History Main / BulletDancing

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "The Village That Rose From the Dead", a CrazyJealousGuy does this to man who cuckolded him in preparation for shooting him for real.

Compare DeathTrapTango and HurtFootHop. Not to be confused with {{ballet}} dancing or with [[BellyDancer belly dancing]].

* Similarly to ''Film/BlindDate'' (see below), the conclusion of Spike Lee's film ''Film/{{Bamboozled}}'', [[spoiler:where the gangsta rapper Mau-Maus force Manray to tapdance one last time before shooting him.]] Spike Lee uses footage from the scene in "Bugs Bunny Rides Again" to contrast with the tragedy of the scene.

* The ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode [[Recap/EdEddNEddyS2E1KnowItAllEd "Know It All Ed"]] is a WesternEpisode where in place of guns, the kids use turkey basters (that the Eds sold as "Canadian Squirt Guns"). The Kankers shoot all their basters' contents at the Ed's feet while telling them to dance. Eddy is unimpressed that the Kankers "got their feet wet", [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt until he finds out]] he's standing in [[StickySituation rubber cement]].

* Used once on ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' with [[ItMakesSenseInContext turkey basters filled with rubber cement]].

* An episode of the 1990s ''Series/{{Land of the Lost}}'' revival series has one of the main characters doing this to the Sleestaks using a ray gun he found.

* Rare good guy doing this to bad guy example in ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico''- the crew gets into a conflict with sinister Earth government officials. [[PungeonMaster Izumi]] gets a kick out of doing this to TheMenInBlack.

* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'' Moran shoots at Dudley's feet in ''Dancers on the Bridge'' until Dudley finds himself over the edge of the bridge.
* The MonsterOfTheWeek does this to Anime/SailorMoon and Sailor Chibi Moon in episode 145 of ''Super S'', only with [[ItMakesSenseInContext nuts instead of bullets]].
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'' [[LargeHam BlackStar]] and Tsubaki end up doing this when the latter decides to confront a roomful of mobsters armed with tommy guns.
** Black Star and Soul do the same during their fight with Kid.

* ''Film/PaleRider''. The corrupt marshalls led by Stockburn force one of the pan miners to do this, until he reaches for his own gun and they can 'legally' shoot him.
* ''{{Film/Platoon}}'': Taylor does this to a one-legged Vietnamese villager.

* In ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' when the police arrest and shoot the bad guys on the feet with a parody of ''Theatre/{{Riverdance}}''. The bad guys, in this case, are Irish terrorists, so it makes sense.

* Used by [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cowboy robot gunslingers]] in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline''.

* WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears: In "Friar Tum", a trio of trolls were doing this to an abbot; this show taking place in the medieval ages, so the gun was a [[FantasticFirearms walnut shooter.]]
* Variation: In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', a man swings his dual dao swords at Uncle Iroh's feet, prompting him to dance and avoid the blades. Upon closer inspection you can see he just slashes ''in front'' of his feet, so it really wouldn't hurt him if he didn't move (but then he wouldn't get paid for dancing).

Compare HurtFootHop. Not to be confused with {{ballet}} dancing or with [[BellyDancer belly dancing]].

* In a banned ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode, "The Legend of Dratini", Team Rocket is made to do this dance as they finish reciting their motto while the Safari Zone warden shoots at their feet. The warden in general was the reason the episode was banned.

* ''Series/{{Whiplash}}'': In "Episode in Bathurst", outlaw Matt Denver attempts to to this Chris Cobb; who does not even flinch as the bullets impact by his feet. at the end of the episode, Cobb forces Denver to dance by [[WhipItGood cracking his whip at Denver's feet]].

* Two {{Crazy Survivalist}}s pull this [[KickTheSonOfABitch on a North Korean soldier]] in ''VideoGame/{{Homefront}}''.

* OlderThanRadio: It was even done in the first movie western, ''Film/{{The Great Train Robbery|1903}}'' (1903).

* In ''Film/InspectorGadget'', our favorite bumbling cyborg is face to face with his evil robotic double on the Roberto Clemente Bridge. When asked if he knows how to dance, Gadget mentions taking lessons not too long ago in what quickly becomes a NoodleIncident as Robo-Gadget fires at his feet.

Given the number of parodies and subversions listed below, this is obviously a DeadHorseTrope nowadays. Due to being a prominent trope in TheWildWest, it most often involves CoolGuns/{{revolvers}}, therefore they are often required to have BottomlessMagazines to shoot more than six times (GunsAkimbo can somewhat circumvent the problem but not for long, ThrowAwayGuns is a rare occurence in such situation).