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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'''Rocko Dillon:''' ''[[Firing in
''[a guy falls from the rafters into the orchestra]''
'''Rocko Dillon:''' Well... from now on!
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You know how you shouldn't screw around with guns because they're dangerous? Well, the normal rules don't apply when it comes to [[Rule of Funny|comedy]]. Whether it's the [[The Simpsons (animation)|police chief]] [[Artistic License Gun Safety|eating donuts off his gun barrel]] or [[Reckless Gun Usage|some clown]] juggling loaded guns, the normal rules of safety don't apply.
Frequently results in [[Amusing Injuries]] from gunshot wounds or a superficial case of [[Ash Face]]. Caused by whichever combination of [[Artistic License Gun Safety]], [[Reckless Gun Usage]] and [[Shur Fine Guns]] would maximize the laughs. When gunshot wounds are used seriously, that's [[I Just Shot Marvin in
Not to be confused with [[Cartoon Juggling]], though actually juggling loaded guns in any cartoon (or [[Real Life]], for that matter), is probably just as bad an example as any of these following examples.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': When Kamina is first given a gun he pretends to know how to use it, even though he ''doesn't know what it actually is''. At first he uses it as a ''hammer'', and after narrowly missing shooting himself in the gonads he proceeds to hold it ''upside down''. Well, he already held it upside down when using it as a hammer; but of course, it was pointing towards him then.
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'': Death the Kid shoots Soul and Black*Star during their [[Ho Yay|bromance hug]], when they first fight (this occurs in Episode 6/ Chapter 3). [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|He claims "his finger slipped"]].
* ''[[Asobi
** It should be noted that said haremette ran outside stark naked to HELP the main character she subsequently shot at.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]? Fumoffu'' has a lot of gags involving this. Sousuke is perfectly capable of handling firearms safely, but has vastly distorted standards on which situations call for use of firearms and which ones do not. He opens fire on a light gun game with a real-life loaded pistol because the alternative (firing the system's light gun outside of the screen and therefore pointing it at something you aren't intending to shoot) was "too unsafe," uses a Steyr AUG to fire warning shots to chase off delinquents (a "peaceful solution" by his standards), and ends up using a loaded handgun to accidentally create a riot when trying order at a bread sale (Kaname told him to "get the seller's attention").
* ''[[Panty
== Film ==
* ''[[Plan
** Similarly, the [[
* ''[[Monkey Business]]'': a [[Marx Brothers]] film has a gangster hands revolvers to both Groucho and Zeppo on two separate occasions. Both times he does so he immediately realizes that they are absentmindedly pointing them right at him, and grabs their hands to turn the guns aside. Don't hand weapons to people who don't know proper gun safety, somebody will get [[I Just Shot Marvin in
* ''[[The Three Stooges]]'': If a firearm is anywhere near one of [[The Three Stooges]], you can be assured that every basic rule of gun safety is out the window. One short even has Curly ''giving a pistol to a baby as a pacifier!''
* ''[[Hide And Creep]]'': One character, a former police officer, uses his gun to emphasize other members of the group while coming up with an escape plan, in homage to ''Plan 9''.
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** The air rifle gag is apparently based on a real-life incident - in the ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' commentary, Edgar Wright claims that his brother once shot him in the leg with an air rifle.
* ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'': features a running argument between Ed and Shaun on whether or not The Winchester's namesake gun (mounted over the bar) has been deactivated:
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'''Ed:''' "Why didn't you just shoot him, man?"
'''Shaun:''' "Ed, for the last time..."
''Shaun squeezes the trigger of the gun, and it fires''
'''Ed:''' "[[I Knew It!|I]] [[Precision F-Strike|fucking]] [[I Knew It!|knew it!]]" }}
* ''[[Pink Panther|The Return of the Pink Panther]]'': Chief Inspector Dreyfus keeps in his office desk both a real gun and a lighter that ''looks just like'' said gun. [[Hilarity Ensues]] with predictably violent results, such as when his assistant Francois, hearing a gunshot, bursts in the office to see the top half of Dreyfus' face looking up at him from behind his desk:
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* In the live-action film of ''[[George of the Jungle]]'', Lyle Van De Groot carries lighters that looked like guns. When he and the poachers Max and Thor head out to find Ursula and capture the "White Ape," Lyle mistakenly trades one of his lighters with an African guide for a real one. He plans to use the "lighter" to scare George away, but when George runs over to save Ape from being poached, a shot rings out, followed by a [[Big No]] both from Ape and Lyle (who realizes he accidentally traded his lighter for a real gun), and a [[Say My Name|Big GEORGE!!]] from Ursula. [[It Gets Better|Of course, George survives because he's the hero.]]
* ''[[Semi-Pro]]'': While playing poker, one guy pretends to threaten someone with a gun as a prank, and says it's not loaded. ''Everyone at the poker table'' takes turns pointing the gun and pulling the trigger at each other. Predictably, the gun ''does'' have one round left; the bullet ricochets around the room and hits a guy's arm (it's in a cast). ''It's still played for laughs'' even though the guy's arm is ''bleeding through the cast''.
