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* '''Straight''': The heroes and the [[RedShirt Red Shirts]] often use American AR-15 rifles, while the Mooks mooks use old Soviet Kalashnikovs.

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* '''Straight''': The heroes and the [[RedShirt Red Shirts]] often use American AR-15 rifles, while the Mooks mooks {{Mooks}} use old Soviet Kalashnikovs.
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* In a film where [[EveryoneOwnsAFord everyone owns a Beretta]], the Beretta 92, Cheetah and [=Px4=] Storm are all over the place, but some others like Beretta Model 38 and M12 are used as TheMafia weapons while the SWATTeam equivalent get access to newer, flashier guns like [=Cx4=] and 1301 Tacticals.

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* ** In a film where [[EveryoneOwnsAFord everyone [[EverybodyOwnsAFord everybody owns a Beretta]], the Beretta 92, Cheetah and [=Px4=] Storm are all over the place, but some others like Beretta Model 38 and M12 are used as TheMafia weapons while the SWATTeam equivalent get access to newer, flashier guns like [=Cx4=] and 1301 Tacticals.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The Hero uses an American .38 [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]], the BigBad has a Soviet [[MoreDakka machine pistol]], and his Mooks fire [[PuttingOnTheReich Nazi Sturmgewehrs]].

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The Hero uses an American .38 [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]], the BigBad has a Soviet [[MoreDakka machine pistol]], and his Mooks fire [[PuttingOnTheReich Nazi Sturmgewehrs]].Sturmgewehrs]].
** Every good guy exclusively use Glocks while every bad guy exclusively use Walther [=PPKs=].


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* In a film where [[EveryoneOwnsAFord everyone owns a Beretta]], the Beretta 92, Cheetah and [=Px4=] Storm are all over the place, but some others like Beretta Model 38 and M12 are used as TheMafia weapons while the SWATTeam equivalent get access to newer, flashier guns like [=Cx4=] and 1301 Tacticals.
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** Alternatively, the SWATTeam has wide array of "advanced" weapons such as [=AUGs=], SPAS shotguns, and even FrickinLaserBeams, while the GangBangers are stuck with old school weapons like {{revolvers|AreForAmateurs}}, [=P38s=] and Model 38s.

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** Alternatively, the SWATTeam has wide array of "advanced" weapons such as [=AUGs=], SPAS shotguns, and even FrickinLaserBeams, an EnergyWeapon, while the GangBangers are stuck with old school weapons like {{revolvers|AreForAmateurs}}, [=P38s=] and Model 38s.
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** Alternatively, the SWATTeam has wide array of "advanced" weapons such as AUGs, SPAS shotguns, and even FrickinLaserBeams, while the GangBangers are stuck with old school {{revolvers|AreForAmateurs}}.

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** Alternatively, the SWATTeam has wide array of "advanced" weapons such as AUGs, [=AUGs=], SPAS shotguns, and even FrickinLaserBeams, while the GangBangers are stuck with old school {{revolvers|AreForAmateurs}}.weapons like {{revolvers|AreForAmateurs}}, [=P38s=] and Model 38s.
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** Alternatively, the SWATTeam has wide array of "advanced" weapons such as AUGs, SPAS shotguns, and even FrickinLaserBeams, while the GangBangers are stuck with old school {{revolvers|AreForAmateurs}}.

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* '''Enforced''': The primary characters are all soldiers in wartime, who have been trained not to take enemy weapons and who will get in serious trouble if they do.

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The primary characters are all soldiers in wartime, who have been trained not to take enemy weapons and who will get in serious trouble if they do.do.
** [[CastTheExpert The characters are portrayed by police officers, gangsters, and other trained individuals]], to ensure no one should be harmed arbitrarily.
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** Or, he uses more than one weapon, one good and one bad.

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** Or, he uses more than one weapon, one good and one bad. He probably doesn't care about the guns he uses; As long as it works, he'll use it.
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** Tha nation has strong laws against certain types of firearms (ex. high-capacity, fully automatic guns in New Zealand) that makes anybody who owns them a villain by default.
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** The hero proclaims that HeroesPreferSwords and opts to fight with a sword.
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** The Hero only has a SawedOffShotgun of unspecified model while TheMafia have large number of Mooks carrying Beretta 92s and Model 38s.
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** The Poorly funded [[LaResistance Resistance]] only has access to [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece older guns]] like the AK-47, while the TheEmpire has access to higher quality guns like the AR-15.

