Notable Uses in Popular Culture
- The phrase is used in the movie Beautician and the Beast (1997). Boris Pochenko (Dalton) jokes with his Prime Minister and staff telling them about the phrase and Joy Miller (Fran Drescher) use it then when she doesn't want to speak to someone.
- In the second Austin Powers film, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Dr. Evil says "Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't wanna hear it anymore."
- The phrase is commonly used as a catchphrase of Dogbert in Dilbert, particularly in the television series (1999-2000).
- The episode Wild Bart Can't Be Broken of The Simpsons (1999) included a reference to a fake sitcom—"'Talk to the Hand,' starring David Faustino".
- The British R&B girl group Honeyz published 2001 the single Talk To The Hand.
- The gesture was used in the movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), where the male stripper in the opening scene used this gesture as a dismissal towards the T-850 Terminator when the Terminator demanded the dancer's clothes. This gesture was then used by the Terminator himself when a gas station clerk asked him if he was going to pay for all the snacks that the Terminator walks out with.
- This connection was referenced to e.g. in Ultimate Comics: Avengers #1 (2009), when Captain America used this phrase and Nick Fury noted that the Captain was addicted to Daytime TV.
- In the musical Jerry Springer: The Opera (2003) there is a song about the gesture in act 1 named "Talk to the Hand".
- A 2011 Coca Cola radio commercial features a talking iPhone app telling the phone's owner to "talk to the hand," to which the owner replies "No one says that anymore."
- "Talk to the Hand", is 6x11 episode of Dexter aired December 11, 2011
- "8 Simple Rules" episode 1xs16 John Ritter's character Paul uses the phrase to get rid of his daughter's boyfriend, to which she replies "No one does that anymore, that's lame"
- In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Spy Buddies", Mr. Krabs spoofs the quote to Plankton as "Talk to the claw!"
- In the 2 Broke Girls episode ...And The 90's Horse Party Character Han Lee wears a t-shirt with the phrase 'Talk to the Han!' a play on the popular saying and the characters name.
- In the movie Ali G Indahouse, the introductory scene shows the protagonist Ali G telling a Spanish gangster to "Talk to the hand. Cause the face, it ain't listening"
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