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[[File:Dissidia_Frioniel_Walking_Armory__8793.jpg|link=Dissidia Final Fantasy|frame|8 weapon types: [[Cool Sword|sword]], [[An Axe to Grind|axe]], [[Blade Onon a Stick|spear]], [[The Archer|bow]], [[Knife Nut|daggers]], [[Magic Wand|staff]], [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|shield]], and [[Good Old Fisticuffs|his own two hands]].]]
 
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* A [[Mecha Show]] example comes from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' in the form of the [http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/seed/mechanics/ms_calamity.html GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam.]
** The Freedom, Justice, and Providence Gundams are no better. In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', the Destiny and the Legend are equally heavily armed, and the Freedom and Justice upgrade into the even better equipped Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice.
* [[Older Than You Think|And before that]], ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]'s'' '''[[Meaningful Name|Heavyarms]]'''. [http://www.gundamofficial.com/www_ac/gw/mecha/mecha_gundam_heavy.html Its original configuration] and its [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] (the Heavyarms Kai) weren't ''too'' [[Egregious]], with only a [[Gatling Good|gatling gun]]-[[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|shield]] combo on its left arm and [[Knife Nut|an army knife]] [[Blade Below the Shoulder|on its right]] (the rest of the missiles, vulcans, and cannons were stored inside Heavyarms; during Heero's duel with [[The Rival|Zechs]], Trowa also outfitted the left arm with a [[Laser Blade|beam saber]]), ''[[The Movie|Endless Waltz]]'''s redesign gives the Gundam ''[[Dual-Wielding|two]]'' Double Barrel Beam Gatlings and adds several more missile packs on its legs. Couple this with Trowa's acrobatic prowess as a circus performer transferring over to his Gundam and most of Trowa's defeats can be attributed to [[The Plot Demanded This Index|the plot alone]].
** [[Beyond the Impossible|And if you think that's ridiculous]], [[All There in the Manual|a guidebook for the series]] called ''[http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/New_Mobile_Report_Gundam_Wing_Perfect_Album_Bom-Bom_Comic New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Perfect Album]'' features what-if designs based off of the original five Gundams. [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/XXXG-01DB_Gundam_Crazy_Beast Gundam Crazy Beast] (Deathscythe) and [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Gundam_Sky-High_Arms Gundam Sky-High Arms] (Heavyarms) are pretty decked out, but [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Gundam_Super-Armed_Tank Gundam Super-Armed Tank] (another Heavyarms variant) is what happens when you put Heavyarms and [[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Guntank]] in a blender and set it to "'''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|OVERKILL]]'''".
* To a much smaller extent, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. When fully equipped, the Exia has two [[BFG|BFGs]], a third BFG attached to it's forearm, a one-handed beam rifle attached to the same forearm, as well as half a dozen [[Laser Blade|beam sabers]] it uses as ''throwing knives''. And that's not counting the various weapons of the [[Meta Mecha|GN Arms]].
* In ''[[Trigun]]'', Nicholas Wolfwood carries around an arsenal of weapons in [[Creepy Cool Crosses|a giant metal cross]].
** Then there's Meryl Stryfe, who normally walks around with a cape that conceals [[Gatling Good|50 single-shot derringers]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Batman]] is an obvious example. They're often more utilities than weapons in the comics, but the movies and videogames in particular show off an impressive number of traps and gadgets to supplement badguy nabbing.
* [[Cable (Comic Book)|Cable]] [[Superhero Packing Heat|tends to]] [[Up to Eleven|like this trope]] (''[[Beyond the Impossible|a lot]]''), seeing as the bulk of his telepathic and telekinetic powers are used to keep his [[Body Horror|techno-organic virus]] at bay. His ''[[Blessed Withwith Suck|real]]'' superpower might as well be "[[Badass Normal|carrying lots of firearms]] and [[Required Secondary Powers|somehow being able to keep his spine intact]]". Oh, and [[Rob Liefeld|pouches]]. [[Author Appeal|Sweet]], [[Overly Long Gag|delicious]] [[Never Live It Down|pouches]].
* [[War Machine (Comic Book)|War Machine]] from the ''[[Iron Man]]'' comics is a [[Powered Armor]] version of this trope (as especially seen in the [[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|film version]]). Note that the regular Iron Man armor is already stuffed with miniaturized weapons; the War Machine suit is overflowing with them.
