Friendly Sniper: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Snipin's a good job, mate. It's challenging work, out of doors; I guarantee you'll not go 'ungry."''|'''The Sniper''', ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''}}

 

 

Of course, his light attitude doesn't mean he isn't good at what he does. In battle, he's a [[Badass]] who's able to snipe and hit ''anything'' courtesy of his [[Improbable Aiming Skills]].

 

 

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* Kurz Weber from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' is a former fashion model, [[Lovable Sex Maniac]], and generally a sociable and talkative guy who, when temporarily assigned to cover bodyguarding Kaname in Sousuke's place, introduced himself directly to her and her friend, playing [[Funny Foreigner]] and getting the girls to take him out for karaoke. True to the trope, he's also an expert sniper who once managed to take out a [[Humongous Mecha]]'s machine gun by firing into its barrel... from the bed of a speeding pickup truck. The [[Light Novels]] eventually reveal that Kurz made a conscious choice to avoid becoming a [[Cold Sniper]] following his training with one of them.

{{quote|'''Kurz:''' This is Uruz 6, I'm in firing position. It's time to party!! *snipe, snipe, snipe*}}

* Nadie in ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]'' is a rather nice and personable girl, who is very very skilled with her pistol and will not hesitate to kill you.

* As a [[Captain Ersatz]] of Kurz, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'''s [[Trope Pantheons/Weapons|Lockon Stratos]] also qualifies - {{spoiler|both of them, but especially the original}}.

== Film ==

* Barry Pepper's [[Southern-Fried Private]] Daniel Jackson (yes, [[Stargate SG-1|that's the character's name]]) from ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''. Jackson is like this to his squadmates, but to the Germans he casually picks off while quoting the Bible, he's a lot [[Cold Sniper|colder]].

* Michael McCandles in ''[[Big Jake]]''. He won't kill humans or animals, except for food (in the case of the latter) or in self-defense (in the case of the former). He is also polite and respectful to his father, despite the fact that said father [[Parental Abandonment|walked out on him during his youth]].

* School Boy from the fourth ''[[Rambo]]'' film.

* Excellen Browning of [[Super Robot Wars]], [[Cool Big Sis]], [[Bottle Fairy]], and rather goofy person all around. She also can shoot down a nuke without blowing it up.

* Irvine Kinneas in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' initially talks a pretty good game about "the loneliness of the sharpshooter"... when he's not [[Chivalrous Pervert|hitting on all of the girls]] one right after the other. Once he's integrated himself properly into the party, he proves to be [[The Heart]] of the team.

* The ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' Sniper is an odd case; on your team, he's this. On the other team, he's the [[Cold Sniper]], in much the same way that the Heavy is [[The Big Guy]] while on your team but [[The Brute]] while on the other team. This is exemplified by the fact that he is given the page quote both above and and on the [[Cold Sniper]] page.

{{quote|"Feelings? Know who has a lot of feelings? Blokes who bludgeon the wife to death with a golf trophy. Professionals have STANDARDS. Be polite. Be efficient. Have a plan to kill everyone you meet."}}