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* There were one-on-one quick draw duels and shootouts that happened in the Old West, that probably inspired the quick draw duels and showdowns in Hollywood and popular culture. However, these gunfights were different and not as flashy as those that are seen in films and video games (in some of this fights, the guy who takes his time to shoot tends to win). The Youtube channel Random Badass Stuffs listed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbpA2gub54Y&t= six historical cases of these kinds of shootout]]. Wikipedia also listed a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfighter#Real-life_Wild_West_duels page]] and a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Gunfights_and_feuds_in_the_Old_West template]] dedicated to real life occurences of quick draw duels in the Old West.

* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': his signature move is ''[[UpToEleven outdrawing his own shadow]]''. A moment's thinking will cause one to think that, given the way light works, this is the case for everyone and everything. Luke is simply able to put a hole through his shadow while the shadow still has its hand on the hilt.

** Robbins had a lot of songs in this vein - "Running Gun", "Mr. Shorty" and "The Ballad of Bill Thaxton" are just a few. The last takes it UpToEleven where the titular Thaxton (a retired Texas Ranger) outdraws and kills another gunfighter despite ''being blind''.

* The BossBattle between Travis and Dr.Peace in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''.

* ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'': The duel minigame for Western Land involves a quick draw with cork guns. The player who presses A first after "Go" will fire first, win and get the coins that both players bet. If you fire too soon, you'll get a warning the first time, and lose the second time. Bowser has a gun duel with thewinning player, resulting in both firing their shots at the same time- Bowser misses but the winning player hits.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBeastWars'': One episode had Rattrap defeat Quickstrike in a quick draw duel. Keep in mind that Quickstrike's gun is [[ArmCannon is attached to his arm]] making this both incredible and ridiculous.

* The BossBattle between Dan Smith and Curtis Blackburn is fought like this in ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}''.

* In ''VideoGame/MarioParty 2'', the duel minigame for Western Land involves a quick draw with cork guns. The player who presses A first after "Go" will fire first, win and get the coins that both players bet. If you fire too soon, you'll get a warning the first time, and lose the second time. Bowser has a gun duel with thewinning player, resulting in both firing their shots at the same time- Bowser misses but the winning player hits.

* The last part of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', with Naked Snake and Ocelot doing a strange quick draw slash RussianRoulette thing.
** In the earlier boss battle, if you stand in plain sight and unequip your pistol. Ocelot will come out of hiding for a quick draw duel.

** He once had to deal with a CarnivalOfKillers, one of which was said to "draw faster'n greased lightning".

* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. In "Mixed Doubles", Bodie and Doyle are undergoing grueling training to protect a foreign head of state who's about to sign an important treaty. At the same time [[EvilCounterpart two hitmen are being trained to assassinate him]]. Bodie and Doyle practise their quick draw and even shown polishing the inside of their shoulder holsters. Eventually Bodie and a hitman run into each other at the same time and draw their revolvers; fortunately Bodie is quicker.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' ParodyFic "A Fistful of Mammary Gland", Seven of Nine starts to channel The Man With No Name, with requisite QuickDraw skills.

** ProfessionalKiller Soolin joins our anti-heroes in the final season. In "[[{{Recap/BlakesSevenS4E10Gold}} Gold]]", she kills two guards approaching from opposite directions before Avon has a chance to fire, and in "[[{{Recap/BlakesSevenS4E8Games}} Games]]" she even beats ''herself'' in a QuickDraw against a DeadlyGame that's designed to match ''and then exceed'' her own performance. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment shows this trope best.

** In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E12DeathWatch Death Watch]]" a war is fought via CombatByChampion, but one side cheats by using an android. When the two champions agree to settle matters with a QuickDraw showdown, the android [[RobotsAreJustBetter instantly outdraws his opponent]], despite the latter being an experienced gunfighter famous for his QuickDraw. The question then becomes for our heroes, how do you defeat an opponent who's faster than human?

* ''Mechwarrior'', ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'''s RPG spinoff game, features the skill Quickdraw, which allows the character to perform a simple action before initiative is rolled. This includes but is not limited to drawing one-handed weapons before combat starts. If they have their weapons already out, they are technically allowed to declare a preemptive attack.

