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1Swords and guns, probably the two coolest and most versatile weapons in all media. As many creators have seen what those weapons could do, they are always trying to make the best out of those weapons, [[GunsVsSwords as if each is trying to out-cool the other]] – and in the process, they tend to mimic each other.
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3To put it simply, this is a list of tropes from GunsAndGunplayTropes and ILikeSwords (or other tropes from WeaponsAndWieldingTropes) which have similar concepts to each other, the difference being the weapon used: Melee – Range. For example, "X Trope from GunsAndGunplayTropes is Y Trope from ILikeSwords [[RecycledINSPACE WITH GUNS!]]" And vice versa.
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5Related to TheMusketeer, SamuraiCowboy, ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy (and GuysSmashGirlsShoot), GunsVsSwords and its opposite SwordAndGun, all of which combine swords and guns. Not to be confused with SpearCounterpart.
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7!!Tropes
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9* AbsurdlySharpBlade – ArmorPiercingAttack
10* AirJousting, PunchParry (and subsequently PummelDuel) – BeamOWar or ShootTheBullet
11* ArmedLegs – LegCannon
12* AudibleSharpness and KungFoley – NoisyGuns or BangBangBANG
13* AssKicksYou – {{Fartillery}}
14* BadWithTheBone – BallisticBone
15* BarehandedBladeBlock, PunchCatch – BulletCatch, ArrowCatch or FingerInABarrel
16* {{BFS}} or TelephonePolearm – {{BFG}}
17* BifurcatedWeapon – IKEAWeaponry or RecursiveAmmo
18* BladeBelowTheShoulder, WolverineClaws, PowerFist – ArmCannon, FingerFirearms, RocketPunch
19* BladeEnthusiast – GunNut
20* BladeLock, BrawlerLock – MexicanStandoff
21* BladeSpam, RapidfireFisticuffs, FlechetteStorm or StormOfBlades – RainOfArrows, MoreDakka, BeamSpam or MacrossMissileMassacre
22* BouncingBattler – PinballProjectile, HyperDestructiveBouncingBall, ReflectingLaser
23* ChainsawGood, DeadlyRotaryFan or ThisIsADrill – GatlingGood (delivering multi-hitting spin-tastic attacks!)
24* CloseRangeCombatant – LongRangeFighter
25* DimensionalCutter – TeleportGun
26* DualWielding – GunsAkimbo
27* EdibleBludgeon – EdibleAmmunition
28* FieldOfBlades – WeaponTombstone (which itself covers rifles used this way)
29* FlamingSword – FireBreathingWeapon, FlareGun, ArrowsOnFire
30* {{Flynning}} – GunFu and GunKata
31* GirlWithPsychoWeapon – SmallGirlBigGun
32* HandbagOfHurt – BriefcaseBlaster
33* HeroesPreferSwords – SuperheroPackingHeat
34* IaijutsuPractitioner – QuickDraw
35* ImplausibleFencingPowers or SliceAndDiceSwordsmanship – ImprobableAimingSkills or GunFu
36* InstantDeathStab – InstantDeathBullet
37* InverseLawOfSharpnessAndAccuracy or SetSwordsToStun – FamilyFriendlyFirearms (different, but related effect)
38* KatanasAreJustBetter – RevolversAreJustBetter or ShotgunsAreJustBetter
39* KidSamurai – YoungGun
40* LaserBlade – [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] (melee and range attacks made of laser)
41** Or SwordBeam – WaveMotionGun (both are RangedEnergyAttackTropes which uses a sword and a gun respectively)
42* LudicrousMeleeAccuracy - ImprobableAimingSkills
43* MacheteMayhem or KukrisAreKool (a really big knife) – HandCannon (a really big handgun)
44* MartialArtsStaff – {{Boomstick}}, SniperRifle, JavelinThrower
45* ManBitesMan, MultipurposeTongue – BreathWeapon, SuperSpit (weaponizing your mouth)
46* MasterSwordsman – TheGunslinger or FastestGunInTheWest
47* MultiMeleeMaster – MultiRangedMaster
48* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight – GunsAreWorthless
49* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight – NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight
50* OffWithHisHead – BoomHeadshot
51* OneHandedZweihander – FiringOneHanded
52* PileBunker – NailEm
53* RazorSharpHand, MegatonPunch – HandBlast, KamehameHadoken
54* RazorWings – FeatherFlechettes
55* ReverseGrip – GangstaStyle (arguably)
56* {{Seppuku}} – AteHisGun or LeaveBehindAPistol
57* ShieldBash – ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks
58* SingleStrokeBattle – ShowdownAtHighNoon or TenPacesAndTurn or BulletHolesAndRevelations
59* SpellBlade – DepletedPhlebotinumShells (modifying your weapon / ammo in such a way that it gives it a special secondary effect)
60* SpinAttack – MultiDirectionalBarrage
61* StabTheSky – FiringInTheAirALot (arguably)
62* SteppingStoneSword – ProjectilePlatforms
63* {{Super Robot}}s – {{Real Robot}}s
64** The former primarily use fisticuffs/melee weapons, with ranged projectiles as secondary weapons. The latter, meanwhile, primarily use rifles, with melee weapons as emergency backups.
65* SwipeYourBladeOff – SmokingBarrelBlowout ("cleaning" your weapons after action)
66* SwordCane – SenselessViolins or BriefcaseBlaster (all of them are about concealing weapons)
67* SwordLimbo – BulletTime or DodgeTheBullet
68* SwordLines – EveryBulletIsATracer (showing the movement of the sword/bullet)
69* SwordOverHead – BaitAndSwitchGunshot
70* SwordPointing – DramaticGunCock, SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou
71* SwordSparks – BulletSparks
72* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks (and by proxy, StormOfBlades), RocketPunch or SwordBeam – PistolWhipping, ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon, and especially BayonetYa (The former two are about melee weapons used for ranged attacks, while the latter three are about long-range weapons used for close-range attacks)
73* UnorthodoxSheathing – UnorthodoxHolstering
74* WeaponTwirling – GunTwirling
75* YouFightLikeACow – GunpointBanter

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