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* Wolverine manages to pull this on Deathstroke in the [[IntercontinuityCrossover X-Men/Teen Titans crossover]].
* Comicbook/ThePunisher uses this quite a bit. A particularly extreme example from ''[[Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX Punisher Max]] #10:
-->'''Punisher''': You feel that [[DirtyCop Dulohery]]? That's the barrel of my shotgun [[AssShove up your ass]].

-->'''Vector:''' (attempting to clobber Tex) HRRF! Not bad, but I've thrown down with the best!
-->'''Jack:''' (pointing a gun behind Vector) Yeah, you ain't half bad. Ain't half good, either. Now how about you give up before I give in to my itchy trigger finger.

--> Jinnai stopped talking very quickly. Most people do when someone puts the business end of an M1911 .45 caliber pistol to the back of their head. The sharp, clear click of the hammer being cocked just served to underline the implicit threat in the cool kiss of the barrel’s metal against the back of his head.

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* Chapter 13 from VisualNovel/VeilOfSecrets ends with [[PlayerCharacter Jesse]] and Flynn cornered by Margaret... [[spoiler:armed with a shotgun]].

* In an ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' anime episode, Germany does this to France, representing France's WWII defeat. In the manga, this is not shown and France's defeat is represented by him lying on the ground being poked by Italy.

'''Eleya:''' ''(comes up behind the Klingon and sticks her phaser pistol in the back of his head)'' Station Security. Drop it or I drop you.

* Jack Rabbit, leader of the Sand Blasters, does this to Vector the Crocodile in ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic Universe]]'' issue 48:

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->''"[[RevolversAreJustBetter Smith & Wesson]]: The original {{point and click|Game}} interface."''

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--->'''Valentin:''' ''(recognizing the cocking noise)'' Walther PPK. 7.65mm. Only three men I know use such a gun; I believe I've killed two of them.\\

* ''Film/YellowHairAndTheCityOfGold'': When Pecos attempts to sneak into Colonel Torres' office, he finds the Colonel's pistol pressed against his head and hears the click of the hammer being cocked.

* ''Film/QuickChange''. Leave it to Creator/BillMurray to [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snark]] ''this'' Trope, too.
-->'''Mafioso:''' That ain't my dick in your back.
-->'''Grimm:''' ''({{beat}})'' Well, that's a relief.
* ''[[ComicBook/DylanDog Dylan Dog: Dead of Night]]'': Played with DramaticGunCock and deconstructed. For Dylan's introduction, an angry husband puts a gun in his face and cocks the hammer... While Dylan is asleep. Waking up, Dylan comments that he cocked it too early, stating that the gun itself ought to be scary enough, and to save cocking for later to escalate the tension.
-->'''Dylan:''' What are you gonna do now? Shake it at me?
-->'''Gunman:''' ''[screams and shakes the gun]''
-->'''Dylan:''' ''[unimpressed]'' See? Not as effective.

* Tuco pursues Blondie in ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' and finally catches up to him. He announces his presence in this manner.

* Schlock from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' is a master of the Ominous Hum Hello, as in [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20020127.html this case]].

* One possible strategy in home defense; any burglar who isn't very determined that hears the clicking of a gun hammer being cocked or a shotgun being racked will vacate the premises ([[BringMyBrownPants among other things]]) with celerity. However, this isn't something you should rely on, as there's no guarantee that the noise alone will scare off a home invader. You have no idea what they want, and how determined they are to kill you. There's also the fact that simply pointing your gun at someone is a form of assault that can get you in trouble, [[SeriousBusiness so only do it when you really mean business]]. And of course, the sound will [[SoMuchForStealth give away your position to the home invader]].

* In ''Discworld/{{Nightwatch}}'' Vimes is on the receiving end of this, from [[spoiler:an earlier version of himself.]]

* Of all the [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster gangsters]], badasses, and [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]] hanging around ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', it's TokenWholesome Margaret Schroeder who pulls a ClickHello on [[spoiler: Eli, who's trying to strangle Nucky]]. With a ''shotgun''.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI5_sQ8O-7Y Mine Turtle]] from ''WebAnimation/{{ASDFMovie}}''. In a nutshell: [[LivingWeapon Living]] [[LandMineGoesClick Land Mine Goes]] [[ClickHello *click* "Hello!"]]

* This is one argument for the use of pump-action shotguns in home defense: any burglar who hears that distinctive racking when he enters the house will vacate the premises ([[BringMyBrownPants among other things]]) with celerity.
** This is not something you should rely on when in a home defense situation. There is no guarantee that the noise alone will scare off a home invader. You have no idea what they want, and how determined they are to kill you, and should not pull out your gun on someone unless you mean business.
*** Also, racking the gun could [[SoMuchForStealth give away your position to the home invader]].

* In one episode of ''Series/ColdCase'', a controlling brother learns that his sister is dating a black woman (in 1932) when he finds the woman in question on his property. Grabbing the black girl by the throat, he tells his sister to choose between him and "this", and then tells her to get his rifle so he can kill her girlfriend. She leaves to get the gun and he thinks he's won... until he hears the gun cock and finds that she's pointing it at his head to force him to let her girlfriend go.

** Jayne also averts this trope throughout the show, and in [[Film/{{Serenity}} the movie]] when the guy in the vault asks for an ID, instead of a Click Hello Jayne sends him a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Quick Burst of Bullets Hello"]].

*** The ultimate De-Cloak Hello occurs in the episode "The Defector". The Romulans have the ''Enterprise'' surrounded and outnumbered when their leader gives Picard 30 seconds to surrender. After Picard tells him to go screw himself, Tomalak says that he expected better than empty threats, at which point Picard orders [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome his Klingon allies to decloak as their battlecruisers appear out of nowhere]], weapons ready to kick ass. Picard finishes off with "Well, then, Tomalak... shall we die together?" For many people, that was the moment Picard became as equally cool as Kirk.

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* With the Intimidation perk (requires Charisma 10), you can do this (minus the clicking) to any lower leveled human/synth enemy in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}''. Higher ranks of the perk allow you to give more specific commands to them and even force them to follow you around.

* Happens a few times in ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga''.