Weapons and Wielding Tropes
All about weapons and what people do with them.
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Non-specific Weapon Tropes:
- Alpha Strike
- Anatomy Arsenal
- Ancestral Weapon
- As Lethal As It Needs to Be
- Attack Animal
- Attack Drone
- Axes At School
- Backpack Cannon
- BFG
- Bifurcated Weapon
- Bigger Stick
- Blow Gun
- Bow and Sword In Accord
- Breakable Weapons
- Brandishment Bluff
- Briefcase Blaster
- Can't Bathe Without a Weapon
- Choice of Two Weapons
- Combat Haircomb
- Crowbar Combatant
- Cute As a Bouncing Betty
- Cut the Fuse
- Death of a Thousand Cuts
- Description Porn
- Double Weapon
- Dual-Wielding
- Elemental Crafting
- Elemental Punch
- Emergency Weapon
- Empathic Weapon
- Equippable Ally
- Evil Weapon
- Exotic Weapon Supremacy
- Extended Disarming
- Family-Friendly Firearms
- Five-Finger Fillet
- Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon
- Flying Weapon
- Forged By the Gods
- Full Potential Upgrade
- Girl With Psycho Weapon
- Give Me a Sword
- Good Weapon, Evil Weapon
- Guns in Church
- Guns vs. Swords
- Happy Fun Ball
- Healing Shiv
- Hidden Supplies
- Hidden Weapons
- Homing Projectile
- Hot Chick With a Sword
- Hyperspace Arsenal
- Hyperspace Mallet
- I Call Her "Vera"
- IKEA Weaponry
- I Know Madden Kombat
- Impossibly Cool Weapon
- Improbable Aiming Skills
- Improbable Weapon User
- Improbable Use of a Weapon
- Improvised Weapon
- Infinity+1 Sword
- Instant Knots
- Instrument of Murder
- Intimidation Demonstration
- Kill It With Fire
- Kill It With Ice
- Kill It With Water
- Kill Sat
- Knife Fight
- Knife Outline
- The Lethal Connotation of Guns and Others
- Left Your Lifesaver Behind
- Like Cannot Cut Like
- Living Weapon
- Lost Superweapon
- Magnet Hands
- Magnetic Weapons
- The Man Makes the Weapon
- Mix-and-Match Weapon
- Morph Weapon
- Multi Melee Master
- Multi Ranged Master
- The Musketeer
- Named Weapons
- National Weapon
- Natural Weapon
- Nerf Arm
- No-Gear Level
- Non-Lethal Deadly Weapon
- Nothing Up My Sleeve
- Not-So-Fake Prop Weapon
- One-Handed Zweihander
- Only the Chosen May Wield
- Ornamental Weapon
- Our Weapons Will Be Boxy in The Future
- Person of Holding
- Pinball Projectile
- Point Defenseless
- Point That Somewhere Else
- Poisoned Weapons
- Power Equals Rarity
- Quick Melee
- Ranged Emergency Weapon
- Razor Wind
- Recursive Ammo
- Retractable Weapon
- Reverse Grip
- Roboteching
- Rock Beats Laser
- Scrappy Weapon
- Secret Weapon
- Selectively-Lethal Weapon
- Self-Defenseless
- Self-Destruct Mechanism
- Set Swords to Stun
- Shock and Awe
- Short-Range Long-Range Weapon
- Shapeshifter Weapon
- Shoulder Cannon
- Situational Sword
- Sock It to Them
- Socketed Equipment
- Sonic Stunner
- Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness
- Splash Damage
- Spontaneous Weapon Creation
- Spread Shot
- Stat Sticks
- Sticks to The Back
- Stock Ninja Weaponry
- Stock Weapon Names
- Sucking-In Lines
- Super Weapon, Average Joe
- Summon to Hand
- Swiss Army Weapon
- Sword and Gun
- Sword Limbo
- Sword of Damocles
- Sword Over Head
- Take Up My Sword
- Talking Weapon
- This Banana Is Armed
- Thwarted Coup De Grace
- Torpedo Tits
- Trench Coat Warfare
- Twang! "Hello."
- Ultimate Blacksmith
- Unholy Holy Sword
- Unorthodox Sheathing
- Utility Weapon
- Vibroweapon
- Walking Armory
- Wall of Weapons
- Weapon for Intimidation
- Weaponized Cameras
- Weapon for Intimidation
- Weapon of Choice
- Weapon, Jr.
- Weapon of Peace
- Weapon of X-Slaying
- Weapon Running Time
- Weapon Tombstone
- Weapon Twirling
- Weapons Kitchen Sink
- Weapons That Suck
- What the Fu Are You Doing?
