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* [[Slayers|Xellos]] does this every time he says his [[Catch Phrase]].
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* In [https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-varga-worm-luna-varga.32119/post-11914314 part four of ''Alternate''], a sidestory to the ''[[Worm]]/[[Luna Varga]]'' crossover ''[[Taylor Varga]]'', there is a moment when Sophia "Shadow Stalker" Hess demands to know how [[Lizard Folk|the Family]] has heard of her. Metis, one of the Family, simply taps the side of her muzzle and winks, saying "That would be telling."
* Santa Claus does this in 1823's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (better known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"), and it's become associated with the figure ever since. Some interpretations have it as a requirement for him to fly up the chimney, perhaps because later audiences weren't certain what the gesture meant, but it probably meant that Santa was letting the narrator know he'd been aware of the narrator watching him all the time he was there.▼
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** In ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'', a drunken Crispin Horsefry tries to do this, and keeps missing. Later, Moist experiences the horror that is his "assistant" Mr. Groat tapping his nose.
* Nesta does it in the last book of the ''Mates, Dates'' series.
* ''[[Harry Potter
* Some of the characters in ''[[Redwall]]'' do this on occasion.
▲* Santa Claus does this in 1823's
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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