History Main / BallisticBone

* ''VideoGame/HydraCastleLabyrinth'' skeletons.

* In Tercio/Line Infantry warfare (c.1550-1850) the most common form of shrapnel removed from the wounded was bone. Arquebus, matchlock, and musket barrels were made wide enough for them to fire bullets which could shatter even the body's largest bones and spray them out the other side of a man as shrapnel. The second-most common material removed from wounds was of course clothing. Overclothes were particularly dirty as they were rarely washed, since very few (common) dyes were capable of retaining their colour when washed with water (undyed underclothes were there to insulate your overclothes from your sweaty body, and ''were' washed). Both bone and clothing had a tendency to cause infection when left in wounds.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Cubone's and Marowak's signature move, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bonemerang]], combines this trope with PrecisionGuidedBoomerang. There's also Bone Rush.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Cubone's and Marowak's signature move, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bonemerang]], combines this trope with PrecisionGuidedBoomerang. There's also [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bone Club]] and Bone Rush.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Cubone's and Marowak's signature move, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bonemerang]], combines this trope with PrecisionGuidedBoomerang.

* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'': Several enemies in the Sand Zone, notably Skullheads and Skeletons.
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* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Some Stalfos throw bones.

* In Tercio/Line Infantry warfare (c.1550-1850) the most common form of shrapnel removed from the wounded was bone. Arquebus, matchlock, and musket barrels were made wide enough for them to fire bullets which could shatter even the body's largest bones and spray them out the other side of a man as shrapnel. The second-most common material removed from wounds was of course clothing. Overclothes were particularly dirty as they were rarely washed, since very few (common) dies were capable of retaining their colour when washed with water (undyed underclothes were there to insulate your overclothes from your sweaty body, and ''were' washed). Both bone and clothing had a tendency to cause infection when left in wounds.

* SCP-154 from ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' is a pair of bracelets that creates an EnergyBow that uses the bones of the arm holding it as the arrows. The bones [[HealingFactor regenerate]] instantly, however multiple uses can cause [[BodyHorror mutations of varying severity]].

* ''Series/MythBusters'' tested teeth and bone bullets[[note]]the episode first aired overseas two years before it finally aired in the U.S.[[/note]], both whether they would work at all and whether they would leave a pathologist wondering how the guy on the slab died. Busted: unshaped teeth are too inaccurate to hit the target, carving teeth to a bullet shape weakens them, and the pathologist had no trouble picking out the bone and teeth fragments.

* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' begins with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDAWszeZtNg an ape throwing a bone into the air]].

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' has skeleton enemies that shoot bones. In the Afterbirth+ Expansion, Isaac can find the Compound Fracture powerup that changes his tears into bones that break into 1-3 smaller shards of bone upon contact.

* Bone arrows are one way to get into the Shivering Isles in the eponymous ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIV'' expansion.

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** Skull Cannons of [[WarGod Khorne]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fire the skulls of those crushed beneath spiked wheels of the daemonic artillery back at their victims former comrades.

* Kimimaro from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' can use the bones in his body as weapons, including his fingertips as bullet-like projectiles. Justified in his case, since he can grow new bones with chakra.

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** TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}:

** In TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar the Bonesplitter Orruks believe that the bones of wild beasts contain the energy of the Waaagh! The Savage Orruk Arrowboyz fire these bones from their primitive bows with such force that they can penetrate even a Chaos Knight’s armour.

* In Tercio/Line Infantry warfare (c.1550-1850) the most common form of shrapnel removed from the wounded was bone. Arquebus, matchlock, and musket barrels were made wide enough for them to fire bullets which could shatter even the body's largest bones and spray them the other side of a man as shrapnel. The second-most common material removed from wounds was of course clothing. Overclothes were particularly dirty as they were rarely washed, since very few (common) dies were capable of retaining their colour when washed with water (undyed underclothes were there to insulate your overclothes from your sweaty body, and ''were' washed). Both bone and clothing had a tendency to cause infection when left in wounds.