History Main / IKEAWeaponry

BifurcatedWeapon differs from IKEA Weaponry in that bifurcated weapons are already weapons in their own right even before they are put together.

* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': For years, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Tony Stark]] has made Iron Man armors that collapse and store inside his briefcase.
** Then Extremis let him store most of the undersheath in the hollow parts of his bone where the marrow is normally found, calling on the rest of the suit when in need. The next step was an armor based on fibrous 'liquid' armor, inspired by the armor of the time travelling Iron Lad, which stored inside Tony's body entirely but could deploy incredibly rapidly, almost organically growing in the blink of an eye.

* In ''Film/TheFifthElement'', the ZF-1 is described as doing this so it can pass undetected through X-ray scans.

* The assassin in ''Film/InTheLineOfFire'' brings the gun for his presidential-killing attempt in pieces. To bypass security, the gun is also made of plastic, and the bullets were hidden inside a rabbit foot keychain.

* In the film adaptation of ''Film/LostInSpace'', Major Don West's laser pistol features butt stock and barrel attachments that turn it into a full-sized rifle with two barrels and amplifies its stopping power, allowing him to blast space spiders that shrugged off the pistol blasts into slimy bits.

* Parodied in ''[[Film/TheNakedGun The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear]]'', when Nordberg assembles a ''howitzer'' from a kit. Further, each "intermediate stage" is a weapon in its own right, possibly making it a BifurcatedWeapon. [[RuleOfFunny Not that it matters]].

* ''Film/TheTuxedo'' had a sequence where Jackie Chan's character must assemble a rifle used to plant a bug at long distance. Arguably justifies the 'use right away' scope due to the nature of his high tech tuxedo. Also the fact that the scope itself seems to be high tech as well, since it appears to have something like an auto targeting system (which ironically causes him to mess up the shot horribly).

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot Earshot]]", Jonathan assembles his rifle in the school clock tower while looking down on the milling students in the school quad. [[spoiler:He's really planning to shoot himself, not anyone else.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E19HeartOfGlory Heart of Glory]]", two Klingons who are captured and imprisoned aboard the ''Enterprise'', turned out to have the necessary bits to construct a disruptor stashed about their person.

** The Nerf Modulus line carries the basis of customising your own blaster and has various interchangeable attachments, from red dot sight and tactical flashlight, to [[MoreDakka Grip Blaster and Stock Blaster]], as long as the blaster has tactical rail slots, you can put whatever you want onto your own blasters.

* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', obtaining the Batclaw involves a brief cutscene where Batman adds the attachment to his grapnel; later on, there is a more involved cutscene where Batman assembles the Ultra Batclaw upgrade using parts from a supply container.

** A case of this shows up in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'', as [[spoiler:the [[TheStinger final scene]] is a pair of airline passengers assembling pistols from parts stashed in several places -- firing pin in the buckle of their seatbelts, barrel hidden inside a flashlight, extractor as a pendant worn on the neck, pulling out polymer slides and frames from their coat, then finding a loaded magazine taped under the lid to the salads they ordered]].

* Possibly the best example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Po64G72gQo The]] [[http://makezine.com/2010/07/28/125-piece-puzzle-in-6-different-met/ Intimidator]]. A 40 pound, 125 piece metal puzzle that assembles into a muzzle-loading .45 caliber pistol, with laser sights, and a cleaning kit included in the initial puzzle.

* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': Jesus has to disassemble his sniper rifle to store it on his person, since thanks to the art style it's [[{{BFG}} longer than he is tall]].

* Yoko Ritona's rifle in the first ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' movie can be disassembled down to two submachine guns, or even simply broken apart.

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[[caption-width-right:240:[-Now if only I knew the Swedish word for scope. Or barrel. Or customer helpline.-][[note]]"Kikarsikte", "[[BilingualBonus pipa]]", "kundtjänst".[[/note]] ]]

** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'': Bond uses an actual weapon: the .22 calibre AR-7 survival rifle. He has to open the hollow rifle butt to pull out the barrel and trigger before using it to kill Krilencu. The same weapon is shown stripped down in Bond's glovebox in the opening scene of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''.

* ''Film/OperationDaybreak''. One of the SOE assassins assembles his Sten gun under a coat held in his lap, while waiting for the car carrying Reinhard Heydrich. This was TruthInTelevision for the Sten gun and one of the reasons why it was so useful for Resistance networks in occupied Europe (the scene also shows one of the Sten's notorious disadvantages -- it's tendency to jam at inopportune moments).

