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[[File:CloudBFS.jpg|link=Final Fantasy VII|frame|If you can wield it, you can have it.]]
Whatever you call it, a '''
▲Whatever you call it, a '''BFS''' is an unrealistically large sword most often owned by [[The Hero]], [[The Chosen One]], or whatever type the lead happens to be. The BFS is often nearly as long as its owner is tall, and may or may not have other special abilities besides being humongous. If a BFS does possess other strange qualities, one of them almost assuredly prevents it from being used by other people, whether that be weight, a magical barrier, a direct link to its owner, or other means.
Usually, no other character in a game or series is the possessor of a sword that is anywhere close to as huge as the BFS. Sometimes, even when unusual swords and weapons are an everyday occurrence, characters are still surprised by the size of the lead's BFS, as it is a physical manifestation of its owner's potential power.
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If it's being wielded with just one hand, it's a [[One-Handed Zweihander]]. Compare [[Dual-Wielding]], [[Heroes Prefer Swords]], and [[Infinity+1 Sword]]. May be used to create a [[Sinister Scraping Sound]]. Obligatory links to [[Freud Was Right]] and [[Compensating for Something]] are here for your convenience.
May be so much more effective as a club due to the blade being dull it's more of a [[Bludgeon Blade]].
Not to be confused with any other [[BFS]].
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* [[Inuyasha]]'s sword Tessaiga is a normal-sized and rather dull-bladed katana in its unempowered state, but transforms into a BFS for use in battle whenever he has the desire/resolve to protect a human. Bankotsu's Banryuu, though technically a [[Blade on a Stick|halberd]], makes an even bigger BFS than Tessaiga.
** On the other hand, the three swords wielded by [[Master Swordsman]] Sesshoumaru are all of normal size.
** Jakotsu's sword ''looks'' like
* Mikoto from ''[[My-HiME]]'' fits the main trope when she becomes a [[Dark Magical Girl]] later in the series.
* Arika from ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' is the proud wielder of both a [[
** Arika gets [[Up to Eleven|one-upped]] by her own ''mother'' in ''[[Anime/Mai-Otome 0 Sifr|Mai-Otome 0 Sifr]]''. Her version of the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Sword of Akatsuki]] is large enough to cleave an asteroid in half from several hundred meters off.
* Zabuza, an ex-Seven Swordsman of the Mist and the first major villain that Team 7 faces in ''[[Naruto]]'', has a rather nasty BFS named ''Kubikiribouchou'' ("Decapitating Carving Knife") {{spoiler|that can [[Healing Factor|repair itself]] with the iron from the blood of its victims}}. Kisame (also a former member of the Seven) has another BFS named ''Samehada'' ("sharkskin") that [[Loyal Phlebotinum|only he can use]], and which is more or less a sword-shaped bundle of ''hooks'' as opposed to an actual blade. Its main strength is its ability to [[Energy Absorption|absorb the chakra of others in order to aid its master]], and Kisame can also {{spoiler|fuse with it if need be}}. It also happens to be ''[[Empathic Weapon|alive]]'', to the point where it's capable of {{spoiler|abandoning its master if it finds someone else it likes better}}.
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* Kamina from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has one of these. The series even subtly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it when he first fights Viral: by the time you think he's finished drawing the sword from its scabbard, he still has that much further to go.
** It took him exactly 8,47 seconds to draw that sword.
** Also, in the {{spoiler|second TTGL movie}} Viral pilots a {{spoiler|galaxy sized mech with 14 arms. Guess what 11 of those arms are wielding? Granted, they're not as big as the TTGL's BFS, IMO quantity over quality in this case.}}
** Also, in some {{spoiler|official art of the Tengen Toppa Gurren, King Kittan, and Agodega, (which never appeared in the manga/anime/movies, you clearly see that the TTG is wielding a katana, like Kamina. The TTG is, you guessed it, galaxy sized. Considering Kamina's normal katana is already a BFS, the TTG's katana is a BFS of a BFS.}}
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* After using the Goldion Hammer (not a BFS, so much as a Big Friggen Hammer) during the original series run, ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' gets to use the Goldion Crusher—a hammer of light made out of battleships—during the OVA.
