History Main / InstantChucks

Forget practicality, this one runs on pure RuleOfCool. Being such an easy weapon to make, a CombatPragmatist can make some while locked in battle. Probably the most popular way to make the chucks for a hero is [[BreakingTheBonds to break the shackles he was bound with]], or use the ball and chain he was attached to. If he is fighting multiple enemies, [[ConservationOfNinjutsu Asskicking ensues, if not, they will be discarded very quickly.]]

* [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/heavens-hunter-type-moon-ck2-au.518398/ Heaven's Hunter]] has [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/LightNovel/DDD Kanta]] make a pair out of two artificial moons and a hell of a lot of magic chain.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' during the thriller Bark Arc, resident builder and strongman Franky makes Pillar chucks.

* Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}} had a list of fictional melee weapons the contributors wish was real. It included Bananachucks, Weasel-chucks, Sword Chucks, and Sephiroth-chucks.

* The second movie of the ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' series have Toxie fighting a pair of mooks using a pair of ''dried fishes''.

[[FightingWithChucks Nunchucks are fun!]] The {{ninja}} love them, and they are one of the most famous martial arts weapons around (next to the [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]]). The best thing about them is the fact that they are so easy to make! All you have to do, is take two random items, and connect them with a rope or a [[ChainPain chain]], and there you go! Instant Chucks!

SubTrope of MixAndMatchWeapon, and FightingWithChucks. Compare with XOnAStick.

** Ikkaku's bankai transforms his [[FightingWithChucks three-section staff]] into three giant blades [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon loosely based on the monk's spade]]. As with Hisagi, his weapon is technically a [[EpicFlail chain weapon]] that requires two hands to use. His three bankai blades have been noticed to be exceptionally powerful but fragile because he chooses not to use his power correctly [[BloodKnight for the sake of fun]].

* In the Rooster Teeth series ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', there's a character named [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]], with the typical staff you'd expect, but treated like all [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon weapons]] [[DoubleWeapon in the]] [[GunPorn series]]. True to the show, his staff is also a [[BifurcatedWeapon pair of sticks]], and those can be a pair of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4REfVDtqo0 gunchucks]].

* The animated trailer for the ''The Bad Seed'' DLC for ''VideoGame/DeadCells'' has the Beheaded wield frying pan-chucks at one point.

* In the Rooster Teeth series ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', there's a character named [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]], with the typical staff you'd expect, but treated like [[UptoEleven all]] [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon weapons]] [[DoubleWeapon in the]] [[GunPorn series]]. True to the show, his staff is also a [[BifurcatedWeapon pair of sticks]], and those can be a pair of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4REfVDtqo0 gunchucks]].

* Tengen Uzui, the Sound Hashira from ''Manga/DemonSlayer'' wields a pair of large cleaver-like blades chained together at the hilts.

''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has [[SwissArmyWeapon Bardiche]] and his Riot Zanber Stinger, which is a pair of energy sabers connected by an energy cable. In other words, LaserBlade chucks.

* ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has [[SwissArmyWeapon Bardiche]] and his Riot Zanber Stinger, which is a pair of energy sabers connected by an energy cable. In other words, LaserBlade chucks.

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* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' during the thriller Bark Arc, resident builder and strongman Franky makes Pillar chucks.
* ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has [[SwissArmyWeapon Bardiche]] and his Riot Zanber Stinger, which is a pair of energy sabers connected by an energy cable. In other words, LaserBlade chucks.
* In ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'', during the fight between [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Giant Yaiba]] and Goemon inside the [[HumongousMecha Onimaru Fortress]], the latter used a whole train as a nunchak/sansetsukon againts Yaiba, and it's quite effective.

