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* Addresses their gun by [[I Call It "Vera"|an affectionate name]].
* Fond of stroking or licking the gun barrel in a [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|suggestive manner]].
* Greets people via [[Click. "Hello."]].
* Will shoot at the [[Disproportionate Retribution|slightest]] [[Murder Is the Best Solution|provocation]]—this is what "trigger happy" ''[[Trope Namer|means]]'', colloquially.
* Can often be seen or heard laughing or [[Shouting Shooter|shouting]] while firing.
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* Revy from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' is the [[Sociopathic Hero]] version of this trope. When she goes into "[[Ax Crazy|Whitman Fever]]," though...
* Gauron from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. He actually had to be restrained from shooting a pilot (who was the only one who even knew how to operate the plane everyone was on), all because he just likes [[For the Evulz|shooting and killing so much]].
** Sousuke is also ''very'' Trigger Happy, but in the more non-lethal way. He just really seems to like shooting and [[Mad Bomber|blowing things up]]. In the ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]! Overload'' manga, this is [[Character Exaggeration|taken to an extreme]], where [[Comedic Sociopathy|it might very well have been the lethal way, but is played for laughs]]. In fact, it's so bad that in one of the stories, he's actually shown having ''withdrawal symptoms'' because he hadn't shot a gun that day (due to promising Chidori he wouldn't bring his guns or shoot anyone). He [[
*** Sousuke is actually, ''officially'' [[Lampshaded]] as "The Trigger-Happiest S.O.B." in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' - so in other words, in canon, yes, he is indeed moreso than everyone ''including'' Gauron. (Though this actually makes a bit more sense when one takes into account that ''[[Knife Nut|knives]]'' are Gauron's chosen weapon and specialty, not guns... since he [[Ax Crazy|enjoys slashing and cutting people up close and personal]].)
** Sousuke meets his match when he encounters the mad policewoman in ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu'', who gets into a shootout with Sousuke in his Bonta-kun costume. In a later episode where she hears the gun-toting Bonta-kun is on the loose again, her fellow police officers have to physically restrain her from going berserk with [[Guns Akimbo]] FN-P90's.
* Robert from [[
* Reborn from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', who, as Tsuna notes, looks ''ridiculously happy'' at the thought of being able to shoot people. Of course, the person he ends up shooting is always [[Butt Monkey|Tsuna]].
* Train Heartnet from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' is this, somewhat. His gun has a name, "Hades", and he's shown to get a bit restless when he hasn't shot anything for a while. Although, being a [[Technical Pacifist]], he's forced to not kill people with it, that doesn't prevent him from [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands|shooting things out of their hands]] or simply wounding them.
** [[Technical Pacifist]]? You sure about that? I'm pretty sure he at least killed the first few people he fought, and probably plenty more.
* Leena from ''[[Zoids]]: New Century Zero''.
* Most notable in [[Digimon]]: [
* Of course, we can't forget Alucard, from ''[[Hellsing]]''. He carries two impossibly heavy guns, Jackel and his Casull Joshua. And the ever popular image of him resting his vampire canines on the barrel of the gun.
* Genkaku from ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]''. Wielding a [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|double-machine gun-electric guitar]], he really really loves to use it. He expresses great disappointment when Mouzuri restrains him from shooting Ganta. Not to mention that he even has an affectionate name for it, calling it "Flying V." He generally treats it with a ''lot'' more compassion and love than any human he encounters in the series, and the only time he's shown crying is when it's broken by Shiro. He keeps a grudge towards Shiro because of it, and is shown saying he'll hold a funeral service for it (something he'd never do for a human).
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** Yuuna, [[Boisterous Bruiser|oh so much]].
* Attenborough from ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' LOVES firing the Dai-Gurren's cannons for the smallest reason. And when {{spoiler|the Chouginga Dai-Gurren is about to hit ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|every point of the universe]] [[Beam Spam|simultaneously]] with a [[More Dakka|fuckton of guns]]''}}, his facial expression is one of pure bliss.
* Arnage of Huckebein from ''[[
* Kaito Wanijima from ''[[Air Gear]]'' has a gun as his weapon of choice. He uses it a LOT.
* Hibari Ginza from ''[[Speed Grapher]]'' seems to have a permanently itchy trigger finger. When she's not shooting someone([[Catch Phrase|Self Defense!]]) she threatening to shoot someone. Even if that someone is ''a fellow cop.''
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* Jayne on ''[[Firefly]]''. There aren't many scenes where he ''isn't'' carrying some sort of weapon.
** He's shown to be [[Crazy Prepared]] as far as weapons go. His whole room is filled to the brim with them and in the Big Damn Movie, the one time he wants to bring grenades but gets overruled by Mal, the team ends up needing them.
{{quote|'''Jayne:''' [''as the crew is being pursued by Reavers''] [[Sarcasm Mode|Boy, sure would be nice if we had some]] ''[[Sarcasm Mode|GRENADES]]'', [[Sarcasm Mode|don't you think?!]]
And then later on: '''Mal:''' "Please tell me you brought them this time" }}
* Detective Hammer from ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]''. He does target practice inside his apartment, he talks to his gun, and his reaction to a sniper on top of a building is to bring the entire building down with a rocket launcher. That's just in the pilot episode.
* Aeryn Sun on ''[[Farscape]]'' spends a lot of time shooting people with evident pleasure. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Even while giving birth.]]
* ''[[Chuck]]'': John Casey loves guns.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The Orks of [[Warhammer
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' the Skaven Doomwheel must be fired at someone every turn. If there are enemies within range, all the better.
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* The Heavy from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''.
** ''Any'' of the classes can be trigger happy, depending on the player. The Pyro especially has gained the derisive [[Fan Nickname]] of "[[Leeroy Jenkins|W+M1]]" (the default commands to run and fire one's primary weapon, respectively).
* In [[Mass Effect]], the First Contact War happened because of the turians doing this. Upon discovering a few human ships trying to open a mass relay, they immediately opened fire.
* Both [[Jak and Daxter]] follow this trope, though Jak uses the [[BFG]] more often.
* In ''[[Dead Rising]]'', Cletus Samson and both Roger Hall and his son Jack have a policy of shoot first ask questions later in dealing with humans that they seem to enjoy. Perhaps somewhat understandable as the zombie outbreak did turn a number of human survivors homicidally insane. Then again, that they take it to an extreme that makes them obviously Trigger Happy is what makes them among those humans themselves.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Disney, [[Disney Death|oddly enough]], Loves This Trope:
** Scrooge McDuck's [[New Old Flame]] Glittering Goldie on ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]''.
** EVE in ''[[WALL-E]]'', of course.
** Trigger from Disney's [[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]].
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* Minor Decepticon [[Meaningful Name|Triggerhappy]] in ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' lives up to his name. Apparently while goofing around at the military academy he accidentally vaporized his entire squad of trainees and his instructor. This earned him an immediate graduation and field promotion. However, some theorize that his crazed affection for heavy automatic weaponry isn't due to pride at this defining moment, but because he happened to bump his head pretty bad in said accident.
* [[The Simpsons]] - [[Bumbling Dad|Homer Simpson]] became this [[Compressed Vice|for one episode]], where he buys a gun to protect the family following a series of riots in Springfield. However, he quickly becomes ludicrously irresponsible with the gun (using it to change the channel and open a beer, among other feats), which drives Marge and the kids away. He goes to the local NRA for support, but they're just as appalled by him as Marge was and kick him out of the organization. The whole episode serves to deliver [[An Aesop]] about responsible gun usage.
* [[Futurama]] - Mom's Friendly Killbots will automatically shoot
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