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11 | An index for all tropes related to hands, arms, fingers, and [[BodyLanguage various gestures]] involving them. |
12 | |
13 | Compare GloveTropes and TropesOutOnALimb. See also ThisIndexSlaps. |
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16 | !! Tropes: |
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18 | [[index]] |
19 | * AccidentalHandHold: Two characters end up holding hands by complete accident. |
20 | * AccidentalUnfortunateGesture |
21 | * AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Showing affection to a character by petting their head. |
22 | * AirQuotes: Using two finger of each hand to mimic quotation marks. Used to indicate SarcasmMode while speaking. |
23 | * AlmostHoldingHands |
24 | * AngryItemTapping |
25 | * AntiSneezeFinger: Someone tries to prevent themselves from sneezing by placing a finger at their nose. |
26 | * BadassFingersnap: When the character is so badass they just need to snap their fingers for things to happen. |
27 | * BareHandedPuppetry |
28 | * BicepPolishingGesture |
29 | * BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Shooting a weapon out of someone else's hand. |
30 | * BlastingTime: Charging your hand-based energy attack with your arms raised upward before firing. |
31 | * BloodyHandprint: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A handprint made of blood]]. |
32 | * BorrowedBiometricBypass |
33 | * BreakingInOldHabits: A character gets their hand replaced and ends up using the new hand to masturbate. |
34 | * CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve: Stopping someone you love from leaving by grabbing onto their sleeve. |
35 | * ChainOfPeople |
36 | * ClawingAtOwnThroat |
37 | * ClutchingHandTrap: A character gets their hand stuck while trying to get a treat from a jar or a hole. |
38 | * CoinWalkFlexing: A character does a coin walk to look cool or show off their dexterity. |
39 | * ContemplatingYourHands: Someone is fascinated by their hands while on drugs. |
40 | * CreepilyLongArms |
41 | * CreepyLongFingers |
42 | * CrossCulturalHandshake |
43 | * CrushingHandshake: A character shakes hands with another one, but they grip so hard they end up hurting them instead. |
44 | * CuckooFingerTwirl: A character twirls their index finger close to their ear to silently call another character a weirdo or lunatic. |
45 | * CumbersomeClaws |
46 | * DeadHandShot: We see a shot of someone's hand to confirm that they have died. |
47 | * DeclarativeFinger |
48 | * DustingOffYourHands |
49 | * EvilHand: A limb (usually a hand) is manipulated to act independently of its owner. |
50 | * ExtraDigits: When a character's hand has at least one more digit than is standard for the story. |
51 | * EyeAmWatchingYou: Aiming your index and middle finger at your eyes and another's eyes to confirm they're under your radar. |
52 | * FacePalm: Pressing your palm against your face after seeing someone do something stupid or embarrassing. |
53 | * FeatherFingers: A bird's wing feathers function like fingers. |
54 | * FeelingYourHeartbeat: A person puts another's hand on their chest to feel their heartbeat. |
55 | * FemmeFatalons: A character has long, well-kept fingernails, indicating that they're a villain, untrustworthy and/or dangerous. |
56 | * FilmTheHand |
57 | * FingerFirearms: |
58 | * FingerFraming |
59 | * FingerGun |
60 | * FingerInABarrel: Placing at least one finger inside the barrel of a gun, which typically causes it to explode. |
61 | * FingerInTheMail: Delivering a severed finger with a ransom demand as evidence of a kidnapping. |
62 | * FingerMuzzle |
63 | * FingerOnLips |
64 | * FingerPokeOfDoom |
65 | * FingerSnapLighter: When the character wants to light something up, they just snap their fingers and fire manifests. |
66 | * FingerSnappingStreetGang: A street gang advances on someone while rhythmically snapping their fingers. |
67 | * FingerSuckHealing |
68 | * FingerTenting: Manipulative characters tend to cover their faces or chests with their fingers tip-to-tip or interlocked. |
69 | * FingerTwitchingRevival |
70 | * FingerWag |
71 | * FingerlessHands: A character's hands do not have fingers. |
72 | * {{Fingore}}: Violence inflicted upon fingers. |
73 | * FistOfRage |
74 | * FistPump |
75 | * FiveFingerFillet: The "game" of quickly stabbing a sharp object between your fingers; get hit, and you lose. |
76 | * FlippingTheBird: Insulting a person by sticking your middle finger at them. |
77 | * FourFingeredHands |
78 | * FutileHandReach |
79 | * GiantHandsOfDoom: A boss who fights with giant floating disembodied hands. |
