History ImprobableWeaponUser / AnimeAndManga

** Homura Akemi uses a 1-wood (yes, the golf club) as her go-to weapon in her early days as a Puella Magi.

** Various girls in ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'' use weapons of this nature, including Tsuruno (combat fan), Ui (a kite), Mitama (a table cloth), Rika (a compact), Manaka (a frying pan), Touka (an umbrella), Konomi (a giant pair of scissors), and Urara (a Yo-Yo).

** Mewtwo has a [[{{BFS}} Big Friggin' Spoon]], which he once used to perform a DiagonalCut on a building. Both Kadabra and Alakazam also use regular spoons that supposedly amplify their telekinetic abilities.

* Multiple characters in ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}''. Some examples include the Donburiman Trio (Tendonman uses chopsticks, Kamameshidon uses rice paddes, and all three can throw their lids), Tekkanomaki-chan and Komaki-chan (both use bamboo sushi mats rolled up like a bo staff), Yakisobapanman (double metal spatulas), Chawanmushimaro (launches out ginko nuts and whacks them with his fan), Daikon Yakusha (daikon radish rapidly fired using a hand grater), and Datemakiman and Sakuramochi-nesan (both use [[ParasolOfPain bangasas]] as striking weapons, Sakuramochi-nesan also uses mochi as a trap for enemies).

* ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'''s Hitagi Senjogahara pulls a box-cutter blade and a stapler on Koyomi('s ''mouth'') in the first episode. When he later catches up to her on the stairs she pulls handfuls of sharp, miscellaneous office supplies from nowhere. In the second episode she states outright that she keeps them on her person at all times for self-defense.

* In ''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'', Zakuro wields the deadly and powerful ''wet towel'' Eckilsax.

* Sora of ''Manga/{{Change 123}}'' fights with a sharpened set of house keys on an extremely long key chain.

* Panther Claw head Hiromi Tanaka from ''Series/CuteyHoneyTheLive'', in addition to having a stomach that can shoot missiles, uses ''frozen seafood'' as a weapon of choice. I swear!

* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'':
** Shizuo's trademark weapons are street signs and vending machines. Also, Mikado and Izaya, to a lesser extent, both get honorable mentions for harnessing the awesome power of the internet and unleashing it on their unsuspecting enemies.
** Seiji. He managed to stab a PEN into Heiwajima Shizuo, [[spoiler:who Vorona couldn't penetrate his chest more than half a centimeter with a knife]]. Shinra's destroyed some of his best scalpels operating on him.

* In ''Literature/FateZero'', [[BlackKnight Berserker's]] "Knight of Owner" Noble Phantasm allows him to become an InstantExpert with anything he considers a weapon. This includes street lamp poles and in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', things like wooden logs or ''chopsticks''. [[spoiler:This is based on the myth where [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Sir Lancelot]] defeated enemy knights using nothing but a wood branch as if it were a sword.]]

* Maelstrom from ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'' fights by dual wielding bowls of pork ramen.

* ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'':
** Sanae uses her very long pigtails, which end in improvised bolas, as her weapons (although [[HoistByHerOwnPetard not very effectively]]).
** Touka uses a ladle, which she can use both as a melee weapon and a projectile.

** Chao's most powerful and greatest attack is the greatest psychological weapon created by the powers of the future...a copy of her family tree, which she claims contains the identity of Negi's future wife. The result? "Negi party obliterated! New record: 57 seconds!"
* Mahiro Yasaka from ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' uses forks; his mother Yoriko, a part-time monster-slayer, uses them ''better''. Regardless, both of them are good enough that they've actually put the fear of...well, man into the hearts of the three Franchise/CthulhuMythos deities who live in their house.
-->'''Mahiro:''' "[[BadassBoast Do not underestimate the fork. The fork... is the strongest weapon in the universe.]]"

* Kaiba in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' [[DeathDealer throws cards as a weapon]], shield, or gun jammer, and uses a [[HandbagOfHurt briefcase]] like a guillotine in the manga. Duke Devlin sometimes throws his dice with devastating results against FacelessGoons.

** Yo-yos are just the beginning. If you're a ''[[JapaneseDelinquents sukeban]]'', you've got to have a "signature" weapon. Examples include bicycle chains, cup-and-ball toys, bamboo umbrellas, guitar picks (shuriken style), billiard balls, and even a bowling ball carried by one really enormous schoolgirl. Asuka Kuraku of ''Manga/HanaNoAsukaGumi'' instead uses a coin and a chain of varying length.

* In ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' this is generally averted since the characters use regular weapons (made of a especial material but still). Occasionally, though they use things like hena tattoos, pudding or baseballs.

