Line #103 Main/NasalWeapon


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6	[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/FlyMan https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nasal_weapon.png]]]]
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9	->''"NOSE LASER!"''
10	-->-- '''LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}''', ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Emerald]]''
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12	In the hero biz, it's not only important what your power is, but how you use it. Outside of ToiletHumour, few things are weirder than using your own nose for attacking, either by using it as a melee weapon or shooting any kind of projectile from it.
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14	Most times this is played for laughs for the sheer ridiculousness of the situation, so expect this to be a one-time thing, or for a one-shot character. Sometimes if this becomes something regular then the joke will become repetitive and...it'll just become how they use their attacks.
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16	Common for characters based on elephants. May involve some weird NoseNuggets. Do not confuse with SprayingDrinkFromNose. Compare SneezeOfDoom. For characters that jab with nose-like body parts (beaks, bills, etc.), see BeakAttack and SwordfishSabre.
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18	See also: ArmCannon, BreathWeapon, EyeBeams, HandBlast, and TailSlap.
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20	!!Examples:
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23	* ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'''s titular character, in what is an intentional parody of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', is a master of the "Super Fist of the Nosehair" style of martial arts, where his own nose hairs are weaponized. The series just gets weirder from there.
24	* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', one of the attacks of villain [[FightingClown Puppetmon]] is ''Drill Nose''. Should be noted that it was used just once, during the most ridiculous fight involving this character...and he got a fart to the face as a result.
25	* In ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', one of [[{{Planimal}} Petaldramon]]'s attacks is Leaf Cyclone, a BreathWeapon consisting of a whirlwind full of leaves fired from his nostrils.
26	* The episode "The Seven Who Would Go Far In The World" from ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'', an adaptation of the Baron Munchausen stories, featured one of the heroes with the power to fire forth gale force winds from his nose simply by closing one nostril.
27	* ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' has the deadly Mammothman and his powerful Nose Fencing ability, which allowed him to murder other Chojin by simply piercing through them with his trunk.
28	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has a RunningGag where Negi unconsciously casts a disarming spell every time he sneezes. Since the spell also affects clothing, this results in everyone around him getting stripped naked by a gust of wind (with larger and larger groups being affected as he becomes stronger).
29	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
30	** Arlong, as a [[FishPeople Sawshark Fishman]], has an elongated nose with a sawblade. He's fond of an attack where he launches himself nose-first at the enemy to impale them, called "Shark On Darts".
31	** Mr 5 ate a Devil Fruit that turns him into an ActionBomb. His most common attack is to pick his nose and fling the mucus at his opponent, which explodes upon impact.
32	** Wanze, a cook and a member of Cipher Pol 7, can fire noodles from his nose as part of his "Ramen Kenpou" (noodle style) fighting.
33	** Kaku, a member of Cipher Pol 9, has a variation of the Shigan (Finger Gun) technique that the group has called "Bigan" (Nose Gun) where he powerfully pokes his opponent with his nose, especially after [[{{Animorphism}} he turns into a giraffe-hybrid form]] where he can exploit the reach of the giraffe's neck.
34	** Spandam, leader of the [=CP9=], has the "elephant sword" named Funkfreed. When he attacks with it, the sword partially morphs into an elephant and cuts anything in its way with its long, thick, sharp trunk.
35	** Zunisha is an elephant so large that it is functionally a mobile island. At one point, it wipes out an entire armada with a single swing of its trunk.
36	** Jack, a high-ranking member of Kaidou's pirate group, can transform into a mammoth; he's first seen thrashing some buildings in the isle of Zou with his trunk when their inhabitants didn't have what he sought.
37	* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Double Hole is a B-Class hero that has a cybernetic nose attached to his face that shoots energy blasts.
38	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': The Tepig family (Tepig, Pignite, and Emboar) as well as Turtonator, performs Flamethrower (and presumably their other fire attacks) this way.
39	* Three of ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'''s mechs (Yatter Wan, Yatter King, and Yatter Dozilla) use as their main weapon the Pachinko Gun, which makes them shoot giant pachinko balls from their noses.
