History Main / PistolWhipping

* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': Terawatt has a tendency to pull guns out of people's hands with her telekinesis and then club them. Probably justified since she fights at range, so the targets' own guns are the weapon she has available, and she prefers nonlethal solutions so she won't [[JustShootHim just pull the trigger]].

** A crook does this to the original Robin, Dick Grayson, in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} story "The Case of the Honest Crook", leaving him bloodied and almost dead. Bats was [[PapaWolf not pleased]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge when he found out.]]
* The Joker does this to Barbara Gordon during his assault on her in ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' #124. In response, she hits him in the face with her baton, breaking most of his teeth.

* ''Film/TheRaid1954'': While escaping the stockade, Lt. Keating slams the commanding officer repeatedly in the head with a rifle butt.

* Wyatt Earp is knocked out by being rapped over the back of the head with a gun barrel while he is searching the Cadillac at the Kit Kat Club in ''Film/{{Sunset}}''.

* Westley does this to Inigo with a sword hilt in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.

* ''Film/LoneHero'': When Smokey tries to reach for [[TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar the shotgun under the bar]] during the robbery, Bart delivers a savage pistol whipping with the butt of the [[CoolGun nickel plated "1895 Commemorative" Single Action Army with pearl grips]] he was stealing. Later, in the mine, John knocks Bart out by slamming a shotgun butt into Bart's nose.

* ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' has gun whipping as a form of a melee attack if you're low on or out of bullets. It's extremely weak since most of your enemies are heavily armored SWAT units, but CherryTapping them enough is key to getting a cop to surrender so you can have a hostage for trade if a player is in custody. ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' brings gun whipping back and it's no longer the only method of attacking with melee force. While you can use larger, more powerful things like knives, sledgehammers, swords, and so on, gun whipping is always the fastest hitting attack with zero charge time. It also obviously has bonuses to concealment for stealth heists if you're not lugging around an extra weapon for the sole purpose of bashing or stabbing people. One weapon, the Mosin-Nagant SniperRifle from the Historical Weapon DLC, even has an attachable {{bayonet|Ya}} to make the usual pistol-whipping with that weapon stronger.

* In ''Film/TinMen'', Tilley hits B.B. over the head with a pistol when he catches B.B. in his house.

* In V.Suvorov's book ''Literature/{{Control}},'' an elite soviet agent had to choose a handgun with the condition that it should not be made in the USSR. She got a Lahti L-35, not even for its lesser recoil, just because it's a sturdy 1.2 kg steel piece that would make a nice skullcrusher... And uses Parabellum 9 mm ammo after all. JustifiedTrope, as the need for silent action made pistol-whipping a [[IncrediblyLamePun sound]] tactic.