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  • Nothing Up My Sleeve/Playing With
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  • Basic Trope: A weapon is pulled out of a character's sleeve. * Straight: Alex pulls out a gun from his right sleeve when confronting Betty. * Exaggerated: Hammerspace. * Downplayed: Alex pulls out a safety pin from his sleeve. * Justified: Alex has hid his weapons on his sleeves in case he doesn't have one. * Alex wants to appear to be unarmed. * Inverted: Alex pulls a weapon from his pant legs. * Alex pulls sleeves from a gun. * Subverted: During a confrontation with Betty, Alex reaches for something in his sleeve, which was just a handkerchief to wipe his head. * Double Subverted: He pulls out a dagger from inside the handkerchief. * Parodied: Alex pulls out an arsenal of weapons from his sleeve that goes on forever and ever and ever. * Zig Z
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  • Basic Trope: A weapon is pulled out of a character's sleeve. * Straight: Alex pulls out a gun from his right sleeve when confronting Betty. * Exaggerated: Hammerspace. * Downplayed: Alex pulls out a safety pin from his sleeve. * Justified: Alex has hid his weapons on his sleeves in case he doesn't have one. * Alex wants to appear to be unarmed. * Inverted: Alex pulls a weapon from his pant legs. * Alex pulls sleeves from a gun. * Subverted: During a confrontation with Betty, Alex reaches for something in his sleeve, which was just a handkerchief to wipe his head. * Double Subverted: He pulls out a dagger from inside the handkerchief. * Parodied: Alex pulls out an arsenal of weapons from his sleeve that goes on forever and ever and ever. * Zig Zagged: ??? * Averted: Alex's weapons are not kept in his sleeve at any point. * Enforced: ??? * Lampshaded: "Nothing up my sleeve, no wait, yes there is." * Invoked: Alex hides weapons in his sleeves to always be prepared. * Exploited: ??? * Defied: Betty asks Alex to remove his shirt upon meeting him. * Discussed: "It's sometimes a bit uncomfortable keeping a gun in your sleeve the whole time, but you get used to it." * Conversed: "It's a good thing these guys never wear short sleeves." * Deconstructed: Alex happens to hide a sharp weapon up his sleeve, and gets injured because of it. Back to Nothing Up My Sleeve