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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had the title character wielding an AK-47. The one game by Fulp where he didn't, ''Pico vs. Überkids'', instead had him (as well as Nene and Darnell) use a revolver, as he was playing RussianRoulette. On the fangame side, ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced his usual gun with twin Uzis among other weapons, but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and became his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had the title character wielding an AK-47.M-16. The one game by Fulp where he didn't, ''Pico vs. Überkids'', instead had him (as well as Nene and Darnell) use a revolver, as he was playing RussianRoulette. On the fangame side, ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced his usual gun with twin Uzis among other weapons, but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and became his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* Rick Grimes from ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' has a Colt Python as his weapon of choice, rather than the hatchet he prefers in the comics. In terms of melee weapons, Rick still heavily prefers machetes instead of hatchets.
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* In the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had "''mislaid his PPK". In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
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* In the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played (played here by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had "''mislaid "mislaid his PPK". In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
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*Toys/Bionicle2015, All but two of the signature weapons of the toa in their original forms have been replaced, despite them being heavily based on their original Toa Mata forms from the original line, in addition to their alternate weapons. Even Tahu and Lewa, the only two to keep their old weapons (more or less), now [[DualWielding dual wield]], and their weapons now have [[BifurcatedWeapon bifurcated gimmickry]].
**While Kopaka still has a shield, his sword has been replaced with [[BladeOnAStick a spear]], likely to differentiate him from Tahu, who also wielded a sword. His Uniter form, however, does have a sword, but lacks a shield.
**Onua trades out his [[WolverineClaws claws]] for a [[DropTheHammer hamnmer]] that can transform into a pair of shovels.
**Gali lacks her [[HooksAndCrooks hooks]], with a [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident]] in their stead.
**Pohatu no longer kicks rocks around with his [[ArmedLegs foot attachments]], instead opting for a pair of [[BattleBoomerang boomerangs]]. Like Kopaka, a stone like he had in his original set (down to using the exact same mold) is included in his Uniter form, albeit chained to a spear.
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*Toys/Bionicle2015, All but two of the signature weapons of the toa in their original forms have been replaced, despite them being heavily based on their original Toa Mata forms from the original line, in addition to their alternate weapons. Even Tahu and Lewa, the only two to keep their old weapons (more or less), now [[DualWielding dual wield]], and their weapons now have [[BifurcatedWeapon bifurcated gimmickry]].
**While Kopaka still has a shield, his sword has been replaced with [[BladeOnAStick a spear]], likely to differentiate him from Tahu, who also wielded a sword. His Uniter form, however, does have a sword, but lacks a shield.
**Onua trades out his [[WolverineClaws claws]] for a [[DropTheHammer hamnmer]] that can transform into a pair of shovels.
**Gali lacks her [[HooksAndCrooks hooks]], with a [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident]] in their stead.
**Pohatu no longer kicks rocks around with his [[ArmedLegs foot attachments]], instead opting for a pair of [[BattleBoomerang boomerangs]]. Like Kopaka, a stone like he had in his original set (down to using the exact same mold) is included in his Uniter form, albeit chained to a spear.
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* ''Manga/YuGiOh5Ds'':
** In the [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds anime]], Jack uses a deck with various offense based monsters with his Red Dragon Archfiend as his SignatureMon. In the manga, Jack uses a "King" monster archetype.
** In the anime, Aki uses a plant monster deck. In the manga, she uses a "Rose" archetype.
** In the [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds anime]], Jack uses a deck with various offense based monsters with his Red Dragon Archfiend as his SignatureMon. In the manga, Jack uses a "King" monster archetype.
** In the anime, Aki uses a plant monster deck. In the manga, she uses a "Rose" archetype.
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* In the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had ''mislaid his PPK''. In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
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* In the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had ''mislaid "''mislaid his PPK''.PPK". In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
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* In the [[Franchise/JamesBond]] films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had ''mislaid his PPK''. In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
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* In the [[Franchise/JamesBond]] ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had ''mislaid his PPK''. In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
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* In the [[Franchise/James Bond]] films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had ''mislaid his PPK''. In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot of shooting, a pistol with more ammo is better than one with less (the P99's 16 rounds vs. the PPK's 7 or 8 rounds).
** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot of shooting, a pistol with more ammo is better than one with less (the P99's 16 rounds vs. the PPK's 7 or 8 rounds).
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* In the [[Franchise/James Bond]] [[Franchise/JamesBond]] films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had ''mislaid his PPK''. In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot of shooting, a pistol with more ammo is better than one with less (the P99's 16 rounds vs. the PPK's7 6 or 8 7 rounds).
** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot of shooting, a pistol with more ammo is better than one with less (the P99's 16 rounds vs. the PPK's
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* In the James Bond films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/Octopussy'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had mislaid his usual sidearm. In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot of shoooting, a pistol with more ammo (the P99) is better than one with less (the PPK).
** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot of shoooting, a pistol with more ammo (the P99) is better than one with less (the PPK).
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* In the James Bond [[Franchise/James Bond]] films, Bond's WeaponOfChoice had always been a Walther PPK chambered in .32 or .380 ACP. However, in ''Film/Octopussy'', ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond (here played by Roger Moore) uses a Walther P5 throughout the movie, at one point lampshading to Q that he had mislaid ''mislaid his usual sidearm.PPK''. In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Bond (now played by Pierce Brosnan) switches to a Walther P99 in the middle of the film and it stays for three more films as Bond's sidearm, even when the series underwent a ContinuityReboot with Daniel Craig as James Bond. However, Craig switched back to the PPK in his second film and the PKK stayed for the rest of his tenure as Bond.
** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot ofshoooting, shooting, a pistol with more ammo (the P99) is better than one with less (the PPK).P99's 16 rounds vs. the PPK's 7 or 8 rounds).
** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot of
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** Most Bond games made after ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' have him use a P99 even after the then-current Bond had switched back to the PPK. Probably because the P99 is more modern than the iconic, but outdated PPK and because in a game with a lot of shoooting, a pistol with more ammo (the P99) is better than one with less (the PPK).
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* ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'': Mikey's weapons are changed from nunchuks to tonfas in this show due to nunchuks being outlawed in several places.
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* ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'': Mikey's weapons are changed from nunchuks nunchucks to tonfas in this show due to nunchuks nunchucks being outlawed in several places.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had the title character wielding an AK-47. The one game by Fulp where he didn't, ''Pico vs. Überkids'', instead had him (as well as Nene and Darnell) use a revolver, as he was playing RussianRoulette. On the fangame side, ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced his usual gun with twin Uzis (among other weapons), but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had the title character wielding an AK-47. The one game by Fulp where he didn't, ''Pico vs. Überkids'', instead had him (as well as Nene and Darnell) use a revolver, as he was playing RussianRoulette. On the fangame side, ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced his usual gun with twin Uzis (among among other weapons), weapons, but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming became his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had the title character wielding an AK-47. ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced this with twin Uzis (among other weapons), but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had the title character wielding an AK-47. The one game by Fulp where he didn't, ''Pico vs. Überkids'', instead had him (as well as Nene and Darnell) use a revolver, as he was playing RussianRoulette. On the fangame side, ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced this his usual gun with twin Uzis (among other weapons), but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'' Nymeria Sand's weapon is [[WhipItGood a whip]] and a small knife while her book counterpart only wields a pair of knives. The same goes with her half-sister, Tyene, who is a non-combatant MasterPoisoner in the books but in the show, she's wields two daggers which are coated with poison.
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* Thoughout the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' the Master Chief is alemost always depicted with an Assault Rifle by default as his WeaponOfChoice. This is the case for many cutscenes throughout the games, the cover art of ''[[VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Halo3 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Halo4 4]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HaloInfinite Infinite]]'', and he starts most missions equipped with one (including in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', where the Assault Rifle is explicitly part of his starting mission loadout). The sole exception to this trend is ''VideoGame/Halo2'', which scrapped the Assault Rifle in favor of the SMG, and so the Chief instead prefers that weapon on the game's cover art instead, while he is often shown with the Battle Rifle in cutscenes.
