History Main / NonLethalDeadlyWeapon

* In the live-action ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' film, an old lady attempts to mug the titular pair using some kind of cattle prod. She touches Mario with it, but he acts more surprised than incapacitated or in pain. Since there were two of them, they could've easily overpowered her even if she tried shocking one of them for a longer interval.

* Played for laughs in British comedy ''Vexed'' in which an AxeCrazy WomanScorned decides to kill herself, her lover and the male lead by burning them alive. The two men beg hysterically for their lives as she soaks them in petrol and lights a match. [[spoiler: Turns out it was diesel, which quenches the match as it requires a higher burning temperature.]]

Related to AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe and CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon. Contrast NerfArm.

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* In the live action ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' film, an old lady attempts to mug the titular pair using some kind of cattle prod. She touches Mario with it, but he acts more surprised than incapacitated or in pain. Since there were two of them, they could've easily overpowered her even if she tried shocking one of them for a longer interval.

* Subverted in ''Film/WeirdScience'', where the female lead uses a massive HandCannon to threaten a few characters before revealing it is a harmless, but incredibly realistic, prop water pistol. The male lead eventually uses it to threaten the HellBentForLeather BadAssBiker. He then [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety fails gun safety forever]] by flagging everyone in the crowded house. Predictably, the weapon discharges a ''real'' round right after he assures the crowd it's only a toy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' - exactly how is Elmer Fudd planning on doing any hunting with a gun that just covers the target in soot, or some other comical effect?

* Subverted in ''Film/WeirdScience'', where the female lead uses a massive HandCannon to threaten a few characters before revealing it is a harmless, but incredibly realistic, prop water pistol. The male lead eventually uses it to threaten the HellBentForLeather BadAssBiker. He then [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety fails gun safety forever]] by flagging everyone in the crowded house. Predictably, the weapon discharges a ''real'' round.

* In ''PrinceOfSpace'' the title character repeatedly states that his enemies weapons cannot harm him. Despite this he always jumps out of the way when they shoot at him. Apparently this is a result of the dub, in the original script the bad guys were apparently just ridiculously poor shots.
* Subverted in WeirdScience, where the female lead uses a massive HandCannon to threaten a few characters before revealing it is a harmless, but incredibly realistic, prop water pistol. The male lead eventually uses it to threaten the HellBentForLeather BadAssBiker. He then [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety fails gun safety forever]] by flagging everyone in the crowded house. Predictably, the weapon discharges a ''real'' round.

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* In ''TheFlintstones'' animated movie ''Film/TheManCalledFlintstone'', two thugs attempt to assassinate Fred with a some sort of rock pistol. It misses and ricochets hitting one of them, apparently nothing more than an irritation. Now the 'bullet' would have lost some momentum by that time, but still.

* Subverted in WeirdScience, where the female lead uses a massive HandCannon to threaten a few characters before revealing it is a harmless, but incredibly realistic, prop water pistol. The male lead eventually uses it to threaten the HellBentForLeather BadAssBiker. He then [[ArtisticLicenseGunsafety fails gun safety forever]] by flagging everyone in the crowded house. Predictably, the weapon discharges a ''real'' round.

* Played for laughs in British comedy ''Vexed'' in which an AxeCrazy WomanScorned decides to kill herself, her lover and the male lead by burning them alive. The two men beg hysterically for their lives as she soaks them in petrol and lights a match. [[spoiler: Turns out it was diesel.]]

* In ''TheFlintstones'' animated movie ''The Man Called Flintstone'', two thugs attempt to assassinate Fred with a some sort of rock pistol. It misses and ricochets hitting one of them, apparently nothing more than an irritation. Now the 'bullet' would have lost some momentum by that time, but still.

Related to SelectivelyLethalWeapon and CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon. Contrast NerfArm.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Patterns of Force". A Nazi fires a gun at a Resistance fighter and kills him. After Kirk and Spock grab the Nazi, Spock takes her gun away from her. The fighter then gets up, revealing that her gun was filled with blanks. Spock points the gun at the Nazi, even though it can't shoot her. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QcYaW6I_8 here, starting at 4:40]]. Perhaps [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that even blanks can cause serious injury from the range he is threatening her with it. (And from the look on her face when this happens, she agrees.)

