History Main / RetractableWeapon

* ''{{Babylon 5}}'': the Minbari Fighting Pike aka Denn'Bok. Preferred weapon of the Rangers.

Typically, any type of the LaserBlade is this. Compare ShapeshifterWeapon, where a character that can shapeshift can create many weapons from their body, MorphWeapon which is a weapon that can take different forms and PersonOfHolding. See also IKEAWeaponry, ImpossiblyCompactFolding, and WolverineClaws. Contrast with CollapsibleHelmet.

* ''{{Bleach}}'': Gin Ichimaru's Shikai [[spoiler:and Bankai, though that's not it's only or main feature]].

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Nepeta uses a pair of retractable claw-like weapons.
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* {{Batgirl}} (the Stephanie Brown version, at least) carries around a retractable/extendable staff, as does Robin III (Tim Drake).

** Every incarnation of Wolverine for his [[WolverineClaws adamantium claws]].

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'': The hidden blade(s).

* The {{Manga/Guyver}} has blades that extend out of his arms.
* ''{{Manga/Trigun}}'': Vash and his Concealed Alternate Retractable Weapon that doubles as his HAND.

* In ''{{Manga/Tokko}}'', Kureha's daggers are shown to be retractable. In the manga version, Sakura's sword is shown doing this as well.
* In ''{{Manga/Yaiba}}'', Kojiro's sword has the power to grow longer or shorter at will, though it's still a pretty long blade by itself.

* ''{{ComicBook/X-Men}}''

* ''{{Film/Hellboy}} 2: The Golden Army'': had Prince Nuada's spear/sword also with a nifty self repair or slow painful death feature.

* ''{{Andromeda}}'': the Force-lance, which can extend to a 2-meter-long quarterstaff.

* In ''{{TabletopGame/Shadowrun}}'', retractable claws are available as cyberware and known by the nickname "wolverines". As well as a collapsible staff and the Victorinox memory blade which folds into a belt.

* Adam Jensen's [[BladeBelowTheShoulder arm blades]] in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', which can come out of his wrists ''or'' his elbows.
* Jade uses a retractable staff as part of her arsenal in ''MortalKombat''.

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* ''ReBoot'': Megabyte has WolverineClaws in his hand. Also, [=AndrAIa=] has a extendable/collapsible [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident]] weapon.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Wakfu}}''

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': Nepeta uses a pair of retractable claw-like weapons.

* The expanding baseball bat used by Griff Tannen in ''Film/BackToTheFuture Part II''.

* The {{Predator}} has retractable wrist-blades. The sequel ''Predator 2'' adds a retractable staff/spear to the species' arsenal.
* ''[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy Returns]]'' has a retractable spear/sceptre.

Typically, any type of the LaserBlade is this. Compare ShapeshifterWeapon, where a character that can shapeshift can create many weapons from their body, MorphWeapon which is a weapon that can take different forms and PersonOfHolding. See also IKEAWeaponry and WolverineClaws. Contrast with CollapsibleHelmet.

Typically, any type of the LaserBlade is this. Compare ShapeshifterWeapon, where a character that can shapeshift can create many weapons from their body, MorphWeapon which is a weapon that can take different forms and PersonOfHolding. See also IKEAWeaponry and WolerineClaws. Contrast with CollapsibleHelmet.

* {{Batman}}'s [[BattleBoomerang Batarangs]] in some media like in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and ''BatmanArkhamAsylum''.

Typically, any type of the LaserBlade is this. Compare ShapeshifterWeapon, where a character that can shapeshift can create many weapons from their body, MorphWeapon which is a weapon that can take different forms and PersonOfHolding. See also IKEAWeaponry. Contrast with CollapsibleHelmet.

* In ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', Paz is shown to carry around a folding kukri which is specific enough to him that [[spoiler: a stalker who's imitated him to the last detail has one]].
* The {{Guyver}} has blades that extend out of his arms.
* ''{{Trigun}}'': Vash and his Concealed Alternate Retractable Weapon that doubles as his HAND.
* Goku's Power Pole from ''DragonBall''.
* In ''{{Tokko}}'', Kureha's daggers are shown to be retractable. In the manga version, Sakura's sword is shown doing this as well.
* In ''{{Yaiba}}'', Kojiro's sword has the power to grow longer or shorter at will, though it's still a pretty long blade by itself.

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* ''{{Comicbook/X-Men}}''

* The expanding baseball bat used by Griff Tannen in ''BackToTheFuture Part II''.
* ''Film/{{Hellboy}} 2: The Golden Army'': had Prince Nuada's spear/sword also with a nifty self repair or slow painful death feature.

* ''JourneyToTheWest'': Sun Wukong's iron rod

* In ''{{Shadowrun}}'', retractable claws are available as cyberware and known by the nickname 'wolverines'.
** As well as a collapsible staff and the Victorinox memory blade which folds into a belt.

* ''AssassinsCreed'': The hidden blade(s).
* The weapons in ''MassEffect'' fold up to much smaller sizes when you're not using them.

* Optimus' [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] in ''TransformersAnimated'' has an extendable shaft.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}''

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* [[Homestuck Nepeta]] uses a pair of retractable claw-like weapons.

* Many predatory animals have either retractable claws or fangs.

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* Adam Jensen's [[BladeBeneathTheShoulder arm blades]] in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', which can come out of his wrists ''or'' his elbows.

* ''TronLegacy'': The Black Guards' staffs and Quorra's sword have {{Laser Blade}}s coming out of batons (on the same principle as [[CoolBike Light Cycles]] and [[CoolPlane Light Jets]]).

* ''TeamFortress2'': The Spy's ButterflyKnife

Typically, any type of the LaserBlade is this. Compare ShapeshifterWeapon, MorphWeapon, and PersonOfHolding. See also IKEAWeaponry. Contrast with CollapsibleHelmet.

* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''

* ''{{Wakfu}}''

* {{Batman}}'s [[BattleBoomerang Batarangs]] in some media like in ''TheBatman'' and ''BatmanArkhamAsylum''.

Typically, any type of the LaserBlade is this. Compare ShapeshifterWeapon and MorphWeapon. See also IKEAWeaponry. Contrast with CollapsibleHelmet.

* {{The Mummy Returns}} has a retractable spear/sceptre.

* ''TeamFortress2'': The Spy's Butterfly Knife