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* ''HanaukyoMaidTai La Verite'' episode 11, Taro and Konoe Tsuragi do this before escaping the underground area where Mariel was being held.

* ''ReturnOfTheJedi''. As Luke is abut to be executed by Jabba the Hutt, he looks at Lando Calrissian (who's disguised as one of Jabba's guards) and nods. Lando nods back, and Luke starts to execute his plan.

* ''Boondock Saints'' - in the bar brawl, the brothers look at each other, down their shots at the same time, then attack simultaneously

* Happens near the beginning of ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShell Ghost in the Shell]]'' when Section 6 police raid a meeting. When the armed guards inside detect the raid, they nod at each other just before opening fire. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_XbacmS5bY here, starting at 2:55]].

* ''IRobot'' did this, but with winks.

* A common occurance in battle royals involves the two biggest men in the match cleaning house and leaving everyone else down and out, and end up on opposite sides of the ring. They will then look around, face each other, stare down, nod, and battle it out on on one.

* At the end of ''AlphaProtocol'', if [[ConsummateProfessional Conrad Marburg]], considers Mike a WorthyOpponent and is made to question working for [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Henry Leland]], the confirmation of him [[ScrewThisImOutttaHere just leaving]] takes the form of this.

* ''{{BIONICLE}}'': in ''BIONICLE: The Legend of Mata Nui'', after Akimai and Wairuha defeat some [[GiantEnemyCrab Manas]], a Mana-Ko appears behind them. The duo does this, resulting in beating the Mana-Ko and knocking it off the platform, and again after. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gp3jmP-gE Link]].

Happens in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7dfkZKjWSo this clip]] from a candid camera-esque social experiment looking at what people would do when witnessing a child abduction. Happens around two minutes in.

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# Two guys face each other during the middle of something.

* Subverted in ''TheLosers''. The main villain, dissatisfied with how his negotiations with a doomsday device developer are proceeding, nods to his henchman... who then throws the scientist off the roof. The villain immediately calls his henchman on this - noting the waste of talent - but then negotiations resume with the surviving scientists.

* ''{{BIONICLE}}'': in ''BIONICLE: The Legend of Mata Nui'', after Akimai and Wairuha defeat some [[GiantEnemyCrab Manas]], a Mana-Ko appears behind them. The duo does this, resulting in beating the Mana-Ko and knocking it off the platform, and again after. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gp3jmP-gE&feature=PlayList&p=8408315C497E19C4&index=28 Link]].

* ''HanaukyoMaidTai La Verite'' episode 11. Taro and Konoe Tsuragi do this before escaping the underground area where Mariel was being held.

* ''HanaukyoMaidTai La Verite'' episode 11. Taro and Konoe Tsuragi do this before leaving the underground area where Mariel was being held.

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* Occurs three times in ''OurManFlint''.

* Occurs twice in ''OurManFlint''. Rodney, Gila and Gruber nod to each other before Gruber uses a device to destroy a dam, and Gila and Gruber do it before trying to assassinate Flint in the restaurant.

* ''OurManFlint''. Rodney, Gila and Gruber nod to each other before Gruber uses a device to destroy a dam.