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* Likewise for ''[[Blue Submarine No. 6]]:'' {{spoiler|Mayumi and Hayami having just killed Zorndijk, and the Blue Fleet having already destroyed his entire empire, his son Verg goes out in murderous rage against Hayami and they both end up in a ''very'' brutal fight.}}
** Not really a fight ''per se''. Hiyami is just letting Verg beat the crap out of him because Zorndyke said that humanity needed to learn to talk out its problems. It was more like a voluntary [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]], with Hiyami as the beaten and Verg as the beater.
* In the ''[[Desert Punk (Mangamanga)|Desert Punk]]'' anime, the titular hero and his rival, both [[Gadgeteer Genius|Gadgeteer Geniuses]] have a duel that lasts an entire day- but it results in truly [[Epic Fail]] as they abandon their usual tactics and have a [[Blast Out]] with shotguns, the handguns, followed by running out of ammo and throwing rocks at each other. Eventually, they run out of loose rocks, and flip rubber bands at each other. The watching townspeople get bored and go home, and eventually [[Cross Counter|they punch each other out]].
* The [[Final Battle]] between Suzaku and Kallen in ''[[Code Geass]]'' starts with both of their [[Humongous Mecha|Knightmare Frames]] flying with energy wings and armed with powerful beam weapons. In the process of the fight, they lose the wings, wear each other's weapons down one by one, and eventually end up slugging it out with punches and kicks in a sequence that many fans declared the best fight of the entire series (and certainly the best one since the [[Lensman Arms Race]] took effect early in the second season, leading to battles decided by technological prowess rather than strategy).
* The [[Final Battle]] of ''[[ScryedS-Cry-ed]]'' starts out as a fight between alter-powers and then gradually breaks down to a simple slug fest.
** And a special kind of brutal one at that.
* The Simon vs Lordgenome battle in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. By the end, both the Gurren and Lazengann have been trashed, and the fight continues with Simon's Lagann and Lordgenome's ''bare fists''. {{spoiler|When Lordgenome actually ''wins'' that one, he pulls Simon out of the cockpit to gloat -- and Simon ''[[When All You Have Is a Hammer|stabs him with his car keys]]'', with explosive results}}.
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** Before that, in the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', Amuro and Char destroy each other's mobile suits, and continue their duel with guns, and then swords.
* In a most memorable scene from ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', Athrun and Kira duke it out in a free for all death match that made them both forget that their Gundams had any kind of specialty in mind and just go at it against each other. Involved lost limbs, broken cockpits and bashed heads. Eventually would have ended in Athrun's victory had he not ran out of power to fire the Scylla cannon after grabbing Kira. Of course this also results in him winning anyway since he self destructs the Gundam to attempt to kill Kira.
* At the end of the second season of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', {{spoiler|Setsuna gets his [[Humongous Mecha|Gundam]], the 00 Raiser, pretty much destroyed by [[Big Bad|Ribbons]] [[A God I Am|Almarck]]. Ribbons's Gundam, however, is also heavily damaged, so he takes the GN Drive he stole from the 00 Raiser and installs it on his old Mobile Suit, the 0 Gundam, that was drifting nearby. But then he gets attacked by Setsuna, who has installed the other GN Drive from the 00 on ''his'' old Gundam, the Exia. And they proceed to fight with their outdated Gundams. Gotta be the only mecha series when the hero got a [[Mid Series Upgrade|Last Episode Downgrade]].}}
** It also happens in the first season's finale. {{spoiler|Setsuna and Lasse start off piloting the GN-Armour Type-E against Alejandro's Alvatore, then the main bodies of those two are destroyed, leaving Setsuna's Gundam Exia that was inside the GN-Armour against the Alvalon that was inside the Alvatore, which Setsuna defeats by throwing six of swords at it. Then Graham Aker comes in a custom "GN-Flag", and they fight with Exia's one last weapon - his GN Sword/Rifle - against Graham's beam saber. By the end of the fight, neither machine is destroyed, but both of them are essentially floating wrecks with Exia's cockpit simply torn open.}}
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team]]'' had this towards the end, with a battle between Shiro and an enemy devolving to the point where he ends up beating the enemy with the severed arm of his own mobile suit.
* Revy and Roberta's first duel in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' begins with a car chase across the city, then becomes a deadly game of hide-and-go-seek at the docks, then finally ends up as a no holds barred fist fight that lasts ''all night''. {{spoiler|Roberta wins, just.}}
* The absurdly epic battle between Negi and Rakan in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' eventually ends with just the two of them slugging it out... for ''fun''.
