History Main / BladeReflection

* [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080831180659/marveldatabase/images/3/31/Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_340.jpg The famous cover of Hulk #340 (1988)]] has {{Wolverine}} with his claws popped and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Joe Fixit]] being reflected in them as he's about to unleash [[HulkSmash the Smash]].

* A popular recurring theme in fan-comics and animations for ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', specifically those featuring the Genocide route. In this case, it is usually an ominous sign of [[spoiler: The Fallen Child confronting their next victim. Because of the crushing difficulty of his boss fight and thanks to MemeticMutation from a popular FilkSong comic, Sans is usually the one shown in such a reflection.]] Best exemplified by this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKZ2LnSsxLA spoilery fan-animation]].

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Diana uses the reflection on her gauntlets and sword to see Medusa during their first fight.

* ''ComicBook/XForce'': From the (first) list of [[http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/4/21/2960757/robliefeld3 The 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings]], example #14 has Shatterstar gripping his sword and looking forward, but the reflection in his sword only makes sense if Cannonball is attacking from his right or if the blade is warped in some impossible way.

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* Pictured above is Shana from ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana''. Although that's not Shana being reflected.
* Utena, Touga and Saionji in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''
* Sakura in [[Anime/SakuraWarsTV the TV series version]] of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''.
* ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' doesn't actually do this with its hero Domon, rather, the sword blade reflects the faces of his eventual companions.
* The manga of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' uses this during a moment between Naruto and Gaara: in the aftermath of a fight, the two are facing each other across a [[{{BFS}} giant frog's knife]] planted in the ground. We see a shot of each of them with half their face visible behind the sword and the other half of their opponent's face reflected in the blade.

* Variant: The opening theme of ''Manga/PrincessResurrection'' features Hiro's reflection in the side of a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]].

* In ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', when [[FailureKnight Fakir]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Mytho]] get into a sword fight, Mytho sees his reflection in Fakir's sword, leading him to realize [[EvilPrince what he's become]].
* ''VisualNovel/{{Hakuouki}} Record of Jade Blood'' features a shot of Hijikata reflected in the blade of Sanan's sword as Sanan draws it against him.

[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* The cover of ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' Book 5: Ring of Truth has Yorick and his pet monkey reflected in the blade of Toyota's katana.

* Inadvertently used by Comicbook/{{Blade}} to defeat Comicbook/GhostRider when the [[LetsYouAndHimFight Spirits of Vengeance fight the Nightstalkers.]]
* From the (first) list of [[http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/4/21/2960757/robliefeld3 The 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings]], example #14 has Shatterstar gripping his sword and looking forward, but the reflection in his sword only makes sense if Cannonball is attacking from his right or if the blade is warped in some impossible way.

** Taken from one of its main inspirations, the Lone Wolf and Cub film series, in which Ogami Itto uses his sword to look behind him without alerting a pair of ninjas sneaking up on him. He kills them.

* In ''Film/BladeTrinity'', when Hannibal King is explaining the origins of Drake/Dracula to Blade, we're treated to a shot of both Drake's human and monster face reflected in the blade shot that's in the creepy stock footage/bloodbath/Fetish Fuel moment.
* In the game-based film ''Film/DOADeadOrAlive'', Helena [[DualWielding dual-wields]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]], using one as a mirror to look behind her at the surrounding {{Mook}}s.
* In ''Film/CastAway'', Chuck uses the blade of an ice skate both as a knife and as a mirror.

[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'': Piper Mclean uses her dagger Katoptris as a mirrior like its previous wielder, Helen of Troy.

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]

* ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII'' gives this trope a small shuffle, as well: in its opening video, the sword of the main character Geddoe reflects--look closely!--{{The Chick}} in his unit, known only as Queen.
** A similar scene appears in the opening for ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'', with Miakis.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{GuiltyGear}} Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core]]'''s new intro gives a moment of Blade Reflection to Ky Kiske, who is facing Sol Badguy at the time.

* On the ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'' boxart, our hero reflects the titular dragon on his blade.

* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', this trope provides the only proof that Nero's Devil Trigger doesn't quite take the form of Nelo Angelo, as many fans speculate. For those dedicated enough to fully clear the game, the game-clear art for Hell or Hell difficulty shows it reflected on Yamato's surface in full color - color that is mostly red, the reflection being Dante's DT form.

