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-->'''Michael McIntyre''': Hello, I'm GordonBrown. Just hold me.

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* It overlaps with ItHasBeenAnHonor, HoldingHands, and, possibly, LastKiss, but when [[OutboundFlight Lorana Jinzler and Mitth'ras'safis]] realize that preserving the lives of the last few survivors of Outbound Flight means [[HeroicSacrifice their deaths]], they reach out and hold hands. Both of them coming from cultures that are emotionally quite reserved, exactly what the gesture meant to either or both of them is up in the air.
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* Depending how you look at it, the "Kiss" behind the curtains in ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' could be a straight one of these, [[spoiler:especially considering that Zelda is waking up in a world where everyone she knew is dead.]]
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* In an early strip of FriendlyHostility, Collin returns from a nasty visit to his parents' house looking ready to smash something, Fox gives him a neck rub, and the two end up in a sweet embrace.
* The cobras who live in the basement of the SkinHorse building. Said cobras have the mentality of a sweet-natured four-year-old and are scared to death of the centipedes in the room next door... ItMakesSenseInContext, I swear!

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* [[Roleplay/RubyQuest HUG TOM.]]
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* An especially {{Tearjerker}} one in WesternAnimation/ToyStory 3, when the toys all silently take each others hands as [[spoiler:they fall toward a garbage incinerator with seemingly no way out.]]

* In Animerca, Kiyo does this to comfort Lita from the abuse she's suffered from [[spoiler:[[BigBad Kiyone]]. Later, Kasuse does this to a newly-reformed Kiyone after he's shaken by [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone everything he's done in Season 2]] and afterwards forgive each other. Brotherly love.]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming Awwwwwwww!!!]]

* This may be more of a TearJerker, [[Manga/ElfenLied but still...]] "Cold... I wish somebody would hold me close now... [[BreakTheCutie It really is... sad being alone...]]"

Aaron Mercer in "Beacon of Hope" (A Prototype fanfic)is an eleven-year old Evolved who suffers from PTSD (In the fic he has autism; but in an RP he has PTSD) after being kidnapped by Blackwatch; escaping a bit later. Seeing as he can't talk; he reaches his arms out to his sister, Dana. Who holds him tightly and lets him cry into her shoulder; telling her she loves him.

* Christa-Maria to Georg in ''Film/TheLivesOfOthers''. Naturally, she said it in German, but the trope still applies.

* At the ending of MissSaigon, Kim's second-last line to Chris. "Hold me one more time".

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* This may be more of a TearJerker, [[ElfenLied but still...]] "Cold... I wish somebody would hold me close now... [[BreakTheCutie It really is... sad being alone...]]"

* Though not stated directly [[spoiler: Shinji's and Rei's]] hug in RebuildOfEvangelion could count.

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* An especially {{Tearjerker}} one in ToyStory 3, when the toys all silently take each others hands as [[spoiler:they fall toward a garbage incinerator with seemingly no way out.]]

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* Gregory and Wendy in the SouthPark movie.

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* PlayedForLaughs in a bonus, non-canon scene in the Legendary Ending of ''{{Halo}}'' 1. Sgt. Johnson and an Elite are outside the Pillar of Autumn wreck, fighting over an assault rifle, when explosions are heard in the distance. They both turn to see what's going on, and they stop fighting over the gun, realizing that they're all about to die in a huge fireball. Johnson turns to the Elite, spreads his arms open for a hug, and literally invokes this trope: "Hold me." They ACTUALLY HUG as the Autumn blows up, and the Elite puts his hand on Johnson's butt. Makes the effort to get the ending worth it.

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* [[VentureBrothers Dr. Venture]] at the end of the episode "The Doctor Is Sin" to Brock. For added awkwardness, Dr. Venture was ''naked'' at the time.

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[[caption-width:280:Never let me go.]]

* An episode of ''{{MASH}}'' had Hawkeye and Margaret taking refuge in an abandoned cabin during a shelling. Their clinging to each other in desperation involved Margaret invoking this trope.
* In SeaChange, season 2, Laura gets a message that Max wants to see her. She goes over there to find out that [[spoiler: his wife, Elena, had died about an hour earlier.]] When she gets home, this is the result. It's [[TearJerker heartbreaking.]]
* Dean said this to Sam in the first season of {{Supernatural}}. There was much [[{{Squee}} squeeing.]]
** He was making fun of Sam's emotional we'll-get-through-this-together comment. "Hold me, Sam. That was beautiful."

* Subverted in ''The Zeppo'' on ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - Xander helps Faith knock out some demons (with his car) and they rush back to her motel room. Faith groans over a dislocated shoulder and says "Hold me" - Xander goes to hug her, she places his hand on her arm for leverage to snap it back into joint.
* Vince and a polar bear in ''TheMightyBoosh'': "Did you say hold me?"
* [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Crow]] has this reaction in the classic [[MSTing sporking]] of TheEyeOfArgon:

-->Crow: It flushed pale? Did it blanch red after that?

-->Crow: Hold me.

* [[TheFairlyOddparents "Hold me!" "No! I don't like you like that!"]]
* [[{{Futurama}} Professor Farnsworth]] uses this in the episode "A Tale of Two Santas."

