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* [[Averted]] in the [[Anachronic Order|chronologically last]] episode of ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', ''Someday in the Rain'': Kyon returns soaking wet from a walk in the rain and Tsuruya cheerfully lends him a handkerchief in passing, but neither of the two think anything of it, and the handkerchief is never mentioned again.
* In ''[[D.N.Angel]]'', Satoshi lends his handkerchief to Daisuke in the first volume; Daisuke gives it back in the second volume during a chapter that begins to explore Satoshi's character more. This is definitely played for the [[Ho Yay]].
* Inverted, subverted and combined with an [[Indulgent Fantasy Segue]] in ''[[Bludgeoning Angel
* This is how Ikki and Karin meet in ''[[Medabots]]''.
* There's a mutant, and averted, version of this in ''[[Victorian Romance Emma]]''. Realizing that a well-to-do caller on her mistress has genuinely forgotten his gloves, she rushes out to return them. Initially, she fails, but manages to actually do so later. A further mutation of this occurs when she and the man in question begin to start up a friendship, which looks to be very quickly heading for romantic territory when Emma tells him she's always wanted a silk handkerchief for her own. He buys it for her on the spot.
* Done by [[Dogged Nice Guy]] Takahara in ''[[Taishou Yakyuu Musume]]''.
* Happens between Usagi and Mamoru in the manga version of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
* In ''[[Hekikai no
* Occurs in episode 12 of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' between [[Les Yay|Utena and Anthy]].
* In the ''[[Gacha Gacha]]'' manga by Tamakoshi, this occurs between Clara and Kouhei, although Clara is not the sweet type, the Kouhei got dirtied because she insisted on him fixing her bike.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Walt Whitman's ''Leaves of Grass'' collection has a poem that references the "dropping the handkerchief in hopes of Mr. Hotness noticing it" variant positing that ''Nature itself'' is the Handkerchief that [[God]] has dropped to get our attention.
* In ''[[Les Misérables (
* Early in ''[[The Three Musketeers (
* In ''[[The Lion, the Witch
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* When Richard is forced to impersonate a notorious womanizer with an incredible reputation for being really good in bed in the ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'' episode "Princess", he complains about how many women in the Margrave's palace are dropping handkerchiefs in front of him.
* In the [[
* ''[[The Office]]'' subverts this in the Season 5 episode "Blood Drive"; after lightly flirting with a woman at the blood drive, he finds she left her glove behind. As the people running the blood drive are restricted from giving out personal information, Michael runs a Valentine's Day mixer at the office, advertising the missing glove in an attempt to attract her. But she never comes.
== Theater ==
* ''[[Othello]]'' may be the earliest subversion. Cassio doesn't love Desdemona, but Iago makes sure he finds and returns her handkerchief, so as to frame him for having an affair with her. (It's worth noting that early critics were appalled to see a lighthearted comedy trope used to set up multiple murders, although opinion has softened over the years as critics have become more used to the concept of [[Playing
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Barbie and
* An old ''[[Bugs Bunny]]'' short has him advise his victim to start courting. He then dresses up as a woman, drops his handkerchief, and promptly freaks out (in his female persona, as if the guy had done something lewd) when the guy returns it.
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