Excalibur in the Rust: Difference between revisions

[[File:mastersword_moss_1395.jpg|link=The Legend of Zelda a Link To The Past (Comic Book)|rightframe|This is why you don't keep swords in lakes.]]

A [[Sub -Trope]] of the [[Cool Sword]], the Excalibur In The Rust has an outward appearance which [[More Than Meets the Eye|belies its awesome nature]]. It looks like an entirely ordinary, non-Cool sword. In fact, it's extremely likely to be in an apparent state of extreme disrepair.

Compare to [[What a Piece of Junk!]]. If someone who doesn't recognize its true value throws it away, or sticks it in the basement with all the other worthless junk, it's the [[Grail in The Garbage]]. See also [[Wrecked Weapon]].

* Kyon's [[Ancestral Weapon]] is this in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]''. [[Subverted]] in that the sword actually ''is'' in a state of disrepair, to the point of being completely non-functional (only the hilt has survived) until Yuki gives it [[Laser Blade|some upgrades]].