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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Deliberately invoked during the fight between Testutestu and the villain, Mustard, in the Training Camp Arc. Tetsutetsu's Quirk, Steel, allows him to transform his skin into metal, which of course makes him ImmuneToBullets. During the fight, Mustard is fully aware that his gun doesn't work on Tetustetsu, but he keeps shooting him anyway on purpose. This is because the two of them, along with Tetsutetsu's classmate Kendo, were in the middle of Mustard's poison gas Quirk and Mustard managed to shoot Tetusutetsu's gas mask in the initial engagement. He kept shooting him because Tetsutetsu no longer had a mask to protect him from the poison and was forced to hold his breath. He also kept shooting to keep Tetsutetsu at bay and prevent him from attacking. In addition, Mustard quickly took notice that Tetsutetsu's metal transformation was getting weaker after being shot repeatedly. As such, Mustard's strategy was to keep shooting Tetsutetsu until he either died of asphyxiation, died from breathing the poison gas, or until his transformation ran out and he could be killed by his gunshots. Thankfully for Tetsutetsu, Kendo managed to distract Mustard long enough for him to attack and knock him out, automatically dispelling the poison gas in the process.

* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'':
** In this crossover Shinji Ikari is Superman. He gets shot several times, and to nobody's surprise, it does nothing.
** In the original fic [[spoiler:Asuka becomes Wonder Woman]]. Her predecessor warns her that bullets can harm her.

* ''Fanfic/NewBeginningsSmallville'': During his first meeting, Oliver Queen shoots one arrow at Clark Kent. Clark snatches it out of air. Oliver fires ''four'' more arrows before getting the idea and saying his bodyguard to not bother pulling a gun.
-->Clark reached for the file he had hidden in his rear waistband ignoring the guard pulling a gun on him. "Relax, it's just a file," Clark said lifting his coat to show him.\\
"Relax Diggle, I get the feeling shooting him would be a waste of time."\\
"Thank you, Ollie," said Clark, passing the folder to Oliver.
* ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'': In the second chapter, a crook shoots at ComicBook/{{Shazam}}. Not only is it moronic because he ''knew'' it was useless, but also because it gets him charged with attempted murder. His younger partner proves to be smarter by peacefully turning over his gun.
-->Lennie scrambled for the window, stuck his gun out, and pumped four shots at the chest of the man who stood beside the car.\\
As he expected, the shots ricocheted off the man's red-clad chest, doing some damage to the vehicles in the lot, but, thankfully, hitting no human flesh. Lennie had figured what had happened would happen, but he had to make sure, dammit. At any rate, it made him feel a little better.

*** Turns up in "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E22TheLateMrKent The Late Mr. Kent]]" when the BigBad tries to fight Superman off with the armaments of an attack helicopter. The cannon and missile fire is enough to knock Supes around a bit, but ultimately doesn't stop him. Could be legitimately justified as desperation, since the bad guy knows his role in killing/trying to kill several people has just been exposed. Letting Superman haul him in means the death penalty, so that may explain why he keeps the firing button mashed despite nothing working.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Deliberately invoked during the fight between Testutestu and the villain, Mustard, in the Training Camp Arc. Tetsutetsu's Quirk, Steel, allows him to transform his skin into metal, which of course makes him ImmuneToBullets. During the fight, Mustard is fully aware that his gun doesn't work on Tetustetsu but he keeps shooting him anyway on purpose. This is because the two of them, along with Tetsutetsu's classmate Kendo, were in the middle of Mustard's poison gas Quirk and Mustard managed to shoot Tetusutetsu's gas mask in the initial engagement. He kept shooting him because Tetsutetsu now no longer had a mask to protect him from the poison and was forced to hold his breath. He also kept shooting to keep Tetsutetsu at bay and prevent him from attacking. In addition, Mustard quickly took notice that Tetsutetsu's metal transformation was getting weaker after being shot repeatedly. Mustard's strategy therefore was to keep shooting Tetsutetsu until he either died of asphyxiation, died from breathing the poison gas, or until his transformation ran out and he could be killed by his gunshots. Thankfully for Tetsutetsu, Kendo managed to distract Mustard long enough for him to attack and knock him out, automatically dispelling the poison gas in the process.

* Played with in ''Videogame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'': The titular Suicide Squad are all D-List supervillains who primarily use guns that are tasked with [[ExactWords killing the Justice League]] (who save for Wonder Woman are all now BrainwashedAndCrazy). Naturally this initially doesn't work, which is why the story missions involve developing ways to counteract their abilities [[WorfHadTheFlu so that they're sufficiently weak enough to be killed by shooting them]] (including Superman).