[[folder: Web Animation]]

[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': In "Welcome to Wakanda", Iron Man and the Wasp are reflected in the Grim Reaper's scythe as they advance on him in the mine.
* In the WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} episode "A Long Way Till Morning", Demona is briefly seen reflected in Hudson's sword as he uses it to deflect a laser blast.
** In "Enter Macbeth", the title character is reflected in his wall-mounted sword rack as he chooses a weapon. (When the series' producer looked back on the episodes one by one, he counted this as a "sweet effect" in an episode where serious production issues had delayed everything.)
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': In "Heart of Evil," Donnie becomes fixated on killing [[TheDon Don Vizioso]], who had previously captured and tried to dissect him in "Mutant Gangland." During the climax, he has Vizioso dead to rights, and is about to spear him with his bo-staff... and then he [[https://turtlepedia.wikia.com/wiki/File:503-Donatello_Don_Vizioso.png sees his crazed reflection in the naginata blade]]. It's this, and realizing how close he was to [[HeWhoFightsMonsters crossing the line]], that finally snaps him out of his RevengeBeforeReason.

* ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'': Youko's reflection in her sword moves the plot at several points. The sword does not seem to be bound by the laws of specular reflection.

* The manga of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' uses this during a NotSoDifferent moment between Naruto and Gaara: in the aftermath of a fight, the two are facing each other across a [[{{BFS}} giant frog's knife]] planted in the ground. We see a shot of each of them with half their face visible behind the sword and the other half of their opponent's face reflected in the blade.

** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': In the start of issue 7, both Spider-Man and the Green Goblin are reflected in the eyes of each other.

The characters in those scenes are facing each other, but unlike the MirroredConfrontationShot that shows them from a side, this shot allows us to see both character's front faces. Without the reflection, we would have to see one of them from behind.

* In [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', Mulan's face is reflected as she unsheathes a sword before she gives herself an ImportantHaircut.

* In ''Disney/MulanII'', when she is [[spoiler:mourning over Shang's death, she is looking at a sword and when lightning flashes, she sees his face reflected in it]] before she drives the sword into the ground.

* Yamcha in ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'''s intro.

* Yamcha in ''Anime/{{Dragonball}}'''s intro.

* In ''Franchise/DevilMayCry 4'', this trope provides the only proof that Nero's Devil Trigger doesn't quite take the form of Nelo Angelo, as many fans speculate. For those dedicated enough to fully clear the game, the game-clear art for Hell or Hell difficulty shows it reflected on Yamato's surface in full color - color that is mostly red, the reflection being Dante's DT form.

* [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080831180659/marveldatabase/images/3/31/Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_340.jpg The famous cover of Hulk #340 (1988)]] has {{Wolverine}} with his claws popped and [[TheHulk Joe Fixit]] being reflected in them as he's about to unleash [[HulkSmash the Smash]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'': Issue #5 starts with Wolverine ready to attack, and Magneto's face is reflected on his claws.

* ''SuikodenIII'' gives this trope a small shuffle, as well: in its opening video, the sword of the main character Geddoe reflects--look closely!--{{The Chick}} in his unit, known only as Queen.
** A similar scene appears in the opening for ''SuikodenV'', with Miakis.

* The ''Franchise/{{Neopets}}'' video game, "The Darkest Faerie," has the BigBad's face reflected in the hero's sword on the box art

** This image (along with a number of other covers relating to one or both of these characters) is replicated in the animated [[HulkVs Hulk Vs Wolverine]].

* From the (first) list of [[http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/4/21/2960757/robliefeld3 The 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings]], example #14 has Shatterstar gripping his sword and looking forward, but the reflection in his sword only makes sense if Cannonball is attacking from his right or if the blade is warped in some impossible way (or, most probable, Creator/RobLiefeld [[TheyJustDidntCare just didn't care.]])

* A popular recurring theme in fan-comics and animations for ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', specifically those featuring the Genocide route. In this case, it is usually an ominous sign of [[spoiler: The Fallen Child confronting their next victim. Because of the crushing difficulty of his boss fight and thanks to MemeticMutation from a popular comic, Sans is usually the one shown in such a reflection.]]