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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII era Thompson submachine guns (AKA "Tommy Guns") made a clacking sound when shaken; a major disadvantage in close quarters firefights. One of the reasons that the iconic round drums were retired, along with fragility, size, and reliability, was because they were too noisy to carry around. The second reason was that the 20- and 30-round box magazines worked much better and the third reason was the introduction of the substantially cheaper M3 "Grease Gun" and later [=M3A1=].
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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII era Thompson submachine guns (AKA "Tommy Guns") made a clacking sound when shaken; a major disadvantage in close quarters firefights. One of the reasons that the iconic round drums were retired, along with fragility, size, and reliability, was because they were too noisy to carry around. The second reason was that the 20- and 30-round box magazines worked much better and the third reason was the introduction of the substantially cheaper M3 "Grease Gun" and later [=M3A1=].better.
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* M1911 pistols of any brand, from low-end RIA M1911s to never-fired Springfield Armory M1911s fresh out of the case, tend to have a bit (which turns after some wear into ''a lot'') of a rattle when moved; it's considered akin to a Harley leaking oil, where something's wrong if it ''doesn't'' happen. Considering the M1911's ridiculous popularity in the USA, it's probably the TropeMaker.
** Still, the rattle is ''much'' quieter in real life, and you have to shake the hell out of it to hear anything at all.
** Still, the rattle is ''much'' quieter in real life, and you have to shake the hell out of it to hear anything at all.
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* M1911 pistols Considering the M1911's ridiculous popularity in the USA, it's probably the TropeMaker, as 1911s of any brand, brand - from low-end RIA M1911s models to high-end, never-fired Springfield Armory M1911s fresh out of the case, tend to guns - have a bit (which turns of a rattle whenever moved, that after some wear turns into ''a lot'') a ''lot'' of a rattle when moved; it's rattling. It's considered akin to a Harley leaking oil, where something's wrong if it ''doesn't'' happen. Considering the M1911's ridiculous popularity in the USA, it's probably the TropeMaker.
** Still, the rattle is ''much'' quieter in real life, and you have to shake the hell outIt's not anywhere near as exaggerated as a movie gun, of it to hear anything at all.course.
** Still, the rattle is ''much'' quieter in real life, and you have to shake the hell out
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* The Ar-18 (not to be confused with its more famous cousin, the ar-15), was an attempt create a cheap easily produced assault rifle in the same vein as the AK series. To that end, it's stamped to an even greater degree than Kalashnikov so that it could be made by developing countries with little assistance. Because of all these thin sheets of metal absolutely everywhere and the loose tolerances, the gun rattles a fair bit.
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* The Ar-18 AR-18 (not to be confused with its more famous cousin, the ar-15), AR-15), was an attempt create a cheap easily produced assault rifle in the same vein as the AK series. To that end, it's stamped to an even greater degree than Kalashnikov so that it could be made by developing countries with little assistance. Because of all these thin sheets of metal absolutely everywhere and the loose tolerances, the gun rattles a fair bit.
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''Double''-action pistols and revolvers will fire on every trigger pull, of course. The name refers to the "double action" of the trigger — every pull advances the cylinder, cocks the hammer, and then releases it to fire the weapon. You can dry fire a double action weapon all day without ever touching the hammer. Of course, you still can't get the empty click-click-click from a double-action semi-automatic just by continuing to pull the trigger, since on the vast majority of designs (and on a great many semi-auto and full-auto rifles as well, but this trope is far more common with pistols anyway) the slide will lock back on an empty magazine — but that's neither here nor there. This trope probably originated from the time when double-action revolvers were the most popular handguns in the United States, and a great many movie directors are either [[HollywoodStyle unaware]] or [[ArtisticLicense don't care]] that other guns don't work the same way.
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''Double''-action pistols and revolvers will fire on every trigger pull, of course. The name refers to the "double action" of the trigger — every pull advances the cylinder, both cocks the hammer, hammer (advancing the cylinder in the process) and then ''then'' releases it to fire the weapon. You can dry fire a double action weapon all day without ever touching the hammer. Of course, you still can't get the empty click-click-click from a double-action semi-automatic just by continuing to pull the trigger, since on the vast majority of designs (and on a great many semi-auto and full-auto rifles as well, but this trope is far more common with pistols anyway) the slide will lock back on an empty magazine — but that's neither here nor there. there, and TV gets around this by simply never having the slide lock back. This trope probably originated from the time when double-action revolvers were the most popular handguns in the United States, and a great many movie directors are either [[HollywoodStyle unaware]] or [[ArtisticLicense don't care]] that other more modern guns don't work the same way.
