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** The projectiles are non-lethal because ''Bob's gun is meant to be a joke''.

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** The projectiles are non-lethal because ''Bob's ''[[JokeItem Bob's gun is meant to be a joke''.joke]]''.
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** Bob's gun, which looks normal, fires frying pans.

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** Bob's gun, which looks normal, fires frying pans.{{frying pan|OfDoom}}s.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's tiny plastic gun appears to be nothing more than a toy at first glance, but fires just about anything, including pianos, trucks, and killer whales.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's tiny plastic gun appears to be nothing more than a toy at first glance, but fires just about anything, including pianos, trucks, and killer whales.whales, anything ''but'' bullets.
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** Bob made it at [[Series/{{MythBusters}} M5 Industries]] to test [[UrbanLegends something they heard]].
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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's gun is somehow able to fire ''black holes''. [[KillEmAll Everyone, including Bob, dies.]]

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's gun is somehow able to fire ''black holes''. [[KillEmAll Everyone, including Bob, dies.]]
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* '''Played For Horror''': Bob's gun, PoweredByAForsakenChild, shoots BB rounds full of necromantic energy that causes localized {{Zombie Apocalypse}}s.

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** It's a [[NotTheIntendedUse staple gun]]

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** It's a [[NotTheIntendedUse staple gun]]gun]].
** Bob's bullets are just as useful, if not more useful, than normal bullets.
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** It's a [[NotTheIntendedUse staple gun]]
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** Bob is of a mind that ShotgunsAreJustBetter mainly ''because'' they can fire all kinds of specialty rounds without a fuss.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice owns an ammo store that sells anything but bullets.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Alice owns an ammo store that sells anything but bullets.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob's gun is the above-mentioned "Squirrel Gun", but it fires peanuts. Yet those peanuts are actually disguised bullets. Only Alice replaced the disguised bullets with real peanuts. But it turns out that those are mystical peanuts that are as lethal as real bullets.

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Bob's gun is the above-mentioned "Squirrel Gun", but it fires peanuts. Yet those peanuts are actually disguised bullets. Only Alice replaced the disguised bullets with real peanuts. But it turns out that those are mystical peanuts that are as lethal as real bullets.bullets.
** Bob's ammunition is different every episode; basically, his gun fires whatever is convenient for the plot.



* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob's ammunition is different every episode; basically, his gun fires whatever is convenient for the plot.
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** It's illegal to have a gun that fires bullets in this world, so people use literally everything else as ammo.

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* '''Implied''': We never get to see just what comes out of Bob's gun, but everyone laughs whenever he fires it.

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* '''Implied''': '''Implied''':
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We never get to see just what comes out of Bob's gun, but everyone laughs whenever he fires it.it.
** Bob, getting ready for a firefight, brings his gun and a pack of paper clips.
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** Bob uses bullets, but paints them bright green so they stand out.

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** Bob uses bullets, but paints them bright green so they stand out.out among everyone else's bullets.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob's gun shoots paper clips.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob's gun shoots paper clips.clips.
** Bob uses bullets, but paints them bright green so they stand out.

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* '''Deconstructed''': There's a reason why most guns use standard sorts of ammunition. The abnormal ammo just doesn't get results and is a bitch to load and fire, as well as requiring a specialized and possibly unwieldy weapon. While Bob's trying to remove a mangled frying pan from his weirdly-shaped rifle after a misfire, someone puts a perfectly normal bullet in his head.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's frying-pan rifle is certainly an unusual piece, unwieldy, and hard to carry ammo for. But while often he must rely on more conventional ammo, when he goes up against the Egg-People of Hardshell V, the gun makes him an unstoppable force. Even against regular humans, the surprise and shock-value of a frying-pan bombardment often makes it worth the trouble.



* '''Deconstructed''': There's a reason why most guns use standard sorts of ammunition. The abnormal ammo just doesn't get results and is a bitch to load and fire, as well as requiring a specialized and possibly unwieldy weapon. While Bob's trying to remove a mangled frying pan from his weirdly-shaped rifle after a misfire, someone puts a perfectly normal bullet in his head.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's frying-pan rifle is certainly an unusual piece, unwieldy, and hard to carry ammo for. But while often he must rely on more conventional ammo, when he goes up against the Egg-People of Hardshell V, the gun makes him an unstoppable force. Even against regular humans, the surprise and shock-value of a frying-pan bombardment often makes it worth the trouble.

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* '''Straight''': Bob's gun fires frying pans.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's gun fires just about anything, including pianos, trucks, and killer whales.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
** Bob's gun, which looks normal, fires frying pans.
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Bob's gun fires frying pans.
live banana slugs.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's tiny plastic gun appears to be nothing more than a toy at first glance, but fires just about anything, including pianos, trucks, and killer whales.



