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** The shotgun let's out an energy burst that disintegrates anything it touches, but soon dissipates harmlessly.

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** The shotgun let's lets out an energy burst that disintegrates anything it touches, but soon dissipates harmlessly.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun reduces any target within 5-10 metres to bloody dust, [[ArbitraryMaximumRange but the pellets disappear completely outside that range]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun reduces any target within 5-10 metres to bloody dust, [[ArbitraryMaximumRange [[ArbitraryWeaponRange but the pellets disappear completely outside that range]].
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** The shotgun does little damage at a distance - it turns out that is because the rounds a birdshot. Switching to buckshot or slugs gives more realistic ranges.

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** The shotgun does little damage at a distance - it turns out that is because the rounds a are birdshot. Switching to buckshot or slugs gives more realistic ranges.

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* '''Justified''': It's a SawnOffShotgun.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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It's a SawnOffShotgun.SawnOffShotgun.
** The shotgun let's out an energy burst that disintegrates anything it touches, but soon dissipates harmlessly.
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* '''Justified''': It's a sawn-off shotgun.

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* '''Justified''': It's a sawn-off shotgun.SawnOffShotgun.
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** The shotgun does little damage at a distance - it turns out that is because the rounds a birdshot. Switching to buckshot or slugs gives more realistic ranges.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Who made this piece of crap?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"Who made this piece of crap?"crap?"
** "Get closer to them! Your range is the shortest of us!"



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Again? Oh, come on, sell that junk already and buy a sniper rifle!"



* '''Discussed''': "Get closer to them! Your range is the shortest of us!"
* '''Conversed''': "Again? Oh, come on, sell that junk already and buy a sniper rifle!"



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* '''Deconstructed''': In the cutscene, we see [[BigBad Big Bad]] escaping, while the other character tries to stop him with a shotgun. The bullets do not even hit the target, thus leading the character to blame his weapon.

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* '''Deconstructed''': In the cutscene, we see [[BigBad Big Bad]] escaping, while the other character tries to stop him with a shotgun. The bullets pellets do not even hit the target, thus leading the character to blame his weapon.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Later, this character corners the villain and proceeds to shoot him in a head with the blamed shotgun. The villain's head blows into pieces; now he is sure not to escape anymore.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Later, this character corners the villain and proceeds to shoot him in a the head with the blamed shotgun. The villain's head blows into pieces; now he is sure not to escape anymore.
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* '''Deconstructed''': In the cutscene, we see [[BigBad Big Bad]] escaping, while the other character tries to stop him with a shotgun. The bullets does not even hit the target, thus leading the character to blame his weapon.

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* '''Deconstructed''': In the cutscene, we see [[BigBad Big Bad]] escaping, while the other character tries to stop him with a shotgun. The bullets does do not even hit the target, thus leading the character to blame his weapon.

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

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Get closer to them! Your range is the shortest of us!"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Again? Oh, come on, sell that junk already and buy a sniper rifle!"
* '''Deconstructed''': In the cutscene, we see [[BigBad Big Bad]] escaping, while the other character tries to stop him with a shotgun. The bullets does not even hit the target, thus leading the character to blame his weapon.
* '''Reconstructed''': Later, this character corners the villain and proceeds to shoot him in a head with the blamed shotgun. The villain's head blows into pieces; now he is sure not to escape anymore.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Smarter enemies use sensory and mobility technologies to avoid being ambushed and remain out of range, making them functionally immune to shotgun damage.

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* '''Downplayed''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun has about a third of the range it would in real life but it is still more than most.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Call of Tro-py's shotgun has about a third of the range it would in real life but it is still more than most.
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** Against armored combatants at a distance Call of Tro-py's shotgun does a bit more than a pistol. Unarmored target suffer its full force at any distance.
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* '''Inverted''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun does a lot of damage to long-range targets but near targets will only receive ScatchDamage

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* '''Inverted''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun does a lot of damage to long-range targets but near targets will only receive ScatchDamageScratchDamage.
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* '''Inverted''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun has a longer range than the rifles.

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* '''Inverted''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun has does a longer range than the rifles.lot of damage to long-range targets but near targets will only receive ScatchDamage

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Call of Tro-py's shotgun has about a third of the range it would in real life but it is still more than most.



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

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Shotguns are shown being out ranged by spears used as melee weapons.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???The first shotgun plays this straight - until you get the choke upgrade. The sawed off shotgun takes it to an extreme, meanwhile the hunting shotgun displays realistic range, and the futuristic 5H0T magnetic shotgun has a better range than many sniper rifles.



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

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Who made this piece of crap?"
* '''Invoked''': ???The designers of the shotgun wanted something for close quarter combat that has plenty of stopping power but won't be a risk to those down-range.



* '''Implied''': Shotguns are only seen causing kills at close distances.



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

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* '''Defied''': ???A character deliberately loads slugs into the weapon so they don't have to deal with the abysmal range.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???It's a sawn-off shotgun.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun reduces any target within 5-10 metres to bloody dust, but the pellets disappear completely outside that range.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun reduces any target within 5-10 metres to bloody dust, [[ArbitraryMaximumRange but the pellets disappear completely outside that range.range]].
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* '''Justified''': The makers of Call of Tro-py don't want to unbalance the game's weapons.

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* '''Justified''': The makers of Call of Tro-py don't want to unbalance the game's weapons.???



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

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* '''Enforced''': ???The makers of Call of Tro-py don't want to unbalance the game's weapons.
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'''Basic Trope''': A shotgun in fiction has a shorter, but more effective rnge than it would in real life

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'''Basic Trope''': A shotgun in fiction has a shorter, but more effective rnge range than it would in real life
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'''Basic Trope''': A shotgun in fiction has a shorter, but more effective rnge than it would in real life
* '''Straight''': The shotgun weapon in Call of Tro-py does a lot of damage to targets within 5-10 metres, but anything outside that range will only receive ScratchDamage.
* '''Exaggerated''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun reduces any target within 5-10 metres to bloody dust, but the pellets disappear completely outside that range.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': The makers of Call of Tro-py don't want to unbalance the game's weapons.
* '''Inverted''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun has a longer range than the rifles.
* '''Subverted''': Call of Tro-py's shotgun can have its range upgraded...
* '''Double Subverted''':...but so can all the other weapons, so the shotgun still has a shorter range than every other weapon.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Call of Tro-py's shotgun functions the same as a real life one.
** Call of Tro-py doesn't have any weapons that resemble a shotgun.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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