r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Werewolf_Knight • Jul 08 '26

Powers (Hilarious Trope) That's not how this gun works!

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EDIT: Just so you know, I might have been wrong about the 3rd example!

  1. The Simpsons (Season 30, Episode 9) - The character is holding a revolver (which is normally charged by putting the bullets inside the cylinder) and charging it by putting a magazine in the grip like a Glock. Please note that this was done intentionally to make fun of how guns are portrayed unrealistically in movies;
  2. Shadow the Hedgehog video game - In one of the trailers, Shadow is holding what I think was an M4A1 and, in this shot, he is arming it by pulling the handguard like a shotgun. The handguard is only for protecting the shooter from the heat generated by the barrel.
  3. Stranger Things (Season 5, Episode 8) - During the fight with the Mindflayer, Nancy is loading an M4A1-5, and, after she inserts a magazine, she is pushing the carrying handle to arm it like a shotgun. That's not what a carrying handle is for, obviously.

I want to mention that I know there's another popular example with a silencer for a shotgun or something, but I am not familiar with it. Also, I tried my best to identify each gun, so please correct me if I was wrong about any of them.

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u/Alpha-SAS Jul 08 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/30i758wGv1D2Gj7m0i

"August Walker (Henry Cavill) smartly reloads his arms before punching"

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u/thegroundbelowme Jul 09 '26

He's just getting his cuffs off his hands and onto his forearms, but I do love this description

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u/pokfen Jul 08 '26

And beard.

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u/brandonderp96 Jul 08 '26

The magically appearing pocket

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u/Dsuperchef Jul 08 '26

Probably laid flush against the shirt and movement uncoupled the fabric sorta say.

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u/Sipstaff Jul 08 '26

No, it's actually a blend of 2 shots. They decided to do another take of this shot much later in the day, but they failed to notice the shirt wasn't exactly the same. It's also the reason his beard grows a tiny bit (which is hard to see in this degraded clip).

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u/Dsuperchef Jul 08 '26

Ok, so I stared at the gif for a few more times. You're definitely right.

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u/cptnamr7 Jul 09 '26

Also reloads his beard there...