Weapons and Wielding Tropes

All about weapons and what people do with them.

Related:
 * Mutually Exclusive Powerups
 * Tropes in Shining Armor

Categories:


 * Choice of Two Weapons
 * Grenade Tropes
 * Guns and Gunplay Tropes
 * Gun Counterpart
 * I Like Swords
 * Index On a Stick
 * Ranged Energy Attack Tropes
 * Weapon of Choice

Non-specific Weapon Tropes:

 * Alpha Strike
 * Anatomy Arsenal
 * Arm Cannon
 * Blade Below the Shoulder
 * Bloody Murder
 * Chest Blaster
 * Leg Cannon
 * Power Fist
 * Rocket Punch
 * Ancestral Weapon
 * As Lethal As It Needs to Be
 * Attack Animal
 * Attack Drone
 * Axes At School
 * Backpack Cannon
 * BFG
 * Bifurcated Weapon
 * Bigger Stick
 * Blow Gun
 * Bow and Sword In Accord
 * Breakable Weapons
 * Unbreakable Weapons
 * Brandishment Bluff
 * Briefcase Blaster
 * Can't Bathe Without a Weapon
 * Choice of Two Weapons
 * Combat Haircomb
 * Crowbar Combatant
 * Cute As a Bouncing Betty
 * Cut the Fuse
 * Death of a Thousand Cuts
 * Description Porn
 * Double Weapon
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Elemental Crafting
 * Elemental Punch
 * Emergency Weapon
 * Empathic Weapon
 * Equippable Ally
 * Evil Weapon
 * Exotic Weapon Supremacy
 * Extended Disarming
 * Family-Friendly Firearms
 * Five-Finger Fillet
 * Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon
 * Flying Weapon
 * Forged By the Gods
 * Full Potential Upgrade
 * Girl With Psycho Weapon
 * Give Me a Sword
 * Good Weapon, Evil Weapon
 * Guns in Church
 * Guns vs. Swords
 * Happy Fun Ball
 * Healing Shiv
 * Hidden Supplies
 * Hidden Weapons
 * Sword Cane
 * Homing Projectile
 * Hot Chick With a Sword
 * Hyperspace Arsenal
 * Hyperspace Mallet
 * I Call Her "Vera"
 * IKEA Weaponry
 * Scaramanga Special
 * I Know Madden Kombat
 * Impossibly Cool Weapon
 * Improbable Aiming Skills
 * Splitting the Arrow
 * William Telling
 * Improbable Weapon User
 * Improbable Use of a Weapon
 * Improvised Weapon
 * Infinity+1 Sword
 * Infinity-1 Sword
 * Penultimate Weapon
 * Instant Knots
 * Instrument of Murder
 * Intimidation Demonstration
 * Kill It With Fire
 * Kill It With Ice
 * Kill It With Water
 * Kill Sat
 * Knife Fight
 * Knife Outline
 * The Lethal Connotation of Guns and Others
 * Left Your Lifesaver Behind
 * Like Cannot Cut Like
 * Living Weapon
 * Weaponized Animal
 * Lost Superweapon
 * Magnet Hands
 * Magnetic Weapons
 * The Man Makes the Weapon
 * Mix-and-Match Weapon
 * Morph Weapon
 * Multi Melee Master
 * Multi Ranged Master
 * The Musketeer
 * Named Weapons
 * National Weapon
 * Natural Weapon
 * Nerf Arm
 * No-Gear Level
 * Non-Lethal Deadly Weapon
 * Nothing Up My Sleeve
 * Not-So-Fake Prop Weapon
 * One-Handed Zweihander
 * Only the Chosen May Wield
 * Ornamental Weapon
 * Our Weapons Will Be Boxy in The Future
 * Person of Holding
 * Pinball Projectile
 * Point Defenseless
 * Point That Somewhere Else
 * Poisoned Weapons
 * Power Equals Rarity
 * Quick Melee
 * Ranged Emergency Weapon
 * Razor Wind
 * Recursive Ammo
 * Retractable Weapon
 * Reverse Grip
 * Roboteching
 * Rock Beats Laser
 * Scrappy Weapon
 * Secret Weapon
 * Selectively-Lethal Weapon
 * Self-Defenseless
 * Self-Destruct Mechanism
 * Set Swords to Stun
 * Shock and Awe
 * Static Stun Gun
 * Short-Range Long-Range Weapon
 * Shapeshifter Weapon
 * Shoulder Cannon
 * Situational Sword
 * Sock It to Them
 * Socketed Equipment
 * Sonic Stunner
 * Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness
 * Splash Damage
 * Spontaneous Weapon Creation
 * Spread Shot
 * Stat Sticks
 * Sticks to The Back
 * Stock Ninja Weaponry
 * Stock Weapon Names
 * Sucking-In Lines
 * Super Weapon, Average Joe
 * Summon to Hand
 * Swiss Army Weapon
 * Sword and Gun
 * Sword Limbo
 * Sword of Damocles
 * Sword Over Head
 * Take Up My Sword
 * Talking Weapon
 * This Banana Is Armed
 * Thwarted Coup De Grace
 * Torpedo Tits
 * Trench Coat Warfare
 * Twang! "Hello."
 * Ultimate Blacksmith
 * Unholy Holy Sword
 * Unorthodox Sheathing
 * Utility Weapon
 * Vibroweapon
 * Walking Armory
 * Wall of Weapons
 * Weapon for Intimidation
 * Weaponized Cameras
 * Weapon for Intimidation
 * Weapon of Choice
 * Weapon, Jr.
 * Weapon of Peace
 * Weapon of X-Slaying
 * Weapon Running Time
 * Weapon Tombstone
 * Weapon Twirling
 * Gun Twirling
 * Weapons Kitchen Sink
 * Weapons That Suck
 * What the Fu Are You Doing?
 * "With Our Swords" Scene
 * Wrecked Weapon

