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* ''Film/TheBookOfEli'': A rather wicked Genesis Machete is used by Eli to good effect....and is even able to parry a chainsaw.

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' includes a machete as a melee weapon for clearing away troublesome patches of zombies. The trope is in full effect since all the melee weapons being OneHitKill[=s=] means it's only their attack speed and the radius of their swings that differentiates them - and alongside the nightstick as its blunt counterpart, the machete is the fastest-swinging and with a decently-wide reach (the katana and golf club have a wider swing but are slower). In sheer damage per-second potential both pale in comparison to the {{chainsaw|Good}}, but [[AwesomeButImpractical it has other problems.]]

The original application, like a lot of such [[TorchesAndPitchforks implements]] of destruction, is [[GardeningVarietyWeapon agricultural]]; they were used to clear undergrowth. Early in the Caribbean, it was a necessary tool for picking sugarcane. Particularly useful for cutting the heads off the non-venomous snakes that were apt to bite cane-pickers. And, you know, actually picking the sugarcane. Machetes are also a common household and farm tool in Indonesia, India, the Philippines, and much of Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. This prevalence meant they were often one of the only weapons available if the farmers were attacked, and their use as weapons eventually lead to many martial arts from such regions (such as Silat, Escrima, and Arnis) featuring various machete styles as a central part of their armed combat teachings.

* The seax was the Northern European version. It was favored by Norse and of course by [[UsefulNotes/AngloSaxons SAXons]]. Later during the High Middle Ages, there were the falchion and the messer. Basically it is a heavy chopping blade coming in various shapes. Like other models, it was a medium utility blade useful for work or for war. While it is mostly a peasants' tool some stylized models indicate that nobles were often fond of them too. In German-speaking countries [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_sword the utilitarian short sword]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_dagger is still part of the traditional big-game hunter's attire]].

* In ''Series/{{Diablero}}'' this is Elvis' WeaponOfChoice.

** In ''Livin’ La Pura Vida'', the family goes on vacation to Costa Rica, and Bart is excited to be in a country where kids carry machetes (he’s shown wielding one at various points in the episode.

* The Grineer in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' manufacture a high-tech machete with a glowing blade, used by their Scorpion troops. It's a [[ScrappyWeapon pretty terrible weapon]] in player hands ([[FanNickname sometimes being called a "mashitty"]]), though the limited edition Machete Wraith is a great weapon. There is a limited time Prisma Machete that can be bought from Baro Ki'teer on occasion, and the Tenno Lab in the Dojo can make the Gazal Machete, which synergizes with the Djinn Sentinel's "Fatal Attraction" skill, adding bonus Corrosive Damage per kill made with the weapon.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', Link can obtain machetes by disarming or defeating Bokoblins. Besides their use in smashing through wooden barriers, they can serve as a stronger alternative to the Hero's Sword (until the player obtains the Master Sword).

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'', the Machete is one of the first alternate weapons you pick up. It's relatively weak at first but has an incredibly fast attack speed even without upgrades, and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks can be thrown]] for a decent amount of damage. Upgrades allow it to [[StandardStatusEffects damage over time]] on any strike and throw multiple blades at once, or massively increased CriticalHit damage. The latter upgrades combined with the ludicrous swing speed make it ''devastating'' when under the effects of the [[CriticalStatusBuff Werewhisky tonic]].

* ''VideoGame/FarCry1'' and its [[VideoGame/FarCry2 first]] [[VideoGame/FarCry3 two]] sequels have the machete as the primary melee weapon, while the [[VideoGame/FarCry4 fourth game]] uses a {{kukri|sAreKool}} for similar purposes. ''Far Cry 3'' in particular also shows off a lot of [[SwissArmyWeapon non-combat applications]]; the player character uses it to forage for materials, skin animal carcasses, and remove the padlocks from radio towers by bashing them with the hilt.

* Leva, as part of her [[{{Cosplay}} imitation]] [[TheGimmick gimmick]], has incorporated machetes into her entrance attire... and had one turned on her by Nevaeh.

