History Main / SonicStunner

* The pistol shrimp utilizes a large asymmetrical claw as one of these. Snapped faster then a man can blink, the resulting cavitation produces a pressure wave measured in dozens of atmospheres, capable of killing small fish, and stunning larger ones. [[MundaneUtility Its also handy for long distance communication]].
* The Sperm Whale can stun an ''Giant Squid'' with it's echolocation, which is released not by it's mouth, but the large forehead area. No wonder those things were so huge.

->''"Well, it projects two parallel unidirectional, high-amplitude '''[[TechnoBabble VHF audio streams]]''', with slightly differing frequencies. When those streams intersect a target, a high amplitude '''[[TechnoBabble difference-tone]]''' is generated in the body of the target. This low-frequency tone interferes with the target's '''[[TechnoBabble synaptic refresh]]''', effectively jamming the nervous system and rendering the target '''instantly unconscious.''' ({{Beat}}) It's a '''[[LaymansTerms magic sleep gun]].'''"''

* It is nonlethal, but it knocks you unconscious. A near miss induces partial paralysis or a pins-and-needles sensation.

* ''Stutter'' weapons are used in TabletopGame/{{Alternity}}'s ''StarDrive'' setting. They deal very high subdual damage but have poor performance against armor. (They also presumably don't work in a vacuum.)

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* ''Stutter'' weapons are used in TabletopGames/{{Alternity}}'s ''StarDrive'' setting. They deal very high subdual damage but have poor performance against armor. (They also presumably don't work in a vacuum.)

** ''StarWars/ChoicesOfOne'' has Mara Jade use a "sonic", a disk that she presses against the throat of a stormtrooper to knock him out.

* In TheLeagueOfPeoplesVerse, sonic stunners are the standard weapon carried by Explorers, as lethal weapons are prohibited by the League. They are supposed to cause six hours of unconsciousness, but in practice their effects vary wildly from species to species.

A nonlethal technological counterpart of MakeMeWannaShout, this is one of the stock weapons of genre SF literature. A subtrope of StunGun, t has very consistent traits:

A nonlethal technological counterpart of MakeMeWannaShout, this is one of the stock weapons of genre SF literature. Also called a ''stun gun''. It has very consistent traits:

* Sonic stunners feature in George Lucas's StarWars universe, from 1977 onwards.
** In ''StarWarsANewHope'', Imperial stormtroopers set their blasters to "stun" and used them to knock out Princess Leia and capture her.

* In AfterlifeBlues, Liraz uses a Sonic Stunner to keep Brody from running. [[http://www.project-apollo.net/ab/ab006.html]].

* In SchlockMercenary, the [[RunningGag first time]] Sargent Schlock's plasma cannon was destroyed, Commander Kevin tried [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-09-03 replacing it with one of these]]. He... [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-09-13 wasn't very happy with that]]. The concept has made a couple of [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-12-24 appearances]] since then, but they've mostly switched to using "[[StickySituation goober guns]]" for situations where the enemy needs to be restrained without being killed.

In AfterlifeBlues, Liraz uses her SonicStunner to keep Brody from running [http://www.project-apollo.net/ab/ab006.html long enough.