History Main / RoyalRapier

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': Wyll [[spoiler:Ravengard]], the legendary [[HunterOfMonsters "Blade of Frontiers"]] wields a rapier as his weapon of choice. He actually has a special passive granting him automatic proficiency with rapiers, regardless of his class (should hte player choose to change it). After his Act II companion quest is completed, his patron Mizora can be persuaded to reward him with a special rapier that is well-tuned to his warlock powers. [[spoiler:Going by GameplayAndStoryIntegration, this is a clue he's actually of noble birth because warlocks in ''D&D'' aren't normally proficient with rapiers; however it ''is'' the perfect weapon for a duke's son to have received training with.]]

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': Wyll [[spoiler:Ravengard]], the legendary [[HunterOfMonsters "Blade of Frontiers"]] wields a rapier as his weapon of choice. [[spoiler:Going by GameplayAndStoryIntegration, this is a clue he's actually of noble birth because warlocks in ''D&D'' aren't normally proficient with rapiers; however it ''is'' the perfect weapon for a duke's son to have received training with.]]

* ''Film/TheCrow'': Top Dollar is the king of crime in his city. He's not interested in mere financial gain, however. He and his sister live a bacchanal of evil and want to spread discord purely for its own sake. He dresses in fine, outdated outfits and has a whole wall of various swords. His weapon of choice is an ornate rapier. [[note]]Interesting trivia: his rapier is the Six-Fingered Sword Inigo Montoya used in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.[[/note]]

* [[DerivativeWorks/TheThreeMusketeers All film adaptations]] of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', naturally (including the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1921 1921]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1948 1948]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1953 1953]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1961 1961]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973 1973]], [[Film/DArtagnanAndThreeMusketeers 1978]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993 1993]], [[Film/TheMusketeer 2001]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011 2011]] and [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers2023 2023]] film adaptations, on this wiki). Both the Musketeers ([[PraetorianGuard royal guards]], many of them of noble blood) and the Cardinal's Guard (the high class soldiers of the ChurchMilitant) use them.

* The [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' has Ralph, a descendant of the royal family of Labrynna, trying to kill [[BigBad Veran]] with a short rapier. This is a departure from the game, where he used a traditional arming sword instead. Cap'n, the [[CulturedBadass cultured]] undead lover of Queen Ambi, also carries a rapier to contrast the staves and daggers wielded by his men.

%% * In ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', both [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Shibolena]] and [[Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive Denus]] used swords that seem to resemble rapier. "Seem to resemble" because the only part that resembles a rapier is the handle.

* {{Subverted}} in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''. Oscar is the daughter of a count, a formidable fencer and the bodyguard of the King and Queen of France, but [[ShownTheirWork carries the standard-issue sword of a French cavalry officer of the era]].

** Zigzagged with Shouichi Shinkawa/[=XaXa=]/[=Death Gun=]. He's a master fencer and he wields an estoc, a thin, sharply pointed sword meant for stabbing. He also turns out to be the scion of a rich family that owns a hospital. On the other hand, Shouchi himself doesn't have the typical personality traits of a rapier user, being rather thuggish and blunt towards other characters

** Zigzagged with Shouichi Shinkawa/[=XaXa=]. He's a master fencer and he wields an estoc, a thin, sharply pointed sword meant for stabbing. He also turns out to be the scion of a rich family that owns a hospital. On the other hand, Shouchi himself doesn't have the typical personality traits of a rapier user, being rather thuggish and blunt towards other characters

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', a rapier ends up being the starting weapon for Eirika, princess of Renais.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'', Emblem Eirika has a rapier, which units who Engage with her can use as long as the Engage is active.
* In ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', Prosecutor Barok van Zieks is a well-to-do member of the gentry who wears a small-sword.
* [[LadyOfWar Fiora]], the Grand Duelist of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''. Her lore stated that she used to belong to a family of nobles that has fallen from grace due to her father doing some sort of foul play. A frustrated Fiora defeated her father and set off to beat down everyone she comes across with her rapier to restore her family's honor. Oh and she is ''extremely'' [[SmugSuper smug at doing so]], berating her opponents for having "such unrefined style" in combat, what with her fluid and calculating fighting style.

