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== Films ==
* The Mobile Infantry in ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' have rifles that come with underbarrel shotguns and nuclear rocket launchers, yet they seem to rely almost entirely on their rifles' regular firing mode—even when faced with instances where such weapons would be most effective, such as close combat with the Bugs or when facing a horde of thousands of bunched-together aliens charging their fixed positions.
* In ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', Gaston has a reputation of an expert marksman. In his [[Villain Song]], he demonstrates his skill by twirling his blunderbuss and shooting it three times in rapid succession, and in an earlier scene, proves he can use it with pinpoint accuracy while hunting birds. Oddly, for some reason he doesn't bring it for the [[Final Battle]], opting to use a bow and arrow while confronting Beast. Naturally, it doesn't end well for him.
* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Return of the King]]'', Gandalf rescues Faramir and his retreating troops by using his staff to shine a bright light at the Nazgûl, which scares them away. One might wonder how come he doesn't do that every other time the Nazgûl are around...
** Commented by several cast members on the audio commentary. [[Ian McKellen]] mentions bringing the trope up to [[Peter Jackson]], who shrugged and told him he used up all the batteries when he saved Faramir, and the shops in Minas Tirith were all out.
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* Everyone who isn't a part of the Fire Nation suffers from this in ''[[The Last Airbender]]''. Unlike [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|the series]], Firebenders (who aren't masters) need an available source of fire in order to bend it. This is all well and good, except none of the other characters ever ''put them out!'' Taken to truly ridiculous extremes when several Firebenders are literally bending from a single source they could not conceivably protect.
** The Fire Nation imprisonment of the Eath-benders. In the show it was completely justified as they were on a metallic platform in the middle of the ocean. In the movie, they're at a mine. As in, surrounded by dirt and rocks. And they outnumber their Fire Nation guards by a minimum of a dozen to one. The very weak "their spirits are broken" excuse is washed away by a speech that boils down to "You're Earth-benders. You're completely surrounded by dirt and rocks. DO SOMETHING." They effectively imprisoned a bunch of soldiers, made them use their loaded guns to dig holes, and the soldiers never thought to shoot.
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