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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' Dipper has the irritating habit of clicking his pen when thinking.



* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' Dipper has the irritating habit of clicking his pen when thinking.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper has the irritating habit of clicking his pen when thinking.

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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' Dipper has the irritating habit of clicking his pen when thinking.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper has the irritating habit of clicking his pen when thinking.
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If we're going to write "Hyo Uka", then we need to write "Ho Utaro U".


* ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}'''s Hotaro Oreki has a habit of playing with his forelock when he's thinking particularly hard about a case.

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* ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}'''s Hotaro Houtarou Oreki has a habit of playing with his forelock when he's thinking particularly hard about a case.

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* ''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'':
** Whenever facing a problem, Pooh, being not to so bright, tends to lightly tap his head and repeat "Think, think, think" while rocking back and forth.
** While he's thinking, Tigger makes a bizarre facial expression with his mouth. Kind of like he has chewed an idea in his mouth and he's deciding if it tastes good or not.
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* ''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'':
** Whenever facing a problem, Pooh, being not to so bright, tends to lightly tap his head and repeat "Think, think, think" while rocking back and forth.
** While he's thinking, Tigger makes a bizarre facial expression with his mouth. Kind of like he has chewed an idea in his mouth and he's deciding if it tastes good or not.
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* TomTerrific would go through bizarre movements whenever he would think of an idea. Smoke would blow out of his thinking cap (a huge funnel) when he did come up with an idea.

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* TomTerrific WesternAnimation/TomTerrific would go through bizarre movements whenever he would think of an idea. Smoke would blow out of his thinking cap (a huge funnel) when he did come up with an idea.
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* Franchise/{{Superman}} often grasps his chin when he ponders something. In ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore'' he does this as he wonders about an astronaut's sudden sickness.
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* Seeing that the series is about murder mystery and class trial, ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' has a lot of this especially for the main trial leaders. Asahina crosses her arms while glancing up to her right, Hinata and Komaeda put their index finger on their chin, Nanami scratches her chin while looking up like she's wondering. Kirigiri got a special mention; her angry pose is the same as her thinking pose (crossing her left arm under her chest while her right arm propped over it), just with a different expression. She only uses that pose when the situation is utterly ridiculous but nevertheless is the truth, as if she's trying so hard to think but it could never make sense.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'': Og, when in deep thought, usually sits down while flicking his nose ring until he hits on something.
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* Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} used to [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GteyZsquqfU/V-648nGhCPI/AAAAAAAAr6s/J6v5lI4evZoVU8Ric2HEj4WzRZBbWDTPwCLcB/s1600/3mil%2Bann.jpg put her finger to her mouth]] as she puzzled out some conundrum in early issues of ''Comicbook/ActionComics''. That quirk that has been seen every now and then even in modern comics.
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* ''In Film/TheBigSleep'', PhilipMarlowe tugs on his earlobe when he's concentrating.

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* ''In Film/TheBigSleep'', PhilipMarlowe Philip Marlowe tugs on his earlobe when he's concentrating.
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* CluelessInspector Hildibrand of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a rather [[LargeHam hammy] thinking tic. Twisting to the right at the hip, bending his knees to tilt his body at an angle, Hildi flexes his arms and simultaneously points to his head while his eyes are closed in thought. If inspiration strikes, he splays his hands with a smile on his face.
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* HoratioHornblower ''paces'' up and down when deep in thought - on a quarterdeck for preference, but anywhere of sufficient length will suffice. On one occasion he did so while staying at an inn, to the annoyance of the occupant of the room below him.
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* Gladys Glover, in the film ''ItShouldHappenToYou'', needs to take off her shoes in order to think clearly.
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* WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat's famous tic of walking back and forth with his hands behind his back.
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-->-- [[{{Scrubs}} J.D.]], [[LampshadeHanging hanging a lampshade]] on his day dreaming pose.

