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| 9 | [[quoteright:350:[[Manga/{{Bleach}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ep118ikkakubankairyumonhozukimaru.png]]]] |
| 10 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[ArtisticLicensePhysics The laws of physics]] took one look at these blades... and just [[PassThePopcorn grabbed some popcorn]].]] |
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| 12 | ->''"The double-ended laser sword. Now that is a '''seriously''' good way to cause major injuries to yourself. So you know anyone who dares to attempt to wield one of these suckers in battle is either incredibly good or incredibly stupid. And if they were that stupid, they wouldn't be standing in front of you with all four limbs still attached."'' |
| 13 | -->-- ''WebComic/DarthsAndDroids'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0166.html Episode 166]] |
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| 15 | A weapon that is either impossible, unlikely, or impractical in RealLife, but in fiction is both existent and effective, RuleOfCool be thanked. |
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| 17 | Usually made of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot a bunch of cool weapons and mash them together]], such as many examples of MixAndMatchWeapon, or cranking up the weapon's abilities. |
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| 19 | Naturally, this often relies on ArtisticLicensePhysics. |
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| 21 | The difference with ImprobableWeaponUser is that these are based on actual weapons, not non-weapon things used as weapons. A FlamingSword would count as an impossibly cool weapon. A [[Webcomic/PennyArcade cardboard tube]] would count as an improbable weapon. |
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| 23 | A SubTrope of RuleOfCool. |
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| 25 | A SuperTrope to: |
| 26 | [[index]] |
| 27 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade |
| 28 | * {{BFG}} (most examples of it, so let's save space by leaving them there) |
| 29 | * {{BFS}} |
| 30 | * EpicFlail |
| 31 | * FlamingSword |
| 32 | * FreezeRay |
| 33 | * FuumaShuriken |
| 34 | * HumongousHeadedHammer |
| 35 | * InstantChucks |
| 36 | * LaserBlade |
| 37 | * LightningGun |
| 38 | * MacrossMissileMassacre (in that a weapon fires [[{{Hammerspace}} more missiles than it should be able to hold]]) |
| 39 | * MixAndMatchWeapon (many RealLife examples are perfectly practical and reasonable, but fiction often dives headfirst into RuleOfCool) |
| 40 | * MoreDakka (any weapon capable of it) |
| 41 | * MorphWeapon |
| 42 | * PrecisionGuidedBoomerang |
| 43 | * RayGun (especially [[LifeImitatesArt before the invention of the laser]]) |
| 44 | * RocketPoweredWeapon |
| 45 | * SwissArmyWeapon |
| 46 | * ThisIsADrill |
| 47 | * WhipSword |
| 48 | [[/index]] |
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| 50 | A SisterTrope of AbnormalAmmo, CoolSword, ExoticWeaponSupremacy, ImprobableWeaponUser, and OddlyShapedSword. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | Compare CoolStarship, ImpossiblyCoolClothes, ScaryImpracticalArmor, AwesomeButImpractical, WeaponizedLandmark, and ThingsAreMoreEffectiveInHollywood. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Compare/Contrast ThePowerOfIndex specifically the "(Weapon Name) Are Better" tropes (when normal weapons are impossibly cool by themselves). |
| 55 | |
| 56 | Not to be confused with weapons that should {{overheat|ing}} but don't. |
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| 59 | !!Examples: |
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| 61 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 64 | * The goddamn rocket-powered sledgehammer from ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita''. |
| 65 | * Many of the characters in ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' use weapons that look incredibly cool... until you start asking questions about how they'd work in reality. The creator, Hiroaki Samura, [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade on this]] with the "Samura's Weapon Shop!" feature, which explains all the weapons, including the ones that don't make any sense. Examples: two sickles connected by an expansible chain ("The chain fits into one of the scabbards, and can stretch out to about seven feet. Whether this is good for anything is another question entirely."), a blade with little curved hooks on both edges ("What the hell is this thing? Don't ask me."), and two blades so narrow they look like kitchen skewers ("To be perfectly honest, I wonder why he doesn't just use a normal sword..."). Later, the sadistic Shira, who's [[spoiler: had one hand cut off by Manji]], makes up for this by (warning: squicky) [[spoiler: ''sharpening the protruding bone'' and using ''that'' as a weapon]]. It works about as well as you might expect. |
| 66 | ** Surprisingly, these examples work in real life: the chain-and-sickles is a variation of the traditional Japanese Kusari-gama, also used by Guilty Gear X's Axl (in the same two-sickle formation); the hooked blade can be justified by the additional damage caused by ripping action of the hooks upon cutting (the jagged edges of the wound heal slower), in the same fashion as soldiers who used to saw teeth into their bayonet blades; as for the narrow sword, almost all swords from the renaissance onwards were very thin, flexible blades, useful for only their stabbing action (they could only inflict superficial cuts, nothing like a medieval claymore). |
| 67 | ** Other weapons are a sharpened handcuff but designed to cut necks on a chain and an L-shaped piece of metal. Even the author was surprised to find they were real weapons: a flying guillotine and a blunt ax. |
| 68 | * Killy from ''Manga/{{Blame}}'' has the [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Graviton Beam Emitter]], which looks like a small gun...that has recoil of cannon and firepower of a '''DEATH STAR.''' Oh, and that's pretty much the only weapon he uses. Needless to say, destruction, to both the city he is traveling in and his arm, ensues. |
| 69 | ** At its lowest setting, the recoil causes Killy's arm to snap back while the projectile goes... well, we're not really sure what the range is, but nothing stops it until it reaches it. A full power shot causes Killy to go flying backward while things in front of him start blowing up. Also, Killy sometimes ''Overcharges'' the gun which, when fired, ''rips his arm off'' (though it's easily reattached). |
| 70 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 71 | ** [[BaldHeadOfToughness Ikkaku Madarame's]] [[SuperMode Bankai]] Ryūmon Hōzukimaru, which turns his [[EmpathicWeapon zanpakutou]] Hōzukimaru into that monstrosity of a weapon; all three blades give us one of the most creatively designed (and enormous) adaptations of a monk's spade seen in manga or anime. |
| 72 | ** Most captains' Bankai are this. For examples, Soi Fon's Bankai "Jakuhō Raikōben" turns "Suzumebachi" into a huge stinger missile with amazing attack power, and Byakuya's Bankai "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi" manifests as a thousand blades that appear out of nowhere, which then dissolve and proceed to attack the target from all conceivable directions. |
| 73 | ** Due to his PowerIncontinence, Ichigo's unreleased sword "Zangetsu" is one of these. Five feet long, 8-10 inches wide at minimum and an inch or more thick, it would weigh 30-50 pounds if actually made of steel but he waves it around in one hand like a feather duster. His Bankai "Tensa Zangetsu" is the only form that actually makes his sword ''smaller''. |
| 74 | ** WordOfGod is that the characters can easily wave around such massive weapons because, as parts of their soul, the giant axes/swords/etc. are weightless to them (though not to other beings, who would indeed find themselves holding several dozen pounds of metal). That said, if the weight of their weapons end up multiplied (like by "Wabisuke's" Shikai ability), they won't be able to lift them eventually. |
| 75 | * From ''Manga/BusoRenkin'' we have Valkyrie's Skirt wielder Tsumura Tokiko. |
| 76 | * In ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'', Genkaku's double Gatling-gun electric guitar. One of the creators even said in his blog that he isn't sure if it would even be possible in real life. |
| 77 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'''s Ten Commandments - a shape-shifting spear with elemental powers. |
| 78 | * ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' has Haruko's [[InstrumentOfMurder Model 4001 Rickenbacker bass guitar]], which doubles as a paddle, shotgun, rocket launcher, machine gun, '''satellite-bashing baseball bat''', and hoverboard. Naota later gets a Gibson Flying V [[spoiler:and later a Gibson EB-0]], whose awesomeness stems from ''[[spoiler:being powered by a solar system-busting {{Space Pirate|s}}]]''. |
| 79 | * The [[CarryABigStick Goldion Hammer]] of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. It's formed by Goldymarg, who can [[TransformingMecha turn into a tank]], turning into a giant fist holding an enormous golden mallet, which then [[CombiningMecha attaches to the titular GaoGaiGar]]. The three-move combo that [[OncePerEpisode always follows on]] is: a giant nail made out of light is plunged into the enemy [[CallingYourAttacks ("Hammer Hell!")]]; the nail is removed, tearing out the enemy's core [[LargeHam ("Hammer Heaven!")]]; and finally the hammer hitting the enemy and [[DisappearsIntoLight turning them into tiny little motes of light]] [[RuleOfThree ("TURN INTO LIGHT!")]]. |
| 80 | ** ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'' manages to top that, though. How? [[spoiler:The Goldion Crusher. An enormous energy hammer, made by [[CombiningMecha combining]] ''three'' spaceships, which are ''individually'' larger than [=GaoGaiGar=]. Its hammerhead is made of HardLight and [[GravityMaster localized gravitational shockwaves]], and [[SerialEscalation dwarfs the three ships' initial combined form in turn]]. It's so powerful that everyone aboard evacuated, except for Mikoto, who helped to operate it. It was built to [[CrazyPrepared assault enemies]] [[CallBack on the level of the Z-master]], and is so dangerous that it requires a two-key activation system, ''a la'' '''nuclear launches''', just to initiate the three ships' combination. And it was used to destroy an enemy mech that was essentially a sun.]] |
| 81 | * Alucard of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' has two guns, the latter of which is this trope personified. Known as "The Jackal", it's 39 cm or 16" long, 16 kg (or 35 pounds), and fires holy bullets that are powerful enough to [[StuffBlowingUp explode entire walls]]. A real gun like that would be too heavy for a human to lift, and the recoil would likely snap his or her arm; but Alucard is a vampire, so he has the strength for it. |
| 82 | ** There are several weapons that can be carried and used by a single human in that weight class, I admit all of them are two-handed weapons like medium MG's and multi-use anti-tank weapons (FN MAG can be fired while shouldered, it has a weight of 11.79kg empty, the ammo adds 4-5kg dependent on the belt length). |
| 83 | ** Seras's ''shoulder-mounted anti-zeppelin {{BFG}}.'' The doctor prescribed some 30mm Harkonnen II goodness for those crazy {{Ghostapo}} mooks! |
| 84 | * In ''Manga/{{Jackals}}'', Nichol's weapon of choice is, er... well, completely fictional in design, resembling nothing so much as a grossly oversized [[Franchise/StarTrek bat'leth]]. He calls it "the Alligator", because of its jagged "teeth", colossal size, and ability to rip through human flesh like it ain't no thang. |
| 85 | * In ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'', Skull Rider uses a bizarre weapon that's a combination of brass knuckles & a shotgun. It has shells in it that go off when you punch something. No explanation is given for how he manages to keep them from blowing his own hands off. |
| 86 | * The [[EmpathicWeapon Devices]] of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Some of them speak in GratuitousEnglish. Some of them speak in GratuitousGerman. Most of them can [[SwissArmyWeapon switch from one kickass form to another]]. Most of them are {{Determinator}}s in their own right, demanding {{Deadly Upgrade}}s if they lose and even continuing to fight ''even after their owner loses consciousness''. All of them are human-sized versions of HumongousMecha weaponry that can -- and do -- take out HumongousMecha. |
| 87 | * The Escudo swords from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''. They start off as impressive yet plausible, but Escudo weapons ''evolve''. The design of the hilts alter with each new iteration and the swords are duplicated in large form by the Mashin. And the final form of Fuu's sword is [[{{BFS}} longer than she is tall]] by a good foot and a half. |
| 88 | * ''Anime/MetalArmorDragonar'' features one of the strangest sniper weapons in any Real Robot anime series: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Caulking Gun]]. To elaborate, it fires a shell that penetrates HumongousMecha armor, then proceeds to inject a fast-hardening foam substance that damages computer systems, destroys circuit conductivity, and for the very unluckiest of victims, suffocates the pilots by filling the cockpit. Particularly effective since every robot in the series can fly, and is usually doing so. |
| 89 | %%* Rin from ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' uses a similar weapon a couple of times. |
| 90 | * ''Manga/OutlawStar'' has Grappler ships (including the ship of the title). Ships with arms. That tend to use giant, EVA-style knives. And similar melee weapons, including axes. And oversized handguns. |
| 91 | * ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' gives us Panty's [[PunchPackingPistol pistol]] and Stocking's [[KatanasAreJustBetter swords]]. Scanty's {{revolvers|AreJustBetter}} and Kneesocks' [[SinisterScythe scythes]] aren't too far shabby, either. Neither is the [[spoiler:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann heaven-piercing]] [[ThisIsADrill drill]] made of angelic lingerie]] from the final episode. |
| 92 | * ''Manga/RaveMaster'''s Ten Commandments - a shape-shifting {{BFS}} with elemental powers. |
| 93 | * ''Manga/Reborn2004'' has Lancia's [[EpicFlail giant flail]], which can utilize air currents to inflict more damage as well. |
