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[[File:~~Chucks_guns2~~.jpg|frame|Charlton Heston: [[Knife Nut|He liked knives, too.]]]]

[[File:Chucks guns2.jpg|frame|Charlton Heston: [[Knife Nut|He liked knives, too.]]]]

{{quote|'''Tank''': All right, what do you need, besides a miracle?

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== [[Anime]] and Manga ==

* In one of the anime installments of ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'', Rally has one of these in her house. Burglars think they can help themselves. Rally's response when the alarm trips is... eager.

** In the manga, it isn't so much a [[Wall of Weapons]] as it is a Closet of Weapons (Including the inside of both doors), but it's still there.

** In the manga, it isn't so much a Wall of Weapons as it is a Closet of Weapons (Including the inside of both doors), but it's still there.

* In ''[[Eden of the East]]'', amnesiac Akira Takizawa is [[Amnesiac Dissonance|none too happy]] to discover that his temporary establishment in Washington DC has one of these.

* ''[[Gunslinger Girl|Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino]]''. Pinnochio has one from which he selects a couple of vz61 Skorpions for Franco and Franca.

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* ''[[The Punisher]]''.

* ''[[Batman]]'', although there obviously aren't any guns on the wall.

** Taken to its logical conclusion when one issue showed him opening up his [[Wall of Weapons]] and having a [[Doctor Who|Dalek "travel machine"]] in there... [http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.the-isb.com/img/7E60176C-4175-4B89-A992-C16FCE959C6A ''just in case''].

** Taken to its logical conclusion when one issue showed him opening up his Wall of Weapons and having a [[Doctor Who|Dalek "travel machine"]] in there... [http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.the-isb.com/img/7E60176C-4175-4B89-A992-C16FCE959C6A ''just in case''].

** Except for the All-Star Batman, who had machine guns in there...

*** Yes, well... AS Batman is a ''special'' case.

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* [[The Matrix|"Guns. Lots of guns."]] This one is more like a ''[[Up to Eleven|mall]]'' of weapons.

** And again in ''Reloaded'', when Neo and the Merovingian's hitmen start looting the wall of weapons in his castle during their fight.

* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''. Yu Shu Lien is using a [[Wall of Weapons]] to try to defeat Jen Yu who wields the legendary sword Green Destiny.

* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''. Yu Shu Lien is using a Wall of Weapons to try to defeat Jen Yu who wields the legendary sword Green Destiny.

* ''[[Terminator]] 2'' has Sarah Connor with an underground cache of weapons hidden in the desert. Not that we need convincing she's a [[Badass]] by this point in the film. John Connor mentions this as well--"One thing about my mom... she always plans ahead."

** ''Terminator 3'' has Sarah Connor with a weapon cache IN HER COFFIN (of course, SHE isn't in it.) Of course that probably moves into [[Crazy Prepared]] territory.

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* Many examples in [[The Dresden Files]]: Harry's apartment/lab, Thomas' spare bedroom / gun lab, and the storage areas at Monoic Securities' headquarters.

* In the ''[[Kitty Norville]]'' series, [[The Gunslinger|hired gun]] Cormac has an entire shed full of weapons specifically designed to kill werewolves and vampires.

* [[Star Wars|Mara Jade Skywalker]] kept a [[Wall of Weapons]] on her personal starship back as an [[Career Killers|assassin]], as shown in her eponymous comic mini-series. It's heavily implied in the [[Legacy of the Force]] series (grown into an [[Action Mom]] by this point) that she still keeps weapons and other such equipment hidden around her family's apartment in case there's a need to go [[Mama Bear]], as there's a scene in ''Sacrifice'' where she's preparing such equipment, with Luke half-surprised that she managed to hide some of this stuff from him for all this time (although he probably just didn't bother to look out of respect for privacy).

* [[Star Wars|Mara Jade Skywalker]] kept a Wall of Weapons on her personal starship back as an [[Career Killers|assassin]], as shown in her eponymous comic mini-series. It's heavily implied in the [[Legacy of the Force]] series (grown into an [[Action Mom]] by this point) that she still keeps weapons and other such equipment hidden around her family's apartment in case there's a need to go [[Mama Bear]], as there's a scene in ''Sacrifice'' where she's preparing such equipment, with Luke half-surprised that she managed to hide some of this stuff from him for all this time (although he probably just didn't bother to look out of respect for privacy).

* The first secret anarchist hideout in [[G. K. Chesterton]]'s ''The Man Who Was Thursday'' has weapons on every single ~~wall -- guns~~ in the outer passageways, bombs in the central chamber.

* The first secret anarchist hideout in [[G. K. Chesterton]]'s ''The Man Who Was Thursday'' has weapons on every single wall—guns in the outer passageways, bombs in the central chamber.

* The sci-fi novel ''Revelation Space'' by [[Alastair Reynolds]]. The brobdingnagian spaceship ''Nostalgia for Infinity'' has a warchive containing examples of over four million hand ~~weapons -- spanning~~ twelve centuries of gunsmithing from blunderbuss to plasma rifle. And if that isn't sufficient, the warchive can sift its blueprints and custom-design and build a weapon for your exact needs in minutes. The only drawback is its simpering artificial persona, which causes the heroine to empty her gun into the warchive once she's got the weapons she wants.

