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Line 2: [[File:SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou.jpg\|link=The Rock (film)\|frame\|Watch our movie -- or else.]] {{quote\|''"December 1, 1903: Edwin Porter's ''The Great Train Robbery'' debuts. The plot: a wisecracking former cop fights train-jackers at 15 mph. Thrilling audiences with its pioneering realism and papier-mache trains, the final scene -- in which the villain turns and fires his gun directly into the camera -- was said to have so terrified the audience that they would often shriek in terror, screaming out ''[[~~Die~~Yippee ~~Hard~~Ki-Yay!\|'Yippie ky yay, motherfucker!']]'' as one.''"~~\|''[[More Information Than You Require]]''}}~~ \|''[[More Information Than You Require]]''}} When a character points a weapon at the camera so it looks like he is about to attack the audience with it. [[Sean Connery]] is not actually required, [[Rule of Sean Connery\|but doesn't hurt at all]]. Line 19 ⟶ 20: {{examples}} == Cover/poster examples == === [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] === * Not a cover or a poster, but pretty much par for the course for this series's promotional art: ''[[Noir]]'' - [http://lesbicanarias.es/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/noir-kirika-mireille.gif Kirika and Mireille] Are About To Shoot...Well, [[Person of Mass Destruction\|Everybody]]! * ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'': [http://anime.mikomi.org/images/sized/400/600/469.jpg Spike Spiegel]{{dead link}} is about to shoot you. He does this a ''lot'' more in the [http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj63/Onlyseashells/snapshotcowboybebop.jpg movie], and series. And [https://web.archive.org/web/20200122161936/https://www.gamespot.com/cowboy-bebop/images/ game]. Line 33 ⟶ 34: * ''[[Black★Rock Shooter (anime)\|Black Rock Shooter]]'' [http://www.hobbystock.jp/item/view/goods_img/HBY-AVD-00000662.0.jpg is about to shoot you with that huge cannon of hers.]{{Dead link}} === [[Comic Books]] === * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140910210557/http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=28&Itemid=45&limitstart=113 Superman]{{context}}<!-- No Superman image on that page. --> is about to punch you. For real (well, certain values of "real") this time; he's not just flying. [[Superdickery.com\|Superman's a dick]]. ** Superman is about to [http://images.wikia.com/superman/images/4/4f/Superman_Heat_Vision.jpg burn you down]. * [[I Mockery\|Protoclown's]] [http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox3/ Tales from the Longbox article "Comic Cover Clichés"] features examples of this trope, calling it "the Bum-Rush". Line 41 ⟶ 42: * The Green Arrow [https://web.archive.org/web/20130701000925/http://i-beta.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/7/2/2/26722.jpg?v=1 is about to shoot you.] [[Captain Obvious\|With an arrow.]] === [[Film]] === * The first example ever is from [''[The Great Train Robbery]]'', which terrified audiences way back at the beginning of film in 1903. * ''[[The Rock]]'': [[Sean Connery]] [[Trope Namer\|Is About To...well, you know]].<ref>The mock-up poster was used in a [[Something Awful]] Photoshop Phriday feature</ref> * ''[[Jackie Brown]]'': [http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/jackiebrownadvnm.jpg Pam Grier] Is About To Shoot You! Line 49 ⟶ 50: * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130505015139/http://www.horroria.com/i/nposters/00/10/1021-W3.jpg The Bad Lieutenant]'': Harvey Keitel Is About To Shoot You! * ''[http://sobnation.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/boiling_point_jpg.jpg Boiling Point]'': Wesley Snipes Is About To Shoot The Person Standing Next To You! * ''[[Star Wars]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131216171241/http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Star_Wars-return_L-01.jpg Return Of The Jedi]'' -- [[Harrison Ford]] [[The Dog Shot First\|Is Shooting You First]]! ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110501195749/http://kspark.kaist.ac.kr/Star%20Wars/Star%20Wars.files/StarWars%20poster.jpg Star Wars]'': [[Mark Hamill]] Is About To Shoot You! ''[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Star_Wars_Saga_Edition_Cover.JPG Star Wars: Saga Edition]'': Darth Vader Is <s>About To Choke You</s> Force-Choking You! Line 55 ⟶ 56: * ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110107134353/http://www.postergeek.com/albums/userpics/poster_chronicles-narnia-prince-caspian_1.jpg Prince Caspian]'': Ben Barnes Is About To Impale You On Three Feet of Tempered Steel! * ''[[Rambo]]'' ([http://www.siegelproductions.ca/filmfanatics/images/rambo-poster-1.jpg fourth movie]): [[Sylvester Stallone]] Is About To Shoot You <small>WITH A BOW-AND-ARROW</small>! * ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]: [http://capezza.net/dvd_list/images/2345f.jpg Prince Of Thieves]'':{{Dead link}}~~'':~~ [[Kevin Costner]] Is About To Shoot You With a FLAMING Arrow! * ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)\|Robin Hood]]'' (2010 film): ([http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Robin_Hood_2010_poster.jpg ~~2010 film]): [[~~Russell Crowe]] Is About To Shoot You] With a REGULAR Arrow! * ''[[Robin Hood: ~~Men in Tights\|Robin Hood~~ Men in Tights]]'': [~~https~~[media:~~//web.archive.org/web/20140308015943/http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/dennert/archives/robin_hood_men_in_tights~~Robinhoodmenintights.jpg \|Cary Elwes] Is About To Shoot The Person Standing Next To You]] With ''[[Multishot\|Six Arrows!]]'' * ''[[Hot Shots]] [http://www.imdb.com/media/rm507681792/tt0107144 Part Deux]'': [[Charlie Sheen]] Is About To Shoot You With ''[[Everything's Better with Chickens\|A Chicken]]''! * ''[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm398826752/tt0105477 Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot]'': [[Never Mess with Granny\|Estelle Getty]] Is About To Shoot You! Line 70 ⟶ 71: ** ''[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm282560512/tt0417741 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]'': Daniel Radcliffe is about to curse you while Micheal Gambon, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson glare in your general direction. * ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', both the [http://100grana.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/dirtyharry.gif original] and [http://impawards.com/1973/posters/magnum_force_ver1.jpg its sequel] ''[[Magnum Force]]'': [[Clint Eastwood]] Is About To Shoot You With [[Hand Cannon\|The Most Powerful Handgun In The World]]. * [[James Bond (film)\|James Bond]] [http://rentmovie.com/movie-posters/for-your-eyes-only.jpg does] [https://web.archive.org/web/20061009134002/http://koxtawarez.no.sapo.pt/images/007/TheLivingDaylights.jpg it] [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205175155/http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/images/posters_ltk_us1.jpg often] ([http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/jamesbond/images/thumb/9/96/James_Bond-_GoldenEye_Teaser_Poster.JPG/250px-James_Bond-_GoldenEye_Teaser_Poster.JPG Twice]{{dead link}} [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20131220235922/http://bondmovies.net/images/goldeneye-poster1.jpg in] ''[[GoldenEye (film)\|GoldenEye]]''!). ''[[Die Another Day]]'': [http://www.originalprop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/die-another-day-x425.jpg Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry] Are About To Shoot The Guy To Your Left. * And of course, every single opening of every one of the official movies. Line 76 ⟶ 77: *** The 1974 French knock-off "From Hong Kong With Love" opens with Bond attempting to shoot you... but his gun is empty. The camera shoots back, and kills him! * [https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/49530/hulk2003.jpg The 2003]{{Dead link}} ''[[Incredible Hulk\|Hulk]]'': Hulk Smash You! * ''[[Spider-Man (film)\|Spider-Man]]'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140602061533/http://moviechopshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Spiderman-Poster-USA.jpg first] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130624232515/http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Spiderman_2_destiny_L.jpg second]): Spider-Man Is About To [[How Do I Shot Web?\|Shoot Web]] At You! * ''[[Doom]]'' movie: [[Inverted Trope]] -- [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Doom_movie_poster.jpg YOU are shooting at an Imp!] * ''[[City of God]]'': [http://nohaybanda.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/cidade.jpg Many] [[media:city-of-god.jpg\|Drugdealers]] Are About To Shoot You! Line 109 ⟶ 110: * ''[[The Hobbit (film)\|The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies]]:'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20141224111324/http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/hobbit-battle-five-armies-bilbo-poster.jpg Bilbo Baggins is about to stab you in the face.] === [[Literature]] === * ''[[Fate of the Jedi]]: [http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/3/32/Vortex_cover.jpg Vortex]'': Han Solo is About to Shoot You! === [[Live-Action TV]] === * ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'': [http://www.lovefilm.com/lovefilm/images/products/5/89625-large.jpg Joe Flanigan Is About To Shoot You (But Really Should Look Behind Him)!]{{Dead link}} * ''[[House (TV series)\|House]] ~~M.D.