History Main / GiveMeASword

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', Guts's sword is broken while fighting General Vascogne. Zodd appears and throws his own giant sword into the middle of the duel, which Guts then picks up and uses to win the fight.

* In the ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' an Amazon gives Batman a battle-axe when an army of Doomsday clones invade Themyscira.

* Early on in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': As a single surviving {{Mook}} flees from an attempt to assassinate [[GreatWhiteHunter Alan Quatermain]] at his club, he calls out for Bruce the bartender to toss him a rifle he keeps behind the bar to shoot the man with.

* ''Film/{{Screamers}}''. [[NewMeat Private Jefferson]] discovers a BlackMarket stash which includes (to his joy) a [[NukeEm plutonium mini-missile]]. Colonel Hendrickson is not impressed and orders Jefferson to leave it behind. However later when they're being swarmed by hundreds of {{Killer Robot}}s, he shouts for Jefferson to [[GodzillaThreshold give him the nuke]] because he knows full well that Jefferson would have flinched it anyway.
* Inverted in both ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' and ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''. In both movies, the protagonist has been challenged to a duel and ''doesn't'' want to fight, trying to fall back on being unarmed before an ally or bystander [[UnwantedAssistance slides or tosses him a gun while trying to be helpful]].
* During the final battle in ''Film/TheBoldCaballero'', Don Diego finds himself facing down the evil Commandante and a band of his guards armed only with a whip and a burning stick. Things are looking black until Isabella tosses him a sabre from the general melee going on in the courtyard. Properly armed, Diego makes short work of the Commandante, whose men then fold like a cheap suit.
* ''Film/{{Swashbuckler}}'': During their final duel, Lord Durant loses his sword and Lynch stops the fight and orders one his crew to give Durant a sword so they can continue. Nick refuses, Mr. Moonbeam hands over his cutlass. A few minutes later, Lynch has his sword knocked from his hand. Durant does not pause the fight, but Jane tosses Lynch her sword just in time for him to parry Durant's attempt at a killing blow.

** In ''Winner Takes It All'' angel of death lends Dora his sword when she's about to face TrialByCombat. It's just a normal sword, though.

* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' it's "let me keep this sword;" becoming ItWasAGift at the end. But then there is a family resemblance... [[spoiler:Too bad Vergil eventually returns to take back what's his, [[AnArmAndALeg arm and all]].]]
** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', [[spoiler:after Dante's sword Rebellion [[WreckedWeapon gets shattered]] by [[BigBad Urizen]], Trish tosses him the Devil Sword Sparda to continue the fight. Not that it does him much good, though; Urizen still flattens him regardless. That said, it does come in handy alongside what's left of Rebellion later on when Dante needs to get a NextTierPowerUp...]]

* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' it's "let me keep this sword;" becoming ItWasAGift at the end. But then there is a family resemblance...
** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', [[spoiler:after Dante's sword Rebellion [[WreckedWeapon gets shattered]] by [[BigBad Urizen]], Trish tosses him the Devil Sword Sparda to continue the fight. Not that it does him much good, though; Urizen still flattens him regardless]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvYXoyxLv64 The images come from]] the ''Mists of Pandaria'' trailer, where a human gives an orc his spare weapon so they can both fight Chen Stormstout (who had just interrupted their own duel). [[CurbStompBattle Chen still hands them their asses on a plate.]] The two are later found in a bar drinking and trying to figure out exactly they lost to a bear in a hat.

* Early on in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': As a single surviving {{Mook}} flees form an attempt to assassinate [[GreatWhiteHunter Alan Quartermain]] at his club, he calls out for Bruce the bartender to toss him a rifle he keeps behind the bar to shoot the man with.
--> '''Quartermain:''' Bruce, [[ICallItVera Mathilda]]!

[[caption-width-right:350:A Pandaren always encourages sharing, even between mortal enemies.]]

It's often a tribute to the fighting skill of the unarmed man or {{Fire Forged Friends}}hip of the one who gives it -- especially if he does not use the StockPhrase but the other characters do so anyway, or someone else says "Give him your sword." Location may also be significant -- throwing a sword to a man who is toe-to-toe with the monster is only prudent (and avoids ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks). Of course, failure to do that get [[BetrayalByInaction the inverse effect]], which may shade into TheDogBitesBack, if a {{Mook|s}} refuses to give the BigBad something without which he is powerless and helpless.