** And yet, when the main villain of the OVA Pulls out a regal-looking mech-sized blade, ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' counters with a green crystal version of Gai's "Will Knife", just scaled up to [[GaoGaiGar]] size.
* Mihawk's Kokutou Yoru in ''[[One Piece]]''. Can be mistaken, however, for a grave cross. The first time you see Mihawk's sword, you can easily mistake it for a giant marble cross that he's resting against. Then he draws it. The sword is bigger than he is. It gets progressively more badass afterwards, to the point where he can use it to slice through an iceberg, or cut a tsunami wave bigger than a fortress in half with it. Horizontally in half.
** Smoker's sword isn't nearly up to Mihawk's standards, but it is still pretty huge. And then there is Whitebeard. He is around, what, twenty feet tall? His sword is in proportion to his body.
* In ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'', Sorath has one he calls [[Gratuitous German|Blutsauger]]. Both Tanaka and Satou later make several attempts to lift it, but neither of them succeeds to get it off of the ground completely. In Season 2, Yuji [[Took a Level in Badass|takes a level in badass]] and wields it with ease, at one point [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|throwing it]] one-handed as a finishing move.
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** A scythe example, Soul's Witch/Demon Hunter form is also massive. One of [[Talking Weapon|Ragnarok's]] equivalent modes makes him considerably larger than usual.
* Some of the [[Humongous Mecha]]/Samurai in ''[[Samurai 7]]'' use swords so large that they are actually ''independently pilotable vehicles''. In the last few episodes {{spoiler|the titular heroes use one as transportation. And Kikuchiyo actually ''wields one'' during his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] scene. }}
* Shidou "Sid" Misako from ''[[Hayate
* The Shining Trapezohedron of ''[[Demonbane]]'' looks unweildy but it has the ability to cut through dimensions and seal away powerful gods.
* Gretel in ''[[Otogi Juushi Akazukin]]'' has the Missing Grave, a giant Sword with flowers growing on it. It can only be used because she wears a pair of Oven Mitts that give her strength like an Ogre. The sword is taller than most of the cast.
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* Tessai in ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'' has one, and it plays a big part in {{spoiler|his own death.}}
* Surprisingly enough, its a [[Super Robot]] known as Ganbarugar that had one of these and played it pretty realistically in its use. The sword is huge of course, but because of that its really hard to accurately swing it at a moving opponent, so the mecha has to paralyse the enemy first.
* Mewtwo from ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' has a Big Friggin' ''Spoon'', formed from his energy. No matter how stupid it may sound, it serves as an extremely effective close-range melee weapon, not to mention it can stretch, curve, and turn into a ''fork'' to spear things with. And he once used it to deliever a [[Diagonal Cut]] on the ''Trainer Tower'', slicing the building in ''two''.
* Lapis from ''[[Kaze no Stigma]]'' carries a BFS which can nullify jutsu/magic.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Codex Alera]]'', [[Dishing Out Dirt|Knights Terra]] usually carry enormous swords, mauls, or waraxes that would be nearly impossible for ordinary soldiers to use, but thatthey have no trouble wielding due to the [[Super Strength]] that comes from being an earthcrafter. They are usually organized into groups that a particular Legion uses as a battering ram or stopgap. Even [[Wolf Man|Canim elites]] and [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Vord warriors]] have to give way under that kind of assault. And they become ''real'' terrors if they're [[Extra Ore Dinary|metalcrafters to boot.]]
*
** The sword was actually forged to be fairly normal-sized by its original wielder, Riva Iron-Grip. Only problem was he was about two or three feet taller than most people.
** Even though it's normal-sized for the seven-foot-plus Riva Iron-Grip, it's still much, much more heavy than steel would be. When it was newly made, [[The Mentor|Belgarath]]—who helped with the forging by supplying the tools, heat, and water—told Riva to not remove the Orb when he was holding the sword in one hand if the occasion came up, as the sudden return of the weight would probably break his wrist.
