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An index for all tropes related to hands, arms, fingers, and [[BodyLanguage various gestures]] involving them.

Compare GloveTropes and TropesOutOnALimb. See also ThisIndexSlaps.

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!! Tropes:

[[index]]
* AccidentalHandHold: Two characters end up holding hands by complete accident.
* AccidentalUnfortunateGesture
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Showing affection to a character by petting their head.
* AirQuotes: Using two finger of each hand to mimic quotation marks. Used to indicate SarcasmMode while speaking.
* AlmostHoldingHands
* AngryItemTapping
* AntiSneezeFinger: Someone tries to prevent themselves from sneezing by placing a finger at their nose.
* BadassFingersnap: When the character is so badass they just need to snap their fingers for things to happen.
* BareHandedPuppetry
* BicepPolishingGesture
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Shooting a weapon out of someone else's hand.
* BlastingTime: Charging your hand-based energy attack with your arms raised upward before firing.
* BloodyHandprint: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A handprint made of blood]].
* BorrowedBiometricBypass
* BreakingInOldHabits: A character gets their hand replaced and ends up using the new hand to masturbate.
* CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve: Stopping someone you love from leaving by grabbing onto their sleeve.
* ChainOfPeople
* ClawingAtOwnThroat
* ClutchingHandTrap: A character gets their hand stuck while trying to get a treat from a jar or a hole.
* CoinWalkFlexing: A character does a coin walk to look cool or show off their dexterity.
* ContemplatingYourHands: Someone is fascinated by their hands while on drugs.
* CreepilyLongArms
* CreepyLongFingers
* CrossCulturalHandshake
* CrushingHandshake: A character shakes hands with another one, but they grip so hard they end up hurting them instead.
* CuckooFingerTwirl: A character twirls their index finger close to their ear to silently call another character a weirdo or lunatic.
* CumbersomeClaws
* DeadHandShot: We see a shot of someone's hand to confirm that they have died.
* DeclarativeFinger
* DustingOffYourHands
* EvilHand: A limb (usually a hand) is manipulated to act independently of its owner.
* ExtraDigits: When a character's hand has at least one more digit than is standard for the story.
* EyeAmWatchingYou: Aiming your index and middle finger at your eyes and another's eyes to confirm they're under your radar.
* FacePalm: Pressing your palm against your face after seeing someone do something stupid or embarrassing.
* FeatherFingers: A bird's wing feathers function like fingers.
* FeelingYourHeartbeat: A person puts another's hand on their chest to feel their heartbeat.
* FemmeFatalons: A character has long, well-kept fingernails, indicating that they're a villain, untrustworthy and/or dangerous.
* FilmTheHand
* FingerFirearms:
* FingerFraming
* FingerGun
* FingerInABarrel: Placing at least one finger inside the barrel of a gun, which typically causes it to explode.
* FingerInTheMail: Delivering a severed finger with a ransom demand as evidence of a kidnapping.
* FingerMuzzle
* FingerOnLips
* FingerPokeOfDoom
* FingerSnapLighter: When the character wants to light something up, they just snap their fingers and fire manifests.
* FingerSnappingStreetGang: A street gang advances on someone while rhythmically snapping their fingers.
* FingerSuckHealing
* FingerTenting: Manipulative characters tend to cover their faces or chests with their fingers tip-to-tip or interlocked.
* FingerTwitchingRevival
* FingerWag
* FingerlessHands: A character's hands do not have fingers.
* {{Fingore}}: Violence inflicted upon fingers.
* FistOfRage
* FistPump
* FiveFingerFillet: The "game" of quickly stabbing a sharp object between your fingers; get hit, and you lose.
* FlippingTheBird: Insulting a person by sticking your middle finger at them.
* FourFingeredHands
* FutileHandReach