40	* In ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Thousand Dragon's special attack (Thousand-Nose Breath in the original, Noxious Nostril Gust in the dub) is a burst of wind from its nose.
41	* A major recurring zoid in ''Anime/ZoidsNewCentury'' was the massive, defense-oriented [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Elephender.]] The original model had a 60mm hyper laser gun on its trunk and energy shield generators in its ears, but when its pilot opted to defect from the Backdraft group so he could face his WorthyOpponent, he upgraded it to its "Command Mode" which sports an "ESCS" trunk attachment that can switch between a BeamSword and an energy shield (and also a beam cannon, which was never shown onscreen.)
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45	* Marvel's ''Series/{{Alf}}'' comic book (published under the Star Comics line) once had a parody of the ''ComicBook/XMen''. Their version of Cyclops (Psyche-Major) had the ability to fire energy blasts out of his nose, [[spoiler:which he uses to subdue the BigBad]].
46	* Phantasmon the Terrible (really, [[http://archiecomics.wikia.com/wiki/Fly_Man_Vol_1_35 that's his name]]) from independent comic ''ComicBook/FlyMan'', as seen with the memetic picture above, has "lightning bolts... crashing out of my nostrils!"
47	* The obscure Creator/DCComics Brazilian superheroine the Green Flame was once described with "green flames coming from her nose" (short before ComicBook/{{Superman}} mopped the floor with her -- yes, it was one of those stories). Could be weaponized, may or may not have, in any case, she had fire breath. Later reinvented as Fire of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' and got a ''serious'' power upgrade in ''ComicBook/InvasionDCComics''.
48	* In ''ComicBook/SoulsearchersAndCompany'', EvilSorcerer Grand Guignol commands an army of wooden puppets knowns as the Pinocchio Patrol. He murders Colonel Klinkers by having the puppets surround him and tell lies until their sharpened wooden noses grow long enough to impale him.
49	* Marvel's bizarre elephantine ''ComicBook/XMen'' parody ''ComicBook/PowerPachyderms'' includes Trunklops, whose trunk beams can only be blocked by a ruby-quartz nose plug.
50	* A new mutant (not that kind) introduced in ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMen'' was named Snot, who had enlarged forward facing nostrils that powerfully launched his NoseNuggets. When he first got his powers he accidentally killed a walrus with a sneeze. In a possible future he's show running a hostage situation, threatening to drown them in mucus if his demands aren't met.
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54	* One ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' comic has a caption about "the troubling proliferation of noseguns", with a cartoon showing people walking around with tiny guns strapped to their noses.
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58	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'': Near the end, Dumbo gets back at the elephants who made fun of him earlier by inhaling peanuts with his trunk and shooting them back at them.
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62	* Draco, the dragon from the first ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'' movie, has a BreathWeapon that involves him shooting flames from his nostrils, rather than his mouth.
63	* ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2\|2022}}'': The Giant Eggman Robot uses a laser attack from its nose at one point during the final battle.
64	--> '''Robotnik:''' SNOT-ROCKET!
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68	* ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'': General Zheng Lu studied under immortals and thus gained the unique power of snorting beams of light from his nostrils: people hit by these beams have their soul temporarily removed from the body and they fall unconscious for a while.
69	* ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'': The Yellow-Tusked Old Elephant, as suggested by his name, has the power to use his trunk to sniff out the soul of his victims and make them faint so that he can snatch them and take them away. Sun Wukong not only proves impervious to the soul-sucking but he also defeats the monster by jabbing the Ruyi Jingu Bang up his nostril and dragging him back to the Pilgrim's camp.
70	* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'': In "Henry's Sneeze", the fifth and final chapter of ''Henry the Green Engine'', some naughty boys toss stones at Henry's coaches, breaking their windows. As retribution, Henry's Driver has Henry sneeze at the boys when they next meet. Henry does so, covering the boys in soot from head to toe.
