r/TopCharacterTropes • u/I-Identify-Guns • 23h ago
Characters' Items/Weapons Guns don't work that way, guys
Any example of firearms being lazily or incorrectly depicted, whether for dramatic effect or simply because the writers didn't bother to check.
Rango (2011): Rango's Single Action Army is depicted with a swing-out cylinder. While extremely common in revolvers nowadays, the SAA used a loading gate, the cylinder was unable to be moved from its position without disassembling the firearm.
Ant-Man (2015): During the mexican stand-off, all of the characters are seen cocking the hammers of their Glock pistols, of which all models have internal hammers.
The Walking Dead S1E1 (2010): Rick tells the new guy to take the safety off his Glock 17, which has no external safety mechanism. Instead, he simply wiggles the slide release.
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008): When reloading the "Carbine Rifle", Niko will yank on an imaginary charging handle and wills 30 new rounds into the magazine with the power of happy thoughts and well wishes. While crouching, he does replace the magazine, however.
Various FPS Games: In many depictions of weapons where the fire selector is visible to the player, more often than not it is set to "Safe", if not completely broken, such as the case of the M16A4 in Modern Warfare 3 (2011).