- "With Our Swords" Scene
- Wrecked Weapon
Assorted Weapons
- Aerosol Flamethrower
- Boomerang Comeback
- Booze Flamethrower
- Caltrops
- Chainsaw Good
- Deadly Disc
- Drop the Hammer
- Earthquake Machine
- Epic Flail
- Forklift Fu
- Fuuma Shuriken
- Hooks and Crooks
- Hot Blade
- Inescapable Net
- Javelin Thrower
- Mix-and-Match Weapon
- Nail'Em
- Powerful Pick
- Precision-Guided Boomerang
- Prongs of Poseidon
- Razor Floss
- Sai Guy
- Shovel Strike
- Spiked Wheels
- Swiss Army Weapon
- This Is a Drill
- Rings of Death
- Royal Rapier
- Whip It Good
Bladed Weapons
See also swords-specific tropes
- Absurd Cutting Power
- An Axe to Grind
- Audible Sharpness
- Bayonet Ya
- Barehanded Blade Block
- Blade Brake
- Blade Reflection
- Blade Run
- Clean Cut
- Cutlass Between the Teeth
- Diagonal Cut
- Elegant Weapon for A More Civilized Age
- Excalibur
- Implausible Fencing Powers
- Inverse Law of Sharpness and Accuracy
- Knife Nut
- Kukris Are Kool
- Licking the Blade
- Machete Mayhem
- Never Bring a Knife To A Fist Fight
- Never Bring a Knife To A Gun Fight
- Serrated Blade of Pain
- Single-Stroke Battle
- Sinister Scimitar
- Sinister Scythe
- Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship
- Split Hair
- Swipe Your Blade Off
- Sword Lines
- Sword Sparks
- Whip Sword
- Wolverine Claws
Bombs and Explosives
See also Grenade Tropes
- Big Bulky Bomb
- Bomb Disposal
- Cigar Fuse-Lighting
- Cut the Fuse
- Dynamite Candle
- Eat the Bomb
- Empty Quiver
- Fake in The Hole
- Grenade Hot Potato
- Grenade Launcher
- Harpoon Gun
- Holy Hand Grenade
- Incredibly Obvious Bomb
- Insert Grenade Here
- Land Mine Goes Click
- Macross Missile Massacre
- Molotov Cocktail
- Naval Weapons
- Nuke'Em
- Phlebotinum Bomb
- Plunger Detonator
- Powder Trail
- The Rest of the Nuclear Club
- Riding the Bomb
- Sea Mine
- Space Mines
- Sticky Bomb
- Super-Persistent Missile
- Time Bomb
- Trick Bomb
- Unplanned Manual Detonation
- Yin-Yang Bomb
- You Nuke'Em
Defense
See also Tropes in Shining Armor
- Adaptive Armor
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me
- Deflector Shield
- Orbiting Particle Shield
- Save Sat
Guns
See also Guns and Gunplay Tropes
- Bubble Gun
- Flare Gun
- Freeze Ray
- Gun Accessories
- Gun Fu
- Gun in My Pocket
- Gun Nut
- Lightning Gun
- Pistol-Whipping
- Removable Turret Gun
- Sawed-Off Shotgun
- Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You
- Short-Range Shotgun
- Shrink Ray
- Sniper Rifle
- Stick'Em Up
- Trick Bullet
- Trigger Happy
- Weak Turret Gun
Lasers
See also Ranged Energy Attack Tropes
Slings and Arrows
- Annoying Arrows
- The Archer
- Arrow Catch
- Arrow Gram
- Arrows On Fire
- Automatic Crossbows
- Brats With Slingshots
- Catch and Return
- Energy Bow
- Horse Archer
- Multishot
- No Arc in Archery
- Rain of Arrows
- The Straight and Arrow Path
- Suffer the Slings
- Trick Arrow
Sticks, Staves, and Spears
- Batter Up
- Blade On a Stick
- Broomstick Quarterstaff
- Carry a Big Stick
- Dual Tonfas
- Golf Clubbing
- Jousting Lance
- Magic Staff
- Magic Wand
- Motorcycle Jousting
- Simple Staff
- Wooden Stake
- X On a Stick
Super Weapons
- Death Ray
- Doomsday Device
- Interstellar Weapon
- Kill Sat
- Siege Engines
- Sword of Damocles
- Weaponized Landmark
- Weapon of Mass Destruction
- Weather Control Machine
Weird Weapons
- Anchors Away
- Armed Legs
- Arsenal Attire
- Art Attacker
- Bad With the Bone
- Battle Boomerang
- Battle Tops
- Bee-Bee Gun
- Beware My Stinger Tail
- Brandishment Bluff
- Cane Fu
- Chain Pain
- Chairman of the Brawl
- Clothing Combat
- Cloth Fu
- Comedy As a Weapon
- Deadly Rotary Fan
- Death Dealer
- Edible Ammunition
- Edible Bludgeon
- Electric Joy Buzzer
- Food Slap
- Fork Fencing
- Frying Pan of Doom
- Gemstone Assault
- Grievous Bottley Harm
- Grievous Harm With a Body
- Handbag of Hurt
- Horn Attack
- Improbable Weapon User
- Improvised Weapon
- Killer Yoyo
- Musical Assassin
- Once Killed a Man With A Noodle Implement
- Paper Fan of Doom
- Parasol of Pain
- The Pen Is Mightier
- Pipe Pain
- Sheath Strike
- Shoe Slap
- Sock It to Them
- Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass
- Tail Slap
- Telephone Polearm
- This Banana Is Armed
- Throw a Barrel At It
- Throw the Book At Them
- Tricked-Out Shoes
- Unusual Weapon Mounting
- Washtub Throw
- Weaponized Headgear
- Wrench Whack