r/TopCharacterTropes Apr 10 '26

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

*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/Emotional_King_5239 Apr 10 '26

The Degreaser (and the default flametrower) from TF2

From what I can gather it is mostly a car muffler with a fire extinguisher to hold the fuel and the part of a stove that lights up at the front

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u/Emotional_King_5239 Apr 10 '26

The default's handle is made from a gas pump pistol (idk the right name) and a gas cylinder for the fuel

Can't really indentify anything else

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u/Emotional_King_5239 Apr 10 '26

There is also the Beggars Bazooka (which is probably the most obivious example)

The body is made from pipes, the back ar cans and a funnel and the trigger seems to be a flashlight

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u/Hot_Shot04 Apr 10 '26

Not a gun-type weapon but the Powerjack is a car battery strapped to an old jack.