Gee, do you think she might be sad?*
You’ve got your looks, your pretty face.
And don’t under-estimate the importance of body language!
And don’t under-estimate the importance of body language!
— Ursula (trying to convince Ariel to become The Speechless), The Little Mermaid
Because sometimes, actions speak louder than words.
Tropes:
Categories:
- Accidental Unfortunate Gesture
- Affectionate Gesture to the Head
- Adjusting Your Glasses
- Angry Eyebrows
- Angry Fist-Shake
- "Be Quiet!" Nudge
- Berserker Tears
- Bicep Kiss
- Bicep-Polishing Gesture
- Blind Shoulder Toss
- Blowing a Raspberry
- Cape Swish
- Captain Morgan Pose
- Character Tics
- Conducting the Carnage
- Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears
- Deep Breath Reveals Tension
- Determined Expression
- Disney School of Acting and Mime
- Dissonant Serenity
- Dramatic Downstage Turn
- Dramatic Drop
- Dramatic Sit-Down
- Dull Surprise
- Evil Slinks
- Eye Am Watching You
- Eyebrow Waggle
- Eyelid Pull Taunt
- Face, Nod, Action
- Facepalm
- Facial Dialogue
- Fainting
- Fascinating Eyebrow
- Fat Flex
- Film the Hand
- Finger-Forced Smile
- Finger Framing
- Finger-Lickin' Evil
- Finger Muzzle
- Finger on Lips
- Finger-Tenting
- Finger Wag
- Fist of Rage
- Fist Pump
- Flexing Those Non-Biceps
- Flipping the Bird
- Frozen Face
- Giving Someone the Pointer Finger
- Glasses Pull
- Gloved Fist of Doom
- Glove Snap
- "Good Luck" Gesture
- Greeting Gesture Confusion
- Hair Flip
- Hand Behind Head
- Hand on Womb
- Hand Rubbing
- Handshake Substitute
- Happy Dance
- Headdesk
- Headlock of Dominance
- "Hell, Yes!" Moment
- Human Hummingbird
- "I Can't Look!" Gesture
- I Kiss Your Foot
- Kewpie Doll Surprise
- Knees Knocking Together
- Leaning on the Furniture
- Lecherous Licking
- Licking the Blade
- Limp and Livid
- Loud Gulp
- Lying Finger Cross
- Magical Gesture
- Man Hug
- Maniac Tongue
- Marionette Motion
- Meaningful Look
- Memetic Hand Gesture
- Milking the Giant Cow
- Miming the Cues
- Moe Stare
- Modeling Poses: Using body language as a form of marketing.
- Non-Verbal Miscommunication
- Nose Tapping
- Not-So-Innocent Whistle
- Obligatory Earpiece Touch
- Oh, Crap!
- Palm-on-Cheek Pose
- Palm-Fist Tap
- Peaceful in Death
- Perpetual Expression
- Perverted Drooling
- Perverted Sniffing
- Possessive Wrist Grab
- Potty Dance
- Primal Chest-Pound
- Primal Stance
- Prompting Nudge
- Putting On My Thinking Cap
- Quizzical Tilt
- Rapid-Fire Nail Biting
- Rebel Relaxation
- Revealing Hug
- Reverse Arm-Fold
- Running on All Fours
- Sarcastic Clapping
- Secret Handshake
- Shy Finger-Twiddling
- "Silly Me" Gesture
- Something Else Also Rises
- Slow Clap
- Standard Psychic Stance
- Strange Salute
- Swing Low, Sweet Harriet
- Team Hand-Stack
- Thinker Pose
- Thinking Tic
- Throw the Sheath Away
- Troubled Fetal Position
- Twisted-Knee Collapse
- Twitchy Eye
- Wall Slump
- Warding Gestures
- White Flag
- Your Mime Makes It Real
- Zombie Gait
Not to be confused with the Queen song "Body Language", or with the CBS game show Body Language.
