History Main / StaticStunGun

** The villain of ''Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane'' has a weapon that generates electromagnetic waves which shock the target into stunned submission.

* In ''Film/RoboCop2014'', one of the titular character's weapons is a NI-408 pistol (a.k.a. TSR-66). As Mattox says, "Each projectile releases up to 200,000 volts. It can stun, it can kill... and it's nasty shit." Murphy frequently uses it [[GunsAkimbo together]] with an M2 Battle Rifle. Murphy is not above applying it as ElectricTorture by [[PayEvilUntoEvil shooting people who already surrendered if he feels the target deserves it]].

This trope refers to the tendency for electricity to serve as a stunning mechanism. If a person can summon/harness lightning or electricity, chances are someone hit with it with be stunned, with arcs flowing across their body. Water is basically a giant taser trap waiting to be sprung by the proper application of an electric shock. Additionally, victims of said tasing with often cry out spasmodically before falling in a heap, in order to [[TheCoconutEffect properly convey the force of the incapacitating blast.]] Even when "ordinary" tasing doesn't behave like that in a given show, this effect often (inexplicably) appears when a taser is applied to the [[InTheBack back of the neck]].

In SF literature after about 1955 you are much more likely to encounter a SonicStunner. Since then Static Stun Guns have been primarily a visual-media trope.

See LightningGun for a more lethal way to use electricity, and TaserTagWeakness for when a Static Stun Gun proves just as useful against superpowered individuals as it does against unpowered ones (i.e. very useful). Compare InstantDeathBullet, for when ''guns'' are depicted as a painless way to incapacitate someone. Subtrope of ElectricityKnocksYouOut.

* In ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'', [[{{Yandere}} Shouko]] does this to a non-complying [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Yuuji]] while at the theaters, after he objects to watching ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' two times in a row, and later another film that lasts 7 hours, again two times in a row.

* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'': Akane attacks Shizuo with one after having been told the latter would kill her father and grandfather. The model she used was given to her by [[spoiler:Nakura]] under Izaya's orders and was heavily modified in order to be a lethal weapon. Unsurprisingly, all it does is sting Shizuo a little.
* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'': Sousuke gives Kaname a taser weapon on her request, which she later uses to defend herself against an assassin.
* One type of weapon ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''[='s=] Section 9 uses is something like a handshake joy buzzer, built like fingerless gloves. Of course, they're designed specifically for use against cyborgs.
* When trying to wake up a sleeping Bean in ''Anime/RidingBean'', Rally tries to use a taser on his neck to wake him up it ''[[HeavySleeper doesn't]]'' work. So she just elicits to place a burning hot pan to his face. He wakes up no worse for wear.

* ''Manga/TomodachiGame'': The main characters are knoked out by tasers for what is probably hours when they are kidnapped for the titular game. When one of those tasers appears prominently in a later arc, the effect is somewhat handwaved by claiming they are a special, much more powerfull then standard, model.

* Comicbook/BlackWidow's wrist gauntlets fire electric shocks called the "Widow's Bite."
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story arc ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'', Catherine Grant uses a taser which she carries in her purse to disable one of Dollmaker's dollified slaves.
** ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes member Lightning Lad often uses his ShockAndAwe powers this way (as does his sister when she possesses electrical power as Lightning Lass).

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'' where [[spoiler: [[DaChief Captain]] [[PapaWolf Dickson]] uses one to tase Schmidt [[GroinAttack in the gonads]] as the retaliation for sleeping with his daughter.]]

* The Glow Rods in ''Film/DemolitionMan'' at first do not necessarily appear to be electrical, but near the end of the film, John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) exploits the "water = taser trap" form of the trope.
* ''Film/TheEnforcer''. A taser is used during the kidnapping of the Mayor of San Francisco when he refuses to leave his limousine. As the weapon had just come onto the market when the movie was made in 1976, there's brief exposition among the villains on what it is.
* ''Film/TheCreeps'': [[MadScientist Dr. Berber]] has a collapsible taser that he uses to knock Anna unconscious so he can steal the ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' manuscript[[spoiler:, and her]].
* ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'': An [=FBI=] agent renders Chad unconscious with a taser.

