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* [[CarryABigStick Clubs]] and [[DropTheHammer Hammers]]: More or less the same deal as swords. Pretty much anything smaller than the grown up weapon really. Maybe a pillow or squeaky hammer if they're ''really'' young.

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'''s Halloween event has sprays that portray (almost) every hero as a child in a homemade costume going trick or treating, which also extends to their weapons. Examples include D.Va's mech being a big, painted cardboard box and Sombra using a can of silly string in place of her hacks.

* In post-TimeSkip Series/TheWalkingDead, pre-teen Judith carries a wakizashi[[note]]a short katana-like sword intended as a sidearm to a full-sized katana[[/note]] in emulation of her adoptive mother's katana. While still a novice compared to her parent, she's demonstrated she's an apt student on several occasions.

* InstrumentOfMurder: While it might make sense to see the younger SpoonyBard training with their "weapon" at a young age, RuleOfFunny demands that a simpler instrument be used (recorders and harmonicas being popular because of their being thought of as "children's instruments"). Toy versions work as well.

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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Franziska Von Karma is a [[WhipOfDominance domineering whip-wielding prosecutor]] when she's introduced in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''. In a {{flashback}} case in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'', her 13 old self has a riding crop instead.

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' shows the armor variant of this trope briefly; TheHero Dart wears a red vest (similar to his red curaise) and his LoveInterest Shana wears a white dress which is exactly the same shape as her armour (minus her MiniDressOfPower). There is also a kid who's a fan of Lavitz in his hometown who wears a BucketHelmet and carries a hoe (Lavitz wields BladeOnAStick).

* Flashbacks in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' show that Teana had a toy gun when she was a kid trying to emulate her older brother, [[spoiler:which she still keeps as a TragicKeepsake after he died during a mission]].

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': "Training lightsabers" can be seen in use in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''. The ExpandedUniverse elaborates on these lightsabers: they are built using the "kiddy" Bondar crystal which produces a merely zapping blade, rather than a deadly blade produced by the lethal, adult Ilum crystal. There's also a middle-ground crystal, called an Adegan Kathracite, which produces a cutting blade, but not as powerful as the real deal; Padawans tend to use these crystals in their sabers.
* In ''Film/MoonriseKingdom'', much of Sam's "survival gear" consists of child-size versions of outdoors equipment, including a BB rifle.

* Invoked (somewhat) in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': when Steve Rogers is being beat up in the alley, he uses a trash can as a shield to defend himself. Later in the film, of course, he gets the vibranium shield he's famous for.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' Link gets the slingshot, and uses it until he can get the bow (which he can only use as an adult).
** Interestingly, Link's arsenal in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' mostly consists of kid-sized[[note]](though just as effective, if not more so)[[/note]] versions of the same weapons he used as an adult in the previous game, like the bow and hookshot, showing how he's [[CharacterDevelopment grown more into the hero role]] despite still having a child's body.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' takes the trope even further, with Link (only an adolescent in this game) [[JustifiedTutorial showing off]] his aiming skills with a slingshot, and his sword skills with a wooden sword.

** Many of the Keyblade wielding protagonists used wooden toy swords before having a Keyblade, either for training or just play fighting. Terra, however, had a wooden toy ''keyblade''.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Raiden meets [[spoiler: his son]] who uses a toy sword to perform the same moves he does.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', Bowser used his Koopa Clown Car in his showdown against Mario. In ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii,'' Bowser Jr. uses his own, miniature version of the Koopa Clown Car in his attempts to take out Mario (and Luigi, Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad).

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'''s "Hearthfire" expansion, you can buy wooden swords for the children you adopt. They are also equipable weapons. You can even enchant them and make them into {{Lethal Joke Weapon}}s.
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Franziska Von Karma, the infamous whip-wielding prosecutor from ''Justice for All'', favored a riding crop when she was 13 as seen on a flashback case in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations''.

* [[WhipItGood Whips]]: Riding crops, as demonstrated by a certain [[Franchise/AceAttorney prosecutor]] during her early teen years. Jump ropes are also popular.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Franziska Von Karma, the infamous [[WhipItGood whip-wielding]] prosecutor from ''Justice for All'', favored a riding crop when she was 13 as seen on a flashback case in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations''.