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Sometimes used as an end to an apparent [[Brandishment Bluff]].
Can be done with a [[Finger Gun]], especially if the user has [[Finger Firearms]]. Compare [[Lethal Joke Item]] and [[My Little Panzer]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Subverted (or ''something'') in the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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== [[Radio]] ==
* ''[[The Goon Show]]'' - "You fool, you can't shoot me with a banana, it's-" Bang! Bang! "... swine ... it was ... loaded!"
** In another episode, Seagoon is told that Moriarty killed himself by pointing his finger at his head, and saying "bang".
{{quote|'''Seagoon:''' That’s ridiculous. ''[Laughs]'' How can a man shoot himself by pointing his finger at his head like this and going -
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* In an episode of ''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters]]'', the heroes have to get past Fangster and Long John, who are guarding a room. Tracy takes out a cute wind-up toy tank and sets it towards the two henchmen. They look at it, and then burst out laughing... Then it fires a [[Freeze Ray]], freezing them sold. Unfortunately, it only freezes them for seven seconds, so the heroes have to run past them quickly
* Literal example in one ''[[Super Friends]]'' episode, where the Hall of Justice was invaded by some nasty members of [[Team Pet| Gleek's]] species who use [[Ray Gun]]s shaped like bananas. The funniest part of the episode comes at the end after the villains were apprehended, when Gleek tries to eat one - with rather ''explosive'' results.
* In a third season episode of ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'', Anne manages to take down ''five'' of Mr. X's underlings with a ''toy lightsaber''. Bought in the toy section of a Costco [[Expy]]. {{spoiler|Still, as the climax of the episode shows, Anne might be the equivalent of an actual Jedi...}}
== [[Real Life]] ==
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