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10->''"Fireballs? Teleports? Fancy ninja shit? Naw son, we do pipes to the spine. All day."''
11-->-- '''frankzerofour''' on Cody's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO60Q0W_PGM Ultra Combo]] from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''
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13Segments of piping that are usually used to channel liquids or gases also make for [[CarryABigStick effective clubs]]. Use of them as a weapon is especially common in [[ViceCity derelict]] or war-torn zones where the piping is not in use and in poor repair, allowing easy acquisition. When not in the hands of a criminal or [[DumbMuscle simpleton]], this is generally a weapon of last resort. Even then it is also just generally used by thugs due to its decent sturdiness, being able to easily hurt somebody and also being rather easy to get one's hands on. Lead, iron or steel as long as it's sturdy enough to bust heads with it's definitely going to be used. Sizes and lengths can vary too which helps make pipes more of a practical choice than it sounds.
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15Even if the piping is still installed or way too large for someone to reasonably carry, pipes can still be used as weapons. Broken pipe ends can be used to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impale]] a careless enemy, valves can release scalding liquids or gases, and they can make for a good surface to crack heads against.
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17While most piping is generally featureless, weaponized pipes tend to feature elbow joints, valves and other types of plumping fittings or adapters in order to emphasize that they are, in fact, from a plumbing system. It can also maybe be used to increase a pipe's effectiveness as a weapon. Such as using an elbow joint as [[HooksAndCrooks a hook]] and such. It all depends on the user's creativity.
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19Subtrope of ImprovisedWeapon, and related to CarryABigStick, TwoByFore[[labelnote:*]]For another piece of construction material used as an ImprovisedWeapon[[/labelnote]], MartialArtsStaff and WrenchWhack.[[labelnote:*]]If you're looking for ''Pipe'' Wrenches.[[/labelnote]]
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26* Otcho of ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' was trained to use a [[MartialArtsStaff bo]], but since he's mostly in an urban environment his usual weapon is a pipe.
27* Used a couple of times in the film adaptation of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' first when Yamagata uses one to fight Joker of the Clown gang, then when Tetsuo kills a Clown by bashing him over the head with one as he drives by on his motorcycle.
28* In the second episode of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', Kouji proceeds to use this against a horde of Pagumon. And wins. At least until one of them [[LetsGetDangerous digivolves]] [[OhCrap into Raremon.]]
29* Erza uses a pipe in a fight with delinquents[[note]]Gajeel and the Phantom 4[[/note]] in the ''Manga/FairyTail'' HighSchoolAU story.
30* [[PsychopathicManchild Russia]] from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' carries around a lead pipe as an ImprovisedWeapon. He makes a habit of [[{{Hammerspace}} pulling it out of nowhere]], puts things like food in it to take out later, and calls it his "[[MagicWand magical stick]]" when he uses it to go after Estonia after he [[spoiler: wrongfully accuses him of hacking his blog]]. According to WordOfGod, he has it because of Russian soldiers during World War II taking lead pipes as trophies.
31* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Tobi once used a jagged pipe as a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice spear]] instead of a club when fighting [[spoiler:Konan.]]
32* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', as a child, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo's primary weapons were steel pipes, which they used as staffs. [[spoiler:And while his brothers grew to rely more on their Devil Fruit powers, Sabo still uses his pipe as an adult.]]
33* ''Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva'': In his animated movie, Professor Layton picks up a pipe to defend himself from the villain [[spoiler: Jean Descole]]'s sword as they battle on top of his HumongousMecha. Because the professor is incapable of doing anything in an unclassy way, he actually ''fences'' with a lead pipe and sucessfully disarms his opponent.
34* In the ''Manga/SandsOfDestruction'' manga, Taupy attempts to train Kyrie using scraps of pipe. Naja interrupts them, and so Kyrie is forced to fight using nothing but his pipe.
35* In ''Manga/SPYxFamily'', Loid Forger uses a pipe a few times, fighting off hordes of armed art thieves and even [[spoiler: in his fight against Yuri]].
36* In the ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' episode where Hikaru and his wingmen board the Zentradi flagship, Breetai beats down two [[HumongousMecha Valkyries]] with a pipe. After walking along the surface of his ship to find an airlock after being thrown out of a gaping hole.
37* In the virtual world arc of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Kaiba uses one of these against Nezbit/Tristan.
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41* ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' famously has one of the possible murder weapons be a lead pipe.
