History Main / SwissArmyWeapon

** ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'': Faiz's final weapon, the Faiz Blaster, has sword and gun modes. Kaixa's Kaixa Blaygun is both a sword and pistol.

** The main toyline to tie in to ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' had this as its primary gimmick. Called Mechtech, each figure was given a large weapon which could, through spring loaded mechanisms, be converted into a different weapon, with weapons paired with Voyager or larger figures equipped with a locking mechanism. The basic concept (without the locking mechanism) was also used for the Voyager, or 'Powerizer' class of the Robots in Disguise Toyline based on ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

*** ''[[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Gundam SEED Astray]]'' also has the Gundam Astray Gold Frame, which is upgraded with the Blitz Gundam's right arm, including the multifuction shield. After several other upgrades, its ultimate iteration (the [[OverlyLongName Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina Custom (Okitsu-no-Kagami Equipment Type)]]) makes the left arm into just as much of a Swiss-Army Weapon, by adding the "Okitsu-no-Kagami beam shield system", consisting of a beam shield that can also function as a beam [[BladeOnAStick spear]] and a whip.

* The Devices of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' have different forms to suit the needs of the mage or knight. The Devices of the two leads have the most. Nanoha [[MagicStaff has a staff]] that [[{{BFG}} reconfigures into a blaster]] that [[BladeOnAStick turns into a spear]] that [[AttackDrone releases four attack drones]]. Fate has an axe (technically a [[BladeOnAStick bardiche]]) that [[SinisterScythe flips open to reveal a scythe]] that grows into a {{BFS}} that [[BifurcatedWeapon splits into two sabres]] which she combine into an even bigger {{BFS}}.

* ''Film/FlagOfIron'': The Rambler's main weapon, his [[BladeOnAStick all-too powerful spear]]. Besides being a sharp, near indestructible weapon, it also contains [[HiddenWeapons projectile launchers]] on its tip, can be extended to give its wielder ad edge in battle, and in the finale, is revealed to have [[FlechetteStorm a hidden catch in its back which can unleash hundreds and hundreds of needles into any unlucky enemies]].

** Every single weapon ever made by the Kender of D&D's ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' setting, [[http://www.dlnexus.com/fan/rules/14451.aspx as seen here.]] The most famous is the hoopak, which is a staff with a [[BratsWithSlingshots slingshot]] at one end and a [[BladeOnAStick spike]] at the other.

* In the ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'' wargame ''WARMACHINE'', the heavy infantry of the [[MachineWorship Convergence of Cyriss]] faction are armed with "protean" weapons, including the protean buckler ([[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe buckler]]/[[BladeBelowTheShoulder punch daggers]]), protean polearm ([[BladeOnAStick spear/halberd]]), and protean javelin (can be altered to favour range or damage).

** In fact most of the later [[BladeOnAStick polearms]] combined at least two functions be it axe, spear, hook, hammer or spike; the shorter ones could also be used as a staff.

*** The recently released Master Grade kit of the Astray Red Frame ups the ante further by giving it its own Tactical Arms, where the booster backpack can become a {{BFS}}, a longbow that fires laser beams, a V mode (not sure what its for yet), a weirdly named Delta mode (which may be related to the Stargazer's method of moving long distances without using power like a solar sail) and finally, a 'Work Mode' where the entire Tactical Arms mounts on the left arm and works like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Kyrios']] pincer claw while the handle detaches and becomes a beam torch; this mode however, (in a moment of FridgeBrilliance) rather than being for combat, [[MundaneUtility is for making salvage work and other Junk Guild tasks easier for the Red Frame to do]].

* ''Film/FlagOfIron'': The Rambler's main weapon, his [[BladeOnAStick all-too powerful spear]]. Besides being a sharp, near indestructible weapon, it also contains [[HiddenWeapons projectile launchers]] on its tip, can be extended to give its wielder ad edge in battle, and in the finale, is revealed to have [[FlechetteStorm a hidden catcch in its back which can unleash hundreds and hundreds of needles into any unlucky enemies]].

** Franchise/WonderWoman's Lasso of Truth. In addition to it's ability to compel the truth out of people, it protects Wonder Woman from the effects of mind control, dispel illusions, exorcise demons, allow Diana to read the minds of whoever is bound in it and remove impurities from the body. In the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 earlier]] comics, she used it as an impromptu propeller, an emergency roller coaster track extension, an electrical conduit, another propeller, a [[ThisIsADrill drill]], and some sort of sonic dinosaur repellent. She also used it occasionally to actually snag things. Specifically, [[SerialEscalation a nuclear missile, all of Paradise Island, and a lightning bolt]].

