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* ''Literature/StickCat'': In ''A Tale Of Two Kitties'', when Edith is stuck in the hole between her and Stick Cat's apartment, Edith asks "Can we just get me out of here?". In response to this, Stick Cat cocks his head to his right.

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In ''A Tale Of Two Kitties'', when Edith is stuck in the hole between her and Stick Cat's apartment, Edith asks "Can we just get me out of here?". In response to this, Stick Cat cocks his head to his right.right.
** Stick Cat tilts his head to his right in ''Cats in the City'' when he sees Edith produce two cloth napkins that she intends to use as a parachute to get to Hazel's apartment.
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* ''Literature/StickCat'': In ''A Tale Of Two Kitties'', when Edith is stuck in the hole between her and Stick Cat's apartment, Edith asks "Can we just get me out of here?". In response to this, Stick Cat cocks his head to his right.

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* ''Literature/StickCat'': In ''A Tale Of Two Kitties'', when Edith is stuck in the hole between her and Stick Cat's apartment, Edith asks "Can we just get me out of here?". In response to this, Stick Cat cocks his head to his right.
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* ''Literature/StickCat'': In ''A Tale Of Two Kitties'', when Edith is stuck in the hole between her and Stick Cat's apartment, Edith asks "Can we just get me out of here?". In response to this, Stick Cat cocks his head to his right.
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, Louis de Pointe du Lac tilts his head after he notices that Daniel Molloy is distracted because the latter was staring at Rashid, who is chatting on his cell phone while standing in sunlight.

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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/d2e8de07667137adf22e747ac303237c/1c42de54c49e8488-cc/s540x810/61e0e8a6b8199bde62482e7faaaa40e8a0c90ec8.gif Louis de Pointe du Lac tilts his head head]] after he notices that Daniel Molloy is distracted because the latter was staring at Rashid, who is chatting on his cell phone while standing in sunlight.sunlight. Louis is wondering why Daniel is now engrossed by Rashid when he wasn't before.
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, Louis de Pointe du Lac tilts his head after he notices that Daniel Molloy is distracted because the latter was staring at Rashid, who is chatting on his cell phone while standing in sunlight.
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* ''Film/RedwoodMassacreAnnihilation'': When Max is pretending to be the killer in his home to Tom, he cocks his head to the side.
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* In the ''Fanfic/MaFille'' chapter "Aunt Laura", [[VideoGame/PunchOut Von Kaiser]] tilts his head in confusion when Joe and Katrina arrive at his home, asking for somewhere to stay for the night.
* In Chapter 2 of ''Fanfic/SkylandersReturnToTheRuins'', Spyro cocks his head in curiosity/confusion when he finds an abandoned railway in the Chompy Cavern.
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Spoiler Character]] [[spoiler:[=MaNi=]/Elder Brother]] responds this way for a moment when Vivienne says a particular word in a particular context that reminds him of before his long-ago SlowlySlippingIntoEvil.

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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Spoiler Character]] [[spoiler:[=MaNi=]/Elder In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures MaNi/Elder Brother]] responds this way for tilts his head in such a moment way, when Vivienne says saying a particular word in a particular context that reminds him of before his long-ago SlowlySlippingIntoEvil.that's relevant to Ghidorah's backstory triggers a slight IgnoredEpiphany in [=MaNi=].
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* [[https://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-4--86 A Grey staple]] in ''Webcomic/TryingHuman''. Usually done in response to show incredulity towards some odd human statement or behavior, and notable in being one of their few physical expressions of emotion.

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* [[https://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-4--86 A Grey Grey]] [[https://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-14--432 staple]] in ''Webcomic/TryingHuman''. Usually done in response to show incredulity towards some odd human statement or behavior, and notable in being one of their few physical expressions of emotion.
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* [[https://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-4--86 A Grey staple]] in ''Webcomic/TryingHuman''. Usually done in response to show incredulity towards some odd human statement or behavior, and notable in being one of their few physical expressions of emotion.