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** The Poorly funded [[LaResistance Resistance]] heroes only has have access to [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece older guns]] like the AK-47, AK-47 due to their frugal attitude, while the TheEmpire has villains have access to higher quality guns like the AR-15.AR-15 due to being a TechnologicallyAdvancedFoe.
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** The Poorly funded [[LaResistance Resistance]] only has access to [[BreakingOutTheMuseumPiece older guns]] like the AK-47, while the TheEmpire has access to higher quality guns like the AR-15.

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** The Poorly funded [[LaResistance Resistance]] only has access to [[BreakingOutTheMuseumPiece [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece older guns]] like the AK-47, while the TheEmpire has access to higher quality guns like the AR-15.

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* '''Inverted''': TheProtagonist has a Soviet AK-47 and a Nazi P38, which he uses to gun down loads of Mooks armed with US-made M16s.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** The Poorly funded [[LaResistance Resistance]] only has access to [[BreakingOutTheMuseumPiece older guns]] like the AK-47, while the TheEmpire has access to higher quality guns like the AR-15.
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TheProtagonist has a Soviet AK-47 and a Nazi P38, which he uses to gun down loads of Mooks armed with US-made M16s.
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** The hero proclaims that HeroesFightBarehanded and opts to [[GoodOldFisticuff fight with his bare hands]].

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** The hero proclaims that HeroesFightBarehanded and opts to [[GoodOldFisticuff [[GoodOldFisticuffs fight with his bare hands]].

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* '''Parodied''': TheHero finds a [[WallOfWeapons huge arsenal]] full of Soviet Kalashnikovs, Austrian AUG rifles and old Thompson submachine guns. Then, among all the options, he picks up an old [[RevolversAreJustBetter Single Action Army]].

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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TheHero finds a [[WallOfWeapons huge arsenal]] full of Soviet Kalashnikovs, Austrian AUG rifles and old Thompson submachine guns. Then, among all the options, he picks up an old [[RevolversAreJustBetter Single Action Army]].Army]].
** Even when TheHero is a Russian soldier, he ''still'' refuses to uses his country's service rifle, claiming that whoever uses an AK is evil.



* '''Exploited''': TheHero takes the AK-47 from a fallen enemy and uses it to infiltrate the enemy organization in disguise.
* '''Defied''': The hero's allies try to make him switch to an M16 because that's what they use, but he declines because he likes his AK.

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* '''Exploited''': TheHero takes the AK-47 from a fallen enemy and uses it to [[DressingAsTheEnemy infiltrate the enemy organization in disguise.
disguise]].
* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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The hero's allies try to make him switch to an M16 because that's what they use, but he declines because he likes his AK.AK.
** The hero proclaims that HeroesFightBarehanded and opts to [[GoodOldFisticuff fight with his bare hands]].
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* '''Double Subverted''': Then he finds an upgraded M16 with [[AceCustom rails, a telescopic sight, foregrip]], [[HollywoodSilencer sound suppressor]] and [[ArmorPiercingAttack armor-piercing ammo]].

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* '''Double Subverted''': Then he finds an upgraded M16 with [[AceCustom rails, a telescopic sight, vertical foregrip]], [[HollywoodSilencer sound suppressor]] and [[ArmorPiercingAttack armor-piercing ammo]].



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* '''Conversed''': ???The hero and a RedShirt talk about what they do, and the redshirt wonders why it seems that every bad guy they ever confront uses a Russian weapon.



* '''Played For Horror''': Every time a bad guy wields an AK-47 in the story, he commits a merciless, bloody massacre of innocent victims. ''Every time''. And if the hero grabs one, it's because he just went and committed a JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and he's going to commit a massacre of his own.

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* '''Played For Horror''': Every time a bad guy wields an AK-47 in the story, he commits a merciless, bloody massacre of innocent victims. ''Every time''. And if the hero grabs one, it's because he just went and committed a he's JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and he's is going to commit a massacre of his own.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Every time a bad guy wields an AK-47 in the story, he commits a merciless, bloody massacre. ''Every time''.

