# Weapons so cool and badass they were virtually characters. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483 "2009-11-30T16:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/21 "2009-11-30T18:24:45Z")
Robocop, and his predecessor that didn’t work so well. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/22 "2009-11-30T18:27:45Z")
Stormbringer ---
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/23 "2009-11-30T18:39:49Z")
The powered armor from the book _Starship Troopers_ (if only the movie had had it!). Looks like something similar will be in James Cameron’s _Avatar_. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/24 "2009-11-30T19:13:47Z")
The Blade that was Broken, aka Narsil, aka Anduril, aka The Flame of the West. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/25 "2009-11-30T19:23:42Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > The Blade that was Broken, aka Narsil, aka Anduril, aka The Flame of the West. Now I feel obliged to mention ‘The One Ring to bind them all’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/26 "2009-11-30T19:27:11Z")
Xena’s chakram! ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/27 "2009-11-30T19:29:32Z")
The Colt in Supernatural. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/28 "2009-11-30T19:49:20Z")
The honking huge gun that Vasquez used in Aliens. [It used a Steadicam harness](http://www.propstore.com/content/propstorecollection/smartgun/PDVD_050.jpg) and I wonder if the military investigated mounts like that as a result? “Gun” from _[Sledge Hammer](http://www.sledgehammeronline.com/menu.htm)_. It was not just a character, it was the love interest. See also: “Sweetness” from the _Colbert Report_. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/29 "2009-11-30T19:51:12Z")
Zorg ZF-1 The Gatling Gun (multiple Westerns…blew my mind when I saw it as a kid) The Death Star The man with the golden gun’s gun. Indy’s Whip ---
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/30 "2009-11-30T20:00:50Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > The **Last of the Mohicans** (1992) has two memorable weapons: > > Hawkeye’s especially long [Kentucky Long Rifle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_rifle) Then [Davy Crockett](http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=fess+parker+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfess%2Bparker%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den&imgurl=f8ffb702048d4058)’s Kentucky Long Rifle deserves a mention. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/31 "2009-11-30T20:12:34Z")
Mike Hammer’s Colt .45, “Betsy.” Also… GROND!!! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/32 "2009-11-30T20:17:46Z")
The Red Ryder B. B. Gun. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/33 "2009-11-30T20:23:58Z")
The **speed of light railgun with x-ray scope** , though unlikely, is the only memorable thing from the film **Eraser** (1996). It started making appearances in unrelated video games. I think _Perfect Dark_ for N64 was the first game to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/34 "2009-11-30T20:24:53Z")
[The Night Slasher’s knife and Marion Cobretti’s .45](http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/cobra/), a 2-for-1. Karl’s [Steyr AUG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr_Aug) from _Die Hard_. Honorable mention: the non-existent [Glock 7](http://listing-index.ebay.com/movies/GLOCK_7.html) from _Die Hard 2_. Not only did it perpetuate the myth that exists to this day, but it became a legendary joke amongst gun owners in much the same way that “hacking the Gibson” is with computer geeks. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/35 "2009-11-30T20:27:34Z")
nvm, beaten to it ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/36 "2009-11-30T20:29:16Z")
The minigun in _Predator._ ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/37 "2009-11-30T20:31:26Z")
Goldeneye +1 Deathstar Kitt Transformers Gundam Wing Batman’s utility belt Spiderman’s webbing Green Destiny (crouching tiger hidden draggon) +1 Robocop +1 Indy’s whip +1 Golden gun Oddjob’s hat ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/38 "2009-11-30T20:32:21Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Then [Davy Crockett](http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=fess+parker+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfess%2Bparker%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den&imgurl=f8ffb702048d4058)’s Kentucky Long Rifle deserves a mention. Yes, Those long rifles are so fun to shoot. I also can’t believe no one has mentioned **James Bond’s Walther PPK** yet. (Yes I know the various book and film Bonds have used many different pistols, but the PPK is the famous one.) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/39 "2009-11-30T22:05:12Z")
The Krang from _The Tar-Aiym Krang_. A huge pyramid, which is only the control center for a sentient weapon built throughout the entire planet. Morgaine’s _Changeling_, a crystal sword that produces a Gate to nowhere when drawn. A black hole on a stick, basically. The Swords of Saberhagen’s Swords novels. The Sword of Bheleu from the Lords of Dus novels by Lawrence Watt-Evans. It influences or outright possess its destined and only wielder, Garth the Overman. The icon of the God of Destruction, it sends forth such things as directable gouts of flame ( enough to blow up buildings after snaking though underground passages; in one case, enough to reduce a godzillalike monster to ash and bones ). It summons storms, controls lightning, creates earthquakes, and defends against weapons and spells. The gun from _I Come In Peace_; about the only cool thing in the movie. Big, black, mean looking and it created a chain of explosions as long as the trigger was held down; very spectacular. Seen in use [here starting at 6:15](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_7hste4vnc&feature=related). Th Hellbore main gun of Bolo tanks, as well as the Bolos themselves. Basically, a plasma gun that can destroy starships in orbit from the ground, punch holes in mountains or destroy a city in seconds. Mounted on a sentient tank tough enough that it can survive a hit or two from one, and have designations like “Continental Siege Units”. The [Lazy Gun](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Gun). Isilith the Widowmaker of the Horse Lords novels. Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor. Demonfang of the Frost novels; a dagger powerful enough to wound a lesser god, tipped with a minuscule gate that sends the souls of those it kills to the worst pits of Hell. When drawn, the screams of the damned can be heard from it. Sten’s “ultimate knife” from the Sten novels. Kept in an implanted arm sheathe, it is small, lightweight crystal and can cut through a diamond just by being laid atop it with no pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483/40 "2009-11-30T22:42:01Z")
The wild boy’s knife-edged boomerang in _The Road Warrior_. Each of the Ninja Turtles’ weapons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-so-cool-and-badass-they-were-virtually-characters/519483.md?page=3)