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* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'': The cannibalistic executioner Smough, who is considered a real bastard by the actual knights, used a massive, uneven hammer covered in pointed ends. The fact that he is the end boss of Anor Londo alongside Dragonslayer Ornstein says a lot about the city that paved its glory around routing the dragons must eat its own to survive.

-->--'''Teela''', ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021''

* In ''Webcomic/TheHammer2022'', Tiny is a self-admitted musclehead who takes the heft and sturdiness of a warhammer over any "flimsy" sword. While he's quick on his feet when it comes to thinking up {{Indy Ploy}}s, he's brutal in combat and crushes his enemies without remorse. One of his favorite manuevers is to use his superior strength to grab one of his enemies and use them as a club against their own teammates. When offered a choice between two warhammers, he instantly goes for the one designed to weigh 100 kg.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'': Shinn's preferred weapon in both the Impulse and Destiny is their massive two handed swords rather than the multitude of options both have. Considering previous main character Kira preferred the flight configuration on the Strike, it conveys how Shinn prefers violence over diplomacy.

* ''VideoGame/SuperCatboy'' have it's second boss, a huge, muscular Rottweiler-man who uses a Gatling gun as large as himself.

** [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Minotaurs]] are the only [[MiniBoss Monster-class]] enemy that wields weapons. They have [[DualWielding a pair]] of oversized hand axes and just enough sapience to use them [[LightningBruiser very, very aggressively]].

Among the more common wielders of these implements of bone-breaking you will find TheBigGuy, TheBrute, the BarbarianTribe, the FeralVillain, TheBerserker, and the SmashMook. [[FantasticRaceWeaponAffinity In fantasy settings]], different sorts of brutish weapons will be found in the hands of local orcs, ogres, trolls, and giants.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'': Kronis is an EvilGenius {{Sadist}} who creates weapons and takes perverse delight in the destruction they cause. When transformed into Trap Jaw, his brutishness is reflected in his SignatureMove [[VacuumMouth "Mecha-Maw"]]. Unlike Man-At-Arms, who can use his [[TimeStandsStill "Speed Build"]] to [[PersonOfMassConstruction create anything he can imagine with nearby materials]], Trap Jaw has to ''destroy'' raw materials with his [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily Maw of Weaponry]] and can only create [[ShapeshifterWeapon a new weapon for his mechanical right arm]].

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Sugilite, the powerful but vicious giant, combines Garnet's gauntlets into a giant meteor hammer with Amethyst's whip as the chain.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': Boss Bokoblins, the colossal leaders of Bokoblin tribes, almost always wield two-handed heavy weapons such as Sturdy/Gnarled Thick Stick and Claymore hammers, showing their preference for brute strength when on their own. They typically only use other weapon types when disarmed and scrambling to grab the first thing they see.

These weapons can take a number of visual forms, such as maces, mauls, warhammers, battleaxes, morningstars and their kin, even huge two-handed swords turn up from time to time. Less commonly, in modern or futuristic settings, the most violent character of the cast (villain or hero) will carry firearms that are massive and brutal in comparison to what the other characters are carrying, such as [[HandCannon huge pistols]], [[{{BFG}} heavy]] [[MoreDakka machine guns]] and the occasional GrenadeLauncher. Either way, the core concept is the same among them all: this is a weapon that needs a prodigiously strong wielder to even lift off of the ground, but which in the hands of a sufficiently mighty brute can crack walls and shatter shields with ease.

These weapons can take a number of visual forms, such as maces, mauls, warhammers, battleaxes, morningstars and their kin, even huge two-handed swords turn up from time to time. Less commonly, in modern or futuristic settings, the most violent character of the cast (villain or hero) will carry firearms that are massive and brutal in comparison to what the other characters are carrying, such as [[HandCannon huge pistols]], [[{{BFG}} heavy machine guns]] and the occasional GrenadeLauncher. Either way, the core concept is the same among them all: this is a weapon that needs a prodigiously strong wielder to even lift off of the ground, but which in the hands of a sufficiently mighty brute can crack walls and shatter shields with ease.

** Dark knights are {{vigilante|Man}}s who murder corrupt and powerful elites that evade justice for their crimes. In contrast to the KnightlySwordAndShield and BladeOnAStick wielded by the Temple Knights, dark knights all wield a {{BFS}} through which they channel their inner darkness and vengeful emotions.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': Reflecting the DarkerAndEdgier {{Deconstruction}} angle of the series, the main Gundam of the series, the Gundam Barbatos, is armed with a gigantic club. Compared to the more elegant beam sabers of previous series, the Barbatos is a brutal, savage creature more akin to a wild animal than a soldier on the battlefield. In-universe, the Barbatos is finally destroyed when its enemies stop trying to treat it like a human and more like a frenzied beast to be put down.

** His more notable signature weapon, however, is his [[ArmCannon Fusion Cannon]], effectively an entire artillery piece mounted on his right arm, which unlike most Cybertronian weapons in later series, does ''not'' transform away. In the [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW IDW comic universe]] in particular, Fusion cannons are treated as effectively symbols of Megatron and the Decepticon cause as a whole, with the particularly zealous Tarn even totting ''two'' of them on his forearm along with his [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Decept-icon mask]] to symbolize his devotion to the cause.

--->'''Megatron'''''Two fusion cannons. Look at yourself.''

--->**Megatron***Two fusion cannons. Look at yourself.*

** While G1 Megatron famously wields an EpicFlail, his Aligned counterpart in ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' and ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'' is armed with a brutal-looking spiked mace. In the latter half of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Aligned Megatron forges the Dark Star Saber, a two-handed sword that looks very rough and vicious compared to the more refined Star Saber.

* Throughout the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' series, the big, physically-imposing party members also tend to wield large, heavy weapons such as axes and [[{{BFS}} huge swords]], though given the series' lighthearted tone, this tends to emphasize their strength, rather than outright brutality:
** Melvia from ''VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland'' has monstrous SuperStrength, so she uses a gigantic axe as her weapon of choice.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': Barbaric and physically powerful factions and beings, such as orcs, minotaurs, and the Nord barbarians, are traditionally depicted as wielding large, ornate axes into battle.

* In ''VideoGame/GoldenForce'', the two smaller characters, Gutz and Spina, both use swords. Meanwhile, the muscular OldMaster Elder wields a PowerFist while the team's TokenNonHuman, a gigantic DraconicHumanoid named Drago, carries heavy axes.

* In ''VideoGame/ThreeTheHardWay'', TheBigGuy Anderson is a gladiator champion who uses axes or maces in combat. His personality is far from brutish, being TheStoic and intelligent, but a long-time acquaintance that the party could encounter in an optional side quest claims that he used to be a BloodKnight in the past.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Hegemonic Brute/Hearts Boxcars is a towering brute notable more for his inhuman strength than for any particularly cleverness, and serves as the Midnight Crew's muscle in missions requiring the application of liberal amounts of brute force. Fittingly, he uses an assortment of battleaxes, warhammers, and morningstars as weapons.

** Orcs, a culture of ferocious and brutal warriors, are usually depicted wielding an assortment of axes and cleaver-like blades called choppas.

* Throughout the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' series, the big, physically-imposing party members also tend to wield large, heavy weapons such as axes and [[{{BFS}} huge sword]], though given the series' lighthearted tone, this tends to emphasize their strength, rather than outright brutality.