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10->''"FBI! Put your hands in the air! No, not one finger -- your hands!"''
11-->-- '''Agent Sulky''', ''The X Fools''
12
13"Flipping the Bird", or "the Finger" as it is also known (among other names), is the act of raising one's middle finger upwards while keeping the rest of the fingers bent at the first joint or curled tight into the palm of the hand. For added expression, the participant should extend the arm to its full length and raise slightly above the shoulder line, perform this movement in one sharp movement to add complete indignation to the gesture. Its name comes from the way the hand forms the shape of an upward-turned bird, but its obscenity comes from the way it resembles a phallus. For added effect, one can {{Dual Wield|ing}} the gesture in what is sometimes called the "Double Deuce". Alternatively, it can be further emphasized by simultaneously slapping the other hand into the bicep, against the elbow joint.
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15To flip someone off is an [[TakeThat insult]] in most of the Western World, and earliest references of it [[OlderThanFeudalism go all the way to Ancient Greek and Roman]] writings, where it is referred to as ''digitus impudicus'' (the "impudent digit"). Often directed to those in authority in an act of defiance, ''Flipping the Bird'' is an easy way to get across complicated emotions in one motion. Also used occasionally by people who are being photographed against their will, and want to ensure the resulting image won't be publishable. Frequently used toward another driver while at the wheel.
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17A known British variation of the gesture is the "two-finger salute", where the index finger is also raised, otherwise known as "making a VSign". Distinguished from the (inoffensive) "victory"/"peace" sign by the palm facing ''inward'', away from the target, much as it does for the single-finger equivalent. A [[http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.asp popular but apocryphal story]] about the origin of this version of the gesture involves the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, where the French allegedly boasted they would cut off the bow-fingers of every English longbowman they captured. When the English soundly beat them, their archers supposedly held up their still-intact fingers at the French in defiance. Sometimes the story ends with them shouting "Pluck Yew!" as they did so, denoting what they could still do to their bows. Supposedly this became the familiar expletive now implied by the gesture.[[note]]This obviously isn't true for reasons of etymology — the F-word has clear relatives in other languages — and also because you can't "pluck yew". Yew was the type of wood the bows were made of. You pluck the ''bowstrings''.[[/note]]
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19A variety of other gestures are considered obscene in various cultures around the world. Notable gestures include "the fig",[[labelnote:note]]A clenched fist, but with the thumb sticking out between the index and middle fingers, signifying a clitoris, and meaning, well...[[CountryMatters you know]]...[[/labelnote]] which is vulgar in France, Greece, and some Near East countries, the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras_d%27honneur bras d'honneur]]'' or "arm of honor", [[labelnote:note]]Bending and raising a forearm while resting the other hand in the crook of the bent elbow, essentially telling the targeted party exactly [[AssShove how deeply they can shove it.]][[/labelnote]] which is generally obscene where flipping the bird would be, and the "okay" gesture,[[note]]Or rather an identical gesture that actually means "asshole"[[/note]] which is offensive in Turkey, Spain, and some South American countries.
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21Even in cartoons where characters have FourFingeredHands, it's still possible to flip the bird by singularly elevating the finger between the index and pinky fingers, which is still censored on local and regular cable television. In addition, the gesture will never be referred to by its actual name nor explictly described, often subject to the NarrativeProfanityFilter; when implied to occur, it will be referred to as a non-descript "rude gesture".
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23!!Example subpages:
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25[[index]]
26* FlippingTheBird/AnimeAndManga
27* FlippingTheBird/FanWorks
28* [[FlippingTheBird/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
29* FlippingTheBird/{{Literature}}
30* FlippingTheBird/LiveActionTV
31* FlippingTheBird/VideoGames
32* FlippingTheBird/{{Webcomics}}
33* FlippingTheBird/WesternAnimation
34[[/index]]
35
36!!Other examples:
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38[[foldercontrol]]
39
40[[folder:Advertising]]
41* In an ad for Wild Turkey Kentucky Bourbon, a group of guys is contemplating whether the woman at the end of the bar likes one of them when suddenly she flips them off. Apparently not, right? Turns out, in this bar, the finger means "order that person a Wild Turkey on the rocks." As reflected in the tagline, [[{{Pun}} "Give 'em the bird."]]
42[[/folder]]
43
44[[folder:Comedy]]
45* ''Creator/RussellPeters'': "Ryan, go clean your room!" "FUCK YOU BITCH!"
46* [[StageMagician The Amazing]] [[SubvertedTrope Johnathan]] during one skit covered his hand with a kerchief and asked if a lady in the front row likes birds. When she answered yes, he whipped away and flipped her the bird. He did then proceed to recover his hand and make a bird appear... [[CrossesTheLineTwice which he then promptly pummeled into a fistful of feathers]].
47** He also does the double bird after getting annoyed by the audience member he brought up on stage wasn't falling for his trick questions, then later shows off a device spanning the stage which is just a bunch of disembodied hands flipping the bird, then flips off the audience again after he pulls a LookBehindYou by claiming David Copperfield was in the audience.
48* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcaR-GjlJs Dane Cook discusses the finger.]] (From about 1:10 on - [[ClusterFBomb audio NSFW]]), and how [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext it's utterly baffling that the Finger became a thing]].
49* One Creator/PeterKay routine discussed the art of stealthily flipping someone off by pretending to scratch your face.
50[[/folder]]
51
52[[folder:Comic Books]]
53* ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'':
54** Buddy Baker, of all people, flips off a turkey at the end of his story in ''Vertigo Jam''. The context is that he had a conversation with the turkey and was not amused by the turkey's sentiment that HumansAreBastards and dismissing Buddy's vegetarianism as doing nothing to change that.
55** A random background character flips off Buddy and his kids in issue 57.
56** Issue 58 has a driver give Ellen Baker the finger while calling her a "tight-ass bitch".
57** The Vertigo run's 1993 annual (a tie-in to ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusadeVertigo'') has Buddy's son Cliff flip off the police with both hands.
58** In issue 64, Cliff Baker gives his middle finger to the school principal as he and Maxine are pulled out of school by their mother.
59* The 14th issue of ''[[ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures Batman: Gotham Adventures]]'' has Harley Quinn use the Bat-Signal to make shadow puppets to get the attention of the Bat-family. At one point, it's implied she's flipping the bird.