Will certainly occur if needed for CombatByChampion. May occur for DuelToTheDeath, though the other character may defuse that one.

* In the anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', Luke throws Asch his sword [[spoiler:after having defeated him in a duel and retrieved the Sword of Lorelei from him]] so Asch can pull a YouShallNotPass against the BigBad's mooks while Luke escapes. The same scene in the original video game did not include that detail, [[spoiler:which in the end it doesn't matter -- both the original and adaptation sees Asch die in the process.]]

* In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' an Amazon gives Batman a battle-axe when an army of Doomsday clones invade Themyscira.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': ComicBook/{{Artemis}} tosses her sword to ComicBook/WonderWoman when Medusa attacks the White House while the Themysciran delegates are discussing the US Navy's actions off their coast with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President. Temi was the only Amazon armed to any degree since it's part of her uniform as polemarch.

** In ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', in the final battle, [[spoiler:Rey passes her lightsaber to Ben Solo through their Force Link while they were in different areas.]]

* In ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'', Ahmad ''says'' "Give me a sword!" in Basra so that he can fight GrandVizier Jaffar who has usurped him, but not only does nobody give him a sword, he's blinded by a magic spell and his friend Abu the Thief is turned into a dog.
* Done with shields in the duel scene in ''Film/TheThirteenthWarrior''. Each combatant is given three shields to use. When a shield is broken, fighting stops so that the combatant can retrieve his next one. It's a foregone conclusion that once you're out of shields, you're doomed, but [[spoiler:it turns out that the older, smaller Viking didn't even need a shield to win at any time.]]

* In Baz Luhrmann's ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'', a SettingUpdate that uses the original dialogue, Capulet's "Fetch me my longsword!" moment involves a Longsword-brand shotgun.

* Creator/JamesSwallow's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/BloodAngels novels:

* In Literature/DoraWilkSeries, it happens twice:

* In Creator/DanAbnett's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/GauntsGhosts novel ''Blood Pact'', Wes Maggs asks this, repeatedly. Unfortunately, while delirious he had attacked [[EscortMission the prisoner they were protecting]] and Gaunt's not sure he can trust him. He ends up taking a gun from a downed foe, and Gaunt does not object.

* In Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Shadow Giants''. At the climax of the novel, [[spoiler:Achilles orders Suriyawong to shoot Bean, but Suriyawong merely slides his knife over to Achilles, echoing an earlier scene in the novel when they first met.]]

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' Voldemort takes Lucius Malfoy's wand to fight Harry Potter because Voldemort's own wand is useless against him.
** When Lucius's wand also proves ineffective and breaks, Voldemort frantically demands Selwyn (another Death Eater) to relinquish his wand, but Harry manages to get to safety before this is required.
* In ''Conan the Magnificent'' by Robert Jordan, Conan winds up facing [[spoiler:the firedrake]] first. Eldran throws his [[CoolSword sword]] to Conan. [[spoiler:Bonus points that Eldran's sword is a [[AncestralWeapon magic blade]] specifically forged to take down the beast. Eldran ''was'' on a quest to do exactly that.]]

* In Literature/TheShadowOfTheWind, BigBad Fumero lost his gun during a fight with the main characters and couldn't find it when he got the upper hand. So he ordered his subordinate to give him his gun. [[spoiler: But he refused.]]

* In some versions of the [[KingArthur Arthurian legend]], the reason Arthur pulls the sword out of the Stone is that Kay had forgotten his and had sent him to fetch one. (The Disney version has young Arthur, who just became Kai's squire, forgetting to bring it along.)

* Averted and possibly subverted in Literature/TheBible - when [[DavidVersusGoliath David volunteers to fight Goliath]], King Saul offers to lend him his own sword and armour. David tries the gear on, concludes that [[ArmorIsUseless being weighed down like that would just make him a sitting duck for Goliath's sword]], and leaves to fight Goliath with just his sling and staff.
** And then played straight in 1 Samuel 21. After David ah, left, the service of King Saul in a bit of a hurry, one of the first stops he made was to Ahimelek the priest. David asked the priest for a weapon, and the only one available was the sword of Goliath.

