History Main / HeroicAmbidexterity

* Per WordOfGod, Hitomi Ichinose and Tsumugi Nikaido from ''FanFic/RhythmicPrettyCure'' are both ambidextrous. Notably, Hitomi is able to use the ribbon with both hands, to the point where in one episode it's briefly mentioned that it's hard to tell which hand he favors, and he's also a switch hitter when playing for his school's baseball team. Also, any time Tsumugi, a cheerleader for the baseball team, is forced to take the mound due to a shortage of pitchers, she proves to be effective as both a switch hitter ''and'' a switch pitcher.

* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': There are a few fighters that fight with basically no stance, which allows those boxer to be adept with either side of their body. The only explicit version of ambidextrous fighters are Randy Boy Junior and his father. Randy Boy Junior is proficient in both his left, his right, and "squared" (without a leading foot or arm). This gives Randy Boy Junior the advantage of not having any openings, and gives the opponent three different styles to fight against. It also gives him the ability to disrupt a counter-puncher's ability to setup counters, as Randy Boy Junior can freely switch between all three stances, making him significantly more unpredictable.

* Literature/TheBible: In [[EpicCatalog a long list of famous warriors]] who served King David, Chronicles 1,12 names 23 Benjaminites who "were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed".

* In the [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic Sagas]]:

* John Reese in ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' is equally accurate shooting either right- or left-handed. On a side note, his actor Creator/JimCaviezel is ambidextrous in real life.

* Switch-hitters (those who can bat from eithe side of the plate) in baseball are considered a bonus due to the fact that those who can bat from the opposite side of the plate as the pitcher's throwing hand generally have an advantage.

* Literature/{{Kane}} is naturally left-handed, but he can use his right hand equally proficiently, which often surprises his opponents. But then, he had [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld a lot of time to train]].

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' allows the player to be either left or right handed with a one-handed weapon or spells. Two-handed weapons are still always used right handed, though. Likewise, if a shield is equipped, it is always relegated to the left hand.

** ''Literature/NjalsSaga'': Among the many exceptional abilities of Gunnar of Hlidarendi is that "[h]e could wield the sword and shoot equally well with either hand".

** ''Njal's Saga'': Among the many exceptional abilities of Gunnar of Hlidarendi is that "[h]e could wield the sword and shoot equally well with either hand".

* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Careful S. typically [[DualWielding wields two swords]] (actually Kalo shapeshifted into them) in combat, and can engage with two or more targets in combat, with or without [[SelfDuplication duplicates]], proving to be a prowess in battle.

* Basic Ambidexterity: The warrior switches his attack weapon to the left hand, either to gain an advantage on the opponent, or because their main hand is incapacitated, [[IAmNotLeftHanded or just to show off.]]

Has nothing to do with AmbidextrousSprite. And if you're looking for the trope where someone wields a shield and a sword, see KnightlySwordAndShield.

Has nothing to do with AmbidextrousSprite.

* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' had an interesting take on this trope; The Marine punches and uses the pistol with his left hand, but fires the [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]] and plasma rifle with his right. It's hard to tell which hand he uses for the [[GatlingGood Chaingun]], [[StuffBlowingUp rocket launcher]] and the [[{{BFG}} BFG9000]], as they're just in the centre of the screen. ''VideoGame/DoomII'' adds a right-handed double barrelled shotgun as well as a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] operated predominantly using the right hand on the trigger and the left on the support grip.

* In ''{{Prince of Tennis}}'', the protagonist, Ryoma Echizen is shown in the majority of his tennis matches playing right-handed, until he comes up to a particularly strong opponent [[spoiler:at which point he switches to his left hand, which is the stronger of his two.]]

* Link of the ''VideoGame/LegendOfZelda'' series, has traditionally been left-handed; but in the earliest games, [[AmbidextrousSprite his sprite would switch hands depending on which way it was facing]], and in later games, to accommodate motion controls, he reverted to being right-handed in order to match the majority of players (although handedness doesn't actually affect gameplay). WordOfGod decided that he's ambidextrous with a preference for his left or right hand, depending on incarnation, in order to smooth over the inconsistencies.

* ''Franchise/XMen'': ComicBook/Nightcrawler takes this up a notch by not only DualWielding swords in his hands but simultaneously wielding one with his PrehensileTail.

Contrast TheSouthpaw, who is lefthanded and gains an advantage from that, but is not necessarily adept or even competent with their right hand.

* ''Film/{{Shooter}}'': Bob Lee Swagger is predominantly a righty, but when his right hand gets injured, he is shown to be just as competent with his left. For the record, Creator/MarkWahlberg is [[TheSouthpaw a lefty]].

* Link of the ''VideoGame/LegendOfZelda'' series, has traditionally been TheSouthpaw; but in the earliest games, [[AmbidextrousSprite his sprite would switch hands depending on which way it was facing]], and in later games, to accommodate motion controls, he reverted to being right-handed in order to match the majority of players (although handedness doesn't actually affect gameplay). WordOfGod decided that he's ambidextrous with a preference for his left or right hand, depending on incarnation, in order to smooth over the inconsistencies.
* Playable characters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' are each assigned a handedness stat; of the main cast, both Yang and Edge are ambidextrous, while Kain is TheSouthpaw. Equipping a weapon in a character's non-dominant hand inflicts a penalty to attack power and hit percentage.

* In the second book of Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheDarkTower'', after his right hand is mutilated by some mutant lobster creatures, it's revealed that the ambidexterity required by Roland's GunsAkimbo fighting style is the result of long training. He's trained so hard and fought that way for so long that he really ''is'' just as adept at shooting with his naturally non-dominant left hand as his right. He struggles at other tasks (such as field dressing a deer) with his left, though; his ambidexterity is strictly limited to shooting.