History Main / SpitShake

* One particular villager-of-the-week in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' has a habit of spitting at every chance he gets, so it's only natural that he'd spit in his hand before shaking. [[SpoiledSweet Amalia]] is understandably a little grossed out by this, but by the end of the episode, ''she's'' the one spitting in her hand and offering it to him.

* One particular villager-of-the-week in ''WesternAnimation/Wakfu'' had a habit of spitting at every chance he got. So it's only natural that he'd spit in his hand before shaking. [[SpoiledSweet Amalia]] is understandably a little grossed out when she has to shake his hand, but by the end of the episode, ''she's'' the one spitting in her hand and offering it to him.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy:'' The Kankers seal a deal with Jimmy like this, much to his disgust.

A popular comedy trope is to have the resident NeatFreak act disgusted or shocked at having to do this in order to seal a deal.

* Done by Jimmy and Beezy on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''.

Not to be confused with SpitTake.

* In an episode of ''{{Castle}}'', Castle, Ryan, and Espisito make a pact that they "seal" by all putting their hands together. It's not exactly a shake, but since there are three of them, it really couldn't be. Castle and Espisito simply put their hands in, but Ryan spits on his first. Espisito, who he touched most directly, winces and rolls his eyes, and Castle gives him a sympathetic look.

* A habit of Uncle Jesse and Boss Hogg in ''Series/DukesOfHazzard''. It's apparently the only oath that Boss Hogg will never break.

** Then in "Domes of Fire," first book of the sequel trilogy ''Literature/TheTamuli'', Sparhawk and Engessa begin negotiations over the marriage of Kring and Mirtai (Sparhawk serving as Kring's designee, Engessa as Mirtai's adoptive father). Somehow, Tynian and Ehlana get involved as well (on Kring and Mirtai's side, respectively) and go into lengthy theatrics before finally settling on terms with a spit shake. As the end result was exactly what Sparhawk and Engessa had quietly agreed upon earlier, they do the same to make it official.

* In ''Mud'', a fugitive named Mud gives a spit handshake to Arkansas boy, Neckbone, who agreed to help him fix a boat in exchange for his pistol.

* Occurs several times in ''The Quiet Man'' between characters doing business.
* A variation happens in the film of ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'' when Hogsqueal offers to shake with a booger on his finger. When Jared acts repulsed, Hogsqueal eats the booger before shaking. "What? It's good!"

* Happens in Bartertown in the third Film/MadMax movie.

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* Happens in ''FreeWilly 2'' between Jessie and a female friend, then later, an adult who helps him out.

* David is originally repulsed by the idea of a spit handshake at the beginning of ''{{Newsies}}'', but he comes around by the end.
* In ''ShanghaiNoon'', Roy tries doing this to make friends with Wang, but Wang, unused to Western customs, spits on Roy's palm instead of his own. The scene is reversed towards the end of the film.

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* Happens in ''{{Pyrates}}'', twice. First when the three main friends agree to work together to search for the treasure, then again when a new kid joins.
* Happens in ''The Truth'' in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series. One of the homeless tries to SpitShake with the dwarf running the printing press. Deword stops him with "Do you have any disfiguring diseases? Do you want some?"

* Another ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' example: in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', Moist does this when arranging a bank loan for [[SelfMadeMan Harry King]].
-->'''Harry''': I didn't think bankers did that!\\
'''Moist''': They don't often shake hands with Harry King, then.
* Pops up twice in ''TheElenium'' trilogy. First when the LoveableRogue Platime - head of the local ThievesGuild - is recruited to join Queen Ehlana's council as an adviser. Platime, being a commoner to the last hair, seals the deal with a spit-shake, and Queen Ehlana follows suit, if only because she was in the middle of tricking him into accepting a really clever 'bargain', and didn't want to get distracted. She only admits to being grossed out by it afterwards, when she demands a washing-basin IMMEDIATELY so she can wash her hands.

