History Main / FiveFingerFillet

%%* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the episode "Be Careful What You Fish For", one of the kids at Stewie's [[SuckySchool horrible daycare center]] does this and some other kids bet on whether or not he can pull it off.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In the episode "The Last Mabelcorn", a gnome is seen playing it with an acorn instead of a knife.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer attempts this in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E21ItsAMadMadMadMadMarge one episode]], and manages to stab his fingers every single time.
%%-->'''Marge:''' Homer! No knife games on the kitchen table!\\
%%'''Homer:''' [[{{Fingore}} It didn't hit your precious table.]]

* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': In "Deadly Smiles", [[PerversePuppet Dexter the Happy Fella]] suggests playing "The Knife Game" to Skid and Pump, pulling out the kitchen knife he stole earlier and stabbing it on the floor between his fingers to demonstrate. In actuality he's using it as a ruse to kill the two, but Pump's older sister Susie's barges into Pump's room before he's able to.

* ''Film/KnifeInTheWater'': The young hitchhiker does this, intimidating the middle-aged man that picked him up. This is part of an escalating spiral of tension that evolves into a LoveTriangle and violence between the young man, the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man's younger and very good-looking wife.

* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': In the cafeteria scene, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgPnYoTk1ww Hudson asks Bishop to do the trick]]. Bishop puts his hand on the table at first, but Drake grabs Hudson and puts Hudson's hand on the table. Bishop then puts his hand on top of Hudson's and starts the trick, with Hudson yelling in terror the entire time while the other Marines cheer Bishop on. Bishop actually thanks Hudson once he stops, and a thoroughly freaked-out Hudson says "That wasn't funny, man!" as Bishop and Drake walk back to their seats. This leads to Bishop's RoboticReveal when he notices that he nicked one of his fingers and is "bleeding" white fluid. This was actually [[EnforcedMethodActing done for real by]] Creator/LanceHenriksen, meaning the EstablishingCharacterMoment for Hudson is Creator/BillPaxton actually screaming his lungs out.

%%* ''Film/KnifeInTheWater'': The young hitchhiker does this, intimidating the middle-aged man that picked him up.

%%* ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'': Discussed. Andy has a scar on his middle finger from a failed attempt to re-enact the scene from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', which he reveals to prove that [[spoiler:unlike Bishop, he is ''not'' a robot]].

%%* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'': Jimmy expertly plays the game with his old trenchknife in "Family Limitation", establishing him as a PsychoKnifeNut who's still not over the war. Capone's unfamiliarity with the game tips Jimmy off that he wasn't really in the war.

%%* ''Series/GreatNews'': PlayedForLaughs when a drunk Carol, who is 60 years old, does this at the office party in "Snowmageddon of the Century".

* ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'': All the penguins are "psychotic" (as Alex says in the original film), but the short ''WesternAnimation/TheMadagascarPenguinsInAChristmasCaper'' has one of Rico's earliest moments of real characterization, showing him as one of the ''most'' psychotic, has him doing a variant of stabscotch in their base with the visual gag that 1, as a penguin, it's really more of a one-flipper fillet; and 2, he's using a ''plastic'' knife. Skipper tells him to stop as this is inappropriate behavior for the dinner table, so he grudgingly does, but takes a moment to rub his flipper over the serrated edge of the knife [[FunnyBackgroundEvent when he makes sure no one is looking]].

* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': In the cafeteria scene, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgPnYoTk1ww Hudson asks Bishop to do the trick]]. Bishop puts his hand on the table at first, but Drake grabs Hudson and puts Hudson's hand on the table. Bishop then puts his hand on top of Hudson's and starts the trick, with Hudson yelling in terror the entire time while the other Marines cheer him on. Bishop actually thanks Hudson once he stops, and a thoroughly freaked-out Hudson says "That wasn't funny, man!" as Bishop and Drake walk back to their seats. This leads to Bishop's RoboticReveal when he notices that he nicked one of his fingers and is "bleeding" white fluid. This was actually [[EnforcedMethodActing done for real by]] Creator/LanceHenriksen, meaning the EstablishingCharacterMoment for Hudson is Creator/BillPaxton actually screaming his lungs out.

