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11	We've all seen them before in the classic cheesy afternoon adventure TV show, or the comic-book, action, or adventure movie.
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13	The villains in these media are a special kind of {{Jerkass}}: one-dimensional, hot-headed, grim, or stony, and either will pull out, or will walk from the shadows with, a gun in their hand and a scowl on their face. [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures They're petty, they're pushy, and they may be a little loony.]]
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15	Their personality hinges on a HairTriggerTemper, they quickly lose patience, and they're ready to shoot-to-kill if you get smart or step out of line. They don't want you to do anything. No talking, no funny business, no anything. You can explain all you like or try to clear up a misunderstanding. [[NoListeningSkills They won't listen]]. They want retribution now, and they will never listen to reason or authority. They don't want to talk or negotiate for anything. To them, [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer violence is always the answer]]. They may even just be plain sadistic and take glee in hurting others. They seem on edge so much that you'd want them to take a chill pill, and their face always seems stuck with a stony scowl, like someone pissed in their bowl of corn-flakes this morning.
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17	This type of character doesn't necessarily show all the traits of being a CompleteMonster, but they're the kind whose hard personality really gets under your skin, and they might as well be one. They may be smug or slimy, but usually, they're just an angry, vicious hard-ass who's all no-nonsense and non-lenient (they may especially hate SubterfugeJudo), who is ready to snap at the smallest transgression. On the other hand, they may be extremely paranoid, but across media, this variation on the trope doesn't happen often. [[WouldHurtAChild They may even be willing to hurt a child, if they're so inclined]], or, if someone is working with them, they may think the person they are talking to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness has outlived their usefulness.]] They may be FauxAffablyEvil or a DeadpanSnarker, which adds to their jerkass-ishness. When the going gets rough for them, though, expect them to turn into a DirtyCoward.
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19	If they want you to move, they'll wag the barrel of the gun in the direction they want you to move in, or if they're already impatient, nudge you forward hard in the back with the barrel. If you're hurt or incapacitated, they'll ''still'' force you to move, because maybe, [[WeaknessIsJustAStateOfMind as long as you're alive,]] [[InsaneTrollLogic you're fine.]] If they don't like the direction you're trying to take things, they'll pistol-whip you or escalate things beyond your control. Follow their directions, and you might live. Maybe. They ''will'' get what they are looking for, no matter what (unless the BigDamnHeroes show up, but don't count on that), and you can't stop them. OR... if they're looking for revenge, they'll force you into a situation that's a danger to your life, just to see you suffer. (e.g. a rock tied to your feet to drag you to the bottom of a body of water, or in the path of a machine's dangerous mechanisms) They may even find ways to silence you. (e.g. keeping you hostage, taking away your method of calling for help, etc.)
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21	Other times, they may have their cronies train their guns on the hapless victims, rather than the character-in-question doing it themselves.
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23	If the character being threatened is the sort who doesn't know the danger they're in, or they're ObfuscatingStupidity, they may employ the "PointThatSomewhereElse" trope, which may only serve to make the antagonizing character more angry as they shove the gun barrel back into their victim's face. If this kind of baddie is in a kid's movie, there's no cause for alarm; since [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily they're not very bright and restricted by a PG rating]], such versions are always content to just point the gun really hard at people, but will never get around to actually firing it.
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25	This character may use the ClickHello trope, although it's not necessary. Subtrope of TriggerHappy. Contrast NinetiesAntiHero. If they're a grizzled military official, expect them to be a GeneralRipper. If they're of the particularly nasty type of villain, expect them to receive LaserGuidedKarma. In general, expect them to be TheWhyWaitCombatant, too. Should they be FauxAffablyEvil, they may also be a SoftSpokenSadist. Usually made as a HateSink character for a series, or for a particular episode, just for the audience to metaphorically boo and hiss at.
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28	!!Examples:
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32	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
33	* ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}'': Rushana Tendo is constantly faced with small-minded pushy people who use guns casually, where she has deliberately made the draw on her trigger as tough as possible, so that she cannot fire without "feeling the weight of a life". She doesn't usually shoot to kill, preferring to settle things peacefully and with a smile. But she takes a very grim view of those who bandy guns about casually.
