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#1: Dec 31st 2019 at 1:49:16 AM

I can’t tell what’s going on in this image. I think it’s about the people shooting the player character? I can barely even tell there are people down there let alone what their bullets are doing.

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#2: Dec 31st 2019 at 11:10:39 PM

It looks like he's doing that "bend the bullet's trajectory" thing they were doing in Wanted...not very clear regardless.

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#3: Jan 1st 2020 at 1:17:27 AM

Pull.

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#6: Jan 11th 2020 at 2:35:15 PM

I can kind of see what's going on, but it's still way too busy of an image.

Pull.

Edited by Karxrida on Jan 11th 2020 at 5:03:21 AM

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#8: Jan 11th 2020 at 4:50:59 PM

Pull. It's hard to tell what's going on.

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#9: Jan 11th 2020 at 9:58:18 PM

It's gone and the page is tagged.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wanted_grin.jpg
THAT IS NOT HOW BULLETS WORK!

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#10: Jan 18th 2020 at 1:34:29 PM

Anyone got any suggestions, or should this be closed?

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#11: Jan 19th 2020 at 2:03:17 PM

I'm thinking of the hallway scene from Total Recall where a bunch of soldiers fire in a circle at a hologram... without hitting each other. Lemme see if I can find something.

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#12: Jan 20th 2020 at 2:52:12 AM

Here's what I came up with:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arnold1plus2.png
Wait... if he's a hologram, why didn't they hit each other?

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#13: Jan 20th 2020 at 3:19:49 AM

I rewatched the scene and it's not the best example to showcase the concept.

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#14: Jan 20th 2020 at 5:57:42 AM

I'm having trouble thinking of any examples of this page that don't instead belong on one of the subpages. Is this even a trope, or merely a copy of the index Guns Do Not Work That Way?

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#15: Jan 20th 2020 at 6:11:31 AM

Now that you mention it, there is apparently another trope for Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics.

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#17: Jan 30th 2020 at 4:12:22 AM

Here's a suggestion from a Portal 2, which has multiple inaccuracies regarding bullets. Took it from this video:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portal_2_turrets_schematics.png
Why are those bullets still inside the cartridges... wait, are those springs firing them?!

It's worth noting that Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics refer to bullets doing weird things after being shot. The description just needs an expansion.

Edited by Drope on Jan 30th 2020 at 6:47:26 AM

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#18: Jan 30th 2020 at 7:21:10 AM

[up] I guess I will go with that.

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#19: Jan 30th 2020 at 7:24:32 AM

[up]

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#20: Jan 30th 2020 at 7:25:41 AM

[up][up][up] [tup]

Edited by Primis on Jan 30th 2020 at 8:28:06 AM

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#22: Jan 30th 2020 at 7:50:01 AM

17[tup]

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#23: Jan 30th 2020 at 8:09:05 AM

I have no idea what's going on in 17. The video lampshades Cartridges in Flight at one point.

Edited by eroock on Jan 30th 2020 at 8:09:24 AM

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#24: Jan 30th 2020 at 9:21:37 AM

[up]It's the insides of a firing cylinder.

You should be able to at least notice the springs that launch the bullets. (You should also know that's not how it works).

It also exhibits Cartridges in Flight (Sub-Trope), so it has more than one inaccuracy. It's the only way to illustrate a trope like this, as anything less will just fit one of the subpages (like Spark 9 pointed out).

Edited by Drope on Jan 30th 2020 at 9:40:27 AM

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#25: Feb 3rd 2020 at 6:51:49 AM

The clock's up. Consensus is a little light, but the combo works well enough so I've gone ahead and put it on the page and adjusted the tag. Locking up.

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