"But all you really need to know is that there's a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning. I wish I could make something like that up. It shoots shurikens and lightning; it could only be more awesome if it had tits and was on fire."
"You just moved five feet and opened a locker. Later, when you're killing skyscraper-sized monsters with a gun that shoots lightning, you'll look back on this moment and be like, 'heh.'"
— Success screen for the very first mission in Borderlands 2
Robo: These are lightning guns. They collect electric charges from the air and boost them to obscenely dangerous levels through an even more dangerous process. Nothing unusual.
Fort: I say, a portable Wardenclyffe!
Robo: Yeah, just whatever you do, don’t move that dial past five. Or to five. Or near five, actually. In fact, set the dial to one and then forget it's there.
Fort: Is this entirely safe?
Robo: No. Not even a little.
Fort: I say, a portable Wardenclyffe!
Robo: Yeah, just whatever you do, don’t move that dial past five. Or to five. Or near five, actually. In fact, set the dial to one and then forget it's there.
Fort: Is this entirely safe?
Robo: No. Not even a little.
Scientist: It is possible that [the Sky Pirates] have built a machine that can focus the energy of the stone.
Sher Khan: And?
Scientist: Well, basically, Don Karanage could now have in his possession... a lightning gun!
Sher Khan: And?
Scientist: Well, basically, Don Karanage could now have in his possession... a lightning gun!
— TaleSpin
"Two thousand volts, coming up!"
— Tesla Trooper, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
