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* ''ComicBook/TheNew52FuturesEnd'': The [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/wYYuP7byjouckco7Y7SXh_vshvq01PKvlt1vPAy11iwySLPa5w5MMbrEbM4GGldcqKuATqnGK1B6=s0 cover]] of ''Wonder Woman: Future's End'' shows Diana swinging the lasso with a knife attached to it. However, [[CoversAlwaysLie the story itself never shows her using the lasso like this]].

* ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'': Issue #4 of volume 3 introduces Garganza, the Earth-31913 version of [[ComicBook/MacGargan the Scorpion]], who fights with a chain attached to a hook. The hook is coated with [[PoisonedWeapons venom from a deathstalker scorpion]], making even one small cut fatal if not treated immediately.

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One of the more interesting weapons seen in media is a [[KnowsTheRopes rope]], [[ChainPain chain]], string, wire, etc with a bladed weapon attached to it. This blade is usually a knife although other types such as hooks, [[WolverineClaws claws]], darts and sickles are also common. These types of weapons are [[DifficultButAwesome incredibly difficult to master in real life]] so a character wielding such a weapon is bound to be very skilled with it in order to be a threat. They also tend to look [[RuleOfCool damn cool]].

The weapon can sometimes invoke the image of a [[SnakesAreSinister striking snake]] or a [[ScaryScorpions scorpion's stinger]], hence why it's common use among villains and antiheroes.

Compare with EpicFlail, where a heavy object is attached on a rope or chain. Not to be confused with WhipSword or RazorFloss. A kusarigama is likely to be included in StockNinjaWeaponry. Very often this trope overlaps with VariableLengthChain.

* Hsiao, one half of the titular duo in ''Film/TheDeadlyDuo'' use a rope flail ending with a curved blade. Which allows him to OneHitPolykill at least five mooks standing in a row in the final battle!

* While the titular character of ''Film/{{Machete}}'' usually kicks ass via MacheteMayhem, in one scene he takes down a couple of mooks using a set of curved blades tied to a rope.

* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': Hanzo has a crowd-clearing attack in which he stands still and swings the sickle-part of his kusarigama in growing circles. He normally uses the kama in close combat and, in another combo, actually use the weight.

* The kyoketsu-shoge is thought to be the predecessor to the kusarigama. It is quite a versatile weapon. The blade could be used for slashes and stabs. The chain or cord, which was sometimes made from human hair or horsehair for strength and resiliency, could be used for climbing, ensnaring an enemy or binding them.

* ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'': [[ChildhoodFriend Paulette]] fights with a garrote with a blade at the end and is constantly swinging it around in battle as her idle animation.

* Boris from ''VideoGame/DustyRevenge'' and ''VideoGame/DustyRagingFist'' is a PigMan who fights with dual meat cleavers attached by chains. Which he can even use to [[ParryingBullets block bullets fired at him]].

* In ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', Hanzo has a crowd-clearing attack in which he stands still and swings the sickle-part of his kusarigama in growing circles. He normally uses the kama in close combat and, in another combo, actually use the weigth.

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Rider aka Medusa fights with a "Nameless Dagger", a long chain with a large spike on each end.

* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'': The Bounty Hunter has a grappling hook which swings around in his hand when idle during combat. He can use it to pull an enemy in the backlines closer to the front, and mark them for the next turn, [[{{Combo}} both of which set the enemy up nicely for his Collect Bounty attack (which both deals extra damage to marked foes and only strikes the first few enemy positions)]]. As a nod to ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', the name of the skill using the hook is "Come Hither."
* ''VideoGame/DarksidersI'': The Abyssal Chain is an enchanted gauntlet that fires a spear-tipped chain. It can be used to close the distance between War and his enemies or swing across chasms to large for him to jump over.

** In it's Shikai form, Hisagi's [[MorphWeapon zanpakuto]] takes the form of two [[SinisterScythe double-bladed scythes]] connected by a long chain.
** In Bankai form, Ikkaku's zanpakuto becomes a monk's spade and a guandao which are connected to a center section which is shaped like an axe blade.

** In Shikai form, Ichigo's Soul Slayer is wrapped by bandages, and when he grasps it before battle, the bandages unravel from all of it save the hilt. During a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind against his Hollow self, the Hollow begins swinging it by the bandages and throwing it as a ranged weapon. Ichigo is surprised as this is something he never thought of doing before then.

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* ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'': [[ChildhoodFriend Paulette]] fights with a garrote with a blade at the end and is constantly swinging it around in battle.

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* ''Literature/TheHauntingOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'': Sterlyng's weapon is her own extremely long hair, braided into a rope with sharp hooks woven into it.
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* ''VideoGame/LegendOfTianding'': One of your default equipment, the spiderwire, is a set of hooks on a fine chain you use for grappling enemies or ledges to swing around.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': Mikey's [[FightingWithChucks nunchuks]] [[MixAndMatchWeapon can be transformed into a kusarigama.]]