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* ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} This Is America, Charlie Brown]]'': In "The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad", one of the saloon patrons does this when harmonica player Spike gets carried away with his dancing.

* ''TruthOrDare2012'': When the five hostages start arguing about who could have sent the postcard, Justin shuts them up by firing his revolver into the air.

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-->'''Rocco''': "Quiet! And nobody gets hurt!"
-->(An unfortunate victim from a higher platform suddenly falls down)
-->'''Rocco''': (*beat*) "...starting now!"

-->"Let...Marty...talk...to...her husband. ''Please.''"

* Clarke stops a flurry of arguments about what to do now that members of the camp are getting sick really quickly with a gunshot in the air on ''Series/{{The 100}}.''

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* 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.
* 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]].

* In ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'', Al Swearengen does this to the crowd at the Gem Saloon while they're agitated over the news that a family leaving the camp were found dead.
* ''Series/TheFBI'': In "The Forest of the Night", the sheriff of Stanton temporarily subdues a group of rioters attempting to lynch two members of a religious community by firing a few shots over their heads. This cows them long enough for their victims to escape into the sheriff station.
* ''Series/ColonelMarchOfScotlandYard'': In "The Second Mona Lisa", March breaks up a fight between the two bodyguards over the paintings by taking Lawson's gun off him and firing two shots into the ceiling.

* In ''Videogame/RedDeadRedemption2'', you can point your gun upwards and fire as a way to intimidate people.

* During ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'', in the middle of a heated argument between Wash and Tucker, with the Reds and Caboose watching on, right as they are about to erupt in a brawl, this trope happens, along with [[ActionGirl T]][[OneWomanArmy e]][[RidiculouslyHumanRobot x]][[TheAce 's]] leitmotif, which means a whole load of ass kicking is about to– wait, never mind, it's just [[CampGay Donut]].

* Spoofed (what else?) in [[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]] when Rocco takes the Oscars hostage, by suddenly showing up on stage and shooting his gun into the air.

* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', Sgt. Calhoun fires her gun in the air to make the Laffy Taffy vines stop making romantic music and hearts around her and Felix.

* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' video game, after Carley gives [[spoiler:Lily]] a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for making baseless accusations towards members of the group while trying to find out who betrayed them to the local bandits, they're interrupted by someone killing a nearby walker, leading to [[spoiler:Lily pulling out her gun while everyone is distracted and then promptly shooting Carley in the face]].

* The Sit Down Gun in ''Series/{{Danger 5}}''.

* Dr. Pandanski, when trying to break up a fight between Zero and Zigzag in ''Film/{{Holes}}'', angrily does this with a rifle pointed skyward, after repeatedly failing to use words to break them up.

* ''Series/HitlerTheRiseOfEvil''. Adolf Hitler starts his Munich putsch by entering a beer hall being used by a coalition of rival right-wing political parties and firing his pistol into the air.

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

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

* In ''Film/ChaiLaiAngelsDangerousFlowers'', Lotus brings a halt to the AuctionOfEvil by firing a shot into the ceiling and demanding that anyone not directly involved leave immediately. After Crown of Thorns knocks out Katherine, everyone departs hurriedly, leaving only Dragon and his gang.