* In Wrestling/{{ECW}}, after a Wrestling/TerryFunk vs. [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]] match was interrupted by a run-in by [[Wrestling/{{TPE}} the Public Enemy]], Funk asked a fan for a steel chair. The fans tossed ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxr2L_stU-4 several dozen]]'', literally burying Public Enemy.
** This happened again at a Wrestling/{{TNA}} event in 2006. [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoyz Bubba Ray Dudley]] called for the fans to give him a chair, and [[https://youtu.be/MJ6SXpj9lh0 they were more than happy to oblige]]. No one was buried under them this time, but [[Wrestling/RoadDogg The James]] [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Gang]] were forced to flee.

** And another, from the same:

* In the Music/GiuseppeVerdi opera ''Atilla'', the Hun is surprised to find that a group of women in a newly captured city have been detained as prisoners of war instead of slaves, and impressed to learn they had tried to resist. As a sign of respect for their courage, Atilla offers a boon to their leader, Odabella, who asks for a sword. He gives her his own while simultaneously making an offer of marriage. The main point of tension in the opera concerns whether she will go through with it, but ultimately, [[spoiler: she uses the sword on him]].

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''
** Played straight in the series when you fight Meta Knight, he will throw you a sword and will not attack until you draw it from the ground. Subverted in Revenge of Meta Knight though, as he will attack after a set period of time. He waits a decent amount of time, considering that the battle takes place on a ''falling airship''. If he waited forever, it'd be suicide. Also subverted in Kirby Star Allies in the same way, but without the threat of impending doom from a falling ship. This is explainable through the influence of the dark heart that's gotten to him, though, as it also gets subverted if you make him mad by knocking down the platform he's standing on when you arrive, and even kicks away the sword at that point!

** This is given a ContinuityNod in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2 Modern Warfare 2]]'', when [[spoiler: ''Capt.'' Soap [=MacTavish=] returns said pistol to Capt. Price five years later.]]

** And again in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3 Modern Warfare 3]]'' when [[spoiler:Price lays the same pistol on Soap's chest after he dies.]]

** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', [[spoiler:after Dante's sword Rebellion [[WreckedWeapon gets shattered]] by [[BigBad Urizen]], Trish tosses him the Devil Sword Sparda to continue the fight. Not that it does him much good, though; Urizen still flattens him regardless.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil|1}}'' for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], Jill snatches away Barry's gun as she suspects him to be a spy. Then [[DropInNemesis Lisa Trevor]] comes along, and Barry demands his gun back. [[spoiler: Doing so allows him to stall Lisa's approach until [[PuzzleBoss you solve a puzzle to defeat her.]] Otherwise, Barry will be automatically killed.]]
* In ''VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos'', the hero fights sword to sword with a villain, disarms him, and has the option to give him his sword back. If he does, [[spoiler: the genre-savvy villain realizes he's up against a Hero and commits suicide.]]

'''Batman:''' [[DoesNotLikeGuns Not my style]].\\

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E14LegacyOfMandalore "Legacy of Mandalore"]], Ezra tosses Sabine his lightsaber when they see Gar Saxon [[spoiler:sneaking up on Sabine's mother with the Darksaber. Sabine proceeds to defeat Saxon in the ensuing duel.]] If you're wondering why Ezra didn't just deal with Saxon himself, Mandalorians and Jedi have traditionally been enemies for a ''long'' time. And, also, given that Sabine's been estranged from her family for a long time, it's more meaningful if Sabine does it. Finally, the ensuing duel proves to her family that she's worthy [[spoiler:of the Darksaber]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'' episode "The Pig Who Would Be Queen," the kids act out a story where, to become Queen, Piggy has to defeat the Slithering Serpent by waving the Singing Sword at it three times. Sir Kermit insists he and Squire Fozzie will do it for her in return for helping them earlier, but when the moment comes, all four of her companions are terrified. Piggy finally gets sick of her fellow characters' antics, says "Gimme that stupid sword!", and does it herself.

