The Pin Is Mightier Than the Sword: Difference between revisions

← Older editNewer edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Mass update links
update links
Line 4:
This trope is common in [[RPG|RPGs]], where they will be collected as equipment.
 
Subtrope of [[Clothes Make the Superman]].
 
[[I Thought It Meant|Has nothing to do with]] [[Improbable Weapon User|using sewing needles, tacks, pushpins, or the like as weapons]].
Line 10:
{{tropelist}}
== Anime ==
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Ichigo has badge that can, among other things, detach his soul from his body.
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' the main character has a brooch which serves as both a Transformation Trinket and a holder for her Power Crystal. Chibi-Chibi also gets one later on.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* E.E. "Doc" Smith's ''[[Lensman]]'' series. The Lens, which is the badge of the Lensmen of the Galactic Patrol, gives the wearer a variety of useful mental powers, including language translation. It will also kill anyone who touches it other than its owner.
 
 
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]: [[Forgotten Realms]]''. In 2nd Edition, Harper pins give their wearer a bonus to defending against [[Mind Control]] attacks and immunity to any kind of detection spells/psionics, Magic Missiles and electricity/lightning attacks.
* In ''[[Voltron]]'', the keys to the lions hide themselves as pins.
** In ''[[Voltron Force]]'', the keys are required to activate Voltcoms
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' (and the other [[Mother]] games), one of the earliest really useful special items you get is the [[Benjamin Franklin|Franklin]] Badge, which reflects electrical attacks.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', certain characters wear a ribbon (the military style, with a badge) that makes them exempt from all laws.
* In the ''[[Mario]]'' RPGs, badges affect stats and sometimes have more interesting effects.
* ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' is built around this trope; every "player" in the "game" the protagonists are trapped in ({{spoiler|at which they're actually dead, and are playing for a chance to come back to life, at the risk of becoming [[Deader Than Dead]]}}) gains [[Psychic Powers]] from one. Neku, the [[Player Character]], is unique in that he can use more than one (thus he can use pins in a [[Powers as Programs]] style). Oh, and the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Evil Plan]] is {{spoiler|to use modified pins to wire everyone up to a [[Hive Mind]]. Neku's power makes him the best hope the [[Mysterious Backer]] has of countering it.}}
* In ''[[Pokémon]]'', badges obtained by defeating gym leaders have special effects.
* Many of the trinkets in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' fall into this category, although it's hard to tell with some of them because their names are so vague.
 
{{reflist}}
[[Category:The Pin Is Mightier Than the Sword]]▼
[[Category:Pages needing more categories]]
▲[[Category{{DEFAULTSORT:The Pin Is Mightier Than the Sword]], The}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/The_Pin_Is_Mightier_Than_the_Sword"