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* In Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures|Another Fine Myth]]'', Aahz offers to take protagonist Skeeve on as his apprentice, since Skeeve's teacher has just been murdered. Pleased, Skeeve offers his hand to seal the deal...and Aahz refuses, because he doesn't shake hands with apprentices. Skeeve wonders if he should have thought this arrangement through a little more. |
* In Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures|Another Fine Myth]]'', Aahz offers to take protagonist Skeeve on as his apprentice, since Skeeve's teacher has just been murdered. Pleased, Skeeve offers his hand to seal the deal...and Aahz refuses, because he doesn't shake hands with apprentices. Skeeve wonders if he should have thought this arrangement through a little more. |
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** Much later, while searching for a missing Aahz in his home dimension, Skeeve flinches at shaking hands with an apprentice. When he explains where he picked up the habit, Aahz's old magic teacher remembers him ("It was one of his less objectionable traits") and is able to help Skeeve look for him. |
** Much later, while searching for a missing Aahz in his home dimension, Skeeve flinches at shaking hands with an apprentice. When he explains where he picked up the habit, Aahz's old magic teacher remembers him ("It was one of his less objectionable traits") and is able to help Skeeve look for him. |
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* In ''[[Harry Potter |
* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter]]'', Harry refuses Malfoy's handshake when they first meet on the Hogwarts Express, rejecting him in favor of his future best friend Ron. |
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* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'': [[The Professor]] Aronnax gets this treatment with Captain Nemo. Nemo doesn't distrust [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] Aronnax, is just one of the first of many signs to show how far Nemo has been [[Madden Into Misanthropy]]: |
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'': [[The Professor]] Aronnax gets this treatment with Captain Nemo. Nemo doesn't distrust [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] Aronnax, is just one of the first of many signs to show how far Nemo has been [[Madden Into Misanthropy]]: |
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{{quote|''I thought the commander would offer me his hand, to seal our agreement. He did nothing of the sort. I regretted that''.}} |
{{quote|''I thought the commander would offer me his hand, to seal our agreement. He did nothing of the sort. I regretted that''.}} |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]]'', Peter Stillman reacts this way upon being introduced to Iroquois Pliskin, {{spoiler|who is actually Solid Snake}}. |
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', Peter Stillman reacts this way upon being introduced to Iroquois Pliskin, {{spoiler|who is actually Solid Snake}}. |
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* At the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', the U.S. President awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Naked Snake. He shakes LBJ's hand, but {{spoiler|refuses to shake the DCI's hand, because the DCI had him kill his mentor to both prevent an international incident and recover a massive sum of money from the [[Big Bad]]}}. |
* At the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', the U.S. President awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Naked Snake. He shakes LBJ's hand, but {{spoiler|refuses to shake the DCI's hand, because the DCI had him kill his mentor to both prevent an international incident and recover a massive sum of money from the [[Big Bad]]}}. |
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** Parodied in the Secret Theater skit, "Payback", where the DCI tracks down Naked Snake and bests him in a fight just to get that handshake. |
** Parodied in the Secret Theater skit, "Payback", where the DCI tracks down Naked Snake and bests him in a fight just to get that handshake. |
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