History Main / AnywhereButTheirLips

* The majority of the kisses Edward gives Bella in the ''{{Twilight}}'' series are on the jaw and neck.

* In MahouSenseiNegima, this trope being employed causes the [[SealedWithAKiss magical contracts]] to (mostly) fail, much to the dismay of characters who didn't want to kiss a 10 year old.

* {{Naruto}} employs this trope. Tsunade kisses Naruto on the forehead and as shown in the flashbacks, this is due to her doing the same thing to her litte brother and her boyfriend when they mention thier dreams

* {{The X-Files}} was a repeat offender of this trope: over nine seasons, there were only four on-screen kisses between Mulder and Scully, and one of them wasn't real. They do, however, share many kisses on the forehead, the neck, the cheek, and the hand.
* Once Brian and Justin get together in QueerAsFolk, they lay down some groundrules to be able to keep sleeping around without hurting one another - not kissing anyone else on the lips is one of these.

* [[Naruto]] employs this trope. Tsunade kisses Naruto on the forehead and as shown in the flashbacks, this is due to her doing the same thing to her litte brother and her boyfriend when they mention thier dreams

* There's a point in ''[[XWingSeries Wedge's Gamble]]'' where Leia Organa kisses Wedge Antilles on the cheek. They're TheStraightWillAndGrace / LikeBrotherAndSister, apparently. That didn't stop them from holding hands, talking about Wedge having kids, and the line "Things may have changed, Wedge, but not us". ...Wedge and all three members of the Big Three are very, {{subtext}}ily close in those few pages they share, but although Luke hugs him for a ''long'' time and Han hangs out and ruffles his hair, only Leia kisses him.

* "Heartland" (a 1990's series staring Ernie Dingo as an Aboriginal cop). The white female lead character finds that everyone in the hometown of Dingo's character [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend assumes she's his girlfriend]] and says quietly, "If you wanted me to play a role -- like your lover -- you just had to ask." Dingo's respond is to gently kiss her wrist.

* ''GunslingerGirl''. Underage cyborg girl Triela gives her older male handler Hilshire a peck on the cheek before taking part in the assault on the bell tower. Because he'd viewed their relationship as a surrogate father/daughter Hilshire is visibly surprised, unaware that she'd previously kissed him [[DudeShesLikeInAComa while he was asleep]].

* ''GunslingerGirl''. Underage cyborg girl Triela gives her older male handler Hilshire a peck on the cheek before taking part in the assault on the bell tower. Because he'd previously viewed their relationship as a surrogate father/daughter one, Hilshire is visibly surprised, unaware that she'd previously kissed him [[DudeLikeShesInAComa while he was asleep]].

Some censors make this trope mandatory.

* In ''PhantomOfTheOpers'', Christine gives Erik a benevolent kiss on the forehead. [[spoiler: And even that is enough to kill the poor guy.]]

* HannahMontana is a bit schizophrenic on whether it's a no hugging/no kissing show or not (Miley kisses usually get shown, Oliver and Lilly's never do) but they had one intriguing use of this trope when a vegetarian girl Oliver was dating kisses him on a meat-stained cheek to show that she forgave him for eating meat, as long as he didn't lie to her about having done it.

* DeathNote: Misa kissed L on the cheek.
** To which he responded [[ShipTease "I could actually fall for you."]]

* Stu's girlfriend in ''TheHangover'' is shrewish, controlling, and shows very little affection, if any. Before the trip to [[strike:Vegas]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Wine Country]], he leans in to kiss her goodbye and she reels back in abject horror almost on instinct...[[TheStoic while keeping a completely indifferent look on her face]].