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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': The first VictimOfTheWeek in "The Curse of the Ninth" is a violinist who is strangled with one of his own violin strings. The second is a violist who has the strings of his viola covered in powered strychnine, causing him to inhale a lethal dose as he plays.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': The first VictimOfTheWeek in "The "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS19E6 The Curse of the Ninth" Ninth]]" is a violinist who is strangled with one of his own violin strings. The second is a violist who has the strings of his viola covered in powered strychnine, causing him to inhale a lethal dose as he plays.
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' [[ArcherArchetype Archers]] are promoted to [[TheBard Bards]] upon reaching Level 30, gaining MagicMusic but retaining their archery skills. Their high level (Relic and Anima) weapons are either bows with a harp/lyre built into it... or a very large harp that doubles as a bow. [[note]]If you don't have one of those equipped, the Bard just pulls an actual lyre [[HyperspaceArsenal out of thin air]] whenever a class skill uses it. [[/note]]
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' [[ArcherArchetype Archers]] Archers are promoted to [[TheBard Bards]] upon reaching Level 30, gaining MagicMusic but retaining their archery skills. Their high level (Relic and Anima) weapons are either bows with a harp/lyre built into it... or a very large harp that doubles as a bow. [[note]]If you don't have one of those equipped, the Bard just pulls an actual lyre [[HyperspaceArsenal out of thin air]] whenever a class skill uses it. [[/note]]
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* In ''Film/OurManFlint'', Gila tries to murder Flint with a poison dart fired from a harp that she uses like a bow.
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* In ''Film/OurManFlint'', Gila tries to murder ''Film/OurManFlint''. While Flint with is dancing at a poison dart fired from a harp that she uses nightclub, Gilia knocks out the harpist and takes her place, using the strings like a bow.bow to fire a poisoned dart at Flint.
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* Valhallen, the viking god of rock and roll in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' uses his magic guitar as an instrument, as an actual weapon, and as a means to fly riding it like a surfboard. Being an expy of Thor from viking mythology means he is also able to shoot blasts of lightning from it.
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* One enemy agent in ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' had a clarinet with a blade that would slide out of the bell when the right key was pressed. He used it twice: once to kill a fellow he caught trying to steal the McGuffin, and once in an unsuccessful fight with Steed ... who remarked that the instrument probably played "sharp."
* An episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' ("Stuck on You") had a member of a girl band use the handle of a guitar to smash a victim's throat, crushing his larynx so that he couldn't breathe.
* An episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' ("Stuck on You") had a member of a girl band use the handle of a guitar to smash a victim's throat, crushing his larynx so that he couldn't breathe.
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* One enemy agent in ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' had has a clarinet with a blade that would slide slides out of the bell when the right key was is pressed. He used uses it twice: once to kill a fellow he caught catches trying to steal the McGuffin, MacGuffin, and once in an unsuccessful fight with Steed ... Steed... who remarked remarks that the instrument probably played "sharp."
plays "sharp".
*An episode of The ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' ("Stuck episode "Stuck on You") had You" has a member of a girl band use the handle of a guitar to smash a victim's throat, crushing his larynx so that he couldn't breathe.
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** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]], the [[BadSanta robot Father Christmases]] wield brass instruments that double as weapons, including a trombone-flamethrower.
** The evil robot Santas return the following year in [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride "The Runaway Bride"]] and attack a wedding reception with their weaponized instruments.
* An episode of ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'' featured a cursed violin. The violin itself wasn't used as a weapon but the blade hidden in the bow certainly was.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': After using his trusty horn for the purposes of psychological assault during the past few episodes, Ramsay repurposes it for ''physical'' assault in "The Bear and The Maiden Fair" by hitting Theon in the face with it hard enough to knock him to the floor.
* ''Series/GetSmart'' had a gun hidden in a violin, and a double-barrelled flute that acted as an airgun.
* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "The Stolen Musicians", the Goodies use a euphonium as a cannon, only to be outgunned by the Music Master's pipe organ that doubles as a multi-barrelled artillery piece, but are saved when the symphony orchestra arrives shooting bows from their violins.
** The evil robot Santas return the following year in [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride "The Runaway Bride"]] and attack a wedding reception with their weaponized instruments.
* An episode of ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'' featured a cursed violin. The violin itself wasn't used as a weapon but the blade hidden in the bow certainly was.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': After using his trusty horn for the purposes of psychological assault during the past few episodes, Ramsay repurposes it for ''physical'' assault in "The Bear and The Maiden Fair" by hitting Theon in the face with it hard enough to knock him to the floor.
