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The full "proper" way to do this is to turn away while sticking your arm out away from you to show the person you're trying to shut up your palm, coupled with the [[StockPhrase phrase]], "Talk to the hand!" Another variation is to turn around completely and even start walking away with your arms raised and showing the other person the ''back'' of your hand. Either way the message you're sending to the other person is essentially, "Talk all you want, I'm not listening." in a rather contemptuous manner.
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The full "proper" way to do this is to turn away while sticking your arm out away from you to show the person you're trying to shut up your palm, coupled with the [[StockPhrase phrase]], "Talk to the hand!" Another variation is to turn around completely and even start walking away with your arms raised and showing the other person the ''back'' of your hand. Either way the message you're sending to the other person is essentially, "Talk all you want, I'm not listening." listening" in a rather contemptuous manner.
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* In the 1950's and 60's Australian meat company Hutton's Hams would use the tagline “Don’t argue – Hutton’s is best” with their adverts showing a smiling man HandGagging another man who was presumably disputing the matter.
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* In the 1950's and 60's Australian meat company Hutton's Hams would use the tagline “Don’t argue – Hutton’s is best” with their adverts showing a smiling man HandGagging another man who was presumably disputing the matter.
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* ''Film/OurManFlint''. Despite being TheOnlyMan who can SaveTheWorld from Galaxy's WeatherControlMachine, Derek Flint [[RefusedTheCall responds this way]] the moment a Z.O.W.I.E. officer comes to recruit him. A higher-ranking officer is fetched only to get the same response, forcing the commander of Z.O.W.I.E. to come to Flint's apartment and ask personally.
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* ''Film/OurManFlint''. Despite being TheOnlyMan TheOnlyOne who can SaveTheWorld from Galaxy's WeatherControlMachine, Derek Flint [[RefusedTheCall responds this way]] the moment a Z.O.W.I.E. officer comes to recruit him. A higher-ranking officer is fetched only to get the same response, forcing the commander of Z.O.W.I.E. to come to Flint's apartment and ask personally.
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* ''Film/OurManFlint''. Despite being TheOnlyMan who can SaveTheWorld from Galaxy's WeatherControlMachine, Derek Flint [[RefusedTheCall responds this way]] the moment a Z.O.W.I.E. officer comes to recruit him. A higher-ranking officer is fetched only to get the same response, forcing the commander of Z.O.W.I.E. to come to Flint's apartment and ask personally.
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* In ''Film/{{The Beautician and the Beast}}'', Joy Miller teaches this to President Puschenko.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
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* In ''Film/{{The Beautician and the Beast}}'', ''Film/TheBeauticianAndTheBeast'', Joy Miller teaches this to President Puschenko.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei has a sticker on her flute case of a hand with this written on it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Older than we thought, apparently.[[note]]Original illustration from ''A Manual of Gesture'' by A.M. Bacon, 1875[[/note]]]]
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* In ''Film/{{The Beautician and the Beast}}'' Joy Miller teaches this to President Puschenko.
* ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' - the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
* ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs''
* ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' - the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
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* In ''Film/{{The Beautician and the Beast}}'' Beast}}'', Joy Miller teaches this to President Puschenko.
*''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' - In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice to a cashier while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
*''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs''''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs'':
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** In "Nerdy Dancing", "Rodney" von Roddenstein tries this on Doofenshmirtz; Doof's reaction is to insult Rodney's hand and walk off.
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** In "Nerdy Dancing", "Rodney" von Roddenstein tries this on Doofenshmirtz; Doof's reaction is to [[LiteralistSnarking insult Rodney's hand hand]] and walk off.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02316.htm Strip 2316]]: The first panel:
--> I'm using a palm mic so talk to the hand.
--> I'm using a palm mic so talk to the hand.
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->'''Dr. Evil:''' Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't wanna hear it anymore.''
-->-- ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe''
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->'''Dr. Evil:''' Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't wanna hear it anymore.''\\
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Not to be confused with TalkToTheFist, which is a significantly more violent way to achieve the same purpose.
