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** ''Manga/GoldenWind'':

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain': Zoe the resident ShrinkingViolet will often hold her hands together in front of her body, particularly when she feels anxious. Fans have compared her stance to that of a [[https://i.redd.it/e1e9hld45t821.jpg baby pangolin]].

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain': Zoe the resident ShrinkingViolet will often hold her hands together in front of her body, particularly when she feels nervous. Fans have compared her stance to that of a [[https://i.redd.it/e1e9hld45t821.jpg baby pangolin]].

* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'': The PhonyPsychic Arataka Reigen is shown in the anime to wave his hands around wildly before making a gesture, possibly to play himself as more mysterious or powerful than he actually is.

* ''Film/{{Abominable}}: When she's frightened of the monster stalking her group, Michelle touches her engagement ring a few times and twists it back and forth around her finger.

* In ''Film/ErnstThaelmann: Sohn Seiner Klasse 1954'' , Fiete Jansen (Thaelmann's main deputy) habitually wipes his nose with his hand. Interestingly, he has abandoned this tic by part II ''Ernst Thaelmann: Fueherer Seiner Klasse'' (which picks up 7 years later with Fiete's release from prison) which might suggest an interfilm discretion shot.

*** He has a distinctive way of raising his eyebrow in a way that completely overpowers the Detective's free will.

* Cotton from ''Literature/TheEasySideOfImpossible'' flutters his fingers against his leg, and also rubs his chin and works his mouth when he's thinking.

** The First Doctor would often gesture with his hands close to his face. Peter Purves, who played his companion Steven Taylor, said that this was Creator/WilliamHartnell's response to not being able to gesture broadly in the same way as you could on stage, because TV was "small" (i.e., it didn't capture all the action across the whole set all the time). He would also flutter his hands when trying to decide something. He also tended to [[http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/The-first-doctor-timelords-270820_395_597.jpg clutch]] at his [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101211235108/tardis/images/f/f1/William_hartnell_farewell.jpg jacket lapels.]] He often ends sentences with a distinctive 'hmm?' and ful-fblu-I mean-flubs his lines (although never breaking character), even becoming TheUnintelligible at times, and tends to deliberately forget people's names as a form of MaliciousMisnaming, particularly with Chesterton (stemming from a ThrowItIn of the actor's tendency to forget the character's name in the first few serials). His movements tend to be quite jerky, almost to the point of trembling, and his facial expressions tend towards the [[SmugSmiler smirky]].

** Sayori leans forward slightly and [[ShyFingerTwiddling pokes her forefingers together]], especially when she calls the player character a "meanie".

** Yuri holds her hands behind her back or places her hands, usually her left, over her chest. She also tends to nervously look to the side while fiddling with her hair.
** Monika occasionally [[CoyGirlishFlirtPose leans forward and holds her hands behind her back]].

** Yuri holds her hands behind her back [[spoiler:(probably as a subconscious attempt to cover up her SelfHarm tendencies)]]. She also tends to nervously look to the side while fiddling with her hair.

* On ''Series/BabylonFive'', both Londo and G'Kar had a tendency to tug on their lapels when giving speeches or when generally being pompous. Possibly a coincidence, but it also served as a subliminal reminder that the characters are [[NotSoDifferent more alike]] than they'd like to admit.

* Sagume Kishin, from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', is a Goddess[=/=]Amanojaku hybrid. Amanojaku are beings that exemplify BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad, they live to be hated by the entire world and are {{Consummate Liar}}s. Sagume, being a Goddess, do not quite share these traits, but is instead ''literally'' [[CosmicPlaything hated by the entire world itself]] and reality warps itself in order to turn everything she says into lies. Consequently, Segume is TheQuietOne and is seldom, even in fanart, seen without a hand covering her mouth or fingers touching her lips.

* ''Literature/TheCatWho'': Qwill tends to finger his luxuriant mustache when he's thinking. Apparently this can sometimes get a little violent, as he's occasionally described as "pounding" the mustache.