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{{trope}}
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▲[[File:finger-gun_mr-bean_9965.jpg|link=Mr. Bean|right|Look out! He's got... a finger?]]
{{quote|''Gimme the money, or I blow you away with this finger.''
|[[Shoe|Jeff Macnelly]], from an illustration on a [[Dave Barry]] book.}}
<span style="font-size: 30px;">☞</span> ''[[Cowboy Bebop|Bang.]]''▼
▲{{quote|''Gimme the money, or I blow you away with this finger.''|[[Shoe|Jeff Macnelly]], from an illustration on a [[Dave Barry]] book.}}
You've seen this before. A person imitates a gun with his hand. May be used for a [[Brandishment Bluff]], when they pretend to have a real gun.
▲☞ ''[[Cowboy Bebop|Bang.]]''
In more comedic series, the gun will [[This Banana Is Armed|actually fire something]], resulting in a [[Finger
▲You've seen this before. A person imitates a gun with his hand. May be used for a [[Brandishment Bluff]], when they pretend to have a real gun.
For more information, see [http://uncyclopedia.
▲In more comedic series, the gun will [[This Banana Is Armed|actually fire something]], resulting in a [[Finger Poke of Doom]].
▲For more information, see [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hand_gun Uncyclopedia]. Please, ''please'' do not confuse with "Fingerbang", regardless of what ''[[South Park]]'' tells you.
See also [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]. '''Actual guns built into the fingers belong under [[Finger Firearms]]'''.
{{examples}}
== [[Advertising]] ==▼
▲== Advertising ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuRQmvykwk This] inexplicably banned [[Xbox 360]] commercial takes this trope and turns it [[Up to Eleven]].
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
== Anime ==▼
* Recurring motif with Spike from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. In fact, {{spoiler|it's the last thing he does in the TV series.}}
* One of the Contractors in episode 23 of ''[[Darker
* When L first meets the task force in ''[[
** In the jokier [[Yonkoma|four-panel comics]], he does this, then twists his hand round into an "L" shape.
* Heero gives one to Zechs in [[Gundam Wing]].
* In ''[[Eden of the East]]'', Kondo the detective does this in his [[Establishing Character Moment]], {{spoiler|a sniper [[Boom! Headshot!|shoots]] at his target just as he says "bang"}}. Also during the climax, Akira {{spoiler|does the same thing to the missiles as they're being shot down}}.
* Lockon Stratos of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' does this. {{spoiler|It's also the last thing he did, before he died}}.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', CP9 are masters of ''Rokushiki'', one form of which is ''Shigan'' (Literally "Finger Gun") where they use this style of finger pose, but instead of firing anything, they ''stab'' people with their fingers, which become as powerful as bullets.
** Boa Hancock's ''Pistol Kiss'' technique allows her to blow a kiss from her fingertip like a bullet. She has a large-scale variation of this technique called the ''[[Taken for Granite|Slave]]'' ''[[Rain of Arrows|Arrow]]''.
** Ace's [[Playing
* In ''[[Trigun]]'', Vash the Stampede uses his fingers to pretend that it's a gun in order to threaten the Villain of the Episode, and then "shoots" it off once the Mexican Standoff has ended.
* In the manga version of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Bandit Keith mimes [[Russian Roulette]] in front of Joey in this way as a way of referencing just how crappy he's seen his life get. Later on, when he threatens Pegasus at gunpoint, Pegasus smacks him with a Penalty Game which has him mime Russian Roulette again, and lose. And then he dies, because [[Your Mind Makes It Real]].
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' gives us a non-comedic version of the "gun actually fires" variant: The Spirit Gun.
** Several characters do the regular version as well, including a particularly memorable one from Keiko.
* ''[[Wild
** First time it's subverted Loretta and Mirabelle to Kiel, using a bottle with cloth over it. Although Kiel looks around and strikes up a semi-friendly conversation with them.
** At the end it's played straight, Cheyenne (even though he has his super-powerful ARM) uses his finger against the warden of the prison he was stuck in. Since the prison is a floating island (using magnetic rocks), this makes the Warden have his fear of heights take over, and end up falling off the cliff.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', when Suigetsu is introduced he puts one to Sasuke's head after sneaking up behind him to test his nerves... [[Fridge Logic|even though]] [[Fantasy Gun Control|guns don't exist]].
** Later, the Second Mizukage uses this as a technique, actually firing a piercing water bullet. He says the technique is used by the Hozuki clan, which Suigetsu is from, retroactively implying he was either preparing to use or at least referencing it the aforementioned scene.
* Gauron does this in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' with his Humongous Mecha, doing it as the focal point of a [[Wave Motion Gun]]-class blast with his Lambda Driver.
* Hild from ''[[Ah!
* Chizuru from ''[[Yumekui Merry]]'' does the finger gun a few times, saying "bang" while doing it.
* Mana in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' seems to be able to shoot small bursts of spiritual energy in this fashion (for situations when she [[Quick Draw|somehow]] can't reach her handguns quickly enough).