60-->'''Robin:''' Whoops!\
61'''Batgirl:''' ''That'' hand gesture's not hard to figure out. Only one finger.
62* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'':
63** The cover to the 26th issue shows the members of the G-Men giving each other the finger.
64** The 37th issue has Frenchie flip off his girlfriend Marie for leaving him for another man in his account of his origins.
65** The 38th issue features two Japanese scientists flipping the bird to their boss in the recounting of The Female's origins.
66** The 56th issue has A-Train and Jack from Jupiter flip off the Homelander behind his back.
67* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'':
68** Crazy Jane flips off The Fog in issue 28 of volume 2.
69** In volume 2, issue 61, Willoughby Kipling gives the finger to the Candlemaker.
70** Coagula gives Niles Caulder the finger in volume 2, issue 71.
71** Lucius Reynolds gets flipped off in [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol2016 volume 6]], issue 8.
72* ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'': Guy Gardner flips off Mr. Terrific and ComicBook/MartianManhunter as his Power Ring flies to him and lands on his middle finger. WordOfGod confirms it was intentional, as they were surprised that the panel got approved.
73* In ''Comicbook/GoldDigger'', the universe's equivalent of [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] accidentally unleashes a SealedEvilInACan, also getting the creature's mind in her head. To take it out, she gets down to its body, then gets it to look at her, thus forcing it to see itself through her eyes, and [[TakenForGranite turning them both to stone]]. So she decides the last thing either of them will see is her flipping it off.
74* ''Comicbook/{{Hellblazer}}'':
75** John Constantine (who used to be pictured above) [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu gives the finger to the First of the Fallen]] in the 45th issue during Creator/GarthEnnis' run. However, many issues later, the First managed to give the finger back at John.
76** The 80th issue has a protestor give the bird to a cop and get killed for it.
77** In issue 83, John's friend George Ridley flips John off for calling him the N-word while insisting that George not call him "whitey".
78** Near the end of the "Another Season in Hell" arc in Peter Milligan's run, John defiantly gives the two-finger salute to the First of the Fallen.
79* ''ComicBook/Hitman1993'': The second issue has Tommy give Pat the finger off-panel in response to the latter asking to be his kid sidekick.
80* ''ComicBook/KidEternity'': At the conclusion of the 1991 miniseries by Creator/GrantMorrison, Kid Eternity signifies his and Mr. Keeper's defiance towards Mr. Keeper's masters by raising his middle finger at them.
81* ''ComicBook/TheLoboParamilitaryChristmasSpecial'': The content disclaimer mentions that the story features "the finger", which turns out to be the comic ending with Lobo and Dawg flipping the reader off.
82* Lula from the German comic ''ComicBook/LulaUndYankee'' does that at least once.
83* Hannah of ''ComicBook/RatQueens'' uses these frequently on exits.
84* Izabel throws one in ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' after one of her illusions frightens off some cultists.
85* Electrocutioner does this to Blockbuster in ''ComicBook/NightwingInfiniteFrontier'' after Batgirl and Batwoman reveal that Blockbuster was behind the HellholePrison Electrocutioner was stuck in for two years, Brutale driving Electrocutioner away as he shouts a colorful choice of insults, all covered with a parody of the Comics Code Authority logo.
86* A cover of ''ComicBook/{{Scarlet}}'' showed Scarlet flipping the bird to the viewer with both hands. It was also published in a "censored" variant which had an identical image but with brown paper bags covering her hands.
87* ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'':
88** The first issue has Freida Goren flip off Hotstreak.
89** In issue 26, Static gives the finger to Bad Betty, Tarmac and Pyre (Holocaust forced to use a different codename after the events of ''My Name is Holocaust'').
90* ''ComicBook/ThinBlueLine'': Near the start of the comic, at the gazebo where Mayor Myron Mulch is due to give his speech to the anti-cop protestors, a woman up there is shouting about free health care and illegal humans not existing. She's approached by a delegate of the mayor who calls her "Mizz Amherst-Kraby", which offends the woman ("Did you just call me Mizz?"). The delegate tries to apologize for using the wrong pronouns, only for Mizz Amherst-Kraby to stick up her middle finger at her and shout "Fuck off!" as she walks off the platform.
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93[[folder:Comic Strips]]
94* In one of Comicstrip/BigNate's "The Snuggles Family" comic strips, the family goes on a road trip and the kids in the family wave to truck drivers. Punkin wonders why one driver is waving with only one finger.
95* As ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' author Scott Adams has noted, you can get away with a lot of things in comics if you do them off-panel, such as [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1997-02-11/ Alice's none-too-subtle pun]] concerning how many digits she expected her bonus to be as opposed to what she actually got:
96-->'''Dilbert:''' How many digits?\
97'''Alice:''' I used one on each hand.
98* From ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'', Peter's pitching in a baseball game and looking at the catcher's signals:
99-->'''Peter:''' Two fingers? Shake him off. Three fingers? Shake him off. Two fingers? Shake him off again. Three fingers? Shake him off again. One finger?... Hey, same to you, pal!
100* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'':
101** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2002/03/30 Mentioned but not shown in the March 30, 2002 strip]]:
102--->'''Jon:''' Garfield! Get your paw out of the cookie jar! (''Jon then looks surprised'') Who taught you that gesture?!\
103'''Garfield:''': (''off-panel'') You, in the car, when you drive.
104** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1995/03/27 the March 27, 1995 strip]], when Jon and Garfield go on a vacation on Guano-Guano island:
105--->'''Jon:''' Look a native! Aloha, dude!\
106'''Native:''' (''off-panel'') [[VerbThis Aloha this!]]\
107'''Jon:''' Uh, must be an obscure Guano-Guano greeting.\
108'''Garfield:''' No, I think that's pretty universal.
109* In ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy,'' one storyline had an ''Series/AntiquesRoadshow''-esque curator mistake Bucky's [[SecurityBlanket teddy bear]], Smacky, for a rare Steiff teddy bear. When another curator later tells Bucky that Smacky is [[EpicFail virtually worthless]] (on ''live TV''), Bucky angrily responds "How about a birdie? I got a little birdie for you." as his paw is blurred. In the next strip, Rob's friend Joe [[LampshadeHanging wonders out loud]] how a cat with FourFingeredHands was able to give the Finger.
110* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'':
111** In the strip for November 26, 2006, Pig tries doing Rat's variation on the peace sign, but Rat doesn't want Pig copying him and limits him to one finger, which results in Pig getting pummeled for unintentionally flipping off a large man.
112** In [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/07/21 this]] strip, Stephan's ex-wife isn't telling him he's number 1.
113* Implied in [[http://shermanslagoon.com/comics/april-4-2005/ this]] ''ComicStrip/ShermansLagoon'' comic in which Megan makes a recipe for finger sandwiches from Martha Stewart's new cookbook. Sherman asks, "Are they supposed to be gesturing like that?"
114* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'':
115** When Jeremy gets a cut on his middle finger, the nurse advises him to keep it elevated; she changes her mind when she starts hearing students proclaiming [[AccidentalUnfortunateGesture "Same to you, Duncan!"]] in the hallway.
116** Jeremy decides to point out that Zuma (a member of the Posse) says all her sentences like questions. When Zuma gets offended, Jeremy claims he was just making an observation, causing Zuma (off-panel) to respond "Why don't you just observe ''this''?"
117** One strip has Jeremy's mom, Connie, offer to take a picture to celebrate another first day of school. And then...
118--->'''Connie:''' And now, one without the finger.
119** Another strip has Jeremy and Pierce meet someone from the robotics club. The club member tells them that his robot, which has a five-fingered hand, can toss frisbees and play the drums. Pierce was not amused by the latter, so he asks to bend all the fingers except the middle one.
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122[[folder:Films — Animation]]
123* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
124** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham''. Killer Frost and the Riddler are cornered by the Special Crimes Unit, who commands the two to return to their cells. After a pause, Killer Frost flips them the bird, causing them to open fire on the two.
125--->'''Frost:''' [[SarcasmMode That worked well.]]
126** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace'' has a scene where Robin is implied to flip off Batman while under the effects of the [[PsychoSerum Evil Extract Formula]] and transformed into a TwoFaced being like Two-Face. We don't see the gesture because Batman's body obscures Robin's hand from view, but the raising of his arm and what he says when he makes the gesture gives a good hint.
127--->'''Robin:''' I got your antidote right here!
128* In the movie-game tie in ''WesternAnimation/DeadSpaceDownfall'' Alissa gives an interesting salute to the Captain after ordering to not help to the colonists.
129* Done ever so epically by the animated Creator/AdamSandler to his caretaker as a hidden insult in ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights.''
130-->'''Whitey:''' Now I assume you've done your pre-game warm-ups.\
131'''Davey Stone:''' No, let me do them right now. ''[holds up his fists, raises and lowers his middle fingers]'' One, two, three, four...\
132'''Whitey:''' ''[oblivious]'' That's good, but don't forget your hammies.
133* The Australian animated film ''Go to Hell!'' (1997). After helping the Israelites escape across the Red Sea, Red (aka Satan) flips a huge bird to his father G.D. (aka God) with the help of a holographic projector.
134* In the "Harry Canyon" segment from ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', Harry at one point flips off some prostitutes at the police station.
135* ''WesternAnimation/Injustice2021''. Plastic Man is trying to break Mr. Terrific out of prison when Cyborg appears on a wallscreen and says [[TemptingFate there's no way he can break into the cell]]. Plastic Man turns to flip the surveillance camera the bird, showing he's morphed his hand into a skeleton key.
136* ComicBook/FritzTheCat does this in ''WesternAnimation/TheNineLivesOfFritzTheCat'' by flipping off a ''telephone'' after the operator hangs up on him. Much like Homer Simpson, he only has four fingers.
137* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', Homer flips off the [[TorchesAndPitchforks Angry Mob]] with both hands as he escapes down a sinkhole. Then he gets stuck and tries to use the fingers to dig himself out. This wasn't digitized on the FX airings of the movie.
138* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'', Lois Lane gives Brainiac both birds as he leans over to look into the bottle containing Metropolis. Even at a fraction of an inch, high Lois isn't intimidated by anyone. He pauses in his EvilGloating long enough to give her a FascinatingEyebrow before turning away.
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141[[folder:Magazines]]
142* The notorious [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/mad/166-3.jpg finger cover]] of ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' #166, which many newsstands refused to display.
143* ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' of all publications had a character (Gazh) doing this in their [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/5189237017/ Clash at Demonhead article]]. One wonders how this slipped past editorial review.
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146[[folder:Music]]
147* Kevin Rudolf's "Let It Rock":
148-->''Now the son's disgraced, he who knew his father.\
149When he cursed his name, turned and chased the dollar.\
150But it broke his heart so he stuck his middle finger\
151to the world, to the world, to the world.''
152* During a 1969 concert at San Quentin, Music/JohnnyCash was asked to take a picture for the warden and flipped off the camera. The picture gained notoriety in 1998 when, after Cash's album ''Unchained'' won the Best Country Album Grammy despite little love from the country mainstream, producer Rick Rubin ran a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Johnny_Cash_Billboard_Ad.jpg full-page ad]] in ''Billboard'' with the picture and the caption, [[SarcasmMode "American Recordings and Johnny Cash would like to acknowledge the Nashville music establishment and country radio for your support."]]
153* In "Born to Lose", the Great Luke Ski recommends that the [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Browns]] of the world do this to Lucy when she pulls the football away.
154* Music/{{Eminem}} uses this as part of his image and theming. He's frequently seen flipping the bird in photoshoots as a substitute for throwing gang signs (which was popular at the time he was coming up, but that doesn't suit his background), flips off his audience at concerts as a greeting, sells merchandise with a flipping off hand graphic on it, and tweets 🖕 emojis. He has a distinctive way of flipping people off in which his thumb remains untucked, which possibly came about due to his hypermobile joints, but he taught Creator/BrittanyMurphy how to flip people off for a scene in ''Film/EightMile'' and as a result she does it in his style.
155** "Role Model":
156--->My middle finger won't come down, how do I wave?
157** "The Way I Am."
