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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[School of Rock]]'' includes one of these.
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* One of the main cast of ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'' gains access to Lambda Lambda Lambda because he knows the fraternity's secret handshake.
* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. To prove his worthiness to enter the BROTHERHOOD headquarters, the title character goes through an involved handshake with a mechanical arm.
* ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'' remake included a ridiculously complex secret handshake between Annie and her buddy butler, just to ramp up the logistical difficulty over the original movie in "switching places", since Hallie had to learn it.
* ''[[Sin Nombre]]''. Mara Salvatrucha gang members identify each each other with an upside down devils head for "M". [[Truth in Television]]
== [[Literature]] ==
* The main character in ''[[Robert Heinlein|I Will Fear No Evil]]'' proves his/her identity to the judge with a secret fraternity handshake.
* In the [[Magic Kingdom of Landover]] book ''A Princess of Landover'', the two G'home Gnomes have an elaborate secret handshake so that no one else can pretend to be them (leading the titular princess to wonder why anyone would ''want'' [[Butt Monkey|to be them]]).
* In ''[[
* The Freemason [[Expy]]s in ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' do this. They also have a secret salute and a few sign-countersign phrases. Despite this, they're mostly just an over-ceremonial charity organization - except, of course, [[I Own This Town|for the offshoot]] [[Secret Circle of Secrets|featured in the story.]]
== [[Live
* The "be seeing you" okay-sign from ''[[The Prisoner]]''.
** This one was used as a [[Shout-Out]] in ''Babylon5'', as a means of identifying the conspirators behind the assassination of President Santiago.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' has the Thief Sign, which consists of putting your thumb on your nose, hand perpendicular to the face and fingers outspread, then wiggling your fingers while focusing your eyes on your thumb and patting your belly with the other hand. It's specifically designed to be incredibly silly so non-Thieves will just assume you've having some kind of seizure and dismiss it as nothing.
* In ''[[Geist]]'', John Raimi uses a complicated handshake to convince Bryson of his identity. This is tough for Bryson to swallow, since Raimi's [[Body Surf|inhabiting the body of a woman]].
* [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|Snake and Otacon]] do this right after Otacon's sister dies in his arms. It's up to him to rescue the hostages, and Snake tries to pull him together.
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[[Category:Rituals and Ceremonies]]
[[Category:Body Language]]
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[[Category:The Secret Index]]
[[Category:Hand Tropes]]
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