80 | * GiantRobotHandsSaveLives |
81 | * GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Pointing at someone is a super-dramatic and serious gesture. |
82 | * AGlassInTheHand: Fists clench, glassware broken. |
83 | * GoodLuckGesture |
84 | * GottaGetYourHeadTogether: Victims of assault on the brain, head or ears will clutch their head. |
85 | * GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Symbol of a hand grasping at the globe. |
86 | * TheGraceFacePose: A girl puts the backside of her hand underneath her chin cunningly. |
87 | * GraspTheSun |
88 | * GreetingGestureConfusion: Several characters meet, and use mismatched gestures when greeting one another. |
89 | * HandBehindHead |
90 | * HandBlast |
91 | * HandGagging: Silencing someone by putting a hand over their mouth. |
92 | * HandInTheHole |
93 | * HandOfDeath: Only the killer's hand is seen prior to the reveal of their identity. |
94 | * HandOfGlory |
95 | * HandOrObjectUnderwear: A naked person covers up by placing their hands over their private parts. |
96 | * HandOnWomb: A woman rests her hand on her stomach as an early sign that she is pregnant. |
97 | * HandRubbing: Someone sinisterly rubs their hands together. |
98 | * HandSeals: Ritualistic hand gestures that are commonly used as part of a magic formula, with roots in Taoism. |
99 | * HandsGoDown |
100 | * HandshakeOfDoom: A handshake that means nothing but death, sorrow and general misfortune. |
101 | * HandshakeRefusal |
102 | * HandshakeSubstitute |
103 | * HandSignals |
104 | * HandsInPockets: Some artists just don't bother drawing certain things that should be there. |
105 | * HandsLookingWrong: A character notices they've been transformed or changed in some other way by checking their hands |
106 | * HandStomp: Stomp on someone's hands while they're hanging for dear life. |
107 | * HandyCuffs: Cuffing an offender with their arms in front makes them still dangerous. |
108 | * HangingByTheFingers |
109 | * HasTwoThumbsAnd |
110 | * HelpingHands: A sentient, detached limb capable of moving on its own. |
111 | * HeroicAmbidexterity |
112 | * HighFiveLeftHanging |
113 | * HoldingHands |
114 | ** IntertwinedFingers |
115 | * HookHand |
116 | * HowManyFingers |
117 | * HumanlikeHandAnatomy |
118 | * IBrokeANail: A woman becomes really upset because she broke a finger nail. |
119 | * IgnoredRaisedHand |
120 | * IKissYourHand |
121 | ** KissUpTheArm |
122 | * KinkyCuffs |
123 | * KnuckleCracking |
124 | * KnuckleTattoos |
125 | * LastGraspAtLife |
126 | * LyingFingerCross: A character crosses their fingers while making a vow, oath, etc., to show they're lying. |
127 | * MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: Someone names their fists. |
128 | * MenacingHandShot |
129 | * NailsOnABlackboard |
130 | * NightmareHands: Ghastly hands, often a source of NightmareFuel [[invoked]] |
131 | * OfferingAHand |
132 | * PalmFistTap |
133 | * PalmOnCheekPose |
134 | * PinkySwear: Using pinky fingers as gesture of promise, usually by children. |
135 | * PoisonRing: A wearable accessory or item of clothing that conceals poison. |
136 | * PowerFist: Weapon that improves punches. |
137 | * PowerPalms |
138 | * PrayerPose |
139 | * PstandardPsychicPstance |
140 | * RaisedHandOfSurvival: A person believed to be dead raises their hand onto the screen to show that they're alive. |
141 | * RapidFireNailBiting |
142 | * RazorSharpHand |
143 | * ReachingTowardsTheAudience: You can practically touch the poster's frontmost hand, it's so close! |
144 | * TheRightHandOfDoom: A character has a disproportionately large arm. |
145 | * RockPaperScissors |
146 | * SecretHandshake |
147 | * SecurityCling: Grabbing onto another person in response to something scary or distressing. |
148 | * ShyFingerTwiddling |
149 | * SituationalHandSwitch |
150 | * SillyMeGesture |
151 | * ASinisterClue: Left-handedness = evil. |
152 | ** TheKillerWasLeftHanded |
153 | * SouthPawAdvantage: A character's left-handedness gives them an advantage. |
154 | * SpecialOddHand |
155 | * SpitShake: Two characters spit into their hands and shake them to seal an oath. |
156 | * StandardFemaleGrabArea: Grabbing a woman's arm will stop her in her tracks. |
157 | * StillSucksThumb |
158 | * TakeMyHand |
159 | * TalkToTheHand |
160 | * TeamHandStack |
161 | * TheseHandsHaveKilled: Someone is remorseful of the fact that they just killed someone. |
162 | * VSign |
163 | * WardingGestures |
164 | * {{Yubitsume}}: Cutting the tip of, or an entire finger in the {{Yakuza}} as punishment for [[YouHaveFailedMe failure]]. |
165 | [[/index]] |
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