34	-->'''Rushuna:''' You don't get a smile.
35	* ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'': Several of the villains that Vash faces are this, with the greatest example being the QuirkyMinibossSquad, the Gung-Ho Guns, who explicitly are out to kill anything that moves purely to make [[FriendToAllLivingThings Vash]] suffer and try to force him to forsake his [[BadassPacifist pacifist]] beliefs by making him [[DeathSeeker kill them]]. For the most part, Vash is able to stop them with ease.
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38	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
39	* Clayton from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' is an [[SmugSnake arrogant, condescending]] jungle tracker who offered to be a guide to Archimedes and Jane Porter as they searched for gorillas to study in the wild but his true desire is to [[EvilPoacher capture said gorillas]], who are Tarzan's adoptive family, and sell them on the black market back in England. He carries a double barrel shotgun that he uses to threaten people with when he shows his true colours and also [[PistolWhipping beats Tarzan with the butt of the gun]] in rage when Tarzan insults him as he is [[HairTriggerTemper quick to anger]].
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42	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
43	* ''Film/AirForceOne'': Igor Kroshunov (Gary Oldman), a loyalist to captured rogue neo-Soviet dictator Ivan Radek, is already unstable, and willing to kill innocents on-board the titular plane, should the U.S. government or President Marshall not release Radek from prison. In fact, Kroshunov gets quite a high body count before he is defeated.
44	-->'''Ivan Korshunov''': I understand that Air Force One can refuel in mid-air. Well we need fuel, and we need it now.[[note]]after [[ActionPolitician President Marshall]] sabotaged the plane by dumping most of its fuel to try to make them land[[/note]]\
45	'''Vice President Kathryn Bennett''': I'm sure we can come to some kind of arrangement. If you land the plane we'll trade fuel for hostages.\
46	'''Ivan Korshunov''': This is bullshit! It's simple physics. Without fuel the plane crashes, [''scoffs''] everybody dies!\
47	'''Vice President Kathryn Bennett''': We're trying to do everything we can.\
48	'''Ivan Korshunov''': Tell me what I want to hear or I will execute a member of the senior staff and continue killing one hostage ''[[SuddenlyShouting every minute]]'', until the plane ''crashes'', or refueling plane arrive. Well, what do you say?\
49	'''Vice President Kathryn Bennett''': Fuel's on its way.\
50	'''Ivan Korshunov''': Thank you. [''hangs up'']
51	* ''Film/AntMan1'': Darren Cross doesn't just do it with a gun, but with the Yellowjacket suit as well; he sets a trap for Scott Lang in the chamber holding the Yellowjacket suit, then berates Hank Pym for being distrusting of him, where he motions for his henchmen to pull guns on Hank. Hope, Hank's daughter, tries to plead with Cross, as he's been mentally destabilized by the knockoff Pym particles he's synthesized. Later, after a microscopic fight with Scott, Cross takes Scott's daughter hostage at home, ready to use the Yellowjacket's weapons on her.
52	* In ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'', [[BigBad Eric Qualen]] and his gang must be the most trigger-happy band of crooks that have ever appeared in a DieHardOnAnX movie, with almost every one of their scenes having them shooting at people, threatening to shoot people (including [[NoHonorAmongThieves each other]]) or just [[NoisyGuns constantly clicking off the guns' safeties]].
53	* In ''Film/DumbAndDumber'', at the climax of the film Nicholas Andre (the man who kidnapped Mary's husband, causing the whole plot to happen) decides enough is enough, takes Lloyd and Mary hostage with a .38 with full intent [[LeaveNoWitnesses to shoot them dead to cover his tracks after he takes the money and sets up a getaway flight]] (and after he discovers that Lloyd and Harry spent all the ransom money he roars that Lloyd is a dead man). He also shoots Harry (who is saved only by the FBI giving him a BulletproofVest), he looks like he is going to immediately follow up with Lloyd and Mary when the FBI barges in.
54	* Otto in ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'' is brought onto George's gang specifically to be a "weapons man", but turns out to be a greedy {{jerkass}} who schemes with his girlfriend Wanda to screw the other thieves over. His arrogance and short temper even grate on Wanda, as well as put their plan at risk, until [[spoiler:she gives up on him and runs off with George's lawyer]].