** From ''[[GenderBender Bend Her]]''

* WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons in the episode "Marge on the Lam." Marge and Ruth escape from Chief Wiggum by...turning their car's lights off at night.

* It overlaps with ItHasBeenAnHonor, HoldingHands, and, possibly, LastKiss, but when [[OutboundFlight Lorana Jinzler and Mitth'ras'safic]] realize that preserving the lives of the last few survivors of Outbound Flight means [[HeroicSacrifice their deaths]], they reach out and hold hands. Both of them coming from cultures that are emotionally quite reserved, exactly what the gesture meant to either or both of them is up in the air.

* "With So Little To Be Sure Of" from ''AnyoneCanWhistle'' ends with Fay repeating this line to Hapgood.

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* In ''{{Manga/ARIA}}'', Alicia does this to Akari, when the latter is being overcome by worries about what to do when she has to run Aria Company alone. It is, hands down, [[{{CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming}} the most heartwarming moment of the show]]--which is [[{{WAFF}} saying something]].
* This may be more of a {{Tear Jerker}}, [[{{Elfen Lied}} but still...]] "Cold... I wish somebody would hold me close now... [[{{BreakTheCutie}} It really is... sad being alone...]]"

* In ''GundamSEEDDestiny'', Lunamaria has just learned that her sister has been [[spoiler: shot down under suspicion of being a traitor and deserter]], and worse yet, that her friend Shinn was the one who [[spoiler: pulled the trigger]]. When they run into each other in the hallway, both of them are initially silent, not knowing what to say, until Shinn whispers 'I'm sorry'. Cue Luna breaking down in Shinn's arms and him holding her as tightly as he can.

** ...and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin of course, he can't.]] [[{{TearJerker}} Ouch.]]

* [[{{TheWoobie}} Orange]] says this to White in ''ReservoirDogs''. The HoYay is somewhat diminished by the fact that [[spoiler: he's been shot and is bleeding to death.]]

** Leia to Han in ''{{Return of the Jedi}}''.
** Padme and Anakin in ''{{Revenge Of The Sith}}'', kind of a variation because she was trying to believe that he wasn't responsible for the trauma.

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* In IndependenceDay, Harry Connick Jr.'s character does this to Will Smith...during a mission briefing.
* Gregory and Wendy in the SouthPark movie.

* Vince and a polar bear in ''{{The Mighty Boosh}}'': "Did you say hold me?"

-->'''Vanderbeam''': No. You're pointy.

* WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons in the episode "Marge on the Lam." Marge and Ruth escape from Chief Wiggum by...turning their car's lights off at night.
--> '''Chief Wiggum''': Oh my god, it just disappeared! It's a ghost car! [slams on the brakes] There are ghost cars all over these highways, you know.

* Depending how you look at it, the "Kiss" behind the curtains in ''ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' could be a straight one of these, [[spoiler:especially considering that Zelda is waking up in a world where everyone she knew is dead.]]

* [[RubyQuest HUG TOM.]]

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* Happens in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', of course. In 7x20, Buffy asks Spike to hold her after her friends kicked her out of her house. He does, and later confesses that it meant more to him than the two of them doing things he "can't even pronounce".

* [[{{Alien}} "You always were an asshole, Gorman"]]

** Padme and Anakin in ''{{Revenge Of The Sith}}'', kind of a variation because she was trying to believe that he wasn't responsible for the trauma. Earlier, Padme said to Anakin, "[[{{Narm}} hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo]]".

** Subverted in ''The Zeppo'': Xander helps Faith escape a pack of demons - she's a little banged up, says "Hold me" to him, and as he goes to hold her she positions his hands so she can snap back her dislocated shoulder.

** Padme and Anakin in ''{{Revenge Of The Sith}}'', kind of a variation because she was trying to not believe that he wasn't responsible for the trauma. Earlier, Padme said to Anakin, "[[{{Narm}} hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo]]".

* Happens in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', of course. In 7x20, Buffy asks Spike to hold her after her friends kicked her out of her house. He does.
** Potentially disturbing to some viewers, depending on their [[BaseBreaker opinion of Spike]] (especially after a [[MoralEventHorizon certain event]]).

* TheSimpsons in the episode "Marge on the Lam." Notably, one was driving at the time.
--> '''Chief Wiggum''': It must be...a ghost car!

* PlayedForLaughs in a bonus, non-canon scene in the Legendary Ending of ''{{Halo}}'' 1. Sgt. Johnson and an Elite are outside the Pillar of Autumn wreck, fighting over an assault rifle, when explosions are heard in the distance. They both turn to see what's going on, and they stop fighting over the gun, realizing that they're all about to die in a huge fireball. Johnson turns to the Elite, spreads his arms open for a hug, and literally invokes this trope: "Hold me." They ACTUALLY HUG as the Autumn blows up. Makes the effort to get the ending worth it.

* Christa-Maria to Georg in ''TheLivesOfOthers''. Naturally, she said it in German, but the trope still applies.

* An entire surprisingly touching {{Hellblazer}} story.

* In ''KaBlam!'', when Henry and June think they made it to the real world, June says, "This is it, Henry...hold me!" as she hugs him excitedly. It really hints something, seeming as it becomes more official (of the duos relationship) as the show starts to end.

* Appears in the lyrics of "A Little Fall Of Rain" during Eponine's death in TheMusical version of ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'':