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* Kunai are pretty common targets of this trope. Kunai are often portrayed as having sharp edges. In actuality, only the tip is sharp. The kunai was designed as a trowel, not as a dagger. Following that, they were not typically thrown (but then again, [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|neither are most weapons that are thrown in fiction]], and throwing a kunai is certainly more plausible than throwing a sword).
* Kunai are pretty common targets of this trope. Kunai are often portrayed as having sharp edges. In actuality, only the tip is sharp. The kunai was designed as a trowel, not as a dagger. Following that, they were not typically thrown (but then again, [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|neither are most weapons that are thrown in fiction]], and throwing a kunai is certainly more plausible than throwing a sword).
* Most situations in which someone attacks with a double-edged sword and then assures that he used the flat side. It is seen very commonly in Japanese comics and animation, as well as in fanfiction (since many fanfiction writers had never held a real blade, and thus base their knowledge off those comics and animations). By "flat" they may be referring to the actual flat (the side) of the blade, rather than the (sharpened on a double-edged sword) back edge, of course.
* Most situations in which someone attacks with a double-edged sword and then assures that he used the flat side. It is seen very commonly in Japanese comics and animation, as well as in fanfiction (since many fanfiction writers had never held a real blade, and thus base their knowledge off those comics and animations). By "flat" they may be referring to the actual flat (the side) of the blade, rather than the (sharpened on a double-edged sword) back edge, of course.
* [[Guns Akimbo|Using two handguns at once]]. You can fire them that way, but aiming is impossible and since you're only using one hand each the recoil sends your bullets all over the place. Also, using high caliber pistols like a Desert Eagle with only one hand requires an extremely strong arm, as the thing weighs almost 2 kg, and that's not even considering the recoil.
* [[Guns Akimbo|Using two handguns at once]]. You can fire them that way, but aiming is impossible and since you're only using one hand each the recoil sends your bullets all over the place. Also, using high caliber pistols like a Desert Eagle with only one hand requires an extremely strong arm, as the thing weighs almost 2 kg, and that's not even considering the recoil.
** To say nothing of the fact that the human eyes aren't designed to move independently, so looking down the sights of two handguns at once isn't going to happen. Even if a character is superhumanly strong and the recoil isn't a problem, the best they're going to manage is pointing in the general direction of the targets and hoping they hit. A [[The Reptilians|reptilian]] character, on the other hand, might not have this problem, as some reptiles ''do'' have independently-moving eyes.
** To say nothing of the fact that the human eyes aren't designed to move independently, so looking down the sights of two handguns at once isn't going to happen. Even if a character is superhumanly strong and the recoil isn't a problem, the best they're going to manage is pointing in the general direction of the targets and hoping they hit. A [[The Reptilians|reptilian]] character, on the other hand, might not have this problem, as some reptiles ''do'' have independently-moving eyes.
* Shooting from the hip is pretty much pointing your gun in the general direction of your target and firing without aiming at all. With only 30 rounds in the magazine even an assault rifle has a very good chance to not hit anything at close distance, especially when you swing it around in an arc. The only ''valid'' purpose of doing something like this is to get the enemy to duck behind cover instead of shooting at your comrades while they maneuver.
* Shooting from the hip is pretty much pointing your gun in the general direction of your target and firing without aiming at all. With only 30 rounds in the magazine even an assault rifle has a very good chance to not hit anything at close distance, especially when you swing it around in an arc. The only ''valid'' purpose of doing something like this is to get the enemy to duck behind cover instead of shooting at your comrades while they maneuver.
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* ''[[The Slayers]]'' has Rapid-fire muzzleloaders.
* ''[[The Slayers]]'' has Rapid-fire muzzleloaders.
* Death The Kid in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' holds [[Guns Akimbo|Liz and Patty]] [[Equippable Ally|Thompson]] upside down and pulls their triggers with his pinkies. This might be because he uses them something like tonfa in close combat (so holding them the way he does would give him more torque) but that just [[Justified Trope|justifies]] one example with another.
* Death The Kid in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' holds [[Guns Akimbo|Liz and Patty]] [[Equippable Ally|Thompson]] upside down and pulls their triggers with his pinkies. This might be because he uses them something like tonfa in close combat (so holding them the way he does would give him more torque) but that just [[Justified Trope|justifies]] one example with another.
** Being a [[Humanoid Abomination]] also justifies his improbably weapon skills. Sure, a human ''can'' shoot a pistol with their pinkies, but mostly just with one gun and with both pinkies on the trigger. Two guns that can transform into even larger [[Hand Cannon|Hand Cannons]] (the largest forms needing stands to support them) and with crazy aiming skills? Only a god (which Kid is) could pull something like that off.
** Being a [[Humanoid Abomination]] also justifies his improbably weapon skills. Sure, a human ''can'' shoot a pistol with their pinkies, but mostly just with one gun and with both pinkies on the trigger. Two guns that can transform into even larger [[Hand Cannon]]s (the largest forms needing stands to support them) and with crazy aiming skills? Only a god (which Kid is) could pull something like that off.