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* Thoughout the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' the Master Chief is alemost almost always depicted with an Assault Rifle by default as his WeaponOfChoice. This is the case for many cutscenes throughout the games, the cover art of ''[[VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Halo3 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Halo4 4]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HaloInfinite Infinite]]'', and he starts most missions equipped with one (including in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', where the Assault Rifle is explicitly part of his starting mission loadout). The sole exception to this trend is ''VideoGame/Halo2'', which scrapped the Assault Rifle in favor of the SMG, and so the Chief instead prefers that weapon on the game's cover art instead, while he is often shown with the Battle Rifle in cutscenes.
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* Thoughout the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' the Master Chief is alemost always depicted with an Assault Rifle by default as his WeaponOfChoice. This is the case for many cutscenes throughout the games, the cover art of ''[[VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Halo3 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Halo4 4]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HaloInfinite Infinite]]'', and he starts most missions equipped with one (including in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', where the Assault Rifle is explicitly part of his starting mission loadout). The sole exception to this trend is ''VideoGame/Halo2'', which scrapped the Assault Rifle in favor of the SMG, and so the Chief instead prefers that weapon on the game's cover art instead, while he is often shown with the Battle Rifle in cutscenes.
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* The rebooted ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'' initially swapped out Elmer Fudd's signature hunting shotgun with a [[SinisterScythe scythe]], with the creators specifically citing political correctness as the reason for the change. The deep unpopularity of this with fans (both for the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad expected reasons]] and because using a scythe as a weapon seems ''much'' more violent and gruesome) led to Elmer getting his shotgun back after the first season of shorts.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had the title character wielding and AK-47. ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced this with twin Uzis (among other weapons), but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had the title character wielding and an AK-47. ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced this with twin Uzis (among other weapons), but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': The title character's first two outings (''Pico's School'' and ''Pico vs. Bear'') had him weilding and AK-47. ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced this with twin Uzis (among other weapons), but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': The title character's first two outings Three of the games made by Tom Fulp (''Pico's School'' and School'', ''Pico vs. Bear'') Bear'', and ''Resident Pico'') had him weilding the title character wielding and AK-47. ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced this with twin Uzis (among other weapons), but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': The title character's first two outings (''Pico's School'' and ''Pico vs. Bear'') had him weilding and AK-47. ''Pico's Unloaded'' replaced this with twin Uzis (among other weapons), but the guns ended up sticking around in other fangames and becoming his new [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]].
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* In ''VideoGame/LEGONinjagoShadowOfRonin'', Zane's preferred weapon is changed from shurikens to sai.
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* In ''VideoGame/LEGONinjagoShadowOfRonin'', Zane's preferred weapon is changed from shurikens to sai. This also applies to his Obsidian Weapon, which are based off the original Golden Weapons.
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** While Raphael was a SaiGuy in every other iteration of the character, this version wields DualTonfas.
** While Michelangelo has been versed in the use of nunchucks, grappling-hooks and chain-scythes in different incarnations, this version also wields a Kusari-Fundo, a chain-based weapon that he uses as a KillerYoYo.
** While Michelangelo has been versed in the use of nunchucks, grappling-hooks and chain-scythes in different incarnations, this version also wields a Kusari-Fundo, a chain-based weapon that he uses as a KillerYoYo.
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** While Raphael was a SaiGuy in every other iteration of the character, this version wields DualTonfas.DualTonfas though he ''did'' start out wielding a pair of sais but they got [[WreckedWeapon destroyed]] at the start of the series forcing him to use the mystical tonfas. [[spoiler:He goes right back to sais in the finale once he gets a new weapon forged by Todd Capybara following the Shredder destroying his mystic tonfas]].
** While Michelangelo has been versed in the use of nunchucks, grappling-hooks and chain-scythes in different incarnations, this version also wields a Kusari-Fundo, a chain-based weapon that he uses as a KillerYoYo. [[spoiler:Like Raph, he goes back to nunchucks in the series finale after his mystical Kusari-Fundo is [[WreckedWeapon permanently destroyed]] by Shredder]].
** While Michelangelo has been versed in the use of nunchucks, grappling-hooks and chain-scythes in different incarnations, this version also wields a Kusari-Fundo, a chain-based weapon that he uses as a KillerYoYo. [[spoiler:Like Raph, he goes back to nunchucks in the series finale after his mystical Kusari-Fundo is [[WreckedWeapon permanently destroyed]] by Shredder]].
