History Main / HatesBeingTouched

* ''ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'': A variation with the title character; she dislikes her friends touching her and used to flee from ComicBook/{{Gambit}} when he'd get too cozy. This is not because she has a phobia of being touched, but due to her [[PowerParasite mutation]], she [[TouchOfDeath risks]] putting them in a coma or killing them. One time Rouge got handed a baby while she had her gloves off and completely freaked out. Rogue actually yearns for [[IJustWantToBeLoved physical contact]], though. When her mutation is nullified, Rogue is very familiar with her teammates (including kissing Bishop), but especially with Gambit.

* Due to her {{Tsundere}} persona Louise of ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' often reacts violently and/or coldly when she's touched (especially if it's in a perverted manner) or has her personal space invaded. Saito, being heterosexual, could get like this around guys but he doesn't mind if a pretty girl touches him (though he does mind if Louise is around when a girl touches him because that usually means he'll get punished by her).

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* Jack Peter from ''Literature/TheBoyWhoDrewMonsters'' used to be an affectionate boy, but since he almost drowned three years ago, he only reluctantly tolerates touch. At the beginning of the book, his mother touches him to wake him, and he's so startled he attacks her, leaving a bruise on her cheek.
* Olivia from ''Literature/TheEvolutionOfEmily'' hates having her personal space invaded, and hits or kicks people who touch her. She describes the feeling of skin as hot, sticky, and gross. She doesn't even like the feeling of her own skin, which is why she doesn't wear shorts.
* ''Literature/WhenMyHeartJoinsTheThousand'': When Alvie was a child, she was willing to let her mama touch her. But since she became a FosterKid at age eleven, she doesn't like anyone touching her at all. She's okay if she's doing the touching, as long as she's in control.
* Adam from ''Literature/TheBoyFromAleppoWhoPaintedTheWar'' doesn't like being touched, so he and his family show affection by blowing kisses instead.
* Charlotte from ''Literature/TheKeyToCharlotte'' normally hates the feeling of other people's skin, and resists the urge to wipe her hand off after shaking it with Pastor Ed. To her surprise, she finds that she doesn't mind being touched by her LoveInterest Zakaria.
* Ginny from ''Literature/TheKitchenDaughter'' doesn't to be touched by anyone other than her family, and even then not very much. Before Ma died, Ginny never went out in public without her, because she sometime screamed if a stranger brushed against her.
* Patrick from ''Literature/{{Rubbernecker}}'' has a violent hatred of physical contact. He eventually learns to tolerate it for short periods of time, although he still dislikes it.
* ''Literature/TheOctoberChild'': Even as a baby, the autistic boy Carl stiffens when he's picked up. As he grows larger, he sometimes tolerates touch but sometimes resists violently.

** In "[[Recap/AngelS02E04Untouched Untouched]]", Bethany's discomfort with being touched clues Wesley in to the source of her telekinetic powers: [[spoiler:she was a victim of rape by her father.]]

* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh:'' Howard says he doesn't like people touching him, and though he'll occasionally put up with it from Vince he's just as likely to snap at him or shrug him off.

-->'''Ollie:''' ''[tries to give a friendly pat to Elliot, who moves away]'' Oh, forgot about your... no touching thing.

* In ''Series/PersonsUnknown'', [[spoiler: Joe (post-reprogramming)]] is this, to the point where he attempts to kill anyone who touches him. In one case ([[spoiler: The Night Manager]]'s), he succeeds.

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* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'': Asuka doesn't like being touched, especially if she thinks she's showing weakness. When she is offered a chance to be reinstated as a pilot, Misato brings her old neural connectors along. Asuka hesitates to put them on, so Misato moves to clip them on for her, but this provokes Asuka to angrily shout at her not to touch her.

