Nothing Up My Sleeve/Playing With

Basic Trope: A weapon is pulled out of a character's sleeve.
 * Straight: Alex pulls out a gun from his right sleeve when confronting Betty.
 * Exaggerated: Hammerspace.
 * Downplayed: Alex pulls out a safety pin from his sleeve.
 * Justified: Alex has hid his weapons on his sleeves in case he doesn't have one.
 * Alex wants to appear to be unarmed.
 * Inverted: Alex pulls a weapon from his pant legs.
 * Alex pulls sleeves from a gun.
 * Subverted: During a confrontation with Betty, Alex reaches for something in his sleeve, which was just a handkerchief to wipe his head.
 * Double Subverted: He pulls out a dagger from inside the handkerchief.
 * Parodied: Alex pulls out an arsenal of weapons from his sleeve that goes on forever and ever and ever.
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: Alex's weapons are not kept in his sleeve at any point.
 * Enforced: ???
 * Lampshaded: "Nothing up my sleeve, no wait, yes there is."
 * Invoked: Alex hides weapons in his sleeves to always be prepared.
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: Betty asks Alex to remove his shirt upon meeting him.
 * Discussed: "It's sometimes a bit uncomfortable keeping a gun in your sleeve the whole time, but you get used to it."
 * Conversed: "It's a good thing these guys never wear short sleeves."
 * Deconstructed: Alex happens to hide a sharp weapon up his sleeve, and gets injured because of it.

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