History Main / TalkToTheHand

* ''Film/OurManFlint''. Despite being TheOnlyMan who can SaveTheWorld from Galaxy's WeatherControlMachine, Derek Flint [[RefusedTheCall responds this way]] the moment a Z.O.W.I.E. officer comes to recruit him. A higher-ranking officer is fetched only to get the same response, forcing the commander of Z.O.W.I.E. to come to Flint's apartment and ask personally.

* In ''Film/{{The Beautician and the Beast}}'', Joy Miller teaches this to President Puschenko.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.

[[caption-width-right:350:Older than we thought, apparently.[[note]]Original illustration from ''A Manual of Gesture'' by A.M. Bacon, 1875[[/note]]]]

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* In ''Film/{{The Beautician and the Beast}}'' Joy Miller teaches this to President Puschenko.
* ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' - the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
* ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs''

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs''

** In "Nerdy Dancing", "Rodney" von Roddenstein tries this on Doofenshmirtz; Doof's reaction is to insult Rodney's hand and walk off.

->'''Dr. Evil:''' Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't wanna hear it anymore.''
-->-- ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe''

->'''Dr. Evil:''' Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't wanna hear it anymore.''

->'''Dr. Evil:''' Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't wanna hear it anymore.''\\

->'''Dr. Evil:''' Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't wanna hear it anymore.''\\
''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe''

->''"Talk to the hand, because the face ain't listening!"''

Not to be confused with TalkToTheFist, which is a significantly more violent way to achieve the same purpose.

** A CMOF happens when Rodney tries this on Doofenshmirtz, to which Doofenshmirtz proceeds to insult Rodney's hand then walk off.
--->'''Rodney:''' No one talks to my hand that way!

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': When Mittens flirtatiously has Berlioz guess her name via an impromptu game of charades in “The Paris Trip,” this is his first answer. The snarky Mittens teasingly replies, "Appropriate maybe, but no. Try again."

* In Creator/RobinJarvis' ''[[Literature/DeptfordMice Deptford Mouselets]]'' book ''Fleabee's Fortune'', BrattyHalfPint Scabmona says the rat equivalent of this: "Talk to the claw 'cos the snout ain't listening!"

* An untitled ''Series/DoctorWho'' [https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!msg/alt.drwho.creative/HLj--JW7SLQ/aZbYq8o7cMsJ demi-drabble]] set up a contrived situation with the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Face of Boe]] and the [[DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Hand of Omega]], leading to [[{{Feghoot}} the inevitable punchline]].

* In ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'', Proton is arguing with someone on the radio. When they give this trope, he points out that his [[CommLinks Comm Link]] is [[LiteralMinded attached to his wrist]].

* ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' - the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice while stealing supplies from a roadside store.

The gesture itself is quite old; the words were popularized by the 90's sitcom ''Series/{{Martin}}'', being used extensively by the titular character.

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* In ''Angel - Smile Time''. Straight and played with at the same time - as the aforementioned hand belongs to a puppet. (Same scene in the TV version.)

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-->'''Dr. Evil:''' Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't wanna hear it anymore.
-->'''The President:''' What hand? Talk to your hand?

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-->'''Steve Carey:''' Bro, I wanted to tell you something for a long time...I play for the other team.
-->'''Lewis Kiniski:''' I knew it, he's gay.
-->'''Steve Carey:''' No, I mean the other softball team. And, if you think I'm gay, well... talk to the hand [sticks out his hand].
-->'''Lewis Kiniski:''' [to Steve's hand] Oh, hello.

--> '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler:''' Yes, join the Hitler Youth, and if you're lucky, we'll run so short of men that [[ChildSoldiers we'll send you off to fight und get killed for ze fatherland!]]
--> '''German Boy:''' But I'm only ten.
--> '''Hitler:''' ''[Gives Nazi salute]'' Talk to ze hand, 'cause ze face ain't listening.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', the protagonist brings his right palm up to the camera whenever the game is paused. Text in the top right of the screen reads "Don't look at me like that".

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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together!", where Bobbi Fabulous tells the boys to "Talk to the hand!" when they try to convince him to join a Love Handel reunion concert, then takes it literally by making a hand puppet.
-->'''Bobbi Fabulous's Hand:''' Secretly, I'm very lonely...

--->'''Rodney:''' "No one talks to my hand that way!"