71	* ''Literature/{{NERDS}}'': In ''Attack of The BULLIES'', the juvenile villain Snot Rocket has upgrades that allow him to fire explosive boogers or create snot structures.
72	%%* ''Literature/PerryRhodan'': The German SF series have the "Unither", more or less describable as intelligent alien elephants. They use their trunk as a hand, including this trope.%% Zero-context example
73	* ''Literature/TheSnoutersFormAndLifeOfTheRhinogrades'' is full of weird animals using their nose (or ''nasarium'') for a wide variety of functions. Including fishing in the case of the Snuffling Sniffler (''Emunctator sorbens''), who blows long, fine prehensile threads from its nose that hang down into the water and to which little aquatic animals get stuck.
74	* At one point in the ''Literature/XWingSeries'', some of the Wraiths claim that if they fill Runt's nostrils with ball bearings, he can sneeze them out during missions with sufficient force to penetrate light body armor. Then they lose the ability to maintain a straight face while saying this and crack up.
75	* In ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', Han mocks the idea that The Empire would have been able to handle the Yuuzahn Vong in the way their propaganda says it would with a judicious use of overwhelming force, pointing out their history of instead building colossal superweapons with major flaws and stupid names, with "The Nostril of Palpatine" being one example. One imagines what this hypothetical weapon would look like.
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79	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E12ANewMan "A New Man"]] Giles is [[ForcedTransformation transformed]] into a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Fyarl Demon]] and while we never see it on-screen, both Spike and a book listing demons Willow reads states that Fyarl Demons can shoot paralyzing mucus out of their noses.
80	* ''Series/TheFutureIsWild'': The Spitfire Bird is able to spray a caustic acid from its nostrils at predators. The bird eats a certain flower to stock up on chemicals for this weapon.
81	* In ''[[Series/{{Monkey}} Monkey Magic]]'', both Monkey and Pigsy can attack from the air (while riding their magical clouds) with energized nasal snot streams several times the length of a football field.
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85	* ''Series/FraggleRock'': In the episode "You Can't Do That Without A Hat", the Blustering Bellowpane Monster used his trumpet-shaped nose to blow Boober's hat off his head.
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89	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': A character implanted with the ''Book of Vile Darkness''' "Vasharan Worm Pod" can squirt parasitic worms out their nose at a 30-foot range, which kill their target within seconds if it fails a saving throw.
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93	* The early point-and-click adventure game ''Amerzone'' includes two examples, in its menagerie of bizarre wildlife, of animals that catch prey with their noses: the suckerer (a bug-eating mammal with a three-lobed extensible trunk) and the pechosaur (a small therapod with a hook-tipped "fishing line" on its snout).
94	* A ToiletHumor example is ''VideoGame/{{Boogerman}}''. As his name says, he's a [[ThePigPen pig pen]] superhero who uses his own excretions as weapons, mostly the boogers from his nose as projectiles as well farts and booger spits. Also carried in his FightingGame appearance in ''VideoGame/ClayFighter 63 1/3'' and its {{sequel}} ''Sculptor's Cut'' as one of the {{Guest Fighter}}s of the game along with VideoGame/EarthwormJim.
95	* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the hideous pink puff Chupon (Typhon in the new translations), Brachosaurs, and the Great Malboros have a skill named "Snort," an unblockable sneeze attack which will instantly eject a character from the battlefield regardless of HP or defenses. Although it can be useful at times (a character that has been Snorted away is still, technically, alive, so you'll only be returned to the world map if the other characters are killed) the enemies tend to use it on your most powerful character. In the Coliseum, if you bet an item that the game doesn't have a reward for, your opponent will always be Chupon/Typhon, who will always immediately use Snort to blow you out of the fight.
96	* One of the possible combat skills your hero can learn in ''VideoGame/{{Godville}}'' is "Powerful Sneeze".
97	* ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'': The Tremortusk machine (which looks like a giant mechanical mammoth) and as long as the Blaze sack on its belly is intact, it can shoot fire out of its trunk like a flamethrower.
