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11[[caption-width-right:350:Generally frowned upon in polite company.]]
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13->''"That's a nine millimeter semi-automatic pushed against your skull. Don't look around. You just keep driving where you're going."''
14-->-- '''Michael de Santa''' to Franklin Clinton, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
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20A character from one side is pointing a pistol at another. They exchange the usual insults and witticisms. We then hear an audible [[DramaticGunCock click]] from off screen. The camera moves to the side showing that someone from the same side as the pointee has just shown up and is pointing a gun at the pointer.
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22Often leads to a MexicanStandoff, especially when large groups of people are involved. May be followed by PreMortemOneLiner from the gunman. Depending on his/her confidence, the target may then utter a literal FacingTheBulletsOneLiner, or simply skip straight to OhCrap
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24Occasionally subverted when a [[GambitPileup fourth party arrives]] to point at the pointer who is pointing at the first pointer.
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26The other version of this trope tends to involve goodies, but can involve baddies. The hero is making their escape from the baddies. They run down a corridor and find a door. They open it and run smack bang into a whole platoon of soldiers -- who all proceed to ready their automatic weapons simultaneously.
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28Subtrope of KineticClicking. See also AudibleSharpness, DramaticGunCock and LandMineGoesClick. See TwangHello for the archery/throwing weapon equivalent. Also, give DroolHello a look-see for the I-wanna-bath-and-therapy version: natural weapons usually included. Sometimes used by the PushyGunTotingVillain as a way to show that they are serious and not fooling around.
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31!!Examples:
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35[[folder:Advertising]]
36* There was an entire Platform/Xbox360 commercial built around this trope, with people in a crowded city (and finger-pistols instead of actual firearms); while the commercial never aired on television, it can be viewed on the Internet.
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39[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
40* The Mad Hatter, not being too fond of the Cheshire Cat, does this to him whenever they meet in ''AudioPlay/AreYouAlice''. Justified in that 1) The Cheshire Cat appears suddenly next to the guy the Hatter protects, 2) The Mad Hatter himself particularly hates cats, and 3) The Cheshire Cat can't really be trusted. Lampshaded by the cat at several points, even acknowledging that it's common.
41* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' executes a textbook version of this in the anime adaptation, when [[TheMafia Luck Gandor]] finds [[{{Jerkass}} Dallas]] attempting to kill his best friend, Firo.
42* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': After Fabiola wrecks Bao's bar, Gustavo of the Manisarera Cartel points his gun at Fabiola...only for Revy to point her gun at him just a second later.
43* In one episode of ''Manga/CaseClosed'', Gin does this to Vodka.
44* Often played straight in ''Manga/CityHunter'', if nothing else because not cocking the revolver at short range can result in the opponent blocking the cylinder and prevent them from shooting (done twice by amateurs dealing with Ryo and Kaori). Professionals will also cock the gun before taking a shot from distance, but that's not something you want to do with Ryo, as he has a very sharp hearing and will react by [[FastestGunInTheWest drawing his gun and shooting you faster than you can aim your gun]].
45* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession4GatewayShuffle Gateway Shuffle]]", Spike does this to "Twinkle" Maria Murdock, the female leader of the Space Warriors terrorist group.
46* In the second episode of ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'', the police Chief attempts to arrest Buaku when Anipuna and the Gang click hello him. The gang are then click hello'ed by the Red Commandos who are, of course, click hello'ed by Britain and the rest of the tank police, setting up a brief MexicanStandoff.
47* Sōsuke from ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' has a habit of doing this to people. ''Especially'' people whom he randomly deems as being "suspicious".
48* In one episode of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', [[spoiler:a kidnapper gets the drop on the Major, putting a gun to her head. However, as fits this trope, Batou shows up behind her]]...
49* Jan Valentine from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' was charging the room where Integra and her committee were holed up with intentions of killing every last one of them; this trope comes into play when he opens the door to find everyone in the room drawing their guns and aiming at him.
50-->'''Jan:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ... Oh, fuck me.]]
51* In an ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' 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.
52* [[NebulousEvilOrganization Phantom Task]] [[PsychoForHire operative Autumn]] greets [[BunnyEarsLawyer Tabane]] in the second season of ''Literature/InfiniteStratos.'' But this is Tabane we're talking about here.
53* Seems to be a standard greeting among the Dorrsian team of bishonen super-soldiers in ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''.
54* Twilight in ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' did this in Mission 1, when he threatened someone that had broken into his home and kidnapped his adopted daughter. Mission 62 shows that a childaged Twilight did the same thing during a game with his friends, albeit with a toy gun.
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57[[folder:Comic Books]]
58* ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'': In "The Seven Ghosts", Mickey has a gun pointed at the smugglers dressed up as ghosts. They are saved by the other smugglers suddenly showing up. Then Mickey and the others are saved by the police showing up after Mickey contacted them earlier. In "The Lair of Wolf Barker", Wolf Barker fakes a *Click* Hello rescue to catch Mickey offguard and have a chance to escape.
59* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': The Punisher uses this quite a bit. A particularly extreme example from ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX Punisher Max]] #10:
60-->'''Punisher:''' You feel that Dulohery? That's the barrel of my shotgun up your ass.
61* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Jack Rabbit, leader of the Sand Blasters, does this to Vector the Crocodile in ''Sonic Universe'' issue 48:
62-->'''Vector:''' ''[attempting to clobber Tex]'' HRRF! Not bad, but I've thrown down with the best!\
63'''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.
64* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In one scene of the storyline ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is shoving Starfire's thugs away while chasing after their boss when one of them sneaks behind Supergirl, and aware that she has been depowered, points a gun at her head to halt her.
65* Wolverine manages to pull this on Deathstroke in the ''ComicBook/XMen''/''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' crossover.
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69* ''Fanfic/AransDaughter'': Ayame first meets Samus when she shoots at her with a handgun out of fear.
70* Mello does this to Soichiro Yagami in ''Fanfic/AsTheWorldFallsDown''
71* Cody attempts this on [[spoiler: XANA's physical form]] in ''Fanfic/CodeTotalDramaReality''. It doesn't work, but he gets points for trying.
72* In ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'', Jinnai is threatening Shinji when he notices Asuka pointing a gun at him.
73--> 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.
74* ''Fanfic/{{Empathy}}'': [[spoiler: Captain Smek]], the other half of Yokai's VillainTeamUp, first reveals himself by entering the room and leveling a shotgun at Big Hero 6 while they're interrogating Krei.
75* In ''Fanfic/TheRoadNotTaken'', a Klingon with a bat'leth is threatening a Ferengi bartender.
76-->'''Klingon:''' I’m going to bleed you like a stuck targ!\
77'''Hadron:''' Nononononono don’t hurt meee!\
78'''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.
79* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': Fury uses this on [[spoiler:Shredder, Hun, and the Purple Dragons after SHIELD tracks them to a warehouse.]]
80-->[[spoiler:'''Shredder:''']] They are no threat to us. I do not fear SHIELD.\
81'''Fury:''' ''[clicks gun]'' [[BadassBoast You should]].
82* ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheOtherverse'': In "A World Without Heroes", a thug runs away from Supergirl and Rogue just to run straight into Sherri, who is aiming a shotgun to his face.
83* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', as running from some guards Buffy bursts into a hall and runs into a vampire aiming a gun at her head.
84-->Buffy sprinted down a total of three floors before she heard someone from above saying, “Hold it, ma’am. Hold it right there. We can help.”\
85She looked up and saw a brown-haired guy in a grey suit, light blue shirt, and red tie. He had his coat buttoned and she looked, despite herself, for a shoulder holster. “No, you can’t,” she said, and banged her way through another doorway.\
86There was a click of a hammer all too close to her head. “Yes, we can,” said a soft voice.\
87Buffy froze and cast her eyes to the left. A gun, sure enough. The old ears weren’t failing her, at least. .357 Magnum, from the looks of it. The guy holding it had black hair, thick and wavy, and was wearing a maroon Brooks Brothers suit. He looked twentyish and was smiling like a wise-ass. No, like a wiseguy.\
88There was nobody else in the hall she had come to and the windows were heavily curtained.\
89She could smell the vampire on him.
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93* In ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'', Lupin and company manage to kidnap a princess, who's actually a government agent in disguise. Lupin discovers this when he's interrupted mid-sentence by a pistol pressing into the back of his head.
94* ''WesternAnimation/MissingLink'': Adelina Fortnight follows Lionel Frost and Link (who disguised themselves) to the train station after he stole her husband's map. Adelina accuses him of lying to her, but Lionel tries to [[BlatantLies feign being a nun]] despite Link [[SincerityMode explaining that they mugged said nun]]. Cue Adelina pulling out her revolver, cocking its hammer, and pointing it right at Lionel's head, prompting him to drop the act.
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98* The ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' films:
99** In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', Marty is horrified by how 1985 is completely different, because it's an AlternateTimeline, [[NewspaperDating so he grabs up a newspaper from a nearby house to confirm the year.]] Unfortunately, he's at [[KnightTemplar Mr. Strickland's]] house, who, [[GenerationXerox also armed with a double-barreled shotgun]], thinks Marty is a thief.
100--->"So, ''you're'' the son of bitch who's been stealing my newspapers!"
101** In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', Tannen does this to Doc with a derringer. This is shortly after the Deputy gave Tannen a Click Hello with a ''double-barreled shotgun''.
102* Near the end of ''Film/BattleRoyale'', Shogo Kawada sneaks behind Kazuo Kiriyama and pumps the shotgun to alert Kiriyama of his presence. [[spoiler:Subverted somewhat in that Kiriyama promptly fires at Kawada, giving him injuries which eventually prove fatal]].