| 94 | * The minor villain Cho from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' has a whole collection of strange swords, including one that is several feet long and so thin it can be waved around like some sort of razor-sharp ribbon (this is an actual type of weapon, called [[WhipSword Urumi]]). |
| 95 | ** Cho shows that users of this weapon aren't instantly badass, though, as almost every strange weapon he pulls out is effortlessly beaten by Kenshin (only the Urumi poses any threat.) |
| 96 | * A villain from ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' had a delightful kusarigama variant that seemed to violate several laws of physics. The scythe head shot off of the haft, propelled by springs, gunpowder or black magic and then retracted so quickly that the scythe somehow beheaded or bisected anyone in between it and the haft. |
| 97 | * An episode of ''Anime/SDGundamForce'' features the Zakos showing off an "ultra space universe bazooka cannon gatling triple double wonderful drill super missile rocket machine gun gun gun". It ended up ''actually'' impossibly cool because it completely fell apart upon trying to use it. |
| 98 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has the famous '''[[GIGA!!!! DRILL!!!! BREAKER!!!!]]''' - a [[ThisIsADrill drill]]-based FinishingMove that just keeps getting bigger, much like [[MetaMecha the title mecha itself]] - and when said mecha is [[spoiler:''63 billion light-years tall'']], that's a pretty big fucking drill. |
| 99 | * ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': Vash's angel arm. Apparently a large break-open, six-shot, low-barrel revolver -- and one of really rather underwhelming power when you consider the size -- turns on command into a gigantic laser cannon ''with wings'' that can wipe entire cities off the face of the planet, or ''put a large crater in the moon'', in a single shot. Runs on ''life''. |
| 100 | ** For that matter, the same series gave us Nicholas D. Wolfwood's "Punisher", a cross-shaped object wrapped in cloth which he claims is so heavy because it's "so full of mercy." It turns out that apparently Wolfwood considers "mercy" to be synonymous with "ammunition"; the Punisher is basically a (semi-)portable arsenal. One arm of the cross contains a rack of multiple Colt 1911s, the bottom portion contains a [[MoreDakka machine gun]], the other arm most likely contains ammo for the machine gun, and the top portion contains a missile launcher. Wolfwood's mentor, [[spoiler:Chapel the Evergreen]], has his own Punisher, which splits in half to form ''two'' machine guns. |
| 101 | ** Other gun-based weapons in the show really make no sense. But who cares? They deliver. |
| 102 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': In the semi-finals of the Dark Tournament Kirenja pulls out a big sword. Bui [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xL4SY1TJgQ counters]] with a giant ax. Everyone is skeptical that Bui can wield it in time. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill It turns out he can]]. |
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| 105 | [[folder:Arts]] |
| 106 | * Three words: [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/sergey25/Artwork2/ImageD.jpg Rocket-Propelled Chainsaw.]] |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/AntMan'': Hank Pym's "Pym Particles" used to cause objects to grow and shrink at will by shunting matter into AnotherDimension when shrinking a subject or accruing extra matter from that dimension when enlarging. |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': |
| 112 | ** Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}, being a BadassNormal relies on a whole arsenal of Bat-themed weapons repurposed from other sources. Batman also finds creative uses for more conventional weapons like flashbangs, grenades, C4, smoke bombs, tear gas, etc. For instance, he once used C4 stuck to the back of a dumpster to launch it as a missile against Amazo. |
| 113 | ** Take your pick of [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]]'s Swiss-army [[ParasolOfPain umbrellas]]: machine guns, knockout gas, hypno-ray, personal helicopter. Or even the mundane sword-stick, befitting a gentleman such as himself. |
| 114 | * ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'': Having traveled back in time from a [[FishOutOfTemporalWater far-distant future]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsCable Cable]] has an arsenal of futuristic weapons at his disposal in modern times. As does Bishop. |
| 115 | * ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]]'s mighty shield. It's [[spoiler: almost]] indestructible, throwable, and ricochets off at all sorts of crazy angles to come back to Cap after he throws it. |
| 116 | * ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' of DC and ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'' of Marvel both have a huge compliment of {{trick arrow}}s. |
| 117 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': The various power rings of the color-coded emotional spectra; [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower rings that make the user's imagination happen through their expression of the appropriate emotion.]] |
| 118 | * ''ComicBook/IronMan'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Tony Stark]]'s Iron Man armor, and any derivatives thereof; [[Characters/IronManHeroes War Machine]], Iron Monger, Crimson Dynamo, et al. |
| 119 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'': Thanagarians have armor and weapons made from [[{{Magitek}} Nth Metal]] which allows them to fly, bestows all sorts of powers DependingOnTheWriter and is immune to magic. |
| 120 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' has The Lawgiver, a pistol that has [[SwissArmyWeapon six different]] [[AbnormalAmmo types of ammunition]]: Standard, [[PinballProjectile Ricochet]], {{Armor Piercing|Attack}}, [[HomingProjectile Heat Seeker]], [[KillItWithFire Incendiary]], and [[StuffBlowingUp Hi-Ex]]. Each of these can be combined with MoreDakka. |
| 121 | * ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'': Lobo's trademark hook and chain, as well as his extraterrestrial [[MoreDakka arsenal]]. |
| 122 | * ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'': A crossbow-taser was a favorite of Night Thrasher's stepbrother Bandit. Even more weird in that his own body generated the electricity for it. |
| 123 | * ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'': The Extransformer shield. It can fly, transform into a boomerang, stop individual time and has an extendable punch. A lot of new gadgets will be added as the series progresses. |
| 124 | * ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': From [[http://www.superdickery.com/its-a-gun-frank-a-gun-that-shoots-swords/ this]] Website/{{Superdickery}} page: It's a gun, [[Characters/MarvelComicsFrankCastle Frank]]. A gun that shoots swords. |
| 125 | * ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Just about any Asgardian weapon in the Marvel Comics universes. The most famous example being [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]]'s Hammer {{Mjolnir}}; it can be thrown and come back like a boomerang, only he (for the most part) can lift it, it shoots lightning...and if that wasn't enough, it's forged from ''a piece of the meteor that killed the dinosaurs''. |
| 126 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheBalladOfBetaRayBill'', Bill's enchanted weapon Storm Breaker has all the powers of Mjolnir plus it's a MixAndMatchWeapon: the head is a hammer on one side and an axe on the other. |
| 127 | ** The [[Characters/MarvelComicsWreckingCrew Wrecking Crew]] have construction-themed weapons gifted to them by Loki (or because one of them was mistaken for Loki DependingOnTheWriter): |
| 128 | *** Wrecker wields an indestructible crowbar with magical properties. |
| 129 | *** Bulldozer has an armored metal helmet and fights by ramming his victims head-first. |
| 130 | *** Piledriver fights with his over-sized pile-driving fists. |
| 131 | *** Thunderball wields a huge demolition ball on a chain. |
| 132 | * ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]'s skeleton is MadeOfIndestructium, including the 12" claws that pop out of his hands. They are mono-molecularly sharp, never dull, cut through anything and are indestructible. |
| 133 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} has weapons forged by Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths. Most famous is her Golden Lasso; unbreakable and anyone bound by it must tell the truth. The other most famous of Wonder Woman's accouterments are her bracelets, gifted by Aphrodite and nigh indestructible. She also wields the Sword of Hephaestus, which is sharp enough to split molecules and because it is magic, [[WeakToMagic can kill]] Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}. And who can forget her [[WeaponizedHeadgear razor-sharp tiara]] which she can throw like a boomerang? |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 137 | * Jason Shepard from ''Sailor Moon: Legends of Lightstorm'' has a few of these thanks to his knowledge of advanced Moon Kingdom science: |
| 138 | ** His main weapon is a staff that increases kinetic energy. It also collapses to the size of a pepper spray can and remains light enough to clip onto his utility belt. |
| 139 | ** His main range weapons are enhanced shuriken strong enough to slice through rocket-proof armor. They can also be set to explode if he needs extra firepower. |
| 140 | ** On his wrists he wears a pair of grapple gauntlets that he can fire at will. The metal tips will form into either a claw or a barb depending on what he fires them at, so he can grapple onto just about anything. The gauntlets have been used to tear out the brains of enemy drones. |
| 141 | * ''Fanfic/SonicXDarkChaos'' features ''[[ShoutOut Fuckslayer]]'', a demonic guitar with six necks wielded by Beelzebub. It's the very first guitar ever invented. Not only is it both a LightningGun and a rocket launcher, but the music it makes is so loud that it can shake ''battleships'' apart. |
| 142 | ** Jesus can create energy swords with his mouth - which is both this trope and a pretty cool [[Literature/TheBible biblical allusion]] to boot. |
| 143 | * ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines,'': |
| 144 | ** '''[[RunningGag Jeffiroth]]''' gets the coveted [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Masamune]] that Sephiroth wields. This is lampshaded. |
| 145 | --->Unfortunately, a seven-foot katana, while cool-looking and certainly intimidating, is just not all that practical for a battle. Jeffiroth was able to attack with it, mostly by spinning around in a circle with his arms stretched out and hoping it would nick Xaldin, Vexen or Lexaeus enough to make them give up their unceasing barrage of wind, ice, earth, and stabbity-type attacks. |
| 146 | ** It's even impractical for self-use. |
| 147 | --->Unfortunately, a seven-foot-long katana, while badass and certainly intimidating, is just not all that practical for seppuku. What followed was a ten-minute display of Jeffiroth trying in vain to impale himself on a sword that was taller than he was, in full view of his choir and Nobuo Uematsu. |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 151 | * In the ''Film/BladeTrilogy'' Characters/{{Blade}} has an extensive arsenal of custom weapons to dispense vampires with. |
| 152 | ** An acid-etched silver-plated katana with a failsafe that cuts the hand off of anyone else who tries to use it. |
| 153 | ** Shotguns modified to fire silver stakes at ballistic speeds. |
| 154 | ** A retractable wrist dagger that dispenses an anti-coagulant which turns vampire blood explosive. |
| 155 | ** Sunlight flash grenades and bombs that flood a small area with sunlight very quickly. |
| 156 | ** The arch, a [=UV=] arc laser that puts out a beam hotter than the sun, and folds up to a convenient carrying size. |
| 157 | ** In ''Trinity'' the Nightstalkers use smart guns with ultraviolet ammo and built-in cameras so they can review fights after the fact. |
| 158 | ** Also in ''Trinity'' Abigail Whistler uses a bow with a holographic sight and camera so she can blind fire her trick arrows around corners and do impossible bank shots. |
| 159 | * In Creator/SylvesterStallone's vehicle ''Film/{{Cobra}}'', the director had [[ForTheEvulz the ultra-psychotic villain's]] [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/cobra/13.gif bizarre knife]] custom-made, as he wanted "a knife the audience would never forget". His wish became reality to such an extent that actual steel replicas of the knife are now being made - never mind that carrying and pulling out a knife with a giant, almost-double blade and a handle full of sharp spikes without the use of velcro would result in one's clothes being torn to shreds every time. |
| 160 | * It seems fitting that the director who gave us the ''Film/IronMan'' movies made ''Film/CowboysAndAliens''. The trailer shows Daniel Craig's character with an alien gauntlet attached to his wrist, and a holographic scope of sorts pops up; he aims it at an alien ship and takes it down. Then all the parts retract back into the gauntlet. The expression on the face of Creator/HarrisonFord's character is priceless. Especially since he is armed with only a six-shooter. |
| 161 | * The alien weaponry in ''Film/{{District 9}}''. One of the less impressive ones is a cannon that fires a burst of compressed air. Which can knock a guy through a wall. Also, [[AbnormalAmmo pig gun]]. There aren't enough weapons that kill your opponent with a '''''goddamn pig'''''. |
| 162 | * ''Film/TheDragonMissile'': The eponymous weapon is a pair of twin curved swords whose handles are fashioned in silver dragon heads, whose razor-sharp tip can cut through wood, bone and solid objects with ease. It's also a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang which can be flung great distances to slice up fleeing targets, before returning to the thrower. |
| 163 | * The ZF-1 from ''Film/TheFifthElement'' definitely qualifies, and doubles as a SwissArmyGun. |
| 164 | * The Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}' proton packs, being man-portable "unlicensed nuclear accelerators" with the potential to [[ApocalypseHow destroy the world]] via [[ForbiddenChekhovsGun crossing the streams]]. |
| 165 | * Scarlett's crossbow from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. It has two bows, one on top of the other, like a double-barreled shotgun. It has ''four'' {{Laser Sight}}s, a hi-def camera to allow you to target specific body parts, and its arrows are somehow guided using the camera and onboard computers. Oh, and the arrows also explode. |
