History Main / KillerYoyo

* Chikusa Kakimoto of ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' wields a pair of metal yo-yos that shoot poisonous needles.

* [[spoiler:Sarina]] from ''Manga/MahouShoujoSite'' has one, and in this case, the "killer" part is taken UpToEleven. To elaborate, the yoyo has an AbsurdlySharpBlade that is capable of cutting just about anything it comes in contact with; at one point, it's used to ''[[spoiler:cut a man [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe in half]] vertically.]]'' Ouch.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_yo-yo Chinese yo-yo,]] while not an actual weapon, can be spun to dangerous speeds that can result in the loss of teeth or eye(s) if the wielder loses control of it.

* ''Film/DuelWithTheDevils'' has the protagonist fighting a katan-wielding enemy with a yoyo. And winning.

According to legend, the ancient, simple child's toy known as a yo-yo took on use as a deadly weapon in the hands of Filipino tribesmen centuries ago.[[note]]There's no historical evidence of this, however. Historians attribute the legend to Filipino hero and yo-yo-craze sparking Jose Rizal, either joking or as a fun story. He used to carve and play with yoyos while traveling on ships, and founded a massively successful company making and selling yo-yo's in the US. It sparked a mass yo-yo craze that thrived even during the Great Depression.[[/note]] Whether it's true or not, if you see a yo-yo in a series with combat, particularly in an anime or video game and particularly in the hands of a young child, it's a safe bet that it will be slung with deadly intent and accuracy.

According to legend the ancient, simple child's toy known as a yo-yo took on use as a deadly weapon in the hands of Filipino tribesmen centuries ago.[[note]]There's no historical evidence of this, however. Historians attribute the legend to Filipino hero and yo-yo-craze sparking Jose Rizal, either joking or as a fun story. He used to carve and play with yoyos while traveling on ships, and founded a massively successful company making and selling yo-yo's in the US. It sparked a mass yo-yo craze that thrived even during the Great Depression.[[/note]] Whether it's true or not, if you see a yo-yo in a series with combat, particularly in an anime or video game and particularly in the hands of a young child, it's a safe bet that it will be slung with deadly intent and accuracy.

The legend may stem partially from the fact that as a weapon, the yo-yo bears a resemblance to a few hunting tools and weapons such as the Chinese meteor-hammer, the Argeninian bolas, and the maritime slugshot. The mundane yo-yo makes a cute and fancy stand-in for these types of weapons. It's also no joke that some yo-yo toys, from the traditional Chinese yo-yo to moddern metal, weighted ones, can cause serious injuries purely by accident. Even the small plastic modern yo-yo's, in the hands of a small child, can, and sometimes will, cause major harm to anyone and anything in the yo-yo's vicinity without the need of any magic or special training at all.

The legend may stem partially from the fact that as a weapon, the yo-yo bears a resemblance to a few hunting tools and weapons such as the Chinese meteor-hammer, the Argeninian bolas, and the maritime slugshot. The mundane yo-yo makes a cute and fancy stand-in for these types of weapons. It's also no joke that some yo-yo toys, from the traditional Chinese yo-yo to moddern metal, weighted ones, can cause serious injuries purely bby accident. Even the small plastic modern yo-yo's, in the hands of a small child, can, and sometimes will, cause major harm to anyone and anything in the yo-yo's vicinity without the need of any magic or special training at all.

* Comics example: In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' foe the Jester wields a weighted yo-yo as a weapon.

* While it doesn't kill, Michelangelo knocks out several hooligans with a yoyo at the beginning of ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze''.

--> [[BondOneLiner Awww...sleeper.]]

* In his origin story, a young Bullseye was shown throwing a yo-yo and killing a bird with it.

* Domino's Pizza's commercials had a character called the Pizza Noid, who had a couple of his own video games. In one of them he was the protagonist and his primary weapon was a yo-yo.

