Improvised Weapon Proficiency

Improvised Weapon Proficiency
In Bullseye's (Marvel Comics) hands, anything is a deadly weapon, including his own teeth.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding improvised weaponry.

"I once saw him kill three men in a bar with a pencil. With a f--king. Pencil."

― Viggo Tarasov on the killing proficiency of John Wick (John Wick)

"Anything I can use, I will use. Whether it be tools or minds games, or whatever else."

― Gray Yeon (Weak Hero)

The power to be a master of wielding improvised weaponry. Sub-power of Improvisation Mastery. Variation of Enhanced Weapon Proficiency.

Also Called

• Improvised Weapon Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery
• Weapon Improvisation

Capabilities

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of wielding improvised weapons, allowing them to make do in situations that require self-defense or if the user is otherwise unarmed. Effectively, in the user's hands, anything can be a weapon.

Applications

• Broken Weapon Proficiency
• Improbable Weapon Proficiency
• Object Enhancement

Variations

• Bamboo Proficiency
• Brick Weaponry Proficiency
• Sock Weaponry Proficiency
• Stick Proficiency
• Writing Implement Proficiency

Associations

• Craft Improvisation
• Improvisation Mastery
• Hilt Strike

Limitations

• Improvised weapons may break.
• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

See also: Improvised Weapon.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
  • Yuuichiro Hanma
  • Yuujirou Hanma
  • Baki Hanma
  • Gaia
  • Sikorsky
• Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!)
• Rudo Surebrec (Gachiakuta); via 3R
• Ihwa, the Hero Killer (Hero Killer)
• Hamon/Ripple Users (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Kazuki Karaiya (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak)
• Mash Burnedead (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
• Lihiko Shishime (Medaka Box)
• Benn Beckman (One Piece)
• Taro Sakamoto (Sakamoto Days)
• Loid Forger/Twilight (Spy x Family)
• Juzo Ogami (Kill Blue)
• Kim Joon Goo (PTJ Universe/Lookism/Manager Kim)
• Gray Yeon (Weak Hero)

Cartoons

• Stan Smith (American Dad)
• Astrid Hofferson (How To Train Your Dragon)
• Hamato Yoshi/Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series)
• Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series)
• April O'neil (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Eddy (Ed Edd n Eddy)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)

Comics

• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Midnighter (DC Comics/WildStorm)
• Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Bullseye (Marvel Comics)
• Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)

Live Television/Movies

• Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Jason Bourne (The Bourne Identity)
• Lionel Cosgrove (Braindead/Dead Alive)
• Robert DuBois/Bloodsport (DC Extended Universe)
• Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
• John Wick (John Wick)
• Boy Scouts (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse)
  • Ben Goudy
  • Carter Grant
  • Augie Foster
• Sidney Prescott (Scream)
• Jane "Eleven" Hopper (Stranger Things)
• Hound (Transformers Film Series)

Video Games

• Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
• Solid Snake (Metal Gear series)
• Hershel Layton (Professor Layton)

Web Series

• Strong Bad (Homestar Runner)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Benn Beckman (One Piece) using his cigarette as a makeshift weapon to burn an attacking Mountain Bandit.

Ihwa/Hero Killer (Hero Killer)

Hamon/Ripple Users (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) can turn anything into a weapon, from noodles...

...scarves...

...to bottle caps.

Kazuki Karaiya (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak) tried using a Cutting Torch to attack Josuke.

Gray Yeon (Weak Hero) makes up for his lack of physical strength for his intuition and ability to use common objects as improvised weapons...

...like a belt...

...a brick...

Juzo Ogami (Kill Blue) can use different types of school supplies as weapons...

...such as Chalk as a makeshift smokescreen...

...or a triangular ruler to stop a car.

Taro Sakamoto (Sakamoto Days) can turn almost anything into a weapon, such as pens, street signs, frying pans, and even cough drops.

Cartoons

Stan Smith (American Dad!) is a skilled fighter thanks to his CIA training and his also good at using improvised methods to defeat his enemies like using a pencil, a bottle of hot sauce, and his own vomit to defeat a small group of armed robbers easily.

Eddy (Ed Edd n Eddy) Eddy is capable using with Wrench, Hammer, Maul, Flyswatter, Paddle, Shovel, Crowbar, Baseball Bat, Hockey Stick as weapon to hit or break through doors.

Jack (Samurai Jack) destroying an army of robots with a piece of bamboo

Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series) can adapt in combat situations without his usual weapons by using random objects like a broom to fight off his enemies like the Foot Ninja...

...and Chris Bradford as Dogpound.

Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series) using a pipe to substitute using his swords by adapting it to his style.

Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series) using a chain to fight his enemies like he uses kusarigama.

Strong Bad (Homestar Runner)

Comics

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)

Hulk (Marvel Comics) excels at using improvised weapons, like cars.

Live TV/Movies

Lionel Cosgrove (Braindead/Dead Alive) wielding a lawn mower to slay the zombies.

Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) excels at using anything she can get her hands on as a weapon against vampires and demons, such as using a cymbal as a projectile.

Bloodsport (DC Extended Universe) threatening Amanda Waller with a pencil.

Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) can turn virtually anything he gets his hands on into a deadly weapon, such as a guitar.

After losing her powers Jane "Eleven" Hopper (Stranger Things) had to rely on instincts to help her in combat such as using a roller skate to attack a bully which resulted in a grade 2 concussion.

Sidney Prescott (Scream) excels at using virtually anything she can get her hands on as a weapon, from umbrellas...

...to vases and television sets.

Boy Scouts (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse) raided a hardware store to craft improvised weapons to kill the zombies infesting their town.

Hound (Transformers Film Series) can adapt and use other objects as weapons when he runs out of his normal; weapons like using his hat,belt...

...and even his Cybertronian cigar/Cy-gar to take down his enemies.

Video Games

Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) is more than capable of using improvised weapons when push comes to shove, such as using sticks and ladles as swords, farming tools, cleaning implements, and oars as spears, and pot lids as shields.

Solid Snake (Metal Gear series) defeating Big Boss with a lighter and can of hairspray.

Professor Layton (Professor Layton) using a pipe as a makeshift sword against Descole.

Videos

Frank Castle vs The Russian (Kevin Nash) - The Punisher (2004)

The Dark Knight (2008) - Joker's Magic Trick Scene - Movieclips-2

Punisher Prison Fight Scene - Daredevil (2x9) -HD--2

Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse (Gear Up scene)-2

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 9-11-2

-HD- Jojo - Joseph Joestar VS Police-2

JJBA Joseph defeats Esidisi-2

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Wired Beck-2

Unconventional Weapons in SAKAMOTO DAYS - Netflix Anime-2

Rudo vs Zanka - Gachiakuta-2

American Dad - Stan hits Roger with a chair

Regular Show - The Park Workers VS The Hammer-2

ARCHER S4 E1 Opening Scene

MOANCORE-2

Layton vs Descole - Scene 21 - Azran Legacy HD (ish)