Guns And Gunplay Tropes

Basic Information

• Abnormal Ammo
• Accidental Aiming Skills
• AKA 47
• A Team Firing
• Almost Lethal Weapons
• Armed Altruism
• Automatic Crossbows
• Ballistic Discount
• Bang Bang BANG
• BFG
• Bizarre And Improbable Ballistics
• Blasting It Out Of Their Hands
• Bling Bling Bang
• Blofeld Ploy
• Blown Across The Room
• Boom Headshot
• Bottomless Magazines
• Bullet Catch
• Bullet Dancing
• Bullethole Door
• Bullet Holes And Revelations
• Bullet Proof Vest
• Bullet Sparks
• Click Hello
• Cold Sniper
• Cool Guns
• Coup De Grace
• Defensive Failure
• Depleted Phlebotinum Shells
  • Silver Bullet
• Dodge The Bullet
• Doesn't Like Guns
• Do Not Run With A Gun
• Dramatic Gun Cock
• Drop Gun
• Exactly What I Aimed At
• Fake Gunshot
• False Gunshot
• Fantasy Gun Control
• Firing In The Air A Lot
• Five Rounds Rapid
• Gangsta Style
• Gatling Good
• Good Guns Bad Guns
• Gun Fu
• Gun In My Pocket
• Gun Kata
• Guns Akimbo
• Guns Are Worthless
• The Gunslinger
• Gun Struggle
• Handguns
• Hand Cannon
• Hollywood Silencer
• Human Shield
• I Call It Vera
• I Just Shot Marvin In The Face
• IKEA Weaponry
• I Know That Gun
• Immune To Bullets
• Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
  • Hero Tracking Failure
• Improbable Aiming Skills
• Instant Death Bullet
• It Works Better With Bullets
• I Will Fight Some More Forever
• Laser Sight
• Law Of Inverse Recoil
• Leap And Fire
• Lock And Load
• Lock And Load Montage
• Magic Bullets
• Marked Bullet
• Mexican Stand Off
• Missing Backblast
• Moe Greene Special
• More Dakka
• Murphy's Bullet
• Near Misses
• Noisy Guns
• Not With The Safety On You Won't
• One Bullet Clips
• One Buwwet Weft
• One Handed Is Cool
• Only A Flesh Wound
• Pillow Pistol
• Pistol Whipping
• Pocket Protector
• Pretty Little Headshots
• Put Down Your Gun And Step Away
• Quick Draw
• Railing Kill
• Rare Guns
• Redshirt Army
• Remonstrating With A Gun
• Revolvers Are Just Better
• Russian Roulette
• Sawed Off Shotgun
• Secondary Fire
• Secret Stab Wound
• Selective Historical Armoury
• Scaramanga Special
• Scope Snipe
• Senseless Violins
• Shoot Out The Lock
• Shoot The Hostage
• Shoot The Rope
• Shooting Gallery
• Short Range Long Range Weapon
• Showdown At High Noon
• Shur Fine Guns
• Sniper Rifle
• Standard FPS Guns
• Stick Em Up
• Stop Or I Will Shoot
• Stun Guns
• Suicide By Cop
• Sword And Gun
• Take His Guns
• Taking The Bullet
• Technical Pacifist
• Ten Paces And Turn
• Throw Away Guns
• Trigger Happy
• Tome Is Where The Heat Is
• Unorthodox Reload
• You Always Hear The Bullet
• You Talkin' To Me?
• Wall Of Weapons
• Weak Turret Gun
• Weld The Lock

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki

Game and Story Use

• Using these tropes will liven up combat in your game, and make it feel more like the movies.
  • Of course, in some cases that may mean making your game less realistic.