* ''Film/FlagOfIron'': The Rambler's main weapon, his [[BladeOnAStick all-too powerful spear]]. Besides being a sharp, near indestructible weapon, it also contains [[HiddenWeapons projectile launchers]] on it's tip, can be extended to give it's wielder ad edge in battle, and in the finale, is revealed to have [[FlechetteStorm a hidden catcch in it's back which can unleash hundreds and hundreds of needles into any unlucky enemies]].

* The artifact without an instruction manual in the choose-your-own-adventure book ''Literature/TheCitadelOfChaos''. It's about as likely to turn into a squeaky hammer and a sunsword.

* The [[ProudWarriorRaceGuys weapon obsessed]] Hellvetics from ''TabletopGame/{{Degenesis}}'' have the Trailblazer, a tri-barreled rotating automatic rifle who's stock can be turned into a bipod, a grenade launcher, a bayonet, or a pair of useful pliers. Amusingly, the Hellvetics (as can be discerned from the name) have ''literally'' evolved from the Swiss army after the apocalypse.

** Qrow Branwen is one of the few characters who's weapon has ''four'' states; A compact state for transportation, a massive greatsword, a gun, and a scythe. Ruby, who happens to be his niece, learned to fight with a scythe from him.

* At last count, ''Manga/InuYasha'''s Tessaiga's sheath can generate a powerful barrier and summon the blade to itself. The sword itself can create extremely powerful anti-youki barriers, extremely dangerous blasts of kenatsu, mountain shattering blasts of air/youki, rebound and amplify youki attacks, cut through barriers (up to a point), shoot out high powered barrages of diamond spears that flat out dissolve even stronger barriers (and can be amplified by the aforementioned mountain shattering blasts), absorb youki (and ghosts, and senki, including that generated by a human), regurgitate/redirect youki, purify youki, generate flames, create portals into hell/other dimensions/the future/SPIRITUAL RESTING PLACES IN OTHER DIMENSIONS IN THE FUTURE. Did I mention that it seems to also be at least semi-sentient (hell, possibly even prescient, considering that it and its brother are able to figure out when and how to be used, even when their masters aren't even aware that they need to be used -- or not used -- at all), and that it eats youki, which means that it can pretty much gather powers ad infinitum?

* Van Fanel's armgear in ''Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne'' doubles as a shield, a crossbow, and - if memory serves - a {{BFS}}, too.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' has Kiba's Sacred Gear, Sword Birth. Apart from the ability to arm himself at a moment's notice, the swords it creates can have whatever properties Kiba wishes to assign to it, as long as those properties would be physically possible. This leads to situations like his light-nullifying sword being broken, only for him to instantly draw one that repels darkness instead. [[spoiler:When later events reveal the MagicAIsMagicA of the setting is starting to decay, he starts using it to materialize [[YinYangBomb Holy-Demonic swords]], which are impossible to ''create'', but there's no longer a natural law saying they can't ''exist''.]]

Do not confuse with [[UsefulNotes/SwissWithArmyKnives actual]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Switzerland#Equipment Swiss-Army Weapons]].

** While originally bayonets were dedicated spikes, eventually people realized you could make the bayonets ''themselves'' multi-function. Today, most bayonets (where still used) are functionally a combat/ utlity knife that you can stick on the end of the barrel.

* The "soft weapon" from Creator/LarryNiven's short story "Literature/TheSoftWeapon" is a spy weapon from the defunct Slaver Empire. It's a communicator, laser, energy-absorber, ballistic weapon, monosword, and has a total conversion setting. It's also a little ''too'' smart. This is a deconstruction of the trope as the characters debate the pros and cons of such a device (it is easy to carry and disguise, but also expensive to manufacture and awkward to use.

* The movie ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'' has "Swiss-Army Dynamite". Can be triggered by either timer or tripwire, it's used for everything from traps to the wholesale demolition of bridges and buildings. And they use so much of it in the movie that 90% of the equipment in their packs has to have been these.
* ''Film/XXx'' achieves the same effect with a fairly conventional .44 revolver and various kinds of AbnormalAmmo.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' 2nd ed. supplement book ''Lost Omens: Gods & Magic'', the young android goddess Casandalee has her favored weapon, the Polytool. Turns out a polytool is actually a Swiss army knife (including bottle-cap opener and flint & steel). Casandalee wants to spread innovation throughout Golarion and the polytool is easy enough for the local smith to replicate, unlike a laser gun or warpdrive.

