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* 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 ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'' the main villain creates a secret society made up from people who would be rejected from any other secret society "the sort to dislocate their fingers with even the simplest secret handshake".
* The Freemason [[Expy|Expys]] 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 Action TV]] ==
* 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.
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' Episode 17 had two examples of "Masonic" handshakes.
* On an episode of ''[[Psych]]'', Shawn manages to fake one of these--using his special brand of commentary--to sneak into a lodge meeting:
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* On ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', Stimpy and Ren's cousin Sven are members of the Loyal Order of Stupids. Their "secret handshake" consists of gently biting the inflated gloves on each others' heads.
* One ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch features a two men who recognize each other from their college days and do their fraternity's secret handshake, which devolves into face-slaps, punches, and kneeing each other in the groin.
* In a [[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]] episode, Patrick tries to test Mr. Krab's coolness by seeing if he knows the "secret cool guy handshake". As a shot in the dark, Mr. Krabs just shakes Patricks hand as straightforward as possible and passes.
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs:''' How do you do?<br />
'''Patrick:''' Fine, and you? All right, your in. }}
* In the season 2 finale of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]], Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadance have a variation, though they don't actually shake hoofs the idea is more-or-less the same. {{spoiler|This also serves as both the first clue to Twilight that the first Cadance is a fake when she doesn't recognize the "handshake" and how the real Cadance convinces Twilight that she's the real one, by performing the handshake for her.}}
** Sunshine! Sunshine! Ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!
 
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