History Main / AffectionateGestureToTheHead

* During ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', Traci Thirteen goes searching for allies to help her stop a plan to kill all the belligerents in the war between the Amazons and Atlantis, and ends up freeing Circe, who was locked up by the Amazons. Circe refuses to help Traci because she figures the Amazons deserve to die for locking her up, but gives the girl a kiss on the forehead for her troubles.

* ''VideoGame/{{Changed}}'': In sharp contrast to every other creature in the tower, defeating the Hyena Mom will cause it to considerably mellow out towards the player. In fact, so comfortable with you is she now that laying down with her and her family will cause her to pat your head affectionately as if you were one of her own.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Headpat! Apply directly to the noggin!"]]

** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]": Lestat delicately runs the tips of his fingers along the top of Louis' hair as they nestle together in the latter's coffin. Because Lestat [[DomesticAbuse nearly killed]] Louis in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart the previous episode]], he's attempting to prove to his boyfriend that he can be caring and gentle.

** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]": Lestat delicately runs the tips of his fingers along the top of Louis' hair as they cuddle together in the latter's coffin. Because Lestat [[DomesticAbuse nearly killed]] Louis in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart the previous episode]], he's attempting to prove to his boyfriend that he can be caring and gentle.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E2AfterThePhantomsOfYourFormerSelf ...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self]]", after Louis de Pointe du Lac joins Lestat de Lioncourt (who are lovers) in feeding on the blood of the tenor, Lestat tenderly holds Louis' head as a gesture of intimacy.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': After Louis joins Lestat (who are lovers) in feeding on the blood of the tenor, Lestat tenderly holds Louis' head as a gesture of intimacy.

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* Just like in the [[LightNovel/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected source novel]], Hachiman in ''Fanfic/MyHeroSchoolAdventureIsAllWrongAsExpected'' doles these out fairly regularly to Komachi, just with a bit of a twist. Komachi's automatic AdaptiveAbility improves her body without warning her of what changes it makes. This was [[BlessedWithSuck a constant source of anxiety and frustration for her]] until Hachiman got a good enough handle on his own Quirk to, through a simple pat on her head, [[InstantExpert identify the changes his sister had undergone and advise her how to make the most out of them]]. Patting her head then became a daily ritual for the two of them, one that they both have continued long after Komachi's ability largely stabilized itself.

* ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'': After Togame [[TraumaticHaircut loses]] her long hair, Shichika, who had a habit of [[ItMakesSenseInContext wrapping himself in it]], reassures her by patting her head.
* This is essentially the signature gesture of the Kasahara/Dojo relationship in ''LightNovel/LibraryWar''. The first one occurred when Kasahara was in high school and Dojo was her [[MysteriousProtector "prince"]]. The next time he gave her one, it strongly reminded her of her "prince" and kickstarted their SlapSlapKiss relationship. Pretty much every important the two of them have is accompanied by one.

* At the start of ''Webcomic/InWhichGuzmaIsFrustrated'', Lusamine praises a younger Guzma and pats him on the head, which makes him blush.
* As their tag-team duel against Yuya and Zarc is at its end in ''Fanfic/BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus'', Yusho, who has been at odds with Yvonne due to her snarky remarks at his [[SadisticChoice smart decision]] to hop for the Fusion Dimension without saying goodbye to Yuya -- does this before he tells her, "I'm ready for what happens next". Unfortunately, what should've been a happy moment ends up with Yvonne shedding a SingleTear [[spoiler:because it's a huge reminder that she has to kill him at the end of the duel.]]
* ''Fanfic/OneGirlWithTenBrothers'': Linka finds out that Luke is bisexual and is in a romantic relationship with one of his male classmates named Sam because she [[AccidentalPublicConfession accidentally overheard a phone call between the two of them about it]]. After Luke gives her more details about his relationship in private, Linka accepts it. Luke responds by [[TheGlomp scooping her up into a big hug]] and giving her a brotherly kiss on her forehead as thanks for her unconditional love.
* In ''Fanfic/SafeAnchorage,'' Asha ruffles both Jeyne and Theon's hair or pats their heads to indicate her protectiveness and care towards them. Theon also smooths or strokes Jeyne's hair when he wants to comfort her.
* ''Fanfic/AGlassOfWine'': Misato reaches over and ruffles Shinji's hair when she finds out he cannot figure out why Asuka sat down with him and hugged him.
* ''Fanfic/ImNobody'': Roxas is at the receiving end of this all the time from Shepard, Ashley, and Axel, especially in the form of noogies. There's a time when he's subjected to three very rough noogies in a row because everyone was worried about him.
* ''Fanfic/TheSimpsonsTeamLASH'': Principal Skinner often does this to his son Simon, to the point of it being a CharacterTic.

* Fanfic/TheKedaboryVerse: Two involving [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Bruno]]:
** ''Fanfic/HushNowLittleOne'': Bruno pets [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed Tae-young]]'s hair to calm him down during a storm.

* ''Fanfic/HushNowLittleOne'': [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Bruno]] pets [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed Tae-young]]'s hair to calm him down during a storm.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', Cassim gives Aladdin the noogie variant shortly after find out Aladdin is his son.

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'':
** General rule with ''Baccano!'': left-handed headpats are affection. Right-handed headpats? [[ImpliedDeathThreat Not so much.]]
** After thinking that he is going to die, Czeslaw gets a pat on the head from Maiza instead of having his life force sucked from him as he'd expected. [[spoiler:This, along with the love that Isaac and Miria had shown him, leads to his breaking free from his past woes.]]
** Subverted at the end of the 2002 arc with Fermet's return. His ambush of Czes is bad enough just with the massive creeper overtones he practically oozes all over his "favorite toy". When he makes it clear how ''utterly'' helpless Czes is against him... puts his right hand on Czes' forehead... and ''pets'' him before walking off to [[BreakTheCutie let the mindbreak settle]].

* In ''LightNovel/DateALive'' Shido tends to do these to the various spirits a lot, especially the more childlike ones. Kurumi offers Shido this [[ButThouMust choice]] in volume 7.
-->'''Kurumi''': If you don’t want me to cry, you can either [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking give me one of Shidou-san’s eyeballs, or let me suck your blood, or pet my head]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'': After Togame [[TraumaticHaircut loses]] her long hair, Shichika, who had a habit of [[ItMakesSenseInContext wrapping himself in it]], reassure her at the end of the episode by patting her head.

* This is essentially the signature gesture of the Kasahara/Dojo relationship in ''LightNovel/LibraryWar''. The first one occurred when Kasahara was in high school and Dojo was her [[MysteriousProtector "prince"]]. The next time he gave her one, it strongly reminded her of her "prince" and kickstarted their SlapSlapKiss relationship. Pretty much every important the two of them have is accompanied by one.