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This can occasionally overlap with [[Chekhov's Gun]]. For example, if it turns out that ballpoint pen the [[Big Bad]] is constantly twirling in his fingers is actually a world-ending nuclear device, both tropes would apply. If constructed poorly, this trope can also lead to [[Deus Ex Machina]].
 
See also [[It May Help You Onon Your Quest]], for obscure items that come into play later, [[Forbidden Chekhov's Gun]], where the characters must do something that they have been explicitly forbidden from doing, and [[Forgotten Superweapon]], where the characters have a super powerful weapon, they just forgot about it.
 
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== [[Comics]] ==
* ''[[All -Star Superman]]'': Parodied when Bizarro Flash has a "secret weapon". {{spoiler|It's a match.}}
** Furthermore, it gets rendered totally useless quite soon after he reveals it. {{spoiler|Zibarro blew it out by mistake.}}
* ''[[Blake and Mortimer]]'': The Swordfish plane in the first adventure "The Secret of the Swordfish". This trope is played completely straight; the weapon is referenced over and over in the story but never shown until the final pages.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'': Secret weapons play a large role in several of the movies, including:
** ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (Film)|Diamonds Are Forever]] ''
** ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man Withwith the Golden Gun]] ''
** ''[[Goldeneye (Film)|Goldeneye]] ''
 
 
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* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Voldemort actually has more than one, including {{spoiler|The Horcruxes and the prophecy he had been searching for.}}
* ''Dune'': The Honored Matres have The Weapon, which {{spoiler|kills hundreds of troops instantly without blood}}
* ''HMS Polychrest'', an [[Alleged Ship]] in the [[Aubrey -Maturin]] series, was originally designed to fire a giant rocket. The new weapon system failed, and Polychrest was converted into a conventional (albeit poorly-performing) sloop.
 
 
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