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** To be fair, the missiles and such serve an actual purpose at one point in ''1.0'': at the beginning of Operation Yashima, they are used to distract <s>Ramiel</s> the Sixth Angel while Shinji gets ready to fire the positron rifle.
* Happens way to often in ''[[Gravion|Gravion Zwei]]''. The Military will ignore all requests to kindly sit the fuck down and let the giant robot handle it. The Gravion itself partially follows this trope, for some reason they always try the tiny machine guns first, when even in a real robot show, that weapon would do jack shit.
* Lampshaded in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. Late in the manga, Hawkeye, who
{{quote|'''Hawkeye''': They [guns] don't work on anything these days...}}
** Averted though in the first battle with Sloth. After he makes the terrible mistake of accidentally burrowing into the Badass Army's base, they proceed to rapidly evolve their response to him, starting with guns, then a bazooka, then tank rounds. When that doesn't work, they douse him with chemicals, ram him with several Tanks, and knock him out of the base, the chemicals combined with the frozen weather freezing him near instantly. In the end, Sloth is defeated without an ounce of alchemy being used on him.
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== Fan Works ==
* Averted in the ''[https://tthfanfic.org/Series-461 Compelled - The Buffy/Angelverse Reshaped]'' series by "Hotpoint" -- most demons are perfectly vulnerable to guns, even if some take multiple shots to bring down. And an entire cadre of the activated slayers become outright ''soldiers'', trading off between firearms and melee weapons with ease and calling themselves the "gunslayers". Finally, the Trope Namer is deliberately invoked in chapter 17 of the third story, ''[https://tthfanfic.org/Story-11984/Hotpoint+Compelled+to+Play+with+Destiny.htm Compelled to Play With Destiny]'' when, in a battle in Pylea, Wesley puckishly orders one of the Slayer snipers to take out a flying dragon with a sniper rifle that is actually closer to a small artillery piece (and has a five-found magazine):
{{quote|[A] random thought crossed his mind and despite the gravity of the situation he couldn’t help but grin. ‘Rika’ he said. ‘Chap with wings, five rounds rapid’ he ordered.}}
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