103* Taken to the absurd extreme in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''. After finally getting the money needed to save the orphanage to the Clerk and Recorder's office, Jake and Elwood both reach out to take the receipt. In a flash, their wrists are locked together in handcuffs, upon which they turn... and discover probably EVERY Police officer, SWAT Member, and Army Soldier in the greater Chicago area pointing a weapon at them.
104* In ''Film/CodeOfSilence'', two street thugs attempt to rob a bar where Cusak and his fellow cops hang out, resulting in everyone but the bartender drawing down on the two thugs.
105* Happens a few times in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
106** Batman uses this in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' the first time he speaks to Jim Gordon; however, it's a clever ruse, [[StickEmUp as the "pistol" is actually a stapler]].
107** Played straight in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. Preparing to kill Batman, the Joker steps up to him, and the SWAT driver -- Gordon -- puts a shotgun to his back:
108--->'''The Joker:''' Could you ''please'' just give me a minute?\
109'''Lt. James Gordon:''' We've got you, you son-of-a-bitch.
110** Happens in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' when Selina is confronting John Daggett about the Clean Slate program, and Stryver sneaks up behind her and cocks his gun. Selina responds by stomping on his foot with her heels.
111** Happens again after Bane's bombs go off. Two of Bane's men go to Gordon's hospital to kill him. Gordon hears the alarm, and immediately climbs out of bed, somewhat groggy. As the mercenaries search the hospital, Blake arrives in a commandeered car and enters wielding a shotgun. As Blake is searching a corridor, we suddenly hear a couple of gunshots go off. He steps up to Gordon's room door, bursts in, and finds the two mercenaries lying dead, at which point a pistol is put to his head:
112--->'''Commissioner James Gordon:''' Clear the corners, rookie. ''[Blake turns around]'' Get my coat, son.
113* In ''Film/DieHard'', John [=McClane=] runs into the BigBad Hans Gruber. Gruber fakes an American accent to fool [=McClane=] into thinking he is a hostage hiding from the terrorists. [=McClane=] gives Hans his pistol to help defend himself. Hans promptly pulls a Click Hello on [=McClane=] when he turns his back. Of course, [=McClane=] neglected to mention that he made sure the gun he handed to Gruber was not loaded.
114* In the AffectionateParody version of ''Film/{{Dragnet}}'', Emil Muzz has Streebeck pinned down for a point-blank headshot when Friday sticks a shotgun in his face.
115--> '''Friday:''' ''[pumps shotgun]'' Muzz, you don't have the sense God gave the common dog. Don't you realize that's my partner?
116* ''ComicBook/DylanDog: 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.
117-->'''Dylan:''' What are you gonna do now? Shake it at me?\
118'''Gunman:''' ''[screams and shakes the gun]''\
119'''Dylan:''' ''[unimpressed]'' See? Not as effective.
120* In ''Film/FaceOff'', there's a series of Click-Hellos with several people all pointing guns at each other in a church. Castor hoots, [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7P--C-t60lI "Woo wee! What a predicament!"]]
121* Tuco pursues Blondie in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' and finally catches up to him. He announces his presence in this manner.
122* Creator/KennethBranagh manages to get one of these in to his version of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''. ''Hamlet.''
123* ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'': Gretel gives an epic one to the sheriff in order to let him know that burning an innocent woman at the stake just to impress the townspeople is not going to happen on her watch.
124-->'''Gretel:''' Let the girl go, ''or I'm gonna blow your sheriff's brains all over these fucking hillbillies.''
125* In the cult classic ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', Juan Ramirez does this to Connor Macleod with a Katana to the back of Macleod's neck.
126-->'''Ramirez:''' Crude and slow clansman, your attack was no better then that of a clumsy child.
127* ''Film/TheImmortals'': When Dominic and his henchmen have Jack and the others at gunpoint in the kitchen, Kerry sneaks up behind Dominic's group and cocks the hammer on his revolver: getting their attention and suddenly shifting the balance of power, leading to the massive MexicanStandoff.
128* ''Film/JamesBond''
129** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'': Pushkin arrives at his hotel room for a romantic evening, only to find Bond waiting for him behind the door, gun in hand.
130** Used twice in one scene in in ''Film/GoldenEye'', when Bond goes to meet Valentin to negotiate a meeting with Janus. Bond introduces himself by approaching Valentin from behind and cocking a gun to his head with an audible click (doubles as CasualDangerDialogue, all things considered):
131--->'''Valentin:''' ''[[[RecognizableBySound 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.\
132'''James Bond:''' Lucky me.\
133''[one of Valentin's henchmen pulls the same trick on Bond with his own PPK]''\
134'''Valentin:''' I think not.
