History Main / FilmTheHand

* In one strip of the Finnish comic ''Jurpo'', Jurpo is working as an investigative reporter and attempts to get an interview from a BananaRepublic dictator; after the dictator's bodyguard blocks his camera lens with his hand he announces that the man will become the country's new president. When his boss asks Jurpo what he based this claim on he says he read the bodyguard's fate from his palm lines.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship'': In the picture illustrating the "Biggest Meanie" vote on the old yearbook, Sunset Shimmer is reaching for the camera.

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* Done by Prince Charles to the documentary cam after his disastrous defeat at Film/{{Culloden}}. In ''[[AnachronismStew 1745]]''.
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Lao is telecommuting to the meeting of Gotham's crime bosses. The Joker interrupts the meeting and verbally tears into Lao, at which point he puts a hand over the lens and the connection cuts off.
* In ''Film/TheDeadPool'' Inspector Callahan does more than this; he actually grabs the camera and tosses it away. However the footage of this event has already been recorded on video, as the reporter points out. Fortunately she's more interested in getting an exclusive interview from Callahan in exchange for not pursuing the matter.
* Occurs in ''Film/DieHard2'', when an overzealous reporter tries to question Colonel Stewart, his crony covers the camera and says "No pictures, you pinko bitch."

* In ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'', [=McClane=] puts his hand over Warlock's webcam when the BigBad hijacks it to talk to them, and asks Warlock if he can trace it. The BigBad has to point out that covering up the camera does not shut off the microphone.
* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'': The movie ends like this, as a police officer covers up the camera as King Arthur and his army are arrested for the murder of a historian earlier in the movie.
* In at least two of Creator/MichaelMoore's movies, several people he's trying to interview- up to and including ''senators''- don't even let his camera get close enough to put their hand over it. Some of them actually break into dead runs upon seeing him on the ''opposite side of the street''.
* In the 1920 Creator/BusterKeaton short film ''Film/OneWeek'' there's a scene with Sybil Seely (who plays his wife) taking a bath. When she leans out of the tub to retrieve the soap, a hand is placed over the lens.
* In ''Film/ThePirateMovie'', one of the police spots the camera and pushes it down when it is trying to film a group of police beating up a single pirate.

* In ''Film/ASerbianFilm'', while Milos tries reviewing footage from the InUniverseCamera one of them ends with Vukmir realizing he's being filmed without permission, and quickly using his hand to block the lens while telling the cameraman to cut it out.
* Happens repeatedly in the documentary ''Film/StreetFight''. Whenever Marshall Curry tries to film a campaign event of Mayor James, either cops or James campaign workers interfere with him. Hands are placed over the camera on multiple occasions. This culminates with a cop grabbing the camera and shoving Curry, ripping off the microphone.
* In [[https://youtu.be/fT4lDU-QLUY?t=103 an HDTV demo]] filmed in New York City in 1993, a random man puts his hand in front of the camera when he gets near it.

* During the blooper reel in ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Mario Power Tennis]]'', Waluigi puts his hand over the camera after Wario gets one of his scenes interrupted by his mom calling.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner", Homer gets patted by a Diz-Nee-Land security guard wearing a chipmunk mascot suit. When Homer claims he planted an acorn on him, the guard has him beaten by other chipmunks, one of whom covers the camera with his hand.

* During the blooper reel in ''VideoGame/MarioPowerTennis'', Waluigi puts his hand over the camera after Wario gets one of his scenes interrupted by his mom calling.

* In the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movie, just before Shrek and Fiona can have their wedding kiss, Shrek covers the camera.

* During the blooper reel in Mario Power Tennis, Waluigi will put his hand over the camera after Wario gets one of his scenes interupted by his mom calling. "Neeeext." -Waluigi

* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'': In "Roller Ghoster Ride", Chris smacks the camera out of out Harry Harrison's hand for obnoxiously provocatively pestering her about a monster scaring people on the rides.

* At the start of ''Billion Dollar Brain'' Film/HarryPalmer has left British Intelligence and is working as a private eye. A pile of photos on his desk show a couple caught in bed in a hotel room, and the last photo just shows a large fist flying at the camera.