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7	The Smoking Barrel Blowout is when a (usually successful) gunshot goes off and the shooter blows away the smoke at the tip of the barrel afterward. May be parodied with gun-like objects, such as a FingerGun, or with objects such as blowtorches. Especially common with {{The Gunslinger}}s in {{Western}} movies, as modern ammunition is less smoky.
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9	Note: in RealLife this is ''very'' stupid. At best, you're liable to get burnt powder in your eyes. At worst, you could end up killing yourself. Just because the gun went "bang" after all, doesn't mean the bullet came out. This goes double for semi-automatic or automatic firearms, because they can chamber rounds right after firing. If you prefer living, it's best to keep guns pointed well away from your body: particularly your face. Even if you don't particularly love living, keep in mind that "[[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally shot themself]]" is a phrase commonly found in the bios of [[https://darwinawards.com/ Darwin Award]] winners.
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11	Compare SwipeYourBladeOff. Not to be confused with ExplodingBarrels.
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14	!!Examples:
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19	* One Orkin commercial portrays the Orkin Man as a Franchise/RoboCop-like {{cyborg}} exterminator who [[AwesomeButImpractical takes out termites with a plasma cannon]]. The last shot of the commercial has him blowing smoke from the barrel of his spent ArmCannon.
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23	* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': In episode 2, after Deep uses [=MechaBot's=] Double Heat Blasters form to thaw out Pian and Amato, he blows steam away from [=MechaBot's=] barrel.
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27	* ''Anime/SDGundamForce'': Captain Gundam mimic the move after shooting out all of Commander Sazabi's beam shooters. Interestingly, as a robot, he doesn't have actual breath.
28	* ''Anime/BlackLagoon'': In Episode 3 "Ring Ding Ship Chase", Revy blew out the smoke of her M79 grenade launcher after stylishly blasting the last attacking pirate boat as it was retreating.
29	* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': In the episode "Quick Draw", a gunman [[CouldntFindALighter lights his cigar with gunfire]] then blows on both the cigar and the gun barrel.
30	* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Spike does this after using his pistol in an episode.
31	* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': {{Parodied\|Trope}} in Chapter 40 when Marcille blows across the end of her MagicStaff after demolishing an especially troublesome monster with an [[HavingABlast explosive spell]].
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35	* ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'': In #12, Marion does this after performing a ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind to prevent Indy from getting a throwing knife in the back.
36	* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': The titular character of the comic book (as well as the trope page's picture) does this a lot.
37	* ''ComicBook/StreetFighter'': "Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li #2 (of 4)" Po Lin does this after besting Chun Li's time to complete a criminal combating scenario at the police firing range shown here [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/cmx-images-prod/Item/63817/Previews/6d4f7d4a263b678eb02f2285a864c55f._SX1280_QL80_TTD_.jpg]].
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41	* Fievel does it on ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest''. As a clever touch, the smoke looks like a cat about to shoot him.
42	* Basil does this in ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' after firing a gun he obtained as part of his most recent case, at Mrs. Judson's pillows.
43	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' film, [[BigBad Morgana]] does this with ''the'' trident after returning her minion to normal size.
44	* Cora from ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank'' does this after firing her Combuster pistols in a PR demonstration in front of a crowd in Alerro City.
45	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', Rattlesnake Jake does this with his gun after he makes his entrance by shooting at a sign until it was riddled with bullets.
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49	* ''Film/AceVentura'': Done by Ace Ventura in ''When Nature Calls'' with a skunk's ass after using it to spray two poachers with its trademark stink.
50	* Inverted in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels''; after the protagonists successfully [[spoiler: steal the stolen money and marijuana from their neighbors]], they're seen using the shotguns they used for the job as "a novelty smoking device for tobacco use only" during a party montage, thus ''breathing in'' the smoke, rather than blow it out.
51	* Ash does this to his shotgun after shooting a demon that escaped from its holding pit in ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''.
52	* In ''Film/{{Casper}}'', Dr. Harvey does this to a vacuum cleaner after sucking up the Ghostly Trio.
53	* John [=McClane=] does this at the end of ''Film/DieHard'' when he caps Hans.
54	* Done with a ''tranquilizer'' gun in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''.
55	* ''Film/TankGirl'': Jet Girl does this after she shoots Sergeant Small.
