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* In ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', Batman is believed dead after a fight with Superman. At his funeral, Superman hears Batman's heart start back up, revealing he faked his death. He decides to keep it a secret from the other funeral-goers, but shoots a wink to Carrie Kelly (the new Robin) before leaving the cemetery.

** One sequence has Calvin faking amnesia to get out of doing homework. He keeps up the act throughout dinner and bedtime. When he's closed inside his bedroom, he knowingly winks at Hobbes before yelling to his dad, "MISTER, THERE'S A TIGER IN MY ROOM!"

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]", Captain Jack Harkness intentionally gets himself shot by a Dalek, as he possesses ResurrectiveImmortality that they don't know about. As the Doctor and Rose are being escorted out of the room, Jack, PlayingPossum, gives a discreet wink to the Doctor to let him know that he's going to use the opportunity to sneak around.

** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E4PropositionInfinity Proposition Infinity]]," Amy's parents try to set her up with a human man after they find out she's dating Bender, but Fry bails her out of the ordeal by pretending to be a suitor. He pretends to be saving Amy from her "{{robosexual}} desires" before winking at her to signal his true intentions, and she plays along and winks back at him. Her parents misunderstand their winks completely:

* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': Venkman runs an ESP test on a male and female subject, and claims the male subject is wrong and the female subject is right on every trial. When the male subject gets one trial right, Venkman says it was wrong and gives him an electric shock, but not before shooting a wink to the female subject to tell her he's lying.

-->'''Man:''' Ah, sorry, it's a tic I don't even notice anymore. But it goes away with aspirin. Here, let me just...
-->The man rummages in his pockets, pulling box after box of condoms, and finally produces a tube of aspirin, swallows one, and the winking stops. As the man starts putting them away again:
-->'''Interviewer:''' While I'm glad to see you practice safe sex, I don't think that's the impression we want to give our clients.
-->'''Man:''' Oh, ''that.'' *sigh* [[TrojanGauntlet Ever walk into a pharmacy and ask for aspirin while winking at the pharmacist?]]

** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E4PropositionInfinity Proposition Infinity]]," Amy's parents try to set her up with a human man after they find out she's dating Bender, but Fry bails her out of the ordeal by disguising himself as a suitor. He pretends to be saving Amy from her "robosexual desires" before winking at her to signal his true intentions, and she plays along and winks back at him. Her parents misunderstand their winks completely.

* ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam2019'': In "[[Recap/GreenEggsAndHam2019S1E7Mouse Mouse]]", Sam gets arrested and Guy wonders how to bail him out. Sam tells Guy with a wink that it "looks like a two-man job to me, if you know what I mean!" Guy gives Sam a knowing smile back, showing he gets the plan, and dashes off.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': At the end of the short ''WesternAnimation/HoneymoonHotel1934'', the ladybug couple, who are in a murphy bed, wink at the audience and go back into the wall. On the bottom of the bed is a calendar with a baby on it, who also winks.

* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'': In "Once a Ralph, Always A Ralph", Ralph winks at Lucky and Ace on various occasions, as if imparting some unspoken meaning, though he claims that it's caused by his conjunctivitis. He also winks at the audience at the end. The true meaning behind his winks is left ambiguous, as are his motives in general.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': Right before Giulia leaves on the train for Genova to start school, she gives Alberto a quick wink while saying a heartfelt goodbye to Luca, showing their shared knowledge that [[spoiler:she isn't actually leaving Luca, since she and Alberto planned for Luca to come to Genova and start school with her]]. Alberto winks back to show Giulia he knows what she's thinking about and [[spoiler:will miss them both]].

* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'': Former baseball player Moonlight Graham tells Ray his one wish: if he ever got to bat in the major leagues, to stare down the pitcher and wink, "making him think you know something he doesn't." Later, Archie bats at his first game and gives a wink to the pitcher--giving a hint that [[spoiler:young Archie and Moonlight are one and the same.]]

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie ''[[Recap/FuturamaM2TheBeastWithABillionBacks The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' when Leela brings the imprisoned professors [[JailBake a Smell-O-Scope disguised as a cake]]. She tries to wink at them to hint at what it really is, but given that she's a cyclops, they just think she's blinking. She then puts on some special glasses that simulate a wink, so they get the message.

* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': After George finds Clarence's gift with a thank-you note, a bell on their Christmas tree rings. Zuzu explains that "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings," leading him to realize it meant Clarence finally got promoted. Unknowingly to everyone else, George looks up and winks as a secret thank-you to Clarence.

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* In the {{Parlor Game|s}} "Wink murder", the murderer kills the other players by winking at them, trying not to be noticed by the others.
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* In the {{Parlor Game|s}} "Wink murder", the murderer kills the other players by winking at them, trying not to be noticed by the others.