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* Erik Scott de Bie once mentioned a trend in his books: "[http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12551#267416 I just got why all my annoying NPC wizard villains carried around blasting scepters... compensating, you know.]"
* Used hilariously in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Harry has a standard revolver (it's really the only gun he can use), while [[Psycho for Hire]] Kincaid has an entire trunkful of weapons of all different sizes, all clearly built for this exact sort of mission. Harry looks at Kincaid's guns, looks at his gun, then looks Kincaid in the eye and says "[[Invoked Trope|My dick is bigger than your dick.]]."
* Invoked for humor in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[The Number of the Beast]]'':
{{quote|"No, she's absolutely right," said Zeb, patting the enormous pistol at his hip. "This ''is'' a penis substitute. After all, if I could kill at a range of thirty meters with my penis, I wouldn't need to carry this thing around, now would I?"}}
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