History Main / BifurcatedWeapon

* Pit's bow in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' and the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series split into two swords.
* Boc, from ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}: [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Dark Forces II Jedi Knight]]'', is a Dark Jedi who has a "thick" lightsaber that, in times of great danger, he would pull into two smaller sabers.
* In ''Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy'', some Jedi ([[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard not including you]]) can split their Darth Maul-style light-lances into [[DualWielding two lightsabers]]. Which makes sense, since Maul's saber was effectively made by welding two lightsaber hilt props together -- and when it was cut in half by Obi-Wan, he was still able to use one. This trick gave Literature/DarthBane a nasty shock in ''Path of Destruction'', since the Sith hadn't been teaching anyone to deal with a twin-saber style. The player character can also (if wielding a saber staff) extinguish just one of its blades to use medium stance (or to throw it).
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'': [[spoiler:While on Ilum to repair his master's lightsaber (itself a [[DoubleWeapon double-bladed lightsaber]]), Cal finds a kyber crystal that splits into two fragments. He uses those fragments, in combination with another lightsaber given to him by his friend Cere Junda, to create a new lightsaber that can be split into two seperate blades for special moves]].
** By the sequel, ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediSurvivor Jedi Survivor]]'', Cal has developed [[spoiler:multiple different stances to take advantage of this trope. While the same core hilt is used in all of them (including the Single and Blaster Stances), it can combine with a shorter "shota" hilt for the Double-Bladed Stance, split for the Dual Stance, or use both ''and'' a pommel battery for the Crossguard Stance. Cal can use any two of these and switch between them at will, making him incredibly versatile in combat]].
* ''Devil May Cry'':

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Snake can find or buy attachments for his weapons, including shotguns and grenade launchers, both of which have three different types of ammo.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', Sundowner uses [[DualWielding a pair of]] [[MacheteMayhem machetes]] that can combine to form [[ShearMenace a giant pair of scissors]].

* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 5 and 8'' Cao Pi wields two swords [[DoubleWeapon joined at the hilt]] that can be separated during some combos. Lu Bu (and later, his daughter Lu Lingqi) has his "cross pike", 2 {{Double Weapon}}s that can combine at their centers in a cross shape.
* In ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'', Grøh's weapon of choice is a pair of swords that combine at the hilts to form a single weapon.