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* Duke Venalitor from the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]] [[Grey Knights]]'' novel ''Hammer of Daemons'' is introduced with a blade as long as he is tall.
* Malfallax from the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]] [[Blood Angels]]'' novel ''Deus Sanguinius'' brings to bear a warpblade explicitly said to be ten metres long. He is a giant [[Eldritch Abomination]], though.
* The books ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'' have the sword Thorn, a blade about two meters/six and a half feet long, forged from [[Thunderbolt Iron]], that weighs so much it can't be lifted. (To everyone except its chosen user. For whom it's ''still'' so heavy it takes insane strength to use.)
* In ''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'', Prince Arutha gets some visitors from the Empire of Great Kesh. One of them carries a ''flasher'', which is apparently to a scimitar what a greatsword is to a broadsword.
* [http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/File:Ado_Edem_Slash_Emperor.png The Slash Emperor] from [[Kinoko Nasu]]'s short story ''[[Angel Notes|Notes]]'' is several times taller than its user Ado Edem, and is ''more powerful than your average nuke''. Ado Edem uses it to slice apart {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination|Type Jupiter]]}}.
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** [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger's]] takes it [[Up to Eleven]] by giving a Rekka Daizanto to '''their giant robot''' as their Shinkenger Mode finisher. Even larger still is the sword used by the robot's [[Himitsu Sentai Goranger|Goranger]] Mode.
** This trope isn't just limited to the characters, but it stands to reason that giant robots will be armed with giant swords. And it doesn't seem to matter how technologically-advanced your culture or civilisation is, because the primary weapon for your Giant Robot of Doom will ''always'' be a BFS. Even if a Megazord has a cannon or flaming fists or something, you can rest assured that another robot will show up, at some point, armed with a BFS.
** If it's the machines, it's gotta be the [[Power Rangers Zeo|Super Zeo Megazord]]/[[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger|OhBlocker]]. Its swords are small at first, but its finisher involves combining them into a blade
* In ''[[Garo]]'', the title hero wields a reasonably-sized sword. With one of his later powerups, it can grow to grotesque proportions, allowing him to throw it, then jump on and ride it like a surfboard.
* ''[[CSI]]'' almost called it by name.
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== [[Manhwa]] ==
* Sando's sword from ''[[Shin Angyo Onshi]]'' is bigger than she is.
* Percer from ''[[Id (manhua)|Id]]'' has an absurdly large sword that he manages to use single handed.
* Batu and Yuda from ''[[Shaman Warrior]]'' both employ these.
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** In fact, Bladedge himself IS a BFS. That, or his costume is one - depends on whether he's a guy in a costume, or a robot.
** It is however [[Inverted Trope|inverted]] with Defender, the Magical Knight and his... well, it would be generous to call that thing a "knife".
** For the Amazoness tribe, the size of the sword seems to be proportionate to authority. [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Amazoness_Queen Amazoness Queen] has a a pretty big and fearsome sword, but [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Amazoness_Empress Amazoness Empress] has a larger one, while [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Amazoness_Augusta Amazoness Augusta] has the most fearsome weapon of all.
* The ''[[Neopets]]'' card game parodies this with the card "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Big, Heavy Sword]]" which depicts an Usul (unsuccessfully) trying to wield it.
* Zenmaru in ''[[Gamaran]]'' has a gigantic katana named "Kutaragi Sadanaga". Partially subverted, as everyone points out how such a large weapon would be slow and impractical to use, but then played straight when Zenmaru take advantage of the blade's length and speed combined with his own strength to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|bisects all his opponents in one swing]].
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* Common in the later ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games. The most well-known video game example is Cloud's Buster Sword from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', and the [[Katanas Are Just Better|Masamune]] used by [[Arch Enemy]] and [[Big Bad]] Sephiroth. The Buster Sword is simply a really big sword, while the Masamune is a six-foot katana that aside from length has normal proportions.
