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Paper doesn't seem like it would make too great a weapon. Yeah, a paper cut might sting for a while, and a rolled-up newspaper could possibly slay seven flies with one blow, and it could certainly [[Rock-Paper-Scissors|cover a rock]], but nobody kids themselves that a sheet of paper is going to be useful in a real fight. Even the dreaded [[Paper Fan of Doom]] has much more bang than bite.
[[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|Sounds like a pretty lame power]], right? [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|Not quite.]] Imagine that paper cut going all the way to the bone.
There are actually a fair amount of characters in fiction that use paper in battle very effectively. These characters have near-[[Elemental Powers]] to control or even transform into paper, and usually can create a vast amount of weapons only limited by their imagination and paper folding skills. Often when this happens, the paper itself seems to take on the qualities of said weapon (i.e. a paper spear piercing someone like a normal spear would, instead of crumpling up). These characters are often weak to [[Kill It
Be very careful, dear reader, when confronting these characters in offices, libraries, bookstores, newspaper printers, [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman|or banknote mints]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Read or Die]]'',
* Saicho of ''[[Flame of Recca]]'', a fighter who can manipulate papers to act like weapons much like the ''[[
* Kalluto, youngest sibling of lead character Killua, in ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]''. He (yes, if you've looked it up, that's a little ''boy'') uses a paper fan as a weapon
** One of abilities of Nen is the ability to strengthen objects, including paper. At one point Wing tears a page out of a book, strengthens it with Nen, and hurls it at a wall, neatly slicing a metal soda can that was in the way. Also, at various points in the anime, Hisoka tends to do the same with playing cards.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'':
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* [[Onmyodo]], via Shikigami or [[Ofuda]], is very powerful in the ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' universe. Setsuna is a notable heroic user.
* Konan from ''[[Naruto]]'', the lone female member of Akatsuki. She's made it into such things as wings and fake trees, and is capable of both ''turning into'' paper and making a copy of herself out of paper which she can control from a remote location (though she/it can apparently be prevented from moving if something sticks to it, like oil). This also include the [[Vancian Magic|paper]] ''explosives'' that are a main-stay of the series.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'':
** Sailor Mars
** Garoben, the [[Monster of the Week|youma]] from episode 8 of the original anime series, manifests and throws paper at Sailor Moon as its ranged attack.
* Keisei in ''[[Shikabane Hime]]'' has displayed the ability to turn a scroll of Buddhist scripture into a magical staff.
* Aono in ''[[Sola]]'' can control paper.
* {{spoiler|Curren Huckebein}} of ''[[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' has this as her [[Weapon of Choice]]. She introduces herself by having the tome she carries create a paper storm that slices up and critically injures {{spoiler|Vita and Erio}}.
== Comic Books ==
* [[Stalker
* [[Marvel Comics]]' Thin Man has the ability to flatten himself razor thin, in addition to [[Rubber Man]] powers. Again, ''razor'' thin. And he's a sadistic, bitter old man. And a good guy.
* [[X
== Film ==
* ''[[
== Literature ==
* The main character of the [[Exactly What It Says
* In one of the books of "[[
* In Harry Connolly's ''Twenty Palaces'' book series, the main character uses a spell to create a "ghost knife" which is basically a laminated piece of notebook paper with some magical symbols written on it in marker. It is supposed to be able to cut "ghosts, magic, and dead things," but the definition of "dead things" is broad enough to include any inanimate object, and in this universe, every living thing has a soul or spirit that qualifies as a kind of ghost. Add in the ability of the ghost knife to respond to it's owner's will by flying wherever the creator mentally directs it, and you have a weapon that cuts through doors and bullets, leaves any living opponent exhausted and weak by injuring its soul, and destroys your enemies' magic, giving you a perfect all-purpose (mostly)nonlethal weapon that fits in your pocket. Even when someone else grabs it, the creator can will it to fly ''through'' the opponent's hand and back to the creator, leaving the enemy soul-drained in the process. The protagonist can even use it to [[Mundane Utility|slice up meat]], and it's safe to rinse, as it's laminated.
