History PlayingWith / GunsAreWorthless

** TheTeamNormal gets very, ''[[RageBreakingPoint very]]'' upset after TheObiWan gives him the "[[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures only magic can hurt magic]]" spiel for the billionth freaking time.

** A few shots with a standard gun don't do the trick... but MoreDakka, DepletedPhlebotinumShells and/or {{BFG}}s do.

** The monster regenerates afterwards. All you managed to do was kill a ProjectedAvatar. Magic is still needed to make it KilledOffForReal.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The ReactionShot of the monster being shot at with everything the army has it stopping its rampage to scratch at its skin like it was trying to deal with some very persistent fleas.

* '''Subverted''': A few shots with a standard gun don't do the trick... but MoreDakka, DepletedPhlebotinumShells and/or {{BFG}}s do.
* '''Double Subverted''': The monster regenerates afterwards. All you managed to do was kill a ProjectedAvatar. Magic is still needed to make it KilledOffForReal.

* '''Defied''': A gun manufacturer that is CrazyPrepared and caters to the same has [[{{BFG}} heavy firearms]] and DepletedPhlebotinumShells that ''will'' take a monster allegedly immune to bullets down.

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Played For Drama''': The appearance of monsters that shrug off guns sends the conventional military into chaos. The story explores how the world reacts to the emergence of both them and those who can successfully fight the monsters.

** Guns are powerful but have low rate of fire. You can fire at best a handful of shots before the mob of enemy melee fighters can reach you.

* '''Parodied''': The monster laughs off a gigantic shell fired by a battleship cannon, but crumbles into dust when it gets pummeled by twigs and pebbles.

* '''Downplayed''': Guns, while powerful, are inaccurate. Only Bob knows how to aim and shoot properly to kill enemies.

** The work is set in a future where ranged weapon technology has reached its peak and can't get any better, while defenses continue to improve.

* '''Parodied''': The monster laughs off a nuke but crumbles into dust when it gets pummeled by twigs and pebbles.
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Back to GunsAreWorthless, and don't worry about getting shot!
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* '''Double Subverted''': The monster regenerates afterwards.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Guns are effective in open spaces, but really hard to use in enclosed ones. Guns are less devastating than close combat, until someone brings the BFG... That can only used from prone position, meaning the wielder is defenseless against any close combat enemy whom would sneak up on him. Also, guns are worthless for stealth operations. Unless someone brings a suppressor ans specialized ammo... Meaning the gun's firepower just got downgraded.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Subverted''': A few shots with a standard gun don't do the trick... but MoreDakka and/or {{BFG}}s do.

* '''Played For Drama''': The appearance of monsters that shrug off guns sends the conventional military into chaos and the story explores how the world reacts to the emergence of both them and those who can successfully fight the monsters.

* '''Parodied''': The monster laughs off a nuke but crumbles into dust when it gets pummeled by twigs.

* '''Played For Drama''': The appearance of monsters that shrug off guns sends the conventional military into chaos.

* '''Justified''': The monster is ImmuneToBullets.

* '''Straight''': The monster shrugs off handguns and rifles.
* '''Exaggerated''': The monster shrugs off tank rounds and anti-tank missiles.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': The monster shrugs off tank rounds.

** The monster explicitly can only be defeated by magic.

* '''Enforced''': ???