* ''Fanfic/{{Quizzical}}'': ''Thweet Geniuth'' - The Trial of Quizzical Greystone:
--> She then went to Quiz, and enveloped the little filly in a huge hug. "Thank you, Quiz. Thank you so much for everything you've done for us."\\
Quiz went stiff as a board. "Well... um... oh, dear me... you are... welcome... Miss Bon Bon."\\
"Yes, I know, you hate to be touched. I'll let you go, now," said Bon Bon.
* [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]], the main character in ''Blog/BloomingDreemurr'', rather strongly dislikes being touched, especially without asking.
* ''Fanfic/AChanceMeetingOfTwoMoons'': Artemis, due to an incident in his past that involved mares (and was apparently his brother's fault), is very shy and doesn't like being too close to any mare who isn't Luna.
* ''Fanfic/TheHaddockChronicles'': Elsa has an immense fear of being touched, worried that she could accidentally go off without warning and hurt someone with her magic. She slowly opens up to Astrid and Hiccup, but even still won't take off her gloves.
* Dawn Bellwether in ''A New Dawn'' specifically hates being touched by predators. This is brought up several times throughout the story, and it becomes increasingly clear that she has a deep-rooted fear of them. [[spoiler: (And in chapter 17, [[RapeAsBackstory we learn why.]])]] It actually becomes an important plot point; Gideon Grey allows her to touch ''him'' first, is very gentle when he makes his own moves, and even trimmed down his claws to make her more comfortable - all of which play a big part in Dawn [[LoveRedeems turning over a new leaf.]]
* Issei has a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed case]] in ''Fanfic/GoAwayImWatchingPorn''. He can handle being touched provided he is mentally prepared for it. Otherwise, he enters a HeroicBSOD ranging from panic attacks at best to attempting to [[DisproportionateRetribution murder the person at worst]].
* In ''Fanfic/KarmaInRetrograde'', Touya is instinctively averse to being touched due to years of physical and emotional abuse. He makes exceptions for his siblings because he wanted them, especially Shouto, to have the physical affection they could never get from [[AbusiveParents their parents]]. He starts growing out of this as he befriends more and more of 1-A, letting Mina touch him (albeit not without a LuminescentBlush), shaking people's hands, and high-fiving without a fuss.
* The ''Jem'' oneshot ''Fanfic/Touch2005'' deals with Stormer trying to understand her girlfriend Roxy's disdain towards being touched. She can't tell if it's a personality quirk, a sign of distrust, something brought on by past abuse, or what. As it turns out, Roxy has a DarkAndTroubledPast filled with abuse, so she always feels the need to keep her guard up and she hates being touched.
* In ''Fanfic/TheAwakeningOfAMagus'', Draco disliked prolonged contact with other people for a long time due to his [[SupernaturalSensitivity Scanner]] ability.

* In ''Film/ClarasHeart'', the eponymous character freaks out whenever the main character touches her. This is because [[spoiler: years ago, her son raped her.]]