* The Grineer in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' manufacture a high-tech machete with a glowing blade, used by their Scorpion troops. It's a [[ScrappyWeapon pretty terrible weapon]] in player hands ([[FanNickname sometimes being called a "mashitty"]]), though the limited edition Machete Vandal is a great weapon.

* In ''Film/{{Transit}}, having been forced to abandon the guns, Losada uses a machete to intimidate Nate and [[{{Fingore}} cut some fingers off his left hand]].

* A one shot character in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is the former pirate captain "Machete" Run, so called for DualWielding two large machete (though he's so huge they look like knives compared to his bulk). Thanks to Law's powers, he has become a [[SpiderPeople Spider centaur]] able to wield two more machete in his front legs.

*** Jason didn't get one machete kill [[spoiler:until his first real starring film]] (''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'') -- slamming a panga machete into the the face of the guy in a wheelchair, as appears in the [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII next film]]'s opening sequence. In fact, his very first kill on-screen is with an ice-pick to the skull.

** As he is rescuing Solitaire in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', Bond shoots a guy who is about hit him with a machete, and later uses it against Baron Samedi in a very brief SwordFight.

** Steven Obanno theatens to cut Le Chiffre's girlfriend's hand with a machete in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. He later uses it against Bond.

* ''Film/TheLastCircus'': The protagonist's father is a circus clown who's forced to participate in a battle during the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar, and in it he swaps his rifle with the machete given to a fellow circus artist who doubted the usefulness of the weapon, but the clown slays multiple Francoist soldiers with it before being captured.

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': While it's known as a ''scimitar'', the cleaver-like sword wielded by the Uruk-hai has more in common with an over-sized machete.

** Billy uses a machete (well, more of a really big knife) in when he decides to HoldTheLine in the original ''Film/{{Predator}}'' film. [[spoiler:He gets his spine ripped out]].

** In ''Film/{{Predators}}'' Royce uses a machete(actually the same really large knife as Billy) to clear a path, rather than fight a giant alien big game hunter. [[spoiler:He doesn't get his spine ripped out. Coincidence?]]. He does behead an an alien hunting dog with it, though.

* ''Film/TheRaid: Redemption'': Features a gang of machete wielding EliteMooks hunting for and eventually battling with the protagonist.

* ''Literature/DrFranklinsIsland'': The castaways find a machete that had been given to a less fortunate passenger on their doomed plane. Semi once uses it to cut a snake in half, almost on accident. Otherwise its uses are strictly utilitarian, slicing poles and such, and at some point it proves to Miranda and Semi that Arnie passed through a hidden area.

* ''Literature/TheExecutioner'': Mack Bolan often operates against terrorists, pirates, drug runners, and other disreputable sorts in Southeast Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world where machete usage is common. In the process, he sometimes encounters machete wielding {{Mook}}s. Occasionally, he will use the mook's own weapons against them, or will be carrying a machete of his own for use both as a jungle tool and a weapon.
* ''Literature/NightLords'': [[YouAreNumberSix Septimus]], slave of the legion, combines this with a pair of salvaged imperial [[EnergyWeapon laspistols]] to serve as a credible [[TheMusketeer Musketeer]]. He does a [[BadassNormal pretty good job]] of it, given he's fighting alongside ten thousand year old posthuman {{Super Soldier}}s.

* In the ''Series/TopGearUK'' Bolivia Special, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXLxszv9eCM James May threatens to cut the head off his fellow presenters]] if they [[RunningGag ram the back of his Suzuki]] on the Yungas Road[[labelnote:Note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungas_Road Billed as the most dangerous road in the world given the road is built into a cliffside and is lacking protective... anything.]][[/labelnote]]. When May allows another driver to pass him, Clarkson rams him [[NotWhatItLooksLike (probably not on purpose)]] as he was following closely behind him. This enrages May, and he stops to shove a machete into Clarkson's face.

