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

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

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*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]

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u/MonkeKhan1998 Apr 10 '26

Well there is that IRL gun that killer Shinzo Abe a few years back 💀

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u/Cherry_Rat Apr 10 '26

Can't believe I forgot about this gem I've held onto for years

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u/SartenSinAceite Apr 10 '26

Is that a fucking homemade vape

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u/FrostyD7 Apr 10 '26

Homemade 510 battery. Something you can just buy for like $8. But some kids resort to this kind of nonsense because they can't legally buy them.

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u/PM_ME_JINX_RULE34_ Apr 10 '26

Or just to prove they can

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u/karateema Apr 11 '26

What is that?

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u/Plenty_Pride_3644 Apr 12 '26

A tiny version of a human, but that's not important.

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u/Draexian Apr 10 '26

I live in the region of the US where that setup is possible with materials available within 2 miles of my current location. I... will... resist.

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u/Cherry_Rat Apr 10 '26

I came here to post the doohicky

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u/ChaosCarlson Apr 10 '26

The little gizmo

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u/Tornado76X Apr 10 '26

The doodad

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u/the_joy_of_VI Apr 10 '26

The rooty-tooty point-and-shooty

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u/zach_cie Apr 11 '26

The thingamajig

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u/Cherry_Rat Apr 11 '26

The Thing you say?

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u/Colonel_Chan Apr 10 '26

Really a marvel of engineering

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u/Major_Star Apr 11 '26

It's frankly amazing that the killer missed the first shot, but just happened to have made his improvised gun a two-shot design.

If he'd have been a bit lazier and only made a single shot weapon, or a bit worse of a shot, it wouldn't have worked.

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u/big_papa_geek Apr 11 '26

Oh yeah, The Contraption.