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:''
** Rocket does ''not'' tolerate violations of his personal space, with his [[HeterosexualLifePartners Heterosexual Life Partner]] Groot being the only one who's allowed to get away with it on a regular basis. When Mantis naively tries to pet him, he nearly bites her off in a minor fit of rage and only lets Drax touch him in an ''extremely'' unusual circumstance ([[spoiler:when he thinks Groot is dead and Drax is comforting him]]). Given his backstory of being [[ColdBloodedTorture torturously experimented upon]] in order to uplift him, it's not surprising he's so touchy about it.
** Nebula doesn't flip as bad as Rocket, but she also hates touching and almost certainly for similar reasons as him (namely, the horrific cybernetic implants that were forcibly put in her [[AbusiveParents by her own father]]). [[NiceGuy Kraglin]] giving her a friendly pat on the shoulder earns him a mildly terrifying DeathGlare and she flinches defensively as if under attack when Gamora gives her a hug.
** Gamora, though not to the same extent as Nebula, similarly dislikes being touched without permission. When Mantis tries using her empathic abilities to determine what Gamora feels, Gamora (who already hates her on sight) grabs her hand and tells her if she tries, Gamora will break her jaw. In ''Avengers: Endgame'', an alternate reality Gamora is hugged by Peter Quill (who thinks it's regular Gamora). Even knowing who he is and why he's hugging her, her immediate response is a double GroinAttack.
* In ''Film/LesDiables'', Chloe is severely haphephobic, likely part of her autism.
* In ''Film/TheStoryOfLuke'', Luke stiffens or flinches whenever anyone tries to touch him.
* In ''Film/ChangeOfHabit'', the autistic child Amanda resists physical contact, which is explained as her [[ScienceMarchesOn hiding behind a "wall of rage" to cope with her mother's emotional and later physical abandonment of her]].
* Duncan from ''Film/TheOddWayHome'' jerks away from touch.
* Pierre from ''Film/TheSenseOfWonder'' pulls away whenever anyone tries to touch him. He cleans the cut on his head himself because he won't let Louise do it.
* Christopher from ''Film/TheDrummerAndTheKeeper'' is very protective of his personal space. His first interaction with Gabriel involves being upset that Gabriel broke the rules of UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball by shoving him.
* Tony from ''Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf'' isn't fond of being touched without warning, and has a very short temper. At the beginning of the film, he's seen beating the living hell out of someone; it turns out that the person in question had given Tony a friendly slap on the back, which caused him to flip out.
* Bart from ''Film/TheNightClerk2020'' is okay with being touched on the hair or through clothing, but not on his skin. When a barber accidentally touches his neck, he leaps out of his seat.

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' the [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerk]] [[BadLiar Temrash-One-One-Four]], currently in [[StandardizedLeader Jake]]'s body, screams "Get your hand off me, Andalite filth!" when [[TokenNonHuman Ax]] reaches out to acquire Jake's DNA. If the others had any doubts that Jake was infested, Temrash just killed them.

* Sparrow from Creator/EmmaBull's ''Literature/BoneDance''. It's because [[spoiler:Sparrow is neither male nor female, and the only such person [[PronounTrouble zie]] knows, so zie is sort of self-conscious.]] Unfortunately, one of Sparrow's best friends has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace, and Sparrow maintains this trait throughout the story.

* The main character of Creator/RoaldDahl's short story "Georgy Porgy". (He also has a FreudianExcuse.)

* Charles in the ''[[Literature/MercyThompson Alpha and Omega]]'' series is his father's hitman. Given that [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]] occasionally go crazy and need to be mercy killed, he shuts himself off from social contact, especially physical contact, to prevent heartache if he ever has to kill them. The other werewolves all notice and give him his personal space. This causes complications in his relationship with his mate, who misinterprets his stolid demeanor.
-->[[spoiler:'''Anna:''' Someone told me you don't like to be touched.\\
'''Charles:''' Not usually. But I love your touch. Touch me any time. Any place. Anywhere.]]

** In the 6th book, where it's PlayedForDrama because [[spoiler: [[HerosMuse Mijam]] had been held captive. She used to be a GenkiGirl but turns really silent and hates it when her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Childhood Boyfriend]] touches her, even when her ''father'' touches her, even it's just the shoulder and she starts to scream. It's never said what happened but there is plenty of FridgeHorror...]]

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries'': The titular {{Cyborg}} was never socialized with humans in any physical way, so it doesn't get the point of being touched and finds it very unpleasant. Pin-Lee even draws up a contract which explicitly says Murderbot is not to be hugged. It's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness a big deal]] when Murderbot likes someone enough to offer to be hugged in a stressful moment.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Literature/Touch2017.'' James was [[RapeAsBackstory raped]] shortly before the story opens, and while he doesn't seem to mind physical contact in general, hugs bother him due to the feeling of having his arms constricted. It's merely uncomfortable if he knows it's coming, but on at least two occasions he gets an attempted {{Cooldown Hug}} from someone whom he's not looking at and instead violently lashes out on instinct.
* Adam Appich from ''Literature/TheOverstory'' hates being hugged, even by his family.

