Basic Trope: A character wields two weapons, one in each hand.
- Straight: Bob, the main character in Heroes of Troperia, wields two broadswords at once.
- Exaggerated: Bob wields two massive blades at once.
- Justified: Bob is ambidextrous or is trained in a unique fighting style that uses two swords.
- Inverted: Bob single wields a weapon that is traditionally dual-wielded (i.e. a single brass knuckle)
- Subverted: Bob picks up a sword in each hand... and then drops one due to feeling overburdened.
- Double Subverted: But that's because he's tired. At full power, Bob can easily carry two swords.
- Parodied: Bob wields six swords at the same time: One in each hand, one in one foot (he needs the other free to hop around on), one in his mouth, and one sword in each earhole.
- Deconstructed: Bob charges into battle with twin swords... but he is easily out-maneuvered by an enemy wielding one sword due to the real-life flaws of a dual wielding.
- Bob is hit by an arrow because he's using two swords instead of a sword and a shield.
- Bob loses one of his swords in the middle of a fight. Since he was trained exclusively in Dual Wielding, his swordsmanship is extremely poor with only one blade.
- Reconstructed: Bob reveals that he was intentionally holding back his true skill and regains the advantage.
- Zig Zagged: Bob constantly switches between one sword and two swords due to being indecisive about which setup is better.
- Averted: Bob wields a single sword throughout his adventure.
- Enforced: "Rule Of Cool dictates that two swords are better than one, so give our hero two swords!"
- Lampshaded: "You're using TWO swords!? That's either really badass or really stupid."
- Invoked: Bob wields two swords, believing that they would be more effective than just one weapon.
- Exploited: Bob dual wields swords because their sheer badassery makes them more effective.
- Defied: After exploring the flaws of dual wielding, Bob decides to use a single weapon instead.
- Discussed: "Newbies always think wielding two swords makes them better. If they stopped being stupid and explored the flaws and advantages of dual wielding, they would trip over their own hands less."
- Conversed: ???
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