* ''Film/TheCrow'': Top Dollar is the king of crime in his city. He's not interested in mere financial gain, however. He and his sister live a bacchanal of evil and want to spread discord purely for its own sake. He dresses in fine, outdated outfits and has a whole wall of various swords. His weapon of choice is an ornate rapier. Interesting trivia: his rapier is the Six-Fingered Sword from ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.

* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': both Inigo Montoya and the Man in Black wield them. Inigo Montoya is the simple son of a swordsmith, albeit a relatively cultured and well-spoken one. The Man in Black, on the other hand, is a dashing pirate.
* ''Film/RobRoy'': The British fop, [[TheDandy dandy]] and noble BastardBastard Archibald Cunningham uses a rapier. This is all in contrast to the various Scottish clansmen, who are poor and earthy and wield [[{{BFS}} big, heavy claymores]]. In the opening scene, Archibald mocks a Scotsman's sword as a "cleaver" fit only for slaughtering livestock. Ironically, he meets his demise by one of such swords when Rob Roy finds a way to deliver him a [[SingleStrokeBattle single strike]] just as it seemed Archibald was going to easily win.

* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "[[Recap/FireflyE04Shindig Shindig]]", the local nobility like using these in duels. HighClassCallGirl Inara shows a little proficiency too. WorkingClassHero Mal shows little. He thinks that {{Flynning}} with his means he's winning the fight, not knowing his opponent is just toying with him.

* ''Film/OnGuard'', another adaptation of ''DerivativeWorks/LeBossu'', also features plenty of sword fights.

* In most adaptations, the weapon of choice of Franchise/{{Zorro}} is a Spanish rapier. Zorro's SecretIdentity is ''Don'' Diego de la Vega, back when the title "Don" was still reserved for the nobility as opposed to [[TheMafia crime bosses]].

* {{Subverted}} by ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'', of all people: he uses a Spanish cavalry sword (that, in all fairness, could be mistaken for a rapier, with whom it shares the sidesword as a common ancestor). {{Justified|Trope}} as he would fight both unarmoured and armored opponents (a rapier of his time couldn't handle the latter) and both on foot and on horse (a rapier was just ''not'' made to fight on horse, while a cavalry sword, while made mainly for mounted fighters, could work in both situations).

* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Shindig," the local nobility like using these in duels. HighClassCallGirl Inara shows a little proficiency too. And WorkingClassHero Mal shows little. He thinks that {{Flynning}} with his means he's winning the fight, not knowing his opponent is just toying with him.

* {{Subverted}} in ''La Seine no Hoshi''. The titular hero was trained in fencing by a nobleman (and is engaged to his son), but carries a similar-looking but much heavier basket-hilted straight-bladed cavalry sword. She did once fight a nobleman who had one... And [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome broke it]], as rapiers are not suited to block such a heavy sword.

[[caption-width-right:179:[-''[[Film/ThePrincessBride "My name is Zelda. You invaded my kingdom. Prepare to die."]]''-] ]]

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Serpico wields a saber during the Conviction arc, and later receives from the witch Flora a sword made of feathers infused with wind elementals that let him [[RazorWind throw winds around]]. However, during his visit to Vritannis with Farnese when they had both left behind Flora's gifts, he uses an actual rapier to fight Guts in the hall of pillars. Serpico was born a street urchin, but [[HeroicBastard is the illegitimate son of a nobleman]] and was given a position (and presumably an education) in his household at a young age, and so acts with the culture and sophistication of a young gentleman.

* The {{swashbuckler}} films starring Creator/JeanMarais often had him play a heroic 17th or 18th century swordsman using rapiers. It includes ''Film/LaTourPrendsGarde'', ''Film/{{Le Bossu|1959}}'', ''Film/LeCapitan'', ''Film/LeCapitaineFracasse'' and ''Film/{{The Iron Mask|1962}}'' (as [[Franchise/TheThreeMusketeers D'Artagnan]]). Master at arms Claude Carliez was in charge of the choregraphies in them.

* [[Franchise/TheThreeMusketeers All adaptations]] of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', naturally (including the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1921 1921]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1948 1948]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1953 1953]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1961 1961]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973 1973]], [[Film/DArtagnanAndThreeMusketeers 1978]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993 1993]], [[Film/TheMusketeer 2001]], [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011 2011]] and [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers2023 2023]] film adaptations, on this wiki). Both the Musketeers ([[PraetorianGuard royal guards]], many of them of noble blood) and the Cardinal's Guard (the high class soldiers of the ChurchMilitant) use them.