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** In ''Literature/TressOfTheEmeraldSea'', silver is one of two ways to defend against spores, with [[SaltSolution salt]] being the other.

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** In ''Literature/TressOfTheEmeraldSea'', silver is one of two ways to defend against kill aether spores, with [[SaltSolution salt]] being the other.other. Since live spores react violently to even the smallest hint of water (including blood or the moisture in human lungs and mouth), this makes silver a vital resource for human survival.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': When ComicBook/{{Artemis}} returns as a demon hunter her decorative knee coverings are solid silver, which allows her to use them to harm Neron after he thinks he's disarmed her.

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol. 2]]: When ComicBook/{{Artemis}} returns as a demon hunter her decorative knee coverings are solid silver, which allows her to use them to harm Neron after he thinks he's disarmed her.
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* ''Literature/EmpireOfTheVampire'': Silver burns evil almost as much as holy objects - combined, the two make for the best vampire hunting gear one could ask for. Silversaints use the metal for everything, from their weapons, forged from the ''silversteel'' alloy, to their equipment and even the ''aegis'' tattoos upon their bodies, painted with an ink infused with colloidal silver.

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* ''Literature/EmpireOfTheVampire'': Silver burns evil almost as much as holy objects - combined, the two make for the best vampire hunting gear one could ask for. Silversaints use the metal for everything, from their weapons, forged from the ''silversteel'' alloy, to their equipment and even the ''aegis'' tattoos [[PowerTattoo tattoos]] upon their bodies, painted with an ink infused with colloidal silver.
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* ''Literature/EmpireOfTheVampire'': Silver burns evil almost as much as holy objects - combined, the two make for the best vampire hunting gear one could ask for. Silversaints use the metal for everything, from their weapons, forged from the ''silversteel'' alloy, to their equipment and even the ''aegis'' tattoos upon their bodies, painted with an ink infused with colloidal silver.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E109JessBelle Jess-Belle]]", silver can be used to kill witches.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E109JessBelle "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E7JessBelle Jess-Belle]]", silver can be used to kill witches.
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* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'' - many of the weapons that belong to the Healing Church's [[HunterOfMonsters Beast Hunters]], such as the Kirkhammer and Ludwig's Holy Blade, are explicitly made out of silver, and their symbol is the hilt of a silver sword - while this does bring to mind the image of harming werewolves with silver blades, there's no actual in-universe indication that silver is any more effective than steel on [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Beasts]].
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* ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'': The floating city of Amarganth rests atop many boats made of the finest silver because it's the only substance that can resist corrosion by the acrid water of Moru, the Lake of Tears.
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* ''Literature/OldScores'': Silver serves as an anti-vampire weapon; Anita burns [[spoiler:Simon]] with a silver cross, and Salem mentions that a silver bullet could kill a vampire.

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