That is a not a picture of James T. Kirk. That is a picture of something filthy elf-worshipping Smurf-fucking Pompeiian doing Trek cosplay.
In Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Tina Turner takes a big loud bite of an apple as a signal for her goons to attack Max.
Just waaay too common to ID a specific movie. E.g., Brando does this in The Freshman. But that’s a comic takeoff on Godfather type movies.
And eating the apple off of the knife blade.
Carlito Colon, the professional wrestler and heel (bad guy).
In one of the BBC * Sherlock * episodes Moriarty confronts Sherlock in his flat, taking a big bite out of an apple to represent the O in the message IOU
One they didn’t mention on the Tropes page: Patrick Stewart’s portrayal of Macbeth. Telling your men about murders they need to commit? That’s cold – but an actor could play that in a reluctant it-has-to-be-done kind of way. Or at least just determined, looking serious and maybe a little thoughtful.
Patrick Stewart does it while making a sandwich.
All I can picture is Burn Notice’s Michael Westen, constantly eating his yogurt while threatening this week’s baddie.
Don’t forget Mal and Zoe eating apples with their knives. Because ribcages.
This Cracked(dot)com photoplasty - “Cocky pricks love them apples!” - from last year also pointed this out.
That.
Let’s just hope your mouth wasn’t full when saying that! wagging curmudgeonly finger
What about Adam, The Original Bad-Ass.
I’m about 78% sure Bo Hopkins had a leisurely slice or two via knife point, but fogging out on anything more detailed.
Evil women characters send the same message by filing their nails. With an aggressive sawing back and forth motion, of course. There’s a fine line between evil nail care and bimbo nail care.
Eating apples certainly made Larry Mondello look tough.
Or not, as in the end of Kill Bill, when Bill uses a really big knife to spread mayonnaise on his daughter’s sandwich.
Onions don’t work so well. (Buzzfeed link)