Line #97 Main/VSign


1	[[quoteright:350:[[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nixon_resigns.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:An ironic twist.[[note]]He's still not a crook![[/note]]]]
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4	->''"V for victory, dot dot dot dash\
5	[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] lost his little mustache\
6	If you find it, let him know\
7	And he'll give you lots of dough"''
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9	Sometimes, a character, feeling victorious and all, just feels like yelling "VICTORY!", or [[HappyDance busting a few moves]]. But for one reason or another, they want a less ostentatious method to celebrate. In that case, they stick their middle and index fingers upwards, as if forming the letter "V". Sometimes, they'll do it with some exclamation, but not necessarily.
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11	In Japan, the V sign can also signify that the person making it is being photographed. This pops up in anime quite a bit, sometimes accompanied by the character saying "V". May have been popularized as a result of the occupation after WWII.
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13	In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, when done with the palm facing inward, it is an offensive gesture -- slightly less offensive than FlippingTheBird in the United States -- sometimes known as "throwing the deuces" or "[flipping/flicking] [off] Vs".
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15	During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill popularised its use as a "Victory" sign (for V as in victory) initially with palm inwards and later in the war (once informed that inward was offensive) palm outwards.
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17	The palm-facing-outward version of the sign has also been used to mean "peace", especially by the 1960s/1970s counter-culture.
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19	Contrary to popular belief, the "palm-inwards" version has nothing to do with medieval English and Welsh archers showing defiance. Maybe. Nobody really knows for sure, but it'd be cool if it was true.
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21	A form of CrazyCulturalComparison. Compare VictoryPose and HappyDance, where someone wants to be a bit more showy with their celebration. For the single-finger version, see FlippingTheBird. Not to be confused with [[RockPaperScissors a certain OTHER two-fingered gesture]], though the two look the same.
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23	!!Examples:
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26	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
27	%%* Misuzu from ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' uses it.
28	* Ringo Seto in ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' gives this sign to Misaki before their match, and says "V!". After the match, they get a photograph of both of them taken while both giving the sign.
29	* ''Manga/AnimalCrossingNewHorizonsDesertedIslandDiaries'': In Volume 1, in one scene, when the humans are commenting on how they aren't cut out for island life, the following panel shows them in action. In it, Guchan is sleeping on top of a giant turtle, with his SnotBubble making a peace sign.
30	* The end credits of the first three parts of the ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' OVA series ended with the title character flashing this.
31	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Ichigo Kurosaki does this when he sends a Menos back to Hueco Mundo after Uryu's little bait trick, complete with a yelled out "VICTORY!"
32	* ''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' does this. Also, she seems to pronounce "V" as "vi" (rhymes with "eye") instead of "vee".
33	* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': Sakura does this at the end of the second episode, after capturing the [[CastingAShadow shadow card]].
34	* Taken not as a hand gesture, but as a symbolic phrase in ''Anime/CombattlerV''. Usually used to get the spirit up.
35	-->''Believe in the sign of victory: V!''
36	* V-mon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' is named for and vaguely themed around the V-sign, although he doesn't often make it. Shoutmon of ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' also seems to be themed around it, especially in his later Xrossed forms.
37	* Used extensively in Creator/AkiraToriyama mangas, including ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' and ''Manga/DragonBall''.
38	* Hilariously, the agents of AEGIS in ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'' do the V-Sign with the palm inward (which is a rude gesture in the UK).
39	* In ''Anime/HellGirl'' episode "Tragedy of V" [[spoiler:when drunks make the V sign in the background of a news report about the deaths of a mother and son, the father hunts them down, kills them and leaves their hands in the V sign.]]
40	%%* Japan offers to do this instead of smiling in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.
41	* Played with in ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', where Kinnikuman utterly fails at making the V-sign after an important victory. How do you screw something like that up? Well, you see, Kinnikuman's such a loser he's never had a reason to do it before.