* In Creator/JamesSwallow's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/BloodAngels novel ''Deus Sanguinius'', when Mephiston let Rafen act as [[CombatByChampion the Blood Angels' champion]], he ordered a sergeant to give Rafen his sword. Later, he orders that Rafen be given a jump pack so he can pursue his foe.
** In ''Red Fury'', when Rafen has his back to the Tomb of Sanguinius and has pierced one heart of the Blood Fiend [[DueToTheDead trying to desecrate it]], Mephiston throws him his CoolSword so that Rafen can get its other heart.

** In ''Soul Theif'', when Joshua senses that Dora and Miron are in danger, he borrows his grandpa's (ArchangelMichael's) InfinityPlusOneSword. He presumably returns it later.

** And then played straight in 1 Samuel 21. After David ah, left, the service of King Saul in a bit of a hurry, one of the first stops he made was to Ahimelek the priest. David asked the priest for a weapon, and the only one available was the [[Main/BFS sword of Goliath]].

** And then played straight in 1 Samuel 21. After David ah, left, the service of King Saul in a bit of a hurry, one of the first stops he made was to Ahimelek the priest. David asked the priest for a weapon, and the only one available was the [[BFS sword of Goliath]].

** And then played straight in 1 Samuel 21. After David ah, left, the service of King Saul in a bit of a hurry, one of the first stops he made was to Ahimelek the priest. David asked the priest for a weapon, and the only one available was the sword of Goliath.

WreckedWeapon may lead to this, or having a sword jam in the wound so the character can't pull it free.

* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': In ''Mazinger-Z vs Great General of Darkness'' -the movie retold the last chapter of ''Mazinger Z'' in a severely improved way, closing off the original series and kicking off the sequel, ''Anime/GreatMazinger''-, Kouji has been defeated by the Mykene War Beasts, his HumongousMecha is utterly trashed, it barely functions, and its weapons are useless. [[BigDamnHeroes Then Tetsuya shows up piloting Great Mazinger]], and as he begins to deliver a sound beating, he throws one of his swords at Mazinger-Z saying "You can use this" ([[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks and conveniently and intentionally impaling a Warbeast]]). Kouji catches the sword, and even though his HumongousMecha is barely capable to move, he still manages to destroy one of the Mykene War Beasts, and he impales the Mykene commander leading the squad. The sword was returned to Great Mazinger afterwards, along a heartfelt "Thank you".

* In the ''Manga/OnePiece'' Arlong park arc, Zoro is two swords short of his usual three, and therefore unable to fight effectively. The gaping hole in his chest doesn't help either, but the POINT is, that when faced with Hachi's six sword style, he says screw it, and asks for his old friends Johnny and Yosaku's swords. They throw them without hesitation, then freak out when Zoro doesn't seem to be looking at the SPINNING SWORDS OF DOOM heading toward him. But that's only cause he's being extra badass, and catches the sword without looking, and swings immediately into an attack that dodges all six swords and slashes the octo-man's chest.

* In ''Anime/{{Medabots}}'', during Metabee's battle against Robo-Emperor, Rokusho asks [[TheHero Ikki]] to lend him a weapon, so that he may help Metabee. Ikki does so without hesitation, since Metabee is currently getting [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomped]].

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': During the battle against [[{{Robeast}} Bardiel]] Asuka lost one arm of her HumongousMecha and her Progressive Knife, so that Shinji handed over his own knife to her.

* In the climactic duel of ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'', Indio has shot the long-barreled revolver out of Colonel Mortimer's hand, and wants an unfair duel: Indio clearing leather versus Mortimer bending over to get his weapon off the ground. Manco intervenes, providing Mortimer with a fast-draw revolver, belt, and holster for a much fairer fight.

* In ''Film/InBruges'', Ken, in a tower, arms his friend Ray, at street level, with a pistol [[spoiler:by throwing himself out the window]]. Of course, [[spoiler:after impact the pistol is a pile of rubbish. Ken's near-last words: "I think I'm gonna die now."]]

* ''Film/TheVikings'': Ragnar is thrown into a pit of wolves. If he doesn't die with a sword in his hand, he won't go to Valhalla. Eric defies the villain by throwing him one, and has his hand cut off as punishment.

* During the final battle in ''Film/TheBoldCaballero'', Don Diego finds himself facing down the evil Commandante and a band of his guards armed only with a whip and a burning stick. This are looking black until Isabella tosses him a sabre from the general melee going on in the courtyard. Properly armed, Diego makes short work of the Commandante, whose men then fold like a cheap suit.

