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The other side of [[Blown Across the Room]]. See also [[Steel Ear Drums]] for another ignored part of guns being fired.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In the final chapter of ''[[Macross]] Plus'', when struggling against Sharon Apple and other threats, Myung has the common sense to arm herself with the submachine gun of a fallen guard (by itself, quite a rare occurrence) but wastes almost the entire magazine when she tries to use it in full-auto, being overcome by recoil and spraying bullets everywhere. She gets a few shots in the right direction, however...
* Seras Victoria in ''[[Hellsing]]'' notes after becoming a vampire that she barely feels the kick on a huge gun, demonstrating her new super strength. She later gets an even bigger gun and can fire it with ease.
:Although when she uses a huge (even by her standards) anti-aircraft gun, she still needs to have it brace itself against the ground to account for the fact that she lacks the sheer ''mass'' to avoid being knocked over by the recoil.▼
▲Although when she uses a huge (even by her standards) anti-aircraft gun, she still needs to have it brace itself against the ground to account for the fact that she lacks the sheer ''mass'' to avoid being knocked over by the recoil.
* ''[[Blame]]'': In the manga, not only does Killy's [[Wave Motion Gun|graviton beam emitter pistol]] produce recoil, but on the first occasion when he [[Up to Eleven|turned it up to full power]] the recoil was enough to break his arm.
* In ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' all the weapons have realistic recoil, including handguns. The only reason that the girls can handle even large weapons, despite their own small size, is that they are [[Robot Girl|cybernetically enhanced]].
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* In [[Poul Anderson]] and [[Gordon R. Dickson]]'s first [[Hoka]] story, ''The Sheriff of Canyon Gulch'', Alexander Jones gets in trouble when he assumes that his skill with a laser pistol will translate into skill with a six-shooter. He's never experienced recoil before.
* Pointedly averted in the book ''[[Patriot Games]]'' Jack Ryan gets his hands on one of the terrorist's submachine guns and fires on them. Before firing he remembers his military training and aims with his target in the upper right part of the sight to account for the recoil and make sure that subsequent rounds will still be on target.
* In ''[[Un Lun Dun]]'' when Deeba first fires the unGun she falls over because of the recoil. She gets better at firing it later on, though.
* Justified in the ''[[Starcraft]]'' novel ''Liberty's Crusade''. Jim Raynor teaches protagonist Michael Liberty (a reporter) how to shoot a [[Space Marines|Marine]] Gauss rifle while wearing [[Powered Armor]]. Mike aims, then stops and asks Raynor how to handle the recoil. Raynor is impressed that he thought to ask, a couple [[Red Shirt|redshirts]] pass credits around, and Raynor explains that the suit compensates automatically.
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