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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Give a man a gun, he's Superman. Give him two, [[Blasphemous Boast|and he's God]]!"''
One gun just not badass enough? Try two!
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Compare [[Dual-Wielding]], [[Sword and Gun]], and [[Firing One-Handed]]. A popular way of achieving [[More Dakka]]. See also [[Gun Kata]] and [[Gun Fu]].
Just as a grammatical note, "Akimbo" as used here is wildly incorrect. "Akimbo" describes a way of placing your hands on your hips with your elbows out to either side. How it got mutated to mean "dual wielding" for guns is anyone's guess.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Kirika manages
* In an extreme example, in ''[[Dead Leaves]]'', Retro (briefly) uses ''three'' guns at once.
** And let's not forget Triple Six and his two BFG 's.
* Motoko Kusanagi in ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''. Normally, Motoko uses a single handgun or rifle, supported with both hands. However, in the episode "BARRAGE" in the first season, she utilizes a Seburo M-5 handgun in each hand. These are not quite as impractical to wield as they fire low recoil armor-piercing 5.7mm rounds reinforced by her cyborg body and firing software, but the fact that she was fighting an [[Powered Armor|Armed Suit]] made the attempt almost completely ineffective. After getting her left arm blown off, she single-handedly uses an anti tank rifle to make the pilot inside regret that he ever messed with her.
* Alucard in ''[[Hellsing]]'' does this with [[Hand Cannon|two humongous pistols, a .454 Casull and a 13mm "Jackal"]]. He can get away with it due having immense strength and reflexes because of his vampiric nature.
** In another example, [http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/2/26927/898302-hellsingv07c02_05_super.jpg this page]{{Dead link}} from the manga. If one Harkonnen is overkill, what's two at the same time?
* Done fairly often in ''[[Digimon]]''. Revolvmon in 02 this western style, and it gets batter in the third movie,and later in tamers, when we're introduced to Gargomon, who does this with two machine Guns (Wich also act as his hands) later Beelzebumon pulls this off one time in bullet-time
* Vash the Stampede in ''[[Trigun]]'' (A [[Cattle Punk]] setting), on some very rare occasions, uses two weapons at once.
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** And Knives once uses two world-ending [[Arm Cannon|beam cannons]] at once.
** In the manga, one we get Wolfwood's best friend/nemesis Livio the Double Fang, who dual-wields paired guns that can shoot forward and backwards simultaneously.
*** Livio's alter-ego Razlo takes this trope even farther, having a cybernetic arm grafted to his back so that he can triple-wield three massive, six-foot steel cross Punishers.
*** Wolfwood also gets into this at least once with the pistols hidden inside his own Punisher.
* In ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', "Two Hands" Revy not only wields two pistols at once, she also performs such feats as gunning down groups of enemies 180 degrees apart and reloading one weapon with her teeth while keeping up fire with the other, acrobatic leaps while firing, and more. [[Rule of Cool|Somehow, it works.]]
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* In ''[[Bleach]]'', {{spoiler|Starrk}} wields two guns when he releases his Resurrección. They fire ''ceros''.
* Spike Spiegel of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' fame occasionally uses two guns akimbo. Appropriately, in a possible subversion of the trope, every time he does this he is unable to kill his opponent fast enough to avoid being shot in return, save for one flashback sequence where we do not even see who he is shooting at.
* Jo from ''[[
* Tres Iqus from ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' uses two guns at the same time in a style reminiscent of [[Gun Kata]]. Said guns are [[Hand Cannon|HandCannons]] and he's extremely good at using them (given that he's an android, this probably qualifies as a [[Justified Trope]]).
* In the manga ''[[Kurohime]]'', the [[loyal Sidekick]] Zero uses ''four'' guns, and combines this with improbably fast shooting and [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] to shoot the guns out of the hands of whatever [[Mooks]] happen to be around.
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** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' is fairly fond of this one. Both Gundam Dynames and Cherudim Gundam akimbo a pair of beam pistols. Gundam Arios has two double barreled beam rifles (and a pair of beam gatlings mounted in each arm). Not to be trumped, Gundam Virtue and Gundam Seravee are both capable of using two beam bazookas at once. Gundam Zabanya (which succeed Dynames and Cherudim) can not only akimbo two of its 10 Rifle Bits, but also break them down to Pistol Bits for the same purpose.
* Justified by Briareos Hecatonchires of ''[[Appleseed]]''. A heavily modified cyborg, Briareos is the only man to date that's proven able to handle his experimental Hecatonchires operating system that controls his cybernetics. Named for the legendary 100 armed giants of Greek myth, a Hecatonchires equipped cyborg could presumably operate an entire aircraft carrier by himself due to the incredibly advanced processing power it allows them. Briareos generally just settles for dual-wielding machine guns, or even quad-wielding when in his Landmate by holding two normal sized guns in his actual arms and two enormous rifles in the Landmate's.
* In ''[[Gungrave]]'', in both timelines, the main character Brandon Heat uses them (crossed) once he [[Took a Level
* The Lancelot from ''[[Code Geass]]'' was already a master at [[Dual-Wielding]], but when it was upgraded into its Albion form, it started carrying around a rifle in each hand.
* In ''[[Strike Witches]]'', Gertrude carries two heavy machine guns into battle. Then gain, with her magic and Striker Unit, she's strong enough to do it, and her battle tactics seem to revolve around unleashing massive amounts of ammunition at close range to destroy targets.
* In the ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'' manga Rally Vincent manages to thoroughly debunk both
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'''s Death the Kid does this, holding both guns upside down and [[Gangsta Style|pulling the triggers with his pinkies.]]
** Kid is so obsessed with [[Super OCD|being symmetrical at all times]] that he literally [[Justified Trope|will not fire]] unless he is wielding both guns. He is psychologically incapable of not using
* Onizuka does this in ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]''...but with a pair of light-guns while he's playing ''[[House of the Dead]]''. He winds up getting a better score than anybody else thanks to this.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' did it with Giant Robots. Asuka starts off her showdown with the 14th Angel firing one rifle, but with a bunch of weapons stacked behind her (probably a 7 Samurai [[Shout-Out]]). As she runs out of ammo, she progresses through (giant) machine-guns akimbo to (multi-shot) bazokas-akimbo. Unfortunately for her, it's [[So Last Season]].
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* In a ''[[One Piece]]'' flashback, Genzo of desperately fires two pistols at Arlong in an attempt to save Bellemere's life, but Kuroobi blocks all his shots and slashes him with a sword.
** Later in the manga (and chronologically since it's not a flashback) Nico uses her two-fleur to wield four pistols at once.
** In [[One Piece Film: Strong World|the
* In ''[[Shikabane Hime]]'', Makina's weapon of choice is a pair of MAC-11 machine pistols.
* Xanxus, once a [[Big Bad]] and now did a [[Heel Face Turn]] in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', implements a double gun wielding fighting still with two special guns that fire large bursts of his Flame of Rage. Oh, yes, he can really kill.
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* ''[[Madlax]]'' does this on occasion. The accuracy issue is irrelevant when you consider that her [[Gun Kata|gun dancing]] style frequently has her [[Improbable Aiming Skills|shooting people with her eyes closed while facing in a different direction]].
* Mami in the third episode of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', with an entire arsenal of conjured flintlock rifles, which she wields [[Gun Kata]] style.
