headdy by tossing money at him. |
| 141 | * ''VideoGame/{{Eastward}}'': In [[GameWithinAGame EarthBorn]], one of The Merchant's abilities is to throw gold at enemies for damage. The more gold the party has, the higher damage will be towards opponents. |
| 142 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series: |
| 143 | ** Bottlecaps have been adopted as the main currency in post-apocalypse America, and bottlecap mines can be crafted as an explosive weapon in ''Videogame/Fallout3'', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', and ''VideoGame/Fallout4''. Oddly enough, the ''Fallout 4'' version doesn't use any bottlecaps in its construction, despite dropping a fair number when it explodes. |
| 144 | ** The Rock-It Launcher in ''3'' (renamed the Junk Jet in ''4'') uses miscellaneous items as ammo. While killing a Super Mutant by shooting a teddy bear at it is undoubtedly amusing, by far the most useful kind of ammo to use is Pre-War Money, because it's the only kind of vendor trash that [[InventoryManagementPuzzle weighs nothing]], so you can carry as much of it as you want. Downplayed in that pre-war money has lost most of its value since the apocalypse - assuming that the "Pre-War Money" item represents the same amount of money in Fallout 3 and New Vegas as in 4 and 76 (the lower-resolution textures used by 3 and NV make the denomination unclear), each stack is $2000, which is worth all of 10 bottle caps in the Capital and Mojave Wastelands and 8 caps in the Boston Wasteland, and that's contingent upon barter skill, as unlike NCR and Legion money, it's more of a historical curiosity than something anyone still uses as money. |
| 145 | ** ''Videogame/FalloutNewVegas'' gives the player the ability to craft custom shotgun shells from the Denarii coins used by Caesar's Legion. In exchange for being at least technically the most expensive type of shotgun shell in the game, it has the advantages of magnum shells (ignores some armor and does boosted damage) without the drawback of wearing out the gun faster. |
| 146 | * Several games in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series have the Gil Toss/Spare Change ability, which has the user toss massive amounts of gil (the in-game currency) at their opponents to deal massive non-elemental damage. It frequently also involves a ShoutOut to Zenigata Heiji, noted above under Literature. |
| 147 | ** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', Zeninage has the Samurai open up the party's wallet and fling what's inside for massive damage. Not only does it ignore defense, it also ignores the damage penalty from multi-target spells. |
| 148 | ** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' Coin Toss/GP Rain becomes available to Setzer the gambler with a Heiji's Jitte relic. |
| 149 | ** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', Rufus Shinra combines this with AbnormalAmmo during his boss battle. He'll periodically throw out Shinra-branded coins which he can [[ImprobableAimingSkills shoot out of the air]] to produce effects like [[SmokeOut smoke clouds]], [[ShockAndAwe electric "traps"]], [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]], or even launching them with [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter railgun-like force]]. |
| 150 | * In ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon: Legend of the Mystical Ninja'', you can swap out your melee weapon for throwing coins. The upside is that this gives you a valuable projectile attack, and the downside is that coins thrown are permanently lost. |
| 151 | * Justified in ''VideoGame/HeatSignature'', the game takes place in an interstellar cloud full of acid used to make batteries. This acid is traded as a currency, but the Fleshstripper fires it in large bursts capable of stripping even [[ArmorPiercingAttack armored]] enemies [[StrippedToTheBone to the bone]]. |
| 152 | * In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' and [[VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest its sequel]], metal shards salvaged from downed robots or ancient ruins are the primary trading currency among all the major tribes, but they're also used to craft every type of arrow as well as explosive traps (think arrowheads and shrapnel, respectively). |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheFangame'' has a BossBattle against a giant ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'' treasure chest that [[EverythingTryingToKillYou tries to kill you]] by spewing coins at you. |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2'' has the optional Doshinegun (dosh being the game's term for money), which is modeled off of real-life money guns. It's only really useful if a game has enough rounds for you to farm money, a SelfImposedChallenge, or if you're bored. That said, it stuns zombies very quickly. |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'': While not necessarily used to ''attack'' per se, [[spoiler:President Haltmann]] throws money [[InterfaceScrew to obscure parts of the screen]]. |