** Then in "Domes of Fire," first book of the sequel trilogy ''TheTamuli'', Sparhawk and Engessa begin negotiations over the marriage of Kring and Mirtai (Sparhawk serving as Kring's designee, Engessa as Mirtai's adoptive father). Somehow, Tynian and Ehlana get involved as well (on Kring and Mirtai's side, respectively) and go into lengthy theatrics before finally settling on terms with a spit shake. As the end result was exactly what Sparhawk and Engessa had quietly agreed upon earlier, they do the same to make it official.
* One happens between Tuon and Mat in ''TheWheelOfTime.'' Despite Tuon being royalty, she really doesn't mind; she's used to strange traditions from odd corners of her empire.
* The Piper's Children do this quite a bit in ''TheKeysToTheKingdom'', Suzy especially. Arthur was appropriately squicked out the first time he had to do it.

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* A habit of Uncle Jesse and Boss Hogg in ''DukesOfHazzard''. It's apparently the only oath that Boss Hogg will never break.
* In the pilot episode of ''[[{{Series/Misfits}} Misfits]]'', Nathan attempts to initiate a pact with Curtis to each get one of the two girls doing community service with via one of these (he discounts the shy third boy, Simon, which is ironic in retrospect). Curtis declines, but the four of them do sort of pair off the way Nathan intended, at least at first.

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* Was used in ''Disney/PeterPan 2: Return To Neverland'', when Peter Pan and the Lost Boys used this as their group handshake. Jane at first shows her disgust at it, but ends up participating in it herself later in the movie.

* Rita and Roddy on ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway''. CityMouse Roddy has to be reminded to spit in his ''own'' hand.
* In ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'' Elliot agrees to lead Boog back to timberline by using this trope, much to Boog's disgust
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Applejack and Rainbow Dash do this throughout "Fall Weather Friends". Applejack attempts one with Rarity in "Look Before You Sleep", but Rarity is disgusted by it and doesn't go through with it.
** The "shake" part is a little different as well, since they're ponies, and as such, don't have hands. What they do is push their hooves together in what the fandom calls a "brohoof" (so named because it greatly resembles the [[HandshakeSubstitute "brofist"]]).

* One happens between Tuon and Mat in ''TheWheelOfTime.'' Oddly, despite Tuon being royalty, she really doesn't mind.

* In an episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', an uptight scientist flinches when a farmer from a nearby colony offers one of these (they were agreeing to terms on a merge of their colonies for mutual benefit).

* In ''Mud'', a fugitive name Mud gives a spit handshake to Arkansas boy, Neckbone, who agreed to help him fix a boat in exchange for his pistol.

* Pops up twice in the first ''[[TheElenium Sparhawk]]'' series. First when the LoveableRogue Platime - head of the local ThievesGuild - is recruited to join Queen Ehlana's council as an adviser. Platime, being a commoner to the last hair, seals the deal with a spit-shake, and Queen Ehlana follows suit, if only because she was in the middle of tricking him into accepting a really clever 'bargain', and didn't want to get distracted. She only admits to being grossed out by it afterwards, when she demands a washing-basin IMMEDIATELY so she can wash her hands.

* In an episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', an uptight scientist flinches when a farmer from a nearby colony offers one of these.

* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Applejack]] tries to seal a deal with [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix]] like this in ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm''. He passes.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' supplement ''Acute Paranoia'', adventure "Me and My shadow Mark IV". After the {{PC}}s finish guarding Markie, the Computer orders them to spit on their palms and shake hands with the R&D representative as part of the transfer procedure.

-->'''Phoenix:''' I'm not touching that hoof.
-->'''Applejack:''' *sigh* You are just as prissy as Rarity!

-->'''Harry''': I didn't think bankers did that!
-->'''Moist''': They don't often shake hands with Harry King, then.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy:'' The Kankers seal a deal with Jimmy like this, much to his disgust.