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* The Rocket-Propelled Grenade launcher from ''Pinball/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', represented in-game by the player-controlled ball launcher in the backbox.

** Third game in the series has [[GatlingGood Kaiga M404 Minigun]], fitted with four 5-kg counterweights on the rear end. The rest must weigh at least as much.

* In the 1997 film, ''TheJackal'', Bruce Willis's character (The Jackal, who else?), has a custom-built BFG that he has to keep in the back of a car, controlling it remotely via a laptop. To test it, he [[spoiler: blows off Jack Black's hand with a single shot.]]
* FourRooms: The Wrong Man segment... someone with a large caliber hand gun receives a phone call from another room in the hotel.

* ''SuperRobotWars'' has so many [=BFGs=] it's almost impossible to list them all. Some of the most notable are the SRX's HTB cannon, R-Gun ITSELF, Wing Gundam Zero's twin buster rifle, the Huckabein's black hole gun, DX Gundam's Twin satellite cannon, and F-type Evangelon unit 1's N2 launcher, to name a few. The most nefarious of them is the Ideon gun in SRW Alpha 3, which is probably the most powerful gun on this list, as it fries a huge part of the galaxy in front of it. It has huge damage, and the map attack version can annihilate the whole map, AND kill the final boss and his army IN THREE SHOTS. It has infinite energy too.

** From the same Manga above gives us Arnage of Huckebein. What makes it absurd is that she wields not one, but [[SerialEscalation TWO BFGS in the form of gatling guns and missle launchers]].

** The non-heavy BFGs of the second game make an appearance in 3, but the real holder of the title among non-disposable weapons is the N7 Typhoon. Not only does it weigh so much that even when fully upgraded a Soldier will still suffer from cooldown penalties, it also reduces the carrier to aiming speed even when fired from the hip, and has its own face plate to protect the person firing. In return, it has the highest damage per shot among automatic assault rifles, can fire 100 shots before overheating without any mods, has a considerable fire rate and accuracy, and can even penetrate light cover on its own, which is generally reserved for bolt-action sniper rifles.

** In ''[[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Robots In Disguise]]'', Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Hightower, Mega-Octane, and Rollbar had weapons which would qualify as {{BFG}}s. Optimus' was shoulder-mounted, though, and Mega-Octane had both a hand held one and a back-mounted pair of cannons.

* As with the Avengers example above, Coulson DualWields a pair of BFGs that double as rocket launchers in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' episode "Run Pig Run".

A BFG might ''have'' a mounting or bipod, but the main use in-story is for our warrior to sling it around as a personal weapon. With gritted teeth. While standing [[SpentShellsShower knee-deep in a pile of spent brass]], shouting ''[[ShoutingShooter Get Some!]]''

* HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/TheWarThatCameEarly'' features Czech sniper Vaclav Jezek and his 13mm French antitank rifle. No longer useful against the heavier German tanks, Vaclav converts his antitank weapon into a sniper rifle, and uses it to pick of German, and later Nationalist Spanish officers from more than two kilometers away. He becomes effective enough with it that multiple German snipers are dispatched to get "the SOB with the elephant gun."

* HarryTurtledove's ''TheWarThatCameEarly'' features Czech sniper Vaclav Jezek and his 13mm French antitank rifle. No longer useful against the heavier German tanks, Vaclav converts his antitank weapon into a sniper rifle, and uses it to pick of German, and later Nationalist Spanish officers from more than two kilometers away. He becomes effective enough with it that multiple German snipers are dispatched to get "the SOB with the elephant gun."

** The "normal" weapons also have three [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus]] guns: The M-98 Widow Anti-Materiel Rifle. An anti-vehicle SniperRifle, designed to never be used without being braced or for use by heavily reinforced synthetics. Shepard in the second game can use it on the move (thanks to cybernetic enhancements) and primarily [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill against infantry.]] Also worth mentioning is the [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter M-300 Claymore]], an insanely high-powered shotgun designed for Krogan use. The designation is arranged to look like BOOM. Finally, there's the M-26 Revenant LMG, a light machine gun that can rip apart pretty much anything. With accuracy upgrades, it becomes ludicrously powerful - stick any of the ammo upgrades on it and it becomes freakishly good. And the [[LargeAndInCharge Shadow]] [[TheChessmaster Broker]] wields it ''[[BadAss one handed.]]''

* ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'': Kamen Rider Zolda (Kitaoka Shuuichi) wields a gun twice as long as he is tall ([[http://members.fortunecity.com/jillun/ryuuki/zoldagun.jpg picture]]), and two pretty big guns mounted on his shoulders, too. And that's nothing compared to his MacrossMissileMassacre FinishingMove...

* ''HalfLife: Opposing Force'' has the Displacer, a gun which looks and functions a lot like the TropeNamer, except it teleports on a direct hit. Its alt-fire teleports the player back and forth between Xen and Earth.

* In ''Film/RoboCop'' the bad guys get hold of some "Cobra assault cannons" in order to take down the otherwise bulletproof cyborg hero. One of them test-fires one of the guns, blows up a car with one shot, and declares "I ''like'' it!"

* ''Series/KamenRider555'''s Faiz Blaster. That thing was HUGE. Sad its gun form was rarely used.

