Real weapons are scary, but made-up weapons can be a great deal of fun. Why, just the other day we were reading about the Condiment Gun, which we used on each of our roommates at least twice before the ketchup, mustard and relish ran out. Of course, our collective fictions are also full of fancy weapons, some more realistic than others, some more interesting than others. Cracked recently compiled a listicle of 11 Stupid Fictional Weapons. Our favorite is The Ultimate Nullifier from The Fantastic Four, pictured below along with Cracked’s thoughts on the matter.

It isn’t that it can destroy anything at the speed of thought. It isn’t that it looks like a camera from the twenties. It isn’t even that the guy who made it–Galactus–is basically a god who shouldn’t even need a weapon. It’s that there isn’t even a half-assed attempt to explain how it’s supposed to work.

No pseudo-scientific jargon, no magic incantations, no nothing. It just nullifies. It’s like they bought it from some dude in an alley. “Trust me, dude, if you need something nullified, this’ll nullify it right up.” The Ultimate Nullifier is especially effective against gaping plot holes.

Read the rest of Cracked’s listicle here.