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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'', much of the fighting is done with swords, whether it's people or [[Humongous Mecha]].
* ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' -the sequel to ''[[Mazinger Z]]''- was the first [[Humongous Mecha]] used swords like weapon (even before ''[[Voltes V]]'' or ''[[GoLion]]''). [[The Hero]] Tetsuya was quite profficient using them, and he even did [[Dual Wield]]. Naturally he had several sword duels throughout the series, the most famous and most fondly remembered against [[Badass]] [[The Dragon]] Great General of Darkness.
* Mobile suits in ''[[Gundam]]'', in addition to their gun and missile armaments, are usually also equipped with some type of sword, usually an energy saber. {{spoiler|At the end of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|the original series]], the main character Amuro Ray and his rival Char Aznable had an honest sword (rather rapier) fight in the middle of the collapsing A Baoa Qu.}}
** Similarly, early in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'', [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Wu Fei]] gets out of his Gundam to have a fair swordfight with [[Magnificent Bastard|Trieze]]. {{spoiler|He loses.}}
** And ''[[Turn
* A staple of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', since the good guy is a swordsman.
* Most fights in ''[[Bleach]]'', since the primary power source of a Shinigami is their swords.
** Actually, many fights that are sword-on-sword haven't yet become actual fights, since most characters' weapons change as they power up.
* ''[[X 1999]]''. With living swords for the end of the world, no less.
* In ''[[Ranma ½|[[Ranma
* ''[[One Piece]]'' has about one per arc to showcase Zoro's three-sword style - he has declared that he will refuse to back down from any enemy swordsman and gets plenty of chances to put his money where his mouth is. Enemy pirate crews seem to have top-notch swordsmen often enough that it would fall into [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]] for Zoro if it didn't make a lot of sense.
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Ling Yao]] fight with Bradley.
* [[The Five Star Stories]] is loaded with these.
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* When Guts isn't fighting demons in ''[[Berserk]]'', he's squaring off against other swordsmen. This is especially true in the Hawks arc, which has a number of duels among the main characters.
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'' the final fight between Black Star and Mifune in the manga ends with this.
* [[Sword of the Stranger]] culminates in one of the most technically impressive fight scenes ever animated, and can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xryoNr_qhyI&feature=related here]
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* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' has a memorable fencing scene, in part due to its use of [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]. The footwork is actually pretty accurate to real fencing.
* In ''[[Matrix Reloaded]]'', Neo has a swordfight with several of the Merovengian's Mooks, after they try shooting him with a wide variety of guns. However, because he is The One, [[Guns Are Worthless]] against him.
* ''[[Rob Roy]]'' features a magnificent duel at its climax that does a terrific job of telling a story and showing character through the fight choreography. Rob Roy is a [[Mighty Glacier|plodding]], grim, and determined hero fighting a slender, flashy, [[Complete Monster|sadistic]] [[Fragile Speedster|fencer]] who toys with him like a cat.
* One of the longest sword fights in cinematic history is from ''[[Scaramouche (film)|Scaramouche]]'', at six and a half minutes long. It is also the longest single-take sword fight ever put on film. It had to be single take because they had over 800 extras in full pre-Revolutionary France costume. They couldn't trust the actors with it, so they filmed it longshot using the fight director and his sparring partner, and came back later to film close ups of the leads at significant points. They didn't even stop for two nearly fatal accidents.
* ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' films:
** ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' famously teases a swordfight when a Indy is faced with a scimitar-wielding baddie, [[Just Shoot Him|only for Jones to whip out his gun and shoot him]]. Harrison Ford had dysentery the day of the shoot and did not want to perform the scripted sword fight scene.
** In the ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom|Temple of Doom]]'' Indy fights some of Mola Ram's henchmen.
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* Some of the most realistic swordfights can be found in ''[[The Duellists]]''. Three of them, in fact.
* The second ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' movie features an ''epic'' three-way sword-fight between Jack, Will, and Norrington. Including, at one point, all three men taking the fight onto a water wheel (which for some inexplicable reason is attached to a ruined church), which promptly comes loose and rolls away down the beach taking them with it. They ''still keep up the fight''.
** Meanwhile, the first ''Pirates'' movie has the classic duel in the blacksmith's shop between Will and Jack -- a duel in which each of the two clearly has learned a different sword style (rapier and saber, I believe) and fights faithfully to it. In between using the shop's environment to gain an edge, and one combatant [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|throwing his sword, of course]].
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' with the iconic Jedi/Sith [[Laser Blade|lightsaber]] duels.
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 film)|The Three Musketeers 1973]]'' (directed by Richard Lester) takes pride in giving fiction's most famous swashbucklers decidedly non-Flynn moves. Examples include sucker punching, groin kicking, blinding with cloaks or laundry, bashing with convenient chairs, and ''reversing the sword to beat the bad guy with the grip''.
