Line #11 PlayingWith/GunsAreWorthless


1	'''Basic Trope''': Guns aren't much good in this work.
2	* '''Straight''': The monster shrugs off handguns and rifles but dies when a mage fireballs it.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The monster shrugs off tank rounds and anti-tank missiles but can be clobbered to death by maces.
5	** The monster shrugs off a literal nuclear explosion (heck, let's just make that billionfold), but the moment you poke at it with a twig, it dies in the most dramatic, hammy way possible.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Guns, while powerful, are inaccurate. Only Bob knows how to aim and shoot properly to kill enemies.
8	** Guns are powerful but have low rate of fire. Not a problem if you're a sniper with a good vantage point, but on a level field you can only fire at best a handful of shots before the mob of enemy melee fighters can reach you.
9	** Guns are powerful, accurate, and have a decent rate of fire... but Bob has no way to get ammunition, so they're TooAwesomeToUse.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** The monster is ImmuneToBullets.
12	** The monster has some defence against mundane weapons and explicitly can only be defeated by magic.
13	** The work is set in early/pre-Renaissance period where guns are largely inaccurate and slow single shot muskets.
14	** 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. Methods that melee weapons use to defeat armour, like a HotBlade or a {{Vibroweapon}}, don't work with projectiles.
15	** The monster's design (through whatever is the PhlebotinumDuJour of the tale) happened to give it (through EquivalentExchange) a WeaksauceWeakness to melee weapons.
16	** The setting has characters far stronger and faster than reality, making melee weapons proportionately more potent, while guns remain the same as in real life.
17	* '''Inverted''': The monster has ridiculously strong AntiMagic that also resists any number of melee weapons, but gets gunned down by a squad of riflemen without much fuss.
18	* '''Subverted''':
19	** A few shots with a standard gun don't do the trick... but MoreDakka, DepletedPhlebotinumShells, a MageMarksman, and/or {{BFG}}s do.
20	** The shooter is a complete amateur; in the hands of a professional, guns are very effective.
21	* '''Double Subverted''':
22	** The monster regenerates afterwards. All the heroes managed to do was kill an [[FightingAShadow Avatar]]. Magic is still needed to make it KilledOffForReal.
23	** But then the monster regenerates anyways.
24	* '''Parodied''': The monster laughs off a gigantic shell fired by a battleship cannon, but crumbles into dust when it gets pummeled by twigs, pebbles and little cantrips any newbie mage can pull off.
25	* '''Zig Zagged''': Guns are effective in open spaces, but really hard to use in enclosed ones. Guns are less devastating than close combatants with SuperStrength, until someone brings the BFG... That can takes several seconds to charge, meaning the wielder is defenseless against any close combat enemy who sneaks up on him. Also, guns are worthless for stealth operations. Unless someone brings a suppressor and specialized ammo... Meaning the gun's firepower just got downgraded.
26	* '''Averted''': The monster dies to guns as easily as to melee or magic.
27	* '''Enforced''': MugglesDoItBetter is a PetPeeveTrope for the author, but he doesn't want to hand an IdiotBall to the conventional military either. Therefore, he has to come up with reasons why they can't just gun the monsters down.
28	* '''Lampshaded''': "Our guns aren't doing anything! Where's the damn mage?!"
29	* '''Invoked''': The EvilSorcerer casts a spell that makes his monsters ImmuneToBullets.
30	* '''Exploited''': ???
31	* '''Defied''': A gun manufacturer that is CrazyPrepared and caters to the same has [[{{BFG}} specialized heavy firearms]] and DepletedPhlebotinumShells that ''will'' take a monster allegedly ImmuneToBullets down.
32	* '''Discussed''': ???
33	* '''Conversed''': "Why do guns never work against monsters in these films?"
34	* '''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 said monsters and those who can successfully fight the monsters.
35	* '''Played For Laughs''': The ReactionShot of the monster being shot at with everything the army has involves it stopping its rampage to scratch at its skin like it was trying to deal with some very persistent fleas.
36	* '''Played For Drama''':
37	** A bunch of valiant RedShirt cops/soldiers freak out at the ineffectiveness of their weapons but continue firing [[HeroicSacrifice to draw the monster's attention towards them and help civilians escape.]]
38	** TheTeamNormal gets very, ''[[RageBreakingPoint very]]'' upset after TheObiWan gives him the "[[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures magic must be stopped by magic]]" spiel for the billionth freaking time.
39	-->'''TheTeamNormal (in tears)''': You know what?! [[AtomicFBomb FUCK THIS]] and [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK YOU!!]] I'm [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere going home]], I'm [[INeedAFreakingDrink getting drunk]]; I am going to just try to forget this whole mess is going on and [[MaddenedIntoMisanthropy wait for this world to fucking die]]! Because I came here to do something, ''anything'', to help, and all I have been to you during this journey is [[WhatTheHellHero your punching bag]], the [[TheLoad albatross around your neck]], and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech your beast of FUCKING BURDEN!!]]"
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