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** Not really fitting, as he spends quite a long time making do with falchions, staves and magic before finally discovering how to forge his new blade.
* ''[[The Nutcracker (novel)|The Nutcracker]]''
* In [[Discworld/Mort|Mort]], [[Grim Reaper|Death's]] servant Albert goes back to the Unseen Univerity, and starts acting like a [[Bad Boss]]. When Death comes to take him back he hisses to the cowardly Rincewind for his staff, but Rincewind doesn't give it. The other wizards praise him afterwards, untilluntil Rincewind admits he couldn't ''find'' the staff. The Librarian makes it clear he took it, with an 'ook'.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' Jaime recalls how [[Knight in Shining Armor|Ser Arthur Dayne]] hacked the Smiling Knight's sword to pieces with his own [[Thunderbolt Iron]] blade. Ever chivalrous, Dayne paused and allowed the bandit to retrieve another sword, then killed him.
* In Night Club from Jiří Kulhánek, one of characters kick sword in midle of fight towards unarmed companion. His comment goes along the line of "Its a wonder I dont have it sticked in belly"
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* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: There is Hephaestus forging a whole new arsenal for [[Greek Mythology|Achilles]] in ''[[The Iliad]]''.
 
== Theater Theatre ==
* Thrown from his steed mid-battle but still itching for a fight, [[Richard III]] cries out, [[Famous Last Words|"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"]] Bizarrely, this line is said ''twice'' in that scene.
** Another Shakespeare example, from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'':
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{{quote|'''Zeetha:''' Well then! Give me a ''chair!''}}
** Later in a fight with Zola, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101008 Zeetha throws her sword to Agatha].
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]''
** At one point, Nale "[[Charm Person|asks]]" a prison guard for a katana. A hobgoblin promptly kills the weaponless guard with a longsword. Nale then kills the hobgoblin and takes ''his'' sword, because he prefers longswords.
** When a random evil adventuring party appears {{spoiler|in the [[Lawful Good]] afterlife}} to [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0497.html attack Roy's family], Roy's grandfather kills the evil cleric with the family's ancestral sword, and then tosses it to Roy to take out the fighter.
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