History Main / BFG

* In ''Fanfic/{{Wonderful}}'', when [[TheCape Miss Militia]] performed "Unite Gun", all her team members merged and formed a huuuuge gun. It was bigger than a person and it shot human bullets.

* The Grav Railgun from ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Ultra-Tech'' can be carried by people in a good suit of PoweredArmor and fires with enough force to punch straight through a tank from five miles away... with more accuracy than a sniper rifle... [[MoreDakka twenty times a second]]... completely without recoil.

*** The [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Ork]] [[SpacePirate Kaptin Badrukk]] has a particularly awesome example - it was taken from an Ogryn (basically an Ogre [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]) and is loaded with highly unstable plasma cylinders. ''Standing near it'' is a death sentence. Though this is less due to its firepower, and more because it's hotter than Chernobyl. (Badrukk himself wears lead under his kaptin's uniform, making him ''marginally'' less likely to die.)
*** The Orks also have Shokk Attack Guns, massive contraptions - bigger than the meks that fire them - which teleport a small Gretchin (basically a Goblin [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]) through hell into an enemy's insides. Yes, really.

* The [[https://www.forgottenweapons.com/fat-mac-ssk-industries-950-jdj-rifle/ "Fat Mac" .950 JDJ]] is more or less a man-portable cannon. It is .95 caliber and is the size of a large child. The muzzle flash alone could kill you. It is somehow classed as a hunting rifle. What the commissioner could possibly be hunting with the thing is unknown but presumably, they're after the devil. If you don't want to click the link, imagine the page image as a bolt-action rifle instead of a wave-motion gun.

* ''Franchise/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.

** Rampage's [[FanNickname Hellbelcher]] from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''.
** [[FanNickname Another one]] is Rhinox's [[GatlingGood "Chaingun(s) of Doom"]].

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

* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' thrives on this trope. Wolfwood wields the [[CreepyCoolCrosses Cross Punisher]], which actually contains a machine gun, a missile launcher, and (in the anime) between six and eight normal-sized guns. Knowing that Wolfwood's Punisher is slightly taller than him and that Wolfwood is about 1.85m, the weapon must weigh at the very least 100 kilos, which makes it a more than honourable BFG (and Wolfie one honourable badass). Millie Thompson carries a stun gun that looks like a portable Gatling gun, can fire projectiles with enough force to knock over a truck, [[{{Hammerspace}} and fits neatly inside her overcoat without a bulge]]. Chapel the Evergreen (Wolfwood's mentor in the anime) carries a Punisher that can split down its length to form a pair of machine guns. Caine the Longshot, another Gung-Ho Gun in the anime, has a sniper rifle with a barrel that is several ''yards'' long. He shoots at Vash and Wolfwood from far outside of town until Vash uses his ImprobableAimingSkills to blow the rifle to pieces. And then, the most [=BFGing=] [=BFG=] of all [=BFGs=]: Vash and Knives' angel arms. When fired at low power, they blast away whole cities. When fired at full power, they ''carve giant craters in the moon''.

*** Also of note within the Space Marines are Terminators, who use rather heavy armor that permits them to fire normally vehicle-mounted weapons with unhindered accuracy while moving [[FiringOneHanded with one hand.]]

*** The Orks also have Shokk Attack Guns, masive contraptions bigger than the meks that fire them which teleport a small Goblin through hell into an enemy's insides. Yes, really.
*** Ork Flash Gitz and Lootaz embody this, having massively customized guns almost as large as they are that are equal parts of Dakka, shooty and flash all turned up to 11.

