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** Alice, who has taken in the horrors of a war at began out of a shipping dispute (as in, two [[ShipperOnDeck Shippers on Deck]] [[SillyReasonForWar coming to blows]]) with the straight-lacedness of Droopy, tells both sides to cut it out with a BigShutUp and [[NukeEm a nuclear explosion punctuating her shout]].
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* '''Straight''': As the rest of the FiveManBand descend further into a pointless argument, Alice draws her pistol.

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* '''Straight''': As the rest of the FiveManBand descend further into a pointless argument, Alice [[TheBigGal Alice]] draws her pistol.

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** Alice ends up being arrested for breaking firearms laws because she discharged her weapon in a situation that was neither self-defense (by the very strict definitions set by defense laws) or recreational.



** Alice fires her gun into the air and does a pithy one-liner about not wishing to hurt anybody. [[CueTheFallingObject A duck or some random bystander standing overhead immediately reports that she hurt them/come crashing down]]. [[InstantlyProvenWrong Alice amends her one-liner]] [[Film/TheNakedGun with a hesitant "…as of now."]]

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** Alice fires her gun into the air and does a pithy one-liner about not wishing to hurt anybody. [[CueTheFallingObject A duck or some random bystander standing overhead immediately reports that she hurt them/come crashing down]]. [[InstantlyProvenWrong Alice amends her one-liner]] with [[Film/TheNakedGun with a hesitant "…as of now."]]
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** The first thing Alice says after filling the ceiling with lead is "[[ThreateningMediator you make me do this again, and the next one's going to go through your heads]]".

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* '''Played for Drama''': [[ChekhovsGun We later learn that the bullet]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome killed someone on the way down]]. Alice is put on trial for manslaughter.

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[[ChekhovsGun We later learn that the bullet]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome killed someone on the way down]]. Alice is put on trial for manslaughter.manslaughter.
** Alice is sued for attempted assault with a deadly weapon and ConvictedByPublicOpinion as a trigger-happy maniac waiting for a chance to freely commit murder, even when Alice made sure to not point that thing at anybody and all she wanted (and makes clear under oath) was for them to ''[[BigShutUp shut up!]]''.
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** Alice fires her gun into the air and does a pithy one-liner about not wishing to hurt anybody. [[CueTheFallingObject A duck or some random bystander standing overhead immediately reports that she hurt them/come crashing down]]. Alice amends her one-liner with a hesitant "…as of now."

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** Alice fires her gun into the air and does a pithy one-liner about not wishing to hurt anybody. [[CueTheFallingObject A duck or some random bystander standing overhead immediately reports that she hurt them/come crashing down]]. [[InstantlyProvenWrong Alice amends her one-liner one-liner]] [[Film/TheNakedGun with a hesitant "…as of now.""]]
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** Alice uses a weapon with a very high caliber to shut everybody up.

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** Alice uses a weapon with a very high caliber to shut everybody up.up, causing complains about the excessive collateral damage.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice starts FiringInTheAirALot to get everyone's attention.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Alice starts FiringInTheAirALot to get everyone's attention.attention.
** Alice uses a weapon with a very high caliber to shut everybody up.



* '''Parodied''': Alice fires a ''[[GatlingGood minigun]]'' into the air to shut her team up.

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Alice fires a ''[[GatlingGood minigun]]'' into the air to shut her team up.up.
** Alice breaks out a railway cannon to shut everybody up. The humongous boom knocks everybody off their feet and they spend the rest of the scene completely deaf.



* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice does this with a paintball gun.

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Alice does this with a paintball gun.gun.
** Alice fires her gun into the ceiling. [[Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina A chunk of the ceiling promptly drops on her head, knocking her out]].
** Alice fires her gun into the air and does a pithy one-liner about not wishing to hurt anybody. [[CueTheFallingObject A duck or some random bystander standing overhead immediately reports that she hurt them/come crashing down]]. Alice amends her one-liner with a hesitant "…as of now."

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob ends up getting pissed at how much money he spends on patching up his ceiling.

