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* Shiro, a tiny ancient japanese guy with poor eyesight beats the crap out of a Denarian in the shape of a 6 legged [[EverythingIsWorseWithBears bear]] with a cane. On the other hand, this cane turns out to be the sheathe for Fidelacchius, one of the Swords of the Cross.
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* RealLife: AndrewJackson did this to a guy who tried to kill him, chasing him with his cane after both of the would-be assassin's pistols failed to fire. Jackson, 67 at the time and reportedly having respiratory problems, had to be pulled off his target by his aides after administering a highly justified beatdown.

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* RealLife: AndrewJackson did this to a guy who tried to kill him, chasing him with his cane after both of the would-be assassin's pistols failed to fire. Jackson, 67 at the time and reportedly having respiratory problems, had to be pulled off his target by his aides after administering a highly justified beatdown.
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* RealLife: AndrewJackson did this to a guy who tried to kill him, chasing him with his cane after both of the would-be assassin's pistols jammed. Jackson, 67 at the time and reportedly having respiratory problems, had to be pulled off his target by his aides after administering a highly justified beatdown.

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* RealLife: AndrewJackson did this to a guy who tried to kill him, chasing him with his cane after both of the would-be assassin's pistols jammed.failed to fire. Jackson, 67 at the time and reportedly having respiratory problems, had to be pulled off his target by his aides after administering a highly justified beatdown.



* One of the [[WeirdnessMagnet Wild Wasteland]] encounters of ''FalloutNewVegas'' has The Courier being ambushed by a gang of old biddies armed with rolling pins and knives. They're about as threatening as they sound, especially since the player character should be pretty well-armed by this point.

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* One of the [[WeirdnessMagnet Wild Wasteland]] encounters of ''FalloutNewVegas'' has The Courier being ambushed by a gang trio of old biddies armed with rolling pins and knives.knives, as a ShoutOut to the ''Hell's Grannies'' above. They're about as threatening as they sound, especially since the player character should be pretty well-armed by this point.
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* More than once a mugger has targeted an elderly man they thought would be an easy mark, only to discover said elderly man is an ex-special forces RetiredBadass.

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* It has been proven that elderly victims of muggings and armed robbery are twice as likely to retaliate against an attacker, compared to younger victims. The reason basically being that a younger victim would believe he or she had more to lose.
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See also: BadassGrandpa, NeverMessWithGranny, OldMaster, ScrewPolitenessImASenior and ImprobableWeaponUser.

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See also: BadassGrandpa, NeverMessWithGranny, OldMaster, ScrewPolitenessImASenior and ImprobableWeaponUser. Not to be confused with RacistGrandma, though it can overlap.
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* The example that provides the page quote in 'Amy's Choice' of DoctorWho, which is frankly hilarious, except when the old people turn out to be possessed by aliens that kill people with lethal bad breath. Amy has no compunction in running them over.

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* The example that provides the page quote in 'Amy's Choice' of DoctorWho, ''Series/DoctorWho'', which is frankly hilarious, except when the old people turn out to be possessed by aliens that kill people with lethal bad breath. Amy has no compunction in running them over.
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* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', the playable race the Forsaken, are fairly clearly modeled on the elderly.

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* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', the playable race the Forsaken, are fairly clearly modeled on the elderly. ''{{Undead}}'' elderly.
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* The example that provides the page quote in 'Amy's Choice', which is frankly hilarious, except when the old people turn out to be possessed by aliens that kill people with lethal bad breath. Amy has no compunction in running them over.

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* The example that provides the page quote in 'Amy's Choice', Choice' of DoctorWho, which is frankly hilarious, except when the old people turn out to be possessed by aliens that kill people with lethal bad breath. Amy has no compunction in running them over.
** Turns out in the end that [[spoiler: its all a dream created by the Doctor's evil side]]. He choose 'alien-possessed old people' as something the Doctor and his companions would believe, which probably tells you something about the common MonsterofTheWeek tropes this show uses.


* {{Scrooge McDuck|Universe}} often uses his [[CaneFu cane as a weapon]] (he certainly doesn't need it for walking).

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* {{Scrooge McDuck|Universe}} [[DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] often uses his [[CaneFu cane as a weapon]] (he certainly doesn't need it for walking).
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* Kidney Lady, basically HowardTheDuck's only unbeatable enemy. Wields a mean cane against anyone who smokes or sends off harmful fast-food fumes,. Clearly nuts, but can be tricky; will use magic in a pinch.