55	* In ''Film/NationalTreasure'', it's not the main villain Ian Howe, but one of his henchmen, who pulls out the gun: In the scene on-board the ''Charlotte'', Ian loses his patience when Ben Gates is unwilling to attempt to steal the Declaration of Independence for the next clue in the treasure hunt, and has his henchman Shaw pull a gun on Ben's friend Riley.
56	* ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'': Commander Kruge, during the final hours of the Genesis planet. He beams down to personally get the secret of the Genesis Torpedo from Kirk, and basically becomes a CommanderContrarian. At disruptor-point, he forces the ''Enterprise'' crew to beam up to his Bird-of-Prey, sans Kirk and Spock (the latter simply to be petty), and gives Kirk the ultimatum of revealing Genesis, or dying with the self-destructing planet.
57	--> '''Kruge:''' Drop all weapons!\
58	''[Kirk throws his phaser away]''\
59	'''Kruge:''' ''[motioning with disruptor]'' Over there! All but Kirk!\
60	''[the'' Enterprise ''crew all group away from Kirk and the unconscious Spock]''\
61	'''Kruge:''' ''[activates communicator]'' Maltz! Prisoners at beam coordinates!\
62	'''Kirk:''' You should take the Vulcan, too!\
63	'''Kruge:''' '''''NO!'''''\
64	'''Kirk:''' But why?!\
65	'''Kruge:''' Because you wish it!\
66	''[beat]''\
67	'''Kruge:''' ''[activates communicator]'' matlh! jol yIchu'! ("Maltz, beam up the prisoners!")\
68	''[The'' Enterprise ''crew disappears]''\
69	'''Kruge:''' Genesis...! I want it!\
70	'''Kirk:''' Beam the Vulcan up, and we'll talk.\
71	'''Kruge:''' Give me what I want, and I'll consider it.\
72	'''Kirk:''' You fool, look around you! The planet's destroying itself!\
73	'''Kruge:''' Yes, exhilarating, isn't it?!\
74	'''Kirk:''' If we don't help each other, we'll die here.\
75	'''Kruge:''' Perfect! Then that's the way it shall be!
76	* ''Film/RoboCop1987'': Emil Antonowsky, one of crime-lord [[BigBad Clarence Boddicker's]] cronies, robs a gas station one night, and also forces the the innocent station attendant at gunpoint, who was doing his math homework, to give him free gasoline for his motorcycle. It doesn't simply end there, however, as Emil starts to get a bit trigger-happy, looking for an excuse to pop off a few rounds as he's talking to the clerk. The clerk keeps quiet and simply nods or shakes his head, to keep from ticking him off. Unfortunately, [[SubterfugeJudo Emil doesn't take well to his attempts to get]] [[MortonsFork around his threat.]] Fortunately, [=RoboCop=] arrives just in time.
77	-->'''Emil:''' ''[noticing the book]'' Hey, man, what you reading in there?
78	-->''[The clerk quickly shows him the "Plane Geometry" book he has]''
79	-->'''Emil:''' ''[laughing, mocking]'' You a college boy or something?!
80	-->''[The clerk only nods in fear, not speaking]''
81	-->'''Emil:''' ''[laughs]'' I'll bet you think you're smart. ''[brandishes his automatic rifle and aims it]'' Think you could outsmart a bullet?
82	-->'''Emil''': What do you say we find out, huh? ''[He kicks the wall, quickly losing patience]'' '''[[SuddenlyShouting I'm]]''' '''''[[SuddenlyShouting talking]]''''' '''[[SuddenlyShouting to you!! What do you say, huh? Huh?!]]'''
83	-->''[The clerk shakes his head in fear, still quiet]''
84	-->''[Emil kicks the wall again]''
85	-->'''Emil:''' ''[enraged, no pretense of humor]'' '''''[[SuddenlyShouting I'M TALKING TO YOU!!!]]'''''
86	-->'''[=RoboCop=]:''' ''[now out of car, pistol aimed]'' '''''DROP IT!'''''