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* Illyria on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' seems to be doing this the entire damn time. Usually it signifies the person she's looking at is about to get PunchedAcrossTheRoom.
* Spike on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' tilts his head very often. In fact, his head's default position seems to be tilted. He has the Quizzical Tilt, the intimidating tilt, the "I'm about to bite you" tilt, the arrogant tilt, the tilt of sexy... well they're all pretty sexy, so that should probably be renamed the tilt of "I'm going to shag you right now."
** In the second season episode "Reptile Boy", Buffy tilts her head when she, Willow and Xander are watching the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie:
-->'''Buffy:''' So, how does the water buffalo fit in again?
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': One of Chiana's frequent CharacterTics is tilting her head from side to side. This actually arose due to Gigi Edgley trying to see out of the black contact lenses she had to wear which severely limited her vision. The lenses were eventually switched to a less restrictive pair but the movement was so firmly established that she kept doing it.
* In the episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Monica gets a job catering a party for an old family friend, Dr. Richard Burke, played by ''Creator/TomSelleck''. Since Richard was just divorced, the girls ask him how he's doing, tilting their heads. He mentions that everyone who asks about the divorce tilts their head when asking. He mentions that he responds with the "I'm OK" head-bob.
* The Observers in ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' head-tilts a lot in response to human behavior. September's actor Michael Cerveris got the idea from watching his dog. The series later provided an in-universe explanation for it in the final season, the subject of an ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuck speech delivered by Nina to the Observer commander, Captain Windmark. The Observers are hyper-evolved TranshumanAliens from 600 years in the future, whose brains have been enhanced to reality-warping levels by sacrificing the regions of the brain responsible for emotions. The Observers repeatedly say they feel that regular present-day humans are animals compared to them. As a final screw-you before he kills her, Nina points out that the Observers tilt their head in that way because it's an atavistic trait: reptiles and lower mammals have an instinct to tilt their head to change the angle at which sound hits their eardrum, when they hear a noise they are unfamiliar with. Modern-day humans evolved beyond this rudimentary trait. So for all of the Observers' talk about how they are superior to regular humans, they're just walking science experiments, who even accidentally spliced back in a few behavioral traits from junk DNA - and like reptiles, they also spliced out their capacity for love, wonder, or the ability to appreciate "beauty".



* Kurt from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' is good at these, but they tend to be somewhat less inquisitive and somewhat more interrogative. As in "we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk" interrogative. Especially when the frosty eyebrow lift and serial killer DeathGlare get in on the act.
* Det. Goren tilts his head while interrogating a suspect, in the intro to ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', and repeats the gesture fairly often through the series as well.
* ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': In "[[Recap/LegionS3E7Chapter26 Chapter 26]]", a baffled Charles Xavier tips his head to the side because he can sense that there's something ''very wrong'' with the caged monkey, but Amahl Farouk greets him before he can investigate further.
* In Season 2 of ''Series/{{Luther}}'', a woman walking down a dark alley realises there's someone following her; a man in a hoodie wearing a Punch mask. Punchface tilts his head as if sizing her up, then we cut to her being murdered on the sidewalk.
%% * A very common gesture of ''Series/TheManFromAtlantis''.
* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine'': New Christine hurts her neck, but everyone just assumes she's just tilting her head, wondering at various stuff.
* Teal'c from ''Series/StargateSG1'' typically paired it with a FascinatingEyebrow when something about Earth culture confused him in the early seasons.



* Det. Goren tilts his head while interrogating a suspect, in the intro to ''[[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', and repeats the gesture fairly often through the series as well.
* There's an episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' where Jack says 'reluctant pivot, inquisitive head tilt' as response to Will.

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* Det. Goren tilts his head while interrogating a suspect, in the intro to ''[[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', and repeats the gesture fairly often through the series as well.
* There's an
''Franchise/StarWars'': The first episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' where Jack says 'reluctant pivot, inquisitive head tilt' as response ''Series/TheMandalorian'' has the title character do this when he sees The Child a.k.a. Baby Yoda. Since the Mando wears a CoolHelmet that completely covers his face, it's a good way of expressing his curiosity about the tiny alien he's been hired to Will.find.



