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* MurphysBullet: The shot that hits is the one that was fired accidentally or after you gave up on aiming.

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* MurphysBullet: The shot that hits is the one that was fired accidentally or after you gave up on aiming.Stray bullets will always hit someone.
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* ForcedFriendlyFire: A {{Mook}} is bent into a position where he fires upon his fellow Mooks.

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* ForcedFriendlyFire: A {{Mook}} {{Mook|s}} is bent into a position where he fires upon his fellow Mooks.



* WeakTurretGun: A {{Mook}} that is a turret gun.

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* WeakTurretGun: A {{Mook}} {{Mook|s}} that is a turret gun.
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* WeaponRunningTime: The time a projectile takes to hit its target stretches so things can happen.
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* PerfectReloadCommand: An ActionCommand to reload weapons quicker than normal.
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Laconic-ing.


* TheLethalConnotationOfGunsAndOthers: [[SetSwordsToStun Throw around swords and axes all you like]], but bullet wounds are '''''lethal'''''.

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* TheLethalConnotationOfGunsAndOthers: Bullets cause lethal wounds, other [[SetSwordsToStun Throw around swords and axes all you like]], but bullet wounds are '''''lethal'''''.weapons don't]].

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* BangBangBANG: You'd be surprised how loud a little handgun can be.

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* BangBangBANG: BangBangBang: You'd be surprised how loud a little handgun can be.
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* CarChaseShootOut: A ChaseScene on the road with gunfire.
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* ArmedAltruism: TheHero gives his gun to the DamselInDistress so she can defend herself should he can't.

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* ArmedAltruism: TheHero gives his gun to the DamselInDistress so she can defend herself should if he can't.



* BadassBandolier: Bandoliers are straps that go across one's chest/waist and holds ammunition for when it's needed quickly. They also look really, really cool, and are a sure sign of a character's badassery.

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* BadassBandolier: Bandoliers are straps that go across one's chest/waist and holds hold ammunition for when it's needed quickly. They also look really, really cool, and are a sure sign of a character's badassery.



* BulletDancing: Someone is force into a crude dance to the gunfire around their feet,

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* BulletDancing: Someone is force forced into a crude dance to the gunfire around their feet,



* ConcealmentEqualsCover: When any wall or furniture is capable of stopping bullets dead on their tracks.
* ConvenientMisfire: The gunman has everyone how they want it... except their gun's warranty.

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* ConcealmentEqualsCover: When any wall or furniture is capable of stopping bullets dead on in their tracks.
* ConvenientMisfire: The gunman has everyone everything how they want it... except their gun's warranty.



* DoNotDropYourWeapon: Characters refuse too lose a grip on their weapon until they die.

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* DoNotDropYourWeapon: Characters refuse too to lose a grip on their weapon until they die.



* DoubleTap: You make sure the presumed dead is indeed death with another shot.

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* DoubleTap: You make sure the presumed dead is indeed death dead with another shot.



* GirlsWithGuns: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They're females with firearms.]] Dames with deer guns. Ladies with Lugers. Belles with BFGs. Women with Winchesters. The fairer sex with Fabrarms. [[JustForFun I have two whole glossaries of stuff to work with here.]]

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* GirlsWithGuns: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They're females with firearms.]] Dames with deer guns. Ladies with Lugers. Belles with BFGs.{{BFG}}s. Women with Winchesters. The fairer sex with Fabrarms. [[JustForFun I have two whole glossaries of stuff to work with here.]]



* StickEmUp: Someone held at gunpoint (or believes they are) are ordered to hold their hands in the air.

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* StickEmUp: Someone held at gunpoint (or believes they are) are is ordered to hold their hands in the air.
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* RareGuns: Firearms that are unusual or hard-to-find in Real Life, but that are widely used in fiction.
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* FantasticFirearms: It goes "chik-chik-BOOM!" like a gun, you point-and-click on enemies to make them die like a gun, but there's no gunpowder, so it's technically not a gun.

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* GunFu: Gun play with acrobatics.
* GunKata: Gun play with martial arts.

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* GunFu: Gun play with acrobatics.
acrobatics/martial arts.
* GunKata: Gun play with martial arts.''kata'' poses.

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* ShotInTheAss: A character takes a bullet in the butt.



* ShotInTheAss: A character takes a bullet in the butt.
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* SlowerThanASpeedingBullet

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* SlowerThanASpeedingBulletSlowerThanASpeedingBullet: Running away from getting shot by [[OneDimensionalThinking moving towards where the barrel is pointing]].
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* BizarreAndImprobableBallistics:

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* BizarreAndImprobableBallistics:BizarreAndImprobableBallistics: When bullets disobey the laws of physics.
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* TheHardHat: A steel plate in the skull from a long-ago injury. Might become handy one day and defy a BoomHeadshot.
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* GunpointBanter: Characters decide to have a chat instead of firing their weapons at each other.
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* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Someone survives being shot in the head.
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* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter, InTheFuture we'll still use old-school ballistics instead of EnergyWeapons.

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* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter, InTheFuture KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: In the future, we'll still use old-school ballistics instead of EnergyWeapons.{{Energy Weapon}}s.
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* NotSoFakePropWeapon: Includes swapping blanks for live rounds.
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* SpontaneousSkeetShooting: Someone "tests" their shooting skills using nearby objects.

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* SpontaneousSkeetShooting: Someone "tests" tests their shooting skills using nearby objects.
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* SpontaneousSkeetShooting: Someone "tests" their shooting skills using nearby objects.
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Do not trope own words.


* SmallGirlBigGun: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal A bitty babe with a BFG. A little lassie with a large Lewis. A wiry waif with a weighty W85...]] [[RunningGag I told you I got a lot of material to work with.]]

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* SmallGirlBigGun: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal A bitty babe with a BFG. A little lassie with a large Lewis. A wiry waif with a weighty W85...]] [[RunningGag I told you I got a lot of material to work with.]]
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Do not trope own words.


* GirlsWithGuns: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They're females with firearms.]] [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Dames with deer guns. Ladies with Lugers. Belles with BFGs.]] [[OverlyLongGag Women with Winchesters. The fairer sex with Fabrarms.]] [[JustForFun I have two whole glossaries of stuff to work with here.]]

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* GirlsWithGuns: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They're females with firearms.]] [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Dames with deer guns. Ladies with Lugers. Belles with BFGs.]] [[OverlyLongGag Women with Winchesters. The fairer sex with Fabrarms.]] [[JustForFun I have two whole glossaries of stuff to work with here.]]
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* FirearmsAreCowardly: Firearms are trademarks of the weak, the cowardly, and the dishonorable.
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That's not how to spell "loser".


* BleedEmAndWeep:Breaking down in tears after shooting someone dead.

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* BleedEmAndWeep:Breaking BleedEmAndWeep: Breaking down in tears after shooting someone dead.



* BulletHolesAndRevelations: A GunStruggle goes awry, and the camera pans to show the looser.

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* BulletHolesAndRevelations: A GunStruggle goes awry, and the camera pans to show the looser.loser.
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* JugglingLoadedGuns: Mishandling of guns PlayedforLaughs.

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* JugglingLoadedGuns: Mishandling of guns PlayedforLaughs.PlayedForLaughs.

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* {{Hitscan}}

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* {{Hitscan}}{{Hitscan}}: A simplification of gun physics where the gun instantly hits anything its pointing at the moment the trigger is pulled. Common in video games.

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