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* The scene in the film ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' where the attractive female medical examiner attempts to signal to Agent J that there's a hostile alien in the room with them, and he thinks she's flirting with him.
** This is only partly nonverbal.
* In ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', [[And You Thought It Was a Game|Jason Nesmith]] signals [[Captain Obvious|Gwen DeMarco]] with a throat-slashing gesture while talking to [[Big Bad|Sarris]] on a comm channel, then turns to the crew and explains his plan to trick
{{quote|'''Jason:''' Okay, Gwen, put me back on with him.
'''Gwen:''' That's what I've been trying to tell you, Jason. You ''are'' back with him.
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* "The Unicorn and the Wasp", an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', has a similar situation of Charades under pressure. {{spoiler|As the Doctor tries to flush cyanide out of his system, he has to silently ask for a list of seemingly random things to help detoxify himself. Donna has a great deal of trouble with this, interpreting "salt" (represented with a shaking fist, ie. sprinkling salt on food) as a cocktail shaker ("What do you want, a Harvey Wallbanger?") and "a shock" as a song (for which she suggests "Camptown Races?")}}
** {{spoiler|"How is 'Harvey Wallbanger' one word!?"}}
* Parodied in a sketch on ''[[The State]]'' where a choking restaurant customer putting his hands to his
** Other than the guy who was choking, of course.
* An entire episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' is built around this trope: George, with a piece of pulp in his eye, gets one of his co-workers fired and accidentally sells George Steinbrenner's birthday card to a sports memorabilia shop by way of some badly-timed winks.
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