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6->''"Guess I should've knocked."''
7-->-- '''[[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint Barton]]''' (nonchalantly reacting to a knife at his face), ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
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9Gently moving aside a weapon pointed at you.
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11Maybe the hero was caught completely off-guard, or he's being menaced by someone he can't simply strike back against, and is now backed against the wall, with something very sharp in his face. So he'll place one finger on the tip of the weapon and nonchalantly guide it out of his face. If it's really sharp and he doesn't want to risk poking himself, grasping the flat part between finger and thumb is also an acceptable method. It works equally well with a gun, perhaps better because of the lack of cutting parts. This is a good way to show that the hero does not consider said enemy much of a threat, despite being armed.
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13Alternately, this could be done ''to'' the hero, if he's confronting a potential ally who he doesn't trust (or an ally who shouldn't be trusted to use a gun correctly). This trope also covers use of the line as a StockPhrase.
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15May be related to BarehandedBladeBlock. Better than a FingerInABarrel. Compare RemonstratingWithAGun. Not to be confused with ArtisticLicenseGunSafety or IJustShotMarvinInTheFace, although the people listed under those tropes ''should'' Point That Somewhere Else. Usually used by a character who is ObfuscatingStupidity or legitimately has no idea of the danger they're in, if they're dealing with a PushyGunTotingVillain.
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23* Happens in ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', by [[InspectorJavert Inspector Lunge]] on a random mook with a gun. He simply walks up to him and pushes the gun down, and demands to speak to his boss.
24* Happens in ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' along with an inverted BareHandedBladeBlock, when Endorsi just gentlely pushes Serena's hand aside with a non-chalant "Let's end the damage to this cultural heritage right here."
25* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': During their big fight, [[KungFuWizard Negi]] has Setsuna's magic daggers hovering at [[WorldsStrongestMan Jack Rakan]]'s throat. He decides to bite down on a couple, and the others [[SweatDrop get nervous]].
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29* In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' #237, the Felidae Emissary does this when threatened with a spear.
30* ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs'': Herr Bombastus, overjoyed at finding a pair of Christians on his island, effusively hugs Armand and Don Lope. Unfortunately, this means he's holding his blunderbuss in Don Lope's face (as he thought they were thieves at first), leading to Lope asking him to watch the gun (in Spanish).
31* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: When Mala ends up washed ashore in New York City after a plane crash she easily blocks some bullets thinking her attackers are playing "bullets and bracelets" and then forces them to point their guns downwards when she's talking with them since those things could be dangerous if there are children around. This helps highlight how naive most Amazons are compared to Diana who hit the ground running when she first left Paradise Island.
32* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': When Jesse is being held captive by his evil family, he responds to TC pointing a shotgun at him with "Point that fucking thing somewhere else, will you?" He does so using [[CompellingVoice the Word]], even though it didn't work on his family the last time he used it... and TC points the gun away. Jesse then says in the Word, "Drop it". TC drops the shotgun and promptly [[OhCrap freaks out]] as he realizes they've lost their one bargaining chip over Jesse.
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36* It's played straight near the beginning of the fight between Cloud and Sephiroth in ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', when he points his sword in Cloud's face while he's laid out.
37* [[Creator/DavidTennant Charles Darwin]] gingerly moves aside a cutlass pointed at him when he first encounters the Pirate Captain and his men in ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists''.
38* In ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', the Sheriff of Nottingham asks his henchman, Trigger, not to point his crossbow at him. Trigger assures him that the safety is on. Of course, right as he says that, he pats the crossbow, accidentally setting it off.
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42* TropeNamer: In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Han Solo says this to a spear-wielding Ewok threatening him for sitting up.
43* In the less common villainous usage of this, Chauvelin to Sir Percy Blakeney in the 1934 film, ''Film/{{The Scarlet Pimpernel|1934}}''.
44-->'''Blakeney:''' The password -- do we have to use force?\
45'''Chauvelin:''' ''[waving aside Blakeney's accomplice's pistol]'' Not at all, Sir Percy. The password is "The Channel is free."
46* During a stakeout in ''Film/MagnumForce'' one of Harry Callahan's fellow cops accidentally points a shotgun at his head. Callahan carefully pushes the barrel away.
