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A type of [[Cool Sword]], the rapier is often associated with those of high class, or at least some suave character.
Note that in the hey-day of the rapier, it was as likely to be associated with traveling entertainers who gave what we would call “performances” with the rapier and buckler ([[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|small shield]] -- hence the term [[Swashbuckler]]) as with the courtiers, like Pietro Monte, whose favorite weapon it was. Old-fashioned gentlemen of the Elizabethan period tended to despise the “foining” and dancing they associated with the weapon, and preferred the good old longsword.
If your characters are living in [[The Cavalier Years]], and especially musketeers are involved, you can definitely expect them to use rapiers.
Also included is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espada_ropera espada ropera].
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* ''[[Bleach]]'': Chojiro Sasakibe's zanpakuto
* [[Jo
* 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.
* ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'': Rose Gundam uses a beam rapier.
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' revolves around live steel fencing tournaments.
** Only one character uses a rapier, however; the Sword of Dios is a sidesword.
* [[White
* 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]].
* Durand from ''[[Le Chevalier d'Eon (Anime)|Le Chevalier D'Eon]]'' wield this and a main gauche.
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* In ''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'', the rapier is the [[Weapon of Choice]] for [[The Wise Prince|Prince Arutha]]. At the end of the first series, it gets infused with a magic-repelling artifact, which lets it harm demons and other supernatural foes. Arutha's popularity causes rapiers to become much more widely used in the Kingdom during and after his reign.
* In ''[[Scaramouche]]'', the rapier is [[Badass Bookworm|Andre-Louis']] weapon of choice.
* In the ''Dragaera'' series, Vlad Taltos uses a rapier while most Dragaerans prefer a [[Dual
* Played straight in ''The Color of Magic,'' the first ''[[Discworld]]'' novel where it is used to reinforce Rincewind's perpetual incompetence. Rincewind is challenged to a sword fight; his opponent wields a rapier, while Rincewind is stuck with a short sword that looks more like a shovel.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Winterfell's master of arms makes one for [[Little Miss Badass]] Arya Stark. It's unusual in Westeros (where most swords are of the "as long and heavy as you can lift" design) but Arya's father hires a fencing master from overseas Braavos to teach her what they call the "water dancing" style.
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* Pierre from ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''
* Prince Peasley from ''[[Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga (Video Game)|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'': The Rapier is the traditional weapon of the main heroes of the Lord class, serving as both an [[Anti Cavalry]] and [[Armor
* ''[[Persona 3]]'': [[Ojou|Mitsuru's]] [[Weapon of Choice]]. [[Gratuitous French|C'est Magnifique]].
** While it is her default weapon, she can use any one-handed sword weapons, which include non-rapiers. She still, however, uses them ''as'' a rapier, slashing once on her first hit, stabbing multiple times on the second, and then ''[[Combat Stilettos|kicking the enemy in the face]]'' with the third.
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** [[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.
* Prince Enrique from ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'' uses one.
* The Prince[[
* [[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]]''.
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* In the most recent ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games, the rapier became the weapon of choice of [[The Red Mage]] job.
** Larsa from ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'' wields one (quite fittingly for a prince of the empire).
** In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Video Game)|Tactics Advance]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics a 2 (Video Game)|A2]]'' rapiers are used by the Red Mages, Elementalists, and Fencers, all three of which are [[One
* Charlotte from the ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' series has one of these.
* A common weapon in the ''[[Dept Heaven]]'' series, used as:
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