Flirtatious Smack on the Ass

Tara: Every time I walk by Dan in the kitchen, I grab his ass. I'm allowed to do that cause he's my husband. He's contractually obligated to let me grab his ass.
Nash: You guys have a strange prenup.

— What the Fuck Is Wrong with You? Live - The Four Horsemen of the Axepocalypse - 9/3/18

Bob walks by Alice when Alice suddenly hops in place — she felt something grab her butt for a moment and Bob just smirks to himself.

The mid-air light-spank is a customary ritual of flirtation between two (or more) animals of mating probability since fish first crawled from the ocean onto dry land. How the person who got smacked on the ass reacts differs, either with violence or embarrassed indifference. For stronger males who do this, especially with smaller females, the butt-smacked female could be shown visibly rubbing her bottom after the slap whether or not they enjoyed the action.

This can be subject to some Values Dissonance when coming from older works, as nowadays it can be a form of sexual harassment. The only time this is acceptable in Real Life, of course, is the case when a woman admits she enjoys an ass smack.

This trope isn't just relegated to an open-palm. Variations like pinching and finger-brushing are included. Unlike Someone's Touching My Butt, the smack presented in this trope is usually done completely on purpose, although the tropes could be confused by the person who gets the smackin'.

Not to be confused with Shot in the Ass, Ass Pull, and Ass Shove. Compare Kinky Spanking for more than one swat. See also Pain to the Ass.

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Examples:

Advertising

• A televised commercial for Irish Spring body wash has a feisty redhead deliver an ass-smack to an athletic lad in a pub. Viewable on YouTube here at the 0:22 mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7McgAX-3XUE
• An ad for Lynx body wash (marketed as Axe in the US) had a young man who had apparently just spent the night with his girlfriend do this when he saw her the morning after as she was bending over in the kitchen. And then the actual girlfriend walks in a moment later...
  "Ah, I see you've met my mum!"

Anime & Manga

• One episode of Dirty Pair had Yuri in disguise as a stewardess in a train after tying one up and stealing her uniform, she encounters the leader of the gang she and Kei met earlier and she's fearful he will recognize her, as all she's done to disguise her face is put on a pair of glasses, he walks up to her and to her surprise he just tells her "nice ass!" and spanks her.
• Harukana Receive:
  • Before Haruka's rematch with Ayase, Ayase slaps her ass and compliments her on having a nice posterior, to Haruka's embarrassment.
  • Claire Thomas does the same to her sister Emily, to the latter's annoyance.
  • On the final episode Emily gets some payback by slapping her sister's ass, to her surprise and embarrassment.
• Inuyasha: Miroku is a serial butt groper, which is met mostly with giggles (with the notable exceptions of Kagome and Sango).

Comic Books

• Empowered has the titular heroine repeatedly subjected to this by the superhero Phallik (wielder of the Mighty Phallospear,) with him justifying it as a gesture of "comradely affection". She gives him the benefit of the doubt at first, but as soon as it becomes obvious that he doesn't do this to anyone except her, and is just a sexist pervert taking advantage of her reputation as a helpless bondage-prone Damsel in Distress, she calls him out for it. It turns out this habit is so deeply ingrained into him that even after he's killed and comes back as a zombie, his reanimated corpse still tries to do it, and even when the corpse is out of the picture the semi-sentient spear can be charged up to its full destructive power when she slaps her own ass with it.
• The Flash: On a number of occasions, Linda Park would do this to her husband, Wally West, whenever she was in the mood.
• Nightwing is prone to receiving this from female villains and love interests.
• Black Canary has both done this and received this, with Green Arrow (of the love interest variety), and the Birds of Prey (of the sport-team variety, but the team practically runs on Les Yay so there's a hint of flirting behind it).
• One of the most (if not the most) infamous example of this in comics happens in the 120th issue of Daredevil. He and the Black Widow have been partners for multiple issues, and she expresses a massive dissatisfaction in going from being the most feared spy in the world and an Avenger to his sidekick. Matt tries to comfort her with, as he puts it, some "horseplay" by first telling her to dress hot for the party they're going to. And then, when she (seemingly jokingly) calls him a chauvinist, he gives her a playful smack on the butt and says "I said move it darling". The panel is typically taken out of context online, making Matt look like a mindless misogynist, but whether the context makes it better or worse is up for debate/interpretation.
  • 2 issues later, Matt and Natasha have a more serious conversation where his hands (maybe accidentally, but we don't know) approach her derriere, but she then slaps them away saying "You're getting awfully liberal with your hands, Daredevil. Once, it's horseplay. Twice, it's developing into a decisively bad habit".
• In Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, the Joker cups Batman's ass.
• Issue 19 of The Superman Adventures has Multi-Face slap Mercy Graves on her behind while impersonating Lex Luthor.
• Wonder Woman receives one of these from Orion in the page image, and is decidedly not pleased. As it turns out, he was planting a tracker in a way that wouldn't attract suspicion. The method was still a bit questionable, however.