** By ''[[Advent Children]]'', Cloud has ditched the Buster Sword and left it on Zack's grave. He replaces it with the equally huge Fusion Swords, a set of six individual swords that combine into one. Each of the individual swords is also a BFS, the proportionally smaller "side blades" being normal-sized.
** Masamune has gone through multiple size changes between games/movies. ex. In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' the sword is 12 feet long.
** Though it's likely due to graphical limitations, Cloud and Sephiroth are hardly the original examples, though there are the Trope Codifiers for the series. [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFI_Broadsword.png A]{{Dead link}} [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Broadsword_FFII_iPod.png few] [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFIII_NES_Ashura.png samples] [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:IV-cecilDK_sd.png from], [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFV_Critical_Hit.png earlier] [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFVI_Ragnarok.png games]{{Dead link}}.
** Squall's Gunblade in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' is pretty reasonable in it's default form, but some of the upgraded forms are humongous, especially Punishment and Lion Heart.
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** Garland in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' brandishes a BFS bigger than ''entire characters'', and it's so heavy he has to drag it around behind him when he walks. However, The end-all BFSes are the blades [[Field of Blades|found in]] the Edge of Madness stage. Each one is easily three stories tall ''at least''. And for Chaos's ultimate attack, he [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|gets big enough to use them]].
** ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'''s Ultima Weapon was a big fraggin' sword that drew its power from its wielder's HP.
* ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' isn't exactly known for its BFSs, but in [[Dragon Quest IX|the ninth installment]], there's a [[Punny Name|Co-op]] [[Limit Break|de' Grace]] called Quadraslash. What does it do? Well, firstly, all four party members shoot a [[Lightning Can Do Anything|magical lightning bolt]] into the sky... and where they connect, there summons an absolutely '''''GINORMOUS''''' sword which then drops on the opponent's head!
* [[Bonus Boss|Extra boss]] Flandre Scarlet in the ''[[Touhou]]'' game ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' has a spell which summons an energy sword called Laevatein. Given that this is a 2D shoot 'em up, that doesn't sound too dangerous... until you realize that it's 10 times her height—nearly as long as the ''screen''.
* In ''[[Ninja Blade]]'', one of the three weapons available to you is a huge sword that's about as long as the protagonist is tall. The game actually seems to acknowledge that a weapon so large, regardless of whether or not it actually has sharp edges, will probably do more crushing than cutting anyhow, since a few of its upgraded versions lack sharp edges entirely, making them more like clubs. As such, it's the only weapon that's any good at breaking armor.
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** Note that neither character's sprite is consistent with his artwork in this regard. The art depicts their swords as being closer to historical Zweihänders in size.
** Considering Arngrim is an [[Expy]] of Guts to begin with, his choice of weaponry is hardly surprising.
* The [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' is well known for the Big
** And [[Big
** Shown case-in-point is actually on the average side for the game. The more epic items can fairly easily [http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/551/cduc1.jpg dwarf the character who carries them].
** Also, Gnomes. Gnome Melee Classes (such as the Warrior and Death Knight) can wield two-handed swords. Often these swords are ''longer than the character is tall'', causing them to clip ''through the ground'' when carried on the character's back. Especially ludicrous in the case of Death Knights, where the starter swords are more than one-third of the width of the character's back! Gnome Fury Warrior with Titan's Grip. A tiny little gnome ''dual wielding'' weapons bigger than themselves. It doesn't get much more ridiculous than that.
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** The most well-known BFS in ''World of Warcraft'' is probably the legendary [http://www.wowwiki.com/File:Fordring_Ashbringer.jpg Ashbringer].
** Another is the epic troll sword [http://www.wowhead.com/item=64377 Zin'Rokh, Destroyer of Worlds]. Even on taller characters it visibly stands out.
* An instance of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]] in ''[[Drakengard]]''. The sword that Caim wields in the cutscenes is larger by far than the sword he carries around in-game. This is taken up a notch in the sequel, when Caim's Sword is ridiculously huge when the protagonist of that game acquires it. There's also a ''literal'' BFS in Hymir's Finger, a sword that is said to weigh
** If you look closely, it even appears that said axe is part of Hymir's Finger, which makes sense since the blade was forged from the pretty much scrap of everything the guy who forged it ever killed.
* The Biggoron Sword from the ''Zelda'' series. Then there were the Darknut swords from the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''. Those things were so huge that they were only good for throwing and for breaking pillars. But they were very good as thrown/demolition weapons.
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** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', {{spoiler|Link will need to use Koloktos's swords against it after unscrewing its arms. Said swords are bigger than Link.}}
** Later in the game, {{spoiler|Ghirahim uses one in the third phase of the third fight against him. It also turns out that Ghirahim ''[[Equippable Ally|is]]'' a BFS, namely, the one that belongs to Demise.}}
**
* The last fight in ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' is the main character Jaster vs. a giant monster ship-sized evil... thing. Lucky for you, Jaster just got a blade the size of a school bus!
** It starts off the size of a school bus, but is extended to ridiculous proportions during said fight. We're talking 10x Sephy's Masamune.
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** Also, the new Tian Weapons set is 'built' on this trope.
* The entire point of the Flash game ''[[Ginormo Sword]]''. If you can't hit the entire screen with your sword, you haven't done enough [[Level Grinding]].
* Probably the last character you'd expect getting a BFS is getting a BFS: {{spoiler|[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic.]]}} Also, it can talk, {{spoiler|and it's trying to make Sonic more chivalrous and knight-like.}}{{Context|reason=where?}}
* {{spoiler|Nyx Avatar}}, last boss of ''[[Persona 3]]'', stands about 18 feet tall and wields a massive zweihänder roughly twice that size. In one hand. It's large enough that you're never quite able to see the sword in its entirety during the fight. Then again, if anyone deserves to wield a BFS, it would be the {{spoiler|[[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Death}}.
** Junpei can wield some, too.
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* Duke, Balga, Gaia and Tau each wield a BFS in ''[[Battle Arena Toshinden]]''. Gaia even uses his ''one handed''.
* A form of [[Kingdom Hearts|Sora]]'s Keyblade, Metal Chocobo, qualifies for this. As you could quess, he got the corresponding keychain from Cloud Strife himself. He also gets Fenrir (from Tifa), Lionheart/Sleeping Lion (from Squall), Oblivion, Guardian Soul (from Auron), and ''two'' Ultima Weapons, among others.
**
** The KHII Ultima looks particularly silly on the Pride Lands, since Sora is a lion ''cub''. The weapon he's carrying in his mouth is longer than he is.
** Saix's weapon, Lunatic, is called a "claymore" in game text but can really only be described as a Big Spiky Sword-thing.
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* In ''[[Bunny Must Die]]'', the little girl main character can obtain and swing a sword three times her height. Justified in that it's a [[Laser Blade]].
* Nariko, the red-headed fantasy caucasian Norse-analog with an Asian father and a Japanese name (WTF?), is the protagonist of ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'', a rare of example of the BFS being right there in the title of the game. As [[Zero Punctuation]] pointed out, much of the time this stupidly gigantic magicaly sword is split into two smaller swords, though in power stance it's one huge chunk of metal about the same size as the slim young woman who wields it.
* [[Onimusha]] has his shares of large swords, starting with [[Playing with Fire|Enryuu and Rekka-ken]], [[Razor Wind|Kuga]] and the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Onimusha Blade and Genma Samonji.]] In ''Dawn of Dreams'', [[The Hero|Soki's]] arsenal is entirely composed of
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'' Death Metal, your first assassin to face off with, wields an impressive transforming Orange MK-II. Plus, Travis gains one [[Laser Blade]] comprised of five beams at Buster Sword length.
** Dark Star has a katana large enough to be the ''stage'' of one fight. In the sequel [[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]], Travis gets one named Peony, which ''gets longer'' [[Freud Was Right|as his Ecstacy Gauge rises]].
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* The Queen's Sword in ''[[Ico]]'' is almost as large as a grown man, and {{spoiler|when Ico wields it, he has trouble standing upright or even bringing it to bear}}.
