Line #7 Main/SillyMeGesture


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2	[[caption-width-right:180:Scissors optional.\
3	[[{{Moe}} Cuteness]] mandatory.]]
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5	A self-inflicted version of the DopeSlap, this is when a character hits herself softly on the head, winks, and sticks her tongue out after tripping, dropping or doing some other mistake in acknowledgement of her blooper. As it is considered a [[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} childish]] and [[{{Moe}} endearing]] mannerism, this gesture is most often employed by a [[CuteClumsyGirl klutz]], [[{{Kawaiiko}} the overly cute]], or TheDitz; though it may also be used ironically, to feign innocent clumsiness. Though the female pronoun is used throughout this article, this trope is not AlwaysFemale and can be found, for instance, in many a {{Keet}}'s repertoire or someone deliberately going for the dissonance factor between appearance and behavior. Possibly the gesture is a literal presentation of the idea of "knucklehead"...or this is simply an American interpretation upon seeing a similarity,
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7	Sticking the tongue out is sometimes forgone from the gesture, but other variants are also possible. This is referred to in Japanese anime fandom circles as ''tehepero'', which was coined by voice actress Creator/YokoHikasa. Another gesture that is used in similar circumstances but conveys a somewhat different image is the HandBehindHead.
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9	May overlap with TongueOutInsult. This is one kind of an IdiosyncraticCulturalGesture.
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11	!!Examples
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16	* In ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', Mugino scolds Frenda for leaving behind her bombs. Frenda apologizes and does the gesture, only for Mugino to kick her in the shin.
17	* In ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation'', Junko Enoshima does this at one point. [[spoiler:The real one, and it's meant to accentuate her [[AxCrazy creepy]] [[GenkiGirl cheeriness]].]]
18	* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'': Mai does this in her introduction episode when explaining why she isn't [[TearJerker isn't going to her friend's house]].
19	* ''Manga/GabrielDropout'': Vigne does this after she "[[BlatantLies dropped]]" (read: "threw") a fork at Satania, complete with a very silly face.
20	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
21	** Nena Trinity in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', after [[BlatantLies "pressing the wrong button]]" and blowing up a wedding.
22	** Eri Shinoda, vice-president of the Plamodel Club in ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'', does this when she charges her Hobby Hizack into battle only to get shot down in seconds. Afterwards, Fumina wonders if she threw the match on purpose.
23	* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'' has [[TheGadfly Oikawa]] sometimes make this face as a way of playing innocent after he's been caught messing with his teammates.
24	* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': In her introduction, Komi's mother Shuuko tries to call her son and husband so they can meet her daughter's new friends, only to realize they're not at home and she does the gesture, [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents much to her daughter's embarrassment]].
25	* Yui and Sawako-sensei combine this with HandBehindHead in episode 5 of ''Manga/KOn'', in an apparent shout-out to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiya_Co.#Mascot a candy mascot]].
26	* In the ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' anime, Kud does this when Riki reminds her about Mio.
27	* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Done by Celia, in chapter 49, after [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c049/7.html she almost forgets]] to tell the others that her Inversion would wear off the islanders after 30 minutes.
28	* In the ''Nue'' Arc of ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'', the Medicine Seller does a very subdued (but extraordinarily sarcastic) display of this when he "realizes" he "accidentally" used poisonous oleander in a concoction that he gave to someone.
29	* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'': Nozaki does this when he deliberately makes too much lunch while trying to gain an understanding of Mamiko. Nozaki being [[TheStoic Nozaki]], he does it with a flat voice and no expression.
30	* In a ''Manga/{{Needless}}'' side story, Mio knocks herself out with her own SuperStrength by making this gesture.
31	* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', Lana does this from time to time after playfully telling a lie.
32	** During the Hoenn series, May would occasionally do this, such as when her little brother Max chastised her for not knowing Pelliper's type.
33	* In ''Anime/{{Potemayo}}''[='=]s opening, Mikan bops herself on the head and sticks her tongue out after falling over.
34	* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': Harumi does this to herself in the episode centering on NeverHeardThatOneBefore. She comments how it doesn't make sense that {{shonen}} manga isn't about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin boys]], and then does this gesture, to indicate that this is something everyone has probably thought of a million times. However, she then gets blank looks from the rest of the class, and ends up BlueWithShock when she realizes no one else shares her [[YaoiFangirl tastes]].
35	* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': In one episode of the OVA series, Ryoko does this during her engineered classic meeting with Tenchi, saying that she wasn't paying attention and is being clumsy. Saying that she's "clumsy" is because she kicked him from behind in order to start her classic meeting with him.