Comic Strips

• The November 9, 1988 strip of U.S. Acres had Roy slap Lanolin on her rear while saying "How's it going, fuzz face?" Lanolin responds by slapping Roy's face off.

Fan Works

• The Bridge: Blade Dancer smacks Xenilla on the butt in the chapter "Ties That Bind", shocking him.
• CRME: Roman does this to Cinder in Chapter 20 because they've had sex before and were keeping it from Emerald. She is shocked, but still reacts favorably to it. Even exchanging some flirtatious banter back.
• Fanfic writer CVGW James has created a very hefty amount of romance stories, and a good majority of the time, the characters featured in them engage in ass-smacking in a flirty manner. Stories that use this include "Sonic x Daphne: The Haunted Resort", "One Mylian Evening Swim", "Hot Piano Beauty in Seventh Heaven", and "Starro Seaside Terror".
• In Harry Potter and the Champion's Champion, Ron very stupidly does this to Fleur just as she's about to be summoned for the first task. Only the timing of that call saves Ron's life from a Veela angry enough to transform. The dragon isn't so fortunate.
• Ladybug in a Half Shell: Johnny Smith (also known as "Johnny the Perv") is a student at April and Casey's school infamous for doing this. He has done it before with April (getting his tooth kicked out by her for his troubles), has been beaten up by Casey for doing it due to his Big Brother Instinct, and got a severe Death Glare from Adrien when he tried something with Marinette.
• In Master's Way, Akane does this to Shampoo at one point, much to her own surprise.
• Naru-Hina Chronicles:
  • Sasuke does this to Sakura when the latter is saying what follows to Naruto:
    Sakura: And you know... It's rude to sneak up on your AAHH!
    [She blushes after Sasuke pinches her butt.]
    Sasuke: [smirking at her] Yeah. It's not nice to sneak up people and surprise them.
  • Choji does this to Ino while they're walking around Konoha. Surprised by that, she blushes and smiles at him while telling him to watch those hands of his.
  • After Hinata gives a Motivational Kiss to Naruto, the latter gets excited to resume his training and pulls his fiancée along pretty fast. She complains about it, saying "N-Naruto!! Slow down, don't pull me so fast!! I give you one kiss and you get excited!" He replies with "Don't you know it. Rawr!" before pinching her butt, making her reply "Eeep!! N-Naruto!! Th-That's not what I meant."
  • Naru-Hina Chronicles Mini-sodes: Naruko from the Yuri-verse does this to her Hinata in one Mini-sode.
• When Dusty Joy first appears in The Power of the Equinox, her bad day has already been made worse by the fact that she got smacked in her flank by a stallion who crept up behind her as she was leaning over during her cleaning duties. She retaliated by kicking his face, which her boss Peach Seed reprimanded her for before having the guards escort the stallion away.
• Toph does this to Princess Yue in Chapter 6 of Sokkarem Week 2016. She doesn't stop there, going further by spending a few minutes fondling it.
• The Palaververse: Second Sun: After stating she's looking for "a handsome stallion disinclined to refuse his princess's charming overtures", she finds a guard and:
  the sudden and stinging slap of a wing against his rear
• In Chapter 9 of The Viking Samurai, Hiccup smacks Astrid's rear during their fight, mocking her efforts to capture him.

