She's almost ready for the real thing.
The
Kissing Warm Up is when a character practices their smooching skills alone. It mostly occurs with young characters who have not had their
First Kiss. It may involve kissing your hand, the mirror,
a stuffed animal,
a live animal, or anything handy.
Frequently occurs in anticipation of a
make-out party. Can turn into
Cringe Comedy if another character
catches them in the act.
If the kissing warm up is with a living person, it's a
Practice Kiss. If the kiss is with a live animal who is
sapient, you may be looking for
Interspecies Romance.
Compare
Test Kiss. Not to be confused with
I Kiss Your Hand.
Examples
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Film
- In Superstar, Mary Katherine Gallagher makes out with a tree trunk.
Literature
- In Noughts And Crosses, when Callum and Sephy are having their First Kiss, Sephy's internal monologue mentions that she has practised kissing with her pillow.
Live Action TV
- Doogie Howser, M.D.: Vinnie shows a 12-year-old female patient (who has a crush on Doogie) how to practice kissing by locking lips onto a window.
- On My So-Called Life, Danielle catches Angela kissing a mirror.
- JD of Scrubs practices kissing with his stuffed dog.
- Referenced in the Red Dwarf episode "Confidence and Paranoia", when Paranoia starts dredging up Lister's embarrassing adolescent memories.
- Justin goes through a whole kissing montage in one episode of Wizards of Waverly Place. Needless to say, Hilarity Ensues.
Western Animation
- Pepper Ann gets ready for her first unsupervised party by warming up on her hand, a watermelon, and a pillow.
- On King of the Hill, Bobby practices kissing on Luanne's hairdresser dummy.
- In The Venture Bros., Dean practices by kissing his hand. When he later describes it as "practicing being a boyfriend," it's not taken the right way.
- Referenced in the Adventure Time episode "The Enchiridion." Finn opens the titular book to examine it and finds a page titled "Chapter 5: How to Kiss Princesses." Pausing the scene quickly reveals that the author recommends practicing on a Lip Monster beforehand.
- Doug of Doug practices kissing on a balloon.
- Hey Arnold! gives us the creepy yet hilarious kiss between Helga and her Arnold shrine - made completely out of wads of his used gum.
