What is a pillow gun?

Try the Pillow Pistol! This handy accessory fits under your pillow, allowing you to be fully armed in the event of strange nocturnal noises. The pillow is also a handy silencer! Just be careful not to shoot yourself or your sleeping partner.

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"...I WILL win this pillow fight, at any cost!"

Paris Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies "Tell me, James, do you still sleep with a gun under your pillow?" Worried about hostile burglars or people after your life? Haven't got a skimpy nightdress? Have a reason to be Properly Paranoid? Try the Pillow Pistol! This handy accessory fits under your pillow, allowing you to be fully armed in the event of strange nocturnal noises. The pillow is also a handy silencer! Just be careful not to shoot yourself or your sleeping partner. Or anyone trying to wake you up. A variation of this is when you are actually holding the gun while sleeping, but it is not under your pillow. A melee weapon such as sword, dagger or hand axe will also do the trick. In real life, this is very risky and has caused some fatal accidents. Don't Try This at Home, at least not without some kind of special mattress or pillow holster designed to prevent the gun from shifting and going off while you sleep. Even apart from that, somebody just waking up to investigate a disturbance is likely to have their senses and judgement dulled by grogginess, and might accidentally shoot a loved one by mistaking them for a home intruder. Sometimes though there's also a more practical option where the gun or weapon is close by or even right beside the owner as they sleep. This also especially fits if the weapon they have isn't exactly capable of being hidden underneath a pillow. Compare Hidden Supplies, Can't Bathe Without a Weapon. Not to be confused with Victoria's Secret Compartment, or for a Childish Pillow Fight, or a Fanservice Faux Fight that's a pillow fight, where the pillow is the weapon. See also Pillow Silencer which can overlap with this trope depending on the context..

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One Iznogoud story had the title Evil Vizier buy a set containing a pair of magic shoes, a gun that would make their wearer run in a straight line when fired and a "finish" flag that was the only thing that could stop the shoes. The night before the big day, Iznogoud slept with the gun under his pillow and bound with a wrist strap. This doesn't stop a vengeful character from hiding the magic shoes within Iznogoud's baggy regular shoes. Michael Tree, the heroine of the Ms. Tree comics, makes a habit of doing this. Given the number of times someone has broken into her bedroom in the middle of the night planning to kill her, it seems a sensible precaution. Wonder Woman (1987): At least while acting as Cassie's mentor and protector, Artemis sleeps with her bow, quiver and sword. X-Factor (2006): The morning after their wedding night, Jamie wakes up to a knock on his and Layla's bedroom door and assumes someone has come to kill them, having been informed of this happening in at least one alternate universe. Jamie pulls out a gun he had under his pillow but Layla points out that he still has the safety on. Fortunately, it is the police requesting Jamie and Layla's help to solve a murder.

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In the Mass Effect/F.E.A.R. crossover Harbinger, Commander Shepard's intense, growing paranoia (fostered by equal parts of living in a Cosmic Horror Story and a history of fighting out-of-control psychics) leads to him sleeping with a pistol under his pillow. Ashley notes that he uses the pistol because once she and Shepard started sharing a bunk, there wasn't enough room for the two of them and the shotgun.

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In Bruce Springsteen song Murder Incorporated, doubling with Properly Paranoid: Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow Out on the street your chances are zero

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Earth 2150: The Moon Project describes that the Fang pilot needed to sleep with a pistol under his pillow because he's unsure if he's going to get killed because of what he learned. Hilariously inverted in Team Fortress 2. In the supplemental comic Meet The Director we find out that the Heavy Weapons Guy sleeps with his favorite minigun in a bed next to his own. Scout: That's your gun there. Heavy: Yes. Scout: In a tiny bed. Beside your bed. Heavy: Yes. Scout: That's pretty embarassin'. Heavy: Yes. Yes. I must buy Sascha better bed

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Stan Smith of American Dad! has a small shotgun inside his pillow. Stan: Ah, pillow gun. Where danger and comfort meet! 200 thread count, * Ah, pillow gun. Where danger and comfort meet! 200 thread count, * pumps the shotgun * 200 dead count. At the end of Batman: The Animated Series episode "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?", after Corrupt Corporate Executive Mockridge is nearly killed by Edward Nygma/The Riddler, who he had fired and ripped off, he is shown taking a shotgun with him as he goes to bed, unable to sleep well due to worrying Riddler would return to finish the job. Batman: How much is a good night sleep worth? Now there's a riddle for ya! Tangled: The Series: The episode "Big Brothers Of Corona" shows us that Cassandra sleeps with a sword next to her bed, and when a noise wakes her up, she reaches for the sword to fight the intruder at her room, her best friend Rapunzel.

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