History Main / EquippableAlly

** Mini-cons "powerlinx" to their larger counterparts in order to unlock a SuperMode for the systems stored in that body part.

* In ''Anime/ValkyrieDriveMermaid'', the Arms Virus, which only affects women, turns women into Liberators or Exters (some can be both). Exters temporarily transform into a weapon when sufficiently sexually aroused, while Liberators possess the strength, speed, and durability needed to properly wield them. The main character, Mamori, who turns into a sword, is revealed to be completely unconscious during the transformation.

* in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent local demon kind]], the Shushus, are locked inside weapons and other usable items, like sacks and such. They are still sentient and mostly have one animated eye that can communicate with the outside world. If the wielder is too [[WeakWilled weak-minded]], the Shushu will [[BodySnatcher take over their body]]. Main hero Sadlygrove has such a Shushu sword with whom he has [[VitriolicBestBuds special kind of relationship]].

* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' Tidal Wave was a rare example of this trope where the equippable ally is larger and more powerful than the ally he equips to, being able to split apart in order to combine with Megatron and later Megatron's upgraded form Galvatron in order to activate Megatron/Galvatron's SuperMode. The combination of Galvatron and Tidal Wave is [[TheJuggernaut basically unstoppable]].

** There's also the "powerlinx" system, which allows several characters to go CombiningMecha.
** Mini-cons powerlink to their larger counterparts in order to unlock a SuperMode for the systems stored in that body part.

* During the climactic battle for Canterlot in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 My Little Pony: The Movie'' (2017), Capper briefly uses Spike the dragon as a makeshift flamethrower against the Storm King's mooks.

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* Koyomi Sakuragi from ''Manga/ShikiTsukai''.

* In ''Manga/SoulEater'' the ability to turn into a weapon is essentially an ability some people happen to have. While they can do damage on their own, they're more effective when someone else wields them (explicitly acting as an amplifier for their wielder's own KiManipulation). The weapon-people are stated in several places to be the results of experiments conducted by Arachne, combining the MageSpecies' shape-shifting with normal humans. Which explains why they achieve their ultimate form by eating the soul of a witch. Humorously, ''Manga/SoulEaterNot'' states that the security scanners in airports go off just from weapons stepping through them. In fact, this is how many people ''discover'' they're weapons. Some of the Weapons (the Death Scythes in particular, but also [[ChainsawGood Giriko]]) can use Partial Transformations to fight without a meister.
** One particular instance from the manga shows Kilik teaming up the Death the Kid's usual partners Patty and Liz. Kilik normally dual wields HalfIdenticalTwins Pot of Fire and Pot of Thunder who partially de-transform to wield Patty and Liz's pistol forms while technically still being wielded by Kilik. It sounds awkward but it made for one hell of a CombinationAttack.

* ''Anime/YohaneTheParhelionSunshineInTheMirror'': [[spoiler:Ruby, Dia's younger sister and a magical fairy, can combine with Dia's CoolBike by entering it through the dashboard. When combined this way, the bike begins to glow red and green, it gains a huge power boost, and Ruby can drive the bike without Dia's input so her sister can focus on attacking. Also, Ruby can talk to Dia through the bike by appearing on her heads-up display.]]

* In chapter 17 of ''The Fallen Brother Is Actually The Strongest'', the demon lord Venomzard transformed her body into a large sword for the MC to wield against a Meteoroid.

* ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'': There are several sapient and talking firearms. Godot's sidearm, Junior, is purported to be one such weapon but has various reasons for not talking. The Pistol Packin' Polaris Packrat's Smith and Wesson, on the other hand, talk quite a lot.

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* During the climactic battle for Canterlot in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'', Capper briefly uses Spike the dragon as a makeshift flamethrower against the Storm King's mooks.

* In the movie ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2]]'', Edward picks up Bella and swings her around like an ungainly club. ("The Move" is also seen in some of the trailers for the film.)

* ''Film/MenInBlack3 has Boris the Animal who has a small spiderlike creature that shoots spines from three legs growing from it's face. The creature lives inside a hole in Boris's hand and is his main weapon throughout the film. It seems to be a very symbiotic relationship with Boris going so far as to use TheRoyalWe when it's safely returned to him in the opening of the film.

* In ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' Vimes faces a mob while holding a swamp dragon like a loaded weapon. He even [[ShoutOut paraphrases]] ''Film/DirtyHarry''.

* In ''Literature/{{Pale}}'', all goblins can be bound into the form of a weapon based on their themes and powers; the main characters use several of their allies this way.

* The titular character of "'VideoGame/{{Pronty}}'' doesn't have any attacking abilities, and is instead followed by his robotic krill ally, Brent. Who, when directed by Pronty, acts as a flying "sword", using his nasal horn to target enemies. What's even better is that unlike Pronty, Brent is ''indestructible''.

* ''VideoGame/YokusIslandExpress'': The most prominent example is when you befriend a Sootling who becomes your grappling hook.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'' [[TokenEvilTeammate Spybot]] is able to turn into a {{BFG}}, which [[TheGunslinger Tesla]] wields with her usual enthusiasm (it's implied he has similar weapon modes, but we never see them).

