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* VampiricWerewolf: In [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CXL/ CXL "Halloween Special"]], a warrior is [[OurMonstersAreWeird bitten by a swordpire, cut by a weresword]][[note]]a vampire with swords for fangs and a werewolf with everything south of the neck replaced by a broadsword blade, respectively[[/note]], and had her guts devoured by zombies, in rapid succession on her way to a date. The final panel shows her as a three-way hybrid of vampire, weresword, and zombie.

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* CatUpATree: In [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CDL/ "Just a Sprout After All"]], Quest Sprout and the Sword Dragon he's riding in search of a worthwhile quest decide against joining an epic battle against the Demon King in favor of just saving a cat up a tree.

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* CatUpATree: In [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CDL/ "Just a Sprout After All"]], All",]] Quest Sprout and the Sword Dragon he's riding in search of a worthwhile quest decide against joining an epic battle against the Demon King in favor of just saving a cat up a tree.



* FlatWhat: [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CD/ Joyeuse's reaction,]] after being beaten in the Swor'nament by Rapier Tapir, and learning this makes him the new king of Hiltshire. And then another one when Rapier Tapir actually ''talks''.
-->'''Rapier Tapir:''' Thankyou, everyone, for this great honor. I will do my due diligence to reign with kindness and dignity.



* ImpossiblePickleJar: DCCXXIX, "The Everstabbed" has a man seek out 'The Everstabbed' an entity made up of black void energy that is "kept eternally bound between life and death by the sword that cut through [their] heart"... to ask them to open his pickle jar. [[spoiler:The Everstabbed can't open it either.]]

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* ImpossiblePickleJar: DCCXXIX, "The Everstabbed" Everstabbed", has a man seek out 'The Everstabbed' "The Everstabbed": an entity made up of black void energy that is "kept eternally bound between life and death by the sword that cut through [their] heart"... to ask them to open his pickle jar. [[spoiler:The Everstabbed can't open it either.]]



* KatanasAreJustBetter: Discussed in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic/LVII/ LVII, "Katanas Are Cool"]], apparently the Barbarian's son thinks so. He, however, sheds a single tear at his son being a nerd.

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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Discussed in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic/LVII/ LVII, "Katanas Are Cool"]], Cool";]] apparently the Barbarian's son thinks so. He, however, sheds a single tear at his son being a nerd.



* TurnsRed: Referenced in the AltText of [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCCX/ CCCX, "Pattern"]]. The bridge bandit fights over a hundred opponents with only his most basic moveset -- leading the nearby observer to think that is all he has.

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* TurnsRed: Referenced in the AltText of [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCCX/ CCCX, "Pattern"]]. "Pattern".]] The bridge bandit fights over a hundred opponents with only his most basic moveset -- leading the nearby observer to think that is all he has.



* YouAreTooLate: In [[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic/CC/ CC, "One Year Anniversary"]], the Bread Knight finds that the princess he set to rescue already left during the one year it took him to reach the Demon King.

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* YouAreTooLate: In [[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic/CC/ CC, "One Year Anniversary"]], Anniversary",]] the Bread Knight finds that the princess he set to rescue already left during the one year it took him to reach the Demon King.
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* ImpossiblePickleJar: DCCXXIX, "The Everstabbed" has a man seek out 'The Everstabbed' an entity made up of black void energy that is "kept eternally bound between life and death by the sword that cut through [their] heart"... to ask them to open his pickle jar. [[spoiler:The Everstabbed can't open it either.]]
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: An AvertedTrope -- all kinds of characters, male or female, have basic continuity to the frequent cuts inflicted by all of the sword-things in the comic by showing up next time scarred from it.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: An AvertedTrope -- all kinds of characters, male or and female, have basic continuity to the frequent retain cuts inflicted by all of the sword-things in the comic by showing up next time on them and are visibly scarred from it.in later strips.
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''[[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic Swords]]'' is a webcomic by Matthew Wills about a fictional universe where swords are [[SeriousBusiness very important]], taking many different roles, as well as being filled with sword themed wildlife. While the comic has a unique lore and an on-going story, it also features many one-shot comics [[{{Feghoot}} that just end in sword puns]].

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''[[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic com/ Swords]]'' is a webcomic by Matthew Wills about a fictional universe where swords are [[SeriousBusiness very important]], taking many different roles, as well as being filled with sword themed wildlife. While the comic has a unique lore and an on-going story, it also features many one-shot comics [[{{Feghoot}} that just end in sword puns]].

