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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Occurs in ''[[One Piece]]'', where Usopp's childhood friend Kaya draws a flintlock from her cloak and points it at her traitorous butler, who is the main villain of the arc. The butler recounts seemingly happy memories with her, takes away the gun, and dismisses all of those times as "endured" and "humiliating".
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* Subverted at the end of ''[[Vibes]]''. Nick ([[Jeff Goldblum]]) has the [[Big Bad]] held at bay with an M-16.
{{quote|'''Dr. Steele''': Have you even held a machine gun before?
'''Nick''': [[Blatant Lies|Sure, lots of times. I was captain of the Automatic Weapons Team in high school.]]
'''Dr. Steele''' ''(starts inching forward)'': Don't lie to me. You wouldn't know how to use that thing if you tried.
''(Nick points the gun up and fires a few bursts into the air. Steele instantly jumps backwards to where he started.)''
'''Nick''': Oh, I dunno. Seems pretty simple to me. }}
* Nicely [[Lampshaded]] and subverted in [[True Grit]]
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