History Main / HooksAndCrooks

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "Happily Never After," the killer uses a longshoreman's hook (that someone else had been using as part of a Captain Hook costume) as a murder weapon.
* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': the Somali Pirates use grappling hooks as their close range weapon.

* Since they were on a ship when they died, some of the ghosts in Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/TheFog1980'' wield hooks.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': The Kabal fights with chinese hook swords. You could even customize them by ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''. As does Mavado. In canon, he almost killed Kabal to steal them, then Kabal returned the favor. Mavado also uses grappling hooks on bungie cords as a means of launching himself at opponents.
** Interestingly, hook swords were packaged with the Liu Kang, Scorpion, Jade, and Shao Kahn 6-inch figures, as generic weapons in the toyline made by Toy Island.

See also HookHand, CaneFu, ParasolOfPain, AnchorsAway, CrowbarCombatant and SinisterScythe (if you're thinking of sickles). May or may not related to HookingTheKeys depending on the context.

* A hook-tipped chain is also the weapon of choice for The Scorpion (and presumably the source of his nickname) in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012''. The fact that he's also a ninja in this continuity is most likely [[ShoutOut a reference]] to another iconic character named [[VideoGame/MortalKombat Scorpion]].

* The billhook is a farming implement, basically a hook-shaped blade [[BladeOnAStick on a stick]] that was used for pruning tree limbs. Like many peasants' tools during the medieval period, it was a common ImprovisedWeapon. The military bill was a purpose-built weapon which included a thrusting spike in addition to the hook blade, was one an English NationalWeapon (alongside the longbow), and was also popular in Italy as the ''roncone''. Many other types of polearms included a hook or back spike among their [[SwissArmyWeapon various fixtures]]; usually they were used to unhorse and/or trip the foe before moving in for the kill.

* Inspektor Heinrich Osten in ''Literature/NobodyLivesForEver''

* The billhook is a farming implement, basically a metal hook [[BladeOnAStick on a stick]] that was used for clearing brush and other obstructions from fields. Like many peasants' tools during the medieval period, it was a common ImprovisedWeapon and spent some time as the English NationalWeapon (alongside the more famous longbow). Many other types of polearms included a hook among their [[SwissArmyWeapon various fixtures]]; usually they were used to unhorse and/or trip the foe before moving in for the kill.
* The Chinese hook swords are pretty much WhatItSaysOnTheTin. Although there's more to it than that, they are pretty elaborate weapons that ''almost every single part of it'' can be considered a weapon. From the hooks, to the crescent guards and even the end of the hilt. The hooks have a variety of uses from the obvious way of hooking in enemies to come closer or even linking the two hooks together to give yourself some more reach when in a fight, by swinging the linked swords together at an enemy.

* A hook-tipped chain is also the WeaponOfChoice for The Scorpion (and presumably the source of his nickname) in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012''. The fact that he's also a ninja in this continuity is most likely [[ShoutOut a reference]] to another iconic character named [[VideoGame/MortalKombat Scorpion]].

* ''Franchise/SlyCooper'': Sly's WeaponOfChoice is a hook [[ClassyCane cane]]. The hook in general, be it part of a cane, a gun, or a propeller, is the tool of choice for the entire Cooper Clan.

* Hook and chain is the WeaponOfChoice of ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}''.

* [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogres]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' use "ogre hooks" as their signature weapon. If you're lucky, they'll just use them to kill you. If you're unlucky, they'll use them to trip you and [[FateWorseThanDeath take you alive]].

* ''Franchise/{{GIJoe}}'': During the Valor Vs. Venom era, Storm Shadow, [[BigBad Cobra's]] resident [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja ninja]], tended to favor a pair of hookswords. At the end of the CGI movie for said arc, he is seem wielding them in place of his usual katanas.

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* A hook-tipped chain is also the WeaponOfChoice for The Scorpion (and presumably the source of his nickname) in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan''. The fact that he's also a ninja in this continuity is most likely [[ShoutOut a reference]] to another iconic character named [[VideoGame/MortalKombat Scorpion]].

A SubTrope of ImprovisedWeapon, a hook is a curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling, while a crook is an implement having a bent or hooked form, such as a shepherd's staff. These can be great weapons with the addition of tripping and catching things. Included are canes and fishing hooks. Hooks on a rope or {{chain|Pain}} can also be used as GrapplingHookPistol.

Meat hooks are quite common when this trope is applied. Especially in the hands of a butcher. (literal or [[TheButcher otherwise]]) They can come in several varieties as well; such as a hook with a handle, just the meat hook itself or even attached to a length of [[ChainPain chain]]. The chain definitely helps when the hook is thrown, then snags onto somebody and that poor soul is being dragged back. Usually to their death.

See also HookHand, CaneFu, ParasolOfPain, AnchorsAway and CrowbarCombatant. May ot may not related to HookingTheKeys depending on the context.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Emerald's kugarisama weapons when fired have hooked chains on the end of the blades.
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* Sanford in ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'' uses a hook on a rope to vicious effect.

* Jet's hook-swords in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

* A hook-tipped chain is also the WeaponOfChoice for The Scorpion (and presumably the source of his nickname) in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan''.

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* One member of the QuirkyMinibossSquad in ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' uses a long two-headed crook with spikes on the inside as his weapon.

* Hook and chain is the WeaponOfChoice of ComicBook/{{Lobo}}.

* [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Tyranids]] use a biological version of this, aptly named ''flesh hooks.'' These weapons are typically housed in the rib cage or abdomen and are fired by intercostal muscle spasms. Nominally, flesh hooks are used for scaling sheer surfaces, but they can also be used to impale or snare unfortunate victims and drag them to their doom [[Franchise/MortalKombat Scorpion-style]].

* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'': Sly's WeaponOfChoice is a hook [[ClassyCane cane]]. The hook in general, be it part of a cane, a gun, or a propeller, is the tool of choice for the entire Cooper Clan.

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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': A member of Captian Hawkins' crew fights with a pair of hooks attached by a chain. In this instance they're a group of rather obvious SkyPirates who insist that they're perfectly legal merchants who dress that way because it's their heritage, later evidence shows that they're more like recovering pirates who are sort of trying to do legal business.

* Since they were on a ship when they died, some of the ghosts in Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/TheFog'' wield hooks.

* Hook and chain is the WeaponOfChoice of SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}.

* In ''Film/{{Triangle}}'', the SackheadSlasher on the ocean liner attacks Jess with a boot hook.

See also HookHand, CaneFu, ParasolOfPain, AnchorsAway and CrowbarCombatant.