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* ''Anime/DigimonSavers'': Lalamon's "Nuts Shoot" attack (dubbed as "Seed Blast").

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* Hugo the gargoyle does this with rock shards in ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' -- and ''makes sparks when doing so!''

* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island'', Fievel fires off some seeds through a straw at some corrupt cops and [[spoiler:Scuttlebutt]] while he and the others defend the Native American mice.
* For a given value of "seed"... Shep the elephant shooting coconuts out of his trunk in ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.

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* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} does this frequently with such items as raisins or watermelon seeds.
* One ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' strip had Jason spitting his watermelon seeds at Paige...who responds by spitting a peach pit at him.

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* There's a plant called the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecballium_elaterium Squirting Cucumber]] (or Exploding Cucumber) that disperses its seeds this way via [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOIHzl2h9a8 expelling them rapidly with a fluid.]]
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* Mongoose Publishing's ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' RPG. The mutant power Missiles allows a mutant to fill his mouth with objects and spit them at opponents to do damage. If the mutant uses seeds or gravel a minor amount of damage is done.
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* The TropeNamer is the "Bullet Seed" move in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''; its original name in Japanese was even "Seed Machine Gun". Bullet Seed is a multi-strike move that can hit between two and five times, though its power per hit is rather low prior to [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Generation 5]], when it got a significant buff.
* The Plant species from the ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' series also has a similar attack as the ''Pokémon'' example featured above called "Seed Gatling/Machine Gun" (depending on the version of the game) and [[UrExample actually predates the Pokémon move a few years prior to the release of the Generation III era]]. However, it does not deal successive damage so it must be repeated manually by the trainer's command.
* Yoshi can spit seeds repeatedly in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', after eating a regular watermelon; enemy monkeys with watermelons can also do this to Yoshi. An intact melon gives Yoshi 30 seeds to fire, while melons stolen from monkeys contain 10; the S-watermelon inventory item grants.

* The entire premise of the game ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', although it applies best to the Peashooter family, the Guacodile, and the A.K.E.E..

* In ''VideoGame/BoardGameOnline'', eating a watermelon gives you 3 Seed Salvo's that knocks any living player within close proximity (10 spaces) back 1 or 2 spaces.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', in which the ammunition was malted milk balls.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Phil gained the ability to do this with spit, as "Spitball Boy".
* Frequently seen in [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts old Disney cartoons]], particularly with watermelon seeds.
* In the WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck short ''Muscle Tussle'' Daffy faces a rival for his gal's affections. At one point his rival bites a chain, chews, and spits out a bunch of nails. Not to be outdone Daffy bites a chain, chews, and spits out his teeth.
* ''WesternAnimation/BountyHamster''. Casey is unimpressed when Marion fires a stream of cucumbers at her attacker.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hero 108}}'' the Air Force eats a mouthful of grapes each time they want to be able to spit the seeds out like a machine gun as a weapon for dogfighting.
* ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'': Henry and June use this with watermelon seeds in the pilot episode.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Terror on Dinosaur Island!" ComicBook/PlasticMan does this with pieces of Grodd's loot when the need arises, which he hoped to keep for himself.
* One of ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' the Sailor's favorite techniques, usually involving nails, tacks, rivets, or other small metal objects.

* Gatling from ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest'' has this as his signature... well, pretty much only attack.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sahara}}'', Saladin's miscreant friends gladly pelt Ajar and Pitt with watermelon seeds at Saladin's command.

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* ''Film/TheMask'' villain Dorian Tyrell uses this to return the favor when he's shot repeatedly, killing his boss, Niko. To elaborate, Niko shoots at him while he's wearing the mask. His body soaks up the bullets, then he spits them back (as if they went out of a machine gun) at Niko and kills him.
* In an action-movie-parody section of Music/WeirdAlYankovic's ''Film/{{UHF}}'', Weird Al [[DodgeTheBullet catches a bullet]] ([[CartridgesInFlight including cartridge]]) in his teeth, chews it up, and spits it out a la this.
* In the climactic battle of ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', an animated suit of armor responds to being shot by a German soldier by spitting the bullets back at him out of its helmet.

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* Mongoose Publishing's ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' RPG. The mutant power Missiles allows a mutant to fill his mouth with objects and spit them at opponents to do damage. If the mutant uses bullets, a serious amount of damage is done.

** ''WesternAnimation/BullyForBugs'' has a scene where the bull accidentally swallows a rifle, only to fire bullets from his horns when he twitches his tail.

* When ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' has his flying down, he strafes elephants who've mistreated him, spraying them with peanuts.
* Winnie the Pooh does this with bees.
* Hugo the gargoyle does this with rock shards in the Disney version of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Remy's brother does this with grapes.

* ''Film/TheMask'' villain Dorian Tyrell uses this to return the favor when he's shot repeatedly, killing his boss, Niko. To elaborate, his boss shoots at him while he's wearing the mask. He keeps the bullets in his mouth that way, then spits them back (as if they went out of a gun) at Niko and kills him.

* In Creator/WaltDisney's ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', an animated suit of armor responds to being shot by a Nazi by spitting the bullets back at him out of its helmet.

* ''Film/TheMask'' villain Dorian Tyrell uses this to return the favor when he's shot repeatedly, killing his boss, Niko.

Frequently seen in cartoons (static or animated), this is when a character spits a stream of small objects (often watermelon seeds, as shown here) in such a way that the result looks like machine gun fire.

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* When ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' has his flying down, he strafes elephants who've mistreated him, spraying them with peanuts.

* Hugo the gargoyle does this with rock shards in the Disney version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sahara}}'', Saladin's miscreant friends gladly pelt Ajar and Pitt with watermelon seeds at Saladin's command.

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* The Plant species from the ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' series also has a similar attack as the Pokemon example featured above called "Seed Gatling/Machine Gun" (depending on the version of the game) and [[UrExample actually predates the Pokemon move a few years prior to the release of the Generation III era]]. However, it does not deal successive damage so it must be repeated manually by the trainer's command.

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* The third ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' movie features the Gourd King and his minions as antagonists. One of the minions is a watermelon boy who can spit watermelon seeds as an attack.

* The TropeNamer is the "Bullet Seed" move in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''; its original name in Japanese was even "Seed Machine Gun". Bullet Seed is a multi-strike move that can hit between two and five times, though its power is rather low prior to [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Generation 5]], when it got a significant buff.

* Yoshi can spit seeds repeatedly in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', after eating a watermelon; enemy monkeys with watermelons can also do this to Yoshi.

* The entire premise of the game ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', although it applies best to the Peashooter family, the Guacodile, and the A.K.E.E.

%% Seed Cannon in Final Fantasy X is not an example, as it's one huge seed and not "a stream of small objects in such a way that the result looks like machine gun fire."

* The entire premise of the game ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', although it applies best to the Peashooter family and the A.K.E.E.

* The Plant species from the ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' series also has a similar attack as the Pokemon example featured above called "Seed Gatling". However, it does not deal successive damage so it must be repeated manually by the trainer's command.

Frequently seen in cartoons (static or animated), this is when a character spits a stream of small objects(often watermelon seeds, as shown here) in such a way that the result looks like machine gun fire.

* The entire premise of the game ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', although it applies best to the Peashooter family and the A.K.E.E..

* There's a plant called the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecballium_elaterium Squirting Cucumber]] (or Exploding Cucumber) that disperses its seeds this way via [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOIHzl2h9a8 expelling them rapidly with a fluid]].