History Main / TriggerHappy

* Rocket Racoon in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and the sequels. He's really, [[GunNut really]] enthusiasmic about using guns. When he's handed one in prison, he just says ''Oh yeah!" and then starts to fire it wildly, and during bar brawl between Groot and Drax his answer is pulling his gun to the latter, and when talked out of shooting someone he still remarks he will probably shoot everyone once they're done with their current task.

* [[MeaningfulName Heinrich "Herr Trigger" Triggermensch]], one of the three assassins sent after Brock Samson during the Season Three Finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', is one of these, complete with licking his gun-barrel in sexual ecstasy during his fight scene.

* Loves CoolGuns, {{Hand Cannon}}s, {{BFG}}s, GunAccessories, MoreDakka and is a GunNut.

* ''ComicBook/SinCity'' characters are over this trope. Marv certainly laughs when he kills his enemies and calls his gun Gladys. The CoolGun love is there as well. Dwight and the Old Town girls are also quite fond of mowing down enemies as seen in the climax of ''Big Fat Kill''.

* In ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance2'', any mercenary with the "Psycho" trait can and will, when armed with a weapon capable of automatic fire, fire it on automatic. Even if you told them to fire a single shot or a burst.

* Joe the skeleton from ''WebVideo/ProfessorShadow'' is rarely seen without some type of gun in his hands. It is common for him to shoot at random people or just shoot his guns around in the air like crazy.
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* Ironhide in the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' is extremely trigger-happy. In the first film, he recommends that they kill Sam's parents simply to expedite Sam's search for the MacGuffin. In the first video game, it's implied he blew up a planet, though he insists it would have blown up anyway.

--->'''Mr. Brown:''' SHE GOT A GUN!

* Ironhide in the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' live-action films is extremely trigger-happy. In the first film, he recommends that they kill Sam's parents simply to expedite Sam's search for the MacGuffin. In the first video game, it's implied he blew up a planet, though he insists it would have blown up anyway.

* Loves CoolGuns, {{Hand Cannon}}s, {{BFG}}s, GunAccessories, MoreDakka an is a GunNut.

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* Robert from ''Anime/HareGuu''. He's even shooting it off in the opening.
* Reborn from ''Manga/Reborn2004'', who, as Tsuna notes, looks ''ridiculously happy'' at the thought of being able to shoot people. Of course, the person he ends up shooting is always [[ButtMonkey Tsuna]].
* Train Heartnet from ''Manga/BlackCat'' is this, somewhat. His gun has a name, "Hades", and he's shown to get a bit restless when he hasn't shot anything for a while. Although being a TechnicalPacifist, he's forced to not kill people with it, that doesn't prevent him from [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shooting things out of their hands]] or simply wounding them.
* Leena from ''Anime/ZoidsNewCentury'', only on a HumongousMecha gun caliber (her preferred method of choice to try to deal with a problem? [[AlphaStrike Fire all of her Zoid's guns in the general direction of the target and hope it drops dead]]. And her Zoid packs ''[[WalkingArmory many]]'' guns).

* Of course, we can't forget Alucard, from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''. He carries two impossibly heavy guns, Jackel and his Casull Joshua. And the ever-popular image of him resting his vampire canines on the barrel of the gun.
* Genkaku from ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland''. Wielding a [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon double-machine gun-electric guitar]], he really really loves to use it. He expresses great disappointment when Mouzuri restrains him from shooting Ganta. Not to mention that he even has an affectionate name for it, calling it "Flying V." He generally treats it with a ''lot'' more compassion and love than any human he encounters in the series, and the only time he's shown crying is when it's broken by Shiro. He keeps a grudge towards Shiro because of it and is shown saying he'll hold a funeral service for it (something he'd never do for a human).

%%* Maya Jingu from the ''Anime/BurnUp'' anime franchise, ''especially'' her ''Warrior/Excess'' incarnation.

* Giroro of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' is hardly ever seen without his gun. When not firing it, he's either wearing it, polishing it, or messing around with a different weapon.
%%* Elie from ''Manga/RaveMaster''.
%%* Hiruma from ''Manga/Eyeshield21''.

