History Main / StickEmUp

* John Dillinger uses an improvised wooden prop gun to escape prison in PublicEnemies. TruthInTelevision too.

* ''{{Bandits}}'' did this with a permanent marker, a bank security guard and Bruce Willis. Great movie.

* Parodied in ''FieldOfDreams'', with Ray trying to "kidnap" Terence Mann by faking a gun in his pocket. Terence responded with a crowbar.

* Done in pant-wetting fashion in TrueLies with a tube of lipstick under the chin.

* ''Bandits'' did this with a permanent marker, a bank security guard and Bruce Willis. Great movie.

* MacGyver's done this with a broomstick at least once.

* ''WhiteCollar'': Neal threatens to shoot a man by jamming a ''birdhouse'' against his back.
* Omar in TheWire does this in season 5. But being Omar, you would expect him to have a real gun.

* In ''[[TheDarkKnightSaga Batman Begins]]'', Batman used a stapler for the barrel and the clicking noise to simulate a gun cock.

* Parodied in Buckaroo Bugs and many other LooneyTunes cartoons.

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* In ''KissKissBangBang'', when a malcontent forces Perry along with a gun to his back, Perry calmly explains that "Professionals prefer to have about three feet distance between the gun and the guy. Otherwise, he could just do this." He then grabs the gun out of the guy's hand and turns it on him.

* Used in {{Suika}}, aka ''Wet Summer Days''. Kamishiro Souji is attacked by some local toughs who tell him of their intention to have their way with his girlfriend, the daughter of a local artist (who is believed by some to have killed his wife). [[PapaWolf Cue the girl's father coming up from behind and pressing a bit of metal into one of their backs, telling them it's his pallet knife, and then describing how his knowledge of anatomy as an artist gives him the knowledge to be a most efficient killer.]]

* John Dillinger uses an improvised wooden prop gun to escape prison in {{Public Enemies}}. {{Truth in television}} too.

* Surely done on ''[[TwentyFour 24]]''.

* Averted in Britain where guns are incredibly hard to get hold of; you need more permits and licenses than you do in the U.S.A. Most people who have guns in Britain have them for hunting animals or as collectables. Because of this, guncrime (and fake guncrime) is very low although knifecrime is unfortunately high.

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** Didn't the Fourth Doctor do something similar with his "deadly jelly babies"? (Not a stick-up, of course, but I seem to recall them being passed off as some sort of weapon.)
*** Poison. He claimed they were poisonous, and threatened to force-feed them to his hostage.

* Webcomic example: in ''No Rest For The Wicked'', a flashback shows Clare holding up a man by pointing her metal finger into his back and calling it a knife.

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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 of course, ''was'' BK-201 in civil identity... that is an [[{{Adorkable}} 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}}.

* TruthInTelevision, of course. Just don't press your luck either way.
** Averted in Britain where guns are incredibly hard to get hold of; you need more permits and licenses than you do in the U.S.A. Most people who have guns in Britain have them for hunting animals or as collectables. Because of this, guncrime (and fake guncrime) is very low although knifecrime is unfortunately high.

* In ''Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang'', when a malcontent forces Perry along with a gun to his back, Perry calmly explains that "Professionals prefer to have about three feet distance between the gun and the guy. Otherwise, he could just do this." He then grabs the gun out of the guy's hand and turns it on him.

** Averted in Britain where guns are incredibly hard to get hold of; you need more permits and licenses than you do in the U.S.A. Most people who have guns in Britain have them for hunting animals or as collectables. Because of this, guncrime (and fake guncrime) is very low although knifecrime is unfortunatly high.

It can work with knives too, but guns seem to be the preferred choice when an option.

* Done by Anathema Device in ''GoodOmens'' to get into an American air base. Used with a bit of ExactWords, as she told the soldier to put down his gun or else she will regret what she'll have to do. Her internal monologue continues with, "Because if you don't put down the gun, you'll find out this is a stick and then I will regret having to be shot."

* The First Doctor does this in ''DoctorWho'' with a branch. "The Time Meddler", aka the Meddling Monk, finds out... and the Doctor threatens to smack him upside the head if he doesn't behave.

* Referenced in ''{{Ratatouille}}'': [[MultipleChoicePast one version]] of what sous chef Horst did to end up in jail is tat he "once robbed the second biggest bank in France using only a ball-point pen."

* Webcomic example: in ''NoRestForTheWicked'', a flashback shows Clare holding up a man by pointing her metal finger into his back and calling it a knife.

** Averted in Britain where guns are incredibly hard to get hold of; you need more permits and licenses than you do in the U.S.A. Most people who have guns in Britain have them for hunting animals or as collectables. Because of this, guncrime is very low although knifecrime is unfortunatly high.