* ''Manga/BoboboBoBobobo'': Bobobo fights ''using his nose hair''. When this fails, he uses his armpit hair. Not to mention one of the main enemies fights by getting eaten (he's made out of Jello). Also in Bobobo's arsenal are a ''MagicalGirl'' that comes out his head, an ongoing love-drama between two squirrels that live in his Afro, not to mention cross-dressing just to make an opening in his enemies' defense.

* The ''Manga/DeathNote'', being a notebook that kills people whose name is written in it, could easily be used as a weapon instead of a method of execution.
** It is, in fact, a serial-murder weapon and if Light had ever been brought to trial would have been treated as such. Probably.

* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'''s "Driver" weapon series (Dividing, Gatling and Bolting) are apparently giant, space-warping hardware tools. Meanwhile, [=HyoRyu, EnRyu=], and their [[CombiningMecha combined form ChouRyuJin]] use the ladder and crane of their alt-modes as giant tonfas. [=FuuRyu and GekiRyuJin=] fire energy missiles from the churner of a cement mixer. Big Volfogg uses a motorcycle's exhaust pipes as a machine gun. And then there's [[ThePowerOfRock Mic Sounders]]...
** Speaking of [=HyoRyu and EnRyu=], they also have the Pencil Launchers, and [=ChoRyuJin=] can use the Eraser Head. They are as silly as they sound.
** And of course, TheCaptain Koutarou Taiga's preferred weapon is consistently a ''golf club''. Even when he puts on his [[Franchise/SuperSentai ID Suit]]. He even ''calls the attack.''
*** ''TITANIUM HEAD DRIVER!!!''
* The first episode of ''Anime/GaReiZero'' utilizes ''bike-fu''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg7dctxAdKk Seriously]].
** Also, an iron and chain. The kind of iron you use to get wrinkles out of your clothing.
** Yet neither of these compare to the magnificent [[spoiler: wheelchair-fu of Ayame]], equipped with machine guns and spinning blades of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsWw7gTnQB4&feature=PlayList&p=229869FC209E2538&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=8 DOOM!!!]] Starts at 4:07.
* ''Manga/GetBackers''. Perfume, mirror fragments, thread, needles, and cloth seem to be the worst offenders. The "poison perfume" is justified by some kind of magic, but... ''thread''. In practice, it's pretty badass ([[{{Bowdlerise}} at least in the manga]]), but...
** In the manga they were not threads but harp wires. Slightly more believable as weapons, but still unique.
* A cyborg assassin in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' uses a gun implanted in her right arm that fires coins. Just how it manages to shoot rolls of coins -- assuming they're not just a solid, welded-together stack thereof -- in a way that would make a SPAS-12 combat shotgun green with envy is never explained. Her reasons for using them are readily apparent, though; she appears to have distinctly anti-capitalist principles, so the coin shotgun may be her idea of irony.
** [[http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot35_3.htm Pics!]] Unfortunately, as far as US currency is concerned, only dimes fit right in a 12 ga. and they are too light to do much damage at range. But it works! [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrostatic_shock in theory]].
** To be fair, it was most likely a railgun of sorts. Even the Major was confused by it.

* Russia of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is known for using a water spout. And it's more awesome than it sounds.
** He's not the only one: China uses his wok and cooking implements, Hungary uses her frying pan and Greece uses a metal cross.
** White flags are weapons as well. And pasta, don't forget the pasta. Why? Because Italy says so.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Bubbles. Spinning, shining, razor-sharp, deadly vampire-slaying soap bubbles. [[FlatWhat What.]]
** And his grandfather uses wine the same way.

** In Part 3, [[spoiler:an orangutan with human-level intelligence]] wields a freighter ship. He uses it to lure shipwrecked people onboard, then bends and reshapes the ship to kill them in various ways for little reason than that he's sadistic.
** Also in Part 3 is Mariah, who uses an electrical outlet which emits an unusual charge that causes metallic objects to come toward anyone who touches the outlet's holes, such as knives and cars.
** Still in Part 3[[spoiler:, after trapping Jotaro in a ColourCodedTimeStop, [[BigBad DIO]] grabs a nearby road roller—or in the OVA, a barge on the River Nile, then an oil tanker truck on the bridge—and smashes him underneath it; repeatedly punching them with The World for good measure and [[StuffBlowingUp causing the tanker truck in particular to explode violently]].]]

** Bruno from Part 5 weaponizes ''zippers''.
** Later in Part 5, we have Pesci's stand Beach Boy. It's a [[RodAndReelRepurposed fishing rod]]. He manages to make it VERY lethal.

