A-Team Firing: Difference between revisions

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* Battle sequences in various incarnations of ''[[Star Wars]]'' are filled with rainbows of laser fire, but rarely do any non-clone/non-stormtrooper/droid characters get hit. This sometimes leads to particularly ridiculous moments where multiple Jedi characters [[Talking Is a Free Action|casually converse with each other on ground zero]].

** Look at the Battle of Geonosis. In the mobs of the CIS and Republic armies you can see stuff being destroyed or soldiers getting killed. The [[Expanded Universe]] confirms that, yes, lots of Jedi also died in the battle.

* The [[B Movie|lousy]] action flick ''[[Deep Rising]]'' has the good guy miss every shot while trying to blast a villain with a machine gun -- from about twenty feet away. His partner shows equally crappy marksmanship when he pops up behind her suddenly -- from about ''ten'' feet away.

* The [[B-Movie|lousy]] action flick ''[[Deep Rising]]'' has the good guy miss every shot while trying to blast a villain with a machine gun -- from about twenty feet away. His partner shows equally crappy marksmanship when he pops up behind her suddenly -- from about ''ten'' feet away.

* During the climax of ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'', {{spoiler|one of the protagonists survives a shot to the chest and empties a pistol at the villain from a few feet away, prompting the quote: [[Lampshade Hanging|"Harry! You're alive!... And you're a terrible shot!"]] Justified, as Harry was at the time working for the FBI. They were only trying to arrest the villain, so might as well hire a complete idiot to do the job.}}

* Parodied mercilessly in the film ''[[UHF (Film)|UHF]]'' in which [[Weird Al Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al Yankovic]] as [[Rambo]] slowly stares down the man firing at him, slowly takes an arrow out of his quiver, slowly nocks it, and slowly raises his arm to shoot the arrow, only for the camera to switch to a wide cut so we can see the evil man who has been firing the Uzi non-stop for about 4 minutes now is standing three feet away.

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* [[Played for Drama]] in the [[Dale Brown]] book ''Executive Intent''. {{spoiler|A [[Kill Sat]] is used to try and take out terrorists who have commandeered ballistic missiles, but misses and kills many civilians.}} Things get worse.

* Seen in ''[[Malevil]]'' when the castle comes under siege. Discipline fails for both the defenders and the attackers. Malevil opens fire when the gates are breached but before the enemy enters the [[Death Course]], the invaders go prone and open fire despite not seeing any of the defenders. Both sides waste precious ammunition firing at ''nothing'' before their commanders can get them back under control.

* In the ''[[~~Sixteen Thirty Two~~]]'' series, Noelle Murphy (later known as Noelle Stull) is a famously poor shot. Including missing an aimed shot at a stationary body from less than seven feet away.

* In the ''[[1632]]'' series, Noelle Murphy (later known as Noelle Stull) is a famously poor shot. Including missing an aimed shot at a stationary body from less than seven feet away.

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* Ryutaros, who controls ''[[Kamen Rider Den O|Kamen Rider Den-O]]'s'' Gun Form, has a tendency to [[Gangsta Style|hold his gun sideways]] and [[Dance Battler|dance while fighting]]. This causes a lot of property damage and very rarely hits the [[Monster of the Week]] it was supposed to.

** However, Ryu never misses with his finisher, which is a single, carefully aimed shot.

* Parodied in ''[[Police Squad]]'', one of which was where the lead and antagonist are missing shots while 1 foot apart before ducking behind cover. Repeated in ''[[The Naked Gun (Film)|The Naked Gun]] 2 1/2''; same distance and same cover.

* Parodied in ''[[Police Squad!]]'', one of which was where the lead and antagonist are missing shots while 1 foot apart before ducking behind cover. Repeated in ''[[The Naked Gun (Film)|The Naked Gun]] 2 1/2''; same distance and same cover.

* While being chased by the laser-zapping [[Monster of the Week]] on ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'', Lister laments "Why don't we ever meet anyone nice?" Cat [[Lampshade Hanging|asks]] "Why don't we ever meet anyone who can shoot straight?"

* Usually averted in ''[[Stargate]]'', where the [[Redshirt Army]] at the very least show a modicum of competence.

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* The MG-42 gunners in ''[[Medal of Honor]]: Allied Assault'' fire aimlessly for several seconds before actually hitting you, at which point they kill you almost instantly. Averted with the other games.

* In ''[[Soldier of Fortune]] II'', automatic weapons are wildly inaccurate at long range in the player's hands, [[Improbable Aiming Skills|but not so]] for the [[Mook|mooks]]. Ditto for other ID Tech 3 engine games, such as ''[[Medal of Honor]]: Allied Assault''.

** Conversely, in the first game, the enemies, excluding the snipers, tend to suffer from [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] syndrome [[Short Range Long Range Weapon|unless at close range]].

** Conversely, in the first game, the enemies, excluding the snipers, tend to suffer from [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] syndrome [[Short-Range Long-Range Weapon|unless at close range]].

* In ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'', kinetics are generally inaccurate compared to energy weapons even at close range. Targeting techs help somewhat.

* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'', bullets fired at Fortune always miss.

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** ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' referenced this directly, with more logical results.

** ''Gotham Knight'' has some fun with this, where Bats tries to run straight at Deadshot while the latter is blazing away with a two-barreled automatic [[Arm Cannon]]... and connects. Cue Deadshot quipping about how this was the first time he had ever seen anyone try to dodge his bullets by running at them.

* In ''[[Zixx]]'', during the virtual reality/game sequences, the heroes will often be chased by [[Mooks]] ineffectively spraying laser fire at them. It tips over from [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] to outright [[A Team Firing]] when the heroes are pinned down, with nowhere to turn and nothing to defend them, with enemy lasers still going in wild directions around their general vicinity, long enough for them [[Talking Is a Free Action|to panic, work out a plan, and get out of there]] without being hit once.

* In ''[[Zixx]]'', during the virtual reality/game sequences, the heroes will often be chased by [[Mooks]] ineffectively spraying laser fire at them. It tips over from [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] to outright [[A-Team Firing]] when the heroes are pinned down, with nowhere to turn and nothing to defend them, with enemy lasers still going in wild directions around their general vicinity, long enough for them [[Talking Is a Free Action|to panic, work out a plan, and get out of there]] without being hit once.

* [[Lampshade|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Stroker and Hoop]]'' where Hoop explains that he "always aims just slightly above the head" to avoid actually killing someone. This lampshade then leads to a ''[[Subversion]]'' where Hoop manages to actually kill someone despite aiming slightly above their heads.

** Subverted in another episode where the only time Stroker and Hoop actually manage to shoot someone is when their guns discharge after being dropped.