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It is common in all forms of animation, as well as in [[Real Life]], for a character to tilt his head sideways in confusion. In anime this is often accompanied by a "...", while in western animation it is more often accompanied by a "...huh?". A raised eyebrow is common in every genre.
Common in [[Animal Reaction Shot
Related to [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]] and [[Fascinating Eyebrow]].
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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
** The logo remains in use today by the British music store HMV, whose name is an acronym of the slogan.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Idiot Hero|Luffy]] from ''[[One Piece]]'' is incredibly fond of this, tilting his head whenever something even mildly puzzling occurs. Don't know which direction is south?
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* Those creepy-cute [[wikipedia:Kodama
* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Osaka]] of ''[[
* 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.]
* 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.
== [[Fan
* Used several times in ''[[Kyon:
** 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
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Wild Wild West (
* ''[[Starman (
* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'': Leeloo gives a tilt of her head to the Major before breaking out of her unbreakable container and taking from him the key to opening it.
* Detective Hoffman does this towards Strahm in the glass box in ''[[Saw|Saw V]]''
* In ''[[Halloween (
* Jason Voorhees does this twice in ''[[Friday the 13th (
* In ''[[The Mask (
* ''[[Star Wars]]: Return of the Jedi'' - the Ewok whom Princess Leia befriends headtilts at her when she tries to talk to him.
** The child actor ([[Warwick Davis]], in fact) who played the Ewok stated that he purposefully modeled this behavior from his own pet pooch.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* [[Star Trek|Spock]] made considerable use of this, as well as the [[Fascinating Eyebrow]] (and sometimes both at once).
** [[Star Trek:
* There's an episode of ''[[Will and Grace]]'' where Jack says 'reluctant pivot, inquisitive head tilt' as response to Will.
* In ''[[Supernatural]]'', this is Castiel's typical reaction to Dean (or others) not making sense from his angelic perspective. I think he's patented his version, actually.
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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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* [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] has done this. Though it's usually accompanied with getting your ass kicked.
** He would also say it during interviews or when one of his promos were interrupted, usually followed by...
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* [[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Mass Effect]] 2'' includes a particularly good scene where Joker does this after EDI cracks a hilarious, albeit very poorly timed, joke.
* Emperor Palpatine hilariously does this when accessing Imperial security panels in [[Lego Star Wars]].
* In ''[[Kingdom
* Emil Castagnier of ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' tends to do this a lot as well.
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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
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'''Linkara:''' <quizzical tilt> ...not in any comic I've read }}
* The standard problem-solving method used by [http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/07/dog.html The Simple Dog] in ''[[Hyperbole and
* On the vlog [[Vlog Brothers]], Hank composes a song from weird noises sent in by [[Fan Community Nicknames|nerdfighters]] to get his brother's dog to tilt quizically. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQxpgSuaiz4 It works]
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Sweet and Sour Marge":
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'''Garth Motherloving:''' [tilts head, confused puppy-dog whimpers]
'''Marge:''' Hey! [claps twice, and Garth snaps back to attention] }}
* Kitty from ''[[South Park]]'' has done this.
* In ''[[The Thief and
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