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** Supermodel Heidi Klum and her 18 year old daughter Leni garnered great controversy (and PUBLICITY!) by posing together in a lingerie photoshoot, including them kissing one another on the lips. Cindy Crawford and her daughter Kaia Gerber similarly posed together although less provocatively.

* The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' doujin ''Fanfic/AtChirei'' portrays the main characters as a family, with sisters Satori and Koishi as the parents and Orin and Okuu as the children. Koishi closing her third eye and going to explore the surface is treated very much like a divorce, with the confused children caught in between, and twice Yuugi comforts a distraught Satori with what sounds very similar to relationship advice.

* 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".

* ''[[Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005 War of the Worlds]]'': Ray and his daughter Rachel become very close over the course of the film, with a lot of hugs, kisses, and hand-holding between them, and Ray seems jealous when he sees someone else bonding with Rachel. As the film goes on he seems to view her as a LivingEmotionalCrutch and cares about nothing but keeping her safe, and 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. 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 "Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight" Arthur and D.W. fear their parents will divorce. D.W. tells Arthur that they only have each other and should just find their own place to live, saying she'll take care of him and they don't need anyone else.

* In ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Ravenna]]'s relationship with her brother Finn flirts with incest several times. Especially when Ravenna bathes in front of him and, later, he gives her a not-so-brotherly kiss on the shoulder.

* ''[[Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005 War of the Worlds]]'' has Ray and his daughter Rachel, who become very close over the course of the film, with Ray constantly holding her or carrying her in his arms, and Ray seems jealous when he sees someone else showing her affection. 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. 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.

* Extremely prevalent in ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure''. It stops just short of being text, but the eponymous siblings share a love song ("Candy Hearts And Paper Flowers"), and they have a habit of hugging in ways not commonly seen between siblings.

** Hayley enters a relationship with Stan's CIA body double and doesn't at all seem disturbed that he looks exactly like her father (but does mention at one point that she gets "freaked out" when he talks like him), and naturally Stan isn't disturbed at all when he finds out, believing him to be the best boyfriend Hayley's had. Ironically knowing her past choices (aka a constantly high hippie) he might be right.

* ''VideoGame/TheCoffinOfAndyAndLeyley'' revolves around a brother-sister duo in TheMasochismTango with each other resulting from [[LivingEmotionalCrutch a codependent relationship]], with significant BelligerentSexualTension.

* ''[[Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005 War of the Worlds]]'' has Ray and his daughter Rachel, who become very close over the course of the film, with Ray constantly holding her or carrying her in his arms, and Ray's driving motivation throughout the film is to keep her safe. 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. 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.

* In ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', it's played with between twin siblings Johan Liebert and Anna/Nina. Johan has quite the obsession over Nina, and she is probably the only person in the world that he cares about enough for people to try to hold Nina hostage knowing that it'll lure Johan out and [[spoiler:he's willing to eradicate his existence merely to make her happy]]; Nina initially cannot remember Johan due to a post-traumatic induced amnesia, and when he begins sending her anonymous "romantic" emails (e.g., ''"I was born to smother you with flowers."''), she assumes that it's from a secret admirer.

* Ray and his daughter Rachel in ''[[Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005 War of the Worlds]]'' become very close over the course of the film, with Ray constantly holding her or carrying her in his arms, and Ray's driving motivation throughout the film is to keep her safe. They have some very emotionally charged scenes such as when Ray tearfully sings her to sleep and kisses her hair. He also embraces Rachel intensely when he's about to [[spoiler: murder Ogilvy to protect her]], and 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.

* Ray and his daughter Rachel in ''[[Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005 War of the Worlds]]'' become very close over the course of the film, with Ray constantly holding her or carrying her in his arms, and it's shown that she's the one person he'll do anything to protect. They have some very emotionally charged scenes such as when Ray is about to [[spoiler: murder Ogilvy to protect her]] and he embraces Rachel intensely, then 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{ThePowerpuffGirls}}'' have some subtle examples, while their relationship is platonic. One of them involves sleeping in the same bed, with a certain level of comfortability.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{ThePowerpuffGirls}}' have some subtle examples, while their relationship is platonic. One of them involves sleeping in the same bed, with a certain level of comfortability.

** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E20LittleGirlInTheBigTen Little Girl in the Big Ten]]", Lisa speaks with a college girl (Carrie), and Lisa almost admits that ascr she thinks Bart is cute.

* ''Manga/OshiNoKo'': Twins Ruby and Aqua Hoshino are, respectively, the reincarnations of Sarina Tendouji, a girl who died of cancer, and Goro Amemiya, the doctor who took care of her. While the pair are unaware of each other's previous identities, the fact that Sarina was explicitly in love with Goro, and the fact that Aqua has quite the [[BigBrotherInstinct sister complex]] towards his twin sister make their relationship come across as something far less platonic.

%%** This trope is well used between immortal vampire siblings in many combinations. "Always and forever."

** To say nothing of the '' extremely'' heavy implication, particularly in Season 1, that Sir Malcolm may have actually crossed the line with his daughter Mina; he also forced his son to participate in various sexual atrocities during their travels "to prove he was a man."