* ''[[Commando (
** Arnold is lucky that she did this; missile launchers do not fire lock picks or can openers, children.
* ''[[Idiocracy]]'': features a bunch of cops are firing on the car Not Sure had just exited. One of them has a rocket launcher - which he proceeds to fire backwards. A few seconds later, a 747 enters the shot going down in flames. Later in the film, the ''U.S. President'' quiets down a rowdy crowd in the House of Representin' by firing a light support weapon into the air. This is perfectly justified considering the movie is literally an [[Idiot Plot]]. [[Don't Explain the Joke|No, seriously]], it's about the world being populated by idiots.
* ''[[
* ''[[Mars Attacks
* ''[[Austin Powers]]'': does it, as he can be seen shaking his arms and blinking uncontrollably whenever he fires his gun. Mike Myers notes in the commentary that it was done only half-intentionally, as Mike himself had [[Enforced Method Acting|never fired a gun before]].
* ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'': Just before the climactic battle, Jack Burton attempts to lead the charge of [[The Cavalry]] by shooting upwards dramatically. A chunk of the ceiling lands on his head for his effort, and puts him out of commission until the fight starts.
* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (
* ''[[The
* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'': B.O.B. is given a plasma gun by a clone, and the gun goes off in his hands and hits said clone. Later, Dr. Cockroach grabs the gun away, claiming that it should be in the hands of someone capable... and then the gun goes off in his hands and shoots another clone.
== Literature ==
* In one of [[Larry Niven]]
▲* In one of [[Larry Niven]] 's Man-Kzin wars books, a human picks up a Kzinti energy rifle, smearing blood over the 'insufficient charge' light to hide it, and captures a Kzin. Having [[I Gave My Word|given his parole]], the [[Proud Warrior Race|Kzin]] asks about the rifle. The human says "It's not charged," and points it upward, pulling the trigger to demonstrate. As they watch the hut burn from outside, the Kzin [[Sarcasm Mode|mentions]] that there is a world of difference between ''insufficient'' charge and ''no'' charge.
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* ''[[
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'''Col. Potter:''' ''So, naturally you shot Captain Hunnicutt.'' }}
** One incident involved him shooting himself in the foot while attempting to steal a high-ranking officer's beautiful revolver, which leads to the [[Fridge Logic]] that not only did Frank assume it was unloaded, but that the man who had his gun stored left the bullets in. He also had a particularly entertaining scene where he pulled the pin on a grenade for no good reason, and about six seconds later realized he was waving around a live grenade. Cue frantic search for the dropped pin and fumbling attempt to return it to the grenade (it worked).
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* ''[[The IT Crowd]]'': Douglas opening a random drawer and finding a loaded revolver. Whilst attempting to conceal it, he accidentally shoots himself in the leg, and spends the rest of the episode trying to hide his injury from his staff. Amusingly, that happens after he checks if it's loaded by ''putting the gun to his head and pulling the trigger five times.'' He is supposed to be [[Too Dumb to Live]], but ''damn''.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Daleks in Manhattan", an actress threatens Martha and the Doctor with a gun, and handles it in an appallingly cavalier way, waving it around and even briefly pointing it at her own head. The Doctor suggests she should maybe put it down, and she shrugs and tosses it aside. The Doctor and Martha both flinch--
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* ''[[
** His best part was when he tried to shoot a Wraith, and hit the magazine release instead...
** Probably has something to do with the heavily lampshaded routine of Rodney being the one to always find the solutions to things, he hasn't had time to seek out proper instruction. The fact that everyone else on the team seems fairly competent means that they may not even do the standard equipment and safety check.
** He does, over the course of the show, go from barely being able to operate a pistol to carrying a P90 and using it fairly competently, though never quite as well the rest of the team. The same thing happened to Daniel Jackson in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', who ended up being as much a military commando as he was an archaeologist.
* ''[[
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': episode "End of Days", it is implied that Willow and Tara's cat, Miss Kitty Fantastico, met her demise in a tragic crossbow accident.
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* ''[[The Three Stooges]]'': short "Disorder in the Court" introduces a gun as evidence. Curly is told to try to pull the incredibly rusty trigger, after being told "[[Tempting Fate|Never fear, it's not loaded.]] After one harmless click, he then accidentally shoots off the prosecutor's toupee when his finger gets stuck in the trigger guard.
** ''Any'' time the Stooges or someone around them insisted a gun wasn't loaded, it was. In "Even as I.O.U." Curly gives a baby a pacifier. When Moe sees that it's a revolver, he reaches in to get it, but is stopped by Larry, who warns that the kid might pull the trigger. Curly insists it isn't loaded, and seeks to prove it...by cocking the hammer and thoughtlessly discharging it in an enclosed space. Pretty much every rule of gun safety is blithely disregarded.
* ''[[SCTV]]'': In a parody of ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' called "Captain Combat", Gunny Rabbit is shot by an accidental discharge. (Captain Combat's lesson to the kiddies at the end of the sketch: [[Spoof Aesop|"Never be in a room with a loaded gun unless you're holding it."]])
* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'': Chubby carries a loaded pistol and an identical looking water pistol filled with vodka that he uses to freshen patrons drinks (and occasionally squirts directly into mouth). He is shown shooting at least one patron's glass and (between episodes) the inevitable happens and he shoots himself in the head.
* ''[[Modern Family]]'': When the families go to a dude ranch, the guys try skeet shooting, and Mitchell sends the others diving for cover when he absent-mindedly turns towards them while holding his rifle.
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== Music ==
* Used in the music video for "Walk" by the [[
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Lego Star Wars]] II'': After being handed the lightsaber Luke turns it on and Obi-Wan ducks out of the way. Luke then swings it a few times and inadvertently beheads C3PO.
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' played with: Ocelot is fond of literally doing this as an extreme form of [[Russian Roulette]].
* ''[[Comic Jumper]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dor_v-7-DGg Captain Smiley accidentally shoots the cameraman during this ad].
* [[Too Dumb to Live|Captain Qwark]], in ''[[Ratchet
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Girly]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602000655/http://girlyyy.com/go/483 Lampshaded].
* ''[[
* ''[[PvP (
* ''[[Lackadaisy]]'': [http://www.lackadaisycats.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=19 In a background extra strip], Rocky shoots himself in the ear when [[Reckless Gun Usage|waving around his pistol]], giving him the hole in the ear seen in the regular strip.
* Brilliantly subverted in [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/all-safe/ this] ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' strip. Monica makes absolutely sure her vintage revolver is unloaded, and then manages to knock herself out with it.
* ''[[
** That said, he also invokes the trope at one
== Web Original ==
* ''[[
** Bennett the Sage takes this to the extreme in the two-year anniversary special ''[[Kickassia]]'' where, as Surgeon General of Kickassia, he determines that Uzis make you unkillable, on the grounds that [[You Fail Logic Forever|he's holding one, and he isn't dead]]. He's later seen wiping tears away ''with the barrel of the Uzi.''
* ''[[Girlchan in Paradise]]'', "It's out of bullets, anyway!" "Then that means I can do this!" (''[[Too Dumb to Live|BANG]]'')
* ''[[The Onion]]'', [http://www.theonion.com/articles/8yearold-accidentally-exercises-second-amendment-r,725/ this] article , an 8-year-old boy who unintentionally shot himself in the thigh wins praise from [[Strawman Political
* ''[http://idiotswithguns.blogspot.com/ Idiots with Guns]'' blog, dedicated to the people who for some reason think Hollywood style gun handling makes them look "cool", as opposed to irresponsible and/or stupid.
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (
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** In ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', Chief Wiggum can't carry enough donuts, so he stacks them on the barrel of his gun, [[What an Idiot!|and]] [[Big Eater|then]] [[Artistic License Gun Safety|eats]] [[Idiot Ball|them]] [[Donut Mess
** Yet ''another'' Wiggum example is a recent episode where he used two gun barrels as ''earplugs''.
** Also done in Homer The Vigilante:
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'''Homer:''' Marge! We're responsible adults. And —
'''Moe:''' [shoots] Whoops.
'''Homer:''' And if a group of responsible adults can't handle firearms in a responsible way —
'''Sea Captain:''' [shoots] Sorry.
'''Skinner:''' [shoots] Uh oh.
'''Moe:''' [shoots] Me again.
'''Bart:''' [shoots] Sorry. }}
** From the episode "Simpsons Tall Tales":
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** In another episode, Chief Wiggum is trying to shoot a fly with a gun:
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** One comic book had Homer attend an "Arm The Elderly" rally. To the frustration and astonishment of the [[Grim Reaper]], everyone somehow survived.
* ''[[
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'': Elmer Fudd, for an avid hunter, ignores pretty much every rule of gun safety while out hunting wabbits. Also, there's the scene from ''[[Rabbit Fire]]'', where Daffy looks down the barrel of Elmer's gun and finds out the hard way that there was [[One Buwwet Weft]].
* ''[[Duckman]]'':
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'''Cornfed:''' "Careful, son, I don't think the safety is on."
'''Duckman:''' Before that! }}
* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Dale tells a story again to the gun club members how he assassinated a Central American dictator. He twirls his gun and accidentally drops and discharges it hitting the cash register. This panicked the others and ruins Dale's reputation as president.
** In the two-part whodunnit in which Debbie dies, it turns out she accidentally shot herself while trying to climb back into the dumpster she was hiding in ([[It Makes Sense in Context|she was planning to shoot Buck]]) while struggling to carry fast food and a shotgun at the same time.
* ''[[
* In the [[Ralph Bakshi]] film, ''[[Wizards]]''. A Gas Mask Mook starts screaming about how "They killed Fritz." Fritz gets up and tells him that he's ok. Max (the first mook) crosses his arms in disappointment that he won't get the chance to go on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], and accidentally shoots Fritz while his arms are crossed.
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