* Arnage of Hückebein from ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce''. In the chapter that introduced her [[GatlingGood Divider]], instead of dodging the [[BeamSpam 25 million energy beams]] headed her way like she was ordered to, she decided to [[ShootTheBullet shoot them all down]] since that was more her style.
* Kaito Wanijima from ''Manga/AirGear'' has a gun as his weapon of choice. He uses it a LOT.
* Hibari Ginza from ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' seems to have a permanently itchy trigger finger. When she's not shooting someone([[{{Catchphrase}} Self Defense!]]), she's threatening to shoot someone. Even if that someone is ''a fellow cop.''
* Officer Volvo Saigo in ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' is very trigger-happy with his weapons at the slightest disturbance around him causing a threat to Ryotsu and the others.
* Benkate from ''Manga/EtCetera'' collects 99 guns, and is more than pleased to have the opportunity to show them off by firing at them.
* In an episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', "[[Recap/PokemonS1E35TheLegendOfDratini The Legend of Dratini]]", a character named Kaiser is exceedingly trigger-happy. While his intentions are mainly intimidation for trainers who are after a Dratini he is protecting, he tends to take things too far. He straight-up threatens to shoot Ash and his friends because they were singing very loud. He later actually opens fire at Team Rocket during their usual motto. [[BannedEpisode The episode was never aired in the United States for the portrayal of firearms]]. Unfortunately, this ended up causing a major DubInducedPlotHole, as ''this'' is the episode where Ash catches the 30 Tauros that are occasionally shown to be owned by him.
* Genjo Sanzo from ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' is a dead shot and fires his gun whenever he is pissed or facing enemies, which is very often.
* Rebecca of ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' is quite eccentric when it comes to the use of her shotgun, and her loose-cannon and unpredictable personality doesn't do much to show this down.

* Pig's militaristic Guard Duck from ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine''. He constantly believes that everyone besides Pig and his friends are the enemy and his first solution to problems is to shoot like crazy.
* ''ComicBook/SinCity'' characters are over this trope. Marv certainly laughs when he kills his enemies and calls his gun Gladys. The CoolGun love is there as well. Dwight and the Old Town girls are also quite fond of mowing down enemies as seen in the climax of ''Big Fat Kill''.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan once asked ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' if he has his own private lead mine after the latter goes trigger-happy in a fight. Given an IronicEcho later on when Punisher asked Spidey if he buys his web fluid wholesale after the web-head completely cocoons some mooks.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* Creator/{{Disney}}, [[DisneyDeath oddly enough]], seems to love this trope.
** Panchito from ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' is the UrExample Disney-wise. He displays his excitement by discharging a fusillade of shots from the two six-shooters he always carries: firing off way more than six shots from each of them.
** Pecos Bill in ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime'' who -- amongst other acts -- shoots out all the stars in the sky but one, which is why Texas is the 'Lone Star State'.
** Trigger from ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''. It doesn't help that Trigger's crossbow "Old Betsy" is notoriously unreliable and goes off at the slightest provocation. The Sheriff starts making Trigger go first to reduce the risk of being shot by mistake.
** Madame Medusa in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', combined with RecklessGunUsage, blasting with her shotgun when she has no clear target in sight.

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* Eugene Tackleberry from ''Film/PoliceAcademy'', who enthusiastically demolishes a shooting range and has to engage in ExtendedDisarming when sleeping with a female CowboyCop who shares his liking for firearms.
* Baby Face Nelson in ''Film/PublicEnemies''. TruthInTelevision, because in real life, Baby Face used to work for Al Capone, but was [[EvenEvilHasStandards kicked out for his itchy trigger finger]] and even John Dillinger disliked having to work with him (the feeling was mutual). Paradoxically, he was a [[PetTheDog devoted husband and father who often had his wife and children with him while he was on the run.]] Nelson is known to have killed more federal agents than any one person.