* ''Literature/{{Pact}}'': Blake Thorburn lived on the streets for a period of time, and has an aversion to even friendly contact from people he trusts, like his landlord and friend. [[spoiler:It's revealed that [[EvilMatriarch Rose]] programmed this into him as a vestige, as touch weakens him.]]
* Tara from ''Literature/ThePlaceInsideTheStorm'' normally recoils from physical contact, especially from a stranger, although she finds that she doesn't mind touching Loki.
* Kiara from ''Literature/{{Rogue}}'' usually stiffens or flinches when people touch her.
* Drea from ''Literature/HarmonicFeedback'' finds touch painful from anyone but her mom.
* ''Literature/MARiiMO'': To Tammy, touch feels like a painful electric shock that she can't recoil from. At the same time, she craves it and feels like there's an aching void in her chest. Mariimo turns out to be the one being who can touch her without it hurting, allowing her to achieve the closest thing to happiness she's felt in years.
* Anthony from ''Literature/LoveAnthony'' hated being touched because he could only pay attention to one sense or mental activity at a time, and being suddenly jerked into his sense of touch was intensely unpleasant.
* In ''Literature/MiracleCreek'', Kitt is very surprised when TJ hugs Young as soon as he sees her, since he normally hates touching people. Young think's it's because her shirt is the same shade of purple as TJ's beloved [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]], so after that, she starts wearing the shirt every time she sees him.
* ''Literature/DaystarAndShadow'': As a young child, Robin struggles to escape every time his mother picks him up. When he and Shadow are adults, Shadow flinches from him and only touches him when necessary, such as when they're helping each other over rough terrain.
* ''Literature/AspergerAdventures'':
** Ben. Troy and Scot take advantage of this by shoving him.
** Lisa cringes away when her uncle ruffles her hair.
* Jonah from ''Literature/{{Shtum}}'' usually bites people who try to touch him, although he will sometimes initiate touch and is surprisingly tolerant of Georg's affection.
* Literature/{{Spenser}} is a downplayed example. He doesn't mind touching with people he knows, but if someone else touches him, he can get very unpleasant.
--->'''Spenser:''' I felt the little switch go that always went when people put their hands on me.
* ''Literature/TheSomedayBirds'': Being touched makes Charlie's skin crawl, especially without warning.
* ''Literature/StrawberryPanic'': Hikari is targeted for AttemptedRape thrice. (Twice by Kaname and once by Yaya) Both experiences terrorize her and make her withdraw into herself expressing HiddenEyes. Although Hikari forgives Yaya for her previous sexual harassment, she's naturally still scared to get close to her after that. The way she visibly flinches around her, and Yaya's guilt ends up in her refusing to go to the Etoile competition, with Tsubomi comforting her so she won't have to be all alone.
* Vivy from ''Literature/GetAGripVivyCohen'' hates touch, especially light touch. When Kyle grabs her ponytail during practice, she screams, leading her mom to almost pull her out of the team.
* ''Literature/MirrorProject'': When Lynn lashes out physically, Bill reprograms her to be unable to touch people. When he touches her in such a way that she can't pull away, the conflict in her programming manifests as a visceral revulsion. She screams and thrashes, but that only encourages him.
* Matthew from ''Literature/TheGoldfishBoy'' is TerrifiedOfGerms and avoids touching people because they're germy.
* In ''Literature/SaveTheEnemy'', the autistic teenager Ben never let anyone touch him except his mom, and now that she's been murdered, he won't let anyone touch him at all.
* Nova from ''Literature/PlanetEarthIsBlue'' hates the feeling of anyone's skin on hers except her older sister Bridget's.

