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* The 1949 FilmSerial ''Film/KingOfTheRocketMen'', [[TheDragon Derkin]] is hiding out in a stifling shack, so he takes off his coat and steps outside for air. Unfortunately he left his revolver in the coat pocket, so when Rocket Man turns up Derkin tries to bluff him with the finger in the back trick. Apparently Rocket Man isn't fooled as he suddenly turns on Derkin and GoodOldFisticuffs ensue.
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* In ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', Earp bluffs a group of thugs into believing a mop handle is a shotgun.
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* In ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', ''Film/{{Sunset|1988}}'', Earp bluffs a group of thugs into believing a mop handle is a shotgun.
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* In the 1991 TV movie ''Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind'', a ConMan (played by Music/WillieNelson) sneaks up behind a bad guy and presses the mouth of a beer bottle against the back of his head. The bad guy, assuming it was the muzzle of a HandCannon, surrenders his gun without even looking.
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* In the 1991 TV movie ''Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind'', ''Film/AnotherPairOfAcesThreeOfAKind'', a ConMan (played by Music/WillieNelson) sneaks up behind a bad guy and presses the mouth of a beer bottle against the back of his head. The bad guy, assuming it was the muzzle of a HandCannon, surrenders his gun without even looking.
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* In the 1991 TV movie ''Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind'', a ConMan (played by {{Creator/Willie Nelson}}) sneaks up behind a bad guy and presses the mouth of a beer bottle against the back of his head. The bad guy, assuming it was the muzzle of a HandCannon, surrenders his gun without even looking.
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* In the 1991 TV movie ''Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind'', a ConMan (played by {{Creator/Willie Nelson}}) Music/WillieNelson) sneaks up behind a bad guy and presses the mouth of a beer bottle against the back of his head. The bad guy, assuming it was the muzzle of a HandCannon, surrenders his gun without even looking.
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* Parodied in ''Film/FieldOfDreams'', with Ray trying to "kidnap" Terence Mann by faking a gun in his pocket. Terence responded with a crowbar.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' involved Fred trying to play superhero to thwart a couple of burglars. Barney instead keeps suggesting this trope--surprising them from behind and faking guns to their backs with his bare hands, complete with saying "Stick 'em up!"--to subdue them. Fred keeps rebuffing his suggestion as he continues to try and foil the burglars with his superhero act, with disastrous results. After one failure too many by Fred, Barney swoops in and just goes through with his feint, ''which works'' and scares the burglars into surrendering on the spot.
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* In Canada, any hint of a weapon in commission of a robbery makes it considered armed, even if it is just a finger in a pocket. This can come into play in other countries as well, sometimes to the point of giving the [[MuggingTheMonster would-be victim]] full legal right to defend themselves with force.
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* [[FairCop Kirihara]] in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', while shopping, stuck her battle lipstick into the back of someone resembling [[MalevolentMaskedMan BK-201]]. Who ''was'' BK-201 in civil identity... that is an awkward lad she already knew, so he only had [[NotWhatItLooksLike to explain buying a bra and a wig]] without mentioning he hides someone from {{Yakuza}}.
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* [[FairCop Kirihara]] in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', while shopping, stuck her battle lipstick into the back of someone resembling [[MalevolentMaskedMan BK-201]]. Who ''was'' BK-201 in civil identity... that is an awkward lad she already knew, so he only had [[NotWhatItLooksLike to explain buying a bra and a wig]] without mentioning he hides someone from {{Yakuza}}.
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* This happens in ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' at least twice.
* This happens in ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' at least twice.
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* In the 1991 TV movie ''Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind'', a ConMan (played by {{Creator/Willie Nelson}}) sneaks up behind a bad guy and presses the mouth of a beer bottle against the back of his head. The bad guy, assuming it was the muzzle of a HandCannon, surrenders his gun without even looking.
* In ''Film/TheChase1994'', Charlie Sheen kidnaps Kristy Swanson with a Butterfinger bar.
