History Main / PatheticDroopingWeapon

* ''WesternAnimation/TheStuporSalesman'': In this ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short, the crook Slug [=McSlug=] points his gun at the stomach of Daffy Duck due to the latter being an annoying salesman to him, but Daffy takes out shoe shiner polish to apply it to the gun, causing the gun go limp like a shoe in response.

Compare to EmpathicWeapon, where even "non-empathic" weapons in unpleasant situations like these act like they can feel terrified or inadequate. Compare FlexingThoseNonBiceps, when the limping subject is body parts instead of held weapons. Not to be confused with PhallicWeapon, which covers a similar concept where the weapon going limp is tied to a certain [[TheLoinsSleepTonight "emotional state"]] of the wielder, which makes this trope contrast with SomethingElseAlsoRises by comparison. But they can overlap to show both literal and figurative "impotency" for weapons, especially when the weapon wielder on the receiving end of this trope feels outclassed by his enemy's [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} "Schwartz"]].

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* Happened with one-shot ComicBook/DoomPatrol villain The Codpiece. Codpiece took CompensatingForSomething to a laughable degree with groin-based weaponry he used to commit robberies and general mayhem. Coagula faced him down and touched his groin gun, engaging her melting powers. This (and a humiliated wannabe supervillain) ensued.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'': When Tiger, Wylie Burp, and Fievel return to Green River to rescue the mice population from being killed on a disguised mousetrap, they, of course, encounter resistance. After Tiger proves his prowess with a slingshot, he faces off with one of Cat R. Waul's Cactus Cat gang members, who produces a slingshot with '''''[[StealthPun six]]''''' [[StealthPun elastic bands]]. Somehow, Tiger's slingshot turns cartoonishly rubber and goes limp at the very sight of it, with Tiger himself giving a [[OhCrapSmile scared-out-of-his-wits sheepish grin]].

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* Music/DavidGuetta: The music video of ''Lovers On The Sun'' is a homage to TheWestern, and when it comes to the climactic gunfight, the bad guys' weapons all melt away simultaneously when their opponent pulls out a miniature sun.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'': In the first game, one of the intro cutscenes features a worm attempting to sneak up on the enemy worm with gun in hand, only to blow his cover, causing his gun to do this, before the enemy worm melts him with a flamethrower.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' parody "Blue Harvest" Obi-Wan is played by Herbert the old pedophile. His light saber droops when he activates it. And it straightens out when he sees Luke Skywalker (played by Chris).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheStuporSalesman'': In this WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short, the crook Slug [=McSlug=] points his gun at the stomach of Daffy Duck due to the latter being an annoying salesman to him, but Daffy takes out shoe shiner polish to apply it to the gun, causing the gun go limp like a shoe in response.

* One of ''Karma Charger's'' {{joke weapon}} demonstration videos for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' shows off [[https://youtu.be/JzNuHQxw8GM the Flopassador]], a custom weapon that's just an Ambassador with the front barrel flopped down, rendering it unable to fire. It's a useless weapon, but [[SoundtrackDissonance the background]] [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 music] that normally plays for when absurdly powerful weapons are shown off plays.

* One of ''Karma Charger's'' {{joke weapon}} demonstration videos for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' shows off [[https://youtu.be/JzNuHQxw8GM the Flopassador]], a custom weapon that's just an Ambassador with the front barrel flopped down, rendering it unable to fire. It's a useless weapon, but [[SoundtrackDissonance the background music]] that normally plays for when absurdly powerful weapons are shown off plays.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' parody "Blue Harvest" Obi-Wan is played by Herbert the old pedophile. His light saber droops when he activates it.

* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'': When Tiger, Wylie Burp, and Fievel return to Green River to rescue the mice population from being killed on a disguised mousetrap, they, of course, encounter resistance. After Tiger proves his prowess with a slingshot, he faces off with one of Cat R. Waul's Cactus Cat gang members, who produces a slingshot with '''''[[StealthPun six]]''''' [[StealthPun elastic bands]]. Somehow, Tiger's slingshot turns cartoonishly rubber and goes limp at the very sight of it, with Tiger himself giving a scared-out-of-his-wits sheepish grin.

** [[RunningGag Karma did this a couple of times.]] He later showed similarly droopy minigun, [[TakeThat done in protest of Valve's]][[ScheduleSlip failure to release a new update.]]

* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': Panty has the superpower to transform underwear into guns. In "High School Nudical", her panties get stolen by the MonsterOfTheWeek during the Lingerie Run, so she steals the underwear of all the teenage boys. Nearly all of them turn into [[TeenyWeenie tiny guns]], except Brief's, which turns into a massive pump action shotgun. It is strong enough to defeat the Ghost but goes limp and floppy after a single shot.

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[[caption-width-right:320:[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball "Your powers are weak, old man."]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:353:[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball "Your powers are weak, old man."]]]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'': In a ''Worms 2'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5hxhgJAlEw cutscene]], the cutscene includes a Worm pointing a gun at an enemy Worm wielding a sword, only for the latter to pull out a shotgun that leads to the former Worm's gun to droop in response.

-->'''Dr. Bedlo:''' Oh, you ''dirty'' old man!

Compare to EmpathicWeapon, where even "non-empathic" weapons in unpleasant situations like these act like they can feel terrified or inadequate. Compare FlexingThoseNonBiceps, when the limping subject is body parts instead of held weapons. Not to be confused with PhallicWeapon, which covers a similar concept where the weapon going limp is tied to a certain "emotional state" of the wielder, which makes this trope contrast with SomethingElseAlsoRises by comparison. But they can overlap to show both literal and figurative "impotency" for weapons, especially when the weapon wielder on the receiving end of this trope feels outclassed by his enemy's [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} "Schwartz"]].

* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': Panty has the superpower to transform underwear into guns. In "High School Nudical", her panties get stolen by the MonsterOfTheWeek during the Lingerie Run, so she steals the underwear of all the teenage boys. Nearly all of them turn into [[TeenyWeenie tiny guns]], except Brief's, which turns into a massive pump action shotgun. It is strong enough to defeat the Ghost, but goes limp and floppy after a single shot.

* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'': When Tiger, Wylie Burp and Fievel return to Green River to rescue the mice population from being killed on a disguised mousetrap, they, of course, encounter resistance. After Tiger proves his prowess with a slingshot, he faces off with one of Cat R. Waul's Cactus Cat gang members, who produces a slingshot with '''''[[StealthPun six]]''''' [[StealthPun elastic bands]]. Somehow, Tiger's slingshot turns cartoonishly rubber and goes limp at the very sight of it, with Tiger himself giving a scared-out-of-his-wits sheepish grin.

* ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'': "Secretly evil" Elmer Fudd pursues Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck through a series of painting in the Louvre. The chase begins in Georges Seurat's ''A Sunday on la Grande Jatte,'' moves to Edvard Munch's ''The Scream,'' and continues to Salvador Dali's ''Persistence of Memory''. There, the characters find themselves seeming to melt as they run. Elmer levels his shotgun at the fleeing duo, and warns "Stop or I'll fire!" accompanied by rebus illustrations. Elmer's gun also begins to sag in keeping with the medium, so he props up the barrels with a crutch from ''The Burning Giraffe''. Pulling the trigger, Elmer discharges two bullets that vomit from the muzzle, then fall to the ground after a foot of travel.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Llp7C5nR50 Heavy Weapons]]'', a short ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' animation by ''WebAnimation/Eltorro64Rus'', features two deformed Heavies revving their miniguns at each other. A third Heavy appears to rev his own Tomislav minigun, though it doesn't make any notable revving sound, so the other Heavies do not appear to be impressed. To match the newfound embarassment the third Heavy feels, his minigun's barrel droops in shame with him.

* ''WesternAnimation/BlitzWolf'': In this Tex Avery's cartoon, anti-aircraft gun of pigs deflated after use and raise up after pig gave it B1 vitamins.

--> ''"Oh great, the wand-not-working '''pbbbt''' noise!"''

* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': In "[[WesternAnimation/JerryAndJumbo Jerry and Jumbo]]", Tom chase Jerry and Jumbo, a baby elephant [[AssInALionSkin disguised as a big mouse]], with a shotgun. After the baby's mother decided to help disguised as a mouse too, Tom's shotgun wilts before Tom runs away LaughingMad.

* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': In "[[WesternAnimation/JerryAndJumbo Jerry and Jumbo]]", Tom chase Jerry and Jumbo, a baby elephant [[AssInALionSkin disguised as a big mouse]], with a shotgun. After baby's mother decided to help and disguised as a mouth too, shotgun became limp before Tom ran away LaughingMad.