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-->-- [[{{Scrubs}} [[Series/{{Scrubs}} J.D.]], [[LampshadeHanging hanging a lampshade]] on his day dreaming pose.
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* Terry from ''Webcomic/UncommonAnimals'' [[http://uncommonanimals.thecomicseries.com/comics/4 bites her lower lip]] when she's thinking.
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Can be TruthInTelevision.

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Also see PuttingOnMyThinkingCap. Can be TruthInTelevision.
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* Stroking his chin or scratching his beard in wonder.

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* [[StrokeTheBeard Stroking his chin or scratching his beard in wonder.wonder]].
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* All 3 of the human characters in WesternAnimation/Cyberchase have one of these. Matt plays with a yo-yo, Inez stands on her head and Jackie paces (usually prompted by her stating "Make room! I gotta pace!"). Interestingly none of these are perceived as annoying by those around them and the trio often does their own tics side by side while trying to work out their problem of the day.

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* All 3 of the human characters in WesternAnimation/Cyberchase WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}} have one of these. Matt plays with a yo-yo, Inez stands on her head and Jackie paces (usually prompted by her stating "Make room! I gotta pace!"). Interestingly none of these are perceived as annoying by those around them and the trio often does their own tics side by side while trying to work out their problem of the day.
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* Mediochre of the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'' thinks best when playing the piano. As a result, when a piano is not available, he tends to start visibly playing an ''imaginary'' piano. In addition, he also has a tendency to twist his fingers into his hair when thinking particularly urgently.
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* All 3 of the human characters in WesternAnimation/Cyberchase have one of these. Matt plays with a yo-yo, Inez stands on her head and Jackie paces (usually prompted by her stating "Make room! I gotta pace!"). Interestingly none of these are perceived as annoying by those around them and the trio often does their own tics side by side while trying to work out their problem of the day.
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-->“All you have to do is tilt your head to the left, close your eyes, and let your mind soar like an eeeeeagle.”

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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' characters do this a lot: Phoenix holds his chin in one hand, Maya looks up and to her left, Edgeworth crosses his arms...
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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': Whenever he's having one of his [[CutawayGag fantasies]], J.D. tends to tilt his head to the left

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* Haruka from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' tends to look up and to the right or left whenever she's in thought. Fans ran away wtih this and created the "Nonowa" meme as a result.

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* Haruka from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' tends to look up and to the right or left whenever she's in thought. Fans ran away wtih with this and created the "Nonowa" meme as a result.


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* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Sora tends to cross his arms across his chest when he's thinking, typically accompanied by tilting his head to the side while looking down. Aqua does something similar, though she props her left arm up on her folded right one and places a hand over her mouth.
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* ''AkeelahAndTheBee'': When spelling words Akeelah often pats her hand on her leg in a constant beat. Upon spotting this, her teacher recognizes this as a rhythm technique and starts having her learn words according to a rhythm so that she'll remember them better.

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* ''AkeelahAndTheBee'': ''Film/AkeelahAndTheBee'': When spelling words Akeelah often pats her hand on her leg in a constant beat. Upon spotting this, her teacher recognizes this as a rhythm technique and starts having her learn words according to a rhythm so that she'll remember them better.



* In ''Film/TheHobbit'' Gollum frowns when pondering over a riddle, then his face lights up with an idea, but, disliking the idea, he frowns again. You can just see his split personalities battling it out in his facial expressions as he ponders.

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* In ''Film/TheHobbit'' ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' Gollum frowns when pondering over a riddle, then his face lights up with an idea, but, disliking the idea, he frowns again. You can just see his split personalities battling it out in his facial expressions as he ponders.
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* [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' sits with his hands splayed and opposing fingertips touching. In a way, it's his way of announcing that [[LetsGetDangerous he's getting serious]].
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-->“All you have to do is tilt your head to the left, close your eyes, and let your mind soar like an eeeeeagle.”
-->-- [[{{Scrubs}} J.D.]], [[LampshadeHanging hanging a lampshade]] on his day dreaming pose.

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