History Main / TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar

** This trope came up again in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', and failed even worse than the above example.

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[[caption-width:350:When he said "last call for shots", he wasn't kidding.]]

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* The shotgun-wielding bartender is among the victims of the bar {{blast out}} in ''InglouriousBasterds''.
* After the T-800 in ''{{Terminator 2}}'' beats up several bikers in a bar, the bartender confronts him outside with a shotgun to prevent him from stealing one of their motorbikes. The terminator proves his [[BadAss Bad to the Bone]] credentials by snatching the loaded shotgun off him, as well as a pair of CoolShades.

* The opening shootout from ''{{Desperado}}'' ends with the bartender pulling a shotgun to try to take out the Mariachi as he was walking away. As for how it turned out...

* Featured in the vampire western ''{{Near Dark}}''; unfortunately for the bartender, the vampires are immune to gunfire.

** I'm pretty sure that's a non canon novel, actually.

* [[TheSimpsons Bartender Moe Szyslak]] keeps a sawed-off shotgun handy in case of cheapskate customers or when he loses his temper, which happens ''all'' the time. Or when he just wants to rob people.

* TheDresdenFiles: Artemis Bock, the bookstore owner, keeps a sawn-off 10-gauge wired underneath the counter. [=MacAnally=] the bartender has one as well as two M1911s, but they're only placed easily accessible when there's trouble brewing.
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* After the T-800 in ''{{Terminator 2}}'' beats up several bikers in a bar, the bartender confronts him outside with a shotgun to prevent him from stealing one of their motorbikes. The terminator proves his [[BadAss Bad to the Bone]] credentials by snatching the loaded shotgun off him, as well as some CoolShades.

* The opening shootout from ''TheKiller'' featured a bartender with a shotgun. Needless to say, it didn't end well for him.

* In the "Massacre at Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant" and "The Lee Hong assassination" levels of ''{{Hitman}}'', if 47 pulls a weapon on the bartender, he will duck behind the bar and unload a sawed-off shotgun on him.

** I'm pretty sure that's a canon novel, actually.

* During ''{{Mafia}}'s'' mid-mission stages, Luigi the bartender packs a shotgun behind the bar and [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment will not hesitate to gun Tommy down]] if he attacks any of his allies.

* In the "Massacre at Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant" level of ''{{Hitman}}'', if 47 pulls a weapon on the bartender, he will duck behind the bar and unload a sawed-off shotgun on him.

* Averted in ''TheLastDetail'': The bartender threatens this, but JackNicholson's character points out he knows there's only a baseball bat back there, because he once saw the bartender use it.

* When a barfight erupted in [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Ten Forward]], Guinan pulled a phaser rifle from behind the bar and fired a shot into the ceiling.

* Averted in ''TheLastDetail'': The bartender threatens this, but JackNicholson's character points he knows there's only a baseball bat back there, because he once saw the bartender use it.

* TheDresdenFiles: Artemis Bock, the bookstore owner, keeps a sawn-off 10-gauge wired underneath the counter. MacAnally the bartender has one as well as two M1911s, but they're only placed easily accessible when there's trouble brewing.

* The Winchester in ''ShaunOfTheDead'' has the gun hidden [[ChekhovsGun in plain sight]], but Shaun and the others initially think it's just a prop.

* After the T-800 in ''[[{{Terminator}} Terminator 2]]'' beats up several bikers in a bar, the bartender confronts him outside with a shotgun to prevent him from stealing one of their motorbikes. The terminator proves his [[BadAss Bad to the Bone]] credentials by snatching the loaded shotgun off him, as well as some CoolShades.
* In ''DirtyHarry'' it was a liquor store and this was how the villain, an ex-con, was able to get a gun to battle with Dirty Harry.

* When Logan threatened a customer with his claws in the first ''[[Film/XMen X-Men]]'' film, the bartender quickly aimed a shotgun point blank at his head. Logan promptly sliced the shotgun in half, demonstrating why you should never bring a gun to a [[WolverineClaws clawfight]].

* In ''MaxPayne'', there is a shotgun tucked behind the (unmanned) reception desk in one of Vinnie's apartments, near the laundromat.

* [[TheSimpsons Bartender Moe Szyslak]] keeps a sawed-off shotgun handy in case of cheapskate customers or when he loses his temper, which happens ''all'' the time.

* In ''BlackLagoon'', Bao, the owner of the [[BadGuyBar Yellow Flag]], keeps a shotgun behind the bar handy for inevitable shootouts. It doesn't hurt that the bar itself is fully armored to withstand shots.

* Happens several times in ''{{Supernatural}}''.