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{{quote|''"Ooh hoo hoo, ya gun shoots ''medicine''! [[Sarcasm Mode|It's intimidatin'!]]"''|'''Scout''', ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''}}

* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Sesshomaru's Tenseiga can revive the dead by cutting through the pallbearers of the afterlife that come to ferry away the souls of the dead. It has the ability to cut through any spirits that are not of this world which means, depending on how it's used, it can be used as a spirit-killing weapon or means of purifying souls of their sins. However, for physical beings, it simply doesn't work as a weapon at all. {{spoiler|In the manga, it does temporarily gain the ability to attack normal enemies, but only until the attack is passed on to Inuyasha.}}

** [[Rules Lawyer|Technically speaking,]] the way the rules for Sneak Attack are written, a Rogue making a Use Magic Device check with a Wand of ''Cure Light Wounds'' will heal his target for full Sneak Attack--butAttack—but only if they're not expecting it. Of course, no (sane) GM would allow this in practice.<ref>Sneak Attack always does the same type of damage that the attack is inflicting (piercing with a spear, bludgeoning with a club, etc.). It also applies to any spell that requires an attack roll (save-based spells aren't affected). The way 3.5 interprets [[Revive Kills Zombie]] is that healing is technically "positive energy damage," but anything that isn't Undead or [[Obviously Evil]] is ''healed'' by positive energy (as Undead are healed by negative energy damage). What this boils down to is that, if Sneak Attack applies to a hit from a heal spell ''and an attack roll was made,'' sneak attack heals more. But, again, only if the target doesn't know it. The weird thing, this can't be used [[For Massive Damage]] on Undead, because Undead are explicitly immune to Sneak Attack.</ref>.

** Also, with the ''[[Elder Scrolls]]'' series' trademark weapon enchantment, there's nothing stopping you from making as many of your own [[Healing Shiv|Healing Shivs]] as you want. Other than, you know, practicality. . .

* Jack Van Burace from the first ''[[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' game has a technique called "Heal Sword", which is pretty self-explanatory. Unfortunately, he does not actually hit his allies with it. It was sadly absent from the [[Enhanced Remake]].

* The Team Healer item in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''. It can also be used as a weapon, but its healing capabilities are much more effective.

* Engineers, Technicians, and Hotwires in ''[[Command and& Conquer|CnC Renegade]]'' have Repair Guns - which are equally effective at healing personnel, vehicles, and buildings.

** In ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]'' and ''[[Unreal Tournament 3|Unreal Tournament III]]'', if used on a team-controlled vehicle/building, it becomes a team-colored stream of plasma ''repairing''. If turned on an ally, (including ''2003'' and vanilla ''Championship'') it instead makes that teammate's link gun more powerful -- forpowerful—for repairs or for damage.

* In [[RPG|RPGs]]s which feature [[Elemental Powers]], there are often characters or pieces of equipment which can "absorb" one type of elemental damage-- convertingdamage—converting an elemental attack into healing. For instance, a character who can absorb the fire element will be healed by fire spells and flaming weapons.

* Tanks in ''[[Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime]]'' have a wide variety of defensive ammunition available, from shields fired at enemy ammo to block it, to herbs which heal the tank when shot out of its cannons.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings]]'', one of the [[NPC|NPCs]]s that you can fight in an optional mission has a skill that lets him heal people by shooting them with a gun. It's not even a special gun, just his regular one.

* ''[[ConkersConker's Bad Fur Day|Conker Live and Reloaded]]'' has its own medigun, for the Grunt, Themophile, and Long Ranger Class, witch looks like some sort of cannon with a bloody syringe on it, witch when fired heals the target and give the healer 1 CP(the XP in the game) per unit of life healed. This was in-fact one of the only ways to heal, as only the above classes have a Self healing ability.

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* A (prescription-only) EpiPen looks a lot like a writing pen, but is for treating severe allergic reactions. You use it by jamming it straight into your thigh-- — and don't waste time taking your pants off first. (If you need to use an EpiPen, you don't have time to take your pants off first.)

* The Jet injector can look disturbingly [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313040713/http://www.dantonioconsultants.com/images/multichan_ji.jpg like a handgun], although it is used like a syringe. The fact that it is pressed to the skin, not used as a projectile from a distance as would be expected from a real handgun, slightly diminishes the effect.

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