History Main / SwordAndGun

* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara will sometimes wield his [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Green Dragon Dagger]] and [[CoolGun Magic Gun]] in combination.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: VideoGame/ModernWarfare2'' adds the "Tactical Knife" attachment for pistols, which increases the speed you can perform melee attacks at while you're holding a gun with it.

* Heaven and Hell stance in ''VideoGame/GranadoEspada''.

* A one-handed sword/one-handed gun combo is one of several possible stances in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarUniverse''.
** It's pretty much mandatory, really. It's the default setup, and for whatever reason one-handed melee weapons (and wands, for casting spells) can only be used in the right hand while one-handed guns can only be used in the left hand. In order to use GunsAkimbo or DualWielding you'd have to go and buy the ''two-handed weapon'' which was a pair of guns or swords. As opposed to, say, wielding two one-handed guns.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'' adds the "Tactical Knife" attachment for pistols, which increases the speed you can perform melee attacks at while you're holding a gun with it.

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', Ezio can use both a one-handed sword or bludgeon and his hidden gun together in combat, unlike in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII II]]'' where they were separate. A variant is using a Short Blade together with throwing knives. Swiss Guards, the most EliteMook, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPqL2QEWnkY pack both a pistol and a sword]].

* Mel Gibson during the final battle of ''Film/ThePatriot'', with a pistol and hatchet.

* The pistol originated as a knightly weapon. After abandoning the lance in the 16th century, knights took the pistol as their primary weapon. The favoured tactics were either caracole (counter-march on horseback) or attacking the enemy in gallop, and shooting two pistols at the enemy without re-loading at close distance and then hitting him with sword. From the mid 16th to mid 19th centuries, every cavalryman in European armies (or offshoots thereof like the American settler colonies and European-style sepoy forces in India) would be equipped with a sword (usually a saber) and guns, either a carbine or multiple pistols.

** The first revolvers were designed to be held in the left hand, specifically with the cavalry in mind, who would have held their swords in the right. US Army pistol holsters from that era are all designed to be worn on the right for a cross-draw using the left hand. The reason was the pistol was considered secondary to the saber.

* While not quite swords, many American soldiers and Marines in the Vietnam War carried machetes. Some soldiers in the current War in Afghanistan are also issued tomahawks.

* [[TheWitchHunter Victor Saltzpyre]] of ''VideoGame/TheEndTimesVermintide'' carries a pistol in his off-hand when using rapiers, which is treated as a sort of SecondaryFire.

* ''Film/MasterAndCommander: [[LongTitle The Far Side of the World]]''

* ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' and his DistaffCounterpart [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas Emeraldas]] carry both gun and sword, but they usually avoid it for two reasons: the guns are ludicrously powerful (Emeraldas once shot down a starfighter with it, and Harlock's the same model) and the sword can also fire laser beams.

* ''VideoGame/Disgaea6DefianceOfDestiny'': Party member Piyori Nijino is shown to have equal mastery with Swords and Guns.

** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5|Alliance Of Vengeance}}'' introduced the subweapon system, allowing a unit to have an off-hand weapon for quick-switching in combat. The "[[DualWielding Dual Bladed]]" Evility makes this trope stand out if your unit has a sword and gun as their weapons of choice, or BowAndSwordInAccord, or whatever combination you wish.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', [[spoiler:Sakura]] wields a katana in one hand and a modified Beretta 92G Elite II pistol in the other [[spoiler:[[TheReveal post-reveal]]]].

** In the main numbered ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' titles, this applies to Ieyasu Tokugawa, Masamune Date, and Magoichi Saika. Tokugawa carries a thick spear, where the blade actually acts as a lid for a cannon hidden underneath. Masamune wields two flintlock alongside his blade in tandem during combat. Magoichi has a knife mounted to the barrel of his rifle, allowing him to both shoot and slash at enemies. In the fifth game, the "Mature" variation of Mitsuhide has a sword and a matchlock as his primary weapon (though the game allows any other character to use said weapon with the right skills).

* Seen in the pirate flashback in [[ComicBook/{{Tintin}} The Secret of the Unicorn]]
* Travis Morgan, ''ComicBook/TheWarlord''. The gun is a .44 [=AutoMag=].