* ''Series/GetSmart'' had a gun hidden in a violin, and a double-barrelled flute that acted as an airgun.
* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "The Stolen Musicians", the Goodies use a euphonium as a cannon, only to be outgunned by the Music Master's pipe organ that doubles as a multi-barrelled artillery piece, but are saved when the symphony orchestra arrives shooting bows from their violins.
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** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion"]], Invasion]]", the [[BadSanta robot Father Christmases]] wield brass instruments that double as weapons, including a trombone-flamethrower.
** The evil robot Santas return the following year in[[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride "The "[[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride The Runaway Bride"]] Bride]]" and attack a wedding reception with their weaponized instruments.
* An episode of ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries''featured features a cursed violin. The violin itself wasn't isn't used as a weapon weapon, but the blade hidden in the bow certainly was.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': After using his trusty horn for the purposes of psychological assault during the past few episodes, Ramsay repurposes it for ''physical'' assault in"The "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS3E7TheBearAndTheMaidenFair The Bear and The Maiden Fair" Fair]]" by hitting Theon in the face with it hard enough to knock him to the floor.
* ''Series/GetSmart''had has a gun hidden in a violin, and a double-barrelled double-barreled flute that acted acts as an airgun.
* ''Series/TheGoodies'': In''Series/TheGoodies'' the episode "The Stolen Musicians", the Goodies use a euphonium as a cannon, only to be outgunned by the Music Master's pipe organ that doubles as a multi-barrelled multi-barreled artillery piece, but are saved when the symphony orchestra arrives shooting bows from their violins.
** The evil robot Santas return the following year in
* An episode of ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries''
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': After using his trusty horn for the purposes of psychological assault during the past few episodes, Ramsay repurposes it for ''physical'' assault in
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* ''Series/TheGoodies'': In
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* Ibuki of ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' has a gun that can transform- by shifting the parts around- into a trumpet. It actually works in reverse from normal: he uses the gun to implant bullets in the MonsterOfTheWeek (who is naturally ImmuneToBullets) then switches to the trumpet to create a resonance that blows it up.
** All of the Riders use these. Hibiki straps a taiko drum to the monsters and proceeds to beat them to death with taiko drumsticks (and even without the drum, the drumsticks can [[BoomStick shoot fireballs]]), and Todoroki uses [[ThePowerOfRock an electric guitar]] that doubles as an ax.
*** It can get fairly silly with some of the minor Oni Riders, who use weaponized tubas and ''triangles''.
** All of the Riders use these. Hibiki straps a taiko drum to the monsters and proceeds to beat them to death with taiko drumsticks (and even without the drum, the drumsticks can [[BoomStick shoot fireballs]]), and Todoroki uses [[ThePowerOfRock an electric guitar]] that doubles as an ax.
*** It can get fairly silly with some of the minor Oni Riders, who use weaponized tubas and ''triangles''.
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* Ibuki ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** All of the Riders in ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' use these. Hibiki straps a taiko drum to the monsters and proceeds to beat them to death with taiko drumsticks (and even without the drum, the drumsticks can [[BoomStick shoot fireballs]]). Todoroki uses [[ThePowerOfRock an electric guitar]] that doubles as an ax. Ibuki has a gun that cantransform- transform -- by shifting the parts around- around -- into a trumpet. It Ibuki's actually works in reverse from normal: he uses the gun to implant bullets in the MonsterOfTheWeek (who is naturally ImmuneToBullets) then switches to the trumpet to create a resonance that blows it up.
** All of the Riders use these. Hibiki straps a taiko drum to the monsters and proceeds to beat them to death with taiko drumsticks (and even without the drum, the drumsticks can [[BoomStick shoot fireballs]]), and Todoroki uses [[ThePowerOfRock an electric guitar]] that doubles as an ax.
***up. It can get fairly silly with some of the minor Oni Riders, who use weaponized tubas and ''triangles''.
** All of the Riders in ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' use these. Hibiki straps a taiko drum to the monsters and proceeds to beat them to death with taiko drumsticks (and even without the drum, the drumsticks can [[BoomStick shoot fireballs]]). Todoroki uses [[ThePowerOfRock an electric guitar]] that doubles as an ax. Ibuki has a gun that can
** All of the Riders use these. Hibiki straps a taiko drum to the monsters and proceeds to beat them to death with taiko drumsticks (and even without the drum, the drumsticks can [[BoomStick shoot fireballs]]), and Todoroki uses [[ThePowerOfRock an electric guitar]] that doubles as an ax.
