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-->''"I varn you, if you don't lie on the floor... I vill have to stun you."''
-->Commander Pavel Chekov, {{Star Trek IV}}

The [[RayGun phaser]] carried by Ensign Pavel Chekov in ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Completely unremarkable, and of no significance whatsoever, unlike [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]... [[OrIsIt yet.]]

See also ''GraysAnatomy''.
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!!Examples:

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* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has one noteworthy example of [=~Chekov's Gun~=], carried by Ensign Pavel Chekov for the majority of episodes in which he appeared. It rarely had any effect on the surrounding plot.
** His gun reappears in ''[[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine's]]'' "Trials and Tribble-ations", which used archive footage of a TOS episode.
**Subverted in ''StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries''; since the rest of the regular cast from the original series appears in animated form, one might expect Chekov and his phaser to appear as well, but they do not.
** Averted in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', where there are phaser guns, but none of them are owned by Chekov.
** Played with in "Spectre Of The Gun," wherein Chekov carries a revolver, rather than a phaser.
* Averted in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* [[NotASubversion Subverted]] in ''BabylonFive'', where it is actually ''Alfred Bester's'' Gun, and was a PPG (Phased Plasma Gun) rather than a phaser.
* Implied in ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' where Colonel Chekov obviously used a gun in the backstory, but did not actually use one in the actual series.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* In ''StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', Chekov points his gun at Kirk, but resists the orders of Khan. He screams, clutches his ear and collapses.
* In ''StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', Chekov attempted to escape from captivity by threatening to use his gun (see pagequote). However, it misfired and he was forced to flee after [[ThrowAwayGuns throwing the useless gun]] at one of his captors.
* Averted in [[Film/StarTrek the latest film]].
* Played with in ''{{Terminator}} Salvation'', where Anton Yelchin has a gun.

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* ''[[NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] this. [[NotASubversion Not]].
** This trope was deconstructed when thousands of Chekovs worldwide turned into tang, but their guns did not.
* In volume 2 of ''Star Trek: The Manga'', Chekov appears and fires the ''Enterprise'''s [[WaveMotionGun orbital phaser]] multiple times.
* Subverted in MahouSenseiNegima. There's a gun, but it clearly belongs to Mana.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Averted in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''
* ''{{Futurama}}'' featured Chekov (well, the actor playing him) and his gun in ''Where No Fan Has Gone Before''.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Parodied and subverted in the ''{{Discworld}}'' series. We think.
** In fact, it's so subverted that one would think it wasn't there at all. [[TheStinger But we know better, don't we?]]
* Subverted in the Star Trek novel "Traitor Winds," as Chekov's gun is revealed to be a non-functioning phaser used for practice. However, it also serves as a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] for the climax of the story.
* [[OlderThanSteam Done first by Shakespeare.]]

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Inverted (albeit with incorrect spelling on both halves) by Swedish Actress [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunn_Wållgren Gunn Wållgren]]. Gunn's Chekhov character interpretations are considered to be unbeaten.

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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* Narrowly averted by ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''. Captain Che'''n'''kov's gun is just an [[ReallyBigGun ordinary bolt pistol]].

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[[folder: TV Tropes ]]

* Subverted with the trope ChekhovsGun.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Chekov's gun makes a cameo apparence in a ''Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'' FMV.

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