42	* Caro strikes this pose in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' after she and Corona managed to take down two members of the opposing team in a training battle. [[spoiler:Then Nanoha shoots her down. "[[CombatPragmatist Complacency over a small victory is a big no-no on the battlefield~!]]"]]
43	* Yurika Misumaru from ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' practically debuts her day as a captain with this.
44	-->'''Yurika''': ''"I'm the captain of this ship, Yurika Misumaru! V!"''
45	* Nena Trinity from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' is prone of doing this almost all the time when she's in a good mood. She stops doing it for awhile after [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Ali killed her brothers]], but in the second season, she did it again after [[spoiler:screwing Wang's plan in a form of TakeThat]].
46	%%* ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam''.
47	* Asuna of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', such as after she does a BigDamnHeroes moment for Negi in the climax of the Mahora Festival arc. Even back when she was an [[spoiler:EmotionlessGirl]], she was shown doing this after [[spoiler:demonstrating the [[YinYangBomb Kanka technique]] to Takamichi]].
48	* Ash of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' sometimes does this when he catches a Pokémon. Pikachu uses it too, though he has short little toes instead of fingers.
49	* In ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'' Hareta gave a V-Sign right after he [[spoiler:beat Mitsumi]].
50	* In the anime version of ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', Kikumaru Eiji shows of his Keet-ness by doing about thirty of these in a row while jumping hyperactively around the room and posing for a camera.
51	* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Gosunkugi (in the manga) or [[CanonForeigner Sasuke]] (in the anime) followed Ranma taking pictures in an attempt to find a weakness; once developed, Ranma is shown with the V sign at the camera, implying that Ranma knew he was being stalked.
52	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' examples:
53	** Minako is the primary user, both in [[Manga/CodenameSailorV her solo series]] under the identity of Sailor V and later as Sailor Venus. As her character is partially inspired by the 1968 volley manga ''Our Sign Is V'', she's likely to use it in the "Victory" sense.
54	** As Sailor V's number one fan, Usagi as Sailor Moon uses it too, often holding her hand horizontally across her face and looking through the V with her eye.
55	%%* Lina Inverse from ''Literature/{{Slayers}}''.
56	* ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'': Cure Peace frequently makes this sign throughout the series as a CharacterTic. Her EvilKnockoff, Bad End Cure Peace, makes this sign once right after {{Troll}}ing her.
57	* ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'': When Miu sees it on TV, she wonders why kids always "do that finger thing every time they're in front of a camera". Nobue replies that they're "probably trying to get some attention". When she shows Miu a picture she took on her camera in which ''Miu herself'' is doing "that finger thing", Miu doesn't understand what Nobue is pointing out.
58	* [[WorldsBestWarrior Yuuki Konno]] of ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' fame uses this as her signature VictoryPose.
59	* ''Manga/TigerMask'''s title character starts making it often after developing his third FinishingMove, the Tiger V. He even [[LampshadeHanging calls it his sign]] when, during a match, his opponent commits a foul by forcing open his fingers, and follows up with this by [[CurbStompBattle quickly beating him into submission]].
60	* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': Vash the Stampede is the poster guy of this trope in anime. He gives out the V-sign in addition to his [[LargeHam hammy]] line: '''[[CatchPhrase THIS WORLD IS MADE OF, LOVE AND PEACE]]!!''' It's a weird inverted version. He uses the same fingers, but crosses them. Presumably it is nonetheless of similar meaning.
61	* Ataru in ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' accidentally summons a demon called "Velial" (or Belial) by giving the V sign after winning a tennis match against Mendou. (In the Japanese version of the manga, Ataru even says "V sign" when he does this.)
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65	* ''Animation/BoonieBears'': Tiki briefly gives one to the "camera" in Season 2 episode 12 after his part of the plan to stop Logger Vick and save Bramble, which involves using a large net in the road to block his truck, works.
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68	[[folder:Comic Books]]
69	* In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} in Britain'' Notax makes the V-sign after the Britons defeat the Romans alongside Asterix and Obelix.
70	* In Creator/MarkMillar's first arc on ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the Engineer flashes the palm-inward version as an {{Expy}} of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk [[ExplosiveDecompression explodes in space]].
