History Main / MixAndMatchWeapon

* The signature weapon of the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' series is the Lancer, an assault rifle with a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw bayonet]]. [[GameplayDerailment Not that you would get that idea]] [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome from looking at]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter the player base]].

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': On two separate occasions, both when fighting [[SuperToughness Lash]], Mack expresses his desire to own and use "a shotgun-axe combination of some sort". In the episode "Watchdogs", Mack creates a jury-rigged version by duct-taping a meat cleaver to the end of a shotgun, and by the time of the season finale he's finally crafted a proper shotgun-axe which he continues to use in later seasons. The shotgun-axe would go on to achieve such mythic status that when Mack temporarily lends it to Coulson during a fight, Coulson reacts as if Captain America had just lent him his shield. Flint [[AwesomeButImpractical questions the weapon's practicality]], pointing out that [[RealityEnsues the axe head would make the gun too heavy and hard to shoot]]. Mack takes great offense to this and immediately snaps back that it also makes it real easy to [[OffWithHisHead chop people's heads off]]. One demonstration of said head-chopping later, Flint has been converted to the righteous path and agrees that the shotgun-axe is indeed an ImpossiblyCoolWeapon.

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': On two separate occasions, both when fighting [[SuperToughness Lash]], Mack expresses his desire to own and use "a shotgun-axe combination of some sort". In the episode "Watchdogs", Mack creates a jury-rigged version by duct-taping a meat cleaver to the end of a shotgun, and by the time of the season finale he's finally crafted a proper shotgun-axe which he continues to use in later seasons. The shotgun-axe would go on to achieve such mythic status that when Mack temporarily lends it to Coulson during a fight, Coulson reacts as if Captain America had just lent him his shield. Flint questions if its AwesomeButImpractical, pointing out the [[RealityEnsues axe head would affect the weight of the gun]], Mack gets offended and counters its great for [[OffWithHisHead decapitations]]. One demonstration of the shotgun-axe later, Flint agrees that it is an ImpossiblyCoolWeapon.

*** Guardian Spears are [[BladeOnAStick polearms]] that combine a power blade with an integrated bolter (a fully automatic rocket-propelled grenade launcher) [[note]]Earlier editions differed as to the exact weapons used with some replacing the power blade with a [[{{Vibroweapon}} vibro-blade]] and/or the bolter with [[FrickinLaserBeams high powered laser weaponry]][[/note]]. These spears are highly symbolic weapons that are only wielded by the Imperium’s greatest warriors such as the Watch Masters of the alien hunting Deathwatch and the Adeptus Custodes, the [[PraetorianGuard Emperor's personal bodyguards.]]

** Juna Crawford, an upcoming character in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Trails of Cold Steel III]] uses a weapon called "Gunbreaker", a mixture of guns and tonfas. As far as information from Falcom tells, she can change her combat style between "strike mode" and "gun mode".

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': On two separate occasions, both when fighting [[SuperToughness Lash]], Mack expresses his desire to own and use "a shotgun-axe combination of some sort". In the episode "Watchdogs", Mack creates a jury-rigged version by duct-taping a meat cleaver to the end of a shotgun, and by the time of the season finale he's finally crafted a proper shotgun-axe which he continues to use in later seasons. The shotgun-axe would go on to achieve such mythic status that when Mack temporarily lends it to Coulson during a fight, Coulson reacts as if Captain America had just lent him his shield.

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': On two separate occasions, both when fighting [[SuperToughness Lash]], Mack expresses his desire to own and use "a shotgun-axe combination of some sort". In the episode "Watchdogs", Mack creates a jury-rigged version by duct-taping a meat cleaver to the end of a shotgun, and by the time of the season finale he's finally crafted a proper shotgun-axe which he continues to use in later seasons.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'': Kung Jin's bow can be used as a bo staff for close-quarters combat and has a dragon head decoration mounted on the top [[FireBreathingWeapon that breathes fire]]. [[/folder]]

* In the 2014 remake of ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'', [[BloodKnight Pei Pooh]] receives a set of hook swords (or some similar Chinese weapon, it seems) with built-in machine guns, which she uses for both slashing and shooting [[PlayingWithFire fireballs]].