* Rick Grimes has a machete on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. It's among a gun stash he hides before entering Terminus, which he describes in a bit of GunPorn after being captured: "...AK-47, .44 magnum, automatic weapons, night scope, there's a compound bow aaaand a machete with a red handle.... That's what I'm gonna use to kill you." [[spoiler:He does!]]

* Wrestling/SamoaJoe tortured [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari Sheik Abdul Bashir]] for getting in the way of his nation of violence by suspending him by his legs, sticking a machete in his mouth and beating him with a kendo stick. Joe would go on to try and kill members of [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s main event mafia with the machete for breaking his arm...so they bought him off.

* Creator/WhiteWolf, makers of ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'' gamelines and ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'', seem to like machetes. They're practically the only non-weapon weapon that never carries "ImprovisedWeapon penalties"... in ''any'' gameline. In the latter, they're particularly favored by Scions of the Loa (because they were commonly used in the Haitian Revolution). They're also one of the two most accessible, reliable and effective melee weapons, the other being the fire axe. Both are absolutely lethal, loosely controlled and available at any gardening/utility store at prices any character can meet.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Orks, especially Slugga Boyz, carry choppas (crudely made melee weapons) and can be made in the shape of jagged machettes (though [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] seem more "Orky").

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'', the Machete is one of the first alternate weapons you pick up. It's relatively weak at first, but has an incredibly fast attack speed even without upgrades, and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks can be thrown]] for a decent amount of damage. Upgrades allow it to [[StandardStatusEffects damage over time]] on any strike and throw multiple blades at once, or massively increased CriticalHit damage. The latter upgrades combined with the ludicrous swing speed make it ''devastating'' when under the effects of the [[CriticalStatusBuff Werewhisky tonic]].

* Dylan from ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis2'' had a machete as a side weapon at the start of the game and enabled him to hack away at doors that was covered in heavy vegetation.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has machetes that are quite obviously made from broken lawn mower blades. There is also an option to do a ReverseGrip attack in VATS. Coincidentally Creator/DannyTrejo, the actor who plays Machete, is also in the game, though his character is TheGunslinger. Caesar's Legion uses them extensively, in lieu of the historical ''gladius'', because there's no readily-available stock of period Roman swords in the post-apocalyptic American West. There is a weapon ''called'' the "Machete Gladius" used by high-ranking Legionaries, but it's not a machete ''or'' a gladius, [[KukrisAreKool it's a kukri]].

* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', the machete is one of your options for melee weapon. You're able to both perform a one hit kill and run with it, meaning it's nearly as good as the {{katana|sAreJustBetter}}.

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' includes a machete as a melee weapon for clearing away troublesome patches of zombies. The trope is in full effect, since all the melee weapons being OneHitKill[=s=] means it's only their attack speed and the radius of their swings that differentiates them - and alongside the nightstick as its blunt counterpart, the machete is the fastest-swinging and with a decently-wide reach (the katana and golf club have a wider swing but are slower). In sheer damage per-second potential both pale in comparison to the {{chainsaw|Good}}, but [[AwesomeButImpractical it has other problems.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', Link can obtain machetes by disarming or defeating Bokoblins. Besides their use in smashing through wooden barriers, they can serve a stronger alternative to the Hero's Sword (until the player obtains the Master Sword).

** Sundowner of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' uses two [[{{Vibroweapon}} High Frequency]] machetes dubbed "Bloodlust". He can either wield one in each hand or attach them together to become a ShearMenace. Once he's defeated Raiden can use them, though he only uses them in the second form as a {{BFS}}. Some of the {{Mook}}s also carry around more traditional looking HF Machetes. Raiden can unlock this weapon, which sacrifices range for speed.

* In ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'', machete wielding mooks are all over the place. At one point survival depends on punching out one of them, taking his blade and hacking up a gunman. Ambushes help.

* In yet another title from Creator/RockstarGames, ''VideoGame/TheWarriors'', the machete is one of the most powerful weapons in the game. Unfortunately you'll only get to use it three or four times over the course of the main story.

