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If a gun has made an appearance, has it ever gone unused?
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There is a trope called Chekhov's Gun that states once someone or something has made an appearance, it must become integral to the story. Another way to think of this is, if a gun makes an appearance, likely someone will be shot with it by the end of the episode or movie.
My question is, are there any examples of guns making an appearance in a TV show arc, or in a movie, but remain unused? This lack of use I imagine would illustrate the character's decision not to come heavy handed.
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There is a trope called Chekhov's Gun that states once someone or something has made an appearance, it must become integral to the story. Another way to think of this is, if a gun makes an appearance, likely someone will be shot with it by the end of the episode or movie.
My question is, are there any examples of guns making an appearance in a TV show arc, or in a movie, but remain unused? This lack of use I imagine would illustrate the character's decision not to come heavy handed.
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Plenty of examples when a gun is introduced simply as a decorative item. But I think there's a huge number of examples where a gun is used simply to threaten people without it being fired as well.
– GendoIkari
3 hours ago
I agree in some features, guns are wielded almost as casually as wristwatches. For this question, I am considering only when the gun reveal is dramatic unto itself.
– Jason P Sallinger
3 hours ago
hmmm...you would think there would be a red hearing like that somewhere. There might be fake outs like it looks like a character is about to use a gun, but then is suddenly injured by someone else, but I can't think of any on the top of my head.
– Darth Locke
1 hour ago
One example I can think of is Friday with Ice Cube. But that example is used like a sledgehammer. I'm wondering if there are more subtle examples.
– Jason P Sallinger
53 mins ago
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There is a trope called Chekhov's Gun that states once someone or something has made an appearance, it must become integral to the story. Another way to think of this is, if a gun makes an appearance, likely someone will be shot with it by the end of the episode or movie.
My question is, are there any examples of guns making an appearance in a TV show arc, or in a movie, but remain unused? This lack of use I imagine would illustrate the character's decision not to come heavy handed.
trope
asked 3 hours ago
Jason P Sallinger
601716
There is a trope called Chekhov's Gun that states once someone or something has made an appearance, it must become integral to the story. Another way to think of this is, if a gun makes an appearance, likely someone will be shot with it by the end of the episode or movie.
My question is, are there any examples of guns making an appearance in a TV show arc, or in a movie, but remain unused? This lack of use I imagine would illustrate the character's decision not to come heavy handed.
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asked 3 hours ago
Jason P Sallinger
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asked 3 hours ago
Jason P Sallinger
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asked 3 hours ago
Jason P Sallinger
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asked 3 hours ago
Jason P Sallinger
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asked 3 hours ago
Jason P Sallinger
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Plenty of examples when a gun is introduced simply as a decorative item. But I think there's a huge number of examples where a gun is used simply to threaten people without it being fired as well.
– GendoIkari
3 hours ago
I agree in some features, guns are wielded almost as casually as wristwatches. For this question, I am considering only when the gun reveal is dramatic unto itself.
– Jason P Sallinger
3 hours ago
hmmm...you would think there would be a red hearing like that somewhere. There might be fake outs like it looks like a character is about to use a gun, but then is suddenly injured by someone else, but I can't think of any on the top of my head.
– Darth Locke
1 hour ago
One example I can think of is Friday with Ice Cube. But that example is used like a sledgehammer. I'm wondering if there are more subtle examples.
– Jason P Sallinger
53 mins ago
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Plenty of examples when a gun is introduced simply as a decorative item. But I think there's a huge number of examples where a gun is used simply to threaten people without it being fired as well.
– GendoIkari
3 hours ago
I agree in some features, guns are wielded almost as casually as wristwatches. For this question, I am considering only when the gun reveal is dramatic unto itself.
– Jason P Sallinger
3 hours ago
hmmm...you would think there would be a red hearing like that somewhere. There might be fake outs like it looks like a character is about to use a gun, but then is suddenly injured by someone else, but I can't think of any on the top of my head.