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A sub-trope of the TheCoconutEffect. May or may not be a side effect of ReliablyUnreliableGuns. Related to BangBangBANG. Do not confuse with MoreDakka. Subtrope of KineticClicking. If you're thinking of intentionally making a noise to announce an entrance or punctuate a phrase, see DramaticGunCock, and please don't add examples of it here. For the JustForFun/SwordCounterpart of this, see AudibleSharpness.
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A sub-trope of the TheCoconutEffect. May or may not be a side effect of ReliablyUnreliableGuns. Related to BangBangBANG. BangBangBANG, where the sound of guns firing is exaggerated so as to make them distinct. Do not confuse with MoreDakka.MoreDakka, which is where a high volume of fire is applied where it might not be necessary (but probably will be [[RuleOfCool cool]]). Subtrope of KineticClicking. If you're thinking of intentionally making a noise to announce an entrance or punctuate a phrase, see DramaticGunCock, and please don't add examples of it here. For the JustForFun/SwordCounterpart of this, see AudibleSharpness.
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[[caption-width-right:335:The advantage with telekinetic powers is that you can make lots of gun noises ''all at once''.]]
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[[caption-width-right:335:The advantage with [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers powers]] is that you can make lots of gun noises ''all at once''.]]]]
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* The Ar-18 (not to be confused with its more famous cousin, the ar-15), was an attempt create a cheap easily produced assault rifle in the same vein as the AK series. To that end, it's stamped to an even greater degree than Kalashnikov so that it could be made by developing countries with little assistance. Because of all these thin sheets of metal absolutely everywhere and the loose tolerances, the gun rattles a fair bit.
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* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' almost every weapon falls into this category or, less frequently, AudibleSharpness (Most weapons are too big to have a sheath). In particular, in Monster Hunter Tri the Bowgun, Switch Axe, and Lance make lots of noise when drawn and are justified due to being folded or otherwise mechanized for portability.
* Many of the human weapons in the early ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games fit this trope. Every time a weapon is drawn, Master Chief will either: rack the slide on a pistol, pump a shotgun, or clear the bolt-action on a sniper rifle, despite that most of them are fully loaded at the time and doing so would waste a cartridge. The poor bastard will sometimes (depending on the game) do these actions upon drawing an ''empty'' weapon. In particular, ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''[='s=] assault rifle has the loudest safety ''ever''.
** By later games, this was remedied, so that when the player character picks up a weapon for the first time, they will (for example) rack the slide on the pistol, but every time they switch weapons after that the player merely clicks the safety off with their thumb.
* Many of the human weapons in the early ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games fit this trope. Every time a weapon is drawn, Master Chief will either: rack the slide on a pistol, pump a shotgun, or clear the bolt-action on a sniper rifle, despite that most of them are fully loaded at the time and doing so would waste a cartridge. The poor bastard will sometimes (depending on the game) do these actions upon drawing an ''empty'' weapon. In particular, ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''[='s=] assault rifle has the loudest safety ''ever''.
** By later games, this was remedied, so that when the player character picks up a weapon for the first time, they will (for example) rack the slide on the pistol, but every time they switch weapons after that the player merely clicks the safety off with their thumb.
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* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' almost every weapon falls into this category or, less frequently, AudibleSharpness (Most weapons are too big to have a sheath). In particular, in Monster Hunter Tri ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'' the Bowgun, Switch Axe, and Lance make lots of noise when drawn and are justified due to being folded or otherwise mechanized for portability.
* Many of the human weapons in the early ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games fit this trope. Every time a weapon is drawn, Master Chief will either: rack the slide on a pistol, pump a shotgun, or clear the bolt-action on a sniper rifle, despite that most of them are fully loaded at the time and doing so would waste a cartridge. The poor bastard will sometimes (depending on the game) do these actions upon drawing an ''empty'' weapon. In particular, ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''[='s=] assault rifle has the loudest safety''ever''.
**''ever''. By later games, this was remedied, so that when the player character picks up a weapon for the first time, they will (for example) rack the slide on the pistol, but every time they switch weapons after that the player merely clicks the safety off with their thumb.