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Vaarsuvius, when faced with an enemy spellcaster who's prepared countermeasures for all their normal tactics, realizes that they could still damage him with a ranged weapon. Unfortunately the elf is a SquishyWizard with nothing but magic (and no bow to hand anyway). Fortunately, the foe's ally happens to be a kobold with dual crossbows. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0800.html They simply grab said kobold and use a dominate spell to force him to shoot]]. Fans immediately designated this the wielding of a "semi-automatic kobold."
* Laser Pony of ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'' has lasers that originate behind his eyes, which means he's been blind since the first time he used his power. There's a reason his helmet includes handle-bars for his teammates to grab....
* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'': Sedja, Princess Adharia's efreet consort, can transform herself into a variety of items at the princess's request, including a fetching harem outfit (with matching cloak), golden handcuffs, and [[spoiler:a wickedly sharp scimitar]]. Oh, and [[YourHeadAsplode bullets]].
* In ''Webcomic/KidRadd'', Radd uses Sheena as a shield, since as an NPC, she can't take damage. He then uses her as a weapon.
* in ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', Peaches has the ability to turn her animal friends into wield-able weapons, via ThePowerOfFriendship. When she gets overpowerd by the Oni Queen (who has the same abilities as Peaches, but more powerful), Bleu Berry offers herself as Peaches' weapon, guessing that since she's [[LateArrivalSpoiler half-dragon]], Peaches' powers will work on her. Together, they were more than enough to defeat the Oni Queen.

* An unnamed, one-off webcomic shows a Paladin who carries around a halfling wizard as a flamethrower bump into a warrior who also keeps a "pet" halfling, but for much more unseemly purposes. ''Burning hands'' ensues when the warrior mistakes the purpose of the halfling companion...
* In ''WebComic/NerfNow'' Angie demonstrates how armor and gear get more elaborate the further one gets into a game...then looks over at Jane, who's speedrunning the game. She's wearing no clothes and is armed only with a fork and Morgan.

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** Its "List of Weapons that Don't Exist, But Should" features a Bulemic Zombie Gun, which is a zombie with SuperSpit used as a firearm.

** ''[[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]]'' Megatron uses a small tank as an ArmCannon. The tank's name is Rumbler, and like Optimus Prime's Roller, it can act on its own (though to what degree is ambiguous).
* ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'': Ratarang can transform into a boomerang that can be thrown. That's it. [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway That's his power.]]
** The Sky Pirates are able to use Ramaraffe, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only woman on their team]], as a radio antenna, telescope or periscope because of her extensive cybernetic enhancements.
* In the second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding]]", the Mane Six are battling a horde of changelings. Twilight Sparkle is shooting magical beam attacks, and Pinkie Pie picks her up and aims her at a group of assailants. She even rotates Twilight's tail as though she were using it to fire off rounds like a {{Gatling|Good}} gun. [[RuleOfFunny There's absolutely no reason why Pinkie Pie and Twilight should be able to do this.]]
* In the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' short "WesternAnimation/TheMadagascarPenguinsInAChristmasCaper", Skipper uses Rico to shoot at Mr. Chew like a machine gun after he's swallowed a bowl of mints.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' did this too, with Dot using Wakko as a {{Gatling|Good}} gun to shoot malted milk balls at a candy store owner.
* A few of episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' had [[GasMaskMooks Snifits]] being used as guns.
* In the special "Atlantis Squarepantis" episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', [[ActionGirl Sandy]] uses Spongebob as a shield, Patrick as a boomerang, Squidward as a gun, and Mr. Krabs as a sword/chainsaw against the Atlantean guards.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' character Kole, like the comic book version mentioned above, can turn her body into crystal, and is subsequently used as a bludgeon by her partner Gnarrk.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' gives this role to Ed sometimes, most usually as a bludgeon. Though special mention goes the episode where the Eds try to be repairmen. Ironically, even though Ed caused most/all of the destruction in the episode, Eddy and Double D utilize him as the "ultimate tool" to ''try'' and fix Johnny's sink. Near the end of the same episode, Johnny (who was mad for the Eds destroying his house) uses Jimmy as a lance and [[CompanionCube Plank]] as a shield to get back at them. He even throws Jimmy to cut off their escape.
** Also done from time to time with the Kanker Sisters, in which case they do this to May.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHastyHare'', Marvin the Martian uses K-9 as a bipod for [[AbnormalAmmo a bazooka that fires straightjackets]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', Quack Quack is used by the others to fire anything, ranging from yogurt to missiles, like a bazooka.
* One of the cornerstone tropes for ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet''. Joey Felt transforms into a superhero simply by putting AP on his hand.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has palismen, who are {{Familiar}}s that can turn into {{Magic Sta|ff}}ves that both augment their owner's magic and can be flown like a FlyingBroomstick.

* Humpback whales commonly have large, sharp-edged barnicles that attach to their pectoral fins. As they use these fins as defensive weapons against attacks by killer whales, the barnicles function like brass knuckles.

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' Rachel Alucard uses her {{Non Human Sidekick}}s [[MegaNeko Nego]] and [[FunSize Gii]] as weapons ([[ButtMonkey and shields]]).

* The K-9000 Cyberdog Gun from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is a fairly roundabout method of doing this; it consists of a dog's BrainInAJar hooked up to cybernetic audio and olfactory equipment, and attached to a triple-barreled BFG to help aim it. An upgrade puts it on a drip-feed of intelligence-boosting drugs to increase the rate of fire.