** Black Widow has her Widow's Bite, which can discharge electric blasts to stun enemies. In ''Film/IronMan2'', she uses small discs to knockout some guards with an electric jolt. ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' sees her add a pair of electroshock batons to her arsenal.

* In the final scene of ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'', as Alice [[EscapedFromTheLab escapes from the laboratory she's cloned in]], a guard tried restraining her with a ranged taser. But since Alice is a superhuman, she simply rips the taser embedded on her skin and throws it back at the guard knocking him out.
* In ''Film/RoboCop2014'', one of the titular character's weapons is a NI-408 pistol (AKA TSR-66), which fires taser rounds of 200,000 volts each. The rounds can stun or kill. Murphy frequently uses it [[GunsAkimbo together ]] with an M2 Battle Rifle.
-->'''Mattox:''' TSR-66 cartridge-driven taser pistol. Each projectile releases up to 200,000 volts. It can stun, it can kill... and it's nasty shit.
** And no, Murphy is not above applying it as ElectricTorture by [[PayEvilUntoEvil shooting people who already surrendered if he feels the target deserves it]].
--->'''Murphy:''' Hey doctor, what happens if I taze an exoskeleton with a little asshole inside?

* In ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Franchise/JamesBond's mobile phone includes, besides its signature ability to remote-control his CoolCar, a two-pronged electroshock weapon activated by pressing the Recall button. In a memorable case of this, Bond overcomes one of the villains by tricking him into zapping himself with it.

* In the 1941 story "Fire-Power", by C.M. Kornbluth (writing as "S.D. Gottesman") there is one reference to "electric stunners". This has been cited as the first occurrence of SonicStunner, but was probably intended as a static stun gun.

* There were "Markheim stunners" in Alan E. Nourse's 1958 novel ''Gold In The Sky''.

* In ''Literature/HammersSlammers'' "needle stunners" fire a needle that carries a static charge strong enough to make muscles seize up like a taser, except the range and ammo capacity are greater and it can penetrate heavy clothing or even light armor.
* In Margaret Atwood's ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'', the Aunts wield cattle prods.

* ''Literature/TomSwift And His Ultrasonic Cycloplane'' (1957). The villain had a weapon that generated electromagnetic waves which shocked the target into stunned submission.
** ''Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle'' (1911) gave the taser its name. '''T'''homas '''A'''. '''S'''wift's '''E'''lectric '''R'''ifle

* 1960s ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' episode "That Darn Catwoman". Catwoman's goons use electric cattle prods to stun Batman into unconsciousness.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In the episode "Hostage Situation", Jake knocks Charles out by shocking him in the back with a taser.
* The weapons used by The Initiative in Season 4 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* In an early episode of ''Series/BurnNotice'', Fiona zaps a Russian Mobster with a taser gun. However, since the mobster is currently grappling with her, the zap renders both of them unconscious. Note that in real life, taser guns neither cause unconsciousness, nor pass their current by physical contact with another person.
* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': The Kitchen Irish members that corner Frank Castle at the carousel in "Penny and Dime" use tasers to subdue him.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood "Cold Blood"]] has a Taser. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when the person hit with it ends up dying from repeated shocks.
* Captain Larraq in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' carried a specialized stasis gun for capturing hosts of the intellent virus he and his crew of commandos were chasing.

* In the ''Series/{{Intelligence|2014}}'' episode "Athens" Dr. Cassidy improvises an electrical stun bomb to temporarily incapacitate [[MonsterOfTheWeek Jin Cong]] and one of his {{mooks}}.
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Parker loves zapping people with various tasers and other stun guns. Her old mentor/father-figure has two nearly identical specialty canes, one extends a six-inch blade from the tip, the other acts as a taser. When a hacker makes some rude comments about Parker, [[PapaWolf the old man places his cane's tip against the guy's crotch and asks him if he'd like to find out which one he was using today]] (later, the same guy continues making rude comments so he hits him in the neck with it and discovers it was the taser after all).