** In ''Red Fury'', when Rafen has his back to the Tomb of Sanguinius, and has pierced one heart of the Blood Fiend [[DueToTheDead trying to desecrate it]], Mephiston throws him his CoolSword so that Rafen can get its other heart.

* In ''Literature/{{Mort}}'', [[TheGrimReaper Death's]] servant Albert goes back to the Unseen University, and starts acting like a BadBoss. When Death comes to take him back he hisses to the cowardly Rincewind for his staff, but Rincewind doesn't give it. The other wizards praise him afterwards, until Rincewind admits he couldn't ''find'' the staff. The Librarian makes it clear he took it, with an 'ook'.

* In Night Club from Jiří Kulhánek, one of characters kick sword in middle of fight towards an unarmed companion. His comment goes along the line of, "It's a wonder I don't have it sticked in belly."
* Near the end of Megan Whalen Turner's ''[[Literature/TheQueensThief The Thief]]'', when Gen parts ways with the magus' party, being pursued on its way back to Sounis by Attolian soldiers, the magus is hurt by Gen's distrust and shouts at him. Gen (the only one not armed and who hid from the last fight up a tree) sighs and tells him, "Leave me a sword, and I'll do my best to slow them down." He regrets it right away, and the magus doesn't take him seriously, since everyone knows he's a StreetUrchin. Sophos leaves him his, though, since it's no use to him really. Gen lies in wait on top of a large rock and comes very close to wrecking a whole cavalry unit on his own and getting away with it. We learn later that Gen takes the sword by the blunt part the top of the blade because he swore an oath never to hold a sword by the hilt again unless his life was in danger.

* ''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series'': In "The Messenger" Richie has been listening to an immortal impersonating Methos, who's telling other immortals to live in peace and put their swords down. He's left his sword behind, and gone to talk to the guy, only to find he's been killed already by the bad guy of the week, Culbraith. Duncan ends up throwing Richie his sword so he can fight Culbraith.

* In an episode of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' Jason and Tommy are tasked with recovering some ancient weapons which are being guarded by Titanus the carrier zord. Jason lends Tommy his sword in order to draw Titanus' fire while Jason makes a break for the weapons. In return Tommy lends Jason his armour.
* Series/{{Nikita}} throws a gun to Owen in "Dark Matter", when he runs out of bullets.

* In the Music/GiuseppeVerdi opera ''Atilla'', the Hun is surprised to find that a group of women in a newly captured city have been detained as prisoners of war instead of slaves, and impressed to learn they had tried to resist. As a sign of respect for their courage Atilla offers a boon to their leader, Odabella, who asks for a sword. He gives her his own while simultaneously making an offer of marriage. The main point of tension in the opera concerns whether she will go through with it, but ultimately, [[spoiler: she uses the sword on him]].

* Happens in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII: Trial By Fire'' for Fighter class heroes. Though the Hero can destroy the Earth Elemental via other means (if you can use magic or buy flaming powder), if he aims for Paladin, he can ask Rakeesh for his flaming CoolSword for the fight (since he can't fight it himself, being injured ; and since a mundane sword won't hurt the thing), and then have ATasteOfPower of what it is to wield a Paladin sword. Rendered even more awesome in the game ending, if the Hero actually accumulates enough honorable deeds for Rakeesh to stand witness for the Hero, and bestow him the title of Paladin along with the CoolSword, combining it with ItWasAGift.

* The final mission of the original ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' has a particularly epic example: when your fleet is being overwhelmed by the fleet of TheEmpire, [[LaResistance the Rebellion]] not only pulls a BigDamnHeroes with a sizeable battlegroup, but ''give you control of half their force''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil|1}}'' for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], Jill snatches away Barry's gun as she suspects him to be a spy. Then [[DropInNemesis Lisa Trevor]] comes along, and Barry demands his gun back. [[spoiler: Doing so allows him to stall Lisa's approach until [[PuzzleBoss you solve a puzzle to defeat her.]] Otherwise, Barry wil be automatically killed.]]
* In ''VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos'', the hero fights sword to sword with a villain, disarms him, and has the option to give him his sword back. If he does, [[spoiler: the genre-savvy villain realizes he's up against a Hero, and commits suicide.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', Gunther Hermann asks for a weapon after being rescued in the first mission. Whether or not you give him one affects his attitude towards you in the earlier missions. Interestingly, you can even give him just a knife and it will be enough for him to get the job done. Later in the game, Gilbert Renton also asks for a gun to take out the gangster Jojo Fine by himself and again, the decision to give him one or not has some (minor) effect on the plot.

