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* In ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'', one of the grenades added in season 3 is the Tactical Leadburster for the Gunner. It sticks into whatever surface it lands on and proceeds to unload three barrages into the area around it.
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* Jagganoth from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' executes the '''Supreme Divine Art, Blood Sated Sword Soul''', which is excessive even by the comic's standards: it can't be dodged because it "leaves no space that is not a sword".

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* Jagganoth from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' executes the '''Supreme Divine Art, Blood Sated Sword Soul''', which is a sword strike excessive even by the comic's standards: it can't be dodged because it "leaves no space that is not a sword".
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* Jagganoth from ''KillSixBillionDemons'' executes the '''Supreme Divine Art, Blood Sated Sword Soul''', which is excessive even by the comic's standards: it can't be dodged because it "leaves no space that is not a sword".

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* Jagganoth from ''KillSixBillionDemons'' ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' executes the '''Supreme Divine Art, Blood Sated Sword Soul''', which is excessive even by the comic's standards: it can't be dodged because it "leaves no space that is not a sword".
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* Jagganoth from ''KillSixBillionDemons'' executes the '''Supreme Divine Art, Blood Sated Sword Soul''', which is excessive even by the comic's standards: it can't be dodged because it "leaves no space that is not a sword".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' the [[FusionDance combined form]] of Amethyst and Pearl, Opal is able to combine her two component gem's weapons into a bow that shoots arrows of light. In her first appearance, she fires off an arrow into the middle of an encroaching ZergRush of bird-like gem shards at which point it explodes into a RainOfArrows that [[OneHitPolyKill instantly tags and bubbles the near-hundreds of bird-shards.]]
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* ''VideoGame/BountyOfOne'': The Mezcal Defiance item allows you to fire a multi-directional spray of [[SpikeShooter cactus spines]] after a cooldown which only decreases if you're standing still. The Mezcal Mantle item fires a similar spread but with ''even more'' cactus spines, but [[CounterAttack only activates when you take damage]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Megablast}}'', an arcade shooter, grants your ship turrets on it's front, back, top and bottom by default, where you can fire in all four directions anytime you want.
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* In ''VideoGame/StarControl2'', the Pkunk Fury has a rapid-fire 3-way cannon and very high maneuverability. So hold down the attack button, let go of the accelerator, and spin in a circle, and you can easily pull off a [[Film/TheLastStarfighter Death Blossom]].
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* Zero's [[SmartBomb Giga Attacks]] in ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]'', in which he punches the ground and powerful shots erupt around him in multiple directions.
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* Zero's [[SmartBomb Giga Attacks]] in ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]'', in which he punches the ground and powerful shots erupt around him in multiple directions.
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** The Galleass itself was rendered obsolete by the Ship of the Line, which took the black powder era navy to its logical conclusion by two to three entire decks filled front to back with cannons. Set piece naval battles could have ships shooting both port and starboard.
* While a ship with gun batteries and missile launchers will see benefit in being able to shoot at multiple things at the same time, this is turned to be a badly impractical case with tanks, with no multi turreted or multiple machine gun models being successful, needing large crews to shoot at different things which makes it a nightmare to direct fire service for the tank commander.
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* In ''Literature/TheDreamsideRoad'', [[spoiler:Tucker]] issues several multi-directional attacks of his [[ExtraOreDinary Cobalt Nine]] hailing mortar attack, in his attempt to kill Orson Gregory.

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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Though they prefer to fire [[https://youtu.be/3EQ9cFey-3U?t=541 single, precise shots,]] most large starships in the franchise [[https://youtu.be/dBmmlHR1Bwg?t=101 have weapons on all sides]] and fast-working targeting computers, granting them the ability to do this when surrounded.
** Some demonstrations: [[https://youtu.be/PyLSoKSyTXg?t=38 NX Class starship,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCYirVh6ZWY Enterprise-D,]] [[https://youtu.be/56iTxduUacs?t=54 Enterprise-E,]] and the [[https://youtu.be/EYXcfzJWfjA?t=30 Voyager.]] Additionally, this trope is maintained in the [[https://youtu.be/15B20vl-Ync?t=1677 videogame media.]]

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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Though they prefer to fire [[https://youtu.be/3EQ9cFey-3U?t=541 single, precise shots,]] most large starships in the franchise [[https://youtu.be/dBmmlHR1Bwg?t=101 have weapons on all sides]] and fast-working targeting computers, granting them the ability to do this when surrounded.
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surrounded. Some demonstrations: [[https://youtu.be/PyLSoKSyTXg?t=38 NX Class starship,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCYirVh6ZWY Enterprise-D,]] [[https://youtu.be/56iTxduUacs?t=54 Enterprise-E,]] and the [[https://youtu.be/EYXcfzJWfjA?t=30 Voyager.]] Additionally, this trope is maintained in the [[https://youtu.be/15B20vl-Ync?t=1677 videogame media.]]