** This trope is well used between immortal vampire siblings in many combinations. "[[CatchPhrase Always and forever.]]"

** This trope is well used between immortal vampire siblings in many combinations. [["Always and forever." CatchPhrase]]

** Crosses over into Oedipal transference with the behind-the-scenes subtext that the actress who played his mother was cast partly because of a resemblance to Sarah Michelle Gellar, and the character's name in Anne--Buffy's middle name.

** This trope is well used between immortal vampire siblings in many combinations. [[CatchPhrase: "Always and forever."]]

** This trope is well used between immortal vampire siblings in many combinations.
** Klaus and Rebekah, starting from the moment they first appeared together on the parent show ''The Vampire Diaries''. In one episode, Cami asks if they're dating. Klaus has a history of hating men Rebekah is interested in, and considers himself her constant one and basically the only man worthy of her and the only man she's allowed to love. He's also jealous to Marcel and Rebekah's relationship, which is in itself pseudo-incestuous (she's [[NotBloodSiblings not really his aunt,]] but Klaus is the closest thing he has to a father). When Klaus can't kill her new boyfriend like he normally does, because this time it's his adopted son, he spends centuries keeping them apart, daggering Rebekah to punish her not only for 'betraying' him but also for 'taking' Marcel away from him. And then there's the actor's comment [[https://icebluecyanide.tumblr.com/post/64127817347/he-really-really-loves-rebekah-and-no-ones-ever]] that Klaus 'feels left out' and 'insecure.' And this sentiment being confirmed onscreen in season 4 with the line "How could either of you love each other and still have room for me?"

** While not as creepily possessive of him as he is of Rebekah, Klaus gets quite touchy about Elijah paying too much attention to other people as well. Klaus arranges circumstances so Elijah's girlfriend [[spoiler: Celeste ends up murdered.]] He claims to have done it simply out of boredom, feigning ignorance that [[spoiler:her death would hurt Elijah, but it's quite clearly feelings of jealousy and betrayal that spurred him to get rid of her.]] Elijah even blames himself, saying he should have known 'abandoning' Klaus in favour of [[spoiler:Celeste]] would lead to that result. He also spends quite a lot of time gazing wistfully at him across a piano bar after the events of the season 4 finale [[spoiler: where the siblings are magically forced to separate and Elijah [[MindWipe loses all his memories,]] despite the risk that bringing two pieces of [[EvilArtifact The Hollow]] so close together poses and Elijah, ya'know, not having any idea who he is anyway.]] One of the writers [[https://twitter.com/cadlymack/status/878433524642074624]]even joked on twitter that Elijah definitely thought Klaus was hitting on him [[spoiler: since he couldn't recognise him as his brother.]]

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* In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour: Unstable Molecules'', Jonathan Storm has a crush on the comic book character Vapor Girl, unaware that she's based on his sister Susan Storm. If it comes to that, in the real MarvelUniverse, Johnny married (a Skrull impersonating) Alicia Masters, who looked so much like Sue that in her first appearance her own family couldn't tell them apart if Alicia wore a wig.

* Ray and his daughter Rachel in ''[[Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005 War of the Worlds]]'' become very close over the course of the film, with Ray constantly holding her in his arms, stroking her hair or kissing her, and it's shown that she's the one person he'll do anything to protect. They have some very emotionally charged scenes such as when Ray is about to [[spoiler: murder Ogilvy]] and he embraces Rachel intensely, then kisses her hands while kneeling in front of her, and afterwards Rachel emotionally goes to Ray and wraps his arms around her, and we then cut to them sleeping in each other's arms that night.

* ''Film/EnterTheVoid'': Seems to be a running theme in this psychedelic film:
** BrotherSisterIncest is heavily implied between Oscar and his sister. He watches her sleep (in the [[SleepsInTheNude nude no less]]) and the fact that he is repeatedly shown watching her dance in the strip club. There are also several instances where she kisses him and it's a little more than a peck on the cheek. Aside from that, Oscar flies into the bodies of her lovers while she has sex with them, watching the act from their [=POVs=]. He even flies inside of her at the climax and we get an inside view of her vagina during intercourse.
** There are also very strong Oedipal implications with Oscar and his mother, [[PosthumousCharacter who died in a car crash along with his father]] when he and his sister were kids. In at least one flashback Oscar [[PrimalScene spies on his parents while they're in the bedroom]]. When he has sex with an older woman in the present, he immediately flashes back to being breastfed. In the climax there's a sex scene involving the same woman; when Oscar flies into the man's head to see things from his POV, she's replaced by his mother.

* Ray and his daughter Rachel in ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'' become very close over the course of the film, with Ray constantly holding her in his arms, stroking her hair or kissing her, and it's shown that she's the one person he'll do anything to protect. They have some very emotionally charged scenes such as when Ray is about to [[spoiler: murder Ogilvy]] and he embraces Rachel intensely, then kisses her hands while kneeling in front of her, and afterwards Rachel emotionally goes to Ray and wraps his arms around her, and we then cut to them sleeping in each other's arms that night.