* Star Platinum from ''[[
* This is Lamba's primary weapon in ''[[
* ''[[
* A [[Bronze Age]] ''[[Superman]]'' story had [[Space Western|Terra-Man]] lure Supes into an [[Alternate Universe]] where magic dominates instead of science. Terra-Man's [[
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* In ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk II]]'', Doug Sangnoir perforates a [[Killer Robot|boomer]] with quantum [[Black Hole]]s while pointing his finger and saying, "Bang. Bang. Bang."
▲* A [[Bronze Age]] [[Superman]] story had [[Space Western|Terra-Man]] lure Supes into an [[Alternate Universe]] where magic dominates instead of science. Terra-Man's [[Doppelganger|doppelganger]] there just shoots magical bolts out of his finger instead of using a gun.
* ''[[
▲* ''[[Crank (Film)|Crank]]'' doubly subverts the "it actually fires" aspect: {{spoiler|Chev Chelios breaks the standoff by miming shooting one of the henchmen, who proceeds to fall over dead with a bullet in his head. It's later revealed to be a shot from some other people who are also enemies of the [[Big Bad]].}}
** It receives a callback in ''Crank 2'', with a man who Chev Chelios was interrogating at finger-point suddenly develops a bullet wound to the head. Chev then examines his finger with some surprise, as though it were an actual gun.
* In ''[[Gran Torino]]'', Clint Eastwood's character does this to a passing car
* In the film ''[[Serendipity]]'', the bored sales clerk played by Eugene Levy does this in the warehouse. The director's commentary explains that this is quite out of the ordinary for a bored sales clerk, so he'd want to inject a little drama into the situation.
* In ''[[Star Trek (
* In ''[[Time Bandits]]'', when Og is trying to escape from Evil, Evil uses his hand as an actual Finger Gun, pulling back on his thumb and forefinger as if they were the hammer of a gun and firing transformation blasts to turn Og into a half-pig.
* [[Mr. Bean]] does this in his first movie, ''Bean''. At the airport. The security guards were not amused.
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* In ''Busty Cops'' due to the lack of a budget during the final showdown a cop had to go gunless and had to hold her hands as a gun. There's an incredibly fake spark when it fires.
* "Shooter" McGavin in ''[[Happy Gilmore]]'' fires his finger at the hole when he sinks a ball as his douchebag calling card.
* In ''Blackbeard's Ghost'', the titular ghost has a physical presence, but is invisible to everyone except the protagonist. When he uses
* In ''[[The Losers]]'', [[The Smart Guy|Jensen]] eludes a trio of guards by pretending to have telekinetic powers, which he demonstrates by taking out two of the guards with his
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' has Kim fake suicide when viewing especially stupid things by pointing a finger gun at her head, making a "Blam!" sound, and falling over.
** Also from Scott Pilgrim: the literal hand guns of the vegan police.
* Paul Kersey does this at the thugs at end of the first ''[[
* The 2007 ''[[Transformers (
* In ''[[
* At the end of climactic scene in ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', Travis Bickle pretends to be shooting himself with a
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* Jay 'Popinjay' Ackroyd in the ''[[Wild Cards]]'' series has the power to teleport other people or objects (but not himself). Normally, for his power to work he use his hand as a
▲== Literature ==
▲* Jay 'Popinjay' Ackroyd in the ''[[Wild Cards]]'' series has the power to teleport other people or objects (but not himself). Normally, for his power to work he use his hand as a [[Finger Gun]] and 'shoot' at his target.
* A rather cute exchange between Tycho and Wedge involves one of these in ''[[Legacy of the Force]]''.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Used in a demonstration for an episode of ''[[CSI]]''.
* Nice twist on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'': Robin finger-shoots herself in the head, and Barney next to her wipes her imaginary brains off his face.
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* An episode of ''[[The Office]]'' ended with a [[Mexican Standoff]], including no less than 8 finger guns when Michael, Dwight, Andy and Pam got a little too caught up in a murder mystery game.
* ''[[Real Men]]'': Hopeless suburbanite John Ritter tries to use a finger gun to cover super agent Jim Belushi during a gun fight. Ritter comes to believe that the finger gun works when Belushi coincidentally fires at the same target. Later, {{spoiler|an enemy is so surprised by the finger gun that he backs into a sharp stick and dies. Finally, the Big Bad is shot by a minor character who was believed to be dead, leading Belushi to believe it works}}.
* An episode of ''[[Spaced]]'' features two epic finger gun battles, even throwing imaginary grenades and knives into the mix. The second fight has the two main characters engaging in a fight with some kids trying to mug them, and getting away while the muggers were playing dead. Finger-guns are [[Serious Business]].
* In ''[[Warehouse 13]]'', a policeman mimics shooting himself in the head this way.
* [[Veronica Mars]] uses this at Sheriff Lamb in the pilot episode.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had a character who had this power, it was strong enough to make glasses shatter. He only appeared in a flashback episode, as Sylar tore his skull off, then never used his power. Presumably because it's one of the stupidest powers to ever appear in the series.
