History Main / EnhancedArchaicWeapon

* BoomStick – Turn a MartialArtsStaff into a long ranged weapon.

* BoomStick – Turn a SimpleStaff into a long ranged weapon.

* TelescopingStaff – Take advantage of modern materials to make a SimpleStaff easier to carry.

!!Subtropes include;

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Tim Drake modifies his TelescopingStaff to double as an {{EMP}} with the addition of a simple twist on add on.

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

!Examples (single examples which fit into an existing subtrope belong on that page):

This trope often overlaps with RetroUpgrade (which might be used to justify why the enhancement hasn't simply been applied to more advanced weapons), LivingWeapon[=/=]EmpathicWeapon and ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge. Compare OlderIsBetter and GunsAreWorthless.

* The pinnacle if ranged weapons in ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDreadmor'' 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)!

* All of TheFederation's weapons in ''VideoGame/NextJumpSHMUPTactics'' are power versions of the manufacturers traditional weapons. Elves have a laser bow,dwarves have a power hammer, and humans have a swift little energy dagger. The Crimson Knights have a ship built around a massive lightsaber, and one that can ShieldBash enemy bullets back at them.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': 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''' (herself the user of an enhanced BladeOnAStick), ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''

* ''Fanfic/{{DNMC}}'': Much like every other weapon in its [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} canon counterpart]], quite a few weapons qualify for this trope. D'Arg's swords, ''Fire, Ready, Aim'', are a pair of [[{{BFS}} [=BFSs=]]] that double as [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotguns]] that he can [[FlamingSword light on fire]] [[ThePowerOfBlood using his blood]]. There's also Cyena's bow, ''Nilesblood'', which she combos with [[TrickArrows Dust-infused arrows]] and that doubles as a kusarigama with a [[SinisterScythe kama]] on both ends.

* ''Fanfic/{{DNMC}}'': Much like every other weapon in its [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} canon counterpart]], quite a few weapons qualify for this trope. D'Arg's swords, ''Fire, Ready, Aim'', are a pair of [[{{BFS}} [=BFSs=]]] that double as [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotguns]] that he can [[FlamingSword light on fire]] [[ThePowerOfBlood using his blood]]. There's also Cyena's bow, ''Nilesblood'', which doubles as a kusarigama with a [[SinisterScythe kama]] on both ends.

* ''Fanfic/{{DNMC}}'': Much like every other weapon in its [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} canon counterpart]], quite a few weapons qualify for this trope. D'Arg's swords, ''Fire, Ready, Aim'', are a pair of [[{{BFS}} [=BFSs=]]] that double as [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotguns]] that he can [[FlamingSword light on fire]] [[ThePowerOfBlood using his blood]]. There's also Cyena's bow, ''Nilesblood'', which doubles as a kusarigama with a [[CombatScythe kama]] on both ends.

* ''Fanfic/{{DNMC}}'': Much like every other weapon in its [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} canon counterpart]], quite a few weapons qualify for this trope. D'Arg's swords, ''Fire, Ready, Aim'', are a pair of [[{{BFS [=BFSs=]]] that double as [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotguns]] that he can [[FlamingSword light on fire]] [[ThePowerOfBlood using his blood]]. There's also Cyena's bow, ''Nilesblood'', which doubles as a kusarigama with a [[CombatScythe kama]] on both ends.

->"''Guns. So primitive.''"
-->--'''Okoye''' (herself the user of an enhanced BladeOnAStick), ''Film/BlackPanther2018''

* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Field of Fire" has an assassin modify a chemical-propelled firearm, a Starfleet prototype called the TR-116, with a short-range [[{{Teleportation}} transporter]] that let it fire through walls. Meanwhile the basic model TR-116 fires rounds made of [[{{Unobtainium}} tritanium]]. It was originally developed for situations where {{technobabble}} fields made conventional energy weaponry useless.

* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Field of Fire" has an assassin modify a chemical-propelled firearm, a Starfleet prototype called the TR-116, with a short-range [[TeleportersAndTransporters transporter]] that let it fire through walls. Meanwhile the basic model TR-116 fires rounds made of [[{{Unobtainium}} tritanium]]. It was originally developed for situations where {{technobabble}} fields made conventional energy weaponry useless.