* ''VideoGame/RyuGaGotokuIshin'', the first ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' game for the [=PS4=], has this as one of the styles you can use, called Wild Dancer. While fast and able to dish out extreme amounts of damage, [[FragileSpeedster that speed]] and [[GlassCannon power comes at the expense of being unable to block.]]

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'''s Naked Snake. CQC is based around holding a gun and a knife at the same time, in particular the knife held in reverse alongside the pistol in a two-handed grip that can easily separate. He is even shown whittling the grip of a pistol so he can hold the knife handle flush with it without sacrificing the stability of his grip. The Boss, having created CQC, does likewise, albeit with a BFG.

*** In the final release of ''Metal Gear Online,'' the knife is always present. In ''Guns of the Patriots,'' Snake makes better use of the knife + rifle combination [[CutscenePowerToTheMax in cutscenes,]] although never lethally; it's clear that the intent is the same as with a pistol, just more limited with the rifle's bigger size. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation In gameplay,]] Snake can't make a direct attack with the knife while he has a pistol equipped, either. Finally, some of the rifle grips are ''really'' bizarre, when having the off-hand in the "traditional" position under the barrel would result in the knife poking the magazine, Snake or online characters resort to a strange [[http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Games/M/Metal%20Gear%20Solid%20Online/Everything%20else/CutOut1--article_image.jpg claw grip.]] It should be noted that [[RuleOfCool while all of this is visually awesome,]] it would be completely ridiculous in reality.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Stark and Lilinette end up fighting with this combination.
** Not simultaneously, as it's one sword for Starrk alone, and Guns Akimbo [[FusionDance with]] Lilinette.

* Omnimon of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''; one hand is a [[TheHero Wargreymon]]-themed [[{{BFS}} Transcended Sword]], the other is a [[TheLancer Metalgarurumon]]-themed [[{{BFG}} Supreme Cannon]].

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira runs into a problem: Due to lacking a melee weapon, he ends up using GunFu in close quarters which typically leaves him with a WreckedWeapon. So when Shiori comes to him offering a favor, he asks for her high tech sword. After this, he uses it to cut many opponents into HalfTheManHeUsedToBe. This despite Akira originally having OpposingCombatPhilosophies preferring guns (but seeing Nelia and Shiori’s sword skills impressed him.) He eventually gets a sword that functions as liquid metal contained within a force-field, allowing it to take different shapes, with each attack using up that AbnormalAmmo.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' has its protagonist Kirito dual wield a LIGHTSABER and an FN Five-Seven pistol in the GGO arc of the series. He can even fight by using the pistol as an ''alternative to a sword and even pull off his Dual Blades skills with it''.

** It seems to be quite popular in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. Such as [[spoiler: when Alejandro's Alvaaron exited its base mobile armor he carried two guns only to toss one away and draw a beam sword. Ribbons' Gundam in the GrandFinale also does this, but mostly it seems to be because the rifle is mounted on the arm rather than being purely hand-carried.]] Also two Trinities, Graham, Exia, and Dynames near the end of season 1.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', [[spoiler: Sakura]] wields a katana in one hand and a modified Beretta 92G Elite II pistol in the other [[spoiler: [[TheReveal post-reveal]]]].

* If it's a pirate trope, ''Manga/OnePiece'' will have it (not counting [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatches]]... yet). In this case, it appears to be the fighting style of none other than [[spoiler: the Pirate King, Gold Roger, according to a canon chapter promoting the tenth ''Franchise/OnePiece'' movie, ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'']].

* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'' has both River and [[spoiler: Book]] fighting in this style.

** [[spoiler: Given how Rory spent 2000 years protecting the Pandorica armed with only an ArmCannon and a gladius, it's safe to say he's had a ''lot'' of experience with this style of combat]]

** [[http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7960/knifegun.jpg Knife + Gun = Knifegun]]!
* The SpacePirates in the various incarnations in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' wield both a handheld scythe and mounted blaster.

* Tucker, of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' fame, goes armed with an Energy Sword and a Battle Rifle. He's surprisingly effective with both, able to hold off a squad of mercenaries lead by a [[spoiler: Freelancer, though one of the least of them]]. He prefers using his sword. It doesn't stay up for other people.