* In the silent film ''Film/TheKidBrother'' the good guy gets the drop on the bad guy by pretending that a piece of pipe is a rifle barrel.
* Averted in ''Film/LadyOnATrain'' when MysteryWriterDetective Wayne Morgan jams his pipe into Danny's back and tells him it's a gun (something his hero does once per novel) only for Danny to sat "That's a pipe" and spin round and [[TapOnTheHead knock him out]]. Inverted later in the nightclub, when Danny sticks his gun in Wayne's back, only for Wayne to say "That's a pipe" and spin round and knock the weapon from his hand, only to realise with horror it had actually been a real gun.
* Averted in ''Film/LadyOnATrain'' when MysteryWriterDetective Wayne Morgan jams his pipe into Danny's back and tells him it's a gun (something his hero does once per novel) only for Danny to sat "That's a pipe" and spin round and [[TapOnTheHead knock him out]]. Inverted later in the nightclub, when Danny sticks his gun in Wayne's back, only for Wayne to say "That's a pipe" and spin round and knock the weapon from his hand, only to realise with horror it had actually been a real gun.
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* Done in pant-wetting fashion in ''Film/TrueLies'' with a tube of lipstick under the chin.
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* In the silent film ''Film/TheKidBrother'' the good guy gets the drop on the bad guy by pretending that a piece of pipe is a rifle barrel.
* In ''Film/TheChase1994'', Charlie Sheen kidnaps Kristy Swanson with a Butterfinger bar.
* In ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', Earp bluffs a group of thugs into believing a mop handle is a shotgun.
* In ''Film/TheChase1994'', Charlie Sheen kidnaps Kristy Swanson with a Butterfinger bar.
* In ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', Earp bluffs a group of thugs into believing a mop handle is a shotgun.
* In ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', Earp bluffs a group of thugs into believing a mop handle is a shotgun.
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* Averted in ''Film/LadyOnATrain'' when MysteryWriterDetective Wayne Morgan jams his pipe into Danny's back and tells him it's a gun (something his hero does once per novel) only for Danny to sat "That's a pipe" and spin round and [[TapOnTheHead knock him out]]. Inverted later in the nightclub, when Danny sticks his gun in Wayne's back, only for Wayne to say "That's a pipe" and spin round and knock the weapon from his hand, only to realise with horror it had actually been a real gun.
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* Averted Done in ''Film/LadyOnATrain'' when MysteryWriterDetective Wayne Morgan jams his pipe into Danny's back and tells him it's a gun (something his hero does once per novel) only for Danny to sat "That's a pipe" and spin round and [[TapOnTheHead knock him out]]. Inverted later pant-wetting fashion in the nightclub, when Danny sticks his gun in Wayne's back, only for Wayne to say "That's a pipe" and spin round and knock the weapon from his hand, only to realise ''Film/TrueLies'' with horror it had actually been a real gun.tube of lipstick under the chin.
* A variant in the ''Literature/DresdenFiles'' novel ''Literature/SmallFavor'', where Harry pretends to pull a gun on Kincaid in an argument by sticking his hand in his duster pocket and pretending to make a gun-like shape. Kincaid gives in after a second. [[BrickJoke Later]], when helping a (slightly delirious) Harry into his house, Kincaid checks the pocket and finds it empty, mentioning that he'd had his suspicions.
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* A variant in the ''Literature/DresdenFiles'' novel ''Small Favor'', where Harry pretends to pull a gun on Kincaid in an argument by sticking his hand in his duster pocket and pretending to make a gun-like shape. Kincaid gives in after a second. [[BrickJoke Later]], when helping a (slightly delirious) Harry into his house, Kincaid checks the pocket and finds it empty, mentioning that he'd had his suspicions.
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* ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'''s done this with a broomstick at least once.
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* The First Doctor does this in ''Series/DoctorWho'' with a branch. "The Time Meddler", a.k.a. the Meddling Monk, finds out... and the Doctor threatens to smack him upside the head if he doesn't behave.
