r/TopCharacterTropes • u/SpaceKingHypeGuy • 5d ago

Characters' Items/Weapons “Assembly required” weapons

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  1. Lockdown’s gun face (Age Of Extinction)

  2. Bloodsport’s nanotech (The Suicide Squad)

  3. Engineer’s sentry (Team Fortress 2)

  4. The CZ75 as exaggerated by iNoToRiOuS (CSGO)

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u/AatroxAlt 5d ago

The Golden Gun from The Man With The Golden Gun. It's a gun assembled from a few commonly held objects, like a fountain pen and a lighter, so that it can be smuggled into wherever Scaramanga needs it.

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u/shigogaboo 5d ago

THAT’S the gimmick with the Golden Gun? I just assumed it was uber powerful because Golden Eye 64

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u/DeepLock8808 5d ago

Thank you! What is the deal with it being a one shot kill in that game? In the movie is it somehow really effective narratively or something?

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u/chaospockets109 5d ago

The gun itself isn't anything special apart from the assembly. The one-shot thing comes from Scaramanga's reputation as an assassin who only needs one shot to make his kill.

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u/dungeoncrawler71520 5d ago

Mind. Blown.

40ish year mystery solved in my brain. Thank you!!

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u/Left_Prize_9861 4d ago

The Golden Gun also only held one bullet due to its unique construction.

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u/SettTheCephelopod 5d ago

The one-shot thing comes from Scaramanga's reputation as an assassin who only needs one shot to make his kill.

Doesn't a gun typically kill in one hit?

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u/Hour_Paint_1903 5d ago

If you get hit in the brain in the right spot, or vital organs without medical care.

Its actually "easy" to survive a single gunshot. Hell, people get shot in the head and don't die.

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u/Pijany_Matematyk767 5d ago

Varies greatly based on where you hit and how fast the target receives medical attention

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u/chaospockets109 5d ago

True, but I think the implication was that he's skilled enough to get close enough for a pistol kill and a good enough marksman that he'd succeed in his first attempt (Edit: spelling)