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89	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
90	* Happens many times in ''Series/DoctorWho'':
91	** The Daleks are this, of a sort. They are very commanding, they won't hesitate to use their energy weapons, and, of course, being in those giant robotic shells, are, of course, very pushy.
92	** The Doctor and Jo encounter a whole ''prison'' full of them in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]]". The Doctor even gets in a PointThatSomewhereElse, when he returns, previously unknowing that the prison has been commandeered, when one of the prisoners shoves a loaded rifle in his face. (When the prisoner tries to intimidate him in being taken captive, the Doctor replies that was planning on going into the prison anyways.) The main secondary villain, convict Harry Mailer, is one of these personified, as he takes no guff, and has very little patience. Mailer's ready to shoot the Doctor dead when Jo tries to disable him at the end of Episode 5, only saved by the timely appearance of the Brigadier.
93	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons The Daemons]]": Two in one serial. First, Garvin, the verger (attendant) of the Devil's End church, and assistant to the Master for this serial only, is pushy, and holds Benton and Miss Hawthorne at shotgun-point, when he finds them hiding in the caves under the church. Even when Benton gets his mind temporarily scrambled by the mystical tile that Azal uses to appear to the Master, Garvin still tries to force them out at gunpoint, despite Benton being frazzled and disorientated. Later Bert, the leader of the May Day festival, becomes this when The Doctor passes through after being attacked by one of the Master's assassins. The Doctor tries to get past them, but the Morris Dancers, following Bert's lead, slowly but surely keep him from escaping; first subtly, then more and more brashly, until the Doctor is forcefully restrained, and Bert shoves a loaded pistol in his face. He only gets more and more pushy when he accuses the Doctor of being a Black Witch. Eventually, when the Doctor starts to prove he isn't an evil being with magical powers, the townsfolk at the celebration start to turn on Bert.
94	--->'''Bert:''' [[ThatWasntARequest You're being invited to join our May Day revels, Doctor!]] I'm sure you don't want disappoint us or Mr. [[MeaningfulName Magister]].[[note]]The Master under a false name.[[/note]]
95	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E2CarnivalOfMonsters Carnival of Monsters]]": The Inter Minorians become this of a sort, when they, as somewhat xenophobic as they are, keep Vorg and Shirna, two carnival swindlers, from leaving, by pointing an energy weapon at the two of them, when their Miniscope (in essence, a micro zoo of actual creatures and beings) starts to break down. Later, Vorg even tries to get the one pointing the weapon at them to PointThatSomewhereElse, which only serves to irritate him.
96	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionOfTheDinosaurs Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]": General Finch becomes this when Sarah-Jane Smith tries to reveal the conspiracy of "Operation: Golden Age", a plan that would RetGone the entire human race from existence. She thinks that Finch is neutral and unknowing of the conspiracy, until he pulls a gun on her, as one can see in the image for the this trope page. (Although, Finch doesn't actually say the provided caption.)
97	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil Planet of Evil]]": Seemingly crossing over with InsaneAdmiral (of a sort), Salamar, the Controller[[note]]presumably the far-future equivalent of Captain[[/note]] of the rescue expedition to retrieve a mining exploration unit, is this. His orders are always wrong, he is quick to blame the Doctor and Sarah-Jane, and is over-zealous about doling out his own version of justice on them over circumstantial evidence; Especially when one of the many killings in the episode happens on the bridge, far away from the sickbay, where Salamar plans to eject them into space in caskets. Plus, he always asserts his authority as a Controller. Thankfully, [[LaserGuidedKarma he bites the dust when Sorenson's animalistic form drains the life from out of his body]], and Vishinsky takes over as Controller.
98	--->'''Vishinsky:''' You're out of your mind!
99	--->'''Salamar:''' ''[holding a laser pistol, a handheld neutron accelerator, and craze in his eyes]'' OH NO...! No. This is leadership! Strong action! That's why ''I'M CONTROLLER!'' '''Open that hatch!!!'''
100	--->''[A guard moves in to incapacitate him, and Salamar shoots him dead.]''
