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* The Danish movie ''Flickering Lights'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4ZBcK01HU this scene]] where Creator/MadsMikkelsen gets annoyed at a cow and decides to shoot it dead.

* One of the Shadow Master's goons from the ''WesternAnimation/DoubleDragon'' animated series is named Trigger Happy. True to his name, he's got [[GatlingGood a big gun]].

* ''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.

* The Heavy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' really, really loves his [[GatlingGun 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.

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 (famous movie GunNut [[Film/{{Tremors}} Burt Gummer]], for instance, is very, ''very'' strict when it comes to gun safety).

** 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 ''[[KnifeNut knives]]'' are Gauron's chosen weapon and specialty, not guns... since he [[AxCrazy enjoys slashing and cutting people up close and personal]].)

* Ladd Russo from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', who gets excited at the sound of gunfire. Mind you, he also likes [[KnifeNut 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.

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

** Trigger from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/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.

%%* [[HairTriggerTemper Tommy DeVito]] from ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''.

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.

** Panchito [[FanNickname Pistoles]] 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.

%%* The Heavy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.

* The Heavy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
** ''Any'' of the classes can be trigger happy, depending on the player. The Pyro especially has gained the derisive FanNickname of "[[LeeroyJenkins W+M1]]" (the default commands to run and fire one's primary weapon, respectively).

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

* Pig's militaristic Guard Duck from ''ComicBook/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.

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

* Hibari Ginza from ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' seems to have a permanently itchy trigger finger. When she's not shooting someone([[{{Catchphrase}} Self Defense!]]) she 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 threat to Ryotsu and the others.

* In the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' episode that introduced the Dalton brothers, Jack Dalton was this, to the point where he scared his own brothers. Ironically this is also his downfall; had he waited until he had a clearer shot he might have gotten Luke without warning him, and he is ultmately defeated when he accidentally sets fire to his own bullet supply. In later comics Joe Dalton is also this, but only towards Lucky Luke.

* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': Uncle Fester is fond of solving problems with his blunderbuss. In "[[Recap/TheAddamsFamilyS1E20CousinIttVisitsTheAddamsFamily Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family]]", having heard about an escaped animal and not realizing it's Cousin Itt, the Addamses arm themselves with shotguns. Uncle Fester takes a shot at Gomez' safari hat when he peeks over the back of the sofa. Gomez immediately tells everyone that they should shoot the beast, not simply anything moving. Later, when the family finds out that the commissioner locked Itt up in a zoo exhibit, Fester jumps to the solution of shooting the man in the back, politely asking him to turn around so he can do so.

* ''Series/FlashPoint'': A wanna-be SRU member doesn't pass the exam when he's a little too eager to shoot a perp, or possibly a guy who happens to be in the wrong place in the wrong time.

* 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.

** [[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.

'''[[ArmsDealer Yuri Orlov]]:''' I'm a little trigger happy.

* Reborn from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', 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]].

%%* K from ''{{Manga/Gravitation}}'', anyone?

%%* Hiruma from ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''.

%%* Mana and Sayo from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''.

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

* Genjo Sanzo from ''{{Manga/Saiyuki}}'' is a dead shot and fires his gun whenever he is pissed or facing enemies, which is very often.

%%* Exit Wound in ''FanFic/DividedRainbow''.

* Marisa from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is a variant; she doesn't have a gun but is mentioned to be trigger-happy, and the gun is just replaced with magic missiles and giant lasers most of the time.

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

** 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 ''[[KnifeNut knives]]'' are Gauron's chosen weapon and specialty, not guns... since he [[AxCrazy enjoys slashing and cutting people up close and personal]].)

* 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.

* 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).

* 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]].

** Panchito [[FanNickname Pistoles]] 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 shoots 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'.

* 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 revels that he shot their father in the face, and while Rufus swears that was an accident, his brothers don't believe him.

* ''Series/FlashPoint'': A wanna-be SRU member doesn't pass the exam when he's a little to eager to shoot a perp, or possibly a guy who happens to be in the wrong place in the wrong time.

* 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.

* Marisa from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is a variant; she doesn't have a gun, but is mentioned to be trigger-happy, and the gun is just replaced with magic missiles and giant lasers most of the time.
* ''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 an 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.

** Moe can be this as well. In the episode mentioned about, he rigs up a device combining ''[[MoreDakka five guns]]'' and his fighting style of [[DanceBattler funk dancing for self defence]] involves a shotgun.
* Meanwhile, another character voiced by Dan Castellanetta, ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'', has this as his ''modus operandi''- "EAT DIRT, EVERYONE IN THE VICINITY! AH-HA-HAHAHAHAHA!"

* Rufus Clements in ''Film/HannieCaulder''. Pretty much every one of [[SiblingInCrime the Clements brothers]] problems stems from Rufus' propensity to open up with his SawedOffShotgun at the drop of a hat. Dialogue revels that he shot their father in the face, and while Rufus swears that was an accident, his brothers don't believe him.