History Main / MidfightWeaponExchange

* Used at least twice in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' (2003 series):
** In one episode, one of the fight scenes reaches a climax when Leo arms himself with the Sword of Tengu, which was forged specially for the Shredder, while the Shredder ends up wielding Leo's dual katanas. This leads to a SingleStrokeBattle.

** In "Mountain Men", Duncan ends up wielding Caleb Cole's axe while Caleb wields Duncan's katana. Both were quite skilled with the other warrior's weapon.
** Duncan vs Xavier St. Cloud's final battle has this. Duncan disarms Xavier who promptly returns the favour with his metal hook hand. After some hand to hand combat both end up near each other's weapon and continue the fight with each other's sword. This is the likely reason for Xavier losing the fight, as Duncan's katana was designed for two handed use making it awkward for Xavier to fight with one-handed.

* Done with fighting styles rather than weapons in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman''/''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''; Copis/Chameliac, a MonsterOfTheWeek that is able to copy and counter the Rangers' fighting style gets outsmarted when the Rangers switch fighting styles and weapon configurations with each other, confusing the monster. Then, in the Megazord fight, he copies the Megazords' powers as well. When the Stratoforce Megazord shows up, he copies the Stratoforce's weapon (a giant boomerang/blade)... only for it to play this trope by pulling out the Centaurus Megazord's giant cannon and shooting him.

* Done with fighting styles rather than weapons in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman''/''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''; Copis/Chameliac, a MonsterOfTheWeek that is able to copy and counter the rangers' fighting style gets outsmarted when the rangers switch fighting styles with each other, confusing the monster. Then, in the Megazord fight, he copies the Megazords' powers as well. When the Stratoforce Megazord shows up, he copies it ... only for it to play this trope by pulling out the Centaurus Megazord's gun and shooting him.

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

* In ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Sorath steals Shana's [[FlamingSword Nietono no Shana]] and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness callously discards]] his [[{{BFS}} Blutsauger]]. Shana then picks up Blutsauger and continues the fight. They end up switching swords back.

** During the final showdown between Marvelous and his RivalTurnedEvil Basco, the pair end up swapping their weapons briefly, giving Marvelous two swords and Basco two guns.

Not to be confused with RealTimeWeaponChange. See also FreakyFridayFlip and OpponentSwitch.

** During the final showdown between Marvelous and his RivalTurnedEvil Basco, the pair end up swapping their weapons briefly. Since they both use SwordAndGun it doesn't really change all that much.

** Each team member starts with SwordAndGun, but they tend to swap around to suit their specialties (Joe and Luka prefer DualWielding, Don and Ahim go GunsAkimbo, while Marvelous sticks with sword and gun).

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': In [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga season 9]] episode 2, [[https://youtu.be/l1mmelrL3r8?t=254 South calls out to North]] for a shotgun while they're both mid-battle. He tosses her one, and she uses it to blast one of the soldiers she's fighting.

* In one strip of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the party is fighting a sand elemental that is under [[ExactWords specific orders]] to "Kill everyone, starting with the human with the greatsword" (i.e. [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Roy]]). When Roy starts getting low on hit points, [[TheLancer Haley]] takes his sword in order to force the elemental to attack her instead, while Roy takes Haley's bow so he can still attack it. This backfires on Roy when he starts thinking about where Haley keeps her arrows (She usually just has one in her hand when she needs one thanks to WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief) and quickly runs out of ammo.

* Used in a cutscene in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', when Dante and Vergil are forced into an EnemyMine battle against Arkham. Usually Vergil's weapon of choice is a [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katana]], and Dante fights with a Zweihander, but they switch weapons briefly during the fight and are just as capable of fighting with the other's sword as their own.

* In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', [[spoiler:Captain America and Thor spend the FinalBattle wielding [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld a past version of Thor's former hammer Mjölnir]] and Stormbreaker, respectively. During the fight, they briefly end up with each other's weapons and sheepishly return their weapons.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Thor:''' ''[to Cap]'' No, give me that. You have the little one.]]

* In ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars'', during the fight with the Gorog, Jedi Master Aayla Secura ends up defending herself with Steve Rogers's shield, while Steve borrows one of her lightsabers to kill the Gorog from inside after it eats him.

* The battle is so fierce they knock each other's weapons off their hands and have to use the other's weapon to continue fighting.

* In one strip of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the party is fighting a sand elemental that is under [[ExactWords specific orders to "Kill everyone, starting with the human with the greatsword" (i.e. [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Roy]]). When Roy starts getting low on hit points, [[TheLancer Haley]] takes his sword in order to force the elemental to attack her instead, while Roy takes Haley's bow so he can still attack it.

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': The spell card [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Exchange Exchange]] allows the user and their opponent take one card from each other's hand.