Pull my finger
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Pull My Finger is a joke or prank regarding flatulence in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the illusionist (or person playing the joke), who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the subsequent expulsion of gas. References in popular culture tend to treat "pull my finger" as a meme, saying the line but not showing the result, apparently on the assumption that the result is well known.
[edit] References in popular culture
- This joke is featured on The Simpsons in the Emmy-winning episode Lisa's Wedding. Homer repeatedly attempts to force Hugh (Lisa's fiancé) to pull his finger; nevertheless, Hugh never does and the joke is never actually shown.
- In the 1999 comedy film Mystery Men, flatulence is the superpower of the character "The Spleen". He triggers this power by asking another person to "pull my finger".
- In 2006, Dairy Queen advertised a burger whose slogan was "it will make a man out of you." The commercial featured a woman who, after eating just one bite of the burger, promptly shifts to a sitting position like the man seated beside her, then dares him, "Pull my finger."
- The 2006 movie Children of Men has the character Jasper (Michael Caine) repeat this joke several times, even when he is in grave danger.
- The father of JD, the main character in the medical comedy series Scrubs, uses the line, after which he says, "I pooed a little."
- This joke is featured many times on South Park (most specifically, Terrance and Phillip).
- This joke is featured in Friends when Monica casually refers to Chandler's teaching of this trick to her nephew, Ben.
- MTV's Beavis and Butt-head are known for using this joke, and have sold many "Pull my Finger"-themed toys, posters, and stickers
