Batman and the Outsiders #6, "Death Warmed Over!". The team battles the Cryonic Man, a villain with a backpack full of liquid nitrogen attached to wrist-mounted sprayers that he uses to freeze the Outsiders solid.
The Green Arrow's most famous arrow quiver is a wide rucksack design that covers his entire back.
The proton packs in Ghostbusters; easily the most well-known example of this trope.
Don't forget the slime blowers from Ghostbusters 2.
The PGMP/FGMP (Plasma/Fusion Gun, Man Portable) and laser carbine/rifle in Traveller had backpack power packs.
Paranoia has flamethrowers and plasma generators. On the down side, a malfunction means they're about to explode, and the wielder must spend time unstrapping themselves before trying to outrun the blast radius.
Moved/merged the following to the Sub-Trope Ammunition Backpack:
- Batman and the Outsiders #6, "Death Warmed Over!"
. The team battles the Cryonic Man, a villain with a backpack full of liquid nitrogen attached to wrist-mounted sprayers that he uses to freeze the Outsiders solid.
- The Green Arrow's most famous arrow quiver is a wide rucksack design that covers his entire back.
- The proton packs in Ghostbusters; easily the most well-known example of this trope.
- Don't forget the slime blowers from Ghostbusters 2.
- The PGMP/FGMP (Plasma/Fusion Gun, Man Portable) and laser carbine/rifle in Traveller had backpack power packs.
- Warhammer 40000: the ammo supply to a hellgun
- Paranoia has flamethrowers and plasma generators. On the down side, a malfunction means they're about to explode, and the wielder must spend time unstrapping themselves before trying to outrun the blast radius.
Edited by Arivne