158--->''And all of this controversy circles me\
159And it seems like the media immediately points a finger at me\
160So I point one back at them\
161But not the index, or pinkie, or the ring, or the thumb;\
162It's the one you put up\
163When you don't give a fuck and you just won't put up\
164With the bullshit they pull, cause they full of shit too...''
165** And again, more blatantly, in "The Real Slim Shady"...
166--->''So would the real Shady please stand up\
167and put one of those fingers on each hand up...''
168* Music/EltonJohn's "Made in England":
169-->''You had a scent for scandal, well here's my middle finger''
170* In a World War II propaganda musical short, [[Music/SpikeJones Spike Jones and His City Slickers]] sing "Der Fuhrer's Face": "Ve Heil! Heil! Right in Der Fuehrer's Face." The heil gestures are accompanied by the middle finger. The palm was facing outwards, but the gesture was just as rude.
171* "The One in the Middle" by CountryMusic singer Sarah Johns:
172-->''I would've given you the finger on my left-hand \
173The one you use for a wedding band\
174But now I'm giving you the one in the middle\
175The one that's a little bit longer\
176And I've got another one on my other hand\
177So I can say it even stronger...''
178* Music/KidRock's trope page includes a photo of him doing this.
179* The cover art of ''!!!Fuck You!!!'' by Music/{{Overkill}}.
180* Kurt Cobain does this in a photograph in the packaging of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}''.
181* Music/CobraStarship's "Middle Finger". [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's exactly what you think it's about]].
182* Music/ChelyWright's "The Bumper of My SUV" is about the narrator getting the finger by a driver who opposes her Marines bumper sticker.
183* The Peter Alsop song "It's Only a Wee-Wee, So What's The Big Deal?" has a woman do this to some boys this during the "special adult verse", who mistake the gesture for one meaning "penis".
184* Music/JoDeeMessina's "Peace Sign":
185-->''I'm not coming undone\
186I've got nothing but love\
187[[YouPutTheXInXY You put the FU in fun]], it's all good\
188I'm not trying to fight\
189I'm not wasting my time\
190I'm just saying goodbye\
191One finger shy of the Peace Sign''
192* The cover of Anders Osborne's ''Peace'' shows a little girl doing this.
193* In a routine by Creator/TheCapitolSteps routine, there's an announcement that henceforth, "The New York State Bird will no longer be a ''hand gesture''."
194* Music/BlakeShelton mentions getting the finger from an angry driver in "Some Beach".
195* Shellac, "The Bird is the Most Popular Finger" (1994).
196* Music/{{Rihanna}}'s [[Music/RatedRRihannaAlbum "Rockstar 101"]]:
197-->"Got my middle finger flying, I don't really give a fuck."
198* Music/KaceyMusgraves, "The Trailer Song":
199-->''You say that you're watching the birds out the window\
200Well, I got a bird you can watch''
201* The Music/BloodhoundGang song "I Hope You Die" has the singer hoping that the character they're addressing goes to jail for (accidental) vehicular homicide caused by the person flipping a guy off and the guy retaliating by cutting them off on the road. This is given a callback later when the singer describes the person [[PrisonRape being subjected to uncomfortable and obscene acts by his cellmate]] and states that the prison guard chooses to do nothing because they were the guy the person gave the bird earlier.
202* Music/PeterGabriel: The single cover for "Road to Joy" depicts a cavalcade of arms and hands flipping each other off.
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205[[folder:Music Videos]]
206* Music/WeirdAlYankovic:
207** In the video "White & Nerdy" the black gangstas he wishes to hang out with giving him the finger (although it is blurred out for censorship reasons).
208** He does it himself in the video for "Amish Paradise" (and, like in "White & Nerdy," is also blurred out for censorship reasons).
209* Ed Robertson gives a blurred one following a thumbs-up to some customers in Music/BarenakedLadies' "Pinch Me".
210* An uncensored one was visible from Music/JoanJett for a split second in "I Love Rock 'n Roll".
211** She does this twice in the "Bad Reputation" video.
212* One of the teens in Music/SmashingPumpkins' "1979" throws a couple from atop a hill near the beginning.
213* Mentioned in "Piece of Me" by Music/BritneySpears (and shown in the video).
214* In the music video of "Music/CaliforniaGurls" a gummy bear of all things gives ''Music/KatyPerry'' the finger though censored with {{pixellation}}.
215* "The Clash" by Backyard Babies has an amusing video trick: the finger ends in the guitarist.
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218[[folder:Podcasts]]
219* ''Podcast/TheBugle'' has a regular feature where listeners' Great Bird-Flipping Stories are readout.
220* In episode 11 of ''Podcast/PokemonWorldTourUnited'', between losing her Gym Battle with Kent, arguing with Roxy over her assumptions of her and Cobalt's relationship, and a sheer barrage of rock-based {{Pun}}s, Rose is in a foul mood. So, it's no surprise when she eventually flips off the cameras broadcasting Cobalt's battle with Kent out of annoyance. What ''is'' surprising is when Scramble, her Togepi, sees the gesture, looks at the little flippers it has instead of hands, and cheerfully tries to imitate it. Kent remarks that, while he does not condone that act, it was pretty adorable.
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223[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
224* Taking {{Wrestling/Madusa}} by the hair, Wrestling/SherriMartel flipped off the crowd before delivering a fatal knee shot. This was late in her {{Wrestling/A|mericanWrestlingAssociation}}WA reign.
225* Its first appearance on {{Wrestling/WWF}} TV was with the Mountie being ordered to provide his fingerprints after losing to the Wrestling/BigBossMan at Summerslam 91. "You want the finger? THERE'S the Finger"!
226* [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] after costing Wrestling/TheUndertaker the title at Wrestling/RoyalRumble 1996, which was notably before the Wrestling/AttitudeEra.
227* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's "Stone Cold Salute" in the Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As famous as any other gesture (Diamond Dallas Page's "BANG!", the New World Order's "4 life", the Wolfpac symbol, "Suck it!", etc.), Austin literally gets over with the audience by telling them to screw themselves on live television (and they happily do it back to him in support).
228* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon does this a lot.
229** He was [[BullyingADragon idiotic enough to flip off]] Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}} once. They broke his leg.
230** During a Steel Cage Match against SCSA, Austin nearly escaped twice. Vince flipped him off both times to enrage him into coming back.
