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{{trope}}
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Nail guns are a common [[Improvised Weapon
'''Nail'Em''' ignores Real Life in favor of the [[Rule of Cool]].
This trope can also cover the use of rivet and staple guns as weapons.▼
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Near the beginning of ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'', Kohta modifies a nail gun into an improvised rifle and consistently headshoots the infected with it.
* [[Hollywood Cyborg|Franky]] in ''[[One Piece]]'' can spit nails in a
== [[Comic Books]] ==
== Comics ==▼
* ''[[Blastosaurus]]'': At one point, raptors shoot at the title character with nail guns.
* [[
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* A nail gun is used for a particularly brutal murder in ''[[Ill Met By Moonlight]]''.
* Xander/Xendra uses a high-powered nailgun to slow down and incapacitate Adam in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fanfic ''[[Xendra]]''.
* In ''[[Small Soldiers]]'', a nail gun is used as a heavy machine gun.
* In ''[[Mousehunt (
* ''[[Lethal Weapon 2]]''. Sergeant Murtaugh is attacked by South African agents and defends himself with a nail gun, ending it with him invoking the trope name.
* ''[[Stay Alive]]'': One character tries to use a nail gun to "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|nail]]" a vampire.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[Final Destination 3]]'', one of the victims meets her end when shot by a malfunctioning nail gun.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[UHF (
* [[James Bond (
* The page image depicts a cover for the 1985 film ''[[
* Hollis's death in the original ''[[My Bloody Valentine (
* The most infamous scene in ''[[The Toolbox Murders]]'' features the killer chasing a naked woman (who was masturbating in the tub) around with a nail gun. In the remake, a woman is nailed to the ceiling with one, after being shot in the throat.
* The [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Strack}} uses a rivet gun in his battle with ''[[Darkman]]'', high atop a skyscraper under construction.
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* A character is tortured with a nail gun in ''Bunnyman''.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* In Lois McMaster Bujold's ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Diplomatic Immunity]]'', an automated hot riveter is used (after bypassing several safety interlocks) as an improvised automatic slugthrower.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' novel ''Small Favor'', [[Action Mom|Charity Carpenter]] uses a nail gun against the gruffs in the opening chapter, followed by beating their skulls with a heavy contractor's hammer. Since the gruffs are Fae, they are extremely vulnerable to the touch of iron, and retreat very swiftly.
* Patrick Bateman from ''[[American Psycho]]'' uses a nail gun in quite a few of his murders, the most notable of which involves him {{spoiler|nailing a woman's hands to a wall so many times her fingers start to fall off}}.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* In ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', Ryan Wolfe is shot through the eye by a nail gun, although here they do at least point out that the safety that prevents the gun from firing unless pressed against a surface is broken.
* ''[[Reaper]]'' used nail guns in the first episode to capture the Baddie of the Week
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* In an episode of ''[[Get A Life]]'', Chris gets a job with the ancient brotherhood of contruction workers [[Widget Series|(just roll with it)]] and by the end has gotten into a tool duel with one of them. The opponent seems to have the upper hand when he brings out the ultimate tool duel weapon, a staple gun, but Chris is able to force him to surrender by utilizing a construction worker's greatest weakness and {{spoiler|threatening to pour out the last beer.}}
▲== Pro Wrestling ==
* Staple guns were a staple (no pun intended) of [[ECW]] "garbage" matches.
** They were "used" correctly though, pressed against the target, as opposed to being used at range.
** They are still used today in "deathmatch" wrestling from time to time. This was shown in [[The Wrestler]] during Randy the Ram's hardcore match against the Necro Butcher. Necro, a [[Real Life]] deathmatch wrestler, is well known for doing stuff like this.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼
▲== Tabletop Games ==
* The smart nail gun from ''[[GURPS]]: Ultra-Tech'' is more accurate than most pistols and is surprisingly effective at piercing armor.
* ''[[New World of Darkness|World of Darkness: Armory]]'' includes rules for using a nail gun as an improvised weapon. Notably, they have to be modified to use them at range, and in doing so, you lose any sort of accuracy.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* ''[[
▲== Video Games ==
▲* ''[[Bio Shock]]'' uses a variation: The Big Daddies use a rivet gun as their primary ranged weapon. In the sequel, where you play as a Big Daddy, the first gun you pick up is a prototype version.
** One of the weapon options in the sequel's multiplayer is a nail gun.
* Your main weapon in ''[[Dead Space: Extraction
* ''[[Quake (
** ''[[Quake II]] Mission Pack 2: Ground Zero'' introduced the ETF Rifle - despite the name, it was basically just the nail gun from ''Quake I'' that ignored armor. It even sounded like the nail gun!
** ''[[
** ''[[Quake
* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
* ''[[Hitman]]: Blood Money'' allows you to use a nail gun, but you'll find it to be slow to fire, so short in range that you literally have to be in the face of the guy you intend to kill with it and the accuracy blows.
* ''[[
** The Medic's Super Nailgun is better.
** The Nail gun was for a long time going to be the Scout's primary weapons in ''[[
** [[The Medic]]'s Syringe Gun is essentially a cross between this and an SMG.
* The ''[[
* ''[[Manhunt]]'': The Skinz gang is armed with nail guns.
* The secretary unit in the Flash game ''HRmageddon'' uses a staple as a ranged attack weapon.
* The MMORPG ''[[Neocron]]'' had nail guns as newbie weapons.
* ''[[Harry The Handsome Executive]]'' uses a staple gun.
* ''[[
** The ''[[Fallout
* ''[[Geist]]'' allows the player to possess a worker who has a rivet gun. While it's useful in a literally [[Incredibly Lame Pun|riveting action sequence]], it's not much of a ranged weapon.
* One of the many enemies in ''[[Ratchet and Clank Going Commando]]'' is a [[
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* Shakila from ''~Darwin's Soldiers~'' lures a [[Mook]] into an empty building that is under construction and kills him by placing the nail gun against his neck and shooting some nails into him.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* In the episode "False Start" of ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', XANA materializes some Kankrelats to the real world. One of the weapons the team uses is a modified nail gun, and it gives a [[Code Lyoko
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* In the episode "False Start" of ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', XANA materializes some Kankrelats to the real world. One of the weapons the team uses is a modified nail gun, and it gives a [[Code Lyoko (Animation)/Awesome|crowning moment]] to [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Jim]].
* In ''[[The Venture Bros]].,'' Brock Sampson uses a nail gun to save Dr. Venture from falling. The nail gun is shown firing with precise accuracy, though the third time he accidentally pinned Venture through his body instead of by his shirt. Brock also uses it to dissuade an approaching enemy who's actually bigger than he is.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': In one episode where Homer goes berserk over baby-proofing the house for Maggie, [[Hypocritical Humor|he hands Maggie the Nail gun.]] She nails his hand to the wall from ten feet away. Homer realizes how in trouble he is, and attempts to coax Maggie into giving back the gun. She pins him to the wall with at least four more nails, with one landing in each ear.
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* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', when a boy was faced with taking Meg on a date, he resorted to shooting himself in the stomach with a shop class nail gun to get out of it.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* A man in Australia was murdered by being shot [[
▲== Real Life ==
▲* A man in Australia was murdered by being shot [[Theres No Kill Like Overkill|34 times in the head]] [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30388174/ with a nail gun].
* Nail gun injuries crop up frequently in the [[Darwin Awards]] (including one attempted suicide).
* Bolt pistols, used in slaughterhouses to stun livestock and for in-the-field euthanasia of injured farm animals, operate on a similar principle to nail guns.
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