Serrated Blade of Pain: Difference between revisions

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Bladed weapons, including [[Cool Sword|swords]] and [[Knife Nut|knives]], are often used by both good and bad guys all around. One good way to make said weapon more distinct or interesting is giving it a jagged edge, similar to a saw.

 

 

Those weapons tend to be linked mainly with evil guys or chaotic warriors, usually because of the association with [[Spikes of Villainy]], or the primitive look of the weapon, not mentioning the nasty wounds caused by said weapons. Good guys can use this kind of weaponry, but they'll usually avoid the "stabbing" part and/or rely on slashing motions, making the weapon less effective at chopping. Sometimes a [[Combat Medic]] or a [[Mad Scientist]] will wield one of these.

 

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

 

== [[Film]] -- Animated ==

 

== [[Film]] -- Live Action ==

* [[The Dragon]] in ''[[Willow]]'' has a blade with serrated edges. {{spoiler|In the climax he uses it to stab one of the good guys to death.}} Also, Sorsha uses a serrated sabre as her [[Weapon of Choice]].

* The main villain in ''[[Cutthroat Island]]'' wields a highly intimidating serrated cutlass.

* Remy in [[Repo Men]] is fond of using knives and the various cutting tools he used in his job as an autoforg repo man. During the climax outside the Pink Door, he grabs a surgical saw to use against the attacking repo men.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* In the [[Dragonlance]] novel ''The Companions'', Sturm Brightblade is forced to fight in the arena against a minotaur gladiator, who uses a massive sword with a jagged edge.

* In the ''[[Belgariad]]'', Ulgos use knives with all sorts of nasty hooks to do more damage.

* [[The Zombie Survival Guide]] mentions serrated edged knives in the chapter on anti-zombie weaponry, but notes that they have a tendency to get lodged in zombie skulls and encourages the reader to choose a plain-edged knife if one is available.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* ''[[Shadowrun]]''. The ''Aztlan'' supplement has the macuitl sword, which has razor sharp slivers of obsidian or flint embedded in the edge. It is capable of decapitating a target with a single hit.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* The Forsworn weapons in ''[[Skyrim]]'' consist of hand-made weapons with loads of sharp bones and fangs to form serrated edges.

** [[Our Demons Are Different|Daedric]] weapons have serrated edges; some even have two points (ie, the Daedric Greatsword and Daedric Arrows).

* One of Nadia's sword upgrades from ''[[Nightmare Creatures]]'' is a silly-looking spiked sword.

* Yoshihiro's default [[BFS]] from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''.

* From ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'', there's Ginchiyo Tachibana. All her weapons are barbed katana with a lightning motif.

* Kratos' swords from ''[[God of War]]''. And yes, he's willing to cause a lot of gore with them.

* In ''[[Warcraft III]]'', Frostmourne has barbs on its blade, in contrast to the plain-looking runeblades of the generic Death Knights.

* In one of the many ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' games, the mercenary warrior Yachi fights with a large, barbed falchion.

* One of the weapons from ''[[Redneck Rampage]]'' is a gun that throws circular saw blades at will.

* [[Fat Bastard|Dong]] [[Complete Monster|Zhuo]] from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' combines this with [[Sinister Scimitar]] before using a huge mace in later titles.

* In ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]],'' [[The Brute|Lorne]] wields a gigantic serrated falchion. After you defeat him it's given to you, though you can only use it if you're evil.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

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