- Basic Trope: A character misuses a gun, and somebody ends up comically hurt.
- Straight: Carl gets an Ash Face because he misused his gun.
- Exaggerated: Carl misuses his gun and accidentally explodes a nuclear factory.
- Downplayed: Carl misuses his gun, but he doesn’t get hurt.
- Justified:
- Carl misuses his gun because he is Too Dumb to Live.
- Carl is in a cartoon, where toon physics happen.
- Inverted: Carl uses his gun properly and doesn't get hurt.
- Subverted: Carl misuses his gun, but everyone is still safe despite the panic attack.
- Double Subverted: He still gets hurt after the next misuse.
- Averted: Carl doesn't have a gun in his hand.
- Lampshaded: "You didn't read the rules of gun safety, did you?"
- Defied: Carl would rather use a gun properly than have someone get hurt.
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