History PlayingWith / ChekhovsGun

** There's a gun hanging on the wall and nobody says much about it. In the third act, it is taken down when someone needs something to pound a nail with.

** Bob passes a statue on the way to the throne room. After the BigBad is defeated, Bob holds a party, but he needs an extra wine cup... which the statue happens to have.

** ...Until Bob is nearly defeated and the pendant fires a beam of PureEnergy, destroying the BigBad.

** The gun doesn't quite cover all of the heroes' needs when it's used.

** The gun is an ornament, when it is grabbed ten minutes into the episode by the hero, who is shocked to find it doesn't fire. He uses the replica as a club to kill the villain, then bar the door as he escapes through the back.

** There are so many objects in the room that could be chekhov's guns [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles that it's impossible to find the ACTUAL Chekhov's Gun.]]

** There are so many objects in the room that could be chekhov's guns [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles that it's impossible to find the ACTUAL chekhov's gun.]]

** Bob manages to use his [[{{Badass}} badassery]] to defeat the BigBad anyway.

** Bob passes by an antique bust on the way to the throne room. The fight with the BigBad spills out of TheWarRoom and out into the throne room, and Bob briefly uses the bust as a weapon against the Big Bad.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob passes a statue on the way to the throne room. After the BigBad is defeated, Bob holds a party, but he needs an extra wine cup... which the statue happens to have.

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

** A giant robot is present in the background of an early scene, and commented on in passing, but not used. Upon becoming an important plot point much later on, it is referred to as [[IncrediblyLamePun Chekhov's Gundam.]]
** [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Every item that is intended to become an actual plot point has an arrow blinking in its direction until said item sees action]].

* '''Straight''': Bob passes a statue on the way to the BigBad's throne room before the climatic battle in TheMovie. When the statue is broken open later, it reveals the BigBad's power source.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob passes a snail on the way to the throne room. The BigBad later trips over this snail and dies.

* '''Justified''': It's his one weakness.

* '''Inverted''': We hear all about the incredible things the Giant Orb of Awesomeness is doing, but it's not actually introduced until fairly late in the plot.

* '''Subverted''': RedHerring

* '''Double Subverted''': BrickJoke

* '''Parodied''': Everything ever mentioned comes up in one way or another.
** The gun is not remarked upon, but above it is a neon sign saying "Property of Anton Chekhov. Please do not touch." The gun shoots chicken nachos, the aliens' only weakness.

* '''Deconstructed''': The gun doesn't quite cover all of the heroes' needs when it's used.
** Alternately, Bob figures out the medallion he bought at the beginning of the episode is the key to victory...pity it seemed so insignificant he left it in its glass case before heading out to face the BigBad.
* '''Reconstructed''': The gun is an ornament, when it is grabbed ten minutes into the episode by the hero, who is shocked to find it doesn't fire. He uses the replica as a club to kill the villain, then bar the door as he escapes through the back.
** Bob manages to use his [[{{Badass}} badassery]] to defeat the BigBad anyway.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob's father's pendant fires the beam, then it appears that it was just Bob getting an EleventhHourSuperpower in a DieOrFly moment. But the pendant was still important in that thinking of his father gave Bob the HeroicResolve to manifest the power.

* '''Averted''': All plot points are laid out in an obvious manner, and there are no plot twists.

* '''Enforced''': "We want to sell toys based on TheMovie, so have one of (shows object) turn out to be important."

* '''Invoked''': "[[SomedayThisWillComeInHandy I bet this thing will be important later on.]]".

Back to [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]], and don't lose it. You'll need it in Act Three.
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* '''Straight''': Bob passes a statue on the way to the BigBad's throne room. When the statue is broken open later, it reveals the BigBad's power source.
** There's a gun hanging on the wall and nobody says much about it, but in the third act someone is shot with it.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob passes a statue on the way to the throne room. After the BigBad is defeated, Bob holds a party, but he needs an extra wine cup... which the statue happens to have.

** Alternately, Bob figures out the medallion is the key to victory...pity it seemed so insignificant he left it in its glass case before heading out to face the BigBad.
* '''Reconstructed''': The gun is an ornament, when it is grabbed in act two by the hero, who is shocked to find it doesn't fire. He uses the replica as a club to kill the villain, then bar the door as he escapes through the back.

** There is a gun on the wall and it's shot in act three, but it misfires. The hero pulls a heretofore ignored knife from his ankle sheathe, but he is quickly disarmed. Seeing a lever on the floor that he previously tripped over, he pulls it, dropping the villain into a pit of acid.

* '''Enforced''': "We want to sell toys based on the movie, so have one of (shows object) turn out to be important."

* '''Defied''': The hero sees the gun in the middle of an act three fight scene, but ignores it because he thinks Chekhov's Gun is trite.

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