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▲== Anime And 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]]''. 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…
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** Among the Swords of the Mist we also have Raiga's swords: really thin dual blades with spikes protruding from them.
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* ''[[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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* 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 (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|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.
== [[Theatre]] ==
▲* Don Quixote's sword in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]''—it ends in an impressive spherical helix, though it is ''rather'' second-hand. However, this isn't a result of intentional design -- it's been damaged. Not that Quixote cares. Or notices, even.
== [[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 ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'', depicted above. A fully upgraded [[BFS|Dabilahro]] also has plenty of unnecessary curves and flourish. Enma's Fang in ''Sigma 2'' just… [https://web.archive.org/web/20191017080213/http://b6.raptrcdn.com/activity/award_def/psn/69/e5/69e56ddf18103edff73c3f66f63225fe.PNG cannot be described with words.]
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* In ''[[Musashi: Samurai Legend]]'' the first four Elemental Swords may be unusual, but otherwise fine. Then there's the Void Sword: it looks like there are two blades merged: the one in the middle is straight and squared, the other one has a wave shape and is merged with the former. In [[Real Life]] this sword would be awfully hard to use properly.
* In ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', the [http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5427/850920-githsword_large.jpg Silver Sword of Gith]{{Dead link}}. Possibly justified by it being an [[Infinity+1 Sword]] [[Sword of Plot Advancement|of Plot Advancement]]. And by not being human-made.
* A lot of the higher-level swords and daggers in ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'' have serrated, zig-zagging, and/or wavy-edged blades.
== [[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).
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': the Shichishito, which literally means "seven-branched sword".
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
▲== 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]] ==▼
▲== 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.
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