Films — Animated

• Batman and Harley Quinn: Harley is working at "Superbabes", a diner featuring waitresses in skimpy versions of superheroine/villainess costumes. A customer grabs her ass, and she decks him. This cues in Nightwing that she's the real Harley rather than a lookalike.
• Boys Night Out: When a stripper serves Linberg and his stepfather some drinks, the stepfather pays for them by licking some dollar bills and slapping them onto her butt. The woman lets out an amused laugh before walking away with the money sticking to her butt cheek.
• Brave: Fergus pats Elinor's rear in the first scene just as Elinor is berating him on giving Merida her first bow, causing her to jump briefly in surprise.
• Gen¹³: Caitlin's college roommate receives one off-screen while telling her, through the crack in their dorm room door, that she's hooking up with her boyfriend.
• G.I. Joe: The Movie has a scene where Lt. Falcon annoys Jinx by slapping her behind while she's repairing a vehicle.
• The Incredibles: During the Good-Times Montage, Bob gives Helen a pat on the butt as he walks by her in the hallway, only to receive a pat right back from across the hall.
• ParaNorman: Alvin has a crush on Courtney during the whole movie. The characters stick together against the Angry Mob when they decide to hold hands, but Alvin misses the mark, leading to this line:
  Courtney: (reacting) Hand, Alvin! My hand!

