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* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] with Shishio in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' who does it to ignite the oil covering his sword and set the sword on fire. His sword also sharpens when worn down instead of dulling.
* Justified with Mikoto in ''[[Mai-HiME]]''; her [[BFS]] is just about as big as she is, and it's how she powers up her attack.
* Variation: Combusken's Sky Uppercut in the ''[[Pokémon (
** Another variant: when Ash was battling to capture the Taillow that has been menacing the group, the Taillow drops to the river and dips its wings against the water while charging towards Pikachu.
* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[Claymore]]'', in which a secondary character use this to boost the power of her attack (and use an unbreakable sword). Her opponent do note that it's a very predictable move that you can't pull twice.
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* Crona with Ragnarok in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' in [[Limp and Livid]] moments when they're particularly unstable. Switches abruptly into -- slightly -- more reasonable movements when Medusa reminds Crona what they need to do. Can look as though Crona is being dragged by the [[Equippable Ally]] rather than vice-versa.
* Sasuke uses a variant with his Chidori in prior to the [[Time Skip]] in ''[[Naruto]]''. Whether he had any practical reason to do so, such as concerns over slicing off his limbs, is unknown, but what ''is'' known is that the owner of the hotel whose wall he gouged in half probably wasn't happy.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Cloud himself does this once at the end of ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''. But he had just gotten stabbed in nearly every part of his body by Sephiroth, then shot in the back by Yazoo and/or Loz with a glowing magically charged bullet that exits spectacularly out his chest, so we can't really blame him either.
* Done in the original animation called Dragonboy through a reverse on the common knight saves princess from dragon (twice when the dragon goes to save the princess and then the princess goes to save the dragon). In this animation the knight drags his sword for sinister effect. Can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=lIRMXJOtfMY&feature=endscreen
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* [[A Nightmare
* In ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'', the extremist Hutus intimidatingly slide their machetes along roads while marching toward the slaughter of Tutsi refugees.
* The Hutu extremists also do this in ''[[Sometimes In April]]'', another movie about the Rwandan Genocide.
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* ''[[Blade]]'' does this in the opening fight scene of his first film.
* In ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' the Bear Jew , unseen in a tunnel, smacks the walls with his baseball bat while the German soldiers outside are being interrogated.
* ''[[The Crazies]]'' has a ''pitchfork'' drag. One of "the crazies" shambles toward a field hospital ward full of people who are strapped helplessly to beds and cannot move. [[Nightmare Fuel|Horror]] [[Impaled
* In ''[[Tron
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[Garo]]'', Suzumura Rei does this at least once to scare Kaoru.
* Used in the series ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]''.
* Terui Ryuu does this with the Engine Blade during episode 18 of ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' prior to his transformation into Kamen Rider Accel. This may count as a subversion though, since it's not to look intimidating, but rather because the blade is to heavy to carry normally while untransformed.
* In ''[[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]],'' Kamen Rider Wrath will scrape his [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|Absurdly Sharp Blades]] against each other, creating [[Sword Sparks]]. You'd think it'd dull them, but his ability to [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomp]] good Riders never suffers.
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== Video Games ==
* {{spoiler|Roxas}} does this {{spoiler|with his Keyblades}} during a cutscene fight in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] 2''.
* Enemies with weapons like lead pipes and heavy flashlights will occasionally do this in ''[[
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', the Seifer vs. Squall fight in cutscene makes use of this extensively.
* Pyramid Head in ''[[Silent Hill]].'' The [[Sinister Scraping Sound|loud scraping/whining noise of his giant blade]] becomes [[Oh Crap|a signal of his approach]]. Justified in that Pyramid Head's weapon, the Great Knife, is a meat-cleaver blade roughly the size of a Buick.
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* ''[[Tomb Raider]]: The Last Revelation'' has undead warriors who do this.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: The Twin Snakes'' has the Cyborg Ninja sweep his sword along the ground while fighting Snake for the first time. Possibly justified, since his sword was impossibly strong and sharp, and Snake was lying on the ground at the time.
* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', [[Final Fantasy I
* One of ([[Dual-Wielding]]) [[Yagyu Jubei]]'s special attacks in ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' (the "''Nikakurato''") has him charging towards the opponent with a shoulder smash while dragging his wakizashi along the ground- leaving sparks behind. After a solid hit or few with the shoulder smash, he then lunges upward with his katana into a soaring slash capable of a [[Clean Cut]] if it finishes off the opponent.
* One of the cutscenes in ''[[Halo|Halo Wars]]'' has the [[Ax Crazy]] Arbiter do this, [[Laser Blade|with obvious justification]].
* A magazine ad for ''[[Star Wars]]: [[
* Slayers in ''[[The Suffering]]'' will often drag one hand-blade along the ground as they charge. [[Hell Is That Noise|The sound]] is often the first sign that they're coming. It also often kicks up sparks which are sometimes the first thing you see if they're coming out of the darkness.
* Although it's not in the actual game, the main character Hawke drags his [[Blade
* In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
* The Raincoat Killer from ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'' does this with his axe.
* This happens in ''[[Fable]]'' if you try to wield a heavy weapon without sufficient strength.
* Occurs twice in ''[[Prototype (
* Kojuro in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' does this when he gets particularly pissed off, loses all composure as a swordsman and enters [[Unstoppable Rage|Berserk Mode]], apparently to seem more threatening toward his opponents. In the anime season 2 he pulls it off in fine style against Hanbe and his mooks.
* The [[League of Legends]] champion [[The Berserker|Tryndamere]] runs around dragging his sword behind him with one hand. But then again, [[BFS|with a sword like that]], you have to wonder if he kills stuff by cutting with the blade's edge or just smashing with the weight of it.
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** Ulrich is also guilty of this while riding his Overbike. Of course, being in a virtual world their swords won't dull.
* When Gigabyte has Bob and Dot cornered in the ''[[Re Boot]]'' episode "Gigabyte", he drags his giant claw across the alley wall in this fashion, apparently for no reason other than to further intimidate the people he'd already cornered.
* Snake Eyes does this occasionally in ''[[G.I. Joe: Renegades]]''.
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