* Scanty of ''[[Panty & Stocking with
* ''[[Deadlands]]: Doomtown'': "Gordo" Andrade, and later an action card to let any dude pull it off.▼
{{quote| '''Gordo''': Two hands, two guns. It is as God intended it, no?}}▼
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** Two-Face, in keeping with his obsession with duality, is also known to use two guns.
* The ''[[Bat Family Crossover|Battle for the Cowl]]'' event has multiple peope dressed up and claiming to be Batman. Jason Todd's "hat" is being the Batman who dual wields guns.
* [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Kang the Conqueror]] uses a dual minigun that's light enough to fire with one hand, preventing the need to dual wield, but he sometimes holds an additional gun in his offhand, because he can.
* [[Deadpool]] is frequently depicted [https://web.archive.org/web/20061212233135/http://www.mcnabbstudios.com/whats_new/topps_cards/deadpool_final.jpg using two guns]. Of course, he also uses two katanas, two sais...I think maybe he really, really likes twos. (Then again, he can kill you with his bare hands, <s>two</s> too.) but how many hands does he have? TWO!
* Makita, a character from ''[[The Red Star]]'', occasionally duel wields pistols.
* Typically characters in the ''[[X Wing Series]]'' will stick to one blaster at a time, though some will carry more than one around. Wedge is like this, but in ''Requiem for a Rogue'' he escapes and saves his rescue party while not only dual-wielding stolen pistols, but also [http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2293/blz21.jpg crossing them].
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== Fan
* ''[[Light and Dark -
* ''[[Poke Wars]]'' features [[Pokémon (anime)|Dawn]] wielding twin .45 caliber pistols in ''Dawn of a New Era''. In ''The Coalescence'' she wields twin pistols of an unspecified caliber. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] because {{spoiler|she gains [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] from the [[Power Limiter|dampener]] removal}}.
* In ''[[Fallout Equestria: Pink Eyes|Fallout Equestria Pink Eyes]]'', there is a griffin mercenary named Henrietta who does this after she obtains her [[Tragic Keepsake|dead father's gun]].
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== Film ==
* This trope is a staple of [[Heroic Bloodshed]] films, especially those made by John Woo.
** John Woo's first use of
*** ''[[Heroes Shed No Tears]]'', which was made prior to ''A Better Tomorrow'' but was released soon after ABT's success, also featured this trope and laid the groundwork for his later Heroic Bloodshed movies.
** The final showdown of ''[[A Better Tomorrow]] III'', a prequel to the first two movies which was directed by Tsui Hark instead of John Woo, had Mark wielding two ''M-16s'' in
** While John Woo didn't direct ''[[The Replacement Killers]]'', he did produce the movie, and Chow Yun-Fat was still the star. At one point during the movie, Chow Yun-Fat used at least six Berettas, discarding one pair when he was out of bullets and pulling out another pair to continue kicking ass. In the first ''Stranglehold'' trailer, this part of the movie was homaged by Woo himself with Tequila.
*** ''[[The Corruptor]]'' stands out as one of the few movies where Chow Yun-Fat doesn't rely on
**
* Jake (portrayed by Kevin Costner) in ''[[Silverado]]'' is [[The Western]]'s style painted in broad strokes. Lightning draws, blind trick shots, and two guns at the same time.
* In almost any movie where he wields a weapon, Antonio Banderas will inevitably end up using one in each hand to dramatic effect. Even if it's [[Dual-Wielding|two swords against two different opponents]] as in ''[[The Mask of Zorro]]''.
** This is especially true of his portrayal of the Mariachi in ''[[Desperado]]'', who draws two Rugers from his sleeves in order to blow away an entire bar full of bad guys.
*** Even
* [[Blade (film)|The Blade series]] features this frequently. When Blade isn't killing vampires with his blades, he's usually dual wielding pistols or customized sub-machine guns. Whistler gets in on the act too when rescuing Blade, busting through a wall wielding a pair of MP5s and delivering a [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]. In part 2, aside from Blade, Scud is shown dual wielding a pair of Desert Eagles when investigating a noise outside his van, Nyssa wields a pair of machine pistols, and Reinhardt tops them both by wielding a pair of [[Mix-and-Match Weapon|Berettas with huge blades built into them]]! In Blade Trinity, both Abigail Whistler and Hannibal King occasionally dual wield revolvers, Abby's being regular guns and King's being heavily customized versions.
* Sylvester Stallone's character Barney Ross in [[The Expendables]] frequently wields a pair of Kimber .45's which he fires and reloads at rapid speeds.
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* A fairly early example would be in ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]'', when Schaffer [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|guns down countless Nazis]] ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|with an MP40 in each hand]]''.
* Appears a lot in ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. Then again, it's a comedy. For an example of how silly it gets, one character fires two pistols while riding down the street on a motability scooter. Slowly. Then there's the part where Nicholas Angel (briefly) [[Dual-Wielding|dual-wields]] ''pens''.
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* Subverted in the 1990s version of ''[[The Untouchables]]'', the senior member confronts a villain who framed him. The villain tries to resist with twin tommy guns. However, the idiot doesn't realize that given how heavy the gun type is, he can't even keep them level and so doesn't do much more than shoot up the floor in front of him with a lot of noise. For his part, the Untouchable simply shoots the villain with two carefully aimed pistol shots.
** In the 1980s version, 'George Stone' has two guns on him at the train station when they separate. Stone notices Eliot has run out of ammunition, charges in, and passes Eliot one of his own pistols.
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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] to hell and back in ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'' with the Il Duce gun battle. In the style of the aforementioned ''The Replacement Killers'' scene, Il Duce challenges all three saints with six handguns. When the cops come on the scene, the lead investigator naturally assumes six guns = six guys; another detective suggests one guy with six guns and the investigator considers that the most idiotic idea ever. Ironically, it's the only time that detective was correct.
** There was also the scene in the "exotic dance" place, where they figure out that the rogue bullets were from one guy with two guns crossing over and firing each into the opposite wall (and shouting, "Wyatt ''fucking'' Earp!" at the same time).
** And, [[Rule of Cool|of course]], the Saints always have
* In the opening scene of ''[[XXX]] 2'', this is the easy way to tell who is going to survive the attack on the [[Elaborate Underground Base]]... namely, the guy who's dual-wielding semi-automatic weapons while everybody else are toting rifles.
* In ''[[Equilibrium]]'', John Preston wields dual pistols and is quite literally untouchable by mooks. In an early scene, he jumps into a crossfire and stands calmly (then again, with emotions held under check he can't quite panic or anything) in one place while the opposition fires away with automatic weaponry and fails to hit him. The film [[Justified Trope|attempts to explain this]] by inventing a fighting style known as [[Gun Kata]], which teaches its practitioners to seek out locations in a fight where there is minimum probability of getting shot at and it's not "behind cover"). In a later fight, Preston reloads by a mechanism that inserts fresh magazines into the guns from his sleeves.
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* Jango Fett in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'', although very briefly during his fight with Obi-Wan.
* ''[[The Matrix]]'' stopped short of having the Agents dual-wield their Desert Eagles, but they might as well have, as they only ever fired the guns with one hand. This is practically impossible in reality, given the size, weight, and recoil of these guns, so it worked to show how strong they were.