47* Doesn't work in ''Film/PansLabyrinth''. Captain Vidal aims his pistol at a wounded revolutionary, who weakly pushes it away once, twice, then rests his hand over the barrel. Vidal shoots him in the head, through his hand.
48* In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', James pushes aside a rifle that Largo has casually pointed at him as a veiled threat, before taking the gun to admire it.
49* In ''Film/WeekendAtBernies'', Larry casually pushes aside the barrel of a would-be mugger's handgun and just keeps walking: "Aw, get your ass outta here, it's too hot!"
50* In David Mamet's film ''Heist'', Jimmy points a gun at Joe Moore.
51-->'''Joe Moore:''' He ain't gonna shoot me? \
52'''Fran Moore:''' No. \
53'''Joe Moore:''' Then he hadn't ought to point a gun at me. It's insincere.
54* ''Film/MenInBlack''. When Agent J ([[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety who really ought to know better]]) points the Noisy Cricket ([[LittleUselessGun itty-bitty pistol]] with [[BlownAcrossTheRoom power and recoil of a gun 50x its size]]) at Agent K, K immediately pushes it away so it isn't pointed at him.
55* ''Film/UndercoverBrother''. After the title character "sells out" by acting like a white man, Conspiracy Brother decides to kill him with a shotgun. When he points the shotgun at him, Undercover Brother calmly pushes the barrel aside and grabs it from him. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quvdtYe86O4#t=50s here]].
56* ''Film/MonkeyBusiness''. A gangster hands revolvers to both [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho and Zeppo]] on two separate occasions. Both times, after he does so he immediately realizes that they are absentmindedly pointing them right at him, and grabs their hands to turn the guns aside.
57* In ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', Alejandro does this to Elena when she holds a rapier to his neck, and it turns into [[SlapSlapKiss flirtation between them.]]
58* In ''Film/HoubaOnTheTrailOfTheMarsupilami'', this is done by a parrot (with its talon) when a bandito puts a machete under its throat, holding the bird hostage for its master to comply.
59* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': After Wanda (ComicBook/ScarletWitch) throws a big kitchen knife at Hawkeye with telekinesis and it stops an inch from his face, Clint casually pushes it aside with a finger.
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63* A common joke among the infantry is that the newest member of the squad is told to take point. Not because they trust the new soldier, but because that means their gun will be pointed away from everyone else.
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67* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
68** In the novel ''Literature/MenAtArms'', Sgt. Detritus (a troll) takes a siege bow (i.e. it basically fires telephone poles with blunt points on them to smash castle walls) and points it at the quartermaster in charge of the Ankh-Morpork armory. Corporal Carrot gently points the huge weapon towards the floor while persuading the man to let the Watch borrow some weapons. Naturally, the quartermaster gladly agrees, although he has a hard time getting the words out -- the first word he thinks is "FIRE!"
69** This becomes a bit of a running gag when Detritus points the later-refitted siege bow at pretty much anything else, with him either having it redirected or ordered to point it away or put it away. The "Piecemaker", as it is later dubbed, fires large bundles of arrows that disintegrate under the stress to form a rapidly-expanding cloud of deadly wood fragments, taking out anyone or anything that happens to be standing in that general direction, so when coupled with Detritus's shaky grasp of the concept of a safety catch it tends to make his superiors quite jumpy when the Piecemaker is pointed at anything they don't want to see completely leveled.
70* In ''Literature/GenerationKill'', IntrepidReporter Evan Wright is given an M4 by Corporal Ray Person, who can't fire it because he's driving. While Wright never actually fires the gun, and sensibly kept his finger away from the trigger, when he hands it back, he does so barrel first, which both terrifies and then irritates Person. Wright notes wryly that he was not asked to shoot ever again. (This did not make it into the HBO series)
71-->''I pass the M-4 back to Person. I hand it to him barrel first, with a round in the chamber and the safety off, causing him to rethink his policy of arming the reporter.''
