History Main / WreckedWeapon

* Overused in ''DigimonSavers''. Even before [[DeadlyUpgrade Burst Mode]] is introduced, the Geo-Grey Sword gets trashed by nearly everyone Shine Greymon tries to hit with it, making it possibly the most useless auxiliary weapon in history.

* In the first season finale for TheAvenegersEarthsMightiestHeroes, {{Loki}} shatters CaptainAmerica's shield using [[spoiler: the Odinforce]]. Cap is later shown to have collected the pieces and it takes more than half a season for it to finally get fixed by Wakandan scientists, the only people who know how to deal with [[{{Unobtainium}} vibranium]] and its alloys. The shield is briefly replaced by a holographic version designed and built by Iron Man, although [[spoiler: it turns out that Cap was in fact a Skrull during the entire time the holo-shield was used, and the real Cap much prefers the original.]]

* In the first season finale for theAvenegersEarthsMightiestHeroes, {{Loki}} shatters CaptainAmerica's shield using [[spoiler: the Odinforce]]. Cap is later shown to have collected the pieces and it takes more than half a season for it to finally get fixed by Wakandan scientists, the only people who know how to deal with [[{{Unobtainium}} vibranium]] and its alloys. The shield is briefly replaced by a holographic version designed and built by Iron Man, although [[spoiler: it turns out that Cap was in fact a Skrull during the entire time the holo-shield was used, and the real Cap much prefers the original.]]

* At the end of the first major arc of ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'', Kai breaks [[TheDragon Wolzard's]] sword in a one-on-one fight before he and the rest of the team defeat Branken, the DiscOneFinalBoss. Wolzard takes the fallen DiscOneFinalBoss Branken's sword and spends a few episodes re-forging it into a suitable replacement (which is perfectly identical to the first, so it's not for merchandising purposes.)

* In ''TheScorpionKing'', Balthazar and Mathayus' first sword clash shatters both their weapons. They just resort to fisticuffs.
* In ''Film/ThePunisher'' (the Thomas Jane one), the bad guys send a Russian mercenary to beat up and kill Frank Castle. After taken quite a beating, Frank tries to grab his trusty revolver, only to have it smashed by the Russian's hammer. The look on Frank's face when he sees the bend barrel is priceless.
* In ''CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' Michelle Yeoh's character battles Jhang Ziyi's character, who wields Green Destiny. Yeoh is a superior swordswoman, but she must repeatedly draw a new weapon out of a rack every time Green Destiny hacks through the last one. During one lull, the camera lingers over the many dents and pits in a bronze bar she wields for a few moments.

** There's also the [[{{BFS}} Giant's Knife]] from ''Ocarina Of Time'', that can only take so much blunt trauma until it breaks, leaving you with a handle and some broken metal jutting out. Still works as a weapon, but does minimal damage.

* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3903 the angels turn Tangerine's gun to shooting]] [[FertileFeet flowers]]. [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4140 The sight of them causes her to issue warnings about the dangers to guns.]]

* While not exactly ''wrecked'', the second part of the final boss battle in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' starts with the BigBad knocking your signature weapon past a WallOfFlame.
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** Theres also the [[{{BFS}} Giant's Knife]], that can only take so much blunt trauma until it breaks, leaving you with a handle and some broken metal jutting out. Still works as a weapon, but does minimal damage.

* When the Boss in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' doesn't want to kill someone, she just beats the crap out of them. But first she simply takes away her opponent's gun and neatly breaks it up into its parts with her bare hands, and then hand back the pieces.

* During ReBoot's second season finale, Megabyte crushes [[DoAnythingRobot Glitch]] right before stranding Bob in the Web. This makes Glitch ''useless'' during season 3 until Bob [[FusionDance fuses]] with it.
* [[CaptainScarlet Spectrum]] write off a ''lot'' of [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier Rhinos]] and White Falcon interceptors in the CGI reboot, but on one occasion this trope kicks off the whole plot of an episode; Captain Blue accidentally trashed some guy's Harley while pursuing a Mysteron agent, and the guy retaliated by stealing the [[CoolBike Spectrum Raid Bike]] that Captain Ochre had ridden to the scene. Colonel White was ''not'' pleased when he found out she'd forgotten to set the immobiliser.

