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* In the ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' episode "Cold Comfort", Garcia is reading horoscopes and Prentiss declares that they are bullshit. Garcia mentions in the horoscope about bout "eliminating this cold front with a simple but affectionate gesture" and Prentiss replies with "I have a simple gesture" and flips them off (the camera angle changes for censorship purposes). The whole video can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpxUOhHQK_w here].
* In one episode of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', a utility robot gives Rimmer the V-sign when Rimmer, playing chess with same, reveals that he stalling until the utility robot has to go back on duty, meaning Rimmer wins by default.
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' had a "Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood" sketch where Mr. Robinson put on [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420003818/http://www.hulu.com/watch/4189/saturday-night-live-mr-robinsons-neighborhood a puppet show], with finger puppets of poor black people imploring President Reagan to improve the economy. In one of the last scenes of this show, the puppet on Mr. Robinson's middle finger stood alone, and exclaimed, "Mr. President, I think I speak for all black people!"
* In [[Two and A Half Men]], after coming home from the hospital, Alan tries to flip off Charlie after he makes a "[[I Told You So]]" comment, but can't since his hand in a cast.
{{quote|'''Charlie:''' Aww... you wanna flip me the bird, but the the poor little fellow can't fly.}}
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* On WABC-TV in New York, anchor [[Deadpan Snarker|Roger Grimsby]] introduced a live broadcast from reporter Mara Wolinsky. Mara had been getting trouble from the cameraman and flipped him off just as the live broadcast started. The camera quickly cut back to Grimsby, who said, "Apparently, Mara knows who's number one in New York."
* There was a minor scandal during the last election in Sweden, when the chairman of the Left Party flipped off a leading Conservative during a debate. Luckily, it was not televised. Unluckily, someone had a cellphone camera.
* The most epic bird-flippery so far happened when [https://web.archive.org/web/20121031180854/http://www.metro.co.uk/news/802617-starlings-give-twitchers-the-bird a flock of birds flipped the bird]... 'en masse' [[Synchronized Swarming|as a flock]].
* Actress Pauley Perrette, best known for her role as Abby Sciuto on ''[[NCIS]]'', subverts this by having a [["Have a Nice Day" Smile]] tattoo [http://peekabootattoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Pauley-Perrette-Tattoos-2.jpg on the middle finger of her right hand].
* During the final week of testimony in the Casey Anthony murder trial, a 28-year-old spectator [[What an Idiot!|decided to ignore the strict court orders against overt gestures or expressions]], and flipped off prosecutor Jeff Ashton. Judge Belvin Perry found him in contempt and sentenced him to six days in county jail and a total fine of just over six hundred dollars.
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