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The manriki-gusari (kanji: 萬力鏈, "ten-thousand-power chain") is a chain weapon originating from Japan. It is also called the kusari-fundō (kanji: 鎖分銅, "chain weight"). It is weighted on both ends and is useful in heavy strikes, limb/joint locks, and trapping weapons.
In TMNT[]
The manriki-gusari sometimes appears in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
A Foot Ninja can be seen using one in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol 4) 14.
Mirage[]
In the Mirage continuity, a pre-teen Michelangelo is shown using a manriki-gusari in "The Passing". Some Foot Ninja use some on Leonardo, who then uses one himself in "What Goes Around... ...Comes Around!". One of the Foot Elite uses a manriki-gusari on Raphael in "City at War, part 11 of 13".
1987 TV series[]
In the 1987 TV series, Michelangelo uses a manriki-gusari in "A Thing About Rats", calling himself "master of the manriki-gusari".
Eastman and Laird's TMNT: The Movie[]
In Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, the manriki-gusari is the primary weapon of Nightwatcher, who is Raphael.
1990 film series[]
In the 2007 film TMNT, Raphael wields the manriki-gusari as Nightwatcher.
TMNT & Other Strangeness[]
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness, the manriki-gusari is one of the special weapons used by Long Strike.
2003 TV series[]
In the 2003 TV series, the manriki-gusari is used by a Foot Ninja in "New Blood". The Dark Assassins wields some in "The Big Brawl". Karai also wields one.
2012 TV series[]
In the 2012 TV series, the manriki-gusari is seen in "I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman" when the Ninja Turtles try to restrain the "Stockman-Pod" in the final confrontation. In "Baxter's Gambit", whilst trying to match her to a weapon, Splinter has April O'Neil try a manriki-gusari before finally matching her with the tessen.
Rise of the TMNT[]
In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Michelangelo steals a mystic kusari-fundō from Baron Draxum's laboratory in "Mystic Mayhem". It is mystic with a weight rejection and a fire generation ability. Mikey's kusari-fundō is destroyed by the Shredder in "Shreddy or Not", its chain snapped by him after Mikey wrapped his body in it. Mikey replaced it with nunchaku in "Finale Part 4: Rise".
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