Shotgun

Shotgun
Type:	Weapon
Availability:	Common item

A shotgun is a two-handed firearm. Unless you're a real bad-ass, in which case you can sling it around and reload it with one arm. Sometimes referred to as a "boomstick" or "the equilizer". It is a short range weapon that packs a lot of firepower and is ideal for blasting the crap out of aliens. It can even knock a T-1000 Terminator for a loop given enough ammo. It is not recommended as a long range weapon. In such cases where targeting from a distance is required, a high powered rifle makes for a more efficient weapon.

A shotgun was but one of many weapons used by the townspeople of Prosperity, Arizona to defend themselves against a horde of mutated spiders.

The little hitman known as Big Tony used a pump-action shotgun as his preferred weapon of choice. He let his neighbor, Harley Quinn avail herself of it, when two assassins raided her apartment, which she used to shoot a killer's cell phone. Big Tony then used it an assembly of the Brooklyn Assassin's Guild to shoot a man in the face.

In film

• Howling, The - Chris uses a shotgun to fight werewolves.
• Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III - Michelle kills Alfredo Sawyer with shotgun.
• Misery - Charles Parker double-barreled 12 gauge shotgun
• Needful Things - Alan Pangborn brandishes a pump-action shotgun.
• Shining, The - Delbert Grady uses a double-barrel shotgun to shoot himself in the mouth.
• Silver Bullet - Andy Fairton carries a shotgun.

In television

• Angel: Release - Faith uses a shotgun.
• Ash vs Evil Dead: Second Coming - Ash has his trusty double-barrel.
• Dark Angel: Proof of Purchase - There's a guy with a shotgun.
• Dracula's Daughter
• Fear the Walking Dead: The Code - Wendell brandishes a shotgun.
• Preacher: Mumbai Sky Tower - Numerous conventioners.
• Wonder Woman: Death in Disguise - Wonder Woman breaks a shotgun and twists the barrels around an assassin.
• The X-Files: Drive - Nevada state trooper has pump-action shotgun.

In comics

• Batman: Shadow of the Bat 39 - CGPD cops carry shotguns.
• Black Betty 1 - Black Betty shoots a troll several times with a shotgun.
• Black Betty Halloween ComicFest 1 - Black Betty and Lucas both carry shotguns.
• Evil Dead 2: Revenge of Hitler 1 - Ash never leaves home without his trusty Boomstick!
• Evil Dead 2: Revenge of Hitler 2 - Ash shoots Hitler in the chest, then in the face.
• Ghost Rider & Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance 2 - Hellfire Shotgun.
• Ghost Rider & Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance 3 - Hellfire Shotgun.
• Harley Quinn Vol 2 7 - Big Tony uses pump-action shotgun.
• Preacher 8 - Jody and T.C. use shotguns.
• Preacher 11 - T.C. has a double-barreled shotgun.
• Preacher 12 - Tulip uses T.C.'s shotgun to kill him.
• Sacred Six 8
• Spectacular Spider-Man 211 - Thugs with shotguns try to kill Spider-Man.
• Tomb of Dracula 59 - Quincy Harker & Rachel van Helsing use shotguns.

In video games

• Thing, The (VG)

Notes & Trivia

• Pump-action shotgun redirects to this page.
• "Shotgun" is also a turn of phrase referring to whomever is sitting in the front passenger seat of a vehicle. The phrase likely originated with the idea of a getaway car, in which one individual would be the driver, leaving the passenger armed with a shotgun so he can lean out the window and fend off pursuing police officers. "Calling shotgun" is a phrase used when one expresses interest in sitting in the front passenger seat.

See also

• Appearances of a shotgun

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