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* Emelius in ''[[Grandia III]]'' carries a massive, jagged sword.
** Not to mention the Granasaber in ''[[Grandia II]]'', which turns out to be a sword-shaped spaceship. Which is implied to be based off the actual sword the Light god used.
* The browser-based [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' spoofs this with the "Ridiculously Huge Sword", which is a ''three''-handed weapon and drops from an enemy called "Protagonist" in the "Penultimate Fantasy Airship" who bears a passing resemblance to Cloud.
* In ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'', Frog wields the legendary Masamune, which is a pretty big sword for anyone to wield. However, because Frog is effectively 3 feet high, the resulting effect is this trope.
* Kliff in ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' carries a sword that's larger than he is tall—but then, Kliff's a [[Miniature Senior Citizens|Miniature Senior Citizen]]. But then ''again'', some of his special moves de-age him, and the sword's ''still'' as large as he is tall....
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** Note that neither character's sprite is consistent with his artwork in this regard. The art depicts their swords as being closer to historical Zweihänders in size.
** Considering Arngrim is an [[Expy]] of Guts to begin with, his choice of weaponry is hardly surprising.
* The [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' is well known for the Big Fragging Swords, as well as [[Shoulders of Doom|Big Fragging Shoulder Armor]]. [http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3593/wowscrnshot112207045628xu7.jpg Case in point for both].
** And Big Fragging Guns and Big Fragging Axes and... you get the idea.
** Shown case-in-point is actually on the average side for the game. The more epic items can fairly easily [http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/551/cduc1.jpg dwarf the character who carries them].
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