* The Fascine or Gabion knife issued to engineers and light infantry served that purpose in many armies which were too unconnected to Caribbean culture to know about machetes per se. Its similarity is more in its function as a medium sized utility blade rather then its shape. Some for instance were two-edged and the French army favored a fascine knife shaped rather like a [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome gladius]].

* The seax was the Northern European version. It was favored by Norse and of course by [[UsefulNotes/AngloSaxons SAXons]]. Later during the High Middle Ages there were the falchion and the messer. Basically it is a heavy chopping blade coming in various shapes. Like other models it was a medium utility blade useful for work or for war. While it is mostly a peasants tool some stylized models indicate that nobles were often fond of them too. In German-speaking countries [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_sword the utilitarian short sword]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_dagger is still part of the traditional big-game hunter's attire]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ofk_T_Vds El Baile del Machete]] is a traditional mexican dance where the participants dual wield machetes and frequently clash them against the floor, agaisnt the other machete or, in some variants, with the machetes of the other dancers. Safe versions have the dancers only use dull metal in order to keep the sound. Done with actual machetes, the objective is to make sparks fly out of them.

** Another related weapon would be the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_sword hudiedao]]'' of Southern China. While their design differs between owners, they're short enough to be over-sized knives, but large enough that they can chop and slice very well. Their small size makes them versatile in a close-quarters fight, and makes them easier to dual-wield (which helps that they always have a d-guard with a blade-catcher).

** The Macedonian army under Alexander the Great used a peculiar curved sword called a ''kopis''. It was originally developed as a hunting knife, and means of personal protection. However, when formalizing Macedon's military King Philip II recognized that this sword was particularly deadly when used on horseback. It became the main weapon of the Macedonian cavalry. It also functioned as a sidearm for infantry and archers. It's not clear whether the sword design itself was originally from Egypt, and made it's way to the Balkans via trade, or whether the Greeks borrowed the name of the ''kopesh'' to describe this sword. In any case, they were similar in design. The difference is that the Macedonian kopis was bent at a much more acute angle, so that it was similar in appearance to an oversized kukri. This despite the fact that Alexander and his troops had never seen a kukri until they arrived in Sogdia.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' continuum, the [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Rimwards Howondalandian]] Assassin, Johanna Smith-Rhodes, is typical of her people in that one of her declared culturally appropriate weapons is a large jungle machete. This is typical of Rimward Howondalandians outside their own country. Even though this weapon is not thought of as all that ''cool'' or ''stylish'' by the Guild, and Swords teacher Emmanuelle les Deux-Epées views it as not so much a sword but a large metal club with a sharp edge. Johanna once defeated a [[LandDownUnder Fourecksian]] in the mandatory "do-you-call-that-a-knife?" game by bringing out her machete and politely saying "No, I call ''this'' a knife." Rimwards Howondalandians crop up in the writings of Creator/AAPessimal: there is, for instance, the story ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6791038/1/The-Black-Sheep The Black Sheep]]''.

* Selena has one in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' and she uses it to hack [[spoiler:Mark]] to death.
* The machete is Dwayne's weapon of choice in ''Film/SixtyEightKill'' and he uses it to wreak bloody havoc on Monica's gang during the final showdown.
* The worst of the villains in ''Film/BigJake'' is fond of the machete as a weapon.
* The Border Tribe from ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' wield shotels, which (due to their size) combine this trope with equal parts SinisterScythe and SinisterScimitar.

* The killer's main weapon in [[SlasherMovie slasher movies]] like ''Film/DeathScreams'', ''Film/BloodRage'', ''Film/ThePool'' and ''Film/MotorHomeMassacre''.
* In ''Film/DemonKnight'', Brayker uses a machete (grabbed off Willy's wall) to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate the possessed Uncle Willy]]. Beacuse this does not destroy his eyes, [[LosingYourHead the head and body keep functioning even they are no longer connected]].
* A drunken Santa gets a machete slammed into his face in ''Film/DontOpenTillChristmas''.
* In ''Film/EasternCondors'', Tung Ming-sun (Creator/SammoHung) wields a machete as one of his weapons and does so with brutal efficiency. When they attack the arms depot, he leaps out of the truck and [[OffWithHisHead decapitates a Vietnamese soldier]] with a single blow.

