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Detachable Blades
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Most swords and bladed weapons suffer from the problem of breakage, and it takes regular maintenance to keep it in a good condition, either sharpening it or outright reforging it. Not only it is time-consuming: no matter how regularly you repair them, your blades will inevitably break. So why bother keeping the same blade? Enter the detachable blade, a type of bladed weapon which can detach its blade from its hilt and swap for a new one. As long as you have a hilt and spare blades, there's no need to sharpen your blades. Simply toss the old blade away and put on a new one, and here it is — a brand new sword! Some weapons with detachable blades take one step further by launching the blade towards an enemy. As not many people would expect a sword to shoot its blade, it serves as a great tool for a surprise attack, a bayonet, or a weapon for killing someone afar stealthily. Compare Bifurcated Weapon, a weapon built by attaching with multiple weapons, in which they are naturally detachable for another reason. See also Detachment Combat, Feather Flechettes and Spike Shooter. For firearms counterpart, see Throw-Away Guns. |
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Miki Sayaka's cutlass from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, according to the production notes, has a trigger which can either turn it into a Whip Sword or launch and detonate the blade. While it is Dummied Out in the anime, it is used in a cutscene of the SLOT Puella Magi Madoka Magica slot machine, where she launches the blade towards a barrel in a Pop-Up Pirate-esque minigame to send Kyubey out of it. Unlike most examples, Sayaka simply summons her swords instead of swapping the blades. | |
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Shuda from Rave Master gets serious against Deep Snow by removing the blade of his awesome katana like a second scabbard to reveal another blade made of solid fire underneath. | |
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Raven Branwen's weapon Omen in RWBY. It's a long red sword with a bulky sheath which contains a rotating chamber of several dozen differently-colored spare blades. If the needs arise (such as when her blade is broken), she can sheathe the hilt before pulling out another blade and resuming combat. To add even more utility to the weapon, each color of blade she uses has a different property due to being made of a different type of Dust. | |
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In Trigun, the villain Rai-Dei has a katana with a blade that can be launched as a suprise attack. From there, the hilt can be snapped into his scabbard to make a gun. | |
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The Vertical Maneuver Gear from Attack on Titan features a pair of dual blades, with their grips serving as the control of the hooks. Soldiers usually carry multiple blades in boxy sheaths built at the sides of their thighs, and the blades are swappable in case one of them gets stuck on a titan or broken, since they're rather fragile. More savvy soldiers can even launch the blades at enemies as a surprise ranged attack. | |
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Assassin's Creed: Unity has the Phantom Blade - a combination of the franchise's signature Hidden Blade weapon with a crossbow, allowing its blade to be fired at enemies as a ranged attack. | |
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In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Adam combines this with Blade Below the Shoulder. One of his new augmentations is to launch the nanoblade that's built into his arms with such force that it can impale his target to the wall. It can be upgraded to also be explosive. | |
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Slayers: Gourry disguises his legendary Sword of Light as a normal sword by keeping its Laser Blade turned off and socketing a common steel blade in its hilt. In a pinch, it can be removed by tapping a needle to a hidden spot on the hilt. | |
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Super Robot Wars: The SRX's Finishing Move, Tenjou Tenga Nendou Bakusai Ken (Heaven and Earth Psychoburst Sword) impales its opponent on a blade of volatile psychic energy, snaps it off at the hilt, and then detonates it as a bomb. Its upgraded form in Alpha 3, Banpreios, can generate these blades from its fists as part of its T-Link Blade Knuckle attack. | |
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In Gamaran, Eima wields a naginata with a knife hidden in the base: in case of emergency he can pull out the knife and use it to attack at close range. | |
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The Samuroids in The Flash (2014) can propel the blades of their katanas as projectile weapons. | |
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The Sword and the Sorcerer has the protagonist wielding a triple bladed sword - the two outer blades can be shot at enemies as seen here - [1] | |
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In The Punisher (2004) Franks pulls out a knife when ambushed by a hitman, when the hitman stops to mock him for bringing a knife a gun fight, Frank launches the blade into the hitman's neck. | |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops has the Ballistic Knife, a spring-loaded knife that can be used for both melee or ranged attack by launching the blade, both of which are One-Hit Kill regardless the distance. It also swings faster than the standard melee attack with it equipped. A little bit of Truth in Television, as the Ballistic Knife is a real knife, and has been commercially available since at least the 1980's. |
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RWBY: Second Generation: Orion's weapon works this way to make it more modular. It's how it can switch between its three modes. | |
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Magical variation in Yaiba: during the final battle against Onimaru in the Orochi arc, Yaiba's Supreme King Sword breaks its blade... only to reveal a far more powerful blade made of pure energy. Not to be outdone, Onimaru does the same with his Demon King Sword, revealing a pitch black energy blade. | |
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In Assassin's Creed III Connor's Hidden Blades are capable of detaching in order to be used as knives. | |
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BlazBlue: in a Shout-Out to Attack on Titan, Hibiki's swords have detachable cutter-esque blades that he's shown replacing at the end of each match round. One of his Limit Breaks also start with him throwing the blades of his swords. | |
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Assassin's Creed: In Assassin's Creed III Connor's Hidden Blades are capable of detaching in order to be used as knives. Assassin's Creed: Unity has the Phantom Blade - a combination of the franchise's signature Hidden Blade weapon with a crossbow, allowing its blade to be fired at enemies as a ranged attack. |
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