231** After being defeated by Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 22'', Vince was loaded onto a stretcher and wheeled away. Vince defiantly flipped Shawn off right before he disappeared.
232** He did the same thing after losing to Hulk Hogan at [=WrestleMania=] 19.
233* [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter Antonio Banks's]] catchphrase was "Read Between The Lines!", which he usually said while holding up three fingers.
234* [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Mr. America]] flipped off Vince [=McMahon=] in the middle of their arm-wrestling match.
235* During their 2003 Iron Man Match, Wrestling/BrockLesnar tried to call for a time out, only for Wrestling/KurtAngle to give him the double bird and keep attacking him.
236* At ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2004'', a man in the audience flipped off The Undertaker during his entrance.
237* Upon elimination from the 2004 Wrestling/WWEDivaSearch, Wrestling/{{Maria|Kanellis}} gave the finger to [[EliminationHoudini Carmella]].
238* At ''Judgement Day 2005'', JBL flipped off Wrestling/JohnCena. Following his victory over Wrestling/MattHardy at ''Armageddon 2005'', [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] flipped off the referee and the audience.
239* Wrestling/RicFlair flipped off Wrestling/TripleH at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2005''.
240* After revealing she had Wrestling/AjaKong in her corner at ''[[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1 ZERO1 Celebration Return in Zeros]]'', Wrestling/AmazingKong gave Team SUN the double bird.
241* At the 2007 ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Turning Point]]'' Wrestling/JamesStorm put perennial baby {{face}} Eric Young in a Fujiwara armbar and then forced Young to flip off his own fans.
242* At ''Victory Road 2008'', Wrestling/SamoaJoe flipped off Wrestling/{{Sting}}.
243* At ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank 2011'', after Wrestling/CMPunk left through the crowd with the WWE Championship, a fan flips off Wrestling/VinceMcMahon.
244* Since mid-2012, Wrestling/{{Christopher|Daniels}} [[SmugSnake Daniels]] has adopted the tendency to tape his fingers in black and show the handoff to the crowd, but not his thumb and middle fingers.
245* At ''Summerslam 2012'', Fred Durst of Music/LimpBizkit fame was in the audience. When the camera focused on him, he gave the Finger. Durst was ejected by arena security.
246* Wrestling/RandyOrton flipped off Wrestling/SethRollins after turning on him in March 2015.
247* At ''Summerslam 2015'', Brock Lesnar flipped off The Undertaker right before he passed out from Undertaker's hold.
248* During Wrestling/{{Progress Wrestling}} Chapter Twenty-Four: Hit The North!, El Ligero threw his cape at co-owner Jon Briley during The Origin’s entrance. Jon responded by silently flipping him off.
249** Whenever Paul Robinson enters, the majority of the crowd will do this.
250** Wrestling/JimmyHavoc did this a lot as well.
251* At ''Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} Volume 80'', Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa smiled and waved to the crowd while holding Wrestling/CandiceLeRae in a kondo clutch, so more eyes would be looking when she flipped them off. Being more "[[LighterAndSofter family friendly]]" than most of the other shows running in Dallas that weekend, it was met with gasps and admonitions of "that's not nice".
252* At the 2016 ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Aftershock]]'' Kenny King ducked under the ropes to high five all his "fans" after knocking over Will Ferrara, but aside from those [[AstroTurf he had hired]], he pulled away just within arm's reach to give them something else.
253-->'''Matt Taven:''' I'm pretty sure he told that kid in the front row he's number one twice.
254* At ''Bound For Glory 2018'', after Wrestling/AustinAries lost his match, he walked to the back flipping off and insulting everybody. This was not in the script and everybody was shocked, especially his opponent [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Impact]], who mouthed, "Are you kidding me?" The only reason why Aries was able to get away with this was that this was his last match before his contract expired, meaning he didn't have to worry about being fired.
255* At ''Death Before Dishonor XIV'', Wrestling/AdamCole gave Wrestling/JayLethal the double bird.
256* On the April 8, 2019 edition of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'', Elias cut a promo to John Cena during his concert and conversed this trope to the Doctor of Thuganomics.
257-->'''Elias:''' I'm sitting here holding up three fingers, John. The middle one is for you.
258* Starting in June 2019, Wrestling/SamoaJoe ambushed and attacked Wrestling/KofiKingston several times in order to set up a title match between them at ''Extreme Rules 2019''. At one point, Joe promised to leave Kofi alone until the title match if Kofi would shake his hand. Instead, Kofi flipped him the bird and then knocked him out.
259* This is more of a blink-and-miss, but at ''[=WrestleMania=] 35'', Wrestling/BeckyLynch double flipped the bird to both Wrestling/CharlotteFlair and Wrestling/RondaRousey during the Winner Takes All Triple Threat Match for both Raw and [=SmackDown=] Women's Championships.
260* Wrestling/BrockLesnar double flipped the bird to Wrestling/CodyRhodes after an unprovoked brutal attack in what was supposed to be the main event of the post-Wrestling/WrestleMania 39 ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' that [[FaceHeelTurn turned the Beast heel]].
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264* In the ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresDoubleActs'' episode "The Goliath Window", Mark the sailor, explaining how he always knows what his phantom limb is doing to Luke the parson, tells him that "it is now making a signal most inappropriate for a parson's parlour". A clearly irritated Luke simply responds "Really? Is it this one, or this one?"
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267[[folder:Roleplay]]
268* ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'':
269** Zia gives a salty middle finger to Simon's back as he staunchly keeps to himself and refuses to join her group.
270** Fellow punk Nadine gives one of her proudest middle fingers to Finn after one of his usual bouts of {{jerkass}}ery.
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273[[folder:Sports]]
274* [[https://www.azsnakepit.com/2018/11/17/18094326/footnotes-of-baseball-history-charles-old-hoss-radbourns-insane-1884-season-and-a-photographic-first This photo]] of pitcher Old Hoss Radbourn and the rest of the 1886 Boston Braves is believed to be the oldest recorded instance of someone flipping off a camera. (Back row all the way to the left, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_finger#/media/File:Old_Hoss_Radbourn_finger.jpg here's a zoom-in.]])
