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The Wave Motion Gun was the name of the weapon of the Yamato/Argo in Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers, the first popular production to have such a weapon (made in 1974, it even predates Star Wars and by extension, the Death Star). Wave Motion Gun is the name of the trope because *it created the trope*. Deal with it. Just because you\'re not familiar with the name doesn\'t mean Yamato doesn\'t deserve credit for creating the trope.
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The Wave Motion Gun was the name of the weapon of the Yamato/Argo in Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers, the first popular production to have such a weapon (made in 1974, it even predates Star Wars and by extension, the Death Star). Wave Motion Gun is the name of the trope because *it created the trope*. Deal with it. Just because you\\\'re not familiar with the name doesn\\\'t mean Yamato doesn\\\'t deserve credit for creating the trope. Meanwhile, you should consider \\\"Wave Motion\\\" as the adjective, rather than just \\\"Wave\\\"
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The WMG was so named because it pooled the energy from the ship\'s engine, the Wave Motion Engine, and fired \
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The WMG was so named because it pooled the energy from the ship\\\'s engine, the Wave Motion Engine, and fired \\\"tachyonic particles faster than the speed of light\\\" (verbatim quote from the series).
The Space Battleship Yamato 2199 remake from 2012-13 changes the nature of the gun. The Wave Motion Gun is a nickname, it still draws its energy from the Wave Motion Engine, but now it\\\'s a channeling of Hawking Radiation from microscopic black holes created in the firing chamber.
The Space Battleship Yamato 2199 remake from 2012-13 changes the nature of the gun. The Wave Motion Gun is a nickname, it still draws its energy from the Wave Motion Engine, but now it\\\'s a channeling of Hawking Radiation from microscopic black holes created in the firing chamber.