* At least a few ''Anime/KillLaKill'' fics have this with Satsuki, who was canonically molested by her own mother Ragyo:
** Played straight in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1197504 Bad Touch]]''. For fairly justifiable reasons.
** ''Fanfic/TheCrimsonGarment'' (different author), she hates being touched and, like the above, its justified and, especially in this fic, PlayedForDrama, as due to her [[ParentalIncest mother's]] [[RapeAsBackstory "affection"]], she's been conditioned to ''despise'' it.
** This is downplayed in the fic ''Fanfic/ConcerningADrifter'', where she doesn't like being touched but, from her [[spoiler: infant niece]] and Mako, she tolerates it, nevertheless. An earlier chapter alludes to this more so when, in wondering how to comfort a traumatized Ryuuko, Satsuki thought about hugging her but decided against it, figuring that Ryuuko would be this trope, too, and didn't want to trigger her.

* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': Kitty Winter avoids physical contact and pulls away when Marcus Bell innocently tries to warn her about a tripping hazard at a crime scene. Her [[DarkAndTroubledPast backstory]] involved her being kidnapped and repeatedly raped, giving her a FreudianExcuse for why she doesn't want people touching her.

* In ''Series/EverythingsGonnaBeOkay'', autistic Matilda does not like receiving hugs. She will show people affection by dancing with them.

* Ti'Cira Hawk and Ryori Holloway of ''Roleplay/TheGunganCouncil'' ''hated'' any physical contact due to their time as slaves. It's become less of a problem now, though.

* ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'': Blanche desperately desires to be touched and fears it as well, especially after [[spoiler:Stanley rapes her]].

* Takano in the Takarazuka musical ''[[Theatre/CompanyTakarazukaRevue Company]]''. Which makes his life complicated, given that he's a world-famous ballet dancer.

-->''[she leaps out of bed to put her arms round him, but he draws back; he does not know why, but he knows he must draw back]''\\

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', despite the fact he ReallyGetsAround, LovableRogue Astarion occasionally expresses this due to a mixture of [[CantArgueWithElves elven haughtiness]] and his DarkAndTroubledPast. One of his lines upon switching to his character is "Don't touch me.", and at the end of his storyline TeamMom Karlach comments that [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents she could kiss him, but he'd never let her]].

* Variation of this, ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' with Guy, who doesn't like being touched by females only. [[spoiler:Later discovered to be the result of him being buried under all his female servants and sister's dead bodies who protected him during an attack on his home.]] This is still played for laughs, because he's also, openly and paradoxically, a HandsomeLech par excellence.
%%* Sam in Creator/TelltaleGames' ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max]]'' series.

* [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', who was raised apart from society and is creeped out even by handshakes: "And the TOUCHING! All the touching, even as a simple greeting!"
* Fenris of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. Though in his case, given his history as a sex slave/bodyguard, and the fact that skin-to-skin contact causes him physical discomfort, it's understandable that he avoids it.
* Angela from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', as she nearly stabs James just for reaching towards her. [[spoiler: As it's revealed Angela has been repeatedly raped by her father and brother, it's perfectly understandable why she'd act that way. She does touch James's face in her last scene due to mistaking him for her mother]].
* Urien in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' flips out at Rashid for grabbing his arm just as he is about to kill Charlie, furious at a "commoner" for daring to put his "filthy hands" on him and throws an Aegis Reflector at Rashid in retaliation.
* Xzar of ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' has a "Stop touching me!" line.
* Connor from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' doesn't like being touched, especially by people he doesn't know very well, at one point shoulder-tossing one of his friends who approaches him from behind. A point of character development occurs when he learns and accepts to shake hands.

* Alice of ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns''. Early in the first real-world sequence, there's a small side area where you can go. If you do, one of the children will mention this about her. [[spoiler:Given what the "good" doctor in whose care she's been placed has been doing, it's small wonder.]]

