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{{trope}}
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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 [
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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* ''[[
▲== Anime And Manga ==
* Samehada, Kisame's sword in ''[[
▲* ''[[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 [[media:
** 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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