** Neo dual-wields pistols at several points in the first film, though again his being in the Matrix meant his strength was far higher than humans could normally have. In one sequence, he fires dual silenced 9mm pistols using subsonic ammunition; the relative lack of recoil would make this ''slightly'' more plausible than most other forms of
** And then there was Mouse, who [[Dual-Wielding|dual-wielded automatic shotguns]] when cornered by the police/agents. It was his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], but it sadly was also right before he was shot.
** Trinity, Morpheus, and Seraph all dual-wield during the battle in the Club Hel coatroom.
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* In the ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider]]'' movie, Lara uses her signature dual pistols (see Video Games examples below), but has a neat reloading mechanism; when she ejects the mags, a rack in her backpack comes out with a new set of mags angled right so she can just sweep her arms behind her to load them.
* In ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'', it was common for the American characters to dual wield revolvers. However, this was only used in situations where there were an overwhelming number of enemies, negating the need for accuracy. When facing several riders bearing down on him, in fact, Rick O'Connell (the main character, played by Brendan Frasier) empties two revolvers at them...then drops them and draws two more. However, he never fires simultaneously (another possible advantage being that he can more easily cover a wider angle).
*
* In [
* Ash Williams from the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' series usually has a [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]] in one hand and a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]] on the stump of his other arm.
* The [[Ax Crazy]], Redneck, Neo-Nazi Tremor brothers from ''[[Smokin Aces]]'' frequently use akimbo weapons. The most notable of these is when the biggest Tremor brother wields a chainsaw in one hand and a DAO-12 revolving shotgun in the other.
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* Taken to a ridiculous extreme in the 90's adaptation of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' with Leonardo Di Caprio. Villain Tybalt (played by John Leguizamo) dramatically whips off his jackets and slowly pulls out two handguns with the Virgin Mary engraved on them, to shoot at Benvolio during the opening fight at a gas station.
* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]], unique action hero that he is, almost ''never'' uses two guns simultaneously. The only examples is in the film ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', where ends up dual wielding an SMG and his Walther P99 while running through Elliot Carver's base. It looks... a little silly.
* Captain Picard's dual-wielding in ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' threatens to rival Bond's in terms of the silly factor.
* In the first ''[[The Terminator|Terminator]]'' film shortly after delivering his famous "I'll be back." [[Catch Phrase]], the cyborg then [[Car Fu|rams a car into the police station]] and then proceeds to massacre the officers with a shotgun and an assault rifle. Justified by the fact that he is a literal killing machine; [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] aren't so improbable with a literal grip of steel and a CPU brain.
* In ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' Hawkeye uses two flintlock Kentucky longrifles, ''and hits both targets!''.
* ''[[The Crow]]'' has two such instances of
* In ''[[Tombstone]]'', [[Crazy Awesome|Doc Holliday]] confronts one of the cowboys ([[Mook
* And speaking of [[The Boondock Saints|Wyatt ''fucking'' Earp]], in the Costner version of ''[[Wyatt Earp]]'', Earp's party is ambushed in a canyon by allies of the Clantons and [[Mc Lauries]]. One mook draws down on Wyatt with two pistols and begins firing them with a cocky grin on his face. Wyatt ''calmly walks over to his horse, grabs a shotgun, approaches the mook and blows him away at POINT BLANK RANGE.'' The look on the mook's face turns to abject horror as every one of his shots misses wide and Wyatt approaches with his boomstick. It's absolutely priceless.
* In the film ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'', both hitmen (played by John Cusack and Dan Ackroyd) employ this technique.
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* It's been a while since I saw the movie so I'm not sure of the details, but there's a scene in ''[[Billy Bathgate]]'' where mobster Dutch Schultz ([[Dustin Hoffman]]) is showing off the pistol skills of his bodyguards Lulu and Irving. Dutch asks Billy which of them is the best. Billy thinks it's Irving, because he aims with a single pistol and therefore is more accurate. But Dutch points out that's mostly useful for when you can set up a hit in advance. Lulu, who blazes away with two .45's, is more useful for circumstances when you need to throw out a lot of lead quickly (e.g. when you're being attacked).
* Subverted in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. Tom Sawyer, who's otherwise an excellent shot with his Winchester, often attempts to bring down enemies by unloading twin revolvers at them simultaneously. However, he never actually hits anything when he attempts this, and every time he tries it in front of Allen Quatermain, he is berated for "shooting like a bloody fool".
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* Turns up in a scene in the remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''; the character possibly has an excuse, considering at least one of his legs is broken and he is being frantically dragged through a sewer just ahead of a pursuing swarm of zombies. {{spoiler|Unsurprisingly, it doesn't help, and he dies.}}
* Marion from ''[[Film/Undead|Undead]]'' not only uses this technique, but takes it [[Rule of Cool]] by at one point throwing the guns (he catches them again, so that doesn't really qualify for [[Throw-Away Guns]]) and using the nearest cop's trigger finger, and later doing it while hanging by his spurs from a doorway. Then again, Marion's an [[Improbable Weapon User]].
* ''[[Ghost Dog]]'' in ''The Way of the Samurai'' does the alternating-shots version, when infiltrating his boss' Jersey Mafia hideout.
* ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' Done with two full sized M-16s that were hidden under a cloak until it became clear that an attempt at infiltration had failed and it was time for [[More Dakka]]. Concludes with an [[Asskicking Pose]] AND a [[One-Liner]]. I'm a LEAD FARMER, motherf* cker!
** That scene was probably more of a subversion of this trope, Lazarus doesn't actually hit anyone when he goes all
*** Of course, the guns didn't have real bullets in them in the first place, only blanks. So it wasn't like he'd be able to hit anything even if he only used one gun.
* In ''[[The Mechanic]]'', [[Charles Bronson]]'s character does this.
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* In [[Resident Evil (film)|the Resident Evil]] films, Alice wields almost everything akimbo. Over the course of the series, she wields semi-auto handguns, revolvers, sub-machine guns, and even sawed-off shotguns akimbo(she does have enhanced strength though). Even when forced into melee combat, she swaps over to [[Dual-Wielding]] fighting batons or kukri knives! A couple of other characters do this as well. In Resident Evil:Apocalypse, Carlos wields a pair of Desert Eagles, LJ wields a pair of gold-plated Desert Eagles, and Jill Valentine uses guns akimbo briefly as well. These are all trumped however by the monstrous Nemesis, who wields a chaingun and rocket launcher akimbo.
* One of the robbers in ''[[Police Academy]] 6'' wields two guns, although he only uses one at a time and is an amazing shot. In one scene, he is dual-wielding a pistol and an SMG.
* ''[[The Maiden Heist]]'' begins with a [[Daydream Surprise]] with [[Christopher Walken]] dual-wielding pistols to stop a gang of nefarious art thieves.
* ''[[True Lies]]'' has Arnold dual-wielding a pair of Uzis. It's quite awesome.
* ''[[God Of Gamblers Return]]'' has a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMOA]] when akimbo Berettas are reloaded in mid-air! That's that way to subvert the reloading problem!
* Jack la Roca, the protagonist from ''[[Route 666]]'', is fond of this trope.
* Chuck Norris famously wields a pair of Uzis in ''[[Invasion U.S.A.]]''.
* Jillian Holtzmann takes out a mob of ghosts with a pair of handgun-styled proton projectors in the 2016 [[Continuity Reboot|reboot]] of ''[[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|Ghostbusters]]''.
