abstract | - Basic Trope: Weaponized bees.
* Straight:
* Bob has a gun that shoots deadly bees.
* Bob has swarms of bees following him everywhere and attacking his enemies at his command.
* Exaggerated:
* Bob's bee-shooting gun is also made of bees.
* Alternatively, it's a "Bee FG"
* Justified:
* Bob comes from a planet where the local intelligent humanoids developed a connection with bees similar to what we humans made with dogs.
* Inverted:
* Bees with guns.
* A weapon that kills only bees.
* A gun that sucks bees up instead of shooting them out.
* Bees that use humans as weapons, Humongous Mecha style
* A weapon that looks like a bee.
* Subverted: The bees die while still inside the weapon.
* Double Subverted:
* But a few make it out alive.
* They are shot with the stinger facing outside the barrel.
* Parodied:
* Bob loudly announces the horrible devastating power of his bee-gun, then points it at his enemy and presses the trigger dramatically. Dramatic silence, everyone freezes in their tracks... A few seconds pass... and then a few bees fly out lazily out of the barrel and buzz far away in random directions.
* ...Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?
* Deconstructed:
* Bob's years of work on killer bees left him constantly on the verge of death (with only strong medication keeping him up) due to all the attacks by the bees.
* Bob's bees always attack everyone in the area, including civilians, Bob's allies, and Bob.
* Reconstructed: Yes, Bob's bees attack everyone, but he's an Omnicidal Maniac.
* Zig Zagged: The bee gun is quite nasty and effective until Bob starts to need a precision weapon. He switches to a more normal weapon... until he adds an underslung "sting this thing!" pheremone projector to the gun...
* Averted: Bob may use a costume and equipment with a bee motif, but doesn't actually use bees as weapons.
* Enforced: "If Bob the Beemaster doesn't have his Bee Bee Gun in The Movie, then his fans are going to pitch a fit."
* Lampshaded: "So, he's using bees as weapons? Bee-autiful, if a little bee-zarre!"
* Invoked: A gun that fires mini attack drones is described as firing "tiny robot bees."
* Defied:
* Bob's enemies carry incredibly effective bee repellents/poisons.
* Bob has an innate ability to control bees, but refuses as he has a phobia.
* Discussed: "Bees. My God."
* Conversed: "Man, it would bee cool if I had a bee weapon like the hero of that show." Buzz back to Bee-Bee Gun.
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