History Main / OfferingAHand

* In ''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'', there's a moment early on where Monty suggests that he and his brother Benedict work together to take down Grandfather. Monty offers up a handshake, but Benedict is too afraid to accept. Years later, when given the same opportunity, Benedict, no longer afraid, accepts the gesture.

* ''Film/JurassicPark'' features an overlap between this trope and TakeMyHand when Grant finds Tim trapped in the wrecked tour car high in a tree and extends a hand to help him out; Tim initially doesn't accept, embarrassed about having gotten sick in the car, and it's implied that, like Lex, he's hesitant to trust an adult after having been abandoned by Gennaro during the ''T. rex'' attack. In this sense, Grant is both offering to get Tim out of danger and trying to show that he's trustworthy. Unfortunately, when Grant climbs further into the car so that Tim can reach him, he accidentally destabilizes the vehicle by gripping the steering wheel, which eventually sends it plummeting and nearly kills them.

* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. [[BigBad Dr. Facilier]] extends a hand to both Prince Naveen and Lawrence after reading their Tarot cards. The subversion is that he's not helping them--he's offering a DealWithTheDevil.
-->'''Dr. Facilier''': [[SchmuckBait Shake my hand...]]
--> Come on, boys, won't you shake a poor sinner's hand?...

* ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': At the climax of ''Beyond Light'''s Season of the Chosen, this trope is invoked to complete the Crow's arc for the season. Upon resurrection, all Guardians lose any memory of their past lives, and by common convention, Guardians are supposed to be absolved of their past life's crimes, as they have effectively become a new person. In Crow's case, however he's been the subject of abuse and hatred from almost every Guardian that encounters him, and [[CriminalAmnesiac he has no idea why]]. [[spoiler: This is because the Crow is the resurrected Uldren Sov, the ArcVillain of ''Forsaken,'' and murderer of Cayde-6.]] Crow had taken to wearing a mask to protect his identity, [[spoiler: especially while working alongside the Vanguard, who were Cayde's friends and partners]] but he loses this while protecting Commander Zavala from an assassination attempt. Zavala, once the immediate threat was dealt with, turns to ask Crow if he's all right, and sees his unmasked face. He [[{{Beat}} takes a moment]] to process what he's seeing, but then [[{{Forgiveness}} offers his hand]] to help Crow to his feet.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' movie "WesternAnimation/OperationZERO", there's a moment early on where Monty suggests that he and his brother Benedict work together to take down Grandfather. Monty offers up a handshake, but Benedict is too afraid to accept. Years later, when given the same opportunity, Benedict, no longer afraid, accepts the gesture.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Life Lessons", Danny and Valerie, who have been at odds the entire episode with the latter going after the former's ghost identity, are brought to the Ghost Zone to be hunted by Skulker. After escaping, Danny offers a truce, which Valerie accepts, at least until they get out of the Ghost Zone.

** In "The Cutie Re-Mark Part 2", after two episodes of fighting Starlight Glimmer in order to stop her changes to the timeline, Twilight finally tries to reason with Starlight and offers her hoof in friendship, to prove to Starlight that she is capable of making friends without differences tearing them apart. Starlight tentatively takes it, signaling her HeelFaceTurn.
** In "To Where and Back Again Part 2", in a parallel to the above, Starlight Glimmer encourages Queen Chrysalis to become a positive leader to the newly-reformed changelings, and offers her hoof in friendship. Chrysalis seems tempted, then [[HandshakeRefusal slaps Starlight's hoof away]] and [[RedemptionRejection vows revenge on her]].

** Seems to be a recurring theme between Luz and Amity.
*** The first instance occurs in "Covention" with the Everlasting Oath.
*** Then there's a moment in "Understanding Willow" where Luz offers her hand for Amity to hold, right before [[spoiler: Eda sends them into Willow's mind to fix her memories]].
*** There's also the moment in "Enchanting Grom Fright" where Amity offers her hand [[spoiler: asking for a dance with Luz before both go up against Grometheus the Fear Bringer]].
*** Then there's the moment in "Knock, Knock, Knockin' On Hooty's Door" right after Luz and Amity [[spoiler: become an OfficialCouple and Luz, unsure what to do next, awkwardly offers her hand for Amity to hold, with Amity awkwardly accepting]].
** There's a moment in "Eclipse Lake" where [[spoiler: Amity, upon seeing Hunter in despair about not finding any Titan's Blood, tells him that he was right about there being similarities between them, and offers up a hand in friendship. However, Hunter, upon seeing the portal key around Amity's neck, tries attacking her in order to get the key, which contains the Titan's Blood he came to find]].
*** There's a repeat of this in "Hollow Mind" [[spoiler: where Luz offers her hand to Hunter to help him through the memory paintings, except this time he takes it. The parallel to the scene in "Eclipse Lake" is rather obvious.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" ends with the titular characters becoming friends again by exchanging a handshake.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': After George punches out Biff in order to stop him from assaulting Lorraine (much to his own shock as much as anyone else's), he shakily offers a hand to Lorraine to help her off the ground. As she takes his hand, she finally starts to see George as strong romantic potential and walks back with him to the dance.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''
** After Meilin Lee meets her mother Ming on the astral plane, and realizes how much alike she and her mother are, she doesn't hesitate to offer words of support and then a hand to Ming. Ming takes it, and they walk to the exit portal together, with their fight resolved in the best way possible.
** This is a bit of a recurring theme in the movie, with Ming repeatedly holding out her hand for Meilin to take and be led somewhere for as long as Meilin is dependent on Ming's approval. When Ming makes one more attempt to convince Meilin to come through the portal with her and separate from her panda spirit, [[CharacterDevelopment Meilin refuses the extended hand for what is likely the first time in her life]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', after Meilin Lee meets her mother Ming on the astral plane, and realizes how much alike she and her mother are, she doesn't hesitate to offer words of support and then a hand to Ming. Ming takes it, and they walk to the exit portal together, with their fight resolved in the best way possible.