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%%* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Bishop [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgPnYoTk1ww does this with his hand over Hudson's to demonstrate his superhuman reflexes.]] Leads to his RoboticReveal. And was [[EnforcedMethodActing done for real by]] Creator/LanceHenriksen, meaning the EstablishingCharacterMoment for Hudson is Creator/BillPaxton actually screaming his lungs out.

* ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'': All the penguins are "psychotic" (as Alex says in the original film), but the short ''WesternAnimation/TheMadagascarPenguinsInAChristmasCaper'' has one of Rico's earliest moments of real characterization, showing him as one of the ''most'' psychotic, has him doing a variant of stabscotch in their base with the visual gag that, as a penguin, it's really more of a one-flipper fillet. Skipper tells him to stop as this is inappropriate behavior for the dinner table, so he grudgingly does, but takes a moment to rub his flipper over the serrated edge of the knife [[FunnyBackgroundEvent when he makes sure no one is looking]].

* ''Series/{{Wayne}}'': The titular character is apprehended for trespassing by the groundkeeper of a golf course, and the groundskeeper's Vegan Satanist girlfriend challenges Wayne to a game of Five Finger Fillet, telling him to do what she does "faster and better." His interpretation of these instruction is... [[ImpaledPalm creative to say the least]].

%%* Jeph is seen doing this in a flashback scene in ''Film/DrowningMona''. In the present day, he's missing his entire hand [[spoiler:although he lost it in a different way.]]
%%* In ''Film/TheHangoverPartII'' [[spoiler:Teddy lost his right ring finger attempting this; it was then claimed by a drug-dealing monkey. Fuckin' UsefulNotes/{{Bangkok}}.]]
%%* The young hitchhiker in ''Film/KnifeInTheWater'' does this, intimidating the middle-aged man that picked him up.
%%* Subverted in ''Knucklebones''; the summoned demon does this to Travis and deliberately mutilates his hand in the process, dismissively observing that it was never very good at that.
%%* In ''Film/{{Populaire}}'', Louis Echard does this to himself in order to convince his ex-girlfriend to give piano Lessons to Rose Pamphyle. [[spoiler: He is later seen bandaging his hand with the help of Rose.]]

%%* In ''Film/{{Ted}}'', Ted does this with a guy and eventually stabs the man's hand.

%%* Discussed in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd''. Andy has a scar on his middle finger from a failed attempt to re-enact the scene from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', which he reveals to prove that [[spoiler:unlike Bishop, he is ''not'' a robot]].

%%* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' has a couple:
%%** In ''Literature/{{City of Thieves|1983}}'' you can be challenged by a brigand in a tavern to play this game. You lose 5 Gold coins if you accidentally stab yourself and if you win, you gain a Silver Bracelet that can repel giant insects.
%%** Winning this game against your sworn [[TheRival rival]], Fang-Zen of Jitar, is a ''must'' if you were even to complete the gamebook, ''Literature/{{Deathmoor}}''. Fail this game or pass up the challenge (which happens really early in the book) and you'll lose an essential item rendering your quest unwinnable.

* A variation occurs in ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}''. Mr. Croup places his hand against a wall and throws several razor blades at it, landing in the spaces in between. Mr. Vandemar is unimpressed with the fact that he [[ComicallyMissingThePoint missed all his fingers]].
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. The Ironborn have a game in which they catch an axe thrown at them. This has a tendency to result in missing fingers.

%%* In ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', Jimmy expertly plays the game with his old trenchknife in "Family Limitation", establishing him as a PsychoKnifeNut who's still not over the war. Capone's unfamiliarity with the game tips Jimmy off that he wasn't really in the war.

%%* The unaired pilot of ''Series/{{Fearless}}'' has a bad guy do this to Gaia, in order to get some reaction out of her. Presumably fear, but this is Gaia we're on about.
%%* In ''Series/InsideNo9'' episode "The Bill", the game used to settle the bill when things really escalate out of control. Namedropped along with [[IHaveManyNames a number of other names the game goes by]].

%%* ''Series/TheITCrowd'' has Moss do this with a screwdriver in one episode with surprising skill, while connected to a machine that measures stress levels.

