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Named for Batman's use of a gun during [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[Final Crisis]]''.
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[Trigun]]'': Vash uses guns all the time. However, as a master of [[Improbable Aiming Skills]], he uses it solely for trick shots, and when in serious trouble, will at most shoot a person somewhere where they'll heal. He doesn't believe in a situation where you can't save everyone. However, {{spoiler|at one point, he is given a true no win scenario, where the villain sets up a situation that will result in the death of his friends, unless the villain is killed (he has... issues). After much hesitation, Vash kills him. He [[Heroic BSOD|doesn't take it well]]. Bear in mind that this was merely [[The Dragon]] he killed, and getting himself shot was the whole point.}}
* Miria in ''[[Claymore]]'' breaks her one rule of never killing fellow Claymores during her battle against {{spoiler|Hysteria the Elegant}}, as that was the only way to end the fight before {{spoiler|a recently Awakened Cassandra}} killed all her allies.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'''s Shinji has always kept the same promise to himself to [[Madness Mantra|"never run away"]] from his duties for 26 episodes, and aside from a couple [[Ten Minute Retirement|stunts]], he always came back. He only broke down when [[Kill
* ''[[Monster]]'': One of the major theme of the manga is the mental and physical tribulation of Dr. Tenma as he's forced to pick up a gun to hunt and kill a monster he unknowingly saved. This trope already has a bleak atmosphere hanging around it, but it's pushed to the realm of [[Deconstruction]] in his case. {{spoiler|In the end, he ''didn't'' kill anyone. Not even [[The Dragon]] of said monster [[Disney Villain Death|he thought he killed]]. Not the monster himself, the final confrontation with whom put the life of a child at a stake.}}
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': In his battle with Wrath near the end of the series, {{spoiler|Scar breaks his code as an Ishvalan and uses Alchemy to reconstruct matter, thus regaining the upper hand. Up until that point, he only used his abilities to destroy things and so remained technically within the bounds of his code against it.}}
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Faith from ''[[Mirrors Edge (Video Game)|Mirrors Edge]]'' applies to this<ref>Based on her personal politics and ignoring [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|player cruelty potential]]</ref>; considering her [[Death By Origin Story|parents were shot for protesting]], [[Thicker Than Water|her sister is a cop]] and the player is [[That One Achievement|generously awarded for not so much as]] ''[[That One Achievement|shooting]]'' [[That One Achievement|anyone]], you ''know'' Faith is pissed when she's pointing a gun at an officer.
* Played with in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots (Video Game)|Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'', with Snake's rule not to use CQC (added to the series in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater (Video Game)|Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', a prequel, so presumably Snake knew it since before ''[[Metal Gear 1987 (Video Game)|Metal Gear 1987]]''), because of Big Boss' betrayal of FOXHOUND. He uses it [[Damn You Muscle Memory|because his first response to someone using it on him is to respond in kind]]. While [[Enfant Terrible|Liquid]], [[Magnificent Bastard|Ocelot]], [[Shell
* Played brilliantly straight in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3''. [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Dante and Virgil]] are twins who are the sons of the demon Sparda. Dante chose to fight against demons, despite being half-demon himself, while Virgil joined them. Dante uses his pistols, Ebony and Ivory, and his [[BFS|sword]]; Virgil only uses his [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana, Yamato]], [[Does Not Like Guns|hating guns]] because he believes them dishonorable. However, when push comes to shove, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Virgil ends up taking one of Dante's guns and the pair shoot]] [[Big Bad|Arkham]] simultaneously, finishing him off.
* Sort of in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', in the [[Tear Jerker|Overlord DLC]]. Paragon!Shepard isn't completely averse to violence, but tends to keep it as a last resort. Later in the mission, there is a paragon interrupt to pistol whip a [[Complete Monster]] because of his [[Moral Event Horizon]], not in self-defence. And it's [[Awesome Moments (Sugar Wiki)|awesome]].
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