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' Ada pulls her arm away when Leon goes for StandardFemaleGrabArea as she walks away from him and his questioning, and later on she refuses to be carried by him despite her wounded leg. Averted later as Ada kisses Leon on the tram, [[spoiler: albeit as a ploy to get him to get the T-Virus samples for her]].
* Similarly in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' Jill (mainly due to distrust) bats Carlos's hand away when he tries to put it on her shoulder in comforting fashion, though she does warm up him gradually letting him carry her around and hold her close when she's weakened.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', as of the ''Get Famous'' expansion, it's possible for famous Sims to get the "No Touching" fame quirk, which causes them to hate being touched by strangers with less fame than them.
* Sam Porter Bridges from ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' suffers from aphenphosmphobia, the fear of being touched, and it deeply affects his lifestyle. He works an incredibly dangerous job as an independent courier because it requires little human interaction, and rarely interacts with people directly, instead communicating through radio or holograms. Over the course of the game, circumstances force him to touch and be touched anyways, and almost every time is like torture; it's not until near the end of the game that [[CharacterDevelopment he's able to overcome his fear completely]].

* Collei from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' freaks out at any unexpected or unwanted physical contact, having spent the better part of her upbringing as a Fatui lab rat.

* Hisui of ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', in honor of her sister. [[spoiler:This is one of the reasons it's hard to realize the TwinSwitch]].
* Darren, one of the potential {{Love Interest}}s in ''VisualNovel/{{Nicole}}'', just about has a heart attack when Nicole asks for a hug when she realizes that he's [[spoiler:Voix, the [[BlandNameProduct Rollr]] user she's been messaging back and forth with]]. He improves as the story progresses, though.
* ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'': Aoba feels pain whenever people touch his hair, not to mention when it's cut. This is why Aoba keeps his hair long. It vanishes after Toue is defeated and Aoba even lets Koujaku cut his hair. He also freaks out when he's kissed by Noiz.
* This is Wolfgang Schreiber's defining character trait in ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae''. He so utterly despises being touched that he [[PowerBornOfMadness warps reality in such a way that he is always faster than those around him no matter what]] so that no one may ever lay hands on him. This all stems from his rather unpleasant childhood where he was castrated and then forced to work as a prostitute all while being physically and emotionally abused by both his mother and patrons. [[spoiler:And deep down all he really wants is just to be embraced and loved, a contradiction that is a major source of his insanity]].
* Hajun from ''VisualNovel/KajiriKamuiKagura'' despises being touched, due to the presence of his brother The Tumor constantly giving him the feeling as if he is being touched. And since he sees the entire universe as his body, all those within it are invasive bodies, constant irritants, like insects buzzing through the air.

* One of many cases of HypocriticalHumor coming from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick. She herself has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace and doesn't mind it when a [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic certain man in a red tie]] gets close, but looks ready to freak when anyone else does it.

* Cindy Trueman, barbarian girl in ''Series/FlandersCompany'', is rather volatile anyway, but touching her without authorization is a good way to get the blade of her axe pressed against your throat.

* Ashton from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' does not enjoy physical contact in the slightest, to the point that he declines a spa worker's offer of a massage with "Don't fucking touch me", and has the words "Just don't" embroidered on the back of his jacket. It's later revealed that [[HandicappedBadass Ashton suffers from severe chronic pain]], which is likely where this aversion stems from.

* Lemongrab of the show ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is angered being touched. When he raises his voice at Princess Bubblegum, Finn gives him a light slap on the hand and scolds him: "Watch your manners with the princess!" Lemongrab's eyes widen, and he screams in sheer outrage while clutching at his hand. Then he glares at Finn for a little bit, gasps, and rubs his hand some more, acting like nothing happened. Later, when he sends the candy castle staff to the dungeon, he gives Peppermint Butler five extra years because Peppermint Butler pulled on the leg of his pants.

** [[spoiler: According to the adult Numbuh 5, his reaction to people touching him is what led her to decommission Numbuh 363 once she became Supreme Leader.]]

-->'''Eddy:''' ''[to Edd, after the latter accidentally grabs him and sounding genuinely affronted]'' Are you ''touching'' my ''face?''