** In his old vaquero days, Raul Tejada was a talented quickdraw who had fast hands. By settling his personal quest and encouraging him to be a gunfighter once again, he gains a perk that gets him a fire rate bonus to revolvers and lever-action rifles.

* The aptly named Sheriff [[ShapedLikeItSelf Quickdraw]] in ''[[Creator/{{Rare}} Gunfright]]'' cleans Black Rock town of outlaws by shooting the rapidly moving bandits in a duel. In early stages, the player can outdraw the enemy even if the foe reaches for the gun first, but later on they are too fast and Quickdraw needs to take the initiative, which makes the bandit call him a cheater for it.

* The eponymous ''Quickdraw'' Battlemech in ''VideoGame/MechWarrior Online'' is not necessarily quicker to ''ready'' its weapons, but it has a bonus of an aim speed boost to its arm mounted weapons. This means it can get off the first shot or a reaction shot much faster than, say, a lumbering ''Dragon''.
* The last part of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', with Naked Snake and Ocelot doing a strange quickdraw slash RussianRoulette thing.

* Being a gun/sword slinger, the Kusagari-with-no-name from ''VideoGame/RedSteel2'' is a great example. Switching from sword to gun is instant, and the bullet lands in the target before the swap animation can even start. It's in first person, so there's no visual clue to see how he actually pulls it off. He can even quickdraw the ''rifle''.

* ''VideoGame/{{XCOM 2}}'': The Sharpshooter has a skill outright called Quickdraw, which makes their pistol shots not end the turn if done as the first action. They also have the Lightning Hands skill that lets them take a pistol shot as a free action every four turns.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBeastWars'': One episode had Rattrap defeat Quickstrike in a quickdraw duel. Keep in mind that Quickstrike's gun is [[ArmCannon is attached to his arm]] making this both incredible and ridiculous.

* There were one-on-one quickdraw duels and shootouts that happened in the Old West, that probably inspired the quick draw duels and showdowns in Hollywood and popular culture. However, these gunfights were different and not as flashy as those that are seen in films and video games (in some of this fights, the guy who takes his time to shoot tends to win). The Youtube channel Random Badass Stuffs listed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbpA2gub54Y&t= six historical cases of these kinds of shootout]]. Wikipedia also listed a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfighter#Real-life_Wild_West_duels page]] and a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Gunfights_and_feuds_in_the_Old_West template]] dedicated to real life occurences of quick draw duels in the Old West.

* In the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, Han Solo is shown to be a very fast draw. All three of Brian Daley's [[Literature/TheHanSoloAdventures Solo novels]] feature Han in quick draw situations. In ''Literature/HanSoloAtStarsEnd'' and ''Literature/HanSolosRevenge'', [[spoiler:Han uses trickery and avoids a true fight against, respectively, Uul Rha Shan and Gallandro]]. In ''Literature/HanSoloAndTheLostLegacy'', [[spoiler:Han actually does draw against Gallandro, and loses, getting wounded. Shortly thereafter, Gallandro is outdrawn...by automated [[SlowLaser Slow Lasers]].

* In ''{{Manga/GANTZ}}'', Izumi challenges Kurono to a quick draw duel at [[spoiler:the end of his murderous shooting spree]] with [[spoiler:the life of Kei's girlfriend Tae at stake]]. It's hardly a fair contest for Kurono as Izumi is armed with a pistol while he only has a Gantz gun- which is devastatingly destructive but functionally almost ''useless'' for duelling because of the ''massive time lag'' between the gun being fired and the target [[{{Gorn}} suffering the horrific effects]]. Regardless, he has no choice but to go ahead with it. [[spoiler:They both raise their guns but Izumi shoots and Kurono goes down without his gun lighting up, which would indicate he got a shot off. However, as Izumi exults in his victory and heads over to kill Tae, Kurono pulls the SECOND trigger on his gun, having worked out that pulling one trigger locks the gun onto a target and then pulling the second fires a shot that can't miss. Knowing that if Izumi saw him fire he might turn and kill Tae out of spite before the shot reached him, and that getting hit wouldn't be an InstantDeathBullet unless it hit him in the head, he let Izumi shoot him, then fired from the ground, [[YourHeadASplode blowing Izumi's head off]] once he'd stopped paying attention to Kuruno.]] BatmanGambit at its finest (with a bit of [[spoiler:ThanatosGambit]]).