== Literature ==
* Dick Seaton and Marc C. DuQuesne, mortal enemies at all other times, stand side-by-side with guns akimbo in ''[[Skylark Series|The Skylark of Space]]'', each with a pair of forty-fives loaded with extremely potent ammunition.
** Lampshaded in the sequel ''by DuQuesne himself'', when he describes to an underling how Seaton has been practising his [[Gun Fu]] for a very, very long time. Not just that, but:
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'''Professional assassin Mook:''' You're faster than I am, and that's saying something. You're chain lightning.
'''DuQuesne:''' Well, Seaton is at least that much faster than I am. (Description of just how fast follows.) }}
...so he is probably firing ''alternately'' from both pistols, shifting his attention between the two.
* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower
** The impressive bit is not his ability to shoot both weapons, but to reload one singlehanded whilst firing the other dry. I suppose it COULD be possible if he broke the revolver, stuck it in his belt and loaded it one-handed whilst shooting. Reloading an automatic while shooting like Lara Croft or [[Gun Kata]] style suddenly seems boring by comparison.
** It is perhaps telling that King never actually describes the process Roland goes through to reload one-handed the one time the issue comes up, in favor of saying that it is, to paraphrase, "[[Take Our Word for It|extremely spooky to watch]]."
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* In the ''[[Into the Looking Glass]]'' science-fiction series, co-written by [[John Ringo]] and Travis Taylor, one Marine is very capable of wielding two handguns (and in [[Power Armor]], two cut down .50 cal ''rifles'') at the same time. However it is explicitly stated he only fires one at a time, reloading takes more time, and the character's skill at "two-gun mojo" is considered unique and extreme even among the other highly-skilled (and more experienced) soldiers.
* In the ''[[Prince Roger]]'' series, co-written by [[David Weber]] and [[John Ringo]], Rastar, Prince of Therdan, is a four armed alien who ''quadruple'' wields pistols. He is described as being almost unique in his ability to accurately shoot and track multiple targets, though. As the series progresses, he goes from using flintlocks to revovlers, to futuristic semiautomatic (and automatic?) pistols.
* Discussed in ''[[1632]]'', during the Croats' attack on Grantville, Dan Frost is tempted to do this, but doesn't.
* The Black Knight in [[Matthew Reilly]]'s "Scarecrow" takes this to the extreme, using two matched Remington shotguns, though he does modify them to have pistol grips.
* [[Mack Bolan]] uses a silenced Beretta during infiltration and a [[Hand Cannon]] for more noisy occasions, but sometimes uses both together when [[Storming the Castle]].
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== Live
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Parting of the Ways", Captain Jack wields two guns to fight off approaching Daleks. Sadly they run out of ammo so he gets out a pistol. Which also runs out of ammo.
** Queen Elizabeth the Tenth (or "Liz X") is the Queen of Starship UK. Who dual-wields laser pistols. Wow. Basically she rules.
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** The Daniel Jackson example is something of a subversion as he is still in his "incompetent archaeologist" phase and does more damage to the walls. Justification: Teal'c is repeatedly shown to be stronger than almost any human could be; he also needed to be covering two hallways simultaneously.
** Fabrique Nationale, the manufacturer of the P-90, produced an advertisement video that showed a man firing two P-90s at once on full automatic. This was intended only to demonstrate how the 5.7mm round (unique to the P-90 and Five-seveN pistol) generates very little recoil.
** Cameron Mitchell also uses two guns while fighting zombies in the 200th episode. Justified in that this was an [[Imagine Spot]], so practicality isn't exactly what he was going for.
** The ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "The Return Part II" has Teyla wielding not one but two ARG's ( Anti Replicator Guns) in the classic cross-armed casual shoot.
** "Sateda" has Ronon mixing this with copious amounts of [[Gun Fu]].
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** Jayne also dual-wields two oversized assault rifles in the first issue of the ''Better Days'' comic.
* In the penultimate episode of ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' {{spoiler|Peyton uses two machine pistols to execute the leaders of Prophet Five}}.
* The one time ''[[Homicide: Life
* In ''[[24|Twenty Four]]'' Jack Bauer uses dual pistols during his [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]] moment in the season 1 finale.
* In ''[[Smallville]]'', Lex picks up two revolvers and is prepared to go
* Justified use in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' pilot, where an unnamed Terminator attacks John with dual MP-5s. Justified in the sense that its both a Terminator ''and'' a dream sequence.
* In ''[[In Plain Sight]]'', both the lead character and her partner pull out their backup weapon in order to drive off some assassins coming after the witness they're protecting. Played realistically: the only time anyone manages to hit anyone during that gunfight is using a single gun, and the two guns are used more for suppressive fire than to actually kill anyone.
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** In the fifth season episode "Lineage," we get a [[This Is Reality]] incident when Wesley starts shooting his two guns at once, and Fred points out she'd rather have one of them. {{spoiler|Then she gets shot.}}
* In the first episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' Captain Archer is seen brandishing a phase pistol in each hand during the fight in the snow, having taken one used by an injured crewmember he and the others were escorting to safety.
* [[Lesbian Vampire|Bianca's]] [[Depraved Bisexual]] lover Natalie does this in the TV version of ''[[The Dresden Files]]''.
* In the first season [[Buffy]] episode "Angel", Darla wields two guns to attack Angel and Buffy.
* Day Two of ''[[Torchwood]]: Children of Earth'' has Gwen jumping out of the back of an ambulance and firing with a gun in each hand.
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* In the fourth season premire of ''[[Burn Notice]]'', Michael does this with a pair of [[Cool Guns|Mac-10 machine pistols]] to intimidate a trio of [[All Bikers Are Hells Angels|biker thugs]] who were terrorizing his client. Michael even points out how he has [[More Dakka]] compared to the pistol-wielding bikers.
* Eliot in the ''[[Leverage]]'' episode "The Big Bang Job," in a gunfight that puts some entire action movies to shame with its over-the-top cinematics.
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* [[Badass|Chalky White]] does this awesomely on ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' when the guys {{spoiler|who lynched one of his associates while really aiming to get Chalky himself}} [[Saying Too Much|accidentally reveal themselves]].
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* In ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'', the Gokaigers often exchange their weapons in the middle of battle. This often leads to Gokai Green and Gokai Pink wielding a pair of Gokai Guns. Given they're aliens and their default fighting style is [[Dual-Wielding]] a sword and gun, this may be justified.
* ''[[General Hospital]]'''s Jason Morgan has done this several times in his career, including during an honest-to-god [[Church Shootout]].
* Annie, Britta and Shirley in ''[[Community]]'' episode [[Community/Recap/S1
== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Deadlands]]'' dual-wielding guns, and even rifles, is possible, but offers severe penalties to hit. However, with proper Edges the player can neutralize such penalties, effectively doubling his/her firepower.
* ''[[Warhammer
** Tyranid [[Spine Gaunts]], what just might be the weakest things in the game, each dual wield diamond hard stake-firing pistols coated in neuro-toxin!
** In the 40K spinoff game, Inquisitor, there is a special rule that can be given to characters called Gunslinger, which does actually enable them to fire two pistol weapons simultaneously. Unless they're ambidextrous, though, it does confer an aiming penalty to the gun being used in the character's off-hand.
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** Generally [[Schmuck Bait]] even then. Almost no two handguns can beat the damage of a single rifle.