275* Cyclist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cavendish Mark Cavendish]] gave us this post-win [[http://cdn3.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2010/04/29/2/par3206415_600.jpg British variant]].
276* A 1972 ''Series/MondayNightFootball'' game between the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers had an incident in which Creator/{{ABC}} cameras caught several Oilers fans leaving (the putrid Oilers were losing badly to then-AFC powerhouse Oakland). One guy that stayed happened to be caught on camera and, [[MediumAwareness seemingly aware of it]], raised the middle digit. This incident also provided commentator Don Meredith's "We're number 1 in the nation" quip.
277** Similar to this incident, the late newscast for UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Creator/{{ABC}} station KGO following UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XIX (won by the hometown 49ers) shows a clip of some Miami Dolphins fans in a hotel to support the defeated Dolphins and one fan on an escalator flips the bird briefly ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TanoA3QTp8Q around the 1:51 mark]]).
278* Bud Adams, longtime owner of the Tennessee Titans (and formerly a Houston/Tennessee Oilers) was caught on camera shooting off repeated birds at the other press box - probably at old American Football League rival, Bills' owner Ralph Wilson... with Commissioner Roger Goodell in Adams' press box watching him. Whether this is an example of BrassBalls depends on your point of view. Given the fact that Adams was 86 at the time, it might have been a case of just not caring.
279* Michael Vick actually got in quite a bit of trouble for throwing up a double deuce to a fan in 2006. Of course, the $20,000 fine he paid and the media savaging was only a warm-up act compared to what happened to him the following offseason...
280* Has cropped up a couple of times in UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}}. One was in Dale Earnhardt's last race, done rather like an irate driver in traffic (which, in a way, he was), on Kurt Busch. Mike Joy interpreted it as Earnhardt telling Busch, "Kurt, you're number one."
281** Then, in the 07 November 2010 race at Texas, Kyle Busch did this to a NASCAR official who was enforcing a penalty on him. One (lap penalty) plus one (finger raised) equalled three (lap penalty). Busch should consider himself lucky, in just about any other sport giving the finger to an official would result in an immediate ejection/disqualification and likely suspension.
282* UsefulNotes/FormulaOne had a few infamous cases:
283** Heinz-Harald Fretzen did it to Mark Blundell after passing him, and his finger itself was caught on the on-car camera. Johnny Herbert [[http://www.atlasf1.com/2000/mal/preview/cunliffe1.jpg did one on the podium]].
284** Kimi Raikkonen is no slouch either. He [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBdJ0WWhu4g gives one]] to Lewis Hamilton during the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix upon passing by him as Hamilton goes off track. And at the same Grand Prix two years later, [[https://youtube.com/shorts/psrz0i5n_kc?feature=share he flips off Nikita Mazepin]], who just happens to be in Kimi's way.
285** The first time Nikita Mazepin was on the receiving end of a middle finger from an F1 driver was during Free Practice for the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYoG82kHC18 courtesy of Lance Stroll]]. Stroll would raise his middle finger ''seconds after'' passing through the Russian driver, followed by his remark on the radio: "[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]] Mazepin has no idea what he's doing!"
286* During a 1992 race in the British Touring Car Championship, 2nd placed John Cleland let leader Steve Soper know exactly what he thought of him, right as the feed cut to his on-board camera. How did the BBC deal with this? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svwsK5NU2C0 Murray Walker, it's over to you!]].
287* During Game 4 of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens, which took place in Montreal, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKggtLYecU Andrew Ference of the Bruins let the Habs fans have it by flipping them off after scoring Boston's second goal in the second period]]. Since this was a matchup between [[ArchEnemy two hated rivals]] trying to gun their way for the Cup, it is a classic case of TakeThat to the Montreal fans. Needless to say, [[SeriousBusiness the fans got pissed off]] and Ference would later be fined $2500 for the unsportsmanlike gesture. The funny irony here is that Ference himself is born a Canadian (he's from Edmonton).
288* The grand old all-American pastime of baseball isn't immune to the finger, either. [[http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2003/10/baseball_and_the_bird.html Here's an article]] detailing the gesture's, er, singular history in the sport.
289* In UsefulNotes/IndyCar, at the 2011 New Hampshire Indy 225, a very unpopular decision to restart the race under wet conditions resulted in a crash which took Will Power out of the race. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScDjyS7SYZU He gave both barrels to the race officials in response.]] He got a ''lot'' of support after that (and his team owner even paid the fine Power was given for the birds).
290* During the 2001 Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix, which was held in Suzuka Circuit, rising motorcycle phenom Valentino Rossi flipped the bird to then-rival Max Biaggi after the latter attempted to force a bike crash on him by forcing him off the gravel. Rossi was mentally disoriented by this interference, but eventually he caught up to his rival and then flashed the gesture as a TakeThat for cutting him off.
291* When [=LeBron=] James played his first game back in Cleveland after signing with the Miami Heat in 2010 several newspapers ran an AP photo of James doing his old pre-game chalk toss routine.[[note]]Some NBA players like to cover their hands in powdered chalk to help grip the ball, James used to toss a big handful of it in the air to create an effect similar to Wrestling/TripleH's water spitting during his entrance.[[/note]] In the background of the photo were '''three''' Cavaliers fans in the audience giving [=LeBron=] the one finger salute.
292* Johnny Manziel flipped off the Redskins' bench during a pre-season game in his rookie year.
293* Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy once flipped the bird at a linesman after a blown call.
294* German midfielder Stefan Effenberg showed his middle finger to jeering fans while being subbed off in the 1994 [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA World Cup]]. [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor He was then banned from the German National team for life.]]
295* During their 2018 college football rivalry game, a Harvard running back gave the bird to a Yale defenseman as he scored a touchdown. The touchdown was retracted as the result of an ensuing unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
296* After knocking out James Vick in the first round of their UFC fight in 2018, an irate Justin Gaethje [[https://usatmmajunkie.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20-Justin-Gaethje-def.-James-Vick.jpg?w=768 gave him a double deuce]]. After the incredibly personal build up to their fight, including Vick making fun of his recent losses, Gaethje had a couple of statements to make after beating him very decisively.
