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2 unusual facts about Weapon of Choice


Weapon of Choice

"Star 69 / Weapon of Choice", a single by Fatboy Slim from his 2000 album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars

"Gallifrey: Weapon of Choice", the first audio drama from the Gallifrey audio series


Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars

The album's title, mentioned in the single "Weapon of Choice" is an allusion to the Oscar Wilde quote "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars".

Lance Acord

He earned the MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice”, which featured Christopher Walken and was directed by Spike Jonze.

Purple Onion

"D's Diner," a tribute to a Sebastopol, California restaurant, features sitar player Gabby La La in addition to the triple-bass onslaught of Claypool, Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) and Lonnie Marshall (Weapon of Choice).


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Harisen

In the video game Chaos Wars, the character Shizuku's weapon of choice is a harisen which often uses it to hit the main character in typical comedic fashion.

Is It ... Man or Astroman?

The title refers to the weapon of choice of the hostile Looney Tunes alien.

Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces

The Chinese-made AK-47 was the weapon of choice, supplied by the People's Republic of China or captured in combat but also occasionally bought or traded from KPRAF troops.

Law with Two Phases

The American film Dirty Harry is said to have inspired filmmakers to bring a more true-to-life representation of life "behind the shield" to the screen (It is probably no small coincidence that Lee later named his production company "Magnum", after Harry Callahan's weapon of choice).

Manville gun

The 1980 film The Dogs of War used a 26.5mm Manville Machine-Projector as the weapon of choice for the lead protagonist, Shannon (Christopher Walken).

Ruger Alaskan

The revolver also became the weapon of choice for Dwayne Johnson in the movie Faster