* Ironhide in the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' live-action films is extremely trigger-happy. In the first film, he recommends that they kill Sam's parents simply to expedite Sam's search for the MacGuffin. In the first video game, it's implied he blew up a planet, though he insists it would have blown up anyway.
* ''Film/DearWendy'': Happens gradually over the space of the film. The protagonist actually hates guns at first.
* In ''Film/KellysHeroes'', there's a scene during the mission where the platoon's corporal is going among the men to see if they need more ammunition. Most of the men merely say they need just one or two magazines, but one soldier says he needs ''eight''. The corporal tells him he's trigger-happy, gives him two magazines, and tells him to watch it. When the private gives a non-committal answer, the corporal gets serious, punches him in the shoulder, and repeats the order. This is very much TruthInTelevision, small-unit Sergeants and officers know very well it's a good idea to keep a close eye on trigger-happy personnel. Impulsive behavior like this is a sign of both a lack of discipline and perhaps something deeper...
* One of the generals in ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' keeps on saying "so let's attack (whatever nation/game is considered a culprit at the moment)!", to the annoyance of others.
* [[Creator/TylerPerry Mabel "Madea" Simmons]] carries a handgun in her purse, and is not at all reluctant to whip it out and start shooting. Just ask the folks who [[Film/MadeaGoesToJail have a party in her house.]]
--->'''Mr. Brown:''' SHE GOT A GUN!
* Dr. Watson in ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'', who uses just about any excuse to reach for his pistol, including trying to kill a mosquito, and who announces Holmes' arrival in court with a fusillade of gunshots.
* Bob in ''Film/JungleGoddess'', whose reaction to anything unexpected is to shoot it. This includes him shooting a coconut dropped by a [[MisplacedWildlife very lost orangutan]].
* Rufus Clements in ''Film/HannieCaulder''. Pretty much every one of [[SiblingsInCrime the Clements brothers]] problems stems from Rufus' propensity to open up with his SawedOffShotgun at the drop of a hat. Dialogue reveals that he shot their father in the face, and while Rufus swears that was an accident, his brothers don't believe him.
* Walter in ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' carries a pistol and doesn't hesitate to pull it out when [[SeriousBusiness there is a dispute over a bowling score]].
* In ''Film/MistressOfTheApes'', EvilPoacher Thurston is a GunNut with a fondness for large calibre hunting rifles. He has a habit of starting shooting without warning, and usually without a clear target.
* ''Film/BatmanForever'': On multiple occasions, Two-Face shoots off his gun into the air or readily draws it during a berserker motif. His very first impulse when Riddler enters his hideout is to threaten to blow his head off, and his preferred method of getting Riddler to stop with the flattering and get to the point is a ShutUpGunshot.
--> '''The Riddler:''' Has anyone ever told you, you have a SERIOUS IMPULSE-CONTROL PROBLEM?!
* The Danish movie ''Film/FlickeringLights'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4ZBcK01HU this scene]] where Creator/MadsMikkelsen gets annoyed at a cow and decides to shoot it dead.

%%* Ana-Lucia on ''Series/{{Lost}}''.

* Detective Hammer from ''Series/SledgeHammer''. He does target practice inside his apartment, he talks to his gun, and his reaction to a sniper on top of a building is to bring the entire building down with a rocket launcher. That's just in the pilot episode.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'':
** Aeryn Sun spends a lot of time shooting people with evident pleasure. [[PregnantBadass Even while giving birth.]]
** Not to mention [[LivingShip Talyn]], who was quite literally born shooting.
%%* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': John Casey loves guns.
* In what might be the only nonlethal variation, Parker on ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' is trigger-happy with various [[TheParalyzer stun guns]] and [[StaticStunGun tasers]].

* ''Series/DeadliestCatch'': The Hillstrands mark special occasions with automatic rifle fire (plus fireworks and flare guns).
* Carlton Lassiter on ''Series/{{Psych}}'' is the butt of many wisecracks from everyone in the SBPD for being this (especially when shooting inanimate objects that he mistook for an attacker).

