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* In ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' comic "The Simpsons Winter Wingding 2" there is a story titled "VSI: Valentive Scene Investigators" where Lisa receives, anonymously, a letter valentine. Later Bart admits he wrote it only to encourage Lisa because previously she was depressed at not receiving a letter valentine. At the end of the story, the whole school laughs at them both.

** In ''ComicBook/Superboy1949'' #80, Kara travels to the past to meet Superboy, and Clark looks a tad smitten with his cousin. And that is before [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pScx8BN4h3s/SsNtkLIiqkI/AAAAAAAAFeM/T5WENser1mc/s1600-h/sb+80-07.jpg they aim two ships at each other]] which look strangely .

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** In ''ComicBook/ActionComics #260'' Clark has Kara disguise herself as a superheroine from another dimension, and [[http://www.orgamesmic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/superman-supergirl-kiss.jpg she and Superman]] proceed to have make-outs (in front of Lois), all to fool some dim alien invaders. They even get married.
** The infamous Action Comics #289 where Superman falls in love with a woman identical to an adult version of his cousin. The really crazy part? ''Supergirl set the two up'' because her cousin told her that if he ever got married, it would be to someone ''just'' like her. [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/08/01/i-love-ya-but-youre-strange-kissing-cousins/ Discussed here]] and [[http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com.es/2008/09/it-came-from-back-issue-box-action.html here]].

** ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'' has [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-42hj4CP59UU/TW0EOjbIjyI/AAAAAAAALSk/MyJ0VPlDuGo/s1600/sm+309-04.jpg this scene]] in which Creator/GerryConway seems completely unaware of the tone he is setting. Superman drying off after taking a shower, Supergirl's long legs highlighted, her face in the shadows... Even the line 'hope you don't mind me waiting for you' sounds suggestive. At the very least, she is an adult in that story.
** Also, ''[[Literature/TheSuperdictionary from the same source]]'' as ComicBook/LexLuthor stealing '''forty''' cakes[[note]]That's as many as four tens. AndThatsTerrible.[[/note]] comes Kara and Clark [[http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvzhjklUch1r2ntbyo1_500.png deserving a rest]]. Maybe it's just hard to make her look unsexy, but... that looks far from innocent, and the repetition, though intended to drill the definition into a kid's mind, ''really'' makes it sound like she is saying "We deserve a rest, nudge nudge wink wink," and the big blue boy scout [[ObliviousToLove just isn't getting it yet]].

* ''Webcomic/JL8'': A significant subplot centers on ComicBook/PowerGirl having a crush on [[{{Franchise/Superman}} Superboy]]. It wasn't until after writing it that the author was informed that Power Girl is technically his cousin, since in the mainstream DC continuity Power Girl is ([[ContinuitySnarl usually]]) an alternate universe version of {{ComicBook/Supergirl}}, who is Superman's cousin.

** During seaosn four Phoebe acts as a gestational surrogate for her half-brother and his wife (as a way of writing in Creator/LisaKudrow's pregnancy). Phoebe was artifically inseminated but the show mines a lot of humor from her not explaining this clearly to people and leaving them to think the worst.

** Aeron "Damphair" Greyjoy has a deep-seated hatred and terror of his brother Euron, and associates him with the scream of a rusted hinge, and memories of waking up in the night and thinking "Euron has come again". Though it is not stated explicitly, one can assume that he was sexually abused by his brother.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS1E6TheDress The Dress]]", Darwin develops a massive crush on his adoptive brother Gumball [[AttractiveBentGender in his mom's wedding dress]] without realizing that it's him. Much later, Teri questions Darwin over who he's kissed, and when she finds out through a FullyAutomaticClipShow that he's kissed Gumball five times (including the aforementioned episode), she questions "what's up with you guys?"