| 166 | * Anything from ''Film/JamesBond'', from his wristwatch/high-powered laser to Oddjob's sharpened bowler hat which can be thrown like a disc and cut off heads. |
| 167 | * ''Film/JonahHex2010'': Jonah has dual-wielded crossbows that shot sticks of dynamite! And horse-mounted [[GatlingGood Gatling guns]]! |
| 168 | * ''Film/{{Krull}}'' has the Glaive, a telekinetic ninja star with retractable blades. The RealLife weapon of that name is a type of polearm. However thanks to this film, anytime the word "glaive" is used, most people just think of this film's version of it, instead of the actual polearm. |
| 169 | * ''Film/MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine'': The infamous Flying Guillotine. Drop the basket on someone's head, pull the chain, and it's OffWithHisHead. |
| 170 | * The villain of ''Film/{{Phantasm}}'', the Tall Man, uses flying killer spheres to take out his enemies. They fly at you, stick into your head with twin blades that pop out, then they kill you by [[ThisIsADrill drilling into your brain]], with the blood exiting through a hole in the back. And then there's the Golden Spheres that have the aforementioned extras, ''additional buzz-saw blades'', ''[[EnergyWeapon LASERS]]'', and can either possess people ''or turn into them''. There's also Reggie's four-barreled shotgun, which he made himself by putting together two flip-open dual-barreled hunting shotguns in the second movie, and [[IconicItem has continued using in all movies since]]. |
| 171 | * ''Film/SororityRow'' has the villain using a lug wrench with innumerable blades jutting out of it. |
| 172 | * Most of the built-in weapons used during the Casa Cristo Classic in ''Film/SpeedRacer''. |
| 173 | * Whatever the hell [[Creator/SamuelLJackson The Octopus]] was using at the end of [[Creator/FrankMiller Frank goddamn Miller's]] ''Film/TheSpirit''. |
| 174 | * The [[LaserBlade lightsabers]] from ''Franchise/StarWars''. Most frequent users, such as the Jedi and Sith orders, are essentially mystical psychics. The fact that they're telepathic, telekinetic, precognitive, and generally enhanced is meant to justify their usage of a weapon that'll kill you if you bump into someone. |
| 175 | ** [[DarkActionGirl Asajj Ventress]] has been known to use paired lightsabers connected by a cable from time to time. |
| 176 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' Pre Vizsla wields the Darksaber, a [[BlackSwordsAreBetter black-bladed]], [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] looted from the Jedi Temple centuries ago by one of his [[AncestralWeapon ancestors]]. |
| 177 | ** There's also the double-bladed lightsaber, wielded by such characters as Darth Maul and Exar Kun. Especially interesting because its impossibly cool even compared to other lightsabers. It's hard to use, ridiculously dangerous, and not very useful. But, because no one ever uses it, no one knows how to defend against it, so it's actually a superior weapon. Crazy. |
| 178 | ** The Inquisitors of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' one-up that with ''spinning'' double sabers that also function as personal helicopters. |
| 179 | ** And what's even more impossibly cool than an impossibly cool weapon? [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cortosis_blade A weapon]] that ''disables'' that weapon. |
| 180 | ** "Lightwhips" are introduced in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse; despite the name, they're not lightsaber-whips, they're electrified whips that can withstand a lightsaber's blade. Except for the ones that ''are'' lightsaber-whips. Confused yet? |
| 181 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'', Maris Brood uses a pair of lightsaber ''tonfas''. |
| 182 | ** Also, the Death Star. Okay, [[MoralEventHorizon mass murder is not cool]], but it still looks impressive. |
| 183 | ** ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'' introduces the blastsword, signature weapon of the Adumari. It's pretty much what it sounds like. |
| 184 | --->'''Wes:''' So it's like a blaster you have to hit someone with. I have to have one.\ |
| 185 | '''Tycho:''' Don't give him a new kind of weapon! It would be like giving a lightsaber to a two-year-old! |
| 186 | ** Chewbacca's "bowcaster," a cross between a laser gun and a ''crossbow.'' Or something like that. Looks really cool, and requires a bandoleer for some reason. It uses a magnetic field instead of a string to fire a metal slug at hypersonic speed like a Gauss Rifle and adds ionized plasma gas for armor-piercing capability. |
| 187 | ** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' introduces a riot control tonfa - an electric tonfa resistant to lightsabers and delivering a painful electric shock. The stormtrooper wielding it obviously had training with it, handing Finn (wielding a lightsaber, but being completely untrained in melee combat) his ass easily. |
| 188 | *** On a related note, ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' also introduces the cross-guard lightsaber, in which the cross-guards are mini plasma blades that can both protect the users hands and cut into an opponent. Strangely, these kinds of lightsabers are rare in this franchise, despite being [[BoringButPractical more practical weapons]]. |
| 189 | * In ''Film/TronLegacy'', the discs are no longer neon Frisbees but awesome laser buzzsaw-chakrams that can be used in close-combat and can be thrown. |
| 190 | ** And are still really something like process ID codes. Evidently, this is what happens when a video game designer's [[FisherKing running the system]]. |
| 191 | * Inverted Weapons in ''Film/{{Tenet}}''. While actually being typical guns and other ordnance that have been Temporally Inverted, the unique visual of bullet holes reforming into undamaged walls, sending a bullet flying back into the gun, is as Impossible and Cool as it sounds. If the user is Inverted, they will of course percieve the gun functioning as normal, but non-Inverted characters are also shown to be able to catch Inverted bullets at several points. And that's not even getting into the mind-bending effects of Inverted injuries. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Gamebooks]] |
| 195 | * ''Literature/WizardsWarriorsAndYou'': Among the weapons the titular Warrior can choose in this series by Creator/RLStine, is the Triple Crossbow. The Triple Crossbow is shaped like an upside-down Mercedes symbol with 2 extra bolt slots pointing about 40 degrees away from the centre and can shoot bolts in 3 different directions as a mob control weapon. It should be an impractical weapon, but is actually one of the best choices for the Warrior and is a life-saver on many occasions. |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 199 | * Detritus's "Piecemaker" crossbow in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Detritus is a massive [[Main/AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] made of [[RockMonster living stone]] and uses a 'crossbow' that was originally a wagon-mounted siege weapon that fired a six-foot iron bolt used to knock down doors. Later, Detritus started firing bundles of normal crossbow bolts tied together with some string, which breaks apart immediately after firing (the string ''and'' the bolts), blotting out the sun. The much smaller bolts are fired with such velocity that they actually [[ArrowsOnFire catch on fire]] from air friction. |
| 200 | ** Whenever Detritus pulls this out, everybody stands behind him. ''Everybody.'' Those who don't are Not Very Lucky. |
| 201 | ** "When mister safety-catch is not on, mister cross-bow is not your friend." |
| 202 | ** When first firing it at the testing range, it took out the target, the targets on either side of the target, the earth behind the target, the ground, and a passing bird that was directly ''above'' Detritus when he pulled the trigger. |
| 203 | * Also from Discworld, Death's scythe. In one novel, Bill Door makes a replacement which gets sharpened on an increasingly-fine array of strops, including linen, silk, cobwebs, and eventually ''sunlight''. It's so sharp that the edge glows faintly blue from air molecules bumping into it and getting cut in half. |
| 204 | ** It's so sharp it ''cuts the words on the page'' in half |
| 205 | ** The various war machines designed by Creator/LeonardoDaVinci {{expy}} [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Leonard da Quirm]] half-qualify. The reason why he is not allowed outside -- and the entire plot of ''Literature/MenAtArms'' -- is that, since he is a genius, his weapons are quite often not impossible enough. |
| 206 | * ''Literature/HeraldsofRhimn'' has Brightfate, a sunlit sword bloodforged by the sun god Gardhe himself. It radiates sunlight, burns, and absorbs the souls of those it kills to fuel its enchantment — and as if that wasn’t enough, if you kill a Herald with it, it will also kill the god they’re bound to. |
| 207 | * ''Literature/TheNightLand'' and ''Literature/AwakeInTheNightLand'' have the [[http://i.imgur.com/bai6cCd.jpg Diskos]]. They are tuned to the soul of their user and cannot be used by anybody else. On top of that, they can selectively hurt only monsters and not humans. |
| 208 | * Neal Asher's ''[[Literature/ThePolity Gridlinked]]'' introduces us to Tenkian weapons, named after their designer. They're mostly low-tech thrown weapons, but with an AI embedded into them to aid in aiming and targeting. |
| 209 | ** [[TheDragon Main villain minion John Stanton]] gets a throwing knife that can be called up into his hand with a flick of his wrist; the character he gets it from says the AI will keep it from slicing his fingers off as he does so. |
| 210 | ** The protagonist, Ian Cormac, has a shuriken that works on similar principles, but that can also expand up to 25cm across. (About the size of your average table saw blade.) |
| 211 | * The title character of the ''Literature/{{Sten}}'' series has a knife sharp enough to cut a diamond by the weight of the blade, fitted perfectly to his grip in a sheath installed ''inside his arm''. It's described as having a wrist muscle redirected to hold the sheath closed, and will drop the knife into his hand whenever he needs it. |
| 212 | * Damoren, the revolver of Matt Hollis in Creator/RagnarokPublications' ''Literature/{{Valducan}}'' is a holy revolver with a swordblade [[KilledOffForReal which can kill demons permanently]] but which only fires silver ammunition. It can also choose ''not'' to fire when it's unhappy with its wielder. |
| 213 | * In Stuart Hopen's ''Warp Angel'', there are acid swords. The hilt projects a force field which contains and shapes a quantity of extremely corrosive acid into a "blade". This is an extremely dangerous weapon, capable of doing horrific damage to enemies and wielders alike. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 217 | * Series/{{Angel}}'s sleeve stakes and Wesley's arm [[BuffySpeak sword thingy]]. |
| 218 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 219 | ** Buffy has her Slayer Scythe, a multi-purpose superweapon that only the Slayer can use, and is basically Vampire kryptonite. |
| 220 | ** There is also Olaf the Troll God's Hammer, said to contain his godly power. Buffy used it to pound a previously thought invulnerable godlike entity into submission. |
| 221 | * ''Series/Danger5:'' In "Diamond Girls", the nuns who break into the World Bank have crucifixes that can shoot ammo. |
| 222 | * The natives of the fantasy dimension from season 2 of ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' do battle using bladed weapons that are essentially ''giant scissors''. |
| 223 | * The Master's laser screwdriver from ''Series/DoctorWho''. The laser screwdriver is a deadlier form of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver and a weapon that shoots out a laser beam that kills instantly and can rapidly age victims whose DNA it possesses. |
| 224 | ** Prior to this, he always used a [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrink ray]] called a Tissue Compression Eliminator. It didn't shrink you neatly, it ''compressed'' (that is, ''crushed)'' your tissues down to the size of a doll, so it was quite lethal, and left a teeny-tiny corpse. Regrettably, the show never addressed the fact that the doll-corpses should have been very ''heavy...'' But, eh, so what? RuleOfCool. |
| 225 | * ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': D'argo's Qualta Blade is a sword that works as a pulse rifle. Two weapons for the price of one! |
| 226 | * Walter practically mentions the trope by name in reference to an anti-gravity pistol in the series finale of ''Series/{{Fringe}}''. |
| 227 | -->'''Walter Bishop:''' If you shoot an Observer with this, they'll float away.\ |
| 228 | '''Peter Bishop:''' Why would we want them to float away?\ |
| 229 | '''Walter Bishop:''' Because it's cool. |
| 230 | * On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', the Dothraki use a wicked-looking sickle-sword called an arakh. The sword's curved blade with sharpened outer edge is similar to other cavalry swords, though the sword itself looks more literally like a sickle, with a straight shaft that suddenly bends into a moon crescent blade partway up, making it look similar to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khopesh khopesh]]. |
| 231 | * Series/{{House}} (yes, [[DrJerk that House]]) has a cane that transforms into an axe and a shotgun. Okay, it is just in a dream of his, but it is still impossibly cool. |
| 232 | * ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' has the chakram, a {{precision guided|Boomerang}} [[RingsOfDeath frisbee of death]] that can defeat entire armies. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakram It actually existed]], although it lacked the ability to cut through multiple people at the same time. Probably. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Multiple]] |
| 236 | * Any variation of a shuriken that is [[FuumaShuriken larger than the user's own body]], especially the "pinwheel" types with a cross-grip in the middle. This kind of shuriken tends to [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang come back to the user]], often striking several foes at once. |
| 237 | * Any and all HumongousMecha. Tanks: acceptable, Walking Tanks: Possible, although with limited applications. Humanoid Tanks the size of skyscrapers: RuleOfCool. |
| 238 | * A sort of shovel-tipped longsword shows up in various places. It looks cool but is totally useless as a real-world weapon: the broad point prevents stabbing attacks from doing much damage, and it throws off the balance, making slashing attacks difficult. Existed in real life, but as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioner%27s_sword a very specific tool for execution]], not a weapon of war or for fighting. |