* Lazy Dragon, a character from the [[Wild Cards]] universe, can create and then "possess" animals. He needs some kind of symbolic image of the animal to do it, and usually finds it most practical to make little origami tigers or snakes or birds or whatever, since he has easy access to paper and origami needs no tools.
* In [[Jules Verne]]'s ''Robur the Conqueror'', the title character's super helicopter is made of laminated paper. Steel knives break when prisoners try to cut through this paper.
{{Quote|Everything—framework, hull, houses, cabins—were made of straw-paper turned hard as metal by compression....}}
== Live Action TV ==
* There was a villain of sorts in ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]'' appropriately named "Paper Cut".
* The [[
* Tsuruhime (the white ranger) in ''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]''. One of her attacks is a storm of paper cranes. This attack is occasionally replicated at a larger scale by the first [[Humongous Mecha]] of the series, Muteki Shogun (Invincible General).
== Tabletop RPG ==
* ''[[
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', the Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Style has a technique that allows you to turn [[Paper Fan of Doom|paper fans]] into sharp and deadly weapons.
* In ''[[
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* Sketch Turner, the comic book artist [[Trapped in TV Land|sucked into his own creation]] in ''[[Comix Zone]]'', can tear a chunk out of the comic page he's fighting on and turn it into a lethal projectile by folding it into a paper airplane. His pet rat, Roadkill, scratches at panel borders to reveal weapons and power-ups. The villain of Sketch's comic, Mortus, draws monsters to attack him.
* [[One Piece]] had a video game where the villain eat a Logia-type Devil Fruit that granted him power over paper and fabric.
* ''[[Paper Mario (
* Melody, one of the Portrait Ghosts from ''[[
* ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Adventurers
* ''[[Archipelago]]'': The Listing of Names is a book. It has nothing but pages at its disposal. Lots of pages. And unless you are its designated reader, it is unsafe to approach the book without ''a flamethrower.''
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'': Gabe's alter ego, the Cardboard Tube Samurai, wields (guess what?) a cardboard tube.
* ''[[Paranatural]]'': Isabel [http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-1-page-54 fights] (and [http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-1-page-66
* Dino, from ''[[
== Web Original ==
* From [[
* Mister Origami, a [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] villain from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', was an expert origami artist, and could mentaly transform his folded creations into giant examples of the real thing that would attack his enemies. (For example, he would make an origami bear, then animate it into a fifteen foot tall angry bear that would attack at his command).
** Hallmark is a mutant criminal with telekinetic control over paper. For the most part he was considered a joke in the supervillain community of the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', until he took down half the Global Guardians team singlehandedly using the contents of an office supply store.
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== Western Animation ==
* Origami from ''[[
* The sole shtick of ''[[The Tick (animation)|Paul the Samurai]]'' villain Papercut.
* In an episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Doofenshmirtz's latest -inator is one that takes paper and compacts it into extremely sharp and durable bullets and shoot it at people and give them... [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|PAPERCUTS]]!
* One ''[[
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* The [[Meaningful Name|Wood Forgers]] of the new ''[[Thundercats 2011
== Real Life ==
* The [
* Discovery Channel had a convict mentioning the combat potential of newspapers folded and/or rolled up tightly enough... Spears... Hammers... keep in mind that paper used to be wood, and only its thinness and flexibility separates it from that mechanically. High density cardboard (which tightly enough rolled newspaper could approximate) doesn't hold a candle to steel for ability to apply bludgeoning force, but it is a lot better than bare hands for reach.
* [[The History Channel]] had an episode of ''Ancient Discoveries'' that tested the validity of paper armor from ancient China. The paper armor they created was able to completely stop a crossbow bolt from 20 meters.
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