Finger Gun/Playing With
Basic Trope: A character imitates a gun with his hand
- Straight: Bob uses his hand to mimic a gun
- Exaggerated:
- Bob uses his Finger Gun almost exactly like one would use a real gun, way beyond blowing on the "barrel" and Gun Twirling
- Alternatively, mind bullets. Well, if fired from a Finger Gun.
- Justified: Bob does it behind his coat to make look like it's a real gun that he's presumably hiding so other people don't notice.
- Inverted: Arm Cannon is used to mimic a hand.
- Subverted: Bob's "gun" actually fires
- Double Subverted: Bait and Switch Gunshot
- Parodied: Apart from the Finger Gun, there's also imaginary bows and arrows, throwing knives, and bazookas
- Deconstructed: Bob's playful attitude towards guns leads to disaster when he gets his hands on a real one.
- Reconstructed: Bob is told that the gun is not a toy, and he learns to use it responsibly, while still using a finger gun playfully.
- Zig Zagged: Bob realizes the futility of using a Finger Gun, switching instead to his trusty Finger Sword.
- Averted: Bob makes a finger gun but uses it to make the letter "L".
- Enforced: Bob suffered a traumatic hand injury in a plane crash in the wilderness; because it went untreated for a long time the joints fused in that position. He was sensitive about it for a while, but he learned to adapt.
- Lampshaded:
- "You ARE aware that those are just your fingers, right?" "Huh?"
- Don't move, or we'll shoot you with our INVISIBLE GUNS!
- Conversed:
- Bob, instead of treating his finger gun like a real gun, treats his real gun like a finger gun.
- (firing a pistol, shouting over gunshots) BANG! BANG! BANG!
- Invoked: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
Back to Finger Gun or I'll use this. Don't think I won't!