History Main / HighFiveLeftHanging

* Getting a tag finish in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tag Tournament 2'' with cousins Jin and Asuka Kazama and Asuka will reach out for a handshake and Jin simply blows her off, leaving Asuka indignant.

* Getting a tag finish in ''VideoGame/Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' with cousins Jin and Asuka Kazama and Asuka will reach out for a handshake and Jin simply blows her off, leaving Asuka indignant.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'': One of the Combat Carls gets left hanging twice in the same scene, first by the other Combat Carls when they report to Bo about a kid's birthday party for the lost toys to attend, and then later by Woody. [[spoiler: He finally gets his high five with Duke Kaboom in an after credits gag.]]
* ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'': After Herc defeats the centaur Nessus, Pegasus offers him a high-five, but Hercules is too distracted by the sight of Megara to acknowledge him.
* In ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'', Officer Judy Hopps, at her first day in the Zootopia Police Department, attempts to fist-bump a rhinoceros police officer. The rhino first rolls his eye, seemingly rejecting the gesture - then changes his mind and pushes Judy away with his fist instead.

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* In ''Film/TheWaterboy'', Bobby doesn't get any respect from the RagtagBunchOfMisfits he plays with at first. After the Mud Dogs score a touchdown, Bobby asks them to "slap hands!" To which they just walk away, leaving him hanging. Later in the film, during the Bourbon Bowl, Bobby gets his "slap hands" as the Mud Dogs start mounting their comeback.
* In ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', when Barry discovers that he and Cyborg have something in common, in that both gained their powers through a lab accident, he offers a fistbump, but quickly pulls back when realizing that Cyborg isn't in the mood.

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[[folder:Web Video]]
* In the ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' version of the Lord Slug movie, after Piccolo dishes out a CurbStompBattle on Doradabo, ([[BigBad Lord Slug's]] [[TheBrute Brute]]) Doradabo tries to instead befriend Piccolo and offers a high five. Piccolo briefly acts like he's going for it and then turns it into [[CoupDeGrace a finishing blow that kills Doradabo]].
-->'''Doradabo:''' Look, all right. I know we both said some things, but I bet if we just talk to each other a little, we can become friends. Whattaya say, high five? ''[extends arm slightly]''\\
'''Piccolo:''' ''[also extends hand slightly, but high up and beyond Doradabo's reach]'' Down low.\\
'''Doradabo:''' ''[confused]'' Uh...\\
'''Piccolo:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Too slow]]. ''[[[KamehameHadoken Does an energy blast to Doradabo's face]]]''

* In the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' ''Ten Minute Power Hour'' episode "Can you gold leaf while blindfolded?", Danny and Arin have to command a blindfolded Ike as he presents their homemade gold-record to Ben. At the end, Ben goes for a high-five. Danny orders Ike to follow through...only for Arin to immediately tell him ''not'' to high-five Ben. The immediate shift leaves Ben disappointed as the episode ends.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', in order to spare his hometown, a scientist creates a group of robotic assassins for [[BigBad Aku]] that Jack should be unable to kill or fight off. When Aku [[StupidEvil destroys the scientist's hometown anyway]], the scientist instead [[TheDogBitesBack joins Jack]] and they try to destroy the assassins together. At various points throughout the episode the scientist tries to get Jack to do a high five, but Jack doesn't know the gesture and doesn't respond. At the very end of the episode he finally does the high five.

-->'''Spy:''' Leave me hanging, and you ''will''' regret it.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer and Reverend Lovejoy are interviewed by Kent Brockman on the subject of gay marriage, Homer having become a minister [[OnlyInItForTheMoney to get money from marrying same-sex couples from out of town]]. Lovejoy points out Homer marrying anyone who asks immediately will lead to a bunch of divorces, Homer replies that's just more business, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint cheerfully requests a high five from Lovejoy]], and Lovejoy refuses to accept it.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' with Homer and Reverend Lovejoy being interviewed by Kent Brockman, Homer makes a joke about gay marriage and requests a high five from Lovejoy but Lovejoy refuses to accept it.

A character makes a joke or comment and holds up their hand for someone to high-five. "AmIRight" they may say. No one takes them up on the offer to high-five. Typically indicates that the other character finds the statement obnoxious or unfunny and won't bother dignifying it with a response. Also works with other gestures of approval such as fist-bumps.

* Happens often to Dr. Billy Quizboy on ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' this may be because Billy has a metallic cybernetic hand. Occasionally subverted and Billy gets his high five or Go Team Venture salute.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "Under the Lake", while the Doctor and Clara are investigating the mess hall, she makes a comment and holds out her hand for a high five. He gives her a look and walks out of the room.

-->Thas cold, Obiwan.
--> Charles Barkley, ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''

A character makes a joke or comment and holds up their hand for someone to high-five. "AmIRight" they may say. No one takes them up on the offer to high-five. Typically indicates that the other character finds the statement obnoxious or unfunny and won't bother dignifying it with a response.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': In the episode "I Heart NJ", Barney tells a bad joke and asks for a fistbump, but no one in the gang wants to. Through the rest of the episode, Barney refuses to lower his fist until he gets that bump. By the end of the episode after witnessing Robin quitting her job with another pun, Lily bumps him back, and Barney sighs with relief, but not before Barney makes another bad joke and asks for a high five, to which Lily refuses. Barney only lowered his hand when Robin announces that she's moving to Japan.

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4:'' In the ''Silver Linings'' DLC, after Spiderman and Silver Sable take down a bunch of Hammerhead's thugs, Spidey tries to solicit a victorious high five from Sable twice. She relents on the third attempt and gives him a pretty hard high five.
* At the beginning of ''VideoGame/SaintsRow4'' , one of the people you run into asks for a high five and you're given the options of following through or leaving them hanging.

--->'''Lauren:''' So, you and Katie- what's going on there?
--->'''Joey:''' Oh, well, I'm a gentleman, so let's just say I'm still circling the airport, but I have been given permission to land. ''[holds up hand for a high five]''
--->'''Lauren:''' I'm going to leave you hanging on that one.

--->'''Joey:''' I mean, we hit on all these girls together except for each other's sisters. That was our code. Okay, which was really hard because his sisters were hot and my sisters were ''slutty''. ''[holds up his hand to Michael]''
--->''[pause]''
--->'''Michael:''' What? I'm not gonna high-five that.
--->'''Joey:''' Okay, I may have just made an offensive comment about your aunts and mother, but you ''never'' leave me hanging.
--->'''Michael:''' Okay, whatever. ''[smacks his hand]''

-->'''Atlas:''' I'm going to my quarters. Nobody bother me.
-->With that, he leaves. After a few minutes, I stand, closing out the diagnostics.
-->'''MC:''' I'm gonna go bother him.
-->'''Jaxon:''' More like get him hot and bothered, am I right?
-->Jaxon holds up a hand for Orion to high-five. Orion just gives him a hard stare in return.

-->'''Doradabo:''' Look, all right. I know we both said some things, but I bet if we just talk to each other a little, we can become friends. Whattaya say, high five? ''[extends arm slightly]''
-->'''Piccolo:''' ''[also extends hand slightly, but high up and beyond Doradabo's reach]'' Down low.
-->'''Doradabo:''' ''[confused]'' Uh...
-->'''Piccolo:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Too slow]]. ''[[[KamehameHadoken Does an energy blast to Doradabo's face]]]''

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