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* The First Doctor does this in ''Series/DoctorWho'' with a branch. "The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler", Meddler]]", a.k.a. the Meddling Monk, finds out... and the Doctor threatens to smack him upside the head if he doesn't behave.behave.
* ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'''s done this with a broomstick at least once.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': In "The Murdoch Identity", Murdoch returns to a house in Bristol, England, in order to find out why two men there have been pursuing him (and shot him in the arm). As he's looking over photos and maps on a wall, he hears someone coming, hides behind the door, and seizes a smoking pipe. When one of his pursuers enters the room, he jams the pipe stem into the back of the guy's neck and acts as if it's a real gun.
* ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'''s done this with a broomstick at least once.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': In "The Murdoch Identity", Murdoch returns to a house in Bristol, England, in order to find out why two men there have been pursuing him (and shot him in the arm). As he's looking over photos and maps on a wall, he hears someone coming, hides behind the door, and seizes a smoking pipe. When one of his pursuers enters the room, he jams the pipe stem into the back of the guy's neck and acts as if it's a real gun.
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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfLanoAndWoodley'' used fingers in the episode ''Game Show God''.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': In "The Murdoch Identity", Murdoch returns to a house in Bristol, England, in order to find out why two men there have been pursuing him (and shot him in the arm). As he's looking over photos and maps on a wall, he hears someone coming, hides behind the door, and seizes a smoking pipe. When one of his pursuers enters the room, he jams the pipe stem into the back of the guy's neck and acts as if it's a real gun.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': In "The Murdoch Identity", Murdoch returns to a house in Bristol, England, in order to find out why two men there have been pursuing him (and shot him in the arm). As he's looking over photos and maps on a wall, he hears someone coming, hides behind the door, and seizes a smoking pipe. When one of his pursuers enters the room, he jams the pipe stem into the back of the guy's neck and acts as if it's a real gun.
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* In the 1991 TV movie ''Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind'', a ConMan (played by {{Creator/Willie Nelson}}) sneaks up behind a bad guy and presses the mouth of a beer bottle against the back of his head. The bad guy, assuming it was the muzzle of a HandCannon, surrenders his gun without even looking.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' there are whole missions where you must hold up all the guards in the level. Getting seen is an instant mission failure however, because you are armed with nothing but a banana.
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* In ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'', [[http://deadwinter.cc/page/326 Lizzie pulls this on Clark the clerk at the Omni-mart]].
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* In ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'', [[http://deadwinter.cc/page/326 Lizzie pulls this on Clark the clerk at the Omni-mart]].
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* Averted in ''Film/LadyOnATrain'' when MysteryWriterDetective jams his pipe into Danny's back and tells him it's a gun (something his hero does once per novel) only for Danny to sat "That's a pipe" and spin round and [[TapOnTheHead knock him out]]. Inverted later in the nightclub, when Danny sticks his gun in Wayne's back, only for Wayne to say "That's a pipe" and spin round and knock the weapon from his hand, only to realise with horror it had actually been a real gun.
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* Averted in ''Film/LadyOnATrain'' when MysteryWriterDetective Wayne Morgan jams his pipe into Danny's back and tells him it's a gun (something his hero does once per novel) only for Danny to sat "That's a pipe" and spin round and [[TapOnTheHead knock him out]]. Inverted later in the nightclub, when Danny sticks his gun in Wayne's back, only for Wayne to say "That's a pipe" and spin round and knock the weapon from his hand, only to realise with horror it had actually been a real gun.
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* Averted in ''Film/LadyOnATrain'' when MysteryWriterDetective jams his pipe into Danny's back and tells him it's a gun (something his hero does once per novel) only for Danny to sat "That's a pipe" and spin round and [[TapOnTheHead knock him out]]. Inverted later in the nightclub, when Danny sticks his gun in Wayne's back, only for Wayne to say "That's a pipe" and spin round and knock the weapon from his hand, only to realise with horror it had actually been a real gun.