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* Terry's rematch with Krauser in the second ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' OAV ends this way after the two of them have exhausted each other with their ultimate attacks.
* Most fights in ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]'' are bloody, messy and... rather clumsy looking affairs. [[Clean Cut|Clean Cuts]] are few and far between.
* One of the most brutal fights of ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' had Ash's Bulbasaur and an opposing trainer's Meganium start off the fight with Razor Leafs, Body Slams, and Vine Whips that also included a lot of moving. As the fight dragged on, it eventually got to the point where neither one of the combatants was even ''trying'' to dodge attacks, causing them to just be in a Vine Whip slug-fest that ended with a cross-counter that knocked both to the ground. The fight didn't end there, however, but stopped almost immediately after with a double Solar Beam.
** The clones vs. originals in ''[[Pokémon: theThe First Movie (Anime)|Pokémon the First Movie]]''. It's especially notable with the two Pikachu, as the clone starts crying while it keeps slapping Ash's Pikachu, who is just standing there sadly.
* The most recent chapter of "[[Fairy Tail]]" has this happen. {{spoiler|[[Mirror Match|Erza and her Edoras counterpart]] destroy the floating island they were fighting on, [[Breakable Weapons|each other's weapons,]] [[Clothing Damage|EACH OTHER'S CLOTHES,]] and use up all their magic in the process so their battle eventually breaks down to a fist fight, and finally leaves them both too exhausted to move. Earthland Erza still technically wins due to convincing Edoras Erza that stealing magic at the cost of lives is wrong.}}
* Goku in [[DragonballDragon Ball]] before becoming a Super Saiyan tended to end up his fights in such a way, particullary against King Piccolo, Piccolo and Vegeta: In the first one, Goku ended up crippled, and the fight ended when he propelled himself against Piccolo, bursting clean through his torso and killing him. Against Piccolo, Goku ended up with a hole the size of a fist in his shoulder, and won by dropping from the sky against Piccolo and knocking him out of the ring (they were still on a tournament fight). The fight against Vegeta, it started quite even and Goku quickly gained the upper hand... Then Vegeta turned into a giant ape. Goku ended the fight lying in the ground with all his bones broken, while Vegeta lost because a giant 5-year old wereape fell on him.
* The final battle in ''[[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]]'', against the {{spoiler|Zonuda Robot}} ends up being a particularly memorable example of this. [[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]]'s [[Stock Footage]] attacks, the Broken Phantom, Goldion Hammer, and Hell and Heaven, all prove to be ineffectual against this enemy, and his [[Mid-Season Upgrade|Phantom Rings and Space Boosters]] are quickly destroyed. So then it gets into a brutal slugfest with the enemy robot, smashing in its head with its bare hands and legs and tearing off limbs before ripping its hands through it to pull out the core.
 
 
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* Subverted in ''[[Kill Bill]] Volume 2''. The Bride is about to hit Pai Mei with a rock, and he will have none of that.
** But played straight later on, when the battle between Elle and The Bride ''starts out'' broken down, including wrestling, brawling, wall-bashing, and improvised weapon use. There's a spot that looks like there'll be a swordfight...but then Beatrix {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Skill|just plucks Elle's eye out]].}}
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Robin Hood Men in Tights|Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' with Robin and Little John's fight over the creek. It starts off as a staff fight, and eventually it becomes a strange version of Bloody Knuckles/Quarters.
** 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 ''[[Goldeneye (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.
* In the final battle of ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'', Mal and the Operative start by fighting with pistols, but [[Throw-Away Guns|rapidly lose their respective firearms]], resorting to [[Sword Fight|melee combat with sword and screwdriver]], before finally resorting to a [[Good Old Fisticuffs|blunt bare-handed fistfight]].
* The Roman Polanski film version of ''Macbeth'' has the final fight between Macbeth and Macduff turn into a protracted anything-goes match including punches, kicks, and Macduff swinging at Macbeth with a piece of firewood when he's been disarmed.
* The fight between ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'' starts with guns, then progresses to everything in the entire house being used as a weapon, from the dishes to the couch. And ends in [[Destructo-Nookie]].
* The final shown battle in ''[[Kingdom of Heaven]]'' has the Saracens breaching Jerusalem's walls. The battle goes from a stereotypical fight to what seems like the two sides ''pushing back and forth''.
* The ending duel in ''[[House of Flying Daggers]]'' has the two male leads fighting one another with their swords. Eventually the fight devolves from them fighting skillfully to them just slashing each other.
