The Major: (raising middle finger) How many fingers am I holding up?
Batou: Funny.
Batou: Funny.
"Look at your men, now back to me, now look back at your men, back to me. I am not your men! I'm flipping you off!"
— Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
"If you wanna play, I'll gladly take you on. I can do it American style. Or how about French style? Japanese style work? And of course, Italian Naples style. All around the world, there's a finger that says, 'Fuck you.'"
— Jolyne Cujoh, Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Miles Standish: Begone, pests, and give me the bird!
Yakko: We'd love to, really, but the Fox censors won't allow it.
Yakko: We'd love to, really, but the Fox censors won't allow it.
"Watch the birdie!"
— Goose, Top Gun
"Long Love and Perfection," Anna said, raising her middle finger in the Old Earth greeting.
— B'Elannarella
"Ah, the middle finger. The most communicative of fingers."
— Guybrush Threepwood, Escape from Monkey Island
Sanchez: You think you can talk to me like that?
Woman cop: I'd talk to you with my finger, but I like both hands on the wheel while I'm driving.
Woman cop: I'd talk to you with my finger, but I like both hands on the wheel while I'm driving.
— Angel
"The trenchcoated man stood, flipped the blue chalk back into his pocket, and crouched outside the circle to be on a level with Drang's eyes.
Then he flipped him the bird."
Then he flipped him the bird."
"I know I've said it before, but fuck this place. I've still got those fingers left."
— Miles Upshur, Outlast
"I told them it means 'peace among worlds'! How hilarious is that?"
— Rick Sanchez, Rick and Morty
"I do not require a firearm," said TuMok. "I am trained in the ancient martial arts of my species. With a Martian soldier, a single finger can be deadly."
"That's true," admitted Proton. "Give someone the finger on Mars and you might not live to regret it."
"That's true," admitted Proton. "Give someone the finger on Mars and you might not live to regret it."
Hoshi: The Kreetassan ambassador is demanding a ritual Act of Contrition. You must stick out your tongue, spit on the floor, bare your buttocks, and raise the Middle Finger of Apology while shouting: "Uh-pyors!"
Captain Archer: Oh...well in that case I'm looking forward to it!
Captain Archer: Oh...well in that case I'm looking forward to it!
— Farce Contact, a Star Trek: Enterprise Parody Fic
"I hope you can see this, because I'm doing it as hard as I can."
— Ignignokt, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
"Why is giving someone "the finger" considered an obscene gesture? The answer has to do with English longbowmen and The Hundred Years War.
Medieval longbowmen were a type of human sniper-rifle-slash-machine-gun capable of firing arrows arrows over 300 meters at a rate 12 per minute, and the French Army was understandably sick of fighting against them. So whenever the French captured a longbowman, they would cut off his middle finger, the finger used to draw when firing.
In response, longbowmen began holding up their middle fingers as a gesture of defiance whenever they crossed paths with French soldiers. The war ended, but the gesture stuck. Interesting, huh?"
Medieval longbowmen were a type of human sniper-rifle-slash-machine-gun capable of firing arrows arrows over 300 meters at a rate 12 per minute, and the French Army was understandably sick of fighting against them. So whenever the French captured a longbowman, they would cut off his middle finger, the finger used to draw when firing.
In response, longbowmen began holding up their middle fingers as a gesture of defiance whenever they crossed paths with French soldiers. The war ended, but the gesture stuck. Interesting, huh?"
— YouTube ad for mobile game Rise of Kingdoms
"That is NOT a wave! That is a finger! The unfriendliest finger on the entire hand!"
— Friendly Frank if you flip him off instead of waving back, Aperture Hand Lab
You tell me who you think I am
And I agree with you but deep inside
I am flipping you the bird again
Seek long enough and ye shall find my friend
And I agree with you but deep inside
I am flipping you the bird again
Seek long enough and ye shall find my friend
— Garbage, "Flipping the Bird"
Homer: Just get in!
Snake: And what will you do if I don't?
Homer: Flip you the bird!
Snake: Alright, don't get freaky. Get in.
Snake: And what will you do if I don't?
Homer: Flip you the bird!
Snake: Alright, don't get freaky. Get in.
"I don't remember that hand signal from the Highway Code."
— Sharon Theodopolopodous, Birds of a Feather, "Caring"
"The menacing drone of a Mercedes engine heralded the approach of their nemesis. The Fokker shot overhead in a victory roll and Belsworth raised a hand in salute (or two fingers at least)."
— Giggles Bags the Borg
"Oh good, you're awake." She spoke with the fake warmth of a telemarketer trying to sell extended car warranties and the tiredness of a student studying for midterms fueled by nothing but cheap coffee. Her eyes fell to the foot of the bed as she glared at Leader and Shiki. "And you have visitors as well. How. Nice." Her tone conveyed that she found it anything but nice. Leader and Shiki turned to look at her, raised a hand each, and proceeded to flip Doctor Akagi the bird, then they went back to their argument. Well, Leader went back to the argument, Shiki ignored her and instead stared at Shinji. Akagi's eye twitched erratically for a moment before turning her full attention to Shinji.
"One moment you're running like the wind, then you've suddenly turned around and are giving him the finger. Furiously, with both hands. Why?!"
— Failing a Savoir-Faire skill check to slip away unnoticed, Disco Elysium
Babbitt: Give me the bird! Give me the bird!
Catstello: If the Hays Office would only let me, I'd give him the boid, alright.
Catstello: If the Hays Office would only let me, I'd give him the boid, alright.
"I AM THIS CLOSE TO DIRECTING ALL MY STEAM INTO MY RUDE FINGER."
— Axis, Undertale Yellow