* ''Literature/TogetherlyLong:''
--> "Loving both [[CardCarryingVillain evil]] and cowboy movies as much as the next guy, the sinister [[BigBad Emperor Von Mal]] was unable to hold back his grin and was practically skipping for joy as he speedily drew his [[RayGun ray gun]] and in 1 [sic] smooth motion fired when the countdown had only gotten to "2" (The bad guys [[EvilIsPetty were so evil they didn't even care about playing fair and following the rules]], you see, and Von Mal was certain his perfect draw would have won him the award for [[FastestGunInTheWest fastest hands in the west)]]"

* ''Literature/TheExecutioner''. Mack Bolan is not only a ColdSniper but is skilled with a handgun as well. In one book he tosses a [[CallingCard marksman's medal]] at the feet at a Mafia boss. The boss bends over to pick it up while whispering to his bodyguard, "Take him!" Witnesses afterwards are in dispute whether Bolan let him draw first, but the coroner finds a bullethole through the bodyguard's hand into his heart (showing he was killed in mid-draw) and another hole in the top of the boss' head (showing he never had the time to straighten up after picking up the medal).

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBeastWars'': One episode had Rattrap defeat Quickstrike in a quickdraw duel. Keep in mind that Quickstrike's gun is [[ArmCannon is attached to his ''arm'']] making this both incredible and ridiculous.

--->'''Dorian:''' I wouldn't poison a good wine, Avon. {{If I wanted you dead}} there are much more direct ways of achieving it. I could snap my fingers... ''(He snaps his fingers--Soolin draws her gun and aims it at Avon before he can react)'' And you're dead. Fast isn't she?

-->'''Dorian:''' I wouldn't poison a good wine, Avon. {{If I wanted you dead}} there are much more direct ways of achieving it. I could snap my fingers... ''(He snaps his fingers--Soolin draws her gun and aims it at Avon before he can react)'' And you're dead. Fast isn't she?

* Soolin from the final season of ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "[[{{Recap/BlakesSevenS4E10Gold}} Gold]]", she kills two guards approaching from opposite directions before Avon has a chance to fire, and in "[[{{Recap/BlakesSevenS4E8Games}} Games]]" she even beats ''herself'' in a QuickDraw against a DeadlyGame that's designed to match ''and then exceed'' her own performance. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment shows this trope best.
-->'''Dorian:''' I wouldn't poison a good wine, Avon. {{If I wanted you dead}} there are much more direct ways of achieving it. I could snap my fingers... (He snaps his fingers. Soolin draws her gun and aims it at Avon) And you're dead. Fast isn't she?

* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''. The holster used by Spacefleet officers to hold their service pistol unlocks on sensing their palmprint and pushes the butt into their hand for this trope. Captain Janeway puts this to good effect (albeit for a MercyKill rather than a gunfight) by drawing and firing her .51 recoilless before a roomful of trigger-happy bodyguards have a chance to react. It doesn't hurt that [[CharacterTics she has a habit]] of [[DynamicAkimbo standing with her hands on her hips]], putting her hands conveniently close to her holster.

* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''. The holster used by the Spacefleet officers to hold their service pistol unlocks on sensing their palmprint and pushes the butt into their hand for this trope. Captain Janeway puts this to good effect (albeit for a MercyKill rather than a gunfight) by drawing and firing her .51 recoilless before a roomful of trigger-happy bodyguards have a chance to react. It doesn't hurt that [[CharacterTics she has a habit]] of [[DynamicAkimbo standing with her hands on her hips]], putting her hands conveniently close to her holster.

* In ''Film/BlackPatch'', Carl trains himself to be one so he can confront Clay. The [[MeekTownsman townsfolk]] think he's crazy, until he draws and empties his Colt Frontier (by fanning the hammer) fater than the Colonel, who already had his gun in his hand and was attempting to demonstrate how much faster the new double-action revolvers he is selling are.