* Teal'c from ''Series/StargateSG1'' typically paired it with a FascinatingEyebrow when something about Earth culture confused him in the early seasons.
%% * A very common gesture of ''Series/TheManFromAtlantis''.



* Spike on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' tilts his head very often. In fact, his head's default position seems to be tilted. He has the Quizzical Tilt, the intimidating tilt, the "I'm about to bite you" tilt, the arrogant tilt, the tilt of sexy... well they're all pretty sexy, so that should probably be renamed the tilt of "I'm going to shag you right now."
** In the second season episode "Reptile Boy", Buffy tilts her head when she, Willow and Xander are watching the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie:
-->'''Buffy:''' So, how does the water buffalo fit in again?
* Illyria on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' seems to be doing this the entire damn time. Usually it signifies the person she's looking at is about to get PunchedAcrossTheRoom.
* Kurt from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' is good at these, but they tend to be somewhat less inquisitive and somewhat more interrogative. As in "we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk" interrogative. Especially when the frosty eyebrow lift and serial killer DeathGlare get in on the act.
* The Observers in ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' head-tilts a lot in response to human behavior. September's actor Michael Cerveris got the idea from watching his dog. The series later provided an in-universe explanation for it in the final season, the subject of an ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuck speech delivered by Nina to the Observer commander, Captain Windmark. The Observers are hyper-evolved TranshumanAliens from 600 years in the future, whose brains have been enhanced to reality-warping levels by sacrificing the regions of the brain responsible for emotions. The Observers repeatedly say they feel that regular present-day humans are animals compared to them. As a final screw-you before he kills her, Nina points out that the Observers tilt their head in that way because it's an atavistic trait: reptiles and lower mammals have an instinct to tilt their head to change the angle at which sound hits their eardrum, when they hear a noise they are unfamiliar with. Modern-day humans evolved beyond this rudimentary trait. So for all of the Observers' talk about how they are superior to regular humans, they're just walking science experiments, who even accidentally spliced back in a few behavioral traits from junk DNA - and like reptiles, they also spliced out their capacity for love, wonder, or the ability to appreciate "beauty".
* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine'': New Christine hurts her neck, but everyone just assumes she's just tilting her head, wondering at various stuff.
* In Season 2 of ''Series/{{Luther}}'', a woman walking down a dark alley realises there's someone following her; a man in a hoodie wearing a Punch mask. Punchface tilts his head as if sizing her up, then we cut to her being murdered on the sidewalk.

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* Spike on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' tilts his head very often. In fact, his head's default position seems to be tilted. He has the Quizzical Tilt, the intimidating tilt, the "I'm about to bite you" tilt, the arrogant tilt, the tilt of sexy... well they're all pretty sexy, so that should probably be renamed the tilt of "I'm going to shag you right now."
** In the second season
There's an episode "Reptile Boy", Buffy tilts her head when she, Willow and Xander are watching the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie:
-->'''Buffy:''' So, how does the water buffalo fit in again?
* Illyria on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' seems to be doing this the entire damn time. Usually it signifies the person she's looking at is about to get PunchedAcrossTheRoom.
* Kurt from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' is good at these, but they tend to be somewhat less
of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' where Jack says 'reluctant pivot, inquisitive and somewhat more interrogative. As in "we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk" interrogative. Especially when the frosty eyebrow lift and serial killer DeathGlare get in on the act.
* The Observers in ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' head-tilts a lot in
head tilt' as response to human behavior. September's actor Michael Cerveris got Will.
* ''Series/WandaVision'', "[[Recap/WandaVisionEpisode9TheSeriesFinale The Series Finale]]": After Hex Vision restores White Vision's memories,
the idea from watching his dog. The series later provided an in-universe explanation for it in the final season, the subject of an ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuck speech delivered by Nina to the Observer commander, Captain Windmark. The Observers are hyper-evolved TranshumanAliens from 600 years in the future, whose brains have been enhanced to reality-warping levels by sacrificing the regions of the brain responsible for emotions. The Observers repeatedly say they feel that regular present-day humans are animals compared to them. As a final screw-you before he kills her, Nina points out that the Observers tilt their head in that way because it's an atavistic trait: reptiles and lower mammals have an instinct to tilt their head to change the angle at which sound hits their eardrum, when they hear a noise they are unfamiliar with. Modern-day humans evolved beyond this rudimentary trait. So for all of the Observers' talk about how they are superior to regular humans, they're just walking science experiments, who even accidentally spliced back in a few behavioral traits from junk DNA - and like reptiles, they also spliced out their capacity for love, wonder, or the ability to appreciate "beauty".
* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine'': New Christine hurts her neck, but everyone just assumes she's just tilting her head, wondering at various stuff.
* In Season 2 of ''Series/{{Luther}}'', a woman walking down a dark alley realises there's someone following her; a man in a hoodie wearing a Punch mask. Punchface
former tilts his head as if sizing her up, then we cut to her being murdered on head, curious over whether it worked or not... and White Vision does the sidewalk.same thing, revealing they are now sharing quirks.



* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': One of Chiana's frequent CharacterTics is tilting her head from side to side. This actually arose due to Gigi Edgley trying to see out of the black contact lenses she had to wear which severely limited her vision. The lenses were eventually switched to a less restrictive pair but the movement was so firmly established that she kept doing it.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': The first episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' has the title character do this when he sees The Child a.k.a. Baby Yoda. Since the Mando wears a CoolHelmet that completely covers his face, it's a good way of expressing his curiosity about the tiny alien he's been hired to find.
* ''Series/WandaVision'', "[[Recap/WandaVisionEpisode9TheSeriesFinale The Series Finale]]": After Hex Vision restores White Vision's memories, the former tilts his head, curious over whether it worked or not... and White Vision does the same thing, revealing they are now sharing quirks.
* In the episode of ''Series/{{FRIENDS}}'', Monica gets a job catering a party for an old family friend, Dr. Richard Burke, played by ''Creator/TomSelleck''. Since Richard was just divorced, the girls ask him how he's doing, tilting their heads. He mentions that everyone who asks about the divorce tilts their head when asking. He mentions that he responds with the "I'm OK" head-bob.
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* In the episode of ''Series/{{FRIENDS}}'', Monica gets a job catering a party for an old family friend, Dr. Richard Burke, played by ''Creator/TomSelleck''. Since Richard was just divorced, the girls ask him how he's doing, tilting their heads. He mentions that everyone who asks about the divorce tilts their head when asking. He mentions that he responds with the "I'm OK" head-bob.

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** [[TheComicallySerious Zoro]] even gets into it [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v45/c432/14.html when Luffy and him meet up Helmeppo again]].
** The Boa sisters do this when Luffy NoSell Hancock's Mero Mero Merrow beam.
** Later seven other pirate captains pledge their crews to Luffy. When he refuses [[http://www1.mangafever.me/Read/One_Piece_800_4#gohere his explanation leads all seven to do it in unison.]]

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** %%** [[TheComicallySerious Zoro]] even gets into it [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v45/c432/14.html when Luffy and him meet up Helmeppo again]].
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The Boa sisters do this when Luffy NoSell Hancock's Mero Mero Merrow beam.
** Later seven other pirate captains pledge their crews to Luffy. When he refuses [[http://www1.mangafever.me/Read/One_Piece_800_4#gohere his explanation leads all seven to do it tilt their heads in unison.]]confussion.
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* The old [[Creator/RCARecords RCA Victor]] ad had a dog with its head tilted quizzically as it listened to a phonograph record play, with the title "[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HisMastersVoiceSign.jpg His Master's Voice]]".

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* The old [[Creator/RCARecords RCA Victor]] ad had a dog with its head tilted quizzically as it listened to a phonograph record play, with the title "[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HisMastersVoiceSign.jpg His Master's Voice]]". The trademark was also used by the Creator/{{EMI}}-owned Creator/HisMastersVoiceRecords in Europe, Oceania and most of Asia and the Japanese Victor Company in Japan.
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* Detective Hoffman tilts his head towards Strahm while residing inside the glass box in ''Film/SawV''.

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* Detective ''Film/SawV'': Hoffman tilts his head towards Strahm while residing inside the glass box in ''Film/SawV''.Glass Coffin.

