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* ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'': In the second episode, to get the others' attention, Mark Lilly fires a gun that Leonard gave him into the air. He follows this up with, "Sorry. [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've been waiting to do that all day.]]"

* Generally speaking, legally you are only allowed to discharge a firearm directly at an imminent deadly threat to you or someone else. Using a firearm as a crowd control device is likely to result in serious legal consequences.

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Mash}}'', Hawkeye and Colonel Potter are pinned down by a squad of North Korean soldiers, with only a pistol between the two of them (understandable, given that they're Army doctors, not infantrymen). Unfortunately, the one holding the pistol is [[DoesNotLikeGuns Hawkeye]], who refuses to shoot back or even hand the pistol to Potter. Potter gives Hawkeye [[WhatTheHellHero an earful]] for his stubbornness, but manages to talk him into firing a single shot--[[ExactWords which Hawkeye does, straight into the air]] instead of at the soldiers. Thankfully, this trope is played straight as the single report scares the soldiers off, which is what Potter was [[JustForPun aiming for]] anyways.

Colonel Kasteen called the meeting to order. Then she called it to order again. Major Broklaw fired his bolt pistol into the ceiling, and the meeting quickly came to order.''

* Used several times in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OldWest''. The first time happens when Sheriff Rango returns to his town with [[RecruitingTheCriminal Rattlesnake Jake]]. The townsfolk are [[TheDreaded understandably terrified]], so to get their attention, Rango fires a shot in the air. The second time happens later when the frantic townsfolk rush to Rango's office in order to inform him that there's no longer water flowing into their lake. The trick works again, though at the same time Rango makes a hole in his ceiling.
* Part two of ''Fanfic/PeaceForgedInFire'' opens with Praetor Velal of the Romulan Star Empire about to storm out of a peace negotiation with the Romulan Republic after an attack on Imperial forces by [[spoiler:[[StateSec Tal Shiar]] pretending to be]] Republic ships. Lieutenant Commander Jaleh Khoroushi, the moderator, responds by blowing up a light fixture with her phaser and screaming at him to sit down long enough for her to look at the evidence.
* A variation happens in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines''. When Ash and Co. arrive at the Cinnabar Battle Club, there's a huge ruckus going on between a bunch of challengers coming to battle Blaine. Blaine's granddaughter Alish yells out a BigShutUp when an Overheat goes off and everyone shuts up ([[AmbiguousSituation though it's unclear]] whether it was Alish herself or her Flareon who fired it).
* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs. Warhammer 40K]]'': When the Imperial freighter ''Atlas of Steel'' self-destructs in Episode 4, it creates a bright explosion that quickly spreads out towards the surrounding Republic fleet. Spikes, the clone captain of a Venator in this fleet, orders his ship to go into full reverse to OutrunTheFireball. But his bridge crew is too distracted [[DeerInTheHeadlights gawking at the explosion]], so he fires his blaster pistol into the floor to get their attention and repeats his orders, jolting them back into action.

* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs. Warhammer 40K]]'': When the Imperial freighter ''Atlas of Steel'' self-destructs in Episode 4, it creates a bright explosion that quickly spreads out towards the surrounding Republic fleet. Spikes, the clone captain of a Venator in this fleet, orders his ship to go into full reverse to escape the blast radius. But his bridge crew is too distracted gawking at the explosion, so he fires his blaster pistol into the floor to get their attention and repeats his orders, jolting them back into action.

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* On her first call in ''ComicBook/{{Copperhead}}'' Clara tries one to break up a fistfight. It doesn't work and pulls in more combatants instead.
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* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs. Warhammer 40K]]'': When the Imperial freighter ''Atlas of Steel'' self-destructs in Episode 4, it creates a bright explosion that quickly spreads out towards the surrounding Republic fleet. Spikes, the clone captain of a Venator in this fleet, orders his ship to go into full reverse to escape the blast radius. But his bridge crew is too distracted gawking at the explosion, so he fires his blaster pistol into the floor to get their attention and repeats his orders, jolting his crew back into action.

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* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' ParodyFic ''The Killer Dame'', Captain Janeway proves she has what it takes to lead LaResistance by shooting a priceless bottle of Mouton Rothschild, to the [[SeriousBusiness dismay of the assembled Frenchmen]].
* Used several times in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OldWest''. The first time happens when Sheriff Rango returns to his town with [[RecruitingTheCriminal Rattlesnake Jake]]. The townsfolk are [[TheDreaded understandably terrified]], so to get their attention, Rango fires a shot in the air. The second time happens later when the frantic townsfolk rush to Rango's office in order to inform him that there's no longer water flowing into their lake. The trick works again, though at the same time Rango makes a hole in his ceiling.
* Part two of ''Fanfic/PeaceForgedInFire'' opens with Praetor Velal of the Romulan Star Empire about to storm out of a peace negotiation with the Romulan Republic after an attack on Imperial forces by [[spoiler:[[StateSec Tal Shiar]] pretending to be]] Republic ships. Lieutenant Commander Jaleh Khoroushi, the moderator, responds by blowing up a light fixture with her phaser and screaming at him to sit down long enough for her to look at the evidence.
* A variation happens in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines''. When Ash and Co. arrive at the Cinnabar Battle Club, there's a huge ruckus going on between a bunch of challengers coming to battle Blaine. Blaine's granddaughter Alish yells out a BigShutUp when an Overheat goes off and everyone shuts up ([[AmbiguousSituation though it's unclear]] whether it was Alish herself or her Flareon who fired it).
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* The minutes of a war council meeting in ''Literature/CiaphasCain: Caves of Ice'' include a line about how some of the participants weren't paying attention to Col. Kasteen calling the meeting to order. Not until Maj. Broklaw fired his bolter into the ceiling, anyway. Given a BrickJoke later when Cain walks in and wonders why there are so many holes in the ceiling.