BFG (weapon)

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BFG 9000
Doom franchise element
The BFG 9000 as depicted in Doom (1993, top), Doom 3 (2004, middle) and Doom (2016, bottom)
Publisher	Id Software
First appearance	Doom (1993)
Created by	Tom Hall Adrian Carmack Kevin Cloud
Genre	First-person shooter
In-universe information
Type	Weapon
Owners	Doomguy
Affiliation	Union Aerospace Corporation

The BFG ("Big Fucking Gun")^[1] is a fictional weapon found in many video games, mostly in id Software-developed series' such as Doom and Quake.^{[citation needed]}

The abbreviation BFG stands for "Big Fucking Gun" as described in Tom Hall's original Doom design document and in the user manual of Doom II: Hell on Earth. The Quake II manual says it stands for "Big, Uh, Freakin' Gun". This euphemistic label implies the more profane name of the BFG. Another version of the name used in the Doom motion picture is "Bio Force Gun". The versions found in the Doom games are called "BFG 9000" and those in Quake "BFG 10K".^{[citation needed]}