Pull my finger 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 resulting 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 . References in popular culture 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 repeat this joke several times , even while being shot to death . The father of JD , the main character in the medical comedy series Scrubs , uses the line , after which he says , `` I think I pooped a little . `` This joke is featured many times on South Park ( most specifically , Terrance and Philip ) . This comedy or humour related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Comedy stubs | Flatulence | Jokes 