71	* In Creator/WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Crecy}}'' the main character is an archer who does this at the end of the book. This refers to the UrbanLegend that the offensive V-sign came from the French cutting off the fingers of captured English longbowmen.
72	* In an issue of ''ComicBook/{{The Invaders\|MarvelComics}}'', a Franchise/MarvelUniverse {{Retcon}} UsefulNotes/WorldWarII ComicBook, a character's hand doing this is TheReveal that he's Sir UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill. Except that we (and the other characters) are seeing him from behind, so...
73	* Very frequent in Peter Kuper's ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'' comics: many times, when one of the spies is killed, the other flashes the V while laughing and triggering the {{death trap}}.
74	* Inverted in ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''. The title says it all, but more specifically, the mockery of "V for Victory" is an underlying theme.
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77	[[folder:Fan Works]]
78	* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': On Yui's first day of school, her flatmate Abe Eiko gives her the V-sign when she's introducing herself to the class. Yui initially assumes that it is a gesture of encouragement, before one of her Sisters in London informs her that it might be an insult. Yui is, once again, annoyed at society for being confusing and unclear.
79	-->'''Yui:''' I will refrain from making that gesture back at her until I have clarified what she meant by it. If only she had accompanied it with sign language, to say, for example, "'V', gestures Abe Eiko insultingly". It seems even sign language and gestures are not proof to the inefficiencies of inferior forms of dialogue.
80	* ''Fanfic/EverydayCrazinessInPontypandy'': In "Valentine's Daze", one of the college girls does V signs while posing next to Jupiter.
81	* Haruhi and Sakanaka to each other in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' as a symbol of victory, after Kyon and Haruhi return from a Student Council session discussing the fight between Kyon and Ryuugu Ryo earlier that day (Kyon acted in defense of a schoolmate). They decided not punishing nor rewarding Kyon for that.
82	* ''Fanfic/AMothersTouch'': Yoko flashes a sign for Reiji when she asks him how much Reiji would pay for her son's cards. It also takes note on how she's doing the palm inward version ala Judai Yuki, but also because she's [[StealthInsult flipping him off for his apathy.]]
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85	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
86	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Robaire and Auntie Ping do this for the picture seen at the end of the movie.
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89	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
90	* In ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'', Mr. Grainger uses the insulting variant on some annoying Germans.
91	* In ''Film/DadsArmy1971'', a woman gives one of celebration to Captain Mainwaring after his and his men's heroics stopped the Nazis who took over the church hall.
92	* ''Film/DoctorSeries'':
93	** In ''Film/DoctorInLove'', after Dr. Mincing hangs up the phone he was using, Sir Lancelot flicks him a subtle one while still holding the receiver.
94	** In ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'', a livid Dr. Burke flicks one at Basil as he leaves his private hospital room.
95	* On the poster for the film ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EscapeToVictory.jpg Victory]]'' (a.k.a. ''Film/EscapeToVictory'') Creator/MichaelCaine, Creator/SylvesterStallone, and Pelé jointly make the "V" sign with their bodies. It's also used at the end of the film.
96	* In ''Film/ForrestGump'', Jenny gives it to Forrest before he leaves for Vietnam.
97	* The logo used by the back-in-business Ghostbusters in ''Film/GhostbustersII'' has the ghost making a "V" sign, which serves the dual purpose of being a TakeThat to the authorities that shut them down and [[PaintingTheMedium denoting that it is the second movie in the franchise]].
98	* In ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'', one of the confiscated pictures Manning has of Hellboy is of him flashing the V Sign at the camera. He presents it with an exasperated "He ''posed'' for this one."
99	* In ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'', when Blakey tells off Bert for forgetting to give Mrs. Butler a salute during his dancing lessons, Bert mocks him and says he'll give him one now to show he's sorry, before sticking two fingers up at him. Wally copies him, much to Lill's annoyance.
100	* Tony Stark from ''Film/IronMan'' does this a number of times, probably in memory of the soldier who asked for a photo in the Humvee.
