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* Robert from [[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu|Guu]]. He's even shooting it off in the opening.

* 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]].

** [[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''.

* 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 ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]''. In the chapter that introduced her [[Gatling Good|Divider]], instead of dodging the [[Beam Spam|25 million energy beams]] headed her way like she was ordered to, she decided to [[Shoot the Bullet|shoot them all down]] since that was more her style.

* 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.''

* Officer Volvo Saigo in ''[[Kochikame]]'' is very trigger happy with his weapons at the slightest disturbance around him causing threat to Ryotsu and the others.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Tommy DeVito]] from [[Goodfellas]].

* Eugene Tackleberry from ''[[Police Academy]]''.

* Baby Face Nelson in ''[[Public Enemies]]''. [[Truth in Television]], because in real life, Baby Face used to work for Al Capone, but was [[Even Evil Has Standards|kicked out for his itchy trigger finger]] and even John Dillinger was nervous about having him around. Paradoxically, he was a [[Pet the Dog|devoted husband and father who often had his wife and children with him while he was on the run.]]

{{quote| '''Nelson:''' * while hanging out the door of a moving vehicle* Han' me dat choppah!<br />

'''Delmar:''' Say, what line o' work ya in, George?<br />

'''Nelson:''' * firing the Thompson at the cops* Ha ha ha ha! Come and get me, coppers! You flatfooted, lame-brained, soft-ass sonsabitches! }}

* [[Dear Wendy]]: Happens gradually over the space of the film. The protagonist actually hates guns at first.

 

* Fiona from ''[[Burn Notice]]''. Since [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] (Except [[Batman Gambit|Indirectly]], Or In The First Episode) is in effect, this tends to come across as something of an [[Informed Ability]]...{{spoiler|until the second [[Season Finale]], where she snipes [[Manipulative Bastard|Carla]]. Given how ''hugely'' satisfying this is, perhaps it's understandable that they decided to save it}}.

 

** 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?!]]<br />

 

* 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.

* ''[[Chuck]]'': John Casey loves guns.

* In what might be the only nonlethal variation, Parker on [[Leverage]] is trigger happy with various [[Stun Guns]] and tasers.

 

== [[Music]] ==

{{quote| ''I filled that kitty-cat so full of lead<br />

We'll have to use him for a pencil instead'' }}

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* In ''[[Warhammer]]'' the Skaven Doomwheel must be fired at someone every turn. If there are enemies within range, all the better.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Revolver Ocelot from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. To put it in his words, "[[Double Entendre|There's nothing like the feeling of slamming a long, silver bullet into a well greased chamber.]]" The man loves his guns.

* One of the Shadow Master's goons from the ''[[Double Dragon]]'' animated series is named Trigger Happy. True to his name, he's got [[Gatling Good|a big gun]].

** Willy, the [[Big Bad]] of the original arcade game, is nicknamed "Machine Gun" Willy for his favorite [[Weapon of Choice]].

* [[Big Bad]] Mr. X from ''[[Streets of Rage]]'' isn't shy of firing his gun either, even if he hits his own [[Mooks]] most of the time.

** ''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. It would have been EASIER just to tell them that what they were doing was illegal under galactic law, and if they refused to cooperate, then they could shoot. But ''nooooooo''...

* [[Final Fantasy VII]]: The typical response of [[Scary Black Man|Barret Wallace]] to any problem he faces is to let loose with the drill/[[Chainsaw/BFG|BFG]] he's got hooked up to the end of his arm. It's [[Justified]] later in the game when you find out just why Barret's so [[Trigger Happy]] to begin with.

* In ''[[Jagged Alliance 2]]'', any mercenary with the "Psycho" trait can and will, when armed with a weapon capable of automatic fire, fire it on automatic. Even if you told them to fire a single shot or a burst.

* [[Red Dead Redemption]]: John Marston is trying to get over his problem of being one of these, but the time where he shot up three Mexican troublemakers for stealing his hat comes to mind.

 

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Disney, [[Disney Death|oddly enough]], Loves This Trope:

** EVE in ''[[WALL-E]]'', of course.

*** It doesn't help that Trigger's crossbow "Old Betsy" is notoriously unreliable and goes off at the slightest provocation.

* [[Meaningful Name|Heinrich "Herr Trigger" Triggermensch]], one of the three assassins sent after Brock Samson during the Season Three Finale of [[The Venture Brothers]], is one of these, complete with licking is gun-barrel in sexual ecstasy during his fight scene.

* [[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 whenever anyone mentions anything resembling gun terminology, like getting howitzer out of "how it serve". They usually shoot the person or Killbot that says the gun term. This is in addition to shooting anything that moves.