** While staying in a hotel the group are attacked and Roy asks Elan to hand him his club, only to learn that Elan gave it to the staff for cleaning, along with Roy's broken sword. Roy then asks Elan to lend him his rapier. Turns out Elan sent ''that'' off to be cleaned too.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Quack of Ages", Darkwing has gone back in time and appears as a knight. In the midst of combat he calls out, "Men, a sword!" -- and is promptly buried under a mound of blades, from under which comes a feeble, "[[AmusingInjuries Men, a tourniquet.]]"

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny faces a humongous knight in "Knightmare Hare"; he insults Bugs' friends (Count of Basie, Duke of Ellington, Satchmo of Armstrong), and issues an ultimatum:
-->'''Bugs:''' Listen Sir Up of Figs... don't go insulting my friends or I shall get thee a can opener and open thee like freshly packed can of tom-ah-toes!\\

'''Bugs:''' Tilt I will and I won't wilt! Just give me a sword, that's all, that's all! [''the knight obliges -- he gives Bugs a giant sword that he can't even lift off the ground]''

* And Unferth arming Beowulf with his sword Hrunting before he descends into the lake. It doesn't do any good though.

* ''Film/{{Swashbuckler}}'': During their final duel, Lord Durant loses his sword and Lynch stops the fight and orders one his crew to give Durant a sword so they can continue. Nick refuses, Mr. Moonbeam hands over his cutlass. A few minutes later, Lynch has his sword knocked from his hand. Durant does not pause the fight, but Jane tosses Lynch her sword just him for him to parry Durant's attempt at a killing blow.

* In ''Discworld/{{Mort}}'', [[TheGrimReaper Death's]] servant Albert goes back to the Unseen University, and starts acting like a BadBoss. When Death comes to take him back he hisses to the cowardly Rincewind for his staff, but Rincewind doesn't give it. The other wizards praise him afterwards, until Rincewind admits he couldn't ''find'' the staff. The Librarian makes it clear he took it, with an 'ook'.

** Similarly, in Glinka's ''Ruslan and Ludmila'', Ruslan finds himself alone on an ancient battlefield and prays to the god Perun for the sword he needs to defeat the villain Chernomor. (And the noise of his prayer draws the attention of a giant severed head...which, once he defeats it, has the needed sword under it.)

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvYXoyxLv64 The images come from]] the ''Mists of Pandaria'' trailer, where a human gives an orc his spare weapon so they can both fight Chen Stormstout (who had just interrupted their own duel). [[CurbStompBattle Chen still hands them their asses on a plate.]]

** In ''Film/TheRiseofSkywalker'', in the final battle, [[spoiler:Rey passes her lightsaber to Ben Solo through their Force Link while they were in different areas.]]

** When Yang Xiao Long is grappling with Oda Nobunaga, Mordred tosses her sword Clarent to Yang, who uses it knock Nobunaga out with the flat of the blade.

* ''Film/TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad''. Occurs twice at the beginning of the fight with the statue of the Hindu goddess Kali. First Sinbad throws Prince Koura a sword so Sinbad can duel him, then Koura throws the sword to Kali. After Kali snatches it out of the air she "grows" another sword in each of her other five hands.

* In the [=PS4=] trailer of ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' [[BadassInDistress one of aforementioned Warframes]] is about to be killed by the Grineer, but [[BigDamnHeroes more frames show up and crash the party]], partway through the fight, [[AnIcePerson Frost]] tosses the original one, [[MasterSwordsman Excalibur]] a longsword, who then proceeds to use it to dice up some Grineer.
** In the Rescue missions, you can lend your secondary weapon to the rescued prisoner, making the EscortMission portion somewhat easier.

Will certainly occur if needed for CombatByChampion. May occur for DuelToTheDeath, though other character may defuse that one.