History Main / EnhancedArchaicWeapon

* Most Predators in ''VideoGame/AliensVsPredatorsExtinction'' make use of staffs and scythes, throwing chakrams, and spearguns, upgraded with stuff like plasma sheathing, vibroblades, and anticoagulant gel. These aren't their serious weaponry, just hunting stuff on par with someone using a bow-and-arrow to make things more fun. Their real wargear tends towards one-yautja {{Macross Missile Massacre}}s and [[ShoulderCannon shoulder-mounted]] DeathRay lasers.

* The pinnacle if ranged weapons in ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' is a crossbow with a magnetic accelerator coil mounted on it. This is due to the MegaCorp that manufactures arrows supressing the development of guns to keep bows from becoming obsolete. They can even launch nukes out of it (either Bolt of the WMD arrows or the [[ChummyCommies Communist's]] Da Bomb craftable)!

* ''Videogame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' features a pair of augmented melee weapons - the Damocles and the Arrancadora De Tripas. The Damocles ([[{{BFS}} a 15 kilogram nodachi]]) has a handle made of distortion capacitors, allowing it to create a shockwave of fire and explosions when the blade contacts flesh or armor. The Arrancadora Warp Hammer is a massive [[DropTheHammer war hammer]] that even the [[CyBorg augmented soldiers]] of the Secreta have trouble swinging; The distortion engine inside the hammer's head can create a localized warp in reality and a huge display of lightning when it strikes a target, allowing it to OneHitKill almost anything. Early models of the Arrancadora worked by creating a nuclear fusion reaction, though it was phased out by the distortion hammer.

* Early in ''Film/DeepstarSix'' the crew attempts to fight off the monster with spear versions of the "wasp knife" (see below)

* ''ComicBook/AstroCity's'' premiere detective, the Black Rapier, battles foes with an electric rapier.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' ''The Widening Gyre'', new vigilante Baphomet holds Deadshot at bay by pointing a medieval crossbow at him. Deadshot points out how archaic the weapon is. Baphomet however points out that the crossbow has a 21st century firing pin, making it fully capable of sending a bolt through Deadshot's skull.
* ''Comicbook/{{Critter}}'': Lasso Lass, a member of the superhero team The In Crowd, uses a high-tech lasso as her [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]].

* In ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}'', one member of the CarnivalOfKillers Vermillion hires to kill Milestone wields an electrified sword.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The Knives of Vulcan are a set of throwing knives that are not only {{Absurdly Sharp|Blade}} but are also magically enhanced so that they will return to the thrower's hand when directed and cannot be removed from any living thing they've been stabbed into by anyone but the one who did the stabbing. This becomes a problem when Nikos Aegeus gets hold of them and managed to lodge one in ComicBook/SteveTrevor's shoulder.

-->-- '''Okoye''' (who prefers the use of an enhanced BladeOnAStick), ''Film/BlackPanther2018''

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* ''Comicbook/{{Critter}}'': Lasso Lass, a member of the superhero team The In Crowd, uses a high-tech lasso as her WeaponOfChoice.

-->-- '''Okoye''' (who prefers the use of an enhanced BladeOnAStick), ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''

* The Ravager Yondu in the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' movie uses an arrow as his only weapon. Not even a bow and arrows, but a single arrow. However, said arrow is a Yaka Arrow whose movements he can control via a cybernetic implant and whistling. In the first movie he uses it to effortlessly take out a bunch of Kree warriors surrounding him. The arrow and Yondu both get a lot more action in [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 the sequel]]. [[spoiler:TheStinger has Kraglin inherit the Yaka Arrow. His clumsy attempts to get it to work highlight just how hard it is to actually pull off the same tricks Yondu performed with it.]]