* Music/PeterSchilling's "(Let's Play) U.S.A." has this line:
-->''Won't it be a lot of fun? Every man will own a gun.\\
[[CantTakeCriticism Shoot the ones whose point of view makes a point that bothers you.]]''
* Music/TheArrogantWorms sing a sardonic song titled "Let There Be Guns" where a group enthusiastically sings about how everyone would feel safe and no one would ever be shot if everyone had a gun. The song culminates with the group one-upping each other on the type of gun they want, from a rifle to a semi-automatic, to the final rant about a super-duper automatic weapon with ridiculous features:
-->''You get yourself one of those, I’m gonna get a super-duper automatic weapon with a CD-ROM drive and a big ole hard drive and a big guitar amp so I can play BTO songs on it, it’ll go so fast it’ll be able to chase you here to Saigon, and then I’ll shoot like little Nerf rockets at you and poke you in the eye ‘cause it’ll have automatic like finger-poking in the eye things and I’ll get myself another guitar amp…''

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' the Skaven Doomwheel must be fired at someone every turn. If there are enemies within range, all the better.
* ''Dark TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' includes a villain called Trigger Happy who certainly lives up to his name. Several other ''Dark Champions'' villains also qualify.

* [[TheBigGuy Forte Stollen]] of the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' gameverse. Her personal CoolShip is equipped with a pair of starfighter-sized [[GatlingGood gatling guns]] and [[MacrossMissileMassacre enough missiles to]] [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross shame your average UN Spacy pilot]]. Heck, the name of this flying death machine is even ''[[GratuitousEnglish Happy Trigger]]''.
** Forte's [[Anime/GalaxyAngel anime]] counterpart is obsessed with military hardware, practically ''living'' for rare and antique firearms and never hesitating to try them out on people. Fortunately for everyone else, she exhibits ATeamFiring on pretty much anybody who isn't [[TheChewToy Normad]].
* Revolver Ocelot from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. To put it in his words, "[[DoubleEntendre There's nothing like the feeling of slamming a long, silver bullet into a well-greased chamber.]]" The man loves his guns.

* BigBad Mr. X from ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' isn't shy of firing his gun either, even if he hits his own {{Mooks}} most of the time.
* The Heavy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' really, really loves his [[GatlingGood miniguns]]. He has [[ICallItVera given them names]], they have their own cradles to lie on, he gets ticked off if someone other than him touches them, he's proud of how much it costs to shoot them, and in the final seconds of his introductory video "Meet the Heavy", he's laughing like a madman as he unleashes said minigun on the opposing team.
* Both ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' follow this trope, though Jak uses the {{BFG}} more often.
* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising'', Cletus Samson and both Roger Hall and his son Jack have a policy of "shoot first, ask questions later" in dealing with humans that they seem to enjoy. Perhaps somewhat understandable as the zombie outbreak did turn a number of human survivors homicidally insane. Then again, that they take it to an extreme that makes them obviously Trigger Happy is what makes them among those humans themselves.
* Axl of the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series, especially compared to TechnicalPacifist X and ShellShockedVeteran Zero.

* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'': John Marston is trying to get over his problem of being one of these, but the time where he shot up three Mexican troublemakers for stealing his hat comes to mind.
* Salvador the [[MoreDakka Gunzerker]] from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}''.
** Anyone with a gun on Pandora is likely this.

* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' has Pinstripe Potoroo, the head of the potoroo mafia that is really fond of his Tommy Gun. In the first game, he practically shoots at you almost nonstop while laughing wildly. In ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing'', in the epilogue, he's mentioned to become a used car salesman who's fond of using his Tommy Gun to "make his customers decide faster".
* In ''VideoGame/TheFeebleFiles'', SAM is a robot specifically designed for mass destruction and tries to find every possible excuse to try solving every problem he comes across by shooting at it. He's not happy that other characters, especially Feeble, do not share the same sentiment and keep ordering him to stay civil.

* In WebComic/CommanderKitty, the normally goofy and harmless (but [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical]]) [[HeroicWannabe CK]] can get [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/03/14/sign-me-up-2/ surprisingly trigger-happy]] when the [[SpacePolice Triple-I]] are on his case.
* Mell from ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' is a clear example. Not only did she get kicked out of both heaven and hell quite quickly, she seemed ''very'' happy when she found a recording of herself from the future, stating that she has/was/is going to destroy the universe.
* The first thing Tabbi does in ''Webcomic/WeAreTheWyrecats'' when the team walks in on her unexpectedly? Start shooting at everyone, naturally.

* WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} uses a gun in nearly every episode. It's even part of his gimmick — if a game is bad, he "slaughters" it by shooting it with a gun (good games get the "salvage" when they are beamed with a transporter). He also shoots off secondary characters left and right, including other reviewers who join him for a crossover.
* Joe the skeleton from WebVideo/ProfessorShadow is rarely seen without some type of gun in his hands. It is common for him to shoot at random people or just shoot his guns around in the air like crazy.

* [[MeaningfulName Heinrich "Herr Trigger" Triggermensch]], one of the three assassins sent after Brock Samson during the Season Three Finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', is one of these, complete with licking his gun-barrel in sexual ecstasy during his fight scene.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'':
** Minor Decepticon [[MeaningfulName Triggerhappy]] lives up to his name. Apparently while goofing around at the military academy he accidentally vaporized his entire squad of trainees and his instructor. This earned him an immediate graduation and field promotion. However, some theorize that his crazed affection for heavy automatic weaponry isn't due to pride at this defining moment, but because he happened to bump his head pretty bad in said accident.
** Strafe of the Technobots is one of the best shots in the Autobots. Unfortunately, he's also one of the most paranoid minds in the Autobots, and he reacts to such things as "something moved" or "[[ItsQuietTooQuiet nothing's happening]]" by [[MoreDakka blasting away with his heat rifles until they're out of power]]. His partners on the Technobots like to keep him out in front, where he's less likely to start shooting in their direction.

* Meanwhile, another character voiced by Dan Castellaneta, ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'', has this as his ''modus operandi''. "EAT DIRT, EVERYONE IN THE VICINITY! AH-HA-HAHAHAHAHA!"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Mom's Friendly Killbots will automatically shoot whenever anyone mentions anything resembling gun terminology, like getting howitzer out of "how it's her." They usually shoot the person or Killbot that says the gun term. This is in addition to shooting anything that moves.
* Stan Smith of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has hundreds of guns behind every wall of his house, including one in his pillow. "200 thread count, 200 dead count." Interestingly, despite his gun obsession, it's revealed that he never actually killed anybody in "The 42-Year-Old Virgin".

* Has a distinctive, preferred weapon.
* Loves CoolGuns, {{Hand Cannon}}s, {{BFG}}s, and MoreDakka [[GunNut in general]].

* Fond of stroking or licking the gun barrel in a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything suggestive manner]].
* Greets people via ClickHello.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'':

* In an episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', "[[Recap/PokemonS1E35TheLegendOfDratini The Legend of Dratini]]", a character named Kaiser is exceedingly trigger-happy. While his intentions are mainly intimidation for trainers who are after a Dratini he is protecting, he tends to take things too far. He straight-up threatens to shoot Ash and his friends because they were singing very loud. He later actually opens fire at Team Rocket during their usual motto. [[BannedEpisode The episode was never aired in the United States for the portrayal of firearms]].

* In an episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', "The Legend of Dratini", a character named Kaiser is exceedingly trigger-happy. While his intentions are mainly intimidation for trainers who are after a Dratini he is protecting, he tends to take things too far. He straight-up threatens to shoot Ash and his friends because they were singing very loud. He later actually opens fire at Team Rocket during their usual motto. [[BannedEpisode The episode was never aired in the United States for the portrayal of firearms]].

%%* In ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'', a ''lot'' of Gantzers (pretty much all side characters, since none of the protagonists are shown to be that sadistic) are TriggerHappy.

* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising'', Cletus Samson and both Roger Hall and his son Jack have a policy of "shoot first, ask questions later" in dealing with humans that they seem to enjoy. Perhaps somewhat understandable as the zombie outbreak did turn a number of human survivors homicidally insane. Then again, that they take it to an extreme that makes them obviously TriggerHappy is what makes them among those humans themselves.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': The typical response of [[ScaryBlackMan Barret Wallace]] to any problem he faces is to let loose with the drill/chainsaw/{{BFG}} he's got hooked up to the end of his arm. It's {{Justified|Trope}} later in the game when you find out just why Barret's so TriggerHappy to begin with.

** Willy, the BigBad of the original arcade game, is nicknamed "Machine Gun" Willy for his favorite WeaponOfChoice.

See also the whole family of people who have a little too much fun murdering people, i.e., AxCrazy, ChainsawGood, GatlingGood, PsychoKnifeNut... Of course, even a mellow and sane person can sometimes find himself in a situation where the only thing to do is ShootEverythingThatMoves. But if you're TriggerHappy, you'll enjoy it more. Despite being a commonly-seen trait of fictional {{Gun Nut}}s, [[TheGunslinger Gunslingers]] and {{Crazy Survivalist}}s, those tropes and this one are by no means mutually inclusive (famous movie GunNut [[Film/{{Tremors}} Burt Gummer]], for instance, is very, ''very'' strict when it comes to gun safety).

* Minor Decepticon [[MeaningfulName Triggerhappy]] in ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' lives up to his name. Apparently while goofing around at the military academy he accidentally vaporized his entire squad of trainees and his instructor. This earned him an immediate graduation and field promotion. However, some theorize that his crazed affection for heavy automatic weaponry isn't due to pride at this defining moment, but because he happened to bump his head pretty bad in said accident.

'''Yuri Orlov:''' I'm a little trigger happy.

Mr. (or Ms.) Trigger Happy tends to have some (or all) of the following traits:

* Will shoot at the [[DisproportionateRetribution slightest]] [[MurderIsTheBestSolution provocation]] -- this is what "trigger happy" ''[[TropeNamer means]]'', colloquially.

* Most notable in ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': [[http://animedesmotivado.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/digimon.jpg?w=470&h=397 Gargomon,]] a trigger happy Rambo bunny (Dog actually, [[RuleOfFunny but who cares?]]) with ''gatling guns'' for hands.

* Officer Volvo Saigo in ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' is very trigger happy with his weapons at the slightest disturbance around him causing a threat to Ryotsu and the others.

* ComicBook/SpiderMan once asked ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' if he has his own private lead mine after the latter goes trigger happy in a fight. Given an IronicEcho later on when Punisher asked Spidey if he buys his web fluid wholesale after the web-head completely cocoons some mooks.

* Ironhide in the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' live-action films is extremely trigger happy. In the first film, he recommends that they kill Sam's parents simply to expedite Sam's search for the MacGuffin. In the first video game, it's implied he blew up a planet, though he insists it would have blown up anyway.

** Sōsuke is also ''very'' Trigger Happy but in the more non-lethal way. He just really seems to like shooting and [[MadBomber blowing things up]]. In the ''Full Metal Panic! Overload'' manga, this is [[CharacterExaggeration taken to an extreme]], where [[ComedicSociopathy it might very well have been the lethal way, but is played for laughs]]. In fact, it's so bad that in one of the stories, he's actually shown having ''withdrawal symptoms'' because he hadn't shot a gun that day (due to promising Chidori he wouldn't bring his guns or shoot anyone). He {{Lampshades}} it by thinking that he shouldn't feel this way since it would make him a GunNut. To put it in his thoughts: "The recoil and muzzle flash when I fire, the lingering smell of gunpowder... experiencing these on the battlefield truly makes me feel alive!" Sōsuke is also {{lampshaded}} as "The Trigger-Happiest S.O.B." in ''Full Metal Panic!'' -- so in other words, in canon, yes, he is indeed moreso than everyone ''including'' Gauron. (Though this actually makes a bit more sense when one takes into account that ''[[PsychoKnifeNut knives]]'' are Gauron's chosen weapon and specialty, not guns... since he [[AxCrazy enjoys slashing and cutting people up close and personal]].)