* [[https://youtu.be/yPKKFgGBKXA?t=180 This]] trailer from ''[=ArchLord=]'' has a soldier draw a sword stored as the hilt of his pike.
* Hubert Oswell's weapon in ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' is a double-ended blade that not only splits into two pistols but can be used as a bow!
* Near the end of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', [[spoiler:Lloyd Irving obtains the ability to wield the previously [[FantasticRacism half-elf-only]] [[SwordofPlotAdvancement Eternal Sword]]. The purple sword magically splits into a red blade and a blue blade to fit Lloyd's [[DualWielding fighting style]]. He also fuses it back together when performing his LimitBreak.]] More accurately, [[spoiler:the Eternal Sword's power split into two weapons he already had, one which was given to him by his adoptive father and the other by his biological father. Also, the Eternal Sword wasn't restricted to half-elves; Anyone with elven blood in them (or using a special trinket) could've used it if they had a pact with Origin.]]
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** One old version of Illidan's Twin Blades of Azzinoth was a single weapon detachable into two separate ones. The concept was dropped and the live version, available to players, is simply [[{{BFS}} two huge double-headed curved glaives]] without any possibility of combined into one.
** After Varian Wrynn was split into two people by Onyxia, Jaina Proudmoore gave them the elven blades Shalla'tor the Shadow Render and Ellemayne the Reaver in preparation for facing Onyxia. When the two Varians became one again, their swords also merged together, becoming Shalamayne. During the Broken Shore ''Legion'' cinematic, Varian splits Shalamayne into the original two blades. Shalla'tor and Ellemayne were meant to do this: they were originally made for twin Night Elf warriors. Varok Saurfang also splits Shalamayne into two weapons during his duel with Sylvanas Windrunner. Despite the fact that Sylvanas saw Varian split the sword on the Broken Shore she is tripped up by this maneuver and gets hit in the eye with the second blade. She doesn't let it slow her down for long though.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Strife}}'' there is the Sigil, an ArtifactOfDoom EvilWeapon with [[IKEAWeaponry some assembly required]]. Any given piece of the Sigil is a devastating weapon but it grows more powerful as they are combined.
* In one ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' arc, there's a villain named Trapdoor who's POWER is to bifurcate HIMSELF (he's actually summoning alternate reality versions of himself, it seems). If you don't defeat these Bifurcations, Trapdoor's regeneration level goes through the roof, making defeating him impossible.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWarriors'' video game, the boss of the Baseball Furies, Cobb, wields [[InstantChucks two black baseball bats tied together]]. His attacks are slow, but it does quite a bit of damage.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has the Blade of Mercy (a shortsword that can split into dual daggers), the Burial Blade (a scimitar that can attach to a handle to become a scythe), Lugwig's Holy Blade (a greatsword that functions as a sheath for the detachable longsword inside), the Kirkhammer (a stone-headed hammer that also functions as a sheath for a detachable longsword) and the Rakuyo (a [[DoubleWeapon double-ended sword]] that splits into a rapier and dagger).
* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', Xigbar's two crossbows can combine in two different ways. By connecting the front of one into the end of the other, he can create a sniper rifle. By joining the two ends together, he can create a longbow.
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', at the beginning of the fight with the eponymous villain, he pulls out a pair of pistols to kill Batman at close range. When that fails, he links them together into a carbine rifle and takes up a sniping position. (The weapon also is the trope image for ComboRifle)
* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare'' there is an assault rifle, the Type-2, that splits into two machine pistols. Or two shotguns if you're using the Butcher variant.
* The titular ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' is a large sword that can separate in the middle to become two smaller swords. (Which can also become two swords-on-chains.)
* In ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} can change fighting styles by combining his trademark eskrima sticks into a bo staff.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', the Dark Split-Sword is ordinarily classified as a heavy sword, but applying a Dual Swords stance mod causes it to split into two blades.
* Keiji Maeda from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' wields an extra-long nodachi with an appropriately large sheath, but he can also combine the two by slamming the handle in the sheath and turn the weapon into an impromptu giant polearm. The Japanese dub refers to these weapons separately as the "Super Sword" and "Scarlet Spear" respectively.

* ''VideoGame/Nioh2'' and the DLC have two new weapons: the [[https://nioh2.wiki.fextralife.com/Switchglaives "Switchglaive"]] (in original "Naginatagama") is a mechanical weapon which, depending on the stance, can turn into either some sort of axe (with the blade parallel to the handle), a [[SinisterScythe giant scythe]] or a naginata. In the DLC we have the "Splitstaff", which is essentially a long staff able to split into a whip-like nunchaku weapon.
* ''VideoGame/AnnoMutationem'' has Ann's [[DualWielding Dual Blades]], which can combine into a [[DoubleWeapon double-headed glaive.]]

* S'yne Lokk from ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', wields the Vassal Sewing Set which takes the form of a [[ShearMenace giant pair of scissors]], which can be separated in halves for DualWielding.

* There's the SuperSoaker [[http://www.isoaker.com/Armoury/Analysis/2004/super_soaker_tripleaggressor.html Triple Aggressor]] Which, as it's name implies, its a ''Tri''furcated weapon. It's a large super soaker with a smaller water pistol and sponge-grenade attached to it. It's about as awesome as it sounds.

** By the sequel, ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediSurvivor Jedi Survivor]]'', Cal has developed [[spoiler: multiple different stances to take advantage of this trope. While the same core hilt is used in all of them (including the Single and Blaster Stances), it can combine with a shorter "shota" hilt for the Double-Bladed Stance, split for the Dual Stance, or use both ''and'' a pommel battery for the Crossguard Stance. Cal can use any two of these and switch between them at will, making him incredibly versatile in combat]].

* Magmatron of ''[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Beast Wars Neo]]'' is a [[CombiningMecha Splitting Mecha]]- although he ''can'' split into Landsaur, Seasaur, and Skysaur, he is one personality and Magmatron is his default mode.