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8	[[caption-width-right:350:[[SinisterScythe Half-scythe]], [[TheGunslinger half-rifle]], [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon all awesome.]]]]
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12	->'''Jaune:''' Whoa! Is that a scythe?\
13	'''Ruby:''' It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle!\
14	'''Jaune:''' A what?\
15	'''Ruby:''' It's also a gun.
16	-->-- ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', describing Crescent Rose and setting the stage for basically every other weapon in the series
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18	Two (or more) weapons share the same body, allowing either to be used at any time.
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20	Sometimes, when you combine two weapons, you get something with a completely new set of properties -- like combining a gun and a sword into [[AbnormalAmmo a gun that shoots swords]]. Or you might get a more traditional SwissArmyWeapon -- for instance, a gun that can ''turn into'' a sword. But the rest of the time, you get a [[TitleDrop Mix-and-Match Weapon]] -- two weapons combined that retain the uses and elements of both. The classic example is a [[BayonetYa bayonet]], which is nothing more than a knife strapped to a rifle, creating a weapon that can shoot ''or'' stab at will. Compare BifurcatedWeapon, contrast MorphWeapon.
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22	See also WhipSword. InstantChucks is a {{Subtrope}}. Often overlaps with ImpossiblyCoolWeapon and AwesomeButImpractical.
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25	!!Example subpages:
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27	* [[MixAndMatchWeapon/VideoGames Video Games]]
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29	!!Other examples:
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33	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
34	* In ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
35	** Examon's weapon is a combination of a lance and a rifle. It's as awesome as it sounds.
36	** In ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', [=MirageGaogamon Burst Mode=] has a [[SinisterScythe scythe]] with a [[EpicFlail gigantic morningstar]]. Again, it is a stylized kusarigama.
37	* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' has Jaki, whose secret weapon is, essentially, [[EpicFlail a spiked flail]] with a [[SinisterScythe hand-held kama]] in lieu of the handle, while his associate Kotaro has a sickle-bladed armlet connected to three long chains. The sequel tops this with Ichiki Oobayashi and his [[NamedWeapons Enmiyabi]], a sansetsukon with axe blades attached to it, making it a three-sectioned poleaxe.
38	* Quite frequent in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series.
39	** Probably the earliest instance is the Gundam Mk.II's Super Gundam configuration from ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', whose beam cannon could generate a beam blade. Later on, the titular Gundam could do this with its Hyper Mega Launcher. This feature is even carried over to its modified successors in the photo novel, Gundam Sentinel.
40	** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'''s Providence and Blitz both feature a specially designed shield housing both a beam weapon and a beam saber on the same arm.
41	** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' has the Akatsuki, which could attach its beam saber to its beam rifle for a more traditional bayonet weapon.
42	** All of Setsuna's Gundams from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' features a gunblade in some form.
43	*** Exia's GN Sword has a Rifle mode when the blade retracts.
44	*** 00 dual-wields mid-length swords that can double as rifles. When it gets its [[MidSeasonUpgrade 0 Raiser]] upgrade, it can bring both swords together and fire either a massive energy beam or sustain the blast and bring it down like a massive sword. Later on it gets a GN Sword like Exia but has a greater energy output.
45	*** 00 Quanta is much more straightforward with the blade being able to fire beam shots but can fire a wave motion blast when its [[AttackDrone GN Sword Bits]] combine with it.
46	*** Additionally, Cherudim's GN Beam Pistols feature axe-like blades on the underside. This was actually the result of a compromise between its pilot Lockon (who didn't think a melee weapon was necessary) and chief engineer Ian (who insisted he have something to at least protect against enemy blades).
47	** In ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'', Meijin Kawaguchi's Amazing Red Warrior wields a weapon that's actually ''called'' a gunblade and is a beam rifle with a solid blade built under the barrel.
48	** In ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'', Riku Mikami's Gundam 00 Diver/00 Diver Ace retains the 00 Gundam's GN Sword II weapons and its similar functions. When he upgrades to the Ace, the GN Sword II become Super GN Sword II, adding a grappling line to them.
49	* Red-5's [=HEP=] Cannon in ''Manga/MajesticPrince''. It can serve as a [[MoreDakka rapid fire rifle]], a WaveMotionTuningFork with [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw on each prong]], and can even lay SpaceMines!
50	* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Kurapika uses [[InstantChucks Sword Chucks]] before learning [[FunctionalMagic Nen]].
