History Main / GunTwirling

* In ''Webcomic/SuicideForHire'', Hunter [[http://suicideforhire.comicgenesis.com/d/20060329.html does this.]] When Arcturus tells him to stop, he says he has it under control; and nearly shoots Codename Rudolph in the head just seconds after.

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* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': As usual for GunTropes in this series, this is treated seriously: one of the first things [[DrillSergeantNasty Gunny Bardue]] sees when he is on campus the first time is a JROTC cadet pulling off stunts like this, in front of a bathroom mirror. He proceeds to rip the student a new one over it:
-->'''Gunny Bardue:''' Cadet Captain Rogers, what is your malfunction that you are disgracing the uniform of my beloved Marine Corps? Did your mother drop you on that pointed head of yours? Did you not eat enough Ho-hoes before you decided to embarrass the uniform of my Marine Corps by playing with your weapon in, of all places, the head? What excuses do you have for this outrage, knuckle dragger?!
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* ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'' features an entire cast of gunfighters who twirl their guns in varying degrees of fanciness.

* Spike Spiegel does this at times in ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.

* In ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', Tom Mix is seen doing this in the FilmWithinAFilm. However, when he gets in a real gunfight at the ranch, he just draws and fires.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': The owner of a dude ranch demonstrates his skill at this for Rick and Kate in the CowboyEpisode "Once Upon a Time in the West".

* Rebecca's idle animation in ''VideoGame/WildArms''.

* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': In an {{homage}} to Creator/JohnWayne, [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger the Terminator]] uses a shotgun with an identical action. The armorer provides a regular Winchester 1887 and a modified one; when Arnold grabs the wrong one to do some flip-cocking for a scene, he nearly breaks three fingers.

* In an {{homage}} to Creator/JohnWayne, [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger the Terminator]] used a shotgun with an identical action in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. The armorer provided a regular Winchester 1887 and a modified one; when Arnold grabbed the wrong one to do some flip-cocking for a scene, he nearly broke three fingers.

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* This is a CharacterTic of Alex Murphy in ''Film/RoboCop1987''. Murphy does this as he copies a move from his son's favorite TV show. He explains to his partner Anne Lewis that he does this so he can be a role model. After Murphy is killed by Clarence Boddicker and his gang, Bob Morton and his development team at OCP seize his body and transform Murphy into [=RoboCop=]. As part of the process, Murphy's memory is erased. However, certain elements of Murphy's past remain in [=RoboCop=]. When his sharpshooting skills are demonstrated by Morton at the police firing range, the other officers including Lewis all eagerly watch him. After he finishes shooting, we see [=RoboCop=] twirl his custom gun on his right finger before putting it on a leg holster. Lewis later uses it to identify [=RoboCop=] as the late Murphy.[[note]]The gun safety issue is somewhat ameliorated by the fact that Murphy only does that trick after unloading the weapon. When he's doing it with Lewis prior to chasing down Boddicker, he reloads his pistol afterward. When he does it for the first time as [=RoboCop=], he has just emptied his pistol at the firing range.[[/note]] Also applied later as a TearJerker when [=RoboCop=]/Murphy goes to his old house and has a flashback of his son asking him to perform said trick.

* In ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1983'', Dr. Watson does this completely unnecessarily before putting his revolver in his pocket at 221B Baker Street.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. Dean Winchester does this with a SawedOffShotgun of all things, in a Season 5 episode. He also does it while [[GunsAkimbo dual-wielding]] flare guns (despite having been hung up by his wrists for some time -- [[CuffsOffRubWrists his fingers should be rather cramped]]) in the second episode of the series, "Wendigo."

* * ''Videogame/{{ultrakill}}'' has a sharpshooter revolver. Its alternate fire can be charged by twirling the revolver.

* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyWeapoms'', after Hermione [[spoiler:shoots and kills Neville Longbottom]], she twirls her revolver before holstering it. For a fan edit revolving entirely around firearms in Harry Potter, this is the only instance of someone twirling their gun.

* In ''Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales'', Eastwood's character uses a trick called the "Road Agent's Spin" or "Border Roll" to gun down two men who have him cornered. He holds out his revolvers butt-first, slipping his index fingers into the trigger guards, then flips/twirls them to get into position and fires.

* Justice from ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' does this before holstering one of his revolvers, which apparently results in a DiagonalCut OffWithHisHead for Afro's father. [[spoiler: He used a sword wielded by his hidden third arm, but we don't learn that till later.]]

* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' fanfiction ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6006036/1/The-Sword-of-Damocles The Sword of Damocles]]'', ComicBook/TheJoker does this after shooting a mob boss for no other reason than to look cool.

* Frank Gallop's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2A9f9nK7bM The Ballad of Irving]]" has the eponymous character meeting his end this way.

* In ''Webcomic/SuicideForHire'', Hunter [[http://suicideforhire.comicgenesis.com/d/20060329.html does this]]. When Arcturus tells him to stop, he says he has it under control; and nearly shoots Codename Rudolph in the head just seconds after.

* In [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Duckaroo "My Little Duckaroo"]], WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck twirls his gun and ends up shooting himself in the head, showing why this is a bad idea. He makes the same mistake in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daffy%27s_Inn_Trouble "Daffy's Inn Trouble"]].

* A little known fact is that Revolver Ocelot's famous gun-twirling tendencies were actually based on or even outright motion captured by "Tornado Yoshida", and when he actually decides to redo some of the scenes Ocelot had in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', it's almost in perfect sync. Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Bv9y1rnrY side-by-side comparison]].