History Main / AnywhereButTheirLips

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' story ''Fanfic/UnmaskerUnleased''. this is the point of divergence of the story from "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS05E09Elation Elation]]". When Cat Noir tries to kiss Marinette to keep her from being Akumatized. She turns her head so he ends up kissing her cheek instead. This results in Cat failing to keep her from becoming Unmasker.

* In ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'', Legoshi's grandfather Gosha is a komodo dragon. While Legoshi and his late mother Leano both have immunity to Gosha's poison, Leano's mother Toki, a pure Grey Wolf, did not. Gosha was fully aware of this and only ever gave Toki a quick peck on the cheek before using antiseptic to clean the spot, since even a peck carried the risk of injuring her with his venom. Kissing her on the mouth would likely kill her.[[spoiler:His fears were proven correct when Toki surprised him with a kiss on the mouth after secretly getting rid of all of his disinfectant.]]

* ''Manga/TwilightPrincess'': When leaving a weakened Midna to fight Ganondorf, Link kisses her on the cheek. At the end of the manga, she kisses him [[spoiler:right on the mouth before returning to her home realm and destroying the one means of transport between the two]].

* In ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', Dios kisses a young Utena on the eyes, kissing her tears away. Considering [[spoiler: Dios is Akio]], Akio's later full-on kiss becomes all the more significant.

** During [[TheHerosBirthday Naruto's fourteenth birthday]], [[spoiler:Hinata kisses her boyfriend on the cheek after giving him a kimono as a gift, making him blush and stutter out his thanks]].

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. One of the Viper pilots (not Lee) drinks booze from [[ReallyGetsAround Starbuck's]] belly button during a drunken revelry.

* Once Brian and Justin get together in ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', they lay down some ground rules to be able to keep sleeping around without hurting one another--not kissing anyone else on the lips is one of these.

* ''Fanfic/AnAnthemForShelteredBays'': After hearing Eren's singing, Levi ends up kissing and biting everywhere else on Eren's body, only for Eren to stop him when he tries to kiss him on the lips.
* ''Fanfic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'': [=ProtoMan's=] first kiss to Nomad is on her forehead.

* In ''Fanfic/PrinceCharming'', TrueLovesKiss can break any curse... which is rather a nuisance for Cat Noir, since his curse is the only thing that mitigates the blessing that is destroying his life and allows him to be with the woman he loves. Fortunately for the both of them, it turns out that TrueLovesKiss has to be on the mouth to count, so Cat and his beloved are simply very careful never to kiss on their lips.
* In ''Fanfic/SafeAnchorage'' Theon kisses Jeyne's forehead to comfort her frequently, and Jeyne kisses his cheek for the same reasons. Their relationship is platonic, and Jeyne is much younger than Theon, so lip kisses would come off as innappropriately romantic.

* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'':
** In Chapter 29, [[spoiler:when Naruto is hesitant to let Hinata fight Kankuro by herself, the Hyuga girl uses her adrenaline to come closer to the Uzumaki boy and kiss him on his cheek. The blond ninja's eyes widen exponentially, which is followed by Hinata smiling and telling him she'll be fine. That kiss serves as the first step in making him realize he has feelings for her later on.]]
** At the end of the Kiri Civil War arc, [[spoiler:Misora kisses Dosu on the cheek before he leaves alongside the rest of the Konoha shinobi. This happens two days after she decided to think about her feelings for him in more details, with the kiss indicating that she came to her conclusion.]]
** During [[TheHerosBirthday Naruto's fourteenth birthday]], [[spoiler:Hinata kisses her boyfriend on the cheek after giving him a kimono as a gift, making him blush and stutter out his thanks]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' when April O'Neil would show her gratitude to the turtles after rescuing her or saving the city from a huge threat she would sometimes give them a kiss usually on the cheek or forehead.
* In the Creator/HannaBarbera TV movie "Alice In Wonderland or What's A Nice Kid Like You Doing In A Place Like This", when the White Rabbit finally returns Alice's little dog Fluff to her, she thanks him by kissing him on the ear.
* Lydia wants to kiss WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} for giving her a spider brooch (debut episode "Critter Sitters"), until she sees the bugs in his teeth. She settles for a hug.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouseTheNewAdventures'' episode "The Littlest Tramp" after the female homeless Mouse tells Mighty Mouse that the JerkAss rich man is only bullying her because he was bullied himself, this causes the rich man to cry and she kisses him on his eyeball.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': At the end of "Purrfect Gig", after Luna and her girlfriend Sam have successfully taken care of the [=McBride=] cats, Sam gives Luna her half of the catsitting money so Luna can afford her VIP pass for the upcoming Mick Swagger concert they're attending that weekend, as Sam had already managed to get hers. Luna thanks her by giving her a big kiss on the cheek and a hug.
* In The Famous Adventures of WesternAnimation/MrMagoo episode “Don Quixote De La Mancha” at the Duke and Duchess’ palace when Magoo as Don Quixote talks of his imaginary lover Dulcinea, their daughter asks him if she looks anything like herself and begins too flirt with him, she then kisses him on the side of his head.

** While recreating a love scene from a novel, Anne kisses her friend Jacque on the cheek, [[HomoeroticSubtext then asks if she can touch her breasts.]]

** During [[TheHerosBirthday Naruto's fourteenth birthday]], [[spoiler:Hinata kisses her boyfriend after giving him a kimono as a gift, making him blush and stutter out his thanks]].

* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': In Chapter 29, [[spoiler:when Naruto is hesitant to let Hinata fight Kankuro by herself, the Hyuga girl uses her adrenaline to come closer to the Uzumaki boy and kiss him on his cheek. The blond ninja's eyes widen exponentially, which is followed by Hinata smiling and telling him she'll be fine. That kiss serves as the first step in making him realize he has feelings for her later on.]]

* In the movie ''Film/PrettyWoman'', Vivian's one rule is that she never kisses on the mouth because it makes it too personal. [[spoiler: She does kiss Richard Gere on the mouth when she starts to fall in love with him.]]
* In Bollywood, it was, until recently, the law. Even now, in contemporary Bollywood films, couples will kiss and… move very suggestively, but virtually never touch lips.
* Subverted in ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334537/ Humpday]]''--they decide not to kiss after kissing each other [[spoiler: and then decide not to do anything at all.]]

* In ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' when Stephen decides he’s leaving his old life for good, he tries to kiss his ex Christine on the mouth. She doesn’t let him and kisses him on the cheek instead.

* ''{{Film/Thor}}''. The first time Thor leaves Jane he [[IKissYourHand kisses the back of Jane's hand]]. The second occasion there's an AlmostKiss moment before Thor kisses her hand again, so Jane just grabs him for TheBigDamnKiss.
* ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009''. Holmes gives Irene Adler a peck on the forehead moments after they have an AlmostKiss in their final scene together. This fits with someone who's trying to show his affection without making the mistake of getting too close to a FemmeFatale.
* John and his future sister-in-law share a New Year's kiss in ''{{Film/Holiday}}''. He only kisses her cheek, but they ''both'' look like they want something more.

* ''Royal Flash''. {{Literature/Flashman}} gets a kiss on each cheek from the officer who pins his (unjustly earned) medal on him. The kiss isn't what makes Flashman uncomfortable, but the fact that the officer's tricorn hat keeps butting him in the face.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'' the Hero kisses the Demon Queen in the forehead before leaving for the Demon Lands. She is dejected.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Link [[spoiler:gives a weakened Midna a peck on the cheek before leaving to fight Ganondorf]].