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* In Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' after the TimeSkip, Matrix has a gun, named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Gun]]. It's able to lock onto a target, at which point a [[LaserSight glowing M]] appears on the target's forehead after which he literally can't miss. When cornered in a bar by rogue Guardians, he puts it in "[[Film/TheLastStarfighter Death Blossom]]" mode: it begins to gimble crazy-fast, and the target-M appears on ''every single sprite in the bar'' besides himself. The Guardians back down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode "Bounty", droid bounty hunter C-21 Highsinger performs a rapid fire spinning blaster barrage against a crowd of mooks.

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* In Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' after the TimeSkip, Matrix has a gun, named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Gun]]. It's able to lock onto a target, at which point a [[LaserSight glowing M]] appears on the target's forehead after which he literally can't miss. When cornered in a bar by rogue Guardians, he puts it in "[[Film/TheLastStarfighter Death Blossom]]" mode: it begins to gimble crazy-fast, and the target-M appears on ''every single sprite in the bar'' besides himself. The Guardians back down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode "Bounty", droid bounty hunter C-21 Highsinger performs a rapid fire rapid-fire spinning blaster barrage against a crowd of mooks.



** The Uzi submachine gun had a similar reputation among the armies and police forces that used it. A common semi-joke among German soldiers claimed that the easiest way to clear a room full of hostiles was to open the door just wide enough to toss in an Uzi, then wait until the shooting stopped. Allegedly it didn't even matter whether the gun was cocked or not, and whether its safety was on or off.

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** * The Uzi submachine gun had a similar reputation among the armies and police forces that used it. A common semi-joke among German soldiers claimed that the easiest way to clear a room full of hostiles was to open the door just wide enough to toss in an Uzi, then wait until the shooting stopped. Allegedly it didn't even matter whether the gun was cocked or not, and whether its safety was on or off.




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* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': In the beginning when Buzz first lands on a seemingly deserted planet, he finds himself surrounded by Zurg's MechaMooks. He fires his laser into a crystal formation which refracts it in every direction, destroying them all at once.

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* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': When the Sovereign track the Guardians down at Ego's Planet, they surround the laser drill with their drone fleet. Nebula is able to use her own cybernetics to re-power the lasers, which can be positioned in almost any orientation, and they fire them in every direction, destroying the entire Sovereign fleet.
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* ''Manga/BlackClover'': Mereoleona's spell Calidos Brachium Barrage. She uses Mana Zone to control the mana in her surrounding environment, using it to pummel Rhya with flame blasts from many directions, so much that he doesn't have enough time to use his copied recovery spells and gets burnt alive.
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* The whole point of the galleass: in a time when the standard warship was the galley, that could only mount a single large gun forward and one aft plus a handful of smaller guns, the galleass mounted on each side rows of heavy guns equal to the larger ones of the galley. Their debut at the UsefulNotes/BattleOfLepanto was a SuperweaponSurprise: six Venetian galleasses let themselves be surrounded by the Ottoman fleet before opening fire, sinking or damaging ''70 out of 216 enemy galleys'' and disrupting the enemy formation, forcing the Ottoman into a suicidal charge against the main Holy League fleet that saw them crushed, without suffering any damage whatsoever.
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** The Warden's Fan of Knives spell flings knives at all enemies in the vicinity. She also has a spell that lets her teleport short distances, which meshes very well with the spell.
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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Though they prefer to fire [[https://youtu.be/3EQ9cFey-3U?t=541 single, precise shots,]] most large starships in the franchise [[https://youtu.be/dBmmlHR1Bwg?t=101 have weapons on all sides]] and fast-working targeting computers, granting them the ability to do this when surrounded.
** Some demonstrations: [[https://youtu.be/PyLSoKSyTXg?t=38 NX Class starship,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCYirVh6ZWY Enterprise-D,]] [[https://youtu.be/56iTxduUacs?t=54 Enterprise-E,]] and the [[https://youtu.be/EYXcfzJWfjA?t=30 Voyager.]] Additionally, this trope is maintained in the [[https://youtu.be/15B20vl-Ync?t=1677 videogame media.]]
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** The Uzi submachine gun had a similar reputation among the armies and police forces that used it. A common semi-joke among German soldiers claimed that the easiest way to clear a room full of hostiles was to open the door just wide enough to toss in an Uzi, then wait until the shooting stopped. Allegedly it didn't even matter whether the gun was cocked or not, and whether its safety was on or off.