101	* Used in the poster image for the film ''Film/{{Mash}}''.
102	* In ''Film/IndependenceDay'', Captain Steven Hiller flashes the V Sign before firing a nuke to destroy the alien mothership. He also gets a PreMortemOneLiner: "PEACE!"
103	* ''Film/{{Kate}}''. As they travel in a taxi together to what is supposed to be [[YourDaysAreNumbered Kate's final hit]], an exhausted Kate falls asleep with her head on Ani's shoulder. Ani has become rather enamored of this mysterious ActionGirl, and takes a selfie of them while giving a V sign.
104	* ''Film/PastLives'': The Korean Hae Sung peace-signs with both hands while Nora takes a picture of him on the Ellis Island ferry in the trailer.
105	* ''Series/UpPompeii'' films:
106	** ''Film/UpPompeii'':
107	*** The tour guide ends his tour with one.
108	*** Cartoon versions feature prominently in the trailer, most notably replacing the "U" in the film's title.
109	** The end credits of ''Film/UpTheFront'' start with UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill giving one.
110	* ''Film/WatchYourStern'', when Chief Mundy calls Blissworth (disguised as Miss Potter) an "old boiler" behind his back, Blissworth overhears and shoots a V behind his head, much to the bemusement of Chief Mundy and the other sailors.
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114	* ''Literature/AdrianMole'' gives the vicious Alsatian dog Sabre the V-sign through a window, and hopes he doesn't remember. A coach driver also demands pupils stop giving V-signs to lorry drivers.
115	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The character Didactylos in ''Literature/SmallGods'' refers both to the offensive version of the V sign ("two fingers") and to the word "didactic". (Ephebe is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of classical Athens.)
116	* Ron Weasley from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is [[NarrativeProfanityFilter heavily implied]] to do the rude version in one scene, as his mother threatens to jinx his fingers together if she sees it again.
117	* Likewise Chas in ''Literature/TheMachineGunners'' gives the reverse of UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill's famous gesture to a low-flying German bomber.
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120	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
121	* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': [[http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t158/KurtSteiner/churchadder.jpg A Blackadder]] met Winston Churchill whilst he was doing this. He took it wrong.
122	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': In the episode where Howard gets into an embarrassing situation with a robot arm, he programs the arm to respond to a snarky Sheldon comment, by having it turn to him and jerkily, but very obviously, making a finger-gesture. Sheldon asks if he means "Peace". Howard's reaction suggests he was aiming for something else (the controls aren't great).
123	* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Spike does the palm-inward version and the WB censors [[{{did not do the bloody research}} not only let it through]], they let it on the opening credits after that.
124	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor does this in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]] while en route to meeting Churchill himself.
125	* Early in its run, ''Series/EastEnders'' managed to achieve notoriety after ending an episode on the palm-back variety.
126	* In the ''{{Series/Farscape}}'' episode "Look at the Princess", [[PopCulturedBadass Crichton]] mimics the Nixon double-peace sign [[TakenForGranite before he is about to be turned into a living statue]] to [[ItMakesSenseInContext commemorate his marriage into a royal family.]] Unfortunately, the process turns out to be so painful he can't hold the pose and his "statue" has him doubled over in agony instead.
127	* ''Series/FoylesWar''. Samantha Stewart feels she's not doing enough for the war effort and helps out with the harvest. She's not used to being bent over all the time to pick stuff off the ground, and at one point does a full-arm version of this trope to stretch while jokingly saying, "V for Victory!"
128	* ''Series/TheGoodies'' create a UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill robot, who is seen in a newsreel giving the "Up Yours" sign to the troops before Graeme quickly turns his hand around.
129	* In one early episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', a suit asked young Barney Stinson to high five. Barney replies he only gives high two's, and shows him this V gesture.
130	* The skutter (maintenance robot) in ''Series/RedDwarf'' makes a similar derisive gesture to Arnold Rimmer after being provoked by a similar superior sneer. The books {{lampshade}} that their three-fingered claw seems to have been specifically designed for this.