* Many of the human weapons in the early ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games fit this trope. Every time a weapon is drawn, Master Chief will either: rack the slide on a pistol, pump a shotgun, or clear the bolt-action on a sniper rifle, despite that most of them are fully loaded at the time and doing so would waste a cartridge. The poor bastard will sometimes (depending on the game) do these actions upon drawing an ''empty'' weapon. In particular, ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''[='s=] assault rifle has the loudest safety
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A sub-trope of the TheCoconutEffect. May or may not be a side effect of ReliablyUnreliableGuns. Related to BangBangBANG. Subtrope of KineticClicking. If you're thinking of intentionally making a noise to announce an entrance or punctuate a phrase, see DramaticGunCock, and please don't add examples of it here. For the JustForFun/SwordCounterpart of this, see AudibleSharpness.
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A sub-trope of the TheCoconutEffect. May or may not be a side effect of ReliablyUnreliableGuns. Related to BangBangBANG. Do not confuse with MoreDakka. Subtrope of KineticClicking. If you're thinking of intentionally making a noise to announce an entrance or punctuate a phrase, see DramaticGunCock, and please don't add examples of it here. For the JustForFun/SwordCounterpart of this, see AudibleSharpness.
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** Additionally, the ping noise is caused by the clip's walls reverberating with each other. As such, ejecting a clip that still has ammunition in it will make an extremely muted and short ping sound, if any at all. Despite this, most video games in where it is possible to eject a partially spent clip a la tactical reload still give it a loud ping noise.
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** Additionally, the ping noise is caused by the clip's walls reverberating with each other. As such, ejecting a clip that still has ammunition in it will make an extremely muted and short ping sound, if any at all. Despite this, most video games in where it is possible that feature the ability to eject a partially spent clip a la tactical reload still give it make a loud ping noise.ping.
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** Additionally, the ping noise is caused by the clip's walls reverberating with each other. As such, ejecting a clip that still has ammunition in it will make an extremely muted and short ping sound, if any at all. Despite this, most video games in where it is possible to eject a partially spent clip a la tactical reload still give it a loud ping noise.
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* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' also has every gun (And some non-guns, such as the Spy's knife) make distinct noises when you switch weapons. The noisy knife actually makes sense, since it's a [[ButterflyKnife butterfly]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDWEX9cT6rs knife.]] The guns...not so much.
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* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' also has every gun (And some non-guns, such as the Spy's knife) make distinct noises when you switch weapons. The noisy knife actually makes sense, since it's a [[ButterflyKnife butterfly]] butterfly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDWEX9cT6rs knife.]] The guns...not so much.
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* Another WWII-era weapon, the Japanese [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_99_Rifle Type 99 Rifle,]] was fitted with a bolt cover to prevent mud from getting into the receiver while the bolt was closed. This feature was inherited from the Meiji Era Type 38 long rifle, as the Japanese learned how bad mud could get during the Russo-Japanese War. However, the bolt cover subverts this trope as it will NOT rattle when the bolt is in battery. It will rattle with the bolt held in the open position, but nobody in his right mind shakes an empty rifle in combat.
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* Another WWII-era weapon, the Japanese [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_99_Rifle Type 99 Rifle,]] was fitted with a bolt cover to prevent mud from getting into the receiver while the bolt was closed. This feature was inherited from the Meiji Era Type 38 long rifle, as the Japanese learned how bad mud could get during the Russo-Japanese War. However, the bolt cover subverts this trope as it will NOT rattle when the bolt is in battery. It will rattle with the bolt held in the open position, but nobody in his right mind shakes an empty rifle in combat. The dust covers were hand-fitted to the rifle in question, and many rifles no longer have an original cover (since wartime steel shortages resulted in Japan melting a lot of them down), so a mismatched or modern reproduction cover will often be a looser fit that will rattle.
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Anything can make enough noise if it hits something hard enough, but what made the Garand iconic was that it made that "ping" when the clip was ejected.
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* Back on the US side, the M1 Garand's en bloc clip made a distinctive pinging noise (as demonstrated in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoBWUs8poYU this video]]) if it landed on something hard after ejecting. The ping is actually fairly soft and easy to miss, especially if a lot of fire from other guns is drowning it out. Nevertheless, audiences seem to [[RealityIsUnrealistic expect it]] and movies/TV shows almost always add it anyway, often making it louder than the gunshots from smaller weapons.