| 156 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak'', Van's appropriately named "Coin Bullet" Craft uses five 10-mira coins to flick at his enemies. |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' deducts 1 rupee every time Link fires an arrow. This is ''probably'' just GameplayAndStorySegregation (they probably didn't have enough space on the cartridge to make arrows a separate consumable and had to use ''something''), but a hard gemstone that's shaped like [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/zelda_gamepedia_en/images/8/8f/TLoZ_Series_Green_Rupee_Artwork.png this]] ''would'' make for an effective arrowhead. |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'': Yuuna Kaharu's Magia involves her summoning a gigantic wad of yen bills to slap her target around with. |
| 159 | * Inverted in ''VideoGame/Metro2033'', where ammunition, specifically pre-apocalyptic assault rifle rounds '''[[PracticalCurrency is]]''' money. |
| 160 | * One of the {{Combat Hand Fan}}s that Miis from the Princess class can buy in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' is the "Money Fan". It is actually a stack of bills held like a fan. |
| 161 | * Million Gunman, the ninth-ranked assassin encountered in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', wield guns that shoot rolled-up dollar bills. |
| 162 | * In ''VideoGame/Nioh2'', the Ninjutsu skill tree features the Rakansen Coin, which uses your own money as projectiles and can even be used to activate special debuffs. |
| 163 | * ''VideoGame/PaperMario'': |
| 164 | ** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'', Wendy attacks Mario by hurling golden coins (as well as {{Mooks}}) at him. If he fails to use the Instant Camera in time, she can even OneHitKO him with a huge shower of coins. |
| 165 | ** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'', Professor Toad attacks by digging coins out of the ground, launching them on enemies for heavy damage. An important part of this move, however, is that while Professor Toad is very good at discerning where coins are buried, his judgment is not perfect, and every now and then, he'll dig up nothing. |
| 166 | * ''VideoGame/Payday2'' allows you to whack people on the head with a stack of Benjamins. It's weaker than using your fists (you need to use it twice to break thin glass), but the sheer ludicrousness of the situation causes trained special ops to fall down in surprise. The money stack can be swung fairly quickly and has a good amount of knockback, making the process of subduing law enforcement to be taken as hostages easier. What makes the weapon even sillier is [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing you have to unlock it at a certain level instead of just taking your own money]]. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcy45MlI-lA video]] pretty much sums up the hilarity of the weapon's existence. |
| 167 | ** The Cash Blaster, only accessible during anniversary events, was a cannon that used your own offshore money stores as ammo. |
| 168 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': |
| 169 | ** In ''VideoGame/Persona2: Eternal Punishment'', Baofu uses coins as his melee weapon. He infuses them with qigong, allowing them to flick them at lethal speed. |
| 170 | ** In ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'', FatBastard Junya Kaneshiro's "Make it Rain" attack deals a lot of Physical damage by dropping mountains of coins on the Phantom Theives. However, ItOnlyWorksOnce since he exhausts his vault to do it. If Kaneshiro tries it a second time, a single coin falls and [[EpicFail not only does absolutely nothing to the Phantom Thieves, but it makes his guards leave the battle]] since they're both OnlyInItForTheMoney. |
| 171 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 172 | ** The Pay Day move throws gold coins at your enemy. The move itself does low Normal-Type damage, but also increased how much money you get at the end of the battle with each use of the move. It's been associated with Meowth, to the point where it was actually removed from Persian's learnset in Generation IV! However, other Pokémon can learn it as well such as Purrloin, who's been able to have been bred with it and it's also available via certain events. In addition, Generations I and VIII have had it as a TM, though Generation IX changes it back to only being learned by Meowth, Persian and their variants. In addition, in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', Gigantamax Meowth can use G-Max Gold Rush which scatters ''even more coins'' due to being equal to Meowth's level and if used for all three turns, it actually earns you more money ''than Pay Day''! Rather ironically, Team Rocket's Meowth can use Pay Day in [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon Yellow]] in the second to fourth battles with Jessie and James but in the anime, the Orange Islands established that Meowth ''couldn't'' learn the move. |
| 173 | ** Fling is a [[CombatPragmatist Dark-type]] move that lets the user throw their Held Item at the enemy, the power of which depends on the item being thrown. While flinging a (gold) Nugget gives a measly 30 power, flinging a Big Nugget in Generation VIII and above gives a whopping 130 power and can do serious damage, especially against Psychic- or Ghost- types. |
