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| rdfs:label | - Gatling Good/Playing With
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| rdfs:comment | - Basic Trope: Six barrels are so much better than one.
* Straight: Look! A man-portable minigun!
* Exaggerated:
* Look! A man-portable minigun that shoots rockets!
* Triple gatling gun (as in, three separate Gatling guns combined into one weapon system). Times two.
* A gatling gun where each of the six rotating barrels is a gatling gun.
* Justified: The story is about Bug War. Ludicrous amount of targets makes miniguns the only viable weapons.
* Inverted: Miniguns are among the weakest weapons in the setting. Slow-firing-but-powerful weapons are infinitely better.
* Subverted: The minigun is experimental and often more dangerous to its users than the targets due to various technical problems like steam leaks. Plus it's accuracy is so terrible that a simple sw
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| abstract | - Basic Trope: Six barrels are so much better than one.
* Straight: Look! A man-portable minigun!
* Exaggerated:
* Look! A man-portable minigun that shoots rockets!
* Triple gatling gun (as in, three separate Gatling guns combined into one weapon system). Times two.
* A gatling gun where each of the six rotating barrels is a gatling gun.
* Justified: The story is about Bug War. Ludicrous amount of targets makes miniguns the only viable weapons.
* Inverted: Miniguns are among the weakest weapons in the setting. Slow-firing-but-powerful weapons are infinitely better.
* Subverted: The minigun is experimental and often more dangerous to its users than the targets due to various technical problems like steam leaks. Plus it's accuracy is so terrible that a simple swordsman could kill its user after thousands of rounds were fired.
* Double Subverted: Once its inventor solves those problems it's a terrifying invention that leads to the complete collapse of existing formation based tactics.
* Parodied: Kids terrorize the neighborhood with a Gatling spud gun.
* Deconstructed:
* Someone tries to use minigun while on foot - without a tripod or any other support - and knockback sends him flying straight into a nearby wall.
* He/she runs out of ammo in about 20 seconds of continuous fire
* Reconstructed:
* So giving miniguns to foot soldiers was a bad idea. Never mind. Let's just stick them on Powered Armour instead.
* And handwave a Bottomless Magazines.
* Alternatively, give them to Super Soldiers.
* Zig Zagged: The heroes try using one, but it turns out they're too weak to lift it. Then Powered Armor comes in, but it turns out the bullets are ineffective. Then an A-10 comes in and proceeds to show some GAU-8 goodness.
* Averted: No miniguns are seen, despite heroes could really use one.
* Enforced: Everyone loves Gatling guns, and the writer is no exception.
* Lampshaded: "Can you even find non-rotary weapons on this planet?"
* Invoked: One regiment in the army is armed exclusively with Gatling guns, supplied with explosive rounds, and used mainly for psychological warfare.
* Defied: The Genius Bruiser refues to take one, since it'll only slow him down and make him an easy target for a Cold Sniper.
* Discussed: "Don't you think we may be overdoing it a little?" "Shut up and keep firing!"
* Conversed: "Isn't it a bit odd how many handheld miniguns movies have?" "Well, it's cool." No, that's not God's chainsaw you're hearing. That's the sound of Gatling Good.
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