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Averted in "Cura te Ipsum". Dr. Tillman is planning to kidnap and murder serial rapist Andrew Benton. She zaps him with a taser and he is almost immediately on the floor, but then Tillman follows this up by administering a drug via nasal spray that knocks Benton out long enough for her to restrain him in a wheelchair and wheel him to her van.

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': In "Meat", Torchwood use tasers against people who they don't think are dangerous. It turns out these people have guns and Ianto ends up tasering someone in the forehead, saying "Pray you survive."

* The Tesla guns (designed, as one would expect in this series, by UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla himself) in ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' are exactly this.

* In ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'', the Battlemech taser is a stun gun on steroids. It uses a modified [[MagneticWeapons Gauss Rifle]] mechanism to fire two armor-piercing harpoons into enemy [[HumongousMecha battlemechs]], then pumps it with electricity to fry the mech's electronics, allowing it to be salvaged mostly intact. Sadly, it doesn't cause the violently twitching that a stungun causes against meatbags, as battlemech's artificial muscles are immune to it courtesy of their extreme electrical resistance. The weapon also has a [[CriticalFailure small chance of feedback shocking the user]], and will violently [[MadeOfExplodium explode when damaged]].
* One ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} 2020'' splatbook included two variants. First, one that used a moderate charge laser between the contacts to ionize the air, turning it into something similar to the ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' electrolaser -- and another that was the same thing, but built into a cyber arm.
* The ''TabletopGame/DarkConspiracy'' supplement ''Darktek'' had the "E.T. Stun Gun". It fired a laser to ionize the air, then discharged an electric current that followed the ionization path.
* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' has stunners, electrolasers that deal some damage and the "shock" status effect, shock batons, shock gloves, and [[BioAugmentation eelware]] are melee weapons that do practically the same thing. Also [[AgonyBeam agonizers]] use microwaves to inflict incapacitating pain without damage (unless set to "roast"), and standard laser guns have a "stun" setting that uses a set of quick pulses to achieve a flashbang-like effect.

* Players could control Mumbo Jumbo as a playable character in the sequel to ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''. His weapon, the Zap Stick, shot a continuous stream of sparks that would immobilize the victim and cause them to babble incoherently until they die. It was wonderful.
--> DOW-BA-LA-DOW-BA-LA-DOW-BA-LA-DOW-BA-LA-DOW-BA-LA-DOW-BA-LA-AAAARRGHHH !!!

* The infamous "One-Two Punch" in ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock|1}}'' involves first stunning an enemy with Electro Bolt and then whacking them upside the head with your wrench. Shooting a pool of water not only hits every Splicer in that pool, but kills them instead of merely stunning.

* The stun baton in ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' is electric and awesome. The first hit would stop a regular human in the ass. If the second his is applied to their buttocks then they would be knocked out. Sometimes it takes more than two hits if not applied to the behind.
* One of the weapons available to Adam Jensen in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is a taser pistol which, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome surprisingly]], must be reloaded after every shot. Luckily that's enough to take down basically any one person he fights.

* In ''VideoGame/FightingForce'' Some mooks near the end of the game have an arm that can shock the player, knocking them down and taking some health.

* In ''VideoGame/FindTheCure'' the infirmary is guarded by a electrical turret that incapacitates without killing.

* Inverted in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars''. The player can purchase a "Teaser", which shocks your target for as long as you hold the trigger. Hold it too long, though, and they'll [[VideogameCrueltyPotential burst into flame]], instantly giving you a one-star Wanted level.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'''s Shion Sonozaki has a habit of knocking people out with tasers, often by pushing it very hard into their ''neck''. She has never given anyone more than a few hours of unconsciousness (at least, [[TortureCellar that's all she's done with the]] ''[[TortureCellar taser]]''...).