** Later, Maddie was lured away by Selene, regaining both powers and memories, whereupon she popped in and out of Nate's life, acting as a textbook {{Tsundere}} towards an often bewildered Nate, acting incredibly jealous whenever any woman showed even the slightest sign of interest in him (which was [[ChickMagnet frequently]]), to the point of ''murdering'' [[MurderTheHypotenuse her main theoretical rival, Threnody]], after going on how she needed him -- which Threnody wryly commiserated with. Even after Nate figured out just who she was to him, and seemed to step very firmly back from any romance, Maddie's attitude didn't change all that much (as the cover shows).
*** Later , They DO fully consummate their romantic/sexually attraction to each other and formally become lovers off-panel during a timeskip , but soon after, Madelyne gets secretly murdered and impersonated by YET another alternate reality counterpart of hers , an evil version of Jean Grey who had conquered and enslaved her own parallel Earth [[spoiler: and even created a sex slave/consort for herself , her own son , an alternate reality counterpart of Nate Grey, but when he rebelled against her for her tyranny , she sought to replace him with [=AoA=] Nate]]

*** Later , They DO fully consummate their romantic/sexually attraction to each other and formally become lovers off-panel during a timeskip , but soon after, Madelyne gets secretly murdered and impersonated by YET another alternate reality counterpart of hers , an evil version of Jean Grey who had conquered and enslaved her own parallel Earth [[spoiler: and even created a sex slave/consort for herself , her own son , an alternate reality counterpart of Nate Grey, but when he rebelled against her for her tyranny , she sought to replace him with AoA Nate]]

* The Gemini monster from the online game ''Website/UniCreatures'' is a pair of magical twin sisters. In [[http://unicreatures.com/creatures/Gemini/gemini_diocas.png their]] [[http://unicreatures.com/creatures/Gemini/gemini_lexsiel.png early]] [[http://unicreatures.com/creatures/Gemini/gemini_kaimei.png forms,]] they don't look particularly yay-y, but in their final stage, [[http://unicreatures.com/creatures/Gemini/gemini.png they embrace delicately]] in a GirlsLove-like pose, and have FlavorText about how they "find time just for the two of them."

** At an office Christmas party, Michael attempts to bond with Maeby, his niece, by singing a karaoke duet with her. The song they choose is called 'Afternoon Delight', and they realise as the song goes on that it's a duet about having sex in the afternoon. They quickly stop singing it, and are both embarrassed by the mix-up. Later, George-Michael and Lindsay also sing the song together, again unaware of the sexual nature of the song.

* In ''Fanfic/TheMasksWeWearAvatarTheLastAirbender'' some of the interactions between the royal siblings are implicitly not of familial love.

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** {{Discussed}} in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt,'' where two sisters are sitting in bed, with soft background music playing, talking about how they're in love. ''With other people,'' mind you, but the Critic is still [[PerverseSexualLust very]] [[GirlOnGirlIsHot excited]].
* The Website/YouTube channel "Geek and Sundry" features plenty of this between siblings Creator/{{Felicia|Day}} and Ryon Day, who are not afraid to make quite raunchy and explicit sexual references during their video game play-throughs together. Seriously, read the comments on the videos--a disturbing number of fans assume they're girlfriend/boyfriend rather than brother/sister, and an even more disturbing number of fans [[IncestYayShipping know they're siblings and ship them anyway]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Accidental on the part of the Ice King, who ruins a heartfelt hug by trying to kiss Marceline in the episode "I Remember You" after she tells him that she likes having him around. This startles and disgusts her, as before the crown that the Ice King wears [[SanitySlippage completely drove him to madness]], he acted as a ''surrogate father'' to her in the years following the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Mushroom War]] when her actual father showed no interest in raising her. While he does remember just enough to know that Marceline is important to him, he's become too senile to actually remember ''why''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' Tom still manages to have a few [[http://sarajaye.superbusnet.com/Pictures/inabarrell.PNG choice]] [[http://sarajaye.superbusnet.com/Pictures/look.PNG moments]] with his brother Alan ''and'' have a dynamic with his sister [[http://sarajaye.superbusnet.com/Pictures/flirtylookidk.PNG Anne]] that sometimes screams "they'd be strongly hinted at as a couple if they weren't siblings".
* In an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', Darwin develops a massive crush on his adoptive brother Gumball [[AttractiveBentGender in his mom's wedding dress]] without realizing it's him. Much later, Teri questions Darwin over who he's kissed, and when she finds out through a FullyAutomaticClipShow that he's kissed Gumball five times (including the aforementioned "The Dress"), she questions "what's up with you guys?"