** At least as of fourth edition, ''everyone'' can buy Extra Attack.
*** Though Buying of the penalties (6 points) is cheaper than the Extra Attack (Pistols only) (20 points)
* Every player character in ''[[Hong Kong Action Theatre]]'' can do this, along with other [[Guns and Gunplay Tropes]], as a matter of style. HKAT's penchant for multiple attacks makes blasting somebody to hell with both guns blazing very, very possible.
* Fudge Firefight II, one of the more critically acclaimed articles on the webzine, allows characters with the Double Barreled Badass knack to use two pistols as if they had an automatic weapon. This is among the most mundane knacks in the article.
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* In ''[[Iron Kingdoms]]'' we have Allisteir Caine, a gun mage Warcaster that is well known among players for his amazing skill with two spellstorm pistols.
** Also we have Master Holt, Taryn Di La Rovissi and Pistol Wraiths.
▲* ''[[Deadlands]]: Doomtown'': "Gordo" Andrade, and later an action card to let any dude pull it off.
* In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Tabletop Game)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' card game]], [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Don_Zaloog Don Zaloog] wields a pair of pistols in his ''OCG'' art. The [[Bowdlerise]]d TCG replaces these with [[Dual-Wielding|a pair of blades]], though one of the hands is still in a similar position..
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]'' is the first video game that allowed the player to use this trope. It's also one of the only ones to use it realistically; when using the pistol, the player must stop firing both guns to reload.
** ''Marathon 2'' features what may be the [[Rule of Cool|only thing cool enough]] to justify sacrificing the satisfying chunk-chunk-boom rhythm of pump-action shotguns in videogames. The marine cocks his sawed-off lever action by flipping them end over end, like Arnie does in ''[[Terminator]] 2'', which was awesome to begin with. But when you find another one, you get the chance to '''dual-wield double-barreled shotguns!''' The issue of recoil management is likely [[Justified Trope|handled]] by the fact that the character is implied to be a military-grade cyborg, while the issues of reloading twin shotguns (or even one) between shots (they don't have magazines) is [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] in the manual by Durandal saying they have an exotic reloading mechanism he doesn't think you'd be able to understand. This is so much fun that it could pretty much justify ''Marathon'' all by itself.
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* ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'' and its sequel ''Spear of Destiny'' had enemies that wielded a weapon in each hand. In the case of the mutants, that meant three machine guns. In the case of the boss enemy Übermutant, this meant four knives, ''plus a chest-embedded chaingun.'' Several other bosses - including 'Hans' in the first episode - dual-wield ''chainguns''... Hitler, of course, wields ''four'' miniguns at once. [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|He's just that evil]].
** While the original ''Wolfenstein 3D'' didn't allow the ''player'' to do this, but RTCW adds dual semiautos.
* Upgrade your skill with the standard pistol, one-handed SMGs, or the sawn-off shotgun, and you can two-fist them in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. Except for the Desert Eagle pistol.
** Dual pistols are also a weapon in [[Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars]].
* ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye]]'' is fond of having both Bond and the bad guys use dual pistols and submachine guns. Xenia Onatopp uses an FN-P90 (called an [[AKA-47|RC-P90]] in the game) and a grenade launcher, which you can also do once you defeat her. Jaws wields two M-16 rifles at the same time, which you can also do if you kill him. You can even use two grenade or rocket launchers at once, but you'll need to use cheat codes in order to do so.
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** Notably, in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', the ability to duel-wield two guns is removed. Why? You're playing an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper - a [[Badass]], yes, but an ordinary human soldier nonetheless. Who can still rip off and carry turrets.
** In a certain cutscene in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', Noble Six dual-wields an assault rifle and a pistol while aiming at different targets, on opposite sides of them. If only you could do that in game.
* In the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' series, Dante's signature ranged weapons are a pair of pistols named Ebony and Ivory. In fact, they have always been present in all his incarnations, whereas his main sword has not been so consistent. In the second game, Dante can wield Ebony and his shotgun together, but this has not appeared in subsequent games; whether this is because [[Non-Linear Sequel]], where the second is the chronologically last, makes this a demonstration of Dante's sheer power, or because Capcom is practising [[Canon
** Trish, Dante's partner, also wields signature twin pistols, named Luce and Ombra. The demon hunter Lady can wield two firearms at once too.
* As for ''Nitro Family''. You think two pistols or Uzis are for kids? [[Dodge This|Try two shotguns.]] [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Or two miniguns.]] [[Ludicrous Gibs|Or, even better, two rocket launchers.]]
* ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'', as a pastiche of John Woo-style action-films, uses paired weapons all the time.
** This also employed the [[Rule of Cool]] in Max Payne 2, wherein the necessity for reloading during a player-controlled bullet time sequence was handled by Max simply ''spinning in a circle''. Apparently the motion of a dramatic 360 with a flaring leather jacket can actually ''create filled magazines from air''. This "technique" worked for everything from a pistol, to a shotgun, to an assault rifle, and worked the exact same way for dual-wielded weapons as well.
* ''[[Tomb Raider]]'': [[Third
** Lara's rival, Pierre, dual wields magnum pistols against her.
* Throughout the ''[[Hitman]]'' series, the player is given the option to dual wield the protagonist's signature 'Silverballer' handguns, but this is mostly a gimmick as it decreases accuracy, makes reloading awkward and is somewhat at odds with the games' stealthy nature.
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** Model A, his successor in ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent'', used dual pistols only visible in official art and giga attack animations.
** As well, Fefnir from the Zero series and Model F... Though they don't have guns. They have dual arm cannons. BIG arm cannons. And the latter can use the touch screen of the DS to direct the exact path of the shots. Sure, you can't fire both at the same time and they have to stand in place, but being able to cause mass destruction (Which you can't do with regular guns) makes up for it.
* The ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' classic series has several who wield dual weapons, mostly the ones that [[Mad Bomber|wield explosives]] (Crashman, Napalmman). Mega Man himself has two [[Arm Cannon
* In the ''[[Time Splitters]]'' series, certain weapons can be dual-wielded, but ONLY if they are taken from a fallen enemy that was dual-wielding them. For example, you can pick up dozens of Tommy guns, but these only act as ammo pickups until you kill an enemy with two Tommy guns, at which point you can dual-wield them to heart's content.
** And in co-op play, both weapons are dropped as separate dual wield weapon pickups allowing each player to pick up one if they notice this and the weapons fall far enough from each other.
** What guns you can duel-wield can come off as a bit strange, for instance, in the first game you can duel wield miniguns, and in the third game, you can duel wield ''shotguns''. Never mind how you load two shotguns at once.
* ''[[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2]]'' was notable for overlapping with [[Dual-Wielding]] through Julie's ability to dual wield almost any combination of several different guns, swords and shields at the same time.
* The ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series deserves a special mention for totally, totally avoiding this one, despite the fact that it's usually more than happy to use every other gunplay trope ever. Notably, there's a scene in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|MGS3]]'' in which Ocelot presents his dual revolvers to Snake: "Twelve shots. This time, I've got twelve shots." He proceeds to use them both - but one at a time, cowboy-style.
** Hideo Kojima went on-record in a game magazine, around the release of the first ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', in a sidebar comparing Snake and Lara Croft; he said he dislikes the two-gun trope and that it stretches believability too far. Yes, this is from a series with a bi-sexual vampire, but it's part of [[Magic Realism]].