| 239 | ** The greatswords in ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}''. |
| 240 | ** Vyse's Dream Cutlass in ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''. |
| 241 | ** Some of the longswords in ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''. |
| 242 | ** Odin's sword in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''. |
| 243 | ** In one of the ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' novels, Lina and Gourry are attacked by a group of battle homunculi wielding executioner's swords. Presumably in a similar fashion to meat cleavers. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 247 | * Music/TheArrogantWorms ''Let There Be Guns'' gave us this description: ''"super-duper-automatic weapon with a CD-ROM drive, and a big old hard drive, and a big guitar amp so I can play [=BTO=]s..."'' And it's only a start of it, there's also mention of it shooting a little nerf rockets among other things. |
| 248 | * Music/{{Gloryhammer}}'s second album, ''Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards'' contains two examples where you have to ask what that's even supposed to mean: |
| 249 | ** The "Crystal Laser Battle Axe" of the Astral Dwarves of Aberdeen. |
| 250 | ** The Astral Hammer, "forged in the heart of the celestial fire" and "powered by lasers entwined in a star." |
| 251 | * Fans of Music/TheProtomen wield the most intimidating weapon of all time: The chamethrawer, a chainsaw with a flamethrower attached to it. |
| 252 | * If you're gonna hunt a "Turdy Point Buck" you'd best pack [[ICallItVera Betty Lou]]: A combination AK-57-Uzi-radar-laser-triple-barrel-double-scoped-heat-seekin'-shotgun. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:Pinballs]] |
| 256 | * The Glave from ''Pinball/{{Krull}},'' a telekinetically-controlled throwing star with retractable blades. |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 260 | * In Pathfinder 2E, the inventor class can make their innovation subclass a weapon. Literally any combination of options will inevitably become this trope. |
| 261 | * ''1001 Science Fiction Weapons'' for D20, as the name might suggest, has so many weapons that a few of these end up appearing, including an entire section on weaponised yo-yos, a bladed staff with a circular saw at either end[[note]] well, most of the powered saw weapons in general, really[[/note]], and a cannon which fires circular saw blades. If someone even has one, clearly they have issues. And now is not a good time to discuss them. |
| 262 | * ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' artwork has a good share of them (many are swords), that double as {{Cool|ButInefficient}} [[CoolSword Sword]]s as well as BFS and require a good deal of ImplausibleFencingPowers to wield them. The ''Angelus'', gripped by [[CrystalDragonJesus Abel]], may be the best example being huge and ornamented with feathered wings. |
| 263 | * As a roleplay set in the world of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', ''Roleplay/Bay12RWBYRoleplay'' is full of these, including Maeve's [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman Shadow Weave]] and Emeril's [[{{BFG}} Pan]][[BladeBelowTheShoulder th]][[WolverineClaws er]]. |
| 264 | * From ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' the double axe, the two-bladed sword, the spiked chain, and ''especially'' the dire flail. |
| 265 | * The Valaes Tairn elves in ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' favour a double-bladed scimitar. Despite the inherent impracticality of this weapon, the Valaes Tairn pull it off, possibly because they're badass [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elf]] ProudWarriorRace guys who will kill you if you point this out. |
| 266 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a fascinating variety of impossible yet awesome weapons. These range from the comparatively mundane (daiklaves, which are {{BFS}}'s that would make Sephiroth jealous), to the slightly less plausible (the infinite jade chakram, which produces duplicates so you never have to actually throw it), to the straight-out absurd ([[ChainsawGood gyroscopic chakrams]], which are ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield as designed by [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams]]). Any and all of this can be justified with magic. The kicker, however, is the Grand Goremaul. Imagine the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Megaton Hammer]] tripled in size. In order to wield it, you need to use as much magical power as it would take to nuke a city, and also have a Strength of at least 4-one step below human maximum. |
| 267 | * The artifact sword named Demonhealer from ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Dungeon Fantasy'' doesn't have a blade so much as it has a hole in reality that happens to be in the shape of a blade. |
| 268 | * Several weapons in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' could count, but [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227302 Worldslayer]] takes the cake. It's a sword that, on impact, '''[[ApocalypseHow destroys the world.]]''' |
| 269 | * Most ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' weapons fit this trope. The weakest weapon in the setting is a laser gun which can blow the arm clean off [[PunyEarthlings an unarmoured normal,]] and they just get {{bigger|IsBetter}}, [[SerialEscalation and more awesome from there.]] For instance, the Ork gun which fires Snotlings THROUGH HELL into the target's brain. Chainsaw swords (and chainsaw fists). Demon-powered swords. RazorFloss cannons. Weaponised cutting torches which can shoot through tank armour. Molecule-thick shuriken shooters. Guns which fire needles of frozen poison. And so forth. And let's not forget that virtually all of the setting's weapons have versions which can be mounted to HumongousMecha. And then, there's the Tyranids and their organic weapons systems... |
| 270 | ** Don't forget the eponymous Bolter, which is basically a rapid-fire RPG in assault rifle form. Also comes in pistol size, to be wielded alongside the aforementioned chainsaw swords. |
| 271 | * Bauhaus [[XtremeKoolLetterz Jungle Kommandos]] from ''VideoGame/WarZone''[='=]s Tabletop Wargame use [[{{BFG}} Big Freakin']] {{Gatling|Good}} [[SawedOffShotgun Shotguns]] with [[MoreDakka two sets of barrels]]. Whoever gets hit by THAT, is in a world of hurt. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 275 | * ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' has a ton of these, with most of their impossibly cool status deriving from a combination of [[{{BFS}} size]] and ornateness. Some of the most notable ones are: |
| 276 | ** Tahu's magma swords. He had a FlamingSword, but that got replaced by a ''pair'' of flaming broadswords that double as a surfboard. |
| 277 | ** Onua Nuva's quake breakers. They are effectively a pair of chainsaws that can cut through rock and double as rollerblades. |
| 278 | ** Nuju Metru's crystal spikes. [[http://biosector01.com/wiki/images/5/57/Ice_Spike_Movie.png Just look at 'em!]] |
| 279 | ** About all the Piraka weapons, especially since they are multifunctional. |
| 280 | ** Jaller's Sword a ''{{Flaming|Sword}} LaserBlade'' that also comes with ''lightning''. Yes, ''A flaming lightning sword made of lasers''. Heck, every single weapon used by the Inika are basically "Lightning-infused [[PhotoprotoneutronTorpedo Plasma, Laser, or similar]]" Weapon that's dual-wielded with a rapid-fire version of the regular Zamor Launcher used by the Piraka. |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 284 | * ''Videogame/AloneInTheDarkTheNewNightmare'' had a triple-barreled shotgun and a double-barreled revolver. |
| 285 | * ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'', the spiritual sequel to VideoGame/MadWorld, has an even more insane selection of weapons. This includes lightsabers on all limbs, a mechanical snowflake that contains freezing tracking missiles, and a whip that transforms into a spiky club. Jack's arm also now has ''two'' chainsaws in it. |
| 286 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' has, well, nearly every damn weapon of the game. |
| 287 | ** To list, normal handguns and shotguns, a demonic katana, a whip that's actually a snake demon, a pair of claws that can switch between fire and lightning modes, ice skates, rocket launcher tonfa, laser pistols, gun-chucks, a lightsaber, and rings which turn into every angelic weapon in the game. Did we mention that those guns, shotguns, bazookas and laser pistols come in sets of four, are all wielded at the same time and that two of each set are attached to the ''heels''? |
| 288 | ** ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' adds plant based double whips (Alruna), demonic scythe that shoots its own blades (Chernobog), gigantic thunder hammer (Takemikazuchi), living bow that shoots poisonous bugs (Kafka), bellows that shoot out streams of ice or fire (Undine) and a Chain-Chomp on a flail. |
| 289 | ** ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'' continues the tradition with an arsenal that includes, but isn't limited to, bladed yo-yos, massive chainsaws and a [[MixAndMatchWeapon club/rifle hybrid]]. |
| 290 | * Ragna The Bloodedge's sword in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', the Blood-Scythe, looks more like a slab of metal in the shape of a cleaver than a sword, it has a cylinder and a trigger which makes the blade slide forth along an extender, turning it into a blunt scythe, and from that form it can fold back the blade and produce a much larger energy scythe. It also [[YourSoulIsMine eats the soul]] of anyone slashed with it. |
| 291 | ** It should also be noted that while cool weapons abound in the game's 'verse, most of them are sorted into a two categories; [[{{Magitek}} Ars Armagus]] and [[EvilWeapon Nox Nyctores]]. The Blood Scythe is neither... In fact, considering the [[GroundhogDayLoop time loops]] that have resulted in Ragna inheriting the weapon from his future, time-displaced self, the weapon's existence itself is a paradox. |
| 292 | * ''{{VideoGame/Bloodborne}}'' has Trick Weapons, which are psuedo-realistic {{Morph Weapon}}s. |
| 293 | ** [[BifurcatedWeapon A shortsword that splits into two daggers]]. |
| 294 | ** A [[CaneFu metal cane]] that unfolds into a [[WhipSword serrated whip]]. |
| 295 | ** A foldable scythe with a giant curved sword for a detachable blade. |
| 296 | ** Two longswords that can be [[SheathStrike inserted into their enormous metal sheaths]] to create a greatsword or a greathammer. |
| 297 | ** A mace that can charge itself with electricity. |
| 298 | ** Another mace that you can merge and grow with your blood by ''impaling yourself''. |
| 299 | ** A metal club that can be attached to a pair of huge circular saws to create a ''motorized'' circular saw-axe. |
| 300 | ** A scimitar which unfolds into a bow. |
| 301 | ** A hammer with a miniature furnace in the head that explodes when charged. |
| 302 | ** The still alive and sentient severed arm of an EldritchAbomination which can be swung like a giant club or simply held out in front of the wielder and left to its own devices, attacking enemies with its scythe-like hand. |
| 303 | ** An adorable alien parasite that does little more than act as a magic charm for your fists - until you infest yourself with Lumenwood, turning it into a plethora of insane attack tentacles that summon magic attacks by ''crushing your skeleton''. |
| 304 | * ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' has a plethora of guns that, at best, simply should not work as well as they do and, at worst, violate the laws of physics. Some prime examples include a shotgun that ''fires rockets'' and several special weapons that replenish their own ammo supply from nothing. |
| 305 | ** In the first game, the basic Psycho enemy uses a handweapon that is basically an axe with a circular saw for a blade. Dr. Ned from the first DLC also uses it. |
| 306 | ** Torgue guns, all of them shoots explosive rounds. This includes: pistols, assault rifles, shotguns, [=SMGs=] and even sniper rifles. The Assault on Dragon Keep DLC ups the ante with the SWORDSPLOSION!!! shotgun, which fires swords that explode. Into three smaller swords. Which also explode. Even better if you manage to get the coveted 'Casual' prefix, which causes the gun to shoot ''three'' swords that explode into '''nine smaller swords that then also explode''', carpeting the battlefield in explosions, or, even better, detonating right in the face of the enemy you originally shot at, making it a nearly OneHitKill on all but the most badass. It's one of most powerful weapons in the game. |
| 307 | ** Tediore guns, which EXPLODE if you throw them, has [=SMGs=] that shoots like a bouncing betty. Even better, Tediore rocket launchers go blasting off when they're empty, thus becoming rockets themselves! |
| 308 | ** Jakobs may be the only serious-business manufacturer of the whole lot -- [[SimpleYetAwesome but that doesn't mean in the least bit their guns are any less cool]], as they make up for it with exquisite craftsmanship, [[BlingBlingBang their high tier guns being made with ivory, gold, silver, precious wood and finely crafted details]], and usually having the best accuracy and damage-per-shot of the game. They do have a few eccentric guns though -- such as shotgun revolvers, assault rifles that fire cannonballs (they function like a grenade launcher), an assault rifle that's essentially a poor man's sniper rifle, a sniper rifle that fires six bullets like a shotgun, and a shotgun that fires electric tornadoes. |
| 309 | ** Hyperion guns, GOLDEN guns with a futuristic design, loads bullets mechanically and increases accuracy the more you fire. |
| 310 | ** Maliwan guns, which don't even use regular bullets -- they use instead battery packs, and shoot pure elemental energy. |
| 311 | ** Vladof, high priest of the Church of MoreDakka, gives us their special rotating [[GatlingGood gatling-style]] barrel for pistols, assault rifles and sniper rifles. Unsurprisingly, Vladof guns with these have an extremely high rate of fire (only beat out by Jakobs, though that's because none of them are full-auto and can shoot as fast as you can mash the fire button). Their sniper rifles have the fire rate of an assault rifle with no accuracy loss, and are only held back from being total killing machines by the sniper rifle's comparatively small ammo pool. Heck, their more pedestrian variant of assault rifle muzzle has two barrels, unlike any other manufacturer. |
