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** Gundam Nadleeh from ''[[Gundam 00]]'' can wield [[Meta Mecha|Virtue]]'s [[Shoulder Cannon|Shoulder Cannons]] like this. The only time it does that though is the one where it [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|dual-wields said cannons and fires a single offhand shot from each]], [[One-Hit Polykill|killing six opponents with a single attack]].
*** The season 2 finale has Lockon's Cherudim engaging Revive's Gadessa which destroys his submachinegun, blowing off the Cherudim's index and middle fingers. When Lockon finally corners his opponent, he pulls out his remaining submachinegun and fires it [[Gangsta Style]] but upside-down, pulling the trigger with his ring finger.
* Death the Kidd from ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'' takes this trope to its logical extreme, holding [[Guns Akimbo]] ''upside down'', firing the weapons with ''his pinkies'' instead of the more conventional index fingers. He can be excused because he's a god with OCD. Also, he sometimes uses them as [
** Holding them upside-down is also useful for blocking melee attacks, since, held right-side-up, one would either have to twist their arms uncomfortably or present their wrists and hands for slicing and dicing to block with a gun. Not that blocking a melee attack with a gun is realistic, but [[Rule of Cool|realism isn't important in a series like this]].
* Natsuki from ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|Mai-HiME]]'' is fond of doing this with her [[Guns Akimbo|pistols]]. They're very small, so they don't have much recoil to begin with, [[Rule of Cool|but hey...]]
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== Literature ==
* A street thug employs this style when threatening Jack in one of F. Paul Wilson's ''Repairman Jack'' books. Jack informs him that it's not a very secure grip ... and proceeds to prove it to the hapless lowlife.
* In Roberto Saviano's non-fiction book ''[
* Alas, the [[Andre Norton]] Time Traders book ''Firehand'' had the time travel project's ''weapons trainer'', no less, use this technique (in a flashback) -- in fact, it was presented as one of the clues telling the main character early on that [[Did Not Do the Research|this trainer knew her stuff]]. Ouch.
* A character in Christopher Farnsworth's ''The President's Vampire'' turns his gun sideways, counter to what his instructor told him again and again, and the hot casing is ejected into his eye.
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** Also, in cutscenes, or if using gunslinger mode to fire at a single target, Dante will hold both guns sideways and hold his arms across each other, left gun on the right side, right gun on the left side. First done in the series at the end of the first game, coupled with Dante's Catchphrase: "Jackpot!"
* [[Dungeon Fighter Online]] has a gunner class. Most of their shots are normal, but Multi-headshot and Moving Shot skills turn sideways like Dante.
* Naturally, this affects the gangstas in ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]: San Andreas''. You even see CJ using it with [[Guns Akimbo]]. (He even fires a pair of [[Sawed
** This is also the standard stance for Mafia, highway patrol, and SWAT teams (normal beat cops hold their pistols with both hands).
* Falco holds his Blaster this way in ''[[Super Smash Bros]]. Melee''. Granted a laser gun probably wouldn't have the same issues facing it as a real gun.
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