98	* Chang Koehan of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' has a damage-dealing sneeze as a CounterAttack.
99	* In ''[[VideoGame/TheLastBlade The Last Blade 2]]'', Juzoh has a special attack in which he sneezes. Not only does it knock his opponent over, it ''deals damage.'' Yes, you could be defeated by ''getting sneezed on.''
100	* In ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]'', [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LILhai7IHI&feature=player_embedded uses this]] ''as a normal attack.'' Not just ''any'' attack, either -- it's his LauncherMove, so most matches with Phoenix Wright will see him sneeze on a regular basis.
101	* In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' Tengu Man.EXE has an attack where he elongates his nose to stab Mega Man.EXE.
102	* Flame Mammoth from ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' can shoot out globs of oil from his trunk that he can ignite to burn the ground.
103	* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', [[BigFun Birdie]]'s [[CounterAttack V-Reversal]] has him sneezing in the opponent's face. Besides fitting in with his rather [[FightingClown comedic fighting style]], this is possibly [[MythologyGag a nod]] to how his sudden RaceLift between his [[VideoGame/StreetFighterI first]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha second]] appearances was HandWaved; ''"Oh, what? ...Before? I looked pale because I was sick!"''.
104	* In ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', the Great Eggman Robo's main attack during the second phase is a blast of fire from its nose that travels across the screen. You have to jump to avoid it and hit the nose to expose its weak point. Which has a WaveMotionGun ready to charge and fire for just such an occasion.
105	* In ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure'', one of Buster's three helpers is Li'l Sneezer. In certain levels of the game, Buster can use his extreme sneeze [[SmartBomb to clear the screen of enemies]].
106	* In ''VideoGame/ToeJamAndEarl: Back in the Groove'', an unlockable present is the Big Sneeze. When used, this present allows the player to sneeze loudly for a short time by pressing the action button. This sneeze can blow enemy Earthlings away, but it can also do the same to objects, so you'll need to use it wisely.
107	* ''VideoGame/TouhouShinkirouHopelessMasquerade'' has [[ConfusionFu Koishi]] sneezing as part of her standard combo, and it seems to work just as well as a kick in the face.
108	* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' likes noses. Sometimes even to the point of making them attack!
109	** ''VideoGame/WarioWareSmoothMoves'' has a flying nose shoot at you in on boss minigame.
110	** ''VideoGame/WarioWareTouched'' has a boss minigame where you explore a "cave" that's actually a nose. Aside from EverythingTryingToKillYou part of the finale involves fleeing as the nose is sneezing.
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114	* Iroh from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' can release air from his nose hot enough to boil water and heat metal red hot.
115	* Snout Spout from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'' and ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' was an Eternian fireman who wore a face-concealing helmet in the shape of an elephant's head. He was able to use the trunk to suck up nearby sources of water and [[FireHoseCannon squirt it out with the force of a heavy firehose]], blasting fires (and enemies) with a jetstream of water.
116	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has Timmy wishing for his parents to be superheroes. Most of their powers are parodies of famous ones, so the mother can shoot spiderweb from her nose.
117	* Meltus, Glomp, and Lunk from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' all have large noses and allergies, which, combined with their elements, lets them weaponize their abilities. Meltus has fire breath from his nose, Glomp has sticky slime that can propel himself upwards, and Lunk has frozen snot and ice-cold breath.
118	* Tara from ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'' has several mucus-based superpowers that she projects from her nose, including the Booger Bomb and the Super Slimy Snot Shot. The squicky nature of her powers is why she never made it as a superhero and ended up becoming a supervillain.
119	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' short "Elmer Elephant", the title character uses his trunk as a fire hose to put out a blaze in his girlfriend's home.
120	* From ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' in the episode "Shanghied", where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to escape from The Flying Dutchman [[ItMakesSenseInContext while grabbing his favorite sock]], the Dutchman catches up to them and tries to shoot flames coming from his nostrils. The Dutchman relents when [=SpongeBob=] defends himself with the sock.
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