101	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E6TheSeedsOfDoom The Seeds of Doom]]": Scorby is this right from the get-go, and he's not even been wronged. He's described as "efficient" by his botany-mad employer, the villain of the serial, Harrison Chase. When Scorby goes to the Antarctic expedition camp to retrieve the excavated Krynoid plant pod, he holds the Doctor and Sarah-Jane hostage at gunpoint, demanding to know where the Krynoid that took Winlett's form has gone.
102	* ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'': [[MeaningfulName Gun]] Boss Sambash is a particular big example, he's a trigger-happy gun-wielding general serving Captain Zahab and leader of the Sambash Majin Gang who often is at odds with the eldest member of the pirates, Bucrates, for his trigger-happy and reckless attitude. He is defined by loving to kill others for fun and is quick to resort to using his guns with lethal intent when angered. Furthermore he's also selfish, cowardly and dishonorable in stark contrast to the other villains of the show, going as far as plotting against his fellow villains when he encounters a chest that may contain the Lights of the Galaxy which he believes would make him invincible.
103	* It is not uncommon for the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' team to come across these kinds of villains. Eliot usually ends up dealing with them.
104	** An early example is from "The Bank Shot Job", where a group of meth dealers have kidnapped a woman to force her son to recoup their losses for a missing shipment. One of the gang members goes to pistol whip the tied-up woman as she tries to escape. Eliot, however, catches his hand, and asks him an important question.
105	--->'''Eliot Spencer:''' What smells like crank and screams like a little girl? ''[cue [[CurbStompBattle epic beatdown]]]''
106	** In "The Miracle Job", Eliot and Hardison are tasked with finding the people who beat up a local priest and finding out who paid them to do so. They run afoul of a gang, and the gang leader pulls a gun on Eliot. Eliot comments to Hardison that it's why he hates guns, and it ends up with the gang leader's own gun pointed squarely at his crotch.
107	--->'''Eliot:''' They have a specific range of efficacy. Most people, they make one mistake. They get too close.
108	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
109	** "Return of the Archons": Subverted at first, but later played straight; the law enforcement on Beta III, under the command of [[spoiler:the A.I.-programmed version of]] Landru, are pushy, but not quick to threaten the Enterprise crew when they resist arrest. Later, though, they learn and ''do'' threaten the crew with death if they do not follow.
110	** "Mirror, Mirror": Almost everyone in the Mirror Universe is like this. Mirror!Spock gets his chance to become one when he holds Kirk at phaserpoint in the transporter room while trying to rig it for his, Bones', Uhura's, and Scotty's escape back to our own universe.
111	** "The Omega Glory": Captain Ron Tracey of the ''U.S.S. Exeter'' becomes this, partly because of his desperation to find what he thinks is a fountain of youth. He forces the Enterprise crew who had previously beamed over to the infected ''Exeter''[[note]]which had a virus that would dessicate any infected crewmembers into crystals[[/note]] to figure out what the secret behind the long life of the planet's inhabitants is. Unfortunately for him, there is no life-extending serum to isolate; the inhabitants live long because they evolved to do so. Knowing that this was all for nothing, from sacrificing his crew to being attacked by the opposing tribe on the planet, he becomes even more pushy and unstable.