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Not to be confused with TalkToTheFist, which is a significantly more violent way to achieve the same purpose.
purpose. See also FilmTheHand.
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** A CMOF happens when Rodney tries this on Doofenshmirtz, to which Doofenshmirtz proceeds to insult Rodney's hand then walk off.
--->'''Rodney:''' No one talks to my hand that way!
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** A CMOF happens when Rodney In "Nerdy Dancing", "Rodney" von Roddenstein tries this on Doofenshmirtz, to which Doofenshmirtz proceeds Doofenshmirtz; Doof's reaction is to insult Rodney's hand then and walk off.
--->'''Rodney:''' See this? It's my hand; you can talk to it.\\
'''Doofenshmirtz:''' Alright. Hey, hand! (''sing-song'') My evil dancing's better than yours! It's like you're stuck in a canoe, but you've got no oar. See you on the dance floor!\\
'''Rodney:''' No one talks to my hand that way!
--->'''Rodney:''' See this? It's my hand; you can talk to it.\\
'''Doofenshmirtz:''' Alright. Hey, hand! (''sing-song'') My evil dancing's better than yours! It's like you're stuck in a canoe, but you've got no oar. See you on the dance floor!\\
'''Rodney:''' No one talks to my hand that way!
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* ''Series/Batwoman2019''. In "How Queer Everything Is Today", a handsome male police officer tries to give Kate Kane a SmoochOfVictory after her DivingSave leads to a SuggestiveCollision. Given that she's gay, Kate blocks his lips with her hand and says, "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Not...happening.]]"
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': When Mittens flirtatiously has Berlioz guess her name via an impromptu game of charades in “The Paris Trip,” this is his first answer. The snarky Mittens teasingly replies, "Appropriate maybe, but no. Try again."
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': When Mittens flirtatiously has Berlioz guess her name via an impromptu game of charades in “The "The Paris Trip,” this is Trip," his first answer. answer is "Talk To The Hand." The snarky Mittens teasingly replies, "Appropriate maybe, but no. Try again."
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* In Creator/RobinJarvis' ''[[Literature/DeptfordMice Deptford Mouselets]]'' book ''Fleabee's Fortune'', BrattyHalfPint Scabmona says the rat equivalent of this: "Talk to the claw 'cos the snout ain't listening!"
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* In Creator/RobinJarvis' ''[[Literature/DeptfordMice Deptford Mouselets]]'' book ''Fleabee's Fortune'', BrattyHalfPint Scabmona says the [[HoldYourHippogriffs rat equivalent equivalent]] of this: "Talk to the claw 'cos the snout ain't listening!"
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* An untitled ''Series/DoctorWho'' [https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!msg/alt.drwho.creative/HLj--JW7SLQ/aZbYq8o7cMsJ demi-drabble]] set up a contrived situation with the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Face of Boe]] and the [[DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Hand of Omega]], leading to [[{{Feghoot}} the inevitable punchline]].
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* An untitled ''Series/DoctorWho'' [https://groups.[[https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!msg/alt.drwho.creative/HLj--JW7SLQ/aZbYq8o7cMsJ demi-drabble]] set up a contrived situation with the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Face of Boe]] and the [[DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Hand of Omega]], leading to [[{{Feghoot}} the inevitable punchline]].
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* In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', when Sweetheart insists Unity has to resist her zombie lurching instinct, Unity replies "[[http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-494/ Talk to the hand!]]" [[LiteralMetaphor by which, of course]] she means that Brian the disembodied zombie hand finds it harder to resist the lurch than she does.
* In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', when Sweetheart insists Unity has to resist her zombie lurching instinct, Unity replies "[[http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-494/ Talk to the hand!]]" [[LiteralMetaphor by which, of course]] she means that Brian the disembodied zombie hand finds it harder to resist the lurch than she does.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': When Mittens flirtatiously has Berlioz guess her name via an impromptu game of charades in “The Paris Trip,” this is his first answer. The snarky Mittens teasingly replies, "Appropriate maybe, but no. Try again."