51	* In ''Literature/{{Kampfer}}'', Shizuka wields two chain-linked daggers. The chain extends so she uses this primarily as a ranged weapon. Not only can she block bullets and cut fireballs in half, she can even maneuver her daggers around corners.
52	* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', Kamatari has a giant SinisterScythe, already an AwesomeButImpractical weapon, which has a very heavy iron ball at the end of a very long chain. It's intended to act as a counterbalance to allow use of the absurdly large scythe, but of course it ends up being a weapon in its own right. Interestingly, this is a scaled-up version of [[TruthInTelevision a real weapon]] called the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusarigama kusarigama]].
53	* ''Manga/{{Zetman}}'' -- In the {{Seinen}} manga and {{Tokusatsu}} {{Deconstruction}}, Alphaz had the Cell Delete, which is a sword combined with a gun.
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56	[[folder:Comic Books]]
57	* In an ''{{Elseworld}}s'' story with ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' characters as {{Pirate}}s on the Spanish Main, [[ComicBook/TheJoker The Laughing Man]] had a pistol pointing out of the guard of his sword, under the blade.
58	* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s billy club is a TelescopingStaff which can also change into a baton, a cane, nunchuks and a GrapplingHookPistol.
59	* In ''ComicBook/TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'' #63, guest star [[HunterOfMonsters Vera Vanguard]] uses a pair of katanas with full-size pistols for handles. These look totally ridiculous and impractical, just like her {{Stripperiffic}} outfit. If you can believe it, [[RealityIsUnrealistic during World War II Japan really made a handful of officers' katanas with 7mm pistols for hilts.]] Check out the "Real Life" section for how well ''that'' turned out.
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63	* ''Fanfic/{{DNMC}}'' continues on the standard set by its [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} canon counterpart]] with its titular team packing a pair of shotguns[=/=]swords, a grenade launcher[=/=]shovel, a sniper rifle[=/=]assault rifle, and a kusarigama[=/=]bow and arrow.
64	* ''Fanfic/FourDeadlySecrets'': It is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fic, after all.
65	** Alice’s Cheshire Silver is a two-handed sword which can split into two separate blades or become a dust-powered pulse rifle.
66	** Aurea’s Sole and Luna, a cudgel (Luna) which turns into a carbine (Sol).
67	** Venus' shotgun tonfas.
68	** One of the VLFM's soldiers wields a dust-infused WhipSword hidden as a belt. A 'Flex-Segmented Dust-Activated Blade', according to Ruby.
69	** Another VLFM member uses a longsword that doubles as an energy weapon; a 'High-Energy Rail-Sword'.
70	* ''[[Creator/DetsniyOffSkiword Kid Icarus Uprising 2: Hades Revenge]]'' includes a chainhammer. The weapon is a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]], except the chain has [[CarryABigStick hammers]] attached to it instead of a saw.
71	* ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'' has Dark's crosshammer, which is explained as a crossbow that uses [[AbnormalAmmo hammers instead of arrows]].
72	* In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', Izuku's signature weapon, the Emerald Gust, is a set of gauntlets and boots with built-in pump shotguns, allowing him to pump his enemies full of buckshot with every punch and kick. He also has the sense to install safeties in case he ever needs to avoid using them and Mei refits them so the PowerFist portion retracts when Izuku needs to pull off a 100% Smash.
73	* ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'': Leo has a fairly practical version, with a [[CrystalWeapon crystal]] knife whose blade is in the shape of a triangular prism instead of a single edge, and is hollow -- thus allowing him to put his wand inside, getting the benefits of both weapons, as well as protecting his wand from damage and even [[AmplifierArtifact amplifying his spells]]. Fighting with such an unusually shaped knife is an art form of its own, though.
74	* ''Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile'': Along with the ''many'' [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} canon]] examples, this gets referenced when the Malachite twins get accosted by thugs with knives. Miltia considers them unarmed, since "in Vale a knife didn't count as a weapon unless it was also a heat-seeking missile."
75	* ''Fanfic/TatteredCapesUnderAShatteredMoon'':
76	** Al's weapon, Burning Edict, is a flamethrower and grenade launcher that can split into two machetes that shoot from the hilts.
77	** Colin and Dragon face off against Winter Schnee and her teammate Eisenbarth, whose weapon shifts between a club, a tower shield, and a rotary gun.
78	* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': Upon hearing that Paul gave Zatanna an [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 eviscerator]], Artemis wants to know what that is. Paul's response is, "Imagine if a sword and a chainsaw had a very angry baby. Which showed unusually extreme hybrid vigour."
