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* '''Downplayed''': Brawler Charlie settles fights with GoodOldFisticuffs; Diane finds she has to beat people whatever ImprovisedWeapon is lying around, or stab them repeatedly [[CombatHaircomb with her hatpin]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Brawler Boxer Charlie settles fights with GoodOldFisticuffs; Diane finds she has to beat people whatever ImprovisedWeapon is lying around, or stab them repeatedly [[CombatHaircomb with her hatpin]].
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** Due to Alice [[CripplingOverspecialization focusing solely]] on her swordsmanship, she is completely helpless without her sword.



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* '''Parodied''': In this setting, male fighters are physically incapable of using weapons, or at least, weapons tend to slow down their fighting.

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In this setting, male fighters are physically incapable of using weapons, or at least, weapons tend to slow down their fighting.fighting.
** Brother Bob attacks a tank with only his fists.



* '''Deconstructed''':
** While Brother Bob is a champion martial artist, he later learns that his fists and strength are no match for weapons when he faces [[TheGunslinger Carla]], who promptly riddles him with bullets before he gets within punching distance.
** Brother Bob's instance on using only his fists and strength eventually fails him when he meets [[SuperToughness Clark]], who easily {{no sell}}s his punches and then then promptly knocks his lights out with [[OneHitKill a single punch]].



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* '''Justified''': Brother Bob belongs to a TechnicalPacifist order which forbids the use of weapons for religious reasons, but makes up for it with [[TrainingFromHell a strict regimen of physical and martial arts training]] as part of its 'spiritual' disciplines, along with a range of KiManipulation techniques. Alice on the other hand is a (relatively) WeakButSkilled BadassNormal who finds using a weapons gives her some advantage against bigger, stronger, and usually maler opponents.
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* '''Justified''': Brother Bob belongs to a TechnicalPacifist order which forbids the use of weapons for religious reasons, but makes up for it with [[TrainingFromHell a strict regimen of physical and martial arts training]] as part of its 'spiritual' disciplines, along with a range of KiManipulation techniques. Alice on the other hand is a (relatively) WeakButSkilled BadassNormal who finds using a weapons gives her some advantage against bigger, stronger, and usually maler male opponents.
* '''Inverted''': ???Men fight with weapons while women fight unarmed.



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* '''Parodied''': ???
In this setting, male fighters are physically incapable of using weapons, or at least, weapons tend to slow down their fighting.
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Similar numbers of men and women fight with and without weapons.
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** Nobody fights.
** Everybody fights with a weapon.
** Everybody fights without a weapon.



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** Alice insists on fighting unarmed, to match Bob.
** Bob demands a gun and a sword, to match Alice.



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* '''Subverted''': Alice proves to be a skilled unarmed combatant when deprived of her trusty sword; Brother Bob proves handy with ImprovisedWeapons as a last resort.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice proves to be a skilled unarmed combatant when deprived of her trusty sword; Brother Bob proves handy with ImprovisedWeapons an ImprovisedWeapon as a last resort.
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'''Basic Trope''': Women use weapons, men fight unarmed.
* '''Straight''': MasterSwordswoman Alice, who's never without [[ICallItVera her trusty blade 'Vera']], teams up with BareFistedMonk, Brother Bob, in order to take on the forces of evil.
* '''Exaggerated''': WalkingArmory Alice, who doesn't even ''sleep'' without [[GunsAkimbo a pair of loaded pistols]] under her pillow, teams up with Brother Bob, a martial artist of such legendary skill he can [[BulletCatch catch bullets in his bare hands]] and [[KamehameHadoken blast holes in his enemies with bolts of weaponized ki]].
* '''Downplayed''': Brawler Charlie settles fights with GoodOldFisticuffs; Diane finds she has to beat people whatever ImprovisedWeapon is lying around, or stab them repeatedly [[CombatHaircomb with her hatpin]].
* '''Justified''': Brother Bob belongs to a TechnicalPacifist order which forbids the use of weapons for religious reasons, but makes up for it with [[TrainingFromHell a strict regimen of physical and martial arts training]] as part of its 'spiritual' disciplines, along with a range of KiManipulation techniques. Alice on the other hand is a (relatively) WeakButSkilled BadassNormal who finds using a weapons gives her some advantage against bigger, stronger, and usually maler opponents.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice proves to be a skilled unarmed combatant when deprived of her trusty sword; Brother Bob proves handy with ImprovisedWeapons as a last resort.
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