* ''[[http://www.hasbrostudios.com/shows/page/title/blazing-team Blazing Team]]'' is an entire series built on this.

According to popular legend, the simple child's toy known as a yo-yo began as a weapon in the hands of Filipino tribesmen centuries ago.[[note]]Historians attribute the legend to Filipino hero Jose Rizal, who might have been really joking. He used to carve and play with yoyos while traveling on ships.[[/note]]

Whether this is true or not, if you see a yo-yo in a series with combat, particularly in an anime and particularly in the hands of a young girl, it's a safe bet that it will be slung with deadly intent and accuracy.

This legend may stem partially from the fact that as a weapon, the yo-yo bears a resemblance to the Chinese meteor-hammer, one of a set of flexible weapons in Chinese martial arts that can be employed to devastating effect and with great flair. The mundane yo-yo makes a great stand in for these types of weapons. It may also stem from the fact that a typical yo-yo user (a small child) can, and sometimes will, cause major harm to anyone in the yo-yo's vicinity, without the need of any magic or special training at all.

* As mentioned in the article quote, the yo-yo is rumoured to be a traditional Filipino weapon primarily used as an anti-snake device in farm fields. The theory holds some water considering that a Filipino man, Pedro Flores, was the first in introducing the yo-yo in the West. However, there is a Greek vase representing a boy playing with a yo-yo, so it's pretty sure that the object was at least known in other cultures as well.
* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boleadoras boleadoras]] used in the Argentinian pampas.
* While not identical in style to a yo-yo, a type of weapon known as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slungshot Slungshot]] works in a remarkably similar manner.

* A standard Western yo-yo, as noted above, is the bane of babysitters and parents everywhere. Those fancy trick yo-yos that were briefly fashionable around the turn of the millennium are even worse. And ones made of aluminum, especially the ones with weighted inserts, are even more dangerous. Anyone just starting to learn tricks would be wise to use a mouthguard and mind their hands/wrists when throwing/returning the yoyo with any significant amount of force.

* From the anime ''Toys/MachineRobo Rescue'', [[ShowWithinAShow Ninja Mama]] is a CaptainErsatz of the [=Saki/Yoko=] archetype, complete with KillerYoyo.

* Showed up in a special issue of ''ThePunisher'', where the villain wielded one and made a reference to the aforementioned Filipino arts.

* Film/JamesBond is attacked by a bunch of Indian mooks in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''. One of them wields a yo-yo buzzsaw.

* In ''Literature/AnnoDracula 1999: Daikaiju'', the police in the Bund, Tokyo's vampire FantasticGhetto, consists of girls in PoweredArmor armed with monofiliment yo-yos, presumably in reference to the anime examples.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Comics]] #131 featured a manga-styled segment. Lisa appears at the end, wielding two yo-yos and sporting understandably [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan]]-like hair. Pretty much a general ShoutOut to Sukeba nDeka.

* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has the "Friend's Yoyo" as an optional weapon. It's actually quite powerful, raises speed, and can be given to any of the party members except for Boney. And then on Tanetane Island, you can buy a Spiky Weapon, which is basically a yo-yo, [[RecycledInSpace with spikes.]]

* Cadderly Bonaduce, a character in the ForgottenRealms novel series ''Literature/TheClericQuintet'', uses a halfling "spindle disk" to great effect.

* In the Norwegian fantasy series ''Series/{{Miranda}}'', the eponymous heroine wields a so-called "coil" with great success -- it is easily hidden, and nobody expects it from such a pretty girl.

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!!Examples

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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* We have, well, ''Yo-Yo Man''.
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* ''Webcomic/{{MAGISA}}'' -- [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119773 Alice]] uses a weapon like this.

* In ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'', one of VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'s exclusive copy abilities is Yo-Yo, taken from the Gim enemy. It consists of [[DanceBattler breakdancing]] with a yo-yo ([[ShoutOut and a backward]] [[VideoGame/EarthBound baseball cap]]).