History Main / BayonetYa

* Being set in WorldWarOne, the miniseries ''1915'' shows both the bayonet training the Diggers recieved, and its usage at Gallipoli and other battlefields.

* Mumei's [[GunsAkimbo dual]] [[SawedOffShotgun sawn-off shotguns]] in ''Anime/KabaneriOfTheIronFortress'' have folding bayonets, although [[OurZombiesAreDifferent the iron skin of the Kabane]] means it is mostly only effective at [[OffWithHisHead taking off their heads.]] However, once she gets the blades [[MidSeasonUpgrade coated]] [[[[BodyToJewel in refined Kabane skin]] they become strong enough to [[AbsurdlySharpBlade break even the Kabane's iron-clad hearts.]]

** In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', ''any'' gun can have a blade attached, even rocket launchers! In some cases it doesn't give a bonus, but it always changes the animation -- now you can have a sniper rifle with a bayonet and actually use it for melee! And without lengthened animations to boot!
* ''VideoGame/{{Incubation}}'' provided bayonets on Advanced Combat Guns and Standard Assault Rifles, the second and third weapons the player received. Since the blade's damage was great (easily enough to decimate lesser aliens) and ammo was very limited, the fairly weak SAR remained a mainstay through much of the game.
** The expansion pack ''finally'' introduced another bayoneted weapon, the Light Plasma Gun... which had good damage and unlimited ammo ''anyway'', making it pointless.

* Famously used in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar by the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry under Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. During the battle of {{Gettysburg}}, Chamberlain's troops were suffering heavy casualties and running out of ammo, and he knew they would be unable to defend their vital position on Little Round Top against the approaching Confederate army. So, in a complete {{Badass}} move, he ordered a bayonet charge, which even at the time was considered an old-school textbook maneuver, but which Chamberlain realized could be used as a simultaneous frontal attack and flanking maneuver. The Confederates were utterly cowed and the 20th Maine [[MomentOfAwesome won the day]]. Chamberlain himself received a Medal of Honor for it.

* The Japanese martial arts ''jukendo'' is about bayonet fighting. With [[AnachronismStew wooden dummy rifles]] and {{kendo}} armour.

* Bayonets are optional attachments for a wide range of weapons in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout4}}''. You can attach them to simple pipe rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, and even rocket launchers and miniguns!

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* ''HighSchoolOfTheDead'': Rei carries a rifle with a knife bayonet attached, and uses that as her primary weapon. During the mall arc, Kouta jury-rigs a spike bayonet for Takashi's shotgun from some bicycle parts, but warns him that it will probably break easily. And sure enough, ItOnlyWorksOnce.

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* In "Fanfic/TheRoadNotTaken" Kanril Eleya fixes a bayonet on her phaser rifle when the Jem'Hadar attack Deep Space 9, using it to kill at least one of them.

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--> '''Sergeant:''' What is the purposes of the bayonet?
--> '''Cadets:''' To kill! Kill! Kill!
--> '''Sergeant:''' I didn't know I had the girls' platoon today. What is the purpose of the bayonet?
--> '''Cadets:''' TO KILL! KILL! KILL!

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** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' (3.5e) would allow this, and indeed, gave the player two choices of bayonet to use: knife or sword. This turned their crossbow into the statistical equivalent of a shortspear or spear, respectively, at the cost of -4 to their attack rolls for lack of weapon proficiency. [[SwissArmyWeapon Oh, and you can still fire the crossbow without fouling either the bolt or the bayonet.]]

* ''MutantChronicles'' features both the "underslung chainsaw"- and knife-on-a-gun variants. The Dark Legion tend not to use them, but their weapons come [[SpikesOfVillainy pre-spikified]], so that's okay.

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* In the first-person areas of ''BanjoTooie,'' Kazooie can eventually learn the Beak Bayonet to perform an ammo-less melee attack. It's only ''used'' for one task, but it's useful in the first-person areas in general.

