Weapon for Intimidation: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat around the bush. "Make it evil," he'd been told. "Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that meanings sticking all sorts of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with."''|''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]''}}

 

 

[[Ornamental Weapon|Not everyone who carries a weapon actually uses it]]. Sometimes it's best to have something to make you look intimidating, be it a large staff or a gun. It might actually be completely useless (such as an unloaded gun or even a toy gun). Other times it's just not needed all that much, but when you need it, it'll get the job done.

 

Subtrope of [[Useless Accessory]]. The [[Sword of Damocles]] is an upscaled version of this trope; a weapon so fearsome it brings nations or worlds to their knees in fear of it. If you don't even have a fake weapon, but wish to achieve the same effect, that's a [[Brandishment Bluff]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* In [[Sand Land]], when Rao is asked why he didn't use his gun in a fight, he answers that bullets are expensive (especially in a [[Single Biome Planet|Desert World]]) and pointing his gun is enough to scare most would-be bandits.