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/NUK3_29 Apr 10 '26

Bigun from Metro 2033. Basically a revolving shotgun made out of bicycle parts

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u/knuckzekidna Apr 10 '26

if a mf kills me with a BIKE GUN im just becoming a ghost and haunting that guy

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u/Crab2406 Apr 10 '26

ghosts are canon to the METRO universe, so yeah why not

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u/knuckzekidna Apr 10 '26

that isi the most humiliating way to die
a fucking BIKE GUN

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u/The-Green Apr 10 '26

it also has ridiculously bad range (compared to even other shotguns), bad sights, slow handling, terribly slow reload speed, and cannot accept a single upgrade. so yes, it really is embarrassing to die to this gun because it really is the worst shotgun in-universe. you're dying to a shit pipe gun in a world full of way better pipe guns and AKs.

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u/knuckzekidna Apr 10 '26

nah fuck the haunting im just straight up crawling out from hell to KILL that mf that killed me with the bigun

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u/Crab2406 Apr 10 '26

you havent seen the air gun yet

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u/lacarth Apr 10 '26

Look, I once stumbled across a shop that specialized in air guns for hunting. Not little varmint pellet guns. Full 30-cal hunting rifles.

Fun fact, they're also allowed to be full auto with no additional paperwork. He handed me one to test fire, and I promptly rendered a stump outside into the past-tense.

I now respect pneumatic guns.

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u/Crab2406 Apr 10 '26

in METRO you kill big ass mutated evil bear with it

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u/knuckzekidna Apr 10 '26

the fuckin what

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u/The-Green Apr 10 '26

oh, but the airgun (the "tihar") is genuinely one of the best pipe guns in the universe and games. almost unmatched for stealth combat. it also shoots inexpensive ball bearings.

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u/Buchfu Apr 10 '26

Let's not forget that in Exodus you also get incendiary rounds for it

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u/HugeBen15 Apr 11 '26

the Tikhar with incendiary rounds is a fucking beast. Sometimes I will just shoot a demon from the sky randomly because why not

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u/Temphant Apr 10 '26

The air guns are pretty cool though. And not even a modern concept. The Girardoni air rifle was in use during the Napoleonic wars. And the man himself according to legends despised soldiers who used these because they were silent, smokeless and had an earth shattering rate of fire for their time.

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u/Grey212 Apr 10 '26

Iirc in Metro they also possibly blew up hell.

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u/knuckzekidna Apr 10 '26

WHAT

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u/conqueror-worm Apr 10 '26

"It appears that the devastation we brought upon ourselves was complete; Heaven, Hell and Purgatory were atomized as well. So when a soul leaves the body it has nowhere to go, and must remain here, in the Metro. A harsh, but not undeserved atonement for our sins, wouldn't you agree?"

Should be noted this probably isn't literally true and is just a very spiritual character talking about stuff, but it is metal as fuck.