Assorted Weapons

 * Aerosol Flamethrower
 * Boomerang Comeback
 * Booze Flamethrower
 * Caltrops
 * Chainsaw Good
 * Deadly Disc
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Earthquake Machine
 * Epic Flail
 * Fighting With Chucks
 * Instant Chucks
 * Forklift Fu
 * Fuuma Shuriken
 * Hooks and Crooks
 * Hot Blade
 * Inescapable Net
 * Javelin Thrower
 * Mix-and-Match Weapon
 * Nail'Em
 * Powerful Pick
 * Precision-Guided Boomerang
 * Prongs of Poseidon
 * Razor Floss
 * Sai Guy
 * Shovel Strike
 * Spiked Wheels
 * Swiss Army Weapon
 * This Is a Drill
 * Everything's Better With Spinning
 * Rings of Death
 * Royal Rapier
 * Whip It Good
 * Variable-Length Chain

Bladed Weapons
See also swords-specific tropes
 * Absurd Cutting Power
 * Absurdly Sharp Blade
 * Sharpened to A Single Atom
 * An Axe to Grind
 * Audible Sharpness
 * Bayonet Ya
 * Barehanded Blade Block
 * Blade Brake
 * Blade Reflection
 * Blade Run
 * Clean Cut
 * Cutlass Between the Teeth
 * Diagonal Cut
 * Elegant Weapon for A More Civilized Age
 * Excalibur
 * Excalibur in The Stone
 * Implausible Fencing Powers
 * Inverse Law of Sharpness and Accuracy
 * Knife Nut
 * Kukris Are Kool
 * Licking the Blade
 * Machete Mayhem
 * Never Bring a Knife To A Fist Fight
 * Never Bring a Knife To A Gun Fight
 * Serrated Blade of Pain
 * Single-Stroke Battle
 * Sinister Scimitar
 * Sinister Scythe
 * Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship
 * Split Hair
 * Swipe Your Blade Off
 * Sword Lines
 * Sword Sparks
 * Whip Sword
 * Wolverine Claws

Bombs and Explosives
See also Grenade Tropes
 * Big Bulky Bomb
 * Bomb Disposal
 * Cigar Fuse-Lighting
 * Cut the Fuse
 * Dynamite Candle
 * Eat the Bomb
 * Empty Quiver
 * Fake in The Hole
 * Grenade Hot Potato
 * Grenade Launcher
 * Harpoon Gun
 * Holy Hand Grenade
 * Incredibly Obvious Bomb
 * Cartoon Bomb
 * Insert Grenade Here
 * Land Mine Goes Click
 * Macross Missile Massacre
 * Molotov Cocktail
 * Naval Weapons
 * Nuke'Em
 * Atomic Hate
 * Nuclear Weapons Taboo
 * Phlebotinum Bomb
 * Plunger Detonator
 * Powder Trail
 * The Rest of the Nuclear Club
 * Riding the Bomb
 * Sea Mine
 * Space Mines
 * Sticky Bomb
 * Super-Persistent Missile
 * Time Bomb
 * Trick Bomb
 * Unplanned Manual Detonation
 * Yin-Yang Bomb
 * You Nuke'Em

