Line #46 Main/LegCannon


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14	A SubTrope of UnusualWeaponMounting and sister to the ArmCannon, the Leg Cannon is a cannon mounted on a leg, hidden in a leg, or IS the leg. Expect many of the same features as you would on an ArmCannon, such as BottomlessMagazines and being fired on [[UnusualUserInterface thought alone]], if only because you could not easily reach a trigger mounted on your own shins.
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16	See also ArmedLegs and AnatomyArsenal.
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19	!!Examples:
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23	* ''Anime/TheBigO'': Big Duo launches [=ICBMs=] from them.
24	* ''Anime/BraveExkaiser'': Dino Geist has guns that fold out of his legs in robot mode. Being a TransformingMecha, they go in different places in each of his three modes - BackpackCannon in dinosaur mode, and [[FixedForwardFacingWeapon Fixed Backward-Facing Weapon]] in jet mode, if only due to not having the clearance to fold out.
25	* ''Anime/TheBraveOfGoldGoldran'': Titular robot Goldran has folding leg guns in the same manner as Dino Geist, but without being shifted around much by his transformations.
26	* In one ''Manga/CityHunter'' arc, a bad guy who was humiliated by Ryo Saeba turns himself into a weapon, using an assault rifle for an arm and a GrenadeLauncher for a leg. Neither weapon does him much good against Saeba in the end, even dying ''because'' [[HoistByHisOwnPetard of his leg bazooka]], as Saeba [[ImprobableAimingSkills shot a bullet in the barrel]] as he was about to launch his grenade.
27	* In ''Manga/Cyborg009'', Albert/004 has rocket launchers installed in both of his legs. In a certain scene of the 2001 anime, he leaps in the air and swiftly fires both rockets at the same time.
28	* ''Anime/Daitarn3'' has the ''DAITARN LEG CANNON!''
29	* ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'': [=WezenGammamon=] has auto-cannons for legs, with two barrels under each foot. For added fun ([[MoreDakka and firepower]]), he’s a rare four-legged example.
30	* Hyakkimaru from ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' has a cannon that fires ''upwards'' out of his lower leg.
31	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': The pickpocket Paninya has rather unique automail legs, one of which has a 1.5" carbine housed in her left knee.
32	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
33	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'': All incarnations of the Heavyarms Gundam have leg mounted missile launchers, among [[GatlingGood other]] [[ShoulderCannon things]].
34	** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Post One-Year War variants]] of the Zaku II produced by the Zeon, and its successor, the Titans-produced [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Hizack]], feature leg mounted missile launchers. Note that the Federation Zaku II's are not included, since most of them were Zeon Zakus captured during the end of said war and re-commissioned as Federation-use units.
35	** In season 2 of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', the Seravee Gundam has beam cannons which fold out from its knees.
36	** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'', Gundam AGE-1 Spallow has needle guns which can be launched from its knees.
37	** ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam: Outside Story'' features an old Jovian named Grey Stoke and his hodgepodge mobile suit, the Gump, fighting alongside Uso. One leg was clearly lost in battle long ago and replaced with a peg leg... except the peg leg is actually a fully functional beam machine gun.
38	* The villainous Bonnie in ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' first encounter went badly for her: Rally shot her thumb off and one of May's grenades blew off her legs below the knee. When she returned for revenge her new prosthetic replacements included a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]] in one leg (with a bomb in that foot) and a thumb that included a garrote.
39	* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beast]] Deviler-X1 had cannons mounted inside his legs. The Beast blew one entire Mazinger's arm off with one of them. Ouch.
40	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
41	** Buggy the Clown, who somehow manages to hide a functioning gun in his foot with the proportional power of a giant cannonball that can be used to level cities. It's not clear whether it's actually in his foot or his shoe, however, but seeing as his super power is the ability to harmlessly separate individual parts of his body, there's a lot of wiggle room.
42	** Baby 5, who has the ability to turn her limbs or whole body into any weapon of her choice, has been seen transforming her leg into a machine gun.
43	* Grey the Ninelives, a KillerRobot in the anime of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' (as opposed to the manga, where it was a horde of dwarves in PoweredArmor) has a rocket launcher in its thigh that it uses to destroy its target after its upper half is destroyed.
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47	* ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'': The captain in the album ''“De Paprikanen”'' puts gun powder between his sandwich, eats it, then takes his fake leg off and shoots at anything that moves.
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51	* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': The SRI builds [[spoiler:Sgt, Carlson's wife Corine]] a prosthetic leg with a single-shot .50cal gun inside.
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55	* In ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', Silver's cybernetic leg holds a cannon modification for his arm.
