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Contrast [[The Archer]]: simple and sane. Compare [[Trick Bullet]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Bleach]]'' Uryu at one pointed used an arrow that was also a chainsaw. [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|A spiritual chainsaw ''sword'']].
* Michelle in ''[[Read or Die (Anime)|Read or Die]]'' uses paper arrows which can do pretty much anything (being a Paper Master) - the example that springs to mind was an arrow whose tip split in two, allowing it to wrap around the target (a book) and carry on with it securely held.
* In a parody of the trope, Akane Tendo of ''[[Ranma One Half½ (Manga)|Ranma 1/2]]'' fame once loaded a traditional archery arrow (the kind used at schools, but with a piercing tip) with a ''sack of catnip'', several times wider than the length of the arrow, and which was heavy enough to ''bend'' the arrow as she aimed it at a fast-moving, [[Unstoppable Rage|unpredictable, Cat-Fist Ranma]]. Amazingly, she hit her mark straight on (even though Cat-Ranma batted the arrow away with his paw.)
* The Bow form of Signum's [[Swiss Army Weapon|Laevatein]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' uses explosive arrows that are powerful enough to shatter a [[Humongous Mecha]]'s [[Deflector Shields]].
* Himiko "Lady Poison" Kudo of ''[[Get Backers]]'' has trick ''perfumes,'' which can do anything from corrode metal to allow fire breath to [[Mind Control]] to... she's actually got hundreds of varieties, though she only carries seven at a time.
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*** In his appearance along with Speedy in the [[DCAU]], they both have quantum arrows, which seem to act as a really tiny nuke when fired at the same time.
** Naturally, there was a [[Darker and Edgier]] Green Arrow series [[Dark Age|during the 90s]] where he started using, y'know, ''pointy'' arrows. That hurt people.
** Lampshaded in JLA when the new Green Arrow ([[Luke, You Are My Father|previously-unseen son]] of the original Green Arrow who [[Death Is Cheap|died but came back later]]) has his regular pointed arrows destroyed by a supervillain and is forced to make do with his father's ridiculous trick arrows, pilfered from the trophy room.
{{quote| Net arrows! Boxing glove arrows! How about just one! Pointed! Arrow! Dad!}}
** Three Words: ''Phantom Zone Arrow''.
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