*** There's a repeat of this in Hollow Mind [[spoiler: where Luz offers her hand to Hunter to help him through the memory paintings, except this time he takes it. The parallel to the scene in Eclipse Lake is rather obvious.]]

-->-- '''[[Characters/WonderWomanTheCharacter Wonder Woman]]''', ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' Vol. 3, No. 25.

->''We have a saying, my people. Don't kill if you can wound, don't wound if you can subdue, don't subdue if you can pacify, and don't raise your hand at all until you've first extended it.''
-->-- '''''[[Characters/WonderWomanTheCharacter Wonder Woman]]'', Vol. 3, No. 25'''.

*** Then there's the moment in "Knock, Knock, Knockin' On Hooty's Door" right after [[spoiler: Luz and Amity become an OfficialCouple and Luz, unsure what to do next, awkwardly offers her hand for Amity to hold, with Amity awkwardly accepting]].

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Esmeralda and Phoebus emerge from Notre Dame after fighting off Frollo and are greeted by the crowd. Then Esmeralda turns to Quasimodo hiding in the shadows and extends her hand towards him, inviting him to come outside with them. He does, and, after a brief silent pause, is cheered as a hero.

-->-- '''''[[Characters/WonderWomanTheCharacter Wonder Woman', Vol. 3, No. 25]]

* This is a recurring theme in ''WesternAnimation/{{WALLE}}'', used as a symbol of the movie's [[AnAesop message]] about connecting with others. WALL-E himself sees hand-holding as the ultimate symbol of romantic love (a belief absorbed by watching ''Theatre/HelloDolly'' repeatedly), and tries to reach out to EVE several times, only for her to either reject or ignore him. [[spoiler: When it seems as though WALL-E's personality has been erased at the film's end, EVE finally takes his hand in hers to say goodbye...and WALL-E doesn't let go, revealing that ThePowerOfLove has restored him to his former self.]]

** In ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Rainbow Rocks]]'', after Princess Twilight returns to the human world through the portal and lands on the ground, Sunset Shimmer offers a hand to help her up, in an echo of Twilight having pulled Sunset out of a crater in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1 the first film]] as Sunset [[HeelFaceTurn renounced her villainy]]. However, with this being the first time they've met since then, Twilight's a little hesitant to accept, disappointing Sunset, though she does take it after a moment.

* Lampshaded in ''JerseyBoys'', in which aspiring singer Frankie Valli and successful songwriter Bob Gaudio begin their collaboration with a handshake rather than a formal contract, and towards the end of the musical Valli notes that this collaboration went on for years on the strength of that handshake.

-->''I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks.''

* ''Film/JurassicPark'' features an overlap between this trope and TakeMyHand when Grant finds Tim trapped in the wrecked tour car high in a tree and extends a hand to help him out; Tim hesitates to accept, embarrassed about having gotten sick in the car, and it's implied that, like Lex, he's hesitant to trust an adult after having been abandoned by Gennaro during the ''T. rex'' attack. In this sense, Grant is both offering to get Tim out of danger and trying to show that he's trustworthy. Unfortunately, when Grant climbs further into the car so that Tim can reach him, he accidentally destabilizes the vehicle by gripping the steering wheel, which eventually sends it plummeting and nearly kills them.

* Lampshaded in ''JerseyBoys'', in which Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio begin their collaboration with a handshake rather than a formal contract, and towards the end of the musical Valli notes that this collaboration went on for years on the strength of that handshake.

* Lampshaded in ''[[Theatre//JerseyBoys]]'', in which Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio begin their collaboration with a handshake rather than a formal contract, and towards the end of the musical Valli notes that this collaboration went on for years on the strength of that handshake.

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* This is a major theme in ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters''. Riki's first meeting with the titular group began when Kyousuke extended a hand out to him, and ever since then, holding hands was used as a symbol of Kyousuke leading Riki away from his loneliness into a life of friendship and fun. Even the title screen depicts the five Little Busters running in a line, Kyousuke dragging Riki behind him by hand. Then, at the climax of the novel, [[spoiler:it's Kyousuke who finds himself overcome with depression, and it is the final sign of how Riki has grown into a man and as his equal that it is he who extends a hand out to Kyousuke, pulling him out of his hopelessness and towards a better world.]]