** Played straight at the begining of the first major arc, when Rukia's brother and best friend turn up to take her back. The former ends up snapping Ichigo's unreleased Zanpakuto like a twig and piercing him in his "spiritual organs" (organs that produce spiritual energy), making him unable to create [[KiAttacks Reishi anymore]]. He has to undergo TrainingFromHell to get his powers back, and unlocks his sword's [[ShonenUpgrade Shikai state]] upon doing so.

** This was used to show KatanasAreJustBetter in the flashback episode where Duncan gets his katana. Having just washed up on shore in old Japan, Duncan draws his european blade on a older samurai who simply breaks Duncan's sword off just short of the hilt. The dumbfounded look Duncan gives the now 2 inch long blade is hilarious.

** In ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'' Luke loses his father's lightsaber ([[AnArmAndALeg as well as his hand]]) while fighting Darth Vader. He gets better. Luckily, by ReturnOfTheJedi he's built another one.

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* In ''[[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden]]'', Sanger Zonvolt's trusty [[{{BFS}} Zankantou]] is shattered on the [[HumongousMecha mech]] of Shura [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] Magnus. Magnus expected this to win the fight for him, until Sanger revealed that the [[HumongousMecha DyGenGuar's]] original weapons (which were non functional when it was first activated, hence the [[{{BFS}} Zankantou]]), had been repaired. Magnus promptly eats a [[WaveMotionGun General Blaster]] to the face.

* Played for laughs in the pilot of ''KamenRiderRyuki''. Shinji goes into battle before gaining a contract monster, and the flimsy-looking sword he gets as a default weapon breaks from an OffhandBackhand (technically a swipe from a GiantSpider's foreleg).
* At the end of the first major arc of ''MahouSentaiMagiranger'', Kai breaks [[TheDragon Wolzard's]] sword in a one-on-one fight before he and the rest of the team defeat Branken, the DiscOneFinalBoss. Wolzard takes the fallen DiscOneFinalBoss Branken's sword and spends a few episodes re-forging it into a suitable replacement (which is perfectly identical to the first, so it's not for merchandising purposes.)
** In ''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger,'' the sword that is actually [[spoiler: made from the souls of his family]] gets damaged, so Juzo has to make do with one of the swords used by the {{Mooks}} for several episodes.

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* In the 2003 ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, an extended sequence of everyone who serves the Shredder [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the holy hell out of Leonardo]] concludes with the Shredder snapping Leo's swords with his bare hands.

* In the ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', this trope proved to be the great equalizer in the match between [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]] and [[VideoGame/{{Strider Hiryu]]]]. While the former is a WalkingArmory, the latter has a weapon that could easily cut through almost everything, thus the former was quickly reduced to [[UnbreakableWeapons their main weapon]].

* Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Possibly subverted when Narsil cut the Ring from Sauron's hand ''after'' he fell on it and broke it in two. Three thousand years later, it was reforged into the even-more-badass Anduril, the Flame of the West. The movie version has a moment where Boromir [[ActorAllusion comments]] that even shattered, the blade is still [[{{Sharpe}} sharp]].

* When the Boss in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' doesn't want to kill someone, she just beats the crap out of them. But first she simply takes away her oponents gun and breaks it up into its parts with her bare hands, and then hand back the pieces.

* Zaeed of ''MassEffect2'' has a broken rifle [[ICallItVera named Jessie]] that was the most reliable weapon he'd ever used until it finally jammed and would not fire anymore. Zaeed laments that he'd give anything for "one last mission with that shitty old rifle."
** If he's still alive at the end of ''MassEffect3'' you can learn that he's custom ordered all the part required to repair his rifle. Taking Jessie along for the last battle.

* The Broken Sword from the ''FatherBrown'' story of the same name turns out to have a sordid tale behind it.

* At the end of ''TheDarkTower'', Susannah, having crossed over into another dimesion to live out a normal life, discovers that one of Roland's revolvers has become completely unusable as a result. Roland abandons the other pistol in order to gain entry to the titular tower.