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has the obvious Ryuko, who uses half of a giant pair of scissors like a cutlass. The Student Club Presidents all use weapons relating to their profession, which often leads to this; Omoiko's giant tennis racket, for example.
** A more resourceful example is [[TheDeterminator Satsuki Kiryuin,]] especially when her [[KatanasAreJustBetter prized sword]] [[NoGearLevel is unavailable to her.]] She can easily perform a [[SlashedThroat Throat Slash]] with a broken teacup, or sharpen her (metal) toenail into a SinisterShiv and take on a building full of {{Mooks}} [[FullFrontalAssault stark-naked]] and [[WithMyHandsTied handcuffed.]]

** Don't forget Chao's most powerful and greatest attack, the greatest psychological weapon created by the powers of the future...a copy of her family tree, which she claims contains the identity of Negi's future wife. The result? "Negi party obliterated! New record: 57 seconds!"

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' should be a chief offender of this trope, as characters have used every imaginable improbable weapon and then some: spinning tops, water, perfume, a saxophone, baseball bats, paint, static cling, mascara, clouds, ropes, ramen, PrehensileHair, guns and lasers powered by cola, snakes, eyelids (yes, ''winking'' can be deadly), ice picks, and bamboo. And let's not even get into some of the weapons the characters make with their Devil Fruits.
** No, let's, actually. Exploding mucus and breath. Wax as hard as steel. Soap that can clean the strength off of an opponent. A LivingShadow. Ghosts that hollow out the victims' spirits, sending them into depression. Strings used to sever limbs and make PeoplePuppets. Syringes (from the character's hands) filled with hormones used to [[GenderBender Gender Bend]] oneself and others and make oneself grow. Scissors that can cut anything as if it were paper. A needle used to stitch anything to anything else. ''Tears'' turned into ''whale-shaped projectiles''. ''Biscuits'' molded into ''golems and armor''. ''Trees'' that can suck out people's nutrients.

* ''Anime/ReadOrDie''. Some people use paper fans. And then there's Yomiko Readman, who uses just plain paper.

* ''Manga/Reborn2004''. First there's Joshima Ken, who uses different sets of ''teeth'' to adopt the abilities of different animals. Kakimoto Chikusa who uses yo-yos that shoot out poisoned needles. M.M who uses a clarinet that, when played, creates [[BrownNote special sound waves]] that cause the substance the clarinet is aimed at to boil instantly, which is called 'Burning Vibrato'. Levi who uses ''umbrellas that discharge electricity''. Bianchi who specializes in ''poison cooking''. I-Pin who enhances her martial arts skills with special gyoza dumplings laced with garlic, which numbs the brain and forces the victim's muscles to involuntarily move on their own.

* Mugen from ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' wears geta that have metal plates fitted to the bottom of them, which he uses to deflect sword attacks. He is also able to use them as effective blunt weapons, or can throw them with a great amount of force.
** There is also the leaders of the graffiti gang, who use a practice katana with nails sticking out of it, a parody of modern thugs with nail-adorned baseball bats.

** And then there's the South American Death Scythe, Tezca Tlipoca, who calls himself the 'Demon Mirror'. We've no idea how he uses this to fight, however, because Medusa scarpers before he and his * monkey* Tech get a chance to attack.
*** 69 shows that the Demon Mirror's powers involve creating reflections of people, which he uses to disrupt Justin and Medusa's fight.

** And then there's the Arabian Death Scythe, who is...a magic lamp. Yes, like the one in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.

* Grinpatch from ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' uses a giant drinking straw. While straw itself is durable enough to be used as a weapon, he usually uses it along with his incredibly powerful breath to fire [[SuperBreath dewastating jets of air]] or [[VacuumMouth slurp up his opponents.]]

* The paopei of ''Manga/SoulHunter'' are artifacts of incredible magical power, so they come in all sizes and shapes. Subverted with one of them, the Kaketsu Shinto: at first it looks like a pair of beach volleyballs... but both balls can split in the middle and eject curved blades imbued with a paralyzing toxin.

** No, let's, actually. Exploding mucus and breath. Wax as hard as steel. Soap that can clean the strength off of an opponent. A LivingShadow. Ghosts that hollow out the victims' spirits, sending them into depression. Strings used to sever limbs and make PeoplePuppets. Syringes (from the character's hands) filled with hormones used to [[GenderBender Gender Bend]] oneself and others and make oneself grow. Scissors that can cut anything as if it were paper. A needle used to stitch anything to anything else. ''Tears'' turned into ''whale-shaped projectiles''. ''Biscuits'' molded into ''golems and armor''. ''Jellybeans'' flicked with ''deadly sniping force''.

* Maelstrom from ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'' fights by dual wielding bowls of pork ramen.

