History Main / TheGunslinger

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has many.

* Simon Heller, a character in The Unwaking setting from ''Wiki/TheWanderersLibrary'', is a GunMarshal. What that entails is not exactly explained, but seems to involve an empathic connection with all guns.

* Two of the {{Professional Killer}}s in ''Film/GunsGirlsAndGambling'' qualify as gunslingers. The Blonde is The Woo: [[GunsAkimbo dual wielding twin Glock 17s]] and [[SheFu diving and flipping]] through gunfights. The Cowboynis the QickDraw: packing a pair of [[RevolversAreJustBetter Colt Peacemakers]] in a fast draw rig and lethally accurate with either hand.

Compare SuperheroPackingHeat, SamuraiCowboy. For a character with similar traits who uses longer ranged weapons, see the ColdSniper and FriendlySniper.

** Seras Victoria, meanwhile, is a solid Vaporizer. The Harkonnen (her WeaponOfChoice) weighs well over 100 pounds, and can blow up an airship. And let's not talk about her wielding GunsAkimbo [[MoreDakka flak artilleries]]...
* ''Manga/SamuraiGun'', naturally, makes heavy use of this trope in its SteamPunk Historical Japan setting. The main character, Ichimatsu, and by extent the other Samurai Guns, are a combination of The Trick Shot and The Woo. Vaporizers show up in several episodes of the anime, including a minigun-toting ImplacableMan who is only fighting because it's the only way to keep up the supply of medicine he needs to keep his sick mother alive. The main member of the Anti-Samurai Gun Unit (in the anime, at least) is actually a blend of several types; his primary weapon is a SteamPunk Uzi, but he has the same bullet-dodging training as a Samurai Gun and once proves accurate enough to shoot his opponent's bullet out of the air.

* All of the main characters from ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. The girl are made to be so, as they're girls who have been converted into {{cyborg}}s and given paramilitary training to become assassins. Their handlers are from a variety of police and military organizations.

** Jean Ango is the Quick Draw to Usopp's Trick Shot--he doesn't carry firearms on him either, and instead he is an incredibly fast and accurate shot using [[CatchAndReturn weapons he steals from his adversaries mid-battle]]. They don't even have to be guns. He ''throws'' things with as lethal aim as he shoots.

* A villanious example can be found in Hol Horse from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''; a Trick Shot, thanks to the fact that his Stand, the Emperor, is a revolver that lets him control the trajectory of its bullets.
** From ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'', Guido Mista is an exemplary Trick Shot, and uses his Stand, Sex Pistols[[note]], six mini-Stands who can ride his bullets and redirect them[[/note]], in conjunction with his revolver in order to perform some truly outrageous stunts with bullets. He has a couple Woo-like tricks up his sleeve, but is ultimately too slow to really qualify as one -- especially given his unfortunate tendency to get hit by his own shots.

* In the anime ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'', most of the heroes gunsling quite a bit, particuarly the GunsAkimbo, [[HandCannon M13 Jericho]] wielding android Tres Iqus who has all three styles pretty much nailed (given that Gunslinger is actually his callsign this isn't at all suprising).

* Mana Tatsumiya and Yuna Akashi of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''. Mana is a combination of Trick Shot and The Woo: she [[GunsAkimbo dual wields]] ''[[HandCannon Desert Eagles]]'', which is perhaps only marginally made believable by [[HugeSchoolgirl her size]] and is so skillful with a sniper rifle that she can also [[ImprobableAimingSkills use ricocheting to work around the fact that her targets are behind a wall]], but in close-range combat she falls into GunFu mode. Yuna is an obvious QuickDraw who uses twin pistols.

* Daisuke Jigen from ''Franchise/LupinIII'' is an expert shot who uses a custom .357 Magnum revolver to be the Trick Shot, The Woo, and the QuickDraw (0.3 seconds). Because of his strength in an array of guns, including rocket launchers and sniper rifles (which he ''shoots from the waist'' in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''), he also qualifies as The Vaporizer. He actually dislikes MoreDakka, saying that shooting ''more'' shots isn't better, especially when ''one'' will do the trick. He proves it in ''Anime/LupinIIIStolenLupin'', where he has a ''broken'' gun, and one bullet. This, against an enemy with automatic weapons in each hand.

** [[spoiler: Suifeng's Bankai is a shoulder-mounted missile-launcher. Pure Vaporizer.]]

** The Stern Ritter "N" Robert Accutrone manifests his cross as a relatively ordinary looking pistol. This being Bleach, everything is but ordinary and the guy actually [[spoiler:shoots out ''Shunsui's'' eye. Something even Starrk couldn't do]].

** Death the Kid is a combination. His usual style of a [[{{Shinigami}} (literally)]] inhuman turn of speed, close-combat and GunFu falls under C, whereas Death Cannon and his other soul resonance attacks are B.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' has Austin O'Brien, who pulls this off by firing trading cards from his duel disk, which doubles as gun. Said trading cards explode upon impact for [[RuleofCool some unexplained reason]]. He duels this way too. Everyone else in the show is TheBeastmaster, commanding their monsters to attack. He just shoots you repeatedly with Blaze Accelerator ([[AbnormalAmmo which uses cards as ammo]]).

* Yoko from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has elements of Trick Shot and Vaporizer. She carries an over-sized, high-energy sniper rifle with her wherever she goes..

** The [[TitleCharacter eponymous hitman]] himself, Reborn, is the most notable example, and is an undisputed master of the Trick Shot. In one instance, he appears to misfire at the ground, only to have the bullets emerge from the earth ''several seconds later'' to [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt strike his target with perfect accuracy]].

