Frying Pans

In various media today, the humble frying pan has many tasks and duties, which it performs with utmost skill. Sadly, when the awards are given out, everyone seems to have a momentarily lapse of sanity, and they forget to remember the frying pan. I, at this point, wish to commemorate it's many achievements.

1. The well of the pan. Here, delectable goodies can be fried, browned, or seared. Not to mention, this is the part of the pan that usually hits the enemy's cranium when the user sees fit to use the pan as a weapon.

2. The side of the pan. The sides often flare upwards, and are very low. It is mentioned here today because most of the leading scientists in this field agree that the low sides attributes to the aerodynamics of the pan as it is flying through the air, increasing it's velocity to the highest level.

3. The handle of the pan. How well the grip feels in one's hand can become the difference between life and death in a melee. Often there is some sort of ring at the end so that it can attach the pan to a utility belt, along with the rest of one's arsenal.





Famous characters that use a Frying Pan

Kirby (Various Kirby games): The video game character Kirby also is very skilled in the art of the frying pan. He gains the weapon whenever he becomes Chief Kirby. The pan has been used as a makeshift tennis racket, a shield, to make delicious entrees (duh), and a reflector.

Rapunzel (Tangled): The use of a frying pan is very pronounced in Tangled, a charming 
2010 animated movie.  The pan was used often for comic relief, with characters saying things such as "I've got to get one of these!" when they brained yet another enemy with a borrowed pan. If I had a dime for every time someone was hit with a frying pan in this movie,well, I'd have less than a dollar. But still...

Paula (Earthbound): What do you use when fighting inanimate objects, aliens with great posture, and giant rodents? Awesome PSI powers, of course. But Paula's frying pan helped too.

Sam (Lord of the Rings): Frodo has a magical blade that glows blue whenever goblins or orcs are close by. Sam has a frying pan. I wonder which is better...