* Mahiro Yasaka from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' uses forks; his mother Yoriko, a part-time monster-slayer, uses them ''better''. Regardless, both of them are good enough that they've actually put the fear of...well, man into the hearts of the three Franchise/CthulhuMythos deities who live in their house.

* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''[='s=] Hitagi Senjogahara pulls a box-cutter blade and a stapler on Koyomi('s ''mouth'') in the first episode. When he later catches up to her on the stairs she pulls handfuls of sharp, miscellaneous office supplies from nowhere. In the second episode she states outright that she keeps them on her person at all times for self-defense.

* In ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'', Zakuro wields the deadly and powerful ''wet towel'' Eckilsax.
* [[Manga/BoboboBoBobobo Bobobo]] fights ''using his nose hair''. When this fails, he uses his armpit hair. Not to mention one of the main enemies fights by getting eaten (he's made out of Jello). Also in Bobobo's arsenal are a ''MagicalGirl'' that comes out his head, an ongoing love-drama between two squirrels that live in his Afro, not to mention cross-dressing just to make an opening in his enemies' defense.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': Shizuo's trademake weapons are street signs and vending machines. Also, Mikado and Izaya, to a lesser extent, both get honorable mentions for harnessing the awesome power of the internet and unleashing it on their unsuspecting enemies.

* In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', [[BlackKnight Berserker's]] "Knight of Owner" Noble Phantasm allows him to become an InstantExpert with anything he considers a weapon. This includes street lamp poles and in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', things like wooden logs or ''chopsticks''. [[spoiler:This is based on the myth where [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Sir Lancelot]] defeated enemy knights using nothing but a wood branch as if it were a sword.]]

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'':

** In ''A's'', Shamal's WeaponOfChoice is a set of rings. In their ''[[GratuitousGerman Pendelform]]'', they can create teleport portals, so she can e.g. grab your magical organ.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'''s Mana uses thrown yen pieces. Not only the nature of the weapon one wonders how she keeps ''so many'' up her sleeve? Her opponent used a super-powerful cloth as her weapon.

* The ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' girls have a habit of using these. Mew Lettuce, the worst offender, has a pair of ''castanets'', though at least she shoots water from them. Mew Pudding has tambourines that can rend the earth and encase a target in ''jello'', and Mew Ichigo has a pink heart-shaped bell that shoots out waves of sparkly healing power (the remaining two team members, Mew Mint and Mew Zakuro, use the more reasonable bow-and-arrow and whip, respectively).
** Cure Lemonade from ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' also uses castanets, which is odd, because her teammate, Cure Mint, is an {{expy}} of Mew Lettuce.

** Joseph's [[BattleAura hamon]] abilities mean [[ImprovisedWeapon he can turn damn near anything into a weapon]], he only requirement is that they be organic, since that allows him to channel the hamon through it. His teacher [[spoiler:and mother]] Lisa Lisa uses a silk scarf for the same reason. [[StreetFighter If that sounds familiar]],[[{{Expy}} there's a good reason]].

* '''Everyone''' in ''Manga/HunterXHunter''. To name a few, there's ''bank interest'', gum, a dart board, a vacuum cleaner, a giant pipe, a fishing rod (used by the main character, no less,)
fleas shot from a sniper rifle, a book (its text, not as a blunt object) and its accompanying bookmark, needles, teleporting gorillas, a volleyball, coins, a tiny floating birdcage, a surfboard, planet Jupiter, explosive mosquitoes, a slot machine staff, a syringe, the [[MonkeyMoralityPose See-No-Evil Hear-No-Evil Speak-No-Evil monkeys]], soccer penalty cards, a rubber stamp, and an entire savannah the user can transport to the immediate area. All of which are put to serious good use, like fighting giant ants bent on world domination, or sometimes world domination as said ants since some of the weapons mentioned above are used by them(like the aforementioned dartboard.)

* '''Everyone''' in ''Manga/HunterXHunter''. To name a few, there's ''bank interest'', gum, a dart board, a vacuum cleaner, a giant pipe, and a fishing rod (used by the main character, no less). All of which are put to serious good use, like fighting giant ants bent on world domination.
** It goes both ways: The aforementioned dartboard is a weapon of one of the ants. Other weapons that don't have their own tropes include fleas shot from a sniper rifle, a book (its text, not as a blunt object) and its accompanying bookmark, needles, teleporting gorillas, a volleyball, one's own detached fingertips, a tiny floating birdcage, a surfboard, planet Jupiter, explosive mosquitoes, a slot machine staff, a syringe, the [[MonkeyMoralityPose See-No-Evil Hear-No-Evil Speak-No-Evil monkeys]], soccer penalty cards, a rubber stamp, and an entire savannah the user can transport to the immediate area.