56	* ''Film/TheMask'': Done on a cartoon bike horn, after blowing out an obnoxious motorist's windows. ''All of them.''
57	* Will Scarlet O'Hara from ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'' blows off the smoke from the two daggers he had just used to obliterate an arrow fired by Robin straight at his heart. In an attempt to keep looking badass, he tries to holter/sheath his daggers, only to have his belt and pants to fall, causing Will to explain that he hasn't figured that part out yet.
58	* Done by the one-legged stripper in ''Film/PlanetTerror''. Unusual in that the gun she blows on is an automatic rifle attached to her stump.
59	* Ricky does this in ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2'' after the first kill in his [[MemeticMutation Garbage Day]] massacre.
60	* In ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'', the fembots do this with their TorpedoTits.
61	* Inverted in ''Film/Deadpool2016''; after capping three mooks with one bullet, Deadpool ''snorts'' the smoke coming from his guns.
62	* In ''Film/{{Innerspace}}'', Igoe blows his FingerGun out after shooting the lab scientist at the mall.
63	* In ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', Martha May Whovier does this with the cannon-like apparatus she uses to hang lights on her house.
64	* In ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', Princess Vespa blows her rifle after going Rambo [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery gunning down all the Spaceball guards]].
65	* In ''Film/{{Hick}}'', Luli does this after using her revolver.
66	* ''Film/{{Zachariah}}'': Zachariah shoots one of the cutout figures Belle Starr has in her room to show how quick he is on the draw, then blows on the gun barrel.
67	* Played with by ''Film/NightmareAtNoon''. Julia injects a man with tranquilizers, then blows on the syringe.
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71	* Both used dramatically and parodied in ''Literature/{{Paprika}}''.
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75	* Done by Brass in one of the trope-heavy crime scenarios from Hodges' board game on ''Series/{{CSI}}''.
76	* ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger''[=/=]''Series/PowerRangersRPM'': Done with Gunpherd[=/=]Wolf Cruiser when attached to Engine-O[=/=]High Octane Megazord.
77	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Bride of Chaotica!", Harry Kim does this from his RayGun while playing the WorldOfHam holoprogram ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton'', even though there's no actual smoke.
78	* ''Series/{{Ekaterina}}'': Catherine does this after mocking a guy with her gun, as [[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HideousTameAmericanpainthorse-size_restricted.gif shown here]].
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82	* Perdita Ortega of ''TabletopGame/{{Malifaux}}'' has an alternate sculpt where she does this.
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86	* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': One of the GameOver cards shows Djimmi the Great's {{p\|erversePuppet}}uppet blowing smoke from the tip of his FingerGun after he has beaten you.
87	-->"That beating was for free -- no strings attached!"
88	* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', Dante blows away the smoke from his handgun Ivory's barrel after finishing off Nevan with a bullet to the gut. The full act is not directly shown because the camera changes angle, but Dante can be heard doing it off-screen.
89	* In the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, the cartoons that accompany stats and perks relating to critical hits often depict the [[SeriesMascot Vault Boy]] doing this.
90	** The "Critical Chance" stat features the Vault Boy blowing out a single pistol. A pair of legs can be seen on the ground behind him, the rest of the dead body "off-camera".
91	** The perk "More Criticals" adds a [[GunsAkimbo second pistol]] along with a second pair of legs on the ground.
92	** The perk "Better Criticals" retains the second pistol but [[SerialEscalation replaces the legs with a pile of bodies]] behind the Vault Boy.
93	* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' in Chapter 3 of Part 3, "The Deep Six" Two Killer Suits kill a mercenary with one of the Suits blowing the smoke of his pistol afterwards.
94	* Vent does this in a comic that was based off of the first ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' VideoGame.
95	* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Cassie Cage does this in her non-Fatality finish.
96	* Hit enough people with the secondary fire of the revolver in ''VideoGame/Postal2: Paradise Lost'' and the Postal Dude will do this afterwards.
97	* ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'': A rude coyote does this after shooting some targets in a range back in the old west. Why is he rude? Well he's rather chauvinistic towards Carmelita for starters.
98	* Sonic the Hedgehog does this with [[spoiler:a magic lamp]] in ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'' after [[spoiler:imprisoning Erazor Djinn within it; a flame on the end prompts him to raised it to his face and blow out out like a gun]].