135** And in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''. Bond enters his hotel room to find the body of his ex-lover Paris Carver (put there in an attempt to frame him for murder). As he approaches her to check for a pulse, we hear a gun cock and the voice of her killer, revealing that the plan is to frame him for a murder-''suicide''.
136** Bond does it again to Valentin in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', ambushing him in his own office.
137--->'''Valentin:''' Can't you just say "Hello," like a normal person?
138* ''Film/JaneGotAGun'': Bishop cocks his pistol behind Dan after he gets the drop on him, announcing himself this way. Then a minute later Jane does the same thing to him.
139* In ''Film/TheLastRitesOfRansomPride'', Matthew and The Dwarf are both in the habit of answering their door with guns drawn.
140* Done by none other than Creator/SamuelLJackson in ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight''. Of course, the heroine is quick to point out that she didn't need his help and he had probably scared off the other headhunters and ruined her plans. It's also done ''to'' him in the same film, with an appropriately cool one-liner.
141-->There are sufficient reasons not to kill you. The fact that you would be missed by NASA is not among them.
142* ''Film/TheMask'' has Stanley preparing to go after Tina, saying "This is the moment when a man... shows what he's really made of." Cue an SMG being cocked and pointed to his head, leading to Stanley unwillingly responding to his statement. ("Crap.")
143* Done quite well in the movie ''Film/TheMatrix'', where it's part of Trinity's "[[VerbThis Dodge this]]" scene.
144* ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'': Hunley pulls this on [[spoiler: Walker when he realizes he's just fallen for the IMF [[LatexPerfection specialty]] and outed himself as John Lark]].
145-->'''Hunley:''' I've ruined your day, haven't I?
146* At the start of ''Film/MyNameIsNobody'', an outlaw posing as a barber prepares to kill [[TheHero Jack Beauregard]] when he hears a click...and notices Beauregard has [[GroinAttack his gun held against his crotch]]. He dutifully finishes the shave job.
147* ''Film/{{Night of the Demons|2009}}'': When Colin goes to visit Nigel at the strip club, Nigel's bidyguard claps her automatic to the side of his head and cocks it as he enters.
148* In ''Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales'', this is done twice. First, Josey (Creator/ClintEastwood) pulls it on Lone Watie (Chief Dan George); and later, when Watie returns the favor, an Indian girl Josey previously freed pulls her own "click hello" on Watie:
149-->'''Lone Watie:''' I'm gettin' better at sneaking up on you like this. Only an Indian can do something like this.\
150'''Josey Wales:''' That's what I figured.\
151'''Lone Watie:''' You figured?\
152'''Wales:''' Only an Indian could do something like that.\
153''[Lone Watie hears a gun cock behind him; turns and sees Moonlight]''
154* Used in an interesting way in ''Film/{{Push}}''. Nick walks up to [[BigBad Carver]] and [[TheDragon Victor]] at a restaurant seemingly unarmed, but then telekinetically lowers two handguns from above them and holds them against their heads.
155* ''Film/QuickChange''. Leave it to Creator/BillMurray to snark ''this'' Trope, too.
156-->'''Mafioso:''' That ain't my dick in your back.\
157'''Grimm:''' ''[beat]'' Well, that's a relief.
158* ''Film/RedHill'': At the climax of the film, Old Bill is distracted by the riderless horse running past. He then feels a barrel placed against the back of his neck, and hears the click of a revolver being cocked as Jimmy is standing behind him.
159* In ''Film/RoboCop3'', some clueless thug tries to rob a doughnut store. After hearing a dozen clicks, he turns and sees that [[DonutMessWithACop the entire store is filled with cops]]. The cashier quips, "What's it like being a rocket scientist?"
160* ''Film/{{Sartana}}'' does this frequently in his films. People rarely pull this on him though.
161* In the climax of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Jame Gumb -- behind Clarice Starling, wearing night-vision goggles in the dark -- cocks his gun... and Starling, who was smart enough to have her gun ready to fire, turns around and blows him away. Extra stupid on Gumb's part because his revolver was a double-action model; all he needed to do was pull the trigger. Presumably he couldn't resist the extra bit of drama, especially since as mentioned in the book, "he had never hunted one armed before. He would have thoroughly enjoyed it." Clarice, [[SanityHasAdvantages not being batshit insane]], was more practical as well as more professional, since she's a (mostly) trained law enforcement officer, while Gumb has no military or law enforcement training we know of. [[note]] It's stated in the book that Gumb does this to scare his victims, who now know what's about to happen next. Of course, all his previous victims weren't armed.[[/note]]
162* In ''Film/SirArthurConanDoylesSherlockHolmes'', Watson is investigating the empty pump house when a revolver is leveled at the back of his head and the hammer cocked. However, when he turns around, it turns out to be a spooked Lestrade.
163* ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. As Admiral Kirk is pursuing Dr. Soran on Veridian III, Soran sneaks up on him from behind and activates his phaser device while it's pointed at Kirk's head.
164* In ''Film/AStudyInTerror'', the Ripper approaches his final victim in her bed and raises his knife, only to find Holmes' revolver clapped against the side of his head.
165* In ''Film/SuddenImpact'', an armed man is sneaking up on Dirty Harry who is doing target practice, because of several threats on his life. As the man almost reaches him, Harry spins around, cocking the gun, then recognizing the man and saying "Horace!" (the man is Harry's partner).
166* ''Film/TangoAndCash'': Done twice in one scene where Cash is investigating Requin's house. Requin gets the drop on Cash, but immediately after Requin utters a one-liner, Tango gets the drop on him.
167* Angelina Jolie makes a Click Hello entrance to save Wesley in ''Film/{{Wanted}}''.
168* In ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'', an American platoon is cut off and pinned down by the North Vietnamese Army forces in the area. However, the [=NVA=] troops don't know exactly ''where'' the Americans are, due to the dense foliage and tall grass. A [=NVA=] force ends up almost on top of the Americans who are HiddenInPlainSight due to the grass, and only [[OhCrap realize it]] when Sergeant Savage flips his safety selector from "Single" to "[[MoreDakka Auto]]".
169* ''Film/YellowHairAndTheFortressOfGold'': 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.
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172[[folder:Literature]]
173* Made great use of in one of Stephen King's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' novels, in a scene in which ''seven characters'' successively get the drop on one another.
174** With the good guys using slingshots and knives versus the guns of the Big Coffin Hunters, of which the Big Coffin Hunters are the more scared, and injured, group.
175* In ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' Vimes is on the receiving end of this, from [[spoiler:an earlier version of himself.]]
176* In the WeirdWest novella ''Literature/SheepsClothing'', Doc's first impression of Wolf Cowrie is the business end of a revolver pointed at his face.
177* In one of the parodic Swedish ''Ture Sventon'' crime novels, ''Ture Sventon in London'', the trope is spoofed when a series of crooks and detectives pull this stunt while exchanging polite comments and keeping their upper lips stiff.
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181* ''Series/AgainstTheWall'' has Abby using this in her rescue of her partner Lina from a crazed stalker who wants revenge.
182* In the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E12WhoYouReallyAre "Who You Really Are"]], Vin-Tak has found the [[AncientAstronauts ancient Kree]] artefact he's on Earth looking for, only to hear a number of guncocks, revealing that Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} has arrived and have him surrounded.
183* More like a Bzzzt Hello: In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS05E19TheWheelOfFire The Wheel of Fire]]", Lyta has mind-controlled a roomful of people:
184-->'''Lyta:''' You cannot stop someone who's been TouchedByVorlons.\
185''[the sound of a PPG powering up]''\
186'''Sheridan:''' ''[utterly immune to her mind control]'' You're not the only one that's been touched by the Vorlons.
187* ''Series/{{Banshee}}'':
188** Emmett pulls this on the Cole brothers [[spoiler:while they're holding Lucas and Proctor at gunpoint]].
189** [[spoiler:Job]] is on the receiving end of this in "Homecoming."
190* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'':
191** The first thing Lee Adama does on seeing Caprica Sharon (later known as Athena) is put a pistol in her face; he's only stopped from blowing her brains out then and there by Helo putting a gun to the back of ''his'' neck. Fortunately, President Roslin talks them both down with some well-placed lies (no, Helo, we're not going to [[ThrownOutTheAirlock throw your Cylon girlfriend out the airlock]]...).
192** In "The Eye of Jupiter", while Gaius Baltar is praying for a vision, Chief Tyrol welcomes him home with one of these. It turns into a HeyYouHaymaker when the Chief pistol-whips Baltar into unconsciousness.
193* 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 Click Hello on [[spoiler: Eli, who's trying to strangle Nucky]]. With a ''shotgun''.
194* Saroyan interrupts Wendall this way in the ''Series/{{Bones}}'' episode "The End in the Beginning".
195* ''Series/ColdCase'':
196** Scotty is talking to the serial killer holding Lily hostage, basically threatening to take him apart should he harm her. The killer, George Marks, responds by holding his gun up to the receiver and cocking it, as "A gentle reminder to mind your manners."
197** In another episode, in a flashback, 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.
198** In "[[Recap/ColdCaseS2E22BestFriends Best Friends]]" when Curtis found out about Rose's relationship with Billie, he threatened her to choose between him and her, then commanded her to get his rifle. Rose runs out to get it and Curtis thinks he’s won… until he hears the gun cock and finds his sister pointing his own rifle to his head.
199* ''Series/CriminalMinds''
200** Hotch and Morgan are facing down an angry mob trying to kill their [=UnSub=].
