History Main / FriendlyTickleTorture

* In ''Film/{{Babe}}'' when the rest of the Hoggett Family comes to visit for a Christmas get-together, Esme (Farmer Hoggett's wife) uses measuring tape to see how big Babe has gotten ([[EatTheDog to see if he's worth being eaten for dinner]]). Upon realizing that Babe's too small to eat, she passes off her actions by playfully tickling Babe's stomach.

** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Tai gets tickled by his teacher after remarking that he could be an evil Digimon
*** In another episode, Joe tickles Gomamon, but it's offscreen and only in the English dub.

* In the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' movie, "''Tree of Might''", Goku and Gohan [[BathsAreFun are taking a bath together]] and as they hold a contest to see who can hold their breath the longest, Goku is seen tickling Gohan underwater.
* One of the VERY few cute moments of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' takes place in the OVA special when Nana, Lucy, and Yuka are [[BathsAreFun all taking a bath together]]. At the very start of the scene, Lucy is seen tickling Nana.
* ''Manga/FairyTail''

** In chapter 341, this happens to Lucy again when Cana, trying to get answers out Lucy's [[ShipTease relationship]] with Natsu, [[LesYay playfully gropes her breasts]] while they are at the guild bathhouse. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot The male wizards on the other side try to listen in.]]
* Early in volume 8 of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'', Miyako proposes a no-sleep-over party, declaring "Whoever falls asleep has to suffer a terrible punishment!!!" The punishment is revealed to be this when [[spoiler:Nazuna]] dozes off.

* Early in the anime of ''Manga/{{Hitohira}}'', Chitose has Kai restrain Mugi while she tickles her. She does this to help her [[TheVoiceless improve her voice]].
** She gets her again towards the end of the anime series.
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': Polnareff does this to [[EnfantTerrible Mannish Boy]] to get him to eat his baby food. What Polnareff doesn't know is that [[spoiler: 1.) [[EnfantTerrible Mannish Boy is actually evil]], and can [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erase memories]], and 2.) [[OnlySaneMan Kakyoin]] laced his baby food with [[{{Squick}} the poop in his diaper]] as punishment for nearly killing them.]]
** Joseph Joestar is on the receiving end of this from his daughter [[ThePollyanna Holly]] earlier in Part 3, where she tickles him in the middle of the Tokyo-Narita Airport as an affectionate form of punishment for not visiting sooner.
* In the series ''Anime/{{Kurenai}}'', before going off to rescue Murasaki from the Kuhoin, Shinkurō offers to shake hands with Tamaki and Yamie as saying goodbye. Instead, Tamaki and Yamie proceed to tickle him.

* In ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', Satsuki starts a tickle fight with Mei while they're in the bath to get her to laugh and scare away the soot sprites.

* In ''Literature/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey'', Kurousagi is subjected to this by an invisible Izayoi in episode 5. Once she finds out it's him, she smacks him a couple of times with a PaperFanOfDoom.
* In ''Literature/{{Noukome}}'', Chocolat playfully catches Kanade off guard with this.

** In the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY XYZ]] series, Bonnie tickles Squishy twice on-screen, first when they meet for the very first time, and then once again in one of the outro songs. She also does this to Z2, the second Zygarde core in the series in an attempt to befriend it.

** In the film, ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'' During a montage featuring Ash and Pikachu's adventures, there is a brief moment in it where Pikachu crawls into Ash's Sleeping Bag and playfully tickles him from inside of it.

* An annoyed (but happy) Guile does this to Chun Li in ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' after she [[FakingTheDead fakes having died from her wounds]] against Vega when he returned to the hospital to tell her about Bison's defeat.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} has done this to, on various occasions, Rogue, Phoenix (Rachel), and Meggan (of Excalibur). Between his teleporting ability and his prehensile ''tail,'' he's apparently quite good at it.
** Hell, he's done it so much the Fandom [[{{Fanon}} has decided]] he has a tickle fetish.
*** The fact that he's done it to who he's done it and suffered little punishment probably means something, too.

* When ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' enters the garden made by her Other Mother. She gets playfully "attacked" by a bunch of living Snapdragons that swarm and tickle her until they get [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath beheaded]] shortly after by Other Father.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 The Jungle Book]]'':

* In the middle of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', When Merlin and Arthur/Wart transform into Squirrels as part of a lesson, they are encountered by two squirrels [[AbhorrentAdmirer who instantly fall in love with them]]. The one that flirts with Merlin playfully tickles him.

* [[Film/LiarLiar NOTHING CAN ESCAPE THE CLAAAAW!!]]

* Literature/AmeliaBedelia
** Amelia Bedelia and her parents engage in this in ''Amelia Bedelia Road Trip!'', one of the ''Young Literature/AmeliaBedelia'' books.
** Towards the end of another Young Amelia Bedelia chapter book, ''Amelia Bedelia Makes a Splash'', her new friends at summer camp do this to her, and it only gets worse when her father tells them that she's ticklish on her neck and her mother suggests doing it behind her ears. Then, when she shouts for "mercy," a girl named Annette claims that she's been teaching her French, and what she's really saying is "''merci''," which is French for "Thank you."

* Pug Sheridan has a scene where Egypt gets tickled on the chin by her Rascaly friend Fanny causing her to chase Fanny down and tickle her bare feet until she begs for mercy.
* In Recipe For Disaster by Maureen Fergus, when Holly remarks that Harold would be a great kisser, the main character feels so insulted that she pins Holly down and tickles her bare feet in retaliation.
* In the novelisation of ''Film/TheTerminator'', Sarah Conner does this to Kyle Reese after they have sex. Given that he's spent his entire life as a soldier AfterTheEnd, he has to have it explained what he's doing.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'' features a "''Play with Pikachu/Eevee''" mode that allows you to interact with your respective Pokémon. One of the things you can do with Pikachu and/or Eevee is tickle them. If you tickle them too much though (or in the wrong spot), they will eventually get annoyed and attack you for it.

* In ''[[Literature/SwordArtOnline Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment]]'', there is a dialogue cutscene that features Strea (who has transformed into a pixie) flying into Kirito's shirt to tickle him as "punishment" for trying to drop her when she wanted to ride on his shoulder (despite that Kirito advised her from doing so to prevent falling off.) Considering Strea's [[MoodSwinger personality]], her "punishment" is too playful to be considered for [[TickleTorture the malicious version of the trope]].

* In Recipe For Disaster by Maureen Fergus, when Holly remarks that Harold would be a great kisser, the main character feels so insulted that she pins Holly down and tickles her bare feet.