* GiantHandsOfDoom: A boss who fights with giant floating disembodied hands.
* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Pointing at someone is a super-dramatic and serious gesture.
* AGlassInTheHand: Fists clench, glassware broken.
* GoodLuckGesture
* GottaGetYourHeadTogether: Victims of assault on the brain, head or ears will clutch their head.
* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Symbol of a hand grasping at the globe.
* TheGraceFacePose: A girl puts the backside of her hand underneath her chin cunningly.
* GraspTheSun
* GreetingGestureConfusion: Several characters meet, and use mismatched gestures when greeting one another.
* HandBehindHead
* HandBlast
* HandGagging: Silencing someone by putting a hand over their mouth.
* HandInTheHole
* HandOfDeath: Only the killer's hand is seen prior to the reveal of their identity.
* HandOfGlory
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: A naked person covers up by placing their hands over their private parts.
* HandOnWomb: A woman rests her hand on her stomach as an early sign that she is pregnant.
* HandRubbing: Someone sinisterly rubs their hands together.
* HandSeals: Ritualistic hand gestures that are commonly used as part of a magic formula, with roots in Taoism.
* HandsGoDown
* HandshakeOfDoom: A handshake that means nothing but death, sorrow and general misfortune.
* HandshakeRefusal
* HandshakeSubstitute
* HandSignals
* HandsInPockets: Some artists just don't bother drawing certain things that should be there.
* HandsLookingWrong: A character notices they've been transformed or changed in some other way by checking their hands
* HandStomp: Stomp on someone's hands while they're hanging for dear life.
* HandyCuffs: Cuffing an offender with their arms in front makes them still dangerous.
* HangingByTheFingers
* HasTwoThumbsAnd
* HelpingHands: A sentient, detached limb capable of moving on its own.
* HeroicAmbidexterity
* HighFiveLeftHanging
* HoldingHands
** IntertwinedFingers
* HookHand
* HowManyFingers
* HumanlikeHandAnatomy
* IBrokeANail: A woman becomes really upset because she broke a finger nail.
* IgnoredRaisedHand
* IKissYourHand
** KissUpTheArm
* KinkyCuffs
* KnuckleCracking
* KnuckleTattoos
* LastGraspAtLife
* LyingFingerCross: A character crosses their fingers while making a vow, oath, etc., to show they're lying.
* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: Someone names their fists.
* MenacingHandShot
* NailsOnABlackboard
* NightmareHands: Ghastly hands, often a source of NightmareFuel [[invoked]]
* OfferingAHand
* PalmFistTap
* PalmOnCheekPose
* PinkySwear: Using pinky fingers as gesture of promise, usually by children.
* PoisonRing: A wearable accessory or item of clothing that conceals poison.
* PowerFist: Weapon that improves punches.
* PowerPalms
* PrayerPose
* PstandardPsychicPstance
* RaisedHandOfSurvival: A person believed to be dead raises their hand onto the screen to show that they're alive.
* RapidFireNailBiting
* RazorSharpHand
* ReachingTowardsTheAudience: You can practically touch the poster's frontmost hand, it's so close!
* TheRightHandOfDoom: A character has a disproportionately large arm.
* RockPaperScissors
* SecretHandshake
* SecurityCling: Grabbing onto another person in response to something scary or distressing.
* ShyFingerTwiddling
* SituationalHandSwitch
* SillyMeGesture
* ASinisterClue: Left-handedness = evil.
** TheKillerWasLeftHanded
* SouthPawAdvantage: A character's left-handedness gives them an advantage.
* SpecialOddHand
* SpitShake: A character's left-handedness gives them an advantage.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Grabbing a woman's arm will stop her in her tracks.
* StillSucksThumb
* TakeMyHand
* TalkToTheHand
* TeamHandStack
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Someone is remorseful of the fact that they just killed someone.
* VSign
* WardingGestures
* {{Yubitsume}}: Cutting the tip of, or an entire finger in the {{Yakuza}} as punishment for [[YouHaveFailedMe failure]].
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