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* A weapon dropped by General Knoxx in the third DLC for borderlands, Knoxx's Gold, fits this trope to a T. While the repeater pistol will occasionally be decent in its own right, the main draw of the drop is that it sells for a ridiculous amount of cash.

* In ''3000 Miles to Graceland'' Kevin Costner's "golden rule" is "fuck gold: whoever has the nickel-plated pistol makes the rules".

** They are also entirely unjammable, so they serve a very useful purpose.

** [[InvertedTrope EVEN MORE OF INVERSION]] ([[ShowDontTell technically]]), that Akatsuki golden coating just an advanced form of Anti-Beam Coating, [[ExaclyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ablative anti beam paint]] which is far cheaper than other anti-beam method (ESPECIALLY [[ImmuneToBullets Phase-Shift armor]]). [[CaptainObvious Being ablative]], [[BoringButPractical you just need to paint a section every time that part is shoot by beam weaponry and no more]] ([[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter and Akatsuki is weak to bullet as well, for having no Phase-Shift]]). Cheap, [[BlingOfWar golden mobile suit]] with more AttackDrone than [[FanNickname Jesus' personal Gundam]] have? Now that's Orb for you.

* In ''{{Speed}}'', the BigBad has a chrome-plated MP5.

** [[InvertedTrope EVEN MORE OF INVERSION]] ([[ShowDontTell technically]]), that Akatsuki golden coating just an advanced form of Anti-Beam Coating, [[ExaclyWhatItsSaysOnTheTin ablative anti beam paint]] which is far cheaper than other anti-beam method (ESPECIALLY [[ImmuneToBullets Phase-Shift armor]]). [[CaptainObvious Being ablative]], [[BoringButPractical you just need to paint a section every time that part is shoot by beam weaponry and no more]] ([[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter and Akatsuki is weak to bullet as well, for having no Phase-Shift]]). Cheap, [[BlingOfWar golden mobile suit]] with more AttackDrone than [[FanNickname Jesus' personal Gundam]] have? Now that's Orb for you.

->''An excellent gun, though the gold plating seems a bit over the top.''

-->Item description of the [[LawEnforcementInc ZPCI]] [[ColdSniper Sniper]] [[{{BFG}} Rifle]], {{Sonny}} 2

* The [[MegaCorp ZPCI]] SniperRifle from {{Sonny}} 2.
-->"An excellent gun, though the gold plating seems a bit over the top.

* The level 3 "Saturday Night Special" upgrade for the .38 snubnose revolver in ''TheGodfather'' game, as well as the level 3 "Python" upgrade for the Magnum, has gold plating and ivory handles.

See also BlingOfWar.

-->Item description of the [[MegaCorp ZPCI]] [[ColdSniper Sniper]] [[{{BFG}} Rifle]], {{Sonny}} 2

-->''Even though I'm her niece, she copped me a piece''
-->''Wack-ass caliber, nickel-plated with the silencer''
-->''What? She don't know I like my guns pretty?''
-->''Like my boy [[FaceOff Castor Troy]] with the twin-glizzies''
-->--'''LilKim''', "Aunt Dot"

* Magnamon from ''DigimonAdventure.'' Quoth his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAtXGqtdCo&feature=related Digianalyzer profile]]: "I am Magnamon, a golden armor Digimon that attacks with my Magna Blaster; and I look so good doing it too."

** Eponymous ''{{Goldfinger}}'' has a solid gold revolver.

* In ''Romeo + Juliet'', The guns were a nickel and gold plated, with other decorations, including religious icongraphy. Let's not forget they also called a 9mm Beretta a "dagger."

* Castor Troy in JohnWoo's ''[[FaceOff Face/Off]]'' had two gold-plated Colt 1911s.

* In Face/Off, the villian (or rather Nicholas Cage, whoever he is playing) has a signature pair of gold plated handguns.

* If you read the Mexican news, you'll see how narcos are quite often arrested with gold and diamond-encrusted guns.

** According to [[AllThereInTheManual the technical data]], anyway, the Hyaku Shiki is really a ''subversion'' of the trope. The gold color comes from beam weapon-resistant coating applied to the mobile suit's armor.
*** Since Akatsuki is an {{Expy}} of Hyaku Shiki the coating actually reflects most enemy fire which [[spoiler:Neo/Mu reflects back to them]]. At one point it even blocks a WaveMotionGun.

* ''{{Deadlands}}'' includes rules for doing this to guns. It is purely cosmetic and even notes that some modifications actually ''reduce'' your accuracy (such as silvering your gun because this reflects light into your eyes when your trying to aim).

* Donators to the dev team of the {{Half-life}} Mod ''Sven-Coop'' can get the golden Uzi's. now you are a double badass holding [[{{Gunsakimbo}} 2 golden Uzi's]]!!!

* In the PC version of Max Payne 2, the Desert Eagles are you average chrome .50AE model... but with gold controls and ivory/mother of pearl grips. Qualifies also as [[RareGuns Rare Guns]] in a way, even though Mona has two, and they are carried by countless gangsters. In the X-Box version, they're a puke-ish olive drab, and the slides don't even move when fired.*

* ''BlackLagoon'' has one gold-plated example and two lesser ones. Yolanda from the Church of Violence has a gold-plated Desert Eagle as her weapon of choice, Revy has customized her twin Beretta [=M92Fs=] with pirate flag decals and refer to them as "cutlasses", and Mr. Chang (who is also one of Revy's idols) has dragon decals and the chinese letters "天帝" (pronounced "tentei" and meaning "god" or "heavenly king") on his twin Beretta 76s. There's also the big-ass golden custom Luger HandCannon that TheBrute Fritz Stanford never got to use in the Nazi arc due to Revy spending his rant reloading her gun and then shooting him midsentence.