* In ''Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness'', the third volume of ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', Todd Ingram assembles an assault rifle out of household items to shoot the titular character at Honest Ed's. He ends up unable to use it, though.

* ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'' homages the ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'' scene.

* In ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', Colonel West assembles a sniper disrupter out of one of these. Note that the hole he cut in the window isn't big enough to look through the scope. This scene is played as a direct {{Homage}} to the ending sequence of the original ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'', which is the possible TropeCodifier.

* ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'': The 1962 film is possibly the TropeCodifier, coming out just a year before ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''.

* Tediore guns in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' are a futuristic version of this trope; the player doesn't take them out so much as 3d print them on the spot. This combines with ThrowAwayGuns, as after each magazine is empty, you [[ThrowAwayGuns throw it away]] and it [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns explodes like a grenade]]. For a bonus, the more ammo left in the magazine, the more damage from the explosion, at the cost of losing that ammo.

** In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' you can build a few weapons such as the Sliquifier and the Elemental Staffs in Origins by acquiring several pieces across the map.
** A case of this shows up in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'', where [[spoiler:the [[TheStinger final scene]] is a pair of airline passengers assembling pistols from parts stashed in several places - firing pin in the buckle of their seatbelts, barrel hidden inside a flashlight, extractor as a pendant worn on the neck, pulling out polymer slides and frames from their coat, then finding a loaded magazine taped under the lid to the salads they ordered.]]
* An important plot point in the fifth trial of ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa V3|Killing Harmony}}''. While the class tries to confirm Kokichi's claim that he and Kaito shot each other wish crossbows, Kiibo states he caught Himiko carrying a suspicious package to the Exisal hangar where Kaito was being held, leading everyone to realize is was one of Maki's disassembled crossbows. However, Himiko is able to prove her innocence by explaining she had passed the package through a window to Kaito, citing the fact that unlike him, Himiko never learned how to build a crossbow, making Kaito the only candidate.

* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'': One of Agent 47's trademark weapons is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_WA_2000 Walther WA2000]], which he keeps unassembled in a briefcase most of the time. In ''Blood Money'', you can purchase upgrades such as lightweight parts, a shortened barrel, and/or a silencer, with each of these having an effect on the time it takes to assemble it. In the first game, his "briefcase sniper rifle" is a Blaser R93, as seen in the Hong Kong sniper mission.

* ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' is often shown assembling his [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]], a custom M16 rifle. Other snipers shown in the series also have such weapons. Several stories have a more involved assembly process; for example, he once bypassed a [[TheMafia Mafia]] lockdown on Sicily by having [[InstantMessengerPigeon doves]] fly in the parts -- except for the barrel, which he has made on site from a church fountain's nozzle pipe. The story takes time to show Golgo zeroing in the gun after it's built.

* In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "Midnight on the Firing Line" Londo Mollari builds a gun out of disguised parts hidden in various places in his quarters. WordOfGod says that the only way Londo could have gotten those components on the station without Security spotting them is that they were sent in diplomatic pouches.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "Earshot", Jonathan assembles his rifle in the school clock tower while looking down on the milling students in the school quad. [[spoiler:He's really planning to shoot himself, not anyone else.]]

* ''Franchise/KamenRider''

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''.
** Used for a BaitAndSwitch in "Root Cause". A man appears to be assembling a rifle on the catwalk above where a politician is making a speech. Reese tackles him, only for the real sniper to fire, killing the politician. He was actually assembling a confetti-firing device.
** But played straight in "The Day the World Went Away", when a Samaritan agent assembles a DRD Tactical CDR-15 rifle from his backpack, a weapon [[JustifiedTrope specifically designed to be carried that way and quickly put together when required]].
* ''Series/TheProfessionals''

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "Heart Of Glory", two Klingons who are captured and imprisoned aboard the ''Enterprise'', turned out to have the necessary bits to construct a disruptor stashed about their person.
* In the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Something Borrowed", Jack and Ianto assemble a {{BFG}} from two suitcases in the back of their SUV when the shapeshifting alien proves ImmuneToBullets from their handguns.

* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "Time Bomb", a sniper puts together his rifle to shoot at [[SecretIdentity Diana Prince]] and Adam Clement. Wonder Woman completes the construction of the gun by bending the barrel around his neck.
* ''Series/TheXFiles''
** Cancer Man assembles a sniper rifle to shoot Frohike in "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man".
** Two Syndicate hit men (one tasked with eliminating Max Fenig, the other sent after Mulder) in the two-parter "Tempus Fugit"/"Max" smuggled a disassembled semi-automatic pistol aboard passenger aircraft. The weapon was made of mostly plastic and ceramic parts.

** In "Blackout", [=CI5=] discovers that a team of assassins have purchased three briefcases, along with umbrellas and bowler hats, so they can enter a financial office disguised as accountants. Turns out they have the components of an anti-tank launcher in them--though we only see it fully assembled, probably as it's a MILAN launcher and tripod that would never have fit in three briefcases! (The writer was likely thinking of the AT-3 Sagger, which had gained fame in the recent Yom Kipper War and was conveyed in large fibreglass suitcases that also served as a launching platform.)

* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' you can build a few weapons such as the Sliquifier and the Elemental Staffs in Origins by acquiring several pieces across the map.

It takes a special kind of weapon to be broken down like this, and it doesn't usually work the way Hollywood depicts it onscreen. A scoped rifle that is expected to hit anything must be test fired, adjusted, and tested again, a process called "zeroing". In order to work right after assembly, the scope needs to be either permanently fitted to the main body of the weapon, or fitted to a special mount that can be separated and rejoined precisely without interrupting the adjustments. The break-away barrel connection must likewise be gas-tight and accurate enough to put the muzzle back in the same exact place after assembly. The precision machining required is always hand work, mass-production need not apply, but there are specialist gunsmiths that can deliver. (This is becoming less true with the advent of finer machining and improved "quick detach barrels." See the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmaster_ACR Bushmaster ACR]] for an example.)

Most [[BoringButPractical traditional break-action]] (boxlock and sidelock) rifles and shotguns of the last 100 years or so are made to be easily assembled and dissassembled in 3 parts in a few seconds typically by pulling a single latch in the forend (some have a spring catch in their forearm, e.g. Winchester Model 37 so that it simply pulls off) and their sights or scopes are solidly fixed ''to the barrel'' and not the receiver, so the zero is not interfered with, so they fit the spirit of the trope by design.

* The M-16/ AR-15 style of rifle breaks in two by pulling a pin and a bolt, with the barrel, upper receiver, iron sights and optics remaining together. Though not as compact as some other examples, a trained operator can rejoin the upper and lower receivers and prep the weapon for firing in under a minute.

* Pretty much every man-portable heavy weapon ever devised before shoulder-launched rockets. Machineguns can often be broken down into barrel, firing chamber/stock/trigger assembly and bipod or tripod, while mortars will break down into barrel, bipod, and baseplate. The practice used to extend up as far as light artillery pieces that were often referred to as "pack howitzers" and broke down into four or five parts which a man could carry. A few heavier weapons could also be broken down into multiple parts, not to make them easily carried, but so you could actually fit them on the truck or airplane.
* Not a gun, but certainly a weapon, recurve bows (or longbows, or compound bows) can be manufactured so as to either fold or break down into two or three pieces. A typical recurve bow will have 2 limbs which slot into a central riser, then the bow is strung. Accessories such as a stabilizer (or more than one in various configurations) or a quiver can then be attached to the riser (if desired). Most 3 piece takedowns require a hex key or have over-sized heads on the bolts which require time-consuming tightening, the [[http://www.archeryhistory.com/recurves/pics/bearspecial.jpg Fred Bear Custom Kodiak Takedown]] by Bear Archery is notable for not needing tools or bolts, instead using latches -- Fred Bear could assemble and string his Takedown bow in roughly 60 seconds. Compound bows on the other hand normally cannot be taken apart (or assembled) without a bow press, with only two models, the Bear Borsalino and [[http://www.archeryhistory.com/compounds/80picsnew/packrat.jpg Martin Pack Rat take-down compound]] being designed for portability.
** [[http://www.goprimalnow.com Primal Gear Unlimited's]] [[SimpleYetAwesome folding longbow]] can be seen in action [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYpPdqmSenU here]]. [[http://twangnbang.net/2016/09/sas-tactical-survival-bow/ Survival Archery Systems]] has also gotten in on this market.