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* Back on the US side, the M1 Garand's en bloc clip made a distinctive pinging noise (as demonstrated in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoBWUs8poYU this video]]) if it landed on something hard after ejecting. The ping is actually fairly soft and easy to miss, especially if a lot of fire from other guns is drowning it out. Nevertheless, audiences seem to [[RealityIsUnrealistic expect it]] and movies/TV shows almost always add it anyway, often making it louder than the gunshots from smaller weapons.
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* Another WWII-era weapon, the Japanese [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_99_Rifle Type 99 Rifle,]] was fitted with a dust cover loosely fitted over the receiver that would rattle rather noisily, often giving away the position of troops trying to either infiltrate enemy lines or spring an ambush. This was one of about a dozen features of the Type 99 that the designers thought was great, while the Imperial troops who had to actually use the rifle hated it. It was an almost universal practice for soldiers to remove the dust cover on their rifles. It didn't help that the dust covers were individually fitted to a particular rifle, but often didn't ''stay'' with that rifle when they were disassembled at a unit armory for maintenance. In addition, units stationed in or near the Japanese home islands often ended up sending away their dust covers to be melted down as scrap as Japan's steel shortages became more critical, and late-war Arisakas were built without the dust cover, meaning an Arisaka with the original matching dust cover is [[RareGuns a fairly rare collector's item]].
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* Another WWII-era weapon, the Japanese [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_99_Rifle Type 99 Rifle,]] was fitted with a dust bolt cover loosely fitted over to prevent mud from getting into the receiver that would rattle rather noisily, often giving away the position of troops trying to either infiltrate enemy lines or spring an ambush. This was one of about a dozen features of the Type 99 that the designers thought was great, while the Imperial troops who had to actually use bolt was closed. This feature was inherited from the rifle hated it. It was an almost universal practice for soldiers to remove the dust cover on their rifles. It didn't help that the dust covers were individually fitted to a particular Meiji Era Type 38 long rifle, but often didn't ''stay'' with that rifle when they were disassembled at a unit armory for maintenance. In addition, units stationed in or near as the Japanese home islands often ended up sending away their dust covers to be melted down as scrap as Japan's steel shortages became more critical, and late-war Arisakas were built without learned how bad mud could get during the dust cover, meaning an Arisaka Russo-Japanese War. However, the bolt cover subverts this trope as it will NOT rattle when the bolt is in battery. It will rattle with the original matching dust cover is [[RareGuns a fairly rare collector's item]].bolt held in the open position, but nobody in his right mind shakes an empty rifle in combat.
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* Some rifles can rattle when a bayonet is fixed.
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* Some rifles can rattle when a bayonet is fixed. This would indicate something came loose, which doesn't bode well for the users.
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As a result, whenever someone hefts a weapon — particularly if it's a machine gun or submachine gun — it will make a whole load of clicking, clacking and clonking even though all they're doing is rotating it through 90 degrees. This trope is likely the result of the fact that a noisy gun adds drama to the scene (see DramaticGunCock and ClickHello).
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As a result, whenever someone hefts a weapon — particularly if it's a machine gun or submachine gun — it will make a whole load of clicking, clacking and clonking even though all they're doing is rotating it through 90 degrees. This trope is likely partly the result of the fact that a noisy gun adds drama to the scene (see DramaticGunCock and ClickHello).
ClickHello), and partly because without all those familiar clicks, the audience would [[TheCoconutEffect probably mistake]] even a real firearm for a rubber prop.
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->''"Clicker-Clack Effect: The firearm counterpart to the [[AudibleSharpness Snicker-Snack]] Effect. Whenever a character is holding a gun and waves it for emphasis, regardless of whether the character actually cocks the gun, or if the gun even has a hammer to cock, it makes a cocking noise."''
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->''"Clicker-Clack Effect: The firearm counterpart to the [[AudibleSharpness Snicker-Snack]] Snicker-Snack Effect. Whenever a character is holding a gun and waves it for emphasis, regardless of whether the character actually cocks the gun, or if the gun even has a hammer to cock, it makes a cocking noise."''
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** It's worth noting that (excluding miniguns) the guns themselves have practically no rattle. Most of the noise from weapon switching and inspecting is from a class's clothing.
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* Parodied in ''Film/HotFuzz'', when Nick and his mates charge the grocery store with a makeshift battering ram consisting of a large number of trolleys. The scene is accompanied by overly loud gun clacking despite the fact that none of the present characters have their guns out. As the whole movie is an AffectionateParody of action movies, it's obviously intentional.