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' features the Spark Shock as Spark Man's weapon, which allows Mega Man to paralyze enemies that aren't immune to it. Unfortunately, it's a UselessUsefulSpell by virtue of preventing weapon switching until it wears off, and dealing no damage by itself. [[VideoGame/MegaManIII The Game Boy version]] gave it a significant BalanceBuff by allowing the player to switch weapons while there's a paralyzed enemy on screen.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'', paralysis is an effect typically associated with the Elec type. This works in reverse, as well, as TheParalyzer Flash Man became Elec type in [=MMBN3=].

---> "All I had for protection was my rather useless emergency pistol..."
* ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' has this for ''cars''.

* Taser units in ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' can stun you with their tasers, causing you to fire you gun uncontrollably. Unless another player kills the Taser or you happen to shoot him with your uncontrolled firing, you'll get incapacitated. [[VideoGame/PAYDAY2 The sequel]] keeps them the same but the game also adds a taser gun as a melee weapon that can stun any enemy except the Bulldozer.
* Tasers return in ''VideoGame/PAYDAY3'', renamed Zappers due to "Taser" being trademarked by Axon and gaining the ability to drop shock mines which will briefly stun anyone caught in the blast.

* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', [[spoiler:Manfred von Karma]] uses one of these on Phoenix and Maya to steal incriminating evidence from them. Maya somehow holds the static charge into the next day, and zaps Phoenix, Edgeworth, and Gumshoe in the courtroom lobby.

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'': In the [[VideoGameRemake remake]], Jill can acquire one of these as a defensive weapon. In ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]'', it is her counter move, frying a zombie by tazing them in the stomach.

* ''{{VideoGame/Sipho}}'': Judging from the zapping sound and lightning-like visuals it makes, the ability-disabling Sizzler zooid acts through some sort of electric charge.

* The Shock Trap from ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront2015'' is an electronic mine which immobilizes any enemy within range and kills them if they fail to struggle loose in five seconds
** Both R2-D2 and Lando Calrissan can use these Traps as one of their abilities, though Lando's variant of the above is not only more powerful, but also disguises itself as a power-up. R2's is a more literal gun, shooting straight out of his body.

* ''VideoGame/{{SWAT 4}}'''s array of less-lethal weaponry includes (with the expansion pack) two different tasers. One a standard black-and-yellow ranged taser, the other a more rounded-edges newer model, which can be used as both a ranged taser and a melee weapon (an up-close paralyzer). In terms of game mechanics, the tasers are used for non-complying suspects resisting arrest or for overly paniced civilians. (With the expansion pack, you can also [[TakeAThirdOption avoid tasing non-compliant suspects or especially civilian NPCs]], by using a [[GoodOldFisticuffs slight punching melee attack]] to threaten them to comply.)
* ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter'' has the air taser, an electroshock weapon that is notable for three major attributes--firstly, it has infinite ammo, which is quite handy in an FPS. Secondly, it has infinite range--if you can see it, you can shoot it with the air taser. Finally, while stunning opponents via electric shock, holding down the trigger too long results in the victim ''bursting into flames'' while screaming loudly and spasming wildly. Fans widely consider this 'side effect' to be gruesomely hilarious. Conversely, the hand taser available in the sequel is a standard contact-type stun weapon similar to a real-life electric stun gun. It doesn't have the same range, utility, or entertainment value as the air taser, and is therefore uninteresting to expound upon.
* In ''VideoGame/UrbanChaosRiotResponse'', if you taze someone for too long they will burst into flames, killing them.
* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' has Purge (hits target with lightning), which removes buffs but slows the target a great deal, as well as Storm Bolt, an electrically-charged hammer that stuns the target. Used by name without involving electricity, Thunder Clap also slows enemies by slamming the ground.
* In the ''Videogame/{{X}}-Universe'', the Ion Disruptor acts like an [[ChainLightning arcing]] [[LightningGun lightning ray]] against ships, which does good shield damage but is effectively useless against the hull. Ion Disruptors are also the only way to capture {{Space|Whale}}flies - zap a spacefly with the disruptor as it zips past, and it will be stunned long enough for the spaceship to scoop it up with a spacefly collector. The spacefly can then be sold to the [[ProudWarriorRace Split Dynasty]] to [[PoweredByAForsakenChild power their reactors]] or to the {{Space Pirate}}s for pretty much the same purpose.