* [[http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn20-e.htm The Soviet/Russian VSS Vintorez]] suppressed SniperRifle is designed like the classic "assassin's gun in a suitcase". Action, suppressor, scope, stock, and magazine can all be separated and fitted into a special padded carrying case not unlike a businessman's briefcase. [[ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon Range is short by sniping standards -- 300-400 meters]] -- due to the accentuated bullet drop of its heavy subsonic 9x39mm ammunition, which is less of a problem than a layman might think since it's meant for UrbanWarfare operations where shooting distances rarely exceed a city block or two.

* The Steyr AUG has a barrel that is remarkably easy to remove. Since it's a bullpup, this makes the main body of the rifle very short compared to traditional rifles.

A SubTrope is the ScaramangaSpecial; where the parts needed to put the weapon together are disguised as different objects which may very well function as said object, ''eg: a pen, a pillbox or even a belt buckle.''

* ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' is often shown assembling his [[WeaponSpecialization weapons of choice]], a custom M16 rifle. Other snipers shown in the series also have such weapons. Several stories have a more involved assembly process; for example, he once bypassed a [[Main/TheMafia Mafia]] lockdown on Sicily by having [[InstantMessengerPigeon doves]] fly in the parts -- except for the barrel, which he has made on site from a church fountain's nozzle pipe. (The story takes time to show Golgo zeroing in the gun after it's built.)
* The MS-18E Kampfer from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gundam 0080]]'' is the result of applying this trope to an entire HumongousMecha.
* In ''Manga/GunsmithCats'', Rally Vincent's first gun, given to her by her father, was a AR-7, a small .22LR rifle that can be disassembled and the components stored inside the buttstock. She keeps this in the trunk of her car and still uses it from time to time.

* Yoko Ritona's rifle in the first ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' movie can be disassembled down to two sub-machine guns, or even simply broken apart. Which means it'll probably be rebuilt after what happened to it.

* Karl from ''Film/DieHard'' has this going with his Steyr AUG. He kept it in a duffel then constructed it in the elevator. Which is fair enough, given that the Steyr AUG is modular, where one receiver can be converted from a submachinegun to an assault rifle to a light support weapon by just switching the barrel assembly (and, for the SMG version, the bolt and magazine shroud).

* In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', the sword that the Kurgan uses in modern times is assembled from a kit through a Lock and Load / Kata montage. (There exists [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggvlwELRmXIa a "Fantasy Weapons Scrutinized" video]] by WebVideo/{{Skallagrim}} that looks at this exact weapon in some detail and among other criticisms pokes some fun at the idea of a blade consisting of two separate pieces that are just casually stuck together actually holding up to any sort of use.)

* ''Film/{{Nikita}}'' (or ''La Femme Nikita'', not to be confused with the series) the protagonist is told where to find the components of her weapon hidden in the bathroom, in order to assemble it and kill a target who will soon pass in sight of the bathroom window. The scope issue may be understandable as it is a Steyr AUG. In the American remake (''The Assassin'', or ''Film/{{Point of No Return}}'') this is less understandable, as she is using an Anschutz 22LR rifle (it gets worse - it's shown to fire in the same manner as a self-loading rifle, though it is obviously a bolt-action...?)

* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' you can build a few weapons such as the Sliquifier and the Elemental Staffs in Orgins
* Tediore guns in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' are a futuristic version of this trope; the player doesn't take them out so much as 3d print them on the spot. This combines with ThrowAwayGuns, as after each magazine is empty, you throw it away and it explodes like a grenade! For a bonus, the more ammo left in the magazine the more damage from the explosion.

* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3'' has weapons assembled out of Frames, Cores, Tips, and GunAccessories. A fair few of these are actually industrial equipment, in keeping with the series tradition of a wide variety of [[ImprovisedWeapon weapinized tools]] and one or two real guns.

* ''VideoGame/HeavyBarrel'': The title weapon could be seen as this; you'd gather pieces and see them collect at the top of the screen. Once you get the last one ... '[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound HEAVY BARREL!!]]' {{BFG}} time.

* ''VideoGame/{{Strife}}'' handles the Sigil similarly. Each of the five individual parts works perfectly fine as a weapon on its own, but it grows stronger by stacking those effects as you get more pieces. Unfortunately, it's also CastFromHitPoints, and the drain becomes greater the more pieces you have - fortunately, there's only five or six enemies in the entire game you actually ''have'' to use the Sigil on.

** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'': Bond uses an actual weapon, the .22 calibre AR-7 survival rifle. He has to open the hollow rifle butt to pull out the barrel and trigger before using it to kill Krilencu.

** ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'': The ScaramangaSpecial -- the kitform Golden Gun.