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Whenever an army of evil creatures like Orcs and such is introduced, be sure that most of the time they will be armed with scimitars, falchions, sabers and other curved weapons. Alternatively, a particular evil character or warrior is armed with such a weapon to underline his bad guy status. Seen more often if the "good guys" or the "good army" wields straight swords.
Probably born from the European view of the Crusades, where the [[Protagonist
In Chinese wuxia novels and movies, straight double edged swords ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jian jian], usually the taiji type which is thinner) are also preferred over large single edged swords ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dao_<!-- 28sword29 daidao]]), probably it looks way [[RuleOfCool cooler]] to beat someone with a bigger sword, and adding to the realism, they don't use designer weapons they make up, but RealLife weapons that are roughly the correct size. Some older novels prefer heroes use pole weapons though. -->
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* [[Knight of Cerebus|Tao Pai Pai]] and [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Darbula]] from ''[[Dragonball]]''. Also [http://images.wikia.com/dragonball/images/e/e3/YamchaVsGoku.png Yamcha during his bandit career]. This was [http://images.wikia.com/dragonball/images/f/fc/Westwoodsword.jpg carried over in the] live action adaptation ''Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins''.
** [[Filler Villain|Lord Yao]] in the [[Dragon Ball GT|DragonBall GT Movie]]
* In ''[[Ranma
* In ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' we have Lilynette Gingerback, armed with an [[Awesome but Impractical|far too curved blade]]
* The pirate Porchemy in ''[[One Piece]]'' carries a huge scimitar around, and has a penchant for ''scalping his victims [[Family
** Cutlasses are often found for [[Mooks]] on both Pirates and Marines, although higher-ranking marines usually tend to go for Katanas. With the exception of a [[General Ripper]] by the name of Onigumo who wields eight of them when using his powers.
* [[Creepy Crossdresser|Jakotsu]] from ''[[Inuyasha]]''. His blade is also a [[Whip Sword]] to boot.
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* Orcs in ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'', and the Elves too ([[Your Mileage May Vary|depending on the occasion]]). Also the Naga.
* Marcellus in ''[[Onimusha]]''. Also Nobunaga's [[One
* [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Count Borghen]].
* In ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'' when {{spoiler|Zieg takes back the Dragoon Spirit from Dart}} his sword becomes a sort of [[Flaming Sword|flaming scimitar]].
* The Darkspawn in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' after their redesign (though the Darkspawn Longsword in the original game did look a lot like a Ram Dao).
* The Dark Amazons in ''[[Drakensang|Drakensang II: The River of Time]]'' are armed with Amazonian Scimitars and later you have to fight several pirates armed with cutlasses and two-handed falchions. Note however that this is also averted by the playable character (if uses sabers) {{spoiler|And a secret summonable Jinn hidden in the Water Dragon Cavern}}.
* Played straight with [[God of War (Video Game)|Kratos]] who's still an [[Anti
* Skeleton Mooks in ''[[War Craft]] III'' are automatically armed with scimitars, no matter what. Also the [[Anti
* In ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' there are several scimitar users, both heroic and villainous. In the latter case, there would be Xiahou Dun (debatable) and the much less debatable [[Fat Bastard|Dong Zhuo]] who combines this with [[Serrated Blade of Pain]].
* In ''[[Metal Slug]]'' 2 and 4 there are [[Qurac|arab-looking enemies]], berserkers and pirates all armed with scimitars. [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|They can even toss it at you]].
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* ''[[Clive Barkers Undying]]'' has the Trsanti militants attacking you with very large scimitars.
* [[The Dragon|Kemsyt]] from ''[[Age of Mythology (Video Game)|Age of Mythology]]''.
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim]]'', the Alik'r all wield scimitars, though they aren't evil, just somewhat suspicious in the eyes of the more close-minded Nords of Skyrim. Nazir, who's a member of the [[Murder, Inc.|Dark Brotherhood]] fits this to a tee however.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' has [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Shunsui Kyoraku]]'s Shikai, which takes the form of two large scimitars.
** Also in the filler episode 287, which has a [[Arabian Nights Days]] setting features scimitar-looking Zanpakuto for everyone.
* [http://xhunterxhunterx.altervista.org/Immagini/armi/scimitarra.png Agon] from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]''. Though he's more neutral than fully evil/good.
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* ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' has also used several curved swords himself, including scimitars, sabers and tulwars ([[Knife Nut|which are wrongly described as long knives]]). He however often stated that he was at his best with a western longsword.
* Averted and played straight in ''[[The Dark Elf Trilogy]]'' and the rest of ''[[The Legend of Drizzt]]''. Drizzt Do'Urden (a dark elf but one of the most morally upright characters in whole series) wields [[Dual
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'', Victor uses a scimitar in the click ''Sons of the Dessert''. He's not impressed.
{{quote| '''Victor''': I thought swords had to be straight.<br />
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* The Prince in the ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' games tends to favor curved blades.
* In ''[[Runescape]]'', scimitars are a popular weapon type, especially on free-to-play servers.
* ''[[Arcanum]]'' has several kinds of scimitars and falchions as free-to-buy weapons (including those which ''shoot fireballs''). Moreover, one of them is a full-blown [[Infinity
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