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Compare [[Hot Blade]], which uses heat instead of vibrations to cut better than a mundane sword. A subtrope of [[Absurd Cutting Power]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** In Tite Kubo's Earlier work, [[Zombie Powder]], Gamma Akutabi's [[Chainsaw Good|Chainsaw]] [[BFS]] was originally going to be a vibrating sword. Kubo admitted it was "Really just a sort of [[Rule 34|Perverted weapon.]]"
* Ophelia in ''[[Claymore]]'' wielded a non-vibrating BFS but vibrated her arm at super-speed to imitate the effect (pictured). Depending on your translation, she may or may not call it the "ripple sword" technique.
* Similarly, it's suggested that this is one of the reasons the heroes in ''[[Samurai 7]]'' are able to cut through the [[Humongous Mecha|Nobuseri]]. This is demonstrated when {{spoiler|Kikujiyo uses a giant Nobuseri sword to stop the falling capital. Because of the sword's size, it literally ''sings'' while he's holding it up}}.
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Ragnarok converts itself into a vibroweapon when it screams.
* The Progressive Knives from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' have vibrating blades that can cut through a fighter jet with ease.
** A couple of times, Asuka gets Unit 02's hands on the [[Blade on a Stick|Sonic Glaive]] and [[An Axe to Grind|Smash Hawk]], which are in all likelihood also "progressive" weapons.
* The [[Super Prototype]] Lancelot from ''[[Code Geass]]'' uses [[Dual-Wielding|twin]] "Maser Vibration Swords", initially making it the only powered weapon-wielding [[Humongous Mecha|Knightmare Frame]] in the world. In the second season, similar blades are given to the Lancelot's production model version as well as the Ace Customs descended from it. The Guren SEITEN has a dagger version. The Black Knights were also able to get a Katana version developed for use with their newer frames, referred to as a Revolving Blade Sword, ostensibly developed from different technologies (it's really a ''[[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]] [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]]'') and meant as a counter to the MVSs.
* Kranz Maduke, one of the Chrono Numbers from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'', has one of these as his signature weapon.
* In ''[[Elfen Lied]]'', the vectors technically can be called a vibroweapon, as they vibrate so fast it can slice pretty much anything.
* This is described as the reason lightning chakra in ''[[Naruto]]'' has such piercing power (or at least when Killer Bee uses it): it rapidly vibrates objects it charges.
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** Weirdly, some types of Vibranium can melt metal without coming in contact with it. There are two types of Vibranium, the stuff from Wakanda (Black Panther's kingdom) and a different lode found in Antartica, they are almost identical but seem to posses different properties when put into contact with other types of [[Unobtanium]].
*** The supervillain known as Klaw has a vibranium weapon that channels a destructive vibrational wave.
** ''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'' Shatterstar can generate vibratory shockwaves, turning his swords into vibroweapons. This is often erroneously stated as his [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|only]] ability, but he also has hollow bones and general [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]s. His vibration power is simply the only one with an outward effect, but it tends to be more taxing on his body than it's worth, and the number of times he actually uses it in the comics can be counted on both hands.
* [[The Flash]] can do this with his entire body, as demonstrated numerous times by Wally West when he chainsawed his way through objects instead of vibrating through intangibly like Barry Allen.
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* Vibrobladed weapons are fairly common in ''[[Honor Harrington]]'', though the legal requirement for civilian versions of such weapons to include an alarm sound when activated limits their usefulness as a weapon. It's rather hard to stab someone in the back when your knife is blatting away like a demented alarm clock, which is why military grade vibroknives lack the noisemaker.
* In Robert Asprin's ''[[Phule's Company]]'' books, they are common, starting from 3rd book. Anyone who wants to look [[Badass]] has a vibroknife and one of characters even mentions it in retrospection of his hooligan childhood.
* Mackie Messer of ''[[Wild Cards]]'' can make his hands vibrate like this, essentially turning them into vibroknives.
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement|Kosall]] in ''[[The Acts of Caine]]'' combines this with [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]. Its vibrating effect only triggers when a living hand touches the blade, but even quiet it remains absurdly sharp; one undead wielder exploits the fact he can wield Kosall without its distinctive rattling hiss to great effect.
* The [[Ur Example]] is almost certainly the Diskos in William Hope Hodgson's [[The Night Land]]. (OK, the circular blade rotates rather than vibrating back and forth, but the principle is the same.)
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* In ''[[Literature/Lord Valentines Castle|Lord Valentines Castle]]'' by [[Robert Silverberg]], the group encounters and recruits a gigantic amazonian woman who wields a vibroblade.
* The Bright Spear from [[Roger Zelazny]]'s [[Lord of Light]] was described as vibrating itself clean of gore before returning to the hand of its wielder.
* In a twist, E.C. Tubb's ''Dumarest'' stories often featured vibratory '''darts''': when they hit, their vibrations drilled them into the target. If a dart was in your flesh, it was not only digging deeper, possibly toward a vital organ, but by turning your cells to pulp, it made the damaged tissue become '''toxic'''.... They were used either for assassination or as hold-out weapons; each dart was so small that three could be packed into a launcher worn as a ring.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* ''[[Shadowrun]]'' has various vibro blades in its arsenal.
* ''[[Cyberpunk 2020]]'' too. For example, a [[Katanas Are Better|vibrokatana]].
* They're also favored weapons in ''[[Rifts]]''. More like a necessity, given that everyone and their mother has body armor that can stop a tank shell. Strangely enough, depending on which book you look at (it's not terribly consistent) a vibro-blade doesn't actually shake the blade itself but surrounds it in a ''vibrating energy sheath'', bizarrely invalidating it for this trope by making it a sort of [[Laser Blade]] with a solid core.
* ''[[Mechwarrior]]'' has vibroblades... usually used as practical tools, they do a fine job of carving up flesh, too.
* Whilst Games Workshop is better known for their [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw-gasms]], occasional characters in the fluff have had vibroweapons, including [[Gaunt's Ghosts|Tona Criid]].
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[Pay Me, Bug!]]'', Amys has several vibroknives. They work just as well when thrown as when wielded normally.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'': After taking over [[The Flash]]'s body, [[Lex Luthor]] threatens to use his super speed to vibrate his finger through a man's head if he doesn't comply with the villain's wishes.
* In ''[[Centurions]]'', one of John Thunder's weapons is a Vibro Knife.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In reality electric bone saws vibrate back and forth very quickly as a ''safety'' feature—the rapid vibration will saw through bone easily, but a person's flexible skin will just jiggle back and forth and remain uncut. Similar saws may be used to remove plaster casts.
** Accidents do occasionally happen and demonstrate why the vibration is necessary: The blade can make a long, clean cut.
* Craftsman now has a vibro-hammer, that basically lets a person ''press'' a nail into wood.
* As a step in the [[Shaving Is Science|one-upmanship in the razors and blade]] wars, Gilette made a razor with five blades. That vibrate.
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