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A very common pose for movie posters is to feature the main character posing with a firearm, usually a pistol. See also: [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You]].
It is also common to spoof this by having something else being held.
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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime ==▼
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' has an in-story war propaganda commercial in which Sheryl Nome gives a pistol pose [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|after she shoots you]].
* [[Cowboy Bebop]]
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* [[James Bond]]. Actually, there are a number of poses.
** On the DVD covers, they even added arms with pistols. Sometimes it's pretty obvious.
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* Some of the promotional posters for ''[[Serenity]]'' show River posing with a pistol which, ironically, is used by Jayne in the movie, though she steals it from him and [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|levels it at the camera in one scene.]]
* Both ''La Femme Nikita'' and the English-language remake ''The Point of No Return'' both had movie posters that feature this trope.
* ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' had various characters doing so in their promo posters, including [[media:
* A common subversion is to have the character holding the pistol loose in one hand by their side, indicating that they're highly tired:
** The [[Jodie Foster]] film ''The Brave One''.
* The poster for ''[[The Untouchables]]'' has the other three Untouchables holding rifles in the back as [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|Kevin Costner is about to shoot you]] and under a giant [[Robert De Niro]] as [[Evil Overlooker]].
* Posters for the [[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter films]] have done with with wands instead of guns.
* [[Johnny English]]: the first film has [[Rowan Atkinson]] [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|pointing a gun at the camera]].
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* Although it's not a firearm, some of the Publicity Stills from the new ''[[Doctor Who]]'' show the Ninth Doctor holding his sonic screwdriver in a similar manner. Although in the right circumstances, it's ''more'' useful than a gun. After all, you can only shoot the lock off so many times, and you can't shoot the lock ''on'' even once. (Except with Captain Jack's Sonic Disrupter.)
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* Legend Mick Foley, in his Cactus Jack persona, does this with his fingers as his signature pose.
== Web
* One, the right arm pointing to the shoulder, is in fact the British Sign Language symbol for James Bond.▼
* In nearly all instances of this trope in fiction, the characters depicted always have their finger on the trigger. One of the four Very Important safety rules of firearm handling is "do not put your finger on the trigger until ready to shoot". In Real Life, holding a firearm this way is very unsafe, and is a sure indication of an untrained and dangerous novice. Because of this, it's quite funny to watch a purported [[Badass Crew]] or [[James Bond]] type lumber around the movie being one slip of the finger from putting a round through the ceiling or their head. (Although before Jeff Cooper's Four Rules [1991], even professionals weren't always aware of gun safety.)▼
** That said, there are a number of accepted methods of holding a weapon that ''do'' resemble this trope, albeit with little details like keeping ones finger off the trigger. The easiest ways to hold a weapon without pointing it at something unintentionally are to hold it pointing upwards or downwards. In the case of a longer weapon like a rifle or shotgun, the most practical method typically is to hold the weapon against your torso, with the weapon pointed across your chest and upwards ("Ready Arms") or downward ("Port Arms").▼
* The blog [http://idiotswithguns.blogspot.com/ idiotswithguns.blogspot.com] is dedicated to collecting photo of people posing in the ways that don't sit well with basic rules of gun safety.
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* Campaign posters in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''.
** The posters in ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'' mix it up with melee weapons instead of guns.
** Similarly, all the characters in the ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'''s "Meet the Team" line-up, the Spy in particular.
* Many, many video games, such as ''[http://plusxp.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/metroid2_boxart.jpg Metroid]'', ''[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=halo%20box%20art&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enNO312NO312&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi Halo]'', ''[http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/1719/1188424878.jpg Call of Duty]'',{{Dead link}} etc.
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* [[Banksy]]'s famous ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' painting near London's Old Street. It depicted the characters of Jules and Vincent in their famous pistol pose, but [
▲* Banksy's famous ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' painting near London's Old Street. It depicted the characters of Jules and Vincent in their famous pistol pose, but [http://www.banksy-wallpaper.com/banksy-wallpapers/pulp-fiction-wallpaper.php holding bananas instead of guns]... until the council decided it was graffiti, not art, and had it painted over.
** A version was promptly produced with Jules and Vincent actually holding guns... [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/239298396_ecc0e07054.jpg While wearing banana suits].
▲* One, the right arm pointing to the shoulder, is in fact the British Sign Language symbol for [[James Bond]].
▲* In nearly all instances of this trope in fiction, the characters depicted always have their finger on the trigger. One of the four Very Important safety rules of firearm handling is "do not put your finger on the trigger until ready to shoot". In Real Life, holding a firearm this way is very unsafe, and is a sure indication of an untrained and dangerous novice. Because of this, it's quite funny to watch a purported [[Badass Crew]] or [[James Bond]] type lumber around the movie being one slip of the finger from putting a round through the ceiling or their head. (Although before Jeff Cooper's Four Rules [1991], even professionals weren't always aware of gun safety.)
▲** That said, there are a number of accepted methods of holding a weapon that ''do'' resemble this trope, albeit with little details like keeping ones finger off the trigger. The easiest ways to hold a weapon without pointing it at something unintentionally are to hold it pointing upwards or downwards. In the case of a longer weapon like a rifle or shotgun, the most practical method typically is to hold the weapon against your torso, with the weapon pointed across your chest and upwards ("Ready Arms") or downward ("Port Arms").
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