** Whether this counts as an aversion or subversion is debatable, but since the designers drew attention to it, it maybe a subversion...when the original ''Metal Gear Solid'' game was being hyped, the designers, probably because of the game's perspective and resultant comparisons to other [[Third-Person Shooter]] games like ''[[Tomb Raider]]'', noted that Snake only carries one gun and he uses both
** In one of the cutscenes during the showdown of ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' Meryl and Johnny hold a door against waves of guards to win Snake some time. they are not only both holding a gun in each hand, but also put new magazines into each others gun to speed up reloading, making them shout ''[[Up to Eleven|Dual Guns Akimbo]]!''
* The Dual Vipers/Raptors in ''[[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet: Deadlocked]] serve as his rapid-fire gun.
* ''[[Wild
** Dean, from ''[[Wild
* Thugs Masterminds in ''[[City of Heroes|City Of Villains]]'' have this in spades: the Mastermind him/herself uses two pistols, as do the Punk henchmen, while Enforcer henchmen use two Uzis.
** The aptly-named Gunslinger enemy in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' also uses two pistols (with ammunition that can burn or freeze), although they ''usually'' fire them one at a time.
** Blasters, Defenders, and Corruptors who purchase Going Rogue also have access to a Dual Pistols powerset. It shares it's most basic attacks with the Thug Mastermind (Though performed with [[John Woo]] style flair), but eventually goes into physics defying bullet insanity. Like the aforementioned Gunslingers, you can also swap to Incendiary, Cryogenic, and Chemical ammunition.
* In ''[[Hellgate
* Wild Dog takes this trope to a ridiculous extreme in the ''[[Time Crisis]]'' series. He can use a sidearm in his right hand, and ''his left arm is a machine gun''. In ''Time Crisis 2'', he uses them both to attack both players in rapid succession.
* In ''[[Resistance]]: Fall of Man'', it is possible to dual-wield a pair of Chimeran weapons called Reapers, which work like machine pistols. Due to the protagonist's enhanced abilities {{spoiler|caused by the Chimera virus}}, he is actually able to track two separate targets with each individual weapon.
* Even more absurd is Vermilion in the ''[[Battle Arena Toshinden]]'' games, who holds a Peacemaker handgun in his right hand, and a ''[[This Is My Boomstick|shotgun]]'' in his left.
* The Real Personal Trooper Type-1 and it's derivatives in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' usually carry two [[Humongous Mecha]]-sized pistols. The ART-1 prototype also dual-wields [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw tonfas]].
** Ratsel's <s>Aus</s> <s>Ausser</s> <s>Aussenei</s> Daitrombe also uses a pair of [[Super Robot]]-sized [[BFG
** The Excellence Cosmodriver and Lightning frames in ''[[Super Robot Wars Reversal|Super Robot Wars R]]''/''Original Generation Gaiden'' do too.
* KOS-MOS in ''[[Xenosaga]]'' can dual-wield gatling cannons each nearly as large as she is. This is a bit more plausible when you consider that she is an android designed to be pretty much the most powerful combat system in the universe, but mostly, it's just OK by way of [[Rule of Cool]].
** Jr. from the same game uses dual pistols as his main weapons, but rarely shoots both at once unless it's a [[Limit Break]], or against a large target.
* Reiji and Xiaomu both Dual-wield in ''[[Namco X Capcom]]'': Xiaomu with dual pistols, Reiji with a pistol and shotgun.
** Both of them and KOS-MOS repeat their feats in ''[[Endless Frontier|Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier]]''.
* In the [[John Woo]] game ''[[Stranglehold]]'', Inspector Tequila Yuen (from one of his most famous movies, ''Hard-Boiled'') uses dual guns extensively, from Berettas to Desert Eagles to Heckler and Koch MP5K submachine guns. The only time Tequila [[Bottomless Magazines|reloads]] is when he's gearing up to unleash a Barrage attack; otherwise he just [[Throw-Away Guns|throws the guns away]] when he's out of bullets and pulls out another gun, like Chow Yun-Fat frequently does in John Woo movies.
** A lot of bad guys in Stranglehold use
* ''[[Shadow Warrior]]'' features the lead character, Lo Wang (yes, a ninja with a Chinese name...it's that kind of game), using Uzis
** It might be noted that Lo Wang, in his (inevitably) thick accent, says 'Be proud, Mistah Woo!' sometimes when picking up a second Uzi to use
* Diddy with his Peanut Popguns and Falco with his laser guns in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''. They both use them to [[Leap and Fire]] in a Cutscene.
** However, only Diddy can actually do this ingame. During his Final Smash, that is.
*** Moreover, the Diddy example predates Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It first appeared in [[Donkey Kong 64]].
* Tanya Adams. The hero and most powerful unit in ''[[Command
* Makoto Sawatari of ''[[Eternal Fighter Zero]]'' uses a pair of guns to fire a huge barrage of bullets while suspended in mid-air for her "Ground Strafing" attack. This is possibly a reference to Dante of ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', as her guns look just like Ebony and Ivory.
* Con Smith from the game ''[[
** Also of note is Mask de Smith, who dual-wields ''grenade launchers''. Possibly justified in that he's a former masked wrestler who suplexes large wooden beams and can drag an 18-wheeler, but... not really.
* In the ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' novel prequel ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', Servant Berserker ({{spoiler|Lancelot}}) is armed with dual sub machine-guns during the [[Final Battle]], complete with [[Mana]]-charged bullets.
** Kiritsugu also goes akimbo with a Contender and a Calico sub-machine gun. It's done reasonably: the Calico is mainly for [[Guns Are Worthless|distraction]], and he never uses the Contender until necessary.
* Maximilian Roivas of ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' can find a second flintlock pistol in his mansion to accompany the first one he starts with; of course, given that each gun chambers only one round which must be hand-loaded, double the firearms means double the time spent standing still to reload, which can prove rather fatal when a Horror bearing down on you.
* Trent, the players character from ''[[Freelancer]]'', does this during a non-interactive cutscene: While boarding a space station he is armed with two [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Frickin Lasers]] while his less [[Badass]] companions only get one.
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* Handled slightly more realistically in ''[[The Suffering]]'', which gives you the option of double-fisting the smaller guns for double the power, but with half the accuracy. This is Lampshaded in the manual, styled as a memo to the prison guards, warning them that even though it may look cool in Hong Kong action movies, its usually a pretty stupid thing to do in real life.
* Similarly, in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', you need a special skill to use two weapons or else not only will you not have any status bonuses, or even get negative stats on the off-hand weapon, but the main weapon will lose them as well.
** Still, max that feat out on Carth, amp up the dex stat, and hand the fellow Cassus Fett's pistol in one hand and Bendak Starkiller's in the other. Consider the path clear of any [[Mooks]] while you apply lightsabers to the level boss.
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' features Gilder, a party member who can duel-wield his pistols as part of a special attack.
* In ''[[Evil Genius (video game)|Evil Genius]]'' RTS (making fun of every possible "spy movie" trope), U.S. Super Agent dual-wields machine guns, easily mowing down entire squads of your mooks.
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* In ''[[Crysis (series)|Crysis]]'', you can dual wield the pistol (though you are wearing a strength-enhancing Nanosuit). ''Crysis:Warhead'' takes this even further and lets you dual-wield two small SMGs (though even with the Nanosuit in Strength mode it's hard to hit anything more than 3 meters away.)