36	* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Retasu does this when explaining why she lets her friends boss her around.
37	* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'': Yoriko does this gesture in the third OVA, when she's confronted for spreading a rumor about Miyuki entering an ArrangedMarriage after making some hasty assumptions.
38	* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Ayu does this when she forgets that she cannot attack in her first turn.
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42	* Tsuruya in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' when she had to explain about "kinship rituals" to Haruhi.
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46	* ''Film/TheNewDaughter'': John hits himself in the head a few times when Sam has to remind him to leave the door to his room open a crack, a self-deprecating gesture against his failure as a parent.
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50	* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
51	** This is Kyon's sister's trademark gesture, as depicted in the trope image.
52	** The adult Mikuru Asahina makes the gesture (minus the tongue in the anime) in a bit of a {{Kawaiiko}} move.
53	* ''Literature/MayoChiki'': Kanade does this towards Jiro after he wakes up at the hotel resort they're staying at. He at first is annoyed at having to be brought here, along with Kanade's cover up story that they're lovers and fled there since their parents refuse to recognize their relationship. In reality, they went there because Subaru, Kanade's butler, wanted to visit her mother's grave on the anniversary of her death, and wouldn't have been able to come if Kanade had to travel with her parents overseas.
54	* In ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'', Feel does this after admitting that her country, which she dislikes for, among other reasons, its system of slavery, "can up and vanish" for all she cares.
55	* ''Literature/{{Oreshura}}'': Masuzu does this over the phone in episode 8 after realizing her plan of taking an embarrassing picture of Ai and Eita couldn't be done very well in a dark movie theater.
56	* ''Literature/RingingBell'': In the anime adaptation, Chirin cheerfully bops himself on the head after digging up a mole.
57	* ''Literature/SoICantPlayH'':
58	** Mina does this after saying, "I can be pretty clumsy. Tee, hee!" This is after she said she accidentally washed Ryosoke's cell phone and ''computer''.
59	** Ryosuke himself does this, including the "tee, hee," line after [[spoiler:he's caught cheating at strip poker]].
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63	* ''Series/GrangeHill'': Played for laughs when SternTeacher Mr. Mitchell slaps his own wrist when talking to Tucker Jenkins, with whom he has a love-hate relationship.
64	--> '''Mr. Mitchell''': How is the model coming along?
65	--> '''Tucker''': Don't touch it, sir, it's still wet!
66	--> '''Mr. Mitchell''': (slaps himself) Oh! Jenkins, I'm sorry, good gracious!
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70	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Selphie's introductory FMV shows her trying to climb down a hill, followed by her tripping and almost falling down. Her reaction leaves out the head-hitting, but it leaves the tongue-stickout and wink intact.
71	* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': Anji Mito does a variant with his [[ImprobableWeaponUser fan]] at the end of his [[OneHitKill Destroyer.]]
72	* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'': Tsuruhime does this in her standard stage ending video while giggling. It makes bubbles appear.
73	* Colette Brunel of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld its sequel]] can be seen doing this (minus the head-hitting) in the anime-style cut-in that appears when she messes up the incantation for Holy Song. [[BornLucky This results in her]] Holy Judgement [[LimitBreak Mystic Arte]].
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77	* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Trucy Wright uses the gesture occasionally (hitting the top of her hat instead of her head, but the overall effect is the same). Ini Miney also uses the hat variation in ''Justice for All''. [[spoiler:Or rather, Mimi Miney does. It's very much the "feigning innocence" type.]]
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81	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Grachamp [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-30 does]] a variation with both eyes closed after accidentally getting a critical hit on Gracemander.
82	* ''Webcomic/JupiterMen'': When Jackie ribs Arrio over his struggles in Spanish class, he points out that she's a straight-C student. Jackie responds by knocking herself on the head while saying "tee-hee" with a blush sticker.
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86	* The Winking Face With Tongue UsefulNotes/{{Emoji\|s}} (😜).
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90	* When he replaced WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic for the review of ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'', [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]] does that at the very end, once he realized he forgot to ask for CHANGE! Ya got change!?
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94	* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': In ''Back to Bortron 7'', Jet softly knocks his head while wondering why he didn't think of an idea.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Miss Martian's catch-phrase, "''Hello'' Megan!", goes with the little forehead slap. No tongue or wink, but sometimes she rolls her eyes.
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99	* Popular Japanese voice actress Creator/YokoHikasa use this as trademark gag and sort of [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud named it]].
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