History Main / Fistpump

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* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' does this a lot when the main characters are excited after catching a Pokemon, landing a strong hit with an attack, or they win a Pokemon battle, [[LargeHam or just about any other time that evokes excitement]].

* Natsu from ''Manga/FairyTail'' when he gets [[CatchPhrase FIRED-UP]]!

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Steve Holt's CatchPhrase is shouting "STEVE HOLT!" with raised arms.

This is called "Guts Pose" (Gatsu Pozu) in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei_eigo Wasei Eigo]], which was apparently coined by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guts_Ishimatsu#The_Guts-Pose Guts Ishimatsu]].

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': The anime does this a lot when the main characters are excited after catching a Pokemon, landing a strong hit with an attack, or they win a Pokemon battle, [[LargeHam or just about any other time that evokes excitement]].

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** Also used by Mordecai and Rigby in "A Bunch of Full Grown Geese" to begin the Baby Ducks' tranformation sequence needed to combat the geese. They begin by pumping too hard and are told by the ducks to "dial it back a bit".

* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'': During the NASA meeting, Dr. Quincy does this gesture while explaining the person closes his/her fist around the firecracker and set it off.

* Buttercup does a fist pump in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Nuthin' Special" when she finds out she can do something her sisters can't...[[MundaneMadeAwesome curling her tongue.]]

* In a Geico commercial with the figures from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMsstersOfTheUniverse'', Skeletor does a fist pump ("Yes!") after he distracts the heroes with the product's tag ("Switching to Geico could save you hundreds on car insurance") long enough to make a clean getaway.

* In the video 'The Final Countdown" of the Music/{{Europe}} band, vocalist Joey Tempest makes this pose before the guitar ground, as we can see exactly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw&t=169s 2:48]].

* ''Film/Armageddon'': During the NASA meeting, Dr. Quincy does this gesture while explaining the person closes his/her fist around the firecracker and set it off.

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' After Swann's RousingSpeech, Gibbs and the pirates erupted in a cheer. The pirates that weren't holding weapons pumped their fists in the air.

* Buttercup does a fist pump in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Nuthin' Special" when she finds out she can do something her sister's can't...[[MundaneMadeAwesome curling her tongue.]]

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* In the final scene of ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon'', [[TheProtagonist William Bishop]] does a fist pump in front of a cheering crowd upon climbing out of his plane after the FinalBattle. The fact that this action is implemented as a [[PressXToNotDie Quick Time Event]] led to a minor MemeticMutation among the fans.

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* In the ''[[Literature/AuntDimity Aunt Dimity]]'' series: After the successful confrontation with the Bowenists and their guru near the end of ''Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch'', Bree Pym does one of these (with her arm out of her car window) as she drives away from Fairworth House.

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* From ''WebSite/KnowYourMeme'': The [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-hate-sandcastles-success-kid Success Kid]] advice animal celebrates life's little moments of win.

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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Elliot [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=929 silently expresses pride]] at being able to [[GenderBender transform back into guy]] in time to prevent the embarrassment of Ellen seeing that he had [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter involuntarily transformed into a girl in his sleep]].

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* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'': According to Lizzie, this is what Mrs Bennet did at Ellen Gibson's wedding when she was enjoying her success as a matchmaker when her daughter Jane and Bing hit it off, dancing together song after song. Let's hope Lizzie meant it metaphorically.

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