"This trope once killed a man with a pair of galoshes." "This trope once killed a man with a harmonica." "This trope once killed a man with a bowl of chicken soup!" "This trope once killed a man with a bottle of Elmer's and some construction paper!" "Yeah? Well this trope once killed a man...with a noodle!" Few things can establish one's Badass cred quite like claiming to have killed someone with something no one would think of as a weapon of any sort, let alone a lethal one. Compare Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon and Improvised Weapon. A Badass Trope. Can also be a Stock Phrase.