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* Stoick and Gobber exchange a forearm clasp in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' when they prepare to face the Green Death together.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2015'', when Webby first meets Lena, she is really excited for what's implied to be her first fist-bump. An amused Lena asks "You want to blow it up, don't you?" so they do.

* The fist bump in the intro for ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is probably the most epic part, given the sound effect accompanying it.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In one episode where Beckett beats Castle at Scrabble, thus breaking a lengthy winning streak, Martha teases her son about Beckett's win while Beckett and Alexis fist-bump each other. Castle dejectedly mutters, "I saw that."

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a dedicated fistbump emote that you can earn through the Invite a Friend Campaign. It later makes a story appearance in ''Shadowbringers'', [[spoiler:when Ardbert's ghost fist-bumps the player character to affirm that he'll be there to back them up. Later, when Elidibus possesses Ardbert's corpse, the player can offer a fist-bump to BluffTheImpostor; Elidibus doesn't recognize the gesture, and asks if there's something wrong with his arm.]]

-->-- '''Shuri''' (explaining the Wakandan greeting, serving as a weapon trigger), ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In "[[Recap/SupernaturalS07E11AdventuresInBabysitting Adventures in Babysitting]]", Dean offers a fist bump to a 14-year-old girl [[TagalongKid he's been forced to work a case with]]. She's not impressed, saying no-one does that anymore. Subverted when Dean uses the fist bump to handcuff her to the steering wheel so she won't follow him into a demon nest. At the end of the episode however, [[FireForgedFriends she offers her own fist bump to Dean]]. In "Freaks and Geeks" they meet up again and Dean offers another fist bump, only to get kissed on the cheek instead.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}''; In one episode where Beckett beats Castle at Scrabble, thus breaking a lengthy winning streak, Martha teases her son about Beckett's win while Beckett and Alexis fist-bump each other. Castle dejectedly mutters, "I saw that."
* ''Series/CowboyBebop2021''. In "Sad Clown A-Go-Go", Jet coaxes a reluctant Spike and Faye into a three-way fist bump before enacting ThePlan to deal with the VillainOfTheWeek.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor and companion Mickey Smith in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]] and "Journey's End". As the Doctor never has a problem hugging anyone in sight, this is presumably because ''Mickey'' is too manly to hug.

* [[Comicbook/FirestormDCComics Jax]] and [[Comicbook/CommanderSteel Nate]] fist bump in the ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episode [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS2E5Compromised "Compromised"]] over a mutual apprecation of the [[Literature/JamesBond works]] of Creator/IanFleming.

* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', after newcomer Nikki Jardine [[HandshakeRefusal refuses to shake hands with anyone]] on account of being a germaphobe, the team settles for a light fist bump.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In "The Perfect Mark", [[VigilanteMan John Reese]] and [[FriendOnTheForce Joss Carter]] share an impromptu fist-bump after agreeing [[WorkingTheSameCase how to split up the case]]. This is different for the normally stoic Reese, and shows how their relationship is warming up.
* Gus and Shawn on ''Series/{{Psych}}'' do this ALL THE TIME. Usually when they solve a case, or agree on some point, or just want to reaffirm their friendship. There's even a three-way fist bump in one episode.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. In "Adventures In Babysitting", Dean offers a fist bump to a 14-year old girl [[TagalongKid he's been forced to work a case with]]. She's not impressed, saying no-one does that anymore. Subverted when Dean uses the fist bump to handcuff her to the steering wheel so she won't follow him into a demon nest. At the end of the episode however, [[FireForgedFriends she offers her own fist bump to Dean]]. In "Freaks and Geeks" they meet up again and Dean offers another fist bump, only to get kissed on the cheek instead.

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* A 2023 Advertising/McDonalds ad has two girls doing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-knTn327Li0 a handshake]] that goes on for forty seconds, and includes forming their hands into a heart, swinging their lockets with their pictures of each other so they blow kisses at each other, hugging while taking a selfie, staging a mock fight, and finally fist-bumping so their matching BFF rings touch, producing a wave of energy. Then one of them tries to take one of the other's [=McNuggets=]...

* In the fifth ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' movie, Enjou and Kokutou exchange a fistbump before [[spoiler:splitting up to go rescue Shiki from Araya]].
* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', Issei and Kiba do this before separating to go to their separate positions.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', [[BigBad Master]] [[FinalBoss Hand]] and [[AxeCrazy Crazy]] [[BonusBoss Hand]] exchange a brofist before the match against them begins. As they're a giant disembodied right and left hand, respectively, [[JustifiedTrope they're not physically]] ''capable'' of shaking hands or performing most of the other items on this page.

* Black*Star and the eponymous ''Manga/SoulEater'' do this with the backs of their fists. Black*Star later does the same with Kilik (because he was wearing large gauntlets) and Soul does this to Kid ([[SuperOCD who insists that they repeat the gesture with the opposite hands]]).

* ''Anime/{{Gundam}}'':