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82	* In ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', [[spoiler:Abe's axe]] starts out as a completely vanilla weapon, but in a later fight scene, it's revealed that [[spoiler:a hidden gun was installed into the handle]] when he surprises his opponent with it. We later even see a [[spoiler:bayonet]] on it.
83	* In ''Film/{{Aquaman\|2018}}'', when Aquaman is fighting the pirates inside the Russian submarine, pirate captain Jesse Kane attacks Aquaman with an assault rifle fitted with an under-barrel grenade launcher. Not the best choice of weapon for the circumstances: when a grenade misses Aquaman, the explosion breaches the sub's pressure hull, bringing water flooding in, and also [[HoistByHisOwnPetard traps Kane under a fallen torpedo body so that he can't escape]].
84	* In ''Film/BladeII'', Reinhardt battles the Reapers in their lair, DualWielding a pair of pistols with big, curved blades running from the handle to the barrel.
85	* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} has a new bow that can transform into a bo staff for melee combat.
86	* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina'', the main bad guy tries to surprise Wong with a gun hidden in his daggers. It doesn't work.
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90	* A weird dwarven halberd-hammer hybrid in ''Crataegus Sanguinea''. Justified: after their victory elves forbade using spears, bows and swords, so dwarves made used these "poleaxes" and crossbows.
91	* ''Literature/MyVampireOlderSisterAndZombieLittleSister'': Taori wields a combination of an oversized, triple-bladed chainsaw and a crossbow. The chainsaw is powerful enough to cut down large trees easily, while the crossbow shoots bundles of bolts that separate after firing to bombard an area. The whole thing weighs over 70 kg, and she can only use it due to having SuperStrength.
92	* ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'': Most Badger Lords get a ForgingScene. ''The Long Patrol'' goes into some detail on the many ways Lady Cregga Rose Eyes' brand-new hooked axpike can hurt vermin.
93	* In ''Literature/SlaughterhouseFive'', one soldier used a trench knife, which consists of brass knuckles with a knife sticking out of them. Also a RealLife weapon.
94	* The superhero Chevalier from ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' has his signature cannonblade.
95	* In ''[[Literature/XWingSeries X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar]]'', the traditional Adumari blastsword, a sword with a low-power blaster embedded in it with the emitter placed where the point of the sword should be. The blaster is triggered by an impact with the tip.
96	-->'''Wes Janson:''' So it's like a blaster you have to hit someone with. I ''have'' to have one.\
97	'''Tycho Celchu:''' Don't give him a new kind of weapon. It would be like giving a lightsaber to a two-year-old.
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101	* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': On two separate occasions, both when fighting [[SuperToughness Lash]], Mack expresses his desire to own and use "a shotgun-axe combination of some sort". In the episode "Watchdogs", Mack creates a jury-rigged version by duct-taping a meat cleaver to the end of a shotgun, and by the time of the season finale he's finally crafted a proper shotgun-axe which he continues to use in later seasons. The shotgun-axe would go on to achieve such mythic status that when Mack temporarily lends it to Coulson during a fight, Coulson reacts as if Captain America had just lent him his shield. Flint [[AwesomeButImpractical questions the weapon's practicality]], pointing out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the axe head would make the gun too heavy and hard to shoot]]. Mack takes great offense to this and immediately snaps back that it also makes it real easy to [[OffWithHisHead chop people's heads off]]. One demonstration of said head-chopping later, Flint has been converted to the righteous path and agrees that the shotgun-axe is indeed an ImpossiblyCoolWeapon. And just in case you still didn't think it was cool enough, in a later episode, Mack demonstrates that the (bearded) axe head can even rotate 180 degrees and be [[BayonetYa used as a bayonet]] for ''stabbing'' as well. It almost qualifies as a SwissArmyWeapon at this point.
102	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had the [[http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Scythe Slayer Scythe]]. On one end, it was an axe, flip it over and it becomes a cudgel tipped with a stake.
103	* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', the traditional weapon of the Luxan culture is the Qualta Blade, a broadsword whose blade can split in two to reveal a ray gun.
104	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'', being a LongRunner, has had [[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Dual_Weapon a ton of these]], with many almost doubling as {{Swiss Army Weapon}}s.
