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Author: OmarKarindu

Sep 29th 2012 at 1:17:17 PM

Anime and Manga
* The final battle in ''CowboyBebop'' ends when [[spoiler: Spike]] and [[spoiler: Vicious]] end up dropping their signature weapons -- [[spoiler: Spike's Desert Eagle handgun]]  and [[spoiler: Vicious's katana]] -- and end up with their opponents' favorite sidearm just before deliberately launching final, suicidal strikes against one another.

Comic Books
* In an issue of FrankMiller's ''[[Comicbook/Daredevil Daredevil]]'', the hero and his ArchyEnemy Bullseye end up switching weapons briefly, with Bullseye using the hero's billy club to good effect while Daredevil quickly discards the villain's gun.
*  In the ''[[Comicbook/Avengers Avengers]]/Ultraforce'' crossover series, [[TricksterArchetype Loki]] forces IronMan and Prototype to battle one another after maneuvering them into accidentally switching their PoweredArmor suits.
* After being lured into a death-trap by some villains, CaptainAmerica briefly ended up wielding Hawkeye's bow and arrow while Hawkeye tossed around Cap's shield. Luckily, those villains were the Death-Throws, a troupe of criminal jugglers.
* An old issue of ''Marvel Team-Up'' from the 1970s had DoctorStrange and [[SpiderMan Spider-Man]] use a spell to give spider-man's web-shooters to Strange and Strange's magical abilities to Spider-Man just long enough to confuse and defeat a sorcerer armed with a powerful mystical talisman.

Theatre
* Per the ZerothLawOfTropeExamples, none other than WilliamShakespeare uses this device in the climactic scene of ''{{Hamlet}}'', when Hamlet forces a sword swap with his opponent, Laertes.