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* In ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', drugged-up SuperSoldier Nuke wields a freaking beast of a firearm affectionately called [[ICallItVera Betsy]] after his beloved childhood babysitter. Betsy is titanic in size and power and even sports a kill counter so Nuke's handlers can monitor his results.

** In issue #390, a soldier in a battle mans a high-tech cannon about ten feet long. When a blast knocks the weapon off its legs, pinning the soldier beneath, the Hulk (the really smart version) picks up the cannon, wields it in one hand, and to the enemy says "...let us reason together"

* The main guns on the H.A.T.E. Aeromarine in ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}:

* In the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' storyline ''Revenge of the Sinister Six'', the Sinister Six run around with massive weapons after stealing them from HYDRA. Spidey ''attempts'' to match them with backpack-mounted web cannons, but after that disastrous usage, he dumps it.

* ''Shards of the Exalted Dream'', has the three-dot Godcannon artifact, which is a bipod rifle with a four-foot barrel and a divinely powered firing chamber the size of a man's torso. What's most awesome is that despite being two-handed it only requires Strength 2 to use, so a character with a strength of 6 or higher (such as a Solar with Increasing Strength Exercise, an Alchemical with Fourth Strength Augmentation, or a Lunar in [[SuperMode Deadly Beastman Transformation]]) can ''[[GunsAkimbo dual-wield]]'' them. Other overgrown firearms include the [[HandCannon shellcaster]] and its friend, the [[MoreDakka warstorm shellcaster]].

* The unofficial ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' Episode Zero (a compilation of every cutscene from the [=PlayStation=] videogame) plays this a bit more straight. After Hexadecimal reveals that [[spoiler:Dot is trapped inside one of her mirrors]], Bob goes berserk. He brutally kicks Megabyte's [[UnusualEuphemism ascii]], then stares right at the mirror-slash-vidwindow above the Tor looking into Hex's lair. His next line, with progressive camera zoom-in on each letter: "Glitch: '''''B.F.G.!'''''". His already big gun turns into the poster child of MoreDakka, then he points it straight up at the mirror, says his CatchPhrase ("StayFrosty."), and blasts the crap out of it. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_7NgIobE2I Watch the epic scene here,]] starting at 3:14.) Also lampshaded by Bob, his first request for glitch to form a BFG was actually a big, freaking guitar.

* ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'':

* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': Megatron forms an enormous Fusion Cannon by slamming his hands together.

* Nearly all the Prawn weapons in ''Film/DistrictNine'' 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]].

** Ironwood wields Due Process, a pair of revolvers that fire explosive bullets and Gravity Dust bullets respectively. They can also be combined with a silver cannon into a form very reminiscent of the BFG from the ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'' series, and which Ironwood notably uses to [[spoiler:[[KarmicOverkill vaporize Jacques Schnee]]]].

* Hiromi in ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' has a tendency to end up packing an enormous anti-labor rifle in the movies; in the first, it's shown being fired at a police patrol car, [[BlownAcrossTheRoom throwing it about fifty feet into the air trailing debris]]. The one he uses in the second movie forces him backwards with every shot even though he's braced ''and'' using a bipod, and is powered enough to go straight through the head of a [[SpiderTank Extor]].

* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', Akira is allowed to purchase an anti-materiel rifle and the corresponding CWH ammo for dealing with heavily-armored monsters following his promotion to Rank 17. The sniper rifle is as large as he is while deployed and using the CWH ammunition blasts a hole through the heads of what is essentially an alligator tank after his normal piercing rounds failed to leave lasting damage. Not only that, but the bullet keeps going and does significant damage to the building behind it.

* ''Anime/SCryed'': George Tatsunami's Alter, Big Magnum, is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as its name would suggest]], a Big Fucking Revolver that shoots Big Fucking Bullets.

** There are two weapons vying for the title of "biggest gun put on a combat unit," these being the Long Tom Cannon and the Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle. Both weapons weigh 20 tons apiece (making them mass the same as an entire scout 'Mech) and are so enormous that they barely fit on most 'Mechs. Thanks to their size, cost, and other limiting factors (including the Gauss Rifle's alarming tendency to explode catastrophically when even slightly damaged), they are AwesomeButImpractical.

