Bifurcated Weapon: Difference between revisions

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** Similarly, the Hyperion Gundam in ''[[Gundam SEED Astray|Gundam SEED X Astray]]'' has a beam submachinegun that comes with a Beam bayonet. The bayonet itself can be [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|launched]] for extra killy goodness.

** [[Gundam Wing|Wing Zero]] has the twin buster rifle that can be fired as a single unit or split down the middle to be [[Dual-Wielding|dual-wielded]]...not to mention the fact that each half of the thing is effectively a mech-portable [[Wave Motion Gun]].

** [[Crossbone Gundam~~|Crossbone Gundams~~]] X-1 and X-2 possess the Zanbuster, a beam rifle made by combining their pistol (Buster Gun) and cutlass (Beam Zanber) weapons.

** [[Crossbone Gundam]]s X-1 and X-2 possess the Zanbuster, a beam rifle made by combining their pistol (Buster Gun) and cutlass (Beam Zanber) weapons.

** ''[[BB Senshi Sangokuden]]'' (and SD Gundam kits in general) feature tons of bifurcated weapons. Some examples:

*** Date Masamune Gundam has a [[Fuuma Shuriken]] capable of splitting into a sheathed sword, a flail, a claw, a rifle and two water-walking sandals. They can also combine with his sword.

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** The 00 Qan[T] from [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]] [[The Movie]] have six [[Attack Drone|blade bits]] that can also attach to its [[Cool Sword]] to become [[BFS|double its size]]. It can also function as a [[Swiss Army Weapon|gun]].

*** Speaking of the 00 Qan[T], the SD kit version takes this to a ''ridiculous'' extent, even for an SD model as mentioned above. By using the the storage device that came with the Exia R2 make to store the parts for the R1, it can attach two long blades, two GN Swords, and the GN Sword V (barely), in order to make a five way...Something. Along with attaching the GN Fangs to the GN Sword V, this makes [[Up to Eleven|nine blades in one]].

** Before that, the original 00's GN Sword IIs could be docked end-to-end into a [[Double Weapon]] ~~-- which~~ Setsuna would occasionally [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|throw]].

** Before that, the original 00's GN Sword IIs could be docked end-to-end into a [[Double Weapon]]—which Setsuna would occasionally [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|throw]].

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''

** The title Gurren's shades can be used as a weapon (seeing that they were originally the Gurren's swords before it was captured by Kamina who had them welded together). Occasionally they split into two to pin down enemies, but in the movie they divide into ''sixteen'' different shades to pin down a particularly large foe.

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** Late in the show, Yahiko faces an antagonist whose bo split into a six-segment nunchaku, and the ensuing battle demonstrates a fundamental weakness of such a weapon: by attacking it with his succession technique the instant it's about to separate, he puts enough strain on the joints that the entire thing splinters.

** Another opponent during the Shishio arc was the sword collector, Sawagejou Chou, who used a variety of awesome but impractical weapons against Kenshin. One such weapon was named the Renbatou, featuring two blades parallel to each other (much like Kadaj's sword in ''[[Advent Children]]''). The theoretical advantage of the weapon was the severity of the hard to repair wounds created by the blades. Kenshin immediately snaps the weapon with a bit of leverage.

** Shinomori Aoshi has a scabbard that contains ''two'' swords. The second sword is drawn only for [[Worthy Opponent~~|Worthy Opponents~~]].

** Shinomori Aoshi has a scabbard that contains ''two'' swords. The second sword is drawn only for [[Worthy Opponent]]s.

* In ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'', Tokito of the Taishiro wields one of the four Muramasa blades, the Hokuto Shichisei, which can split into two swords. According to Tokito, this feature stems from the fact that the sword is named after the Hokuto constellation, which is the Japanese name for the Big Dipper. In China and Japan apparently, the constellation is divided into two groups of stars. Likewise, the sword named after it is also divided.

* The main villain of ''[[Lupin III]] : The Plot of the Fuma Clan'' begins fighting with Goemon with a staff, but shortly reveals that it can also convert to a set of oversized nunchaku.

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* ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''

** [[The Dragon|Rinzler]] wields two Discs, which fit together as one.

** Some [[Elite Mooks|Black Guards]] have batons that splits in two [[Laser Blade~~|Laser Blades~~]] wielded like bo sticks.

** Some [[Elite Mooks|Black Guards]] have batons that splits in two [[Laser Blade]]s wielded like bo sticks.

* ''[[The One (film)|The One]]'' begins with two very similar scenes of a prisoner being transferred, each in a different universe. The cops' equipment is one of the differences; In the first scene, their rifles have attached shotguns.

