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* Violet from ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' will tie her hair up in a ribbon when she is concentrating on something.
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'': Pooh Bear thumps his head while saying "think think think". He also had a Thoughtful Spot, where he went specifically to do this.
* In the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men Atat Arms]]'', Detritus the troll gets a literal thinking cap, in the form of a clockwork fan attached to his helmet that lets him cool his brain off (trolls think better in cold weather).
* In ''Tom Sawyer, Detective,'' the lesser-known second sequel to ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', narrator Huckleberry Finn observes that the 17-year-old Tom has a tendency to trace a V-shape on his cheek or chin while he thinks.
* In ''The Mad Scientists Club'' stories, you know Henry is working on a brilliant scheme whenever he tilts his chair backward. He says that sends more blood to the rear of his brain, which is where he keeps his best ideas.
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