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== Anime
* Usagi from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' does this a lot.
* So does Hinata Hyuuga from ''[[Naruto]]''. (That's her, pictured
** Naruto himself does this too from time to time, usually when Sakura or Kakashi is scolding him.
** Jiraiya, also known as Ero-Sennin to Naruto and Sannin to everyone else, did this in the anime, while requesting Naruto to remain in the Oiroke no jutsu state whenever they were together.
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** And here I thought [[Freud Was Right|the cat was a metaphor]]...
** Panties [[Goofy Print Underwear|with cartoon characters on them]] are considered cutesy and too childish for a highschooler, not to mention totally at odds with [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Sakaki's reserved attitude.]]
* Nozomi in the very first episode of ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure
* Many characters in the ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' series do this, but mostly Sasami.
* Shinobu from ''[[
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* This was actually done by one of the ''Zentradi''—yes, a hulking male giant—in [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]], when he was nervous about interrupting his commander's demonstration (to a female Zentradi) that humans ''did'' have ''some'' customs worth borrowing—in this case, kissing.
* May/Haruka in ''
** And also when Ash wanted to visit the Petalburg City Gym [http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/houen/279.shtml as shown here].
* Tamaki does this when talking to Haruhi episode four of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''
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* Celty Sturluson, [[Badass Abnormal|of all people]], does this in ''[[Durarara!!]]'' when Shinra's father asks her if she's in love with Shinra.
== Comic
* Just in case you didn't think she was already cute as a button, Molly from ''[[Runaways]]'' does this when she discovers she's the only one who came up with a super-hero costume.
== Fan
* Michikyuu Kanae in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]''.
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* Characters in the webcomic ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' do this when nervous or embarrassed.
* Hannelore from ''[[Questionable Content]]'' does this in a recent strip, while actually asserting herself for once.
* ''Spamusement'' brings us [https://web.archive.org/web/20131208083049/http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/132 an elephant approximation].
* The Medic in [http://nerfnow.com/comic/94 this] ''[[Nerf Now]]''.
* Heather from ''[[Spinnerette]]'', usually with her middle pair of arms while she makes ''other'' expressive gestures with her upper and lower sets.
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* Bolin from ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'', who is actually not shy at all, has done this.
* American example: Beast Boy of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' sometimes does this, usually when he's being reprimanded for something.
** The comic book version supposedly scratches his ear, as referenced in [[Geoff Johns]]' ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]''; but due to the character being fairly obscure and largely ignored by comic writers/artists, this is shown rarely, if at all. Geoff Johns [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] in Robin's inner monologue: "[[Take That
== Real Life ==
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