%%* In ''Series/NewGirl'', Nick recalls a time when one of his old girlfriends did this to his hand. He wasn't pleased about it one bit.
%%* In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in the opening episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'', Chen can be seen doing this (badly) with a pen.
%%* In the BBC documentary series ''Simon Schama's Power of Art'', Pablo Picasso meets his future mistress Dora Maar when she cuts her fingers doing this.

* ''Series/{{Barry}}'': Subverted. In "The Show Must Go On... Probably", when Burmese mafia kingpin Esther pulls out a knife and lays her hand on the table to intimidate Chechen gangster [=NoHo=] Hank, Hank rolls his eyes and says he's seen this trick before. Esther instead just stabs herself in the hand without flinching or expressing discomfort.
* The titular character in ''Series/{{Wayne}}'' is apprehended for trespassing by the groundkeeper of a golf course, and the groundskeeper's Vegan Satanist girlfriend challenges Wayne to a game of Five Finger Fillet, telling him to do what she does "faster and better." His interpretation of these instruction is... [[ImpaledPalm creative to say the least]].

%%* One of Fuse's unlockable banner poses in ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' has him apparently playing this with his own hand - only for him to finish the act by revealing that the hand actually belonged to [[ButtMonkey a very nervous-looking Mirage]].
%%* In the thief's guild in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' a thief plays this at one of the bar tables. Sometimes he wins and admires his hand and other times he loses and licks his wound.
* In ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' a Grave Robber under the Masochistic affliction may try to challenge the other heroes to "a round of stabscotch" during camping, which will stress them out.
%%* A hidden minigame in ''VideoGame/FullThrottle''.

* One of the minigames in ''VideoGame/LaterAlligator'' is a three-fingered variation of this that plays like a SimonSaysMiniGame. In the first round, the player character and Bobby Blue Eyes use spoons, and in the second round, the player character switches to a knife. [[spoiler:In round three, the player character uses a scary-looking combat knife, which unnerves Bobby to the point his first move in round four was hitting his finger with the spoon, making the player automatically win after they put a Band-Aid on his "fingey".]]
%%* One of Mileena's special moves ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' has her do it with her sai while putting her hand on the opponent's face.
%%* It's a Simon-says mini-game in ''VideoGame/Rage2011''.
%%* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' offer this as an optional RhythmGame, complete with wagers. While it is possible to miss and accidentally stab a finger, the worst that happens is there's a new spot of blood on top of the already-dried bloodstains, but the player character's fingers are none the worse for wear afterwards.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Manhunter}} Manhunter: New York]]'' has a variation of this, where you and an informant toss knives in between each other's fingers. The informant goes first to demonstrate, then you have to do likewise to get a clue out of them. If you miss, then the informant crushes your skull.
%%* The Sniper and Assassin in ''[[VideoGame/MondayNightCombat Super Monday Night Combat]]'' have this as one of their taunts. The Assassin uses her iconic dagger, while the Sniper uses a sub-machine gun. While doing a one-hand-stand. And while spinning.
%%* In Chapter 4 of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', a minor character can be seen doing this at a local bar.
%%* Roxanne does this in the menu screen of ''VideoGame/{{Trials}} [[VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon of the Blood Dragon]]''.
%%* In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', a villager can be seen doing this in the Tavern at White Orchard.
%%* One of the minigames in ''VideoGame/WorkTimeFun''.
%%* A subquest in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' has Majima hook up a man looking for a counterfeit necklace with a Chinese forger. Unfortunately, the forger forgot to tell his Triad associates about the deal, so when the man arrives at his office, they wind up doing this to him until Majima intervenes.

%%* In one of the ''Dolan True Stories'' videos of the ''WebAnimation/PlanetDolan'' channel, one of the rednecks used this trope as a distraction while his friends pilfered two of the beer kegs from a party.

%%* Spoofed in [[http://campcomic.com/comic/knife-trick this]] ''Webcomic/CampWeedonwantcha'' strip.
%%* In ''Webcomic/CwensQuest'', one of the new villains shows off by performing this on a [[http://www.cwensquest.com/?comic=chapter-11-page-19-cutting-edge fairy]].
%%* In ''Webcomic/{{Gnoph}}'', Abbey injures her fingers doing this and laments that she used to be able to do it perfectly.
%%* In ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' the Commander plays this game with [[VisualNovel/DreamDaddy Robert]]. Robert loses.