– Darth Locke
1 hour ago
One example I can think of is Friday with Ice Cube. But that example is used like a sledgehammer. I'm wondering if there are more subtle examples.
– Jason P Sallinger
53 mins ago
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Plenty of examples when a gun is introduced simply as a decorative item. But I think there's a huge number of examples where a gun is used simply to threaten people without it being fired as well.
– GendoIkari
3 hours ago
Plenty of examples when a gun is introduced simply as a decorative item. But I think there's a huge number of examples where a gun is used simply to threaten people without it being fired as well.
– GendoIkari
3 hours ago
I agree in some features, guns are wielded almost as casually as wristwatches. For this question, I am considering only when the gun reveal is dramatic unto itself.
– Jason P Sallinger
3 hours ago
I agree in some features, guns are wielded almost as casually as wristwatches. For this question, I am considering only when the gun reveal is dramatic unto itself.
– Jason P Sallinger
3 hours ago
hmmm...you would think there would be a red hearing like that somewhere. There might be fake outs like it looks like a character is about to use a gun, but then is suddenly injured by someone else, but I can't think of any on the top of my head.
– Darth Locke
1 hour ago
hmmm...you would think there would be a red hearing like that somewhere. There might be fake outs like it looks like a character is about to use a gun, but then is suddenly injured by someone else, but I can't think of any on the top of my head.
– Darth Locke
1 hour ago
One example I can think of is Friday with Ice Cube. But that example is used like a sledgehammer. I'm wondering if there are more subtle examples.
– Jason P Sallinger
53 mins ago
One example I can think of is Friday with Ice Cube. But that example is used like a sledgehammer. I'm wondering if there are more subtle examples.
– Jason P Sallinger
53 mins ago
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If a gun has made an appearance, has it ever gone unused?
Joss Whedon's TV series "Firefly" episode "Trash" contains an example - The Lassiter.
The original hand-held laser pistol. One of only two known to still
exist. The forerunner of all modern laser technology.
The backstory is more than a sentence worth of relating, but the gist:
A Heist is proposed - to obtain the Lassiter:
A million-square job. The big time. I was going to cut Monty and his
crew in, but you screwed that royal.
Mal and crew reluctantly take the job mistrusting Saffron's motives in proposing it.
Long story short, the Lassiter is stolen, Saffron betrays Mal and crew (As expected).
Inara is ready for the betrayal and retrievs the gun befor Saffron can get there:
INARA Looking for this?
(Saffron) looks up to see Inara perched on the wall of some nearby ruins,
beautiful as always, in her veil and bare midriff ensemble. She points
The Lassiter.
INARA Wonder if it works?
Pulls the trigger. Nothing.
Ah-well. Still worth a fortune. (as she raises a lugar)
Saffron is not shot with the Lassiter - or anything else - it being a wholesome family show and all, but fair to say the gun is central to the plot.
Saffron's immediate fate is to be locked inside a large waste bin:
SAFFRON Wait a minute, wait, you can't -- (SLAM! the lid shuts)
-- mmmf mmfff ni ffmm do hmf!
INARA You're not going to die, you big baby. The authorities will be
here in a few hours to dig you out.
It's clear that there was no intention to kill her, just leave her for a well deserved dose of justice. The Lassiter is never fired.
answered 48 mins ago
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I like this example. Firefly was a great series. The weapon is used more here as a Macguffin. I'm looking for an example where the character who knows about the weapon makes an implicit choice to not use it.
– Jason P Sallinger
26 mins ago
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1 Answer
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active
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active
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active
oldest
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up vote
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If a gun has made an appearance, has it ever gone unused?
Joss Whedon's TV series "Firefly" episode "Trash" contains an example - The Lassiter.
The original hand-held laser pistol. One of only two known to still
exist. The forerunner of all modern laser technology.
The backstory is more than a sentence worth of relating, but the gist:
A Heist is proposed - to obtain the Lassiter:
A million-square job. The big time. I was going to cut Monty and his
crew in, but you screwed that royal.