~~'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20131221224759/http://orbis-web.com/ebay/house-23_large.jpg The entire cast is about to defibrillate you.] ** [[Doctor Jerk\|Or spill hot coffee on you]]. * ''[[Scrubs]]'': [http://www.exo.net/~ronh/DVD/images/large/B00005JNEQ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg J.D. is about to force-feed you some really awful-looking medicine!] Also, they're all about to give you a shot, among other things! Line 123 ⟶ 124: ** Sylvester McCoy [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/55/Sky_Pirates.jpg is about to whack you with a question-mark umbrella while grinning like a nutcase!] === [[Professional Wrestling]] === * ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment\|WWE]] Armageddon 2008'': [[Chris Jericho]] [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/29777_Arm08_300x450.jpg Is About To Nuke You!] * [[The Undertaker]] [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/1998JudgmentDay.jpg Is About To Grab You!] === [[Tabletop Games]] === * A ''[[Deathwatch (game)\|Deathwatch]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130916062026/http://fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=108&esem=2 Space Marine has just shot you]. [[BFG\|And depending on who you are and what armor you're wearing/what vehicle you're in, possibly also the battle tank behind you. And the person behind that battle tank.]] [[Overly Long Gag\|And the wall behind that person.]] ...And that person behind that person... it's a really big gun, okay. He's a [[Space Marine]]. The [[Rogue Trader]] sourcebook, ''Hostile Acquisitions'' does this with ~~it's~~its cover-art using the Iconic Rogue Trader, Sarvus Trask. === [[Video Games]] === * ''[[Pokémon]] [http://pokefan2000.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/pokemon-platinum-english-game-cover-box-art.jpg Platinum Version]'': Giratina Origin Forme Is About To [[Nightmare Fuel\|Get You!!]] * ''[[Pokémon]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120603181034/http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/446340_43971_front.jpg Silver Version]'': Lugia is about to eat you! Line 147 ⟶ 148: * ''[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Redneckrampage.jpg Redneck Rampage]'': A Dirty, Ugly Redneck Is About To Shoot You! * ''[[Call of Duty]] 4: [[Modern Warfare]]'': [http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/9069/93921286928front.jpg Sgt. Jackson is about to shoot you!] ** ''Call of Duty: World at War'': [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.~~imfdb~~archive.org/wweb/~~images~~20200122161941/2http:/20/~~CallofDutyWorldatWarJacket~~www.~~jpg~~imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page Pvt. Miller is shooting at you!] * In [http://www.deltaattack.com/2011/09/07/three-consoles-shoot-stuff/ this] picture used as a [[Game Pro]] Magazine cover: [[Halo\|Master Chief]] is about to shoot you while [[Metroid\|Samus]] and a [[Killzone\|Helgast Soldier]] watch. * The cover of ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'': Miranda and Thane are about to shoot you and the person next to you, while Shepard glares you both to death. Line 165 ⟶ 166: * ''[[Mega Man (video game)\|Mega Man]]'' US cover: Mega Man ''would'' be about to [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722071905/http://media.heavy.com/media/2010/04/mega-man.jpg shoot you] -- [[Off-Model\|if his arthritis weren't flaring up so bad he can't move his wrist, and his cataracts weren't keeping him from seeing you in the first place]]. * ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'': [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Red_Dead_Redemption.jpg John Marston is about to blow your hand off.] * ''[[Ghostbusters]]\|Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Ghostbusters_videogame_front2.jpg Peter Venkman is about to trap you while Egon and Winston shoot people floating in the air next to you!] * ''[[X-COM]] Apocalypse'': [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L1znXUxJaOw/R4yHlhwoHII/AAAAAAAAB6Q/xBDftdyRCIE/s320/X-Com%2B-%2BApocalypse_2.png An X-Com Agent] [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy\|is about to shoot another X-Com agent who isn't standing anywhere near you!]] * ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617064843/http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080201045649/silent/images/9/90/SH3_qualite_3.jpg Heather Mason] is about to shoot you! [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617065117/http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080201045739/silent/images/4/48/SH3_qualite_4.jpg And hit you with a pipe!] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617065653/http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080201045831/silent/images/d/dd/SH3_qualite_5.jpg And shine a flashlight in your eye!] * This may be a stretch, but whatever. ''[[SF 20]]: The Art of Street Fighter'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617025804/http://www.udonentertainment.