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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': "Always Buy Retail". Castle [[FlirtyVoicePloy flirtatiously tells Beckett]] to never, ever again use his ex-wife's EmbarrassingNickname for him ("Kitten"), and walks off, leaving Beckett biting her lower lip in clear interest.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'': "Always Buy Retail". Castle [[FlirtyVoicePloy flirtatiously tells Beckett]] to never, ever again use his ex-wife's EmbarrassingNickname for him ("Kitten"), and walks off, leaving Beckett biting her lower lip in clear interest.
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* ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'': Ana Steele's CharacterTic is biting her lower lip, which is due to her shyness. She especially does it around her love interest, Christian Grey, who finds it arousing.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel does a brief lip-bite when confronted with her LoveInterest, Eric, LoveInterest Eric after she's turned human and washed up on the beach. Of course, not having her voice at the moment, she has to find non-verbal means of expressing herself.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': "Always Buy Retail". Castle [[FlirtyVoicePloy flirtaciously tells Beckett]] to never, ever again use his ex-wife's EmbarrassingNickname for him ("Kitten"), and walks off, leaving Beckett biting her lower lip in clear interest.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': "Always Buy Retail". Castle [[FlirtyVoicePloy flirtaciously flirtatiously tells Beckett]] to never, ever again use his ex-wife's EmbarrassingNickname for him ("Kitten"), and walks off, leaving Beckett biting her lower lip in clear interest.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': PlayedForLaughs in "Dearly Deported"; Brian, Peter and even Lois bite their lips over how attractive Chris' new girlfriend is... only for Peter to accidentally bite his lower lip off.
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* ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'': Invoked and subverted, to hilarious effect. When Bethany teaches Martha to flirt in order to get past the guards, this becomes part of her training. But with Bethany stuck in [[Creator/JackBlack Jack Black's]] body and Martha being an awkward nerd who isn't actually attracted to the guards, they both just end up looking ridiculous.
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A writer wants to show that a character is attracted to someone, but it's too soon in the story for a BigDamnKiss, or even a LoveConfession.
They have a few choices. They can have the character state, plainly, to a third party, their interest. The writer could have them tell the audience, BreakingTheFourthWall. Or, if they're going for subtle, they can have them bite their lower lip coquettishly.
In real life, there are numerous reasons why a person might bite their lower lip. It is associated with anxiety, and numerous experts on body language will state that it is meant to show holding back thoughts that one doesn't wish to voice aloud, and while that does include sexual thoughts, fiction tends to focus on this aspect.
An AlwaysFemale trope, no matter which characters do this, it can suggest a sort of innocence or youthfulness to the attraction.
Related to NervousTics.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComics Betty And Veronica]]'': The titular duo have done more than their fair share of lower-lip biting over the many, many years of the comics' publication. Usually in response to Archie.
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[[folder:Film--Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel does a brief lip-bite when confronted with her LoveInterest, Eric, after she's turned human and washed up on the beach. Of course, not having her voice at the moment, she has to find non-verbal means of expressing herself.
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* ''Film/FTheProm'': When she tries to convince Cole to go to the prom with her, hoping he would help her become Prom Queen, Marissa bites her lower lip flirtatiously. Cole does agree to go to the prom with her, but only to further his goal of [[PromWrecker sabotaging the prom]].
* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': After Fred teleports up Garignack to deal with Saris' troops aboard the ''Protector'', Laliari looks at him, biting her lower lip for a moment before she launches into a BigDamnKiss.
* ''Film/TheTimeTravelersWife'': During Henry's first meeting (at least from his point of view) with his future wife Clare he gets weirded out by her when she gives him an intense MeaningfulLook while biting her lip.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': "Always Buy Retail". Castle [[FlirtyVoicePloy flirtaciously tells Beckett]] to never, ever again use his ex-wife's EmbarrassingNickname for him ("Kitten"), and walks off, leaving Beckett biting her lower lip in clear interest.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'': In "The Bad Seed", Hanna is forced to hop into the bathroom stall [[ShowerOfAwkward while he's showering]] in order to pretend to her mom she's the one showering, as Caleb is there in secret. At first he [[ShamelessFanserviceGuy isn't really bothered by her presence]] but then he catches her [[EatingTheEyeCandy covertly lowering her eyes]] and she gives him a guilty look while biting her lip, having obviously enjoyed the view.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Lois Lane frequently does this in her interactions with Clark, betraying she's attracted to him [[BelligerentSexualTension despite their constant arguments]].
** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS08E04Instinct Instinct]]", When Maxima spots Clark for the first time and is impressed by his SuperSpeed, she bites her lip in lust before following after him.
* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'': PlayedWith This is one of Katherine Pierce's CharacterTics, but while she sometimes uses it to [[TheVamp look seductive]], she also uses when she's [[NervousTics nervous]].
* ''Series/{{You|2018}}'': Love Quinn bites her lip in a flirtatious manner while talking with Joe in "Farewell, My Bunny".
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/TheCars allude to it in "My Best Friend's Girl":
-->''Ooh, when you bite your lip It's some reaction to Love, oh..ove, oh..ove''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Lisa is fond of biting her lip in ''{{Webcomic/Sunstone}}'' when she's turned on (or when she badly needs to pee). Ally, her friend and mistress, ''loves'' it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': PlayedForLaughs in "Dearly Deported"; Brian, Peter and even Lois bite their lips over how attractive Chris' new girlfriend is... only for Peter to accidentally bite his lower lip off.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has been known to bite her lower lip when confronted by a guy she finds attractive, like Josh Mankey or Eric.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Well, Ursula did say not to underestimate the power of body language.]]
A writer wants to show that a character is attracted to someone, but it's too soon in the story for a BigDamnKiss, or even a LoveConfession.
They have a few choices. They can have the character state, plainly, to a third party, their interest. The writer could have them tell the audience, BreakingTheFourthWall. Or, if they're going for subtle, they can have them bite their lower lip coquettishly.
In real life, there are numerous reasons why a person might bite their lower lip. It is associated with anxiety, and numerous experts on body language will state that it is meant to show holding back thoughts that one doesn't wish to voice aloud, and while that does include sexual thoughts, fiction tends to focus on this aspect.
An AlwaysFemale trope, no matter which characters do this, it can suggest a sort of innocence or youthfulness to the attraction.
Related to NervousTics.
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!!Examples
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComics Betty And Veronica]]'': The titular duo have done more than their fair share of lower-lip biting over the many, many years of the comics' publication. Usually in response to Archie.
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[[folder:Film--Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel does a brief lip-bite when confronted with her LoveInterest, Eric, after she's turned human and washed up on the beach. Of course, not having her voice at the moment, she has to find non-verbal means of expressing herself.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film--Live Action]]
* ''Film/FTheProm'': When she tries to convince Cole to go to the prom with her, hoping he would help her become Prom Queen, Marissa bites her lower lip flirtatiously. Cole does agree to go to the prom with her, but only to further his goal of [[PromWrecker sabotaging the prom]].
* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': After Fred teleports up Garignack to deal with Saris' troops aboard the ''Protector'', Laliari looks at him, biting her lower lip for a moment before she launches into a BigDamnKiss.
* ''Film/TheTimeTravelersWife'': During Henry's first meeting (at least from his point of view) with his future wife Clare he gets weirded out by her when she gives him an intense MeaningfulLook while biting her lip.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': "Always Buy Retail". Castle [[FlirtyVoicePloy flirtaciously tells Beckett]] to never, ever again use his ex-wife's EmbarrassingNickname for him ("Kitten"), and walks off, leaving Beckett biting her lower lip in clear interest.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'': In "The Bad Seed", Hanna is forced to hop into the bathroom stall [[ShowerOfAwkward while he's showering]] in order to pretend to her mom she's the one showering, as Caleb is there in secret. At first he [[ShamelessFanserviceGuy isn't really bothered by her presence]] but then he catches her [[EatingTheEyeCandy covertly lowering her eyes]] and she gives him a guilty look while biting her lip, having obviously enjoyed the view.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Lois Lane frequently does this in her interactions with Clark, betraying she's attracted to him [[BelligerentSexualTension despite their constant arguments]].
** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS08E04Instinct Instinct]]", When Maxima spots Clark for the first time and is impressed by his SuperSpeed, she bites her lip in lust before following after him.
* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'': PlayedWith This is one of Katherine Pierce's CharacterTics, but while she sometimes uses it to [[TheVamp look seductive]], she also uses when she's [[NervousTics nervous]].
* ''Series/{{You|2018}}'': Love Quinn bites her lip in a flirtatious manner while talking with Joe in "Farewell, My Bunny".
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/TheCars allude to it in "My Best Friend's Girl":
-->''Ooh, when you bite your lip It's some reaction to Love, oh..ove, oh..ove''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Lisa is fond of biting her lip in ''{{Webcomic/Sunstone}}'' when she's turned on (or when she badly needs to pee). Ally, her friend and mistress, ''loves'' it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': PlayedForLaughs in "Dearly Deported"; Brian, Peter and even Lois bite their lips over how attractive Chris' new girlfriend is... only for Peter to accidentally bite his lower lip off.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has been known to bite her lower lip when confronted by a guy she finds attractive, like Josh Mankey or Eric.
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