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformers'': The Decepticon Pretenders Bludgeon, Stranglehold, and Octopunch are shown wielding melee weapons based on their Pretender armor: a katana for the samurai-like Bludgeon, an EpicFlail for the gladiator-like Stranglehold, and a [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident]] (which [[LightningGun shot lightning]] for some reason) for Octopunch because his armor looked like an old-fashioned diving suit. All three of their action figures came with guns.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformers'': The Decepticon Pretenders Bludgeon, Stranglehold, and Octopunch are shown wielding melee weapons based on their Pretender armor: a katana for the samurai-like Bludgeon, an EpicFlail for the gladiator-like Stranglehold, and a [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident]] (which [[LightningGun shot lightning]] for some reason) for Octopunch because his armor looked like an old-fashioned diving suit. All three of their action figures came with guns.
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** [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]'s Arrow of Light is replaced by twin blades that can be combined into a bow. Interestingly, this would actually become his trademark major weapon in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''.
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* In ''Fanfic/OnceUponADecemberNight'', April's WeaponOfChoice is a short katana, a noticeable difference to her [[CombatHandFan tessen]] her canon counterpart used in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''.
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* In ''Fanfic/OnceUponADecemberNight'', April's WeaponOfChoice is a short katana, a noticeable difference to her the [[CombatHandFan tessen]] her canon counterpart used in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''.
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Sometimes this is the result of a GenreShift. Afterall, the gun-toting ThirdPersonShooter protagonist wouldn't last five minutes when thrown in a StealthBasedGame, since all of the foes need to be taken out quietly lest they're overwhelmed and unceremoniously offed.
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Sometimes this is the result of a GenreShift. Afterall, the gun-toting ThirdPersonShooter FirstPersonShooter protagonist wouldn't last five minutes when thrown in a StealthBasedGame, since all of the foes need to be taken out quietly lest they're overwhelmed and unceremoniously offed.
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** [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]'s Arrow of Light is replaced by twin blades that can be combined into a bow.
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** [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]'s Arrow of Light is replaced by twin blades that can be combined into a bow. Interestingly, this would actually become his trademark major weapon in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''.
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* ''VideoGame/SoulCaliburII'': {{Guest Fighter}}s [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and ComicBook/{{Spawn}} feature weapons outside of their usual arsenal.
** Link's alternate weapons are all sword and shield sets, several of which involve two-handed weapons from his home series, such as the Great Fairy Sword and Biggoron's Sword, and the sword and shield of an enemy Armos statue.
** Spawn, in lieu of firearms, transforms his cape into an axe called Agony and wields several other original axes as alternate weapons.
** Link's alternate weapons are all sword and shield sets, several of which involve two-handed weapons from his home series, such as the Great Fairy Sword and Biggoron's Sword, and the sword and shield of an enemy Armos statue.
** Spawn, in lieu of firearms, transforms his cape into an axe called Agony and wields several other original axes as alternate weapons.
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When a character's WeaponOfChoice in one iteration of a story is noticeably different to another.
Since a character's weapon often indicates something about their personality or [[TellMeHowYouFight fighting style]], this is usually a byproduct of an AdaptationPersonalityChange (or vice-versa). What was once a BoisterousBruiser with an AwesomeEgo showing off his moves with his [[EpicFlail kusari-gama]] is now a FightingClown cracking jokes as he subdues you with his KillerYoYo. What was once a SaiGuy who [[CombatPragmatist wanted to end a fight quickly]] is now an AttentionWhore out to [[{{Flynning}} dazzle you]] with their [[RoyalRapier sick swordplay]]. What was once an honorable, katana-wielding WarriorPoet is now a total sicko, [[KnifeNut licking the blade of his butterfly knife before he shanks you with it]].
Sometimes this is the result of a GenreShift. Afterall, the gun-toting ThirdPersonShooter protagonist wouldn't last five minutes when thrown in a StealthBasedGame, since all of the foes need to be taken out quietly lest they're overwhelmed and unceremoniously offed.
