History Main / NowAllowedToHug

* ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'': Yasmine states that she's not really a hugger. But CuddleBug Sam insists anyway. As the two grow closer, Yas is shown being more comfortable and welcoming of the hugs, especially after Sam has a brush with death after their encounter with the Scorpius Rex.

* ''Series/LaQueSeAvecina'': Amador, one of whose {{Catchphrase}}s is "[[HatesBeingTouched Don't touch. Why do you touch?]]" said to Leo, in an episode in which the latter buys the ground floor apartment for him, Amador tell leo "Touch as much as you want" and hugs him. However, in later episodes he's back to using that catchphrase.

%%[[folder:Webcomics]]
%%* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': [[DefrostingIceQueen Susan]].
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Video]]
* ''WebVideo/MultiverseTales'': [[ActionGirl "Unkillable" Kate Bleickur]] HatesBeingTouched, stemming from [[DarkAndTroubledPast years of growing up in a nightmarish prison dimension full of supervillains]], which [[HadToBeSharp taught her to see everything around her as a direct danger to her life]], including physical contact (except for hugging her young friend Ana Fenz). In a gender-switched dynamic of BroodingBoyGentleGirl, [[CourteousCanadian Sterling Engeal]] starts helping Kate adjust to life outside of prison and to teach her how to [[DefrostingIceQueen let go of such an unhealthy mindset]]. While the process is [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome naturally slow-going]], by the time of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzR0-HUCn7o The Soul of the Enemy]], she's progressed enough that ''she's'' the one who initiates her and Sterling's first hug, as a way of [[CooldownHug relieving]] her AngerBornOfWorry due to him recently visiting [[AntiVillain Dresden Oakland]], the warden of her former prison, without telling anyone about it beforehand. Sterling's [[CrushBlush reaction]] heavily contributes to the growing ShipTease between the two. Further proof of Kate's emotional growth is in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckCovtNXv7o The Broken Hero]], where, when ''Sterling'' is the one having a HeroicBSOD after a really cruel decision of Dresden's, ''Kate'' decides to [[NowLetMeCarryYou repay the emotional help he's given to her before]] by intimately touching him above his heart, and then helping him begin to heal by having the two sleep platonically together with his arms wrapped around her for the night. All of which shows the positive influence Sterling's had on Kate.

!!Examples

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': [[DefrostingIceQueen Susan]].

[[folder:Web Video]]
* ''WebVideo/MultiverseTales'': [[ActionGirl "Unkillable" Kate Bleickur]] HatesBeingTouched, stemming from [[DarkAndTroubledPast years of growing up in a nightmarish prison dimension full of supervillains]], which [[HadToBeSharp taught her to see everything around her as a direct danger to her life]], including physical contact (except for hugging her young friend Ana Fenz). In a gender-switched dynamic of BroodingBoyGentleGirl, [[CourteousCanadian Sterling Engeal]] starts helping Kate adjust to life outside of prison and to teach her how to [[DefrostingIceQueen let go of such an unhealthy mindset]]. While the process is [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome naturally slow-going]], by the time of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzR0-HUCn7o The Soul of the Enemy]], she's progressed enough that ''she's'' the one who initiates her and Sterling's first hug, as a way of [[CooldownHug relieving]] her AngerBornOfWorry due to him recently visiting [[AntiVillain Dresden Oakland]], the warden of her former prison, without telling anyone about it beforehand. Sterling's [[CrushBlush reaction]] heavily contributes to the growing ShipTease between the two. Further proof of Kate's emotional growth is in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckCovtNXv7o The Broken Hero]], where, when ''Sterling'' is the one having a HeroicBSOD after a really cruel decision of Dresden's, ''Kate'' decides to [[NowLetMeCarryYou repay the emotional help he's given to her before]] by intimately touching him above his heart, and then helping him begin to heal by having the two sleep platonically together with his arms wrapped around her for the night. All of which shows the positive influence Sterling's had on Kate.
[[/folder]]

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': After spending the entire show denying JD he's wanted for so long, Dr. Cox finally consents to one in, what would later be, the SeriesFauxnale.

