Bullet Dancing: Difference between revisions

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** It was even done in the [[Older Than They Think|first]] movie western, ''[[The Great Train Robbery (Film)|The Great Train Robbery]]'' ([[Older Than Radio|1903]]).

* An alternate version can be seen in ''[[Hero (Filmfilm)|Hero]]'', when the Imperial archers attack a calligraphy school, unleashing wave after wave of arrows. [[No Name Given|Nameless]] and Flying Snow stand in front of the school, brushing aside as many arrows as they can with martial arts moves that closely resemble dancing.

* In ''[[Inspector Gadget (Filmfilm)|Inspector Gadget]]'', our favorite bumbling cyborg is face to face with his evil robotic double on the Roberto Clemente Bridge. When asked if he knows how to dance, Gadget mentions taking lessons not too long ago in what quickly becomes a [[Noodle Incident]] as Robo-Gadget fires at his feet.

* [[Playing Withwith a Trope|Tongue-in-cheek variation]]: In the second episode of the 2006 series of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'', Robin and his friends are robbed by bandits, then turn the tables; after tying the bandits up, Robin gets them dancing by shooting ''arrows'' at their feet.

* The ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" has the leader of the gunmen get Kryten to dance this way.

* In ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'', one of Gilder's S-Moves has him do exactly that to his enemies.

{{quote| '''Gilder:''' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|C'mon... Dance for me.]]}}

* Used by [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|cowboy robot gunslingers]] in ''[[Champions Online (Video Game)|Champions Online]]''.

* Lampshaded in a sing-song voice and subsequently subverted in the 'Spanish Class' episode of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120311100430/http://www.atom.com/channel/channel_stickman_exodus/ Stickman Exodus]''.

* One of the most famous subversions was in the [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] [[Looney Tunes|cartoon]] "Bugs Bunny Rides Again", where Yosemite Sam fires at Bugs' feet and orders him to "Dance!" -- and—and Bugs breaks into a full-bore softshoe routine complete with straw hat and cane. Bugs then yells "Take it, Sam!" and the confused Sam does -- straightdoes—straight into an open mine shaft.

* Variation: In an episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', a man swings his dual dao swords at Uncle Iroh's feet, prompting him to dance and avoid the blades. Upon closer inspection you can see he just slashes ''in front'' of his feet, so it really wouldn't hurt him if he didn't move (but then he wouldn't get paid for dancing).

* Parodied on ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Burns' Heir", in a flashback where Mr. Burns recalls performing this trick with a single shot pistol - firing, manually loading a bullet and powder into the muzzle, cocking the hammer, and firing again while the victim dances obligingly.

* In the ''[[Dilbert (Animationanimation)|Dilbert]]'' animated series Dogbert abuses his diplomatic immunity by commanding a group of Elbonians to dance while firing at their feet. Dogbert then tosses them bandanas and orders them to ''riverdance''.

* Parodied in ''[[Kim Possible]]'', in the episode where Ron is obsessed with the boy band "Oh Boyz". He gets out of a cage and dodges ''heat seeking lasers'' by -- youby—you guessed it-- '''dancing.'''

* Sindbad, played by Bluto, does this to a captured Olive Oyl in ''[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad Thethe Sailor]]'' using a peashooter.

* Done in the [[Firesign Theater]] skit '"Temporarily Humboldt County'", someone fires a gun (presumably) at a native American Indian's feet.

{{quote| 'Let's see the war dance, yeah *bang* dance dance'.}}