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59	* In ''Film/{{Darkman}}'', Durant and his men are stripped of their weapons when they go to have a meeting with a rival crime boss. During the weapon search, it is noted that one of Durant's men has a fake leg below the knee. He later makes good use of said prosthetic to begin a surprise attack on the rival gangsters, using the [[MoreDakka submachine gun]] built into it.
60	* In ''[[Film/{{Fantomas}} Fantômas Unleashed]]'', Inspector Juve dresses up as a {{pirate}} for a masquerade ball. His peg leg has a machine gun mounted in it.
61	* Among numerous other hardpoints, the two Mechagodzillas featured in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' can shoot rockets from ports on their knees and toes, and they're just as damaging as their iconic finger missiles.
62	* Sergeant Markov in ''Film/TheLastRemakeOfBeauGeste'' has an entire closet of prosthetic legs. His regular one is an actual cannon. Another one has a built in [[RoyalRapier rapier]].
63	* In ''Film/TheLoneRanger2013'', Red has a shotgun built into her ivory leg.
64	* In the trailer for ''Film/Piranha3DD'', [[spoiler: Deputy Fallon returns with SHOTGUNS replacing the legs that the piranha took from him in the first film]].
65	* Cherry Darling of ''Film/PlanetTerror'' had her leg, which got eaten by zombies, replaced with an M-4 assault rifle, which she used to kick much ass. And then later, she had ''that'' replaced with a full-on ''[[GatlingGood minigun]].''
66	* ''Film/TangoAndCash'': Cash has a gun built into the heel of one of his boots, providing him with a handy one shot weapon that he can fight back with in a hurry when he's knocked off his feet.
67	* The assassin in ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' is a [[AnArmAndALeg one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed man]], and is seen receiving a prosthetic leg containing a hidden gun.
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71	* ''Literature/TheCobraTrilogy'': Part of the arsenal of the Cobra {{Super Soldier}}s is a laser cannon running the length of their leg, with the emitter in the Cobra's heel. Their other cybernetics cover the problem of aiming the soles of their feet at their targets.
72	* Juan Cabrillo, from Clive Cussler's ''Literature/TheOregonFiles'' series, has a prosthetic leg below the knee. This has, of course, concealed many a weapon, including the notable example of a .50 {{hand cannon}} embedded in his false shin.
73	* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': Boba Fett's shin guards are explained to have dart launchers capable of firing normal, [[TrickBullet explosive, or gas darts]].
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77	* In ''Series/TheATeam'', Mexican river pirate El Cahon has a shotgun in his fake leg. When cornered, he likes to nonchalantly rest it on the table, and then sucker-blast people. He tries it on Hannibal, but the paper shells were waterlogged from an earlier wade in the drink.
78	* In the ''Series/GetSmart'' episode "Ship of Spies", the evil captain had a gun concealed in his wooden leg.
79	* ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'''s Launcher switch attaches a missile launcher to his right leg, while his Gatling switch attaches a Gatling gun to his left leg.
80	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' mentioned in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' that Boba Fett had knee mounted rocket launchers as part of [[WalkingArmory his incredibly vast arsenal.]] This has now been demonstrated twice:
81	** In ''Series/TheMandalorian'' episode [[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E6Chapter14TheTragedy The Tragedy]], after getting his armor back, Boba uses them as he [[OneManArmy effortlessly slaughters stormtroopers.]]
82	** In ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' episode [[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E7InTheNameOfHonor In the Name of Honor]], Boba uses them in the beginning of the big battle against the Pyke syndicate.
83	* ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'': The Deka Base Robo has the (aptly named) Knee Brace Beam attack, laser cannons mounted on its kneepads. They're carried over to ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' with the Delta Command Megazord.
84	* ''Series/TokusouRoboJanperson'': Janperson mounts at least one Kneekick Missile in his right leg, more or less identical to Albert/004.
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88	* ''Captain Kremmen'' (hero of a scifi comedy serial by Kenny Everrett) had a bionic left foot with a detachable big toe that converted into a space cannon.
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92	* Occasionally, in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', some 'Mechs carry weapons in their legs. In spite of the importance of their legs to the 'Mech's effectiveness, the limited space and aiming restrictions for the leg locations means most 'Mechs don't mount weapons there, and heat sinks or jump jets are far more common alternatives. Notable examples of 'Mechs with leg weapons included the light Wasp and the heavy Crusader, both of which carry leg-mounted short range missile launchers. One particular piece of equipment called the A-Pod (antipersonnel-pod) is unusual in that its ''only'' allowed mounting points are in the legs. As it is essentially a leg-carried claymore mine, this is justified-- infantry making focused attacks on 'Mechs have to scale them first, and these mines easily shred conventional infantry.