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May or may not be a side effect of ReliablyUnreliableGuns. Related to BangBangBANG. Subtrope of KineticClicking. If you're thinking of intentionally making a noise to announce an entrance or punctuate a phrase, see DramaticGunCock, and please don't add examples of it here. For the JustForFun/SwordCounterpart of this, see AudibleSharpness.
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A sub-trope of the TheCoconutEffect. May or may not be a side effect of ReliablyUnreliableGuns. Related to BangBangBANG. Subtrope of KineticClicking. If you're thinking of intentionally making a noise to announce an entrance or punctuate a phrase, see DramaticGunCock, and please don't add examples of it here. For the JustForFun/SwordCounterpart of this, see AudibleSharpness.
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* Another WWII-era weapon, the Japanese [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_99_Rifle Type 99 Rifle,]] was fitted with a dust cover loosely fitted over the receiver that would rattle rather noisily, often giving away the position of troops trying to either infiltrate enemy lines or spring an ambush. This was one of about a dozen features of the Type 99 that the designers thought was great, while the Imperial troops who had to actually use the rifle hated it. It was an almost universal practice for soldiers to remove the dust cover on their rifles.
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* Another WWII-era weapon, the Japanese [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_99_Rifle Type 99 Rifle,]] was fitted with a dust cover loosely fitted over the receiver that would rattle rather noisily, often giving away the position of troops trying to either infiltrate enemy lines or spring an ambush. This was one of about a dozen features of the Type 99 that the designers thought was great, while the Imperial troops who had to actually use the rifle hated it. It was an almost universal practice for soldiers to remove the dust cover on their rifles. It didn't help that the dust covers were individually fitted to a particular rifle, but often didn't ''stay'' with that rifle when they were disassembled at a unit armory for maintenance. In addition, units stationed in or near the Japanese home islands often ended up sending away their dust covers to be melted down as scrap as Japan's steel shortages became more critical, and late-war Arisakas were built without the dust cover, meaning an Arisaka with the original matching dust cover is [[RareGuns a fairly rare collector's item]].
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* Back on the US side, the M1 Garand's en bloc clip made a distinctive pinging noise if it landed on something hard after ejecting. The ping is actually fairly soft and easy to miss, especially if a lot of fire from other guns is drowning it out. Nevertheless, audiences seem to [[RealityIsUnrealistic expect it]] and movies/TV shows almost always add it anyway, often making it louder than the gunshots from smaller weapons.
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* Back on the US side, the M1 Garand's en bloc clip made a distinctive pinging noise (as demonstrated in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoBWUs8poYU this video]]) if it landed on something hard after ejecting. The ping is actually fairly soft and easy to miss, especially if a lot of fire from other guns is drowning it out. Nevertheless, audiences seem to [[RealityIsUnrealistic expect it]] and movies/TV shows almost always add it anyway, often making it louder than the gunshots from smaller weapons.
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As a result, whenever someone hefts a weapon — particularly if it's a machine gun or submachine gun — it will make a whole load of clicking, clacking and clonking even though all they're doing is rotating it through 90 degrees. This trope is likely the result of the fact that a noisy gun adds drama to the scene. (See: DramaticGunCock and ClickHello.)
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As a result, whenever someone hefts a weapon — particularly if it's a machine gun or submachine gun — it will make a whole load of clicking, clacking and clonking even though all they're doing is rotating it through 90 degrees. This trope is likely the result of the fact that a noisy gun adds drama to the scene. (See: scene (see DramaticGunCock and ClickHello.)
ClickHello).
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May or may not be a side effect of ShurFineGuns. Related to BangBangBANG. Subtrope of KineticClicking. If you're thinking of intentionally making a noise to announce an entrance or punctuate a phrase, see DramaticGunCock, and please don't add examples of it here. For the JustForFun/SwordCounterpart of this, see AudibleSharpness.
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May or may not be a side effect of ShurFineGuns.ReliablyUnreliableGuns. Related to BangBangBANG. Subtrope of KineticClicking. If you're thinking of intentionally making a noise to announce an entrance or punctuate a phrase, see DramaticGunCock, and please don't add examples of it here. For the JustForFun/SwordCounterpart of this, see AudibleSharpness.
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In real life, guns are carefully designed, well-constructed tools that - provided they are well maintained - can last a lifetime. Or somebody's lifetime, anyway. On TV, they're apparently filled with rusty nails and loose change, and held together with masking tape.
