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** Several guns are left intact however, but are slightly redesigned to look less like real guns. One particular trap card features an old fashioned flintlock, in the japanese version, that was covered in gold ornaments for the international release.
** There's also the henchmen who had their guns removed and were considered threatening because they were ''pointing'' at someone. This was parodied several times in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'', which was made with the edited footage, where the [[Mooks]] were clearly holding edited-out guns:
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'''Tristan:''' Bakura! Don't be a hero! They've got invisible guns! }}
*** The [[Mooks]] even discuss it during [[The Stinger]].
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** A later episode included a goon holding Grandpa at gunpoint. The editors had apparently learned their lesson from the above example: the [[Mooks]] just weren't intimidating armed with only their fingers. They hadn't learned it well enough, however, as they replaced this guy's gun with... a ''slingshot''.
** In the Japanese version of ''Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds'', some character wield realistic-looking guns, but to remain child friendly, these guns shoot "lazer beams" in one arc, and in another arc in the next season, six-shot revolver style guns shoot "Stun Cannons". To be fair, ''5Ds'' does take place in the future, and in one scene the laser beam completely dismembered a mans arm.
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== Literature ==
* The Random House novelizations of ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' comics have an... ''odd'' view of what is or isn't to be censored. In one story, what was a bullet from a normal gun is changed to an "energy ray" from a futuristic blaster... but an alternate-future Wolverine's zapping by a Sentinel in "Days of Future Past" was described as follows:
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''"Eyearrrgh!"''
The most fearless X-Man let out a horrendous, bloodcurdling scream and then he fell to the ground. The blast destroyed him and left behind only a smoking adamantium skeleton.
Wolverine was dead.]] }}
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* Parodied by ''[[Wonderella]]'' in the comic [http://nonadventures.com/2011/03/05/censory-overload/ CENSORY Overload].
** The comics news feed mentions the inspiration for this:
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* ''[[Amazing Super Powers]]'' explored the limits of this in [http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/hc/12012008/ this hidden comic].
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** In the episode "The Tomato from the Black Lagoon", Zoltan and the Gang of Five were piloting warplanes and attacking Chad, F.T., and Tara with live ammo. Chad tells Tara [[Genre Savvy|that kids should not use guns]], have to use their fingers instead!
** In another episode, "Streets of Ketchup", after Chad and Tara gets assaulted by tomatoes, Chad reaches into a shrub, and whips out a pair of guns. [[Media Watchdogs|The Censor Lady]] raises a fuss, but Chad tells her that they are ''water guns'', loaded with salt water. However, the water sprayed onto her reveals a well-delivered [[Take That]]:
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'''Chad:''' Nah, a prune... now we're gonna hear from the ''Prune'' Board! }}
* Although ''[[Static Shock]]'' mostly plays the trope straight, exceptions were occasionally made for particularly serious episodes, such as the Pilot (where Virgil is almost goaded into murdering a tormentor), an episode dealing with school violence, and another dealing with his mother's death.
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* In ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police (animation)|The Adventures of Sam and Max: Freelance Police]]'', the title characters never got to use their guns, but they did use all manner of [[Stuff Blowing Up|explosives]] and blunt instruments, and the occasional flamethrower. Even so, the roach terrorist at the end of "Bad Day On The Moon" uses a realistically-drawn AK, although it's never fired.
* The American ''[[Street Fighter (animation)|Street Fighter]]'' animated series has an episode featuring a Chinese drug cartel using laser guns. Also in the "[[Final Fight]]" episode, Belger uses a wheelchair equipped with missiles and lasers instead of his bowgun.
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* For some reason, the human [[Cowboy Cop]] reluctant ally of ''[[The Mighty Ducks (animation)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' also has a laser pistol. Then again, criminals in this series seem to be able to get their hands on rather exotic futuristic weapons, so we can [[Fan Wank|probably say it's]] [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]].
* This trope is part of the reason why the ''[[Rambo]]'' franchise was able to be turned into [[Rambo the Force of Freedom|a cartoon]], despite its trademark violence and Vietnam setting.
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