History Main / LivingWeapon

%%% * The upcoming ''VideoGame/HighOnLife'' is about working with a collection of sapient (and chatty) species of living firearms (and one crazy knife) to kill an alien cartel that has enslaved bioweapons and humans alike.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Yoshimitsu's sword is called a "cursed weapon" because it is actually sentient, and has been since it was passed down from [[VideoGame/SoulSeries his predecessors in the 16th century]]. By the sixth installment, it has been weakening because it has not been fed the lives of evildoers for a while. Yoshimitsu fears that it will corrupt him if he continues wielding it, hence why he trades it in favor of an ordinary sword for fighting.

* [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-127 SCP-127, The Living Gun]] from the Wiki/SCPFoundation. On the outside, it's a totally normal [=MP5K=]. Except the magazine is locked in place, and it shoots ''teeth''.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Shovel can hop around and stuff, and is Kerry's WeaponOfChoice.

* ''VideoGame/Frogun'': The titular character is a frog-like sentient weapon, and speaks up throughout the game to provide tutorials and helpful advice.

* {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Machinima/FreemansMind'': [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a somewhat sane person who just dealt with freaky aliens of all sorts wouldn't want to touch a freaky organic weapon.]]

* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty'': Duck was given a sentient talking sword named Beacon as part of his gig as TheChosenOne. Beacon is, in Duck's words, "''so annoying''", and is actually part of the reason he tried to [[RefusalOfTheCall refuse the call]] for twenty years. The two eventually settle into TeethClencedTeamwork, with Beacon being endlessly critical and repeatedly expressing disappointment that he's stuck with Duck, while Duck is equally irritated at being stuck with Beacon, but Duck was still destined to wield Beacon, and thus does so ''incredibly'' well.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Franmalth, one of the Nine Gates of Tartaros, boasts that the Nine Gates are biological weapons that Zeref created to be able to [[OneManArmy take on entire armies by themselves]]. They are wholly devoted to their creator Zeref and do their best to fulfill his wishes... [[spoiler:despite never having even ''met'' him.]] Turns out, they are {{Living Weapon}}s meant to ''[[spoiler: [[DeathSeeker kill him]]]]''. The whole "devoted" bit was literally [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb wired into their creation]] so they would seek him out. Only [[DragonInChief Mard Geer]] is aware of this truth. [[spoiler:This also includes [[TomatoSurprise Natsu himself]], since no one but Zeref and a few others like Igneel know he's actually the most powerful demon Zeref ever made to fulfill this purpose, E.N.D., made right out of Zeref's deceased little brother's corpse.]]

* In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters'', Kanden's Volt Driver was stated in a Scan Log as being a LivingWeapon.

* ''Film/JurassicWorld''; it's revealed that [[spoiler: the ''Indominus rex'' was designed to be an intelligent, hyper-aggressive bioweapon for military use. Likewise, the raptor training programs was to see if they could be given orders for similar reasons.]]

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Blades are intelligent beings born from a core crystal. They provide their Driver with a weapon and channel ether into both Driver and weapon, increasing their physical prowess and giving them access to powerful arts. Any living thing can have the affinity to bond with a core crystal; humans are the most common, but monsters are occasionally seen with Blades, and even Blades can become Drivers to their own Blades. There's quite a bit of argument in-universe on whether Blades are people or just tools, since a Blade can't survive without a Driver, and if the Driver dies the Blade returns to their core crystal and loses all memory of their previous life. It's later discovered that this too is part of their life cycle: Blades eventually grow into [[ThatsNoMoon Titans]].

* [=ÄRM=]s from ''Manga/{{MAR}}'' and its spin-off ''Manga/MAROmega'' can be merely magical weapons, but also sentient, humanoid or beast-like. The most notable of them is one of the two main characters, Babbo. This sassy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendama toy]] with a metal head and proper gentleman's facial hair can transform into multiple different forms accordingly to his owner Ginta's [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower imagination]], including a bubble gun (yes, a gun that shoots bubbles), a [[PussInBoots cunning cat]] who has [=ÄRM=] of his own, a [[InnocentFanserviceGirl sexy maiden]], and one [[OneWingedAngel bad mofo boss monster]].

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Blades are intelligent beings born from a core crystal. They provide their Driver with a weapon and channel ether into both Driver and weapon, increasing their physical prowess and giving them access to powerful arts. Any living thing can have the affinity to bond with a core crystal; humans are the most common, but monsters are occasionally seen with Blades, and even Blades can become Drivers to their own Blades. There's quite a bit of argument in-universe on whether Blades are people or just tools, since a Blade can't survive without a Driver, and if the Driver dies the Blade returns to their core crystal and loses all memory of their previous life.

*** Maddie a.k.a. [[spoiler: Rachel Grey]] is an immensely powerful [[PsychicPowers psychic]] and ArtificalHuman created by Sinister out of a melange of superhuman DNA to create a case study in the development of such vast power his perfect Hound - a tracker and enforcer. She's fairly comfortable with it, considering it her purpose, though she has certain questions and desires to be more than her programming. [[spoiler: As it turns out, she's actually Jean's SeparatedAtBirth twin sister, who has been systematically dehumanised by Sinister to shape her into an easily controlled puppet. This knowledge causes her to literally collapse.]]

* An interesting example is Crona and Ragnarok from ''Manga/SoulEater''. The result of a witch's experiment, Crona had all of [[AmbiguousGender hir]] blood replaced with a substance called "Black Blood" (not 'that' BlackBlood) that was created in part by melting down the EquippableAlly Ragnarok. The result is a mentally unstable TykeBomb [[BloodyMurder whose weaponized blood]] has its own distinct personality.

** There was the living metal validium, created as Gallifrey's ultimate defence. Unlike the Moment, it lacks the ability to go against its user's wishes.
** The insectoid natives of "The Web Planet" used 'larva guns' -- giant trained weevils that shot sparks from their snouts -- to battle one another.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2'' has Kleaver, a giant cutlass that serves as the second boss of the game. At first it looks like something’s holding it from below the lava pool it sits in, but halfway through the fight it starts floating on its own accord.