History Main / ThroatSlittingGesture

* This is one of Wrestling/TheUndertaker's usual taunts, seeing as his gimmick is a deadman/superpowered zombie

A common, non-verbal way to threaten someone with death in fiction to slide your index finger against your throat to simulate a beheading, sometimes with a vocalized "Kccch!" sound. Usually, the one being threatened will clutch his neck in fear.

* In ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'' The leader of Las Catrinas threatens the player this way if she harms or fails to impress the kids in the hospital.

* ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'': As Krutchev and his wife are going over the former's notes from last night (seeing which jokes were considered funny by Stalin and which weren't), she finds that simply says "Molotov chhh". After some effort, Krutchev remembers it means "Molotov *khhhhk*", as he's on the list for execution.

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'': Scar makes the gesture during the "Be Prepared" number.

* ''Disney/PeterPan'': Smee makes the gesture while asking Captain Hook, "Wouldn't it be more humane-like to slit [Pan's] throat?"

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': As Woody is being taken out by Andy after being accused to trying to kill Buzz, Potato Head makes the gesture to him while pointing to Etch's drawing of a noose.

-> '''Otto:''' And once the vicious one realizes he has no further use for an old, blind troll... I-- Well.. [''Does the Throat Slitting Gesture.'']\\

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-->'''Honest John:''' And, uh, ''who'' do we have to... ''Kccch!''
-->'''Coachman:''' No, no, nothing like ''that''.

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-->'''Star-Lord''': She betrayed Ronan. He's coming back for her. And when he does, that's when you... ''(draws finger across his throat)''
-->'''Drax''': ...Why would I put my finger on his throat?
-->'''Star-Lord''': What? Oh, no, it's a symbol. This is a symbol for you slicing his throat.
-->'''Drax''': I would not slice his throat. I would cut his head clean off.

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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'': As Calvin's parent's are going out for the night, leaving Calvin alone with Rosalyn, [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/03/31 his dad makes the gesture so he knows to behave.]]

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* This is one of Wrestling/TheUndertaker's usual taunts, seeing as his gimmick is a deadman/superpowered zombie

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** In ''Fox Pop'', a fox paints himself silver and enters a fox farm after hearing a radio ad about how much women love silver foxes (not realizing that it's only for their furs). Once there, one of the other foxes tells him about a breakout and warns him about what will happen if he doesn't go with them with a throat slashing gesture. The fox thinks this means he'll get killed by the other fox, so when the breakout occurs, he stays behind, thinking he'll be safe. It's only when he sees the furrier approach with an ax that he realizes what he's gotten himself into, and does the slashing gesture on himself.
** In ''WesternAnimation/WackikiWabbit'', Bugs puppeteers a roast chicken with strings to trick the two castaways into thinking it's come alive, and he makes the chicken threaten them with the gesture.
** In ''Golden Yeggs'', Porky discovers that one of his chickens had laid a golden egg and asks which of them laid it. A goose tells the audience he did it, but is not telling because "I know what happened to the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg... ''krrrrch!''"
** In ''WesternAnimation/BlooperBunny'', Bugs does the "Cut the feed" version as Daffy says [[CurseCutShort "You smug son of a..."]]

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* American football leagues (both collegiate and professional) have banned the "throat slash" gesture. Players seen doing it are penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.

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-> '''Otto:''' And once the vicious one realizes he has no further use for an old, blind troll… I-- Well.. [''Does the Throat Slitting Gesture.'']\\
'''Dictatious:''' …well, what? You know I can’t see.\\

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'', Otto Scaarbach does this to Dictatious as he gloats on replacing him as Gunmar’s right hand. Since Dictatious is blind, he has to explain that he did so.

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* American football leagues (both collegiate and professional) have banned the "throat slash" gesture. Players seen doing it are penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.

* BECMI Immortals rules module IM3 The Best of Intentions. A picture of the jury that will decide the fate of the Immortal criminals shows one of them making a throat-slitting gesture as a warning of the fate of the accused.

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' Reaper has this gesture as an emote and one of his highlight intros.

* ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'': [[http://nonadventures.com/2007/09/15/99-luftwaffeballons/ Wonderella befriends a red balloon,]] which is then popped by a BratWithASlingshot. She orders the other balloons to smother him to death with this gesture.

* ''Disney/RescuersDownUnder'': [=McLeach=] catches Cody with one of Marahute's feathers and asks where he found it. When Cody refuses, [=McLeach=] pulls out a similar feather and mimes slashing his throat with it to indicate that he shot down Marahute's mate.

* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': In one trailer, the Devil threatens Cuphead and Mugman, who are begging for mercy, with this gesture. For extra creepiness, the Devil's shadow has his hand is shaped like a blade, cutting off the heads of their shadows.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Tavros does this when he faces off against Vriska, then emphasizes it by holding up a teddy bear's severed head. Vriska makes a similar gesture, but holds up Tavros's severed lower torso instead. [[labelnote:For context]]Tavros was paraplegic, until he got his lower torso cut off and replaced with robot legs. Vriska's the one who paralyzed Tavros in the first place. Surprisingly, that isn't the biggest reason Tavros is trying to kill Vriska.[[/labelnote]],

* ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'': Hexus makes the gesture as he's about to attack [=FernGully=] with the Leveler. Since he's made of smoke, he actually cuts "throat" and then regenerates it.

* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: In ''Mickey's Service Station'', Pete makes the gesture when threatening Mickey, Donald and Goofy to get rid of the squeak in his car by the time he returns.