I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Vincent:''' Oh man, [[Trope Namer|I shot Marvin in the face.]]

'''Jules:''' Why the fuck'd you do that?!

 

[[Captain Obvious|Guns are dangerous]]. That's why there are various rules for [[Gun Safety|safely handling]] them. When these rules are not followed, whether it be by [[Artistic License Gun Safety|experts]] or [[Reckless Gun Usage|untrained John Q Public]] there's a chance for an accidental discharge. That's when somebody gets shot. Sometimes in the face. Being named Marvin is rare, however. Either way, it's not funny the same way that [[Juggling Loaded Guns]] is, because somebody just got shot.

 

This is frequently the result of some combination of [[Reckless Gun Usage]], [[Artistic License Gun Safety]], and [[Reliably Unreliable Guns]]. Compare [[Juggling Loaded Guns]] for when somebody getting shot by accident is due to [[Rule of Funny]].

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* ''[[Baccano!]]'', when the [[Firing in the Air a Lot|celebratory gunshot]] the head of the Martillo family fires is immediately met with "Oh my God, somebody just killed Isaac!" from the floor above.

 

* ''Avengers Initiative'': Gauntlet, a military superhero who is supposed to be a highly experienced Army drill instructor, is training a group of teenagers how to safely use their superpowers. He unaccountably decides to make his raw recruits' ''first exposure'' to a live-fire exercise to be a combat simulation drill under chaotic conditions<ref>Instead of standard procedure, which is -- after conducting a thorough series of safety exercises -- to have them perform a very low-stress firing at fixed targets on the known distance range, with assistant instructors standing by to stop potential safety incidents before they start and nobody standing within several hundred meters of where the rounds are expected to be landing.</ref>. He then, rather than following basic procedure and clearing people out of potential impact areas, instead leaves the rest of the recruits standing around as spectators right next to the action instead of putting them behind the nearby bulletproof observation barrier. To cap off this epic display of stupidity he then decides to 'stress test' one recruit by having someone else whose power is to create fearful hallucinations inside a person's mind to use that power on her while she is mid-exercise. Predictably enough, the recruit enters a panicked hallucinatory state and starts firing wildly at all of her imaginary enemies, and kills one of her squad mates (who were, remember, left standing directly adjacent to where she was expected to be firing) with a stray shot. Gauntlet somehow has the supreme gall to not only be completely surprised at this outcome, but to then blame the recruit for 'recklessness' and order her superpower-gadget to be confiscated and her to be discharged in disgrace.

** As a punchline? The recruit in question was the one who was cybernetically bonded to a plasma cannon capable of blowing away skyscraper-sized mecha in a single shot. Really, its a miracle that she didn't kill everyone in the entire building.

* In a flashback of the first ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game, {{spoiler|a young Miles Edgeworth ends up throwing a loaded gun to break up a fight between his father and a bailiff, making him think he'd accidentally shot his father and killed him. He did shoot someone, just not his father.}}

* Played for laughs when ''[[Lego Adaptation Game|LEGO Star Wars]]'' spoofs the scene in ''[[A New Hope]]'' where Obi-Wan gives Luke his father's [[Laser Blade|lightsaber]]. You know how in the movie, the blade comes within a couple of feet of skewering Obi-Wan? In the game, Obi-Wan dives out of the way and Luke beheads C-3PO.

 

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