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45* ''ComicBook/TheGoon'' uses one as one of his weapons as a kid.
46* It's well-known to the general population of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' that the government's "retirement homes" are nothing more than gas chambers. Except it's not even that, it's just a couple of men with lead pipes.
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50* ''Fanfic/FlowingStar'': By the end of the first chapter, Lincoln has a L-shaped pipe as a gift from Lucy due to her thinking this type of weapon fits him.
51* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' gives us "lead-pipe [[MindProbe Legilimency]]", a HoldYourHippogriffs variant of the RealLife idiom "rubber-hose cryptanalysis".
52* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Chloe obtains a steel pipe (or "donut holer") from Randall[[note]]For those who don't get the joke it's from an episode of ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' where The Cat advertised the pipe as a donut holer (aka something that punches holes into items and turns them into donuts)[[/note]] which she jokes that she'll use to fight off the Ghoms. This becomes her signature weapon throughout her trip across the Infinity Train to the point that One-One allows her to bring it back to the real world [[spoiler:where she uses it to attack the madman who is putting her former class hostage and kidnapped her best friend.]] In fact, this is such an IconicItem that every story in the ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'' that has her on the Train makes it her go-to weapon.
53** In the sequel, ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'', Hazel has her own copper pipe but doesn't use it as a weapon. Rather it's to [[spoiler:channel Mad Ben when he's in a lightning form via an improvised lightning rod.]]
54* Luffy relearns to fight with a pipe as his full time weapon thanks to Cross's intervention in ''Fanfic/ThisBites''. He's developed a few new techniques with it including Gum Gum [[HomeRunHitter Home Run]], Grand Slam and Ballista.
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58* In ''Film/AfterTheThinMan'', the bad guy has fashioned pipe into [[spoiler:a makeshift ladder and cosh]]. The detective Nick speculates this way they can then be thrown into a nearby urban trash bin and not be noticed.
59* In ''Film/BlackRat'', Ryota constructs a makeshift spear out of a length of pipe and tools he finds in the janitors closet. During his fight against the Black Rat, the Rat cuts his weapon in half. Ryoga uses the half of the pipe without the blade to keep fighting. He is much more successful with just the pipe and ends up using it to kill [[spoiler:Kengo]].
60* In ''Film/BladeRunner'', Decker attacks Batty with a length of pipe during their final confrontation.
61* ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' features Marlena using a broken pipe as a weapon against the giant parasites.
62* A lead pipe is one of the possible murder weapons in ''Film/{{Clue}}''. Actually seen ''used'' on the officer while he's on the phone during the blackout.
63* ''Film/{{Commando}}'': Let off some steam, Benett!
64* In ''Film/TheExperiment'' (the US remake of ''Film/DasExperiment''), Travis carries a length of pipe (with elbow joint) when he leads an assault against the guard's room after he finds that Benjy has been chained up and left to die rather than be given medical treatment.
65* In ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'', Tommy beats Michael with a pipe until [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment green slime]] starts bleeding out of his head.
66* ''Film/HouseOf9'': After Father Duffy lets him out of his makeshift cell, Al B. beats Jay with the length of pipe that had been being used to bar the door closed.
67* In ''Film/TheHunt2020'', Crystal uses a steel pipe she rips from the ceiling to pummel Captain Dale.
68* In ''Film/MiamiConnection'' various characters weld pipes as weapons. Some of them seem to cut like swords.
69-->'''[[Podcast/RiffTrax Mike Nelson]]:''' Why is your pipe so sharp?! ''Why?!''
70* ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' has Ethan and Walker fighting an elite operative in a toilet, and said operative proves he's no slouch in combat by ''ripping out a pipe'' from underneath a sink and using it to kick some serious ass, including clotheslining Walker with the pipe's curved side and trying to shove the pointed end through Ethan's face.
71* ''WesternAnimation/NightOfTheAnimatedDead'': When a few undead show up at the house shortly after Barbra and Ben show up, Ben grabs a piece of L-Pipe to kill them with.
72* ''Film/PlayingWithDolls'': The killer stabs his victim in the prologue through the torso with a thin L-Pipe.
73* In ''Film/PulpFiction'', Marcellus Wallace informs Zed that he is going to be dealt with by some associates Marcellus describes as "Pipe Hittin' ". He also tells him that said associates will go to work with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch[[labelnote:*]]To leave an unidentifiable corpse[[/labelnote]], so pipes are probably going to be the least of the man's problems.