297* In the 2022 [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA World Cup]], when goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was booed by French fans, he used his own Golden Glove award he had just received, held it near the crotch, in the view of FIFA and Qatari officials no less, and thus we got an interesting variation of the finger. [[https://nypost.com/2022/12/19/emiliano-martinez-explains-vulgar-world-cup-trophy-gesture/ It must be seen to be believed]].
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301* The [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Angry_Marines Angry Marines]] (probably NSFW), one of the many ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' memes, do this all the time to everything and everyone. Just look at the first image.
302* The page image for ''TabletopGame/PsionicsTheNextStageInHumanEvolution'' (which is also the book's back cover image) depicts a pyrokinetic flipping the bird while blowing up a car.
303** A captured esper flips double birds at a Shop agent in one of the book's short stories.
304** The singer of Tomorrow's Starlight is depicted flipping off a crowd with both hands.
305** One character gets flipped off by his dead friend.
306* ''Realms of Arcania'' has a stealth version, at least in the German original. There is an Assassins Guild called the Fellowship of Tsa's Second Finger [[labelnote:*]]Bruderschaft vom zweiten Finger Tsas[[/labelnote]]. People easily disregard the fact, that when you talk of ''fingers'', the thumb doesn't necessarily count.
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309[[folder:Theatre]]
310* In productions of the musical ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'', the final poses of "Totally Fucked" usually involve several characters flipping the bird.
311* In some production of ''Theatre/TheRockyHorrorShow'', Riff Raff does this to Frank when Frank isn't looking. In the Geekenders version he turns a salute into this gesture; in the 90s version with Creator/EdwardTudorPole as Riff Raff and Creator/AnthonyStewartHead as Frank, he does it after Frank faints.
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314[[folder:Visual Novels]]
315* In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' Turner Grey flips off the player when he pushes up his glasses in his normal pose. In Japan though, it's not offensive, though it was overlooked in the American translation.
316* ''VisualNovel/Case03TrueCannibalBoy'': The Hillpolly Library reveals that the middle finger gesture can stop the evil eye ability. In the final battle with the Cannibal Boy of Mt. Candyhouse, this proves to be more effective than Marty's low-quality Nazar.
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319[[folder:Web Animation]]
320* In ''WebAnimation/{{Arenas}}'', Doom flips the bird to his superior in "Chosen By The Vadrigar".
321* ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': In BFDI 1a, Pin tells Leafy that only one person can win the island. She holds up a finger for extra emphasis on the "one," but it wasn't the finger you would expect.
322-->'''Pin:''' Only one of us can win.\
323'''Leafy:''' Um, Pin, wrong finger.\
324'''Pin:''' Woops, heheh...
325* In the ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' between [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Goku Black]] and [[ComicBook/TheFlash Reverse Flash]], Thawne flips off Goku Black after [[spoiler:having just destroyed Black's Time Ring, sealing the body-snatching god's fate. He then phases out of that timeline while one of his alternate selves proceeds to finish Black off.]]
326* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'':
327** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yaupiVHlmo Akane]] gives the middle finger to Akamatsu during an argument over the latter making bonfires.
328** Yuzuriha gives Akamatsu the middle finger for cheating on her with two different women and [[spoiler: [[PaedoHunt his obsession with young girls]].]]
329* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': This is a bit of a RunningGag on the website, only done by characters [[InvisibleAnatomy without]] [[FingerlessHands fingers]]. This is best showcased in the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "the bird". Strong Bad is fond of giving people the two-handed "double deuce"... despite having boxing gloves for hands. Pom Pom likes the "single deuce". And then Homestar Runner manages to flip Strong Bad the bird without any ''arms''. ''Unknowingly'', at that!
330* In one episode of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' the Emperor shapes the Astronomicon, the massive psychic beacon powered by the daily sacrifice of a thousand screaming psychic children that guides every ship of the Imperium, to flip the bird.
331* ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'':
332** Darlene Spritzer does this to Lobo as she dumps him and takes his bike.
333** Lobo does this to Whutzat after his arm was cut off.
334* B-14 does this to Little Prolie in ''WebAnimation/LuckyDayForever''
335* ''WebAnimation/McBusters'': The third short does a unique take on a send-up to a hypothetical ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} 3'' logo by having the burger-headed ghost behind the prohibited symbol simply raise his middle finger near the hand he's making a peace sign with.
336* ''WebAnimation/MokeysShow'': In the HalloweenEpisode, Mokey does this to Mommy when she tells him and his friends that they're too old to go trick-or-treating.
337-->'''Mokey:''' Mommy? I think you are blind.\
338'''Mommy:''' BLIND?! I am not blind Mokey!\
339'''Mokey:''' Yes you are, Mommy. You can't see.\
340'''Mommy:''' SEE?!?! SEE WHAT MOKEY?!\
341'''Mokey:''' (flipping the bird) THIS, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BETCH]]!!!
342* In [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Ld441NJbA&pp=ygUQcGJzIGRpcnR5IHAgcGFscw%3D%3D a parody]] of the Creator/{{PBS}} [[Creator/PBSKids P-Pals]] logo, the P-Pals' [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]] flip off the viewers while singing, "This is '''NOT''' PBS!"
343* ''WebAnimation/PorkchopNFlatscreen'': Pops up as early as the first episode, where in response to having her shurikens taken away, Ninja Girl Mai (not to be confused with ''that'' [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai]]... or [[VideoGame/BlazBlue that one]]) flips the bird at her best friend Ayane (also not to be confused with another kuniochi named [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Ayane]]).
344* In the WebAnimation/TeamServiceAnnouncement ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz5BU44_h74 Pop it, Don't Drop it]]'', TheMedic of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' survives an ambush by ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill the entire RED team]]'', by using his Ubercharge just in time. How does he celebrate his survival? By flipping them off. With both hands. While wearing sunglasses. Surrounded by dancing Scouts and Heavies. While "Dreaming a Dream" by Captain Jack plays. This pose was later modded as a taunt to replace the "Meet the Medic" taunt. It got so popular that ''Valve actually increased the price'' of the [=MtM=] taunt because so many people were buying it to replace it.