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* '''Played For Horror''': Every time a bad guy wields an AK-47 in the story, he commits a merciless, bloody massacre.massacre of innocent victims. ''Every time''. And if the hero grabs one, it's because he just went and committed a JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and he's going to commit a massacre of his own.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Every time a bad guy wields an AK-47 in the story, he commits a merciless, bloody massacre. ''Every time''.
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* '''Played For Drama''': The hero uses an AK in a situation where the bad guys also make use of them, and he gets mistaken for an enemy and attacked by other friendlies because of it.


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* '''Played For Drama''': The hero uses an AK in a situation where the bad guys also make use of them, and he gets mistaken for an enemy and attacked by other friendlies because of it.
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* '''Invoked''': TheHero refuses to use AK-47, saying that only villains would use an AK.

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* '''Invoked''': TheHero refuses to use an AK-47, saying that only villains would use an AK. one.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???The hero overhears a story about a friendly unit that stole [=AKs=] in desperation, and promptly got [[FriendOrFoe bombs dropped on them]] because the sounds made other friendlies think they were hostile.



* '''Played For Drama''': The hero uses an AK in a situation where the bad guys also make use of them, and he [[FriendOrFoe gets mistaken for an enemy and attacked by other friendlies]] because of it.

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* '''Played For Drama''': The hero uses an AK in a situation where the bad guys also make use of them, and he [[FriendOrFoe gets mistaken for an enemy and attacked by other friendlies]] friendlies because of it.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???TheHero refuses to use AK-47, saying that only villains would use an AK.
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** Alternately, the hero uses good guns exclusively, but allies himself with a larger force that uses bad guns similar to the enemy.

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** Alternately, the hero uses good guns exclusively, but allies himself with a larger force that uses bad guns similar to the enemy.enemy, or fights an enemy that also uses good guns.



* '''Played For Laughs''': The hero uses an AK at a local shooting range. The next day he receives an invitation into TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness because, having used an AK, he's ''clearly'' as evil as they are.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': The hero uses an AK at a local shooting range. The next day he receives an invitation into TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness because, having used intentionally chosen to use an AK, he's ''clearly'' as evil as they are.

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** The good guys are part of a NATO force, therefore, use NATO weapons, while the bad guys are a not well funded terrorist organization that cannot afford more than old AK-47s.

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** The good guys are part of a NATO force, therefore, use NATO weapons, while the bad guys are a not well funded not-well-funded terrorist organization that cannot afford more than old AK-47s.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???The hero's allies try to make him switch to an M16 because that's what they use, but he declines because he likes his AK.



* '''Played For Drama''': The hero uses an AK, and [[FriendOrFoe gets mistaken for an enemy and attacked by other friendlies]] because of it.

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* '''Played For Drama''': The hero uses an AK, AK in a situation where the bad guys also make use of them, and he [[FriendOrFoe gets mistaken for an enemy and attacked by other friendlies]] because of it.



* '''Played For Laughs''': The hero uses an AK at a local shooting range. The next day he receives an invitation into TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness because, having used an AK, he's ''clearly'' as evil as they are.



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** The good guys are part of a NATO force, therefore, use NATO weapons, while the bad guys are a not well funded terrorist organization that cannot afford more thar old AK-47s.

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** The good guys are part of a NATO force, therefore, use NATO weapons, while the bad guys are a not well funded terrorist organization that cannot afford more thar than old AK-47s.



** TheHero uses an AK converted to use the same ammo as a NATO weapon.

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** TheHero uses an AK converted to use the same ammo as a NATO weapon.weapon, or some other AK-based weapon used by a NATO country.



** Heroes and villains cannot be identified simply by looking at their guns.

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** Heroes and villains cannot be identified simply by looking at their guns.guns - who uses what is based on the actual merits of the gun rather than which "side" the gun came from.



* '''Played For Drama''': The hero uses an AK, and [[FriendOrFoe gets mistaken for an enemy and attacked by other friendlies]] because of it.