Films — Live-Action

• The first Austin Powers film has a Deleted Scene where Austin does this to a flight attentant, who gets furious with him and has to be dragged out of the cabin before she attacks Austin. Likely cut due to the rest of the film portraying him as more of a Chivalrous Pervert.
• Bull Durham: Crash does this to Nuke when the latter is trying on a pair of Annie's garters in the locker room before a game.
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle: When Dylan briefly quit as an Angel, she goes to a cafe in Mexico. As she enters, a man spanks her ass. The first one, she doesn't respond, but the second time when she intends to go back as an Angel, she responds by throwing him until he hits the arcade game.
• Clegg: When Harry Clegg first meets Francis Wildman, Wildman is is emerging from his study with one of his Paid Harem; both of them in the act of getting dressed. Wildman sends the woman on her way with a slap on the ass.
• Dead Again in Tombstone: When Boomer's gang takes over Alicia's saloon, Craven slaps Alicia on the ass as he sends her to the kitchen to fix his breakfast. Alicia visibly flinches when he does so, but otherwise cannot react.
• Death Race. One of the drivers does this to his female navigator, following a Male Gaze scene of them striding off a prison bus to appreciation of the watching inmates.
• Fido: Mr. Theopolis smacks his zombie slave girl's ass as "reward" for picking up the newspaper. He was forced into early retirement for fraternalize too much with female zombies.
• Fifty Shades of Grey: Christian slaps Anastasia's ass twice. Once, when about to have sex, second is when he carries her by his shoulder.
  • Fifty Shades Darker: Christian smacks Anastasia's ass when about to have sex upon sneaking out from the masquerade party.
• Flash Gordon: When the Boisterous Bruiser Prince Vultan is near Dale Arden he pats her on the bottom, startling her.
• Flashdance: Local hoodlum Johnny C both spanks and fondles Alex's derriere, because he thinks he can do as he pleases in Mawby's bar. Johnny C gets his drink poured in his lap as a comeuppance.
• In the 1980 sci-fi parody Galaxina, Sergeant Thor tries to slap the titular Robot Girl on the ass and gets an electric shock.
• Hannie Caulder: Hannie asks a sheriff about the Clemens brothers. When she turns to leave, the sheriff smacks her ass, much to her irritation. Later he realizes she's with Bounty Hunter Price and apologizes profusely for the act.
• In Holiday on the Buses, Bert gives one to Mrs. Butler, who becomes rather embarrassed when she realises that her son Stan and his mate Jack saw it happen.
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York: Weaponized by Kevin as a distraction. When Harry and Marv first arrive in New York City, Marv tries to sweet talk a nearby pretty woman, but she smacks him with her purse. Later, after Kevin escapes from the hotel, Marv and Harry capture him and escort him to a place where they can hide his body, they stand at an intersection, waiting to cross, and as they're distracted, Kevin pinches the butt of a woman in front of him, and it turns out to be the same woman from earlier:
  Marv: Well, well, we meet again. (Woman knocks him down with a punch)
  Kevin: (Pointing at Harry) He did it!
  Harry: (Confused) Did what!? (Woman knocks him down with a punch)
  Kevin: Thanks! (Woman proudly nods, while Kevin runs off)
• James Bond:
  • Bond does this to Tania in From Russia with Love. She responds in mock disapproval that there are some English customs she's not going to put up with.
  • In Goldfinger, Bond does this to Dink, the woman giving him a massage after the titles after asking her to leave so he can talk shop with Felix Leiter.
• John Wick: Chapter 2. When John Wick turns up for a meeting with Santino, his mute female enforcer gives Wick a thorough pat-down, then reaches between Wick's legs to grab his ass just to troll him.
• The Novices: Sheltered nun Agnes runs away from her convent and, after arriving in Paris, gets arrested for getting in an accident. When the cops let her go, one of them smacks her ass, much to her shock.
• In Raising the Wind, Sid gives one to Doris as she passes by him in the office.
• Red, White & Royal Blue: At the White House dinner for the British Prime Minister, Alex Claremont-Diaz briefly grabs Prince Henry's buttock (who lets out a startled yelp) while they're talking to the President and the PM. Alex later tells Henry to come to his bedroom at midnight where he's going to do "very bad things" to him.
