In Howard Hawks' 1952 film "Monkey Business", Cary Grant's character Barnaby Fulton, under the influence of a youth drug, attempts the "pull my finger" prank on his young secretary Lois, played by Marilyn Monroe.

Honestly, I haven’t seen Luke laugh as freely and as uncontrollably as he does when playing Pull My Finger for such a long, long time! It was a real joy, as a parent, to watch him get so invested in a game and watch his little face screw up into a delighted yelp whenever he lost and the monkey farted. Tekky Toys, the makers of Pull My Finger® Fred™ bring us the official one and only Pull My Finger® Fat Bastard™ from Austin Powers: Goldmember™. This furry guy squatting in sumo position, is eight and a half inches wide and eight inches tall. He comes with replaceable batteries.Visitors to the HMS Victory in Portsmouth, UK are likely to be told that "the expression 'pull your finger out' came about as an instruction to 'powder monkeys' (the young lads who loaded cannons on British Navy warships) to remove their finger from the cannon's fuse to allow the cannon to be fired". pull your finger out! — (UK) If someone tells you to do this, they want you to hurry up. ( Get your finger out is also used.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

The youngest player spins the banana spinner first and then carries out the action that they land on… In an episode of Family Guy, Lois's sister Carol has a baby, and immediately afterward Peter tells the boy to "pull his finger". 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". The easiest way to test if a suggested phrase origin has anything going for it is to ask "How do you know?". If the answer starts with "I was told that..." or "I've always believed that..." you can be pretty sure the explanation is little more than a plausible guess. And that's what we have here. The 'powder monkey' story might sound plausible but that's as far as it goes. It began to be used in the UK during the Second World War, presumably due to the mixing of Australian and UK forces.pull — 1 /pUl/ verb 1 MOVE STH TOWARDS YOU (I, T) to use your hands to make something move towards you or in the direction that you are moving: Help me move the piano; you push and I ll pull. | pull sth: I pulled the handle and it just snapped off! |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English It may not be the game for everyone, but for my kid, it’s one of the best board games he’s played so far. The game play is simple, yet effective. The fun factor is off the scale – he’s absolutely besotted with it. If you’re looking for a game to play with the kids that’s fun for everyone and won’t cause any squabbles, I would definitely recommend Pull My Finger. We’ve had a blast playing with it and I’m sure it’ll remain a firm favourite for quite some time. 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.