** Bob's gun breaks or even explodes as a result of AbnormalAmmo

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** Bob's gun breaks or even explodes as a result of AbnormalAmmoAbnormalAmmo.



* '''Lampshaded''': "I've got candles and I'm not afraid to use them."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "I've got candles a gun that shoots lit candles, and I'm not afraid to use them.it."



* '''Implied''': We never get to see just what comes out of Bob's gun, but everyone laughs whenever he fires it.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob's ammunition is different every episode; basically, his gun fires whatever is convenient for the plot.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob shoots spider webs from his gun. Most of his friends laugh, but Alice says, "What the hell, Bob? A spider web gun will never kill Emperor Evulz."



* '''Untwisted''': Bob's AbnormalAmmo is a RunningGag on the show. One day, Bob is shown buying bullets, but it turns out they're for some purpose other than shooting.



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* '''Straight''': Bob's gun fires frying pans

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* '''Straight''': Bob's gun fires frying panspans.



** The projectiles are non-lethal because ''Bob's gun is meant to be a joke''.



** He's loaded it with peanuts

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** He's loaded it with peanutspeanuts.



* '''Averted''': Bob's gun fires bullets.

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Bob's gun fires bullets.bullets.
** No firearms are shown.



* '''Invoked''': Bob prefers non-lethal projectiles.

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* '''Invoked''': Bob prefers non-lethal projectiles.decides to load his gun with something other than bullets just for laughs.



* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's gun is somehow able to fire ''black holes''. [[KillEmAll Everyone, including Bob, dies.]]



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** Bob is a monster hunter and carries silver bullets for use against werewolves, wood-lined holy water rounds for vampires, etc.


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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's frying-pan rifle is certainly an unusual piece, unwieldy, and hard to carry ammo for. But while often he must rely on more conventional ammo, when he goes up against the Egg-People of Hardshell V, the gun makes him an unstoppable force. Even against regular humans, the surprise and shock-value of a frying-pan bombardment often makes it worth the trouble.
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** Bob's water balloon mortar is about as deadly as it sounds, and gets laughed at continually.


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** Everyone stops laughing when monsters only [[KillItWithWater vulnerable to water]] start attacking.
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* '''Deonstructed''': There's a reason why most guns use standard sorts of ammunition. The abnormal ammo just doesn't get results and is a bitch to load and fire, as well as requiring a specialized and possibly unwieldy weapon. While Bob's trying to remove a mangled frying pan from his weirdly-shaped rifle after a misfire, someone puts a perfectly normal bullet in his head.

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* '''Deonstructed''': '''Deconstructed''': There's a reason why most guns use standard sorts of ammunition. The abnormal ammo just doesn't get results and is a bitch to load and fire, as well as requiring a specialized and possibly unwieldy weapon. While Bob's trying to remove a mangled frying pan from his weirdly-shaped rifle after a misfire, someone puts a perfectly normal bullet in his head.
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** Bob is trying to invoke LethalJokeItem. Sure, no guard will take a man pointing a gun that looks like it was found in a box of cereal seriously, but when the gun shoots paperclips at supersonic speeds...
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* '''Deonstructed''': There's a reason why most guns use standard sorts of ammunition. The abnormal ammo just doesn't get results and is a bitch to load and fire, as well as requiring a specialized and possibly unwieldy weapon. While Bob's trying to remove a mangled frying pan from his weirdly-shaped rifle after a misfire, someone puts a perfectly normal bullet in his head.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob calls his weapon the "Squirrel Gun". It's just a handgun with a squirrel painted on the side.

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Bob calls his weapon the "Squirrel Gun". It's just a handgun with a squirrel painted on the side.



* '''Double Subverted''': He's loaded it with peanuts

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He's loaded it with peanuts
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** Bob is quirky or insane.


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** Bob's gun breaks or even explodes as a result of AbnormalAmmo


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** The resulting explosion takes out the enemy.
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* '''Justified''': Bob hates bullets and would prefer to use just about anything else.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob hates bullets and would prefer to use just about anything else.
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** Alternatively, real bullets are not available, and Bob must make due with what he has.

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** Alternatively, real bullets are not available, and Bob must make due do with what he has.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob's gun is the above-mentioned "Squirrel Gun", but it fires peanuts. Yet those peanuts are actually disguised bullets. Only Alice replaced the disguised bullets with real peanuts. But it turns out that those are mystical peanuts that are as lethal as real bullets.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???A burglar picks Bob's house because he knows that Bob doesn't use bullets.
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** Alternatively, real bullets are not available, and Bob must make due with what he has.

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