• Done in the first sequel of Revenge of the Nerds; Nerds in Paradise by the manager of the Flamingo Hotel, Mr. Buzz to Sunni (the lead female character and Love Interest of The Hero) although more in the sexual harassment field than flirting but that was the point.
• The Ribald Tales of Robin Hood: When Robin leaves his cell disguised as Marian, the jailer gives him a cheeky pinch on the butt. Robin cannot react in any way without blowing his cover.
• Robot Jox has the "male-dominated sports/military" non-flirtatious variant, with one of the technicians helping Achilles prepare for battle giving him a smack on the ass before he enters his Humongous Mecha. Before the final fight, the same technician accidentally spots Athena when she reacts in shock to the same gesture after stealing Achilles' uniform to take his place in the match.
• Son in Law: After waking up and entering the kitchen, Crawl pinches an unsuspecting Becca on the butt. She jumps before sternly saying his name.
• Spinout: Police officer Tracy pretends to make Les "stick 'em up" and has her turn around, upon which he smacks her butt, joking that he wanted to see if she was packing a gun.
• Sucker Punch: During the Storming the Castle fantasy sequence, the girls stack up before going through a doorway (a practice used by police and military in Real Life before entering a potentially hostile room). Rather than signaling her readiness to go through the door with the customary tap on the shoulder, Rocket instead elects to give Sweet Pea a very tactical smack on the butt. Given that they're sisters, this probably fits under "close camaraderie" rather than "flirtatious."
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot: Gender-inverted when a black Sexy Secretary grabs the behind of a metal worker while he's holding a welding torch.
• Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die!: Bunny Fox gives one to the prostitute he is with just before he is interrupted by Kiowa's $5,000 job offer.
• In Up the Front, Groping gives one to one of the whores at Monique's.
• The Way of the Gun: When Parker and Longbaugh enter the Mexican bordello with guns, the prostitutes all file out, and Longbaugh gives one of them a smack on the rear as she passes by. This was ad-libbbed by Benicio del Toro. The actress was reportedly not at all pleased by his improvisation.
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Baby Herman dispatches his nursemaid / handler with a smack on her ass, as well as sending her to get a racing form. Baby Herman does this in order to have a private and serious conversation with detective Eddie Valiant.

Literature

• When the heroes in Everworld run into the Amazons, it's mentioned they play grab-ass with David and Christopher (Jalil having already been claimed by April, to his surprise).
• One part of CARDINAL's chain of couriers in The Cardinal of the Kremlin is a woman who meets with a man who comes up behind her so she can't identify him to make their hand off. They have been doing this for several years and lately, he has been making a number of amorous physical touches (such as gently pinching her rear end), making her wonder what kind of lover her mysterious contact would be.
• In Honor Harrington Paul does this to Honor while they are riding in an elevator. He manages to time it just before the elevator arrives so that she doesn't have time to get revenge before the doors open.
• The LawDog Files: African Adventures. During a military wedding, LawDog and his colleagues are forming the traditional Sabre Arch for the bride and groom, except LawDog decides to smack the bride on the behind with the flat of his sabre and say, "Welcome to the Cavalry!" He only got the first two words out before she punched him in the face.
• Flood, by Andrew Vachss. When private eye Burke gets sassed by martial artist Flood, he gets her to pick something up and smacks her while she's bent over, only her ass is so tight Burke just gets a sore hand. Later when Flood is in a more flirtatious mood she invites Burke to take another smack. He cautiously does so...and finds that Flood has somehow made her butt pleasantly bouncy.
• In Peter Tinniswood's Northern English comic sagas about the Brandon family, the hero Carter Brandon, at a time of great elation in his life ^note  His pregnant wife Pat, who has been in a car crash, has come off the critical list in hospital and mother and baby are safe, he slaps his own mother on the bottom and tells her she's looking lovely today. This sounds vaguely Squick, but Carter appears to be aware that the onset of grandmotherhood is causing her to feel insecure about herself and that she's trying to rekindle his father's interest in her. Mrs Brandon blushes and takes it as a morale-booster.

