History ImprobableWeaponUser / LiveActionTV

* In Seattle in the '80s, late night variety show ''Series/AlmostLive'' had a send-up of [[HongKongDub kung fu movies]] and [[PublicServiceAnnouncement Public Service Announcements]] called, "Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan". In each episode, Quan and his opponent would use improbable weapons (such as sausage nunchakus, computer disc shurikens...).
** Some of these also appeared on the more popular ''Almost Live'' spin-off, ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy''.

* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': [[TheBigGuy John Casey]] is king of this trope, having weaponized: appliances as both melee and projectile weapons, part of a bed frame he was handcuffed to, a hotel room's heater/radiator unit, [[GrievousHarmWithABody Chuck]], his [[CoolCar Crown]] [[CarFu Vic]], chairs and other furniture, and pretty much anything else he can get his hands on.

* In ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]", Jeff, whose costume is David Beckham, uses his soccer ball to take out a ''zombie''.
* On one episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', resident [[TheWoobie Woobie]] Adam defends himself against a bad guy with a tube-length fluorescent lightbulb and succeeds in knocking the guy out. Doesn't stop Danny & Sheldon from picking on him about his lightsaber.

** Another one known as [[PunnyName Sue Venir]] attacks using a bulky camera -- all she has to do is point it at her target, take a picture, and it turns the target into a souvenir.

* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' had "Papercut", a schoolyard bully with origami mastery who could create painful [[IncrediblyLamePun paper-cutlery]] from any readily available paper. He demanded his opponents always throw rock in RockPaperScissors.

* In Season 2 of ''Series/RoundTheTwist'', the kid Bronson has his feet. And his shoes. And his socks. How does that work? He 'saved his smell' by not changing his socks or shoes for over six months, until the stench became so foul that [[StinkoBomb a single one of his shoes can be used to knock out an entire classroom]]. This is important for only one episode (although it is foreshadowed beforehand), as his whole motive behind developing this unholy gift is to save a turtle.

* In Season 2 of ''Series/RoundTheTwist'', the kid Bronson has his feet. And his shoes. And his socks. How does that work? He 'saved his smell' by not changing his socks or shoes for over six months, until the stench became so foul that [[StinkoBomb a single one of his shoes can be used to knock out an entire classroom]]. This is important for only one episode (although it is foreshadowed beforehand), as his whole motive behind developing this unholy gift is to save a turtle. [[WidgetSeries It's that kind of show]].

** The Doctor typically doesn't carry weapons (he's a TechnicalPacifist), only a sonic screwdriver, which is of dubious offensive capabilities at best. However, he has created [[LoudOfWar powerful sonic blasts]] by combining said screwdriver [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride with a sound system]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime pointing it at another sonic device]]. He also [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion killed an alien warrior]] with a [[FruitOfTheLoon satsuma]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks bluffed a bunch of Daleks]] with a Jammie Dodger. This was an homage to an ad-lib by Tom Baker that he made because he found what he was scripted to do too violent — he was meant to pull a knife on the alien and threaten them. The director was not pleased, but the writer absolutely loved it and [[ThrowItIn decided to keep it in]]. In his autobiography, he described a little boy coming up to him, offering him a jelly baby and repeating the line: