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** Possibly the purest example here; the weapons were ''actually breaking down''.
* A variation in ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'': Jen Yu fights Yu Shu Lien with the Green Destiny sword, with Shu Lien using a wide variety of different weapons against her as the sword whittles down everything she tries.
* [[James Bond]] vs. Janus in ''[[GoldeneyeGoldenEye (film)|GoldenEye]]''.
* The big fight scene in ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded'' starts as a weapon brawl, and eventually traverses car chase into a fist v. sword fight on the back of a speeding semi, and ends with a game of chicken...
** Burly Brawl for that matter starts out as a typical one-against-many fight scene and gradually turns into a Looney Tunes short on crack.
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* ''[[Battlefield 3]]'' ends after a chase through the New York subway system, followed by a {{spoiler|[[Press X to Not Die]] sequence that ends with you bashing the [[Big Bad]] in the face with a rock.}}
* ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]] 2'' has Kratos inflict this on Perseus, constantly wrecking all his divine gadgets until he is forced to [[Turns Red|take Kratos seriously]].
* The Dominion Tower's Climber Mode in [[RunescapeRuneScape]] can have this effect. Instead of limiting storage access like Endurance Mode, before every fight you get a handicap (Such as lower attack accuracy, no prayers, monsters start out unable to attack, etc). While it starts out rather easy, by the time you get to F15 you'll affected by so many handicaps that you'll constantly be dazed, dropping your weapons, unable to eat, drink or even wear armour while fighting some of the toughest bosses in the game.
* A [[Pokémon]] that runs out of PP for all of its moves will resort to the move Struggle, which does moderate damage and also damages itself.
* Most fights in ''[[Condemned]] 2'' become this due to melee weapons breaking. Which often leads to the player using their fists to fight or running around in hope of grabbing a new weapon.
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** During the battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War, Joshua Chamberlain's 20th Maine regiment had to hold a vital hill on the flank of the Union Army. They repelled several enemy attacks, but ran out of bullets. In desperation, Chamberlain ordered a bayonet charge, which saved the Union Army and got him the Medal of Honor.
*** Several battles in that war had soldiers ''throwing rocks at each other.''
** In [[World War OneI]], soldiers who could expect to wind up doing a lot of trench fighting often had customized melee weapons (mostly knives and clubs) that saw just as much use as their rifles, if not more. The wicked trench spike (think brass knuckles welded to railroad spike) was pretty much invented in this war.
** During the legendary Battle of Thermoplyae, the Greek soldiers who fought the Persians reportedly kept battling their enemies even after their spears and swords were broken, battering them with their shields, eventually being forced to use their teeth and fingernails as weapons.
*** Deadliest Warrior suggests that a Spartan shield punch, while obviously not a move to be used in heavy combat, was as or more lethal than the spears or swords. That's a lot of weight coming at you.
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