%%* Rusty Cage's ''Knife Game Song'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-2VZoxYnQ full version]]) has gone viral and was followed by many %%copycats singing the song while playing the game.

%%* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', a candy person is seen doing this with a spoon.
%%* Beavis can be seen briefly doing this in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead''. Naturally, he ends up poking himself.
%%* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Be Careful What You Fish For", one of the kids at Stewie's [[SuckySchool horrible daycare center]] does this and some other kids bet on whether or not he can pull it off.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "How the West Was 1010001," Roberto plays a game of five-finger fillet, but instead of stabbing the space between his fingers with a knife, he uses a revolver that fires knives to shoot between his fingers.
%%* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "The Last Mabelcorn", a gnome is seen playing it with an acorn instead of a knife.
%%* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' brings up the game, with a prison inmate saying that he doesn't know what it's called. Peggy suggests the name "Stab Scotch".
%%* Rico can be seen doing this in the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' short ''WesternAnimation/TheMadagascarPenguinsInAChristmasCaper'', with the visual gag that, as a penguin, it's really more of a one-flipper fillet. Skipper tells him to stop as this is inappropriate behavior for the dinner table, so he grudgingly does, but takes a moment to rub his flipper over the serrated edge of the knife [[FunnyBackgroundEvent when he makes sure no one is looking]].

%%* Homer attempts this in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E21ItsAMadMadMadMadMarge one episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and manages to stab his fingers every single time.

%%* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has one fish doing this to another fish. The first fish ends up going faster and faster while the fish holding his hand out starts sweating bullets. Eventually, he lands on a finger, although he acts like he won whatever they were doing.
%%* In ''WesternAnimation/StressedEric'', a man in the hospital queue does this with his hand resting on his thigh. He seems quite happy to repeatedly stab his thigh but screams in pain when he misses and hits his finger.
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* In the "How the West Was 1010001,"Roberto plays a game of ive-finger fillet, but instead of stabbbing the space between his fingers with a knife, he uses a revolver that fires knives to shoot between his fingers.

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%%* Subverted in ''Series/{{Barry}}''. Hank thinks fellow crime boss Esther is going to do this to demonstrate how tough she is, but instead she stabs herself in the hand, much to his horror.

* Subverted in S2E1 of ''Series/{{Barry}}''. When Burmese mafia kingpin Esther pulls out a knife and lays her hand on the table to intimidate Chechen gangster [=NoHo=] Hank, Hank rolls his eyes and says he's seen this trick before. Esther instead just stabs herself in the hand without flinching or expressing discomfort.

* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': Claire Stanfield does this for fun with Chic's scissors in "Drugs & Dominoes".

[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/LiveAHeroMHA'': Izuku demonstrates this in one chapter, at Kirisima's request. The rest of his classmates respond with a MassOhCrap.
-->'''Iida:''' ''[wide-eyed]'' Wait, you’re not going to—\\
'''Izuku:''' ''[singing]'' Oh, I have all my fingers—\\
'''Iida:''' NO, NONONONO.\\
'''Izuku:''' —The knife goes chop chop chop—\\
'''Iida:''' I DO NOT CONDONE THIS BEHAVIOR, MIDORIYA!\\
'''Izuku:''' —If I miss the spaces in between my fingers will come off—\\
'''Iida:''' STOP OH JEEZ PLEASE DON’T—\\
'''Izuku:''' Oh, chopchopchopchopchpochopchop I’m picking up the speed—\\
'''Iida:''' MIDORIYA NO!

