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{{quote|''Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
''Check out my new weapon -- Weapon of Choice''
|'''[[Fatboy Slim]]''', "Weapon of Choice"}}
This is similar to [[Personality Powers]], but with weapons. Basically, in various works of fiction, characters tend to possess weapons that are either a direct reflection of their personality or the traits commonly deemed to their character type.
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== Anime
* In ''[[Black Butler]]'', the shinigami have a fondness for peculiar weapons that would fit in better in a garden instead of on the battlefield. There are 5 named shinigami whose weapons have been show; there's William T. Spears who wields a Pruning Sheer, {{spoiler|Grell Sutcliff wields a chainsaw}}, Ronald Knox has a lawnmower, Eric Slingby has a normal saw, and Alan Humphries who has a Japanese Style Garden Slasher.
* ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has this with each of the main characters having a specific "device".
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* Subverted in [[Greg Rucka]]'s ''[[Queen and Country]]''. Secret agent Tara Chace is issued a gun for a mission; her contact comments, "Your file says you're a P99 girl," to which she replies, "I'm more of a stay-at-home-and-fancy-a-cuppa girl." As the series handles guns and gunplay very realistically, weapons are rarely issued, and when they are, it's usually a sign that Something Bad will happen.
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'':
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{{quote|'''Raphael:''' ''Cricket?'' Nobody understands cricket! You gotta know what a ''crumpet'' is to understand cricket!
'''Casey:''' I'll teach you! ''(wham)'' See? Six runs. }}
* ''When [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] throws his [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|mighty shield]], all those who chose to oppose the shield must yield!''
** Meanwhile [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]], his [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|fellow Avenger]], sticks true to his mythological roots and wields Mjolnir, his [[Drop the Hammer|hammer of thunder]].
* The [[Green Lantern Ring]].
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* Hawkeye, who may or may not be [[Marvel Comics|Marvel's]] expy of [[DC Comics|DC's]] [[Green Arrow]], is likewise a hotshot archer whose real weapon isn't the bow so much as the bag of tricks he fires from it. He's shown to have the same accuracy hand-throwing his arsenal of arrowheads or firing them from improvised launchers.
** In the Ultimate Universe, he's even shown using his ''fingernails'', but then that version of the character is borderline [[Ax Crazy]] and a former black ops. As of Volume Three, he started showing a preference for guns.
* The Saint Of Killers, in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'', [[Guns Akimbo|dual-wields]] a pair of Walker Colt [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]. Never mind the fact that he's an unkillable [[One-Man Army]] in a [[Badass Longcoat|duster coat]], these things were forged ''by Satan himself'' from the sword of the world-weary Angel Of Death; their hammers will never fall on empty chambers, they never miss, and no wound they give will ever be less than fatal. Oh, and he's a supernatural quick-draw artist, too; "I saw a blur, and then shooting. I didn't see no draw." After {{spoiler|surviving a ''nuke'' - in the midst of the inferno, he calmly spits and growls "Not enough Gun"}}, he wraps up the series by {{spoiler|''killing God''}}. I will call your [[Badass]] and raise you to infinity.
* Whiplash/Blacklash, an [[Iron Man]] foe best known as the partial basis for [[The Movie]]'s Whiplash, engineered his own electric whips and used them to wreck things up... until he was accidentally killed by his old enemy. He could also turn his whips into nunchucks. Anyway, since his death, a BDSM-loving couple adopted both the Whiplash and Blacklash identities, then his daughter stepped into the role, a version inspired by the movie character debuted, and the original's been seen in action again, too.
** Somewhat related are the Constrictor and Omega Red, who both have tendrils that come out of their arms. Constrictor's Serpent Society teammate Coachwhip explicitly themed herself around her signature weapon, as well.
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** Oz's weapon was originally a bastard sword named "Cool Sword" with frost powers. However, it spontaneously transformed into a pair of [[Wolverine]]-esque claws that gave him some measure of control over his werewolf.
** Xander made himself a battleaxe called "Cleaver II" (named after, and made partially from, his first and favorite axe, Cleaver). {{spoiler|However, in the fight with The Judge, it permanently turned into a shield which could stop the Judge's attacks and gave him reasonably fast regeneration. He later renamed it "Protector".}}
* In the virtual series spin-off to ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Slayer Academy]]'', several of the Slayer Characters have signature weapons
** Sophia: The Scythe from season 7 of ''Buffy'' and [[Fray]]
** Skye: Sharpened Sai Daggers
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** Erika: Staff
** Reiko: Bladed Fans
* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fanfic
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* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' has Church with the sniper rifle (which he can't hit the broadside of a barn with), Tucker and his energy sword, Caboose and his SAW, Sarge and his shotgun, Donut and his grenades, Simmons and his rocket launcher, and Grif with the ever-trusty traffic cone.
** Then theres the Meta with its bruteshot and Wash with his pistol.
* ''[[RWBY]]'' is ''all'' about this trope, with each character possessing a unique and personalized weapon that [[Swiss Army Weapon|possesses multiple forms and/or functions]].
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