History Main / PileBunker

* Charlotte Dunois' Rafale Revive Custom II from ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'' can carry a pile bunker weapon module hidden in its left shield.

Usually an AmmoUsingMeleeWeapon. Guns that fire the spike away should go into the [[NailEm nailgun]] category.

* In Hiroshi Sakurazaka's ''LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill'', the [[PoweredArmor Jackets]] used by the [[CannonFodder Japanese troops]] carry one of these with a clip of twenty charges. They're only marginally effective, but still one of the best options they have.

* ''VideoGame/Ashes2063'' has a [[AmmoUsingMeleeWeapon gas-powered]] power tool that is sometimes referred to as a jackhammer and others as a pile bunker. It works similarly to the {{chainsaw|Good}} in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', except that it pushes the target away rather than pull the player towards it. Alt-fire revs up the machine for a single stronger strike, but it costs ammo to stay revved up.

* A pile bunker is one unlockable weapon that the titular protagonists of ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{SORA}}'' can use in their respective games.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': The Good Hunter pulls out the Stake Driver in two occasions in the original version -- the attack on the Malys Estate, and the hunt for Mandeville. A [[PowerFist heavy gauntlet]] with a large stake strapped to it, it is [[OneHitKill strong]] enough to reduce a mutant to LudicrousGibs. The resulting explosion from this trick weapon can also stagger nearby foes, making them vulnerable to any incoming attack. In the remastered version, he is skilled enough to [[DualWielding dual-wield]] trick weapons, the Stake Driver on his left.

* Ikoma has one as a WeaponOfChoice against the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Kabane]] from ''Anime/KabaneriOfTheIronFortress''.

* ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''[=/=]''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': The Blue Ranger's WeaponOfChoice is a shield designed like a triceratops's head. It has a spike that extends from the end.

* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'': Cyan [[MeaningfulName Pile]] wields an enormous arm-mounted one as his signature weapon, with his SpecialAttack "Lightning Cyan Spike" letting its spike [[TelescopingStaff extend to impossible lengths]]. It's later revealed that [[PersonalityPowers the trauma which produced Pile's avatar]] came from his time in kendo club, where older students put the fear of life in him by practicing their thrusts on his neck. When he confronts this trauma he develops the incarnate technique "Cyan Blade", which allows him to pull the spike out of his pile bunker and transform it into a much less cumbersome [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]].

* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 5'' has it as the Slug Gunner's melee weapon, although this one can't really shoot over a distance.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' has the Dragonators, which are building-sized pile bunkers powered by steam or clockwork and used to spike monsters that are large enough to be targeted.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': The Good Hunter pulls out the Stake Driver in two occasions -- the attack on the Malys Estate, and the hunt for Mandeville. A [[PowerFist heavy gauntlet]] with a large stake strapped to it, it is [[OneHitKill strong]] enough to reduce a mutant to LudicrousGibs. The resulting explosion from this trick weapon can also stagger nearby foes, making them vulnerable to any incoming attack.
** It is worth mentioning that during the remastered version, the Good Hunter is skilled enough to use his Stake Driver in his ''off-hand'', '''[[BeyondTheImpossible something that is impossible to accomplish]] in the [[VideoGame/BloodBorne game]]'''.

* ''Anime/DaiGuard'''s Knot Buster and Knot Punisher. Justified, since they have to be very precise, easy to use and very powerful to accurately destroy Fractal Knots.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QnUn3U59VY&t=434s Backyard Scientist]] tried his hand on making an "automatic punching machine" and did pretty well. The device also had a boring, [[IToughtItMeant and we mean boring as in "making a hole" not "uninteresting"]], attachment.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QnUn3U59VY&t=434s Backyard Scientist]] tried his hand on making an "automatic punching machine" and did pretty well. The device also had a boring attachment.

* In ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise, Boba Fett recruits a [[ScooterRidingMod gang of scooter-speeder hooligans]] as enforcers. One of them has a pile bunker in his [[ArmedLegs leg]] comprised of a telescoping foreleg and a deployable spike in the heel. He uses it to expediently smash up a speeder's engine in a city chase.

* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' has them too.

* Also by From Software, the now-forgotten Xbox 360 game ''VideoGame/{{Chromehounds}}'' featured several versions of these, but powered by hydraulics, not explosives.

* In ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' Hibiki Tachibana is [[BareFistedMonk unable to make her Gear summon weapons]], so instead she learns to convert its wrist and calf armor into piston-like structures which can be "fired" to add more force to her punches and [[InASingleBound jumps]]. By the second season she has upgraded to ''[[RocketPoweredWeapon rocket-propelled]]'' pile bunkers, and can [[ElementalPunch use them as a delivery system]] for the team's CombinedEnergyAttack.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' has the Dragonators, which are building-sized pile bunkers powered by steam and used to spike monsters that are large enough to be targeted.

* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' had a toyline character named Dirtbag who was a mutant mole that a jackhammer he used as a melee weapon.

** Similar OriginalGeneration weapons include Rapiecage's Magnum Beak, the equipable weapon "G-Impact Stake", the claws wielded by the Strike Guarlion in the Record of ATX manga, and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX Cerberus Ignite]]'s "Ignite Pike". Additionally, Haken Browning from ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' wields the Night Fowl assault rifle with an underslung stake below the barrel of the weapon.

The spike usually returns to its original position after each "shot" (though ''how'' is not always apparent). Also, the pile bunker's firing mechanism must be made from incredibly strong materials, or it will explode (or at least have a very good chance to be damaged) every time the spike strikes the target, similar to a gun with a jammed barrel. Alternatively, it won't be able to penetrate a tough enough target. Also note that it would need to include a stopper made from equally strong materials that prevents the spike from simply flying out of the barrel like a bullet, thus having much greater attack range, which begs the question of why the spike, in fact, ''isn't'' simply fired like a bullet (although it could potentially be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] if the spike has to be made from specific, very expensive materials, such as that making multiple bullets out of them would be unaffordable, or if it is too heavy to carry additional spikes).

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyAdventChildren'': Loz wields Dual Hound, a left-handed gauntlet with twin electrified prongs that function like a pile punker.

* [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Crusadermon]] has one of these built into [[ShesAManInJapan his/her]] arm, though it shoots magical blasts instead of stakes.

* [[Manga/InuYasha Ginkotsu from the Band of Seven]] is shown to have one built in his chest, but is destroyed before he can use it on Inu Yasha.