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* The first episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' has the title character do this when he sees The Child a.k.a. Baby Yoda. Since the Mando wears a CoolHelmet that completely covers his face it's a good way of expressing his curiosity about the tiny alien he's been hired to find.

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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': The first episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' has the title character do this when he sees The Child a.k.a. Baby Yoda. Since the Mando wears a CoolHelmet that completely covers his face face, it's a good way of expressing his curiosity about the tiny alien he's been hired to find.find.
* ''Series/WandaVision'', "[[Recap/WandaVisionEpisode9TheSeriesFinale The Series Finale]]": After Hex Vision restores White Vision's memories, the former tilts his head, curious over whether it worked or not... and White Vision does the same thing, revealing they are now sharing quirks.
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* One of Creator/NatalieWood's trademark acting moves was to switch her head to one side and give a puzzled look to the opposite co-star (and the viewer).

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* Wrestling/{{Kane}} tilts head when he wears a mask and doesn't have a voice, probably borrowed from Michael Myers of ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''.

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* Wrestling/{{Kane}} tilts Wrestling/{{Kane}}, in his masked period, often performed a quizzical head when tilt.
** In an episode of "WWE's Most Wanted Treasures", Glen Jacobs (Kane) revealed that
he wears a mask and doesn't have a voice, probably borrowed had copied this gesture from Michael Myers of ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''.his dog.
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* Elise the ''Indominus rex'' pulls this multiple times in ''Fanfic/ItsNotTheRaptorDNA'', often in response to something that confuses/bewilders her.
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** First instance comes in ''[[Film/FridayThe13thPart2 Friday the 13th, Part II]]'' when [[FinalGirl Jenny]] mimics [[PredecessorVillain Jason's mother]] and tilts her head in an effort to lower his defenses and then kill him.

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** First instance comes in ''[[Film/FridayThe13thPart2 Friday the 13th, Part II]]'' when [[FinalGirl Jenny]] Ginny]] mimics [[PredecessorVillain Jason's mother]] and tilts her head in an effort to lower his defenses and then kill him.
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** Helmut Zemo does the exact same thing as Wanda whenever he's attempting to manipulate someone, as shown in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and very much [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and described by Sam in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' as his "stupid head-tilt thing." Evidently, it's a stupid head-tilt thing inherent to Sokovians.
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* ''Fanfic/SteelSoulSaga'': In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/40308/1/steel-soul/steel-soul "Steel Soul"]], when Rarity doesn't hear what Sweetie Belle's saying:
--> Sweetie Belle was asking her something.\\
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* Kala and baby WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} each do this when they first meet.

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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Spoiler Character]] [[spoiler:[=MaNi=]/Elder Brother]] responds this way for a moment when Vivienne says a particular word in a particular context that reminds him of before his long-ago SlowlySlippingIntoEvil.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'': [[Characters/TheIronGiant The titular giant]] tends to tilt one side of his head when he's confused about something.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'': After Kai declares thunderously that he '''HAS RETURNED''', the two previously scared egg-less farmers tilt their heads and ask, confused, "Who?"
* Mune, the title character of ''WesternAnimation/MuneGuardianOfTheMoon'', quizzically tilts his head throughout the film, along with a chirping noise.



* Mune, the title character of ''WesternAnimation/MuneGuardianOfTheMoon'', quizzically tilts his head throughout the film, along with a chirping noise.



