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You're up against the [[Big Bad]], and he enjoys [[Playing
But fear not! [[The Hero]] has a similar trick up his sleeve. From out of nowhere he's able to conjure a sword of his own and take the [[Big Bad]] on blade to flaming blade.
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The idea behind this trope is a character with the power to create a weapon. This can either be the power ''being'' to create or otherwise summon a weapon, or creating the weapon is but one application of a power they already possess. As in the example above, one character could conjure a weapon out of thin air, while the other created his weapon by clever application of his fire control. Sometimes the character can turn this power [[Up to Eleven]] to create a [[Storm of Blades]].
One common use of this trope, especially among the second type, is frequently seen in [[Tournament Arc
People who do this will generally possess [[Elemental Powers]]. Compare [[Natural Weapon]], which can also fall into the Tournament Arc Loophole Abuse noted above. Contrast [[Flaming Sword]], which is usually an otherwise metal sword that's on fire, rather than a sword made ''out'' of fire. Can often come about by characters who possess [[Imagination-Based Superpower|Imagination Based Superpowers]]. [[Shapeshifter Weapon]] is the one formed from the wielder's body.
Compare [[Instant Armor]] and its
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* A few times in ''[[One Piece]]'', with Logia users Aokiji and Kizaru [[Shaping Your Attacks|Shaping Their Attacks]].
** Aokiji is [[An Ice Person]], and by taking a few blades of grass and breathing onto them, he freezes himself up an Ice Saber.
** Kizaru manipulates light, essentially enabling him to wield a [[Laser Blade]].
* Hiei in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' [[Playing
* When dueling Touma in ''[[
** Harumi Kiyama briefly draws an energy blade while fighting Mikoto.
* Alchemists from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' can transmute weapons using the mass of floors or walls, although not many alchemists ever actually do so.
* The "sword of one's heart" from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' might qualify. It's a regular old steel sword, but you draw it out of your own chest (or your [[Love Interest]] and/or creepy stalker figure does it for you). I might be misremembering some of the details.
* Many characters in ''[[
* ''[[Bleach]]'' has a few examples:
** ''Every'' zanpakutou is basically this.
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** Primera Espada 103, Cirucci Thunderwitch, who can create sawblade-shaped [[Ki Attack|reiatsu blades]] in her Resurreccion.
** Ginjou Kuugo of X-Cution who summons a [[BFS]]
** And finally, [[The Hero]], Ichigo Kurosaki himself, after he [[Got the Call
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]''
** Krillin's signature attack (though many of the other Z-Warriors can do it too) is the Destructo
* While she may appear to be an example of conjuration, Erza from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' is , in fact, weapon summoning. She has everything stored in a separate location and brings it up to her in battle. The straighter example is Gray and his Ice Make magic.
* The Pandora from ''[[
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' most Puella Magi possess the ability - each summons a specific kind of weapon, though they can apparently be created in any size or quantity. {{spoiler|Homura is an exception, having a [[Bag of Holding]] she must stock manually, but she switches to summoning a bow in the epilogue.}}
* Cures Rouge, Lemonade, Mint and Aqua of ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5
** The opening to ''[[Smile Pretty Cure]]'' seems to hint that Cure Beauty can create an ice sword.
* Galvatron does this, supposedly through pure Energon power, in ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]''.
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* As noted in the description, the rings of the ''[[Green Lantern]]'' can create anything the wearer can imagine. Weapons are just but one of many things they can do.
* Psylock's "focused totality of her psychic power" in ''[[X
* This is one of the many possible uses of Invisible Woman's force fields. In one ''[[X
* This was the super-power of the minor DC hero Gunfire, who could turn any object into a blaster or bomb weapon with his touch by channeling energy into or through it.
** A [[DC One Million]] crossover in the ''Hitman'' comic mercilessly spoofed Gunfire and, by extension, this power, with a particularly inept future counterpart of the original version.
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'''Gwant:''' That really is kinda lame....
'''Hitman:''' Imagine his personal life.