105	** ''Series/KamenRider555''[='s=] Kaixa wields a "Blaygun" which is a combination energy pistol and reverse-grip lightsaber. Additionally, the [[{{Mooks}} Riotroopers]] wield gunblade-like weapons that would later be [[PropRecycling retooled]] for ''Series/KamenRiderWizard''[='s=] Ganma and ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''[='s=] Ride Players.
106	** ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' has his Kunai Gun, which also functions as a handaxe when the barrel is gripped. His SuperMode had a sword-gun.
107	** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' has the [[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Ride_Booker Ride Booker]], which is a sword, a gun, and also the container for his transformation cards.
108	** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' gains the [[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Wizardragon#Axcalibur AxCalibur]], a combination axe and sword, in his SuperMode. It's actually fairly similar to Buffy's scythe.
109	** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', has multiple riders in the show armed with the [[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Musou_Saber Musou Saber]] which is not only [[SwissArmyWeapon a straight-bladed Katana that has a gun on it's hilt, but some can also combine with the special weapons of specific lockseeds]] to increase their effectiveness.
110	** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' gives several characters multi-form weapons; Ex-Aid himself has Gashacon [[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Gashacon_Breaker Breaker]] and [[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Gashacon_Key_Slasher Key Slasher]], Snipe has the [[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Gashacon_Magnum Gashacon Magnum]] that also folds out into a sniper rifle, and Lazer has [[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Gashacon_Sparrow the Gashacon Sparrow]], which is a bow that [[BifurcatedWeapon splits]] to become two sickles.
111	* In the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' GrandFinale, "The Final Problem", the shaft of Mycroft Holmes's ubiqutious umbrella is revealed to be a SwordCane. The handle then unscrews to become a pistol.
112	* Numerous ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and their ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' counterparts had guns that become short swords or daggers. Most notably The original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and its original Japanese incarnation ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''.
113	* In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon "Hollywood Babylon"]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the Concept Art of the monster from ''Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning'' shows him holding a flaming fraternity paddle with chainsaw blades around it.
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117	* ''Manhua/ZuiWuDao'': Wu Di's artifact is a combination of a scythe with a hammer on the blunt end of the blade.
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121	* Kip from the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Star War'' wields a lightsaber that can switch to blaster mode.
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125	* The inventor class from Pathfinder 2E can focus on a weapon innovation, which can eventually allow the character to fuse any two weapons together in to one transforming set of arms.
126	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
127	** The Dwarven Urgrosh, a spear on one end and an axe on the other.
128	** ''TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}}'' Kender weapons tend to provide several attack forms, tool or other utility function and a musical instrument (at least chime or bullroar). Hoopak: rod with a sling and spike at its ends acting as a shortspear, alpenstock, staff, sling staff and slingshot. Chapak: axe with prongs on the back side used as beaked prying bar or, again, slingshot arms, with haft hollowed to use as a blowgun or flute. Hachak: a poleaxe with a spike and hammer/beak on the other end, with shaft midsection detachable and hollowed to store a few darts. Battak: studded club with a spearhead at the end, useable as a sort-of-sling when the spike is removed from its slot. Bollik: bola/flail belt. Polpak: staff with a detachable short sword on the end, saw-toothed on one side. Sithak: shoulder-yoke that's weaponized by attaching blades at both ends and can be strung as a recurved bow shaft. Whippik: whip with a loop at the end making it ready to use as a dart launcher, noose or fishing pole.
129	** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' Tritons has tapal as their weapon of choice. It's a crystalline piece with bent between boomerang's and fisher hook's, handle on the inside, edge on the outside and sharpened ends. Which allows the short arm to be wielded as a dagger and long arm as a short spear (when inverted), scythe or long saber (as a streamlined balanced "wing" it's the optimized for swim-by cut).
130	* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has quite a few of these in canon, though many of them have only one attack mode anyway. The Daikalbar is a polearm with an ungodly mess of slashy and stabby bits on both sides, though it essentially has only one combat mode with them. The Chain Daiklave, meanwhile, is actually not a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] (that's a chainklave); it's a short daiklave attached to a dire chain that can be used as a sword, a dire chain, or a [[EpicFlail sword on a chain]].
131	* If you like the idea of using [[Film/TheFifthElement Zorg brand weapon clusters]] in your OGL science fiction games, there is a blatant copy in the OGL supplement ''1001 Science Fiction Weapons''. You will need to be proficient in both energy and slugthrower weapons to use the General Weapon System Mark 183, which contains a shotgun, particle beam, laser, micromissiles, and grenade launcher in one single handy pod. The more advanced Mark 490 contains an X-ray laser, stun ray, plasma gun, armour-piercing force bolt, and an antimatter gun.