The odds of this change leaving the character [[AdaptationalBadass better]] or [[AdaptationalWimp worse off]] when asked to perform with these weapons is all rather subjective, since certain weapons and the kind of skills you can master with them tend to differ.
May be a form of {{Bowdlerization}} if their standard weapons were deemed too violent.
SubTrope to AdaptationalSkill. SisterTrope to AdaptationalSuperpowerChange.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/TransformersVictory'':
** Deathsaurus' toy is armed with a rifle with a nonfunctioning flail under the barrel, but the anime leaves out the rifle in favor of the flail and giving him a fiction-only sword. Even his later Living Metal Destroying Cannon is an entirely different design from the toy's gun. Tigerbreast's gun form is changed to a bow and arrow form, giving Deathsaurus an archery aspect the toy lacks.
** The Breastforce toys are armed with the gun forms of their Breast Animal partners, with their combined form Liokaiser getting a gun made up of Killbison's tank barrels and Jallguar's missiles. While they have these weapons in the anime, they primarily use fiction-only staffs that can change to [[FightingWithChucks sanjieguns]], and Liokaiser's staff can launch spiked rings. Liokaiser's first battle has him use his staff for the entirety of the fight and only pull out his gun to try to deal the killing blow.
** The Dinoforce toys come with guns for their weapons, but the anime portrays them with melee weapons instead. Kakuryu is unique among the team in that he is given [[LittleUselessGun a tiny pistol]] (which is still different from his toy's gun) along with his fictional axe.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* In ''Fanfic/OnceUponADecemberNight'', April's WeaponOfChoice is a short katana, a noticeable difference to her [[CombatHandFan tessen]] her canon counterpart used in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In the [[Franchise/MortalKombat games]], Smoke has a GrapplingHookPistol built into his chest. ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'' changes this to a missile launcher making this version of Smoke a CompositeCharacter of himself and Sektor.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/MortalKombatConquest'' sees Shao Kahn trade the Wrath Hammer he had in the [[Franchise/MortalKombat games]] for a sword.
* ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'': Mikey's weapons are changed from nunchuks to tonfas in this show due to nunchuks being outlawed in several places.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Played with in ''VideoGame/ConkerLiveAndReloaded''. Conker initially uses the frying pan from [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay the original game]] in the game's tutorial area, but when he uses it on the gargoyle, he doesn't fall off the bridge like he does in the original game. When Conker is confused about this, the gargoyle explains that the designers altered the tutorial area a little to trick players into thinking that the rest of the game will be different. Conker then hits the gargoyle with a baseball bat he also picked up, which causes the gargoyle to get knocked back and crushed by a falling boulder. Conker decides to use the baseball bat in place of the frying pan for the rest of the game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Onigiri}}'': Ibaraki-Douji, one of the party members, wields a sword in-game that looks like a cat-paw on a stick. In the anime adaptation, she instead wields an axe. Yet, one piece of in-game artwork depicts her wielding dual swords.
* ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'': This reimagining of the characters are given a new item called the enerbeam, which allows them to latch onto other objects for combat, puzzle solving, or exploration purposes. It also shows up in the cartoon of the series a few times, mostly to allow combination attacks between two characters.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'':
** [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]'s Arrow of Light is replaced by twin blades that can be combined into a bow.
** [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Zero Suit Samus]]' emergency pistol is replaced by a plasma whip that can also fire stunning blasts, much like the weapon it's based on.
* In many incarnations of the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' series, Lara Croft primarily wielded dual pistols as her weapon of choice. But in the "[[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Survivor Timeline]]", which has taken things in a more [[StealthBasedGame Stealth Action Game]] direction, Lara's WeaponOfChoice is a [[ArcherArchetype bow]], which lends itself far more to this kind of gameplay than GunsAkimbo.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': The Transmetal toys only feature melee weapons, but the animated series required the cast to have guns. As such, everyone's melee weapons either function like guns (Optimus Prime's mace handles being used as machine guns when mounted to his back, Megatron's tail whip stiffening and acting like a cannon), or other parts of their body being given the ability to fire something (Cheetor's hands firing energy blasts, Tarantulus' shoulder markings serving as missile pods).
* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
** While Raphael was a SaiGuy in every other iteration of the character, this version wields DualTonfas.
** While Michelangelo has been versed in the use of nunchucks, grappling-hooks and chain-scythes in different incarnations, this version also wields a Kusari-Fundo, a chain-based weapon that he uses as a KillerYoYo.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': The original Ultra Magnus is armed with a rifle and (seldom-used) shoulder rockets. His depiction here lacks both of those weapons and instead has the giant [[DropTheHammer Magnus Hammer]], which has influenced later versions of the character.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'':
** Heinz Kruger, the HYDRA agent responsible for Dr. Erskine's death and botched theft of the latter's SuperSerum, uses a Luger [=P08=] in "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?]]", rather than the Walther [=P38=] his Sacred Timeline counterpart used in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''.
** Johann Schmidt, aka the Red Skull, wields a Mauser [=C96=] in "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?]]", rather than a Luger and later a HYDRA pistol. Justified, as he procures the tesseract at a much later date than his Sacred-Timeline counterpart, and thus without Arnim Zola to design his weapons, the purpose for the tesseract also changed.
** HYDRA as a whole are subject to this in "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?]]". Thanks to discovering the Tesseract much later in the war and it getting stolen not long after acquiring it (with Arnim Zola getting captured as well), none of Zola's Tesseract-powered weapons and vehicles are developed. As a result, HYDRA is still armed and equipped with the same uniforms, weapons, and vehicles as the rest of the German Army and SS, from [=MP40=] submachine guns to Tiger I Heavy tanks.
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[[caption-width-right:350:One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn't belong.]]
When a character's WeaponOfChoice in one iteration of a story is noticeably different to another.
Since a character's weapon often indicates something about their personality or [[TellMeHowYouFight fighting style]], this is usually a byproduct of an AdaptationPersonalityChange (or vice-versa). What was once a BoisterousBruiser with an AwesomeEgo showing off his moves with his [[EpicFlail kusari-gama]] is now a FightingClown cracking jokes as he subdues you with his KillerYoYo. What was once a SaiGuy who [[CombatPragmatist wanted to end a fight quickly]] is now an AttentionWhore out to [[{{Flynning}} dazzle you]] with their [[RoyalRapier sick swordplay]]. What was once an honorable, katana-wielding WarriorPoet is now a total sicko, [[KnifeNut licking the blade of his butterfly knife before he shanks you with it]].
Sometimes this is the result of a GenreShift. Afterall, the gun-toting ThirdPersonShooter protagonist wouldn't last five minutes when thrown in a StealthBasedGame, since all of the foes need to be taken out quietly lest they're overwhelmed and unceremoniously offed.
The odds of this change leaving the character [[AdaptationalBadass better]] or [[AdaptationalWimp worse off]] when asked to perform with these weapons is all rather subjective, since certain weapons and the kind of skills you can master with them tend to differ.
May be a form of {{Bowdlerization}} if their standard weapons were deemed too violent.
SubTrope to AdaptationalSkill. SisterTrope to AdaptationalSuperpowerChange.
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!!Examples
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/TransformersVictory'':
** Deathsaurus' toy is armed with a rifle with a nonfunctioning flail under the barrel, but the anime leaves out the rifle in favor of the flail and giving him a fiction-only sword. Even his later Living Metal Destroying Cannon is an entirely different design from the toy's gun. Tigerbreast's gun form is changed to a bow and arrow form, giving Deathsaurus an archery aspect the toy lacks.
** The Breastforce toys are armed with the gun forms of their Breast Animal partners, with their combined form Liokaiser getting a gun made up of Killbison's tank barrels and Jallguar's missiles. While they have these weapons in the anime, they primarily use fiction-only staffs that can change to [[FightingWithChucks sanjieguns]], and Liokaiser's staff can launch spiked rings. Liokaiser's first battle has him use his staff for the entirety of the fight and only pull out his gun to try to deal the killing blow.
