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[['''Hand Rubbing]]''' is the act of rubbing the palms of your hands together. The friction of the gesture can be used to provide heat in a cold environment, or it can simply convey excitation or expectation. [[The Other Wiki]] has a [[wikipedia:Hand-rubbing|whole article]] on the subject, but here, we will focus on rubbing hands as a trope.
 
There is an eerie specificity in fiction to reserve this gesture for [[Smug Snake]] type villains. [[Honest John's Dealership|Used car salesmen]], lower-end [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|corrupt corporate executives]] and the [[Dastardly Whiplash]] will gleefully rub their hands when things are going their way, but a true [[Magnificent Bastard]] always opts to [[Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive|clasp his hands]] instead. Even when otherwise positive characters do this, there's nearly always a sinister undercurrent.
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== [[Magazines]] ==
* [[Phil Foglio]]'s ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'' comic. In ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine #53 (September 1981), Phil shows us how it's done [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205442/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20070204 in panel #4].
{{quote|'''Phil:''' Do with it? Why -- I know exactly what we can do with it! Heh! Heh! Heh!}}