If we're going to quibble, the "longsword" is actually an arming sword, the "bastard sword" is more like a longsword, the "falchion" is actually a saber, and claymores looked nothing like that.
"I like sword; that's a personal weapon!"
— Lo Wang, Shadow Warrior (1997)
Tropes dealing mainly with swords, knives, and other such bladed weapons.
Tropes:
Main topic:
- Absurd Cutting Power
- Absurdly Sharp Blade
- All Swords Are the Same
- Audible Sharpness
- Bare-Handed Blade Block
- Bayonet Ya
- BFS: An absurdly large sword, which is most often the size of its wielder.
- Black Swords Are Better
- Blade Across the Shoulder
- The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In
- Blade Below the Shoulder: A blade somehow attached to an arm.
- Blade Brake: Plant sword into a solid surface to cease movement.
- Blade Enthusiast
- Blade Lock
- Blade Reflection
- Blade Run
- Blade Spam
- Bow and Sword in Accord
- Chaste Separating Sword: A sword lain between bedmates to signify chaste bedsharing.
- Chastity Dagger: A dainty little woman who hides a knife to deter would-be rapists, kidnappers, and the like.
- Cool Sword
- Cutlass Between the Teeth
- Cutting Through Energy
- Devious Daggers: Small, short bladed weapons are associated with sneakiness and aversion to honor.
- Detachable Blades
- Diagonal Cut
- Dual Wielding: A warrior who wields two swords.
- European Swordsmanship
- Every Japanese Sword is a Katana
- Excalibur in the Rust
- Field of Blades: A field with many swords or similar weapons sticking to the ground, commonly a reminder to a past battle.
- Five-Finger Fillet: The "game" of quickly stabbing a sharp object between your fingers; get hit, and you lose.
- Flaming Sword
- Flynning
- Forged by the Gods
- Giant's Knife; Human's Greatsword
- Guns vs. Swords
- Hammer Hilt
- Heroes Prefer Swords
- Hot Blade
- Iaijutsu Practitioner
- Implausible Fencing Powers
- Katanas Are Just Better
- Kenjutsu
- Knife Outline
- Knife-Throwing Act
- Knightly Sword and Shield: Knights or knight-like characters who use a sword and shield.
- Kukris Are Kool
- Laser Blade
- Licking the Blade
- Like Cannot Cut Like
- Lodged-Blade Recycling
- Ludicrous Mêlée Accuracy
- Machete Mayhem
- Master Swordsman
- Melee Disarming: Knocking a melee weapon out of someone else's hand.
- Multi-Melee Master
- The Musketeer
- Oddly Shaped Sword
- One-Handed Zweihänder: If someone can effectively one-hand a weapon that's clearly designed to be used with two hands, they must be pretty impressive!
- Psycho Knife Nut
- Reforged Blade
- Reverse Grip
- Royal Rapier: Rapiers are the Weapon of Choice for people of noble birth and/or a sophisticated personality.
- Sewing Needle Sword: A very small character uses a sewing needle as an improvised sword.
- Sharpened to a Single Atom
- Sheath Strike
- Sinister Scimitar
- Sinister Shiv
- Sinister Switchblade
- Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship
- Soul-Cutting Blade
- Stab the Sky: A standard pose of a character holding a sword or other weapon straight up over their head.
- Stepping-Stone Sword: Sticking bladed weapons into a wall and using them as platforms.
- Storm of Blades: A multitude of sharp objects descending upon someone.
- Suave Sabre
- Swipe Your Blade Off
- Sword Almighty
- Sword and Fist
- Sword and Gun
- Sword Beam
- Sword Cane
- Sword Drag
- Sword Fight
- Sword Limbo
- Sword Plant
- Sword Pointing
- Sword/Shield Contrast
- Sword Sparks
- Swordfish Sabre
- Technicolor Blade
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works
- Unorthodox Sheathing
- Whip Sword
- Wooden Katanas Are Even Better