132	* Creator/GamesWorkshop games:
133	** The [[NamedWeapon Bloodstorm Blades]] wielded by [[TheBerserker Skarr Bloodwrath]], from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'', are [[DualWielding a pair]] of mighty double-headed axes, each with a [[ChainPain long skull-weighted chain attached]]. These blades turn Skarr into a maelstrom of gore on the battlefield as he uses the axe heads to reap the skulls of his enemies while the chains bring down those who attempt to stay out of the blood-mad lord’s reach.
134	** ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
135	*** Certain armies — chiefly those of Chaos, the Imperium and the Orks — can field "combi-weapons", which consist of a standard gun (a bolter or shoota, as appropriate) with some kind of special weapon attached to it, like a rocket launcher or flamethrower. The special weapon portion can be fired once per battle, instead of the regular gun. Orks create these weapons by literally bolting bits of one gun onto the other.
136	*** Guardian Spears are polearms that combine a power blade with an integrated bolter (a fully automatic rocket-propelled grenade launcher) [[note]]Earlier editions differed as to the exact weapons used with some replacing the power blade with a [[{{Vibroweapon}} vibro-blade]] and/or the bolter with [[EnergyWeapon high powered laser weaponry]][[/note]]. These spears are highly symbolic weapons that are only wielded by the Imperium’s greatest warriors such as the Watch Masters of the alien hunting Deathwatch and the Adeptus Custodes, the [[PraetorianGuard Emperor's personal bodyguards.]]
137	*** Some members of the [[PraetorianGuard Adeptus Custodes]] wield Sentinel Warblades instead of Guardian Spears. These massive swords, [[{{BFS}} as long as a Custode is tall]], incorporate a double-barrelled Bolt Caster into the crossguard that fires a hail of short range bolt rounds.
138	*** The executioner pistols wielded by assassins of the Eversor Temple are specialist combi-weapons consisting of a bolt pistol and a needle pistol. These weapons are able to unleash a hail of mass-reactive bolts before quickly switching to firing [[PoisonedWeapons highly toxic darts]] that can kill with the merest scratch.
139	*** Tau Pathfinders thought bolting two guns together just ''wasn't enough gun,'' so they wield pulse carbines with an under-barrel grenade launcher ''and'' over-barrel markerlight.
140	*** The Kroot Rifle is a heavy musket-like gun that features downward-pointing blades under both the barrel and the stock, in imitation of the traditional Kroot [[DoubleWeapon fighting-staves]].
141	*** Some versions of the Warscythes used by the Necrons combine the weapon's heavy energy-blade with a [[DisintegratorRay gauss flayer]].
142	*** [[NamedWeapon The Maugetar]], a massive shuriken [[PoisonedWeapon shrieker]] cannon wielded by the [[AnimatedArmor Phoenix Lord]] Maugan Ra, incorporates a deadly powered scythe blade into the barrel. Not only does this add to Maugan Ra's GrimReaper visual aesthetic, the arcane weapon allows him to slaughter his enemies at both range and in close combat with equal skill.
143	** ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'' and ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'' have the "Exterminator", a single use flamer that can be attached to a weapon to turn them into this trope. While in ''Dark Heresy'' the Exterminator can only be attached to melee weapons, ''Necromunda'' allows the player to attach them to any basic or special ranged weapon as well, turning them into cheap combi-weapons.
144	** The 3rd Edition of ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'' introduces a number of new forms of combi-weapon that reflect the nature of the Hoses that use them including the Escher [[PoisonedWeapon needler]]-bolter, that utilises the pharmaceuticals of the [[AmazonBrigade female dominated House]], and the more rugged and brutal [[UnskilledButStrong Goliath]] [[PlasmaCannon plasma]]-stub combi-pistol.
145	* ''TabletopGame/GURPSIlluminatiUniversity'': Though not primarily intended as a weapon, the Po Peil Fishing Artifact (a parody of the Popeil Pocket Fisherman) is an ancient artifact made by a Precursor race that contains everything an interstellar fishing enthusiast might desire, in one compact device. This includes complex scanning equipment to determine food safety, a vast recipe database, essentially unbreakable hooks and lines, harpoon-shaped force beams and tractor beams for subduing and retrieving particularly stubborn quarry, and even a full suite of functions to terraform a world into an ocean planet and stock it with fish-like beings, should no such planet be handy . . . which is a bit inconvenient if you happen to live on the target planet. Unfortunately, its recipes (and its operating instructions) are all in a language no one has spoken or read for at least a billion years.