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* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': [[spoiler:Maria kills Cottonmouth with a microphone stand]].
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* On an episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' there was a sketch featuring a performance of the William Tell Overture that ended with the cellist firing the bow from his cello to shoot an apple off Beauregard's head.
* An early ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode, "Death to a Jazz Beat", offered an inversion; a jazz clarinetist who was planning on firing his back-up band before signing a huge recording contract was murdered by a poisoned clarinet reed.
* An early ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode, "Death to a Jazz Beat", offered an inversion; a jazz clarinetist who was planning on firing his back-up band before signing a huge recording contract was murdered by a poisoned clarinet reed.
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* On an episode One sketch of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' there was a sketch featuring features a performance of the William Tell Overture that ended ends with the cellist firing the bow from his cello to [[WilliamTelling shoot an apple off Beauregard's head.
head]].
* An early ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode, "Death to a Jazz Beat",offered offers an inversion; a jazz clarinetist who was who's planning on firing his back-up band before signing a huge recording contract was is murdered by a poisoned clarinet reed.
* An early ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode, "Death to a Jazz Beat",
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* A sketch on ''Series/YoureSkittingMe'' had a girl attempting to return a recorder that acted as a blowgun. In the end, the store swapped it for one that fired a disintegrator ray.
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* A sketch on of ''Series/YoureSkittingMe'' had has a girl attempting to return a recorder that acted acts as a blowgun. In the end, the store swapped swaps it for one that fired fires a disintegrator ray.
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* Jiro in the ''Anime/AndroidKikaiderTheAnimation'' OVA "The Boy Who Carried a Guitar: Kikaider Vs. Inazuman" has a guitar that acts as a machine gun. He can also play it as an instrument and incapacitate people.
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* Jiro in the ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' OVA "The Boy Who Carried a Guitar: Kikaider Vs. Inazuman" has a guitar that acts as a machine gun. He can also play it as an instrument and incapacitate people.
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* ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'': Jiro in the OVA "The Boy Who Carried a Guitar: Kikaider Vs. Inazuman" has a guitar that acts as a machine gun. He can also play it as an instrument and incapacitate people.
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* The titular band in ''VideoGame/CharlieMurder'' each uses their instruments in their special attacks or to give themselves and teammates a temporary stat boost by strumming a chord, banging on the drums or [[MakeMeWannaShout screaming into a microphone]].
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* The titular band in ''VideoGame/CharlieMurder'' each uses their instruments in their special attacks or to give themselves and teammates a temporary stat boost by strumming a chord, banging on the drums or [[MakeMeWannaShout [[SuperScream screaming into a microphone]].
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* In ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'', Tsukasa Amane primarily fights by enhancing herself with her MagicMusic and then hitting her opponent with her flute.
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* '''ComicBook/{{Superman}}: In one of his early appearances, the Prankster used a minature gun conncealed inn a playful-looking flute.
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* '''ComicBook/{{Superman}}: '''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In one of his early appearances, the Prankster used a minature miniature gun conncealed inn concealed in a playful-looking flute.
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* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'', where Edgin the Bard occasionally uses his lute to bonk his enemies over the head. Supplementary material reveals that his lute has been reinforced, presumably to enable this purpose, also explaining why it hasn't shattered to pieces after a few uses. However, Edgin himself is a NonActionGuy who prefers to let his buddies do the fighting for him, so this seems the intent was to only ever be for use in [[EmergencyWeapon a last-ditch emergency]].
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* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'', where Edgin the Bard occasionally uses his lute to bonk his enemies over the head. Supplementary material reveals that his lute has been reinforced, presumably to enable this purpose, also explaining why it hasn't shattered to pieces after a few uses. However, Edgin himself is a NonActionGuy who prefers to let his buddies do the fighting for him, so this it seems the intent was to only ever be for use in [[EmergencyWeapon a last-ditch emergency]].
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* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'', where Edgin the Bard occasionally uses his lute to bonk his enemies over the head. Supplementary material reveals that his lute has been reinforced, presumably to enable this purpose, also explaining why it hasn't shattered to pieces after a few uses. However, Edgin himself is a NonActionGuy who prefers to let his buddies do the fighting for him, so this seems the intent was to only ever be for use in [[EmergencyWeapon a last-ditch emergency]].