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* Kidney Lady, basically HowardTheDuck's Comicbook/HowardTheDuck's only unbeatable enemy. Wields a mean cane against anyone who smokes or sends off harmful fast-food fumes,. Clearly nuts, but can be tricky; will use magic in a pinch.
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->''What's this? Attack of the old people? Oh, that's ridiculous.''

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->''What's this? Attack of the old people? [[LampshadeHanging Oh, that's ridiculous.ridiculous]].''

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* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg Hell's Grannies]]"


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* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg Hell's Grannies]]"
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* Kidney Lady, basically {{HowardTheDuck}}'s only unbeatable enemy. Wields a mean cane against anyone who smokes or sends off harmful fast-food fumes,. Clearly nuts, but can be tricky; will use magic in a pinch.

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* Kidney Lady, basically {{HowardTheDuck}}'s HowardTheDuck's only unbeatable enemy. Wields a mean cane against anyone who smokes or sends off harmful fast-food fumes,. Clearly nuts, but can be tricky; will use magic in a pinch.
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* An example from a soap opera is Crane Tolliver, Lila Quartermaine's first husband on GeneralHospital, who shot Susan Moore (Jason "holy hitman" Morgan's mother) when she tried to double-cross him in a blackmail scheme.

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* An example from a soap opera is Crane Tolliver, Lila Quartermaine's first husband on GeneralHospital, ''GeneralHospital'', who shot Susan Moore (Jason "holy hitman" Morgan's mother) when she tried to double-cross him in a blackmail scheme.
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* An example from a soap opera is Crane Tolliver, Lila Quartermaine's first husband on GeneralHospital, who shot Susan Moore (Jason "holy hitman" Morgan's mother) when she tried to double-cross him in a blackmail scheme.
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** In another episode, Mojo Jojo gest body swapped with an old lady. It does not seem to affect his fighting provess.
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-->'''The Dream Lord''', ''DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E07AmysChoice Amy's Choice]]"

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* [[PaperMario ELDER]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny POWER ACTIVATE]]!! [[spoiler: The Puni Elder's [[CrackOhMyBack back acts up]] before it can even do anything]]

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* [[PaperMario [[VideoGame/PaperMario ELDER]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny POWER ACTIVATE]]!! [[spoiler: The Puni Elder's [[CrackOhMyBack back acts up]] before it can even do anything]]
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* In ''{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E18BasicGenealogy Basic Genealogy]] Troy's grandmother attacks one of his classmates with a switch.

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* In ''{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E18BasicGenealogy Basic Genealogy]] Genealogy]], Troy's grandmother attacks one of his classmates with a switch.
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* In ''{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E18BasicGenealogy Basic Genealogy]] Troy's grandmother attacks one of his classmates with a switch.
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* The example that provides the page quote in 'Amy's Choice', which is frankly hilarious, except when the old people turn out to be possessed by aliens that kill people with lethal bad breath. Amy has no compunction in running them over.
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* In {{World of Warcraft}}, the playable race the Forsaken, are fairly clearly modelled on the elderly.

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* In {{World of Warcraft}}, ''WorldOfWarcraft'', the playable race the Forsaken, are fairly clearly modelled modeled on the elderly.
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* In {{World of Warcraft}}, the playable race the Forsaken, are fairly clearly modelled on the elderly.
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* Bruce Wayne fits this trope occasionally in ''BatmanBeyond''. Given that this is Batman as a senior citizen, he is much more effective than average.
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-->''What's this? Attack of the old people? Oh, that's ridiculous.''\\
'''The Dream Lord''', ''DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E07AmysChoice Amy's Choice]]"

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* The 'Nanageddon' episode of TheMightyBoosh, unsurprisingly. Although little old ladies are considerably more dangerous with knitting needles when said little old ladies have been summoned from the pits of Hell.

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* The 'Nanageddon' episode of TheMightyBoosh, ''TheMightyBoosh'', unsurprisingly. Although little old ladies are considerably more dangerous with knitting needles when said little old ladies have been summoned from the pits of Hell.
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*The 'Nanageddon' episode of TheMightyBoosh, unsurprisingly. Although little old ladies are considerably more dangerous with knitting needles when said little old ladies have been summoned from the pits of Hell.

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