146	* You have to be superhumanly strong to use most of them, but ''Naruni: Wave 2'' for ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' contains a series of mercenary multi-rifles, which tend to combine three weapons in one, such as the Silverfire, which contains a gun which fires silver projectiles, a flamethrower, and a laser; and others that combine plasma cartridge, laser, plasma beam, grenade, micromissiles etc. together, usually in combinations of three. Some can even have a vibro-bayonet mounted, for extra cost.
147	* Many magical weapons in ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'', such as rune or [[MagiTek techno-wizard]] weapons, can also be used as both ranged weapons and melee, with both also having other features such as deflector shields or poison, and the ability to use spells (rune weapons having a varying amount to cast, while techno-wizard creations usually end up with a specific set which requires the creator's or another techno-wizards' work to upgrade). One example is a sword introduced in ''Federation of Magic'', with massive damage, and the ability to increase it ''a lot'', protection for the user, and the ability to fire charged particle beams.
148	* In medieval and renaissance Europe, a bewildering variety of polearms was used for different purposes, with combinations of axe blades for chopping, spear heads for stabbing, hooks for dismounting, etc. The tendency of fantasy [=RPGs=] to try to use ''all'' of them was parodied in an issue of ''Magazine/TheSpaceGamer'' magazine, published by Creator/SteveJacksonGames in 1985. One entry into a "Write a table for generating something useless" contest was a "Random Polearm Generation" table. It starts simply enough, with things like "ox tongue", "bill hook", and "glaive", but it works its way up to such nonsense as "glaive glaive" and "glaive glaive glaive guisarme glaive". Since that last one is seemingly inspired by the [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Spam Sketch]], Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick later borrowed it for their [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0136.html parody of the Cheese Shop Sketch]].
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152	* Parodied in ''Theatre/SpiesAreForever'' in which it starts off semi-normally, introducing us to a cane which is also a firearm. But then, the weapons just keep getting more ridiculous as it goes on to the point where [[ThisBananaIsArmed even an apple is a gun.]]
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156	* ''WebAnimation/HelloKittyAndFriendsSupercuteAdventures'': Kuromi has a multi tool she wields like a weapon in tense situations, which has a spaghetti fork, a spatula, a whisk, and a scrub brush. She has pulled it in "Night of the Living Candy" and "Kuromi's Ghost Adventure", and takes out a water balloon in "Kuromi's K-pop Drop pt. 2".
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160	* ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'''s swordchucks are sword-nunchucks. And some crazy bastard made a [[{{Defictionalization}} real life]] [[http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=36835 version]].
161	* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Chainsaw-nunchucks.
162	* ''Webcomic/CaptainSnes'' -- Alex presents poison-explosive-lightsaber-chucks.
163	* ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit'': Hammerchucks. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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167	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' - Linkara is a big fan of swords (or axes) that can also be guns. Since quite a few {{Sixth Ranger}}s wield them he gets to gush a lot. He does note, however, that what he likes are weapons that transform into other weapons; weapons that are two things at the same time[[note]]he cites [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII gunblades as an example]][[/note]] are silly.
168	* ''Literature/ChaosFighters'' has quite a lot of them: sword lances (sometimes ''double ended''), blade guns (which the blades attached onto the barrels, axe halberd, pole shield and blade wands.
169	* In Monty Oum's ''[[WebAnimation/DeadFantasy Dead Fantasy II]]'', Rinoa has a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''-style gunblade called Vanishing Star. There's a good shot of it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryH1TB4gEUY here, starting at 12:15]]. And an even better one [[http://montyoum.deviantart.com/art/Vanishing-Star-76440470 here]].
170	* {{Parodied\|Trope}} in ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'', where Giovanni's "Soul Slugger Doom Bat of Maximum Destruction" is really just a regular wooden bat with a knife duct taped to the end that he can take off and bat at enemies, thereby harnessing "all the powers of a knife and a bat". When told that [[AwesomeButImpractical it'd be more practical to embed the knife directly through the bat]], he just scoffs that it'd ruin the bat.
171	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Dangeresque, star of a series of home-made action movies made by Strong Bad, has his trusty Nunchuck-gun.