* Panty Anarchy of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' has traits of ''all four types''. To be clear, she has the ImprobableAimingSkills of the Trick Shot, the explosive firepower of the Vaporizer, the preference of pistols and SuperSpeed of the Woo, and the quick reaction time and ability to ShootTheBullet of the Quick Draw.

** The Trigger Twins dress like cowboys and theme their crimes around [[TheWildWest Wild West]] motifs. They are Quick Draws, with occasionally flashes of Trick Shots.

* The series ''ComicBook/EastOfWest'' is filed with all types of gunslingers, which is to be expected from a comic book series that draws a heavy amount of inspiration from the Western genre. Just about every major character is expected to be some sort of master gunmen, but the two most notable ones are The Ranger and The Horseman of Death. Both of whom posses superhuman levels of marksmanship, making Trick Shot experts.

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' is a solid Trick Shot thanks to his years of practice. And as a nod to his SpaceWestern motif he also shows skill as a Quick Draw expert.

** The Saint of Killers is a Trick Shot (no matter how he shots, he will kill), Vaporizer (infinite bullets) and QuickDraw (apparently he doesn't even draw, he is instantly pointing at the poor guy who encounters him).

* Tommy Monaghan the titular protagonist from ''ComicBook/{{Hitman}}'' is a combination of the Woo, Trick Shot and has shown shades of the Quick Draw.

* Being an amalgamation of every western gunslinger in fiction, ComicBook/JonahHex is naturally a professional in the Trick Shot and the Woo. And is the undisputed king of the Quick Draw. For example he is the ''only'' person in Franchise/TheDCU who has been able to outdraw ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' in a duel.

* ComicBook/LuckyLuke is a AffectionateParody of the classic western cowboy who takes the Trick Shot and the Quick Draw to illogical extremes. The phrase "faster than his own shadow", should give you an idea of the kind of gunplay antics he usually gets up to.

* Wesley Gibson from ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' is the undisputed ''god'' of all four styles. He demonstrates his Trick Shot skills by shooting the wings off a fly and always landing perfect headshots without even ''looking'' at his victim. Aswell as always being depicted firing away with a gun in each hand while performing all sorts of acrobatics. And he later displays his Vaporizer skills by laying waste to his enemies with a Gatling gun. Justified in that his marksmanship abilities are actually a genetic ability that he inherited from his father, who was known as the greatest supervillain who ever lived.
* Plenty of characters from the ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' use guns but its Andrea's skills as the Trick Shoot that stand out. As she is always seen landing perfect headshots. Made even more impressive by the fact that she never even handled a gun before the zombie apocalypse
* Creator/DCComics [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] character Vigilante is one if the earliest examples of this trope in comics. True to his roots as a classic gunslinger, he is naturally a professional Trick Shot and Quick Draw expert.
* The ComicBook/XMen have several of these among there ranks.

* Typical of Creator/MarvelComics' western heroes of TheFifties and TheSixties, the ComicBook/RawhideKid is equal parts Trick Shot and Quick Draw, able to draw with blinding speed and always disabling his opponents withut killing them.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, the fast draw of pistol crossbows -- left-handed, right-handed or both together -- is an Assassin skill, taught by Miss Alice Band. The very Ankh-Morporkian NiceGuy Tim Bellamy is sent out to be a Guild field agent in [[{{Eagleland}} the Semi-United States of Aceria]]. One day he is challenged in a saloon by a local hard guy, who figures the tenderloin with the faggoty accent will be an easy pushover. Tim is sore that the girl he was unsuccessfully in love with is getting off with somebody else, and he is getting pissed in both senses of the word. He then demonstrates the Assassin fast draw. And brings a new skill to the Wild Widdershins of Aceria in the process.
* ''Fanfic/TheLogiaBrothers'': Usopp is even more of a Trick Shot and Quick Draw than in canon, since instead of a slingshot, he has a quartet of revolvers and a rifle which he received from his father, which he uses to great effect. In his trademark fighting technique, he juggles the revolvers in a way that allows him to fire all of them near simultaneously.

* Gold Rush era Australia had its own gunfighters, known as Bushrangers, with names like Captain Starlight, Bold Jack Donahue, Captain Moonlight, Black John Caesar, and Film/CaptainThunderbolt. As [[Film/NedKelly1970 Ned Kelly]], Mick Jagger dual wields Colt revolvers, Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe favors flintlock pistols, and as Film/MadDogMorgan, Dennis Hopper uses a pair of shotguns. Williamson, the {{badass longcoat}} of Kiwi film ''{{Film/Utu}}'' also fits this trope, and carries a four barreled shotgun.

* Barney Ross from ''Film/TheExpendables'' uses pistols as his WeaponOfChoice, and is one of the fastest shooters in the series.
* In ''Film/TheFastestGunAlive,'' ''Glenn Ford'' plays a store clerk who gets tired of the overblown stories of the townspeople and shows them how fast he is, shooting two silver dollars in the air. Unfortunately, this draws the attention of an outlaw who will start killing people if Ford does not face him. The truth is that Ford is the son of a famous sheriff who taught him to shoot, but he never worked up the courage to face anyone. He changed his name and hid from his past. In the end Ford has to prove himself.
* Max Kennard from ''Film/GangsterSquad'' is primarily a Trick Shot, able to shoot a can six time in the air while cocking the gun for each shot. He ''does'' have some elements of the QuickDraw as shown during the climax where he takes out a machine gunner, breaking cover, drawing, and shooting before the gunner can get a bead on him.