| 174 | ** Gholdengo's SecretArt Make It Rain throws a huge amount of coins at the enemy, dealing much stronger Steel-type damage and also gives increased money at the end of the battle with each use of the move. |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'': While pinned down by several crooks, Layton constructs a makeshift slot machine that shoots out coins at them, chasing them out of the casino. |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/RagnarokBattleOffline:'' The Merchant's [[CastFromMoney Mammonite]] skill takes this form; the male one creates an absurdly large hammerhead out of gold coins and bashes the enemy over the head with it, while the female one simply smacks the enemy with a huge sack of coins. |
| 177 | * In ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'', both the Merchant and Ninja classes are able to throw coins at the target that deals damage, as one of their skills. |
| 178 | * In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'', the Diamond Sting is one of the [[SevenDeadlySins Seven Deadly Weapons]] and represents the sin of Greed. It's a [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated]] SMG that fires coins at the enemy. |
| 179 | * Winning enough Gears, the in-game currency in ''VideoGame/ShellshockLive'' will earn you a new weapon: the Fat Stacks. Basically, your tank will fire green dollar bills to make it rain. What a great way to show who is the wealthy one around! |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'': The battle against Treasure Knight takes place in a ship's hold full of treasure, and one of his attacks is a ShockwaveStomp that sends a deadly wave of gold coins across the level. |
| 181 | * ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'': Money tossing was originally a healing move meant for the Pimp miniboss fight. The move was [[DummiedOut scrapped before the game's release]], likely because the [[{{Protagonist}} New Kid]] is alone during the fight and thus has no allies to heal. |
| 182 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' has the Coin Launcher mode, where you shoot coins at targets that move across the screen to earn stickers and trophies. |
| 183 | * In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', Anise's second [[LimitBreak Mystic Arte]], Fever Time, rains countless coins on the unlucky enemy before creating an explosion. |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' has the Coin Gun, which fires coins from your inventory as ammunition and deals damage according to their value. Its damage can range from being moderately acceptable with the lowest valued copper coins, to being the hands-down strongest weapon in the game for a few seconds with platinum coins. |
| 185 | * In the ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventures'' LicensedGame for the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, some of the hazards in the final stage include cannons that shoot bags of money. In the final battle with Montana Max at the end of the stage, Monty will try to attack you by tossing a giant gold coin, which you can bounce off of to reach one of the two balconys he is standing in. |
| 186 | * ''VideoGame/TitanSouls'' features Avarice, a ChestMonster whose main form of attack is firing giant gold coins from its mouth. |
| 187 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} ~ Antinomy of Common Flowers'', Yorigami Joon has an attack where she opens two suitcases filled with cash, which immediately burst into flames. There is also Komachi Onozuka who, as TheFerryman, throws coins in some of her attacks. |
| 188 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'' has the Marksman pistol, which has a small stock of coins that can be flipped into the air with alt-fire. If V1 successfully lands a {{Hitscan}} shot on a mid-air coin, then the bullet will receive additional damage and ricochet off it into the weak spot of the nearest enemy[[labelnote:*]]with exceptions for additional coins to ricochet chain off and explosive Cores ejected from the blue shotgun variant, which take priority[[/labelnote]]. In addition, coins shot at correct timings (either earlier with [[JustFrameBonus impeccable timing]] or later that requires the player to wait for it while risking the battlefield situation changing) result in bonus effects, either splitting smaller bullets into two or giving even more bonus damage to bigger revolver shots. Other combat uses for the coins are in deflecting enemy hitscan shots by precisely throwing a coin into their line of fire, which changes the "alignment" of that attack to your own, and just punching the coins with the Feedbacker arm, which deals rather small, but '''infinitely ramping up''' damage for every successful hit landed. [[spoiler: [[MirrorBoss V2]] can use both its own coins as well as yours against you, but its coin mechanics are skewed slightly in player's favor - instead of instantly ricocheting into V1 when V2 shoots, coins tagged by V2 will grant a last chance window to be shot by the player and return the favour.]]. |
| 189 | * Pressing Up+Attack in ''VideoGame/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3'' will allow Wario to give up ten coins to produce one he can carry as an item. While usually used to activate checkpoints and open the level goal, he can also use it as a weapon against enemies. |