** As a bonus weapon in ''Shadow of the Colossus'', it gets downsized quite a bit. Of note in the non-American versions of ''Ico'' is another bonus weapon—a Big Fuckin' ''Laser Sword'' that [[Unfortunate Implications|triples in length while he holds Yorda's hand.]]
* Exor in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' is a gigantic, [[Living Weapon| living sword]] longer than Bowser's Castle is tall. The plot of the game begins when it crashes through the Star Road, shattering it, and stabs right into the castle to become a portal for Smithy's invading forces.
** Subverted in that Exor is stationary, and you'd have to be stronger than twelve thousand Supermen in order to be able to actually lift him.
* The [[Ancestral Weapon|Holy Daedalus Blade]], the Dark Cloud, the Chronicle Sword, and the Island King in ''[[Dark Cloud]] 2''. The latter, in particular, is actually a surfboard-sized Tiki-mask with a pinwheel on one end and a hilt on the other.
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** In the [[Finishing Move]] added to the gameplay in the same game, Zero's own sword grows to BFS levels. As if being a [[Laser Blade]] [[Rule of Cool|wasn't enough...]]
** ''[[Mega Man 8]]'' had [https://web.archive.org/web/20161006203119/http://images.wikia.com/megaman/images/a/ab/Swordmanbq.png Swordman], a Robot Master specifically built to wield a BFS Wily ripped off. But the sword was so heavy, Swordman is composed of two halves, the upper of which tilts to counterbalance the blade. Oh, and he can [[Incendiary Exponent|channel]] [[Kill It with Fire|fire]] through it.
** And then there's the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161006203102/http://images.wikia.com/megaman/images/c/ca/MegaMan_Zerker.jpg Zerker Sword] (aka Thunder Bolt Blade, an electric based sword) from ''[[Mega Man Star Force]] 2'' and ''3''.
* In the ''[[Tales (series)]]'', we have the spirit Undine's blade in ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'', Philia Philis' Clemente (heavily magic-tilted and terrible for offense, unlike most examples here) in ''[[Tales of Destiny]]'', Ruca Milda's signature weapon type in ''[[Tales of Innocence]]'', and Decus's sword (which he keeps stored in a man-sized iron maiden) from ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]''. There are also massive [[An Axe to Grind|axes]] to be found, specifically [[Tales of Symphonia|Presea Combatir's Gaia Cleaver]] and [[Tales of Hearts|Innes Lorenz' Folseus]] (and both characters are [[Mighty Glacier]] types to boot).
** And then there is the {{spoiler|VBFS (Very Big F'n Sword) in the ending of ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''}}.
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* In ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 2'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46xJiPdIWvM BFS attacks you]!
* Despite the premise of super powered cosmic swords all trying to kill each other in [[Eien no Aselia]], most of them aren't ''that'' unrealistically huge. But Karma? It's bigger than the guy wielding and that guy is pretty big.
* The player ship in [[Alltynex Second]] wields two swords that are twice its
* [[Warriors of Might and Magic]] has several two-handed sword weapons, including the Claymore, [[An Ice Person|Wild Winter]] and [[Named Weapons|Grendel.]]
* ''[[Terraria]]'' has a few. The Blade of Grass and Fiery Greatsword are already exceptionally large, but even these are dwarfed by the Breaker Blade (which also serves as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud.]]).
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* Some of the swords wielded by the Fencer/Fencer Elite classes in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles II]]'' and ''[[Video Game/Valkryia Chronicles III|Valkryia Chronicles III]]'' qualify. They're all so heavy that they have to be dragged backhanded across the field of battle (this posture also allows the fencers to carry a shield in front of them), and they're weighty enough that they can kill almost any infantry unit in one swing.
* [[Septerra Core]]. Gemma's Blade, which {{spoiler|Doskias}} acquires a ways into the game.
* Augus from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''
* The Reaver (in physical form, at least) from the ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series.
* In ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', Kirby can use a [[Limit Break|Super Ability]] called Ultra Sword that lets him grow his sword to massive proportions to cleave enemies and terrain.
