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Rayguns in fiction

Scenario	Name of gun	Beam type	Mechanism; notes
Aliens & its series (Colonial Marines weapons) (Their other weapons fire projectiles.)	"PIG" plasma cannon	Run off a backpack powerpack. Uses an electrolaser to create a magnetic containment bottle, and then slams a blob of plasma into the target.
	"Particle Beam Phalanx"	Particle beam	Cannon-sized. The APC was armed with it.
Babylon 5	Phased plasma gun	small pulse of plasma	In earlier episodes, few shots were fired, & plasma bursts were carefully generated by CGI, & penetrated the target, but when massive battles were staged, the CGI became lower quality, so the burst did not penetrate, but faded off.
Blake's 7	paragun	a short burst	Federation standard issue. Image here. More Federation kit images here.
	a pistol		Federation issue. Image here.
Blood 1 and 2	Tesla Cannon	A cannon that shoots electrical discharges, possibly named after Nikola Tesla.
Captain Proton	blaster	lethal white electric ray	1930-ish, made exaggerated sound & visual effects
	In a show within a show: parody within a "straight" show. In Star Trek: Voyager episode Bride of Chaotica, Tom Paris made a holodeck adventure series where he acted as Captain Proton, a 1930s style SF hero.
Command & Conquer: Renegade	Black Widow (Volt auto-rifle)	constant electrical beam (electrolaser?)	High damage to all targets. Short range.
	Firefly (laser rifle)	instant visible laser bolts	Rapid fire. Automatic. 50 shots per power pack. Recoil.
	Tarantula (laser chaingun)	instant visible laser bolts	Rapid fire. Chain driven, automatic, much faster than Firefly. 100 shots per power pack.
	Merlin (personal ion cannon)	instant visible bolt of ions	High-powered. Rather large. Fires for a second, but cannot again for 3 seconds after. Less than 6 shots per power pack.
Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (novel)	T7	Laser beam	Tiberium fueled laser pulse. Nod weapon.
	EW1	Laser beam	GDI copy of Nod's T7. Fuel cells leak when dropped.
	Scrin cannon	particle beam	Beam of tiberium particles. Causes "Ti-rot" in affected humans.
Crash Bandicoot	raygun	plasma of charged particles: rapid fire	Fires green shots that when charged can completely obliterate target.
Darwin's World alternate history post-apocalyptic role-playing game	laser rifle	Nd:YAG laser, possibly air-cooled	Hasty wartime mass-production c.2011, possibly recycled metal frame. No obvious sighting mechanism. Power usually from removable hydrogen fuel cell. Focusing crystals noted for high quality, possibly grown in microgravity. US Army and others. About 60 cm./24 in. long, 7 lbs.
David Weber's novel Apocalypse Troll	blaster	pulse of plasma	capacitor-fed
Descent Series	lasers, pistol	A laser pulse (colors ranging from orange to white to light blue).	Uses argon-cyanide gas.
Descent: FreeSpace	photon beam cannons	A large devastating glowing beam that damages and destroys enemy ships.
Doctor Who	Daleks' guns	"ruby rays"	Fired from a gunstalk attached to the Dalek. Victim turns negative and skeleton is visible for a few seconds. "Ruby" may be taken from ruby lasers.
Doom	Plasma rifle	plasma	Rapid-fire plasma bolt weapon.
	BFG 9000	undefined (stated as plasma in Doom 3)	Deadly energy weapon using unreal physics.
Farscape	various weapons	see Farscape Pulse weapons
F.E.A.R.	Armacham Type-7 Particle Weapon	plasma	Quake railgun style weapon, can vaporise enemies, leaving only their skeletons and their weapons (for game reasons, to let the player pick them up) or on occasion reducing the target to a fountain of gibs.
Forbidden Planet	hand blasters	could kill or vaporize	crew issue
	larger blasters		Radio controlled, operated by "blastermen".
The Foundation Series (The Trilogy)	blaster	Dazzling beam of high-power nuclear particles, shattered target.
The Foundation Series (The prequels)	blaster	Weaker, only disrupted men's internal organs, nearly no visible effect, only small release of power.
The Foundation Series (The Sequels)	blaster	An almost invisible beam making living beings explode with moderate noise (explained to be a microwave gun).
Ghostbusters	proton pack	particle beam	Long gun which runs off a backpack which contains a nuclear accelerator.
Gridlinked	pulse-gun	various
Gundam	mega beam cannons	"mega particles"	"Minovsky particles". Minovsky Physics operate throughout series.
Halo (series)	various plasma weapons	Magnetically guided and contained plasma	Uses battery that can't be recharged or replaced by main character.
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1927 novel)	"hyperboloid"	See The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin
Hammer's Slammers	Powergun	plasma pulse	Accelerates 1 cm to 20 cm worth of perfectly arranged copper atoms down a mirror- smooth, liquid nitrogen cooled tube; the atoms become a plasma pulse. 1 cm pellets are the standard for pistols and submachine guns. 2 cm for rifles and tribarrels. 10 cm for antitank/antiair use. 20 cm used for tank cannons and can split a mountain.
