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What's better than a [[Whip It Good|whip]] or a [[Heroes Prefer Swords|sword]]? A [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs|whip sword]], of course! They have the flexibility and [[Variable-Length Chain|long reach]] of a whip and the cutting power of a sword, meaning that all sorts of fancy tricks can be done with them while cutting people to pieces.
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▲== [[Anime]]/[[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Battle Angel Alita]]'' attepts a realistic-ish approach with a character wielding a highly magnetic sword coated in iron filings which extend to a whip when she swings it at high speeds. (She also ups the [[Beyond the Impossible]] quota by using said whip to aim seven bullets at various weak spots on an enemy's face and igniting them simultaneously, but that's neither here nor there.)
* Renji's Zabimaru in ''[[Bleach]]'' turns into this in its ''shikai'' form, and the ''bankai'' is this to a factor of 100 with a snake's head.
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* Hibana from ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' wields a [[BFS]] whip sword similar to Renji's. Very impressive for an approximately eight-year-old insane [[Creepy Child]].
* Kuroki of ''[[Blazer Drive]]'''s BFS has recently been revealed as one of these; it too looks very similar to Renji's (the "sword" half looks a lot like [[D.Gray-man|Allen Walker's]] BFS).
* Shizuru Fujino in ''[[
** ''[[Mai-Otome]]'''s Shizuru has a [[Double Weapon|double-bladed sword]] that acts the same way, but has a ''much'' longer blade.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** She can also light it on ''[[Flaming Sword|fire]]''.
* Cho, the sword [[Otaku]] member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Juppongatana]] in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' possesses a super-thin sword that can be utilized as a whip.
* A [[Filler]] character in ''[[Naruto]]'' possessed one, using his chakra to control it.
** Akatsuki member Sasori usually uses a puppet named Hiruko which has a poison whip-sword for a tail (Sasori mean "scorpion").
** Kimimaro has a rather morbid variation: he makes weapons out of his own bones, and one thing he makes it a
* [[Villainous Crossdresser|Jakotsu]] in ''[[Inuyasha]]'' has a sword referred to as the Jakotsu-to ("snake bone sword") with this capability. It consists of a crescent-bladed sword with about a dozen more crescent-blades linked tip to tip attached to it, allowing him to flick out a chain of cutting edges. Interestingly, it's the only (regularly-used) sword in the show that doesn't have any magical powers or get a magical upgrade.
* A rather impudent bandit in ''[[Claymore]]'' tried to use one such sword to bully [[Badass|Teresa]]. He ''may'' [[Single-Stroke Battle|have had time to regret it]].
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** Just to clarify then, this character's weapon starts floppy, but after he whips it out it becomes stiff and he uses it to (I'm guessing) thrust at people. I guess [[Freud Was Right]].
* Shenhua from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' fights with twin whip kukri. She's good enough to [[Made of Plasticine|take people's heads off]] with them from thirty feet away.
** Note that these are a much more practical version of a
* ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' has a couple of mecha that wield heat rods, which are essentially giant whips made up of conjoined blades - sort of like a
** The version of Epyon from ''SD Gundam Force'' actually uses a
** From SD Gundam [[BB Senshi Sangokuden]], Kakouton Giros wields a sword which separates into a chain-whip sword.
* Ohm of ''[[One Piece]]'' had a sword with a Milky Dial in the hilt that could shape-shift into many forms. He primarily turned it into a flexible strip of iron to use as a whip, while using his mantra to pinpoint an enemy's location.
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* Jil gets one in ''[[The Tower of Druaga (anime)|The Tower of Druaga ~The Sword of Uruk~]]''.
* ''[[Spider Riders]]'''s Prince Lumen has one of these, though he seems to use it more as an extending-length sword than an actual whip. Beerain owns the real thing.
* Knight in the ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' [[Radio Drama]] ''Crashers: Knight and Ran'' uses a
* Kyouko Sakura in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' uses a [[Blade on a Stick|chain-spear]] as her weapon, which works under the same premise.
* Fay uses one in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' while in Infinity.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Snapdragon from ''[[Kabuki]]'' uses one.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In ''[[Heir to the Empire]]'', Sailor Venus's crystal sword can separate into one of these, which she dual-wields with her [[Whip It Good|"Venus Love-Me Chain" attack]].
* Episode 7 of ''[[Final Stand of Death]]'' revealed a chain-whip belonging to [[Spice Girls| Geri]] was found.