112	** "Bread and Circuses": Subverted, but still, Claudius Marcus is this, given that he is essentially the analogue to an ancient Roman emperor. He holds the Enterprise away team hostage (with his guards training their machine guns on them) when they try to escape by beaming up. (when another Starfleet captain who betrayed his crew gives Kirk a communicator)
113	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
114	** "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E12Datalore Datalore]]": Lore, already crazed and unstable from the get-go, becomes this upon his first appearance in the series, when Data confronts him with Wesley near the end of the episode, with Dr. Crusher hiding behind a pallet of cargo containers with a phaser:
115	--->'''Data:''' How sad, dear brother. You make me wish I were an only child.\
116	'''Lore:''' ''[sees Wesley]'' Then why this marvelous gift? The troublesome little man-child. ''[with a wide-eyed {{Stepford Smile\|r}} at Wesley]'' Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned, little man?\
117	''[Dr. Crusher steps out from behind the containers with her phaser]''\
118	'''Crusher:''' ''[threatening]'' If you take one step toward my son...\
119	'''Lore:''' ''[sarcastically]'' Ah, motherhood.\
120	''[Lore grabs Data, pushes him into Crusher and grabs the phaser from her]''\
121	'''Lore:''' ''[equally threatening]'' Back off, or I'll turn your little man into a torch.\
122	[...]\
123	'''Data:''' I will stay with Wesley, Doctor.\
124	'''Lore:''' Go! Or he'll be shrieking by the count of five. ''[motions threateningly with the phaser]'' One, two, three, four...\
125	''[Beverly starts running]''\
126	[...]\
127	'''Lore:'''...Wait! A small payment for your son's misdeeds. ''[he fires the phaser at Crusher anyways, hitting her in the shoulder, where her coat catches on fire as she's running; Data catches Lore's arm and they begin fighting]''
128	** The Romulan military seem to claim this trope as one of their hats. Before ''[[Film/StarTrekNemesis Nemesis]]'', their soldiers are ready to kill, and will shoot anyone who gets in their way. As seen in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E7TheEnemy The Enemy]]", when Geordi is separated from the away team, a Romulan officer who is in the same predicament as Geordi tries to take him hostage, only for Geordi to vocally point out that neither of them are in any position to fight or be enemies, and that they need to instead work together if they are to survive and get off the planet.
129	** "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E22TheMostToys The Most Toys]]": Kivas Fajo sort of becomes this, if only for a bit, when he decides to try to kill one of his own servants to make the recently-abducted Data comply with his demands. Data only complies to spare her life. When the servant discovers how willing to kill his own loyal workers, and how petulant of a PsychopathicManchild, he is, she decides to attempt an escape with Data. When Fajo catches them in the act, he threatens her, then shoots her anyway, with an energy weapon designed not only to kill, but to make the target greatly suffer in pain as they're dying, then pins the blame on Data, claiming they should have already known the price for disobedience. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Data does not take well to this, and attempts to vaporize Fajo]], only for the Enterprise to beam Data away at literally the last possible second.
130	** "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E16StarshipMine Starship Mine]]": A group of terrorists hijack a gathering while the Enterprise is in spacedock for particle sterilization, looking to sell the unstable waste exhaust products from the Enterprise's engines as an explosive to the highest bidder. Two on the planet's surface take the partygoers hostage (even killing one of them when he questions why they're going overboard like this), while seven others on the Enterprise, disguised as maintenance workers, put their plan into motion. Picard [[ObfuscatingStupidity acts as the ship's barber]], to try to get close and sabotage their plans. The leader of the terrorists on the Enterprise is so abhorrent, that she picks off one of her own [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness after they simply tell her how to disarm the container the volatile waste chemicals are stored in.]]
131	** "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E7Rascals Rascals]]": After four of the Enterprise crew are turned into pre-teen children by some {{Technobabble}}, a group of rogue Ferengi take over the Enterprise, and take everyone hostage. The Ferengi start to force the adults down to a planet's surface to work as slave miners, while the leader of the Ferengi gang threatens Riker at disruptor-point to release the computer security controls and show him exactly how it works.
132	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
133	** The Kazon seem to have taken this trope as their hat, given how gang-like their species is. For example, when they invade and board ''Voyager'', every crew member is forced off the ship in the "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E26S3E1Basics Basics]]" two-parter at disruptor-point.
134	** Seska, being a Cardassian spy, was this, especially ''with'' the Kazon, even after she was killed off. (When she was brought back [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E24WorstCaseScenario in the form of a pre-programmed holocharacter]], and later brought back [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E10Shattered when the ship shattered into various time-zones]].)
