History Main / ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming

* Darth Maul in ''Franchise/StarWars'', starting with ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. He's TheBrute, so it's hardly surprising he named himself after a bludgeoning melée weapon. Ironically though, he wields a double-bladed lightsaber that's very complex to wield.

* When they’re not re-using the names of the Journey ships, the Literature/{{Rihannsu}} tend to use these types of names for their warships. Examples include ''Cuirass'' and ''Gorget'' (although the latter was also a Journey ship).
** Subverted by ''Rhea's Helm'', named after the most infamous creation of a rather nasty JackassGenie that was worse than useless as armor (Rhea was a mage that got captured by an enemy who wanted to become invulnerable. Rhea made that helm... And bound to it a demon that ''bit off the captor's head'', [[ExactWords making him invulnerable because dead men cannot be wounded]]).

* The Winchesters from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' are named after the rifle.
** When they get [[spoiler:mindwiped and false identity-ed]], they're Dean Smith and Sam Wesson.

* In ''Film/TheMatrix'' trilogy, the crew aboard the ''Mjolnir'' all have names that have to do with guns: Roland, Maggie, AK, Colt, and Mauser. Mjolnir itself, of course, is named after the weapon of Thor from Myth/NorseMythology.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' is absolutely full of units named after historic weapons or armor. After AnimalThemeNaming it's probably the most common form of name for battlemechs. Notable examples include the ''Warhammer'', ''Katana'', ''Longbow'', ''Excalibur'', and ''Gurkha''.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' is absolutely full of units named after historic weapons or armor. After AnimalThemedNames it's probably the most common form of name for battlemechs. Notable examples include the ''Warhammer'', ''Katana'', ''Longbow'', ''Excalibur'', and ''Gurkha''.

* Almost everyone in ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'' is named after a type or brand of firearm or ammunition.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends2'' has a pair of [[SkyPirate air-pirate]] {{Recurring Boss}}es named Bola and Klaymoor.

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': One trio of {{magical girl}}s is named Team Spear, after its members' [[WeaponOfChoice signature weapons]]. The individual members have the matching magical girl titles Sunlight Spear, Moonlight Spear, and Starlight Spear. The theme naming carries over to at least one of the girls' civilian names -- Starlight Spear's real name is Mingxing Guan, and she uses a type of polearm called a guandao.

* In ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'', a majority of the Kamen Riders are named after a type of sword (Saber, Buster, Durandal) or the word "sword" in another langauge (i.e; "Espada" is Spanish for sword, Sabela is derived from "szablya", the Hungarian word for sword.

** The Heroic Champion monsters, like the Ice Barrier Dragons, are named after certain named weapons: {{Main/Excalibur}}, [[Myth/KingArthur Rhongomyniad]], [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Kusanagi]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} Gandiva]]. Their Heroic Challengers are also named after more generic weapons but with another word that explains the monster's purpose.

* Alita's Opponents in the "Moto Ball" arc of Manga/BattleAngelAlita are named for weapons. Chakram, Glaive, Scramasax, Arbalast etc.. Most likely taken from the TabletopGame/TunnelsAndTrolls rulebook.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Luffy's attacks are named after firearms and different weapons, like Gum-Gum Axe, Pistol, Rifle, Gatling, Bazooka, Cannon... After the timeskip, he also extends this to more specific weapons (Culverin, Schneider, Red Hawk...), and sometimes peppers them with animal names. This seems to have sprouted from his claim as a kid that his punch was "as strong as a pistol".

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' does this not for weapons, but for Luffy's attacks. They are named after firearms and different weapons, like Gum-Gum Axe, Pistol, Rifle, Gatling, Bazooka, Cannon... After the timeskip, he also extends this to more specific weapons (Culverin, Schneider, Red Hawk...), and sometimes peppers them with animal names.

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