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* In ''Film/BigStan'' Stan Minton does this in a prison with three bars of soap, and we are even shown him working on them with a prison shiv so he can affix the rope to attach them.
* One of the titular ''Film/ThreeNinjas'' makes a set by grabbing a piece of conduit pipe and bending it in half, with the wires inside keeping the two pieces together.
* In ''Film/HotBot'', sex shop owner Benny has a double-ended dildo that comes apart with the two halves being linked by a chain. He uses it as a set of nunchucks to knock out Agents Koontz and Frazier when he rescues Limus and Leonard from Senator Biter's fundraiser.
* ''Film/InTheLineOfDuty4Witness'': Rachel gets to fight a bunch of mooks in a mechanic workshop, where she ties up two wrenches together as an ImprovisedWeapon. Wrech-chucks, everybody!

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* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' had Joel & the 'Bots come up with several "'chucks" during a break while watching ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E22MasterNinja Master Ninja]].'' They included "up-chucks (plastic vomit)," "nun-chucks (nun's habits)," and "Chuck Woolerys (covered in wool)."

* ''Jimney Kimmel'' has Osama Bin Laden use knife-chucks to fight a gun-chuck wielding 50 Cent.

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* The animated trailer for the ''The Bad Seed'' DLC for ''VideoGame/DeadCells'' has the Beheaded wield frying pan-chucks at one point.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' most-definitely-not-a-furry Slick claimed to be superhero Bunnyman using "[[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-07-29 carrot numchucks]]".
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/TheDreadful'', as [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/03/21/a-paid-message-from-big-eagle-beer-03/ banana chucks]] are as effective as you'd expect them to be.

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* WebAnimation/HomestarRunner: in a ShowWithinAShow segment, Strong Bad reprises his role as FilmNoir hero Dangeresque. He apologizes for arriving late to a meeting, explaining that he "had to stop at Cool Weapons Surplus for a new nunchuck-gun." This weapon is improvised in the sense that it is a nunchuck uselessly-taped to a gun.

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* In the Rooster Teeth series ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', there's a character named [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]], with the typical staff you'd expect, but treated like [[UptoEleven all]] [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon weapons]] [[DoubleWeapon in the]] [[GunPorn series]]. True to the show, his staff is also a [[BifurcatedWeapon pair of sticks]], and those can be a pair of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4REfVDtqo0 gunchucks]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' - In one episode a giant Zoidberg attempted to use a train as nunchucks against a giant Bender. It didn't last.

* An episode of ''Series/UltramanLeo'' had Leo fighting against the spear-wielding Alien Kettle. Unarmed, Leo responds by grabbing a pair of smokestacks from a nearby factory, putting them together and voila, nunchucks!

* ''Film/InTheLineOfDuty4Witness'': Resident ActionGirl Rachel gets to fight a bunch of mooks in a mechanic workshop, where she ties up two wrenches together as an ImprovisedWeapon. Wrech-chucks, everybody!

** In general this is also why Michaelangelo is more controversial than his brothers with the censors. Improvised swords, bos, and even sais will just be glorified sticks. Improvised chucks will have much, much more leverage behind the strikes (or even just tricks) combined with less control; a strong recipe for disaster for any kid viewer. Or adults for that matter.

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** A fan comic had Fighter make Wand-Chucks, which were two wands tied together like a flail and give them to Black Mage as a gift. Black Mage calls it the stupidest idea ever and starts spinning them to make a point, only for the magic to start discharging everywhere and he accidentally burns down the countryside. Black Mage looks around at the devastation and then calls it the best gift ever.

* In ''Big Stan'' Rob Schneider does this in a prison with two bars of soap, and we are even shown him working on them with a prison shiv so he can affix the rope to attach them.

SubTrope of DoubleWeapon, MixAndMatchWeapon, and FightingWithChucks. Compare with XOnAStick.

SubTrope of DoubleWeapon and MixAndMatchWeapon. Compare with XOnAStick.

* An episode of ''Series/UltramanLeo'' had Leo fighting against the spear-wielding Alien Kettle. Unarmed, Leo responds by grabbing a pair of smokestacks from a nearby factory, putting the together and voila, nunchucks!

* in the ''VideoGame/Yakuza'' series there are normal types of nunchaku and then there's bunch of weird ones like two sticks of dynamite and two frozen sardines linked together by chain and others