As a result, whenever someone hefts a weapon - particularly if it's a machine gun or submachine gun - it will make a whole load of clicking, clacking and clonking even though all they're doing is rotating it through 90 degrees. This trope is likely the result of the fact that a noisy gun adds drama to the scene. (See: DramaticGunCock and ClickHello)
Media also routinely depicts guns being dry fired more than once when they run out of ammo. The "Click Click Click" sound lets the audience know it's empty. Unfortunately, not all guns in the [[RealLife real world]] can do this. Pump-action shotguns, single fire rifles, bolt-action rifles, lever-action carbines, and even single-action pistols and revolvers - none of these will repeatedly dry fire without a re-cock.
''Double''-action pistols and revolvers will fire on every trigger pull, of course. The name refers to the "double action" of the trigger -- every pull advances the cylinder, cocks the hammer, and then releases it to fire the weapon. You can dry fire a double action weapon all day without ever touching the hammer. Of course, you still can't get the empty click-click-click from a double-action semi-automatic just by continuing to pull the trigger, since on the vast majority of designs (and on a great many semi-auto and full-auto rifles as well, but this trope is far more common with pistols anyway) the slide will lock back on an empty magazine - but that's neither here nor there. This trope probably originated from the time when double-action revolvers were the most popular handguns in the United States, and a great many movie directors are either [[HollywoodStyle unaware]] or [[ArtisticLicense don't care]] that other guns don't work the same way.
As a result, whenever someone hefts a weapon - particularly if it's a machine gun or submachine gun - it will make a whole load of clicking, clacking and clonking even though all they're doing is rotating it through 90 degrees. This trope is likely the result of the fact that a noisy gun adds drama to the scene. (See: DramaticGunCock and ClickHello)
Media also routinely depicts guns being dry fired more than once when they run out of ammo. The "Click Click Click" sound lets the audience know it's empty. Unfortunately, not all guns in the [[RealLife real world]] can do this. Pump-action shotguns, single fire rifles, bolt-action rifles, lever-action carbines, and even single-action pistols and revolvers - none of these will repeatedly dry fire without a re-cock.
''Double''-action pistols and revolvers will fire on every trigger pull, of course. The name refers to the "double action" of the trigger -- every pull advances the cylinder, cocks the hammer, and then releases it to fire the weapon. You can dry fire a double action weapon all day without ever touching the hammer. Of course, you still can't get the empty click-click-click from a double-action semi-automatic just by continuing to pull the trigger, since on the vast majority of designs (and on a great many semi-auto and full-auto rifles as well, but this trope is far more common with pistols anyway) the slide will lock back on an empty magazine - but that's neither here nor there. This trope probably originated from the time when double-action revolvers were the most popular handguns in the United States, and a great many movie directors are either [[HollywoodStyle unaware]] or [[ArtisticLicense don't care]] that other guns don't work the same way.
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In real life, guns are carefully designed, well-constructed tools that - — provided they are well maintained - — can last a lifetime. Or somebody's lifetime, anyway. On TV, they're apparently filled with rusty nails and loose change, and held together with masking tape.
As a result, whenever someone hefts a weapon- — particularly if it's a machine gun or submachine gun - — it will make a whole load of clicking, clacking and clonking even though all they're doing is rotating it through 90 degrees. This trope is likely the result of the fact that a noisy gun adds drama to the scene. (See: DramaticGunCock and ClickHello)
ClickHello.)
Media also routinely depicts guns being dry fired more than once when they run out of ammo. The "Click Click Click" sound lets the audience know it's empty. Unfortunately, not all guns in the [[RealLife real world]] can do this. Pump-action shotguns, single fire rifles, bolt-action rifles, lever-action carbines, and even single-action pistols and revolvers- — none of these will repeatedly dry fire without a re-cock.
''Double''-action pistols and revolvers will fire on every trigger pull, of course. The name refers to the "double action" of the trigger-- — every pull advances the cylinder, cocks the hammer, and then releases it to fire the weapon. You can dry fire a double action weapon all day without ever touching the hammer. Of course, you still can't get the empty click-click-click from a double-action semi-automatic just by continuing to pull the trigger, since on the vast majority of designs (and on a great many semi-auto and full-auto rifles as well, but this trope is far more common with pistols anyway) the slide will lock back on an empty magazine - — but that's neither here nor there. This trope probably originated from the time when double-action revolvers were the most popular handguns in the United States, and a great many movie directors are either [[HollywoodStyle unaware]] or [[ArtisticLicense don't care]] that other guns don't work the same way.
