Nothing Up My Sleeve/Playing With

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Basic Trope: A weapon is pulled out of a character's sleeve.

  • Straight: Alex pulls out a gun from his right sleeve when confronting Betty.
  • Exaggerated: Hammerspace.
  • Downplayed: Alex pulls out a safety pin from his sleeve.
  • Justified: Alex has hid his weapons on his sleeves in case he doesn't have one.
    • Alex wants to appear to be unarmed.
  • Inverted: Alex pulls a weapon from his pant legs.
    • Alex pulls sleeves from a gun.
  • Subverted: During a confrontation with Betty, Alex reaches for something in his sleeve, which was just a handkerchief to wipe his head.
  • Double Subverted: He pulls out a dagger from inside the handkerchief.
  • Parodied: Alex pulls out an arsenal of weapons from his sleeve that goes on forever and ever and ever.
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Alex's weapons are not kept in his sleeve at any point.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: "Nothing up my sleeve, no wait, yes there is."
  • Invoked: Alex hides weapons in his sleeves to always be prepared.
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: Betty asks Alex to remove his shirt upon meeting him.
  • Discussed: "It's sometimes a bit uncomfortable keeping a gun in your sleeve the whole time, but you get used to it."
  • Conversed: "It's a good thing these guys never wear short sleeves."
  • Deconstructed: Alex happens to hide a sharp weapon up his sleeve, and gets injured because of it.

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