History Main / SamuraiCowboy

* ''Film/TheMasterGunfighter'' is a remake of ''Film/{{Goyokin}}''. The hero is from Mexican aristocracy, explaining why he is proficient in both SwordAndGun, but for some reason he uses a katana instead of the European-type swords that everyone else uses.

* ''VideoGame/RedSteel2''. The main character is a [[BadassLongcoat duster-wearin']], [[CoolSword sword-swingin']], pistol-packin' hombre with a ''very'' nice hat. He is in fact from an entire TRIBE of them, the Kusagari.

* ''VideoGame/RedSteel2''. The main character is a [[BadassLongcoat duster-wearin']], [[CoolSword sword-swingin']], [[CoolGuns pistol-packin']] hombre with a ''very'' nice hat. He is in fact from an entire TRIBE of them, the Kusagari.

* ''Anime/GunXSword'' which takes place on a SpaceWestern planet where {{cowboy}}s and [[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha mecha]] roam. The protagonist Van is a cowboy who wields a metallic cloth that can turn into a sword, with its hilt looking an awful lot like a gun handle with a trigger included. Plus he pilots an Armor that uses a sword. In addition, his rival uses a gun that looks like a Japanese sword handle, with his two very long magazines kept in his belt, making it look like he's carrying a daisho.

* In Star Wars ''Series/{{TheMandalorian}}'' Din Jaron is a BountyHunter who [[TheDrifter who drifts throughout the galaxy]] helping people and completing quests much like a cowboy, but he is also a member of an ancient religious warrior order as a Mandalorian. Even though he resembles the samurai much less than the Jedi, he definitely plays the trope more straight.

** ''Film/RogueOne'' has ThoseTwoGuys Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus. Baze is styled after a gunslinger, while Chirrut is a WarriorMonk.

* Jack in ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' has more than a bit of this--he wears a classic Western [[BadassLongcoat duster]], jeans, and cowboy boots with a hat to match(in out-of-game art), but is a MasterSwordsman specialising in [[IaijutsuPractitioner Iaido]]. Of course, his past is as something more like a European KnightInShiningArmor, and his current role before being swept up in the plot is more Franchise/IndianaJones than ManWithNoName...
* In Your Only Move Is HUSTLE, there is a Cowboy character that has a sword that is very much like a katana.

%%%%* Yasuo in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has the "High Noon" skin, which turns him into this trope.

* Andy, the crazy cowboy from the "Cowboy Funk" episode of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' decides to become a samurai (complete with katana) at the end of the episode, after Spike beats him.
** Spike himself counts as a less overt example than Andy, if you believe Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible. He's a BountyHunter by trade and quite the {{Gunslinger}}, but he also uses [[BruceLeeClone Jeet Kune Do]] and his character arc is taken straight out of a {{Yakuza}} story.

* Gemini Sunrise from ''VideoGame/SakuraWars: [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove So Long, My Love]]'' is a Texas cowgirl — right down to having a super-effective horse and a [[CoolGuns/{{Revolvers}} Colt Peacemaker]] on her belt. She also carries a katana, and was trained by an exiled samurai.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsPdiAz1Y-U This]] GameMod for ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'', replacing Wolf with [[Characters/ToyStoryMainToyCharacters Sheriff Woody]] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' of all people.

* ''VideoGame/RedSteel2''. The main character is a [[BadassLongcoat duster-wearin']], [[CoolSword sword-swingin']], [[CoolGuns pistol-packin']] hombre with a ''very'' NiceHat. He is in fact from an entire TRIBE of them, the Kusagari.

* Often utilized in ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''; the title character would often take the role of the Lone Stranger who comes to help a town in need.

There is actually a [[RealityIsUnrealistic kernel of truth]] to this concept. The [[UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration end of the samurai era]] and the WildWest occurred at the exact same time. During the 19th century many Japanese chose to emigrate to the American west seeking greater economic opportunity, mostly the [[ParentalFavoritism non-firstborn]] sons of rural farmers, but also no small amount of suddenly jobless samurai. Like most immigrants, over time they adopted some western mannerisms, while maintaining many elements of their original culture. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that most ended up becoming miners, shopkeepers, or farmers rather than the [[WalkingTheEarth wandering heroes]] this trope implies. Also notable is that this went both ways; it was not an unusual sight to see 19th century samurai wielding the early examples of what we would come to recognise as modern firearms, purchased from their new American and European trading partners.

There is actually a [[RealityIsUnrealistic kernel of truth]] to this concept. The [[UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration end of the samurai era]] and the WildWest occurred at the exact same time. During the 19th century many Japanese chose to emigrate to the American west seeking greater economic opportunity, mostly the [[ParentalFavoritism non-firstborn]] sons of rural farmers, but also no small amount of suddenly jobless samurai. Like most immigrants, over time they adopted some western mannerisms, while maintaining many elements of their original culture. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that most ended up becoming miners, shopkeepers, or farmers rather than the [[WalkingTheEarth wandering heroes]] this trope implies.

* The one-off antagonist Rai-Dei the Blade of the Gung-Ho Guns in ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is basically a samurai on a WildWest planet. He is treated as outrageous and insane. He dodges bullets. He wears a fringed leather vest with hakama and his katana can fire its blade if necessary. In the manga, he does all of this on ''[[RuleOfCool rocket skates]]''.

* ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' merges Western tropes with kung fu action - [[InterchangeableAsianCultures not Japanese]], but Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible. At one point a character uses a sheriff's badge as a throwing star.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'', having a chronic habit of mixing pre-existing settings like gumbo, often features gunslingers like Han Solo teaming up with Shaolin monk/Knight Templar/samurai like Obi-Wan Kenobi. [[TheHero Luke Skywalker]] is the closest thing to a direct Samurai Cowboy in the series, equally at ease with a lightsaber or a gun by the time of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', and even then he starts focusing more on the former in the [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Expanded Universe]].

Also, {{Ronin}} and TheGunslinger seem to occupy the same place in the stories of their respective cultures. Both are essentially an updated version of the KnightErrant (or rather, Ronin serve as a bridge of sorts between the Knight Errant and The Gunslinger, having at one point been the contemporaries of both), [[TheDrifter drifters]] with {{Mysterious Past}}s WalkingTheEarth, [[DuelToTheDeath dueling rivals]], fighting bandits, embodying [[TheStoic stoicism]] and self-reliance, and aspiring to self-discipline, often while struggling with their inner demons.

The similarities between the [[RoseTintedNarrative idealized forms]] of the Bushido code and the Code of the West are undeniable, as well- [[TheFettered Placing honor and duty above all]], protecting the weak, killing only when required but [[IDidWhatIHadToDo unflinchingly doing so when it is]], valuing equally intelligence, HeroicResolve, and physical ability. This makes it only natural that the two characters should begin to blend together in an East-meets-West world. The fact that they're both iconic warrior-types of their respective nations is also a plus.