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* During a match between Wrestling/RobVanDam and Elijah Burke, Burke asked Wrestling/CMPunk to pass him a steel chair. Punk obliged, but Van Dam caught the chair instead and used it to knock Burke out and win the match.

* Book 7 of ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' has [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Oberjarl Erak]] confront Toshak, the man who betrayed him to the Arridi. Toshak has his battleaxe, and Erak just a small sword. Horace hands him a larger sword, and they fight. Toshak is stronger, but Erak's sword has a longer reach. [[spoiler: Erak wins the day with a variant of the WoundedGazelleGambit]].

** Played straight in 1 Samuel 21. After David the service of King Saul in a bit of a hurry, one of the first stops he made was to Ahimelek the priest. David asked the priest for a weapon, and the only one available was the sword of Goliath.

* ''ComicBook/TransformersIDW2019'': A variation occurs when Dai Atlas rewakens from immersance (a process by which a Cybertronian can slowly and peacefully merge back into Cybertron after they feel that they've lived long enough) after some children attempt to summon him. He tells his old friend Speeder that he no longer wishes to fight when the latter offers him his old sword and says that the sword belongs to Speeder now, but later when the Insecticon swarm threatens a group of organic refugees, he's roused to action and tells Speeder "bring me my sword."

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': A few times when Akira is giving the NinjaMaid SiblingTeam Shiori and Kanae a ride on his CoolBike, Akira loans them some of his spare rifles ([[CrazyPrepared he keeps up to six]]), due to the them each being equipped as a CloseRangeCombatant. When asking them to cover him by [[ShootTheBullet shooting down missiles]], Kanae mentions that since she DoesntLikeGuns she can't well, but Akira had already thought of that and gave her expensive HomingProjectile rounds.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvYXoyxLv64 The images come from]] the ''Mists of Pandaria'' trailer, where a human gives an orc he was just fighting his spare weapon so they can both fight Chen Stormstout (who had just interrupted their own duel). [[CurbStompBattle Chen still hands them their asses on a plate.]] The two are later found in a bar drinking and trying to figure out exactly they lost to a bear in a hat.

** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': When Jack Atlas prepares to face his imposter in a rematch. Yusei passes him the card Trust Guardian, which he graciously adds to his deck.

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', Guts's sword is broken while fighting General Vascogne. Then his nemesis/mutual WorthyOpponent Zodd appears and throws his own giant sword into the middle of the duel, which Guts then picks up and uses to win the fight.

* In ''Anime/{{Medabots}}'', during Metabee's battle against Robo-Emperor, Rokusho asks [[TheHero Ikki]] to lend him a weapon, so that he may help Metabee. Ikki does so without hesitation since Metabee is currently getting [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomped]].

* In the ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' an Amazon gives Franchise/{{Batman}} a battle-axe when an army of Doomsday clones invade Themyscira.

* Averted and possibly subverted in Literature/TheBible - when [[DavidVersusGoliath David volunteers to fight Goliath]], King Saul offers to lend him his own sword and armour. David tries the gear on, concludes that [[ArmorIsUseless being weighed down like that would just make him a sitting duck for Goliath's sword]], and leaves to fight Goliath with just his sling and staff. And then played straight in 1 Samuel 21. After David ah, left, the service of King Saul in a bit of a hurry, one of the first stops he made was to Ahimelek the priest. David asked the priest for a weapon, and the only one available was the sword of Goliath.

-->-- '''Theatre/RichardIII''' Act V, scene iv

* Happens whenever a character with no weapons is recruited mid-chapter in ''Franchise/FireEmblem''. It's normally stated to be "spare weaponry"; examples include the generic soldiers giving [[ViewerGenderConfusion Lucius]] a tome of magic/vulnerary, and in the fan-made hack [[http://www.feuniverse.net/forums/index.php?showforum=53 Tactics Universe]], in Chapter 7; Siegfried gives out weapons/vulneraries to the prisoners he rescues... even if your weapons are likely to be breaking. With no "spare weapons" being given out. Um.

* OlderThanFeudalism: There is Hephaestus forging a whole new arsenal for [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Achilles]] in ''Literature/TheIliad''.

* Happens with Cohen the Barbarian and Twoflower the tourist at the end of Creator/TerryPratchett's ''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Interesting Times]]''. Twoflower has no chance to win against the BigBad of the story either way of course, but Cohen gives him a sword anyway as a sign that he takes his wish to fight him seriously.

** Thrown from his steed mid-battle but still itching for a fight, Theatre/RichardIII cries out, [[FamousLastWords "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"]] Bizarrely, this line is said ''twice'' in that scene.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Kirito has finally cornered Sugou Nobuyuki/Oberon, the man who captured and tried to rape Kirito's love interest Asuna. After Sugou has been stripped of his KillerGameMaster powers and is no longer a VirtualRealityWarper, Kirito says although Sugou doesn't deserve it, he is willing to face him in a fair duel, and passes Sugou Excalibur, the mightiest sword in the game. Even with Excalibur, Sugou doesn't stand a chance since [[UnskilledButStrong he had been coasting on his Game Master powers and doesn't know how fight]].

* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Saito's first combat experience is a duel with a student mage (and noble) who forges him a sword on the spot. ''After'' beating Saito to a pulp.

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', Guts's sword is broken while fighting General Vascogne. Then his nemesis/mutual WorthyOpponent Zodd appears and throws his own giant sword into the middle of the duel, which Guts then picks up and uses to win the fight.
* Inverted in ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'', when Shirokko challenges Canale to a duel, something which Canale has refused many times before. This time his lover Ayace throws his own sword at him and tells him he has to fight.
* Played for laughs in ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''. Bobobo's allies want to hand him some weapons to aid him in the fight with the ArcVillain. The battle is taking place in mid-air, so they use a cannon to launch spears, swords, and other sharp weapons up to him. Not surprisingly, Bobobo catches none of them and is instead pierced by most of them. The next weapon they launch is a [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext two-story house]]. That hits him too.

* In ''Anime/{{Medabots}}'', during Metabee's battle against Robo-Emperor, Rokusho asks [[TheHero Ikki]] to lend him a weapon, so that he may help Metabee. Ikki does so without hesitation since Metabee is currently getting [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomped]].