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Brandishment Bluff

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The act of threatening someone with a weapon you do not have, or telling others to back off or you will use a hidden weapon when no such weapon exists. A few variants of this trope include: * Pressing a cold metal object against someone, convincing them it is a gun or knife. * Sticking a finger or pen in a pocket or purse against the fabric and pretending it is a gun. * Convincing someone that a random object is a weapon. * Claiming that you have a weapon hidden on your person. * Pretending to have a Secret Weapon in your spaceship. * Telling someone not to turn around or you'll shoot.

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The act of threatening someone with a weapon you do not have, or telling others to back off or you will use a hidden weapon when no such weapon exists. A few variants of this trope include: * Pressing a cold metal object against someone, convincing them it is a gun or knife. * Sticking a finger or pen in a pocket or purse against the fabric and pretending it is a gun. * Convincing someone that a random object is a weapon. * Claiming that you have a weapon hidden on your person. * Pretending to have a Secret Weapon in your spaceship. * Telling someone not to turn around or you'll shoot. Please note that this trope is for instances when someone is pretending that they have a weapon, so if they are threatening to use something that is completely recognizable as a weapon (be it empty, an antique, or even a fake or toy that looks extremely realistic), then it's Weapon for Intimidation. Super-Trope of Stick'Em Up, for when this trope is used in conjunction with the element of surprise and a sharp poke in the back. See also Finger Gun, He's Got a Weapon! and Shoot Him! He Has a Wallet!. Sometimes, it turns out that the bluff isn't that much of a bluff: see This Banana Is Armed, Improvised Weapon and Improbable Weapon User. Examples of Brandishment Bluff include: