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** Panchito [[FanNickname Pistoles]] from ''Disney/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 shoots from each of them.
** Pecos Bill in ''Disney/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 Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood''. 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 ''Disney/TheRescuers'', combined with RecklessGunUsage, blasting with her shotgun when she has no clear target in sight.

** Aeryn Sun spends a lot of time shooting people with evident pleasure. Even while giving birth.

%%** Panchito [[FanNickname Pistoles]] from ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'' is the UrExample Disney-wise.

%%** Madame Medusa in ''Disney/TheRescuers'', combined with RecklessGunUsage.

* In 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...

* In what might be the only nonlethal variation, Parker on Series/{{Leverage}} is trigger happy with various StunGuns and tasers.

Compare/Contrast OrgasmicCombat and CombatSadomasochist. Not to be confused with Series/TriggerHappyTV or [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Trigger Happy Havoc]].

* In Kelly'sHeroes 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...

Compare/Contrast OrgasmicCombat and CombatSadomasochist. Not to be confused with Series/TriggerHappyTV.

** Trigger from Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood''. 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 him being shot by mistake.

%%* [=EVE=] in ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', of course.

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%%* Disney, [[DisneyDeath oddly enough]], seems to love this trope.

%%** Pecos Bill in ''Disney/MelodyTime''.
%%** Trigger from Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood''. It doesn't help that Trigger's crossbow "Old Betsy" is notoriously unreliable and goes off at the slightest provocation.

* Scrooge [=McDuck's=] NewOldFlame Glittering Goldie on ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''.

* Attenborough from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' LOVES firing the Dai-Gurren's cannons for the smallest reason. And when [[spoiler:the Chouginga Dai-Gurren is about to hit ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome every point of the universe]] [[BeamSpam simultaneously]] with a [[MoreDakka fuckton of guns]]'']], his facial expression is one of pure bliss.

** Aeryn Sun spends a lot of time shooting people with evident pleasure. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Even while giving birth.]]

* ''Franchise/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 an used car salesman who's fond of using his Tommy Gun to "make his customers decide faster".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Mom's Friendly Killbots will automatically shoot whenever anyone mentions anything resembling gun terminology, like getting howitzer out of "how it serve". They usually shoot the person or Killbot that says the gun term. This is in addition to shooting anything that moves.

* Can often be seen or heard laughing or [[ShoutingShooter shouting]] while firing.

* 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': [[BumblingDad Homer Simpson]] becomes this [[CompressedVice for one episode]], where he buys a gun to protect the family following a series of riots in Springfield. However, he quickly becomes ludicrously irresponsible with the gun (using it to change the channel and open a beer, among other feats), which drives Marge and the kids away. He goes to the local NRA for support, but they're just as appalled by him as Marge was and kick him out of the organization. The whole episode serves to deliver AnAesop about responsible gun usage.

'''Yuri Orlov, arms dealer:''' I'm a little trigger happy.

* Arnage of Hückebein from ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]''. 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.

'''Mal:''' Please tell me you brought them this time.

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* Website/TheGuyWithTheGlasses:
** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. This comes back to bite him in the ass during ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''; Insano calls out for Santa Christ, Santa Christ's theme starts, Critic panics and [[MoodWhiplash shoots our Lord and Saviour dead.]]

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Robin calls her self a "gun enthusiast". She took Marshall to the range to blow off a little steam when Lily left him.

See also the whole family of people who have a little too much fun murdering people, i.e., AxCrazy, ChainsawGood, GatlingGood, KnifeNut... 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.