* The flashback in ''Film/TheGentlemen'' explaining the '[[{{Understatement}} bad things]]' Mickey did to carve out his place in the underworld shows him wiping out a gang of rival dealers with a machete.
* In ''Film/GodOfCookery'', the favoured weapon of many a street thug. Also one of the most unpleasant BarehandedBladeBlock moments you'll ever see, complete with BloodyHandprint immediately after.

* One is briefly used by Michael to massacre the Cult of Thorn in ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers''.
* ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence''. Congo warlord Dikembe Umbutu loads up with a pair of machetes (that he keeps in a case like a CoolSword) when he realizes the aliens are coming back. He puts them to good use.
* In ''Film/TheInitiation'', after stabbing Dwight Fairchild, the killer uses a machete to cut his head off.

* Main weapon in the SlasherMovie ''Film/JustBeforeDawn'' is a machete. For extra pain, it also has a saw-bladed edge on the blunt side (saw-backed machetes are TruthInTelevision for certain manufacturers; the style used in the movie is irregular, apparently hand-made).
* In ''Film/KickAss2'', Mother Russia wields a machete with the words "God give, God take" inscribed on the blade in Russian.
* In ''Film/TheLastCircus'' the protagonist's father is a circus clown who's forced to participate in a battle during the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar, and in it he swaps his rifle with the machete given to a fellow circus artist who doubted the usefulness of the weapon, but the clown slays multiple Francoist soldiers with it before being captured.
* KnifeNut Soap has a collection of giant knives in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels''. When his partner sarcastically asks if he has anything bigger, Soap whips out a machete from a scabbard. "[[BringMyBrownPants Shit 'em right up!]]"
* While it's known as a ''scimitar'', the Uruk-hai sword from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy has more in common with an over-sized machete.
* Film/{{Machete}}, Creator/DannyTrejo's character in the ''Film/SpyKids'' movies and the DarkerAndGrittier expansion of his character in a fake trailer of ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' [[{{Defictionalization}} later made into an actual movie]]. [[MeaningfulName So named]] because he uses them. A lot. (The full movie reveals that's ''actually his name'' - "Machete Cortez.")

* A few of the characters in ''Film/ProWrestlersVsZombies'' wield machetes from the prison's lockers against the zombies, but it becomes Sarah Schuman's primary weapon throughout the film, wielded to deadly effect.
* ''Film/TheRaid: Redemption'' features a gang of machete wielding EliteMooks hunting for and eventually battling with the protagonist.
* Franchise/{{Rambo}} uses a golok (an Indonesian machete) instead of his usual Bowie knife in his [[Film/RamboIV fourth movie]], one that he hand-forged the night before from a broken truck leaf-spring.

* Wade Hutchinson, the second victim in ''Film/SomeGuyWhoKillsPeople'', is hacked to pieces with a machete; including having [[OffWithHisHead his head cut off]].

* SerialKiller Lowell Orson wields a machete as his weapon of choice in ''Film/TragedyGirls'', and scores several kills with over the course of the film.
* The [[EliteMooks Simba regiment]] that pursues the mercenaries in ''Film/TheWildGeese'' have pangas that they put to bloody use, most notably when hacking up Arthur Witty during his last stand.