74* In ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'', the character Burt uses a length of pipe to try and beat back the zombie horde trying to get into the mortuary.
75* In ''Film/{{Taken}}'' after managing to break the supports of the pipe he was handcuffed to the hero opens the valve and sprays a bad guy in the face with what turns out to be high-pressure steam.
76* The second ''Film/TigerOnBeat'' features Michael using a pipe to beat up some mooks - a ''huge'' drop in action scale considering the first film features a ''[[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]'' fight.
77* Jason from ''WesternAnimation/TerkelInTrouble'' always has an iron pipe on his person. He doesn't actually use it for something at first, and a RunningGag is that he constantly drops it, making others ask why he bothers carrying it around. His reply is: "You never know when you'll need an iron pipe". Of course, it ends up being useful when he has to use it in a fight against a psychotic teacher.
78* ''Film/TheWarriors'': When our eponymous heroes are preparing to face down the Rogues, Comanche wrenches a pipe from beneath the boardwalk to arm himself. [[spoiler: He won't need it.]]
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82* ''Series/Annika2021'': In episode 2x6, a homeless man--who has been told Michael is a trafficker--clobbers Michael with a length of pipe. He gets in a few good blows before Michael manages to turn the tables and get the pipe away from him.
83* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin White Power Bill]] believes in the healing power of this. "PIPE!"
84* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Leoben tries to beat Commander Adama to death with a pipe in the pilot. It doesn't go well, because William Adama is an OldSoldier.
85* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy beats a demon to death in the flooded basement of her house with a pipe in the episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E4Flooded Flooded]]".
86* In ''Series/CoronationStreet'', Rob Donovan uses a pipe to [[spoiler: kill Tina [=McIntyre=].]]
87* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': A briefly depowered Reverse Flash grabs a pipe while fighting the Arrow. He gets in all of one hit before Oliver grabs it, punches him, and uses it to flip him onto the ground.
88* On ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' after gang-rape leader Todd Manning attacked his victim Marty Saybrooke again, her friend Luna Moody happened upon the scene. She promptly grabbed a pipe that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he'd jammed into the fence to prevent them from escaping]] and whacked him on the head to prevent him from raping Marty yet again.
89* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In ''Midway'', during the attack on the SGC Ronon uses a piece of steam pipe to beat down one Wraith before using the sharp end to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impale]] another.
90* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E11Waltz Waltz]]", [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineGulDukat Dukat]] gives an already injured Captain Sisko a savage offscreen pipe beating.
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94* In Music/TheProtomen's ''Act II'', Joe used one when attempting to fight the Sniper. It didn't help much.
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98* Iron Crown Enterprises' ''Cyberspace'' RPG had a "heavy alloy" pipe as an available weapon.
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102* ''[[VideoGame/SixtyFourthStreetADetectiveStory 64th Street: A Detective Story]]'' have pipes as a secondary melee weapon (after [[WrenchWhack wrenches]]). They're better in range and can smash the skulls of mooks with ease.
103* One of the many improvised weapons available in ''VideoGame/ActionDoom2UrbanBrawl''.
104* Georg in ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki2'' uses a lead pipe as a JokeWeapon.
105* In ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'', Mizuki is strangely obsessed with iron pipes. She can use them as a weapon, as shown when she [[spoiler:takes out several of So Sejima's bodyguards]]. Helps that she's also a PintSizedPowerhouse.
106* Pipes are a very common weapon use by the convicts, thugs, mooks and lowlifes in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''. That can leave Batman and other playable characters dazed if they are hit.
107* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'': The Gent Pipe is some kind of weird hybrid between scavenged and proto-cybernetic technology. The pipe is mostly made of construction parts and haphazardly installed electronics, yet it's clear from the pipe-shaped weapon upgrade benches that the pipe's design has been refined and improved on for ''years'' by the Gent corporation for the explicit purpose of aggressive survival.
108* Oddly the pipe in ''VideoGame/BeneathASteelSky'' was not used as a weapon till very end, and only to [[spoiler:damage one minor vein of Linc so you can enter a secret lab]].
109* ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'': Quite strangely for a character whose action skill is going BloodKnight with his GoodOldFisticuffs, [[MeaningfulName Brick]] uses a piece of pipe as his normal melee weapon.