172	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Many weapons can transform from a melee to a ranged version; it's a MythologyGag for the show that "it's also a gun", so Creator/RoosterTeeth decided to create a shirt saying "It's also a gun". Among the main characters, Ruby's weapon is a hybrid gun-scythe; Blake's weapon is a katana and sharpened sheath that can function as a machine pistol and a ribboned chain-sickle; Nora's weapon is a grenade launcher and a war hammer; Ren's weapon is a gun-knife combination; and Pyrrha's weapon can transform between a sword, rifle and javelin.
173	* From ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'':
174	--> 958. No matter how practical, I can't have shotgunchucks.
175	--> 1012. Note to self: Lightsaberchucks...BAD IDEA
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179	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Jet wields a pair of [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/avatar/images/b/bf/Jet_fights.png/revision/latest?cb=20130705231738 hook swords]]. [[IconicItem He's never seen without them.]]
180	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''
181	** Halfway through the first season, Ezra builds his own [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] with a fully functional [[RayGun blaster]] built into the hilt so he can still defend himself while practicing his swordplay. It also has the the advantage of not ''looking'' at all like a lightsaber, so he can carry it openly without exposing himself as a Jedi.
182	** Bo-rifles, traditional weapons of the Lasan Honor Guard, are capable of being rifles for distance or electrified staffs with 11,000 volts for melee. They're noted as being insanely heavy for non-lasat to wield, though the human Agent Kallus has been known to not only do so but do it one-handed. The weapon serves as Zeb's [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] as well as Kallus' [[spoiler: until he loses it due to the events of the Season 3 finale.]]
183	* Starling from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' wields some form of [[http://stormhawks.ytv.com/uploads/StarlingA2.jpg lightsaber-chucks]], although the cutting abilities are only used once, to escape from some manacles.
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187	* As mentioned in some examples above, the kusari-gama is one of these. Typically made from a handheld sickle with a chain that ends with a small weight, hence its name "chain sickle". Expect this to be stylized in fiction.
188	* Rifles with bayonets: blade-on-a-gun.
189	* There were a lot of swords etc. with built-in pistols at one point. They almost all turned out to be horrifically inefficient -- use it as a sword, and it's badly unbalanced, use it as a pistol and you've got this long, heavy weight throwing off your aim. Eventually they were made more or less obsolete by the introduction of the bayonet. There were also full-sized pistols with hatchet blades attached to the barrel, or in at least one case, the butt.
190	* An odd version of this turned up in the form of combat knives with a derringer concealed in the handle. They're hopelessly inaccurate beyond a couple of yards but probably quite effective for catching your opponent unaware.
191	* There were lots of compound polearms from the Middle Ages and (even more) the Renaissance.
192	** The halberd included an axe, a spear (useful for seeing off cavalry) and a hook (useful for pulling people off horses).
193	** The knightly pollaxe ("head axe", often misspelled poleaxe). Favoured by [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]] on [[CombatPragmatist foot combat]]. Combines an axe blade (which can also hook someone's leg from under them) with a spike (useful for seeing off cavalry), and another spike for piercing armour or hooking the opponent. Some versions replace the spike opposite the axe blade with a warhammer, or even [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs a hammer with a spike]].
194	** The bill had a meat cleaver, a couple of spikes and could be used to hook.
195	** Axes could be designed for hooking shields.
196	** The bec de corbin and the lucerne hammer combined a war hammer with a couple of spikes.
197	** The guisarme - a 6-foot wooden pole with a hook for dismounting cavalry, a 3-foot blade, and a smaller blade poking out to the side so you could swing it.
198	* Henry VIII had a [[https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-3295.html Triple-barrelled Gun Mace]]
199	* Early handguns were so difficult to reload that many came with ornate and heavy butts so that they could be [[PistolWhipping reversed and used as a club]] after being fired.
200	* Brass-knuckles with blades really exist and are called trench spikes. They were invented for the vicious, hand-to-hand close combat of World War I.
201	* {{Whip Sword}}s, like the chain whip and Indian [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumi Urumi]], though they usually lack the cutting power of a sword or the reach of a whip.
202	* Many modern militaries issue assault rifles that can be modified by the addition of an underbarrel grenade launcher, shotgun, etc.
