Royal Rapier: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Bleach]]'': Chojiro Sasakibe's zanpakuto

* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', M'Quve's Gyan uses a beam rapier as the main weapon of his YMS-15 Gyan. Given his aristocratic tendencies and [[Wicked Cultured|cultured]] [[Cultured Warrior|behaviour]], this makes a lot of sense.

* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' revolves around live steel fencing tournaments.

** Only one character uses a rapier, however; the Sword of Dios is a sidesword.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] Griffith in ''[[Berserk]]'' wields a gleaming cavalry sabre, in contrast with Guts' [[BFS]]. In spite of living in a GAR [[World of Badass]], Griffith casually blocks, chips, or cuts clean through the weapons of far heavier armed opponents. [[Heroic BSOD|With one exception]].

* While it's technically a [[Sword Cane]], a lot of [[One Piece|Brook's]] fighting style is fencing with a thin blade mixed with [[Iaijutsu Practitioner|quick-draws]].

* Fried from ''[[Fairy Tail]]''

* Sylvie from ''[[Princess Lover]]''

== Film - Live Action ==

* In most of adaptations, the weapon of choice of [[Zorro]] seems to be a Spanish rapier.

* In the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode 'Shindig', the local nobility like using these in duels. Inara shows a little proficiency too.

* Along with the main gauche, the rapier was the short range weapon for the French Musketeers on "Deadliest Warrior". {{spoiler|It received 195 kills in the simulation}}

== Real Life ==

* Raphael and Amy from ''[[Soul Calibur]]''

* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'': The Rapier is the traditional weapon of the main heroes of the Lord class, serving as both an [[Anti-Cavalry]] and [[Armor-Piercing Attack|armor piercing]] weapon. More often than not, those who don't wield a Rapier are given a functional [[Expy]] in one of the other weapon types.

* ''[[Persona 3]]'': [[Ojou|Mitsuru's]] [[Weapon of Choice]]. [[Gratuitous French|C'est Magnifique]].

** Anita, from ''[[Suikoden II]]'' seems to wield one too : altough the game refers to it as a ''sword'', the in-game battle sprite clearly shows that Anita's weapon is a rapier.

** [[Fiery Redhead|Lilly]] [[She Is All Grown Up|Pendragon]] carries one in ''[[Suikoden III]]''. She also dresses like a musketeer, complete with [[Nice Hat|a big plumed hat]]. An another character from the same game, Yuber, seems to dual-wield rapiers.

* [[Rebellious Princess|Estelle]] from ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' can wield these as well as [[Simple Staff|staves]].

* The fencer line of units in ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]''.

* Sima Shi, Yuan Shao, and Liu Shan in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 7''.

* In the most recent ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games, the rapier became the weapon of choice of [[The Red Mage]] job.

* Charlotte from the ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' series has one of these.

* A common weapon in the ''[[Dept Heaven]]'' series, used as:

** The basic weapon for Duelists in ''[[Knights in The Nightmare]]''.

** The secondary weapon type for Elise and Natalia in ''[[Gungnir]]''.

* One of the weapon types available in ''[[Dark Souls]]'', used for quick, repeated thrusts. There's even a unique one dropped by the Undead Prince Ricard, Ricard's Rapier.

* Elan the Bard of ''[[Order of the Stick]]''

* Julie from ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', when she decides to do melee combat. [[Evil Counterpart|Umbria]] also likes rapiers and uses them more often.