* In ''[[Call of Juarez]]'' both playable characters, Billy and Reverend Ray, can dual wield colts and sawn-off shotguns. The Reverend has even a Concentration Mode, in which he enters [[Bullet Time]] and shoots from both revolvers he's got.
** When Ray enters Concentration mode, two crosshairs, one for each pistol, appear on both sides of the screen and slowly make their way to the middle. On the way, you can click the left or right mouse button to shoot the corresponding gun at the target behind its crosshair. When both crosshairs meet, the [[Bullet Time]] ends, by which time a skilled player will already have massacred an entire line of foes in front of him.
* The titular leading lady in ''[[Bayonetta]]'' can not only dual-wield, but QUAD-wield with her hands and attachment and firing mechanisms on her calves/heels, everything from bladed weapons to pistols to ROCKET LAUNCHERS, and apparently any combination thereof.
* Xigbar from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' ''II'' uses two guns akimbo, although he occasionally combines them to make a sniper rifle.
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* A recent development in the ''[[Tales (series)|Tales of]]'' series, Iria Animi (''[[Tales of Innocence]]''), Legretta the Quick (''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'') and and the [[Job System|Gunman class]] (''[[Video Game/Tales Of The World|Tales Of The World]]'') wield twin pistols, Hisui Hearts (''[[Tales of Hearts]]'') uses arm-bow-cannons, Hubert Ozwell (''[[Tales of Graces]]'') uses a blade that can separate into a pair of handguns, and Kurtz (''[[Tales of Graces]]'') uses sworg-gun-... things.
* ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'' allows guns akimbo. Specifically, Akimbo is an 'attachment' for game purposes, allowing you to wield two of the same handgun, machine pistol or submachine gun. For game balance they can ''not'' use their sights, thus relegating such dual-wielded weapons to close quarters or suppressive fire, and you need the Bling perk's Pro version to use another attachment at the same time.
*** You can also dual-wield some shotguns. Anyways, aside from the obvious [[More Dakka]] involved, it really cuts down on your accuracy; whether or not it's [[Awesome but Impractical]] or just [[Crazy Awesome]] enough to work depends on an individual's skill.
** Also featured in ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops|Call of Duty Black Ops]]''. Any pistol, most
* Rayne in the [[
* ''[[Final Fantasy X
** The [[No Export for You|Japan-only]] ''Before Crisis Final Fantasy VII'' features this combat style for one of the playable Turks.
** Sazh from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' uses this gun style.
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* Several of Billy Lee Black's deathblows in ''[[Xenogears]]'' would feature this.
* The absolutely horrible game ''[[Drake of the 99 Dragons]]'' combined the hero's dual pistols with auto-aim. The result was described by [[X-Play]] as looking like "a sub-homicidal semaphore session."
*
* How do you know [[The Grim Reaper|the Reaper]] will do you significant harm in ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]''? He dual-wields revolvers with four-foot-long barrels.
** In ''[[Persona 2]]: Eternal Punishment'' Maya dual-wields guns.
* Reconstructed in ''[[Dystopia (video game)|Dystopia]]''. Early concepts of the dual pistols were ridiculously hard to aim, so the current version, called the Smartlock Pistols, allows the user to lock onto either a single target twice, or two targets.
* The Munitions power framework in ''[[Champions Online]]'' has two versions of this for two of its powers. Gunslinger does it Old West style, firing two pistols in alternating faction. Two-Gun Mojo goes true movie akimbo style, firing both at the same time and even holding them out in the arms crossed forward pose.
* You can dual-wield the standard pistol ([[John Woo|Which is of course, a 9mm Beretta]]) in ''[[Killing Floor]]'': you gain twice the ammo capacity and firing rate, but reloading takes longer and it's really hard to aim effectively. You can also get "two bloody great handfuls" of the [[Hand Cannon]], an obvious [[Rare Guns|Desert Eagle]], as well as the .44 Magnum.
** YEAH, ONE IN EACH HAND
* [[Guttural Growler|Torn]] has two pistols in the ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' series, and [[Wrench Wench|Keira]] gets two after her [[Adrenaline Makeover]].
* Natan's weapon of choice from ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: From The New World'', since his fighting style is [[Gun Fu]].
* This is how Jack in ''[[MadWorld]]'' defeats the second boss, Juse the Dude [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nj_AXb7VvY (Video here)]: He punches Juse in the ass, then takes his guns, blows him away, and then fires them in rapid succession--[[Bottomless Magazines|despite them being only six shot revolvers]]
* The [[X-COM]] games play this fairly realistically. If you use pistols, you don't even lose accuracy (while with rifles and god forbid heavy weapons accuracy dies quickly). In turn based mode, you can only fire one at a time, so the only benefit to
* Noel Vermillion of [[
* In ''[[Just Cause (video game)|Just Cause]] 2'', Rico can do this with any combination of the smaller weapons. This somehow includes revolver-mechanism [[Grenade Launcher
* In ''[[Blockland]]'', "Guns Akimbo" doesn't even have to be installed separately like many other weapons, it comes with the game, having better accuracy than the normal pistol.
* ''[[Water Warfare]]'' lets you dual-wield both the standard starter pistol and the submachine gun. Doing so offers a rate of fire comparable to the next-fastest weapon (Pistol is like submachine gun, submachine becomes like machine gun), but with the power of the base weapon (faster rate of fire = weaker shots), and, in the pistol's case, the pistol's ''ridiculous'' reload rate.
* Handled with all the camp of a swashbuckler film in the 2004 remake of [[Sid
* Mexican action film pastiche and Robert Rodriguez tribute ''[[Total Overdose]]'' has unlockable dual firing modes for Berettas, Uzis, and sawed-off shotguns. One special attack in particular involves [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning]] with dual Uzis, shooting everything in 360 degrees.
* The Xbox game [[Brute Force]] featured Tex, a gunner who had a user-activated [[Berserker]] skill. Not only is he stronger, faster, and tougher, but he also goes Guns Akimbo. And since he thinks pistols are for sissies, the two guns put to use are going to be ''big'' ones.
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* The ''[[Area 51 (1995 video game)|Area 51]]'' [[First-Person Shooter]] lets you dual-wield assault rifles and shotguns. Oddly, despite ignoring the recoil issues this would present, it '''does''' acknowledge that reloading two weapons simultaneously is clumsy at best and impossible at worst - you can't reload while dual-wielding, and your character simply throws away the second weapon as dead weight when it's empty.
* ''[[Red Faction]] II'' permits dual-wielding of pistols or either flavour of SMG after picking up a second weapon of the same type, and independent triggers permit for Woo-, simultaneous-, or New York Reload-style firing with all of their assorted pros and cons.
* ''[[Counter-Strike]]'' has the Beretta 96G "Dual Elites". Being this [[Fackler Scale of FPS Realism|an FPS firmly placed on the realistic end of the scale]], they're inaccurate, underpowered, extremely slow to reload and their only advantage is being a semiautomatic weapon with 30
* ''[[E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy]]'' has the BK13 pistols. Fully automatic with 20 round magazines loaded with .45ACP rounds, the guns are [[Awesome Yet Practical]] because of how lightweight they are. If you're carrying a spare sword, you can also go [[Sword and Gun]] with the pistols.
