Played straight in the manga, where Rally correctly identifies a distant bkoom as a shotgun discharge.Of course, the Welrod is a hideously rare gun, so one can hardly blame them for not having one. There is one notable exception-A Welrod-like integrally-silenced pistol is given the standard Hollywood "pyoo" instead of its real sound (which is, amusingly, a bit like one of the more powerful Nerf guns).Aversion: Gunsmith Cats employs recordings of the actual guns used by its characters, specially made for use in that anime.TV characters have the ability to fire their weapons and also hear tiny noises or whispers at the same time. 38 caliber blank that was fired too close to his head during one of the Westerns he starred in. For example, Ronald Reagan permanently lost most of the hearing in his right ear because of a. While the blanks used in most films and TV shows are significantly quieter than live ammo, they're loud enough to damage ears at close range. note The actors on the other hand might very well experience this. People on TV never experience tinnitus or hearing loss, even temporarily. Therefore we are given standard sounds that represent gunfire.Ĭharacters in fiction never seem to flinch or be in pain from the sound of gunshots, even when firing fully automatic weapons in confined spaces.
This is really an Acceptable Break from Reality most shooting enthusiasts will suffer from some degree of sound-induced hearing loss due to their hobby, and movie sound systems typically aren't designed to output noise above the human pain threshold anyway ( and that is a good thing). Hollywood gunshots are usually much too quiet relative to other sounds, with a character in one scene able to shout as loud as a shotgun blast in another.
This is not to say gunshots are not loud quite the opposite, a gunshot is the loudest normal sound a human being is likely to hear, which is why ear protectors are mandatory in firing ranges.