* In ''Film/{{Maverick}}'', the eponymous characters reveals himself to be a QuickDraw, but is not an actual gunfighter, preferring to bluff his way out of conflicts. This is in contrast to the [[Series/{{Maverick}} original tv series]], in which both the Maverick brothers are said to be incredibly ''slow'' on the draw. Bart once claimed that Bret could outdraw him any day of the week, and that Bret's nickname was "The Second Slowest Gun in the West".
* Jack Sparrow in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' is a Trick Shot. [[TheMusketeer Most of the fighting he does is melee,]] but when he takes up a gun it's always to do a single shot which ''needs'' to count. To wit, he fires a gun once per film in each of the first three films [[note]]Shooting Barbossa just as Will breaks the curse in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first]], shooting an powder barrel in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second]], shooting Davy Jones' chest out of his hands in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third]][[/note]]. The shot from the third film is particularly impressive since he’s swinging high up on a rope on a ship in a storm.
* Sharon Stone's character Ellen in ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead''. The entire movie centres around a quick draw competition, so the entire cast is filled with gunslingers. While most are Quick Draws, Cort and Ace are also Trick Shots.

* Franchise/{{Robocop}}, although before his [[WeCanRebuildHim cyborgification]] he was a fairly poor shot who [[GunTwirling twirled his pistol]] to impress his son. Afterwards though, he gained ImprobableAimingSkills and a HandCannon, as well as being ImmuneToBullets. And continued to twirl his pistol.

* Roycephus Pulsipher of the ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' is able to shoot a two headed foe with both hands while both are jumping through the air.

* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'': The Whistler family. All of them. It is mentioned at one point, that their children are given toy guns as toddlers, and real guns at eight years. Jerin's twelve year old sister shoots some bandits, which doesn't surprise him much when he hears about it.

** [[KnightErrant Roland Deschain of Gilead]], the Last Gunslinger. As it is fairly realistic in terms of gunplay, Roland only exhibits types Trick Shot and QuickDraw. He seldom has enough ammunition to be a Vaporizer type (and would probably consider it to be obscenely wasteful), and is only The Woo insofar as dual wielding (albeit briefly), at one point gunning down 58 people attacking him as a mob. Considering he's using single action revolvers, and can only dual wield by thumbing the hammers, doing it at all is quite impressive. Not to mention the only reason he stops DualWielding is because [[spoiler: he loses two fingers off his right hand, and is rendered unable to hold a gun in that hand]]. Later, more gunslingers are added to Roland's ''[[TrueCompanions ka-tet]]'':

* ''Literature/TheExecutioner''. Mack Bolan has shown Trick Shot, Vaporizer, and even The Woo tendencies at time, although not to a superhuman extent, as have his homages like ComicBook/ThePunisher.

* In ''Literature/CountToTheEschaton'', Menelaus is a Trick Shot and Vaporizer, who uses a smartgun which he [[AwesomenessByAnalysis has programmed to deliver its payload more efficiently]]. Somewhat hilariously, Menelaus' gunslinging skills make him a valued [[DuelToTheDeath "junior partner"]] for his [[TrialByCombat law firmemployers...]]

* Back in the early days of the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, Han Solo had several run-ins with a professional gunman named Gallandro, a mercenary renowned for being the fastest gun in the galaxy. [[FamedInStory Exploits attributed to him]] include hunting down a crime family, single handedly hijacking a star-liner and forcing the Assassin's Guild to default on a contract (by hunting down and killing half of their Elite Guard). The same books also established that Han himself has a bit of the same kind of reputation, although not to the same degree.
* In ''Literature/ChasmCity'', it was said of the protagonist that he could take out specific brain functions with a shot, making him a Trick Shot. He laments to another character that he was never actually ''that'' good, but says he did come close.

** Supernaturals (e.g. Thomas and Lara Raith. Harry complains that he doesn't even practice, yet nails a target from over a hundred feet away with a pistol. On a boat. In Lake Michigan. At night) play this trope awfully straight, hitting Trick Shot, The Woo, and QuickDraw. Justified -- they do have supernatural powers and are capable of absurd feats like grazing skin layers off with a shot, ignoring recoil, and blurring speed. Fortunately, magic is faster that bullets.

* ''Literature/TheWorstShotsInTheWest'' has Tim and Tom, two old, near blind gunslingers, with really high AccidentalAimingSkills.

* ''Literature/TheUndertaker'' features Barnaby Gold; an undertaker turned gunslinger. Gold is primarily a quick draw, although he wears his left hand gun on a swivel on his belt, which allows him to turn and fire it from under his long black coat.
* One of the two title characters of the ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'' books is Waxillium 'Wax' Ladrian, is a MageMarksman with the ability to telekinetically push metal away from himself. In a pinch, he can kill you with a bullet without even bothering to load it into a gun, in fact. He mostly uses his ability to approximate flight or deflect incoming rounds, but occasionally uses it to increase the effective muzzle velocity of the bullets he fires. He is known for his precision shots while dual-wielding revolvers, and has managed to [[spoiler: land a headshot on someone with a hostage by firing a bullet out of a bubble of sped-up time, then having his friend drop the bubble at the exact instant he fired a second round with a heavy steelpush behind it to deflect the first one to right where it needed to go]].

