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Three-Volley Flinch
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A funeral is being held for a heroic member of the military (any branch of the military will do), the various intelligence services, or one of the law enforcement forces (particularly the NYPD). During the funeral, there is a salute using rifles, fired three times each. The camera lingers on one character who emotionally flinches in pain, fear, and distress at the sound of the guns. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })This isn't merely the surprise one might feel at the report of the weapons when fired, this is an emotional reaction; a gut-punch to someone witnessing the funeral. This is Truth in Television; it is common for members of the deceased's family to flinch away in horror at the sound of the guns, especially if the deceased was killed in combat action. The flinch is used narratively to either a) highlight the difference between the civilians who are unused to gunfire as opposed to the honored dead and their stoic brothers in arms, who regularly endured it, and b) to add drama by alluding to the juxtaposition of honoring the sacrifice of the dead and their loved ones in a way that is traumatically similar to how they died. Alternatively, if done by a Shell-Shocked Veteran, they may be having a flashback. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })On realism: Note that the technical term for the salute at military funerals is not a 21-gun salute, as is often said, but rather a three-volley salute. A 21-gun salute is performed with an artillery battery rather than riflemen, and in the United States only current or former presidents rate this honor. The actual number of riflemen varies from three to nineteen based on rank of the deceased. Subtrope of Due to the Dead and 21-Gun Salute. If it's a comedy, expect some paranoid/shell-shocked character to return fire. |
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Gordon flinches during the three-volley salute at Commissioner Loeb's funeral in The Dark Knight. In this case, Gordon is on high alert since the Joker has announced with a preemptive obituary in the paper that he'll be assassinating the Mayor at the funeral. As it turns out, the Joker and some of his goons are the honor guard, and Gordon has only a split second to tackle the Mayor to the ground before the Joker and co. turn their guns on their target. | |
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"The Only Way to Go": At the Starfleet funeral of her wife Sobaru, Tiana Lanstar flinches and flashes on the battle aboard the USS Wolfram in which Sobaru died. Kanril Eleya, standing behind Tia, sees this and put a hand on Tia's shoulder to comfort her. | |
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In The West Wing, during the episode "In Excelsis Deo", Toby Ziegler flinches in disgust at the sound of the gun salute given during the funeral of the homeless veteran. | |
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In Street Kings, this is used to show how Tom Ludlow is beginning to lose the cold hard veneer he had as the leader of a squad of vice cops after his partner is brutally murdered. | |
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In The Departed, one of the ways we can tell that Colin Sullivan is a hard-hearted sociopath is that he's the only person who doesn't flinch at the sound of the guns at Costigan's funeral. | |
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