History Main / RockPaperScissors

* In ''Franchise/Asterix: WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'', a pair of Roman soldiers are seen playing the game just as they're ''flying in mid-air'' from being punched by the Gauls.

''For the webcomic, [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissorsHiruda click here]].''

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo'': In "Outrageous Fortune Cookie", to stop Rutger's dad from playing a lot of karate video games, Milo challenges him on a game of Rock–Paper–Scissors. If he loses, he will go outside instead. Eventually, he does indeed lose as he chooses rock and Milo chooses paper since paper covers rock. It especially helps that Milo knew about this as it was the cryptic message from his fortune cookie that he got from his take-out lunch.

* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': Anko and Kahyō play a game of this (or janken as they call it) to decide who will kill Raiga. Zabuza snorts at this and requests to have the winner mention to Raiga that his executioner was chosen by a game like janken, given that it's "the kind of thing that would piss him off before he dies."

* The Japan-exclusive UsefulNotes/PlayStation game ''Finger Flashing'' combines this with a Shmup-type setup: rock, paper or scissor-themed enemies come from the top of the screen, and can only be killed by shooting them with the corresponding gesture. Shooting them with the wrong one causes them to duplicate.

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* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' when Aurora tries to kill Green Lantern by summoning a giant pair of scissors. He comments, "I've played this game before." and summons a giant rock that plows through the scissors and then knocks her into a wall for a KO.

%%* There is a webcomic with the title of ''Webcomic/RockPaperScissors''.

''For the webcomic, [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissors click here]].''

* Yoshimitsu plays RPS with [[BoxingKangaroo Roger]]/[[PaletteSwap Alex]] in their ending in ''VideoGame/TekkenTagTournament''. Thanks to their boxing gloves, they're only able to pick rock, which allows Yoshi to win [[JustForPun handily]].

* A ''Series/BabylonFive'' comic book features a futuristic rock–paper–scissors called "Laser, Mirror, Starweb", where laser (a single finger extended) cuts starweb (a hand with all fingers spread out), starweb covers mirror (a hand with all fingers together), and mirror reflects laser.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'': [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]] and [[Franchise/{{Sonic}} Eggman]] go with a rock-paper-scissor game to decide their newly-built fortress be called "Death Egg III" or "Wily Flying Fortress". After repeatedly tying, they decide to go with "Wily Egg".
* In ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', Robin and Speedy decide who gets to finish off a villain this way.
* Issue #23 (DC run) of ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'', "Amoeba Las Vegas" has the Amoeba Boys winning Townsville from the Mayor through sheer dumb luck with a shell game. The girls try to win it back with Bubbles challenging the Amoebas to a game of Rock–Paper–Scissors. Bubbles throws "rock" and wins when Tiny throws "scissors." (As Bubbles has no fingers on her hand, it's not clear what she threw as Buttercup made the call of "rock." But the Amoebas were dumb enough to buy it.)
* In a flashback in the ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'' issue "The Doll's House", David Cain proves young Cassandra's fluency in body language by having her beat a linguistics professor in rock-paper-scissors 98 times in a row. When re-introducing herself to the professor years later, Cassandra reminds him who she is by flashing the three symbols at him.
* The French parody comic ''ComicBook/CaptainBiceps'' (a TopHeavyGuy who fights {{expies}} of other superheroes) once had a run-in with the Punisher. After shooting, stabbing, and punching each other for an entire page, they finally settled it with this game (Biceps won).
* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': Due to their competitiveness Diana and Nubia decide who will have what portion of a competition they're teamed up on with Rock Paper Scissors, to avoid arguing and wasting time.

* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', after seeing Raphael and Leonardo spanked by Shredder, Donatello and Michaelangelo do RPS, with the ''loser'' having to take him on next. Note that the Turtles could ''only'' use the standard version of this trope, as nearly all variations (e.g. Lizard/Spock) require more fingers than they've got.

* Members who placed at the top 16 of the annual Music/AKB48 Janken Tournaments get to appear in a new single, with the #1 position as the [[FaceOfTheBand center]] or getting a solo album produced, the rationale being that luck is as essential, if not more so, as talent to make it as an IdolSinger. For the [[OutOfFocus less popular members]] (which is the majority of the 100+ members across several sister groups), this is a huge opportunity to [[SeriousBusiness move their career forward]]. [[https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/809009080106971136?lang=en A video of the 2016 winner's hysterical reaction]] has caught the attention of Western media. Ironically, there seems to be some truth in the theory, since members who placed at #1 [[GoneHorriblyRight tend to be those who are already popular through the Senbatsu elections]].