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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The staffs in ''[[Shigofumi]]''.
* The various [[Swiss Army Weapon|Intelligent and Armed Devices]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' not only speak, they speak in [[Surprisingly Good English|surprisingly well-pronounced]] [[Gratuitous English|English]] [[Gratuitous German|and German]]. (Although their
* Yuri has a talking sword (or at least one that constantly moans) in ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!]]''.
* Derflinger from ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]''.
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* Lula the sword from ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]''. Talking weapons show up often in that show. Owning one is treated as akin to dating or marriage—so Lula is understandably upset when one of her old owners turns up (after having carelessly abandoned her years ago), begs her to come back, then gets bored with her and runs off with another sword.
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]'' did a parody episode about this. Jim gets a talking sword in a sandwich that claims to have been owned by all the great heroes. Eventually it's revealed that it's never actually done anything significant.
* In the ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' episode "The ABCs of Beth", one of the [[My Little Panzer|"toys"]] from Beth's childhood is a pink switchblade with a sentient AI and [[Cute Is Evil| a cutsey voice]]; it is ''very'' glad to see the now-adult Beth, anxious for a chance to kill again
* In ''[[Wakfu]]'', Rubilax is a powerful elemental demon (called a "Shushu") [[Sealed Evil in a Can|trapped inside a sword]]. He's very much of a [[Jerkass]] [[Deadpan Snarker]], regularly belittling his guardian, [[Idiot Hero|Sadlygrove]], and even sometimes trying to possess him. But this is still a hundred times better than letting the demon out of his prison.
* The ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' acted out a fantasy [[Rags to Riches]] story where Piggy had to go on a quest to find a "Singing Sword", which never shut up until she shoved a sock in its mouth... and then wouldn't sing until she told it ''what song'' to sing.
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