History Main / MacheteMayhem

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[[caption-width:330:[[SarcasmMode Gee, I wonder why.]]]]

-->''[[FamousLastWords Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back!]]''
-->-- '''Professor Lowe''', ''[[FridayThe13th Jason X]]''

* {{Machete}}, DannyTrejo's character in the ''SpyKids'' movies and the DarkerAndGrittier expansion of his character in a fake trailer of {{Grindhouse}} [[{{Defictionalization}} later made into an actual movie]]. So named because he uses them. A lot. (The full movie reveals that's ''actually his name'' - "Machete Chavez".)

** Trope is in full effect. The machete is the strongest bladed melee weapon, with the nightstick as it's blunt counterpart. Both pale in comparison to the [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]], but using that tends to have [[AwesomeButImpractical other problems.]]

* Even MagicTheGathering gets in on the action in Zendikar block, with [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/details.aspx?name=Trusty%20Machete Trusty Machete]] being the most visible example.

* [[FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], probably single-handedly responsible for the popularity of machetes in modern cinema. Funnily, a lot of people forget this and think he uses chainsaws (he never has).

* {{Machete}}, DannyTrejo's character in the ''SpyKids'' movies and the DarkerAndGrittier expansion of his character in a fake trailer of {{Grindhouse}} ([[{{Defictionalization}} the lattter receiving an upcoming spin-off movie]]), obviously so called because he carries ''lots'' of machetes.
* [[FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], probably single-handedly responsible for the popularity of machetes in modern cinema.

* Billy uses a machete in when he decides to HoldTheLine in the original ''{{Predator}}'' film. [[spoiler: He gets his spine ripped out]]. In ''Predator 2'', Bill Paxton's character also uses a machete he finds on the subway after his gun runs out of ammo. [[spoiler: He gets his spine ripped out]]. In ''Predators'' Royce uses a machete to clear a path, rather than fight a giant alien big game hunter. [[spoiler: He doesn't get his spine ripped out. Coincidence?]]
* Selena has one in 28 Days Later and she uses it to hack [[spoiler: Mark]] to death.
* Rambo uses a machete instead of his usual Bowie knife in the fourth movie.

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* Machetes were used as weapons in a slew of uprisings and rebellions throughout the Third World, especially in Cuba. Check TheOtherWiki on guys like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Manuel_de_C%C3%A9spedes Carlos Manuel de Cespedes]] for example.

* Machete, DannyTrejo's character in the ''SpyKids'' movies and the DarkerAndGrittier expansion of his character in a fake trailer of {{Grindhouse}} ([[{{Defictionalization}} the lattter receiving an upcoming spin-off movie]]), obviously so called because he carries ''lots'' of machetes.

* Selena has one in [[28 Days Later]] and she uses it to hack [[spoiler: Mark]] to death.

* Selena has one in 28DaysLater and she uses it to hack [[spoiler: Mark]] to death.

* Selena has one in [[28DaysLater]] and she uses it to kill [[spoiler: Mark]].

* Selena has one in [[28DaysLater 28 Days Later]] and she uses it to kill [[spoiler: Mark]].

* Machete, DannyTrejo's character in the ''SpyKids'' movies, and upcoming spin-off movie, obviously so called because he carries ''lots'' of machetes.