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{{quote|"Just so we're clear Maka; this guy's [[The Heartless|turning himself into]] a weapon. [[Sinister Scythe|He's the same as me that way.]] 'course I look a lot cooler in my human form than he does."|'''"Soul Eater" Evans''', ''[[Soul Eater]]''}}

 

 

Sometimes more exotic solutions present themselves of course, with characters who are capable of [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] into a weapon (typically a powerful one, otherwise they would just be [[Awesome but Impractical|cutting their forces in half]]). Weapons which can manifest [[Projected Man|some sort]] of [[Avatar]] or otherwise interact like any other character also count. A related trope is the [[Empathic Weapon]], which seems to have some vague form of intelligence or link with its wielder but not enough to count as a person (although particular powerful examples might overlap with this trope under special circumstances).

* The video game ''[[EOE Eve of Extinction (Video Game)|EOE Eve of Extinction]]'' features weapons made by converting a human's neural structure into an operating system, the most powerful one's being the protagonist's girlfriend and {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]], who also happens to be [[The Man Behind the Man]]}}. Although its not made clear if former's an actual example of this, if she can project some sort of hologram or if the cutscenes show her in humanoid form for convenience sake {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]]}} certainly is.

* [[Sam and Max|Sam]] sometimes uses [[Sam and Max|Max]] as a weapon or anything needed in the moment. Taking to some extremes in the classic ''Hit the Road'' where Max is part of the inventory.

* In the online game ''Ghost X'' you gain a "nanobot", which is basically a creature that can turn into a weapon.

* In the video game series ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'', Wizards, AMians, and FMians can all be considered this.

** In ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' some cyber elves can be made into one shot weapons.

* ''[[Earthworm Jim (Video Game)|Earthworm Jim]]'' is an interesting case in that the main character uses ''himself''<ref>or, rather, his worm body</ref> for several purposes, including as a whip and a grappling rope.

* [[Maple Story]] has a recurring character in the Aran questline, Maha, the spirit of Aran's polearm. He gets indignant about being left behind, becomes sentimental when Aran remembers him (complete with [[Sand in My Eyes]]) and is responsible for at least one of Aran's job advancements, landing him squarely in type 2 territory.

* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series has a few examples;

** The Targetmasters, and G1's Sixshot.

** A number of Mini-Cons also have weapon modes.

* In the ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar (Animation)|The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' short "Christmas Caper", Skipper uses Rico to shoot at Mr.Chew like a machine gun after he's swallowed a bowl of mints.

* A few of episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' had [[Gas Mask Mooks|Snifits]] being used as guns.

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