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sf20_cover.jpg Ryu is about to counterpunch you!] * Japanese cover for the [[PlayStation]] cover of ''[[The King of Fighters]] '96'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042020/http://castleofcollectibles.com/torture/sony/ps/pskof96best.jpg Iori Yagami is about to burn you!] * ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]'' and ''[[True Crime: New York City]]'': [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/True_Crime_-_Streets_of_LA_coverart.jpg Nick Kang] and [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/True_Crime_-_New_York_City_Coverart.jpg Marcus Reed] are about to shoot you. Line 178 ⟶ 179: == In-story examples == === [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] === * Alucard from ''[[Hellsing]]'' constantly makes it appear that he is aiming for the viewer's eyes. * [[Manga]] example (spoilers!): [[Chrono Crusade\|Joshua Christopher]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090313063042/http://www.onemanga.com/Chrno_Crusade/29/23-24/ Is About To Shoot You!] ** Actually, there's three separate panels in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' that show Joshua pointing a gun out of the frame and towards the reader. [[Rule of Cool\|And it looks badass every time]]. Line 187 ⟶ 188: * Death The Kid from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' has a few [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|shots]] in the show or the merchandise in which he is pointing [[Morph Weapon\|Liz and Patti]] at the camera; a particularly famous shot is [http://littledailyprophet.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/soul-eater-03_death-the-kidavi_001167042.jpg one from his debut episode]; he was actually supposed to be pointing at a very asymmetrical pharaoh. * Credits of ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' - Wendy Garret is about to shoot you with [[One Bullet Left\|her single remaining bullet]]. * In the ~~3rd~~third episode of ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', the rambo bunny with two gatling guns for hands (Gargomon) isn't about to shoot you... in the dub. In the original, he almost did. * In ''[[Macross Frontier]]'', Sheryl Nome is about to shoot you. Sheryl uses this trope in her war propaganda commercial "Galactic Fairy takes up arms for her homeland!" * Spoileriffic example from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', episode 10: {{spoiler\|[http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5981/mamiisabouttoshootyou.jpg Mami Tomoe is about to shoot you while crying.]}} === [[Film]] === * Shows up frequently in [[James Bond (film)\|James Bond]] openings, in the famous [[Bond Gun Barrel]] sequence (which before ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' has been in all pre-credits/teaser sequences). * ''[[The Great Train Robbery]]'', the [[Trope Maker]] and ''very'' likely the [[Ur Example]] (this was one of the first true movies, ''period''). Line 198 ⟶ 199: * The trailer for the ''[[Watchmen (comics)\|Watchmen]]'' [[Watchmen (film)\|movie]] originally had an assassin pointing a gun at the camera in one scene. After being told by the MPAA that it would need to be removed in order to get a green band, director Zack Snyder [[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\|digitally altered it into a walkie-talkie]]. * ''[[The Proposition]]'': Danny Huston, Guy Pearce, and [[Ray Winstone]] are all going to shoot you. Or maybe someone just behind you and to your left. * The movie version of ''[[Patriot Games]]'' does this during the scene where [[Psycho for Hire\|Sean Miller]] ([[Sean Bean]]) executes Dennis Cooley. * ''[[Zardoz]]'' has [[Sean Connery]] shooting at the camera, in a red nappy. * [[John Woo]]'s ''The Killer'' does this a lot, most famously the scene where Chow Yun-Fat takes out his target at the restaurant during the first major shootout of the movie. Line 210 ⟶ 211: * [[The Three Stooges]] even got in on the act during two shorts that were attempts at 3-d, 'Spooks!' and 'Pardon My Backfire'. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Sppooks.jpg Moe Howard Is About To Poke Your Eyes!]{{Dead link}} * Happens in-character in ''[[Back to The Future Part II]]'', when Marty encounters a holographic The Shark Is About To Eat You! advert for ''Jaws [[Ridiculous Future Sequelization\|19]]''. * Near the end of ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)\|The Avengers]]'' {{spoiler\|Loki finds himself confronted by the Avengers}}, leading to a [[Team Shot]] combined with Hawkeye Is About To Shoot You With A Bow And Arrow. * An example from ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]'', as shown [[:File:Laputa Castle in the Sky - Early Teen Hero.png\|here]]: Pazu is about to shoot you. === [[Literature]] === * ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'': {{quote\|A new poster had suddenly appeared all over London. It had no caption, and represented simply the monstrous figure of a Eurasian soldier, three or four meters high, striding forward with expressionless Mongolian face and enormous boots, a submachine gun pointed from the hip. From whatever angle you looked at the poster, the muzzle of the gun, magnified by the foreshortening, seemed to be pointed straight at you.