203	* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TP-82 TP-82]], a triple-barrel gun used by Soviet and Russian cosmonauts from 1986 to 2006 with them on space missions. It featured 2 smoothbore barrels for 12.5x70mm rounds (about 40-gauge) and a rifle barrel for 5.45x39mm ammo. The buttstock could also detach and be used as a machete. Unfortunately, this cool gun has now been discontinued due to Russia's stockpile of its ammunition becoming unusable, and has now been replaced with a regular semi-automatic pistol. In case you're wondering, you don't need the gun in space, you need the gun when your capsule lands in the middle of Siberia and you have to fight off wolves for a day or two.
204	* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM29_OICW Objective Individual Combat Weapon]]. 5.56mm assault rifle and 20mm grenade launcher sharing the same body, optics and targeting computer.
205	* The US Marine Corps developed a powerful portable machine gun called the T33, nicknamed "the Stinger." The first T33 was initially made by salvaging a Browning M1919 A/N from downed aircraft, adding the buttstock and trigger from a M1 Garand, and the bipod and rear sight from a Browning Automatic Rifle. This was a field modification made by Marine Corporal Tony Stein (recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor) during the invasion of Iwo Jima. They were later semi-mass-produced using the buttstock of a M1919A6, producing the T33. It had a rate of fire in excess of 1,200 rpm, but tended to overheat, was not very accurate and chewed through ammunition at a prodigious rate.
206	* The [=LeMat=] grapeshot revolver, from the US Civil War. Designed by a doctor from New Orleans, it's a 9-shot, .40 caliber revolver (which is MoreDakka by revolver standards), with its cylinder rotating around a single 16-gauge shotgun barrel. The "business end" of the firing-hammer has a hinge, allowing it to be swung into the appropriate position for its two barrels. It was very popular with Confederate cavalrymen, and also proved moderately successful after the war, in France. The French version was redesigned for cartridge ammo rather than ball-and-shot.
207	* Website/TheOtherWiki presents us with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_sword these]] oddities.
208	* Behold the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_maul Splitting maul]] otherwise known as a Sledgeaxe, it's a sledgehammer with a modified axehead on one side, meaning it's both a sledgehammer and an axe at the same time. Not actually a weapon though sadly enough.
209	* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattock mattock]], used for digging hard ground and dealing with tree roots. Axe blade or pickaxe spike on one end, adze blade on the other.
210	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_revolver The Apache Revolver]]. A combination of brass knuckles, a tiny revolver, and a small knife.
211	* Apparently, in the mid-1800s the Norwegian post office had an issue with robbers attacking their mail carriers and, in 1846, decided that a good solution would be [[https://youtu.be/WyrE3FSU01w an unusually-elegant two-barrel percussion-cap knife/smoothbore pistol.]]
212	* In the 17th century, someone had a custom made wheel-lock pistol that could also bludgeon people. While this isn't unusual they paid for it to be ''[[http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/05/28/firearms-in-the-tower-of-london/ a mace that shoots people]]''. The firearm resembles an ornamental war mace with a doghead and wheel sticking out of the side. There were also [[http://firearmshistory.blogspot.com/2010/12/combined-firearms-axes.html wheel-lock axes]] and a ''wheel-lock'' ''[[http://peashooter85.tumblr.com/post/56298305440/early-17th-century-combination-warhammer-and war hammer]]'' that shoot 6 shots, 5 of which are shot out of the hammer's striking end.
213	* During [[WoodenShipsAndIronMen the Age of Sail]], several sailors had flintlock pistols that also served as [[http://firearmshistory.blogspot.com/2010/12/combined-firearms-axes.html boarding axes]]. Considering that fights aren't going to be more than a few feet away at minimum and quite a few yards at max they didn't need to be very accurate or comfortable to shoot as their handles were very straight to make swinging it easier.
214	* 18th century flintlock ''[[http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/cutlery/cutlery.htm fork and knife]]''. Because if the food doesn't kill you...
215	* Hook swords. The hooks let the wielder catch weapons or limbs, the spiked pommel makes up for the loss of the blade tip, and the knuckle guard protects the hand - plus, you may as well sharpen that too.
216	* A bit downplayed, but the [[MacheteMayhem medieval falchion]] was intended to marry the power of an axe with the techniques of a sword. In effect, it is an axe-sword.
217	* The ancient Arab sword had a slightly curved hilt, quillions, and a straight spearpoint blade. After some centuries and contact with Mongols and Turks, the latter was often replaced with a curved saber blade to make the more iconic scimitar.
218	* Introduced in May 2020, the [[https://www.kukrax.com/ Kukrax]], the never-before-seen combination of a [[KukrisAreKool kukri]] and ax.
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