** The same is also true of his incarnation from ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'', if not moreso.
* Marvel's [[Ares (Comic Book)|Ares]] was one of these when starting out. Once he heard [[Papa Wolf|his son got kidnapped]] he opened a wardrobe in his house and pulled out everything from [[Stuff Blowing Up|bazookas]] to [[King Arthur|Excalibur itself]]. Though nowadays he's gone back to his [[An Axe to Grind|big axe]].
* At one point, [[Hawkman]] carries a bunch of weapons on him.
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* Characters in [[John Woo]] movies are known for bringing duffel bags or other transportables full of guns to major gunfights, such as Ah Jong and Inspector Li from ''[[The Killer]]'''s church shootout, and the bad guys from ''[[Hard Boiled]]'''s tea house shootout. This is mainly because characters in John Woo movies tend to [[Throw-Away Guns|throw their guns away]] instead of reloading.
* [[Machete]] is this, [[Tropes Are Flexible|but with]] [[Machete Mayhem|machetes]] and [[Knife Nut|knives]] instead of guns.
* In the film ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (Film)|I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]'', one character has a [[Lock and Load Montage]] where he puts nearly a dozen different guns and pistols on his person. "You can never have enough guns!" he says. Shortly afterwards, he trips, [[Played for Laughs|setting off all the guns and putting him out of commission]].
* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Filmfilm)|TMNT]]'' (the 2007 movie), Leonardo ends up tangling with one of Max Winter's Stone General siblings and is sent flying into a stand of various ancient weapons. When he re-emerges, Leo's seen with multiple swords (including a [[BFS]]) strapped to his back in addition to his trademark [[Dual-Wielding|twin]] [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]] and tells his foe, "[[Let's Get Dangerous|Come to daddy.]]" He loses the extra weapons as the fight goes on, though.
* In ''[[Mad Max]]: Beyond Thunderdome'', Max is ordered to disarm upon entering a secure area and it [[Extended Disarming|takes a full minute for him to drop all his weapons]]. It turns out the one thing he brought in with him, a flyswatter, was itself a concealed weapon (an iron rod inside the handle).
* Nicholas Angel from ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' during the street shootout. "Morning."
* ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'' has Il Duce, one guy with six guns, who battles the McManus brothers and Rocco in the deadliest shootout of the movie.
* In the [[Transformers (Filmfilm)|films]], [[Transformers|Optimus Prime]] takes this to extremes. He already has 2 rifles and FOUR swords built-in in the first two films, but in the 3rd movie, he has all of that ''plus'' a trailer filled with gattling guns for each arm, missle packs, an axe, a shield, more swords (handheld this time), a flight pack, and more stuff we don't even get a close look at. This is possibly the most armed Transformer ever.
* By the end of ''Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness'', the killer is packing a handgun, a machine gun, knives, a machete, a chainsaw, a spiked club, and a pair of nuchuks.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Redwall|Rakkety Tam]]'', one of the squirrels and a vole raid the vermin's encampment, coming back with more weapons than they can wield correctly, making about how to defeat the enemy just by falling over.
* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Pyramids|Pyramids]]'', Teppic's [[Lock and Load Montage]] ends with him falling over from the weight.
** In another ''[[Discworld]]'' book, Nobby raids an armory, trying to come out with, among others, [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|a flamethrower on wheels]]. But Carrot makes him put it back.
* As described in some of the ''[[Dragaera]]'' novels, Vlad Taltos prepares for trouble by keeping a number of weapons on his person including several knives and a garrote.
* Butler from ''[[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|Artemis Fowl]]'' provided the former page quote (see the Quotes section).
* War in ''[[The Heritage of Shannara (Literature)|The Heritage of Shannara]]'' and Risca in ''[[First King of Shannara]]''. Its justified in both cases, as the former is a [[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Horseman of the Apocalypse]] and comes armed accordingly, while the latter is a [[Magic Knight|Warrior Druid]] and channels his magic through his weaponry.
* [[Badass Normal|Chase]] in ''[[The Sword of Truth]]'' has been described to carry enough weapons for a small army. When asked if he'll really need all of them, he answers "if I'll leave any behind - yes".
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* A [[Dead Horse Trope]] in regards to protagonists of pretty much every first- or third person shooter released before [[Halo]]. Limiting the total amount of weapons a protagonist can carry has become somewhat widespread since then to the point when having a [[Hyperspace Arsenal]] is uncommon enough to stand out.
* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', as a [[Mythology Gag]] to ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'''s [[Love It or Hate It|unique]] experience-gaining system, Firion (pictured above) wields virtually ''every'' equippable weapon from that game ([[Cool Sword|a sword]], [[Knife Nut|knives]], [[The Archer|a bow & arrow]], [[An Axe to Grind|an axe]], [[Blade Onon a Stick|a lance]], [[Magic Wand|a spellcasting rod]], and [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|a shield]]) in honor of his [[La Résistance|crew]]. Unlike the other heroes, [[Hyperspace Arsenal|who summon and disperse their weapons at will]], Firion decides to be a man and wear 'em all at once. [[Mighty Glacier|He's the slowest of the Warriors of Cosmos]], [[Justified Trope|and understandably so]].
* [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]], especially in his [[A Link to The Past|ALTTP]] incarnation. Official art for the game shows him carrying all of his equipment on his back.
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', as if the image for the [[More Dakka]] page wasn't a good [[Memetic Mutation|enuff]] illustration.
* ''[[Mega Man 5 (Video Game)|Mega Man 5]]'' introduces us to [http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Napalm_Man Napalm Man], who is essentially a human-sized tank. [http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Mars Mars] from ''Mega Man V'' (the [[Game Boy]] ''Rockman World'' series) would appear to be an [[Expy]] of him, albeit not ''quite'' as armed.
** In ''[[Mega Man X Command Mission (Video Game)|Mega Man X Command Mission]]'', X's [[Super Mode|Ultimate]] [[Infinity+1 Sword|Armor]] is--''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGO10ER9Nws by far]''--the most heavily-equipped Armor in the entire franchise. By the time you obtain it, however, [[Bragging Rights Reward|you]] [[Infinity+1 Sword|(possibly)]] [[Bragging Rights Reward|won't even need it]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grBA4clVjDw The intro] for ''Neo [[Contra]]'' showed one of the protagonists putting bullets into ammo clips, then panning out to reveal he is surrounded by stacks of ''hundreds'' of clips.
* Jason in ''Rise of the Argonauts''. Even the [http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/233/argonautsw.jpg box art] makes no effort to hide that he carts around a sword, spear, mace, and shield ''everywhere''.
* The protagonists in the various [[Mark Of Kri]] games all carry at least four weapons at any given time, generally in golf-bag-style leather packs on their back.
* [[The Hero|Reiji Arisu]], [[The Lancer|Xiaomu]], and [[Big Bad|Saya]] of ''[[Namco X Capcom (Video Game)|Namco X Capcom]]''. Reiji wields two [[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas]], two guns, ''and'' a [[Shotguns Are Just Better|shotgun]], while Xiaomu uses a [[Sword Cane|shikomizue]] and two pistols. Saya, [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|going for the gusto]], carries ''three'' katanas as well as lugging around a M203 [[Grenade Launcher]]. Seeing as their styles involve constantly swapping out their weapons, [[Sword and Gun|using the swords in concert with their guns]], and [[Elemental Powers|spicing up their attacks]] [[Magic Knight|with magic]], expect ''a lot'' of [[Gun Kata]] and [[Guns Akimbo]].
* Geralt of ''[[The Witcher]]'' has no less than ''five'' weapon slots. One for a steel sword (used on mundane creatures), one for a silver sword (used on supernatural creatures), one for a torch, axe, or mace, one for a dagger and smaller hand axes, and one for bombs. Only one weapon for each slot may be carried at a time, and all of them are stowed visibly somewhere on Geralt's body.
** In the sequel, he just uses a steel sword, silver sword, throwing daggers and bombs however.
* [[Robot Girl|KOS-MOS]] of ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'' half-subverts this trope. Aside from her ability to [[Shapeshifter Weapon|transmute her arms into various weapons]], she can utilize the [[Teleporters and Transporters|U.M.N. Transportation Gate]] to summon [[BFG|BFGs]], all of which she [[Dual-Wielding|dual-wields]]. The [[Iconic Item|most iconic]] (and ''weakest'') special weapons are a set of triple-barreled [[Gatling Good|tri-gatling guns]] (that's three sets of barrels each, making for a grand total of ''nine'' barrels per gun; in other words, she's using ''[[More Dakka|eighteen barrels of firepower]]'' in all).
* In the first ''[[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]]'', every member of your party would carry a handgun, a shotgun, an assault-rifle and a sniper-rifle on them at all times (regardless of whether they had the actual talents for them). They're all "collapsible", but they still wind up with their backs utterly covered in guns. In [[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|the sequel]], this has been dialed down noticeably--each NPC only carries 2 weapons from the list (now with one more weapon type, SMGs), while most PC's carry 3 or 4 weapons at most. But Soldier!Shepard actually takes it even further than before. Not only does s/he carry each of the above-mentioned weapon, s/he also carries a "Heavy Weapon" of choice, which can range from a [[Playing Withwith Fire|Flamethrower]] or a [[Shock and Awe|Lightning-Bolt Gun]] to a [[Nuke'Em|Portable Nuke Launcher]]. (Infiltrator!Shepard and Vanguard!Shepard can reach a similar level of ridiculousness if he/she picks an additional Weapon Specialization in the Collector Ship, instead of upgrading to a better Sniper Rifle/Shotgun. Soldier!Shepard just gets the choice between the aforementioned Sniper/Shotgun upgrades, and trading in his Assault-Rifle for a Heavy Machinegun.)