* Most characters on ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' are this by necessity, since it centres on an NYPD precinct, but it's rarely shown as the characters are very hesitant to use their sidearms. At one point, main character Jake effortlessly shoots the Penis Brain and Jaw of a silhouette target (the PB and J, as he calls it) with pinpoint accuracy. His love interest Amy is no slouch either, at one point non-fatally shooting someone in the leg with such accuracy that it doesn't cause any lasting damage. Their duty sergeant, Terry Jeffords, is noted to be the precinct's top marksman.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has Aaron Hotchner, Elle Greenaway, Emily Prentiss, and Jennifer "JJ" Jareau, all of whom are incidentally very good shots (Emily is probably the worst shot out of all of them, but that's not really saying much, since the only time she's ever really *missed* was about thirty seconds after getting a concussion in a car crash). Hotchner is notable for wearing not only a pistol on the belt, but in his boot while in the field. JJ once even killed an [=UnSub=] with a perfect headshot through a glass-paned FBI door. Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia has only held a gun once.

** Mal is a shining example of QuickDraw, the stuff of legends. The fact that he hits anything at all is amazing, but at one point he [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shoots the Operative's gun out of his hand.]] From a ''quick draw''. And the Operative's gun was '''already drawn.''' It might as well be a CharlesAtlasSuperpower.

* Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'s arch-nemesis Murdoc appears as a stereotypical black clad gunslinger (seemingly a QuickDraw) in the AllJustADream CowboyEpisode "Serenity".

** Both Raylan, as a Quick Draw (befitting his CowboyCop status) and Tim, as a former Ranger sniper with ImprobableAimingSkills.

** In "A Fistful of Datas", a holodeck malfunction gives a whole host of Western characters the strength, speed and skill of Data, making them all lightning Quick Draws.

* ''Series/HecRamsey'': Hec has a fearsome reputation as a gunslinger (a Type D), and it is this that gets him hired as deputy police chief of New Prospect. However, Hec has decided that the age of the gunslinger is past, and he is working on becoming a scientific detective. This doesn't mean that he can't throw down with the best of them when the need arises, though.

* In ''Radio/TheSixShooter'', Britt Ponset is a [[TheDrifter drifting]] {{Cowboy}} whose skill with a pistol earns him the nickname [[TheyCallHimSword 'the Six Shooter']]. He is a primarily a Quick/draw and a Trick Shot.

** The notorius Cypher is well-known for wielding a pair of exquisitely crafted pistols (not similar; one is a bolt pistol, the other is plasma). Not to mention outdrawing and killing one of Abaddon's Terminator bodyguards so fast that even Abaddon nearly missed it. It's reflected on the tabletop too -- he was the only character in the game that could fire both pistols twice in one turn. In his current rules, he has the highest Ballistic Skill in the game.
** Sisters of Battle (Witch Hunters) give us the Seraphim, power armoured ladies with jetpacks who dual-wield automatic microgrenade launcher pistols. Or, alternately, dual wield flamer pistols, or, if you really want to splash out, microwave pistols that can turn a super-heavy tank into slag. Their gun fu is so awesome that everyone around them feels just a little bit braver for having them there.

* ''TabletopGame/FengShui'': Anyone with Gun Schticks [=and/or=] a high enough Guns skill is a Gunslinger in terms of this trope. Maverick Cops, Killers, and Ex-Special Forces guys are especially exemplary of the trope, but Spies, Gamblers, Magic Cops, Masked Avengers, Monster Hunters, Cyborgs and even Medics can qualify as well, along with any other archetype who spends XP on Gun Schticks and the Guns skill. What type your gunslinger character generally is depends on what Gun Schticks you give your character. Trick Shots prefer Eagle Eye, [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands Shoot Weapon]], Sabotage Shot and other schticks that allow them to perform crazy feats of accuracy. Vaporizers generally go for Carnival of Carnage and 10,000 Bullets to maximize the mook slaughter, along with Cover Fire, Bullet Storm, [[BottomlessMagazines Lightning Reload]], Who Wants Some, and a good automatic weapon capable of MoreDakka. Woos can use pretty much any schtick out of the books, though Both Guns Blazing, Carnival of Carnage, Slow Mo Vengeance and others are primarily used by them. Quick Draws, as per the name, generally buy up lots of Fast Draw in order to act ahead of everyone else in a given sequence.

** ''Shards of the Exalted Dream'' gives us the Solar Firearms tree, which has stuff for ''all four'' types (as does its Abyssal mirror). What's especially hilarious is that with sufficient strength, you can use the GunsAkimbo Charms, Sun-Dog Gunslinger Stance (Solar) and Murder of Crows Posture (Abyssal), while dual-wielding [[{{BFG}} godcannons]], which are guns ''the size of men''.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Heroscape}}'' has several according to their bios, but only Deadeye Dan has actual effects that make him this. He's a Trick Shot who has two abilities: one which gives him a half chance to deal one damage (which is deadly to characters with one life and high defence) and the other which gives him a one tenth change of '''instant killing''' '''''anyone'''''.

* The term "Swordsman School" is used rather loosely in ''TabletopGame/SeventhSea'' and includes many schools based around weapons other than swords. Most relevant to this trope are the Montaigne Rois et Reines school that specializes in the use of a musket with a fixed bayonet, and the Vendel Rasmussen school, focused on pistols. Rasmussen even has a swordsman knack called "Trick Shot." These being 17th century firearms, both schools emphasize training far beyond the norm, allowing unusual aim, effective range, and reload speed. A master of Rasmussen can reload a pistol in a single action, while a character without the Reload Swordsman Knack would take several entire turns (with 2-5 actions per turn) to do the same.

* ''Videogame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'' gives us Anonym, a ChurchMilitant LadyOfWar who uses [[DualWielding two]] plated [[RevolversAreJustBetter Webley revolvers]] as her weapons. She has traits of both The Woo and the Trick Shot: on one hand she has quite the expertise in GunKata, on the other her fighting style relies a lot on her shooting her opponents before they can approach her since, if she runs out of ammo (after six attacks), she has to quickly recharge and that leaves her completely vulnerable for some seconds.

* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' allows the player to act as a Vaporizer (with firearms with enough firerate) and/or Type D (with a long range rifle or handgun, especially if you play in turn-based mode).

** Lockwood is a {{cyberpunk}} gunslinger, dual-wielding pistols and being a mixture of the Trick Shot and The Woo. His primary attack is a trick shot that bounces off walls, and he dual-wields when using his area-of-effect attack and his [[LimitBreak ultimate]], the latter of which is a long-range DashAttack that hits everyone in the vicinity of his movement.
** Elle is closest to The Woo, with her weapon of choice being a shotgun. She excels on fast movements and getting in close before blowing enemies away, and has the ability to perform an UnnecessaryCombatRoll almost at will to dash behind corners and cover. Her ultimate goes into Vaporizer territory, being a massively overcharged shotgun blast that [[BlownAcrossTheRoom blows both her and any targets away]].

* Created by the [[Creator/HidekiKamiya same person]] who created ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' takes all 4 types to truly outlandish degrees. From regular hand guns to shot guns to ROCKET LAUNCHER TONFAS and so many other weapons, Bayonetta is currently one of the most insane examples of the gunslinger in video games so far.

** In VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel, Nisha the Lawbringer is a gun-slinging CombatSadomasochist cowgirl. Her skills allows her to automatically aim at enemies, ricochet shots towards enemies, and dual wield pistols.

* The Alchemist from ''Cardinal Quest 2'' has the unlockable "Gunslinger" Perk. Gunslinger Alchemists sacrifice the ability to wield melee weapons and the ability to Craft items in exchange for starting with the Pistol skill. The Alchemist can still acquire the Pistol Skill in the skill tree, meaning the Alchemist can effectively dual wield pistols.

%%* Most girls who have been playable characters in the VideoGame/{{Contra}} series. Namely Sheena Etranzi, Lucia and [[VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising Krystal]]. [[KatanasAreJustBetter Sayuri doesn't count]].

* Dante from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' blends all four types together, with near-flawless accuracy and OffhandBackhand shots, a crazy rate of fire and a variety of explosive weapons, superhuman agility, and the ability (both in and out of cutscenes) to draw quickly yet still fire accurately. Of course, he has a Style explicitly named Gunslinger that enhances his firearm moveset. Nero aspires to reach the same level of competence, but isn't there yet.

*** Ebony and Ivory are Dante's trademark handguns, they allow him to shoot two targets at once, as well, as a couple point-blank moves. The shotgun also allows Dante to move it like nunchuks while shooting everything around him. (The Woo)

** And as of 2015, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4: Special Edition'' makes Lady playable for the first time in the series. As the true owner of the Kalina Ann, her style incorporates a lot [[MoreDakka more explosives; different kinds of missiles and grenades]], but she also uses dual handguns and shotguns with some of the moves Dante uses, in addition to her own [[SpamAttack rapid fire shots]]

* ''VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline'' has the gunslinger class that can advance into three Vaporizers: The Launcher, that specializes in heavy weaponry; Mechanic, that builds robots that either explode or shoot things for him/her; Spitfire, that can use special rounds and explosives; and a Woo / QuickDraw, Ranger, that uses melee kicks and and quick shots.

* The main character from ''VideoGame/FalloutTacticsBrotherhoodOfSteel'' could be made into a Vaporizer in turn-based mode. Start with a high agility character who takes a starting trait which lowers the AP cost of shooting, which can later be coupled with a perk that further reduces the cost and another that halves reload time. Since the game's revolvers inexplicably shoot faster than all other pistols, using one you can fire six shots, reload, then get off three more before the other guy even gets to move. And when not using turn-based mode, your character's shooting animation is slightly quicker than normal, making him a QuickDraw. Nifty as enemies flinch and are stun-locked even from small damage, so even a huge mutant soldier can be cut down by one dude with a six-gun.

** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] pulls off enough trick shots with her gunblade to qualify for Trick Shot. One of her normal attacks is shooting an enemy mid-backflip. Sazh isn't nearly as skilled at using guns as the other entries, but has some elements of Vaporizer and Quick Draw.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' has Prompto as the resident gunslinger, unlike the other party members he is not from a trained military background uses guns because their relative ease of use. He hits all four styles of gunslinger depending on the attack, having the ability to do precision attacks, surprising rapid fire, clumsy but accurate GunFu and some pretty nifty trick shots.

** Miss Fortune has the traits of Woo with her dual pistols, and traits of a Trickshot with her ability "Double Up", which ricochets off of one enemy and into another. However, she leans more towards the role of a Vaporizer with her abilities "Make It Rain" which drops a hail fire of bullets from above, slowing anyone who passes through it and her ultimate ability "Bullet Time" ([[BulletTime no not that Bullet Time]]) which fires wave after wave of bullet in a large gone area, requiring her to stand still during the duration of the ability.