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: An AvertedTrope - all kinds of characters, male or female, have basic continuity to the frequent cuts inflicted by all of the sword-things in the comic by showing up next time scarred from it.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: An AvertedTrope - -- all kinds of characters, male or female, have basic continuity to the frequent cuts inflicted by all of the sword-things in the comic by showing up next time scarred from it.



** Invoked and referenced near-verbatim in [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCLVII/ CCLVII, "Revenge Edge."]]
-->'''AltText:''' You shouldn't trust a sword whose entire job description is "disproportionate punishment".

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** Invoked and referenced near-verbatim in [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCLVII/ CCLVII, "Revenge Edge."]]
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You shouldn't trust a sword whose entire job description is "disproportionate punishment".



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The webcomic is named Swords, and in fact, swords appear in almost every single comic in some way.
** A few other characters have been named in this manner in the archive as well. Such as the three Wraiths - [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CDLI/ Wraith with Bandana]], and [[https://swordscomic.com/archive/Characters/Wraith%20with%20hair/ Wraith with Hair]] and [[https://swordscomic.com/archive/Characters/Wraith%20with%20scar/ Wraith with Scar]].

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The webcomic is named Swords, ''Swords'', and in fact, swords appear in almost every single comic in some way.
** A few other characters have been named in this manner in the archive as well. Such as the three Wraiths - [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CDLI/ Wraith with Bandana]], and [[https://swordscomic.com/archive/Characters/Wraith%20with%20hair/ Wraith with Hair]] and [[https://swordscomic.com/archive/Characters/Wraith%20with%20scar/ Wraith with Scar]].
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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic/XIV/ XIV - I Left My Blade...]] shows the god Kargob literally just dropping his sword in Xiphos.

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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic/XIV/ XIV "XIV - I Left My Blade...]] "]] shows the god Kargob literally just dropping his sword in Xiphos.



* MeaningfulName: Xiphos, who is named after an ancient Greek kind of sword. One of his wives, Kopis, and his daughter, Harpe are both named after other kinds of ancient Greek swords, too.

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Xiphos, who is named after an ancient Greek kind of sword. One of his wives, Kopis, and his daughter, Harpe are both named after other kinds of ancient Greek swords, too.too.
** The three Wraiths - [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CDLI/ Wraith with Bandana]], and [[https://swordscomic.com/archive/Characters/Wraith%20with%20hair/ Wraith with Hair]] and [[https://swordscomic.com/archive/Characters/Wraith%20with%20scar/ Wraith with Scar]].



* OurElvesAreDifferent: The elves in the comic are unusual in that they more closely resemble orcs than humans, though given that orcs were originally defined as being corrupted elves this probably makes more sense than most depictions.What's most interesting is that while elves do appear to be better than humans, it's the orcs who are the most technologically advanced (to the point of having their own Steve Jobs analogue).

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* OurElvesAreDifferent: The elves in the comic are unusual in that they more closely resemble orcs than humans, though given that orcs were originally defined as being corrupted elves this probably makes more sense than most depictions. What's most interesting is that while elves do appear to be better than humans, it's the orcs who are the most technologically advanced (to the point of having their own Steve Jobs analogue).



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** So we have a one-armed, one-eyed Dark Knight named [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Entrails]], huh?

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ShoutOut: So we have a one-armed, one-eyed Dark Knight named [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Entrails]], huh?

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The monk in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic/CCXVII/ "Caught Red-Sworded"]] has a sword that turns red when enemies are nearby. Eating the last cookie is enough to be considered an enemy, which is punishable by stabbing.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution:
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The monk in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/comic/CCXVII/ "Caught Red-Sworded"]] has a sword that turns red when enemies are nearby. Eating the last cookie is enough to be considered an enemy, which is punishable by stabbing.stabbing.
** Invoked and referenced near-verbatim in [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCLVII/ CCLVII, "Revenge Edge."]]
-->'''AltText:''' You shouldn't trust a sword whose entire job description is "disproportionate punishment".
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''[[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords Swords]]'' is a webcomic by Matthew Wills about a fictional universe where swords are [[SeriousBusiness very important]], taking many different roles, as well as being filled with sword themed wildlife. While the comic has a unique lore and an on-going story, it also features many one-shot comics [[{{Feghoot}} that just end in sword puns]].

