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* Jake's rhinoceros morph and occasionally Rachel's elephant morph were the substitutes several times in ''{{Animorphs}}''.
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* Jake's rhinoceros morph and occasionally Rachel's elephant morph were the substitutes several times in ''{{Animorphs}}''.
''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''.
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* In the ''MastersOfRome'' series of novels, [[GaiusJuliusCaesar Caesar]] is fond of using "battering ram" as an UnusualEuphemism for his... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean you know what]].
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* In the ''MastersOfRome'' series of novels, [[GaiusJuliusCaesar Caesar]] is fond of using "battering ram" as an UnusualEuphemism for his... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean you know what]].what.
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* Jake's rhinoceros morph and occasionally Rachel's elephant morph were the substitutes several times in {{Animorphs}}
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* Jake's rhinoceros morph and occasionally Rachel's elephant morph were the substitutes several times in {{Animorphs}}
''{{Animorphs}}''.
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* [[MontyPython The Bishop]]'s acolytes use one of them as a battering ram at some point of the sketch.
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* [[MontyPython [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus The Bishop]]'s acolytes use one of them as a battering ram at some point of the sketch.
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* Battering rams are one of the units that you can create in ''AgeOfEmpiresII''.
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* Battering rams are one of the units that you can create in ''AgeOfEmpiresII''.''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII''.
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* The Norse get light man-portable rams in ''AgeOfMythology''. The Egyptians and Greeks opt to use siege towers with rams in the base.
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* The Norse get light man-portable rams in ''AgeOfMythology''.''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology''. The Egyptians and Greeks opt to use siege towers with rams in the base.
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* Near the end of Bastion, the [[NoNameGiven player character]] receives one as a weapon... which he carries himself. He can use to smash down doors and clear the room of obstacles and enemies in a single move. However, it slows him down to a crawl, turning him into a MightyGlacier.
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* Near the end of Bastion, ''{{Bastion}}'', the [[NoNameGiven player character]] receives one as a weapon... which he carries himself. He can use to smash down doors and clear the room of obstacles and enemies in a single move. However, it slows him down to a crawl, turning him into a MightyGlacier.
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* Near the end of Bastion, the [[NoNameGiven player character]] receives one as a weapon... which he carries himself. He can use to smash down doors and clear the room of obstacles and enemies in a single move. However, it slows him down to a crawl, turning him into a MightyGlacier.
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* In the 1923 and 1939 versions of ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Quasimodo drops a long piece of wood onto the rabble attacking Notre Dame and the rabble use it as an improvised battering ram.
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* In the 1923 and 1939 versions of ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Quasimodo drops a long piece of wood onto the rabble attacking Notre Dame and the rabble use it as an improvised battering ram.
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This is very common in fiction. After all, it's dramatic, [[RuleOfCool looks cool]], and has plenty of basis in RealLife. TheLawOfNarrativeCausality, however, means that it's only effective half the time.
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This is very common in fiction. After all, it's dramatic, [[RuleOfCool looks cool]], and has plenty of basis in RealLife. TheLawOfNarrativeCausality, The TheoryOfNarrativeCausality, however, means that it's only effective half the time.
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When you want to enter a structure, you politely knock on the door. When the door does not open after that, knock '''harder'''.
A common element in [[SiegeEngines sieges]] is people carrying large blunt object, like a cut down tree, and ram it against the gate of a castle in order to break it down.
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When you want to enter a structure, you politely knock on the door. When the door does not open after that, you knock '''harder'''.
A common element in [[SiegeEngines sieges]] is people carrying a large blunt object, like a cut down tree, andram ramming it against the gate of a castle in order to break it down.
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This is very common in fiction. After all, it's dramatic, [[RuleOfCool looks cool]], and has plenty of basis in RealLife. TheLawOfNarrativeCausality, however, means that it's only effective half the time.
A common element in [[SiegeEngines sieges]] is people carrying a large blunt object, like a cut down tree, and
This is very common in fiction. After all, it's dramatic, [[RuleOfCool looks cool]], and has plenty of basis in RealLife. TheLawOfNarrativeCausality, however, means that it's only effective half the time.
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* ''JackbootsOnWhitehall''. ThoseWackyNazis try to [[AnachronismStew break down Hadrian's Wall with a battering ram]] mounted on the front of a [[MilitaryMashupMachine Kettenkrad]]!
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* ''JackbootsOnWhitehall''. ''JackbootsOnWhitehall'': ThoseWackyNazis try to [[AnachronismStew break down Hadrian's Wall with a battering ram]] mounted on the front of a [[MilitaryMashupMachine Kettenkrad]]!
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* ''JackbootsOnWhitehall''. ThoseWackyNazis try to [[AnachronismStew break down Hadrian's Wall with a battering ram]] mounted on the front of a [[MilitaryMashupMachine Kettenkrad]]!
