History Main / WeaponTwirling

* In ''FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', some characters twirl their weapon above their heads as part of their critical hit animation.

* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', The Spy and Scout do this a lot with their weapons. The Spy opens and closes his ButterflyKnife this way (or spins it around his finger if it isn't a buttersly knife), and the Scout flips his [[BatterUp bat]] before grabbing it. He also does this with the Crit-a-Cola and Bonk! Energy Drink (it looks like he's spilling it everywhere, but it works just fine).

* Mages in ''DragonAgeII'' frequently do this, with their combat having evolved from the simple point-and-click casting of the first game, into a full-body form of Wushu that turns their BladeOnAStick into a veritable font of destruction.

* In ''TeamFortress2'', The Spy and Scout do this a lot with their weapons. The Spy opens and closes his ButterflyKnife this way (or spins it around his finger if it isn't a buttersly knife), and the Scout flips his [[BatterUp bat]] before grabbing it. He also does this with the Crit-a-Cola and Bonk! Energy Drink (it looks like he's spilling it everywhere, but it works just fine).

* In both ''SuperSmashBros'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Link sword twirls after every major kill. In the games you can use it as a taunt.

* The infamous scene in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' where a swordsman shows off and Indy just shoots him.

* {{Buffy}} twirls a stake after dusting a particularly troublesome vampire in "The Freshman". Spoofed in the promo for the aborted ''Buffy: The Animated Series'' where Buffy hits herself in the head while twirling her stake.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Aang is fond of doing this with his glider staff. Since he can use it to create wind attacks, it's also {{Justified}}.

* {{Buffy}} twirls a stake after dusting a particularly troublesome vampire in "Anne". Spoofed in the promo for the aborted ''Buffy: The Animated Series'' where Buffy hits herself in the head while twirling her stake.

* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Buffy would often twirl a stake for effect.

* In ''TalesOfVesperia'', Yuri weaponizes it with his Shining Fang arte, twirling his weapon to slash the enemy multiple times.

* Riddick does some knife-twirling in ''TheChroniclesOfRiddick''.

* The Disney comic "La cappa e la spada" has Goofy write a novel where one of the characters used to be a knight who loved to show off by twirling his swords (even lampshading that it's much more impressive than doing it with revolvers.) He stopped using physical weapons altogether after one stabbed his foot while in mid-twirl.

* Riddick does some knife-twirling in ''{{The Chronicles of Riddick}}''.

* On ''Series/{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'', Buffy would often twirl a stake for effect.

* In both ''SuperSmashBros'' and ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Link sword twirls after every major kill. In the games you can use it as a taunt.

* ''VideoGame/ChaosRingsII'' is rather fond of this trope.

* Yosuke from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' does this while in battle and in the opening animation. It backfires when he nearly drops his dagger in both.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang is fond of doing this with his glider staff. Since he can use it to create wind attacks, it's also {{Justified}}.

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* Beck nearly gives away his secret identity as the Tron imposter in TronUprising to TheDragon by doing this with what appears to be the Grid's equivalent of a wrench.

* In ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', there is a "Flourish Weapon" ability mapped to a key, and can be used to spin blasters, swords, and lightsabers(!) around dangerously. Including the [[DoubleWeapon double-bladed lightsabers]].

* On ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'', Buffy would often twirl a stake for effect.

* The infamous scene in ''RaidersOfTheLostArk'' where a swordsman shows off and Indy just shoots him.

* In ''TheFellowshipOfTheRing'', Boromir twirls his sword a few times while waiting for the goblin horde to break into Balin's Tomb in Moria.

** Darwin twirls his sword [[UnconventionalSheathing before he sheathes it]] and before performing his [[spoiler: first]] two [[LimitBreak Awakenings]].