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** It's also the attack Mecha Birdo pulls out after you destroy its antenna.
* ''[[Defense Grid the Awakening]]'' partially averts this: Laser towers fire continuous beams that heat up the aliens and continue to do damage after they leave the laser's range. This heat damage is extra effective against the fast aliens, the Racer and the Rumbler. But the tower fires a laser [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|the same color as it]]: green for level 1, amber for level 2 and red for level 3; in [[Real Life]] the green laser would be the strongest and the red would be the weakest.
* [[Mega Man 2|Quick Man's]] [[That One Level
* The ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series. There's just too many examples to list.
* [[Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar]]. (Yes, a description [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|seems superfluous]].)
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== Web Comics ==
* Khrima in ''[[Adventurers!]]'' loves laser beams.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100701183908/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20020520.html A little bit too much...]
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100628012042/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20060204.html make that ''far'' too much]
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Riff regularly carries a laser cannon around whenever it looks like trouble might be brewing.
* Subverted in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' as most of the characters, with the exception of Sergeant Schlock who prefers a plasma cannon, tend to use projectile weapons. The reasoning for this is explained in the footnote for [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20001029.html This comic].
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* [[Derelict (webcomic)|Derelict]] [http://derelictcomic.com/?strip_id=23 A UV weapon]—that glows in the visible range, similar to the ultraviolet anti-vampire bullets in ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]''.
* ''[[Galactic Maximum]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20141102050026/http://maximumcomic.com/?strip_id=0 The opening fight]
* In ''[[Minion Comics]]'' the minions are given a plan: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120904142100/http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=621 "Run in there and shoot lasers everywhere."]
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