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''[[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords com/comic Swords]]'' is a webcomic by Matthew Wills about a fictional universe where swords are [[SeriousBusiness very important]], taking many different roles, as well as being filled with sword themed wildlife. While the comic has a unique lore and an on-going story, it also features many one-shot comics [[{{Feghoot}} that just end in sword puns]].
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* AngryEyebrows: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXXVIII/ After failing to guard the Sword of Absolute Fury]], the Dwarf hides his failure by creating a new one, which is just a normal sword with angry eyes drawn on it.
%%* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXVI/ CCXVI, "Enchant It Yourself"]]%%

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* AngryEyebrows: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXXVIII/ com/comic/CCXXXVIII/ After failing to guard the Sword of Absolute Fury]], the Dwarf hides his failure by creating a new one, which is just a normal sword with angry eyes drawn on it.
%%* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXVI/ com/comic/CCXVI/ CCXVI, "Enchant It Yourself"]]%%



* AwesomeButImpractical: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CXCI/ The Dreihander]], a sword so big, the King of Drakness (sic) cannot lift it.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CXCI/ com/comic/CXCI/ The Dreihander]], a sword so big, the King of Drakness (sic) cannot lift it.



* ComicBookTime: Averted for the joke in CC, [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/CC/ "One Year Anniversary"]]. It's been a year since the first comic, and it apparently really did take Bread Knight a whole year to reach the Demon King.
* CoolButInefficient: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXXII/ The Sword of Unspeakable Darkness]] looks scary, but it only has an attack power of 1.

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* ComicBookTime: Averted for the joke in CC, [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/CC/ com/comic/CC/ "One Year Anniversary"]]. It's been a year since the first comic, and it apparently really did take Bread Knight a whole year to reach the Demon King.
* CoolButInefficient: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXXII/ com/comic/CCXXXII/ The Sword of Unspeakable Darkness]] looks scary, but it only has an attack power of 1.



* DisproportionateRetribution: The monk in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXVII/ "Caught Red-Sworded"]] has a sword that turns red when enemies are nearby. Eating the last cookie is enough to be considered an enemy, which is punishable by stabbing.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The monk in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXVII/ com/comic/CCXVII/ "Caught Red-Sworded"]] has a sword that turns red when enemies are nearby. Eating the last cookie is enough to be considered an enemy, which is punishable by stabbing.



* FastballSpecial: In [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXXIX/ CCXXXIX, "Long Range Sword"]], the Red Barbarian prepares to throw a sword-wielding boy at Xiphos.

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* FastballSpecial: In [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXXIX/ com/comic/CCXXXIX/ CCXXXIX, "Long Range Sword"]], the Red Barbarian prepares to throw a sword-wielding boy at Xiphos.



** [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/LIX/ LIX, "Powerful Flamedge"]] has one [[spoiler:that only burns its wielder]].

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** [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/LIX/ com/comic/LIX/ LIX, "Powerful Flamedge"]] has one [[spoiler:that only burns its wielder]].



* TheGodsMustBeLazy: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/XIV/ XIV - I Left My Blade...]] shows the god Kargob literally just dropping his sword in Xiphos.

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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/XIV/ com/comic/XIV/ XIV - I Left My Blade...]] shows the god Kargob literally just dropping his sword in Xiphos.



* HandPuppet: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXII/ CCXII, "Achilles Heel"]] shows one sock puppet stabbing another. The last panel shows that the puppeteer actually stabbed his own hand.

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* HandPuppet: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXII/ com/comic/CCXII/ CCXII, "Achilles Heel"]] shows one sock puppet stabbing another. The last panel shows that the puppeteer actually stabbed his own hand.



** There's also a sword used to [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXXV/ vaccinate]] against swordpox.

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** There's also a sword used to [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXXV/ com/comic/CCXXXV/ vaccinate]] against swordpox.



* IAmNotLeftHanded: The Bridge Bandit in [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/CCCX/ CCCX, "Pattern"]], uses the same attack pattern against all his foes, until a canny observer pushes him past that.
* InfernalRetaliation: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCLXVIII/ CCLXVIII - Fire vs. Fire]] shows a man stabbing a lava golem with the inferno blade. This seems to have just put it aflame while not hampering it at all.

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* IAmNotLeftHanded: The Bridge Bandit in [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/CCCX/ com/comic/CCCX/ CCCX, "Pattern"]], uses the same attack pattern against all his foes, until a canny observer pushes him past that.
* InfernalRetaliation: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCLXVIII/ com/comic/CCLXVIII/ CCLXVIII - Fire vs. Fire]] shows a man stabbing a lava golem with the inferno blade. This seems to have just put it aflame while not hampering it at all.



* KatanasAreJustBetter: Discussed in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/LVII/ LVII, "Katanas Are Cool"]], apparently the Barbarian's son thinks so. He, however, sheds a single tear at his son being a nerd.