--->'''Stan''': Go ahead, kids, give 'em a squeeze! It's not weird, I'm your dad.\\
'''Stan''': I'll go get help, and you guys can look at my ass as I walk away. I think you'll be pleased.

* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' seems to have this kind of relationship with his mother. He gets an erection at the thought of his mother dying and is claimed to yell out her name during sex, and that's just from the first episode. In "A Going Concern", when Malory is about to get married, Lana points out that he's upset because his mom's "leaving [him] for another man". And this exchange from first season episode "Killing Utne":
-->'''Malory''': ''(about a bell)'' Oh, that's right. I kept it on the nightstand to wake nanny whenever Sterling wet the bed.\\
'''Cheryl''': Wait, whose bed?\\
'''Woodhouse''': It was always "don't ask, don't tell."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': For several North American audience members, the relationhip between [[spoiler: Jinx and Silco]] was uncomfortable due to [[spoiler: her delayed maturity and understanding of boundaries and his apparently genuine indulgence and affection]]. Many people in other countries noted that this affection was more normal for their cultures, and was not uncomfortable. As Fortiche is a French company, this may not have been intentional.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Is There a Doctor in the House?" has Arthur and D.W. trying to look after their parents when they get sick and do the house's chores themselves. They have an ImagineSpot where their parents never get better, with them having to take over their parents' jobs, clean the house and take care of Kate themselves, with D.W. bemoaning the fact that they're "terrible parents."
** In "Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight" Arthur and D.W. fear their parents will divorce. D.W. tells Arthur that they can’t be separated and should run away and find their own place to live, saying they only have each other and they don't need anyone else.
** Another episode has D.W. obsessed with getting her first kiss, and Nadine brings up the fact that she's already kissed Arthur.

** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has Azula and Zuko and their relentless FoeRomanceSubtext, ''especially'' on Azula's part, constantly acting like TheVamp around Zuko. (Though to be fair, she acts that way around '''everyone'''.) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-eWsMMJwZ4 A scene]] in "The Awakening" (appropriate music added) involves Zuko barging into Azula's ''bedroom'' to confront her, while Azula gets way too close for comfort wearing nothing but a robe. In "The Earth King" there is a scene where Zuko dreams about a [[SnakesAreSexy serpentine]] dragon encircling him closely and whispering in his ear with Azula's voice, in a tone that can only be described as extremely seductive. The exact words are "It's getting late, are you planning to retire soon, my lord?...Relax, Fire Lord Zuko. Just let go. Give in to it. Sleeep." The creators even (jokingly?) shipped Zuko's alter ego with Azula at a convention. Though "Sleep" here may just be a symbol for "Be lazy, ignore your responsibilities and destiny." rather than sex. Members of the cast and crew often joked about it in various ways. Once when discussing fan pairings at a convention the crew put up a picture of Zuko and Azula on screen and just let the crowd react without saying anything. [[Creator/GreyDeLisle Azula's voice actor]] was once asked "if you went on a life-changing journey with Zuko, what do you think would happen?" Her in-character response? "I'd get pregnant."

* Many ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans noticed Princess Leia Organa's later claim that she had "always known" that Luke Skywalker is her brother. Does that include when she gave Luke a big kiss on the mouth in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''? Though in context it appears she did it [[OperationJealousy to make Han jealous]]. Emperor Palpatine is also very suggestive in seducing Rey to the dark side in 'The Last Jedi' to be his Sith Empress/apprentice and he her master, even commenting to his grandaughter that he has engaged in practices considered "unnatural".

* ''Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne'' has a lot of ship tease between Chiyo and Yuu, though they ''technically'' aren't siblings in any real sense of the word (she's a [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Great Old One]] who made a contract with him to act as his older sister rather than an actual relative). This isn't helped by the fact that [[BleachedUnderpants the series was originally hentai]] before it was picked up for serialization (or the fact that said hentai is apparently canon).

* In ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'', Scout imagines herself marrying Jem when she misunderstands the concept of double first cousins, and doesn’t seem too uncomfortable at the thought. The scene where Jem unbuttons his shirt and shows her his chest muscles while “grinning shyly” also seems rather flirtatious. It doesn’t help that Atticus claims the Finches to have an “incestuous streak” due to their habit of marrying their cousins.

