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* In one remarkable fossil, a ''Ramphorhynchus'' (a kind of pterosaur) was discovered with an ''Aspidorhynchus'' (a swordfish-like fish) speared through its wing. It's believed that the fish and the pterosaur were going after the same prey, and accidentally collided with each other in the water, which resulted in the fish accidentally stabbing the pterosaur.

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* Comics/AquaMan in [[https://marswillsendnomore.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/braveandbold051-02.jpg one vintage strip]] encountered a rogue narwhal using its tusk to attack the dome over Atlantis. Aquaman couldn't control the creature, so he had an undersea bullfight with the narwhal until it became fatigued enough to respond to telepathy.

* WebOriginal/Mortasheen has the [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/scalamax.htm Scalamax]], which takes the swordfish pun UpToEleven by putting a cutlass on its face, and even gives it a SpinAttack that allows it to [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial to hurtle itself out of the water and glide like a bladed discus for several kilometers]].

* Film/Aquaman2018: During the climax of the film, [[spoiler:the titular Aquaman summons sea creatures of all shapes and sizes to fend off Orm and his forces, including a pair of narwhals which [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice visibly skewer]] two soldiers in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment]]. Incidentally, the comics version of Aquaman rode a narwhal at one point in the ''Batman: Widening Gyre'' series by Creator/KevinSmith, though whether or not this was referenced in that scene is up for debate.

* DarthWiki/Mortasheen has the [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/scalamax.htm Scalamax]], which takes the swordfish pun UpToEleven by putting a cutlass on its face, and even gives it a SpinAttack that allows it to [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial to hurtle itself out of the water and glide like a bladed discus for several kilometers]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', a pair of swordfishes were fencing each other while gossiping about Marlin's exploits.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode ''[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E5SnowballEffectOneKrabsTrash One Krab's Trash]]'', Mr. Krabs fights a horde of undead fishes with the skull of a swordfish that was among his assailants, which he uses as a typical saber.

* At the end of his debut episode on ''[[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends]]'', Russel the pirate otter is skewered by a swordfish he'd caught while fishing.

Note that there are some other, lesser-known fishes and sea animals that also have rostrums (or similar pointy appendages) were given a similar treatment in some works. Those include sawfishes, which are closely related to sharks and whose rostrums are [[SerratedBladeOfPain Serrated Blades Of Pain]], and narwhals, a species of cetaceans whose long, menacing horns are actually a specialized tooth.

* Swordfishes can be used as swords in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. While they do have an irritating smell on land, they can be used with no penalty underwater.

Swordfishes, sailfishes, and marlins (aka billfish)are formidable undersea predators that are well-known for their impressive rostrums that look like a threatening [[SpikesOfDoom Spike Of Doom]]. They usually use them to knock out preys and slash them, though contrary to popular belief they do not spear them.

Swordfishes and marlins are formidable undersea predators that are well-known for their impressive rostrums that look like a threatening [[SpikesOfDoom Spike Of Doom]]. They usually use them to knock out preys and slash them, though contrary to popular belief they do not spear them.

Therefore, when swordfishes appear in fiction, expect somebody or something getting hurt by these dreadful rostrums. Either the fishes themselves will attack with theirs, or they will be weaponized by someone that will use them as impromptu swords.

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* There is at least one case of an angler [[https://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/honest-angler/2013/02/thats-when-it-hits-you-swordfish-bill-gut#page-2 getting run through by a swordfish they'd caught]], though it was most likely accidental. As noted above, swordfish don't use their bills for stabbing - the tips are actually too blunt for such a purpose.

* In one episode of ''Litterature/VickyTheViking'''s cartoon adaptation, a local finds the severed saw from a small pink sawfish and decides to use it as a saw despite the sawfish's protests. In revenge, it, along with a school of other sawfishes, saws holes in a drakkar and sink it.

Related to SpikesOfDoom. When weaponized by other characters, it is a SubTrope of ShamuFu, EdibleBludgeon and ImprovisedWeapon.

* The Giant Marlin in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a litteral double-edged sword as his bill, and has the fighting abilities needed to use it as such.

* In WesternAnimation/FindingNemo, a pair of swordfishes were fencing each other while gossiping about Marlin's exploits.

* In the BreakingOut game ''VideoGame/BricksofAtlantis'', one of the fish species that can be summoned is swordfishes, which break blocks by ramming bill-first into them.

* In the BreakingOut game ''Bricks of Atlantis'', one of the fish species that can be summoned is swordfishes, which break blocks by ramming bill-first into them.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'' the episode "The Swashbuckling Swordfish" has Kwazii speaking of the legend of the "Flying Swords", which turns out to be a trio of swordfish. Kwazii encounters them while hunting for treasure and actually engages them in swordplay for a while, but ultimately ends up helping them and they all part on good terms.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'', the episode "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles" has Alejandro and Cody duelling each other with swordfish as weapons.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift'', the villain Captain Gutt uses the skull of a sawfish as a sword.