| 312 | ** Atlas in ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' now features guns with homing bullets -- you paint your target with a tracker dart, and all your normal bullets will [[{{Roboteching}} bend sharply]] towards your target. They look like impossibly super modern defense industry prototypes, and feature all kinds of gimmicks such as holographic displays or automatic reload mechanisms. |
| 313 | * Neo Cortex's ray gun as well as N. Tropy's tuning fork, both from the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series. |
| 314 | * Hayden's Glaive from ''VideoGame/DarkSector'', you can even use the Platform/{{P|laystation3}}S3 motion control to use it sometimes. (Though it's damn hard.) |
| 315 | ** The weapon makes a return in the game's SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', along with a whole class of similarly behaving weapons. |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' features the {{Samurai}} {{Superboss}} known as Sir Alonne, who wields a {{katana|sAreJustBetter}} [[{{BFS}} as long as he is tall]] (and he's way larger than the PlayerCharacter). This katana has the distinction of being a classical depiction of a ''zanbato'', combining an extra large handle and a lengthy blade, which makes it only practical for two-handing it. On top of that, it can power itself with Abyss magic by [[BloodMagic absorbing the blood]] of [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice whoever it pierces]]. |
| 317 | * ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' is a general parody of the ZombieApocalypse genre in general, with incredible superweapons that shouldn't be capable of mowing through zombies, let alone function off Macguyvered scrap. From Dead Rising 2 onwards you can combine weapons to create new ones, and the results get more cartoonish as the series goes on. Examples include (but are not limited to) lightsabers, ''working megabusters'', beer hats, chainsaw motorcycles, chainsaw ''daggers'', flaming fireball-throwing scythes, steamroller motorcycles, fireworks skewer launchers, Elemental staves (powered by ''batteries'' and ''traffic lights''), dildo launchers, angry robot bears with [=LMGs=], candy cane crossbows, zombie slingshot trucks, and all the way up to power armor that lets you create localized blizzards or tornadoes in front of you. |
| 318 | * The Javelin from ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' is a pneumatic spear gun. As if shooting mutated corpses with spears wasn't already cool enough, its alternative fire mode causes the last spear you fired to emit an electrical storm. Powerful, and useful for mopping up many smaller, weaker necromorphs such as The Pack. Even more awesome than that, once you upgrade the Javelin sufficiently enough, its alt fire mode now causes the spear to EXPLODE after the electrical charge in it runs out. |
| 319 | * ''Dead Target'' from VNG Game Studios has a number of real-life weapons and the outright Sci-Fi examples of [[TheFuture 2040 A.D. technology]], but the most impossibly cool weapon is the new Pinwheel Cracker. This incredibly busy example of 2040 firearms is equal parts whimsy and incredible firepower. A gun with a giant pinwheel that has a rack of six smaller pinwheels right behind. Shooting causes the first pinwheel to launch and it's a giant buzzsaw that sucks enemies into its whirling blades, this first pinwheel is also a giant timebomb that hits a wide area for tremendous damage and then launches some fireworks. Press the trigger again and the Pinwheel Cracker launches a salvo of the 6 smaller pinwheels which are fairly potent explosives shells. The moment that salvo launches then the remaining frame falls off and is revealed to be a [[SpiderTank spider robot]] that's a kamikaze drone which tracks and chases enemies down before acting its powerful proximity bomb. The Pinwheel Cracker can also be used as a powerful melee weapon that shreds enemies that come too close to your front. |
| 320 | * The ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' 'verse has many: |
| 321 | ** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' you get Nevan, a frickin' electric guitar '''scythe''' that shoots out purple lightning and bats. And which used to be a massively hot [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]]. And before that, Cerberus, a three-sectioned nunchaku made of ice. |
| 322 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' has Pandora's Box, a demonic firearm manifesting as a {{briefcase|Blaster}} capable of {{morph|Weapon}}ing into a variety of heavy weapons. A [[NumberOfTheBeast crapload]] of forms and they're all awesome. Also Lucifer -- [[RealMenWearPink bright pink]] [[MadeOfExplodium exploding]] {{energy|Weapon}} [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice spears]], anyone? |
| 323 | ** On the slightly more mundane (but still strange) front, we have the weapons of the Order: a sort of revved-up flame/vibro-sword for Alto Angelos (and Nero), and the equally insane ''rocket-powered lance'' wielded by the Bianco Angelo armor suits for jet-propelled lunges. |
| 324 | ** ''Videogame/DMCDevilMayCry'' reworks Dante's Rebellion sword into a weapon with multiple forms. Its default form is still a sword, but it can turn into a set of shurikens and a scythe (for his angelic side), a pair of fists and a heavy axe (for his demonic side), and a GrapplingHookPistol (for both sides). |
| 325 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' cranks up the insane awesomeness, even for this series. Nero's new Devil Breaker that replaces his Devil Bringer arm can stop time, function as a SwissArmyWeapon complete with grappling hook that he can then chain into a powerbomb on unfortunate demons; and ''can be fired away and surfed on.'' Dante, never one to be outdone in his own series, gets a demonic motorcycle that's a functioning and usable ''devil arm. As dual chainsaws''. |
| 326 | * Kaptain K Rool's blunderbuss in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''. It can fire cannonballs, sure, but it can also... suck in objects, fire spiky mines, fire mines that bounce across the screen, fire mines that rotate and fly around, sometimes in pairs, fire barrels that rotate and fly around, be used as a sort of engine, fire gasses that freeze Kongs in place, reverse the controls and slow them down, and it even manages to turn K Rool invisible. |
| 327 | * The ''VideoGame/RussianOverkill'' mod for ''VideoGame/DoomII'' has giving you these as its modus operandi. Also counts as AwesomeYetImpractical, because saying some of these are portable nuke launchers, and that you can easily kill youself with them without God Mode on, is, in no way, hyperbole. |
| 328 | * In addition to chainswords, ''VideoGame/DotHackGu'' has Azure Kite's weird triple-bladed swords. They look like they'd be hard to handle with just two arms, but hey. Slightly justified by characters in ''.Hack'' being virtual avatars in a game being controlled by players at a computer. So the laws of physics and coordination need not necessarily apply. Furthermore Azure Kite himself is an A.I. in the system, so they definitely don't apply to him. |
| 329 | * ''Videogame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' has waaaay too many to list, what with the massive amounts of weaponry that is either a reference, amusingly weird, or both. But some examples are a dagger that looks more like a metal bush, because the blade branches and branches until every tip's a single atom sharp, and thus stabs a zillion times each thrust, a seriously big pole with six axe blades, three on each end stacked vertically, making for something like a macahuitl made of axes, a double-chainaxe with two running edges at the front, which sometimes swings itself at foes for an extra blow, and a quadruple razor sword, like a giant's shaving tool which you swing around without the plastic clutter, "for when you really, really, really, really need to be sure". That's just the ''start'', by the way. |
| 330 | * ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' lives in this trope. It has t-shirt cannons, t-shirt cannons that fire poison shirts, a unicorn horn that fires a rainbow laser and plays music, a demon's head that shoots a fire beam, a wood beam that is exactly what it says; a piece of wood that grows to the length of the room you're in and lets you smack enemies with a melee weapon at a gun's range, a baseball bat that returns bullets to the shooter, a gun that looks like two brick cubes stuck together that fires [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros turtle shells]], a [[VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy block of meat]] that fires saw blades, a lower-case r that fires the word 'bullet' one letter at a time that when upgraded with explosive bullets fires the words 'boom', 'explosion' and 'rocket', and a bullet that shoots guns that shoot bullets. You heard me. |
| 331 | * ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIVLegendsOfTheTitan'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyNexus'' have Drive Blades, which are [[{{BFS}} huge blades]] that are used by the Imperial class and motorized to inflict a massive amount of damage to the enemy in one swing. The only downside is that using them will lead to a necessary cooldown period to attack with the again, though upgrading certain skills will reduce that time. |
| 332 | * ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'': |
| 333 | ** The earlier games have the Super Sledgehammer, a giant sledgehammer with a rocket built into the head. Start it swinging and press the button and foosh! It's capable of knocking someone down and sliding them literally a full city block. |
| 334 | ** The [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fantasy_Ball Fantasy Ball]] from ''VideoGame/FalloutTacticsBrotherhoodOfSteel''. Sole possible explanation for its existence: designed to weird the hell out of anyone in sight, thus compelling target to waive Agility bonus. |
| 335 | ** ''Fallout Tactics'' also has a weapon called the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin punch gun]]. |
| 336 | ** Some craftable weapons from ''VideoGame/Fallout3''; namely, the Railway Rifle. It's a steam-powered cannon that launches railway spikes with such force that a kill instantly dismembers and pins the affected limb to the nearest hard surface behind the target. And as an extra, firing the weapon produces a train whistle. |
| 337 | ** The Rock-It Launcher. Anything that can turn stuffed animals into insta-gibbing projectiles is automatically awesome. |
| 338 | ** The Ballistic Fist from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is a shotgun welded to the top of gauntlet, with a pressure pad as a trigger. It is also [[RuleOfCool the most damaging unarmed weapon in the game]]. |
| 339 | ** Thanks to the Gun-Runner's Arsenal content pack, we now have the Ballistic Fist's big brother, named 'Two-Step Goodbye': killing shots implant a ''live grenade'' in the target. |
| 340 | * ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' has a few of these. One of which is a pistol-sized, automatic crossbow that fires silent bolts from a helical magazine. Another, offered as part of a {{D|ownloadableContent}}LC, created by resident lunatic [[BloodKnight Hurk]] is a hand-held version of a harpoon gun normally mounted on the bows of whaling ships. Yet another is...a humble chunk of meat. When thrown, said chunk of meat [[TheBeastmaster nearly instantly summons nasty predators to kill enemies for you]]. |
| 341 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' features Ea, The Sword Of Rupture, Gilgamesh´s [[SpectacularSpinning drill]][[CoolSword sword]] and the single most powerful weapon in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, which comes from it´s ability to rotate so fast that it literally breaks the world around it apart, destroying anything in the vague direction it´s pointed at, including [[EarthShatteringKaboom the world itself if it´s given enough time to charge]]. Even at an absolutely minimum of it´s power it can easily overpower Saber´s Excalibur, [[TheWorfEffect the supposedly strongest sword]]. On top of all that,[[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/3/3f/Ea.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/106?cb=20130607093800 it looks fucking awesome.]] |
| 342 | * Gunblades in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' are a cross between {{BFG}}s, {{BFS}}s, and {{Vibroweapon}}s. Unlike most examples, the impossibility is acknowledged in-universe - it's so difficult to master that only the most dedicated soldiers can hope to use it. In-universe, it's speculated that the main character, Squall, uses it ''[[{{Determinator}} because]]'' it's so difficult to learn how. |
| 343 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' seems to be made of this trope, along with a reappearance of the aforementioned Gunblade, we're also introduced to [[DualWielding Twin]] {{Guns|Akimbo}} that combine into an [[BifurcatedWeapon Assault Rifle]], a Giant Folding BattleBoomerang, a [[DoubleWeapon Double-Ended]] spear that breaks apart into a Three-Segmented Nunchaku, and some sort of... Staff-whip [[ImprobableWeaponUser Fishing Pole]]... thing. |
| 344 | ** This Gunblade is different from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'''s in that it transforms into a sword or gun, but not both at the same time. Also, it uses bullets instead of vibration when fired. |
| 345 | * A tradition of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity+1 Swords]] of the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' franchise: |
| 346 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' features Armads, Durandal, and Sol Katti (Armads being a gigantic thunder axe which causes tremors when it touches the ground, Durandal a gigantic sword of "sacred fire", and Sol Katti just a really long katana). |
| 347 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' has Eckesachs, Zephiel's [[MorphWeapon sword/trident]], which he uses just as a sword, in addition to the aforementioned Durandal and Armads. |
| 348 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' features Ragnell and Alondite, a twin pair of holy {{BFS}}s once dual-wielded ''by a slim, petite LadyOfWar''. |
| 349 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has the Omega Yato, otherwise known as the [[spoiler:Fire Emblem]], which you only get [[spoiler:near the end of the GoldenPath.]] It's a flaming chainsaw-sword fusion with the power to [[spoiler:kill a god, which you then proceed to do so with]]. |
