History Main / SerratedBladeOfPain

* ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'', the [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Sword of St. George]] embedded in Arlequin's arm is a curved black blade with a serrated edge. [[spoiler: Narumi later on ends up using it to slice Automata to pieces after he's given Arlequin's arm.]]

* Averted by the Canadian soldiers in World War II, who were issued serrated bayonets and would ''immediately'' file them smooth as soon as they got into the field. The reason for this was two-fold:
** Some soldiers (on all sides of the war) would play this trope straight by carving serrations ''into'' their blades to make their opponents suffer more before death, and thus any soldier with a serrated blade was labeled as an AxCrazy psychopath who would be killed on sight even if he surrendered.
** Some armies issued serrated blades only to officers and higher-ranked troops, thus carrying such a weapon marked you as a better target and one who was likely to be shot first, or captured and interrogated.

Those weapons tend to be linked mainly with evil guys or chaotic warriors, usually because of the association with SpikesOfVillainy, or the primitive look of the weapon, not mentioning the nasty wounds caused by said weapons. Good guys can use this kind of weaponry, but they'll usually avoid the "stabbing" part and/or rely on slashing motions, making the weapon less effective at chopping. Or else they'll be a case of GoodIsNotNice. Sometimes a CombatMedic or a MadScientist will wield one of these..

Those weapons tend to be linked mainly with evil guys or chaotic warriors, usually because of the association with SpikesOfVillainy, or the primitive look of the weapon, not mentioning the nasty wounds caused by said weapons. Good guys can use this kind of weaponry, but they'll usually avoid the "stabbing" part and/or rely on slashing motions, making the weapon less effective at chopping. Or else they'll be a case of GoodIsNotNice. Sometimes a CombatMedic or a MadScientist will wield one of these.

* [[BigBad Shishio Makoto]] from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' wields a finely serrated sword that never dulls, and also doubles as FlamingSword.

* Both ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has its contributions:
** Flamberge from both games. Depicted either as a serrated greatsword or an undulating, wave-like blade, both inflict Bleed [[StandardStatusEffects Status]] and is the only Greatsword that scales off Dexterity.
** Scraping Spear from ''Demon's Souls'' is a serrated ''spear'', one that inflicts unblockable damage to equipment so your armor and weapons break down eventually.
** Magic Sword Makoto from ''Demon's Souls''. They inflict a constant HP damage to yourself, but also inflict Bleed damage. Notice a pattern here?
** Spiked Sword and Spiked Shield from Dark Souls. They both form a set with [[SpikesOfVillainy Armor of Thorns set]]. As expected, they also inflict Bleed damage.
* From ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', some weapons have a hidden "Serrated" modifier that causes an extra 20% damage against Beast enemies. These include the Saw Cleaver (saw mode only), Saw Spear, Threaded Cane (whip mode only), Whirligig Saw (saw mode only), Beast Cutter, and Church Pick (although it doesn't look like it).

* In ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', the team's medical officer, Dr. Joshua Sweet, is quite fond of a large medical saw of his. [[ChekhovsGun Later, said saw is used in the climax]].

* In ''Anime/RoninWarriors'', BigBad Talpa gets a massive SinisterScimitar with a heavily barbed blade after [[spoiler: draining the powers of three of the Warriors in it.]]

** The ''Complete Adventurer'' sourcebook introduces the barbed dagger exotic weapon. Similar to the standard dagger, but it inflicts further damage on a [[BackStab sneak attack]] or {{critical hit}}. On the other hand, it's not balanced for throwing.

* In ''Literature/ScorpionSwamp'', the evil wizard Grimslade owns a magic wand he can turn into a serrated longsword. If you manage to kill him, you can take this sword for yourself.
* In ''Literature/DeadOfNight'', the Demon-Slaying Sword you can use against [[BigBad Myurr]] is a straight longsword with barbed edges which may make you think of a demonic sword, but is actually a good artifact.

* A new revelation, in ''The Complete Discworld Atlas'', is that there is such a thing as Dwarf Chocolate, which shares a [[BaguetteBeatdown catering philosophy]] with [[IndestructibleEdible Dwarf Bread]]. It is also used as a weapon of war. It takes the form of a long rectangular block, with a line of serrated triangles of rock-hard chocolate rising from it, which in combat is used as a sword or a club. It also contains nuts. There is a suspicious resemblence to Toblerone.

* As a consequence of making a blade in the cubic/pixellated style of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', the Diamond Sword forged by the ''WebVideo/ManAtArms'' team has a jagged, saw-like edge... and handle, unfortunately.

* Averted by the Canadian soldiers in World War II, who were issued serrated bayonets and would ''immediately'' file them smooth as soon as they got into the field. The reason for this was two fold:

** Some armies issued serrated blades only to officers and higher ranked troops, thus carrying such a weapon marked you as a better target and one who was likely to be shot first, or captured and interrogated.

* Elegant Nova Of Progression from ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a huge combat form with micro-serrated claws.

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* The Maquahitls or Macana and many "swords" made by primitive tribes tends to be wooden blades with lots of obsidian splinters or shark teeth embedded in them, like some sort of saw.
** On that note, even the most well-sharpened surgical stainless steel blades used in scalpels are this in relation to obsidian; this is because steel blades have micro-serrations along the edge, while obsidian has smoother edges.

* In the ''Literature/LoneWolf'' series, the Drakkarim (DoomTroops of EliteMooks) are very fond of weapons with a serrated blade, be they swords, axes, daggers or polearms. The barbarians of Kaltenland from Book 3 wield serrated bone swords in combat.

* Kratos' swords from ''VideoGame/GodOfWarSeries''. And yes, he's willing to cause a lot of gore with them.

-->--'''Issus''', ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad King of the Murgos]]''

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* In ''Literature/DeadOfNight'', the Demon-Slaying Sword you can use against [[BigBad Myurr]] is a straigth longsword with barbed edges which may make you think of a demonic sword, but is actually a good artifact.

* Averted by the Canadian soldiers in World War II, who were issued serrated bayonettes and would ''immediately'' file them smooth as soon as they got into the field. The reason for this was two fold:

* As a consequence of making a blade in the cubic/pixellated style of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', the Diamond Sword forged by the ''WebVideo/ManAtArms'' team has a jagged, saw-like edge.

* The [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Diablo clone]] ''VideoGame/{{Fate}}'' has the Goblin Scimitar (a small sickle-like sword with a serrated blade) and the Orcish Scythe (kinda like the former, only [[XOnAStick on a stick]]) as two possible, low level weapon. In a Subversion, they're both rather weak.