72* When Literature/AbleTeam first arrive in Sri Lanka, Carl Lyons gets annoyed when a lackadaisical soldier keeps pointing an [=AK47=] with the safety catch off in his direction. As the soldier prefers to debate the issue rather than put the weapon on safe, Carl loses his temper, disarms the soldier and the rifle, then hangs the rifle up by the sling out of his reach.
73* ''Literature/JudgeDee'': While being attended to by a ChattyHairdresser in ""The Emperor's Pearl'', the judge has to ask him not to use his scissors to point something out when they're so close to the judge's head.
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78* ''Series/StargateSG1'': In the two-parter opening of season 7, SG-1 is captured by Anubis' First Prime, Her'ak, who announces they'll be publicly executed. When O'Neill ponders if it's a necessity for this to be in public, Her'ak puts the tip of his staff weapon under his nose, and asks if he'd rather be killed right there. To which O'Neill answers that he's fine with a public execution, while gently pushing away the weapon head -- and then he rubs his fingers, since touching the tip of an activated [[BoomStick serpent staff]] barehanded is unadvised.
79* Rumplestiltskin from ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has a habit of doing this.
80* Any time that Frank Burns in ''Series/{{MASH}}'' draws a weapon, he's usually pointing it directly at someone he shouldn't. [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety With his finger on the trigger.]] However, the only time this trope really comes into play is during the episode "The Bus," where Burns takes a screwdriver from a North Korean soldier who surrendered to them and accuses the POW of sabotage (he actually was fixing their broken-down bus). Burns is holding the screwdriver, and...
81-->'''BJ:''' ''[gently pushes the screwdriver down]'' Careful, that could be loaded.
82* ''Series/BurnNotice''. Once while Michael Westen was undercover, when racking the pistol given him by the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]], {{Ruthless Modern Pirate|s}} Gerard, he inadvertently points it at the Villain, who shoves the barrel away from his face.
83* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero''. In one episode Bill Maxwell hands Pam Davidson an M-16. When she accidentally points this weapon at Ralph, Bill pushes the barrel away.
84* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. Rodney's girlfriend takes him clay pigeon shooting on her father's estate. On his first turn, Rodney stepped up to the shooting area then turned round to speak to the others, inadvertently pointing his shotgun at them. The others yelled at him to lower the barrel but because he was wearing ear protectors he couldn't hear them. Not until the girlfriend's father stepped forward and pushed the gun barrel down towards the ground did Rodney realise what he had done.
85* One episode of ''Series/{{Benson}}'' has the title character confront an armed gunman. Benson wrongly believes the gun is a fake, and just annoyedly grabs the gun out of the guy's hand, disarming him. Benson then quickly realizes that it's a real gun, and is terrified at what almost happened.
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89* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'': They won't push it away, but [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] will either scold you and/or flat out refuse to talk to you if you try to speak to them with a weapon out.
90* During [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud and Sephiroth's]] second battle in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', Cloud points the [[BigFuckingSword Buster Blade]] at Sephiroth when he becomes angry at him [[FauxAffablyEvil for]] [[HannibalLecture something he said.]] Sephiroth just smirks and calmly moves it aside.
91* An audio taunt in ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'' is "Don't point that thing at me!" Emphasis is on the word "thing" not the word "me," though, so it sounds kind of strange.
92* Companions in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' have amusing, character-specific reactions to having a weapon aimed at them. ColdSniper Boone asks how the player character would like it if he stuck his rifle in their face, no-nonsense ActionGirl Cass will warn the player to knock it off and CuteBruiser Veronica will ask "Why do we always hurt the ones we love?".
93** Various [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] have their own reactions too, Sunny Smiles will say "That safety better be on". Boomer children will say "[[BlackComedy Cool I can see the bullet!]]".
94* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'': Neither character is evil, but [[HotBlooded Bartolomeo]] is very enthusiastic about "introducing" Ezio to [[ICallItVera his sword, Bianca]]. Ezio is startled for a moment but then moves Bianca away, saying that he's "charmed" in a deadpan expression.
95* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'', Steve tries to do this while apologizing for almost shooting Claire, but she curtly whips the gun away from his hand and points it right back his face.
96* ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''. If you point your gun at Elizabeth she will tell you "Don't point that thing at me".
97* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'': A Terachnoid does this to Ratchet when he raises his wrench at him. He then says "If you intend to manhandle me, I'll have you know I'm a level 10 wizard with melee ability." Ratchet then proceded to push his chair causing him to crash. "That hurt my pride, and my solar plexus."
98* ''VideoGame/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheLegendOfJackSparrow'': When Jack is trying to make up an explanation for Don Carrera de la Vega about why he and Will are sailing under a British flag, he turns to look at one of the Spanish soldiers who's pointing his rifle towards him. He wordlessly moves the rifle to the side, only for the soldier to move it back towards him.
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102* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'': When Alastor first arrives at the titular hotel, Vaggie threatens him with her spear.
103--> '''Vaggie''': I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone here! You pompous, cheesy, talk show shitlord!
104--> '''Alistor''': ''[chuckling, while lightly pushing the tip of the spear aside]'' Dear, [[IfIWantedYouDead if I wanted to hurt anyone here]], '''''[[NightmareFace I would have done so already]]'''''.
105* ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayHy91TVX1c In episode 13 of season 2]], Test tube brings out her [[{{BFG}} Tranquilizing Tracking Dart Blaster]]. Baseball's first reaction is to tell her to stop pointing it at him.
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109* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0722.html strip #722: "Block and Tackle"]]. During Elan's first encounter with General Tarquin, the latter bends Elan's [[RoyalRapier silver rapier]] away from his face with the tip of a finger.
110* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Plaidbeard the pirate pushes away Madeline the Paladin's [[ImprobableWeaponUser hoe]] from under his nose with two fingers.
111* In an early strip of ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' strip, Bob is arguing with Jerry, who has him at gunpoint. Bob gets so frustrated he just unthinkingly [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/73/ grabs Jerry's gun out of his hand.]] An instant afterward, even he's amazed that he did it.
112* In [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-07-15 a strip from]] ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', the title character explains to a recently ambushed guard that when a stranger approaches and invokes this trope, the best course of action is to open fire immediately. Considering the source (an amoral borderline psychopath who likes to reduce his enemies to ashes and then eat the remains), he might be serious or he might be trying to get the guard to start a messy firefight the next time he runs into trouble.
113* In [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2010-07-03/comic/voiding-your-warranty/monopolytheism/ the strip "Monopolytheism"]] of ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'', the team is getting ready to go into a secret base that's been taken over by demons. As they're getting ready to go in, the civilian expert they have to escort keeps pointing his gun somewhere he shouldn't be with his finger on the trigger. Although it is understandable since the scientist hasn't had ''any'' kind of weapons training like the protagonists, one wonders why they would even bother giving him a gun.
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117* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
118** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny often does this in his encounters with Elmer Fudd. In "WesternAnimation/RabbitFire", he and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck move the rifle back and forth between the two during the RabbitSeasonDuckSeason routine.
119** In “Bugs Bunny Rides Again” (1948), during one encounter with Yosemite Sam, Bugs turns Sam's pistols around completely mid-argument so that Sam is pointing them at himself. It takes Sam a moment to realize when happened and turn them back around.
120* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Done in the episode "Win, Lose and Kaboom" when April points her bug's sharp tongue at Jimmy and orders him surrender. He then says "Never!" and hits the tongue away.
121* The first time that [[KidHero Ezra Bridger]] trains with [[TheMentor Kanan]]'s lightsaber on ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', he activates the LaserBlade a little too close to Kanan's face. He quickly pushes it aside.
122* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
123** In "Memory Blank", when an amnesiac Danny tries to fight Desiree, he tries to fire a Ghost Ray from his hands, only for it to come out of [[{{Fartillery}} his rear]]. After the battle, in which he regains his memories, he bends over with Tucker behind, prompting Tucker to quip "Watch where you're pointing that thing!".
124** In the episode "Urban Jungle" after the title character accidentally skewers some Far Frozeners with ice spikes, they run away when he waves goodbye to them.
125* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', when Lizzie shows Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 3 a pie she had made for Numbuh 1, they hit the deck while Numbuh 2 says not to point it at them [[LethalChef as it might go off]].
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