110* As is fitting for its AfterTheEnd setting, one of Nina's staffs in VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter is a metal pipe with a tap still attached to it, which naturally gives her water-elemental attacks a damage boost.
111* ''{{VideoGame/Bully}}'' has Edgar, the Townie's leader, who tears a large pipe out of the wall of the steam plant when you fight him.
112* Different pipes are one of the most common {{Improvised Weapon}}s that can be used. Usually by ripping them off the wall in ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' and ''VideoGame/Condemned2Bloodshot''. In fact you can even see some of your opponents rip one out if they are disarmed or need a weapon upon seeing you.
113* In ''VideoGame/CodeVein'' the "Pipe of Thralldom" is one of the two default starting weapons for every character (the other being the "Hammer of Thralldom", a block of concrete rubble wielded by the bit of rebar sticking out of it), a blatantly ImprovisedWeapon you're forced to use while being kept as a slave by a gang of Revenants who force you to search the underground for Blood Beads. Despite being blunt, it's classified as a one-handed sword. It has also had a Drain function built into it, allowing Revenants to use it for Drain attacks... [[HandWave for some reason]].
114* ''VideoGame/FallenAces'' grants you an iron pipe as one of the available weapons. The game runs on graphics akin to a 40s-era pulp comic, and smashing heads with your pipe will result in cartoony gore hitting the screen.
115* Naturally for the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Lead_pipe lead pipes]] are a very common weapon especially after it's debut in the third game. In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' (due to sharing the same model), the lead pipe is a short, heavily corroded and/or bloodstained pipe, with one of the ends having tape wrapped around it to improve grip and topped with a pipe fitting on the other. It's a BoringButPractical weapon for low-level players, as it can't compete with a supersledge or other unique melee weapons, nut its weight is low and its DPS is high, especially compared other early-game melee weapons. Raul, one of the many companions, uses the lead pipe as his default melee weapon. There's also a special variant, called "The Humble Cudgel", which is less corroded and has a slightly bent middle section and T fitting on one end, making it similar in looks to a mallet.
116* In ''Videogame/FarCry5'' there are two types of long pipe weapons with different business ends. One is called Socketed Pipe which has sockets on both sides of its business end, its FlavorText is “One of six possible murder weapons you'd find in a mansion. "Whodunit?" is the real question.” obviously referencing ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''. While the other weapon is the Bolted Pipe, which as the name suggests just has a bolt on its business end. Both pipes have different paint schemes to snazz things up a bit too.
117* In ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', pipes can be used as weapons, their slow attack speed is mitigated by damage and long striking range. When some of the characters from the series [[{{Transplant}} were ported over to]] [[SharedUniverse other games set in the same universe]] (mainly ''Franchise/StreetFighter''), the pipe made occasional appearances alongside them. It's brandished by [[CombatPragmatist Cody]] [[BatterUp in a baseball-like fashion]] at the end of his Last Dread [[AHandfulForAnEye Dust]] [[DesperationAttack Ultra Combo]] in ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation Super]] VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' as well as during his Dirty Coach V-Trigger in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterV V]]'', and is used as a special by [[{{Ambadassador}} Haggar]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''[[note]]In fact out of all three Final Fight representatives Mike Haggar is seemingly more associated with the pipes[[/note]]; the (former) TropeNamer comes from seeing Haggar use the pipe in competitive play.
118* Pipes are also featured as melee weapons in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games.
119* The first time you encounter Manhacks in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' the civilian in the room picks up a pipe to defend himself, doing a fairly good job at it too.
120** In the end of ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode Two'', [[spoiler:Eli]] tries to attack [[spoiler:a Combine Advisor]] with a pipe, but this simply seems to have annoyed it.
121** The ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' GameMod ''VideoGame/Poke646'' has a gaspipe as its first EmergencyWeapon.
122* The very first weapon you collect in ''VideoGame/HellForces'' is a heavy pipe, useful for smashing heads with a coupe of swings. Luckily the game starts by sending slow-moving zombies that shouldn't be difficult for your pipe to smash apart; you get better weapons as the game proceeds further.
123* The first melee weapon in ''VideoGame/KingpinLifeOfCrime''. The main character digs it out of the trash after being left for dead in Skid Row. It's hilariously small and short, almost as long as a knife.
124* Pipes are a common as well as powerful, melee weapons featured in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. You can even upgrade it to further increase the durability and lethality.
