History Main / TwoByFore

* The infected in ''Film/LastManOnEarth'' make use of 2x4s in their efforts to kill Robert Morgan.

* Sara and Billy utilize this trope in ''Film/DayOfTheDead'' when they're locked in the corral full of zombies.

* The 2x4 is a very common weapon in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', and is in fact the first melee weapon you come across. [[BreakableWeapons Durability is weak]], able to withstand only four hits in its unmodified form before breaking apart, but it proves to be quite common, so another is easy enough to find when facing other humans.
** Interestingly enough they call it a 2x4 in the game despite the fact that it's clearly square (likely a 4x4).

* ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' features a nailed plank as a common weapon among mutants and raiders, with at least one variant called the Board of Education.

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* ''TommyBoy'' - when Richard's car is well and truly ruined thanks to Tommy, he angrily pulls off the highway next to a 'Prehistoric Forest' roadside attraction, and has it out with him. They step out of the car to duke it out, and Tommy lets Richard take his best shot. After a couple of punches have no effect, Richard picks up a 2x4 and smacks Tommy across the face, knocking him cold. Richard looks up and says "Hey, Prehistoric Forest!"

* TheATeam made occasional use of this trope whenever BA needed to go flying for a mission, and the usual sedative wasn't available for the job.
* In the BBC series TheYoungOnes Vivian rips up a floorboard and uses it to beat Rick over the head with.

* CastleCrashers features the 2x4 as an available weapon in the DLC Blacksmith pack.
* The 2x4 is a very common weapon in the DeadRising series.
* Fallout3 features a nailed plank as a common weapon among mutants and raiders, with at least one variant called the Board of Education.
* The wooden plank is an environmental weapon available in GuildWars2.
* ProjectZomboid lets players use the wooden plank either as building materials, or as a weapon, either by itself, or modified with nails to create the nailed plank.
* The first weapon James Sunderland equips in SilentHill2 is the wooden plank that he rips from a safety barricade, complete with rusty nails stuck in the end. While obviously weaker than the [[PipePain pipe]] you receive later in the game, it has the bonus of being much quicker to swing.
* SilentHillBookOfMemories also features the wooden plank as a weapon. But unlike SilentHill2, Book of Memories features the BreakableWeapons system, so it's only a temporary weapon.
* The Splatterhouse series features the 2x4 as a very common available weapon.
* The 2x4 is a very common weapon in TheLastOfUs, and is in fact the first melee weapon you come across. [[BreakableWeapons Durability is weak]], able to withstand only four hits in its unmodified form before breaking apart, but it proves to be quite common, so another is easy enough to find when facing other humans.
* The video game UrbanReign features the 2x4 as a playable weapon, but it breaks after one use.
* WorldOfWarcraft features a wooden board with a nail through it as a one handed weapon, simply and aptly named the spiked wooden plank.

* ZombieGoBoom has tested the 2x4 as a possible zombie apocalypse weapon, and have found that it can indeed destroy their test skull analog zombie heads. It's even stated as being [[FirstInstallmentWins Jim Goza's]] favorite weapon.

* In the KingOfTheHill episode "The Redneck of Rainey Street" Kahn and Hank square off in a stick fight with 2x4s, with the latter trying to talk the former out of his adopted redneck lifestyle.

* In the KingOfTheHill episode The Redneck of Rainey Street, Kahn and Hank square off in a stick fight with 2x4s, with the latter trying to talk the former out of his adopted redneck lifestyle.

Needless to say, a subtrope of ImprovisedWeapon.

* The first weapon you equip in SilentHill2 is the wooden plank that you rip from a safety barricade, complete with rusty nails stuck in the end. While obviously weaker than the [[PipePain pipe]] you receive later in the game, it has the bonus of being much quicker to swing.

* The 2x4 is a very common weapon in TheLastOfUs, and is in fact the first melee weapon you come across. Durability is weak, able to withstand only four hits in its unmodified form before breaking apart, but it proves to be quite common, so another is easy enough to find when facing other humans.

The ubiquitous 2x4, (even though it's really 1.5x3.5" in real life) found just about everywhere at hardware stores, construction sites, home renovations, garages, and just about anywhere else there's wood to be found. It's an unassuming little item, highly flexible in its possible applications, able to serve as either construction material for building a home, protecting said home against [[BerserkBoardBarricade unwanted intrusion]], or even an expedient substitute when a [[BatterUp baseball bat]] isn't available.

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