* ''Film/WildWildWest'': A "blink and you'll miss it" ShoutOut occurs when "Bloodbath" [=McGrath=] is lying on the ground and a dog comes up and does the "His Master's Voice" bit while looking at [=McGrath=]'s ear trumpet.
* ''Film/{{Starman}}'' has Creator/JeffBridges' character tilt his head quizzically for most of the movie -- but that's because he was a non-human life form from outer space learning about the human experience as he went along, so everything was new and confusing to him.
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': During its rampage in San Diego, the bull T. rex tilts its head sideways when Ian and Sara use the infant T. rex to lure its daddy back to the docks. Its expression just screams "You two again?".
** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Charlie the ''Velociraptor'' tilts her head when she encounters ParentalSubstitute Owen in the firefight. Until this point, it appears that the raptors have [[spoiler: betrayed their alpha and sided with the ''I. rex'']], but Charlie is visibly conflicted and chitters at Owen instead of attacking him. [[spoiler: [[TearJerker It gets her killed by the mercenaries.]]]]
* ''Film/TheFifthElement'': Leeloo gives a tilt of her head to General Monro before breaking through her "unbreakable" container and taking from him the key to opening it.
%% * Brutus to Wild Bill in ''Film/TheGreenMile'' just before he gets a faceful of moon pie.
* Detective Hoffman tilts his head towards Strahm while residing inside the glass box in ''Film/SawV''.
* In ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', Michael Myers tilts his head when he's examining Bob whom he has just pinned to a wall with a kitchen knife. It becomes a trademark [[CharacterTics habit]], with practically every subsequent movie having him tilt his head at least once.

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* ''Film/WildWildWest'': A "blink and you'll miss it" ShoutOut occurs when "Bloodbath" [=McGrath=] is lying on the ground and a dog comes up and does the "His Master's Voice" bit while looking at [=McGrath=]'s ear trumpet.
* ''Film/{{Starman}}'' has Creator/JeffBridges' character tilt his head quizzically for most of the movie -- but that's because he was a non-human life form from outer space learning about the human experience as he went along, so everything was new and confusing to him.
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': During its rampage in San Diego, the bull T. rex tilts its head sideways when Ian and Sara use the infant T. rex to lure its daddy back to the docks. Its expression just screams "You two again?".
** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Charlie the ''Velociraptor'' tilts her head when she encounters ParentalSubstitute Owen in the firefight. Until this point, it appears that the raptors have [[spoiler: betrayed their alpha and sided with the ''I. rex'']], but Charlie is visibly conflicted and chitters at Owen instead of attacking him. [[spoiler: [[TearJerker It gets her killed by the mercenaries.]]]]
* ''Film/TheFifthElement'': Leeloo
Ripley gives a tilt of her head to General Monro before breaking through her "unbreakable" container and taking from him the key to opening it.
%% * Brutus to Wild Bill
"Like hell you will!" variation in ''Film/TheGreenMile'' ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' just before he gets a faceful of moon pie.
* Detective Hoffman tilts his head towards Strahm while residing inside
going berserk in the glass box in ''Film/SawV''.
* In ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', Michael Myers tilts his head
alien nest. And the Alien Queen does a version of it as well when he's examining Bob whom he has just pinned to a wall confronted with a kitchen knife. It becomes a trademark [[CharacterTics habit]], with practically every subsequent movie having him tilt his head at least once.an opening elevator door.



* In ''Film/TheMask'', Stanley's dog Milo tilts his head the first time Stanley turns into cartoon Mask, the title character.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/ANewHope'': Luke tilts his head when he finds Princess Leia in the Death Star detention center, and right before she asks him "aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': The Ewok whom Princess Leia befriends headtilts at her when she tries to talk to him. The child actor (Creator/WarwickDavis, in fact) who played the Ewok stated that he purposefully modeled this behavior from his own pet pooch.
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': Kylo Ren headtilts when he asks Rey "you still want to kill me?" after she wakes up in the Finalizer's interrogation room.
* Ripley gives a "Like hell you will!" variation in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' just before going berserk in the alien nest. And the Alien Queen does a version of it as well when confronted with an opening elevator door.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', after the T-X is repeatedly hit in the head with a fire extinguisher ([[ExorcistHead even doing a 360 spin]]), she tilts her head with a disapproving expression -- in a clear homage to the T-1000's FingerWag. The T-850's face afterwards just screams "OhCrap".
* Trinity during the Club Hel fight in ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''. When one of the Merovingian's gravity-defying guards dodges a kick by leaping onto the ceiling, she tilts her head -- then does her signature midair pose and kicks him so hard he's embedded in the wall.