* Princess Anevka of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', who, thanks to using a robotic avatar to communicate with the world, can produce small bursts of electricity capable of stunning people. She can also use this to kill people, including [[spoiler: her father]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the episode "Heart of Steel", Alfred thinks he must have dozed off after being shocked with a taser.

** Discussed in "Dangers on a Train". Marge skypes Ben and asks him if he's watching ''Upton Rectory''. He says he can't because his wife is "watching a show about a man who repossesses zoo animals". She is then heard yelling "Come on, taser that flamingo!" followed by an electrical buzzing sound and a flamingo shrieking.
** Subverted in "Helter Shelter". Squiggy from ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' is sent in to boost the show's ratings, and zaps Homer with a taser. Homer cries out spasmodically but does not end up losing consciousness.
-->'''Squiggy''': The essence of drama is conflict. That's why they gave me this Taser.
** In "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", Mr. Burns uses a cattle prod on numerous people at the mall, including Ned Flanders.
-->'''Burns''': ''(to a passed-out Ned)'' That's a good lad.

** After being tased by the police in "Cartman's Incredible Gift", Tom Johansen falls to the floor, unconscious.
** In "Credigree Weed St. Patrick's Day Special", Butters pinches a policeman for not wearing green and gets tased unconscious by another for "sexual assault".
** Subverted in "Pre-School". Cartman tries to stop Trent Boyett with his mother's taser gun but misses and hits Miss Claridge, overcharging her wheelchair and causing her to spin out of control.

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* Wrestling/HarleyRace helped Wrestling/{{Vader}} win a Texas Death Match in Wrestling/{{WCW}} by shooting [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]] with a taser.
* Wrestling/ScottHall, disguised as a security officer, helped Wrestling/KevinNash beat Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} to win the WCW World Championship by zapping Goldberg in the chest with a taser.
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* Princess Anevka of Webcomic/GirlGenius, who, thanks to using a robotic avatar to communicate with the world, can produce small bursts of electricity capable of stunning people. She can also use this to kill people, including [[spoiler: her father]].

This trope refers to the tendency for electricity to serve as a stunning mechanism. If a person can summon/harness lightning or electricity, chances are someone hit with it with be stunned, with arcs flowing across their body. Water is basically a giant taser trap waiting to be sprung by the proper application of an electric shock. Additionally, victims of said tasing with often cry out spasmodically before falling in a heap, in order to [[TheCoconutEffect properly convey the force of the incapacitating blast.]] Even when "standard" tasing doesn't behave like that in a given show, this effect often (inexplicably) appears when a taser is applied to the [[InTheBack back of the neck]].

This trope refers to the tendency for electricity to serve as a stunning mechanism. If a person can summon/harness lightning or electricity, chances are someone hit with it with be stunned, with arcs flowing across their body. Water is basically a giant taser trap waiting to be sprung by the proper application of an electric shock. Additionally, victims of said tasing with often cry out spasmodically before falling in a heap, in order to [[TheCoconutEffect properly convey the force of the incapacitating blast.]] Even when "standart" tasing doesn't behave like that in a given show, this effect often (inexplicably) appears when a taser is applied to the [[InTheBack back of the neck]].

* ''Manga/TomodachiGame'': The main characters are knoked out by tasers for what is probably hours when they are kidnapped for the titular game. When one of those tasers appears prominently in a later arc, the effect is somewhat handwaved by claiming they are a special, much more powerfull then standart, model.

* One ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} 2020'' splatbook included two variants. First, one that used a moderate charge laser between the contacts to ionize the air, turning it into something similar to the GURPS electrolaser - and another that was the same thing, but built into a cyber arm.

* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: High-Tech'' has tasers/batons as well as taser guns — which are nearly useless against people wearing anything but normal clothing. By ''Ultra-Tech'' they've been replaced with [[LightningGun electrolasers]]. Incidentally, the latter cause stunning effects only in the early editions of the game, but in 4th edition, the laser element causes a modicum of burning damage. However, attacks with the [[ShockAndAwe Surge]] modifier always force characters to roll to avoid stun if enough damage is taken.

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'''s Others have weapons similar to tasers, with multiple settings. They also have dart guns, whose darts inflict an electrical shock that can kill or merely incapacitate a victim.

-->-- '''Mattox''', ''Film/RoboCop2014''

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': Veronica's signature weapon is a taser that she often used to incapacitate opponents, as being a [[TeensAreShort petite]] teen [[AmateurSleuth sleuth]], she's too young to carry a firearm and too small to directly take on most opponents.

* ''Manga/TomodachiGame'': The main characters are knoked out by tasers for what is probably hours when they are kidnapped for the titular game. When those tasers appear prominently in a later arc, the effect is somewhat handwaved by claiming they are a special, much more powerfull then standart, model.

This trope refers to the tendency for electricity to serve as a stunning mechanism. If a person can summon/harness lightning or electricity, chances are someone hit with it with be stunned, with arcs flowing across their body. Water is basically a giant taser trap waiting to be sprung by the proper application of an electric shock. Additionally, victims of said tasing with often cry out spasmodically before falling in a heap, in order to [[TheCoconutEffect properly convey the force of the incapacitating blast.]] Even when "standart" tasing doesn't behave like that in a given show, this effect often (inexplicably) appears when the taser is applied to the [[InTheBack back of the neck]].

This trope refers to the tendency for electricity to serve as a stunning mechanism. If a person can summon/harness lightning or electricity, chances are someone hit with it with be stunned, with arcs flowing across their body. Water is basically a giant taser trap waiting to be sprung by the proper application of an electric shock. Additionally, victims of said tasing with often cry out spasmodically before falling in a heap, in order to [[TheCoconutEffect properly convey the force of the incapacitating blast.]]

** And no, Murphy is not above applying it as ElectricTorture by [[KickTheSonOfABitch shooting people who already surrendered if he feels the target deserves it]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'', Lucy renders Gru unconscious with a taser gun disguised as lipstick.
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* In ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'', [[{{Yandere}} Shouko]] does this to a non-complying [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Yuuji]] while at the theaters, after he objects to watching ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' two times in a row, and later another film that lasts 7 hours, again two times in a row.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': Akane attacks Shizuo with one after having been told the latter would kill her father and grandfather. The model she used was given to her by [[spoiler:Nakura]] under Izaya's orders and was heavily modified in order to be a lethal weapon. Unsurprisingly, all it does is sting Shizuo a little.
* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'': Sousuke gives Kaname a taser weapon on her request, which she later uses to defend herself against an assassin.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', the [[AntiMagicalFaction Equalist]] shock glove is a Static Stun Gun in {{Power Palm|s}} form, designed to give the Equalists' [[{{Muggle}} nonbender]] forces an edge over enemies like the armored [[ExtraOreDinary metalbending police]]. It becomes the WeaponOfChoice of Asami Sato, Team Avatar's token BadassNormal.

** Weapons called "Stun Rods" appear in the hands of late-game mooks in''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. It's a bit of a misnomer, though: in 4 they do about the same amount of damage as being shot in the face with a [[GatlingGood Gatling Gun]], and in 5 they instantly put you into [[ControlledHelplessness Dying status]]. You can also buy a Stun Rod in 5 and use it yourself; it is extremely powerful and works wonders for crowd control and, best of all, it doesn't use any ammo.

See LightningGun for a more lethal way to use electricity, and TaserTagWeakness for when a Static Stun Gun proves just as useful against superpowered individuals as it does against unpowered ones (i.e. very useful). Subtrope of ElectricityKnocksYouOut.

* ''Film/AntMan1'': Detective Paxton tases Scott, knocking him out so he can be put in the police car and taken back to jail.