History Main / AngryFistShake

* A common pose for SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom, especially when confronting the ComicBook/FantasticFour.

** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'': Bobby Fulbright, your [[LargeHam ham-saturated]] detective, will clench his shaking fist at you in righteous fury whenever he gets the chance to. [[spoiler: He's exaggerating it completely to seem he actually does feel that way, he doesn't really feel it at all, or care]].

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* ''ComicStip/{{Peanuts}}'': Snoopy does this every time he's playing "WorldWarI flying ace" and gets his "plane" (doghouse) shot full of holes. [[GoshDangItToHeck ("Curse you, Red Baron!")]]

** Occasionally a more ridiculous variation would be featured, such as in the parody sequence where Bart is Indiana Jones and Homer is one of [[ChasedByAngryNatives the South American Indians chasing him]] in the opening scene of ''RaidersOfTheLostArk''. As Bart makes his escape, Homer runs out into the street in just his underwear and angrily hops up and down while [[{{Angrish}} bellowing "savage" gibberish]].

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* Common pose for Doctor Doom.

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* ''TheWorldOfTheCreatures'' has a moment where Jon Stewart does this after Stephen Colbert makes a bad joke.

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** In the ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' novelization, Palpatine does this when confronted by Mace and his team, giving "the perfect image of a tired, frightened old man."

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* ''DanVs'' - Dan [[OnceAnEpisode frequently]] does a double-fisted version.

* The S2 ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "The Man Who Shot Kane Skretteburg" has the characters shaking their fists at the teenagers causing trouble.

* Darth Vader in ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye''.

* Common pose for SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom.

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* ''{{Peanuts}}'': Snoopy does this every time he's playing "WorldWarI flying ace" and gets his "plane" (doghouse) shot full of holes. [[GoshDangItToHeck ("Curse you, Red Baron!")]]

* A variation in ''{{Animorphs}}''. Cassie infiltrates the Yeerk pool with the aid of a pacifist Controller to rescue Katran. As she goes osprey and hauls tailfeather out of the pool, she notices the guy making this gesture- or at least, that's what it looks like to the Yeerks, she knows he's pumping his fist in elation.

* Dr. Claw of ''InspectorGadget'' often does this while proclaiming "I'll get you next time, Gadget!".

* Used as a (rather unique) gag in an episode of ''GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'', in which Kilowog and Razer are having an argument. Hal tries to defuse the situation, and tells them to shake hands in a bid to get them to make up. [[CrazyCulturalComparison Since neither of them are from Earth, they don't quite understand this]], and both then proceed to shake their fists at one another, with Hal sighing in resignation.
* The Hooded Claw does this when [[ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop Penelope Pitstop]] escapes from one of his death traps or the Ant Hill Mob rescues her.

* The S2 ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "The Man Who Shot Kane Skretteburg" has the characters shaking their fists at the teenagers causing trouble.

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* When Fancy Pants Man does it in ''[[FancyPantsAdventures The Fancy Pants Adventure: World 2]]'' in response to stolen ice cream, the mayor of Squiggleville [[LampshadedTrope comments]] that "Not even a fist-shaking as magnificent as that will bring back that tasty frozen treat!"

* Snoopy does this every time he's playing "WorldWarI flying ace" and gets his "plane" (doghouse) shot full of holes. [[GoshDangItToHeck ("Curse you, Red Baron!")]]

* Stands With a Fist from ''DancesWithWolves'' is named after this trope -- it comes from when she punched out a Sioux woman who was bullying her and stood over her with a clenched fist.
* A Nazi soldier does this in ''IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', after the main characters escape capture.

* The film version of ''ByeByeBirdie'' has a scene near the end featuring a Soviet ballet conductor on ''TheEdSullivanShow'' who is [[ItMakesSenseInContext tricked into drinking a glass of milk with an adrenaline-jolting drug inside]]. He then leads his orchestra at such a fast tempo that the ballet dancers can't keep up and begin making embarrassing mistakes, [[DeliberateValuesDissonance much to the delight of the Americans in the audience and the outrage of the Russians]]. By the performance's conclusion, the dancers are all making angry G-rated gestures at the conductor, including a fist-shake.

* Done by the protagonist of {{HPLovecraft}}'s ''In The Walls Of Eryx'' in order to intimidate the Venusian natives. They're not exactly intimidated.

Will often result in MilkingTheGiantCow if overdone by a LargeHam.

* ''Videogame/FatalFury'': '''''GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!!!!!!'''''

* Darth Vader in ''SplinterOfTheMindsEye''.

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* Used as a (rather unique) gag in an episode of ''GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'', in which Kilowog and Razer are having an argument. Hal tries to defuse the situation, and tells them to shake hands in a bid to get them to make up. Both then proceed to shake their fists at one another, with Hal sighing in resignation.

** In "Lemon of Troy" when Homer steals Flanders's RV away from the impound lot the lot's owner (an {{Expy}} of Homer) and his son (an {{Expy}} of Bart) shake their fists at the fleeing Springfieldianites.
-->Homer2: Ooh, you lousy Springfielders, you - shake harder, boy!
** The Page Image in GrumpyOldMan is of Grandpa yelling at a cloud, shaking his fist.

* After calling ''VideoGame/SilverSurfer'' game's level selects screen a "''VideoGame/MegaMan'' ripoff", WebVideo/TheIrateGamer shakes his fist at it. Then VideoGame/MegaMan himself appears, and they both shake their fists at the game.