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Bishop [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgPnYoTk1ww does this with his hand over Hudson's to demonstrate his superhuman reflexes.]] Leads to his RoboticReveal. And was [[EnforcedMethodActing done for real by]] Creator/LanceHenriksen, meaning the EstablishingCharacterMoment for Hudson is Creator/BillPaxton actually screaming his lungs out.
* Jeph is seen doing this in a flashback scene in ''Film/DrowningMona''. In the present day, he's missing his entire hand [[spoiler:although he lost it in a different way.]]
* In ''Film/TheHangoverPartII'' [[spoiler:Teddy lost his right ring finger attempting this; it was then claimed by a drug-dealing monkey. Fuckin' UsefulNotes/{{Bangkok}}.]]
* The young hitchhiker in ''Film/KnifeInTheWater'' does this, intimidating the middle-aged man that picked him up.
* Subverted in ''Knucklebones''; the summoned demon does this to Travis and deliberately mutilates his hand in the process, dismissively observing that it was never very good at that.
* In ''Film/{{Populaire}}'', Louis Echard does this to himself in order to convince his ex-girlfriend to give piano Lessons to Rose Pamphyle. [[spoiler: He is later seen bandaging his hand with the help of Rose.]]
* ''Film/SurvivingPicasso'': As in RealLife, Picasso becomes attracted to Dora Maar when she cuts her fingers doing this.
* In ''Film/{{Ted}}'', Ted does this with a guy and eventually stabs the man's hand.
-->'''Ted:''' Well, you never shoulda trusted me, I'm on drugs!
* Discussed in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd''. Andy has a scar on his middle finger from a failed attempt to re-enact the scene from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', which he reveals to prove that [[spoiler:unlike Bishop, he is ''not'' a robot]].
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[[folder:Gamebooks]]
* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' has a couple:
** In ''Literature/{{City of Thieves|1983}}'' you can be challenged by a brigand in a tavern to play this game. You lose 5 Gold coins if you accidentally stab yourself and if you win, you gain a Silver Bracelet that can repel giant insects.
** Winning this game against your sworn [[TheRival rival]], Fang-Zen of Jitar, is a ''must'' if you were even to complete the gamebook, ''Literature/{{Deathmoor}}''. Fail this game or pass up the challenge (which happens really early in the book) and you'll lose an essential item rendering your quest unwinnable.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* A variation occurs in ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}''. Mr. Croup places his hand against a wall and throws several razor blades at it, landing in the spaces in between. Mr. Vandemar is unimpressed with the fact that he [[ComicallyMissingThePoint missed all his fingers]].
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. The Ironborn have a game in which they catch an axe thrown at them. This has a tendency to result in missing fingers.
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* Subverted in ''Series/{{Barry}}''. Hank thinks fellow crime boss Esther is going to do this to demonstrate how tough she is, but instead she stabs herself in the hand, much to his horror.
* In ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', Jimmy expertly plays the game with his old trenchknife in "Family Limitation", establishing him as a PsychoKnifeNut who's still not over the war. Capone's unfamiliarity with the game tips Jimmy off that he wasn't really in the war.
* A sketch by Brazilian comedy group Casseta & Planeta had a prison inmate doing this with himself, and then demonstrating on another who asked. The other's fingers are notably skinnier afterwards.
* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': In "Heart on a Chain", Devon does this in the classroom. When Marshall tells him to slow down, Devon replies, "Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse." After Devon's heart is transplanted into her body, Melanie does the five-finger fillet herself in the World O' Stuff and uses the same phrase.
* The unaired pilot of ''Series/{{Fearless}}'' has a bad guy do this to Gaia, in order to get some reaction out of her. Presumably fear, but this is Gaia we're on about.
* In ''Series/InsideNo9'' episode "The Bill", the game used to settle the bill when things really escalate out of control. Namedropped along with [[IHaveManyNames a number of other names the game goes by]].
* ''Series/GreatNews'': PlayedForLaughs when a drunk Carol, who is 60 years old, does this at the office party in "Snowmageddon of the Century".
* ''Series/TheITCrowd'' has Moss do this with a screwdriver in one episode with surprising skill, while connected to a machine that measures stress levels.
-->'''Moss:''' The needle is flipping out!
* In ''Series/NewGirl'', Nick recalls a time when one of his old girlfriends did this to his hand. He wasn't pleased about it one bit.
* In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in the opening episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'', Chen can be seen doing this (badly) with a pen.
* In the BBC documentary series ''Simon Schama's Power of Art'', Pablo Picasso meets his future mistress Dora Maar when she cuts her fingers doing this.
* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': Xena does this to a con man in order to make him fess up about a con on one of her friends. The speed of which she did it is beyond that of any normal human being.
* Subverted in S2E1 of ''Series/Barry''. When Burmese mafia kingpin Esther pulls out a knife and lays her hand on the table to intimidate Chechen gangster NoHo Hank, Hank rolls his eyes and says he's seen this trick before. Esther instead just stabs herself in the hand without flinching or expressing discomfort.

