History Main / HighFiveLeftHanging

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** As Pimâpotew Kinosewak celebrates their first victory in "[[Recap/TotalDramaSoUhThisIsMyTeam So, Uh, This Is My Team?]]", Samey tries to get a high-five from Max, only to be told that "evil does not high-five".
** Pimâpotew Kinosewak reaches the final zone in "[[Recap/TotalDramaThreeZonesAndABaby Three Zones and a Baby]]" first, so Jasmine goes in for some high-fives. Sky gives her one, but Topher ignores Jasmine in favor of checking on the network connection of Chris's cellphone he stole.

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* ''Series/BreakingBad'': When Skinny Pete introduces Jesse to Tuco in "Recap/BreakingBadS1E6CrazyHandfulOfNothin Crazy Handful of Nothin']]", he emphasizes how tight they were while in prison together, but when he tries to offer him a fist bump, Tuco merely glares at Pete from his desk, showing that he clearly overstated things.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'': When Skinny Pete introduces Jesse to Tuco, he emphasizes how tight they were while in prison together, but when he tries to offer him a fist bump, Tuco merely glares at Pete from his desk, showing that he clearly overstated things.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back'', the new bureaucrat, Morgan, gives Fry the position of "Executive Delivery Boy" to the disdain of his co-workers. Fry tries to get Bender to hi-five him, but he initially refuses until Morgan orders him to. Though Fry goes for the down low, Bender kicks him in the leg.

** As Pimâpotew Kinosewak celebrates their first victory in "[[Recap/TotalDramaUhSoThisIsMyTeam Uh, So This Is My Team?]]", Samey tries to get a high-five from Max, only to be told that "evil does not high-five".

** When Eva arrives at Camp Wawanakwa in "[[Recap/TotalDramaNotSoHappyCampersPartOne Not So Happy Campers - Part 1]]", Cody raises his hand for a high-five to greet her. Instead of taking it, she dumps her bag filled with dumbbells on his left foot.

* 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Pressure", Sandy is going on about the things land creatures can do better than sea creatures. Squidward makes a snarky comment about them being better at drowning, and [=SpongeBob=] offers a high-five. Squidward just stands there and says "Not on your life, sport."

* ''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 lowers his hand when Robin announces that she's moving to Japan.

* ''Series/DegrassiNextClass'': In [="#WorstGiftEver"=], Winston offers Goldi a high five during a game of charades, but she turns it down, saying it's against her religion to touch boys.
* In the season 4 premiere of ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' Eleanor holds out her hand for a high-five. Jason is initially too upset to high-five her back, but does so anyway because he acknowledges that it's the rule.

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': In "The Rapes of Graff", just before Logan breaks up with Hannah, he's shown walking through a crowd and high fiving people. Then Hannah comes up to him, hand extended for her own high five, to which he doesn't respond.

** Chris greets Alejandro warmly as he walks up to him in "[[Recap/TotalDramaCelebrityManhuntsTDAReunionShow Celebrity Manhunt's TDA Reunion Show]]", calling him "buddy" and "[his] next big star" while he raises his hand for a high-five. Alejandro walks right past him with his nose in the air and his arms down.

** When Eva arrives at Camp Wawanakwa in "[[Recap/TotalDramaNotSoHappyCampersPartOne Not So Happy Campers - Part 1]]" Cody raises his hand for a high-five to greet her. Instead of taking it, she dumps her bag filled with dumbbells on his left foot.

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. In other words, it's a way of saying "No, you aren't right." Conversely it could also be used to depict the other character as cold or in a bad move.

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. In other words, it's a way of saying "No, you aren't right." Also works with other gestures of approval such as fist-bumps.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{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.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty'', after a group of two or more players wins a mini-game, they can high five each other at the same time to get bonus coins. However, the time window to do so is limited and if one player leaves the others hanging, their characters [[WhatTheHellHero will have a confused and dumbfounded reaction]].

::: Later that episode, Joey holds up his hand for another high five after making an inappropriately timed comment. Michael stares at him in disbelief, and he admits, "All right, that was a bad one, but ''you gotta do it!''" Michael just walks out of the room.

Compare LamePunReaction, HandshakeRefusal, and IgnoredRaisedHand.

Compare LamePunReaction and HandshakeRefusal.

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* ''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.