* ''[[The Sword and the Sorcerer]]'' - our hero Talon has a sword which conceals a poignard inside its handle, should the main blade/s be broken. His opponent, Cromwell, meanwhile carries a quarterstaff which houses a concealed switchblade.

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** The "Adventurer's Vault" supplement for 4E introduces Paired weapons, which are magical weapons that start off as one weapon but have the ability to split into two identical weapons for [[Dual-Wielding]]. A nice little weapon for the Ranger on a budget, or who doesn't want to splurge for two different magical weapons.

* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''

** Combi-weapons, essentially two weapons combined into one, with the user able to fire either separately, or together if it's two of the same gun. The Ork race, in particular, is fond of simply strapping two guns together with tape. Sadly, combi-weapons aren't quite as useful as some of the other examples ~~here -- combi~~-weapons generally feature a special weapon with a bog-standard weapon and only allow the user to fire the special weapon once.

** Combi-weapons, essentially two weapons combined into one, with the user able to fire either separately, or together if it's two of the same gun. The Ork race, in particular, is fond of simply strapping two guns together with tape. Sadly, combi-weapons aren't quite as useful as some of the other examples here—combi-weapons generally feature a special weapon with a bog-standard weapon and only allow the user to fire the special weapon once.

** The [[Tabletop RPG]] ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' has the "Exterminator" (also found in the old 40K spinoff ''[[Necromunda]]'') and "Melee Attatchment" mods for melee and range weapons, resectivly. The Exterminator is a single-use flamer pack for melee weapons that can be activated on a sucessful hit, and the Melee Attatchment is a bayonet for ranged weapons.

** And a gun with melee attachment and combi-weapon would be a ''trifurcated'' weapon.

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* To make a [[Rule of Cool|weapon of pure awesome]], ''[[Gears of War]]'' famously had an assault rifle with a ''[[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]]'' [[Chainsaw Good|bayonet.]]

* Boc, from ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Star Wars: Dark Forces|Dark Forces II Jedi Knight]]'', is a Dark Jedi who has a "thick" lightsaber that, in times of great danger, he would pull into two smaller sabers.

* In ''Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy'', some Jedi ([[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|not including you]]) can split their Darth Maul-style light-lances into [[Dual-Wielding|two lightsabers]]. Which makes sense, since Maul's saber was effectively made by welding two lightsaber hilt props ~~together -- and~~ when it was cut in half by Obi-Wan, he was still able to use one. This trick gave [[Darth Bane]] a nasty shock in ''Path of Destruction'', since the Sith hadn't been teaching anyone to deal with a twin-saber style. The player character can also (if wielding a saber staff) extinguish just one of its blades to use medium stance (or to throw it).

* In ''Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy'', some Jedi ([[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|not including you]]) can split their Darth Maul-style light-lances into [[Dual-Wielding|two lightsabers]]. Which makes sense, since Maul's saber was effectively made by welding two lightsaber hilt props together—and when it was cut in half by Obi-Wan, he was still able to use one. This trick gave [[Darth Bane]] a nasty shock in ''Path of Destruction'', since the Sith hadn't been teaching anyone to deal with a twin-saber style. The player character can also (if wielding a saber staff) extinguish just one of its blades to use medium stance (or to throw it).

* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3''

** Protagonist Dante wields Agni & Rudra, a pair of serrated scimitars (that are actually the heads and attached spines of a pair of demons) that he can combine into a [[Double Weapon]] for certain attacks. The swords join together by having the "mouths" at the pommels clamp onto one another. Kinda gross [[Power Perversion Potential|now that I think about it...]]

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* Weapons in ''[[Painkiller]]'' have two main functions, some which can also be combined.

* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' examples:

** Pictured above is Cloud's sword in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children|Final Fantasy VII Advent Children]]'', the Fusion Sword. It's actually '''''six''''' [[BFS~~|BFSs~~]] joined together. And he can simply unclip any of the component swords in the middle of a battle for an instant [[Dual-Wielding|secondary weapon]]. A common Fan name for the weapon is the "Swiss Army Sword" (but that's a different trope).

** Pictured above is Cloud's sword in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children|Final Fantasy VII Advent Children]]'', the Fusion Sword. It's actually '''''six''''' [[BFS]]s joined together. And he can simply unclip any of the component swords in the middle of a battle for an instant [[Dual-Wielding|secondary weapon]]. A common Fan name for the weapon is the "Swiss Army Sword" (but that's a different trope).

*** The sword also goes by the name First Tsurugi (translated as "First Sword") in the fandom due to a mistranslation of a developer's words. The film creators never got around to actually naming them except for calling the base sword "First Sword", so the general term used for the whole thing is just "Fusion Swords".

*** Surprisingly enough, there do exist cosplay versions of this sword that manage all six parts.