History Main / LyingFingerCross

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime The Land Before Time VI: Journey Through The Mists]]'', after Littlefoot left with Ali to the Land of Mists, Littlefoot's grandparents warn Cera and the others not to go to the Land of Mists. Cera and the others do this while saying that they won't go there, but because Cera and Spike are both quadrupedal dinosaurs (a Triceratops and Stegosaurus, respectively), [[ItMakesSenseInContext they do this with their hind feet, while Ducky and Petrie play this straight.]]

* At one point ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s healing factor was breaking down, so him and his love interest Syrin decide to track down the Weapon X doctor who gave him his powers in the first place. Syrin makes Deadpool promise not to kill him when they find him. Deadpool tells her that he won't, to her relief. Then he reveals that--whoops!--had his fingers crossed! He runs away gleefully singing about how he's going to disembowel him, and Syrin tears off after him.

* [[GreenLantern G'Nort's]] archenemy Scarlet Skier did it when granted a parole.

* In the Franchise/{{Disney}} short ''[[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts Ben And Me]]'', Ben Franklin does this while shaking hands with his good friend, Amos Mouse, after promising not to play another trick on him, which led to Ben's famous discovery of electricity.

* In the Warners' cartoon ''Sniffles Bells The Cat'', the end scene has Sniffles the mouse launch into a tremendous epic of how he demanded the local cat wear the bell he had, going into details even as the viewers see how he's got two sets of fingers crossed behind his back.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Fight Fighters", Mabel makes a promise to Grunkle Stan and puts on a sweater with a hand doing the "Scout's honor" gesture on the front. When she turns her back to the fourth wall we see the back of her sweater has a hand with its fingers crossed.

* In the first ValentinesDayEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Marie and Lee cross their fingers behind their backs while promising May a gorgeous makeover.

* TheJoker from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' does this in an episode when making a deal with his nano-tech clone--who does it as well. No points for guessing how the deal went.

* In ''Film/MeetTheRobinsons'', The Bowler Hat Guy finds Lewis and asks him to fix his memory scanner. Lewis agrees to do it if he promises to take him back in time to meet his birth mother. The Bowler Hat Guy promises while the viewer sees his fingers crossed behind his back. Later on, after the Bowler Hat Guy betrays Lewis after the memory scanner is fixed, Lewis calls him out on breaking his promise while Bowler Hat Guy responds, "Crossies! Doesn't count!"

* At one point {{Deadpool}}'s healing factor was breaking down, so him and his love interest Syrin decide to track down the Weapon X doctor who gave him his powers in the first place. Syrin makes Deadpool promise not to kill him when they find him. Deadpool tells her that he won't, to her relief. Then he reveals that--whoops!--had his fingers crossed! He runs away gleefully singing about how he's going to disembowel him, and Syrin tears off after him.
* ''DextersLaboratory'': In comic book story "Salt and Pepper", Dexter and Dee Dee make a deal where she'll stay away from his lab forever. When he tries to collect, she reveals that she crossed her fingers.

* In ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', a Lying Finger Cross is done by the blackhearted Flintheart Glomgold when Scrooge [=McDuck=] suggests a TeethClenchedTeamwork deal to retrieve Scrooge's Nephews and the previously earned treasures of the game from Magica De Spell. Glomgold would helps get the kidnapped kids and Scrooge gives him the treasure as payment. Glomgold agrees to the deal with the fingers crossed behind his back, clearly willing to ditch the kids and Scrooge if he gets his hands on the treasures first.

* In {{Brandy and Mr. Whiskers}}, Mr. Whiskers promises Brandy he won't interfere with Ed's attempts to ask Lola out by showing her that his fingers, ears and toes aren't crossed. However, after Brandy leaves, he crosses his teeth while doing an {{Evil Laugh}}.

* When Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} had an intercompany {{Crossover}}, Supes asked Spidey to turn himself over to the police after their adventure since he was wanted at the time. Spidey shook on it but had his fingers crossed behind his back.

* In ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', a Lying Finger Cross is done by the blackhearted Flintheart Glomgold when Scrooge McDuck suggests a TeethClenchedTeamwork deal to retrieve Scrooge's Nephews and the previously earned treasures of the game from Magica De Spell. Glomgold would helps get the kidnapped kids and Scrooge gives him the treasure as payment. Glomgold agrees to the deal with the fingers crossed behind his back, clearly willing to ditch the kids and Scrooge if he gets his hands on the treasures first.

* ''{{Garfield}}'' crossed his ''toes'' [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1996&addr=961218 while making a promise]].

* In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', when Wonka gives the kids Everlasting Gobstoppers and makes them promise not to tell another living soul about them, Veruca crosses her fingers behind her back. In Julie Dawn Cole's memoir, she mentions that she did that in-character as Veruca, and the director wasn't familiar with the gesture and had to have it explained. Once he was told, he insisted on a close-up of it.

* ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' had a figure in its stage art of a man with his hand raised as if taking an oath, but he has his fingers crossed. It was used on the CBS and first syndicated series.

* In {{Brandy & Mr. Whiskers}}, Mr. Whiskers promises Brandy he won't interfere with Ed's attempts to ask Lola out by showing her that his fingers, ears and toes aren't crossed. However, after Brandy leaves, he crosses his teeth while doing an {{Evil Laugh}}.