}} === [[Live-Action TV]] === * Chris Elliott is about to shoot you in his domestic sitcom/cop drama mashup ''[[Action Family]]'' where he guns down his teenage daughter's scuzzy boyfriend - not that he's guilty of Chris's partner's death, he's just conveniently there for the wrap-up/happy ending. * In the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Heart of Gold," Mal levels his pistol dramatically at the camera, and then gets startled by Inara and lets out a very undramatic "Bwa!" of surprise. Line 222 ⟶ 224: * When thugs interrupt [[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'s [[Outdoor Bath Peeping\|bathing]], you get a point-of-view shot of her punching you in the face. === ~~Theater~~[[Theatre]] === * In the finale of ''Assassins'', the assassins all draw their guns, walk to the foot of the stage, and fire on the audience. === [[Video Games]] === * ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' has Solidus Snake pointing his P90 directly at the camera. * [[Ninja Gaiden\|Ryu Hayabusa is about to hack you into bits]]. Line 257 ⟶ 259: * ''[[God of War (series)\|God of War]]'': You get to watch as Kratos [[Eye Scream\|gouges your eyes out.]] (You're really watching from Posideon's point of view as he gets the shit beat out of him, but the effect is there.) === [[Western Animation]] === * In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', Mr. Freeze fires his freeze gun directly at you. In the commentary, the directors are surprised they got away with it - they wouldn't have been able to with a regular gun, in case some kid decided to try it. * One ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' storyline has a [[The Deep South\|Southern Gentleman]] from the "[[The American Civil War\|League of Confederate Correctors]]" who couldn't stand anyone even mentioning the word "Civil". During a football game that somehow mutated into a re-enactment of a battle from the War Between The States, the narrator describes Bullwinkle "swivel-hipping his way to the goal --" Line 264 ⟶ 266: == Other examples == === [[Advertising]] === * The kids in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hpzX_Jo2ig Storm Water Guns commercial] are about to leave you soaking wet! * Wartime propaganda: [[Uncle Sam Wants You\|Uncle Sam]] is '''[http://www.sonofthesouth.net/uncle-sam/images/uncle-sam.jpg about to stick his finger in your eye!]''' Lord Kitchener needs [http://www.sterlingtimes.org/kitchener.jpg YOU] to get a poke in the eye! === [[Music]] === * Eazy-E [http://planetill.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/straight-outta-compton.jpg is about to shoot you]. Or maybe he just did. Or maybe he's not finished yet. To add insult to injury, from the perspective it's clear that Dr. Dre is standing on your crotch. === [[New Media]] === * ~~[[TV~~All The Tropes]]: Linkara is about to shoot you on the ~~trope~~ page for ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]''. * Ditto [[Samuel L. Jackson]] on ''his'' trope page. * Used for humorous effect on the cosplay/talk show/thing ''[[Demyx Time]]'', where Vexen is using his mind-ray to make everyone forget about the body-switching incident - [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. The episode ends with him repeating 'NOBODY MUST REMEMBER!' and shooting it into the camera. === [[Video Games]] === * ''[[Pokémon]]'': Blastoise [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/42/009Blastoise_RG.png is about to] [[Making a Splash\|drown you]]! === [[Western Animation]] === * In ''[[Beast Wars]]'', Dinobot and Rattrap punch the camera (which is looking through Tarantulus' POV). Complete with seeing double and falling over after it's done. * ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'': Flippy is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130718190324/http://www.zerochan.net/651141 about to shoot you]... assuming you haven't [[Kill It with Fire\|burned to death]] already. === [[Real Life]] === * Irish politician (at the time of the photo, Minister for Defense), [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1lP85RYcbBU/SPrI_OpS3xI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/fAQCSHlvxjc/s400/Willie+O%27Dea+%2B+gun+L.jpg Willie O'Dea] is about to shoot you! * Occasionally in pro sports, an athlete or a ball will collide with a camera or cameraman. There is some pretty crazy footage from Major League Baseball of foul balls that have shattered the camera lens.