History Main / BangFlagGun

** In the short "Hare Conditioned", WesternAnimation/BugsBunny fires a rifle at a store manager, but all that comes out is three "Bang" signs in succession. The manager then produces three "Ouch" flags out of his mouth.

* In the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon ''WesternAnimation/DuckPimples'', a man fires a gun at Donald, but all that comes out is a red, white and blue flag. Don is so wound up that he still acts as if he's been shot.

* Chapter 284 of ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'' has a variation: in the first stage of the Blue, the chefs have to prepare a dish that satisfies an senile old man, a retired soldier. After rejecting a few dishes without even tasting them, he finally tries one, and pulls out a revolver on the chef... only to fire a rain of country flags (including the USA, the United Kingdom, Japan, Brazil, Canada) and shout "PASSED!"

* Discussed in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when Quagmore says that he's been having so much sex lately that all that would come out if he tried to masturbate would be a little flag with the word "bang" on it.

** And in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', Shang Tsung reuses it as his own Fatality, with a few differences: 1. He transforms into a more generic MonsterClown (sure, since they can't use the DC characters), and 2. [[YourHeadAsplode the victim's head is shown exploding]] after being shot.

'''Shady Tree:''' Come on, fellas. The popping gun and the SquirtingFlower routine? [[KilledMidSentence You gotta be kidding m]]--\\

'''Shady Tree:''' Come on, fellas. The popping gun and the squirting flower routine? [[KilledMidSentence You gotta be kidding m]]--\\

In the censored version, [[{{Bowdlerise}} a second pull of the trigger results in a cloud of Joker gas]] while the later use is replaced with [[spoiler: Joker being pushed into an experimental lab, slipping on the water and glass, and electrocuting himself to get up.]] Because apparently that's ''"better"''.

* On a ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' cover by Dave Johnson, Deadpool [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou points an autoloader at the reader]] with a Bang flag coming out of it. In the background, a number of FacelessGoons lie on the floor, Bang flags embedded in their heads.[[http://img10.deviantart.net/9a53/i/2010/128/1/f/deadpool_cover_no__26_by_devilpig.jpg]]

* ComicBook/TheJoker uses this on Vicki Vale in the 1989 ''Film/{{Batman}}'' film, naturally. Which elicits one of Kim Basinger's zillion screams in that film.

* Used in ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'' by a suicidal hotel guest who puts it to his head and pulls the trigger. The flag comes shooting harmlessly out his ear, causing him to lament "I can't even do THIS right." Could be horrific under the right circumstances, but it's all PlayedForLaughs.

* ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'' has a futuristic energy weapon that turns out to be one.

* ''Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolfe'' has a scene where a disgruntled husband pulls a shotgun on his wife and fires...an umbrella.

-->'''Mr. Wint:''' Shady Tree... Shady, we just adored your act.\\
'''Mr. Kidd:''' What taste... style.\\
'''Mr. Wint:''' And we have a few suggestions.\\

'''Mr. Kidd:''' Ah, but this one's surefire...\\

'''Mr. Wint:''' And this one... will kill you.\\

'''Mr. Kidd:''' [[BondOneLiner Two's company, Mr. Wint...]]\\
'''Mr. Wint:''' [[FinishingEachOthersSentences And Tree's a crowd, Mr. Kidd.]]\\

'''Mr. Kidd:''' That's most annoying...

** In another episode, a guy tormented by the Joker gets back at him by brandishing another of the Joker-faced bombs seen in the episode, only to laugh at J's terrified face when the bomb "explodes" into a BOOM flag.

* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' had one cartoon featuring aliens with a ray gun equivalent of this trope, with "ZZZT" written on the flag.