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Bob ends up getting pissed at how much money he spends on patching up his ceiling.ceiling.
** Alice's gunshot [[PowderKegCrowd only causes the group to erupt into complete panic]], leading to a stampede to get away from her, people trying to attack her in self defense, people fainting/becoming shell-shocked, people dying or getting hurt as collateral damage, and obviously [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the noise not stopping]].
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* '''Played for Horror''': [[PsychoPartyMember Alice]] kills two birds with one stone by shooting someone dead, preferably [[BoomHeadshot via blowing their brains out]] - that [[YouHaveFailedMe idiot goon]], the [[WouldHurtAChild cute child hostage]], [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals that damn dog who won't shut up]], whatever. Bonus points if she then uses the first few seconds after everybody has shut up [[EverybodyHasStandards horrified at Alice's casual use of murder]] to threaten further death on anybody who makes noise, or do some pithy joke [[NeverMyFault regarding everybody being too noisy]].
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* '''Straight''': As the rest of the FiveManBand descend further into a pointless argument, Alice draws her pistol,

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* '''Straight''': As the rest of the FiveManBand descend further into a pointless argument, Alice draws her pistol,pistol.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Continuing from Double Subverted, this fails to work because of Alice's [[AceCustom pistol's]] [[HollywoodSilencer integrated silencer]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Continuing from Double Subverted, this fails to work because of Alice's [[AceCustom pistol's]] [[HollywoodSilencer integrated silencer]].
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???The FiveManBand is shooting at each other loudly, and Alice yells a BigShutUp at them to get them to stop.
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* '''Played for Drama''': [[ChekhovsGun We later learn that the bullet]] [[RealityEnsues killed someone on the way down]]. Alice is put on trial for manslaughter.

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* '''Played for Drama''': [[ChekhovsGun We later learn that the bullet]] [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome killed someone on the way down]]. Alice is put on trial for manslaughter.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Continuing from Double Subverted, this fails to work because of Alice's [[AceCustom pistol's]] [[HollywoodSupressor integrated silencer]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Continuing from Double Subverted, this fails to work because of Alice's [[AceCustom pistol's]] [[HollywoodSupressor [[HollywoodSilencer integrated silencer]].
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* '''Played for Drama''': [[ChekovsGun We later learn that the bullet]] [[RealityEnsues killed someone on the way down]]. Alice is put on trial for manslaughter.

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* '''Played for Drama''': [[ChekovsGun [[ChekhovsGun We later learn that the bullet]] [[RealityEnsues killed someone on the way down]]. Alice is put on trial for manslaughter.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice starts FiringIntoTheAirALot to get everyone's attention.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice starts FiringIntoTheAirALot FiringInTheAirALot to get everyone's attention.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character fires their gun into the air to shut everyone else up.
* '''Straight''': As the rest of the FiveManBand descend further into a pointless argument, Alice draws her pistol,
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice starts FiringIntoTheAirALot to get everyone's attention.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice merely cocks her gun to get everyone's attention.
* '''Justified''': The others can get so loud that only a gunshot can be heard over their arguments.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Alice pulls her gun out... and starts PistolWhipping the table like a judge with a gavel.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...And when that doesn't work, Alice fires the gun into the air.
* '''Parodied''': Alice fires a ''[[GatlingGood minigun]]'' into the air to shut her team up.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Continuing from Double Subverted, this fails to work because of Alice's [[AceCustom pistol's]] [[HollywoodSupressor integrated silencer]].
* '''Enforced''': The writer uses this as [[HotBlooded Alice's]] EstablishingCharacterMoment.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Jeez, Alice, save your ammo for the bad guys."
* '''Invoked''': "If those idiots start arguing again, I'm shooting a hole in the ceiling."
* '''Defied''': Bob sneakily takes Alice's gun out of it's holster before she can draw it, or delivers a BigShutUp when he sees her reaching for it.
* '''Implied''': The heroes' meeting room has a ceiling full of bullet holes, pretty much all of them above Alice's chair.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob ends up getting pissed at how much money he spends on patching up his ceiling.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice starts using blanks.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice does this with a paintball gun.
* '''Played for Drama''': [[ChekovsGun We later learn that the bullet]] [[RealityEnsues killed someone on the way down]]. Alice is put on trial for manslaughter.
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