*** Tristana acts a downplayed Vaporizer, thanks to her giant cannon and emphasis on basic attacking.

* Sundown from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' is a Vaporizer (see his ultimate attack, Hurricane Shot, which fires more bullets than any four revolvers should ever be able to carry). Of course, he's ALSO a Trick Shot (Multi-Counter, which animates as him turning his back to the enemy and shooting through his poncho as a counter to almost any attack, and Pierce Shot, which hits all enemies in a line). In universe, Sundown is also a QuickDraw, as he's described as having "an arm as quick as lightning" (Neo Shot Storm, which can hit up to around six times, all before his opponents can react). Mad Dog, from the same game, is also a Trick Shot, as all of his attacks are essentially trick-shots.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has Xigbar, who stands out as the only major character to fight with guns. He mostly fights like the trickshot, teleporting around upside-down and bouncing bullets off of walls. By contrast, he fought more like The Woo when he was the human Braig, where he ran around on foot at super-speed instead, and didn’t do any ricocheting. This is likely because becoming a Nobody was what enhanced his powers enough to pull off the teleportating and ricocheting abilities that he displayed as Xigbar. In both incarnations, he becomes The Vaporizer during his DesperationAttack, trading out his usual guns for machine guns. And in his ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' [[BonusBoss data battle]], he uses The Quick Draw style for a special attack, covering all four styles across his many boss fights through the series. [[spoiler:The trope is {{Averted|Trope}} for his original persona, Luxu, who fought with a Keyblade.]]
* [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] of the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series falls into '''every''' category if you play as the Soldier Class; [[BulletTime Adrenaline Rush]] allows Shepard to hit nearly any point of an enemies body (Trick Shot), [[MoreDakka The Revenant]] has an insanely large ammo clip and will completely obliterate anything in its path (Vaporizer), Shepard, as previously stated has Adrenaline Rush which slows down time to a crawl allowing for completely domination in CQC (The Woo), which will also allow Shepard to kill enemies before they're even aware of his/her presence. If you're an Infiltrator, your main gun is the sniper rifle, letting you pull of some Alan Quatermain Trick Shots. In cutscenes, every Shepard is a QuickDraw, being able to pull off very impressive shots and doing so ''very'' quickly.

* Aya Brea, the heroine of the ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' series. She's also got some deadly magic to back her up; in the sequel one of her spells is to simply boost the power of her gun's bullets.

* Saika Magoichi from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', being basically a WalkingArmory, can fulfil most of the above roles, but is closest to Type B. She commonly carries around magnums, a shotgun, a tommy gun and a heat-seeking rocket launcher (detonation charges or air support optional) and uses a combination of them to blow her enemies to bits.

* John Marston and Arthur Morgan, the player characters in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' respectively, already start off pretty good, being fairly experienced grizzled western outlaws. However, you can gradually make them master gunslingers the more you level up the "Dead Eye" ability, which enables the player to slow down time, precisely target their shots, and then fill the nearby enemies with lead very rapidly. There are also sub-games where you can be challenged by various [=NPCs=] into an old-school quick-draw duel, thus thus gradually making the character a combination of The Woo and the Quick Draw.

* Any female character in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has a portrait shot in the Personnel tab showing them in dramatic poses with guns. Props go to Sniper Marina who after a successful snipe-shot loads her gun onto her shoulders and tosses off a bond-one liner.

** Billy in the Spiritual Predecessor ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' is another Gunslinger, mostly Trick Shot style or maybe The Woo depending on playstyle. He is also one of the best healers in the game by virtue of being a priest or training to become one. Notably his last deathblow forgoes the main types he displays and delves straight into The Vaporizer where he unloads every gun he's carrying and even briefly jumps into a FPS-like view while firing his handguns before finishing with his shotgun.

** Agent Washington is a Trick Shot. He's not only extremely proficient with his Battle Rifle, but once destroyed a Hornet by shooting the controls while it was trying to dodge, while he was in free fall.

** Coco is the resident Vaporizer, toting a ''huge'' gatling gun which can mow down swarms of weak enemies or steadily wear down a tougher one.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'''s Jade Harley is an expert markswoman, and has her Strife Specibus allocated with the Riflekind abstratus.

* Amical from ''{{Webcomic/Morphe}}'' is so good with a gun that he can fire ten shots at five people with each bullet aimed perfectly at their respective hearts and foreheads. He is also a powerful enough of a mage to stop all ten bullets before they reached their mark.

* Crazy Stunts in ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce''. It helps that his guns have more than one use, but also his ImprobableAimingSkills while in mid flight on a HoverBoard.

* The late Bob Munden was a wizard with his single action .45LC revolver. A real life Lucky Luke, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcZHVspVIDs Munden was capable of drawing his pistol faster than the blink of an eye (literally). He could shoot multiple targets faster than the eye is able to process, split playing cards edgewise, and was able to use the reflection of a diamond ring to aim at his target.]]
* D. A. "Jelly" Bryce. He began his career with the Oklahoma City Police Department, for which he "interviewed" by fast-drawing and shooting a target group that could be covered with a silver dollar. J. Edgar Hoover himself waived the college degree requirement in order to hire the guy, who was known to practice his fast-draw in front of a mirror for eight hours straight at a time. As a "special negotiator", brought in to deal with hostage situations and stand-offs--with terminal consequences for the suspects who chose to try to out-shoot him--he became so well-known and so feared that law enforcement only had to ''call him to the scene'' and suspects would surrender without a fight. In 1945, ''Life'' magazine ran an article on Bryce, featuring a series of stroboscopic photos that documented his speed demonstration of holding a coin at his shoulder height, dropping it, drawing his gun, and shooting the coin before it passed the level of his waist. That trick shot only took ''two-fifths of a second''.

** His gunslinging prowess primarily revolves around being the Trick Shot. For example, in his EstablishingCharacterMoment as a casino enforcer[[note]]Don't worry, he doesn't shoot anyone[[/note]], he tosses a coin into the air and blows a hole in it, proving it as a counterfeit. Later episodes see him shooting the chain and then letters off of signs to distract a few guards while Kaz sneaks past them, and even [[WilliamTelling shooting a card out of Inej's mouth]] to qualify for a travelling carnival, ''with his back to her and aiming via looking in a mirror.''