*** Maugan Ra, due to his station as a Phoenix Lord, takes the cake among the Eldar by mounting a massive scythe on his shuriken cannon, making it a huge gun that he can wield ''like a polearm''. It earns him some ire from Eldar players as, due to the weapon, he's more often punching people's faces in with it instead of actually shooting with it (which means he does not mesh well with his own troops, namely the Dark Reapers).
*** The Tau pulse rifle is a PlasmaCannon as long as a human is tall and has firepower greater than the imperial boltgun. It is wielded as standard equipment by Fire Warriors, the basic troop choice for the Tau. The [[MagneticWeapons rail rifle]], wielded by pathfinders, is even larger and more powerful.
*** For the record, because of all the superhumans and armoured foes encountered, almost every gun in ''40K'' is built big. The most common autogun is the Agripinaa pattern from a forge world near Cadia; this standard mid-grade weapon is 8.25mm and weighs 6.2 kg. In comparison, an M-16 is 5.56mm and weighs 2.89 kg.
** In ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'' heavy weapons, such as the heavy stubber or the 'Krumper' rivet cannon are large and unwieldy weapons with massive firepower. Highly expensive, and often difficult to use, the use of heavy weapons are limited to only the most trusted or technically-minded members of a gang such as [[GeniusBruiser Heavies]][[note]]in 1st & 2nd Edition[[/note]] and [[NumberTwo Champions]][[note]]in 3rd Edition[[/note]].
** The Leadbelcher Guns used by the Ogres of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and the Ogors of ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' are basically cannons stuffed with rocks, broken weapons and other detritus that their wielders are able to use as easily as other races use handguns and crossbows.
** The eponymous hero of ''Chainsaw Warrior'' can choose from guns and heavy weapons for his shooting choice. Among the heavy weapon is the Reaper which is a massive autocannon that can tear through even the [[OrganicTechnology Meat]] [[MechanicalMonster Machine]] with ease. Against anything less, it's almost a guaranteed kill. In the sequel game for iOS and Android, the Reaper has been changed into a high-calibre [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]], it's specs have been changed so it's got good armor-piercing ability and the ability to several enemies at once. The drawback is that's so big, it penalizes you in melee combat. There's also the new Xm 600 sniper rifle which just misses the cut at being a heavy weapon, it's a very big anti-material sniper rifle that's very good armor-piercing and it's very accurate. Unfortunately, each bullet is so big, that it can only hold 4 at once.

* Itchy and Scratchy from ''TheSimpsons'' have a duel where they come up with bigger and bigger guns; eventually Itchy has the good sense to actually shoot instead of getting yet another larger gun from hammerspace(his gun is already the size of planet Earth), and sends scratchy flying into the sun -- improbable targeting skills at work, too!

** Saito uses a sniper rifle, Batou uses a Minigun, Ishikawa uses a bazooka filled with Anti-[[SpiderTank Tank]] Adhesive Countermeasure ammo, Borma uses a bazooka, and Motoko herself uses a .50 caliber anti-tank rifle... with only one arm. Of course, considering that they are all enhanced with prosthetics to various extents, it makes some sense that they can wield these weapons. Togusa, the only non-cyborg, just uses a Mateba autorevolver. In the original movie, Batou also uses a man-portable HEAT SPIW (High-Explosive Anti-Tank Special-Purpose Individual Weapon), which he affectionately calls "your standard-issue Big Gun".
** In one issue of the manga Togusa (in that version a cyborg like the rest of them) uses a 50-cal anti-tank rifle.

Not to be confused with Creator/RoaldDahl's book and character ''Literature/TheBFG'' (Big Friendly Giant), TNA Wrestling's show Bound for Glory, BigFriendlyDog, the starship battle game TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic, BangFlagGun, or another type of gun. Or with Music/TheNotoriousBIG, for that matter.

Not to be confused with Creator/RoaldDahl's book and character ''Literature/TheBFG'' (Big Friendly Giant), TNA Wrestling's show Bound for Glory, BigFriendlyDog, the starship battle game TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic, BangFlagGun, or another type of gun.

* The Zorg ZF-1 in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' is a rather large "pod weapon system" [[SwissArmyGun with a laundry list of handy functions]] including target-seeking bullets, a flamethrower, an ice cube system extinguisher, a net, spikes, and a rocket launcher. Just don't forget to ask about the [[DontTouchItYouIdiot little red button.]]

* The Zorg ZF-1 in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' is a rather large "pod weapon system" [[SwissArmyGun with a laundry list of handy functions]] including target-seeking bullets, a flamethrower, a fire extinguisher ice cube system, and a rocket launcher. Just don't forget to ask about the [[DontTouchItYouIdiot little red button.]]

* The Annihilator 2000 in ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'', which is not only a highly powerful machine gun/grenade launcher combo, but includes such additional features as -- and none of these are exaggerations -- a cell phone, radio, CD player, and ''microwave oven.''

* The Zorg ZF-1 in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' is a rather large "pod weapon system" [[SwissArmyGun with a laundry list of handy functions]] including seeking bullets, a flamethrower and a rocket launcher. Just don't forget to ask about the [[DontTouchItYouIdiot little red button.]]

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

* In ''The Gate of Bones'', a TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 novel set during the Indomitus Crusade, we get a very large example. Princess Jessivayne of House Kamidar is the pilot of ''Incendor'', a Questoris Knight which is a medium-sized giant mech. Its ranged weapons is a Conflaguration Cannon. This flamethrower is only mounted on a Dominus Knight which is a significantly bigger mech. The only reason Incendor can use the Conflaguration Cannon is because of Machine Priests giving it an [[LostTechnology ancient relic]] Plasma Reactor and then radically modifying and rebuilding one side of the Knight to handle the weight. This gives Incendor a unique hunchback look.

