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If the weapon can fight as well as travel to it's owner then it's a [[Flying Weapon]].

 

* Goemon of ''[[Lupin III]]'' has been known to keep a hold on his katana with string.

* As has Jubei of ''[[Ninja Scroll]]''.

* Inverted in ''[[X 1999]]'', Arashi's sword is summoned ''out'' of her open palm when needed.

 

* [[Green Lantern]]'s power ring.

* ''[[The Mighty Thor]]'' (see Mythology).

* The [[Silver Surfer]] often does this with his board along with the [[Catch Phrase]], "To me, my board!".

 

* [[Michael Moorcock]]'s [[Elric of Melnibone]] stories. Elric can summon his sword Stormbringer to his hand from far away.

* In [[The Stormlight Archive]], if a Shardbearer loses his [[Soul Cutting Blade|Shardblade]], he can retrieve it by banishing it back to [[Hammerspace]] and re-summoning it. Shardblades disappear automatically when the owner drops them unless they will otherwise. They can't be banished from a distance once let go.

* Bahzell can do this with his sword in ''[[The War Gods]]'' series. It is often how he proves he is a Champion of Tomanak.

 

* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': The Dragon Dagger, unless imprisoned, can float to its Ranger's hand. The Megazord's Power Sword descends from the sky.

 

* Mjollnir of [[Norse Mythology]] is a [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]] and may have this power at a standstill as well, depending on your interpretation. The [[The Mighty Thor|comics]] and [[Thor (film)|film]] have continued in this tradition.

* In Hindu mythological battle epics, the warriors can summon weapons by reciting a shloka. This is usually done under the breath because each weapon has a counter-weapon, and reciting the shloka out loud would put your cards on the table. Of particular note is a super-weapon called [[wikipedia:Brahmastra|Bhrama-Astra]] that can be obtained by penance. Once the warrior obtains it, he can create it by reciting a shloka.

 

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''

** Early editions had weapons with lines attached, allowing them to be retrieved after being thrown. They included the aklys (a short weighted club) and the harpoon.

* ''[[In Nomine]]'' has artifacts with the "summonable" feature.

 

* The ancient ZX Spectrum game ''Kentilla'' allowed you to do this - saying "Kentilla" teleported the sword to your hand - very handy if you were captured.

* The Keyblade in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' teleports back to the wielder if they hold their hand out for it. Possibly via [[Hammerspace]], as that is where it spends a lot of its time and the method for getting it from there is identical. Sora actually uses this to his advantage in the second game where he agreed to give his Keyblade to [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Jack Sparrow]] in exchange for his help, and in the first with the Strike Raid limit.<ref>which consists of throwing the Keyblade repeatedly at the target as it returns to Sora's hand</ref>

 

* After Quentyn accidentally makes his powerful sword Wildcard in ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'', he is told the weapon is bonded to him and that in time he can learn to call it at need. This has not been seen yet though.

** However it has flown into his hand [[Empathic Weapon|on its own]] when he was in danger multiple times.

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': The owner of a blinker stone can make it [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=511 teleport into their hand] with a thought.

 

* The Sword of Omens from ''[[Thundercats]]'' had this explicit power. "Sword of Omens, come to my hand!"

* ''[[Kim Possible]]'': Ron can literally whistle and go "Magic sword!" and his magic sword will leap into his hand from a distance.

* Jasmine in the ''[[Conan the Adventurer (animation)|Conan the Adventurer]]'' cartoon series had magically enhanced shuriken that would return to her when called.

 

* A common ability in ''[[My-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', where the characters make their weapons or other signature weapons ("Elements" in show terminology) in their grip.

* The whole point of Requip magic in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', which summons weapons, armor, and clothing from [[Hammerspace]]. [[Hot Chick with a Sword|Erza]] is the most prominent of this type of mage.

 

* There's the iconic scene in ''[[Star Wars]]:[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' when Luke summons his lightsaber using [[The Force]] when he is otherwise indisposed.

** Likewise Obi-Wan in the 1st prequel.

* In [[The Matrix|The Matrix: Reloaded]], Neo summons [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU3wPWYV6HQ&feature=related a pair of sai] in this manner while pwning the Merovingian's [[mook]]s.

 

* From ''[[Harry Potter]]'', the Summoning Charm "Accio."

* Denis Arilan does this with his [[Deryni]] powers in ''The Quest for Saint Camber'': "A distracted snap of his fingers brought two empty goblets, floating over from the dishes cleared away after supper, one of which he filled from the flask."

 

* In ''[[Charmed]]'', Prue can make things come to her hand with her telekinetic abilities. Later, Paige has a similar ability, except that with her power, she holds out her hand, says the name of the object, and it teleports to her hand.

 

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''

** Classic (AD&D1 - D&D3) spell "[[Greyhawk|Drawmij]]'s Instant Summons", preparing an item to teleport from almost anywhere into the caster's hand at any moment later.

* In ''[[Earthdawn]]'', the Summon Arrow talent allowed an Archer adept to retrieve arrows that he has fired that are within 100 yards of him.

 

* Kain ([[BO 2]]) and Raziel (SR, SR2) in [[Legacy of Kain]] series can telekinetically make weapons fly right into their hands. It's implied to be natural power of all vampires.

 

 

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' Abe either summoned or created objects like "modern garb", shield and variety weapons. Susan was given the ability to summon a limited magical replica of any item she put into a prepared container—it's not very stable, but she can summon another copy. This power got rather hilarious side-effects with an object that itself was a spell effect.