[[folder:Film -- Live Action]]

* ''Series/AbbottElementary'': From the start of the series, the emotive and enthusiastic [[BunnyEarsLawyer Jacob]] attempts to befriend the more serious and reserved [[DefrostingIceKing Gregory]], with Gregory being reluctant partially out of professionalism and partially due to finding Jacob weird. However, over the course of the series, after getting to know each other better and working together the two get genuinely closer. In the season two finale, after Gregory talks to Jacob about his feelings for Janine and confides [[spoiler: the fact they kissed at Pexa weekend]], with Jacob encouraging him to tell her how he feels, the two share a brief "bro hug" as a sign of how far they've come.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': Once Karlach [[spoiler:gets her second upgrade and is no longer physically dangerous to touch,]] the player has the option to hug her.

[[quoteright:600:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imgonline_com_ua_twotoone_fbyyb8ab3sh6r2.jpg]]

-> '''Penny:''' Leonard, Sheldon's hugging me!
-> '''Leonard:''' It's a Saturnalia miracle!

However, a clear sign of CharacterDevelopment, such as a DefrostingIceQueen, is when they will now allow someone to make contact with them without protesting. Often TheDefroster will be the first given permission to hug them.

* ''Manga/{{Freezing}}'': Female lead Satellizer El Bridget HatesBeingTouched due to a DarkAndTroubledPast [[spoiler:involving sex abuse by her half-brother]]. Kazuya manages to gradually get her to relax a bit from the fearsome image she's cultivated at West Genetics to protect herself, and by the E-Pandora arc she's a lot less hostile to physical contact.

--> '''Angel:''' Awkward?
--> '''Laura:''' So much. ''(Angel stops. Laura smiles ruefully)'' I didn't say to stop.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'': Batman stops Robin from hugging him twice throughout the movie, the first time he misinterprets as an attack. However, when Batman says goodbye to his family as he believes he has to go back to the Phantom Zone, he finally allows Robin to hug him.

* ''Series/{{Astrid}}'': {{Invoked|Trope}} by Astrid, who normally HatesBeingTouched because one of her autism symptoms is [[SensoryOverload hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli]]. This causes a problem when she decides she wants to try having a FirstKiss with her boyfriend Tetsuo, who fortunately is a very UnderstandingBoyfriend. In the end she starts by asking him to close his eyes and remain very still so that she can control the contact.

* ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'': Throughout the series, Wednesday consistently forbids anyone from physically touching her, which grates especially hard on her roommate, the extremely affectionate Enid. After the climax of the last episode, wherein Enid saves Wednesday from a rather gruesome death, the two are reunited and Enid gives her a big ol' hug of relief, only to remember Wednesday's boundaries and to start pulling back. However, Wednesday, after a moment of hesitation, [[FriendshipMoment hugs her back]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Ember is the first dragon besides Spike that shows she is willing to give friendship a chance, but due to not fully understanding it or some of the more "mushy" sides to it she has a few rough times with it. She most notably is confused when Spike hugs her for the first time, noting that she doesn't think that she likes it. This attitude towards hugs persists in her later appearances, showing shock or annoyance whenever Spike or someone else hugs her. Though she still allows herself to be hugged regardless of her feeling towards it, and when hugged by Spike she always responds with an AffectionateGestureToTheHead. By the time of Season 8 though she has now gotten used to it, no longer complaining about it like she used to and showing little to no signs of visual annoyance at it.
[[/folder]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Eddy is known to greatly dislike being touched, even by Ed and Double D. However, come [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddyBigPictureShow the finale movie]] after [[spoiler:Ed saves Eddy from his sadistic and cruel BigBrotherBully and Double D goes to see if he's alright, he lets his guard down and allows him to help him up and hold his hands.]]