99	* In ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'', a form of the player created character blows out his revolver after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOSnhhWcukk shooting an OD]].
100	* In ''VideoGame/SunsetRiders'', Billy does it with his revolvers and holsters them if you don't fire for a few seconds, and also just before starting any boss fight.
101	* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', the Heavy does this with his FingerGun taunt, and TheEngineer has this as his Pistol and Wrangler taunts.
102	* In ''Franchise/TombRaider'', there's an [[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/arts/girl-power-for-lara-croft-its-a-complicated-legacy.html official render]] of Lara blowing her smoking pistol.
103	* ''VideoGame/{{Unkilled}}'' Sam does this in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSIO3Rg2c3k trailer]].
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107	* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Sigrun blows out the FingerGun she used to kill the "sheep" that Reynir had brought into a rock-paper-scissors game between the two of them.
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111	* ''WebVideo/JonTron'' makes this gesture with his finger after [[ItMakesSenseInContext killing the]] [[VideoGame/ClockTower Scissor Man]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext with a slice of ham and shoving it into an empty holster.]]
112	* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': Done by the Critic at the beginning of the opening credits starting with the new 2019 opening.
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116	* Odd does a "Finger blowing" variant in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' season finale "The Key" after helping getting rid of a Creeper in Sector 5.
117	* Meadow does this with her wand in ''WesternAnimation/LiteSprites'' after a bit of impressive [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows color-giving]].
118	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Twilight Sparkle, after a particularly intense bit of spellcasting, blows the smoke coming from her [[{{Unicorn}} horn]].
119	* Cedric does this in ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst: Once Upon a Princess''.
120	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', Flash somehow manages to do this with his RayGun, after destroying a bunch of MechaMooks and commenting that "I should've been a cowboy."
121	* At the climax of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', Venkman nabs the ghosts of the Earp Brothers and Doc Holiday, then does this with one of the ghost traps.
122	* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes:
123	** ''Wild and Woolly Hare'': Bugs Bunny ends a gunshot trick this way, with the bullet [[HatDamage splitting Yosemite Sam's hat down the middle]].
124	** ''WesternAnimation/MexicaliShmoes'': Slowpoke Rodriguez does this after using his gun (which is ''bigger than he is'') to get away from Jose the cat.
125	** ''Rhapsody Rabbit'': Bugs Bunny does this after shooting a rather disruptive audience member who wouldn't stop coughing at his piano concert.
126	* In ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'', Oggy tends to blow his swatter after landing a successful hit on the cockroach, which makes sense in the context of the show because his swatter literally makes gun-cocking sounds when deployed.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' does this in the premiere episode, only with a spatula after he saves Mr. Krabs and Squidward from hungry tourists with his expert fry cooking skills, likewise landing him the job at the Krusty Krab.
128	** In the episode "Karate Island", Sandy oddly blows out a hair dryer of all things with her helmet on after using it to dry out the lips of one of the kung fu bosses.
129	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Harley Quinn does this in an episode.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': in the episode "Night of the Sapphire Dragon", Dojo does this to of all things a bottle of hot sauce he drank from to use to breathe fire to defeat the Sapphire Dragon.
131	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'': A frustrated conductor does this after shooting a rather disruptive audience member who wouldn't stop coughing.
132	* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': In "Channel Chasers" Timmy Turner blows out his remotes after using them to close a fairy cab so Cosmo and Wanda wouldn't be taken away.
133	* ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'': In "The Wrong Stuff" after punching Jack Rabbit after he did a slow motion sequence Dudley blows the smoke off his fist.
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137	* Naval vessels used compressed air to blow the gunsmoke (or rather combustion gases) off the cannon barrels after firing them. Justified, since the combustion gases contain a lot of carbon monoxide and other toxic substances which could [[DeadlyEuphemism severely impair]] the turret crew.
138	* This ''does'' have a use. But only with blackpowder firearms, particularly rifles. The moisture condensing out of the shooter's breath softens blackpowder fouling, makes it easier to clean the gun, and makes repeat shots more consistent. It's still unsafe to do it from the muzzle end of the barrel, of course. Modern competition shooters often use a "blow tube" inserted from the chamber end to safely blow out the barrels of breech-loaders and cartridge guns.
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