Excalibur in the Rust: Difference between revisions

[[File:mastersword moss 1395.jpg|link=The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (comics)|frame|This is why you don't keep swords in lakes.]]

 

 

If it appears in a videogame, it may be a [[Lethal Joke Item]], especially if it's originally listed as "[[Elemental Crafting|Rusty Iron]] Sword" or similar.

 

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]].

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''. When Tenchi first sees the [[Laser Blade|Master Key]], a physical blade had been affixed to the hilt. This blade was in a state of extreme disrepair, prompting Tenchi to exclaim, "What a rusty old piece of junk!"

* ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine #14 article "Interview with a Rust Monster": A [[PC]] party unknowingly carries the Sword of Toshio. "[It] looks like an ordinary sword, bent and worn from use. But in the hands of a samurai, it takes on its true appearance as a katana of great power."

* The Templars' swords in ''[[Deadlands]]: Hell on Earth'' are their iconic weapons and often relic or magically empowered. Physically, they are whatever kind of sword you can scavenge in a [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] world, most often stolen from ruined museums.

 

== Video Games ==