* The castaways in ''Literature/DrFranklinsIsland'' find a machete that had been given to a less fortunate passenger on their doomed plane. Semi once uses it to cut a snake in half, almost on accident. Otherwise its uses are strictly utilitarian, slicing poles and such, and at some point it proves to Miranda and Semi that Arnie passed through a hidden area.
* In S. M. Stirling's ''Literature/{{Emberverse}}'' novels, a modified version of a machete becomes a popular weapon all across post-Change America. The main villains of the second and third trilogy are called [=CUTters=] for a reason.
* Mack Bolan from ''Literature/TheExecutioner'' often operates against terrorists, pirates, drug runners, and other disreputable sorts in Southeast Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world where machete usage is common. In the process, he sometimes encounters machete wielding {{Mook}}s. Occasionally, he will use the mook's own weapons against them, or will be carrying a machete of his own for use both as a jungle tool and a weapon.
* [[YouAreNumberSix Septimus]], slave of the ''Literature/NightLords'' legion, combines this with a pair of salvaged imperial [[EnergyWeapon laspistols]] to serve as a credible [[TheMusketeer Musketeer]]. He does a [[BadassNormal pretty good job]] of it, given he's fighting alongside ten thousand year old posthuman {{Super Soldier}}s.
* In ''Literature/TheZombieSurvivalGuide'', Max Brooks names the machete as the best edged weapon to use against zombies, due to its size, weight, and availability.

* [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Ferdinand_Lopez_%28Earth-616%29 Machete]](who oddly enough bears a striking resemblance to Creator/DannyTrejo) is a machete-wielding foe of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.

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* Quite a few of Scarface's goons are wielding machetes in chapter 6/5 of ''FanFic/TheDarkAngel''. Not that they actually do anything to Pinhead/Dark Angel.
* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' continuum, the [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Rimwards Howondalandian]] Assassin, Johanna Smith-Rhodes, is typical of her people in that one of her declared culturally appropriate weapons is a large jungle machete. This is typical of Rimward Howondalandians outside their own country. Even though this weapon is not thought of as all that ''cool'' or ''stylish'' by the Guild, and Swords teacher Emmanuelle les Deux-Epées views it as not so much a sword but a large metal club with a sharp edge. Johanna once defeated a [[LandDownunder Fourecksian]] in the mandatory "do-you-call-that-a-knife?" game by bringing out her machete and politely saying "No, I call ''this'' a knife." Rimwards Howondalandians crop up in the writings of Creator/AAPessimal: there is, for instance, the story ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6791038/1/The-Black-Sheep The Black Sheep]]''.

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th''

* ''Franchise/{{Predator}}''

** In ''Film/{{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 the ''Series/TopGear'' Bolivia Special, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXLxszv9eCM James May threatens to cut the head off his fellow presenters]] if they [[RunningGag ram the back of his Suzuki]] on the Yungas Road[[labelnote:Note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungas_Road Billed as the most dangerous road in the world given the road is built into a cliffside and is lacking protective... anything.]][[/labelnote]]. When May allows another driver to pass him, Clarkson rams him [[NotWhatItLooksLike (probably not on purpose)]] as he was following closely behind him. This enrages May, and he stops to shove a machete into Clarkson's face.

* ''VideoGame/{{BioShock 2}}'' has a machete skin for the player's melee weapon in multiplayer.

* Machetes are one of the most commonly used melee weapons in ''VideoGame/{{Dead Island}}''. They are the rewards for a lot of quests, especially in the main quest line. They deal a lot of damage, have decent handling, and have good force and durability for an edged weapon, making them the WeaponOfChoice of a lot of players. The [[AntiClimaxBoss Butcher]] [[ImAHumanitarian of Banoi]] also wields a machete and he killed his family with one when he was 9.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat''

* ''VideoGame/{{Postal}} 2: Apocalypse Weekend'' added three [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throwable melee weapons]] to the arsenal; the first among them is a machete that [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang comes back to you]]... and that the local Pitbull population can [[PetTheDog play fetch with]].

* The Grineer in ''Videogame/{{Warframe}}'' manufacture a high-tech machete with a glowing blade, used by their Scorpion troops. It's a [[ScrappyWeapon pretty terrible weapon]] in player hands ([[FanNickname sometimes being called a "mashitty"]]), though the limited edition Machete Vandal is a great weapon.