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* Each team member in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' starts with a sword and a gun, but very often they will swap one or the other weapon with teammates.

* Per the ZerothLawOfTropeExamples, none other than Creator/WilliamShakespeare uses this device in the climactic scene of 'Theatre/'{{Hamlet}}'', when Hamlet forces a sword swap with his opponent, Laertes. This is important, as [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo Laertes is using]] a {{Poisoned Weapon|s}}.

* Per the ZerothLawOfTropeExamples, none other than WilliamShakespeare uses this device in the climactic scene of ''{{Hamlet}}'', when Hamlet forces a sword swap with his opponent, Laertes. This is important, as [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo Laertes is using]] a {{Poisoned Weapon|s}}.

* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' Elizabeth and the two comic relief pirates, Pintel and Ragetti, are fleeing a gang of Davy Jones's henchmen with the chest and two swords between them. They end up [[GiveMeASword throwing the swords back and forth to each other as needed]] to defeat the mooks, [[RuleOfCool despite none of them having shown that level of swordsmanship or coordination before]].

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* ''{{Series/Highlander}}'': Duncan vs Xavier St. Cloud's final battle has this. Duncan disarms Xavier who promptly returns the favour with his metal hook hand. After some hand to hand combat both end up near each other's weapon and continue the fight with each other's sword. This is likely reason for Xavier losing the fight, as Duncan's katana was designed for two handed use making it awkward for Xavier to fight with one-handed.

* Done with fighting styles rather than weapons in ''SeijuuSentaiGingaman''[=/=] ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''; Copis/Chameliac, a MonsterOfTheWeek that is able to copy and counter the rangers' fighting style gets outsmarted when the rangers switch fighting styles with each other, confusing the monster. Then, in the Megazord fight, he copies the Megazords' powers as well. When the Stratoforce Megazord shows up, he copies it ... only for it to play this trope by pulling out the Centaurus Megazord's gun and shooting him.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': In the battle between Wrath and old man Fu in front of central headquarters, Wrath ends up taking control of Fu's sword and Fu is forced to use one of Wrath's discarded knives

* Happens twice early on in [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/109581/1/i-did-not-want-to-die/i-did-not-want-to-die I Did Not Want To Die, ]]after the protagonist is shot the first time and he drops his M4a1. He is first handed an FN Minimi to suppress the enemy while he is evacuated, and then recieves an AKMS once he is behind cover.

* In ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean : DeadMansChest'' Elizabeth and the two comic relief pirates, Pintel and Ragetti, are fleeing a gang of Davy Jones's henchmen with the chest and two swords between them. They end up [[GiveMeASword throwing the swords back and forth to each other as needed]] to defeat the mooks, [[RuleOfCool despite none of them having shown that level of swordsmanship or coordination before]].
* A drawn out example features in the climax of ''FreddyVsJason''. Jason gets the upper hand on Freddy, but Freddy manages to turn the tables by slicing off Jason's fingers, making him lose grip on his machete which Freddy uses along with his claw to beat Jason to a pulp. While grappling, Jason rams his severed stump into Freddy's torso, who retaliates by slowly driving Jason's machete into him. The heroine and her boyfriend manage to blow up a gas tank which sends both of them hurling into Crystal Lake. Just when they think it's over, they're approached by Freddy who's still wielding Jason's machete. Before he can kill them, he's run through with his own severed claw arm by Jason, who then topples back into the water. Lori then uses Jason's machete to finish off Freddy by decapitating him.

* Per the ZerothLawOfTropeExamples, none other than WilliamShakespeare uses this device in the climactic scene of ''{{Hamlet}}'', when Hamlet forces a sword swap with his opponent, Laertes.

* In'' Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', Heero and Zechs fight each other in mechas with zero system (a sophisticated calculator program designed to give the pilot CombatClairvoyance), Gundam Epyon and Wing Zero respectively. After both systems crash from trying to take each other into account, the pilots get out and after some consideration, switch their mechas.

** May be part of ConfusionFu, especially if they're not particularly skilled with each others' weapons, their opponents aren't skilled at fighting against a different weapon type, or their opponents completely not expect them to use such a weapon. This is especially important against enemies that NoSell.

* If allies, it's part of ConfusionFu, especially if they're not particularly skilled with each others' weapons, their opponents aren't skilled at fighting against a different weapon type, or their opponents completely not expect them to use such a weapon. This is especially important against enemies that NoSell.

* If allies, it's part of ConfusionFu, especially if they're not particularly skilled with each others' weapons, their opponents aren't skilled at fighting against a different weapon type, or their opponents completely not expect them to use such a weapon.

* Done with fighting styles rather than weapons in ''SeijuuSentaiGingaman''[=/=] ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''; Copis/Chameliac, a MonsterOfTheWeek that is able to copy and counter the rangers' fighting style gets outsmarted when the rangers switch fighting styles with eachother, confusing the monster. Then, in the Megazord fight, he copies the Megazords' powers as well. When the Stratoforce Megazord shows up, he copies it ... only for it to play this trope by pulling out the Centaurus Megazord's gun and shooting him.

* If allies, it's part of ConfusionFu, especially if they're not particularly skilled with each others' weapons, their opponents isn't skilled at fighting against a different weapon type, or their opponent completely not expect them to use such a weapon.

* If allies, it's part of ConfusionFu, especially if they're not particularly skilled with each others' weapons, or their opponents isn't skilled at fighting against a different weapon type.

* ''FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood'': In the battle between Wrath and old man Fu in front of central headquarters, Wrath ends up taking control of Fu's sword and Fu is forced to use one of Wrath's discarded knives

* The final battle in ''CowboyBebop'' ends when [[spoiler: Spike]] and [[spoiler: Vicious]] end up dropping their signature weapons -- [[spoiler: Spike's pistol]] and [[spoiler: Vicious's katana]] -- and end up with their opponents' favorite sidearm just before deliberately launching final, suicidal strikes against one another.

* ''{{Series/XenaWarriorPrincess}}'': Xena once fought a one-on-one fight against a giant barbarian with an axe and most of the way through the fight, they switch weapons. Xena adapts much better than the barbarian who's never held a sword in his life.

* An old issue of ''Marvel Team-Up'' from the 1970s had DoctorStrange and [[SpiderMan Spider-Man]] use a spell to give spider-man's web-shooters to Strange and Strange's magical abilities to Spider-Man just long enough to confuse and defeat a sorcerer armed with a powerful mystical talisman.