345* In the season finale of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue: Singularity'', Genkins does a double one as he jumps into black hole - with added EvilLaugh! (it's blurred in the Youtube release, reportedly at Creator/ThreeFourThreeStudios' request)
346* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'': [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Gilda]] delivers some of these in her furious final rant towards [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix]], effectively [[MoodWhiplash turning the courtroom's mood on its head]]. Considering she's a part eagle, there's a good chance [[StealthPun there's a pun in there somewhere]].
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350* [[http://www.fuh2.com/ Fuck You and Your H2]] is a site dedicated entirely to pictures of people flipping off Hummer H2 drivers.
351* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
352** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1884 SCP-1884-B]], the apparent twin sister of a mild-mannered woman with no hands, is a mass of hands with attitude.
353--->'''Dr. Selman:''' How would you describe your captivity in the [[CircusOfFear Circus Of The Disquieting]]?\
354'''SCP-1884-B:''' ''(SCP-1884-B raises the middle finger of every hand not being used to support its weight)''
355** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/experiment-log-261-ad-de SCP-261]] is a vending machine that takes yen and gives bizarre edible articles in return. At one point they test giving it a counterfeit 500 yen coin. The machine produces a bag of candy similar to gummi bears, but shaped like hands with extended middle fingers. Made of potassium cyanide.
356* Implicitly denied in ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'':
357-->862. Bigby's Offensive Finger is not a real spell.
358* An "artist's rendering" of a [[http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/troylaplante/tradectr.jpg proposed replacement]] for the World Trade Center began circulating shortly after the events of [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents/SeptemberEleventh 9/11/01]].
359* [[https://pastebin.com/czgBZfC7 "VMS Version 3,"]] a parody of DEC service bulletins which began circulating on Usenet around 1983, repeatedly directs anyone complaining about the VMS operating system's features or lack thereof to "see figure 1," with Figure 1 being ASCIIArt of a raised middle finger.
360* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
361** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/400-the-more-the-merrier-merry-5a Merry 5: The More, the Merrier (Part A)]]:
362---> The sound of a small motor made me aware of a video camera in the room as I sat and took care of some overdue business. I scrunched down, and watched the camera watch me. Not wanting to miss my chance at giving the giving the wrong impression I flipped the camera the bird. Then I said, "fucking perverts."\
363I did get a slight giggle when the camera abruptly pointed to the opposite corner. Though I can’t say for certain, I was fairly sure the motor was not that fast.[[note]] The last part is insinuating that Kam, one of her caretakers, used his MindOverMatter powers to force it to look away, rather than it being shifted by the camera operator.[[/note]]
364** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/775-a-little-r-r A Little R&R (Part 1)]]:
365---> "Because you’re so much older than me," I teased with a grin. "Oh wait... You barely look like you’re out of diapers..."\
366"Bite me, kid," Alyss responded as she flipped me the bird, which made everyone start to laugh.
367* ''Blog/GaryLandlordOfTheFlies'': [[https://strangerthaneviction.tumblr.com/post/136612080/july-5-a-farewell-to-my-armoire This post]] briefly mentions Gary flipping off Gabe and his friend Mat when they come by to retrieve some of Gabe's belongings.
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370[[folder:Web Videos]]
371* [=YouTube=] personality WebVideo/{{AlphaOmegaSin}} is known to do this during his rants about things that really annoy him, sometimes combined with a ClusterFBomb. He also has a tiny 8-bit graphic image of himself holding up two middle fingers that appears in one of his intros.
372* Pat the NES Punk has a thumbnail of WebVideo/AngryJoe holding up two middle fingers, both censored out with Nintendo logos, for his commentary about one of Angry Joe's rants about Nintendo blocking one of his gameplay videos.
373* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd does this constantly. This extends to his more mundane actions, such as loading in an NES cartridge... with his middle finger, specifically.
374* Japanese-British virtual vlogger WebVideo/AmiYamato digitally inserts herself into the torture chair scene in ''Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens'' and gives Kylo Ren the British two-fingered variant, complete with a cheeky [[BlowingARaspberry raspberry]], when he tries to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eN1fu9IrTE bully her into giving up her turn in the "massage chair"]].
375* During ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'''s Marville #5 review, the issue takes a potshot at scientists. Cut to Dr. Linksano doing this trope to the screen (and, presumably, the comic). Later, when the issue outright calls anthropologists people without jobs, Linkara invites the audience to do the same to the comic.
376* All over the place in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'':
377** Lady Gaga flips off Sarah Palin a split second before the battle begins.
378** At the end of above battle, John [=McCain=] flips off the whole world.
379** Master Chief gives a long one to Leonidas at the end of his rap.
380** Barack Obama stealthily does this to Mitt Romney. While commenting on how it would be awkward to have a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Lady, he counts off with his middle finger, pinky, and ring finger, in that order.
381** Bruce Lee shows Clint Eastwood his two-finger push-up. "KUNG F-U!"
382** Pablo Picasso can be seen [[FunnyBackgroundEvent painting this in the background]] during his battle with Bob Ross.
383** Jack the Ripper performs the British variant at the end of his second verse.
384* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' exploited the scene where Vegeta flips off one of Frieza's men, to no one's surprise
385-->''Look at your men, now back to me, [[AffectionateParody now look back at your men, BACK to me.]] [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike I am not your man.]] I am flipping you off.
386** In Episode 60 this is how Trunks and Vegeta say goodbye to each other. Never did a bird flip come across as so heartwarming.
387* ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'': Grenier's conclusion of his test for ''VideoGame/XPerts'' is to give the finger to the makers of the game. And then, in a scene reminiscent of the early days of this web video series, he destroys the game cartridge by [[FingerGun firing an energy beam from his raised middle finger]].
388* The StrangeSalute for the Republic of WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}.
389* WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} and his "Double Finger Defense" from his ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' playthrough.
390* In the ''WebVideo/NintoasterInstructionalVideo'', Richard Daluz, playing himself, flips off the narrator after putting on a makeshift anti-static wrist strap.
391* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': The thumbnail for the review of ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}'' (1998) shows the Critic standing next to a giant footprint and flipping the bird upward.
392* ''WebVideo/PhilosophyTube'': In "Data", when the Patron demands that Ellis follow the nightclub's legally-required procedure to provide a copy of any data they hold on them, Ellis responds with one of these.
393* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', when Joey notices Kaiba doing a LyingFingerCross, he changes it to this.
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