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* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': In "Communication Problems" Basil is trying to give Polly the name of a horse he won money on (Dragonfly), since she's holding it for him and they have to quickly convince Sybil that she bet on the horse instead. Sybil knows the name, so Polly needs the right one. Basil makes flapping motions and points to Sybil, because he refers to her as a dragon sometimes, but Polly incorporates other "pet" names first, leading to "flying tart" and "birdbrain". (She does get it eventually.)
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* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': There are two moments of this.
** In "Communication Problems" Basil is trying to give Polly the name of a horse he won money on (Dragonfly), since she's holding it for him and they have to quickly convince Sybil that she bet on the horse instead. Sybil knows the name, so Polly needs the right one. Basil makes flapping motions and points to Sybil, because he refers to her as a dragon sometimes, but Polly incorporates other "pet" names first, leading to "flying tart" and "birdbrain". (She does get it eventually.))
** In "Waldorf Salad", Terry tells Basil that he cannot stay late because he has his karate class; but Polly gives him away by mentioning Terry's Finnish girlfriend. Terry briefly tries to mime karate to Polly, but Basil realises what Terry is up to.
** In "Communication Problems" Basil is trying to give Polly the name of a horse he won money on (Dragonfly), since she's holding it for him and they have to quickly convince Sybil that she bet on the horse instead. Sybil knows the name, so Polly needs the right one. Basil makes flapping motions and points to Sybil, because he refers to her as a dragon sometimes, but Polly incorporates other "pet" names first, leading to "flying tart" and "birdbrain". (She does get it eventually.
** In "Waldorf Salad", Terry tells Basil that he cannot stay late because he has his karate class; but Polly gives him away by mentioning Terry's Finnish girlfriend. Terry briefly tries to mime karate to Polly, but Basil realises what Terry is up to.
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* In ''Film/Annie1982'', Grace is meeting with Miss Hannigan to discuss adopting an orphan, and Annie is eavesdropping on the conversation. She silently nudges Grace into asking Miss Hannigan specifically about any ten-year-old red-headed girls on the premises.
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* When Annie as Florence loses her script pages in ''Theatre/ThePlayThatGoesWrong'', Dennis tries to act out the response she needs to give for a question he asks:
-->'''Dennis/Perkins:''' Where were you when the murder was committed?
-->''(He alternates between pointing down and pretending to drink tea.)''
-->'''Annie/Florence:''' ''[misinterpreting]'' I was on the floor with a moustache.
-->'''Robert/Thomas:''' That makes perfect sense; so was I.
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* When Annie as Florence loses her script pages in ''Theatre/ThePlayThatGoesWrong'', Dennis tries to act out the response she needs to give for a question he asks:
-->'''Dennis/Perkins:''' Where were you when the murder was committed?
-->''(He alternates between pointing down and pretending to drink tea.)''
-->'''Annie/Florence:''' ''[misinterpreting]'' I was on the floor with a moustache.
-->'''Robert/Thomas:''' That makes perfect sense; so was I.
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* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', Nani coaches Lilo via hand signals through a talk with social worker Cobra Bubbles about how Nani is doing as her guardian. It goes well at first, but then Nani makes the mistake of raising a fist in triumph and Lilo interprets it as "getting disciplined." Things swiftly go downhill from there.
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* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', Nani coaches Lilo via hand signals through a talk with social worker Cobra Bubbles about how Nani is doing as her guardian. It goes well at first, but then Nani makes the mistake of raising a fist in triumph and Lilo interprets it as "getting disciplined." Things swiftly go downhill from there.
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Can lead to NonverbalMiscommunication.
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Can lead to NonverbalMiscommunication.
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NonverbalMiscommunication. Compare HandSignals.HandSignals.
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* In ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', during the scene where Peter Venkman is explaining their fees to the hotel manager, Egon Spengler is subtly feeding him the numbers via hand signals.
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* In ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', during the scene where Peter Venkman is explaining their fees to the hotel manager, Egon Spengler is subtly feeding him the numbers via hand signals.
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* In ''[[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe Despicable Me 2]]'', Gru tries to get out of [[AbhorrentAdmirer a date he doesn't want]] by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6svF-o6X_w trying to get Agnes to pretend he isn't there]].
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* In ''[[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe Despicable Me 2]]'', ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'', Gru tries to get out of [[AbhorrentAdmirer a date he doesn't want]] by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6svF-o6X_w trying to get Agnes to pretend he isn't there]].
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* In ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Liz does this with Tracy, after lying to his wife that he wasn't at a strip club.
-->'''Tracey:'''My cobra, Ramsey....He got sick...So I took him to the vet''(Liz gives him a thumbs up and nods)'' Then my thumb got caught in my buttocks, I nodded my head til it came out.
-->'''Tracey:'''My cobra, Ramsey....He got sick...So I took him to the vet''(Liz gives him a thumbs up and nods)'' Then my thumb got caught in my buttocks, I nodded my head til it came out.
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* In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One With The Pediatrician", when Pheobe realises Mike and Joey don't know each other, she challenges Mike to say how many sisters Joey has. Unfortunately Joey holds up the wrong number of fingers.
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* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': In "Communication Problems" Basil is trying to give Polly the name of a horse he won money on (Dragonfly), since she's holding it for him and they have to quickly convince Sybil that she bet on the horse instead. Sybil knows the name, so Polly needs the right one. Basil makes flapping motions and points to Sybil, because he refers to her as a dragon sometimes, but Polly incorporates other "pet" names first, leading to "flying tart" and "birdbrain". (She does get it eventually.)
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* [[TropesAreFlexible A variation of this trope]] shows up in the ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E2ClassClownBogus Class Clown Bogus]]". [[spoiler: Tommy is struggling to come up with the right answer to a math problem, when in comes Bogus who is able to help out, by writing the correct answer on the blackboard directly behind the teacher, allowing Tommy to give the correct answer.]]
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* [[TropesAreFlexible [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible A variation of this trope]] shows up in the ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E2ClassClownBogus Class Clown Bogus]]". [[spoiler: Tommy is struggling to come up with the right answer to a math problem, when in comes Bogus who is able to help out, by writing the correct answer on the blackboard directly behind the teacher, allowing Tommy to give the correct answer.]]
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* In {{Film/Ghostbusters}}, during the scene where Peter Venkman is explaining their fees to the hotel manager, Egon Spengler is subtly feeding him the numbers via hand signals.
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