The Hyperion Cantos	Death Wand	A laser-like beam weapon which fatally disrupted the synapses of a human.	Could only be operated at close range (a few meters), had no visible or audible effects, caused no visible damage to the target. Neutrino based. All non-human life was unaffected.
Independence Day	city-destroyer ray	burst of unspecified blue energy	Uses laser to aim at target, then shoots down a burst of energy, destroying target and igniting a destructive wall of fire to spread over city.
James Bond: Moonraker (film)	"Moonraker laser"	laser beam	Has white casing. Images: [1] [2] [3] [4] It also appears in some videogames.
James Bond 007: Nightfire (a videogame)	Phoenix International Experimental Laser Rifle	"laser beam"	Handheld powerful weapon with unlimited ammo, but needs a short time to recharge its integral power cells before reuse. Fires visible, rather slow-moving bolts. Can be charged up for a more-powerful slower-moving blast.
Kingdom Hearts II (a videogame)	Gun Arrow	bullet-like laser beams	Handheld powerful weapon that Xigbar, No. 2 in the Organization, uses. Bullets shot will curve toward target. Can be overcharged to fire a powerful "Giant Shot".
Kingdom of Loathing MMORPG	Toy Ray Gun	laser beam	A stereotypical laser pistol. It apparently has an artificial intelligence.
Lucky Starr	blasters	Small slugs which, meeting a surface, turned a fraction of their mass into energy (method indeterminate), killing the target with minimum of external light & sound.
Metroid (series) (a videogame)	various	see Items in the Metroid series
Quake	BFG10K	plasma
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis	Paracelsus's Sword	Massive experimental rail cannon being produced and wielded by the failed U. S. Army unit sent into Raccoon City to retrieve the G-Virus from William Birkin.	Needs unusually large batteries to fire; launches a massively offensive energy beam.
Resistance: Fall of Man	Auger	Chimeran primary weapon, similar to the Hl2 OSIPIR.
Robotech	Reflex Cannon		Artillery-sized, to destroy spaceships.
Stargate	staff weapon	yellow plasma-bolt	2-handed like a spear.
	intar	red ball of energy	Stuns & causes headache, used for training, supplied as mock versions of other weapons.
	Kull disruptor	a blue blast	The only known energy weapon that can disable a Kull Warrior.
	zat	unknown: blue electrical discharge	Small, one-hand. One hit stuns, two kills, and three vaporises.
Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse"	raygun	red/blue bullet of energy	Fires bullet that on impact makes splash-like motion, causing minor damage. Overheats from firing too long.
	laser shotgun	A steady blue beam of energy.	Fires sonic pulse stream that pushes back whatever it hits. Overheats from firing too long.
	laser RPG	A swirling mass of red and white energy.	After charging long enough, will fire a large ball of red and white energy that flies through the air on an arc, and on impact makes large explosion with wide area of damage.
Super Smash Bros. series	Ray Gun	plasma	Pistol-shaped plasma-shooting gun.
Star Trek	phaser	Red or blue beam of fictional "rapid nadions" (meson-like subatomic particles, (according to the Star Trek the Next Generation Manual) "involved in the exchange of information within atomic nuclei.")	Used by the Federation and some other species. Ranges from light stun (level 1) to complete disintegration (level 16).
	disruptor	undefined green beam or pulse	Used by Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, and most non-Federation species. Usually kills, sometimes stuns.
Star Wars	blaster	various particle bursts	See blaster (Star Wars), which describes it in detail, but with unreal physics.
	lightsaber	energy arc	Used as a blade rather than a gun, like a laser bullet frozen in mid-air, or significantly speaking, a beam sword.
	various weapons	see List of Star Wars ranged weapons
Total Annihilation	Laser	May be a traditional laser, or may use coherent meson or pseudo-boson beams instead.	Varies in colors and strengths.
Unreal Tournament 2004	Lightning Gun	electrolaser
V	shock rifle and pistol	unknown	Can stun or wound a person. Lethal if the target is hit in a vital spot. Fires an electric blue/white bolt.
Warhammer 40k	Lasgun	laser beam	It usually can remove an unarmored human limb in one shot. Often considered useless by gamers, as it can do nothing more than tie up time. Many variants exist, such as the Hellgun, Hellpistol, and Laspistol.
	Lascannon	massive energy blast	Heavier version of the Lasgun. Unlike the Lasgun, it can destroy heavily armored units with one shot. Godhammer patterns have better accuracy than conventional ones. (Note: all 40K las-weapons are recharged by a solar battery, and thus may run for an unlimited time.)
	Plasma cannon	plasma blast	Small-arms weapon, can be scaled up to a turret-sized weapon. Plasma weapons can blast through most armour, and are prone to overheating, except for the Tau plasma rifles.
War of the Worlds (1898)	Heat-Ray	varies by versions: see Heat-Ray	a very early example; also occurs in next
Edison's Conquest of Mars (1898 sequel to ditto)	disintegrator ray	unspecified invisible ray	Evaporates matter whose frequency it is set to: no heat flash.
(various)	plasma rifle	plasma	See plasma rifle, including for why they are unlikely in the real world.