* Grouchy hates being hugged in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' cartoon episode "A Hug For Grouchy" and tries to avoid hugs from those who don't respect his feelings, particularly on his most hated day of all, [[FictionalHoliday Hug-A-Smurf Day]].
* Gargamel's mother hates getting hugs in a Mother's Day episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs2021''.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': Barry Ditmer, CEO of Omnicron, is afraid of being touched by humans. His phobia is so severe that he is married to a robot named Ilsa.

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* Bill in ''Fanfic/ATriangleInTheStars'' has this characteristic, as first shown when [[spoiler: he squirms out of Steven's hug and [[BerserkButton yells at him]]]] in Chapter One. He doesn't like it when humans touch him. [[spoiler: This fades by Chapter Thirty, when he finds just how [[GoodFeelsGood valuable and helpful hugs]] are]].
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': After getting pregnant Asuka does not like being touched, especially on her belly. When Hikari tickles and squeezes her stomach in the first chapter, she reacts badly:
-->'''Asuka''' (suddenly shouting loudly):''"DON'T TOUCH ME THERE!!"''

** Harry, despite being a CuddleBug, sometimes gets like this when he fears his developing SuperStrength (which undergoes sudden jumps from time to time) might lead to hurting someone. In the sequel, after regaining his memories of his experiences at the hands of the Red Room, he becomes somewhat warier about being touched (especially considering [[spoiler: the Red Son's (his) sexual abuse by Yelena Belova, which was more or less everything but technical rape]]).
* ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'': Right after Third Impact Asuka doesn't like being touched, not even by Shinji. Since she'd been mind-raped at least twice and Shinji tried to strangle her twice, it's understandable.
-->She sank to her knees, shivering despite the heat. "This is such a fucking joke," she mumbled. "I should have let you finish me off when I had the chance."\\
He leapt toward her, grabbing her by the shoulders. "Don't say that!" he cried.\\
A look of fury crossed her face. She brought a foot up between them, planting it on his chest, and pushed, hard. He flew back, sprawling in the sand. "Don't touch me!" she yelled. "Not now, not ever! Do you understand? ''Do not touch me!''"
* ''Fanfic/HandsOmori'': Sunny is averse to physical intimacy from his old friends, because [[DarkFic in this fic series]], his older sister, Mari, [[AdaptationalVillainy sexually assaulted him multiple times when he was a kid]].

* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'':
** Asuka does not like being touched due to Arael {{Mind Rap|e}}ing her, Shinji masturbating over her comatose body, the MP-Evas chopping her into pieces and eating her alive, and ''literally'' everyone seeing her memories, thoughts, and emotions during Instrumentality. This complicates further her feelings towards Shinji: on one hand she wants to touch him and get comfort and warmth from him; on the other hand, she remembers what he did when she was in a coma and the thought of him touching her sickens her. After the start of the story, she gets over her hatred of Shinji touching her, but she is still frightened of him.
** Shinji hates and fears other people touching him due to getting daily abuse for eight months straight. He slowly gets better, though.
* [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] in ''Fanfic/{{Seigikan}}'':
-->'''Light:''' She placed her hand on my shoulder in a flirtatious style before she left. If I had the Death Note on me, I would have opened it up and would have written her name on it for touching me so freely. The first thing I would need to do when I got home is [[KillItWithFire burn my clothing.]]
* Hinata in ''A Demon In The Hyuuga Clan'' due to having no regular human contact with anyone (people go out of their way to avoid her since she's the [[SealedInAPersonShapedCan Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki]]). Much to her dismay, Naruto enters her [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace personal bubble with little to no warning]]. Since the story is from her perspective, the reader gets running commentary in these situations and she's shown as very unnerved yet confused by Naruto's exuberance.
--> '''Hinata:''' ''[thinking]'' I turn around to see him running toward me, and he grins as he wraps his right arm around my neck, leaning on me like a good friend. I feel my cheeks flush at the sudden expression of friendship, and the close... personal contact the boy so willingly entered into with me.\\
'''Naruto:''' Is something wrong Hinata-chan? You look flustered...\\
'''Hinata:''' ''[thinking]'' He doesn't seem to his notice his right arm resting on my right shoulder, wrapped around behind my neck...
* Empath in ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' was like this during his first visits to the Smurf Village, particularly by Papa Smurf, who was MistakenForPedophile by Empath. Also Grouchy, dealing with issues from [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 the 1980s cartoon show's]] "A Hug For Grouchy" in "The No Hug Zone".
* In ''Fanfic/DiariesOfAMadman'', Navarone generally dislikes being touched, though he does make more of an exception for more intimate touching. He tolerates it from some ponies more than others as well, and he does get better about this over the course of the story.
* In Dali's culture from ''[[Fanfic/LivingTheDreamKickass222urmom Living The Dream]]'' it's highly offensive to touch any one without being close to them, and they treat it as if they've been raped if someone so much as taps them.
* Bob in ''Fanfic/RetroChill'' has a [[RunningGag tendency]] to get startled whenever one of the aliens touches him... despite the fact that ''he's working with them.''
* Xenith, in ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria''. Of course, given her history of brutal mistreatment as a slave, it's understandable. When she befriends Littlepip, she begins to warm up to the others, but never quite grows out of her phobia, to the point of [[SmokeOut using a smoke grenade]] to escape a loving hug.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OnceUponAFarmhouse'', Spock cannot stand being touched by anyone for most of the fanfic because his TouchTelepathy [[PowerIncontinence overwhelms him]].
* In ''[[Fanfic/Gensokyo20XX Gensokyo 20XXIV]]'', Ran has a case of this after she was raped, and it was to such an extreme that she almost put ''a small child through a wall''. To a lesser degree was Yukari, after her experiences during imprisonment, that, at first, she didn't like to be touched, preferring to limit if she wasn't going to not be touched but her behavior was comparatively different than Ran's, in that she behaved more like an autistic child would, stiffening and or pushing the person away, rarely if ever accepting it without feeling obligated or trying to imagine something else. However, she also had weakened vision at time, thus it would make more sense as she would startle easily.
* Emphasized in lots of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' fanfic, especially those where the bad thing that happens to her in the movie is turned into sexual assault.
** Turned up to eleven in ''Fanfic/YourServantMistress'' - Maleficent and Diaval are into BDSM and he is her sub. She eventually deigns to let him kiss her hand, but that is about as much touching as she can endure.

* Elsa in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' doesn't like being touched and doesn't touch other people because she is afraid of accidentally hurting someone with her powers. [[spoiler: By the end of the movie, she has no problem touching people. However, her reluctance to be touched does come back in the first official post-Frozen novel (''Literature/AnnaAndElsa: All Hail The Queen'') when someone kisses the back of her hand, causing her to jump back in surprise.]]

* ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': This is a common stereotype of [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] within the setting. Whether or not this is true tends to vary between culture to culture and character to character. [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Lyu/Ryu]] is known to be an example of this trope.

* [[HotBlooded Stephen Quire]] of ''WebVideo/TheGreatestFreakoutEver'', to the extent that him shouting [[LargeHam “DON’T TOUCH ME”]] tends to happen at least OncePerEpisode.

* Theo from ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse''. She wears gloves 99% of the time to avoid triggering her TouchTelepathy.

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Logan definitely invokes this in earlier comics. People (especially strangers) getting overly familiar with him is a surefire for him to go *SNIKT* i.e pop his claws out and warn them to back off. Wolverine does mostly avert this when it comes to his friends on the X-Men whom he can be quite chummy. In the first Fox [[Film/XMen movie]] he accidentally stabs Rogue when she made to touch him while he was having a nightmare flashback to the Weapon X program.