History PlayingWith / BayonetYa

*** Sgt. Rockwell's gatling gun has a bayonet on each barrel. It looks more like something you'd find in a the kitchen than on a battlefield.

* '''Subverted''': Rockwell draws his knife, but instead holds it in his off hand while it grips the gun, to make it easier to employ in an emergency.

*** Sgt. Rockwell's gatling gun has a bayonet on each barrel. It looks more like slomething you'd find in a the kitchen than on a battlefield.

* '''Subverted''': Rockwell draws his knife, but instead holds it in his off hand while it grips the gun, to make it easier to employ in an emergency.

* '''Subverted''': Rockwell draws his knife, but instead holds it in his off hand while it grips the gun, to make it easier to employ in an emergency.

* '''Averted''': No bayonets are used by the main characters.

* '''Deconstructed''': Sgt. Rockwell fixes a bayonet to his rifle and tries to charge the enemy lines... [[RealityEnsues and runs straight into a machine gun's line of fire]].

** Sgt. Rockwell's bayonet also doubles as a tool for various purposes, and has an integrated wire-cutter in its sheath.

* '''Justified''': Sgt. Rockwell's platoon is fighting in [[UrbanWarfare cramped urban conditions]], making bayonets a good idea.

* '''Exploited''': The characters hear they're going into an urban area. To mark them as GenreSavvy veterans, every single one of them immediately, in unison, mounts their bayonet. Or, if their weapon can't accept it, they duct tape their knife to the barrel.

** Sgt. Rockwell's weapon of choice is a Gunblade.

* '''Discussed''':
** "Now remember, soldiers: a bayonet charge only works if the enemy does not expect it. But when they don't, it tends to be pretty damn effective."
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pzxb2sxbDU What's a bayonet used for?! TO KILL!]]

* '''Enforced''': The writers want to establish Sgt. Rockwell as a man of [[{{Badass}} great ballsiness]] [[AttackAttackAttack and poor judgement]].

* '''Reconstructed''': Sgt. Rockwell waits until his enemies are occupied elsewhere, and gets his squad to charge them from the side or rear, suddenly and unexpectedly, with the support of other units on the flank. The enemy breaks and runs, not having expected such a sudden - or brazen - assault.

* '''Parodied''': [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cpl. Rickaby]] tapes a [[VisualPun can opener]] to the anti-tank rocket launcher he's in charge of.

* '''Exaggerated''': Sgt. Rockwell's rifle has a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw bayonet]] attached to it.

** Instead of bayonet mounts, soldiers have underbarrel flashlights, grenade launchers, foregrips, or other such attachments that are more broadly useful.

* '''Discussed''': "Now remember, soldiers: a bayonet charge only works if the enemy does not expect it. But when they don't, it tends to be pretty damn effective."

* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "Soldiers, i know this sounds overconfident, but... FIX BAYONETS!"
* '''Invoked''': The higher-ups encourage the soldiers to know how to use a bayonet, hoping it will make them better prepared for combat.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The knives given to soldiers are not mountable on guns, to discourage them from charging into the enemy line of fire.
* '''Discussed''': "Now remember, soldiers: bayonet charge only works if the enemy does not expect it. But when they don't, it tends to be pretty damn effective."
* '''Conversed''': "Do you think any real soldier today would use a bayonet?" "Actually, in urban combat it can be very useful."

* '''Reconstructed''': Sgt. Rockwell knows the enemies only have light arms, and gets his platoon to charge them, making the enemies run for their lives.

* '''Inverted''': Praetor Rockwell, a palace guard in a fantasy world, wields a sword that has a gun built into it.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???