1 | ->''"Since when are you just supposed to throw a sword, anyway? I mean swinging it at your enemy would have worked nicely, but no! He [Prince Myer] throws it. And [[HyperspaceArsenal where the hell does he get all these swords]]?''" |
2 | -->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', in [[http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38566.html his review]] of ''VideoGame/DeadlyTowers'' |
3 | |
4 | ->''"Only Porthos could invent a new way of disarming himself."'' |
5 | -->-- '''Aramis''', ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973'' |
6 | |
7 | ->'''Steven:''' Aww. Can you show me something cool? Like the Boomerang blade!\ |
8 | '''Pearl:''' Steven, you know that's not a ''real'' sword technique.\ |
9 | '''Steven:''' Boomerang blade, boomerang blade, boomerang blade!\ |
10 | '''Pearl:''' Steven, these are ''real'' sword techniques! Not those silly things from your movies! |
11 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Steven the Sword Fighter" |
12 | |
13 | ->''"Ever try just throwing something at a guy with a hostage? Of course not, who the hell does that? But that is exactly why it works every time."'' |
14 | -->-- '''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]''', ''Webcomic/DoubleK'' |
15 | |
16 | ->''"Huh, I guess arrows are for sissies, real men throw swords."'' |
17 | -->-- '''Graham''', ''WebVideo/{{Unskippable}}'' |
18 | |
19 | ->[Rincewind] drew his sword and, in a smooth overarm throw, [[SubvertedTrope completely failed to hit the troll.]] |
20 | -->-- ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'' |
21 | |
22 | ->''"''That's'' how we [[ISurrenderSuckers throw our swords away]] in Ware."'' |
23 | -->-- '''Bane''', ''Literature/TheCarpetPeople'' |
24 | |
25 | ->'''Kyle:''' SWORD, USE SLASH ATTACK! |
26 | ->'''The Director:''' ...[[FlatWhat What?]]" |
27 | -->--''WebVideo/HeartsOfDorkness'' |
28 | |
29 | ->"It's a gun, Frank. A gun that shoots swords." |
30 | -->--'''[[GadgeteerGenius Stuart Clarke]]''', ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher War Journal #13]]'' |
31 | |
32 | ->'''Captain Jack:''' That is a ''wonderful'' trick. Except once again, you are between me and my way out - and now, you have no weapon.\ |
33 | '''Will:''' ''(yanks red-hot sword out of the furnace)''\ |
34 | '''Jack:''' ''(runs)'' |
35 | -->--''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' |
36 | |
37 | ->''"Now, Sword of Truth, fly swift and sure, that evil die and good endure!"'' |
38 | -->--'''Flora''', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' |
39 | |
40 | ->'''Attendant:''' DualWielding, or just carrying a backup?\ |
41 | '''Cor Leonis:''' One for close range, and one to be thrown.\ |
42 | '''Attendant:''' I guess that would work when it [[SummonToHand comes back to your hands]]. |
43 | -->--''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16897596/chapters/118036921#workskin Disarmament]]'', a ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' fanfic (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' chapter) |
44 | |
45 | ->''When fighting evil, one must throw with precision and timing, and do not forget your shoulder exercises!'' |
46 | -->-- '''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Arthur]]''' to [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Hsien-Ko]], as one practitioner to another, ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' |
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