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'': Kung Jin's bow can be used as a bo staff for close-quarters combat and has a dragon head decoration mounted on the top that breathes fire. It's a bow, SimpleStaff and MagicStaff mixed into one weapon.
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* In ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar]]'', the traditional Adumari blastsword, a sword with a low-power blaster embedded in it with the emitter placed where the point of the sword should be. The blaster is triggered by an impact with the tip.

** The knightly pollaxe ("head axe", often misspelled poleaxe). Favoured by [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]] on [[CombatPragmatist foot combat]]. Combines an axe blade (which can also hook someone's leg from under them) with a spike (useful for seeing off cavalry), and another spike for piercing armour or hooking the opponent.

* {{Parodied|Trope}} in ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'', where Giovanni's "Soul Slugger Doom Bat of Maximum Destruction" is really just a regular wooden bat with a knife duct taped to the end that he can take off at any time so he can harness "all the powers of a knife and a bat". When told that [[AwesomeButImpractical it'd be more practical to embed the knife directly through the bat]], he just scoffs that it'd ruin the bat.

* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' - Linkara is a big fan of swords (or axes) that can also be guns. Since quite a few {{Sixth Ranger}}s wield them he gets to gush a lot. He does note, however, that what he likes are weapons that transform into other weapons; weapons that are two things at the same time [[note]] he cites [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII gunblades as an example]][[/note]] are silly.

* 18th century flintlock ''fork and knife''. Because if the food doesn't kill you...

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': As another Monty Oum production, damn near every single weapon can transform at ''least'' from a melee to a ranged version. It is used so much, Creator/RoosterTeeth decided to create a shirt saying "It's also a gun" (referencing Ruby explaining the phenomenon to Jaune). Ruby's Crescent Rose is a scythe (and a sniper rifle), Weiss's Myrtenaster is a rapier (and a [[AppliedPhlebotinum Dust]] revolver), Blake's Gambol Shroud is a katana/sickle with a sharpened sheath for DualWielding (and a machine pistol), and Yang's Ember Cecilia are a pair of gauntlets (and also shotguns). And that's just the main four girls in a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters very large cast]].

** One of the VLFM's soldiers wields a dust-infused WhipSword hidden as a belt. A 'Flex-Segmented Dust-Activeated Blade', according to Ruby.

* Monty did it again with ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. It is used so much, Creator/RoosterTeeth has decided to create a shirt saying "It's also a gun." This trope applies to most of the cast:
** Ruby's "Scythe Gun" [[NamedWeapons named "Crescent Rose"]] is both a gun and a scythe, described in the page quote. It also has some kind of kinetic burst feature; shots can be used to propel the blade for both speed and penetration.
** Weiss's Myrtenaster is a [[RoyalRapier rapier]] with revolver chambers loaded with [[AppliedPhlebotinum dust]] that have various effects when fired.
** Blake's "Gambol Shroud". It's a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] that folds into a sickle with a machine pistol in the handle.
*** Its sheath also has a handle and is sharpened on one edge for DualWielding.
** Yang's Ember Celica is essentially a pair of shotgun gauntlets capable of firing explosive slugs at range or using its blasts to enhance her punches.
** Junior's [[FanNickname "Batzooka"]]. It's a bazooka that can fire five rockets at once, and transforms into a large bat.
** [[GenkiGirl Nora]] [[CuteBruiser Valkyrie]]'s Magnhild: a grenade launcher that can morph into a [[DropTheHammer humongous warhammer]]. Like Crescent Rose, the grenade launcher function still works in hammer mode, but instead of increasing the velocity at which the weapon impacts, it adds an explosive effect to the impact.
** Lie Ren's Stormflower, a pair of machine pistols with downward pointing underslung blades.
** Pyrrha Nikos' Milo, a .308 rifle that transforms into a blade or a spear, both with the capacity to launch themselves using rounds from the rifle portion.
** Sun Wukong's Ryu and Jingu Bang, a pair of nunchuku that are shotguns and can be slotted together to form his namesake's staff.
** Neptune's Gun, which fires energy bolts of some kind and can become a glaive or a trident.
** Roman's Melodic Cudgel, which fires Dust bolts and is a cane he uses as its namesake.
** Peter Port's low-tech blunderbuss with a battleaxe fitted to it.
** Oobleck has a thermos that can become a bat or launch fireballs.
** Emerald's Long-arm revolvers with extendable blades to become sickles.
** Mercury's Greaves [[spoiler: [[ArtificialLimbs actually his legs]]]], which he uses in his kick based fighting style, include a pair of shotguns as a boot based version of Yang's Ember Celica.
** Adam uses Wilt and Blush, which are a katana and sheathe which incorporates a rifle, allowing him to fire the katana at enemies.
** Qrow has Harbinger, a gunscythe like his niece Ruby, but its base form is a massive broadsword with a shotgun in the hilt.
** Considering [[Creator/MontyOum who created the series]], it's unsurprising that only a few weapons don't fit this bill: Jaune's Crocea Mors (a sword and collapsible shield), Melanie's bladed shoes, Miltia's claws, Cardinal's mace, Neo's parasol (which is instead a [[SwordCane different trope]]), Yatsuhashi's greatsword, Coco's minigun (its handbag form merely being its compact form... [[HandbagOfHurt that's just as viable a weapon]]), and Ironwood's revolver (admittedly a [[HandCannon very large]] revolver).
** Jaune modded his ancestral folding shield so it can attach to the sword as extra blades, turning a sword-and-shield into a greatsword.