* Kaede Nagase in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is a Ninja who mostly follows the rules of Hollywood Ninjas (kunai, explosives). Except for her being listed on [[BFS]]; it stands for [[Fuuma Shuriken|BF]]''[[Fuuma Shuriken|Shuriken]]''. She does throw it, but it's normally used to shield her and smash her targets. Note that shuriken were used as make-shift blades for close-in defense in [[Real Life]]. They just happened to often be small and annoying.
* Kaede Nagase in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is a Ninja who mostly follows the rules of Hollywood Ninjas (kunai, explosives). Except for her being listed on [[BFS]]; it stands for [[Fuuma Shuriken|BF]]''[[Fuuma Shuriken|Shuriken]]''. She does throw it, but it's normally used to shield her and smash her targets. Note that shuriken were used as make-shift blades for close-in defense in [[Real Life]]. They just happened to often be small and annoying.
** On one occasion she does throw it, she takes out a number of opponents. She assures some onlookers that the giant whirling deathball she just threw is totally nonlethal because she hit with the back of the blade. Do note that her shuriken doesn't appear to actually ''have'' a dull side, and that the onlookers still think it should be fatal.
** On one occasion she does throw it, she takes out a number of opponents. She assures some onlookers that the giant whirling deathball she just threw is totally nonlethal because she hit with the back of the blade. Do note that her shuriken doesn't appear to actually ''have'' a dull side, and that the onlookers still think it should be fatal.
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* [[Mass Effect]] and [[Mass Effect 2]] have several examples, mostly related to sniper rifles. In the first game, the bad guys' sniper rifles are as effective against the Mako as their rocket launchers for some reason, which is really annoying because you can't exactly dodge the sniper shots. In the second game, Shepard and Legion can get the M-98 Widow sniper rifle. The recoil from the Widow will shatter a normal human's arm, but Shepard has quite a bit of cybernetic enhancement and Legion is a robot.
* [[Mass Effect]] and [[Mass Effect 2]] have several examples, mostly related to sniper rifles. In the first game, the bad guys' sniper rifles are as effective against the Mako as their rocket launchers for some reason, which is really annoying because you can't exactly dodge the sniper shots. In the second game, Shepard and Legion can get the M-98 Widow sniper rifle. The recoil from the Widow will shatter a normal human's arm, but Shepard has quite a bit of cybernetic enhancement and Legion is a robot.
* In the final cutscene of ''[[Unreal Tournament 3|Unreal Tournament III]]'' {{spoiler|the protagonist kills the [[Big Bad]] by clubbing her to death with a rocket launcher}}.
* In the final cutscene of ''[[Unreal Tournament 3|Unreal Tournament III]]'' {{spoiler|the protagonist kills the [[Big Bad]] by clubbing her to death with a rocket launcher}}.
* ''[[Predator]]'' and the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' games both feature vehicle-mounted -- and electric-powered -- miniguns being carried and fired by individual humans on foot, with no extension cord visible anywhere.
* ''[[Predator]]'' and the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' games both feature vehicle-mounted—and electric-powered—miniguns being carried and fired by individual humans on foot, with no extension cord visible anywhere.
* In ''[[God Hand]]'' you can get the tremendously useful rocket launcher... which you use with the same animation as every other weapon and use it to beat someones head in. After you've fired it's single payload of course.
* In ''[[God Hand]]'' you can get the tremendously useful rocket launcher... which you use with the same animation as every other weapon and use it to beat someones head in. After you've fired it's single payload of course.
* [[Handwaved|Handwaveded]] with the [[Rule of Cool]] in ''[[Dead Rising]] 2'', where the player can use machine-gun wheelchairs , pitchfork-shotguns, and chainsaw-paddles [http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/screen/92287/Dead-Rising-2/ to mow down the undead].
* [[Handwaved]]ed with the [[Rule of Cool]] in ''[[Dead Rising]] 2'', where the player can use machine-gun wheelchairs , pitchfork-shotguns, and chainsaw-paddles [http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/screen/92287/Dead-Rising-2/ to mow down the undead].
* One of [[Gears of War]] 2's bosses, Skorge, uses a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw staff]] to saw a tank in two.
* One of [[Gears of War]] 2's bosses, Skorge, uses a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw staff]] to saw a tank in two.
* [[Samurai Warriors]] has Hanzo, who swings the scythe-part of his kusarigama and Shingen Takeda, whose warfan can be used for slicing people. Nagamasa using [[Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship]] with his ''lance'' may count as well.
* [[Samurai Warriors]] has Hanzo, who swings the scythe-part of his kusarigama and Shingen Takeda, whose warfan can be used for slicing people. Nagamasa using [[Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship]] with his ''lance'' may count as well.
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