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== Anime & Manga ==
* Being that ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'' is more a comedy than anything, it doesn't allow many blades of any size to get in. That said, [[Anime Chinese Girl|Shampoo]] still manages to get away with swinging around a massive sabre in her first appearance, even if she does trade it for [[Carry a Big Stick]] afterwards. How big is it? The blade alone is roughly the same length as the distance between the bottom of Shampoo's pelvis and the top of her head. And she swings it around in ''one hand''. While carrying a chui (a long-handled mace with a basketball sized ''solid steel'' head) in the other.
** That's the actual size of real Chinese dao, and they're a ''lot'' lighter (and flexible) than they seem.
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'': Fuu's upgraded sword is long and large compared to Hikaru's and Umi's. Should anyone else hold it, the weight would bring them down (as the sword was made purely for her, she is able to lift it with ease, thus allowing some [[Justified Trope|justification.]])
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** ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'': Lightning's gunblades are all pretty reasonable in size but when she is in [[Super Mode|Gestalt Mode]] she gets her hands on Odin's newest version of the Zantetsuken which is a monstrous [[Double Weapon|double sided sword]] which she splits into [[Dual-Wielding|two]] swords which are still at least as large as she is. Justified slightly that she can only really use the thing when mounted on [[Cool Horse|Sleipnair]]
** Both ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' protagonists hold a BFS called Judge Sword in their artwork (which [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Ffta-marche.jpg make look the Buster Sword tame in comparison]), but the only place they're ever seen in the games is a brief appearance during the Bishop's Judge spell in the first game.
** 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 [[BFS|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! Might I add that said sword is bigger than any boss in the game and [[For Massive Damage|can do more damage than your DPS could ever hope for]]? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jLz7AuGdI Here's a video].
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** Never mind that the hilt of the sword is the size of a pencil. To be a usable sword, it would have to weigh as much as that giant blade, rendering the word even less usable than it already appears it should be.
* The [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|aptly-named]] Huge Sword from ''[[Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'' and its unleash, "Heavy Divide". Also, Felix and Isaac's Ragnarok/Odyssey Psyenergy. And the multi-elemental summon Catastrophe. And the Excalibur's "Legend" unleash, as well as the Gaia Blade's Titan Blade and the Darksword's Acheron's Grief.
** ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'' continues the tradition but a special note goes to Isaac and Garet when they appear as a [[Guest Star Party Member]] in the start of the game. They wield swords larger than any of the ones your own party will ever find! This combined with the fact that they literally saved the world 30 years earlier just adds to their badassery.
** There's also Blados' giant katana. While it's not especially thick, it's longer than he is tall.
* ''[[Castlevania]]: Symphony of the Night'' brings us the Runesword, an oversized sword that you don't swing, but rather have fly out in front of you and come back to you. And then there's ''Aria of Sorrow'''s Claimh Solais, which swings in an approximately 135-degree arc in front of you and is the [[Infinity+1 Sword|best sword in the game]].
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{{quote| '''Daniel:''' And what's with that ridiculous sword anyway? It's like a huge slab of iron!<br />
'''Sick:''' He's [[Compensating for Something|compensating]]. }}
* ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'': Even [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever|accounting for size of Colossi]], the Third Colossus wields a sword that is very nearly as long as he is tall. Compared to the protagonist, said sword is as big as a highway, and so thick and heavy it acts more as a bludgeon than a blade.
* 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.]]
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** ''[[Mega Man 8]]'' had [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 [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]]''}}.
** All of Karol's swords are longer than he is tall. That's not saying much(he's 12 years old) but his first sword is so big that after Yuri cuts it in half he can use the base as a hammer. (Karol is the tank in the game and all his weapons are way too big for him)
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* The Sword of Aeons wielded by Jack of Blades and {{spoiler|the Hero, should you make the choice}} in ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable I]]''.
** If you think that's big, you should see the Bereaver (from the lost chapters).
* [[Demons Souls|Demon's Souls]] has a ridiculous amount of [[BFS]]. (...among other giant weapon types.)
** The Guillotine Axe qualifies, not because it's huge, but because the blade is as big as the rest of the axe. The Guillotine Axe is exactly what it sounds like. It's an axe designed for beheadings. Not to mention [[Ax Crazy|the person who wields it...]]
** The [http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/meat-cleaver "Meat Cleaver"] is as big as your character, and is covered in blood. It's interesting that one of the bosses uses this weapon, and you get it by forging a weapon with this bosses soul.
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