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While the title of this trope is misfire-specific, do note that it applies to any type of failure to work on the gun's part.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!|Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid]]'', Xia Yu Lan's gun jams while she's trying to kill Kaname. She quickly and methodically clears the jam and resumes firing, averting some other tropes associated with gun jams, but the momentary reprieve saves Kaname's life.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* President [[Andrew Jackson]] survived an assassination attempt when ''both'' of the would-be assassin's pistols misfired. Interestingly, both pistols were examined and determined to be in working order. [[Cracked.com|
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