The victim manages to get hold of his opponent's (usually the villain's) weapon, points it in his face but the villain isn't afraid - he might even egg the victim on. The victim pulls the trigger and... nothing. The opponent has disarmed the weapon while nobody was looking. Sometimes used as part of a Secret Test of Character for the villain to test how evil the undercover hero really is without risking the possibly-undercover hero simply turning the gun on the villain. Compare Not with the Safety On, You Won't. Examples of It Works Better with Bullets include:
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| - The victim manages to get hold of his opponent's (usually the villain's) weapon, points it in his face but the villain isn't afraid - he might even egg the victim on. The victim pulls the trigger and... nothing. The opponent has disarmed the weapon while nobody was looking. Sometimes used as part of a Secret Test of Character for the villain to test how evil the undercover hero really is without risking the possibly-undercover hero simply turning the gun on the villain. Compare Not with the Safety On, You Won't. Examples of It Works Better with Bullets include:
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| - The victim manages to get hold of his opponent's (usually the villain's) weapon, points it in his face but the villain isn't afraid - he might even egg the victim on. The victim pulls the trigger and... nothing. The opponent has disarmed the weapon while nobody was looking. Sometimes used as part of a Secret Test of Character for the villain to test how evil the undercover hero really is without risking the possibly-undercover hero simply turning the gun on the villain. Depending on how this is used, it can be a case of Did Not Do the Research that takes advantage of the audience's inability to conceive of what's not visible on screen, as most handguns without loaded bullets will have a noticeable imbalance and difference in weight when compared with a fully loaded weapon. (This is Lampshaded quite often in most modern-day usages of the trope - a professional who is familiar with the weapon being used can immediately notice the difference.) In addition, the lack of a magazine in a pistol or of rounds in revolver chambers is clearly visible. Most automatics have the slide lock back on an empty magazine as well. Additionally, many automatic and semi-automatic weapons pre-load one bullet into the chamber before firing, so removing the magazine still leaves one live round in the chamber. To be entirely honest, the chambered bullet may be manually extracted and slide lock disengaged with but a thumb. More accurate works will actually display that. Ironically, the supposedly wacky comedy The Big Lebowski has it right in the single only-10-seconds-long gun scene of the movie, while many action flicks are epitome of Did Not Do the Research here despite having at least one firearm present in each and every frame. Generally, the empty magazine is what activates the slide-lock feature. When the last round is fired from the magazine, the slide will automatically lock back. A modern variant that avoids the obviously-lacking-bullets problem is that a character will reveal that they've removed the firing pin from the weapon. Compare Not with the Safety On, You Won't. Examples of It Works Better with Bullets include:
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