* In what might be the only nonlethal variation, Parker on ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' is trigger happy with various [[TheParalyzer stun guns]] and [[StaticStunGun tasers]].

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In "New School Bus", Mr. Boynton buys an old paddy wagon for use as a school bus. Mrs. Davis uses the opportunity to drive around in the wagon, pretending to be a trigger happy cop. Fortunately, she's using a toy gun and shooting blanks!

Compare/Contrast OrgasmicCombat and CombatSadomasochist. Not to be confused with ''Series/TriggerHappyTV'' or ''[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Trigger Happy Havoc]]''. If the character in-question is trying to get retribution, and is willing to be rude and mean to get it, then they may be a PushyGunTotingVillain. See also HairTriggerTemper, whose name is derived from gun triggers but doesn't ''always'' involve literal triggers.

* Has a distinctive, preferred WeaponOfChoice.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'':
** Gauron. He actually had to be restrained from shooting a pilot (who was the only one who even knew how to operate the plane everyone was on), all because he just likes [[ForTheEvulz shooting and killing so much]].
** Sōsuke is also ''very'' Trigger Happy but in the more non-lethal way. He just really seems to like shooting and [[MadBomber blowing things up]]. In the ''Full Metal Panic! Overload'' manga, this is [[CharacterExaggeration taken to an extreme]], where [[ComedicSociopathy it might very well have been the lethal way, but is played for laughs]]. In fact, it's so bad that in one of the stories, he's actually shown having ''withdrawal symptoms'' because he hadn't shot a gun that day (due to promising Chidori he wouldn't bring his guns or shoot anyone). He {{Lampshades}} it by thinking that he shouldn't feel this way since it would make him a GunNut. To put it in his thoughts: "The recoil and muzzle flash when I fire, the lingering smell of gunpowder... experiencing these on the battlefield truly makes me feel alive!" Sōsuke is also {{lampshaded}} as "The Trigger-Happiest S.O.B." in ''Full Metal Panic!'' -- so in other words, in canon, yes, he is indeed moreso than everyone ''including'' Gauron. (Though this actually makes a bit more sense when one takes into account that ''[[PsychoKnifeNut knives]]'' are Gauron's chosen weapon and specialty, not guns... since he [[AxCrazy enjoys slashing and cutting people up close and personal]].)
** Sōsuke meets his match when he encounters the mad policewoman in ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', who gets into a shootout with Sōsuke in his Bonta-kun costume. In a later episode where she hears the gun-toting Bonta-kun is on the loose again, her fellow police officers have to physically restrain her from going berserk with GunsAkimbo FN-P90's.

* Ladd Russo from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', who gets excited at the sound of gunfire. Mind you, he also likes [[PsychoKnifeNut knives]], GoodOldFisticuffs, [[ImprovisedWeapon tire irons, lead pipes, knuckledusters,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking rubber chickens with a pulley in the middle]], or just about ''anything'' [[AxCrazy that helps in killing people]], but he seems to have a special fondness for guns. As in, 'starts skipping when he hears some people getting shot to death' kind of fond.

* Meanwhile, another character voiced by Dan Castellaneta, ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'', has this as his ''modus operandi''- "EAT DIRT, EVERYONE IN THE VICINITY! AH-HA-HAHAHAHAHA!"

* Loves CoolGuns, RareGuns, {{Hand Cannon}}s, {{BFG}}s, and MoreDakka [[GunNut in general]].

** Forte's [[Anime/GalaxyAngel anime]] counterpart is obsessed with military hardware, practically ''living'' for [[RareGuns rare and antique firearms]] and never hesitating to try them out on people. Fortunately for everyone else, she exhibits ATeamFiring on pretty much anybody who isn't [[TheChewToy Normad]].