Mal and crew reluctantly take the job mistrusting Saffron's motives in proposing it.
Long story short, the Lassiter is stolen, Saffron betrays Mal and crew (As expected).
Inara is ready for the betrayal and retrievs the gun befor Saffron can get there:
INARA Looking for this?
(Saffron) looks up to see Inara perched on the wall of some nearby ruins,
beautiful as always, in her veil and bare midriff ensemble. She points
The Lassiter.
INARA Wonder if it works?
Pulls the trigger. Nothing.
Ah-well. Still worth a fortune. (as she raises a lugar)
Saffron is not shot with the Lassiter - or anything else - it being a wholesome family show and all, but fair to say the gun is central to the plot.
Saffron's immediate fate is to be locked inside a large waste bin:
SAFFRON Wait a minute, wait, you can't -- (SLAM! the lid shuts)
-- mmmf mmfff ni ffmm do hmf!
INARA You're not going to die, you big baby. The authorities will be
here in a few hours to dig you out.
It's clear that there was no intention to kill her, just leave her for a well deserved dose of justice. The Lassiter is never fired.
answered 48 mins ago
Duckisaduckisaduck
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I like this example. Firefly was a great series. The weapon is used more here as a Macguffin. I'm looking for an example where the character who knows about the weapon makes an implicit choice to not use it.
– Jason P Sallinger
26 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
If a gun has made an appearance, has it ever gone unused?
Joss Whedon's TV series "Firefly" episode "Trash" contains an example - The Lassiter.
The original hand-held laser pistol. One of only two known to still
exist. The forerunner of all modern laser technology.
The backstory is more than a sentence worth of relating, but the gist:
A Heist is proposed - to obtain the Lassiter:
A million-square job. The big time. I was going to cut Monty and his
crew in, but you screwed that royal.
Mal and crew reluctantly take the job mistrusting Saffron's motives in proposing it.
Long story short, the Lassiter is stolen, Saffron betrays Mal and crew (As expected).
Inara is ready for the betrayal and retrievs the gun befor Saffron can get there:
INARA Looking for this?
(Saffron) looks up to see Inara perched on the wall of some nearby ruins,
beautiful as always, in her veil and bare midriff ensemble. She points
The Lassiter.
INARA Wonder if it works?
Pulls the trigger. Nothing.
Ah-well. Still worth a fortune. (as she raises a lugar)
Saffron is not shot with the Lassiter - or anything else - it being a wholesome family show and all, but fair to say the gun is central to the plot.
Saffron's immediate fate is to be locked inside a large waste bin:
SAFFRON Wait a minute, wait, you can't -- (SLAM! the lid shuts)
-- mmmf mmfff ni ffmm do hmf!
INARA You're not going to die, you big baby. The authorities will be
here in a few hours to dig you out.
It's clear that there was no intention to kill her, just leave her for a well deserved dose of justice. The Lassiter is never fired.
answered 48 mins ago
Duckisaduckisaduck
21526
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I like this example. Firefly was a great series. The weapon is used more here as a Macguffin. I'm looking for an example where the character who knows about the weapon makes an implicit choice to not use it.
– Jason P Sallinger
26 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
If a gun has made an appearance, has it ever gone unused?
Joss Whedon's TV series "Firefly" episode "Trash" contains an example - The Lassiter.
The original hand-held laser pistol. One of only two known to still
exist. The forerunner of all modern laser technology.
The backstory is more than a sentence worth of relating, but the gist:
A Heist is proposed - to obtain the Lassiter:
A million-square job. The big time. I was going to cut Monty and his
crew in, but you screwed that royal.
Mal and crew reluctantly take the job mistrusting Saffron's motives in proposing it.
Long story short, the Lassiter is stolen, Saffron betrays Mal and crew (As expected).
Inara is ready for the betrayal and retrievs the gun befor Saffron can get there:
INARA Looking for this?
