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A BFG is a firm favourite [[Bigger Stick]] for the [[Anti-Hero]]. If a supporting character has it, there's three possible reasons; [[The Big Guy]] will often have one as his [[Weapon of Choice]], while other characters might pull one out or be given one if they're about to have a heroic [[Last Stand]]. A weaker character, particularly the [[Distressed Damsel]], might happen upon the hero's discarded weapon after the aforementioned scene where the hero drops it; typically they'll struggle to aim it at the right person but ultimately succeed, upon which they'll either swear they'll never try to fire the weapon again or, more rarely, [[Small Girl, Big Gun|ask if they can keep it]].
If a bad guy has it, expect him to be [[The Dragon]], [[The Brute]] or a [[Psycho for Hire]]; the [[Big Bad]] will usually arm himself with [[Good Guns, Bad Guns|something smaller but eviler]] unless he is an [[Evil Genius]], in which case his BFG is likely to be a [[Wave Motion Gun]] so big it has its own seat. It might be suggested an evil user is [[Compensating for Something]], which [[Berserk Button|might well be a bad idea]]. If the weapon is the bad guy's [[The Gimmick|gimmick]], it will most likely [[I Call It Vera|have a name]], and might get a speech where the villain [[Evil Gloating|gloats]] about how big and awesome it is.
It's often a sign that the user is [[Freud Was Right|literally compensating for something]]; a bad guy using such a weapon is quite likely to [[One-Hit Kill|go down from one punch]] after being relieved of it if he isn't also a [[The Brute|Brute]]. It's typically also used to escalate the action; much like we know [[The Brute]] is a threat because he's physically imposing, we can tell a BFG-equipped Dragon or [[Cold Sniper]] can do a lot of damage straight away, because their gun ''looks'' like it can. The BFG's range and firepower is likely to force the hero to defeat the user with cunning rather than straight-up firepower (much like if the bad guy has a [[Vehicular Assault|powerful vehicle]]); during this standoff, if the hero is armed with something more normal, his "puny weapon" is likely to be compared to it. If it has any kind of weakness (ammunition drum, flamethrower fuel tanks, ability to overload, etc) expect the user to be [[Hoist By His Own Petard|hoisted by his own petard]].
In older videogames, the BFG is typically the last weapon the player acquires (though there might be a very well-hidden one [[Disc One Nuke|earlier on]]), and coincides with the introduction of the toughest monsters; if it's powerful enough, it might go all the way up to [[Eleventh
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