Defense
See also Tropes in Shining Armor
 * Adaptive Armor
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Deflector Shield
 * Some Kind of Force Field
 * Orbiting Particle Shield
 * Save Sat

Guns
See also Guns and Gunplay Tropes
 * Bubble Gun
 * Flare Gun
 * Freeze Ray
 * Gun Accessories
 * Useful Notes/Gun Accessories
 * Gun Fu
 * Gun in My Pocket
 * Gun Nut
 * Lightning Gun
 * Pistol-Whipping
 * Removable Turret Gun
 * Sawed-Off Shotgun
 * Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You
 * Short-Range Shotgun
 * Shrink Ray
 * Sniper Rifle
 * Sniper Scope Sway
 * No Scope
 * Stick'Em Up
 * Trick Bullet
 * Trigger Happy
 * Weak Turret Gun

Lasers
See also Ranged Energy Attack Tropes
 * Energy Weapon
 * Beam Spam
 * Converging Stream Weapon
 * Frickin' Laser Beams
 * Laser Blade
 * Wave Motion Gun
 * Wave Motion Tuning Fork
 * Ray Gun
 * Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better

Slings and Arrows

 * Annoying Arrows
 * The Archer
 * Arrow Catch
 * Arrow Gram
 * Arrows On Fire
 * Automatic Crossbows
 * Brats With Slingshots
 * Catch and Return
 * Energy Bow
 * Horse Archer
 * Multishot
 * No Arc in Archery
 * Rain of Arrows
 * The Straight and Arrow Path
 * Suffer the Slings
 * Trick Arrow

Sticks, Staves, and Spears

 * Batter Up
 * Blade On a Stick
 * Broomstick Quarterstaff
 * Carry a Big Stick
 * Dual Tonfas
 * Golf Clubbing
 * Jousting Lance
 * Magic Staff
 * Magic Wand
 * Motorcycle Jousting
 * Simple Staff
 * Boom Stick
 * Wooden Stake
 * X On a Stick

Super Weapons

 * Death Ray
 * Doomsday Device
 * Interstellar Weapon
 * Kill Sat
 * Siege Engines
 * Battering Ram
 * Sword of Damocles
 * Weaponized Landmark
 * Weapon of Mass Destruction
 * Weather Control Machine

Weird Weapons

 * Anchors Away
 * Armed Legs
 * Arsenal Attire
 * Art Attacker
 * Bad With the Bone
 * Battle Boomerang
 * Battle Tops
 * Bee-Bee Gun
 * Beware My Stinger Tail
 * Brandishment Bluff
 * Cane Fu
 * Chain Pain
 * Chairman of the Brawl
 * Clothing Combat
 * Cloth Fu
 * Comedy As a Weapon
 * Deadly Rotary Fan
 * Death Dealer
 * Edible Ammunition
 * Edible Bludgeon
 * Baguette Beatdown
 * Electric Joy Buzzer
 * Food Slap
 * Fork Fencing
 * Frying Pan of Doom
 * Gemstone Assault
 * Grievous Bottley Harm
 * Grievous Harm With a Body
 * Handbag of Hurt
 * Horn Attack
 * Improbable Weapon User
 * Improvised Weapon
 * Killer Yoyo
 * Musical Assassin
 * Once Killed a Man With A Noodle Implement
 * Paper Fan of Doom
 * Parasol of Pain
 * The Pen Is Mightier
 * Pipe Pain
 * Sheath Strike
 * Shoe Slap
 * Sock It to Them
 * Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass
 * Tail Slap
 * Telephone Polearm
 * This Banana Is Armed
 * Throw a Barrel At It
 * Throw the Book At Them
 * Tricked-Out Shoes
 * Unusual Weapon Mounting
 * Washtub Throw
 * Weaponized Headgear
 * Wrench Whack