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Kasumioji Clan filler arc, a character named Kenryu is introduced. His EmpathicWeapon is Benishidare, which sprays pollen in the air, and any weapon that it lands on is instantly covered in flowers. That's right, he fights by covering his enemies in flowers.

* In the live action ''SuperMarioBros'' film, an old lady attempts to mug the titular pair using some kind of cattle prod. She touches Mario with it, but he acts more surprised than incapacitated or in pain. Since there were two of them, they could've easily overpowered her even if she tried shocking one of them for a longer interval.

* Played for laughs in "Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit" sketch by ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.

* ''LooneyTunes'' - exactly how is Elmer Fudd planning on doing any hunting with a gun that just covers the target in soot, or some other comical effect?

* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Patterns of Force". A Nazi fires a gun at a Resistance fighter and kills him. After Kirk and Spock grab the Nazi, Spock takes her gun away from her. The fighter then gets up, revealing that her gun was filled with blanks. Spock points the gun at the Nazi, even though it can't shoot her. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QcYaW6I_8 here, starting at 4:40]]. Perhaps [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that even blanks can cause serious injury from the range he is threatening her with it. (And from the look on her face when this happens, she agrees.)

* Subverted in WeirdScience, where the female lead uses a massive HandCannon to threaten a few characters before revealing it is a harmless, but incredibly realistic, prop water pistol. The male lead eventually uses it to threaten the HellBentForLeather BadAssBiker. He then [[YouFailGunSafetyForever fails gun safety forever]] by flagging everyone in the crowded house. Predictably, the weapon discharges a ''real'' round.

* In ''{{Dinosaucers}}'', the bad guys hold a human hostage by threatening to freeze him with liquid oxygen. They end up getting hit themselves, this turns them into [[TakenForGranite ice statues]], but they [[HarmlessFreezing get better]] pretty quickly. This makes one wonder why everyone was so worried about the hostage in the first place.

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Kasumioji Clan filler arc, a character named Kenryu is introduced. His EmphaticWeapon is Benishidare, which sprays pollen in the air, and any weapon that it lands on is instantly covered in flowers. That's right, he fights by covering his enemies in flowers.

* In ''{{Dinosaucers}}'', I seem to remember the bad guys holding a human hostage by threatening to freeze him with liquid oxygen. They end up getting hit with this themselves, which turns them into [[TakenForGranite ice statues]], but they [[HarmlessFreezing get better]] pretty quickly, which makes one wonder why everyone was so worried about the hostage in the first place.
* In ''TheFlintstones'' animated movie ''The Man Called Flintstone'', two thugs attempt to assassinate Fred with a some sort of rock pistol. It misses and ricochets to hit one of them, apparently being nothing more than an irritation. Admittedly the 'bullet' would have lost some momentum by that time, but still.

* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Patterns of Force". A Nazi fires a gun at a Resistance fighter and kills him. After Kirk and Spock grab the Nazi, Spock takes her gun away from her. The fighter then gets up, revealing that her gun was filled with blanks. For some reason Spock points the gun at the Nazi, even though it can't shoot her. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QcYaW6I_8 here, starting at 4:40]].
** Justified. At that close of range, blanks can kill, or at least injure.

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* In ''GirlGenius'', Zola successfully wins a MexicanStandoff with what turns out to be a marshmallow gun.

* Subverted in WeirdScience, where the female lead uses a massive HandCannon to threaten a few characters before revealing it is a harmless, but incredibly realistic, prop water pistol. The male lead eventually uses it to threaten the HellBentForLeather BadAssBikers. He then [[YouFailGunSafetyForever fails gun safety forever]] by flagging everyone in the crowded house. Predictably, the weapon discharges a ''real'' round.

* In ''PrinceOfSpace'' the title character repeatedly states that his enemies weapons cannot harm him. Despite this he always jumps out of the way when they shoot at him. Apparently this is a result of the dub, in the original script the bad guys where apparently just ridiculously poor shots.