201--->'''Angry Guy:''' You're outnumbered. Who do you think has the higher ground?\
202'''Rossi:''' ''[click]'' That would be us.
203** In the season seven finale, this is how JJ greets the [=UnSub=] who [[MamaBear threatened her son]]. Long story short, [[BewareTheNiceOnes it didn't]] [[BerserkButton end well]] [[UnstoppableRage for the [=UnSub=]]].
204** From [[TheUnfettered The]] [[TheSociopath Reaper]]:
205--->'''The Reaper:''' [[WhamLine You should've made the deal.]]
206* ''Series/CSIMiami'': Lt. Caine has this down to a fine art. If someone's pointing a gun at someone else in the last five minutes of an episode, chances are this'll happen.
207* In the Al Capone/Jesse James episode of ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'', [[spoiler: Capone is beating the crap out of Jesse, about to go for the coup de grace...when the infamous click of a Winchester rifle loading is heard from the door to the room. Capone looks up...BOOMHeadshot.]]
208* There are quite a few of these, often subverted, in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. The subversions occur when person C is pointing the gun at the wrong person (as in the pilot, with Zoe and Jayne and the Fed), or the "Click" doesn't bother to say hello. "I was aimin' fer hiz Hed."
209** In "The Message", Jayne uses this as a distraction. Which is a subversion in itself, when you think about it. He had a pistol already out, cocked and ready to fire in his right hand, and with his left he did a DramaticGunCock with a second gun, with the sole purpose of drawing the other character's attention.
210** 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 "Quick Burst of Bullets Hello".
211--->'''Mal:''' ''[calls down the stairs]'' Listen up. We're coming down to empty that vault.\
212'''Guard's voice from the vault:''' You'll have to give me your authorization password.\
213'''Jayne:''' ''[pulls his gun, fires a burst down the stairs]''\
214'''Guard's voice from the vault:''' ...okay!
215* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Osha pulls this on Jojen, then gets it pulled on her by Meera.
216* One episode of ''Series/GetSmart'' had several people (previously disguised as statues) reveal themselves one after another in this way.
217** Another, "The Hot Line", in which the Chief goes undercover as a singing waiter, has a series of Click Hello reversals while the Chief is ''onstage'', resulting in an impromptu choral number of seven people in a Click Hello Chain. While remaining on-key, on-tempo, and smiling. We just don't get that kind of professionalism and showmanship in our secret agents anymore...
218* ''Series/TheGlades'': Happens in "Booty" when Jim is standing waist-deep in a hole with a shovel in his hands and the murderer comes up behind him.
219* Done at its most badass in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. Thompson gets the drop on Matt Parkman this way and taunts his [[PsychicPowers telepathy]] by saying, "What am I thinking, Parkman?" Then [[BadassNormal Mr. Bennet]] gets the drop on ''Thompson'' by doing this and answers for Matt by saying [[PreMortemOneLiner "Your last thought."]] And shoots him.
220* ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'': In "Unnatural Habits", Phryne is searching the ship and has just discovered the missing girls when she is interrupted by the click of an automatic being cocked behind her.
221* ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'': In the [[Recap/MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E2Departure second episode]], when Bill Randa first meets Keiko Miura and Lee Shaw by stumbling on them in the Philippines, Shaw disappears while no-one is looking just before Bill shows himself, then while Bill is talking to Keiko, Shaw sneaks up behind him and reveals himself via pointing a gun at the back of Bill's head, and Bill has to quickly convince Shaw that he's not a threat.
222* On the episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' which introdcued [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Casey Novak]] as Gibbs' DistaffCounterpart, her introduction was one of these, pulling this on Tony [=DiNozzo=]. And it was awesome. Diane Neal sure can pick her characters.
223** Then Gibbs does it to ''her'', and her probie does it to him, snarking, "It's turning into a party around here."
224* ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'': Happens to [=LaSalle=] in "Second Line" when he enters a darkened room and the criminal hiding there gets the drop on him.
225* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': Gambit pulls this when he gets the drop on Colonel 'Mad Jack' Miller in "Dirtier by the Dozen".
226* ''Series/Numb3rs'': Ian Edgerton has done this to perps several times throughout the series.
227* In ''Film/SoulFood: The Series'', youngest sister Bird is being stalked by the teacher who seduced her back in high school. When he saunters into her house, she's terrified, but sure enough, we hear the sound of a gun cocking, and the camera pans out to reveal her husband Lem pointing a gun at his head.
228* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
229** Occurrs in the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E17APieceOfTheAction A Piece of the Action]]" as the mob boss Krako recaptures Kirk and Spock.
230** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
231*** The ultimate De-Cloak Hello occurs in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E10TheDefector 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 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.
232*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E18TheChase The Chase]]", Cardassians are ambushed by humans and Klingons, and all three are ambushed by Romulans a moment later. Subverted when the humans decide to just quietly take the scans they came for in the first place while everyone else is making big speeches with their guns pointed at each other.
233** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has a pretty good Decloak-Hello with Worf's appearance with the cavalry at the First Battle of Deep Space 9.
234* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'': [[{{Outlaw}} Hector Escaton]] strolls into the saloon with the intention of robbing it, only to find [[SoiledDove Maeve]]'s derringer held to his head.
235-->'''Escaton:''' Interesting way to start a conversation.
236* ''Series/TheWire'': Omar Little announces his presence this way to a couple of guards distracted by [[DirtyHarriet one of his team-mates undercover as a cheap prostitute]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Y6DYQ0_w8 pulling off the heist against the New Day Co-op]].
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240* During their feud, Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin pulled one of these on Wrestling/BookerT with a beer can in a supermarket. Booker sold it [[OhCrap like he'd actually heard a gun]].
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244* In ''TabletopGame/FengShui'', pumping a shotgun gives bonuses to hit and damage, from intimidation.
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248* [[spoiler:Detective Badd]] pulls one of these in the final case of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' against [[spoiler:Shih-na/Callisto Yew, who was holding Kay Faraday at gunpoint.]]
249* With the Intimidation perk (requires Charisma 10), you can do this (minus the clicking) to any lower-leveled human/synth enemy in ''VideoGame/Fallout4''. Higher ranks of the perk allow you to give more specific commands to them and even force them to follow you around.
250* Veger pulls one of these near the end of ''VideoGame/Jak3'', though in a variation, it's not a click that announces his presence, it's him telling Jak to "Stand aside!"
251* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', if Thane survived the suicide mission in [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 the previous game]], he pulls this during [[spoiler: Kai Leng's attempt to assassinate the Salarian Councilor during Cerberus' attack on the Citadel]].
252* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'': Ada's reunion with Leon in the castle is kicked off by her pointing her gun at his back along with an audible click (although she doesn't do anything that would make that *click*[[note]]her finger is off the trigger and her other hand is at her side, so she didn't pull back the slide[[/note]]).
253* Happens in a cutscene of ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Expanded Universe}}: VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII''. 8T-88 sics some assassins on Kyle, and at the end of the level, as he's boarding his shuttle, Kyle runs up behind him with his gun drawn.
254--> '''Kyle:''' Leaving so soon? ''[shoots off 88's arm]''
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258* ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay''
259** At the end of Chapter 4 from ''VisualNovel/TheHeistMonaco'', just as Lee's about to get on a speedboat to get off Trask Island, he's greeted to this by [[spoiler:Sonia, [[TheDragon Ansel's chief security officer]]]].
260** In chapter 13 from ''VisualNovel/VeilOfSecrets'' ends with [[PlayerCharacter Jesse]] and Flynn cornered by Margaret... [[spoiler:armed with a shotgun]].
261* Van Helsing in ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize'' announces his arrival on the scene with a dramatic *click* of his guns on a few occasions, most notably when he first confronts Lupin in his introductory scene in Chapter 2 and if he's the one to interrupt [[spoiler:Finis's breaking speech to Cardia]] in Chapter 8.
262* In the finale episode of Nikolai's first season in ''VisualNovel/QueenOfThieves'', Nikolai and the heroine are moments from a RelationshipUpgrade when the moment is killed stone dead by the ominous click of Gerard's handgun.
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266* In [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2007-01-12/comic/shades-of-black-and-white/non-negotiable/ this]] strip of ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' an assassin has taken Jamilla hostage after a botched attempt on Commander Schaefer and is attempting to escape. Eastwood tells him that's not going to happen and when the assassin asks why, "CLICK"
267-->'''Eastwood:''' It's very simple: As you are now aware, Inquisitor Gallagher has a gun leveled at your head.
268* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Bangladesh Dupree [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061220 pulls one of these on Ardsley Wooster]] just as he's about to ShootTheDog. [[OffhandBackhand He gets his revenge a few pages later.]]
269* ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'' [[http://www.rhjunior.com/goblin-hollow-0163/ Here.]]
270-->'''Gunther:''' Smile... Yer on Series/CandidCamera, Twinky Boy.
271%%** [[http://www.rhjunior.com/goblin-hollow-0183/ ...And much later here.]]%% ZCE; weblinks aren't examples.
272* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1245-sappyrrhic-defeat/ the energy weapons brandished by Cora, Frix and Slyvyrnus]] have no reason to make any sound, but when pointed at Garamm all three still go "CHAK".
273-->'''Caption:''' ... is the noise they would make if waving a well-made gun around made noise.
274* Schlock from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' is a master of the Ominous Hum Hello, as in [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-01-27 this case]].
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278* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': In 'Store Story', Balloon does this to Duck with a water gun in their "toy store war".
279* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI5_sQ8O-7Y Mine Turtle]] from ''WebAnimation/{{ASDFMovie}}''. In a nutshell: [[LivingWeapon Living]] [[LandMineGoesClick Land Mine Goes]] *click* "Hello!"
280* In the machinima ''WebAnimation/TheLeetWorld'', during the first challenge one of these occurs. Leeroy (Team A) gets snuck up on by Cortez (Team B), who is snuck up upon by Westheimer (Team A), who is in range of Ellis (Team B). Note that in this case it is literally completely pointless as there are in a competition where people can be revived, you get points for killing people and they have no reason to talk.
281* Tex introduces herself to Agent Wyoming in this way in Episode 42 of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' and asks where his employer, [[AIIsACrapshoot O'Malley]] is. Said employer then shows up and introduces himself in the same fashion.
282** Season 18 had a case without sound - as Washington prepares to charge back, he stalls once Phase's pistol [[TeleportSpam appears]] over his head - followed by a straightforward example, as Carolina then cocks a shotgun pointed at Phase.
283* Steve and Carlos from ''WebAnimation/SteveAndCarlos'' pull this trope on Doktor Vandike when he was about to kill Agent Zero.
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287* Used in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE46AlmostGotIm Almost Got 'Im]]": [[spoiler:Batman reveals himself to have been masquerading as Killer Croc at a villains' poker game and appears to be at the mercy of the other players. Immediately, dozens of other "bar patrons" draw their weapons and reveal the bar to have been a police sting]].
288* Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', "The One Wherein There Is A Big Twist": Toot points a gun at Captain Hero. Clara points a gun at Toot. Xandir points a gun at Clara. Spanky says, "Nobody holds a gun on my girl... but me!" and points a gun at Clara, too. Wooldoor suddenly develops lots of extra arms that allow him to point a plethora of guns at everyone, including himself, and the whole thing degenerates into a MexicanStandOff.
289* In the animated version of the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' episode "Tenderfoot", there is a whole string of these. In order: Lucky Luke points a gun at [[BigBad Jack Grabbit]], a henchman points at Lucky Luke, Sam points at the henchman, the barkeep points at Sam, the butler points at the barkeep, and finally Rantanplan (who thinks it's a game) points his cold nose at the butler. Then they all drop their weapons and engage in a BigBallOfViolence.
290* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E9TheMysteryOfTheUrinalDeuce Mystery of the Urinal Deuce]]", Stan points a gun to Kyle to Reveal that his attempt to blame the Government was to avoid getting in trouble for taking a deuce in the urinal.
291* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E17BountyHunters Bounty Hunters]]", the bounty hunters are introduced when Rumi sneaks up behind Ahsoka and tells her to drop her lightsaber with a blaster at the back of her head.
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295* In a [[TruthInTelevision real life counter]], UN soldiers on peace-keeping missions are often told not to leave a round chambered. This is partly because an [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace unintentional discharge]] around nervous and questionably-friendly civilians makes for really bad PR, but also because [[DramaticGunCock the sound of a whole squad working the cocking handles of their weapons simultaneously]] is a very, ''very'' potent tool for de-escalating a confrontation without resorting to force.
296** In the German army, it's encouraged that even when you have to have a round chambered for security reasons (heightened alarm level for instance) you should first cock the gun again when encountering trouble. You will eject the round currently chambered unused, but it's better than actually having to fire.
297* A "dumb crook" anecdote out there involves a bank robber unlucky enough to target a bank used by several agents of the local FBI office -- on their payday. When he announced it was a stick-up, cue the clicking of the safeties coming off behind him....
298* In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a man walked into fast food restaurant during a particularly busy day, pulled a gun and told the cashier, "This is a stick-up." A number of guns cocked behind him, and the person standing behind the man said, "No, it's not." Turns out the fast food restaurant was [[MuggingTheMonster around the corner from a Wisconsin police conference, which had just let its attendees out for lunch]].
299* From PJ O'Rourke, ''Holidays in Hell'', he recounts the amusement of locals in some Central American hellhole, on reading another journalist's description of hearing, in a tense moment, "the sound of dozens of safeties being removed." No-one there EVER keeps their safety catch on.
300* In one firefight in Afghanistan, a US patrol managed to stage an ambush against a group of Taliban fighters and their new recruits. However, one private still had his weapon on safe as the unsuspecting party approached; when he took the safety off, the experienced leaders of the group heard the telltale click and managed an "oh, shit" on their faces right before being promptly mowed down.
301* Patrick Kielty recounted a story like this on ''Series/TopGearUK'' while talking about what it was like trying to drive in Northern Ireland during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. While learning to drive he plowed his car into a army blockade. A moment of relief that he had survived was followed by a round of clicks as every soldier at this checkpoint aimed their guns at him.
302* 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, [[DontTryThisAtHome 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. And of course, the sound will [[SoMuchForStealth give away your position to the home invader]].
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