| 350 | * ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'': The Lancer, a Chainsaw-Machine Gun hybrid. For buyers of the Limited Edition of ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar2'', it comes in a ''[[RuleOfCool solid gold]]'' variety. |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gift|2001}}'': The Shadow Gun. It should be armed at shadows of enemies or objects. Somewhat downplayed since it only freezes enemies and doesn't kill. |
| 352 | * ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. Swords. On retractable chains! [[FlamingSword That CATCH FIRE when you fling them around!]] And Kratos dual-wields them. |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' has "The Dreamer" a legenday bow that looks like a butterfly wing forged into a bow... And shoots ''Rainbow trailing unicorns''. |
| 354 | * [[AntiHero Sol Badguy]]'s sword in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': ''Xrd'', the "Junkyard Dog Mk. III", looks like a giant gas lighter, has a small motor built into the grip, and apparently loads incendiary shells that imbue the sword with fire elemental attacks. [[spoiler:It's just a protective casing for Sol's trusty old Fireseal sword, which slides back and opens up like a dragon's maw and then unleashes the blade's monstrous power on his hapless opponent during his Instant Kill.]] |
| 355 | * ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'': |
| 356 | ** One of the playable characters, [[{{Yandere}} Kai]], had a HUGE crossbow that fired like a Gatling gun. It also had unlimited ammo and had arrows that could actually be guided directly into an enemy's skull from a kilometer away. |
| 357 | ** The titular Heavenly Sword was also fairly cool, a pair of curvy ornate swords that could also be attached together into one big powerful two handed sword or strung out on chains and whipped around for ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' style long range attacks. |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/HellgateLondon'' is full of these. Every weapon the Cabalists can use is one, notably ones that shoot bees or tentacles. The Hunters get more conventional firearms, but even they can play with a rifle that fires electrified spinning sawblades that explode. |
| 359 | * The XADA Destroyer from ''VideoGame/{{Implosion}}'' shoots stationary spinning discs with lasers that can kill all but the strongest monsters who wander into their radius, but ignore your [=WarMech=]. It's so powerful its ammo is limited to three shots. Runner-up would be the Singularity Gun, which shoots ''black holes'' and is limited to 8 shots. Earning enough badges unlocks the unlimited versions of these weapons. |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/JetForceGemini'' gives each of your characters their own ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill tri-rocket launcher]]'' [[DiscOneNuke relatively early in the game.]] |
| 361 | * Parodied by ''many'' ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' weapons, most blatantly with the Ridiculously Overelaborate Ninja Weapon, which grants a +15% chance of landing a critical hit, and a ''+200%'' chance of fumbling. |
| 362 | -->Well, it's definitely a weapon of some sort. It consists of four long blades, three wooden poles, six steel chains, and an assortment of spikes. You have absolutely no idea how to use it, but it looks totally badass. |
| 363 | * ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': |
| 364 | ** Many weapons qualify, though [[WarriorPrince Jarvan IV's]] lance takes the [[{{Pun}} crown]]. It is a giant lance that can [[SwissArmyWeapon launch its head]] at a target point where it [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice falls from the sky]] and deploys a banner of [[TheFederation Demacia]], raising the courage of his allies. It can also extend to about the range of a frickin' arrow in order to impale all enemies in front of him and break their armor. If this connects with his flag, it [[GrapplingHookGun pulls him]] to the flag and flips the enemies in his path into the air. |
| 365 | ** Another League example: Jayce's [[SwissArmyWeapon hammer]], his own invention, which transforms back and forth between a melee hammer and a ranged energy cannon, with abilities to match. A lot of League is like this, though, from [[TheSheriff Caitlyn's]] home-made [[{{BFG}} sniper rifle]], to [[TheAtoner Riven's]] [[{{BFS}} massive]], [[LimitBreak broken]] sword. |
| 366 | * ''Videogame/MadWorld'': |
| 367 | ** The main character, Jack Cayman, has a retractable {{chainsaw|Good}} in his prosthetic arm. |
| 368 | ** The boss Von Twirlenkller has air turbines for arms. |
| 369 | * The cast of ''VideoGame/{{Mana Khemia|AlchemistsOfAlRevis}}'' use weapons that range from [[CoolSword cool]] to downright [[ImprobableWeaponUser improbable]], among them Nikki's [[CarryABigStick giant hammer]] [[EpicFlail with retractable dual flails for a head]], [[ThisIsADrill electric drill claws]] for Pamela's [[SealedEvilInATeddyBear possessed teddy]], and Flay's [[SwissArmyWeapon shuriken-launching mechsword]]. The sequel adds Enna's PowerFist and Et's bladed hula hoop, complete with [[BifurcatedWeapon dual]] and bow forms. |
| 370 | * ''{{VideoGame/Mass Effect 2}}'s'' [[Franchise/MassEffect M-490 Blackstorm]], [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a black-hole gun]]. |
| 371 | ** And if you thought that was impressive, try swinging around a pseudo-nuclear cannon that can cause a mushroom cloud on impact and [[spoiler: take down minor Reapers in one shot]]. That's the M-920 Cain, for you. |
| 372 | ** Not to be outdone, the heavy weapons in the sequel are pretty impressive: aside from [[StuffBlowingUp the triumphant return]] of the M-920 Cain, there's the Geth Spitfire ([[GatlingGood a rotary plasma gun]]), the Reaper Blackstar (basically the Blackstorm, but as built by [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien the Reapers]]), and the M-560 Hydra (which shoots [[MacrossMissileMassacre eight rockets at once]]). |
| 373 | ** There's also something of an arms race in ''Mass Effect 3'''s sniper rifle category. The second game's M-98 Widow [[{{BFG}} anti-materiel sniper rifle]] is only the start. Upgrades include a semi-automatic Widow, the Geth Javelin, which shoots "beams" of red-hot molten iron, and the M-90 Indra, which shoots ordinary bullets but is [[MoreDakka fully automatic]] (the only full-auto sniper rifle in the game, in fact). Then {{D|ownloadableContent}}LC came around and things went a little crazy: ''Resurgence'' brought the Kishock Harpoon Launcher, which sometimes [[OneHitKO instantly kills]] humanoid enemies on a headshot regardless of damage, then ''Rebellion'' featured the Krysae sniper rifle, which fires ''explosive bullets'', and finally ''Retaliation'' dropped in the Collector Sniper Rifle, which has modest performance but [[BottomlessMagazines automatically regenerates ammo]] by nature of being a semi-organic gun that fires lasers. |
| 374 | * Most of the weapons from the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' series. Hell, ALL OF THEM. |
| 375 | ** [[SubvertedTrope Excluding]] [[ScrappyWeapon Top Spin]]. Nobody likes Top Spin. Until you need it to beat the final boss, anyway. [[DoubleSubversion Except in]] ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Smash 4]]'', where it works properly and is as deadly as the others. |
| 376 | ** Zero's Z-Saber may be a simple LaserBlade, but then you see it turning into an electric blade or an ice blade for his moves. |
| 377 | ** [[TheAce Acid Ace]] from ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce 3'' wields a RayGun with a built in LaserBlade, which can also shoot a bunch of other attacks at you. |
| 378 | * ''Videogame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' |
| 379 | ** Jetstream Sam's [[{{Vibroweapon}} high-frequency]] {{katana|sAreJustBetter}} would be totally mundane for the setting, if not for the fact that its sheath is actually a ''gun'' that fires the katana out of it for insanely fast quick draws. Did we mention that Sam is an IaijutsuPractitioner? |
| 380 | ** There's also L'Étranger, a spear made out of interconnected robot arms that doubles as a whip, and Bloodlust, a pair of giant machetes that both Sundowner and Raiden [[ImprobableUseOfAWeapon wield like a pair of giant scissors thanks to an additional mechanical arm attached to their wrist.]] There's even a chainsaw axe that's SO BIG, that the person wielding it had his body attached to a giant robot just so he could use it. |
| 381 | ** [=LQ-84i=] uses a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] on a ''whip'', which is evidently capable of [[AbsurdlySharpBlade cutting through a whole building]]. |
| 382 | %% ''VideoGame/MonsterGirlQuest'' has the Angel Halo, an incredibly black sword that's created from 666 fallen angels and their figures are still on the blade in rather painful poses. Extremely eye-catching and evil looking. The only reason TheHero's using it is [[TechnicalPacifist because it seals and reduces monsters' power upon defeat rather than killing them.]] |
| 383 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' is all about this trope. Serrated {{BFS}}s with teeth that fold into the blade when not being wielded, giant telescoping {{Jousting Lance}}s, and giant collapsible crossbows that worked more like {{BFG}}s are par for the course. As if that wasn't enough, there are several weapon types that are this trope, as well. This includes Gunlances, lances with built-in shotguns that can fire enormous dragon-fire explosions, Switch Axes, large mechanical axes that can transform into giant swords, and Charge Blades, a sword-and-shield combo that can combine to form a humongous axe, which can fire off pure elemental energy and further power up into a giant ''buzzsaw'' axe. |
| 384 | * The melee weapons in the Platform/XBox/[[Platform/PlayStation3 PS3]] ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' games mostly avert this since they are inspired from real weapons in the first place (apart from one or two BFS). Except the Vigoorian Flail: a pair of chained sickles used like a nunchaku, that would be far too dangerous to use in RealLife. There is also the Plasma Saber Mk. II, a high frequency electrified sword (although gameplay-wise it's every bit identical to the True Dragon Sword). And of course, being a {{Ninja}} game, the projectile weapons are mostly this, from explosive kunai to FuumaShuriken, let alone a gatling spear gun and a portable cannon. When you upgrade the Lunar Staff fully, on each end of the staff are maces that flail about on a chain. |
| 385 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': The final five-ranked assassins in the first game come at you with a portable brain-powered earthquake generator, a magic show, a WaveMotionGun disguised as a shopping cart, the aforementioned lightsaber dragon, and... a wooden baseball bat. And the assassin who totes that last one is by far the deadliest of the bunch. |
| 386 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': The tutorial boss uses a revolver that ''revolves revolver cylinders.'' It gets crazier from there: There's a boom box/rocket launcher that transforms into a giant pair of robot arms, a flamethrower axe, a pair of sniper rifles/scythes, a double beam katana/recorder that shoots deadly bubbles, a pair of guns that shoot money, a giant football-themed robot, an improved, upgraded version of the first game's brain-powered quake-maker, and a backpack covered in waldoes, most of them with lightsabers on the end. It even delivers on the lightsaber dragon from the first game somewhat with a beam naginata that summons giant laser dragons. There's also the Peony, a beam katana that [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything grows in length with the user's fighting spirit]], until it's longer than Travis is tall. |
| 387 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroesIII'': Since many of the ranked assassins, mooks and minibosses are extraterrestrial beings with unique superpowers, this trope has a smaller presence as many of them don't need weapons. But Gold Joe, the 9th-ranked assassin, has four of his six limbs equipped with well-crafted, culb-like swords. Also, Sniping Lee has a large rifle he can use to kill targets with perfect accuracy, though [[BaitAndSwitchBoss he gets killed by asupporting character shortly before the reveal of the true boss of that rank chapter]]. |
| 388 | * ''VideoGame/{{Outriders}}'' has the Legendary weapons. Each of them, in addition to the most powerful Tier III mods, has a distinctive, often very weird appearance. For example, there are guns that look like they're carved out of stone, a sniper rifle that's encased in ice and a submachine gun made out of ''meat''. |
| 389 | * Literally almost every weapon in ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'' is based around this trope. To wit: |
| 390 | ** Your main melee/ranged weapon, the eponymous Painkiller, is essentially a horizontally held weed whacker that can be sent flying through enemy ranks, blades spinning. Secondary fire launches the spinning blade forward and then pulls it back, tethered to the gun by a beam of energy that also damages anything it touches. |
| 391 | ** Your standard garden-variety shotgun, which can not only freeze your enemies, but packs enough of a punch to [[RagdollPhysics send them flying into the air]]. |
| 392 | ** A gun that shoots yard-long wooden stakes through the air at high speeds, that spontaneously burst into flames after a moment which can pin enemies to walls by their limbs. The secondary fire shoots grenades, and you can shoot the grenades with the stakes to create a long ranged explosive projectile that impales the enemy, and then explodes. |
| 393 | ** A rocket launcher and minigun ''combined into the same weapon''. |
| 394 | ** And lastly, the Electrodriver, a gun that shoots [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation shurikens and lightning]]. And even [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs shurikens which themselves shoot lightning.]] |
| 395 | * The [=FarSight=] from ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'', an alien laser rifle. OneHitKill, unlimited penetration and equipped with a scope that can ''see through walls and doors and automatically track people.'' You literally just have to sit back and pull the trigger. The only downside is that the firing rate is very slow. |
| 396 | ** The [[SwissArmyGun RCP-120]], [[BottomlessMagazines which has a magazine of 120 bullets]], [[MoreDakka an insane firing rate]] and ''comes with its own cloaking device''. Yes, you can also use it to become invisible. |
| 397 | ** There's also the [[MorphWeapon laptop gun]], itself a 50 shot assault rifle. But you can also throw it at a nearby wall, where it'll set itself up as a [[SentryGun sentry turret]] and kill your enemies for you. |