(Saffron) looks up to see Inara perched on the wall of some nearby ruins,
beautiful as always, in her veil and bare midriff ensemble. She points
The Lassiter.
INARA Wonder if it works?
Pulls the trigger. Nothing.
Ah-well. Still worth a fortune. (as she raises a lugar)
Saffron is not shot with the Lassiter - or anything else - it being a wholesome family show and all, but fair to say the gun is central to the plot.
Saffron's immediate fate is to be locked inside a large waste bin:
SAFFRON Wait a minute, wait, you can't -- (SLAM! the lid shuts)
-- mmmf mmfff ni ffmm do hmf!
INARA You're not going to die, you big baby. The authorities will be
here in a few hours to dig you out.
It's clear that there was no intention to kill her, just leave her for a well deserved dose of justice. The Lassiter is never fired.
answered 48 mins ago
Duckisaduckisaduck
21526
If a gun has made an appearance, has it ever gone unused?
Joss Whedon's TV series "Firefly" episode "Trash" contains an example - The Lassiter.
The original hand-held laser pistol. One of only two known to still
exist. The forerunner of all modern laser technology.
The backstory is more than a sentence worth of relating, but the gist:
A Heist is proposed - to obtain the Lassiter:
A million-square job. The big time. I was going to cut Monty and his
crew in, but you screwed that royal.
Mal and crew reluctantly take the job mistrusting Saffron's motives in proposing it.
Long story short, the Lassiter is stolen, Saffron betrays Mal and crew (As expected).
Inara is ready for the betrayal and retrievs the gun befor Saffron can get there:
INARA Looking for this?
(Saffron) looks up to see Inara perched on the wall of some nearby ruins,
beautiful as always, in her veil and bare midriff ensemble. She points
The Lassiter.
INARA Wonder if it works?
Pulls the trigger. Nothing.
Ah-well. Still worth a fortune. (as she raises a lugar)
Saffron is not shot with the Lassiter - or anything else - it being a wholesome family show and all, but fair to say the gun is central to the plot.
Saffron's immediate fate is to be locked inside a large waste bin:
SAFFRON Wait a minute, wait, you can't -- (SLAM! the lid shuts)
-- mmmf mmfff ni ffmm do hmf!
INARA You're not going to die, you big baby. The authorities will be
here in a few hours to dig you out.
It's clear that there was no intention to kill her, just leave her for a well deserved dose of justice. The Lassiter is never fired.
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I like this example. Firefly was a great series. The weapon is used more here as a Macguffin. I'm looking for an example where the character who knows about the weapon makes an implicit choice to not use it.
– Jason P Sallinger
26 mins ago
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2
I like this example. Firefly was a great series. The weapon is used more here as a Macguffin. I'm looking for an example where the character who knows about the weapon makes an implicit choice to not use it.
– Jason P Sallinger
26 mins ago
2
2
I like this example. Firefly was a great series. The weapon is used more here as a Macguffin. I'm looking for an example where the character who knows about the weapon makes an implicit choice to not use it.
– Jason P Sallinger
26 mins ago
I like this example. Firefly was a great series. The weapon is used more here as a Macguffin. I'm looking for an example where the character who knows about the weapon makes an implicit choice to not use it.
– Jason P Sallinger
26 mins ago
add a comment |Â
2
Plenty of examples when a gun is introduced simply as a decorative item. But I think there's a huge number of examples where a gun is used simply to threaten people without it being fired as well.
– GendoIkari
3 hours ago
I agree in some features, guns are wielded almost as casually as wristwatches. For this question, I am considering only when the gun reveal is dramatic unto itself.
– Jason P Sallinger
3 hours ago
hmmm...you would think there would be a red hearing like that somewhere. There might be fake outs like it looks like a character is about to use a gun, but then is suddenly injured by someone else, but I can't think of any on the top of my head.
– Darth Locke
1 hour ago
One example I can think of is Friday with Ice Cube. But that example is used like a sledgehammer. I'm wondering if there are more subtle examples.
– Jason P Sallinger
53 mins ago