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Yesterday's trope, Arc Words, was a tie between You have failed this city! (Arrow) and Bad Wolf (Doctor Who), which scored 3 votes each.

Previous Winners:
Un-Canceled - Futurama
Continuity Reboot - Batman Begins / Tomb Raider (2013)
Opposing Sports Team - Monstars (Space Jam) / Globo Gym Purple Cobras (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) / Luca Goers (Final Fantasy X)
Calling Your Attacks - Falcon Punch (Super Smash Bros.)

Today's trope is The Gunslinger. Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGunslinger

It should be noted that for a while, guns and bullets were considered vulgar. Point, fire, they drop dead. This is so mundane that monsters and heroes who were cool enough became Immune to Bullets. After all, if it were that easy, the police would be able to deal with it.

However, certain genres have put the "cool" back into guns. It's all about style, so expect a lot of flourishes that wouldn't work in real life, such as using Guns Akimbo.

The Gunslinger is this hero. They might be from The Western, Film Noir, Heroic Bloodshed or just plain scenery-destroying action flicks. A wandering gunslinger is often The Drifter, one specifically out to do good is also the Knight Errant. But overall for some reason, alongside the Cowboy, gunslingers have also become a cultural image of American people and American warrior culture abroad.

The Gunslinger comes in a few styles:

The Trick Shot: Can shoot the wings off the back of a fly while hanging upside down and having to ricochet off a wall or two. Will occasionally interact with surroundings using same pistol.
The Vaporizer: Who cares if one bullet misses when some of the 2,000 rounds will inevitably hit? And explode? This version relies on BFGs and lots and lots of dakka.
The Woo: Tends to be an expert with Bullet Time and Gun Fu, with an emphasis on pistols, very close combat, and the ability to move faster than a million different pieces of supersonic lead. Alternatively, a master of Gun Kata. The version most likely to use two guns at once.
The Quick Draw: There's a hole in your head where that thought of squaring up against this guy used to be. And what shots others happen to sneak are intercepted mid-flight.

TL,DR: A character who fights with guns, and does so in a very skilled and stylish manner.

Nominations:
Deadshot (DC Comics)
Erron Black (Mortal Kombat)
Inspector Tequila (Hardboiled)