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* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Ghidorah]]'s [[MultipleHeadCase right head (Ni)]] notably does this when Ghidorah and Godzilla are facing off in Antarctica, as if sussing their old enemy out for strengths and weaknesses. In ''Film/TheMask'', Stanley's dog Milo tilts the Fenway Park scene, Ichi (the middle head) turns his head from one side to the first time Stanley turns into cartoon Mask, the title character.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/ANewHope'': Luke tilts his head
other when he finds Princess Leia in the Death Star detention center, and all three heads spot Madison, right before she asks him "aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': The Ewok whom Princess Leia befriends headtilts at
giving her when she tries to talk to him. The child actor (Creator/WarwickDavis, in fact) who played the Ewok stated that he purposefully modeled this behavior from his own pet pooch.
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': Kylo Ren headtilts when he asks Rey "you still want to kill me?" after she wakes up in the Finalizer's interrogation room.
* Ripley gives
a "Like hell you will!" variation in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' just before going berserk in the alien nest. And the Alien Queen does a version of it as well when confronted with an opening elevator door.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', after the T-X is repeatedly hit in the head with a fire extinguisher ([[ExorcistHead even doing a 360 spin]]), she tilts her head with a disapproving expression -- in a clear homage to the T-1000's FingerWag. The T-850's face afterwards just screams "OhCrap".
* Trinity during the Club Hel fight in ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''. When one of the Merovingian's gravity-defying guards dodges a kick by leaping onto the ceiling, she tilts her head -- then does her signature midair pose and kicks him so hard he's embedded in the wall.
DeathGlare.



* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** ''Film/JurassicPark'': Rexy gives Gennaro one just before eating him. The ''Dilophosaurus'' gives several to Nedry while it's sizing him up before it strikes.
** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': During its rampage in San Diego, the bull T. rex tilts its head sideways when Ian and Sara use the infant T. rex to lure its daddy back to the docks. Its expression just screams "You two again?".
** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Charlie the ''Velociraptor'' tilts her head when she encounters ParentalSubstitute Owen in the firefight. Until this point, it appears that the raptors have [[spoiler: betrayed their alpha and sided with the ''I. rex'']], but Charlie is visibly conflicted and chitters at Owen instead of attacking him. [[spoiler: [[TearJerker It gets her killed by the mercenaries.]]]]
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** Wanda Maximoff subtly tilting her head is usually a prelude to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Jac Schaeffer, the ShowRunner of ''Series/WandaVision'', [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/wandavision-creator-tv-series-never-a-film-1234613097/ referred to it]] as "her big power... that scares everyone and is so amazing", while [[https://www.reddit.com/r/WANDAVISION/comments/lty1tq/wandas_iconic_im_about_to_fck_you_up_head_tilt/ one Redditor]] called it her "iconic 'I'm about to f*ck you up' head tilt".
** In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Ultron does this as he listens to Pietro's story, and Wanda reacts in this manner to Klaue's initial "cuttlefish" comment during their conversation.
** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Thor does this when Surtur tells him that Odin isn't on Asgard anymore. And Thor's theatre actor does this when the real Thor exposes Loki's deceit.
* ''Film/WildWildWest'': A "blink and you'll miss it" ShoutOut occurs when "Bloodbath" [=McGrath=] is lying on the ground and a dog comes up and does the "His Master's Voice" bit while looking at [=McGrath=]'s ear trumpet.
* ''Film/{{Starman}}'' has Creator/JeffBridges' character tilt his head quizzically for most of the movie -- but that's because he was a non-human life form from outer space learning about the human experience as he went along, so everything was new and confusing to him.
* ''Film/TheFifthElement'': Leeloo gives a tilt of her head to General Monro before breaking through her "unbreakable" container and taking from him the key to opening it.
%% * Brutus to Wild Bill in ''Film/TheGreenMile'' just before he gets a faceful of moon pie.
* Detective Hoffman tilts his head towards Strahm while residing inside the glass box in ''Film/SawV''.
* In ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', Michael Myers tilts his head when he's examining Bob whom he has just pinned to a wall with a kitchen knife. It becomes a trademark [[CharacterTics habit]], with practically every subsequent movie having him tilt his head at least once.
* In ''Film/TheMask'', Stanley's dog Milo tilts his head the first time Stanley turns into cartoon Mask, the title character.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/ANewHope'': Luke tilts his head when he finds Princess Leia in the Death Star detention center, and right before she asks him "aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': The Ewok whom Princess Leia befriends headtilts at her when she tries to talk to him. The child actor (Creator/WarwickDavis, in fact) who played the Ewok stated that he purposefully modeled this behavior from his own pet pooch.
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': Kylo Ren headtilts when he asks Rey "you still want to kill me?" after she wakes up in the Finalizer's interrogation room.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', after the T-X is repeatedly hit in the head with a fire extinguisher ([[ExorcistHead even doing a 360 spin]]), she tilts her head with a disapproving expression -- in a clear homage to the T-1000's FingerWag. The T-850's face afterwards just screams "OhCrap".
* Trinity during the Club Hel fight in ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''. When one of the Merovingian's gravity-defying guards dodges a kick by leaping onto the ceiling, she tilts her head -- then does her signature midair pose and kicks him so hard he's embedded in the wall.



* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda Maximoff]] subtly tilting her head is usually a prelude to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Jac Schaeffer, the ShowRunner of ''Series/WandaVision'', [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/wandavision-creator-tv-series-never-a-film-1234613097/ referred to it]] as "her big power... that scares everyone and is so amazing", while [[https://www.reddit.com/r/WANDAVISION/comments/lty1tq/wandas_iconic_im_about_to_fck_you_up_head_tilt/ one Redditor]] called it her "iconic 'I'm about to f*ck you up' head tilt".



* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Jaime's reaction after seeing Brienne slay three soldiers without any effort.

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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Jaime's ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E2TheKingsroad The Kingsroad]]", Arya tries to order Nymeria around while packing, to which the direwolf merely tilts her head. "What, you want me to fetch your gloves?"
** [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime]]'s
reaction after seeing Brienne slay three soldiers without any effort.



* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', this is Castiel's typical reaction to Dean (or others) not making sense from his angelic perspective. He may just have patented his version, actually.

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* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', this ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** This
is Castiel's [[Characters/SupernaturalCastiel Castiel]]'s typical reaction to Dean (or others) not making sense from his angelic perspective. He may just have patented his version, actually.actually.
** Zachariah also at one point does it in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E22LuciferRising Lucifer Rising]]" when Dean makes a pop culture reference.
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* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda Maximoff]] subtly tilting her head is usually a prelude to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Jac Schaffer, the ShowRunner of ''Series/WandaVision'', [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/wandavision-creator-tv-series-never-a-film-1234613097/ referred to it]] as "her big power... that scares everyone and is so amazing", while [[https://www.reddit.com/r/WANDAVISION/comments/lty1tq/wandas_iconic_im_about_to_fck_you_up_head_tilt/ one Redditor]] called it her "iconic 'I'm about to f*ck you up' head tilt".

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* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda Maximoff]] subtly tilting her head is usually a prelude to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Jac Schaffer, Schaeffer, the ShowRunner of ''Series/WandaVision'', [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/wandavision-creator-tv-series-never-a-film-1234613097/ referred to it]] as "her big power... that scares everyone and is so amazing", while [[https://www.reddit.com/r/WANDAVISION/comments/lty1tq/wandas_iconic_im_about_to_fck_you_up_head_tilt/ one Redditor]] called it her "iconic 'I'm about to f*ck you up' head tilt".
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* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda Maximoff]] subtly tilting her head is usually a prelude to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Jac Schaffer, the ShowRunner of ''Series/WandaVision'', [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/wandavision-creator-tv-series-never-a-film-1234613097/ referred to it]] as "her big power... that scares everyone and is so amazing", while [[https://www.reddit.com/r/WANDAVISION/comments/lty1tq/wandas_iconic_im_about_to_fck_you_up_head_tilt/ one Redditor]] called it her "iconic 'I'm about to f*ck you up' head tilt".
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** In the second season episode "Reptile Boy", Buffy tilts her head when she, Willow and Xander are watching the UsefulNotes/Bollywood movie:

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** In the second season episode "Reptile Boy", Buffy tilts her head when she, Willow and Xander are watching the UsefulNotes/Bollywood UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie:

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