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* In ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'', Proton is arguing with someone on the radio. When they give this trope, he points out that his [[CommLinks Comm Link]] is [[LiteralMinded attached to his wrist]].
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* In ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'', ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'', Proton is arguing with someone on the radio. When they give this trope, he points out that his [[CommLinks Comm Link]] is [[LiteralMinded attached to his wrist]].
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* ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' - the T-850 tells a male stripper to hand over his clothes. The stripper tells him to "talk to the hand", prompting the Terminator to grab his hand, nearly crush it, [[LiteralMinded and say "Now".]] Later, he repeats the line in a completely deadpan voice while stealing supplies from a roadside store.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parle_à_ma_main "Parle à ma main"]] is a French [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shi6I6mkJAk parody music video]] (mostly of Music/GwenStefani's "Hollaback Girl") featuring a BrattyTeenageDaughter telling everybody to "talk to the hand".
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parle_à_ma_main "Parle à ma main"]] is a French [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shi6I6mkJAk parody music video]] (mostly of Music/GwenStefani's "Hollaback Girl") featuring a BrattyTeenageDaughter telling everybody to "talk to the hand".
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The gesture itself is quite old; the words were popularized by the 90's sitcom ''Series/{{Martin}}'', being used extensively by the titular character.
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* In ''Angel - Smile Time''. Straight and played with at the same time - as the aforementioned hand belongs to a puppet. (Same scene in the TV version.)
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-->'''The President:''' What hand? Talk to your hand?
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-->'''Steve Carey:''' Bro, I wanted to tell you something for a long time...I play for the other team.
-->'''Lewis Kiniski:''' I knew it, he's gay.
-->'''Steve Carey:''' No, I mean the other softball team. And, if you think I'm gay, well... talk to the hand [sticks out his hand].
-->'''Lewis Kiniski:''' [to Steve's hand] Oh, hello.
-->'''Lewis Kiniski:''' I knew it, he's gay.
-->'''Steve Carey:''' No, I mean the other softball team. And, if you think I'm gay, well... talk to the hand [sticks out his hand].
-->'''Lewis Kiniski:''' [to Steve's hand] Oh, hello.
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-->'''Steve Carey:''' Bro, I wanted to tell you something for a long time...I play for the other team.
-->'''Lewisteam.\\
'''Lewis Kiniski:''' I knew it, he'sgay.
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'''Steve Carey:''' No, I mean the other softball team. And, if you think I'm gay, well... talk to thehand [sticks hand. ''[sticks out his hand].
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'''Lewis Kiniski:'''[to ''[to Steve's hand] hand]'' Oh, hello.
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--> '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler:''' Yes, join the Hitler Youth, and if you're lucky, we'll run so short of men that [[ChildSoldiers we'll send you off to fight und get killed for ze fatherland!]]
--> '''German Boy:''' But I'm only ten.
--> '''Hitler:''' ''[Gives Nazi salute]'' Talk to ze hand, 'cause ze face ain't listening.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', the protagonist brings his right palm up to the camera whenever the game is paused. Text in the top right of the screen reads "Don't look at me like that".
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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together!", where Bobbi Fabulous tells the boys to "Talk to the hand!" when they try to convince him to join a Love Handel reunion concert, then takes it literally by making a hand puppet.
-->'''Bobbi Fabulous's Hand:''' Secretly, I'm very lonely...
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** Parodied inthe ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' the episode "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together!", where Bobbi Fabulous tells the boys to "Talk to the hand!" when they try to convince him to join a Love Handel reunion concert, then takes it literally by making a hand puppet.
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In the episode "Crossfire", Chloe attempts to hack into Tess Mercer's computer files, only to deal with someone trying hack into into her own systems. At one point the other hacker sends a video of himself taunting Chloe, holding up his hand to the camera and saying, "Talk to the hand!" Chloe answers, "Hello, hand," and identifies the hacker by analyzing his fingerprints.