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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''

* Ryougi Shiki of ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' often switches her grip several times over the course of a fight, and at one point even throws her knife from a reverse grip.

* [[Manga/SaitamaChainsawShoujo Fumio Kirisaki]] does this, as the series' title indicates, [[ChainsawGood with a chainsaw]].

** Pit and Dark Pit can split their bows into two swords. They hold one normally, while the other is held like this in order to speed up the reattaching process.
** In ''Smash 4'', Roy was changed to hold his sword in reverse grip for many of his attacks, in an attempt to declone him (and eventually indirectly declone his Echo Fighter Chrom) and make his Sword of Seals look heavier than Marth and Lucina's Falchions.

* In his appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', [[VideoGame/Persona5 Joker]] wields his [[KnifeNut knife]] this way when in idle and for most of his close-quarter slicing attacks. Its also lets him indulge in showy WeaponTwirling when he switches grips for particular attacks.

* In ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', this is how the eponomous AntiHero holds his blades.[[note: This is one of the very few styles of blade actually meant to be held this way, being curved around the front of the fist, you would basically use them like you were throwing a punch to slash your opponent]]

* In ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', this is how the eponomous AntiHero holds his blades.

* Vader's apprentice Starkiller does it in ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' and ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur IV'' with a [[LaserBlade lightsaber]]. While still not ''wholly'' practical, this is probably one of the best opportunities to use it since it's omni-directional blade. In ''Star Wars'' lore, this is called "Form V: Shien" style, which is a counter-focused form that is best used to deflect laser bolts.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'': The knife technique of the Tanith First-And-Only has "the blade descending from the fist and tilted in towards [the] body".

* ''Theatre/TwelveAngryMen'': The murderer used a reverse grip on a switchblade to kill the victim. The defendant's experience with knife-fighting is used as evidence against him. However, one of the jurors is familiar with switchblades and states that street toughs like the defendant never use a reverse grip.

* In ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'', Gally/Alita wields a pair of elbow-mounted Damascus-style swords during her Motorball Career, making it a cross between this and BladeBelowTheShoulder. After she leaves Motorball, she keeps the reforged single blade wrapped in cloth in her apartment until [[spoiler:she discovers Ido has been kidnapped by Desty Nova]]. When [[spoiler:she is blown up by a doll bomb]] at the end of the original manga, it is [[spoiler:assumed to be lost forever]], along with Gally. In Gunnm: Last Order, [[spoiler:Desty Nova integrates the heavily damaged blades into her new Imaginos body]], allowing her to summon one for each arm at will.

** Sora in general is prone to this since ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', where his Drive forms sometimes granted him a second Keyblade that he held in a reverse grip, [[spoiler:serving as foreshadowing the fact Sora's heart houses Ventus' heart. He also temporarily uses Riku's Keyblade in an RG OUTSIDE of a Drive during the final battle.]]

* [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Leomon]] wields his sword reverse grip.

* Starting with ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Voldemort starts wielding his wand in various showy ways in a version if this trope.

* Ahsoka Tano from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' (which provides the image source) uses the reverse grip when wielding her lightsaber, and later includes it in her DualWield style, holding either one or both sabers with the grip.

* The Red Mantis Assassins in TableTopGame/{{Pathfinder}} are noted as DualWielding ''both'' their serrated sabers in Reverse Grip, in emulation of mantis claws.

* Used in ''VideoGame/DragonQuest: Manga/DaiNoDaibouken'', for the 'Avan Slash' attack and other based on it. Dai does this with knives, short swords and BFS alike.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' has it's ninja girl Ibuki, who [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/a/ac/Vs191113-009.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20191114043642 does this]] as part of a win pose in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' and her [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/4/43/HDPVRPRO60_20200214_195158_103.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20200713212514 generic point introduction]] in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken''.

* In UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}}, some unorthodox strokes, such as the Reverse Sweep and Reverse Hook, are done by reversing one's grip and swinging the bat in the opposite direction to normal. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8c_HGIlV48 Glenn Maxwell demonstrates the reverse sweep here.]]

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''

** Sora in general is prone to this since [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII the second]] UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game, where his Drive forms sometimes granted him a second Keyblade that he held in a reverse grip, [[spoiler:serving as foreshadowing the fact Sora's heart houses Ventus's heart. He also temporarily uses Riku's Keyblade in an RG OUTSIDE of a Drive during the final battle.]]
** In Riku's final cutscene [[spoiler:prior to the TrueFinalBoss]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'', he does this to break free from [[spoiler:Ansem-[=SoD=], who was sitting on top of him: he "un-summons" his Keyblade, only to re-summon it immediately, only backwards, in order to swing it upwards.]]

* In the first episode of ''Series/TheWitcher2019'', Geralt fights Renfri holding his longsword like this. Possibly justified, in that he's trying hard not to kill her for most of the fight.

* In ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'' Gally/Alita wields a pair of Damascus style swords this way during her Motorball Career. After she leaves Motorball, she keeps the reforged single blade wrapped in cloth in her apartment until [[spoiler:she discovers Ido has been kidnapped by Desty Nova]]. When [[spoiler:she is blown up by a doll bomb]] at the end of the original manga, it is [[spoiler:assumed to be lost forever]], along with Gally. In Gunnm: Last Order, [[spoiler:Desty Nova integrates the heavily damaged blades into her new Imaginos body]], allowing her to summon one for each arm at will.

Also known as "icepick" grip, this means holding the grip of a [[KnifeNut dagger]], a [[SwordFight sword]], a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] or [[WeaponOfChoice whatever]] so that the business end points the direction opposite to the thumb, which is the opposite of the usual point-up or "saber" grip.

Also known as icepick grip, this means holding the grip of a [[KnifeNut dagger]], a [[SwordFight sword]], a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] or [[WeaponOfChoice whatever]] so that the business end points the direction opposite to the thumb, in reverse to the usual “point up” overhand grip.