** The Dinoforce toys come with guns for their weapons, but the anime portrays them with melee weapons instead. Kakuryu is unique among the team in that he is given [[LittleUselessGun a tiny pistol]] (which is still different from his toy's gun) along with his fictional axe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* In ''Fanfic/OnceUponADecemberNight'', April's WeaponOfChoice is a short katana, a noticeable difference to her [[CombatHandFan tessen]] her canon counterpart used in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In the [[Franchise/MortalKombat games]], Smoke has a GrapplingHookPistol built into his chest. ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'' changes this to a missile launcher making this version of Smoke a CompositeCharacter of himself and Sektor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/MortalKombatConquest'' sees Shao Kahn trade the Wrath Hammer he had in the [[Franchise/MortalKombat games]] for a sword.
* ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'': Mikey's weapons are changed from nunchuks to tonfas in this show due to nunchuks being outlawed in several places.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
* Played with in ''VideoGame/ConkerLiveAndReloaded''. Conker initially uses the frying pan from [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay the original game]] in the game's tutorial area, but when he uses it on the gargoyle, he doesn't fall off the bridge like he does in the original game. When Conker is confused about this, the gargoyle explains that the designers altered the tutorial area a little to trick players into thinking that the rest of the game will be different. Conker then hits the gargoyle with a baseball bat he also picked up, which causes the gargoyle to get knocked back and crushed by a falling boulder. Conker decides to use the baseball bat in place of the frying pan for the rest of the game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Onigiri}}'': Ibaraki-Douji, one of the party members, wields a sword in-game that looks like a cat-paw on a stick. In the anime adaptation, she instead wields an axe. Yet, one piece of in-game artwork depicts her wielding dual swords.
* ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'': This reimagining of the characters are given a new item called the enerbeam, which allows them to latch onto other objects for combat, puzzle solving, or exploration purposes. It also shows up in the cartoon of the series a few times, mostly to allow combination attacks between two characters.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'':
** [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]'s Arrow of Light is replaced by twin blades that can be combined into a bow.
** [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Zero Suit Samus]]' emergency pistol is replaced by a plasma whip that can also fire stunning blasts, much like the weapon it's based on.
* In many incarnations of the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' series, Lara Croft primarily wielded dual pistols as her weapon of choice. But in the "[[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Survivor Timeline]]", which has taken things in a more [[StealthBasedGame Stealth Action Game]] direction, Lara's WeaponOfChoice is a [[ArcherArchetype bow]], which lends itself far more to this kind of gameplay than GunsAkimbo.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': The Transmetal toys only feature melee weapons, but the animated series required the cast to have guns. As such, everyone's melee weapons either function like guns (Optimus Prime's mace handles being used as machine guns when mounted to his back, Megatron's tail whip stiffening and acting like a cannon), or other parts of their body being given the ability to fire something (Cheetor's hands firing energy blasts, Tarantulus' shoulder markings serving as missile pods).
* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
** While Raphael was a SaiGuy in every other iteration of the character, this version wields DualTonfas.
** While Michelangelo has been versed in the use of nunchucks, grappling-hooks and chain-scythes in different incarnations, this version also wields a Kusari-Fundo, a chain-based weapon that he uses as a KillerYoYo.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': The original Ultra Magnus is armed with a rifle and (seldom-used) shoulder rockets. His depiction here lacks both of those weapons and instead has the giant [[DropTheHammer Magnus Hammer]], which has influenced later versions of the character.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'':
** Heinz Kruger, the HYDRA agent responsible for Dr. Erskine's death and botched theft of the latter's SuperSerum, uses a Luger [=P08=] in "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?]]", rather than the Walther [=P38=] his Sacred Timeline counterpart used in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''.
** Johann Schmidt, aka the Red Skull, wields a Mauser [=C96=] in "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?]]", rather than a Luger and later a HYDRA pistol. Justified, as he procures the tesseract at a much later date than his Sacred-Timeline counterpart, and thus without Arnim Zola to design his weapons, the purpose for the tesseract also changed.
** HYDRA as a whole are subject to this in "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?]]". Thanks to discovering the Tesseract much later in the war and it getting stolen not long after acquiring it (with Arnim Zola getting captured as well), none of Zola's Tesseract-powered weapons and vehicles are developed. As a result, HYDRA is still armed and equipped with the same uniforms, weapons, and vehicles as the rest of the German Army and SS, from [=MP40=] submachine guns to Tiger I Heavy tanks.
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