** The (color) Vul from ''ChoushinseiFlashman'' does the same thing the Timerangers do. Unlike the Vortech bazooka, it's a revolving BFG when combined (Rolling Vulcan).

* ''KamenRiderRyuki'': Kamen Rider Zolda (Kitaoka Shuuichi) wields a gun twice as long as he is tall ([[http://members.fortunecity.com/jillun/ryuuki/zoldagun.jpg picture]]), and two pretty big guns mounted on his shoulders, too. And that's nothing compared to his MacrossMissileMassacre FinishingMove...
* ''KamenRider555'''s Faiz Blaster. That thing was HUGE. Sad its gun form was rarely used.
** Faiz's Final Form Ride in ''KamenRiderDecade'' is the Faiz Blaster. Of course, this time it's human sized due to being the transformation of a person. Dunno if this makes it bigger or smaller than the original, though.
** Then there's ''KamenRiderKabuto'''s Perfect Zecter which was both a BFG and a {{BFS}}.
* ''SuperSentai'', and by extension ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', loves this trope. In some seasons, the Rangers [[AllYourPowersCombined combine their individual weapons]] into a BFG, while others use the "[[FanNickname Team Bazooka]]", a separate weapon to which each Ranger contributes a power cell or ammunition.

** ''MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' (''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce''). The Rangers each have very oversized cannons (to {{Narm}}y effect when they're carried around in a manner that makes them seem like... well, nearly weightless props.) Individually, they're bigger than most team-wielded weapons. And they can combine into an even ''bigger'' one for [[FinishingMove finishing purposes]].

** ''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' (''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'') has the Red Ranger transform his {{BFS}} into a BFG for the finisher attack. The "bullets" in this case are discs provided by the other Rangers.
** ''ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' (''Series/PowerRangersZeo'') is the series that popularized the Team Bazooka concept (which first appeared in ''GoseiSentaiDairanger'' with the Super Chi-Power Bazooka, aka ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''' Power Cannon) with the Ohre Bazooka, which ran on power crystals carried by each team member. ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' lampshades this by having Ohranger's Grand Power allow them to build their own Team Bazooka, the Gokai Galleon Buster.

* Nearly all the Prawn weapons in ''Film/{{District 9}}'' count as BFG's. One of their weapons is a LightningGun that kills people by making them explode. Another one [[BlownAcrossTheRoom can blow people through walls]], yet another one is a machine gun which can [[YourHeadASplode blow your head off]]. The most impressive one, though, is seen in the intro. It fires a grenade, which explodes in a big, black mushroom cloud that's surrounded by lightning bolts. All of these guns can be carried by a man. Koobus' men employ the man-made Mechem NTW-20 (a South-African anti-tank rifle), which is capable of taking down [[spoiler:the Prawns' mini-mech]].

* Super Soaker's [=CPS=] and Monster lines were the [[http://www.isoaker.com/Info/Misc/factoids_largest.html toy water gun]] version of this trope with its biggest one, The monster XL, being about the size of a mini gun, had two barrels and came with a mounding stand. Though what it lacked in the power department compared to some of the smaller [=CPS=] guns, it made up for in size and intimidation/ The [=CPS=] 2000 was not quite as large but packed a big punch. The smallest[=CPS=] The 1000 was quite large as well.

** Now Halo 4 brings us the Incineration Cannon, a huge Promethean rocket launcher that fires 4 flaming balls of fire at once, which turn into a fountain of explosions and death on impact. The Incineration Cannon does damage to rival the Spartan Laser (a direct hit will destroy a tank; Spartan Lasers usually take two), and unlike that weapon has an absolutely ridiculous kill radius due to its massive splash damage. This is balanced out by the fact it needs to reload after every shot, [[OneHitKill not that you`re likely to need more than one.]]

* In ''ResistanceFallOfMan'', the Titan Chimera are armed with a gunpod taken from a [[SpiderTank Stalker]] mecha, though for some reason it fires huge discharges of fire rather than the usual machine gun. Given it's from the creators of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'', it's no surprise the player gets to mess around with a stack of outlandish weaponry, including a rocket launcher that shoots missiles that can hover while re-aiming themselves and [[RecursiveAmmo fire off smaller missiles]].

* Super Soaker's [=CPS=] and Monster lines were the [[http://www.isoaker.com/Info/Misc/factoids_largest.html toy water gun]] version of this trope with its biggest one, The monster XL, being about the size of a mini gun had two barrels and came a mounding stand Though what it lacked in the power department compared to some of the smaller [=CPS=] guns, it made up for in size and intimidation/ The [=CPS=] 2000 was not quite as large but packed a big punch. The smallest[=CPS=] The 1000 was quite large as well.

* Super Soaker's [=CPS=] was the [[http://www.isoaker.com/Info/Misc/factoids_largest.html toy water gun]] version of this trope with its biggest one, The monster XL, was about the size of a mini gun had two barrels and came a mounding stand. It's smallest the 1000 was quite large as well.

* [[http://www.isoaker.com/Info/Misc/factoids_largest.html Super Soaker's]] [=CPS=} kine was the toy water gun version of this trope with its biggest one, The monster XL, was about the size of a mini gun had two barrels and came a mounding stand. It's smallest the 1000 was quite large as well.

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