'''Gunfire One Million:''' Oh God, I turned my ass into a hand-grenade -- *FOOOMM* }}
== [[Fan
* ''[[Isekai by Moonlight]]'':
** The protagonist can create forcefields, and often uses them as quarterstaves or swords.
** In the second chapter, {{spoiler|Osaka Naru}} leverages the power to create gemstones from raw elements that she gained in the first chapter, and learns how to create gemstone-bladed swords on the fly. It's only after she goes up against somebody who isn't intimidated by the ability that she takes swordfighting lessons.
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Thor (
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[Ultra Series]]'' Ultraman Mebius Mebius Killer can produce [[Laser Blade|glowing blades-beams]] from their [[Swiss Army Weapon|multifunctional trinkets]].
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* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', Rand occasionally creates a sword made of fire, though this is a rather inefficient use of the One Power.
* In ''[[High School
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* ''[[Dungeons
▲* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' in general has had a number of spells that created weapons (usually swords). They include Mordenkainen's Sword, Dimensional Blade, Enchanted Blade...
** [[Greyhawk]] has a few more, such as Nystul's Crystal Dagger and Jaran's Prismatic Blade.
** [[Forgotten Realms]] adds Acid Lash, Bone Blade, [[Laser Blade|Chromatic Blade]], Decastave, [[Evil Weapon|Fellblade]], [[Deadly Disc|Flamespin]], Forcelash, Vampiric Lash, Ghost Blade, Whisper Blade, and Black Blade of Disaster. Thunderlance looks and is wielded like a spear, but doesn't act the part (it explosively discharges on touch). Then there's Blade of Memory.
*** Al-Qadim has Sand Jambiya, Sand Sword and Wind Blade.
** [[Dark Sun]] [[Sourcebook]] ''The Will and the Way'' added Psychic
** Some creatures (including Tulani eladrin) have this as an innate magic ability.
** In 3.5 version Psionics, the Soulknife can create a sword using psychic power. (Psychic warriors can also call weapons, but it's not clear if that's creating something or psychoporting it from some abandoned armory or what.)
* Both Cyber Knights and Mind Melters from ''[[Rifts]]'' can create Psi Blades.
* ''[[Shadowrun]]''. In older editions, a number of fans developed spells that created a sword (or other weapon) made of energy. One type was called a "Power Sword". There have also been varieties that are made of a specific element (e.g. fire, cold, etc.) and have the appropriate elemental effect (e.g. fire setting flammable objects on fire).
* ''[[Ars Magica]]''. The spell "Tooth of the Staff" can create a spear with a polished flint head.
* In ''[[Villains and Vigilantes]]'', the misleadingly-named Solid Energy Illusions power allows you to do this, if you have enough of the appropriate energy handy -- and the imagination to think of it.
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* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series you can use the "Bind [weapon]" spells to summon the most powerful generic equipment in the game for a while.
* Archer in ''[[Fate/stay
* Kassadin's [[Laser Blade]] in ''[[League of Legends]]'' is this for his Void powers.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]:'' The Kori Blade that Sub-Zero uses as his weapon style from Deadly Alliance onwards is created by Sub-Zero himself using his ice-based powers. Frost, being Sub-Zero's protege, uses the same technique to produce her own ice weapons, though her relative inexperience means that she can only create a pair of small daggers as opposed to Sub-Zero's entire sword.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
== Web Comics ==▼
* The Stus of ''[[Dubious Company]]''. Gary creates katars out of fire, while Marty can summon any [[BFS|weapon]] out of thin air.
* For a long time in ''[[
** Susan can instantly [[Summon to Hand|summon a replica]] of anything from a specially marked container, and [[Hyperspace Arsenal|keeps a few cold weapons there]]. And when she finally got her own spellbook, it started with the old good stun-
** Abraham possesses spells that summon or create swords, shields, and axes.
== [[Web
* Cinder Fall of ''[[RWBY]]'' demonstrates this several times late in Volume 5; it gets taken [[Up to Eleven]] in her fight with {{spoiler|Raven Branwen}} in V5E13.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang briefly discusses the idea of making a '[[Blow You Away|Wind]] Sword' this way.
* Boomer from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' can create a blade made of lightning.
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