It's two, two, ''two'' weapons in one![[note]]And sometimes ''[[UpToEleven more]]''.[[/note]]

-->-- With that last line, Ruby describes Crescent Rose and basically every other weapon in this series, ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''

** Halfway through the first season, Ezra builds his own [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] with a fully functional [[RayGun blaster]] built into the hilt so he can still defend himself while practicing his swordplay.

* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Kurapika uses SwordChucks before learning [[FunctionalMagic Nen]].

** They are also the main weapon of the Garlean Empire's forces in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' as well, here mainly being rifles with blades built along the barrel. In the expansion ''Shadowbringers'', players can also use gunblades as part of the Gunbreaker tank job. Gunbreaker gunblades function more akin to the weapons seen in ''VIII'': they cannot fire projectiles, but instead use magitek ammunition to empower the blade of the weapon.

* GURPS IOU: Though not primarily intended as a weapon, the Po Peil Fishing Artifact (a parody of the Popeil Pocket Fisherman) is an ancient artifact made by a Precursor race that contains everything an interstellar fishing enthusiast might desire, in one compact device. This includes complex scanning equipment to determine food safety, a vast recipe database, essentially unbreakable hooks and lines, harpoon-shaped force beams and tractor beams for subduing and retrieving particularly stubborn quarry, and even a full suite of functions to terraform a world into an ocean planet and stock it with fish-like beings, should no such planet be handy . . . which is a bit inconvenient if you happen to live on the target planet. Unfortunately, its recipes (and its operating instructions) are all in a language no one has spoken or read for at least a billion years.

* You have to be superhumanly strong to use most of them, but ''Naruni: Wave 2'' for ''TabletopGames/{{Rifts}}'' contains a series of mercenary multi-rifles, which tend to combine three weapons in one, such as the Silverfire, which contains a gun which fires silver projectiles, a flamethrower, and a laser; and others that combine plasma cartridge, laser, plasma beam, grenade, micromissiles etc. together, usually in combinations of three. Some can even have a vibro-bayonet mounted, for extra cost.
* Many magical weapons in ''TabletopGames/{{Rifts}}'', such as rune or [[MagiTek techno-wizard]] weapons, can also be used as both ranged weapons and melee, with both also having other features such as deflector shields or poison, and the ability to use spells (rune weapons having a varying amount to cast, while techno-wizard creations usually end up with a specific set which requires the creator's or another techno-wizards' work to upgrade). One example is a sword introduced in ''Federation of Magic'', with massive damage, and the ability to increase it ''a lot'', protection for the user, and the ability to fire charged particle beams.