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[[Cool Sword|Swords are cool.]] [[Heroes Prefer Swords|That's why heroes prefer them.]] But for some authors, it seems that a sword with a plain, straight blade, a curved [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]] or [[Sinister Scimitar|scimitar]], or some other exotically functional real blade like the wavy [
▲[[Cool Sword|Swords are cool.]] [[Heroes Prefer Swords|That's why heroes prefer them.]] But for some authors, it seems that a sword with a plain, straight blade, a curved [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]] or [[Sinister Scimitar|scimitar]], or some other exotically functional real blade like the wavy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris kris] is still not quite cool enough. They need to invent their own special blade. So screw functionality and ergonomy! They will design swords with the weirdest shape possible, as long as it looks [[Rule of Cool|cool]], or at least unique. The odd shape won't have any practical purpose other than looking special, when it isn't outright [[Awesome but Impractical]]… [[Implausible Fencing Powers|not that it will prevent the wielder from fighting perfectly with it]].
Usually the "odd" shape can either being used to give the character using the sword a distinctive character or can also be used for "humour" or alternative to a family friendly weapon: seeing such an odd sword makes you think that you can't possibly harm someone with that.
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▲{{examples|Examples}}
* ''[[
* Samehada, Kisame's sword in ''[[
▲== Anime And Manga ==
▲* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'': every [[Empathic Weapon|Zanpakutou]] release that looks like a sword will have an unusual shape. During Ichigo's Bankai training, he has to retrieve his real sword among a [[Field of Blades]]. Every single sword in the field has a unique design. The most egregious example is maybe Izuru's sword: curved with two right angles and with no pointy end. One of his opponents even lampshades how impractical it is to fight (although shortly after he discovers [[Off With His Head|one way the blade can be used]])
▲* Samehada, Kisame's sword in ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]''. If you can really call this thing a sword… it's more like a giant spiked club, but is refered to as a sword anyway…
** If we really want to get technical, it looks more like a {{spoiler|cross between a shark and a sea urchin}}.
** Among the Swords of the Mist we also have Raiga's swords: really thin dual blades with spikes protruding from them.
* ''[[Turkish Star Wars]]'' has a big dumb-looking sword with a lightning-bolt blade. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306045309/http://www.nanarland.com/Chroniques/tsw/tsw009.jpg Behold!] ("The ultimate weapon: the painted-wood saw-blade")▼
* ''[[The Swiss Family Robinson]]''; in the Disney film version [[The Dragon|the Big Pirate]] (the muscular, bald one who never wears a shirt) has a wavy-bladed sword.
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▲* ''[[Turkish Star Wars]]'' has a big dumb-looking sword with a lightning-bolt blade. [http://www.nanarland.com/Chroniques/tsw/tsw009.jpg Behold!] ("The ultimate weapon: the painted-wood saw-blade")
* The
** There's also the Funny-Looking Sword. It [[Exactly What It Says
* There are several in ''[[Magic:
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* Don Quixote's sword in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]''
▲* Bat'leth, the iconic Klingon sword from the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, with a crescent (often complex shaped) edge on one side and multiple handles on the other side. Also less iconic mek'leth, which looks like a scimitar with an additional knife attached under the crossguard.
== [[Video Game]] ==▼
▲== Musical ==
▲* Don Quixote's sword in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' -- it ends in an impressive spherical helix, though it is ''rather'' second-hand.
▲== Tabletop Game ==
▲* The {{media|Vorpal_blade_2840.jpg| Vorpal Blade}}, from ''[[Munchkin (Tabletop Game)|Munchkin]]'', is covered in spikes and curves that don't even always go in the same direction.
▲** There's also the Funny-Looking Sword. It [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|lives up to its name]].
▲* There are several in ''[[Magic the Gathering (Tabletop Game)|Magic the Gathering]]'', including the spiral-shaped [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=221186 Trepanation Blade], the hook-ended [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193528 Pennon Blade], and the blade split down the middle seen on [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=214070 Sword of Feast and Famine] and it's cousins.
▲== Video Game ==
* The Soul Reaver from ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' looks odd, but this kind of wavy blade actually exists, and is called a Flamberge.
* The Dark Dragon Blade in ''[[
* The Seven Punishment Sword in ''[[
* In ''[[
** Though less exotic than some, in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* The blades of both Noel's primary sword and Caius' [[BFS]] in ''[[
** Auron's ultimate weapon in ''[[
* ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'': Kenshin Uesugi's standard weapon is a seven-bladed sword. Kojiro Sasaki can summon giant blades with a really weird design. Kunoichi's best weapon is a flame-shaped dagger.
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'': Yukimura starts out with a spear. Ok, fine. His last weapon is a multi-pronged, flame like monstrosity. And he's not the only one. Hojo Ujimasa stands out too: His ''basic'' weapon is a pike with twelve blades that, in [[Real Life]], would be a waste of wood and metal.
* The Darksword from ''[[Dark Souls]]'' looks more rectangular than anything else, but the prize goes to Quelaag's Furysword, which looks like a ramp/wedge attached to a stick and covered in shells, bones, spikes and grey paint. Also, it glows red whenever you swing it.
* While most weapons in the ''[[
* Sol Badguy's Fireseal/Fuuenken in ''[[
* In ''[[
* The Sparda sword in ''[[
* In ''[[Fate Extra]]'', Saber wields Aestus Estus, a large sword that tapers and widens somewhat randomly and comes to three points on the cutting edge... Well, [http://images.wikia.com/typemoon/images/f/f9/AestusEstus.png see for yourself].
* In ''[[Musashi
* In ''[[
* A lot of the higher-level swords and daggers in ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'' have serrated, zig-zagging, and/or wavy-edged blades.
* In ''[[Might and Magic]]'' VI, VII, a Great Sword is a two-handed sword with a wavy blade and an extra cross piece. Unfortunately, its usefulness as a weapon is only mediocre.
== [[Visual Novel]] ==▼
▲== Visual Novel ==
* In ''[[Visual Novel/Dancing Blade Katte Ni Momotenshi|Dancing Blade Katte Ni Momotenshi]]'', Momotenshi, the [[Super Mode]] of main heroine Momohime, wields a [[BFS]] [http://download.minitokyo.net/Dancing.Blade:.Katte.Ni.Momo.Tenshi.387463.jpg with its tip shaped like a peach], as a reference to Momohime's origins (she's a [[Gender Flip]] adaptation of Momotaro, the boy born from a peach).
* ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Looking for Group]]'' had [https://web.archive.org/web/20180329082637/http://www.lfg.co/page/1135/ that sword]. Originally it was [https://web.archive.org/web/20180329082757/http://www.lfg.co/page/1115/ rather ordinarily shaped] - perhaps something gone wrong in translation.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Drew of ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' has a broadsword that is normal except for a sunbeam-shaped sculpture at the top of the blade.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* The sword depicted, along with a few other examples on this page actually take after the Seven Pronged Sword, which exists in real life, along with several replicas.
* The Italian spatulated blade rapier. It had a leaf-shaped point rather then a straight one. This was because Italian fencing schools of the time they were fashionable often advocated tip cuts and a spatulated blade is more efficient for that.
* The Mensur blade is cut off so that it will only do tip cuts. Being scratched up once was a [[Rite of Passage]] in German schools and still is in some.
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