125* These are the default weapons for students in the Assault class in ''VideoGame/LastYearTheNightmare''. They can also be upgraded by wrapping them in barbed wire and attaching nails.
126* The ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' games feature these as weapons that the player or their enemies can use.
127** Special note for minor boss Hiroshi Hayashi in ''VideoGame/Yakuza2'', whose memetic fame comes from (amongst other things) one incident where he ''tears two of them out of a wall'' to beat Kiryu with.
128** He is then one-upped by Daisuke Kuze in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0''. In the second boss fight with the Dojima Lieutenant, he charges straight at Kiryu ''riding a motorcycle and carrying a large metal pipe'' engaging in some MotorcycleJousting before crashing. The boss fight is considered one of the most memorable boss fights in the series by that dynamic intro alone.
129* VideoGame/MaxPayne1 uses a lead pipe as his only melee weapon in the first act of the game, before picking up a [[BatterUp baseball bat]] from Frank Niagara.
130* ''VideoGame/MobEnforcer'' grants you a heavy iron pipe as a close-range weapon, should you run out of bullets or prefer to conserve ammo. It works surprisingly well, killing most mooks in one hit, and there's a nice graphic detail in-game where after killing two or three mooks via pipe, the tip of said pipe becomes absolutely bloodied.
131* In ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}''[='s=] prologue, the title character fends off an attack by Shades with a pipe. [[DistantPrologue 1,317 years later]] you can revisit the scene in a trippy sidequest and recover the very same pipe, which... [[JokeWeapon isn't a very effective weapon]] when it's competing against the likes of [[{{BFS}} Iron Will.]]
132* In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', [[FishingMinigame fishing]] in a sewer can [[FishingForSole net you]] [[ContinuityNod Nier's iron pipe]]. This time around it's a LethalJokeWeapon that when fully-upgraded is capable of dealing massive damage and stunning enemies.
133* Lots of fragile mooks in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' come at you with pipes.
134* ''VideoGame/{{Observo}}'': The first weapon [[PlayerCharacter Edgar]] gets in the game is a pipe. It takes a few hits to put monsters down, though.
135* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
136** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'': Mitsuru has one as a JokeWeapon, considering that she fights like a fencer.
137** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': As a blunt weapon user, PlayerParty member Ryuji Sakamoto can equip a large pipe segment with a 90 degree turn on the business end.
138* ''VideoGame/PhoningHome'': The first weapon [[PlayerCharacter [=ION=]]] can collect in the game is a pipe from the wreckage of the ship.
139* ''VideoGame/{{Pigsaw}}'': You can find several pipes in the game (they're all basically the same though) to defend yourself against [[PigMan the enemies]]. It takes several hits to put an enemy down, though.
140* The tutorial case in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' is for assault with a pipe (and also for stealing a stuffed toy).
141* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' and the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake Remake]] when first encountering the G-Virus mutated William Birkin. He makes good use of it by ripping off a rather huge section of piping and using it to bludgeon Leon/Claire to death. Kinda crossing this with CarryABigStick due to said pipe's size. [[spoiler:In the remake, he gets a slight dose of irony when his eye is impaled with a huge steel pipe. Causing him to recoil back just enough for the protagonists to disconnect the wagons. Then send him to his doom, from the massive fireball caused by a self-destruct system.]]
142** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'' and its sequel, Outbreak File #2. The players can make use of an iron pipe as a melee weapon. It has a [[https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Pipe total]] of [[https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Curved_Iron_Pipe three]] [[https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Bent_Iron_Pipe forms]] due to taking enough structural damage. If they are playing as David King, he can combine the iron pipe with a piece of concrete, creating an [[ImprovisedWeapon makeshift sledgehammer]] or even combine it with a battery to create a stun rod.
143* Also one of the weapons that can be found in ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom''. With high damage and a long range, it's a good one.
144* In ''Franchise/{{SAW}}'''s video games, to defend yourself, one weapon of choice is a pipe.
145* Most ''Franchise/SilentHill'' games, except ''Shattered Memories'', ''0rigins'' and ''Downpour'' feature the Steel Pipe as the first decent melee weapon. It often remains as the weapon with the longest reach, and therefore the safest to beat the monsters with, throughout the game.
146* Both ''VideoGame/{{Sonny}}'' games start you off with a pipe, that looks a bit like a car muffler. The FlavorText in the second game is "Me and the pipe... we go way back".
