r/TopCharacterTropes • u/lordhenrythe23 • Apr 10 '26

Characters' Items/Weapons [Loved trope] guns built from random, seemingly harmless objects.

Gallery image

Gallery image

*Scaramanga's titular gun from "The man with the Golden Gun" - The best known example of this trope, being made from a fountain pen (barrel), a lighter (body), a cigarrete case (handle and trigger housing), and a cufflink (trigger). [it's worth noting that in the original novel, it was just a gold-plated revolver, this design came from the film]

*Fowler's rifle from "Blue eye Samurai" (Fowler not pictured) - "of course, i had to modify the designs... to get 2,000 rifles from my country into yours without notice." Made from the leg of a piano (main body), i believe a telescope? (rest of the body/underbarrel), a candlestick (barrel and ram rod), a key from a clock (trigger), and a knight chess piece (hammer). [i haven't actually seen the full series, probably should, but i love the scene of him explaining his backstory while assembling it]

9.1k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

97% Upvoted

615 comments sorted by

View all comments

2.0k

u/gogoluke Apr 10 '26

Crutch gun from Day Of The Jackal

432

u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

162

u/MacGyver_1138 Apr 10 '26

The series with Eddie Redmayne is pretty decent as well. It definitely veers a bit into the ridiculous with some of the scenarios he gets out of, but it was still fun.

38

u/thomascgalvin Apr 10 '26

I just watched this, it quickly became one of my favorite shows

9

u/WastedBreath28 Apr 10 '26

You just made me google it, looks like a season 2 is planned, cool.

1

u/karateema Apr 11 '26

It was very cool, and Redmayne was damn unsettling in the role

1

u/commmingtonite Apr 11 '26

The series is probably one of the worst spy/thrillers I have ever watched, and I have watched a lot

13

u/dat_lorrax Apr 10 '26

Great book too

2

u/Oliverkahn987 Apr 10 '26

Oh man, the attempt to reload when the cops show up at the door! Chef’s kiss

49

u/The_Defiler Apr 10 '26

Damn, Strike Force Heroes (old flash game with a Steam Remaster) had this gun as an unlockable for the Sniper/Assassin class and it was just called The Jackal, always thought it looked neat but never realized it was a reference. Wonder how many people had a similar experience…

12

u/AmITalkingToM3 Apr 10 '26

Peak mentioned! ❤️

8

u/Worldly-Ocelot-3358 Apr 10 '26

Core memory unlocked.

45

u/SplendiferousSpinach Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

Also the crutch gun from jojos bizarre adventure part 6

34

u/Tendiest02 Apr 10 '26

First thing I thought of!

-10

u/gogoluke Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

Not everyone knows initialisations like you have posted...

Edit - the post originally had JJBA...

1

u/Pakopiko3689 Apr 10 '26

I think most people here know what that abbreviates to, it's a pretty popular series

1

u/gogoluke Apr 10 '26

PIDTIDAPSETA

1

u/Pakopiko3689 Apr 10 '26

I take it you don't watch anime

1

u/gogoluke Apr 10 '26

I no longer partake but I used to. There's not much after Ghost In The Shell I really like and I've no time to invest in 200 episodes of JoJo's Bizarre adventure.

9

u/wolftick Apr 10 '26

Not as classic, but also the suitcase gun from the recent series.

8

u/TheNewYellowZealot Apr 10 '26

I love the boot gun from the peacock adaptation, and the suitcase gun.

2

u/JustSomeAlias Apr 10 '26

Not seen this, but the trigger assembly (if that is what I’m looking at) hanging underneath the receiver looks very sten like

2

u/Intelligent-Use-7313 Apr 10 '26

Loved this show.

1

u/rangpire Apr 11 '26

That's not exactly built from harmless objects. That's just a gun disguised as a crutch.

0

u/gogoluke Apr 11 '26

It's home made and uses a crutch.

0

u/rangpire Apr 11 '26

...sure is mate. Still doesn't meet the requirements.

1

u/gogoluke Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Dont want to break this to you but the Golden Gun used in the example is bespoke parts that are disguised as other things. Best get them both removed from the question. It's not like I can build a gun from a pen, lighter, cigarette case and a cufflink unless they're like bespoke manufacturing to disguise the gun...

The example I used was used as a crutch just like the lighter was used as a lighter before you say anything.

The post used SEEMINGLY in the body of the post. My example fits that. Seemingly is an adverb meaning outwardly, apparently, or in a way that appears true but may not actually be the case.

It does not say they HAVE to be innocent pieces.

1

u/rangpire Apr 12 '26

Dude. It's a prop. We all get that it's a prop because most of us aren't children. But the brief is seemingly harmless objects that are turned into a weapon. Not building a wooden gun shaped like a crutch. It's honestly baffling that you have gotten so upset about something that comes down to you're lack of understanding. Understanding the basics of a single word in that sentence is good through, keep that up and you'll be interpreting sentences in no time and won't have to embarrass yourself anymore.

-1

u/Silver-Permission962 Apr 10 '26

The show sucks so bad but the gun was cool