History Main / EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy

Furthermore, most servants would be expected to curtsy to their masters, mistresses or to someone of a higher social standing, like royalty. Female dancers may also curtsy at the end of a performance, or before engaging in a dance with another person. Note that for some, like TheDitz or the CuteClumsyGirl, this may be a difficult thing to do.

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* Sometimes in ''{{Animaniacs}}'' when the Warner Brothers bow, [[TheChick Dot]] curtsies.

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* Lydia Deetz curtsies at the end of the Fox ''{{Beetlejuice}}" opening.

* Early on in {{Bleach}}, when Rukia and Orihime meet for the first time, they exchange curtsies. Rukia, however, is significantly more polite than she acts otherwise (she calls Orihime "Inoue-[[JapaneseHonorifics san]]" in that encounter, rather than merely "Inoue") as part of the facade she assumes around Ichigo's classmates.

* [[ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]] #62 story "Brat Trap": In the standard "the day is saved" panel of pulsating hearts, Bubbles and the girls' friend Abby (created specifically for the story) exchange curtsies.
* Dynomutt #1 (Nov. 1977): Not only does Dynomutt's young friend (actually a villainess) Goody Twoshoes curtsy to Blue Falcon, she lifts her skirt up high enough to provide a [[PantyShot panty shot]].

* The cast curtain call at the end of the 1956 film "The Bad Seed" tops off with little Patty [=McCormack=] curtsying to us.

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* In the ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' episode "Warrior... Princess", Xena's cover as a high-class lady is nearly blown by a bad curtsy:
-->'''Prince:''' She's attractive enough, but that curtsy was abominable! I thought you said her manners were impeccable?\\
'''Servant:''' They ''were''!
* In the ''I Love Lucy'' episode, "Lucy Meets the Queen," Lucy practices a 'perfect curtsy' so relentlessly that she ends up with a severe charley horse that threatens to compromise Ricky's 'Trained Horses' routine, and her own chance to meet the Queen.

* Lydia Deetz curtsies at the end of the Fox {{Beetlejuice}} opening.
* TheFlintstones episode ''The Return Of Stony Curtis'': Posing as Wilma's "French maid" (in Wilma's attempt to put on airs for the visiting star Stony Curtis), Betty curtsies twice.

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* One of the reasons that ''WorldOfWarcraft'' could use some personality settings within the audio and visual effects of a given race-gender combo: ''All'' Alliance female characters (save the Night Elf) curtsy; it's the default move associated with the /bow command. It would be nice to be able to set the /bow command to either curtsy ''or'' bow...

* ''AliceInWonderland'' - Alice, at least in the movie, is taught how to do one.

* The cast curtain call at the end of the 1956 film "The Bad Seed" tops off with little Patty McCormack curtsying to us.

* ''Fate/Stay Night'' has Illyasviel von Einzbern, who, despite being as ruthless as she is during the Holy Grail Wars, remembers to do this when meeting Shiro.

* In ''VictorianRomanceEmma'' the titular Emma, being a maid, frequently curtsies.

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* Done by Samantha Sweeting in ''{{Undomestic Goddess}}'' She curtsied to Trish because she thought that was what she was supposed to do as a housekeeper . Trish decided she liked it and made her keep doing it.

* TheLegendOfZelda games take place in a fantasy version of medieval times, and curtsying wasn't really around back then. But Princess Agatha of ''TwilightPrincess'' does when you give her one of the golden bugs.

* ''All Dogs Go To Heaven'': Anne Marie curtsies to Charlie's friends after being introduced.

* Sometimes in {{Animaniacs}} when the Warner Brothers bow, [[TheChick Dot]] curtsies.

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Furthermore, most servants would be expected to curtsy to their masters, mistresses or to someone of a higher social standing, like royalty. Female dancers may also curtsy at the end of a performance, or before engaging in a dance with another person. Note that for some, like TheDitz or the CuteClumsyGirl, this may be a difficult thing for them to do.

* In ''[[TheChroniclesOfNarnia The Silver Chair]]'', the girl just bows, as she wasn't taught how to curtsy. She learns how in the next book.

* TheFlintstones episode ''The Return Of Stony Curtis'': Posing as Wilma's "French maid" (in Wilma's attempt to put on airs for the visiting star Stony Curtis), Betty curtises twice.

* In the movie version of Tracy Chevalier's ''Girl With A Pearl Earring'', Griet does this often.