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* ''Film/HawkTheSlayer''. Hawk can make his Mindstone Blade fly into his hand by thought alone. Well, not fly, exactly. Slowly float.

* ''Literature/TalesOfTheKettyJay''. Captain Frey has a daemon-infused cutlass that Grayther Crake created for him to pay for his passage on the Ketty Jay. It's ability to do this trope is demonstrated in the ColdOpen of the first novel, which starts out with them both captive and Frey's cutlass stuck in the belt of a rival sky pirate.

* In Myth/HinduMythology battle epics, the warriors can summon weapons by reciting a shloka. This is usually done under the breath because each weapon has a counter-weapon, and reciting the shloka out loud would put your cards on the table. Of particular note is a super-weapon called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmastra Bhrama-Astra]] that can be obtained by penance. Once the warrior obtains it, he can create it by reciting a shloka.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Roy is upset at the loss of his newly-revealed Legacy Weapon. But when he screams in frustration at learning he doesn't have the opportunity to retrieve it, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1078.html the sword teleports to his hand]]. Later on, he gladly starts using this property alongside ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', this is is one of several powers Roy [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat learns he has access to]] as the bearer of an AncestralWeapon. It pairs particularly well with the power of ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks, but also makes up for his uncanny knack for losing the damn thing... as he conveniently discovers when he [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1078.html first manifests the ability.]]

* Discussed in ''Literature/Magic20'' when Martin has been transported high up in the sky and is falling to the ground (he can't be killed this way, but it's still going to hurt a lot). He lost the grip on his MagicStaff, so he can't cast any spells. He wonders briefly if he should write a macro that has the staff fly to his hand if he says something like "[[Wrestling/ElSanto Santo]], aqui!" ("Santo, here!" in Spanish), but then remembers that it won't work for the same reason he's having trouble now: he doesn't have the staff in the first place, so the Shell won't recognize him as a wizard. He then thinks he'll need to carry a spare MagicWand as a backup, but then why would he need the staff at all? In a later book, it's mentioned that the wizard modified the Shell to no longer require those particular accoutrements to cast spells.

* Discussed in ''Literature/{{Magic 2.0}}'' when Martin has been transported high up in the sky and is falling to the ground (he can't be killed this way, but it's still going to hurt a lot). He lost the grip on his MagicStaff, so he can't cast any spells. He wonders briefly if he should write a macro that has the staff fly to his hand if he says something like "[[Wrestling/ElSanto Santo]], aqui!" ("Santo, here!" in Spanish), but then remembers that it won't work for the same reason he's having trouble now: he doesn't have the staff in the first place, so the Shell won't recognize him as a wizard. He then thinks he'll need to carry a spare MagicWand as a backup, but then why would he need the staff at all? In a later book, it's mentioned that the wizard modified the Shell to no longer require those particular accoutrements to cast spells.

* ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGorenger'': Several of the MonstersOfTheWeek display the ability to throw their staff weapon and call it back to their hand. The is actually the only special power displayed by the SinisterScythe-wielding Gold Mask, the first monster killed in the series since there wasn't a lot of time in the first episode to show if he could do anything else.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': In Underworld, it is possible to control sacred weapons this way, mostly seen with the Integrity Knights. Kirito later does it himself for his final duel against Vassago, calling not only his Starry Sky Sword to his hand, but also its sheath along with Eugeo's Blue Rose Sword to his back, before equipping his [[IconicOutfit Black Swordsman outfit]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': Junker Queen has this property with her "Jagged Knife" ability, where she chucks out a blade to stab enemies from afar before using [[TrickedOutGloves her electromagnetic gauntlet]] to draw it back to her hand, [[YouWillNotEvadeMe pulling whatever poor shmuck she just impaled towards her]].

** Notably averted at one point in ''Film/TheAvengers2012''. After the battle on the Hellicarrier and the [[spoiler:death of Coulson]], Thor is shown walking over to his hammer instead of summoning it. He ''almost'' summons it then, but stops and [[TranquilFury tightens his hand into a fist instead]]. He ultimately physically picks it up. It serves as an effective way to show his affected mood.

** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', there is a slight RunningGag where Thor tries to summon his hammer, but since it is so far away at the time, there is a slight delay that embarrasses him. Later, when he tries to fight Hela the first time, she proves so strong that she can lift the hammer despite being unworthy, and when Thor tries to call it back to him, she effortlessly holds it in place before [[WreckedWeapon crushing it into dust]]. On planet Sakaar, Thor [[DamnYouMuscleMemory reflexively]] tries to summon the hammer before remembering it was destroyed.

* In ''LightNovel/AbsoluteDuo'', the manifestation of the users Blaze results in something like this.

* In ''VideoGame/ItTakesTwo'', the second half of the Shed level gives Cody nails with this function; he can throw them to pin things in place, then whistle to make them fly back to him. He gets a total of 3 throughout the level.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', thrown [[ProngsOfPoseidon tridents]] normally have to be manually retrieved by the player. With the Loyalty enchantment, they will magically fly back to the player after hitting something, no matter how far they went.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Adventure Time'': Billy the Hero's sword Nothung will do this when its name is called. It's also an AbsurdlySharpBlade, so Billy has a gauntlet to hold it in. Although in a video game, Cinnamon Bun inexplicably gains the ability to summon Nothung as well.

* In Adventure Time: Billy the Hero's sword Nothung will do this when its name is called. It's also an Absurdly Sharp Blade, so Billy has a gauntlet to hold it in. Although in a video game, Cinnamon Bun inexplicably gains the ability to summon Nothung as well.

* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': The Chosen Children are able to call their Digivices to their hands if the devices are nearby. At one point, the QuirkyMinibossSquad traps the devices in a force field to counteract that.

* This is parodied with Hinagiku summoning the Muramasa blade in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'': The title character's blade, Tessaiga, at least once nearly comes to him in a time of need.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ichigo does this with his sword [[spoiler: after Ulquiorra kills him, transforming him into a super hollow creature.]]
* In ''LightNovel/AbsoluteDuo'', the manifestation of the users Blaze results in something like this.
* The Beast Spear from ''Manga/UshioAndTora'' is almost sentient and, whenever the wielder is in danger, will fly to him, even if the user isn't aware or willing, as seen in the special chapter where Ushio, to keep a promise to Tora, has to temporarly throw the Spear away.