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* ''Film/TempleOfTheRedLotus'': The eponymous Lute from ''The Sword and the Lute'' counts, being an enchanted weapon that can fire poisoned needles from it's front upon being played. Gui-wu in an early scene notably uses this lute to kill ten mooks who tries robbing him in ''seconds''.
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* ''Film/TempleOfTheRedLotus'': The eponymous Lute (actually a guqin i.e. zither) from ''The Sword and the Lute'' counts, being an enchanted weapon that can fire poisoned needles from it's front upon being played. Gui-wu in an early scene notably uses this lute to kill ten mooks who tries robbing him in ''seconds''.
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* In the anime adaptation of the light novel ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'' the Rosenkreuz Orden builds a weapon known as the Silent Noise system, an earthquake device that’s apparently controlled via a pipe organ and a series of bells. The massive sonic vibrations reek untold destruction in Barcelona where they first tested the weapon before sneaking it into the Vatican for the [[spoiler: Pope’s uncle Alfonso d'Este]] to destroy all of Rome.
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* In the anime adaptation of the light novel ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'' ''Literature/TrinityBlood'' the Rosenkreuz Orden builds a weapon known as the Silent Noise system, an earthquake device that’s that's apparently controlled via a pipe organ and a series of bells. The massive sonic vibrations reek untold destruction in Barcelona where they first tested the weapon before sneaking it into the Vatican for the [[spoiler: Pope’s [[spoiler:Pope's uncle Alfonso d'Este]] to destroy all of Rome.
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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** While doing a Creator/JackBenny homage, ComicBook/TheJoker used a violin bow with a razor blade instead of a string.
** One-shot Franchise/{{Batman}} villain the Maestro (''Batman'' #149) used a number of gimmicked instruments, including a harp that shot arrows and horns that fired bullets.
* In ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'' #6, Bonfire - the guitarist in Bo M - attempts to barbecue Dinah with a flamethrower hidden in her guitar during a battle of the bands.
* ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} had a foe called Johnny Guitar who wielded an electric guitar that fired sonic blasts. He had a partner in Dr. Sax, and you can probably figure out the rest on your own.
** While doing a Creator/JackBenny homage, ComicBook/TheJoker used a violin bow with a razor blade instead of a string.
** One-shot Franchise/{{Batman}} villain the Maestro (''Batman'' #149) used a number of gimmicked instruments, including a harp that shot arrows and horns that fired bullets.
* In ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'' #6, Bonfire - the guitarist in Bo M - attempts to barbecue Dinah with a flamethrower hidden in her guitar during a battle of the bands.
* ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} had a foe called Johnny Guitar who wielded an electric guitar that fired sonic blasts. He had a partner in Dr. Sax, and you can probably figure out the rest on your own.
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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** While doing a Creator/JackBenny homage,ComicBook/TheJoker used the Joker uses a violin bow with a razor blade instead of a string.
** One-shotFranchise/{{Batman}} villain the Maestro (''Batman'' #149) used uses a number of gimmicked instruments, including a harp that shot shoots arrows and horns that fired fire bullets.
* In ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'' #6, Bonfire- -- the guitarist in Bo M - -- attempts to barbecue Dinah with a flamethrower hidden in her guitar during a battle of the bands.
*ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} had a foe called The ''ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}'' villain Johnny Guitar who wielded wields an electric guitar that fired fires sonic blasts. He had has a partner in Dr. Sax, and you can probably figure out the rest on your own.
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* The Fiddler, a golden age foe of ComicBook/TheFlash, was primarily a MusicalAssassin. However, he would occasionally use gimmicked violins containing blades or guns.
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* The Fiddler, a golden age foe of ComicBook/TheFlash, [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' villain, was primarily a MusicalAssassin. However, he would occasionally use gimmicked violins containing blades or guns.
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* Shoutmon, the headliner Franchise/{{Digimon}} in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'', wields a giant microphone like a bo staff.
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* Ember [=McLain's=] guitar in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' had many different functions, one of those being the ability to produce energy blasts.
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* The ancient Chinese musician [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Jianli Gao Jianli]] was a skilled ''zhu'' player who gained entrance to the court of then-king UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi. After the king found out he was a former friend of Jing Ke, an assassin who had nearly killed him, he was blinded but allowed to stay on as a court musician. He bided his time until the king let his guard down, then filled his instrument with lead and tried to assassinate him with it. He failed and was executed.