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Declarative Finger
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It seems that a hand gesture involving a character lifting his or her hand, and sticking up the index finger, is often associated with the idea that said character is saying something profound and/or philosophical, whether according to the character, the author, or both. Especially Narm-y if the character closes his or her eyes while doing this, suggesting self-satisfaction. Often parodied to the point of subversion or even inversion, though. Not to be confused with Giving Someone the Pointer Finger, a declarative use of another finger, or an admonishing finger wagging. |
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| Declarative Finger / int_12c1bf34 | type |
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Practical Pig in Disney's The Three Little Pigs. It fits his moralistic personality. | |
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The Smurfs: Brainy Smurf, did this a lot, especially when quoting Papa Smurf. | |
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Jinnai Katsuhiko from El-Hazard: The Magnificent World has a vast library of expressive gestures which also contains this one, naturally. | |
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Calvin and Hobbes has this done frequently by at least Calvin and his dad, and by Hobbes, who provides the page image. | |
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Garfield does this a lot, especially when addressing the reader. | |
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WordGirl: In "Rhyme and Reason", WordGirl holds up her finger while explaining what the word "harmony" means to Reason. She's trapped in ice at the moment, so she frees her finger and only her finger so she can do the gesture. | |
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| Declarative Finger / int_461af848 | type |
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Often done by Yamazaki from Cardcaptor Sakura, who claims to have the definite answers to everything, but most of the time he's lying. | |
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In TNA, Joseph Park once did this in a match with a Aces And Eights thug when he managed to knock him down before attacking him further. | |
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In Turning Red, Mei does this when she declares she will attend Tyler's birthday party in her giant red panda form for $200. | |
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The Nostalgia Critic does this when he introduces a Top 11 video, explaining "Because I like to go one step beyond." | |
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Azumanga Daioh: Osaka does this a couple of times.◊ | |
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Baymax from Big Hero 6 does this frequently when making a declaration. | |
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| Declarative Finger / int_70814599 | type |
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Stargate SG-1 has a humorous instance where the Asgard Thor drops in on an international meeting discussing the Stargate: | |
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Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender, had one when he was impersonating his Uncle giving him sage advice. | |
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| Declarative Finger / int_727259ac | type |
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Used in The Ren & Stimpy Show. Often, keeping in tune with the show's style, the finger will be ridiculously larger and more detailed than the rest. | |
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Fuller House: DJ frequently mixes this with a Finger Wag. | |
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Ferb Fletcher of Phineas and Ferb is typically depicted in this pose◊. | |
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Our Miss Brooks: The gesture is occasionally used by the pompous Mr. Conklin. | |
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Kamen Rider Kabuto: This pose is part and parcel of Souji Tendo's catchphrase, where he points to the sky as he relates a piece of wisdom from his grandmother. | |
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Another CDi example, this time from Hotel Mario: "If you need instructions on how to get through the hotels, check out the enclosed instruction book." | |
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VG Cats parodies this here. | |
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Also pretty common in Peanuts, except that there a character would raise his or her entire fist. (Apparently, Charles Schulz didn't realize that this is a common socialist gesture.) | |
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Sailor Moon Abridged lampshades this. | |
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Used sincerely by Kayna, the protagonist's first mentor, in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin when teaching the player the ropes of riding and combat. | |
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Used by Lucas in Empire Records, who gets away with it largely on the basis of being a Cloud Cuckoolander. | |
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Genie tries to do this in Aladdin when Al tells him that he never actually wished to get out of the Cave of Wonders, and Genie had ended up doing it for free. As Genie doesn't actually have a rebuttal, he raises his finger with a huge grin, freezes, then his jaw hits the floor as he realized that he's been outwitted. | |
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It's also common in Big Nate, particularly the titular character. | |
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Pokémon: The Series: In the episode "The Perfect Match!", Jessie does this while talking about her plan to steal the Sea Spirit sapphire. Bianca raises her finger while talking about food in "Emolga the Irresistible!". |
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In South Park, Towelie does this when dispensing towel advice. | |
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In Dollicious Bay Leaf has this habbit, especially when she is lecturing or preaching to others. | |
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Sherman of Calvin & Hobbes: The Series does this while delivering An Aesop in "Surge". | |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In "Hush" the Scoobie Gang have had all their voices taken away, so Giles does this as Mr. Exposition when making a dramatic point. | |
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Henry of Fire Emblem: Awakening does this perpetually, whether he's cheerful, nervous, cheerful, calm, or cheerful. His calm expression really mimics most examples of this trope, though. (Every expression has his eyes closed, save for the nervous one.) | |
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Katy from The Fantastic Adventures of Unico often does this in her cat form when she gets an idea. | |
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Used on occasion for a punchline in Housepets!, such as Draig explaining what she and her brother have learned as mortals. | |
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The Smurfs (1981): Brainy Smurf does it every time he lectures the other Smurfs. | |
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Interview with the Vampire (2022): In "Is My Very Nature That of a Devil", after Daniel Molloy makes the assumption that "1917 doesn't sound like it was such a bad year," Louis de Pointe du Lac raises his right hand and lifts his index finger to caution the journalist not to jump to conclusions because it was "Rigged to burn, Daniel." | |
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Frequently used by Dexter on Dexter's Laboratory. Subverted in the infamous episode "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark!", where Dex puts one up, but doesn't say anything because the child narrator can't think of anything/forgot his line. |
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King Harkanian from the Zelda CDi game Faces Of Evil, does this while saying "mah boi, this peace is what all true warriors strive for!" See context here. | |
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