-->-- '''Doomguy''', from ''the ComicBook/{{Doom}} comic'', after picking up the TropeNamer.

* Remember the quad-guns the ''Millennium Falcon'' had? The ones that Han and Luke used to shoot down TIE Fighters in the first ''Franchise/StarWars'' film? In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', an ARC Trooper ''carries one of those guns mounted on his chest.''

** As of [[Anime/BlackRockShooter the anime]], BRS isn't the only one with one of these. Chariot's, um... chariot has a BFG built in that shoots ''giant explosive macarons'', no less. There's also Strength[[spoiler:/Yuu]]'s Ogre Arms, which have blasters in the fingers and can become a pair of Gatling guns. However, the most ridiculous has to be [[spoiler:Insane Black Rock Shooter's Insane Cannon Lance]]. It's ''at least'' twice as large as the Rock Cannon, doubles as a {{BFS}}, and the amount of shots it can dish out is just plain unfair, even by this show's standards.

The BFG is a visual metaphor for power and therefore has a lot of uses as a trope. If TheHero, particularly the ActionHero, gets hold of one, it's likely because the writers intend to [[UpToEleven escalate the action]], most likely with a StormingTheCastle scene where he takes on a whole army. Upon seeing someone carrying a BFG, a DeadpanSnarker is likely to imply that they're CompensatingForSomething.

* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', Seras Victoria, a recently-turned vampire, uses a 30mm cannon that weighs 120 pounds unloaded. Her strength enables her to wield it like a mundane personal rifle, much to the shock of the human troops. And this is one of the ''smaller'' guns in the series. She later upgraded to an even ''[[UpToEleven bigger]]'' cannon. It had two 30mm auto cannons, could fire grenades, and had the ability to take down armored vehicles at four kilometers[[note]] granted, she thinks nothing of hitting targets that far away with an ordinary assault rifle at that point[[/note]]. She DUAL-WIELDS a pair of these when facing down Zorin's zeppelin, and uses them to bring it down.

* Though not actually that big, Lady Eboshi's gun in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' is the prototype of a BFG especially designed to be [[SmallGirlBigGun used by women]]. It's a shoulder-fired matchlock musket which fires shot well over an inch in diameter and has a ''really'' big muzzle flash. With it Eboshi [[spoiler:mortally wounds]] two very powerful forest spirits and decapitates [[spoiler:The Great Forest Spirit]] [[BoomHeadshot with a single shot]].

* Mami Tomoe from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' wields conjured matchlock rifles as her WeaponOfChoice, and her [[FinishingMove Tiro Finale]] gun is ''huge''. Taken UpToEleven in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', where she uses a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_gun railway gun]] which upgrades her Tiro Finale into a FantasticNuke.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': Yoko's enormous [[MagneticWeapons coilgun]]-sniper rifle. The gun is about as long as she is tall (mainly because of the barrel, which is fairly ridiculous on its own, the rest of the gun itself is actually fairly reasonably-sized considering its purpose, that, and it's a [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter railgun]] that can accept any ammunition that can fit into the barrel, even ''arrows''), and is capable of taking down HumongousMecha, occasionally in ''one shot''. Turned UpToEleven in the final episode [[spoiler:where Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, the mecha that jumps on galaxies like stepping stones gets one of its own. Sized appropriately of course.]]

* First subverted, and later used straight, in ''Film/MenInBlack'', when Agent J (Creator/WillSmith) asks for a really powerful gun, and Agent K (Creator/TommyLeeJones) gives him the Noisy Cricket -- a tiny, fragile-looking gun which turns out to be incredibly powerful and has enough recoil to knock J '''[[BlownAcrossTheRoom across the room]]'''. Towards the end, however, they both get some ''really'' big guns. In the [[AnimatedAdaptation Animated Series]], J eventually acquires a suppressor for the Noisy Cricket that reduces the recoil to where he can fire it without bowling himself over each time. This is also indicative of Agent J's status as perpetual rookie. The official supplemental information indicates the weapon has adjustable power settings that Agent J never found out about in the animated series. In the second film, J decides to have a little payback by giving K the gun while the Latter is amnesic. Unlike J, K handles the weapon better than J does.
** The supplemental information also makes clear that new agents are intentionally given the Noisy Cricket dialled UpToEleven to teach them about not seeing things as they once did.

* [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething The King]] in ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', while fighting with the army on the front lines and already shooting a BFG, runs out of bullets and pulls out an even ''[[TurnedUpToEleven bigger]]'' one.