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* ''[[Shane]]''
* Parodied in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' (1974), with the Waco Kid.
{{quote| '''Waco Kid:''' Well, it got so that every piss-ant prairie punk who thought he could shoot a gun would ride into town to try out the Waco Kid. I must have killed more men than [[Cecil B De Mille|Cecil B. DeMille]]. It got pretty gritty. I started to hear the word "draw" in my sleep. Then one day I was just walking down the street and I heard a voice behind me say "Reach for it, mister!" I spun around. And there I was face to face...with a 6-year-old kid! Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. The little bastard shot me in the ass! So I limped to the nearest saloon, crawled inside a whiskey bottle and I've been there ever since.}}
** Note the similarity between this example and the ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' Page Quote.
* Borderline: [[Clint Eastwood]] in ''[[Pale Rider]].'' Yes, his guns were in storage while he acted as a priest, but that might have been more of a vacation than a retirement. The whole movie is meant to play him up as supernatural, not merely human. [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]?
** Not borderline at all: Eastood as Will Munny, in ''[[Unforgiven]]'', along with [[Morgan Freeman|Ned Logan]].
* ''[[Tombstone]]'', a 1993 Western movie, starts with Wyatt Earp, a well-known peace officer, settling down in Tombstone city. He refuses to get into any trouble saying he's retired. Of course, things soon get messy as {{spoiler|the leader of a local gang kills the town marshal, so Wyatt's two brothers take his place. As one of them is maimed by criminals, and another is killed, this [[It's Personal|gets personal]], so Wyatt confronts the outlaws}}.
* {{spoiler|Ronald}} in ''[[The WarriorsWarrior's Way]]'' turns out to be the surprise version (although not so much of a surprise to anyone who saw the cover of the DVD).
* Captain Oren Hayes and his retired Texas Rangers in ''[[Once Upon a Texas Train]]''.
* Cort in ''[[The Quick and Thethe Dead]]''.
* Wyatt Earp in ''[[Sunset (Film)|Sunset]]''.
 
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* ''[[Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'' has a "retired" gunslinger in one sidequest who has got religion and cut off his index and middle fingers to make sure he can never use a gun again.
** What I found weird about this is that even though he can't use guns any more, and won't attack you if you attack him, and gave up his title, he still carries a rifle with him. He won't say so, but you can check his inventory, and he's got one.
*** Really now? In ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man Withwith the Golden Gun]]'' there was a weapon manifacturer who created a rifle, meant to be used by an assassin who was also lacking in the finger department. He used a pressure based trigger in the stock. Coincidence? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nUFiqqgtEy8#t=510s 8:30.]
* Landon Ricketts from ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' fits this archetype for the most part, although he still functions as an unofficial lawkeeper protecting the folks of Chuparosa.
** John Marston himself, to an extent. Well....at least he tries to be.
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