** In one of the conversations before the Eden Prime mission, Shepard can describe Nihlus as "carrying enough weapons to kill an entire squad". [[Hypocritical Humor|He doesn't have more guns than Shepard]], but he doesn't have ''fewer'', either.
* Parodied in the opening of ''[[Total Overdose]]''. Ram sorts through weapons in the back of a truck, then kicks in the gates of a mobster's compound with ''every one of them'' bundled in his arms, and dynamite clenched in his teeth.
* Altaïr in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' is a master of several weapons, including a sword, a dagger, throwing knives, and a hidden blade. Ezio in ''Assassin's Creed 2'' takes it a step further by carrying a second hidden blade (potentially filled with poison) and a gun. He also apparently can use any weapon he can find with equal effectiveness, from a dagger to a giant axe or a spear. In ''Brotherhood'', he also gets a crossbow and can [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|throw heavy weapons]] with deadly accuracy. Finally, ''Revelations'' gives Ezio up to 15 bombs of different types and configurations. And people wonder why guards get suspicious of a guy wearing a hood and carrying an arsenal on his person. He also has no trouble using [[Leonardo Dada Vinci]]'s inventions (tank, bomber, boat-mounted artillery, machinegun) without even reading the manual.
* In ''[[X-COM]]'' you could turn your soldiers into this though it would severely cut down on their mobility. A single soldier could carry four rifles, two pistols and fill out the rest of the slots with assorted ammo, grenades and high explosives. Heavy weapons like auto-guns and missile launchers required the same space as two rifles.
* In ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku]] 4'' (aka ''Yakuza 4''), the hulking brute, Saejima, makes his debut by arming himself with six revolvers: two in his pants, two in his hands, one stuck in his coat pocket and one clenched in his teeth. He winds up using every last one of these bullets (since he was planning on going on a rampage to kill off nearly the entire heads of a rival yakuza family, he wouldn't have any time to reload).
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''Jailhouse Blues'', a [[Series Hiatus|defunct]] fancomic [http://bobandgeorge.com/downloads/ formerly] hosted on the ''[[Bob and George]]'' website. In it, [[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|the Blue Bomber]] encounters [[Insistent Terminology|Artillery Man]] ([[Palette Swap|based off of]] the aforementioned Napalm Man), whose weaponry includes an [[Arm Cannon]], [[Macross Missile Massacre|missiles]], [[Gatling Good|a chain gun]], a [[Laser Blade]], and ([[Braggart Boss|apparently]]) ''[[Blasphemous Boast|more ammunition than God]]''. As such, Mega Man dubs him Obviously [[Compensating for Something]] Man. The weapon Mega Man [[Power Copying|obtains from him]] ''[[The Worf Barrage|does nothing]]'' in the few times he's whipped it out. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when <s>Heat Man</s> Nasty Toilet Man notes that it resembles a widely-used tactic from ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]] Z'' and points out that [[Genre Savvy|such attacks never work]].
* In ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', robotic bunny Liv Tyler shows up with ''four'' [[Infinity+1 Sword|ultimate weapons]] strapped to its back -- [[Drop the Hammer|Warhammer of Zillyhoo]], [[Magic Wand|Quills of Echidna]], [[Cool Sword|Royal Deringer]], and [[Wave Motion Gun|Ahab's Crosshairs]].
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The [[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Rooster Teeth]] show ''[[Immersion]]'' tested this in an episode, basing the arsenal that their subjects would carry on their respective persons (total weight about 200 pounds or slightly below) off of ''[[Doom]]'' and using two test subjects walking through a course. One managed to walk through the course, albeit slowly, and the second subject fell over where he stood before taking even a single step.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* More than a few of the [[Transformers]] in ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]''. Optimus Primal's original body had two swords, a double-barelled gun fixed to his wrist, and a pair of missile launchers on his back. Predacon Terrorsaur took it even further, carrying a short-barelled pistol, a longer pistol, a medium-sized gun, a rifle, laser [[Eye Beams]], and a pair of short-barelled guns on his neck/shoulders.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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