Bee-Bee Gun/Playing With

Basic Trope: Weaponized bees.

• Straight:
  • Bob has a gun that shoots deadly bees.
  • Bob has swarms of bees following him everywhere and attacking his enemies at his command.
• Exaggerated:
  • Bob's bee-shooting gun is also made of bees.
  • Alternatively, it's a "Bee FG"
• Justified:
  • Bob comes from a planet where the local intelligent humanoids developed a connection with bees similar to what we humans made with dogs.
• Inverted:
  • Bees with guns.
  • A weapon that kills only bees.
  • A gun that sucks bees up instead of shooting them out.
  • Bees that use humans as weapons, Humongous Mecha style
  • A weapon that looks like a bee.
• Subverted: The bees die while still inside the weapon.
• Double Subverted:
  • But a few make it out alive.
  • They are shot with the stinger facing outside the barrel.
• Parodied:
  • Bob loudly announces the horrible devastating power of his bee-gun, then points it at his enemy and presses the trigger dramatically. Dramatic silence, everyone freezes in their tracks... A few seconds pass... and then a few bees fly out lazily out of the barrel and buzz far away in random directions.
  • ...Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?
• Deconstructed:
  • Bob's years of work on killer bees left him constantly on the verge of death (with only strong medication keeping him up) due to all the attacks by the bees.
  • Bob's bees always attack everyone in the area, including civilians, Bob's allies, and Bob.
• Reconstructed: Yes, Bob's bees attack everyone, but he's an Omnicidal Maniac.
• Zig Zagged: The bee gun is quite nasty and effective until Bob starts to need a precision weapon. He switches to a more normal weapon... until he adds an underslung "sting this thing!" pheremone projector to the gun...
• Averted: Bob may use a costume and equipment with a bee motif, but doesn't actually use bees as weapons.
• Enforced: "If Bob the Beemaster doesn't have his Bee Bee Gun in The Movie, then his fans are going to pitch a fit."
• Lampshaded: "So, he's using bees as weapons? Bee-autiful, if a little bee-zarre!"
• Invoked: A gun that fires mini attack drones is described as firing "tiny robot bees."
• Defied:
  • Bob's enemies carry incredibly effective bee repellents/poisons.
  • Bob has an innate ability to control bees, but refuses as he has a phobia.
• Discussed: "Bees. My God."
• Conversed: "Man, it would bee cool if I had a bee weapon like the hero of that show."

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