![]() As expected, Australia from Hetalia: Axis Powers has one and is more than willing to use it.The Infinite Justice also retains a beam boomerang, the "Shining Edge" beam boomerang. Its successor unit, the Destiny, came with two "Flash Edge II"s, which function as beam sabers. It looks like a large physical boomerang, but it's actually two beam boomerangs. In Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, the Impulse Gundam's Sword equipment also has beam boomerangs, in this case the "Flash Edge".Supplemental material reveal suits like the Strike's IWSP pack and the Sword Calamity also have "Midas Messer"s. The Justice Gundam has two shoulder-mounted "Bassel" beam boomerangs, though it snaps open into a Y-shaped weapon. In SEED itself, the Strike Gundam's Sword equipment comes with a shoulder-mounted "Midas Messer" beam boomerang.The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED franchise just utterly loves this trope.In Mazinkaiser, the title mecha can remove its entire jetpack and throw it, cleaving even flying fortresses in half.Great Mazinger can pull off its Chest Blaster and hurl it at enemies if for some reason hitting them with enough heat to melt a Robeast outright isn't viable.The Colonel from Fist of the North Star uses psychic-controlled boomerangs as his main weapon.Digimon: Sepikmon from Digimon Frontier wields a cursed boomerang that contains the spirits of the dead as a weapon.Cutey Honey: The titular character has her Honey Boomerang she use through out her incarnations.12 Beast: War Leader Jawea's weapon of choice, which is carved from Rockeater bones and can slice through metal and rock alike.Not to be confused with Cartoon Network's programming block/spin-off channel, Boomerang.Īs one might take from the first paragraph, these did/do exist in real life, but they're hardwood clubs that are curved so that they can be thrown, whereas the conventional boomerang is a hunting tool designed mostly for hitting small birds. Precision-Guided Boomerang also covers other items are used like a boomerang. They often will also be able to carry items and pickups back to the player. In video games, the boomerang often does slightly less damage than comparable weapons with the tradeoff that it won't use up ammo if you can catch them. Note that, pop culture aside, this is not more than Truth in Television: returning boomerangs were actually known on all the five continents, with ancient Egyptians and Germans being among the nations of the old world that used it. Oddly, when this trope is in use, it's unlikely to be used by an actual Australian, aboriginal or otherwise, even though it is an iconic symbol of the country to the rest of the world. Also, expect the boomerang to come back even after hitting its target, which makes absolutely no sense in real life. Expect to see the stereotypical boomerang shape that allows it to come back to the thrower, even though real-life weapon boomerangs aren't designed to do that. Until he gets his bow, at least.īoomerangs as the weapon of choice of characters.
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