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* What started out as a somewhat friendly fencing match turned into a "first blood drawn from the torso" in the James Bond film ''[[Die Another Day]]''.
** Also the duel between Miranda and Dual Wielding Jinx.
* Happens in the first ''[[Three Ninjas]]'' movie, the super awesome ninja grandpa Mori Shintaro vs. the evil big boss Hugo Snyder have a fight with katanas which in the end becomes a hand-to-hand fight.
* In the ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' films.
** First, Aragorn fighting the Ring Wraiths off with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other.
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** Weird the second movie Robin Williams is in that has a sword fight.
* Speaking of [[Peter Pan]], hook constantly locks blades with Peter Pan. The weird part? Hook wields a saber but Peter wields a dagger.
* ''[[Waxwork II Lost in Time]]'' climaxes with a sword fight that takes its combatants through several alternative dimensions.
== Literature ==
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** Back when Sting worked for Xaviax, he tried to eliminate Wing Knight and Wing Knight wound up fighting Sting with his own sword. Sting used his Copy Vent and fought Wing Knight with another Wing Lancer.
* In R L Stine's ''[[The Haunting Hour the Series|The Haunting Hour]]'' four kids get sucked into a video game and when they get to the final boss he breaks out his twin dao and fights the other four and all the have are baseball bats, chains, and other around the house stuff.
* Happens a lot 1n [[Charmed]]
* Sword fights happen often in ''[[Power Rangers]]''/''[[Super Sentai]]''.
* In the recent ''[[iCarly]]'' episode iStill Psycho Freddie's mom has a sword fight with Nora and her mom who wield fireplace equipment.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* [[Warhammer 40000]]'s chainweapons and powerswords. 'Nough said.
** Nope, [[Evil Weapon|Daemon]] [[Soul Cutting Blade|Swords]]. Now 'nough said.
* [[Traveller]] dueling is still a custom in the Traveller universe.
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* [[Cyrano De Bergerac]]: At Act I Scene IV, Cyrano and Viscount de Valvert engage in one and Cyrano wins, at Act V Scene VI, Cyrano raves another [[Sword Fight]] with all his enemies (Falsehood, Treachery, Compromise, Prejudice, Folly and Death itself), a combat that Cyrano know he already has lost.
* [[Macbeth]] vs. {=[[Mac Duff]]=}.
* ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' has quite a lead-up to a swordfight set up by Sir Toby because [[It Amused Me|he thought it would be funny]]--the coward Andrew Aguecheek against the [[Sweet Polly Oliver]], "Cesario", both terrified because each has been separately convinced that their opponent is a [[Complete Monster]]. After [[Half-Identical Twins|Sebastian]] shows up and gets mistaken for Cesario, he thinks he's being attacked for no reason, and a fray results, ending with Sir Toby (who's jumped in to help his friend) bleeding at the head.
* ''[http://angevin2.livejournal.com/148520.html The Things I Will Not Do When I Direct A Shakespeare Production, On Stage Or Film]'', #187: "If the play I am producing does not have a swordfight, I will resist the urge to add one."
== Video Games ==
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* You're pretty much forced to do this in ''[[Lego Adaptation Game|LEGO Indiana Jones 2]]'' with the guys with black swords.
** Similar to in the movie, in ''LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean'' whenever you face any character with a sword you have a sword fight with them.
* In [[Super Smash Bros.]]. Brawl Marth fights Meta Knight briefly but they both learn the other is the good guy and team up.
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* This is a recurring theme in [[Shadowhunter Peril]]. It was originally subverted by [[Guns Akimbo|the Architect]], but then ultimately played straight when it was revealed that he [[Hidden Weapons|keeps a collapsible sword inside his sleeve.]]
** [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|Veronica]] and [[The Stoic|Osiris]] take it [[Up to Eleven]]: Veronica has a [[Bag of Holding]] that holds multiples of nearly every kind of sword. She'll often grab a bunch and distribute them among her allies. Osiris has seven magical swords, and an [[Improbable Weapon|improbable sword.]]
** Many superpowered beings such as Oblivion and Umbra will create a sword out of thin air to fight with, just because they can.
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** In a later episode they have a sword fight with a hot dog and a bratwurst that make sounds similar to lightsabers clashing.
** In the episode "No More Bunnies", Perry and Dennis the evil bunny fight with barbeque equipment.
* ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'':
** In "Omens Part One" King Claudus has a sword fight with Lion-O to show off the Sword of Omens' power.
** In "Legacy", Leo has a sword fight against his commander, both using their respective [[Cool Sword|Cool Swords]].
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