History Main / ForkFencing

* Miharu Shimizu, the PsychoLesbian of ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' attacks the lead character with throwing forks for daring to lust after the target of her affections.

Among the many kinds of ImprobableWeaponUser, the WeaponOfChoice for someone who devotes their life to food may be the tools everyone uses to eat with.

* [[Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher "The Madman from the Sudan" Abdullah the Butcher]] used a fork as his WeaponOfChoice for ''decades.''

* Jane Crocker of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' uses a spoon capable of [[MorphWeapon morphing into a fork]] as her WeaponOfChoice.

While forks have certainly been used as a BladeOnAStick - Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_fork an article on military forks]] - this trope is about characters who use dinner forks, butter knives, and the like as personal weaponry.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', the TropeNamer. The first episode of ''Slayers NEXT'' has Gourry and Lina literally ''fork-fencing'' at super speed over the ''last bits of food on the table''. Neither of them end up getting it, as a fight breaks out in the tavern and their table is knocked over. Lina's response? [[BerserkButton Well...]] This is justified two-fold: First, both of them are notorious [[BigEater Big Eaters]]. Second, the party has a tradition where the person who eats the least has to pick up the tab.

* Self proclaimed Wrestling/{{CZW}} savior Matt Tremont uses a fork as his weapon of choice, specifically, a ''[[UpToEleven carving fork]].''

** It is cranked up to eleven, as can be expected of Sparks, with Gil's [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081015 Hand-cranked Runcible Gun]] -- a ''gun that shoots sporks''.

* Miharu Shimizu, the {{Psycho|Lesbian}} SchoolgirlLesbian of ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' attacks the lead character with throwing forks for daring to lust after the target of her affections.

* In the Brandon Lee vehicle ''Rapid Fire,'' Lee's character beats a couple of corrupt FBI agents who are planning on killing him to unconsciousness and death... with a ''kitchen.''

* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' The [[spoiler:Vongola IV]] used a fork as his main weapon.

* Mahiro and his mom utilize forks in ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'' to keep Nyarko, Cuuko, and Hasta in check if they start acting up too much. Keep in mind that the former two are ordinary humans and the latter three are {{Eldritch Abomination}}s from the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos''.

* In part six of ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'', when Shiki goes undercover at Reien Academy and has to leave her signature knife behind, it takes her a whole of one scheduled meal to spirit away a table-knife. Given how this is the BreatherEpisode, however, she barely gets to actually used it for the rest of the episode.

** In the episode "Just Rewards", Angel kills the villain's butler with a spoon. By throwing it at him so hard it lodges in his forehead. Spike is appropriately incredulous.

** In "Harm's Way", Harmony and another vampire both grab chopsticks in a fight in the cafeteria. Harmony eventually stakes the other vamp with her chopsticks.
* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'': Drew Carey was at one point coming to blows with someone, and took up a fork, claiming that it would be a deadly weapon in his hand, since, with it, he would "never miss." [[DontExplainTheJoke For you see, he is fat]].

Normally played for laughs (especially if there's SwordSparks), but if the [[StealthPun chips]] [[LetsGetDangerous are down]], things can get pretty ugly: this can lead to sickeningly devastating effect in the hands of someone skilled/determined enough.

* Vimes' butler Wilikins in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. In ''Discworld/NightWatch'', Vetinari, an Assassins' Guild student at the time, effortlessly catches thrown fruit on his fork. Without looking up from his book.

* Full Impact Pro's first champion, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Wrestling/{{TNA}} alum Homicide is known for going on indiscriminate rampages with forks.

Normally played for laughs (especially if there's SwordSparks), but if the [[StealthPun chips]] [[LetsGetDangerous are down]], things can get pretty ugly: this can lead to [[{{Squick}} sickeningly devastating effect]] in the hands of someone skilled/determined enough.

This trope occurs when, for any reason, a character or characters in a story resort to fighting with basic kitchen silverware. It can be used to [[{{Squick}} sickeningly devastating effect]] in the hands of someone skilled/determined enough.

It may be part of the fighting style of the ChefOfIron, whose armaments may also include various cutlery, the FryingPanOfDoom and even [[FoodFight food itself]]. Normally played for laughs (especially if there's SwordSparks), but if the [[StealthPun chips]] [[LetsGetDangerous are down]], things can get pretty ugly.

Subtrope of ImprovisedWeapon. Might occur in a FightForTheLastBite.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': [[ChefOfIron Sanji]] believes that kitchen knives should only be used on food. One of his opponents uses a suit made out of [[ItRunsOnNonsensium ramen]]. [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman You do the math.]]

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' has an escape sequence where a fork is available to the player. Attacking any normally captureable animals with it causes Snake to eat them instantly, instead of killing them normally.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', Quina's weapon of choice is a giant [[strike:fork]] ''spork''.

* In ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' Tessa finds a fork while exploring {{Cyberspace}} (specifically during the [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20170429.html text adventure]]), which proves a surprisingly effective virtual weapon.

* While not exactly while fencing, [[spoiler:Chloe]] in ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' was killed by [[spoiler:Kirika]] with a fork. Over [[spoiler:Mireille]]. Make your own conclusions about the symbolism of that scene.

* Kirika Yuumura from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' is a master with {{Improvised Weapon}}s and has killed people with forks, including [[spoiler:Chloe with the same fork that Kirika gave her as a present]] which was also a dramatic death.

* In ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', Don Diego challenges Alejandro to a duel...with a spoon.

Subtrope of ImprovisedWeapon.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles]]'', and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'' have "[[http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Fork_of_Horripilation The Fork of Horripilation]]"[[note]]"Horrpilitaion" means "to have goose bumps/goose pimples/goose flesh"[[/note]]. It's a [[JokeItem pitifully weak]] weapon which drains ''your own'' Magicka when you use it. Naturally, it's involved in a quest for [[MadGod Sheogorath]], and you can trade it in for a ''much'' better weapon once you've completed it.
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' includes a [[DownPlayed downplayed]] example in the form of rare, EasterEgg versions of the common fork and cutlery knife that can be picked up and used as the worst two weapons in the game. They're mostly semi-functional [[JokeItem joke weapons]] but you can enchant them to make them a bit more [[LethalJokeWeapon lethal]].

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUEFxSOVd6A pilot episode of]] ''WebOriginal/CauseOfDeath'' has the [[DavidVersusGoliath battle continue]] into the kitchen, where the slob grabs a knife. The killer grabs [[spoiler:a granola bar. And owns.]]

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' features utensils of various stripe as weapons, including "foons" (think the opposite of "spork") and a silver shrimp fork.