* The phasers and disruptors from ''Franchise/StarTrek'' could be used to stun someone, burn or heat a target, cut, kill, be set on overload and explode, or even disintegrate a target. It was even useful in brewing coffee.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** Appropriate for a toyline about TransformingMecha, Ironhide's ''War For Cybertron: Siege'' toy comes with a "W-35 LR Doomblast Forge Launcher", a multi-rocket missile launcher that transforms into a [[DropTheHammer war hammer]].

** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' takes ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'''s idea and runs with it: the nine core Kyurangers wield the variable Kyu The Weapon, which consists of three parts (a grip with an extending handle and two blades, one dagger-like and one axe-like) which can be configured into a greatsword, a spear, a claw, a crossbow, a handaxe, a scythe, a rapier, a gun, and a shortsword. Of note is the fact that while everyone has their own WeaponOfChoice, there's nothing stopping them from using another form other than personal preference[[note]]For example, in his first battle with the team Balance starts off using the Kyu Sword but finds it hard to wield and reconfigures it into the Kyu Crossbow[[/note]]; the {{Sixth Ranger}}s follow that trope by having their own unique weapons, with the exception of Kotaro, who ends up using the Kyu Spear like his BigBrotherMentor Stinger.

* The Devices of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' have different forms to suit the needs of the mage or knight. The Devices of the two leads have the most. Nanoha [[MagicStaff has a staff]] that [[{{BFG}} reconfigures into a blaster]] that [[BladeOnAStick turns into a spear]] that [[AttackDrone releases four attack drones]]. Fate has an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] (technically a [[BladeOnAStick bardiche]]) that [[SinisterScythe flips open to reveal a scythe]] that grows into a {{BFS}} that [[BifurcatedWeapon splits into two sabres]] which she combine into an even bigger {{BFS}}.

** The Russian military still uses its entrenching tool, MPL-50, in an essentially unchanged form since its invention in 1869 by a Danish officer Mads Linnemann. Imperial War Ministry has bought his design in 1871, and the only change so far was the standardization of the spade overall length to 50 cm.[[note]]thus the "50" figure in its name[[/note]] The attempts to introduce the folding version didn't take hold precisely because of its ''official'' intended use as an axe (utility or… ''[[AnAxeToGrind otherwise]]''): first, the hinge was seen as a potential weak point, and, second, if you store an e-tool folded, you need to unfold it first, while a one-piece spade is [[ShovelStrike an instant CHOP-CHOP]]!

** [[AnAxeToGrind Tomahawks and more specialized forms of hatchet]] can be used for combat, but also for cutting wood or even metal, cleaving, crushing, hammering, prying, breaking doors and so on.

* Modern bayonets, which can often be used as ''wire cutters'' in conjunction with the appropriate sheath. This came into common use with the bayonet for the [[CoolGuns/AssaultRifles AK-47]].

* Speaking of shotguns, the [[RareGuns Pancor]] [[{{BFG}} Jackhammer]], besides also potentially being [[RuleOfCool fully automatic]], had a drum magazine that was supposed to be usable as an anti-personnel mine. Unfortunately, neither the Jackhammer nor its landmine-magazine worked very well, and ironically enough the weapon's own CripplingOverspecialization[[note]] Its gas-operated blow-forward autorevolver mechanism could only accept 2-3/4-inch standard 12-gauge shells. 3-inch magnum loads wouldn't fit. And even on the best of days, it was extremely finicky about ''which'' standard shells it would actually work with. That's not even scratching the surface of the Jackhammer's problems[[/note]] (and inability to actually get through a single magazine without jamming) killed any chance of working out the bugs.

* In ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'', the Force Lance can fire plasma burst, shoot smart bullets (which are themselves Swiss-Army Weapons, because they can target opponents or intercept incoming missiles, bullets, or mortar rounds), shock unauthorized users who touch it, shock the ground near someone, be set on a "lightning" setting in which it can only fire 3 short-range shock pulses, expand into a 2-meter long staff (which can shock people it touches, set on overload and used as a grenade, and be used as a grappling hook, cutting torch, or light source.

* The Devices of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' have different forms to suit the needs of the mage or knight. The Devices of the two leads have the most. Nanoha [[SimpleStaff has a staff]] that [[{{BFG}} reconfigures into a blaster]] that [[BladeOnAStick turns into a spear]] that [[AttackDrone releases four attack drones]]. Fate has an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] (technically a [[BladeOnAStick bardiche]]) that [[SinisterScythe flips open to reveal a scythe]] that grows into a {{BFS}} that [[BifurcatedWeapon splits into two sabres]] which she combine into an even bigger {{BFS}}.

** Every single weapon ever made by the Kender of D&D's ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' setting, [[http://www.dlnexus.com/fan/rules/14451.aspx as seen here.]] The most famous is the hoopak, which is a not-so-SimpleStaff with a [[BratsWithSlingshots slingshot]] at one end and a [[BladeOnAStick spike]] at the other.