== [[Film]] ==
* The French film and book ''[[Brotherhood of the Wolf]]'' had a segmented bone sword that was utilized this way.
* ''[[Savior Of The Soul]]'' [
* Roxy's weapon of choice in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' is one of these, worn as her belt.
** If it helps, it doesn't retract into sword-form, it's just a bladed whip that she swings around.
* Anita Mui's chracter from ''[[The Heroic Trio]]'' has one that can go from a straight blade to a
== [[Literature]] ==
* Shannon fights against someone with a
* One of the Denarians in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' book ''Death Masks'' has long ribbons of metal for hair that act just like a whip sword.
** As is the "Cobra" that Case buys to use for a short part of ''[[Neuromancer]].''
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[Metal Heroes]]'', [[Space Sheriff Shaider]] used a [[Laser Blade|laser sword]] that he could [[Morph Weapon|transform]] into a [[Energy Weapon|laser whip]] at will.
* In ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'', Kamen Rider Raia wields one of these.
** In ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', Taiga Nobori/Kamen Rider Saga has a rapier-like weapon that can convert into an energy whip; he continues to use it even after {{spoiler|he inherits the power of Dark Kiva}}. The Blue Sky Organization circa 1986 gives its warriors a [[Swiss Army Weapon]] that can go from long dagger to
** In ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'', much of the variants to Sword Form's [[Finishing Move|Extreme Slash]] has Den-O flinging the blade around, with electricity tethering the blade to the hilt.
* In ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'', the Wild Force Megazord's Sword and Shield Mode used one of these. (a transformed robot elephant trunk)
** In fact, most combinations using the Elephant Zord can count as this.
* ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]'' obliges this with the Kyoryumaru, which is used by any Shinkenger in Hyper Form.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Probably drawing their inspiration from the William Gibson example above, the monofilament whip is a staple weapon in many cyberpunk roleplaying games, especially ''[[Shadowrun]]''.
* In the older editions of ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'', this was essentially one of the possible powers that could be enchanted into a sword by the touch of [[Black Magic|Chaos]]. It didn't physically change, but the blade could extend and bend like it was a prehensile tongue made of razor-sharp steel.
* In ''[[
* The Urumi is available in ''[[GURPS]]: Martial Arts'', sadly it has none of the strengths of a whip and none of the strengths of a sword.
* In the ''[[Iron Kingdoms]]'' setting the Satyxis aiders of Cryx and Bloodrunner master tormentors of the Skorne use a variation of this. Neither have swords that transform to whips, but the Satyxis have whips with sharp blades attached to them throught their lenghts and the master tormentors have whips that are comprised of circular blades linked together.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' ([[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|of course]])
** There is a drow weapon called a lashwhip (redundant,
* The obscure book ''[[Eberron]] Torn Asunder'' provides us with the chain blade, which is essentially this trope played entirely straight. It's also a noted [[Game Breaker]] as being a one handed reach weapon with a long sword's damage and the single largest critical range in 3.5 at a staggering 17-20 standard. In other words its everything a melee combatant needs in a one handed weapon and then some with the only downside being that it's exotic and the sourcebook is almost impossible to find. Oh, that and no DM in their right minds use the thing.▼
** Ultimate Combat, a ''[[Pathfinder]]'' splatbook, features a "Scorpion Whip." It is described as having a "series of razorsharp blades and fangs inset along its tip" can deal lethal damage, and is not hindered by armor, unlike a normal whip.▼
* The Scorpio [[Improbable Weapon User|Ars Magna school]] in ''[[Anima: Beyond Fantasy]]''. Wielders need a basic understanding of [[Supernatural Martial Arts]] to use it. In the game's offical setting Lilith, one of the four [[Praetorian Guard|Knights of the 7th Heaven]], uses this weapon. ▼
▲** The obscure book ''[[Eberron]] Torn Asunder'' provides us with the chain blade, which is essentially this trope played entirely straight. It's also a noted [[Game Breaker]] as being a one handed reach weapon with a long sword's damage and the single largest critical range in 3.5 at a staggering 17-20 standard. In other words its everything a melee combatant needs in a one handed weapon and then some with the only downside being that it's exotic and the sourcebook is almost impossible to find. Oh, that and no DM in their right minds use the thing.
** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' got whip-rapier, or "whipsting" - rare weapon from South (somewhere around Shaar). Mentioned as the [[Weapon of Choice]] of its [[They Call Him "Sword"|namesake]], mercenary leader Gayrlana "Lady Bloodsword", and of Netherese assassin Alashar Crywinds. Probably named after the monster "whipsting" that attacks with a pair of whip-tentacles ending in venomous stings.
▲* The Scorpio [[Improbable Weapon User|Ars Magna school]] in ''[[Anima: Beyond Fantasy]]''. Wielders need a basic understanding of [[Supernatural Martial Arts]] to use it. In the game's offical setting Lilith, one of the four [[Praetorian Guard|Knights of the 7th Heaven]], uses this weapon.
* Planeswalker Gideon Jura from ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' wields a three-bladed whip they call a 'sural' or 'urumi', and it is believed they were referring to the Indian chuttuval.
* Violet from ''[[Summoner Wars]]'' uses this.
▲* Ultimate Combat, a ''[[Pathfinder]]'' splatbook, features a "Scorpion Whip." It is described as having a "series of razorsharp blades and fangs inset along its tip" can deal lethal damage, and is not hindered by armor, unlike a normal whip.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* This is Ivy's signature weapon in the ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur]]'' series, dubbed the "Snake Sword" in game. The name of the one she uses most often is "Valentine" though others are useable in gameplay (Though if they actually exist in universe aside from the "Prototype Ivy Blade" mentioned below, or Soul Edge and Soul Calibur in the form of one, is debatable...)
** Her joke weapon is a mechanical failure of this concept, though she still manages to use it to fight. The actual sword uses alchemy/magic to work properly, making the sword itself ''sentient''.
*** Her joke weapon becomes a "Magical Sausage" in ''Soul Calibur IV''.
** Create a Soul characters in 3 also have the option of a similar sickle, except that nearly all of its attacks use it as a whip. Its best use? Making [[Indiana Jones]] and [[Ace Attorney|Franziska Von Karma]].
* Takenaka Hanbei from Capcom's ''[[Sengoku Basara]] 2'' (known in the West as ''Devil Kings 2'', which is basically Capcom's version of ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|on crack and steroids]]) utilizes a whipsword to devastating effects.
** Kaihime from ''[[Samurai Warriors]] 3'' uses one of these.
* Kratos carves a bloody swath through Ancient Greece using one in ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'', though it's actually swords chained to him.
* The [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Dark Prince]] in ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' uses a weapon like this called the Daggertail as his main weapon, and is very, ''very'' efficient with it.
* All of Jacques Blanc's weapons in ''[[Onimusha]] 3'' are some variation on the
* In ''[[Video Game/Ninja Blade|Ninja Blade]]'', one of the three weapons available to you is a pair of knives with detachable blades that are attached to the hilts by wires. As you would expect, they deal very little damage, but do so many times in a very short amount of time. They can also be used as grappling hooks.
* Janne from ''[[World Heroes]]''.
** Beaten out by one year as [[Ur Example]] by the Great Dragonian, probably the coolest boss in Capcom's arcade "hack'em up" ''[[The King of Dragons]]''. The game didn't appear on home consoles until three years later however.
* Nash Latkje, from the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series, is a man of many hats. In addition to training with [[Murder, Inc.|The Howling Voice Guild]] before becoming a spy ''a la'' [[James Bond]]
* Soma Cruz in ''[[Castlevania]]: [[Aria of Sorrow]]'' and ''[[Dawn of Sorrow]]'' prefers swords instead of Belmontean whips, but there is a Whip Sword in both games if you want something with some reach.
** Due to the way Soma uses them in ''Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow'', the whip swords essentially function as overly-complicated rapiers.
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* One of the strongest weapons available in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' for Rita is one of these. As a [[Shout-Out]], it's named the [[Soul Series|Ivy Sword]].
* Every melee weapon type in ''[[Aion]]'' has extend-able long-range versions.
* Avril's Absolute Zero ARM in ''[[Wild
* Garland from ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' has one of these in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''. Or, to be more precise, he has [[Cool Sword|a sword that can transform into two swords, a hammer, a lance and a whip]].
* Merietta Lixiss, the last member to join your party in [[
* Roxie Richter, the 4th boss of ''[[Scott Pilgrim (video game)|Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]'', uses a whip katana. A compromise between the books, where she uses an ordinary katana, and the film where she uses a bladed whip.
* In ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'', Alex changes his arm into one.
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* This is Dante's main weapon in ''[[DmC: Devil May Cry|Dmc Devil May Cry]]''.
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