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** The story uccurs in World War Two, and the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] are [[VillainByDefault not supposed to]] be the good guys.

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** The story uccurs in occurs during World War Two, II, and the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] are [[VillainByDefault not supposed to]] be the good guys.



* '''Double Subverted''': Then he finds an upgraded M16 with [[AceCustom Picatinny rails, telescopic sight, Foregrip]], [[HollywoodSilencer sound suppressor]] and [[PiercingAttack armor-piercing ammo]].

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* '''Double Subverted''': Then he finds an upgraded M16 with [[AceCustom Picatinny rails, a telescopic sight, Foregrip]], foregrip]], [[HollywoodSilencer sound suppressor]] and [[PiercingAttack [[ArmorPiercingAttack armor-piercing ammo]].



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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Zagged''':
** TheHero uses an AK converted to use the same ammo as a NATO weapon.
** Or, he uses more than one weapon, one good and one bad.
** Alternately, the hero uses good guns exclusively, but allies himself with a larger force that uses bad guns similar to the enemy.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The primary characters are all soldiers in wartime, who have been trained not to take enemy weapons and who will get in serious trouble if they do.



* '''Exploited''': TheHero takes the AK-47 from a fallen enemy and uses it to infiltrate the enemy organization in disguide.

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* '''Exploited''': TheHero takes the AK-47 from a fallen enemy and uses it to infiltrate the enemy organization in disguide.disguise.



* '''Deconstructed''': The hero's Single Action Army proves ineffective against the enemies's AK-47s.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The hero's Single Action Army proves ineffective against the enemies's enemy's AK-47s.
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* '''Reconstructed''': But then, he picks up his M16 and defeats them all.

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* '''Reconstructed''': But then, he picks up his M16 and defeats them all.all.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The Hero uses an American .38 [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]], the BigBad has a Soviet [[MoreDakka machine pistol]], and his mooks fire Nazi rifles.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The Hero uses an American .38 [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]], the BigBad has a Soviet [[MoreDakka machine pistol]], and his mooks Mooks fire [[PuttingOnTheReich Nazi rifles.Sturmgewehrs]].
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'''Basic Trope''': The good guys and the bad guys are easily idenfified by the type of firearms used.
* '''Straight''': The heroes and the [[RedShirt Red Shirts]] often use American AR-15 rifles, while the Mooks mooks use old Soviet Kalashnikovs.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Hero uses an American .38 [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]], the BigBad has a Soviet [[MoreDakka machine pistol]], and his mooks fire Nazi rifles.
* '''Downplayed''': The firearms are mixed, but the heroes still have more NATO-standard, and the bad guys have more Warsaw Pact firearms.
* '''Justified''':
** The good guys are part of a NATO force, therefore, use NATO weapons, while the bad guys are a not well funded terrorist organization that cannot afford more thar old AK-47s.
** The story uccurs in World War Two, and the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] are [[VillainByDefault not supposed to]] be the good guys.
* '''Inverted''': TheProtagonist has a Soviet AK-47 and a Nazi P38, which he uses to gun down loads of Mooks armed with US-made M16s.
* '''Subverted''': TheHero finds two weapons: an American AR-15 and a Soviet AK. After some thought, he picks the AR, but after thinking more, he chooses the AK.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then he finds an upgraded M16 with [[AceCustom Picatinny rails, telescopic sight, Foregrip]], [[HollywoodSilencer sound suppressor]] and [[PiercingAttack armor-piercing ammo]].
* '''Parodied''': TheHero finds a [[WallOfWeapons huge arsenal]] full of Soviet Kalashnikovs, Austrian AUG rifles and old Thompson submachine guns. Then, among all the options, he picks up an old [[RevolversAreJustBetter Single Action Army]].
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* '''Averted''':
** Heroes and villains cannot be identified simply by looking at their guns.
** Firearms are not used in the work.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Look! The guys over there have AK-47s on them. Obviously enemies."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': TheHero takes the AK-47 from a fallen enemy and uses it to infiltrate the enemy organization in disguide.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''' : ???
* '''Deconstructed''': The hero's Single Action Army proves ineffective against the enemies's AK-47s.
* '''Reconstructed''': But then, he picks up his M16 and defeats them all.

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