Gun Twirling: Difference between revisions

* ''[[The Office]]'' (US): When Dwight is told that he can't wear a gun in a holster in the office, he twirls the gun and it discharges putting a hole in the floor and deafening Andy in one ear.

* Sammy Davis Jr. could spin two guns while singing. Danny John-Jules references this as an inspiration for the ''Red Dwarf'' example above.

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* Frank Gallop's ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2A9f9nK7bM The Ballad of Irving]'' has the eponymous character meeting his end this way.

** In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', Ocelot uses his twirling guns for a practical purpose: to protect himself from a swarm of hornets. He spins them as they fly at him and they fall down dead.

** Snake can do it also, but only with the Single Action Army revolver, and not to the same impressive extent as Ocelot.

* In ''[[Spyro]] 3''. Certain cowboy-themed enemies spin and flip their weapons... which serves no purpose but to give the player an opportunity to attack.

* One very common enemy (a cowboy themed semi-[[Elite Mook]]) in ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' does this, as does recurring Miniboss the Joker.

** Vincent's attack animation with pistol's also contains this. Justified, in that he needs to spin the gun to re-arm the hammer mechanism since his claw like left hand is too bulky. It works fine for handling the pump action on his shotguns however.

** There's also the final flourish in the synchronized marching mini game, where Cloud's sword twirl is recreated with a [[Mook]] rifle.

* Rubi Malone in ''[[Wet]]'' does this all the time, often when going into an arena battle.

* The main character of ''[[Shogo: Mobile Armor Division]]'' does this every time he draws his dual pistols, as well as after reloading them.

* Manosuke Naitou of ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations]] 2'' is a master of this.

* Princess Eruca can be seen doing this in combat in ''[[Radiant Historia]]''.

* Used in Gears of War on two weapons. The first is the Gnasher shotgun where after a non-active reload animation they spin it by the lever. In the active reload however they forgo the flair entirely to get back to shooting faster. The second one is the Boltok revolver in Gears 2 and onward with the weapon specific execution. The character grabs the gun by the barrel, whacks the victim across the back of the skull, then spins it on their finger to return it to shooting position. More forgivable since executions are intended to be [[Awesome but Impractical]].

* In ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'', Patty Fleur does this before using her Variable Trigger arte. You can delay the attack by making her twirl her pistol longer, which also makes it stronger.

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