135	** "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E19FriendshipOne Friendship One]]": When a vintage United Earth Space Probe Agency satellite, the titular "Friendship One", lands on an alien planet in the Delta Quadrant, the inhabitants study its workings, as well as its matter-antimatter warp engines. Unfortunately, this leads to the planet falling into a nuclear winter-like state after their antimatter-based power grid fails, and causes massive explosions from it coming into contact with normal matter. When Voyager comes to help, one of the planet's inhabitants, Verin, becomes this trope, starting early on in the episode, where he is extremely untrusting of the Voyager crew. So untrusting is he, [[AndThatsTerrible that he takes away a toy]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking from a child, paranoid that it's a weapon. Later, he kills Lt. Joe Carey AS he's transporting up to the ship, trying to make a point to Capt. Janeway.]] Eventually, people start to get tired of Verin's bullshit extreme tactics and paranoia; Otrin, a scientist, takes command, after Verin attempts to destroy Voyager with a set of antimatter warheads, paranoid once again that Voyager is attempting to destroy them, instead of helping to clear the atmosphere. One of the other inhabitants, a woman who has just given birth, whose baby was saved by the EMH Doctor, draws an energy rifle out of desperation on him, ready to shoot if he doesn't deactivate the missiles:
136	--->'''Otrin:''' You can't fire those missiles!\
137	''[Verin pushes Otrin out of the way]''\
138	'''Verin:''' ''Hold him!''\
139	'''Brin (the pregnant woman):''' STOP!\
140	''[the sound of an energy rifle cocking is heard off-screen, and the camera pans over to the once-pregnant woman]''\
141	'''Verin:''' What are you doing?\
142	'''Brin:''' I won't let you ruin our only chance for survival. \
143	'''Verin:''' You'd kill me?\
144	'''Brin:''' ''[she looks over at her baby]'' To save my child... [[BluntYes Yes.]]\
145	'''Verin:''' Get that weapon away from her.\
146	'''Another individual:''' No, sir. ''[he cocks and aims his energy rifle at Verin]''\
147	'''Verin:''' I've kept you alive... '''''ALL OF YOU!'''''\
148	'''Otrin:''' And we're grateful for that! But survival isn't enough anymore!\
149	'''Verin:''' Are you in command now?\
150	''[Otrin looks at everyone in the cave, then back at Verin]''\
151	'''Otrin:''' If I have to be.
152	* ''Series/{{MacGyver\|1985}}'': More often than not, and too many times to count, [=MacGyver=] and anyone else he's with on the adventure-of-the-week would be staring down the barrel of a pistol carried by the exploiting, dictatorial, vengeful, or just plain nasty hot-headed villain-of-the-week. Sometimes, just to be a jerkass, they'll also put him and their victims in a slowly-advancing trap, or just make them suffer through an agonizing torture. [[ArchEnemy Murdoch]] is a notable example because it is hard to top that time he chased Mac armed with a [[KillItWithFire flamethrower]].
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156	* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Pico}} Pico's School]]'', Cassandra spends her screentime either madly waving her gun around or shooting people. Her last scene even has her shoot her reinforcements dead just to prove she doesn't need anyone else's help dealing with Pico.
157	* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', Jesiah Black is heavily implied to have been a combination of this, GeneralRipper, LeeroyJenkins, and the supertrope TriggerHappy (and anything else related to that trope) [[spoiler: as a Solaris general]], still remaining a GunNut even after his HeelFaceTurn against TheEmpire, just dropping the "villain" part of the trope.
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161	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
162	** WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam may as well be one of the [[UrExample ur-examples]] of this kind of character (even if he's PlayedForLaughs): his standard response to Bugs trying to swindle him is to draw his six-shooters and tell Bugs to not try any funny business. (Of course, Bugs does so anyway, leading to a very karmic and ''painful'' resolution for Sam.)
163	** WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd is another ur-example, also played for laughs. In his hunter's outfit, he's pushy to both WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, and usually will fire his shotgun in their direction. He'll always get Daffy in the face if he shoots directly at him, but always in a comedic manner. (e.g. Daffy's beak will be blown off, but [[AshFace his face will be nothing but black]], or his beak will spin around his face from the blast.)
164	** Rocky the gangster (who notably is built to {{Homage}} Creator/EdwardGRobinson) is a [[TheNapoleon Napoleonic]] gangster who loves to pull out his .45 and point it to the face of anything that hinders or annoys him (except for his bumbling henchmen, those he prefers [[DopeSlap to beat up]] instead). He actually manages [[TheBadGuyWins to win]] in the short "Golden Yeggs" by being incredibly intimidating to Daffy Duck and even forces Daffy to make a golden egg ([[AchievementsInIgnorance a complete impossibility because Daffy wasn't the one who could make golden eggs in his farm]]) by blowing away the feathers off the top of his head.
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