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* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', a four-armed alien states that the mercenaries should recruit him because with four arms, he can fire four guns at once. The recruiting officer points out that, with two eyes, he can only track one target at a time.
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** However in a [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-06-23 later comic] he is seen quad-wielding pistols to shoot at birds.
** Played straight, however, with Sergeant Schlock who, since he is able to grow additional hands as required, will cheerfully dual or triple wield [[BFG
* Parodied in ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/35.html #35], by combining it with [[I Know Mortal Kombat]].
* Played somewhat realistically in ''[[Errant Story]]'' when [https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044116/http://errantstory.com/comic.php?date=2006-10-30 Jon uses two weapons] in a pinch, with opponents front and back. Both bullets are actually on their targets, but one is jumped over (you heard me right, opponent is later dealt with in hand-to-hand combat) and the other distracts the other opponent (he uses his neigh-unbreakable blade to deflect it) so Sarine can cut him almost in half. The success of the move [https://web.archive.org/web/20080329172658/http://www.errantstory.com/comic.php?date=2006-11-03 amazes Jon to no end].
* Lt. Dart fires two ''shotguns'' at once during the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' story arc "KITTEN II." [https://web.archive.org/web/20150910083533/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=021207 Not that it does him much good.]
* ''[[
* Cleo, eponymous heroine of ''[[Cleopatra In Spaaace]]!'' favours a matched pair of lazer (sic) pistols.
* Kore in ''[[Goblins]]'' is a variant, fighting with 2 [[Automatic Crossbows]].
* Invoked by ''[[Bug
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* Lord Vincent Godfrey in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' with two shotguns even enjoy cursing his own bullets. The success for killing him by a special way is even called 'Bullet time' as a reference to Matrix.
* ''[[Homestuck]]'''s Jake English uses this thanks to his [[Weapon of Choice]], twin M9 barettas, inherited from his grandmother.
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* Somewhat rare, but it occurs in ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]''. Two examples come from v1, during the same gun battle. Peri Barclay wielded two revolvers, but this proved completely ineffective as he failed to hit anyone. Jacob Starr later did the same with his gun and one that an ally dropped, but he alternated fire between the two guns and it wasn't really to hit anyone as much as it was to force Peri and his ally Steven to keep their heads down, covering the other group's retreat.
** Brendan Wallace wields akimbo when he's forced to try and hold off a group of terrorists sent by Danya to eliminate Liz Polanski. He doesn't fire them both at once, however, he barely even fires them at all. [[Cowardly Lion|He runs. This happens a lot with him.]]
* Moira Quicksilver in ''[[The Endless Night]]'' is a notorious bounty hunter who carries two matched pistols (lovingly called Righty and Lefty) to deadly effect.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9CK37sqoz0 Crazy X-Box Lady] resorts to using two guns at once, after miming a pair of maracas.
* A somewhat popular [[Self-Imposed Challenge]] on [[Light Gun Game
* The Elsa van Dorst's v5 incarnation from ''[[Open Blue]]'' isn't just a badass sniper anymore. Now she can fight with a rifle (or musket) in each hand.
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* Yosemite Sam of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' is a more comedic example.
* Being based in part off Yosemite Sam, same goes for the Rich Texan from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''.
* There's a metric buttload of ''[[Transformers]]'' that do this, but you could probably guess that. Rhinox from ''Beast Wars'' is probably the one best known for doing so - with DUAL GATLING GUNS. From the same series, Ravage wields dual guns... and stores them on his hips, Russian crossdraw style. So did the G1 "Triggerbot" Dogfight... but he didn't draw them crossways; he drew them straight and then pulled the triggers with his pinkie fingers. (All the "Trigger" Transformers - whose gimmick was engines that, by pressing a spring-loaded trigger, became weapons when they transformed into robot
** Beast Wars Rampage did this on occasion, dual wielding a smaller gun with his Tri-Barreled Cannon (shrunk down slightly to match).
* Captain Fordo from ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'' and Captain Rex from ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' prefer to use twin blaster pistols in battle.
* [[The Three Caballeros|Panchito]] has his two gun that he loves to shoot, but this being Disney, he isn't actually allowed to shoot ''at'' anyone, so aiming isn't usually a problem.
* [[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Shane Gooseman]] sometimes dual-wields blaster pistols, most prominently in the title animation.
* Major Phil Stark in ''[[Invasion America]]'' invoked this trope a couple of times. Once while trying to find David on Maple Island (humorously used against a stray tree branch that David manipulated to distract him while he escaped), and again at the Glenport Galeria while trying to rescue him from [[Creepy Twins|Simon and Sonia]].
* In ''[[Voltron Force]]'', [[The Lancer|Lance]]'s Voltcoms can form twin pistols. When it's Lance's turn to form Voltron Red Center, his Blazing weapon is a pair of high-powered energy pistols.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Next time you go to an arcade that offers 2-player shooting games, and the guns can be operated 1-handed (aka reload by shooting the bottom of the screen, not pump action), load quarters into both and see how easy it is to aim and track targets. Now imagine if both guns had ''actual recoil'', let alone the noise.
* A possible example of actual use of two guns firing at the same time is "Macedonian Shooting", practiced by Russian special forces. This evolved as a method of [[More Dakka|increasing rate of fire]], more in order to force the enemy to take cover than to try to accurately hit them, and was generally practiced by NKVD officers issued a pair of revolvers. If you don't believe me [https://web.archive.org/web/20160629175140/http://forums.specialistsmod.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=24311 see for yourself.]
* A group of U.S.Army Soldiers decided to demonstrate
** Note that he's forced to take a few steps back while firing. And he carefully braces himself beforehand.
* Back in yon olden times when pistols were muzzle-loaded and took several minutes to reload, it was fairly common for cavalry troops and people fighting in close-quarters to carry multiple pistols. And since you only needed one hand to fire a pistol, it was quicker to hold a pistol in each hand. Nowadays this is called a [[Police Brutality|New York]] Reload.
** Many descriptions have the pirate Blackbeard doing this, as he carried a large number of pistols into battle. The purpose was not so much to kill anybody but to scare the defending crew into surrendering - as a successful pirate Blackbeard understood the importance of avoiding unnecessary bloodshed so he cultivated his reputation as a fearsome scourge of the seas.
** Wild West Gunfighter "Wild Bill" Hickock is said to have wielded two 1853 'Navy' Colts at the same time using a distinctive "crossed wrist" stance. Details are lacking but he probably fired one gun at a time using the back of his other wrist as a support. It's likely he did this to avoid reloading these pre-cartridge 'cap and ball' revolvers because that takes
** One technique that came out of the Old West (and is occasionally seen in Western novels) is the "Border Shift", where a shooter who has a pistol in each hand fires the main-hand gun until it runs dry, and then tosses each gun to the opposite hand, putting the still-loaded gun once again in the main hand. It's essentially a form of New York Reload, with the added fun of juggling loaded weapons. Needless to say, it's incredibly unsafe and extremely difficult to do smoothly.
* It might be apropos to mention [[wikipedia:Morris Cohen (adventurer)|Morris "Two Gun" Cohen]], an Anglo-Canadian Jewish mercenary who fought for Sun Yat-sen, founder of Nationalist China. As noted on the page, his nickname came from carrying two loaded weapons so he didn't need to immediately reload, while in combat, rather than because he used both simultaneously.
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