History Main / PistolPose

* JamesBond. Actually, there are a number of poses.
** On the DVD covers, they even added arms with pistols. Sometimes it's pretty obvious.

* Banksy's famous ''PulpFiction'' painting near London's Old Street. It depicted the characters of Jules and Vincent in their famous pistol pose, but [[http://www.banksy-wallpaper.com/wallpapers/1680x1050/02-banksy-pulp-fiction.jpg holding bananas instead of guns]]... until the council decided it was graffiti, not art, and had it painted over.

* JohnnyEnglish: the first film has RowanAtkinson[[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou pointing a gun at the camera]].

* Although it's not a firearm, some of the Publicity Stills from the new ''Series/DoctorWho'' show the Ninth Doctor holding his sonic screwdriver in a similar manner.
** Although in the right circumstances, it's ''more'' useful than a gun. After all, you can only shoot the lock off so many times.
*** You can't shoot the lock ''on'' even once.
**** You apparently haven't seen Jack's Sonic Disrupter.

* In nearly all instances of this trope in fiction, the characters depicted always have their finger on the trigger. One of the four Very Important safety rules of firearm handling is "do not put your finger on the trigger until ready to shoot". In Real Life, holding a firearm this way is very unsafe, and is a sure indication of an untrained and dangerous novice. Because of this, it's quite funny to watch a purported BadassCrew or JamesBond type lumber around the movie being one slip of the finger from putting a round through the ceiling or their head.
** To be fair, the standard of keeping one's finger out of the trigger guard until you're on target and ready to fire really was not widespread until the last quarter of the 20th century. If you look at pictures of gunmen from before that time (or who were trained before then), you will often find that they've got their booger-hook on the bang-switch.

** Similarly, all the characters in the ''TeamFortress2'''s "Meet the Team" line-up, the Spy in particular.

* Posters for the {{Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter films}} have done with with wands instead of guns.

* Although it's not a firearm, some of the Publicity Stills from the new ''DoctorWho'' show the Ninth Doctor holding his sonic screwdriver in a similar manner.

* Some of the promotional posters for ''{{Serenity}}'' show River posing with a pistol which, ironically, is used by Jayne in the movie, though she steals it from him and [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou levels it at the camera in one scene.]]

** The PistolPose is the international sign language for JamesBond.

* The poster for ''TheUntouchables'' has the other three Untouchables holding rifles in the back as [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Kevin Costner is about to shoot you]] and under a giant [[FloatingHeadSyndrome Robert DeNiro]].

* The poster for ''TheUntouchables'' has the other three Untouchables holding rifles in the back as [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Kevin Costner is about to shoot you]] and under a giant [[FloatingHeadSyndrome RobertDeNiro]].

* The poster for ''TheUntouchables'' has the other three Untouchables holding rifles in the back as [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Kevin Costner is about to shoot you]] and under a RobertDeNiro FloatingHead.

* ''TheMatrixReloaded'' had various characters doing so in their promo posters, including [[http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/The-Matrix-Reloaded---Agent-Smith-Movie-Poster-C10099512.jpeg this one]] of Agent Smith.

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* In nearly all instances of this trope in fiction, the characters depicted always have their finger on the trigger. One of the four Very Important safety rules of firearm handling is "do not put your finger on the trigger until ready to shoot". In Real Life, holding a firearm this way is very unsafe, and is a sure indication of an untrained and dangerous novice. Because of this, it's quite funny to watch a purported BadassCrew or JamesBond type lumber around the movie being one slip of the finger from putting a round through the ceiling or their head.

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A very common pose for movie posters is to feature the main character posing with a firearm, usually a pistol.

Of course, they always have their finger on the trigger in violation of a Very Important and simple gun safety rule ("always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot"), even if the character is experienced with guns and would know better. See also: SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou.

A very common pose for movie posters is to feature the main character posing with a firearm, usually a pistol. Of course they always have their finger on the trigger in violation of a Very Important and simple gun safety rule ("always keep yuor finger off the trigger until ready to shoot"), even if the character is experienced with guns and would know better. See also: SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou.

A very common pose for movie posters is to feature the main character posing with a firearm, usually a pistol. See also: SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou.

** Similarly, all the characters in the [[TeamFortress2 "Meet the Team"]] line-up, the Spy in particular.

* ''MacrossFrontier'' has an in-story war propaganda commercial in which Sheryl Nome gives a pistol pose
[[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou after she shoots you]].

* ''MacrossFrontier'' has an in-story war propaganda commercial in which Sheryl Nome gives a pistol pose [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou after she shoots you]].