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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
** The officials actually insisted on installing a computer network on the ''Galactica'' in order for it to be used as an interactive museum. Adama refused, claiming that no network will be installed as long as he's in command.
* In ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', Hiro believed that obtaining the sword of his childhood hero would allow him to control his powers. After going to the museum to steal it, they find out it's a replica, and have to steal the real one from the collector who has it.
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* Alluded to in ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'': D'Argo's Qualta Blade was used by his grandfather to repel invaders after they ran out of modern weaponry.
* In ''[[Allo Allo (TV)|Allo Allo]]'' one of the plans to get rid of the British Airmen is to break out an old aircraft that would be powered by the engine of the General's lawnmower. It doesn't work.
* ''[[
* Used frequently in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', at least partially because [[Guns Are Worthless]] - and probably partially for the same nerfing reasons as [[Family-Friendly Firearms]].
* In one episode of ''[[Tremors]]: The Series'' Gun Nut Burt Gummer is out of weapons while fighting a monster infestation. The locals tell him of a resident gun nut with a huge arsenal. When they get there, they discover that the "huge arsenal" consists of 18th-century black-powder muzzle-loaders. Burt, however, being a drooling gun fanboy, is well-versed in 18th-century warfare and manages to organize the locals to Save The Day. (It helps that the actors in that episode were part of a historical re-enactment society.)
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* Subverted in the ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' episode "Trash." {{spoiler|Inara threatens Saffron with the antique laser gun stolen from Saffron's ex-conquest, but it doesn't work, so she pulls out a real gun instead.}}
* In an episode of ''[[Star Trek Enterprise (TV)|Star Trek Enterprise]]'', Vulcan soldiers in the Forge (an area where advanced technology doesn't work) carry lirpas, a traditional Vulcan weapon most commonly used in ritual combat. The human equivalent would probably be swords.
* In the ''[[
** In "Vincent and the Doctor", the Doctor digs around the TARDIS for a species-scanner that was apparently given to him as a childhood present by his godmother.
** In "A Good Man Goes To War" he presents Amy and Rory with ''his'' cot for their baby, with its mobile still in perfect working order after a thousand years.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* During WWII the [
* In late 1940, the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy was equipped with the Fairey Swordfish, a large elegant biplane which would have been more suited to [[WW 1]]. Despite this, twenty-five Swordfish from two carriers succeeded in sinking a large part of the Italian Navy in its home port of Taranto. Range-finding equipment designed for fast modern bombers simply could not track aircraft that flew so slowly, and the Italian anti-aircraft fire was consequently way off target. All but one plane returned to their ships.
** It was a Swordfish which crippled the Bismark, Germany's great battleship.
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* When British firefighters went on strike in 2002, the Army was called upon to provide cover. They made extensive used of "Green Goddess" fire engines, built in the 50s and mothballed in the late 60s. The law has now been changed so in a future strike, the Army would have access to the fire brigade's equipment, and the Green Goddesses have been sold to developing countries.
* During the Cold War, a squad of of SAS commandos were tasked with defending an Omani fort when they were suddenly attacked by hundreds of Communist guerrillas. In desperation, a couple of the SAS soldiers rushed over to a nearby shed that housed an antique WWII era anti-tank gun. They managed to get it working and it proved to be the deciding factor in the fight, buying them enough time for reinforcements to arrive.
* During the Phillipine-American war, [
* The Italian Air Force used the F-104 until 2004 in spite not only of the extreme age of the design (the airplane was first flew in 2004, with the Italian F-104S version being manufactured between 1964 and 1979) but of its tendence to crash. It helped it was actually ''faster'' than the more modern F-16 that had been considered to replace it in the 1980s...
** Also the old Carcano (dating back to 1891) and Garand rifles are still kept in the arsenals to be used by the reserve in case of war.
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