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96	* ''VideoGame/AlienStorm'': The robot, Scooter/Slammer, can knock back alien opponents using a GrenadeLauncher that composes his entire leg minus his foot.
97	* ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark2'': Shorty Leg is an overweight {{Pirate}} with a [[MoreDakka machinegun]] in his pegleg.
98	* ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' has [[PsychoForHire Durga]], a cyborg with a [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver cannon]] built into one of his legs.
99	%%* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': Some of Bayonetta's more powerful foot-mounted weaponry edge into this territory.%%How?
100	* ''VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}}'': Han Daehan has a rocket launcher for a leg.
101	* ''VideoGame/KrazyIvan'' have it's first boss, a robotic KillerGorilla who has rocket launchers built in it's soles. During the battle it periodically uses it's hands for standing in order to aim its legs at you.
102	* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Urgot, the Dreadnought, is [[{{Cyborg}} a half-man, half-six-legged]] SpiderTank who could be be described as having "[[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun knees]]." While Urgot is also equipped with all sorts of brutal, [[BodyHorror vaguely grotesque]] weaponry like a heavy machine gun for a right arm, the cannons built in his legs actually deal the bulk of his damage, each one firing an explosive [[ShortRangeShotgun close-range blast]] that shreds through enemies as he tramples over them.
103	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroTheEternalNight'': The SkyPirate captain Skabb has a small gatling cannon in place of a peg leg. When he uses it, he has to hop in place.
104	* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
105	** ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'': [[PromotedToPlayable Vile]] has [[WalkingArmory three weapon slots on his body]] where you can equip weapons received from bosses. The strangest of the three slots is the Leg weapons, which fire from his knees and include several types each of [[ThrowDownTheBomblet Napalms]], [[FireBreathingWeapon Flamethrowers]], and [[{{EnergyBall}} Energy Balls]]. They generally have useful trajectories and high attack power, but take a long time to set up and fire compared to the other two weapon slots.
106	** ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'': Jet Stingray [[FlunkyBoss releases his stingray drones]] from a hatch on his leg.
107	* ''VideoGame/MetalFatigue'' [=ComBots=] can be rolled out the mech bay with leg-mounted lasers, howitzers, or missile launchers.
108	* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Holly Summers has a rocket launcher in her [[AnatomyArsenal prosthetic leg]].
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112	* At the end of the Strong Bad Email "virus", Bubs appears to be holding ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'''s leg when he goes to put a stop to the title Virus that's spreading and wreaking havoc. When the virus goes away, it's revealed that he was actually holding a shotgun, which he used to shoot Strong Bad's Computer. Later, Homestar hops over to Bubs on one foot, asking for his leg back (apparently not realizing that his leg is actually still attached). An easter egg later shows Fightgar of the Cheat Commandos using Homestar's leg as a machinegun.
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116	* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': [[DaChief Commander Nebula]] had one of these.
117	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' has the Bronze Kneecap, a villain from [[ShowWithinAShow Crimson Chin]], who sometimes uses his eponymous weapon to shoot projectiles to his enemies.
118	* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' has Metal-Head, who acts as both a loud, dimwitted walking SAM site and PluckyComicRelief. He carries a pair of large missile launchers in a BackpackCannon, but he also packs four smaller rockets on hip-mounted racks.
119	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': the Scotsman has a [[MoreDakka machine gun]] for a leg cannon. He upgrades it into a Gatling gun in Season 5.
120	* ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce'': Air Enforce had missile launcher equipped on both legs of his uniform.
121	* Cyborg from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' has a built-in miniature photon cannon built under his sole, a ''very'' useful weapon for sneak attacks. In one episode where Cyborg sings the show's theme featuring ''himself'' however he erroneously refers to his foot-cannon as a rocket launcher.
122	--> '''Cyborg''': [''before taking down Gizmo in one episode''] It's about time someone give you the ''boot''! [''knocks out Gizmo via foot-cannon'']
123	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': Fortress Maximus had a pair of huge double-barrel cannons located in his shins. Given how much bigger than everyone else he was, this was actually a pretty useful place to have them. In addition, attached to the back of his left leg was a platform that could be rotated to the outside, and reveal two more large cannons.
124	* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'': the secondary {{BFG}}s of Optimus Prime's SuperMode are attached to his calves.
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128	* Honorable mention goes to the type 89 and type 10 grenade dischargers, Japanese infantry light mortars that when captured were sometimes briefly thought to be designed to be fired with the curved base plate on the thigh. The type 10 in particular due to a mistranslation. (The designation of "leg mortar" led to quite a few Australian soldiers being cas-evacced from New Guinea with shattered thighs, after stocks of this weapon were captured in one of the first Allied victories of the Far Eastern war).
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