* Neal Stephenson features a Vickers machine gun in the World War II timeline of ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'', which is less futuristic than Reason (see Snow Crash, below) because of the lower-tech setting, but noteworthy because of the (characteristic) pages-long description of its badassery. Well, that and the fact that it's a ''real gun'' that, while not ''quite'' as stupendously deadly as the book makes it out to be, is still a terrifying thing to have aimed in your direction.[[note]]The Vickers water-cooling jacket does indeed let it fire continuously for longer than modern air-cooled, interchangeable-barrel machine guns, but a) it weighs a ''ton'' as a result, b) eventually even water cooling reaches its limit (British operators used this point as a handy time to make tea with the now-boiling liquid), and c) there's just no way that a small commando outfit behind enemy lines, as in the book, could have access to enough ammunition to fire it for as long as described.[[/note]]

* Neal Stephenson features a Vickers machine gun in the World War II timeline of ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'', which is less futuristic than Reason (see Snow Crash, below) because of the lower-tech setting, but noteworthy because of the (characteristic) pages-long description of its badassery. Well, that and the fact that it's a ''real gun'' that, while not ''quite'' as stupendously deadly as the book makes it out to be, is still a terrifying thing to have aimed in your direction.[[note]]The Vickers water-cooling jacket does indeed let it fire continuously for longer than modern air-cooled, interchangeable-barrel machine guns, but a) it weighs a ''ton'' as a result, b) eventually even water cooling reaches its limit (British operators used this point as a handy time to make [[SpotOfTea tea]] with the now-boiling liquid), and c) there's just no way that a small commando outfit behind enemy lines, as in the book, could have access to enough ammunition to fire it for as long as described.[[/note]]

* Gray from ''Manga/FairyTail'' once made one of these out of ice.

[[caption-width-right:350:In this case, it also stands for Big Furious Grizzly.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"I got a permit for it."]]

->''"My cause is just... my will is strong... and my gun is very, very large."''
-->-- '''Doomguy''', ''ComicBook/{{Doom}}''

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Nik carries around a large, futuristic, light-blue rifle.

* In the ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' episode “[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E6TruthSeekers Truth Seekers]]”, Blitzo takes out a huge RPG labeled “My Dick” that fires an equally large rocket called the “Pussy Destroyer”.

* A bit more common than the {{BFS}} in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'';
** Main character Ruby wields Crescent Rose, a sniper rifle/scythe combo whose blade alone is taller than the average human. The recoil is enough to launch her backwards several yards, which she exploits to get around the battlefield faster and add a little extra power to her strikes. Even when in basic rifle form, it's still immense almost as big as she is.
** Coco Adel is a svelte fashionista whose weapon of choice is ''a gigantic minigun'' which shreds whole hordes of Grimm and folds up into her handbag for convenience's sake.
** Junior wields a combination bat and bazooka that's as big as he is. For clarification, Junior is ''six feet, eleven inches tall''. It gets smashed by Yang, though.

* Neal Stephenson features a Vickers machine gun in the World War II timeline of ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'', which is less futuristic than Reason (see Snow Crash, below) because of the lower-tech setting, but noteworthy because of the (characteristic) pages-long description of its badassery. Well, that and the fact that it's a ''real gun'' that, while not ''quite'' as stupendously deadly as the book makes it out to be, is still a terrifying thing to have aimed in your direction.[[note]]The Vicker's water-cooling jacket does indeed let it fire continuously for longer than modern air-cooled, interchangeable-barrel machine guns, but a) it weighs a ''ton'' as a result, b) eventually even water cooling reaches its limit (British operators used this point as a handy time to make tea with the now-boiling liquid), and c) there's just no way that the small commando outfit behind enemy lines, as in the book, could have access to enough ammunition to fire it for as long as described.[[/note]]

In fact, when Vimes mentions seeing it tested, apparently the target vanished so did the two targets on either side and a flock of seagulls who happened to be in the wrong place, i.e. right above Detritus. It's the only weapon that can open both front and back doors simultaneously.\\

* Another Banks novel, ''Against a Dark Background,'' has as a MacGuffin the "lazy gun". Among other peculiarities is the fact that it weighs three times as much when it's upside down as when it's right side up. Its effect on its targets tends to be ... ''humorous'', such as materialising a free-falling ship's anchor directly overhead, or a spear, piece of tsunami, small nuke, or asteroid. When researchers attempted to disassemble one, its self-destruction took out a fifth of the city and killed half a million people.

* Neal Stephenson also features a Vickers machine gun in the World War II timeline of ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'', which is less futuristic than Reason because of the lower-tech setting, but noteworthy because of the (characteristic) pages-long description of its badassery.

* During UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}}, it was remarkably common for a hero's superpower to simply be [[SuperheroPackingHeat "uses a big gun."]] This was particularly true of Creator/RobLiefeld and those inspired by him. This is especially true the way he drew Comicbook/{{Cable}}; see the image for item #23 in [[http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/4/21/2960508/worst-rob-liefeld-drawings this hilarious article]]:

* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Rocket gets one of these off a security drone during the prison break. "Big" here is relative [[PintSizedPowerhouse because he's a raccoon]], but the gun is still bigger than him and he probably shouldn't be able to lift it. Naturally, he's a little ''too'' satisfied with the upgrade.

* An unsuccessful medieval version in ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'', chapter "Anima": While the two are in a medieval-style alternative dimension, Torg asks Riff to make him a hand crossbow. He gets one that's so big that eventually they just admit it's a ballista and mount it on a cart.