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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Discussed in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/LVII/ com/comic/LVII/ LVII, "Katanas Are Cool"]], apparently the Barbarian's son thinks so. He, however, sheds a single tear at his son being a nerd.



* LiteralDisarming: [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/CLXI/ Poor Entrails the Dark Knight gets this happening to him]], after he was already missing one arm beforehand [[{{Pun}} (heh)]].
* LiteralMetaphor: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/XII/ A Swordmaster declares that the sharpest blade is the mind]]. So his student learns how to cuts through things with only his head.
* LogicBomb: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXVI/ The Smartsword]] has thousands of enchantments that let it do almost anything, but being shown a Captcha on a scroll causes it to explode.

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* LiteralDisarming: [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/CLXI/ com/comic/CLXI/ Poor Entrails the Dark Knight gets this happening to him]], after he was already missing one arm beforehand [[{{Pun}} (heh)]].
* LiteralMetaphor: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/XII/ com/comic/XII/ A Swordmaster declares that the sharpest blade is the mind]]. So his student learns how to cuts through things with only his head.
* LogicBomb: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXXVI/ com/comic/CCXXVI/ The Smartsword]] has thousands of enchantments that let it do almost anything, but being shown a Captcha on a scroll causes it to explode.



* OncePerEpisode: There is a sword involved in some way. Probably not a regular sword, but nonetheless there is a sword of some kind. At the least, [[ImprovisedWeapon someone's going to make due]] for sword usage, [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/I/ like the very first comic]]. The sole exception is [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/Axes/ one comic]] that released just before AprilFools.
* OpenMindedParent: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/VIII/ Kopis may be a Barbarian]], but she doesn't mind if Harpe wants to be a Knight. Surely that will still entail Harpe destroying her enemies regardless.

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* OncePerEpisode: There is a sword involved in some way. Probably not a regular sword, but nonetheless there is a sword of some kind. At the least, [[ImprovisedWeapon someone's going to make due]] for sword usage, [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/I/ com/comic/I/ like the very first comic]]. The sole exception is [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/Axes/ com/comic/Axes/ one comic]] that released just before AprilFools.
* OpenMindedParent: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/VIII/ com/comic/VIII/ Kopis may be a Barbarian]], but she doesn't mind if Harpe wants to be a Knight. Surely that will still entail Harpe destroying her enemies regardless.



** [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CXXII/ CXXII, "Sword Dragon"]] has a normal-looking dragon that vomits a storm of swords.
** [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCLII/ CCLII, "Sword-Nosed Dragon"]] has a more unusual dragon which looks like a giant, flying, flexible sword with eyes and legs. Its enemy is the Sheath-faced Leviathan.

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** [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CXXII/ com/comic/CXXII/ CXXII, "Sword Dragon"]] has a normal-looking dragon that vomits a storm of swords.
** [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCLII/ com/comic/CCLII/ CCLII, "Sword-Nosed Dragon"]] has a more unusual dragon which looks like a giant, flying, flexible sword with eyes and legs. Its enemy is the Sheath-faced Leviathan.



* RuggedScar: Subverted by Bread Knight, who suddenly appeared with two scars across his face and only one eye. These were explained as being inflicted in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCLXX/ CCLXX - Bag of Infinite Swords]], from him opening the bag.

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* RuggedScar: Subverted by Bread Knight, who suddenly appeared with two scars across his face and only one eye. These were explained as being inflicted in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCLXX/ com/comic/CCLXX/ CCLXX - Bag of Infinite Swords]], from him opening the bag.



* SeadogPegLeg: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/LXXIV/ "LXXIV - Captain Swordbeard"]] has one with two peg legs. Except, of course considering this comic, the peg legs are blades.

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* SeadogPegLeg: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/LXXIV/ com/comic/LXXIV/ "LXXIV - Captain Swordbeard"]] has one with two peg legs. Except, of course considering this comic, the peg legs are blades.



* StableTimeLoop: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CLXXVIII/ CLXXVIII, "Time Knife"]] has an explorer trapped in an endless loop of grabbing a Time Knife and being sent back in time.

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* StableTimeLoop: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CLXXVIII/ com/comic/CLXXVIII/ CLXXVIII, "Time Knife"]] has an explorer trapped in an endless loop of grabbing a Time Knife and being sent back in time.



** [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCVIII/ CCVIII, "Mansplaibur"]] has a Sword That Corrects People.

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** [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCVIII/ com/comic/CCVIII/ CCVIII, "Mansplaibur"]] has a Sword That Corrects People.