* The sci-fi novel ''Revelation Space'' by [[Alastair Reynolds]]. The brobdingnagian spaceship ''Nostalgia for Infinity'' has a warchive containing examples of over four million hand weapons—spanning twelve centuries of gunsmithing from blunderbuss to plasma rifle. And if that isn't sufficient, the warchive can sift its blueprints and custom-design and build a weapon for your exact needs in minutes. The only drawback is its simpering artificial persona, which causes the heroine to empty her gun into the warchive once she's got the weapons she wants.

* In R.A. Salvatore's [[Forgotten Realms|Drizzt Do'Urden]] novels, when Zaknafein is beginning his teaching of Drizzt and reveals a massive wall armory, telling him to take his pick and find out which ones he prefers.

* Roarke in the ''[[In Death]]'' series has a very extensive collection of weapons from the medieval to the modern. In his case it's less an indication of being [[Crazy Prepared]] and more another way to demonstrate his membership in the [[Fiction 500]], but he does demonstrate his proficiency with several of the firearms all the same.

* Subverted in the [[Gordon R. Dickson]] novel ''Lost Dorsai'' (part of the [[Childe Cycle]]): the titular hero has wall of musical instruments displayed ''as if they were weapons'' which convinces the narrator that he truly has become a pacifist.

* The cover art for "The Unbeholden" (a tie-in novel for the old World of Darkness) shows a major character standing in front of his [[Wall of Weapons]]. From the descriptions in the book, the cover artist shortchanged that character big time.

* The cover art for "The Unbeholden" (a tie-in novel for the old World of Darkness) shows a major character standing in front of his Wall of Weapons. From the descriptions in the book, the cover artist shortchanged that character big time.

* ''[[Duumvirate]]'' takes this trope and goes nuts. In the first book, it's just a room full of weapons. In the second book, they have weapons embedded in literally every wall in the house, as well as an underground Walmart of guns, flamethrowers, and lasers.

{{quote|'''Narrator:''' The child-sized weapons were helpfully placed on the bottom shelf, so kids wouldn't have to climb to reach them.}}

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** Not that big a deal, since it's actually an armory. Most if not all armories for military and paramilitary groups look the same.

** Later, in the "Charlie Don't Surf" mission, the player can enter a basement in a building held by Al-Asad's troops, where there is a table strewn with dozens of rifles, shotguns, grenades and pistols.

** ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' features a terrorist safehouse with ''[[Suspicious Videogame Generosity|multiple]]'' weapons caches. There's a [[Wall of Weapons]] proper in the basement, dropcloths full of weapons near the exits, support weapons and warhead launchers near the kitchen window, and sniper rifles next to picture windows. Mind you, it ''was'' meant as a safehouse and presumably a stronghold if besieged...

** ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' features a terrorist safehouse with ''[[Suspicious Videogame Generosity|multiple]]'' weapons caches. There's a Wall of Weapons proper in the basement, dropcloths full of weapons near the exits, support weapons and warhead launchers near the kitchen window, and sniper rifles next to picture windows. Mind you, it ''was'' meant as a safehouse and presumably a stronghold if besieged...

** Soap and Roach break into an armory in a Russian Gulag which is more like an elevated ''island'' of weapons.

** Also, several Spec Ops missions in ''Modern Warfare 2'' have a dropcloth full of available weapons next to the player at the start of each mission.

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* Similarly ''[[Far Cry]] 2'' has an armory next to every gun shop in the game, where the player can always find an unlimited supply of weapons they bought from the dealer. Empty spaces for future guns are sort of justified, as the armory clearly belongs to the dealer, and he would know his own inventory.

* ''[[Time Splitters]]: Future Perfect'' features a [[Runaway Train|train compartment]] containing a cache of weapons mounted on the carriage wall. Upon entering it, Anya, the player's [[Voice with an Internet Connection]] remarks, "Wow, this is such a guys' room.

* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] 3: Morrowind'', especially in the ''Tribunal'' expansion pack, a fun thing to do is get a large empty house make your own [[Wall of Weapons]] (more like floor and table of weapons) with all the unique weapons and armor that can be found in the dungeons. Might as well do something with all that junk.

* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] 3: Morrowind'', especially in the ''Tribunal'' expansion pack, a fun thing to do is get a large empty house make your own Wall of Weapons (more like floor and table of weapons) with all the unique weapons and armor that can be found in the dungeons. Might as well do something with all that junk.

** People do this in ''[[The Elder Scrolls|Oblivion]],'' and ''[[Fallout]] 3'', too. There are even mods for all three games that make doing this easier.

*** It's needed in those last two games thanks to them using the Havoc physics engine. No I don't want my swords to drop realistically, I want them to line up in a row.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Professor Farnsworth in ''[[Futurama]]'' puts his own little spin on this ~~trope -- instead~~ of weapons, he has a collection of ''doomsday devices'' readily available.

* Professor Farnsworth in ''[[Futurama]]'' puts his own little spin on this trope—instead of weapons, he has a collection of ''doomsday devices'' readily available.

* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Lois Kills Stewie," after Stewie conquers the world, Peter and Lois search his room, finding a hidden lever that reveals a whole ''room'' full of weapons.

* Clay Puppinton in ''Moral Orel'' has an entire ''[http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c3921396b1350113978ce87c0092 hallway]'' lined with weapons of all kinds.