** The still highly classified nature of most of its functionality coupled with its enormous price tag has allowed it to sadly gather a [[HeroWithBadPublicity rather negative reputation]]. On top of widely publicized repeated groundings due to mechanical failures (turbine blade manufacturing defects, improperly applied stealth coatings resulting in it chipping off during flight, etc), the accounts of Americans who make wild claims but were totally unaffiliated with not just the program but [[UpToEleven the entire military]] are taken at face value to declare it a MasterOfNone whose technological capabilities are somehow inferior to all of its predecessors.

** On paper, it's awesome. In reality, trying to cram so many functions and satisfy so many service requirements created an aircraft that is a [[CrackIsCheaper very expensive]] jack-of-all-trades MasterOfNone. It can do air supremacy, but not like the F-15, and certainly not like the F-22. Its maneuverability is lower than that of the F-16 (and that's for the Air Force version, the Navy and Marine versions are even worse), its stealth worse than that of the F-22, and its radar inferior to an upgraded F-15's. Bottom line, in long-range engagements, it would lose to an F-15 and in a short-range engagements to an F-16, don't even consider sending it against F-22's or Russian PAK-FA. The Navy won't use it for air supremacy; that's why they bought the F/A-18 E/F/G and its AESA radar. For the tactical bombardment part, the aircraft is crippled again by its low stealth compared to the B-2 and the fact that it carries about as much as an F-16 despite an empty weight twice as large (and nothing near the payload of the B-2). As for the Close Support part, it's way inferior to the A-10, again, because of the low carried weight and also because of the [[FragileSpeedster high stall speed, less armoring]], larger turn radius, and shorter loiter time compared to the A-10. Probably why the USAF decide to keep the A-10 in service well into the 2040s, which is the time when F-35 will start being taken out of service,.
** The aircraft carrier version, the F-35C, has the embarrassing distinction of having been designed in such a way as to make it incapable of actually landing on a carrier; the main landing gear is so far aft that the arrestor cable doesn't have time to rebound from being trampled by the wheels before the arrestor hook passes over it.
** Ironically, the US Air Force has had two such aircraft in the inventory since the '80s. The F-16 was initially developed as a cheap, [[RedShirtArmy slightly more expendable]] alternative to the F-15 Eagle. However, after some time, the Air Force decided to see what happened if they strapped some bombs too it, and after that proved to be successful, they started finding ways to strap more sophisticated Air to Ground weapons onto it. After some time however, the short-range and small weapons load of the F-16 was deemed to not be enough. So the Air Force decided to modify an F-15D to carry [[NoKillLikeOverkill even more weapons, as well as larger weapons]] then the F-16 could carry. Coupled with some new and improved avionics, the F-15E Strike Eagle was born. Basically, you have a nearly unbeatable aircraft that has a perfect Air To Air record, now able to follow up with Air Superiority by bombing the crap out of the enemy.

** Machine Man was much like this, with his stretching arms, and fingers each with a different weapon. The new version of him from ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} has become a Flanderization of this, [[RuleOfFunny having just about anything he can think of pop out of his body]]. His response to a female colleague asking if he could impregnate her from across the room? "I am full of useful devices."

* ''Literature/AHerosWar'': Minmay's mark 2 magical guns have modes for fire-bolts, force-bolts, shield-penetrating bolts, bullets with magically increased momentum, grenade launching, and a [[BayonetYa bayonet]]. They can also spray pellets like a SawnOffShotgun, but that's ultimately deemed to be unnecessary complexity and removed in later models.

*** The recently released Master Grade kit of the Astray Red Frame [[UpToEleven ups the ante further]] by giving it its own Tactical Arms, where the booster backpack can become a {{BFS}}, a longbow that fires laser beams, a V mode (not sure what its for yet), a weirdly named Delta mode (which may be related to the Stargazer's method of moving long distances without using power like a solar sail) and finally, a 'Work Mode' where the entire Tactical Arms mounts on the left arm and works like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Kyrios']] pincer claw while the handle detaches and becomes a beam torch; this mode however, (in a moment of FridgeBrilliance) rather than being for combat, [[MundaneUtility is for making salvage work and other Junk Guild tasks easier for the Red Frame to do]].

** Taken UpToEleven in Gundam Build Fighters Amazing, the Mercury Lev almost have everything, one section can switch between any of the melee weapons while the other can switch between any ranged weapons.

-->A gun! No wait, a sword. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs With a gun on it]]. [[UpToEleven And it shot other swords]].