| 398 | * The Evoker from ''VideoGame/Persona3''. [[MundaneMadeAwesome It's basically a pistol]]. Except instead of using it to shoot people, you point it at your head and use it to summon the physical manifestation of your psyche. |
| 399 | ** It's much more convenient for awakening the [[FightingSpirit offensive manifestation of your soul]] than [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure some bow and arrow]], after all. |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/PowerStone 2'' had the so called '3-way shotgun' and its powered up version, the 5-way shotgun. [[RuleOfCool Of course.]] |
| 401 | * ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': |
| 402 | ** Just about ''every'' weapon in the universe is impossibly cool. The first ads for the games even showed how they just wouldn't work in real life. Of particular note is the RYNO [[note]] '''R'''ip '''Y'''a '''A''' '''N'''ew '''O'''ne[[/note]] series of weapons, which only get bigger and more ridiculous as the series goes on. All of them are considered PurposelyOverpowered and generally function as the InfinityPlusOneSword. The first RYNO shoots nine homing missiles. The RYNO II fires blue laser shots that instakill tanks. The [=RY3NO=] fires a swarm of homing energy rockets and can be upgraded into the RYNOCIRATOR, which simply reduces everyone around you to ash. The Harbinger (''Deadlocked'''s version of the RYNO) is basically a KillSat, with its upgrade (the [=SuperNova=]) being ''a rainbow-colored orbital bombardment''. The RYNO IV is a WaveMotionGun. The RYNO V fires [[MoreDakka a flurry of rockets]] and plays [[{{Fanfare}} the 1812 Overture]] while fired, with additional homing rockets fired at musically-appropriate points. |
| 403 | ** In ''Rift Apart'', the RYNO 8 tears space-time itself to the point it can open huge portals to other dimensions bringing stuff from there as well. |
| 404 | ** Regular weapons are not much behind (if at all) in this department. There is a gun that sucks small enemies in and shoots them as projectile that, depending on version, is set on fire; a gun that shoots a ball of plasma that travels in straight line and zaps anything that gets close; gun that shoots a remotely controled floating mine and upgrades into gun that shoots remotely-controlled ''minefield''; and finally there is a weapon that just straight up shoots ''black holes''. |
| 405 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' also has a triple-barreled shotgun. |
| 406 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'': The Mercenaries minigame features enemies that wield ''[[ChainsawGood double-bladed chainsaws]] that are on fire''. |
| 407 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' has the Boneduster - a four-barreled shotgun, the Penetrator (a literal [[ThisIsADrill drill-gun]]) and the Flail-Gun (a gun that shoots two grenades chained together). |
| 408 | * The ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series typically has some weird weapons and [[LethalJokeItem Lethal Joke Items]] thrown in, but ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' just goes nuts with this. It helps that the game takes place in a virtual world, so the weapons don't have to make any sense, because they're not even real in-universe anyway. Notable examples include the Abduction Gun, which produces an UFO-style light beam to suck enemies into the sky, the Singularity Gun, which fires black holes, and the famous Dubstep Gun, which shoots [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin weaponized dubstep music]]. |
| 409 | * Honda Tadakatsu from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' wields a drill-tipped spear almost as tall as he is as his primary weapon. It can later be upgraded to have three separate drill tips. Mori Motonari uses a giant ring-blade that can separate into two curved swords. Chosokabe Motochika uses a giant anchor-flail that can be detached and swung around on a chain and is frequently on fire. And then there's Tachibana Muneshige, who dual-wields ''chainsaws''. |
| 410 | * Bentley's CoolChair from ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', which can fire rockets and has a jetpack. |
| 411 | * ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'' includes a bowling ball launcher, vinyl record gun, toy helicopters with pistols attached to them, and teddy bears strapped with dynamite as part of your arsenal. |
| 412 | * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': |
| 413 | ** Some games gave Bowser Jr. [[SentientVehicle Junior]] [[WeaponizedCar Clown]] [[CoolCar Car]], a bowl-shaped vehicle with a propeller on the bottom and [[SwissArmyWeapon more weapons inside of it than could feasibly fit]]. |
| 414 | ** Bowser himself in ''Videogame/SuperMarioRPG'' gets armed with a Chain Chomp, i.e a living flail that can bite enemies painfully. |
| 415 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': The Dark Cannon. |
| 416 | * Some weapons in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' qualify when they're not verging on ludicrous. Hubert's...weapon...thing in ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' leaps to mind. It's a dual-bladed sword that can separate into two regular swords. [[GunsAkimbo And a pair of handguns]]. Which fire bullets made of magic. And it can also shoot arrows like a bow. No wonder it [[MemeticMutation gives the wielder INSTANT BALLS.]] Malik of the same game has a BOOMERANG SWORD. He throws it... and it flies back. |
| 417 | ** Hubert is slightly explained by it being a custom weapon he personally designed to be over the top to give off the image as a bad ass military warrior to inspire fear in his enemies and morale in his subordinates. It was actually based off a weapon from his universe's equivalent of Batman. He spent years training himself to become proficient and make it an effective weapon. In other words he was intentionally invoking this trope and struggled hard to make it work. |
| 418 | ** ''Videogame/TalesOfVesperia'': |
| 419 | *** Yeager weirlds a ''shotgun scythe.'' |
| 420 | *** Raven's weapon of choice is slightly less "cool", but it's a bow that can fold up into a short sword for close combat. |
| 421 | ** Marta from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' the sequel wields a ring with a pair of blades poking out of it, or a ring with three blades poking out of it. Which apparently spin without a motor, which would realistically render this weapon even more useless than it already it. Not that that stops her from extremely long combos in melee and cutting down foes left and right. |
| 422 | * Many weapons in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. The Soldier has a semi-auto rocket launcher, the Heavy has several [[GatlingGood 150-kilogram]] [[MoreDakka minigun]] that can kill in a second, the Medic has a chaingun that shoots blood-sapping syringes and a bizarre mix of a saw, a short sword, and a hypodermic needle, the Spy has a HandCannon with the Scout's mom on it, the Scout has a shotgun with enough kick to send his target and him flying ten feet, the Engineer has his turrets, the Pyro has an ax covered in barbed wire that instakills people on fire, an ax that has a superheated coil for a blade that atomizes opponents, and a flamethrower shaped like a dragon, the Demoman has a sticky bomb launcher with [[GameBreaker so much firepower, the programmers referred to them as "winbombs"]], and the Sniper has a [[RefugeInAudacity jar of piss that causes people to lose the will to live]]. |
| 423 | * Damn near everything in the ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' series is one of these. Among them are a gun that shoots land mines that shoot up and shoot out a ring of shrapnel at roughly knee-height, a gun that launches energy helices that carbonize foes and cause them to explode seconds later, and the cerebral bore, which fires an orb that embeds itself in your enemy's head. Then it starts digging. Then it blows up. |
| 424 | ** On that note, the [[HighPressureBlood Cerebral Bore]], plus nearly half of the VideoGame/{{Turok}} series' other weapons. Remember the ''minimum'' of three barrels per rocket launcher? The landmines specifically designed to amputate at the shin? The electrified shotgun that can put the same bullets through a single target six times over? The rocket-propelled sledgehammer? The precision-guided boomerang ''chainsaw''? That gun that desiccates enemies and leaves behind jerky? The sticky, radioactive flares that slowly microwave people?ks the unlimited versions of these weapons. |
| 425 | * ''[[VideoGame/TwoWorlds Two Worlds II]]'': About a third of the weapons that come with blades (as well as many of those that don't), with the second third consisting of almost [[GameBreaker game breaking]] ones, and the last third based strictly on actual historical weaponry. |
| 426 | * The titled protagonist of ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' has different types of boomerangs. |
| 427 | * Most energy weapons in ''VideoGame/VirtualOn''. Homing beams, beam swords, homing beam swords, anti-ship cannons, heart shaped beams, circle beams, scythes-- anything is possible. Temjin has a beam rifle that doubles as a beam sword. |
| 428 | * ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'': |
| 429 | ** The game has the same weapon as the ''Film/{{Krull}}'' example above (with the same name) but increased to the size of a human torso. Throwing it (or launching it out of a massive slingshot) is apparently not a problem. |
| 430 | ** Even more confusingly, Illidan's weapon of choice, [[http://www.wowwiki.com/File:Illidan_and_Arthas_Redux.jpg the Twin Blades of Azzinoth]] are also called glaives, even though they're more like two curved swords attached to the opposite sides of the same hilt. He took them from a demon he killed. The glaives in question had the option of detaching into the two blades, but Illidan just prefers to use them like that all the time. In ''World of Warcraft'', he has a pair of them, for a total of four blades. Similar weapons are exclusive to the group he leads, the demon hunters. |
| 431 | * Many of the swords in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Either they're [[{{BFS}} ridiculously huge]], they look like they were designed by [[http://www.kitrae.net/fantasy/ Kit Rae]] in collaboration with Fred Flintstone and a Taos jeweler, or both. TruthInTelevision: It should be noted that Kit Rae's fantasy weapons are for display purposes only. |
| 432 | * ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': |
| 433 | ** The game revolves around the Monado. A {{cool|Sword}} {{Laser Blade}}d {{BFS}} [[CombatClairvoyance Of Combat Clairvoyance]] [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement And Plot Advancement]]. Try to compete with THAT. Never mind that it's basically [[spoiler: the embodiment of the game's main antagonist -- the soul of the titan you live on and your planet's long-forgotten god]]. |
| 434 | ** [[TeamPet Riki]] uses biters as his weapon of choice. They're essentially maces with heads in the shape of that of various animals, and he attacks by making the head bite enemies. While his starting one looks extremely silly, the later ones come in the shape of cool animals like lions and dragons. |
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| 436 | |
| 437 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 438 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': This urban fantasy-meets-sci-fi show focuses on the training of "Huntsmen" to protect civilisation from the monsters that go bump in the night. Almost all the combat-capable characters have complex weapons that can perform a variety of functions, including transformations into [[SwissArmyWeapon different types]] of weapons or weapon-combinations. Rooster Teeth {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this with a t-shirt showing off many of the weapons framed around the phrase "It's also a gun", highlighting that most weapons in the show also double as guns. Examples include: |
| 439 | ** Weapons that masquerade as one weapon before transforming into something else: examples include Qrow's huge sword, which can tranform into a gun-sword and scythe; the Grimm Reaper's twin kama that can combine into a dual-bladed staff. |
| 440 | ** Weapons with multiple transformations that can sometimes be used in combination: examples include Ruby's customised scythe/sniper rife; Blake's sword, which can transform into a gun and a gun-sword-flail on the end of a ribbon; and Sun's staff, which becomes two nunchaku, which can simultaneously be used as ''four'' lever-action shotguns. |
| 441 | ** Weapons that don't look like weapons until used or transformed: examples include Blake's sword-sheath which can be used as a cleaver; Jaune's sword-sheath, which expands into a shield and can become a two-bladed weapon when the sword is sheathed; Coco's satchel, which transforms into a mini-gun; Neo's parasol, which is a cane-sword and shield; or Flynt's trumpet which uses Wind Dust when played. |
| 442 | ** Non-transforming weapons that have surprising functions: examples include Weiss's rapier that contains a Dust revolver for ranged elemental attacks; Roman's cane, which is secretly a gun; Raven's sword, which is a sheath containing multiple Dust blades, and her sword handle can select which blade to use. |
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| 444 | |
| 445 | [[/folder]] |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 448 | * ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'': Sword-chucks, yo! |
| 449 | * The [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p38/ chainsaw nunchucks]] of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''. |
| 450 | * Inevitable in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' with its volatile combination of ItemCrafting and young protagonists; their weapons are often created by fusing together actual weapons with whatever random shit they find lying around, frequently leading to some awesomely ridiculous arsenals. Examples include the Wrinklefucker (a sledgehammer with spring-loaded electric irons attached to the head that can launch the user into the air), the Caledscratch (a broken {{BFS}} that has the ability to reverse its own timeline to a point when it was whole, and back again), the Thorns of Oglogoth (a pair of knitting needles that can harness the powers of the [[EldritchAbomination Horrorterrors]]), and the Pop-a-Matic Vrillyhoo (a combination of TWO [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity+1 Sword]]s). |
