BFG 9000

The BFG 9000 (often exaggerated as the Big Fucking Gun) is a hand-held cannon firing deadly green balls of plasma powered by cell ammunition. It was first invented by the Union Aerospace Corporation in the Mars expedition's Deimos Facility in 2022. The first person to use it was Doomguy, the expedition's sole survivor.

Concept and Creation
In the earlier years of the DOOM franchise, id Software had an idea for a weapon being the most powerful out of all the other weapons in the series. Early artwork of the BFG was inspired by a toy gun named "The Machine / Roargun" sold by Royal Condor and manufactured by Fuyaco. Since its conception, the BFG 9000 has been an influential weapon referenced or given parodies for several other video games.

History
Starting in the year 2020, the Union Aerospace Corporation had plans for a powerful plasma weapon that could destroy even the outer wall of a building. They called it the BFG 9000, a weapon intended for the U.S. military. There was a rumor suggesting that the BFG was meant to be a miniature template for an orbital defense weapon, which at some point would have been labeled as the BFG 10000.

The BFG was still in its early experimental stages even after it was acquired by Doomguy in 2022. Even so, it was still proven useful during his encounter with the demonic invaders on Mars, as well as against the ones on Earth and Hell.

Thirty years later, Doomguy's old BFG 9000 is seen in a museum next to the Doomguy Monument, symbolizing the hero of Earth and his ingenuity.

Design
The BFG 9000 used the same cell ammunition used by the Plasma Gun Mk. I, later by the Plasma Gun Mk. II and the Railgun. It fires a massive ball of green plasma after two seconds of charging, capable of clearing out a large crowd of enemies. Dodging the shot is not impossible, but the person or thing dodging it would have to be extremely fast since escaping the blast radius is very difficult.

Appearances

 * The Ultimate DOOM
 * DOOM II: Hell on Earth
 * DOOM: Reawakened

Trivia

 * The name "Big Fucking Gun" is what the BFG 9000 is famous for and has been used as the weapon's official trademark. Despite this, no one really knows what the initials actually stand for.
 * The BFG made its appearance in the movie DOOM. Unlike previous versions, the BFG was called the Bio Force Gun. It gets a lot of criticism from the fans because of how the effect of the weapon on a living target is never shown.