* ''[[Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005 War of the Worlds]]'': Ray and his daughter Rachel become very close over the course of the film, with Ray seeming to see her as a LivingEmotionalCrutch and often showing jealousy when he sees someone else bonding with Rachel. They have some very emotionally charged scenes such as when Ray sings her to sleep while crying and kisses her hair, or when he embraces her intensely when he's about to [[spoiler: murder Ogilvy to protect her]], then when getting her to sing so she doesn't hear it, he kisses her hands while kneeling in front of her, and afterwards Rachel emotionally gets into Ray's lap and wraps his arms around her, and we then cut to them sleeping in each other's arms that night. It's also notable that Rachel has the same role in the story as the protagonist's love interest in the 1953 film, being the character he fights to protect from the aliens.

** In [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyzhRDEWkAArQjo.jpg:large this]] 10th anniversary art piece for the greater ''Franchise/MegaMan'' franchise, [[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Kalinka Cossack]] is seen [[AllLoveIsUnrequited kissing Rock]], while Roll is seen [[GreenEyedMonster jealously glaring at the two]].

* In ''Literature/TheKingdomOfCrookedMirrors'' by Vitaly Gubarev, the EvilChancellor Nushrok[[note]]in Russian, a SdrawkcabAlias name of "kite" (as in the bird of prey)[[/note]] and his daughter Anidag[[note]]in Russian, "viper/vermin" written backwards[[/note]] are cold and ruthless with everyone else but absolutely loving and protective towards each other. Furthermore, they address each other with endearments ''every time'', Nushrok waxes lyrical about her beauty and praises her cleverness, and when he offers her a plan for them to rule the kingdom together, the scene is eerily similar to a marriage proposal, complete with him kissing her after she accepts ([[AnywhereButTheirLips on the crown of her head, though]]).

* In ''The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors'' by Vitaly Gubarev, the EvilChancellor Nushrok[[note]]in Russian, a SdrawkcabAlias name of "kite" (as in the bird of prey)[[/note]] and his daughter Anidag[[note]]in Russian, "viper/vermin" written backwards[[/note]] are cold and ruthless with everyone else but absolutely loving and protective towards each other. Furthermore, they address each other with endearments ''every time'', Nushrok waxes lyrical about her beauty and praises her cleverness, and when he offers her a plan for them to rule the kingdom together, the scene is eerily similar to a marriage proposal, complete with him kissing her after she accepts ([[AnywhereButTheirLips on the crown of her head, though]]).

* This [[https://youtu.be/fhfcWTZeP1k?si=3vU6U5TB44136R_s remake]] of an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmuNpadhxo0&t=9s '80s Folger's commercial]] has a reunion between a guy who came back from college for Christmas to his younger sister. In the original, this is innocent BigBrotherWorship due to her young age, but the remake ages her up and makes her actions seem rather flirtatious.

* This [[https://youtu.be/fhfcWTZeP1k?si=3vU6U5TB44136R_s A remake]] of an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmuNpadhxo0&t=9s '80s Folger's commercial]] has a reunion between a guy who came back from college for Christmas to his younger sister. In the original, this is innocent BigBrotherWorship due to her young age, but the remake ages her up and makes her actions seem rather flirtatious.

* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQk_pWmisA remake]] of an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmuNpadhxo0&t=9s '80s Folger's commercial]] has a reunion between a guy who came back from college for Christmas to his younger sister. In the original, this is innocent BigBrotherWorship due to her young age, but the remake ages her up and makes her actions seem rather flirtatious.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Richard Castle and his daughter Alexis are extremely close, largely due to his raising her by himself but sometimes it seems to go beyond this. One episode opens with her sitting on his lap which is fine for a little girl but she's college age. The same episode has a scene where he talks to her about the breakup of her long-distance relationship and asks "Does this make you feel any better?" She says "No, but this does." and proceeds to cuddle with him. Another episode, which takes place at a science-fiction convention has him see her in a ''very'' skimpy cosplay outfit. After confronting her about it he walks away saying "I can't ''unsee'' that!" Later on they have an awkward scene together in which they agree not to discuss the matter, the implication being that it might bring up feelings neither wants to acknowledge.