* Quark pulls one on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', "Little Green Men." As part of their attempt(s) to get out of government imprisonment, he threatens to shoot his "hostage" Nurse Garland...
{{quote|
'''Quark:''' With my ''death ray.''
'''Denning:''' It looks like a finger to me. }}
* Liddy, the crooked cop in the fifth season of ''[[Dexter]]'', aims his finger at a random kid in one scene just for the hell of it.
* ''[[The Adventures of Superman]]'' had Superman (
* In ''[[
* In a first season episode of ''[[Cougar Town]]'', Jules uses a finger gun on her head and uses her other hand to mimic the other side of her head getting blown off. In season two, finger gun "suicides" (and murder-suicides) become rather common. Then there's the "truth guns"...
== [[Music]] ==
* Similar to the [[Xbox 360]] commercial mentioned above, this forms the climactic battle in the video for "Country Song" by [[Seether]] (in a western setting with the band dressed as cowboys). After his band-mate is shot down, the lead-singer does a brief [[Skyward Scream]] before pulling out an invisible [[Gatling Good|Gatling gun]], mowing down everybody left before being abducted by aliens. {{spoiler|The video takes place in the imagination of a little boy, and everybody involved are merely toys}}.
== [[New Media]] ==
* When the Nostalgia Critic, Linkara and Spoony teamed up for their ''Alone in the Dark'' review Spoony had to resort to this because he didn't have a signature gun like those the two others had.
* [[Uncyclopedia]] refers to this as a [http://uncyclopedia.
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
** Later Yami Bakura kills Zombie Boy with an invisible gun by pointing his finger.
* In a [[Rooster Teeth]] short showing "bloopers" of previous shots, one such blooper has one of the guys doing this to a co-worker, and accidentally shooting him with live ammunition. The first guy ''[[Artistic License Gun Safety|then turns it on himself]]'', [[What an Idiot!|with the same results]].
* [[Whateley Universe]] example: the supervillain Pointer has telekinetic powers, and prefers to blast people with a
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623035229/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4071979454584404966 Gym Class] by [[Olde English Comedy]], a
* In the fourth ''[[Asdfmovie]]'' the kid mugs the mugger using his finger guns. The mugger lampshades that it doesn't make any sense.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* This is Ocelot's shtick in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4''.
** It's been a signature mannerism of his throughout the whole series. ''"You're pretty good, kid."''
** In ''Metal Gear Online'', players who draw Liquid Ocelot have access to his unique Guns of the Patriots weapon, which is a
* In ''[[
* Reisen from ''[[Touhou]]'' was shown doing this (kinda...) on official art, and thus it became her personal gesture in [[Fanon]]. She also actually shoots bullets this way on the [[Fighting Game]] Spin-offs. Of course, they're not actually bullets, it's magical danmaku.
* [[Final Boss|Master Hand]] from ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' can fire up to three missiles in a row from its finger guns.
* Subverted in ''[[Fallout 2]]''. No projectile comes out but Algernon reacts like one did. Not a good idea if you value his services. Poor guy.
* {{spoiler|Aquila}} does this in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'''s Wings of the Goddess storyline. {{spoiler|It fires. He kills three out of nine Cait Siths with it, and potentially your party when you come to fight him.}}
* [[The Smart Guy|Gabe Cunningham]] of ''[[Trauma Team]]'' does this, most likely as a [[Shout
* Beating ''[[
* In ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]] 3'', one of [[Deadpool]]'s moves has him shouting [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|"BANG BANG BANG!"]] like he's using a finger gun ''whilst firing [[Guns Akimbo|two pistols]] making the very noise he's imitating.''
* Cecil of ''[[Ronin Galaxy (Webcomic)|Ronin Galaxy]]'' holds up a thug with his [http://www.roningalaxy.com/comics/chapter-2/page-60/ fingers instead of a real gun.] Which he then proceeds to [http://www.roningalaxy.com/comics/chapter-2/page-61/ punch him with.]▼
== [[Web Comics]] ==
▲* Cecil of ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* An episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' had the spectres of the Earps doing this instead of having, uh, ghostly revolvers. Probably the work of [[Moral Guardians]].
* Goofy finger-guns himself in the head after missing an easy putt in the [[Classic Disney Short]] "How to Play Golf." Yes, it goes off. And yes, he only gets singed.
* When the boys from ''[[South Park]]'' were playing police, they used
** This was what they thought the phrase "Finger Bang" meant, and thus what they named the [[Boy Band]] they formed.
* The season one finale of ''[[
* In ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' during the episode the titular character partakes in a marathon, the guy with the start gun uses this trope instead, pointing in the air and shouting "BANG!" and results in smoke rising from his finger tip. He stares confusedly at his finger while a dead bird falls from the sky.
** Also in the pilot episode, the mugger sticks up the gorilla with a finger gun.
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