Signature weapon
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A signature weapon is a weapon or weapons used by a warrior or some type of character in a novel, poem, RPG, etc. that has made its owner so famous by using it the mere mention of the weapon makes one think of the character. The most famous signature weapon is probably Excalibur, which is almost always instantly associated with King Arthur. Other signature weapons include:
- James Bond's Walther PPK (later Walther P99) and Scaramanga's Golden Gun.
- Agent Smith's Desert Eagle
- King Arthur's Excalibur
- Thor's hammer Mjolnir
- The Jedi's lightsabers
- "Dirty" Harry Callahan's S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver and .44 AMP AutoMag.
- Indiana Jones's bullwhip.
- Roland Deschain's two sandalwood-grip revolvers, which were formed from metal melted down from his world's version of Excalibur
- Batman's Batarangs
- Klingon Bat'leths, Federation Phasers, and Romulan Disruptors
- Haer'Dalis has signature dual swords named Chaos and Entropy in the Dungeons and Dragons game Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and it's expansion pack Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal.
- Drizzt Do'Urden is a chaotic good drow character in the Forgotten Realms who uses dual scimitars called Icingdeath and Twinkle as signature weapons.
- Gordon Freeman's crowbar.
- Agent 47's classic trademark weapons include his dual Silverballer handguns, the Walther WA 2000 sniper rifle, and his fiber wire.
- Solid Snake's SOCOM pistol.
- Dante from Devil May Cry carries twin handguns named Ebony & Ivory and his claymore sword.
- Lara Croft's twin handguns - Previously included/resembled Nickel-plated versions of Colt 1911s, Browning Hi-Powers, Desert Eagles and most recently H&K USP Matches.
- Link's Master Sword.
- Mario's hammer.
- Rally Vincent's CZ 75 first version
- Lupin's Walther P38 and Jigen's Smith & Wesson M19
- Togusa from Ghost in the Shell's Mateba automatic revolver
- Characters in manga artist Masamune Shirow's works often use weapons made by the fictional arms manufacturer Seburo.
- The Terminator's Laser-sighted longslide .45, Uzi 9mm and 12 Gauge Autoloader, and the Lever-action shotgun from Terminator 2
- Blade's sword and glaives (bladed boomerang-like throwing weapons)
- Martin Riggs' Beretta 92F
- Cloud Strife's Buster Sword and Sephiroth's Masamune long katana sword from Final Fantasy 7
Roger Murtaugh's Smith and Wesson 19 4 inch
Many signature weapons are specially designed, or magically enchanted, so that only the heroes can use them (ex. Only someone worthy can lift Thor's Hammer; Ancient technology can only be used by people with the Ancient gene.). If villains or anyone else were to try using the weapons, either they won't work, or something bad will happen to them.