147* The first weapon Fayt uses outside of his games in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' is a pipe. Defeating certain bosses with it earns you Battle Trophies.
148* ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'': Pipes are one of the most common weapon type through the series, and they work pretty much exactly like they do in ''VideoGame/FinalFight''. The UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade rerelease of ''Streets of Rage 2'' also has an achievement for killing enemies with a pipe.
149* A pipe is the starting weapon in the first ''VideoGame/SystemShock''. Does less damage than a basic pistol bullet, but with greater CriticalHit chance and [[ArmorPiercingAttack armor penetration]].
150* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheManhattanProject'': During the boss fight with Groundchuck he starts out unarmed. After taking several hits he rips a large pipe out of the wall and uses it as a weapon.
151* Various mooks in the BeatEmUp game, ''VideoGame/ToughTurf'', will come at you while swinging iron pipes. You can actually pick up pipes from defeated enemies to bash skulls in.
152* ''VideoGame/UrbanDead'': Metal Poles are possible weapons obtainable, although their base 2 damage and 10% accuracy is [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadowed]] by stronger, more accurate weapons.
153* ''VideoGame/WarDogsRedsReturn'': [[PlayerCharacter Red]] can pick up L pipes to use as temporary weapons.
154* ''VideoGame/{{Withstand}}'': You can either find, or [[ItemCrafting craft]], a metal pipe.
155* [[https://wolfenstein.fandom.com/wiki/Pipe B.J.'s pipe]] from ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheOldBlood'', probably takes the cake as one of the most versatile and unique instances of a pipe. After being captured by Rudie Jager and thrown into a prison cell, our hero attempts to climb out via pipe, but due to his [[HeroicBuild weight]], it immediately breaks down and falls. Said broken pipe splits into two pieces that somehow create a deadly SwissArmyWeapon with a multitude of uses, from stabbing or bludgeoning enemies, to climbing certain wall sections, to [[MundaneUtility smashing boxes and prying and propping doors open]]. One pipe has a tapered sharp end and is usable as a shiv-like weapon, while the other pipe has a curved hook-like joint, usable as a grappling tool and a bludgeon. The two pipes can be connected or disconnected to create some type of strange club-like weapon, or be used in DualWielding.
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159* Luna, the protagonist of ''Webcomic/EverBlue'', uses a pipe she has lying around to defend herself against an intruder.
160* During their final duel in ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', [[spoiler:Thaco knocked Dellyn backwards so he was impaled on a jagged pipe. [[CruelMercy Thaco left him there, alive, to be forgotten by humans and goblins alike]].]]
161* ''{{Webcomic/Newheimburg}}'' has Jack Delitt, who always manages to run into a pipe as an improvised weapon.
162* In ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', Hatz is forced to use a pipe to replaced his swords [[spoiler:after they get broken by Cassano.]]
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166* The "donut holer" in ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' is used [[spoiler: by Tulip to duel the Conductor at the end of Book 1.]]
167* Kelsey of ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' constantly totes around a prop [[HeroesPreferSwords sword]] made from a PVC pipe. It's less lethal than a metal pipe, but she's quite able and eager to break things with it.
168* The ''Clue'' weapon was also used for a gay-joke on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
169-->'''Jasper:''' ''(to Stewie)'' Sorry little guy, we were playing Clue and he got me in the bedroom with a lead pipe.
170* In ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'', Killface is impaled by a pipe after a rather nasty fall. After trying and failing to get medical aid for himself and his party in an emergency room, he finally snaps, tears the pipe from his chest, and kills a doctor with it. It's funnier than it sounds.
171* In the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch "ComicBook/IronMan [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Cheney]]" the terrorists order the vice-president to build them weapons. He says he already has one and knocks one out with a pipe, calling it the "Cheney Special." The terrorists say they'll take a thousand.
172* Pops up [[RunningGag from time to time]] in ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021''. In the episode Green Fever, Sparks and Stormy get pipes from "pipe storage" (which apparently offers museum-style tours and an informational video about pipe history) to defend themselves against the infected.
173* The "Intensive Care Bear" from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
174-->'''Homer:''' Why does a bear need a crowbar?\
175'''Bear:''' Eh, I don't like to get my hands dirty.
176* One episode of the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' cartoon saw Shredder rip a drainpipe off of a wall to use as a weapon. Directly inspired one of Leonardo's few wisecracks: "Why, Shredder. You look very distinguished with a pipe."
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