# Does the Tropes site have a page for this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070 "2011-07-14T23:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/21 "2011-07-16T01:24:53Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > There’s the scene in _Good Omens_ where War turns up in a hotel on a small Mediterranean island and suddenly everyone except War and a couple of British tourists turn out to be part of one revolutionary faction or another. It doesn’t end well. But, that happens **wherever** War goes. Even Kombololand. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/22 "2011-07-16T01:58:10Z")
The subway scene in _Predator 2_. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/23 "2011-07-16T13:37:35Z")
Another good example is In Naked Gun when Nordberg busts into the cabin on the boat. Everyone in th ecabin has a pistol. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/24 "2011-07-17T20:56:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > But, that happens **wherever** War goes. Even Kombololand. True, but I think that particular scene fits the trope best. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/25 "2011-07-18T03:28:34Z")
Reminds me of this true story (“improved” slightly in the retelling): [Gun Shop Robber | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/crime/dumdum/gunshop.asp) ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/26 "2011-07-19T18:06:02Z")
This is especially a cliche in cowboy saloon scenes where someone is caught cheating at cards. Could be a trope for that specific context. A good example of what the OP is talking about can be seen in the funeral scene in _Last Action Hero_: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0_FYrnnbz0) (around 1:00) Includes grannies and nuns pulling out automatic weapons. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/27 "2011-07-19T18:40:25Z")
Reminds me of a story Joe Waumbaugh told about two really clueless armed robbers who tried to take down a cop bar. It didn’t end well either. For them, at least. I think the coroner listed it as suicide. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/28 "2011-07-19T18:41:43Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > This is especially a cliche in cowboy saloon scenes where someone is caught cheating at cards. Could be a trope for that specific context. > > A good example of what the OP is talking about can be seen in the funeral scene in _Last Action Hero_: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0\_FYrnnbz0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0_FYrnnbz0) (around 1:00) > > Includes grannies and nuns pulling out automatic weapons. Interesting. I went to the [Last Action Hero](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LastActionHero) trope site, and this scene is categorized under More Dakka. I’d say that’s not quite accurate, and it probably deserves a trope of its own if more examples can be found. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/29 "2011-07-19T20:00:35Z")
I hate to admit it, but my wife & I watched Mega Python vs Gatoroid on SyFy the other weekend. There was a scene at a outdoor function that the gators / pythons attacked, and as soon as the attack began, everyone (including the waiters) was suddenly packing heat, and laid down a torrent of lead. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/30 "2011-07-19T20:24:21Z")
Let us not forget “[the wrong god-damned rec room](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y_6H617Fcs).” ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/31 "2011-07-19T23:25:09Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Heh, it’s a good trope. If there isn’t such a page, there ought to be. 😃 > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > There is a trope for “everyone has a sword” but darned if I can find it now.[Everyone Is Armed](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EveryoneIsArmed) but empty. Page now has some basics to start with. I’m going to be working on it, everyone feel free to add your ideas. Thanks all! ETA: and thanks to whoever cleaned up my entries and added links! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/32 "2011-07-20T00:57:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Let us not forget “[the wrong god-damned rec room](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y_6H617Fcs).” Wouldn’t that be a [Wall of Weapons](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WallOfWeapons)? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/33 "2011-07-20T01:15:05Z")
That too. But Burt and Heather _always_ have another weapon at hand. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/34 "2011-07-20T02:03:47Z")
In the _ **Tremors** _ case, “everyone” was only two people, but how armed they were! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/35 "2011-07-20T16:01:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That too. But Burt and Heather _always_ have another weapon at hand. Which would make them a pair of [Walking Armories](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WalkingArmory). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/36 "2011-07-20T16:13:33Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZcNXe20dXI) This XBOX 360 ad is an amusing play off of that idea. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/37 "2011-07-21T20:04:26Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > There is a trope for “everyone has a sword” but darned if I can find it now. Closest I could find was [I Like Swords](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ILikeSwords), the main sword trope index. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/38 "2011-07-21T22:49:07Z")
R.H. Junir webcomic [http://www.rhjunior.com/FoH/00056.html](http://www.rhjunior.com/FoH/00056.html) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/39 "2011-07-22T15:21:30Z")
Doesn’t this happen pretty famously in **Raiders of the Lost Ark**? Indy is in the restaurant in Cairo, talking to Belloq. Indy pulls his gun, and suddenly everyone else in the place pulls a gun and points it at Indy. Indy makes his escape when a bunch of children rush in and surround him, easing him toward the door. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070/40 "2011-07-23T18:14:29Z")
I’ve seen this done at lease a couple of times with rappers. [Reno 911: Miami](http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/File:Reno911DE_2.jpg) where Dangle fires a gun to quiet a rap party and all of participants pull out and aim their guns at him and Junior. Or the Simpsons episode “Pranksta Rap” where Wiggum busts into Alcatraaz’s house with a gun and of Alcatraaz’s rapper friends take out their guns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070.md?page=3)