As a result, whenever someone hefts a weapon
Media also routinely depicts guns being dry fired more than once when they run out of ammo. The "Click Click Click" sound lets the audience know it's empty. Unfortunately, not all guns in the [[RealLife real world]] can do this. Pump-action shotguns, single fire rifles, bolt-action rifles, lever-action carbines, and even single-action pistols and revolvers
''Double''-action pistols and revolvers will fire on every trigger pull, of course. The name refers to the "double action" of the trigger
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Finally, note that guns in real life ''are'' very, very noisy when '''fired''', so much so that hearing protection needs to be worn -- this trope is about the noises a gun makes when it ''isn't'' being fired.
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Finally, note that guns in real life ''are'' very, very noisy when '''fired''', so much so that hearing protection needs to be worn -- — this trope is about the noises a gun makes when it ''isn't'' being fired.
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* A particular example from season 3 of ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'': Right before Richard Harrow [[spoiler:kills Manny Horvitz]], he hefts his shotgun up to take aim, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGq5XaYS-dA producing a strange rattling noise.]]
* Happens in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' every time someone picks up a crossbow pistol, despite there not being anything to 'click'. In one episode Buffy has a hammerless double-barrelled shotgun pointed at her, with accompanying pump-action sound.
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*** Of course, the sounds the Sonic makes when being moved, are dubbed by duplicating the motions the actor makes... with an old butterfly corkscrew. No kidding.
--->'''Craig:''' Can't you make that thing be quiet?\\
--->'''Craig:''' Can't you make that thing be quiet?\\
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*** Of course, the sounds the Sonic sonic makes when being moved, moved are dubbed by duplicating the motions the actor makes... with an old butterfly corkscrew. No kidding.
--->'''Craig:''' ---->'''Craig:''' Can't you make that thing be quiet?\\
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** In "The End of Time", every time The Doctor switches between aiming at the Master and aiming at Rassilon, he seems to recock the gun.
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** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time", Time"]], every time The the Doctor switches between aiming at the Master and aiming at Rassilon, he seems to recock the gun.
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* Justified in "Babylon 5", since their [=PPGs=] (space guns) must charge up capacitors, causing a dramatic ''zzzz!'' which rises in pitch, before they can fire.
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* Happens in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' every time someone picks up a crossbow pistol, despite there not being anything to 'click'. In one episode Buffy has a hammerless double-barrelled shotgun pointed at her, with accompanying pump-action sound.
* A particular example from season 3 of ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'': Right before Richard Harrow [[spoiler:kills Manny Horvitz]], he hefts his shotgun up to take aim, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGq5XaYS-dA producing a strange rattling noise.]]
* A particular example from season 3 of ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'': Right before Richard Harrow [[spoiler:kills Manny Horvitz]], he hefts his shotgun up to take aim, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGq5XaYS-dA producing a strange rattling noise.]]
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* In the [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/050327 "Ocean's Unmoving"]] arc of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
-->"Hey, why doesn't my gun make a 'chakat' sound?"\\
"You're set on 'Goo', you have to set it to 'Mexican standoff'."
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* In the [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/050327 "Ocean's Unmoving"]] arc of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
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* Parodied in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', where the faux-macho LEP squad "coaxed whatever metallic sounds they could out of their weapons".
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* Parodied in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', where the faux-macho [[SWATTeam macho LEP squad squad]] "coaxed whatever metallic sounds they could out of their weapons".
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* Deconstructed in ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' when El Mariachi is hiding behind the counter in a bookstore while BigBad Buccho is having a cup of coffee with Carolina just a few feet away. A ''very'' tense scene ensues as El tries to load an chamber his pistol without making enough noise to tip off Bucho to his presence.
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* Deconstructed in ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' when El Mariachi is hiding behind the counter in a bookstore while BigBad Buccho Bucho is having a cup of coffee with Carolina just a few feet away. A ''very'' tense scene ensues as El tries to load an and chamber his pistol without making enough noise to tip off Bucho to his presence.
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* Deconstructed in ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' when El Mariachi is hiding behind the counter in a bookstore while BigBad Buccho is having a cup of coffee with Carolina just a few feet away. A ''very'' tense scene ensues as El tries to load an chamber his pistol without making enough noise to tip off Buccho Bucho to his presence.