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* The final duel in ''[[Robot Jox]]'' begins with two giant mecha fighting each other until both mechs are utterly destroyed, at which point the "jox" jump out and start swinging broken parts at each other.
* The third [[Sword Fight]] in ''[[The Duellists]]'' goes on for so long the duellists are gasping for breath, propping themselves up on their swords, and occasionally mustering the strength to make wild roundhouse swings at each other. The duel is ended by their seconds when they discard their swords and just start having at each other.
* ''[[Old BoyOldboy]]''. Hallway. Hammer. Very tiring.
* Several times in ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'', but particularly one engagement between the North Vietnamese forces and the [[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines|Lost Platoon]]. At one point, an American soldier can be seen bludgeoning a Vietnamese troop to death with [[Improvised Weapon|his helmet]].
* Towards the end of the climactic battle in ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', both sides are reduced to using sidearms, tossing helmets, and bludgeoning each other with rifle butts.
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== Literature ==
* In ''[[X Wing Series|Starfighters of Adumar]]'', Wes Janson participates in a blastsword duel only to turn it into a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] - knowing that he can't beat the other guy in a fair duel, he [[You Fight Like a Cow|goads him]] into making a wild swing, then punches him half to death. The other guy tries to punch back, but he's not trained in [[Good Old Fisticuffs]].
* In Max Barry's ''Machine Man'', the final fight between {{spoiler|[[Man in Thethe Machine]] Dr. Charles Neumann and crazed [[Cyborg]] Carl}} sees them deal a *great* deal of damage to each other before {{spoiler|Neumann blasts Carl to smithereens with his [[BFG]] [[Arm Cannon]]}}.
 
 
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* In any game emphasising resource management or item hoarding players can be brought down to this if they run out of MP/Items/Ammo or can't afford to use any more, leaving them forced to remove a boss's last HP/enemies with their weakest weapons and abilities.
* This trope is nearly universal in [[Tower Defense]] Games, when experts aren't playing. It is a consequence of the difficultycurve and the fact they are [[Endless Game|EndlessGames]].
* If you drag a gunfight out for too long in ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]'', your foes will run out of ammo and try to stab you.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'', {{spoiler|the final battle between Old Snake and Ocelot starts as an over-the-top cutscene brawl before entering into a three-stage fight (each stage reminiscent of the previous three ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid'' games), and degenerates into two exhausted old men slugging it out with each other.}}
* Speaking of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', one particular level ends with [[Duel Boss]] battle between Sanger and Wodan. Both of their machines get severely damaged in the cutscene beforehand, and you have three turns to defeat Wodan before the level ends anyways. To get the [[Bragging Rights Reward]], you will have to throw ''everything'' at Wodan, and by fight's end, Sanger's machine will be stripped of pretty much all energy, Spirit, and be on its last legs.
* ''[[Fallout 3]]'' requires that you maintain your weapon and armor conditions so that you can equip and use them effectively. A similar effect can be inflicted on enemies, as shooting their weapon enough time will cause it to have a 0% CND rating, making it unusable to them. Interestingly enough, the weapons can still be used for repair despite the damage.
** That's a result of condition being more a rating of functionality rather than material cohesion. E.G. If you slice through the hose or puncture the fuel tank of a flamer you could still salvage the trigger mechanism and the nozel to fix one that's been bent in a melee.
* ''[[Battlefield 3 (Video Game)|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 (Video Gameseries)|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 [[Runescape]] 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 (Franchise)|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.
* Competing online with other players in ''Fight Night: Champion'' for many rounds can result in this, as both players will have reduced stamina by that point. Even more so when there are two players that have been spamming punches and wasting stamina.
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* in the final episode of the Battletech cartoon has [[The Captain|Adam Steiner]] (our protagonist) and [[Dragon-in-Chief|Nicolai Malthus]] going against each other in Fresh [[Humongous Mecha|BattleMechs]] in a duel of sorts for the planet [[Doomed Hometown|Somerset]]. Nicolai Malthus wins the mech duel, but then loses his own mech to a cliff face after Adam [[Gundamjack|jumps into his cockpit]]; the ensuing struggle sending the mech out of control. Steiner and Malthus end up duking it out man-to-man on the remains of Malthus's mech.
 
* When [[DextersDexter's Laboratory|Dexter and Mandark's]] dads throw down (ironic considering Mandark's father is a peace loving hippie), it starts out as a flat-out fist fight, then degrades into a wrestling match. Then they start throwing food and stray animals at each other. Then they just jump into their cars and ram each other for the rest of the day. The episode ends with Mandark and Dexter arguing over whose ''mom'' is tougher.
 
 
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