%%* ''Film/{{Collateral}}'': Vincent is a QuickDraw, taking down two assailants in under two seconds. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=H8-P8sJNHk0#t=167s It's even mentioned by one of the actors in the documentary at 3:00.]]

%%* ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' and its GunKata.

* Sharon Stone's character Ellen in ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead''. The entire movie centres around a quick draw competition, so the entire cast is filled with gunslinger. While most are Quick Draws, Cort and Ace are also Trick Shots.
* John ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' is the prime example of Vaporizer.

%%* Alice in the ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries''.

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} combines all four styles to go along with his own insane brand of ConfusionFu. He is frequently depicted firing [[GunsAkimbo two guns]] while performing all sorts of insane acrobatic feats. He has been shown to pull off shots that should be [[ImprobableAimingSkills statistically impossible]]. [[QuickDraw He can pop a cap in someone before they even know they're dead]]. And being an AxCrazy gun for hire he isn't afraid to pump someone with enough [[MoreDakka bullets and explosives]] to [[UpToEleven hold back an entire army]].

* ComicBook/LuckyLuke is a AffectionateParody of the classic western cowboy who takes the Trick Shot and the Quick Draw to [[UpToEleven illogical extremes]]. The phrase "faster than his own shadow", should give you an idea of the kind of gunplay antics he usually gets up to.

** Steelhooves is The Vaporizer taken UpToEleven! His go-to weapons are a missile launcher and GRENADE MACHINEGUN! While his raw firepower is a great asset to his friends, it's also frequently an inconvenience as he leaves little to scavenge from.

* Creator/HelenMirren in ''Film/{{Red}}'' with a [[{{BFG}} 50 Cal. Machine Gun]] shows that this trope isn't exclusive to younger {{Action Girl}}s.

** ComicBook/{{Cable}} and ComicBook/{{Bishop}} are both perfect examples of the Vaporizer. Not only that but they are routinely depicted firing guns that are even [[{{BFG}} larger than they are!]] And considering the large stature of both men, ''that is saying something''

Their JustForFun/SwordCounterpart would be MasterSwordsman; while a MasterArcher might perform a similar function in societies predating guns. A SmokingBarrelBlowout usually finishes off a successful shot. Sometimes involved in a ShowdownAtHighNoon.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' Percy is the only one in the entire world, as it is otherwise a standard fantasy setting. Interestingly, when he created the pistol, it was not entirely his own work. [[spoiler: It required a DealWithTheDevil to get his revenge with a demonic weapon of science.]]

* All seven of the ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' are expert gunslingers recruited by Chris to defend a small Mexican town from bandits. Britt is unquestionably stated to be the best QuickDraw alive with both gun and knife and proves it, though [[spoiler:it's not enough to keep him from being killed in the climactic firefight]].
* Smith from ''Film/ShootEmUp'' combines Trick Shot and The Woo in such an over-the-top fashion you can't help but laugh at the ludicrous amounts of carnage he dishes out.

* John ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' is the prime example of Vaporizer.

* Franchise/{{Robocop}}, although before his [[WeCanRebuildHim cyborgification]] he was a fairly poor shot who [[GunTwirling twirled his pistol]] to impress his son. Afterwards though, he gained ImprobableAimingSkills and a HandCannon, as well as being ImmuneToBullets. And continued to twirl his pistol.

%%* Comrade Sukhov, the most famous gunslinger of Soviet fiction, from the movie ''Film/WhiteSunOfTheDesert''.
* The Man With No Name, from Creator/SergioLeone's Film/DollarsTrilogy is a QuickDraw and Trick Shot, often being the first and the last to fire in most given situations.
* Colonel Douglas Mortimer from ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'' is primarily a Trick Shot, taking out a man from the other end of the street with a pistol shot. He also has a QuickDraw to rival the Man with No Name, as evidenced by the film’s final duel.
* Creator/ClintEastwood plays Western characters who are {{Quick Draw}}s and Trick Shots, including the ''Film/HighPlainsDrifter'', ''Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales'', and the ''Film/PaleRider''.
* The titular character in ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' qualifies as a QuickDraw with hints of Vaporizer during the bounty hunting montage.

* Jack Sparrow in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' is a Trick Shot. [[TheMusketeer Most of the fighting he does is melee,]] but when he takes up a gun it's always to do a single shot which ''needs'' to count. To wit, he fires a gun once per film in each of the first three films [[note]]Shooting Barbossa just as Will breaks the curse in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first]], shooting an powder barrel in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second]], shooting Davy jones' chest out of his hands in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third]][[/note]]. The shot from the third film is particularly impressive since he’s swinging high up on a rope on a ship in a storm.
* Jimmy Ringo in ''Film/TheGunfighter'' is a QuickDraw, with the reputation of being the FastestGunInTheWest.
* Lola from ''Film/{{Transporter 2}}'' [[GunsAkimbo dual wields]] [[MoreDakka machine pistols]].
%%* Alice in the ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries''.

%%* ''Film/{{Collateral}}'': Vincent is a QuickDraw, taking down two assailants in under two seconds. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=H8-P8sJNHk0#t=167s It's even mentioned by one of the actors in the documentary at 3:00.]]
* In ''Film/TheFastestGunAlive,'' ''Glenn Ford'' plays a store clerk who gets tired of the overblown stories of the townspeople and shows them how fast he is, shooting two silver dollars in the air. Unfortunately, this draws the attention of an outlaw who will start killing people if Ford does not face him. The truth is that Ford is the son of a famous sheriff who taught him to shoot, but he never worked up the courage to face anyone. He changed his name and hid from his past. In the end Ford has to prove himself.