* ''VideoGame/AliensInfestation'': As a shout-out to the film ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', there is a playable mini-game where you get to imitate Bishop and stab a knife in the spaces between fingers.
* One of Fuse's unlockable banner poses in ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' has him apparently playing this with his own hand - only for him to finish the act by revealing that the hand actually belonged to [[ButtMonkey a very nervous-looking Mirage]].
* In the thief's guild in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' a thief plays this at one of the bar tables. Sometimes he wins and admires his hand and other times he loses and licks his wound.

* A hidden minigame in ''VideoGame/FullThrottle''.
* ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'': A random character plays this on a table during a cutscene. Petra, who Aloy is taking with at the time, gets annoyed by the noise he's making and tells him to "put the knife down or I'll come over there and show you how the game ends!" He wisely stops.

* One of Mileena's special moves ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' has her do it with her sai while putting her hand on the opponent's face.
* It's a Simon-says mini-game in ''VideoGame/Rage2011''.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' offer this as an optional RhythmGame, complete with wagers. While it is possible to miss and accidentally stab a finger, the worst that happens is there's a new spot of blood on top of the already-dried bloodstains, but the player character's fingers are none the worse for wear afterwards.

* The Sniper and Assassin in ''[[VideoGame/MondayNightCombat Super Monday Night Combat]]'' have this as one of their taunts. The Assassin uses her iconic dagger, while the Sniper uses a sub-machine gun. While doing a one-hand-stand. And while spinning.
* In Chapter 4 of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', a minor character can be seen doing this at a local bar.
* Roxanne does this in the menu screen of ''VideoGame/{{Trials}} [[VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon of the Blood Dragon]]''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', a villager can be seen doing this in the Tavern at White Orchard.
* One of the minigames in ''VideoGame/WorkTimeFun''.
* A subquest in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' has Majima hook up a man looking for a counterfeit necklace with a Chinese forger. Unfortunately, the forger forgot to tell his Triad associates about the deal, so when the man arrives at his office, they wind up doing this to him until Majima intervenes.

* Webanimation/Eltorro64Rus: This kicks off ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2a0Ht01qA8 Scout's Amazing Adventures]]'', where [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Scout]] attempts this on himself with a Spy-cicle after chugging some Bonk. It doesn't end well.
* In one of the ''Dolan True Stories'' videos of the ''WebAnimation/PlanetDolan'' channel, one of the rednecks used this trope as a distraction while his friends pilfered two of the beer kegs from a party.

