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== [[Anime]] ==
* Inverted in ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* In the 1998 film ''[[Godzilla (
** And it happens again in the first episode of ''[[Godzilla: The Series
* Jim Hawkins does this to Long John Silver in ''[[
* In the film ''Mr. Brooks'', Kevin Costner's character does this to Dane Cook's character.
* In ''[[Blue Streak]]'', Martin Lawrence's character, while posing as a cop, is introduced to a high ranking police officer who extends his hand to shake. He had previously spied the man applying lotion to his private parts, so instead hugs him.
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** Much later, while searching for a missing Aahz in his home dimension, Skeeve flinches at shaking hands with an apprentice. When he explains where he picked up the habit, Aahz's old magic teacher remembers him ("It was one of his less objectionable traits") and is able to help Skeeve look for him.
* In ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter]]'', Harry refuses Malfoy's handshake when they first meet on the Hogwarts Express, rejecting him in favor of his future best friend Ron.
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'': [[The Professor]] Aronnax gets this treatment with Captain Nemo. Nemo doesn't distrust [[Wide
{{quote| ''I thought the commander would offer me his hand, to seal our agreement. He did nothing of the sort. I regretted that''.}}
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In season five of ''[[
* [[Monk]] is a germophobe and refuses to shake hands with just about anyone. If he's forced to, he will immediately turn to his assistant for a wipe.
** In one episode he voluntarily shook hands as a sign of friendship with an ex-colleague of his, who was accused (even by Monk) of being in the drug-business (which he wasn't, which was proven of course.)
** In another episode he shook hands with a succession of people, after the last one he immediately turned to his assistant for a wipe. The problem being, the last handshakee was black, leading to much accusations of racism.
* In a ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode, Elaine's boss has a cold. Having left his handkerchief in Elaine's office, he sneezes into his hand and is unable to shake the hand of a Japanese businessman when he sneezes, explaining that he can't because of the germs. The Japanese men assume he is implying that they might be diseased and cancel their business dealings.
* The Mayor from ''[[
* Victor Kennedy in the ''[[
** Additionally, near the end of the second series, the Doctor is distracted by the presence of the Void Ship and fails to shake hands with the technician when offered.
* Vince MacMahon on at least one occasion said "I don't shake hands with lawyers" on WWE.
* On ''[[
* Don does this to [[Jerkass|Pete Campbell]] in the pilot of ''[[Mad Men]]''; it's fairly awesome.
* [[House (TV series)|House]] is not fond of physical contact and often will refuse handshakes, regardless of who they're from.
* There was an episode of ''[[
* In the original Ellen Degeneres sitcom ''Ellen'', one episode involved the filming of a talkshow, which ended with the host shaking hands with the guests - onc the cameras and music stopped, so did he.
* In a very very old episode of Baywatch a returning lifeguard refuses Mitch (David Hasselhoff's) handshake. However rather than being rude it's the first clue that an eye-disease is destroying his periphial vision.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]]'', Peter Stillman reacts this way upon being introduced to Iroquois Pliskin, {{spoiler|who is actually Solid Snake}}.
* At the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', the U.S. President awards the Distinguished Service Cross to Naked Snake. He shakes LBJ's hand, but {{spoiler|refuses to shake the DCI's hand, because the DCI had him kill his mentor to both prevent an international incident and recover a massive sum of money from the [[Big Bad]]}}.
** Parodied in the Secret Theater skit, "Payback", where the DCI tracks down Naked Snake and bests him in a fight just to get that handshake.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', Squall does this quite a bit, most notably to Zell and to the leader of [[La Résistance]].
** Everyone does this to Zell. It's one of the game's [[Running Gag|Running Gags]]
* ''The player'' can do this at the start of ''[[Strange Journey]]''. This earns you Chaotic points on the alignment meter (agreeing to shake hands earns Lawful points).
* In the ''[[
** In ''[[
* In ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 2'', Elpizo introduces himself to Zero as the new commander of the resistance and offers his hand after announcing his plans to destroy Neo Arcadia. Zero refuses both the plans and the handshake.
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