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{{quote|''"I varn you, if you don't lie on the floor... I vill have to stun you."''|'''Commander Pavel Chekov''', ''[[Star Trek IV: theThe Voyage Home]]''}}
 
The [[Ray Gun|phaser]] carried by Ensign Pavel Chekov in ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]''. Completely unremarkable, and of no significance whatsoever, unlike '''[[Chekhov's Gun]]'''.
 
See also ''[[Gray's Anatomy]]''.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' has one noteworthy example of [[Chekov's Gun]], carried by Ensign Pavel Chekov for the majority of episodes in which he appeared. It rarely had any effect on the surrounding plot.
** His gun reappears in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''' "Trials and Tribble-ations", which used archive footage of a TOS episode.
** Subverted in ''[[Star Trek: theThe Animated Series]]''; since the rest of the regular cast from the original series appears in animated form, one might expect Chekov and his phaser to appear as well, but they do not.
** Averted in ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'', where there are phaser guns, but none of them are owned by Chekov.
** Played with in "Spectre Of The Gun," wherein Chekov carries a revolver, rather than a phaser.
* Averted in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
* [[Not a Subversion|Subverted]] in ''[[Babylon Five5]]'', where it is actually ''Alfred Bester's'' Gun, and was a PPG (Phased Plasma Gun) rather than a phaser.
* Implied in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' where Colonel Chekov obviously used a gun in the backstory, but did not actually use one in the actual series.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan]]'', Chekov points his gun at Kirk, but resists the orders of Khan. He screams, clutches his ear and collapses.
* In ''[[Star Trek IV: theThe Voyage Home]]'', Chekov attempted to escape from captivity by threatening to use his gun (see pagequote). However, it misfired and he was forced to flee after [[Throw-Away Guns|throwing the useless gun]] at one of his captors.
* Averted in [[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|the latest film]].
* Played with in ''[[Terminator]] Salvation'', where Anton Yelchin has a gun.
 
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* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' [[Deconstruction|Deconstructs]] this. [[Not a Subversion|Not]]. This trope was deconstructed when thousands of Chekovs worldwide turned into tang, but their guns did not.
* In volume 2 of ''Star Trek: The Manga'', Chekov appears and fires the ''Enterprise'''s [[Wave Motion Gun|orbital phaser]] multiple times.
* Subverted in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. There's a gun, but it clearly belongs to Mana.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Narrowly averted by ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]''. Captain Che'''n'''kov's gun is just an [[BFG|ordinary bolt pistol]].
 
== [[TV Tropes]] ==
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