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Spoofed in [[http://campcomic.com/comic/knife-trick this]] ''Webcomic/CampWeedonwantcha'' strip.
* In ''Webcomic/CwensQuest'', one of the new villains shows off by performing this on a [[http://www.cwensquest.com/?comic=chapter-11-page-19-cutting-edge fairy]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Gnoph}}'', Abbey injures her fingers doing this and laments that she used to be able to do it perfectly.
* In ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' the Commander plays this game with [[VisualNovel/DreamDaddy Robert]]. Robert loses.
-->'''Commander:''' Look, Jones, I gotta take this guy to the ER, you might not wanna wait up.\\
'''Jones:''' Okay! [[ItMakesSenseInContext Have fun trying not to marry him!]]\\
'''Robert:''' You think it'll help preserve it if I put the finger in whiskey?
* ''Webcomic/{{Marilith}}'': When Dim and Vics are introduced, Vics stabs himself while doing this.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* Rusty Cage's ''Knife Game Song'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-2VZoxYnQ full version]]) has gone viral and was followed by many copycats singing the song while playing the game.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', a candy person is seen doing this with a spoon.
* Beavis can be seen briefly doing this in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead''. Naturally, he ends up poking himself.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Be Careful What You Fish For", one of the kids at Stewie's [[SuckySchool horrible daycare center]] does this and some other kids bet on whether or not he can pull it off.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "The Last Mabelcorn", a gnome is seen playing it with an acorn instead of a knife.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' brings up the game, with a prison inmate saying that he doesn't know what it's called. Peggy suggests the name "Stab Scotch".
* Rico can be seen doing this in the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' short ''WesternAnimation/TheMadagascarPenguinsInAChristmasCaper'', with the visual gag that, as a penguin, it's really more of a one-flipper fillet. Skipper tells him to stop as this is inappropriate behavior for the dinner table, so he grudgingly does, but takes a moment to rub his flipper over the serrated edge of the knife [[FunnyBackgroundEvent when he makes sure no one is looking]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Occurs in the episode "Jack versus Mad Jack". Two people in a BadGuyBar engage in the game with money on the line. Of course, since this is a cartoon, instead of a knife they use a...[[RuleOfFunny plastic spork.]]
* Homer attempts this in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E21ItsAMadMadMadMadMarge one episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and manages to stab his fingers every single time.
-->'''Marge:''' Homer! No knife games on the kitchen table!\\
'''Homer:''' [[{{Fingore}} It didn't hit your precious table.]]
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has one fish doing this to another fish. The first fish ends up going faster and faster while the fish holding his hand out starts sweating bullets. Eventually, he lands on a finger, although he acts like he won whatever they were doing.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StressedEric'', a man in the hospital queue does this with his hand resting on his thigh. He seems quite happy to repeatedly stab his thigh but screams in pain when he misses and hits his finger.
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* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': In "Deadly Smiles" [[PerversePuppet Dexter the Happy Fella]] suggests doing this, calling it "The Knife Game" in order to kill and get rid of Skid and Pump, but is interrupted by Pump's older sister Susie.

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Claire Stanfield does this for fun with Chic's scissors in "Drugs & Dominoes".

The game is also called "the knife game", "nerve", "[[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill stabscotch]]", and "[[{{Film/Aliens}} bishop]]".

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Occurs in the episode "Jack versus Mad Jack".

* Rico can be seen doing this in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' short ''The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper'', with the visual gag that, as a penguin, it's really more of a one-flipper fillet. Skipper tells him to stop as this is inappropriate behavior for the dinner table, so he grudgingly does, but takes a moment to rub his flipper over the serrated edge of the knife [[FunnyBackgroundEvent when he makes sure no one is looking]].

* Webanimation/Eltorro64Rus: This kicks off ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2a0Ht01qA8 Scout's Amazing Adventures]]'', where [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Scout]] attempts this on himself with a Spy-cicle after chugging some [[CaffeineBulletTime Bonk]]. It doesn't end well.

The Five Finger Fillet is when a character places their hand palm-down on a table, spreads their fingers, and begins stabbing between them with a knife, trying to go as fast as possible without hurting themselves. Screwing this up, which gets easier as the "game" goes on, can certainly result in {{fingore}}.

* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Bishop [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgPnYoTk1ww does this with his hand over Hudson's to demonstrate his superhuman reflexes.]] Leads to his RoboticReveal. And was [[EnforcedMethodActing done for real by]] Creator/LanceHenriksen, meaning the EstablishingCharacterMoment for Hudson is Creator/BillPaxton actually screaming his lungs off.

** In ''Literature/{{City of Thieves|1983}}'' you can be challenged by a brigand in a tavern to play this game. You lose 5 Gold coins if you accidentally stab yourself, and if you win you gain a Silver Bracelet that can repel giant insects.

* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': In "Heart on a Chain", Devon does this in the classroom. When Marshall tells him to slow down, Devon replies, "Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse." After Devon's heart is transplanted into her body, Melanie does the five finger fillet herself in the World O' Stuff and uses the same phrase.

* Rico can be seen doing this in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' short ''The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper'', with the visual gag that, as a penguin, it's really more of a one-flipper fillet. Skipper tells him to stop as this is inappropriate behavior for the dinner table, so he grudgingly does, but takes a moment to rub his flipper over the serrated edge of the knife [[FunnyBackgroundEvent when he makes sure no-one is looking]].

* A hidden minigame in ''VideoGame/FullThrottle''