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An extreme variant of the SpreadShot. May involve various types of {{Spam Attack}}s. Contrast AlphaStrike, which has every available gun pointed at a single target. Compare SpinAttack, which is about melee weapons instead of guns.

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An extreme variant of the SpreadShot.SpreadShot if used with projectiles. May involve various types of {{Spam Attack}}s. Contrast AlphaStrike, which has every available gun pointed at a single target. Compare SpinAttack, which is about melee weapons instead of guns.
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May involve various types of {{Spam Attack}}s. Contrast AlphaStrike, which has every available gun pointed at a single target. Compare SpinAttack, which is about melee weapons instead of guns.

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An extreme variant of the SpreadShot. May involve various types of {{Spam Attack}}s. Contrast AlphaStrike, which has every available gun pointed at a single target. Compare SpinAttack, which is about melee weapons instead of guns.
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** [[ThePowerOfTheSun Utsuho Reiji]] deserves special mention. Some of her victory quotes from ''Hisoutensoku'' imply that her default strategy is to simply blow up everything around her, without even bothering to keep track of where her opponent is.

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** [[ThePowerOfTheSun Utsuho Reiji]] deserves special mention. Some of her victory quotes from ''Hisoutensoku'' imply that her default in-universe strategy is to simply blow up everything around her, herself, without even bothering to keep track of where her opponent is.
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** [[ThePowerOfTheSun Utsuho Reiji]] deserves special mention. Some of her victory quotes from ''Hisoutensoku'' imply that her default strategy is to simply blow up everything around her, without even bothering to keep track of where her opponent is.

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* In Season 3 of WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} after the TimeSkip, Matrix has a gun, named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Gun]]. It's able to lock onto a target, at which point a [[LaserSight glowing M]] appears on the target's forehead after which he literally can't miss. When cornered in a bar by rogue Guardians, he puts it in "[[Film/TheLastStarfighter Death Blossom]]" mode: it begins to gimble crazy-fast, and the target-M appears on ''every single sprite in the bar'' besides himself. The Guardians back down.
* In [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Star Wars: The Clone Wars]] episode "Bounty", droid bounty hunter C-21 Highsinger performs a rapid fire spinning blaster barrage against a crowd of mooks.

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\n* In Season 3 of WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' after the TimeSkip, Matrix has a gun, named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Gun]]. It's able to lock onto a target, at which point a [[LaserSight glowing M]] appears on the target's forehead after which he literally can't miss. When cornered in a bar by rogue Guardians, he puts it in "[[Film/TheLastStarfighter Death Blossom]]" mode: it begins to gimble crazy-fast, and the target-M appears on ''every single sprite in the bar'' besides himself. The Guardians back down.
* In [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Star Wars: The Clone Wars]] ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode "Bounty", droid bounty hunter C-21 Highsinger performs a rapid fire spinning blaster barrage against a crowd of mooks.
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** The MAP attacks from some Mechs surround the user, and hit everything that can be targeted. Used wisely, over a dozen enemies can be felled in one blow.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} has multiple instances, but the most iconic is Reaper's Death Blossom ultimate, a direct reference to ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Reaper evokes a smoke cloud around him and whirls to fire his shotguns in every direction. [[RuleOfCool Somehow]], he manages to pour enough lead into an area to [[TotalPartyKill kill every unshielded hero around him]]... with two semi-automatic shotguns that usually only hold four shells each.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has multiple instances, but the most iconic is Reaper's Death Blossom ultimate, a direct reference to ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Reaper evokes a smoke cloud around him and whirls to fire his shotguns in every direction. [[RuleOfCool Somehow]], he manages to pour enough lead into an area to [[TotalPartyKill kill every unshielded hero around him]]... with two semi-automatic shotguns that usually only hold four shells each.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} has multiple instances, but the most iconic is Reaper's Death Blossom ultimate, a direct reference to ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Reaper evokes a smoke cloud around him and whirls to fire his shotguns in every direction. [[RuleOfCool Somehow]], he manages to pour enough lead into an area to [[TotalPartyKill kill every unshielded hero around him]]... with two semi-automatic shotguns that usually only hold four shells each.
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Generally reserved for ships with lots of guns pointed in every direction, the MultiDirectionalBarrage is a common last resort move to escape a trap.

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Generally reserved for ships with lots of guns pointed in every direction, the MultiDirectionalBarrage Multi-Directional Barrage is a common last resort move to escape a trap.

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