Fighting with Chucks: Difference between revisions

 

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* ''[[One Piece]]'': Franky's "Heavy Nunchuck" from the Thriller Bark Arc. [[Rule of Cool|Giant steel nunchaku with half a marble pillar inserted over each stick]]. Seriously.

* Bruno of the Kanto Elite Four in ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' uses chucks.

* ''[[Bleach]]'': Ikkaku's zanpakutou initially looks like a spear when it's released. However, this simply disguises the fact that it's really a three-sectioned staff. Justified in that Ikkaku's themes are based on Chinese warrior monks, so his weapon (in all its forms) is based on weapons associated with Chinese warrior monks instead of being based on Japanese versions.

 

* Michaelangelo of the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' uses nunchaku as his [[Weapon of Choice]].

* Dashiel "Dash" Bad Horse from ''[[Scalped]]'' uses nunchaku to beat up the hoods on the Rez.

 

* Discussed in ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'', which gives us the page quote. His mad skills are never shown, but his pronunciation of the weapon as "numchucks" gives a pretty solid indicator of his actual proficiency.

* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. The title character knows how to use nunchucks as part of his martial artist skills. He also hits himself in the nuts while using them during his fight with Mr. Feather.

* Although never used for fighting, the main character of ''[[Sidekicks]]'' learns to use nunchaku and uses them for an impressive kata near the end of the film. After a training montage involving [[Amusing Injuries]] as he keeps hitting himself while practicing.

 

* In the rather odd future of ''[[The Diamond Age]]'', nunchucks are one of the choice weapons of the gangs in Hong Kong; Nell uses her brother's pair to break the leg of a molester after they run away.

* ''[[Blackcollar]]'' - In [[Timothy Zahn|Timothy Zahn's]] trilogy, nunchaku are one of the primary weapons used by the [[Ninja|titular characters]].

** Also by [[Timothy Zahn]], in the [[Quadrail Series]] nunchaku form part of one successful attempt to get around the Quadrail's ban on taking weapons on board. {{spoiler|The Bellido race routinely carry guns as part of their culture, and on the Quadrail carry harmless plastic copies instead. But the plastic guns can be filled with water and strung on lanyards to make quite effective nunchaku}}.

* In Bruce Sterling's ''The Artificial Kid'', the eponymous protagonist uses a set of nunchaku in his televised battles that included a holdout pistol in the base of each stick.

 

* In the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "Messages From Earth," Ranger Marcus Cole defeats a group of bad guys that includes a nunchuck wielder. Done, perhaps, to show that the ''Anla-shok'' are truly Badass.

* Jan from ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'' and his ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'' counterpart, Casey. The megazord also has a setsukon, but doesn't use it all that often.

* Back in ''[[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]],'' the Yellow Ranger also fought with them. Again, however, she didn't really seem to use them that much.

 

* Jay Chou (from [[The Green Hornet (film)|The Green Hornet]] above) wields Nunchaku in some scenes for his music video ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrq3Ew0T-I Nunchaku]''.

 

* Ryu of ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' can buy and use a pair of Nunchucks. He can pick up a modified version later: Nunchucks with small scythe blades on the ends.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'', the Black Belt can use five weapons (in descending power level): his fists, iron nunchucks, iron staff, wooden nunchucks, and wooden staff. The Ninja can also use the nunchucks, but by the time you get a ninja, he'll have vastly superior weapons anyway.

* There's a scene in [[Dead or Alive|Dead or Alive 4]] where [[Bruce Lee Clone|Jann Lee]] & [[Highly-Visible Ninja|Ryu Hayabusa]] both show off with a set of nunchucks before they fight.

 

* Fighter of ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' combines these with swords to form Swordchucks.

** Mongo of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' goes one further with chainsaw-chucks.

 

 

* Mikey,{{who}} again. Though in [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|the original cartoon]], he was resorting to alternatives like tonfas and a grappling hook in the last seasons (probably because nunchuks are forbidden in some countries).

* The ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' incarnation of Jazz is a cyber-ninja (who learned from the same master as Prowl) and uses "laser-nunchaku" in battle.