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** Alex's gun is realistically loud... until he ''removes'' the silencer, and ''then'' it makes the *fwip* sound.

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* '''Averted''': Alex fires a gun with a silencer attached to it. It makes a sound only slightly more quiet than without a silencer.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Alex fires a gun with a silencer attached to it. It makes a sound only slightly more quiet than without a silencer.silencer.
** No one in the work uses suppressors.
** No one in the work uses guns.

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* '''Inverted''': Alex fires a handgun with a megaphone attached to it. It makes a sound of an explosion of a ton of TNT.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Alex fires a handgun with a silencer attached to it. [[EpicFail It makes a sound of an explosion of a ton of TNT]].
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Alex fires a handgun with a megaphone attached to it. [[MindScrew It makes a sound of an explosion of a ton of TNT.*fwip* sound]].
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** Alex the BlueCollarWarlock MageMarksman uses a [[PostModernMagick Silence Spell]] or a [[EnchantedWeapon Silence Enchantment]] on his gun.
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* '''Parodied''': Alex fires a rocket launcher with a silencer attached to it. It makes *fwip* sound when fired and the rocket makes a *fwip* sound when it explodes.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Alex fires a rocket launcher with a silencer attached to it. It makes *fwip* sound when fired and the rocket makes a *fwip* sound when it explodes.explodes.
** The gun makes a cartoonish "boing!" sound effect.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???It's plot-relevant that the gun cannot make any sound when fired.

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* '''Subverted''': Alex uses a silencer thinking it will make a *fwip* sound and is startled when it doesn't.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alex uses a silencer thinking it will make a *fwip* sound and is startled when it doesn't.
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** Alex is using a real world specialist silenced weapon with subsonic ammo. Despite being a rifle it is shown to be weaker than a real pistol.


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** The *fwip* sound is because the gun is a pressurized air gun dart launcher and not a firearm.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alex's handgun still makes a *fwip* sound, but it's still kinda loud.
* '''Justified''': Alex is using a super-advanced silencer that dampens the sound of gunshots to near-silence.
* '''Inverted''': Alex fires a handgun with a megaphone attached to it. It makes a sound of an explosion of 1 ton of TNT.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alex's handgun still makes a *fwip* sound, but it's still kinda kind of loud.
* '''Justified''': Alex is using a super-advanced silencer that dampens the sound of gunshots to near-silence.
near silence.
* '''Inverted''': Alex fires a handgun with a megaphone attached to it. It makes a sound of an explosion of 1 a ton of TNT.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex shoots a mook with a silenced gun, it makes a realistic sound, and some mooks in the next room recognise it and rush in to capture him. When escaping, he steals one of their silenced guns, which only makes a *fwip* sound when he shoots them all.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Alex shoots a mook {{mook|s}} with a silenced gun, it makes a realistic sound, and some mooks in the next room recognise it and rush in to capture him. When escaping, he steals one of their silenced guns, which only makes a *fwip* sound when he shoots them all.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait, I didn't think silencers were supposed to do that outside of films"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait, I didn't think silencers were supposed to do that outside of films"films."



* '''Defied''': "This is a suppressor, not a silencer. They don't work the way they do in movies. If you shoot someone with this, people nearby will still hear it".

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* '''Defied''': "This "[[ThisIsReality This is a suppressor, not a silencer. They don't work the way they do in movies. ]] If you shoot someone with this, people nearby will still hear it".it."



* '''Deconstructed''': Alex's silencer does silence the weapon... But in order to make it silent, the silencer is impractically large and heavy, and reduce the range and accuracy of the weapon significantly.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alex's silencer does silence the weapon...weapon ... But in order to make it silent, the silencer is impractically large and heavy, and reduce the range and accuracy of the weapon significantly.



* '''Implied''': Alex is in a gunfight offscreen, then there's a *fwip* sound, and he comes in holding a smoking gun.



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* '''Invoked''': Alex invites a silencer which makes a *fwip* sound when fired.

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* '''Invoked''': Alex invites invents a silencer which makes a *fwip* sound when fired.
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Yay, grammar!


* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex shoots a mook with a silenced gun, it makes a realistic sound, and some mooks in the next room recognise it and rush in to capture him. When escaping, eh steals one of their silenced guns, which only makes a *fwip* sound when he shoots them all.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex shoots a mook with a silenced gun, it makes a realistic sound, and some mooks in the next room recognise it and rush in to capture him. When escaping, eh he steals one of their silenced guns, which only makes a *fwip* sound when he shoots them all.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Alex only uses it when he needs to make absolutely sure the shot isn't heard, and makes sure to get close enough that the accuracy and range issues aren't as much of an issue.



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* '''Deconstructed''': Alex's silencer does silence the weapon... but in order to make it silent, the silencer is impractically large and heavy, and reduce the range and accuracy of the weapon significantly.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Alex's silencer does silence the weapon... But in order to make it silent, the silencer is impractically large and heavy, and reduce the range and accuracy of the weapon significantly.





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

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alex shoots a mook with a silenced gun, it makes a realistic sound, and some mooks in the next room recognise it and rush in to capture him. When escaping, eh steals one of their silenced guns, which only makes a *fwip* sound when he shoots them all.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Wait, I didn't think silencers were supposed to do that outside of films"



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Alex, knowing that his gun has a HollywoodSilencer, mows down mooks without risking it still being overheard even as a simple loud noise.
* '''Defied''': ???"This is a suppressor, not a silencer. They don't work the way they do in movies. If you shoot someone with this, people nearby will still hear it".
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* '''Subverted''':
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''':
'''Subverted''': Alex uses a silencer thinking it will make a *fwip* sound and is startled when it doesn't.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???It's then revealed he attached the silencer incorrectly. When it's done properly it makes a *fwip* sound.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Don't you wish silencers worked as well as they do on TV?"
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'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of the trope]

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'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of A gun silencer in fiction actually makes the trope]gun silent.



* '''Exaggerated''': Alex fires a machine gun with a silencer attached to it. It makes a series of *fwip* sounds.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alex fires a high-caliber machine gun with a silencer attached to it. It makes a series of *fwip* sounds.
absolutely no sound at all.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
Alex's handgun still makes a *fwip* sound, but it's still kinda loud.
* '''Justified''': ???Alex is using a super-advanced silencer that dampens the sound of gunshots to near-silence.



* '''Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''': ???Alex's silencer does silence the weapon... but in order to make it silent, the silencer is impractically large and heavy, and reduce the range and accuracy of the weapon significantly.

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