![]() To be precise, she manages to lift a huge gray one ton hammer above her head. Momoka from Eroge! H mo Game mo Kaihatsu Zanmai utilizes this against the This Loser Is You protagonist in one episode for comedy.Nagi pulls out a spiked hammer when Hayate annoys her. Hayate the Combat Butler characters seem to love this one, most often with Sakuya pulling out her paper fan to smack people.In one of the anime episodes, Kaori is shown to have purchased a new hammer at a boutique before the action of the episode started. Kaori in City Hunter She pulls an over 100t iron hammer out of nowhere to beat Ryo up.She also appears to take a hologram-phone device from her panties at some points. Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan uses this as one of its central gags the whole focal point of the anime is the title character producing a giant spiky club from nowhere and brutally killing the protagonist, only to revive him seconds later.We later find that Kaori's sister can also do it. In the alternate timeline of Angel Heart, Shanin picks up this ability from Kaori's heart inside her.Tanaka lampshades this, saying it and the resulting Cranial Eruption are a little dated. Are All She Says: When Oshigiri gropes her boobs from behind at Comiket, Toda whacks her on the head with a giant mallet saying "100 T" (presumably tons). Harsh Word Impact is for when the injuries are just a metaphor for emotional impact. Hammers which don't disappear when not in use, or which inflict non- Amusing Injuries, are at Drop the Hammer. This is a subtrope of Hammerspace where the retrieved object is used for Slapstick. Modern Western examples are usually references to Anime or the original Western cartoon shorts. There, it commonly appears when a short-tempered schoolgirl enters Pervert Revenge Mode, and she attacks the source of her ire with a giant hammer or a Paper Fan of Doom. It's a Dead Horse Trope in the West, where it originated, but it's well alive in Anime and Manga. In addition to using Hammerspace as a gag in its own right, it also lets animator or cartoonist create whatever Slapstick gag they want without worrying about what a character has on hand. Sometimes, the character has an explicit ability to access Hammerspace, but the Hyperspace Mallet usually runs on pure Rule of Funny. Of these weapons, hammers are likely the most commonly used, to the point where the mysterious place they come from was named Hammerspace. The weapons (and the injuries they cause) then disappear as easily as they appeared, often as soon as they leave the screen. Comically oversized hammers, anvils, and dynamite are common choices. When a cartoon character needs to inflict some Amusing Injuries on their foes, they can somehow pull a weapon of their choice from nowhere. ![]() Sam Simeon, Phil Foglio's Angel and the Ape
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