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* Deconstructed in ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' when El Mariachi is hiding behind the counter in a bookstore while BigBad Buccho is having a cup of coffee with Carolina just a few feet away. A ''very'' tense scene ensues as El tries to load an chamber his pistol without making enough noise to tip off Buccho to his presence.
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* Averted in City Hunter, Ryo knows when his weapon his empty or not and will not try to use it when it's empty. He religiously takes care of his weapon at home, oil the rutsy parts or change them to prevent this kind of thing. However, enemies not familiar with weapons will sometimes do this, but it's pretty rare.
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* Averted in City Hunter, ''Manga/CityHunter''. Ryo knows when his weapon his is empty or not and will not try to use it when it's empty. He religiously takes care of his weapon at home, oil oils the rutsy rusty parts or change changes them to prevent this kind of thing. However, enemies not familiar with weapons will sometimes do this, but it's pretty rare.
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* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' also has plenty of rattling guns
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* Inverted in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' when Tuco is displeased with the loud clicks that a revolver makes as its cylinder is turned, indicating its poor quality. He dismantles several pistols to construct his own from the parts, and then demonstrates to the clerk that the new gun clicks very softly when its cylinder is rotated.
* Used unabashedly in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', when Lily is shooting at Picard and Data in the silo (with a submachinegun), the weapon clicks no less than ''five times'' after running out of ammo.
* Used unabashedly in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', when Lily is shooting at Picard and Data in the silo (with a submachinegun), the weapon clicks no less than ''five times'' after running out of ammo.
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* Inverted in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' when Tuco is displeased with the loud clicks that a revolver makes as its cylinder is turned, indicating its poor quality. He dismantles several pistols to construct his own from the parts, parts and then demonstrates to the clerk that the new gun clicks very softly when its cylinder is rotated.
* Used unabashedly in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', when Lily is shooting at Picard and Data in the silo (with asubmachinegun), submachine gun), the weapon clicks no less than ''five times'' after running out of ammo.
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** In The End of Time, every time The Doctor switches between aiming at the Master and aiming at Rassilon, he seems to recock the gun.
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* Played straight and justified in ''Franchise/MassEffect'', where drawing a weapon causes it to click and clack. Justified in that guns in the Mass Effect universe all fold up when not in use and reassemble when a button is pushed (which is obviously done as the gun is drawn).
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* Played straight and justified in ''Franchise/MassEffect'', where drawing a weapon causes it to click and clack. Justified in that guns in the Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' universe all fold up when not in use and reassemble when a button is pushed (which is obviously done as the gun is drawn).
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* In the [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/050327 "Ocean's Unmoving"]] arc of Webcomic/SluggyFreelance:
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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII era Thompson submachine guns (AKA "Tommy Guns") made a clacking sound when shaken; a major disadvantage in close quarters fire fights. One of the reasons that the iconic round drums were retired, along with fragility, size and reliability, was because they were too noisy to carry around. The second reason was that the 20- and 30-round box magazines worked much better and the third reason was the introduction of the substantially cheaper M3 "Grease Gun" and later [=M3A1=].
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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII era Thompson submachine guns (AKA "Tommy Guns") made a clacking sound when shaken; a major disadvantage in close quarters fire fights. firefights. One of the reasons that the iconic round drums were retired, along with fragility, size size, and reliability, was because they were too noisy to carry around. The second reason was that the 20- and 30-round box magazines worked much better and the third reason was the introduction of the substantially cheaper M3 "Grease Gun" and later [=M3A1=].
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* Belt-fed machine guns are another real life example, as the heavy metal belts make quite a bit of clanking. Some models use fabric belts, which don't make remotely as much noise.
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* Accessories fitted to rifles can and do rattle when the weapon is moved. The old British Army SMLE[[note]]Short Magazine Lee-Enfield[[/note]] has buckles fitted fore and aft to mount the rifle sling. Even with the sling fitted these loosely mounted attachment points could make a distinctive rattling and chinking noise when on the move. If silent movement was called for, these two points needed to be muffled, usually with cloth tied around them or tape to hold them down.
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* Accessories fitted to rifles can and do rattle when the weapon is moved. The old British Army SMLE[[note]]Short Magazine Lee-Enfield[[/note]] has buckles fitted fore and aft to mount the rifle sling. Even with the sling fitted these loosely mounted attachment points could make a distinctive rattling and chinking noise when on the move. If silent movement was called for, these two points needed to be muffled, usually with a cloth tied around them or tape to hold them down.