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* In ''The Pirate Movie'', the pirates use a battering ram to... ring the doorbell. On their second charge, the butler opens the door and they charge through.
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* There is a ''[[{{ptitleavm2017y}} Magic: The Gathering]]'' card called Battering Ram that destroys walls that block it.
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* There is a ''[[{{ptitleavm2017y}} Magic: The Gathering]]'' ''MagicTheGathering'' card called Battering Ram that destroys walls that block it.
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* In ''TheReturnOfHanuman'', the villagers uses a piece of log to break into Maruti's house.
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* The ''RedDwarf'' crew once needed a battering ram to get through a series of doors. "Something about six foot long, sturdy, with a flat top." [Everyone looks at Kryten.] "Oh no, sir, you can't be serious!" Sixty doors later..
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* The ''RedDwarf'' crew once needed a battering ram to get through a series of doors. "Something "We need something about six foot long, sturdy, with a flat top." [Everyone looks at Kryten.] "Oh no, sir, you can't be serious!" Sixty doors later..later...
-->'''Lister:''' Kryten, are you okay?
-->'''Lister:''' Kryten, are you okay?
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* In {{Hairspray}}, at one point they use a hairspray battering ram
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* In {{Hairspray}}, ''{{Hairspray}}'', at one point they use a hairspray battering ram
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* In {{Hairspray}}, at one point they use a hairspry battering ram
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* In {{Hairspray}}, at one point they use a hairspry battering ram
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* ''PowerRangersTurbo'': In the end of the series, the BigBad's Mooks enter to the command center using one of these.
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* ''PowerRangersTurbo'': In the end of the series, the BigBad's Mooks [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs enter to the command center center]] using one of these.
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* Some policemen attempt to use one to break into an apartment in ''TheManWithTwoBrains''.
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* It's used rather frequently in ''Hagar The Horrible'', often parodied too.
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* In the first ''AgeOfWonders'' rams are the most basic way to get past enemy walls. Even small villages can build them. However, their slowness makes them difficult to use.
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Sometimes, a person has to be substituted as the battering ram, mostly through his head.
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Sometimes, a person has to be substituted as the battering ram, mostly [[UseYourHead through his head.head]].
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* It's used rather frequently in ''Hagar The Horrible'', often parodied too.
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* [[MontyPython The Bishop]]'s acolytes use one of them as a battering ram at some point of the sketch.
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Sometimes, a person has to be substituted as the battering ram, mostly through his head.
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!!Examples:
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* There is a ''[[{{ptitleavm2017y}} Magic: The Gathering]]'' card called Battering Ram that destroys walls that block it.
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* Used twice in the Polish comic ''Kajko I Kokosz''. On one occasion Clumsy suggests that the brigands simply break down the town's gate (as opposed to coming up with scheme of the week) They agree to the plan but forget to bring the ram and end up using Clumsy's head instead. On the other occasion the one shot villains, the Falcon Band, break down the gate with a ram, only to realize that the heroes had covered it with glue the night before.
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* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': the villagers use a log to force open the Beast's castle door.
* ''{{Mulan}}'': when Shan-Yu takes the Emperor hostage inside the Imperial Palace, Shang and the others use one of the guardian dog statues to try to break in.
* ''ToyStory2'': "But I don't wanna use my head!"
* In Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Quasimodo drops a long piece of wood onto the rabble attacking Notre Dame and the rabble use it as an improvised battering ram.
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* There's a bit in ''{{Braveheart}}'' where this
* In the 1923 and 1939 versions of ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Quasimodo drops a long piece of wood onto the rabble attacking Notre Dame and the rabble use it as an improvised battering ram.
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* In ''LordOfTheRings'', the army attacking Minas Tirith uses a battering ram called Grond against its gates.
* In the ''MastersOfRome'' series of novels, [[GaiusJuliusCaesar Caesar]] is fond of using "battering ram" as an UnusualEuphemism for his... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean you know what]].
* In ''TheMouseThatRoared'', the solders of Grand Fenwick need to get past a locked door at the New York Institute of Physics. So they chop down a tree and cover one end with a chainmail shirt. They then batter down the door. Cut to later on as an almost crying historian examines the chainmail shirt and laments over the destruction of a perfect replica of ancient chainmail.
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* The ''RedDwarf'' crew needed a battering ram to get through a series of doors once. "Something about six foot long, sturdy, with a flat top." One minute later:
-->'''Kryten:''' I'm fine, thank you Susan!
* ''PowerRangersTurbo'': In the end of the series, the BigBad's Mooks enter to the command center using one of these.
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* Battering rams are one of the units that you can create in ''AgeOfEmpiresII''.
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* One time when [[TheSimpsons Maggie Simpson]] was locked inside the bathroom all by herself, Bart used Homer's head as a battering ram to try to open the door.
* ''{{He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe}}'' had a character called "Ram-Man."
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