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* Since all of the Knight's weapons in ''[[Trigger Knight]]'' use the same sprite, even the ''dagger'' is as tall as she is.
* The Gran Centurio in [[Yggdra Union]] and [[Blaze Union]]. At five-and-a-half feet long and two wide, it is unusable by anyone not part of the Artwaltz dynasty, as the sword is specially enchanted to be near-weightless to them. Milanor tries picking it up in one of the side materials, and he can't lift it.
*
* ''[[Rift]]'' features two-handed swords of various types, and like most fantasy games they tend to be things that would be... [[Awesome but Impractical|unwieldy]] in real life. UNLIKE most games, however, they don't actually scale with the height/race of your character, leading both to giant Bahmi that are essentially one-handing two-handed swords, and short-to-middle sized Dwarves that are wielding blades half again as tall as they are!
* Some of the units in [[The Battle for Wesnoth]] have these; the Elvish Champion springs to mind.
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* Roy's [[Weapon of Choice]] as leader of ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' (and specialist weapon, being a Fighter) is an heirloom greatsword, which while being realistic by standards of this page is still damn big.
** The intro comic to the first book parodies the "oddly effeminate male leads" of the ''Final Fantasy'' series by showing one of them with a sword larger than he is strapped to his back, rendering him unable to move as with its point stuck in the ground the bearer is suspended several feet in the air with it strapped to his back.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090724154520/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0129.html Taken to extremes] in ''[[Adventurers!]]!''
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090126 Grantz] from ''[[Girl Genius]]''.
** Otila has a HUGE scabbard (we're talking past Buster Sword territory) but no BFS.
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* Hakelda of ''[[Reliquary]]'' carries around a spiked club nearly as tall as [[Gentle Giant|she is.]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110828230155/http://www.oglaf.com/obituator.html The Obituator], a one-off from ''[[Oglaf]]'' is a rare, possibly even unique, [[Literal Metaphor|literally]] literal example of the trope.
* Andy Frogman in ''[[Ultima
* ''[[The Book of
* ''[[Homestuck]]'': All of [[The Lancer|Dave]]'s alchemized swords are taller than he is in the comic's standard art style. In the various [[Art Shift]]s they are much more realistically proportioned (as is everything else), though still of considerable size.
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', a comparision of swords [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209181953/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2182 includes the claim that one is longer and the other is heavier.]
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** Mordhau, or inverted grip, was often used with longsword or zweihander. By gripping the blade of the sword with both hands, with cross-guard up, sword was turned in a two-handed warhammer, which was much more effective in dealing with plate mail wearing opponents.
** Thick pieces of plate armor were virtually sword-, arrow-proof and it wasn't until the 19. century before guns had indeed turned so strong that traditional plate armor wasn't able to protect from them any more. In fact, modern bulletproof vests of military quality are again very much like a plate mail, using among other things a titanium layer (instead of steel, because titanium is more lightweight) to distribute the shock of the impact of a bullet. The plate armor simply vanished the nature of war changed. The old nobility lost its function, and ordinary people couldn't afford these extremely expensive kinds of armor.
** Of course, there's always a vast range of quality (and thus cost) and weight (which is a trade-off): a really thick steel plate is impenetrable for anything short of anti-tank rifle, but you can't make a whole suit of this, while a thin plate of mild steel is good enough light blades, but won't stop an axe or mace. A dense mail of thick spring steel can stop bullets, though cut the "protected" surface, while a soft wire in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120714184527/http://mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=372 sparse patterns] stops well only knife or saber cuts (stainless steel of butcher gloves is ''very'' strong by medieval standards).
* Pepin the Short's sword was about 1,83 m (little over 6 feet) long. The most remarkable thing is that Pepin himself was 1,37 m (under 4 feet and half) tall.
* Not exactly a sword, but this basic trend is subverted in the sabre-tooth tiger. Many look at the sabre-tooth as being far more vicious than recent species of cats (such as lions and tigers). Truth be told, the evolution of cats canines to smaller size made them ''more deadly and effective'' than the sabre-tooth was. Sometimes smaller is better.
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