* TurnBasedCombat: {{Defied|Trope}} in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXLII/ CCXLII, "Real Time Combat"]]. The warrior is stopped from attacking by an adventurer because it's not his turn to attack. The warrior attacks anyway.
* TurnsRed: Referenced in the AltText of [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/CCCX/ CCCX, "Pattern"]]. The bridge bandit fights over a hundred opponents with only his most basic moveset -- leading the nearby observer to think that is all he has.

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* TurnBasedCombat: {{Defied|Trope}} in [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CCXLII/ com/comic/CCXLII/ CCXLII, "Real Time Combat"]]. The warrior is stopped from attacking by an adventurer because it's not his turn to attack. The warrior attacks anyway.
* TurnsRed: Referenced in the AltText of [[https://swordscomic.com/swords/CCCX/ com/comic/CCCX/ CCCX, "Pattern"]]. The bridge bandit fights over a hundred opponents with only his most basic moveset -- leading the nearby observer to think that is all he has.



* UseYourHead: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/XII/ XII, "Which Type of Sword is the Greatest?"]] shows a student cutting a sword with his head because "[[LiteralMetaphor The sharpest blade is the mind]]".
* WasOnceAMan: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CXCII/ CXCII, "Valentines Sword"]] has a man who was turned into a beast by a cursed sword. Removing the sword ends the curse, but the maiden puts it back in as he looks better as a beast.

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* UseYourHead: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/XII/ com/comic/XII/ XII, "Which Type of Sword is the Greatest?"]] shows a student cutting a sword with his head because "[[LiteralMetaphor The sharpest blade is the mind]]".
* WasOnceAMan: [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CXCII/ com/comic/CXCII/ CXCII, "Valentines Sword"]] has a man who was turned into a beast by a cursed sword. Removing the sword ends the curse, but the maiden puts it back in as he looks better as a beast.



* WhiteMaleLead: In [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/XLVIII/ XLVIII, "Leadership"]], the elderly couple (wrongly) assumes the White man must be the party's leader.

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* WhiteMaleLead: In [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/XLVIII/ com/comic/XLVIII/ XLVIII, "Leadership"]], the elderly couple (wrongly) assumes the White man must be the party's leader.



* YouAreTooLate: In [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CC/ CC, "One Year Anniversary"]], the Bread Knight finds that the princess he set to rescue already left during the one year it took him to reach the Demon King.

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* YouAreTooLate: In [[https://www.swordscomic.com/swords/CC/ com/comic/CC/ CC, "One Year Anniversary"]], the Bread Knight finds that the princess he set to rescue already left during the one year it took him to reach the Demon King.
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* TemporalAbortion: [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/DCCXXVII/ The Time Knife]] lets the wielder retroactively kill a target without even time-traveling. Unfortunately, as the assassin finds out, it also prevents the client from paying them as they no longer remember the victim.
-->'''AltText:''' Always get paid before you create a paradox.

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* ImprovisedWeapon: The very first comic has [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/I/ a knight making due]] while in search of a sword but happening upon a bakery. {{Inverted|}} in ''very'' many other comics which instead contain a sword intended specifically for a purpose beyond killing...which usually still end up cutting people accidentally.

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* ImprovisedWeapon: The very first comic has [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/I/ a knight making due]] while in search of a sword but happening upon a bakery. {{Inverted|}} in ''very'' many other comics which instead contain a sword intended specifically for a purpose beyond killing... which usually still end up cutting people accidentally.


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* LadyLooksLikeADude: Mere, the fighter from a Maori-like tribe, looks like a burly man... until ''she'' [[https://swordscomic.com/comic/CXLVI/ press Chad the Bastard Sword against her bosom,]] giving him a nosebleed.
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* ThemeNaming: Many of the named characters (with the notable exception of the gods/demons) have monikers that refer to type of swords (or other weapons), historical swords, or are otherwise sword-related: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpe Harpe]], Sickle, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiphos Xiphos]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyeuse Joyeuse]], Sharp Sharply, King Hilton, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_(weapon) Mere]], Ōdachi, Knife, Stabbins the Fawn, Dirk the Fawn, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselard Baselard]] the Fawn, Langeschwert, Hack, Glaive, Shank, Cutter, Mincer, Hash, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jian Jian]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopis Kopis]], Shiv, Emperor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricasso Ricasso]], Knifey, Slicer, Lord [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakizashi Wakizashi]], Choil, Dagger the Gnome, Edge the Merblade, Black Stabbeth, Hiltilda, Sabre, Quillion, Estoc, Stiletto, etc.

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