History Main / FingerPokeOfDoom

* The [[FanNickname White Devil Incident]] in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. It starts with Nanoha catching Subaru's PowerFist and Teana's LaserBlade [[BarehandedBladeBlock using one bare hand each]]. It ends with Nanoha using a single finger to cast [[spoiler: one of Teana's spells to knock her out]] without the help of [[MagicWand Raising Heart]], and she wasn't using her dominant hand.

* ''Manga/DrStone'': When fighting [[spoiler:Hyoga]], Senku makes a [[StunGun taser]] out of wires and batteries, tied to his little finger. Just one poke sends 100,000 volts through him.

** In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', [[spoiler: the effect of the Wuxi Finger Hold is revealed. When Po tried using the Wuxi Finger Hold on Kai, it didn't work because it only works on mortals. So Po decided to restrain him [[HeroicSacrifice and use it on himself]] to send himself and Kai into the spirit realm. Given that Po used it on Tai Lung as well as he makes a cameo on Kai's collected chi of other masters, it means that he was sent there as well.]]

* WCW's fiasco overshadows what may be pro wrestling's ''original'' "Finger Poke of Doom" match when Wrestling/ShawnMichaels lost the European title to Wrestling/TripleH in December 1997. It gets a pass for a few reasons: they had something that at ''the very least'' "resembled" a match[[labelnote:In Detail]]After several ''minutes'' of theatrical stalling, Hunter gently pushes Shawn over, runs the ropes back and forth across the ring for an [[OverlyLongGag absurdly long time]], then drops the weakest splash in wrestling history on an immobile Shawn and covers him for the 3 count.[[/labelnote]], it was for a tertiary title instead of a world title, didn't make ''months'' worth of storylines completely moot, and got played up like the joke that it was. In {{Kayfabe}}, Wrestling/SgtSlaughter had put [=HHH=] and [=HBK=] in a match to try and create tension between them. However, they figured out what Slaughter was planning, and mocked him by having an intentionally silly match, even cutting [[LargeHam incredibly hammy]] promos when Hunter won. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT_9P5TQ9MI The result]] was ''screamingly'' hilarious.
* The FaceHeelTurn of "Mr. Wonderful" Wrestling/PaulOrndorff, when he betrayed Wrestling/HulkHogan ... Orndorff's delayed run-in to save Hogan from a beatdown by Wrestling/BigJohnStudd and Wrestling/KingKongBundy involved two very obvious light Orndorff haymakers easily downing the two heels, who immediately crawled out of the ring (as opposed to at least taking the blows and trying to fight back). And then Orndorff helped Hogan to his feet, raised his arm that things were OK ... and the clothesline and piledriver that ended a friendship.

* WCW's fiasco overshadows what may be pro wrestling's ''original'' "Finger Poke of Doom" match when Wrestling/ShawnMichaels lost the European title to Wrestling/TripleH in December 1997. It gets a pass for a few reasons: they had something that at ''the very least'' "resembled" a match[[labelnote:In Detail]]After several ''minutes'' of theatrical stalling, Hunter gently pushes Shawn over, runs the ropes back and forth across the ring for an [[OverlyLongGag absurdly long time]], then drops the weakest splash in wrestling history on an immobile Shawn and covers him for the 3 count.[[/labelnote]], it was for a tertiary title instead of a world title, didn't make ''months'' worth of storylines completely moot, and got played up like the joke that it was. In {{Kayfabe}}, Wrestling/SgtSlaughter had put [=HHH=] and [=HBK=] in a match to try and create tension between them. However, the two of them figured out what Slaughter was planning, and mocked him by having an intentionally silly match, even cutting [[LargeHam incredibly hammy]] promos when Hunter won. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT_9P5TQ9MI The result]] was ''screamingly'' hilarious.

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** And then there is V and his/her ''Bugsby's Flicking Finger'' spell. (Followed up by ''[[FlippingTheBird Bugsby's Expressive Single Digit]]''.)

* Anvil from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' gives a villain a [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1271 nose boop]] - and since her main power is EnergyAbsorption, it goes about the same way as the page image.

* ''Manga/DrStone'': When fighting [[spoiler:Hyoga]], Senku makes a [[TaserTagWeakness taser]] out of wires and batteries, tied to his little finger. Just one poke sends 100,000 volts through him.

** Also, Future Trunks killing Freeza with his sword in about ten seconds, doing what Goku had spent about [[ArcFatigue twenty episodes]] trying to do, with zero effort.

* Subverted occasionally in ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'': the "[[http://worms2d.info/Prod Prod]]" attack is reserved for [[CherryTapping the most humiliating defeats of all]]. (It deals no damage, and is reserved for pushing enemies off the edge of a cliff - something that most other weapons can do anyway.) But can also be modified in the weapons editor to force enemies through the sky with 100% damage in some games (''Armageddon'' for example).

* The eponymous Ran of ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'' delivers the dreaded finger flick to a mook whom's she's dragging around by his head, after effortlessly dispatching about half a dozen of his buddies with her bare hands and without even looking at them -- [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome all the while]] [[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask casually talking to her sidekick]].

* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', [[WorldsStrongestMan Saitama]] uses a "special" attack called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Consecutive Normal Punches]] when fighting Beast King. Of course, just one normal punch was all Saitama really needed to use.

This tends to accompany the practical demonstration of TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort. The first or second cousin of TheWorfEffect. For a move that is genuinely weak but is still effective, see CherryTapping. If you [[PokeThePoodle poked the poodle]] with doom, you have probably [[KickTheDog kicked the dog]]. See also PressurePoint, TouchOfDeath and FingerGun.

* Tsukune Aono's "sensing supernatural energy" lesson in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' puts him on the receiving end of one of these from [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Inner Moka]].

* In one of the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' books, this is played with when a very powerful mage knows he could quiet a raging storm from the comfort of his chair with a few little hand motions, but opts to go the dramatic route, complete with flinging open the shutters and waving grandiosely, because he knows that the lesser mage watching him will be more impressed.

* The [[TropeNamers trope namer]] comes from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerpoke_of_Doom January 4, 1999 episode]] of ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro''. Wrestling/KevinNash, former lackey to Wrestling/HulkHogan, leader of the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]] [=WolfPac=] (the original [=nWo=] split up, with both sides fighting for supremacy), and current World Heavyweight Champion was main-eventing with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} for the world title. Out of nowhere, Goldberg was arrested on bogus stalking charges. (It was originally going to be a [[FalseRapeAccusation false rape charge]], but Goldberg objected to it backstage.) Nash calls out to the now-"retired" Hulk Hogan and challenges him to a match instead, putting the belt on the line. Hogan answers the challenge and gingerly walks down to the ring. Hogan pokes Nash in the chest with his finger. Nash goes down like he's been hit by a shotgun blast, Hogan covers him for three and then Nash gets up and hugs Hogan, along with their buddies. The [=nWo=] is whole once more, and Goldberg is immediately set upon by their combined forces when he makes his return from jail. If it sounds like this episode of ''Nitro'' was [[WagTheDirector hastily re-written]] by some of its actors, you are most likely right. Fingerpokes of Doom (or "laying down for the pin") have since had strong negative connotations in pro wrestling.

** As early as the third episode, after Team Rocket defeats two of his Pokémon, Ash tries to attack the pair himself. After holding him AtArmsLength, James beats him with a flick of his finger.