History Main / TheStraightAndArrowPath

* ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}''. In "Legend of the Longbow", a British fighter pilot who's crashlanded in France teaches LaResistance--who don't have any weapons--how to use the longbow to shoot German soldiers and get ''their'' weapons. Even after they've got the weapons they need, they continue using the bow because it's now become part of their reputation.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'' Robyn and her father use crossbows to hunt and appear to have much better aim than the Lord Protector's [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy musketeers]].

* Melina Havelock, from Film/JamesBond ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' uses a crossbow as a way of demonstrating just how badass she is.

* Even Creator/RobLiefeld had to get in on the act--his series ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' had [[MeaningfulName Shaft]], who used a high-tech gravity-catapult longbow because he thought it [[RuleOfCool looked cooler]] than a gun. In later series, he's not above using guns depending on the situation, but still strongly prefers the bow because he considers it to be irrevocably his "thing".

Close relative of the ArcherArchetype, sometimes overlapping it, though one can exist without the other. This trope regards situations where someone manages to make a bow and arrows a better choice than other, more modern weapons like guns. Often, a hero (or villain) who follows the Straight and Arrow Path can be pretty dangerous with their fists as well; it's all that muscle to pull the drawstring.

* Even Creator/RobLiefeld had to get in on the act--his series ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' had [[MeaningfulName Shaft]], who used a high-tech gravity-catapult longbow because he thought it [[RuleOfCool looked cooler]] than a gun. In later series, he's not above using guns depending on the situation, but still strongly prefers the bow because he considers it to be irrevocably his "thing".

* [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] hero the Arrow was the first superhero to use archery as his primary gimmick. First appearing in 1938, he was actually one of the first superheroes. Now in the public domain, he currently appears in the ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers'' series from Dynamite Entertainment.

* An odd variation happens of this trope happens in UsefulNotes/ColecoVision's ''Venture'' and UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}'s ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons: Cloudy Mountain''. Both games are set in fantasy worlds where melee is or would be king, the heroes of both these games are only going with a bow and a very limited supply of arrows. This is especially glaring in the ''Intellivision game'' where the bow is difficult to aim and the arrow bounces off of walls and has an extremely good chance of hitting yourself.

* Simon the Harrowed, a Healing Church hunter in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', [[DoesntLikeGuns is not a fan of guns]], so he had a special bow crafted for him by the Workshop: The Bowblade, which also doubles as a sword. While said weapon's description suggests he was scoffed at by most for trying to fight horrific (and sometimes gigantic) beasts with a bow, the mere fact you can meet him at all suggests he made it work at least as well as the guns he hated. This is reflected in gameplay: it takes considerable stamina to nock and fire the Bowblade's arrows, and each arrow takes one quicksilver bullet to fire like any other ranged weapon, but the arrows are potentially the strongest ranged attack in the whole game, are silent and only attract aggro of the enemy you hit, have the most range of any projectile, and a fully charged arrow from behind will stagger enemies.

** ''Franchise/WonderWoman''

*** [[Characters/HawkeyeClintBarton Clint Barton]] trained under fellow trope-qualifier Trickshot and performed in the circus before turning to crime and then heroics as Hawkeye. He later took up the identity of Ronin, a close-combat fighter.
*** [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]] also currently uses the name Hawkeye. Notably she first took the alias when Clint Barton was dead, but later he gave her permission to use the codename as well.