131	* At the end of the ''Series/SquareOneTV'' sketch "The Mathematics of Love", Tony tells his band to "take five" while making this sign.[[note]]The sketch is about Roman numerals, thus the "V" has at least a double meaning: victory in successfully singing the song even though every number is written in Roman numerals and he didn't know them when he started, and V meaning 5, the number of minutes they should take a break for.[[/note]]
132	* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
133	** ''Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive'' had a V logo in a lot of places. Of course, it's hard to know if V means victory or roman numeral 5 (possibly both... in which case the name means [[OneTwoThreeFourGo Five Five Five]]. Which is Japan's 911, befitting the {{Rescue}} theme and making it possibly the most multi-layered sentai name pun ever.)
134	** In ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''/''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'', the Pink Ranger's V-sign becomes a plot point (showing the others that she's only pretending to still be brainwashed. In the sentai version she continues to flash the sign every so often, while her power rangers counterpart drops it.) Perhaps due to the prevalence of the FiveManBand, the V sign shows up in many series of both versions.
135	* In ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' Malcolm flicks the offensive version to the journalists who gather outside his house after his sacking. He flicks another naughty V at Olly for not answering his phone.
136	* The miniseries ''Series/{{V\|1983}}'' was named after this trope. The oldest Bernstein family member, a Holocaust survivor, teaches some kids in the streets the meaning and sprays the Visitors' propaganda posters with the symbol.
137	* ''Series/TheXFactor'' judge Louis Walsh got into trouble for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3AXZZyXEjU flicking a V at the audience]] during one of the live finals.
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141	* Chris in ''Manhwa/DemonDiary'' strikes this pose several times... after being pummeled into the dirt, causing Erutis to question, "Victory? On whose planet!?"
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144	[[folder:Music]]
145	* Used ironically on the cover of Music/{{Accept}}'s ''[[http://en.metalship.org/archives/albums/album10309.jpg Blood of the Nations]]'' album.
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148	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
149	* Wrestling/JeffJarrett throws up the V-Sign with both hands at the end of his version of the Fargo Strut.
150	* This was pretty much the justification behind Nelson Frazier, Jr.'s gimmick when he became Big Daddy V (the "V" stood for "Victory," although it had originally stood for "Viscera").
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154	* The palm-in version was the favourite gesture of permanently disgruntled showjumper Harvey Smith when meeting the press after a bad performance. The professional Yorkshireman was so associated with the two-fingered "go away, I don't want to be interviewed right now" gesture that for a while it was even ''called'' the Harvey Smith, or just the Harvey, in his honour.
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157	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
158	* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': "Worm Victory" is giving the "V for Victory" with all six of its hands in its card artwork.It even does this when it's a part of Evilswarm Az(z)athoth.
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161	[[folder:Video Games]]
162	* In ''VideoGame/WildArms2'', after beating the boss in her prologue, Lilka Eleniak strikes this pose.
163	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
164	** Every time Mario gets a star in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', or completes a level in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld.''
165	** It was also added into the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioAllStars'' versions of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' whenever Mario completes a level or goes down pipes. Heck, the V-Sign is one of Mario's trademarks - Although Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto [[http://cube.ign.com/articles/069/069250p1.html excised it from the series]] in the [[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] era to make Mario [[DarkerAndEdgier tougher]]. Mario has since stopped flashing the V sign but curiously, his brother Luigi has continued giving the gesture in later games. For example, whenever he gets a key in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' or as one of his taunts in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' ''[[http://38.media.tumblr.com/af0280dadc1af1a1b62e0bc74faef9d0/tumblr_mvcafyjVIz1sfztc2o1_400.gif Brawl]]'' and [[http://www.ssbwiki.com/images/b/b2/SSB4_daily_image_07-08-2013.jpg onwards.]]
166	** After nearly two decades of disuse, the V-Sign is brought back in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' as a reference to ''Super Mario 64'', where it's one of 3 possible hand gestures Mario does when he collects a [[MacGuffin Power Moon]].
