The 'Scissors for Fingers' meme involving Amber Heard surfaced during the high-profile defamation trial between her and Johnny Depp in 2022. It primarily stems from social media users drawing ironic parallels between Heard’s courtroom testimony gestures and Depp’s famous cinematic role as Edward Scissorhands. The meme often uses edited images or specific freeze-frames of Heard's hand movements to poke fun at the perceived absurdity or contradictory nature of the legal proceedings. It is widely used to highlight situations where someone’s defense feels performative or to mock overly dramatic body language in serious settings.