| 190 | * In ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', progressing through the Business Management minigame unlocks the increasingly powerful "Stack Slap" series of attacks for Ichiban in which he literally smacks enemies with wads of cash. |
| 191 | * ''VideoGame/ZunzunkyouNoYabou'' have a Buddhist monk boss who carries a sack of ''koban''-style gold coins, which he will repeatedly fling at you during battle. |
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| 194 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 195 | * {{Discussed|trope}} in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'', when Phoenix suggests that a bag of coins was the real murder weapon in the DLC episode "Turnabout Reclaimed". |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 199 | * Maddox of ''Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse'' jokingly suggests using pennies as bombs and other ammunition in what he calls [[http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=penny_drop "Operation: Penny Drop"]], his rationale being that it saves on weapon R&D and manufacturing and that the people liberated from the defeated terrorists and tyrants can use the pennies to rebuild their country. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 203 | * The villain Gotron almost escapes ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids'' and justice aboard his longboat, which is laden with so much gold that it can barely move. Zandor pitches one more sack of gold at Gotron, which not only knocks him off his feet, but causes his boat to sink. Gotron never surfaces; either he can't swim, or his greed wouldn't let him unhand his gold. |
| 204 | * During the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Season 5 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E13DoPrincessesDreamOfMagicSheep Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?]]", the MonsterOfTheWeek is hiding in the dreams of one of Ponyville's citizens, so [[DreamWalker Princess Luna]] links the dreams of everyone in town. When things start to go bad, the Mane Six rally the townsponies to help fight, reminding them that you can do anything in a dream. Local business pony [[MeaningfulName Filthy Rich]] helps out by firing beams of coins at the beast, riding a wave of them like [[ComicBook/XMen Iceman]]. |
| 205 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "The Cent of Money", Mr. Krabs discovers that Gary has the ability to attract coins, leading him to use the snail to steal peoples' money. [[LaserGuidedKarma He later gets his just desserts]] when he takes Gary to an arcade and ends up getting crushed by a tidal wave of coins (and, adding insult to literal injury, [[PayingInCoins the coins he took are going toward his hospital bill]]). |
| 206 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', a series of five episodes built around being on an island has a ''Series/GilligansIsland'' sendup where Starfire is relegated to resting with an entirely-unnamed millionaire and his wife. Later, when all of the island-specific characters come back for a final battle (it's a little complicated), they are seen whaling on villains with sacks of cash. |
| 207 | * Near the end of the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E1TheLooneyBeginning The Looney Beginning]]", Buster and Babs, respectively disguised as Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd, are about to leave Montana Max's mansion with the scripts he stole from them, when Monty sees through their disguises and activates his security system. He has cannons shoot bags of money at the two rabbits , and tries to flatten them with a giant gold coin with his face on it, which the two rabbits evade, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the coin ends up flattening him instead]]. |
| 208 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TokyoWoes'', Seaman Hook bombards TokyoRose with war bonds that explode like artillery shells. |
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| 211 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 212 | * It was at one point a common tactic to hold a roll of quarters in your fist as a legal alternative to brass knuckles. |
| 213 | * [[SockItToThem Socks]] filled with quarters or pennies are often used as improvised blackjacks or flails. The page image for SockItToThem even shows how this can be accomplished with a roll of coins inserted into the sock's heel. |
| 214 | * An American dime (ten cents) will fit the barrel of a 12 gauge shotgun, as long as there's no choke. While you [[https://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-35-a-load-of-dimes-vs-the-box-o-truth/ can in fact]] load your shotgun with $1.60 worth of change, dimes have terrible aerodynamics and won't penetrate nearly enough flesh to do any real damage. They ''can'', however, do quite a bit of damage to more brittle targets, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPbGvjslY6A as seen in this video]] where an Xbox 360's casing is utterly shredded by them. |
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