167	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': Mario, Mallow, and Toadstool get one of these as their victory pose after a battle (Bowser clenches his fists in the English version or does a BicepPolishingGesture in the Japanese version, while Geno crosses his arms and nods).
168	** The PETA parody ''VideoGame/SuperTanookiSkin2D'' has the titular Tanooki doing this in the ending for an ironic effect.
169	** Wario typically has his own versions; he holds up ''two'' Vs, overlapping them to make "W", or (as in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series) he holds up ''three'' fingers, again, to represent "W".
170	* ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'': Ness does it whenever he gets his picture taken by the RecurringTraveler photographer. Assuming he's alive, that is.
171	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series:
172	** This is Chun-Li's VictoryPose in the "YATTA!"
173	** Cammy is making this gesture in the iconic poster of her.
174	* The box art of ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' has the palm-inward version; predictably, the UK version has a outward hand instead.
175	* Kid Ryu does this when catching a fish in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII''.
176	%%* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Victini is based around this.
177	* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', pleasing Pyukumuku in Pokémon Refresh causes it to spew it innards in with two of its fingers up.
178	* "V for peace" - the irony of the 'V for Victory' also representing 'peace' - is a recurring {{Motif}} in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker.'' So is the palm-inward version, which is used symbolically by the villains [[spoiler:and by Snake when he decides to abandon his old ideals]]. The characters do just about everything the gesture can mean - holding it up to represent the ''two'' things required for nuclear deterrence, transforming the singular pointing finger (pressing the nuclear button) into the peace sign, even 'walking' two fingers along a surface to represent legs...
179	* The boss Kunino-sagiri in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' ''weaponizes'' the peace sign. His physical attack involves thrusting out his hand in this pose, and he flashes twin peace signs when he uses his "Unerring Justice" attack. He also has a halo that consists of several Y-shaped peace signs. [[spoiler:Kunino-sagiri is the Shadow of Taro Namatame, who has developed a messiah complex after spending the game abducting people and hurling them into the TV world under the mistaken belief that he's ''rescuing'' them from a serial killer.]]
180	* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Party member Ann will pop a peace sign as part of her splash screen VictoryPose.
181	* In ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'', Faith can do the offensive version. There's an achievement for doing it in front of an enemy.
182	* Cream does this in ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance 3''.
183	* Pit flashes one after defeating the BigBad in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''.
184	* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' features the flip-off version being used by the [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Killmaster]] and the [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Guardian of Metal]]. Justified, since they are based on (and played by) real people who have been known to do the same thing from time to time.
185	* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' has the boss Marishka, who's effectively the zombie embodiment of the 1960s. As such, she really likes making these.
186	* An animated cutscene in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' has Richter Belmont giving a peace sign while telling his name and occupation to one of the rescued captive maidens.
187	* The eponymous character of ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins'' and [[VideoGame/RaymanLegends its sequel]] is fond of these, using one as part of his BigEntrance on each level.
188	* In ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth'', Veemon does this as its VictoryPose after winning a battle.
189	* The ending of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsBX'' has Yuki [[BreakingTheFourthWall giving the player this]] following the credits.
190	* This appears to be King Dedede's signature logo in the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, seeing as his back robe has a V sign, and the earlier games (particularly ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'') shows portraits of him doing just this.
191	* In ''VideoGame/BattleChefBrigade'', Mina Han punctuates each victory with a cheerful peace sign.
192	* In the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' series, Amitie's victory poses have her making the peace sign.
193	* In ''VideoGame/JumpjetRex'', Rex does it upon completing a level.
194	* In ''VideoGame/DodgeThePrank'', the girl does this after beating each level against her prankster.
195	* In ''VideoGame/JoeAndMac'', the titular Caveman Ninja make a V-sign after clearing a stage.
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199	* Lily from ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' has a habit of doing this.
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202	[[folder:Web Animation]]
203	* In the ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' episode "Mall Mayhem", a female extra does this while walking in on Barbie recording a ConfessionCam segment.