| 451 | ** There's also the concept of [[MorphWeapon innocuous doubles]] (originating in ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth''); weapons that exist as other, more harmless objects until they're ready to be wielded. Keys become handguns, a sextant becomes a sniper rifle, a typewriter becomes a [[VisualPun Chicago Typewriter]], etc, and most prominently [[TeamMom Kanaya's]] weapon of choice: [[MakeupWeapon a tube of lipstick]] that transforms into a ''[[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]''. |
| 452 | * ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' has [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/316 an action figure]] with a big gun that shoots handguns that shoots deep-fried beer cans. |
| 453 | * ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' features Death's scythe, which can transform into anything. ANYTHING. Anti-tank rockets, F-16s, nuclear bombs, [[VideoGame/GrimFandango Manny Calavera's]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking head,]] you name it. |
| 454 | * The [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20070714.html 'black rose']] a plasma flamethrower from ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' that often explodes into a mass of plasma and radioactive shrapnel. |
| 455 | * In "Tokyo Delta Jetlag D," the in-universe anime/manga series from ''Webcomic/UnwindersTallComics'', main character Jaded Lament uses the Katagun, a katana that shoots bullets in the shape of the blade. Check it out (and some entertaining {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing of anime/manga tropes) [[http://tallcomics.com/?id=31 here]]. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 459 | * Check out [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16983_11-most-retarded-fictional-weapons.html this]] Website/{{Cracked}}.com article for their picks of the most impossibly cool fictional weapons that would be retarded in real life. |
| 460 | ** And [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19702_7-awesomely-insane-guns-people-actually-used.html here]] you can find the Seven Most Awesomely Insane Guns People Actually Used. |
| 461 | ** Columnist Robert Brockway has on two separate occasions, invented the Taserchucks (two tasers attached by a bungee cord) and the Octoshotsword (a shotgun made of swords that for some reason also has a bayonet). |
| 462 | * Many generals carry absurd weapons in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms.'' They include a triangular sword, a three-hundred-pound bow, several comically large weapons of various types, and a [[JokeItem flying fork]]. |
| 463 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlif8Km4S4 Dubstep Guns]] |
| 464 | * Special Effect Artist, Freddie Wong made use of this in his video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6CXAaI1OAo Huge Guns]]. |
| 465 | * WebVideo/KiwamiJapan's handiwork in knife-crafting is nothing short of awe-inspiring. His [[AbsurdlySharpBlade carbon fiber]], [[PaperCutting paper and rice-derived cellulose fibre]] and [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows bismuth]] knives are of special mention. |
| 466 | [[/folder]] |
| 467 | |
| 468 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 469 | * The Star Sword and the Power Sword from ''WesternAnimation/{{Blackstar}},'' which ''would'' join to form the even more awesome Power Star if they weren't wielded by the hero and the villain respectively. Used for shooting energy beams more often than as actual swords. |
| 470 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': |
| 471 | ** The KND have a wide array of [[BambooTechnology 2x4 Tech]] weapons built out of seemingly random objects (such as hair-dryers, or gumball machines) yet prove to be surprisingly effective. Though sometimes subverted as said weapons occasionally break or come out of the wielder's hand depending on who the KND Operative is fighting. In one episode, Numbuh Four uses a handheld gun that shoots mattresses. Entire mattresses. |
| 472 | ** One of the most notable subversions is from "Operation: T.R.I.C.Y.C.L.E.": the "K-Strike", a giant ketchup bottle that fires [[WaveMotionGun a massive beam of ketchup]] from their moon base down to Earth. Unfortunately, it had no effect on the giant, evil tricycle that they were trying to destroy- one KND pilot points this out: |
| 473 | --->'''KND Pilot:''' The ketchup had no effect! And uh... d'you mind telling me who thought ''ketchup'' would do anything anyway? |
| 474 | * Creator/{{Filmation}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Flash Gordon|1979}}'': |
| 475 | ** The Arborians' [[FreezeRay ice arrows]] (which turned out to be very handy for putting out a forest fire in one episode). |
| 476 | ** [[EvilOverlord Ming]] himself was fond of using a FlamingSword in combat. |
| 477 | * The title weapon from ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance,'' an enchanted weapon of prophecy that can only be wielded by a [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]], it can split into two smaller blades and shoots powerful energy zaps. |
| 478 | * Most of the weapons on ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater'' look like they were designed by Kit Rae. |
| 479 | * Muscle Man's track and field equipment from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''. |
| 480 | * The Sword of Protection from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''. It's a BFS that turns the chosen wielder into an 8-foot-tall amazonian goddess with super strength, super speed, and nigh-invulnerability. It shoots lasers and can shapeshift into just about anything. It also lets her heal people, can transform animals to give them wings/horns and sapience, and acts as the activation key to ancient technologies. |
| 481 | * The Sword of Plundarr from ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|1985}}''. Two curved jagged blades, each attached to the opposite side of a little tiny handle. Mumm-ra mostly used it to create giant whirlwinds of fire. Naturally, it shrank down to the handle when he wasn't using it. |
| 482 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' is full of examples |
| 483 | ** Megatron's Fusion Cannon is a BFG that draws power from a ''black hole''. While this was merely a rumor/bit of useless trivia for a long time, [=IDW=] turned it into a plot point in their [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye More Than Meets The Eye]] series. |
| 484 | *** The Magnus Armor from the same series qualifies. |
| 485 | ** The Star Saber in any series that uses it. Its a BFS (even for 'bots the size of Optimus Prime) with an AbsurdlySharpBlade that launches energy waves. |
| 486 | ** Anime/TransformersArmada introduced the Requiem Blaster and Sky Boom Shield. The Blaster is the most powerful gun in all of Transformers lore, while the Shield is the only thing that can block the Star Saber. |
| 487 | ** From WesternAnimation/BeastWars, we have Rhinox's dual Chain-Guns of Doom. |
| 488 | * ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'s'' Blazing Sword, an indestructible blade the size of a good-size ''building,'' wielded by a giant robot for hacking apart other giant robots. A solid object, but re-created out of PureEnergy every time it's needed. Despite the name, it is ''not'' a FlamingSword. At least until ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''. |
| 489 | [[/folder]] |
| 490 | |
| 491 | %%[[folder:Real Life]] |
| 492 | %%* AR-15-mounted crossbows, which are probably best used for stealthy sentry kills. The fact that there's still space for an underslung grenade launcher makes it even cooler. |
| 493 | %%* In real life, Hira Shuriken (Ninja stars) are like this. They were rarely used to directly kill people, instead being used as a distraction which ''looked like it would kill you'' used by ninjas who were fleeing. Obviously, people would get slowed down by trying to dodge these weapons which looked deadly, not knowing that the thrower probably couldn't even throw them with accuracy. Example: A ninja is trying to get inside a building with guard on the door. The ninja throws a shuriken at a group bushes/small trees, making a sound that the guard mistakes for someone running in the bushes, possibly a ninja! The guard goes to investigate, while ninja sneaks in. Sounds like a scenario from a stealth videogame. |
| 494 | %%** Sometimes it's about distractions within distractions. A ninja might throw several shuriken at once, missing several times, scoring only a scratch with another with only one direct hit (which isn't even deadly itself). The missed shots and direct hit were simply to distract the target from the poisoned blade that barely nicked them, but will probably kill them in less than an hour. |
| 495 | %%*** And they become a little less impossibly cool (or more... YMMV) when you learn what the poison was. The most easy-to-obtain toxic material when you're out on an infiltration mission for days... they used their own faeces to poison the shurikens. |
| 496 | %%** They were often referred to as the "invisible swordsman" due to those who got hit by it (usually from cover) thinking they got slashed by an unseen swordsman. |
| 497 | %%* [[http://flutterknife.tumblr.com/post/947644730/sword-pistol Japanese Officer's]][[SwordAndGun sword/pistol]] MixAndMatchWeapon: [[EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana Katana]] with a Nambu taisho 14 8mm pistol as the hilt. It's quite literally "Impossibly" as the pistol made the sword useless and vice versa, not to mention Japanese pistol designs having placed so much emphasis on safety discipline '''on part of their users''' that by late WWII they had been more dangerous to their users than the enemy. |
| 498 | %%* The Nazis had a thing for building large guns; in the latter part of the Italian invasion, the Allies' airforce spent half their time looking for two artillery pieces so large they could only be moved by train. Which meant that the two guns could only be moved where there was track laid. |
| 499 | %%** Railway-mounted artillery was common (well, relatively common -- they were ''expensive'') during World War I. Here, the slower pace of trench warfare mitigated the inconvenience of the weapon; building railway spurs and big pits for the guns to recoil in was annoying, but hardly unusual by the standards of contemporary combat engineering. Even in World War II the guns' sheer ''size'', and concomitant range and firepower, was useful for siege work, such as attacking bunkers and reinforced harbors. But once the Allies were moving in on Europe, their size and lack of speed made them easy targets for airstrikes. |
| 500 | %%* Most HiddenWeapons that actually try to be hidden or hide-able versions of a conventional weapon have to sacrifice much of their parents' lethality, durability and/or versatility. There's a reason most infantry still carry their battle rifles instead of wearing them in their helmets or body armor. |
| 501 | %%* The Apache Revolver (named for a Parisian street gang, not the Native American tribe) deserves honorable mention. It's basically a pistol with a set of brass knuckles in place of a normal grip, sometimes with a knife blade attached as well. Unfortunately, the emphasis is on "impossibly" here; the examples we have mostly used infamously inaccurate pepperbox gun components, but at least they were deadly in a close-up altercation. |
| 502 | %%* Henry VIII had a giant, triple-barrelled "gun mace" that he supposedly stalked the streets of London at night with. No, seriously [[http://www.royalarmouries.org/what-we-do/publications/what-we-do/publications/new-publications/single-image/1211]] |
| 503 | %%** I don't know about stalking the streets but Henry was an enthusiast for gadgets, he actually funded an early attempt at visual reconnaissance using giant mirrors. Needless to say, it didn't work. |
| 504 | %%* Another British king had a weapon that was impossibly cool, or impossibly ridiculous depending on how you view it. Purdy, a gun manufacturer known for making high-quality birding and hunting shotguns for wealthy clients, presented King George V with a pair of fully-functional and detailed miniature double-barreled guns in 1935 for the Silver Jubilee. The guns were 1/6 the size of a regular double-barreled gun and [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N6VktaZmQ2k/TVbL4IqPYVI/AAAAAAAAAXE/x2rHm0Mhsg4/s400/IMG_0943.JPG can fit on a person's hand]], coming with their own functional ammunition. King George reportedly liked to "hunt" moths with the guns, but eventually had to give it up as [[TooAwesomeToUse "the cartridges were too damn expensive"]]. |
| 505 | %%* On the same principle as His Majesty's "moth guns", but rather more serious, was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedgley_OSS_.38 U.S. Navy Sedgley OSS .38/Sedgely Fist Gun]] of World War Two. It was a single-shot .38 Special caliber weapon, fired by a spring-loaded plunger-type "trigger" in ''front'' next to its (very short) barrel, that was riveted to the back of a heavy work glove. Both muzzle and plunger protruded about 1/2" beyond the knuckles when the wearer clenched his fist. Legend states that it was an Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) brainstorm. In this case, legend is wrong. It was developed by the Naval Gun Factory for the Naval Construction Battalions, the Seabees. During the island-hopping campaign across the Pacific, Seabee heavy-equipment operators were vulnerable not only to enemy sniper fire but also to "close assault" by enemy soldiers in an ambush attack. They kept weapons (.45 pistols, etc.) close to hand, but the Japanese soldiers, being no fools, adopted the tactic of jumping onto the bulldozer, etc., on the ''right'' side and grabbing the driver's gun hand to prevent him from shooting them. The Sedgley was mounted accordingly on a ''left''-hand glove. When attacked, the Seabee simply punched his opponent in the face with his "free" hand- which depressed the plunger and fired a .38 slug right into the attacker's head. Messy, but very effective. Not least because it was basically ''[[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange impossible to miss]]''. |
| 506 | %%* Chiappa Firearms has recently come out with the Triple Crown and Triple Threat line of [[http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/weapons/triple-barrel-shotgun.asp triple-barreled shotguns]]. |
| 507 | %%* The [[http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_438561 Elgin Cutlass Pistol]] was issued to the U.S. Navy in 1837. Only 150 were made (the company went out of business shortly afterward). |
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