* Agent Zero from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. Pistols, rifles, anything!
* Gold Rush era Australia had its own gunfighters, known as Bushrangers, with names like Captain Starlight, Bold Jack Donahue, Captain Moonlight, Black John Caesar, and Film/CaptainThunderbolt. As [[Film/NedKelly1970 Ned Kelly]], Mick Jagger dual wields Colt revolvers, Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe favors flintlock pistols, and as Film/MadDogMorgan, Dennis Hopper uses a pair of shotguns. Williamson, the {{badass longcoat}} of Kiwi film ''{{Film/Utu}}'' also fits this trope, and carries a four barreled shotgun.
* Both Doc Holiday and Johnny Ringo of the Film ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' are quick draws with a bit of woo thrown in. Of course, "There can be only one."
* Parodied through exaggeration with [[Creator/GeneWilder the Waco Kid]] in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', who, at one point, [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands blasts the guns out of like seven people's hands in three seconds]].

* ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfTheMachineGunWoman'': The Machine Gun Woman is a combination of The Vaporizer and The Woo: able to lay down MoreDakka with her machine guns, or dance her way through a firefight without receiving a scratch.
* ''Film/LastManStanding1996'': Bruce Willis' hero is a pure Vaporizer that is a sort of a [[FilmNoir noir]] deconstruction of classic Quick Draw gunslingers. His style reflects the supposed changes in the times — fabled revolvers replaced by generic, mass-produced automatics, one-on-one duels by inglorious ambushes and indiscriminate slaughters, and legendary gunslinger finesse and honor by sweaty, chaotic shootouts, rather awkward (which distances him from the Woo) and taking a bloody toll on the hero — so long as the title phrase rings true.
* In ''Film/Ebenezer1998'', a setting update of ''A Christmas Carol'' to the Canadian frontier, Ebenezer Scrooge is an expert marksman and quick-draw. His partner Marlowe was also this in life, to the point that when Scrooge shoots at him he draws on him, forgetting he's a ghost and nothing would happen.

* Since ''Franchise/StarWars'' has elements of the SpaceWestern, it's no surprise that it would have its fair share of galactic gunslingers -- including everyone's favorite scruffy-looking nerfherder, Han Solo, who trusts his blaster more than hokey religions and ancient weapons. His backstory movie, ''Film/{{Solo}}'', would show that his mentor Tobias Beckett also qualifies, especially when he goes GunsAkimbo.
* Martin in ''Film/GrimPrairieTales'' is a QuickDraw so confident in his abilities that he only loads a single bullet in his gun before a gunfight: although this is also a mind game he plays on his opponents to psych them out.
* In ''Film/Seven1979'', Cowboy has modelled himself after [[TheWildWest Wild West]] gunslingers and definitely fits the mold. Primarily a Trick Shot from the one serious example of his gunplay seen in the film, where he shoots and kills Butterfly with a single shot at extreme long range under extremely challenging conditions (his target was in the ocean; moving on a surfboard at the time).

** [=McCree=] is the most obvious choice, being both a Quick Draw and Vaporizer styled after Western cowboys.

** Vaporizers are common, including [=McCree=], Reaper, 76, Tracer, Bastion, Torbjorn, and Roadhog.

* In ''Series/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' Percy is the only one in the entire world, as it is otherwise a standard fantasy setting. Interestingly, when he created the pistol, it was not entirely his own work. [[spoiler: It required a DealWithTheDevil to get his revenge with a demonic weapon of science.]]

* ''In ''Series/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' Percy is the only one in the entire world, as it is otherwise a standard fantasy setting. Interestingly, when he created the pistol, it was not entirely his own work. [[spoiler: It required a DealWithTheDevil to get his revenge with a demonic weapon of science.]]

%%* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Samus Aran, as well as her Zero Suit incarnation.

* '''[[ImprobableAimingSkills The Trick Shot]]:''' Can shoot the wings off the back of a fly from a half-mile away while hanging upside down and having to ricochet off a wall or two. Will occasionally interact with surroundings using same pistol.

* In ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear XV'', Chris Yukine switches from crossbows to double revolvers for Ichaival's base attacks.

** ComicBook/{{Longshot}} and ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}} both use their mutant power to subconsciously alter probability in their favor, so if there's a trillion-to-one chance of them landing a perfect shot, you can bet that they ''will make that shot.''

%%* Alice in the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' movies.

** His gunslinging prowess primarily revolves around being the Trick Shot. For example, in his EstablishingCharacterMoment, he tosses a coin into the air and blows a hole in it, proving it as a counterfeit. Later episodes see him shooting the chain and then letters off of signs to distract a few guards while Kaz sneaks past them, and even [[WilliamTelling shooting a card out of Inej's mouth]] to qualify for a travelling carnival, ''with his back to her and aiming via looking in a mirror.''

** From ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'', Guido Mista is an exemplary Trick Shot, and uses his Stand, Sex Pistols, in conjunction with his revolver in order to perform some truly outrageous stunts with bullets. He has a couple Woo-like tricks up his sleeve, but is ultimately too slow to really qualify as one -- especially given his unfortunate tendency to get hit by his own shots.

* '''[[ImprobableAimingSkills The Trick Shot]]:''' Can shoot the wings off the back of a fly while hanging upside down and having to ricochet off a wall or two. Will occasionally interact with surroundings using same pistol.

** From ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]]'', Guido Mista is an exemplary Trick Shot, and uses his Stand, Sex Pistols, in conjunction with his revolver in order to perform some truly outrageous stunts with bullets. He has a couple Woo-like tricks up his sleeve, but is ultimately too slow to really qualify as one -- especially given his unfortunate tendency to get hit by his own shots.