204	* ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'':
205	** In "Freaking Out", Belle can be seen giving the camera a cheerful v sign on the photo set as Arthur's laptop background.
206	** In "The Future", [[spoiler:the true picture in Lewis' locket shows Arthur giving dual peace signs to the camera]].
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209	[[folder:Webcomics]]
210	* [[http://omaketheater.com/comic/31/ This installment]] of ''Webcomic/Friday4Koma'' plays with the double meaning of the palm-facing-outward V sign.
211	* In ''Webcomic/{{Chimneyspeak}}'', Elgie gives the palm-inward version to [[spoiler:Chelsea when she invites him to come with her on her quest to overthrow England's rulers]].
212	* ''Webcomic/{{Nightvee}}'': MKR is shown doing one on the first issue cover.
213	* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'': As he flees Gobwin Knob, Stanley [[https://archives.erfworld.com/Book%201/84 flashes the Nixon-style double-V.]]
214	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': Tessa does this pose in the [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-2-page-11 group selfie]] of Team Alchemical from before they became {{Magical Girl}}s.
215	** Undine is also doing this pose in the [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-12-page-17 publicity photo]] used by a news programme. Presumably the rest of her teammates are posing with her, but the programme has rather conspicuously cropped them out -- evidently, they didn't have a solo picture of Undine on hand.
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219	* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': Warren forms a V sign in episode "Hijacked" (ep. 21) when he takes Jane's camera and shoots an impromptu video with Blanche. He pretends to snap [[http://youtu.be/WhBJISN2dKc?t=18s a selfie.]]
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222	[[folder:Western Animation]]
223	* Commonly used at the end of {{Wartime Cartoon}}s. Often accompanied by the opening phrase of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which was used to represent V in Morse code (dot-dot-dot-dash).
224	* Starfire of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' does this once.
225	* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Action'', where Izzy does the V sign...[[spoiler:before she gets eliminated the second time.]]
226	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' tend to do this at inappropriate moments whilst shouting, "Go team Venture!"
227	* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' Done in the intro as well as on the show sometimes.
228	* ''WesternAnimation/TeamGalaxy'' Yoko does this in one episode after blowing up some spacecraft.
229	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has Peter parody the Nixon exit (see Real Life) after he resigns from his position as school board president in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E10RunningMates Running Mates]]".
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233	* Apparently, Sir UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill did do it the wrong way around initially, until someone told him what it meant to the working classes. In fact he did it both ways round, arbitrarily at different times. It's been suggested that he knew what it meant, and had Hitler in mind when he made the gesture...
234	* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, as seen in the picture above. Oddly used in that he did so after resigning from the Presidency rather than face impeachment due to Watergate.
235	* UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush faced his hand the wrong way doing this while on a state visit to Australia during his presidency.
236	* The overuse of the victory gesture (and, somehow, Vangelis' ''Conquest of Paradise'') by the guys who took power in Madagascar in 2009 has led to massive contentions - do it in front of the right people and you'll be smiled at. Do it in front of the wrong people and you'll eat knuckle sandwich (if lucky).
237	* Music/RingoStarr is fond of the V-sign.
238	* This pose is so popular in Japan it's been suggested (in jest) that Japanese women have a genetic predisposition to striking this pose if a camera is pointed at them. In what's probably a HypeBacklash, a MemeticMutation combines this with Ahegao,[[note]]said to be the facial expression of someone who is being fucked silly,[[/note]] thus associating the pose itself with sluttiness.
239	* Baroness Trumpington showed exactly how much she appreciated being described as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZv6WlH5kJk looking old in the House of Lords.]]
240	* British royals, notably Princess Anne, have made this gesture to press photographers perceived as getting too close and intrusive.
241	* Frequently utilized as a greeting by Quentin Tarantino when doing interviews or appearing at awards show functions.
242	* During the presidential elections of Mexico in the year 2000, then-candidate Vicente Fox made the V sign his trademark gesture, not only flashing it himself, but also depicting it on his political posters.
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