Live-Action TV

• The Addams Family: Gomez and Morticia pretend to be the servants of Lurch in order to impress Lurch's mom, faking that he owns the mansion. Morticia tries to convince Lurch to pinch her in the butt as that's what would be expected from a boss and a maid, but he's so uncomfortable with the idea he can't go through with it.
• Agent Carter: In the first episode, as a demonstration/reminder of the rampant sexism of the 1940s where its set, has Peggy's best friend get this from a sexist customer at the diner where she works as a waitress. She takes it despite her visible horror, as she's used to such abuse, but Peggy promptly threatens the man into leaving a very big tip as an apology.
• The Big Bang Theory: In "The Thanksgiving Decoupling", Sheldon has a few beers which make him act looser than he usually is. When Amy scolds him for making fun of Howard, he apologizes... and then smacks her on the behind as he asks for a couple more beers. Amy is at first shocked, then leaves with a giddy smile on her face. Also at the end of"The Empathy Optimization",Raj dances on a stripper pole as Bernadette and Penny slap his ass and stuffs money in his pants.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
  • In the first season, local bully Larry is practicing self-defense exercises with Buffy and she has to fake that he's stronger. He grabs her butt, prompting her to react with her super-strength. Joke is, Larry is actually gay and he's out of the closet a couple of episodes later.
  • Happens to Buffy again in the third season when she's working as a waitress in L.A. The fact that she doesn't knock the offender across the room is part of the drama.
• In a promo for the Game Show Network original Burt Luddin's Love Buffet (think The Newlywed Game as a sitcom), Burt and co-host Tiffany Richardson are about to take the stage for a recording of an episode when he smacks her on the ass and says "Have a good game, slugger." Tiffany didn't expect or appreciate it.
• Buzz (2000): The Captain Harassment skits were Daryl Jones using a Hand Puppet to fondle the butts of random women on the streets of Toronto.
• Firefly: Zoe does to Wash after Wash pulls her away from the joking exchange she's having with Mal to tease Wash about his jealousy. Wash takes her by the arm, followed by a "we’ll be in our bunk" Call-Back and the smack as they go through the entry.
• An episode of Friends had Chandler Bing's new boss express his appreciation whenever Chandler does something good by smacking him on the ass and saying, "Way to go, Bing!" Chandler is initially uncomfortable with this, then annoyed when the smacks become frequent enough that he needs to apply lotion to his "sensitive posterior". But he also discovers that the other guys in the office are jealous since the boss never smacks them on the butt to show his approval.
• Game of Thrones:
  • In "Second Sons" (season 3, episode 8), Queen Daenerys meets with three officers of Second Sons, mercenaries hired by Yunkai, and she tries to bribe them to her side. One of the captains makes lewd comments, says he and the Second Sons will all rape her and generally behaves like an asshole. When they leave the tent, he smacks Missandei on her butt.
  • In season six finale, Walder Frey asks a serving girl, who is Arya Stark in a Faceless Men mask, if she's from his castle, to which she says no. Walder then remarks "Of course not- too pretty," then smacks her in the bum. He pays for this later.
• Get Smart: Maxwell Smart is talking to a Control agent disguised as a cabaret dancer, who tells Max to pinch her behind so it won't look suspicious as to why he's standing close to her. She then slaps Max, because reacting any other way would also be suspicious.
• Interview with the Vampire (2022):
  • "...The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding": There's a blink-and-you'll-miss moment when Lestat de Lioncourt briefly performs the finger-brushing variant on Louis de Pointe du Lac's bum just as he approaches his boyfriend from behind in the second coffin room scene. Lestat is signaling to Louis that he would like to have sex as soon as their daughter Claudia has settled into her coffin, and Louis smiling at the touch means that he feels the same way.
  • "The Thing Lay Still": As the vampire family delineate their plan to lure their would-be victims to their home for the after-party feast, Lestat does a variation on pinching by abruptly squeezing Louis' derrière and then tugging his lover next to him. Lestat's hand remains clasped on Louis' rump for the rest of the scene, and he's making it crystal clear to his beloved that he's fantasizing about doing something much more intimate with Louis when he murmurs huskily, "And let the flesh instruct the mind."
• The Leverage episode "The Bank Shot Job" opens with the team on a job targeting a corrupt judge who is introduced by slapping the rear of a young woman. Upon finding out she's nineteen, he jokingly asks if she has a younger sister.
• Madam Secretary: Elizabeth's meeting with the President of the Philippines wasn't going terribly well to begin with, but it's firmly derailed when he slaps her butt after she turns away from him and she instinctively punches him in the face. All she can do afterwards is wordlessly gather her papers and walk out.
• Person of Interest:
  • In "Bury the Lede", ruthless ex-CIA professional assassin John Reese is hilariously thrown when professional fixer Zoe Morgan gives him a smack on the ass as part of their ongoing Ship Tease.
  • Root does this to strait-laced Harold Finch after she gets a bit tipsy because they've been awake for days trying to get the Machine up and running. The irony here is that Root is more attracted to girls, so she probably meant it as a playful gesture.
• Star Trek
  • Star Trek: The Original Series: In "Charlie X", this is done by Charlie to his crush Yeoman Janice Rand as he has No Social Skills from being Raised by Wolves. However, he is so aghast at her offended reaction that she only mildly reprimands him.
  • The Grand Nagus of Ferenginar pinches Kira Nerys' rear in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Kira threatens to break all of his fingers if he does it again.
  • In Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Harbinger", a female Space Marine slaps Commander Tucker's behind during a sparring session, which distracts T'Pol long enough for her sparring partner to deck her. T'Pol calls Trip out on this afterwards.
• Supernatural, in the episode "Bugs", the second time brothers Sam and Dean are mistaken for a couple, Dean goes along and smacks Sam's ass. This was reportedly ad-libbed by Jensen Ackles.
• The West Wing: In "Game On", President Bartlet gives his wife a quick smack on the behind just before he goes on stage for the big debate against his Republican rival. It's also playful revenge for her cutting off the tie he was planning to wear and forcing a mad scramble to get him a new one with seconds to go before the debate.
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? has covered "Times when the athletic butt-slap is inappropriate." A couple highlights:
  "Your Majesty." (butt-slap)
  "How're those hemorrhoids?" (butt-slap, causing loud screaming)

Video Games

• In Cyberpunk 2077, Kerry does this to V when he exits the shower in "The Sun"/"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" ending. Unlike most examples, V doesn't react. Judy can also do this during "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" if V looks in the mirror.

Web Animation

• Hazbin Hotel: While singing "Inside of Every Demon is a Lost Cause", Alastor smacks Vaggie's ass. Considering he's asexual, it's almost certainly just to piss her off.
• After her Roaring Rampage of Rescue during the Helluva Boss episode "Exes and Oohs", Millie smacks her husband Moxxie's ass in a way that abundantly gets across to his father and their ex that he is hers. Moxxie can be seen blushing in response.
  Millie: This ass is mine!
• In the "Breach" episode of RWBY, Coco gives Fox the "Good Game" variant of this.^note At the time, fans saw it as a potential Ship Tease, but it was later confirmed that she's not into boys.
  Nice hustle, Fox.

Webcomics

• In The Rock Cocks, Clover gives Coral a pinch on the butt.
  Clover: Let me know if your cute butt needs a hand or two. [Clover pinches Coral.]
  Coral: Hey! All right, Mrs. Grabby-Crabby!
• Averted in League of Super Redundant Heroes when Buckaress gets a job as a waitress in a redneck bar and hates this, ending in disaster...

Western Animation

• American Dad!: The athletic version is exploited in the episode "The Missing Kink," as Francine indulges her taste for Kinky Spanking by... joining a softball team.
• Bob's Burgers: In "Torpedo", Tina watches how baseball players smack one another's asses to encourage one another. She then decides to become their water boy, so she can smack them on the asses as well. At one point she says that she is in love with all of them at the same time.
• Bump in the Night: In the episode "In the Bowl of the Squishy Prince", Squishington slaps "Princess Bumpelina" on the rear after rescuing her from the Closet Monster and just before learning that the princess is really Mr. Bumpy disguising himself as a princess in hopes of helping raise Squishy's self-esteem.
• Satirized a bit in the Family Guy episode "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar", where Peter and his boss end up in trouble after telling a sexist joke to a female coworker. Mr. Weed tries to assure to the coworker's lawyer that their company had run workplace sensitivity training for 50 years... in the form of an instructional video from 1956 with very questionable guidance, including the advice that "Nothing says 'Good job!' like a firm, open-palm slap on the behind." The lawyer isn't impressed.
• Father of the Pride: In the Original Pilot, Sarmoti slaps a female co-star named Ginger on the butt. In "The Lost Tale," Lily gives one to him as a sign that she has humbled him.
• Futurama:
  • "Rebirth" has Farnsworth slap a resurrected Amy's ass after she comments on how her rejuvenated body is "baby soft".
  • In "The Late Philip J. Fry", one scene has an aged Cubert pursue a relationship with Amy Wong's head on a fembot's body after divorcing Leela (who married him in the first place because of his resemblance to Fry). Amy slaps Cubert's rump.
  • "Assie Come Home" has the Borax Kid turn out to have Bender's arms when Fry and Leela go on a journey to recover Bender's stolen parts. The Borax Kid remarks how the arms make him luckier with the ladies and and one of the arms then slaps Leela's ass.
• The Jungle Show: The second of the two episodes where the chickens Lil and Lily perform the song is about them quitting their jobs at a diner in retribution towards their poor treatment, one of the grievances being that one of them got slapped in the derriere by Vince Vulture.
• Justice League:
  • When Batman and Wonder Woman arrive on New Genesis in "Twilight", Lightray gives the latter a smack on the ass. Diana is not amused.
  • In "Hearts and Minds", Hawkgirl gives Green Lantern a whack on the rear after a pep talk. It could have been just the kind of encouragement seen between two fighters, but they're already deep into Unresolved Sexual Tension territory as it is.
• Kaeloo: One season 3 episode has Mr. Cat do this to Kaeloo. She, of course, gets angry and starts yelling at him.
• Slimer's Evil Twin spanks Janine in episode "Trading Face" of The Real Ghostbusters, prompting Janine to get suspicious of his identity.
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In Bo-Katan Kryze's introductory episode she demands to know who Ahsoka is, so Lux Bonteri introduces her his betrothed. Bo-Katan does a Villainous Face Hold, derides how skinny she is and gives her a butt-slap that knocks her a couple of feet forward. Ahsoka is not happy about it.
• Tak and the Power of Juju (2007): In the episode "The Party", Killjoy Juju complains of how her ability to end parties isn't as appreciated as her significant other Party Juju's talent at starting them. One of her complaints is not getting a slap on her heinie in gratitude. Party Juju begins to raise a hand near Killjoy Juju's behind, but Killjoy Juju tells him not to think about it.

Real Life

• Isaac Asimov, who had an unfortunate habit of groping any female in sight, did this to fellow science fiction writer Judith Merril. He was surprised when she grabbed his crotch in response.
• While it's important to note that this is unacceptable between unfamiliar people, a loving spank is very much fair play between lovers (ass gropes also). It's essentially become an erotic acknowledgement of love, which is the reason you don't do this with foreigners who can't even recognize you.
• It's not uncommon for guys to do this to each other in various male-dominated occupations like sports and the armed forces, displaying something between Gay Bravado and an implicit close trust between them. Or an attempt to establish dominance, depending on the people involved. In the US, this is known as a "Good Game." With increasing numbers of women serving in the armed forces, the acceptability of this practice has begun to come under scrutiny, for reasons mentioned above already.
• Donald Trump is quite infamous for doing this to women.

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