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== [[Advertising]] ==

* The old RCA Victor ad had a dog with its head tilted quizzically as it listened to a phonograph record play, with the title "[[media:HisMastersVoiceSign.jpg|His Master's Voice]]".

** The famous trademark image comes from [[wikipedia:His ~~Masterchr(27)~~s Voice|a painting by English artist Francis Barraud, A.R.A. and titled His Master's Voice]]. The original title of the painting was "His Late Master's Voice" (and this phrase appears on many of the original RCA Victor labels), but the concept was considered too depressing for most of the public's tastes, and certainly for an image used as a means to put the consumer in the mood to buy. It was acquired from the artist in 1899 by the newly-formed Gramophone Company.

** The famous trademark image comes from [[wikipedia:His Master's Voice|a painting by English artist Francis Barraud, A.R.A. and titled His Master's Voice]]. The original title of the painting was "His Late Master's Voice" (and this phrase appears on many of the original RCA Victor labels), but the concept was considered too depressing for most of the public's tastes, and certainly for an image used as a means to put the consumer in the mood to buy. It was acquired from the artist in 1899 by the newly-formed Gramophone Company.

** The logo remains in use today by the British music store HMV, whose name is an acronym of the slogan.

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* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Osaka]] of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' does this.

* Nia in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' does this when she sees Lagann in a garbage heap.

* In [[Durarara]] [[Cute Monster Girl|Celty]] and [[The Berserker|Shizuo]] do a simultaneous version, which A) goes to show their [[Like Brother and Sister]] bond, and B) [http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/I_am_Latia/drrrceltyshizzyheadtilt-1.gif is absolutely adorable.]

* In [[Durarara!!]] [[Cute Monster Girl|Celty]] and [[The Berserker|Shizuo]] do a simultaneous version, which A) goes to show their [[Like Brother and Sister]] bond, and B) [http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/I_am_Latia/drrrceltyshizzyheadtilt-1.gif is absolutely adorable.]

* Used by Yuki in ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' when Haruhi tells to use her "magic powers" to zap Mikuru during the production of their student film. Considering how Yuki is the epitome of the [[Emotionless Girl]], this is her equivalent of a stunned gasp (particularly how she does have {{spoiler|reality-warping powers of her own}}).

* Naruto from his own show [[Naruto]] does slight head tilts early on in the show when he didn't understand a concept or wasn't familiar with something (which, being Naruto, happened quite a bit). An example is when he first heard of the Chuunin Exams from Konohamaru.

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* Used several times in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'':

** Tsuruya when Kyon received a greatcoat as a gift from Mikuru, and realized it's the same coat she saw him wearing [[Time Travel|some weeks ago]].

** Mikuru when Haruhi is explaining her plan {{spoiler|for a type 2 [[Tenchi Solution]] with Kyon and the girls in the brigade}}.

* Observed as an intriguing, if foreign, gesture that humans often do in the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' fic, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7278544/1/First_Contact ''First Contact.''] The fact that it's almost ubiquitous amongst both dogs and humans is just one of many things that drives home the fascinating dynamic humanity has with [[Loyal Animal Companion|dogs and cats]] (to the point of major coevolution that [[Undying Loyalty|continues to this day)]].

== [[Film]] ==

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* A very common gesture of ''[[The Man From Atlantis]]''.

* [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|Cameron]] does this. A ''lot''.

* Illyria on 'Angel' seems to be doing this the entire damn time.

* Kurt from ''[[Glee]]'' is good at these, but they tend to be somewhat less inquisitive and somewhat more interrogative. As in "we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk" interrogative. Especially when the frosty eyebrow lift and serial killer [[Death Glare]] get in on the act.

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* Doki does this in ''[[There She Is]]'' when Nabi tries to explain that interspecies relationships don't work.

* [[Cute Overload]] calls this the "baroo", after the sound dogs (supposedly) make along with it.

* a disproportionate amount of [[Slender Man Mythos|Slenderman-related media]] portrays him as having his head habitually tilted to one side.

* When [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] joined [[The Nostalgia Critic]] to review ''[[Superman (film)|Superman IV]]'' this was his reaction to Supes' "repair The Great Wall of China vision".

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Does Superman have wall repairing ability?