* ''{{VideoGame/Unturned}}'' uses a Gun Accessory system and bayonets are a rare option for tactical accessories. While its short-ranged and only moderately powerful, a bayonet can quickly protect you in an emergency without needing to switch weapons.

* ''DevilMayCry'': Lady's signature weapon, Kalina Ann, is a [[BFg rocket launcher]] with a bayonet attached that can be fired away as a GrapplingHookPistol.

** It's not just for show. The Army are still very keen on their bayonets on the battlefield. There are multiple reports of firefights in Afghanistan ending when some likely lads from a Scottish battalion fix bayonets and charge. Seems the Taliban [[DadsArmy don't like it up 'em]] either.[[note]] In earlier Afghan wars, British bayonets were a deciding factor in hand-to-hand engagements. Afghans have long memories.[[/note]]

* Seen occasionally in ''{{Sharpe}}''. The elite Rifles use longer bayonets for their weapons, which [[InsistentTerminology must be referred]] to when deployed as "fix swords!" rather than "fix bayonets!" as for the musket-wielding regulars.

* Used multiple times in ''GodsAndGenerals'', which shouldn't be surprising given [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar the time period]]. Stonewall Jackson calls for bayonets at Manassas, then during the flanking march to Chancellorsville threatens to have stragglers bayoneted.

* [[ActionGirl Shino]] [[BloodKnight Kuribayashi]] in ''Literature/{{GATE}}'' is a big proponent of this tactic, though she often is much ''[[KnifeNut too]]'' [[KnifeNut enthusiastic]] in bayoneting an armored opponent, sometimes even ''breaking'' a bayonet on her Howa type 64.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Gate}}'', Shino Kuribayashi uses the bayonet to great effect against various enemies from the far side of a gate that connects Tokyo to a standard-issue medieval Europe-ish fantasy setting. In her hands, it's almost as effective as shooting them.

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* Famously used in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar by the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry under Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. During the battle of {{Gettysburg}}, Chamberlain's troops were suffering heavy casualties and running out of ammo, and he knew they would be unable to defend their vital position on Little Round Top against the approaching Confederate army. So, in a complete {{Badass}} move, he ordered a bayonet charge, which even at the time was considered an old-school textbook maneuver, but which Chamberlain realized could be used as a simultaneous frontal attack and flanking. The Confederates were utterly cowed and the 20th Maine [[MomentOfAwesome won the day]]. Chamberlain himself received a Medal of Honor for it.

->''"Give 'em a bit of the old cold steel, Captain Mainwaring! [[CatchPhrase They don't like it up 'em]], sir, they do not like it up 'em!"''

**** Chinese have since taken up the torch by producing an AK-47 copy (known as Type 56) with a permanently attached folding spike bayonet similar to that on the Chinese SKS.

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** Also features in a climactic moment in ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'', in a MomentOfAwesome tactical thinking by Col. Chamberlain.

* In ''Film/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', Yazoo's version of the {{Gunblade}} functions like this: primarily a firearm, but with a blade along the barrel for when his opponent gets too close for comfort.

* Father Anderson in ''{{Hellsing}}'' uses ''unlimited supplies'' of blessed bayonets as weapons. No guns, just the bayonets. And oddly enough for somebody who uses bayonets as regular knives, they're all ''socket bayonets''.
* ''GunslingerGirl'': Triela has one either attached to her Winchester 1897 Trench Gun or sheathed at her waist (with [[BadassAdorable her size]] making it a virtual sword).

* Several weapons in ''{{Brink}}'' feature a bayonet as a possible customization; equipping it improves melee power, but melee strikes will no longer knock enemies down.

* ''RedOrchestra'' allows standard riflemen to attach bayonets to their rifles.

* One of ''WayOfTheSamurai 3's'' DLC weapons is a bayonet affixed to a rifle (specifically, a harquebus), using the stance and moveset of spears already available in the game. The bayonet itself works well; it's the rifle that can't shoot...