History Main / CoolGuns

* [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} The Portal Gun]] is a rather odd example of a gun seeing as it isn't particularly useful for violent encounters outside of some very specific scenarios. Still, a gun is a gun and there's nothing quite like being able to connect two distant places with a portal to a flat wall.
* [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Reaper's Hellfire shotguns]] don't behave much differently to regularly guns. He dual wields two of them and they fire four shots apiece. Rather than reloading an empty gun, however, Reaper simply tosses his guns aside and pulls a new pair out from his BadassLongcoat. Still, though, those guns are ''very'' stylish and cool.

* '"VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': The Malorian Arms 3516, Johnny Silverhand's AceCustom magnum semi-automatic ''with a built-in incendiary shotgun mod''. Did we mention you can use the flamethrower burst ''infinitely''? According to him, he stormed Arasaka Tower armed with this one pistol. When you eventually find it, it works exactly like the flashback sequence.

* ''Film/TheFifthElement'': Zorg's lastest creation as an arms dealer is his ZF-1 Pod Weapon. Its noticeable feature is the Replay Button, which fires a single beacon shot, and [[HomingProjectile all subsequent shots follow its target]]. Other features include a rocket launcher, [[AnnoyingArrows arrow launcher]], net launcher, [[KillItWithFire flamethrower (his favorite)]], and the all-new [[KillItWithIce Ice Cube system]]. [[spoiler: And a SelfDestructButton.]]

* ''Film/TheFifthElement'': Zorg's lastest creation as an arms dealer is his ZF-1 Pod Weapon. It's noticeable feature is the Replay Button, which fires a single beacon shot, and [[HomingProjectile all subsequent shots follow it's target]]. Other features include a rocket launcher, [[AnnoyingArrows arrow launcher]], net launcher, [[KillItWithFire flamethrower (his favorite)]], and the all-new [[KillItWithIce Ice Cube system]].

* The ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' series has it's share of cool guns, from the rotary [[GatlingGood Super Nailgun]], to a wide variety of lightning guns (plus their mutations), the [[{{BFG}} BFG 10K]] (it has Dark Matter Gun variant too), ''Franchise/StarWars''-like Hyperblasters (plus their Plasma Gun mutations), and traditional cool guns like Grenade and Rocket Launchers. However, one of ''the'' "trademark" guns of the Quake series is the sniping-focused hyper-velocity [[MagneticWeapons Railgun]].

* In Creator/MasamuneShirow's works, the small arms manufacturer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seburo Seburo]] and their productions appear frequently, alongside real guns.

* ''Lots'' of guns from ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' qualify. A few standout examples are the Laptop Gun, an SMG with a 50 round capacity that disguises as a laptop and can be thrown to operate autonomously as a WeakTurretGun, the RC-P120, another SMG with a [[MoreDakka gargantuan 120 round magazine]] and a built-in [[InvisibilityCloak cloaking device]], and the Devastator grenade launcher which can launch [[StickyBomb sticky grenades]]. That doesn't even get into the alien weapons, among which the absolute standout examples would be the Farsight XR-20, a rail gun with a built-in [[XRayVision X-Ray scope]] that assists you in shooting through walls, and the Slayer rocket launcher which gives you the option to manually control its rocket as it flies.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' series has it's share of cool guns, from the rotary [[GatlingGood Super Nailgun]], to a wide variety of lightning guns (plus their mutations), the [[{{BFG}} BFG 10K]] (it has Dark Matter Gun variant too), ''Franchise/StarWars''-like Hyperblasters (plus their Plasma Gun mutations), and traditional cool guns like Grenade and Rocket Launchers. However, one of ''the'' "trademark" guns of the Quake series is the sniping-focused hyper-velocity [[MagneticWeapons Railgun]].

* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheOtherverse'', Sherri wields a modified Steyr AUG -as well known Austrian Bull pup- able to shoot powerful energy blasts.

* Exagryph: The Adamant Rail, is a useable weapon in ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' that Zagreus can use to escape the Underworld. It was made during the war between the Olympians and the Titans and used by [[BewareTheNiceOnes Hestia]], of all people. After seeing firsthand what it can do, the Greek gods sealed it away believing humanity would make warfare even more brutal and efficent. Needless to say, [[ForegoneConclusion they were right.]]

** With the right modifications, many guns in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' are this. Like the 10mm Pistol with armor-piercing rounds, the Revolver with exploding rounds, or the Combat Rifle with the Target-Seeking upgrade. The Diamonback revolver, Sniper Rifle and Widowmaker shotguns make a crossover appearance in ''Team Fortress 2'' as promotional items with decent stats.

** With the right modifications, many guns in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' are this. Like the 10mm Pistol with armor-piercing rounds, the Revolver with exploding rounds, or the Combat Rifle with the Target-Seeking upgrade.

* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheOtherverse'', Sherri wields a modified Steyr-AUG -as well known Austrian Bull pup- able to shoot powerful energy blasts.
-->In her hands she gripped a weapon that, to the casual observer, resembled an old Austrian Bull pup – A Steyr-AUG. Indeed, in this probability, the manufacturer might well have been the same. Yet the similarities ended at appearances. This weapon, Sherri had demonstrated, fired blasts of energy that Kara was sure could probably knock her off her feet, even if they could not hurt her.

* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheOtherverse'', Sherri wields a modified Styr-Aug -as well known as Austrian Bull pup- able to shoot powerful energy blasts.
-->In her hands she gripped a weapon that, to the casual observer, resembled an old Austrian Bull pup – A Styr-Aug. Indeed, in this probability, the manufacturer might well have been the same. Yet the similarities ended at appearances. This weapon, Sherri had demonstrated, fired blasts of energy that Kara was sure could probably knock her off her feet, even if they could not hurt her.

* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' gives us the Good Samaritan, a giant revolver that fires four very large and powerful shots. The barrel and cylinder are forged from church bells, with the grips made from pieces of the cross Jesus was crucified on. There is also Big Baby, which is this time a revolving shotgun that fires very large shells.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' series is a semi-frequent offender, ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' having the biggest impact for being the TropeCodifier for the [[GatlingGood chaingun]] as a staple for shooter games, and its 2001 sequel ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein'' making it better with the Venom chaingun, a [[{{BFG}} 12.7mm monstrosity]] that can and will reduce anything to little giblets. ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' also gives us the Laserkraftwerk, a big, bulky [[FrickinLaserBeams laser gun]] that starts out primarily as a tool like the Gravity or Portal guns above, but with upgrades across the game eventually turning into one of your biggest and best options, able to turn an entire squadron of Nazis into cinders with one shot.

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' runs almost entirely on being able to wield the coolest, strangest and most amazing guns ever made. In this game you can use the spectacular Maliwan guns that shoot pure lightning, fire, acid or radiation, the hyper badass Torgue guns that shoot small rockets with absurd firepower, the Tediore guns where instead of reloading them you just throw the gun at an enemy and a new gun spawns on your hand, the Vladof assault rifles that are more like miniguns, the Hyperion guns that automatically load your clips and become more accurate the more you fire them, the Children of the Vault guns that are powered by an internal combustion engine, or the SimpleYetAwesome Jakobs guns that look like pre-World War II guns yet have always the best statistics in the game (and even Jakobs is not above using cool guns -- their high tier assault rifles fire ''cannonballs''), ''and that's just the common vanilla guns'' -- the unique guns include shotguns that fire undulating waves of energy, pistols that fire weaponized synthwave music, sniper rifles that distill ammo into FrickinLaserBeams, and shotguns that fire [[RecursiveAmmo swords that break into mini-swords that impale everyone]].

* The ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' series has it's share of cool guns, from the rotary [[GatlingGood Super Nailgun]], to a wide variety of lightning guns (and their mutations), the [[{{BFG}} BFG 10K]] (and it's Dark Matter Gun variant), ''Franchise/StarWars''-like Hyperblasters (plus their Plasma Gun mutations), and traditional cool guns like Grenade and Rocket Launchers. However, on of the "trademark" guns of the Quake series is the sniping-focused hyper-velocity [[MagneticWeapons Railgun]].

* The ''Series/{{Quake}}'' series has it's share of cool guns, from the rotary [[GatlingGood Super Nailgun]], to a wide variety of lightning guns (and their mutations), the [[{{BFG}} BFG 10K]] (and it's Dark Matter Gun variant), ''Franchise/StarWars''-like Hyperblasters (plus their Plasma Gun mutations), and traditional cool guns like Grenade and Rocket Launchers. However, on of the "trademark" guns of the Quake series is the sniping-focused hyper-velocity [[MagneticWeapons Railgun]].

* The ''Series/{{Quake}}'' series has it's share of cool guns, from the rotary [[GatlingGood Super Nailgun]], to a wide variety of lightning guns (and their mutations), the [[{{BFG}} BFG 10K]] (and it's Dark Matter Gun variant), ''Franchise/StarWars''-like Hyperblasters, and traditional cool guns like grenade and rocket launchers.

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* [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Scaramanga's "Golden Gun"]], that can be [[ScaramangaSpecial assembled from simple parts]] and used for assassinations. It's been a staple weapon in many ''007'' video games such as ''[[VideoGame/{{Goldeneye1997}} Goldeneye 007]]'' and ''VideoGame/{{Nightfire}}'' as a [[OneHitKill one shot, one kill]] weapon. It's a complicated story what it is, details [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/(James_Bond_007)_-_Golden_Gun here]].
* [[Film/BladeRunner Rick Deckard's Blaster]], [[IHaveManyNames also called the]] [[FunWithAcronyms P.K.D.]], "LAPD 2019 Blaster" "2019 Detective Special", "M2019 Blaster", or simply "[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas That Gun]]", and is actually a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 Special revolver hidden inside the receiver of a Steyr-Mannlicher Model SL .222 bolt-action rifle. It's one of the rare examples of a fictional Cool Gun to show up outside of its originating work, most notably in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' video game series. And that's without even ''touching'' its near-countless homages in other media, such as VideoGame/{{DOOM 3}}, VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}, and VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution.