Hand Cannon: Difference between revisions

* A [[Western]] example from ''[[True Grit]]'':

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'''Rooster Cogburn:''' Well, this'll sure get the job done if you can find a fence post to rest it on while you take aim.

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** ''[[The Cowboys]]'' had [[John Wayne]] telling the boys he had for cowhands to put their guns in a wagon. Cue the smallest boy extracting the largest gun from his belt.

* The opening scene of ''[[Desperado]]'' has El Mariachi's buddy spin a story of how he cleared a bar with a sawed-off and a de-stocked [[wikipedia:Armsel Striker|Armsel Protecta]] shotgun, which manage to throw your average Mexican about ten feet in the air with one shot:

* In the [[Vigilante Man]] flick, ''[[Death Sentence]]'', Kevin Bacon needs to buy some guns for his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] so he goes to a black market gun dealer (played by John Goodman). John Goodman then proceeds to use this sales pitch when refering to a [[Revolvers Are Just Better|Colt Python]], a [[Cool Guns|Colt M1911]], and a [[Rare Guns|Desert Eagle]] respectively:

* In ''[[Alien Nation (film)|Alien Nation]]'', James Caan's character upgrades from his police-issue sidearm to a Freedom Arms Model 83, a 5-round .454 Casull revolver, in order to combat the Newcomer gang that killed his partner. At the time the film was made (1988), this was the most powerful handgun/cartridge commercially available.

* Bohdi (played by Patrick Swaze) also uses the .454 Casull in ''[[Point Break]]''.

* Almost all the major characters in ''[[Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man]]'' wield a [[Hand Cannon]] at some point in the movie, ranging from .44 Magnum Desert Eagles to .454 Casull Rugers.

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'''Marlboro:''' "Which might be why you shoot like shit. Harley, ''nobody'' learns to shoot using a gun that big."

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* ''[[I Come in Peace (film)|I Come in Peace]]'' (aka ''Dark Angel'') has an alien pistol that when fired, blows up entire rooms ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZbj4knIYw example], with a car).

* In ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]'' it is shown that HB's "Samaritan" holds four rounds each about the size of a thumb.

** In the second movie, he gets an even ''bigger'' gun, that apparently uses clockwork to fire, has about sixteen barrels, and fires pairs of flaming shotgun shells. It is called the "Big Baby" and he uses this to destroy a forest god.

* Though normal-looking guns are present, the air pirates in ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]'' use these as their weapon of choice.

* The toon revolver in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' is abnormally large. Possibly because all of its bullets are sentient.

* In ''[[Killer 7]]'', the persona Dan Smith uses a Colt Python as his primary weapon. While this is large enough to qualify for this trope as is, he receives a mid-game upgrade: the Demon Gun, a double barreled, twelve-shell cylinder revolver, which appears to be larger than his head in several cut scenes. MASK goes one better by using a pair of cut-down grenade launchers.

* ''[[Duke Nukem]]: the Manhattan Project'' has Duke start with a large handgun with a shiny gold finish.

* The ''[[Star Wars]]: Empire at War'' [[Expansion Pack]], ''Forces of Corruption'', features Tyber Zann, leader of the corrupt fraction, who has a handgun that can blow away a whole squad of infantry.

** Implied to be the blaster equivalent of a [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]].

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Surely this exchange on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is a potential trope namer:

'''McBain''': "Bye book!" }}

* In ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'', Action Masters were Transformers who gave up the ability to transform in exchange for greater physical prowess and to be "more alive". Some felt the need to compensate further; Kick-Off, for instance, has a handgun with a barrel as long as his arm and as wide as his fist. Several others, like Krok, Rad, and Banzai-Tron, had partners who transformed into extensions of their guns, increasing their size and power dramatically. Kick-Off's own weapon can be enhanced by transforming his ''jetpack'' and attaching it, making it roughly the size of his entire body but still held in one hand. Meanwhile, Overrun normally pilots a helicopter, but it apt to tear off its primary weapon (which is freaking huge relative to his body; this is a very small helicopter, of course) and use it on foot.