Basic Trope: A child who hates being hugged/kissed, or watching other people do so.
- Straight:
- Danny is a young kid who hates it when people hug or kiss him.
- Danny is a young kid and gets disgusted whenever he sees people showing affection to each other.
- Exaggerated:
- Danny physically attacks anyone who tries to hug or kiss him.
- Danny tries to commit suicide every time he even sees people hugging.
- Downplayed:
- Danny doesn't mind hugs/kisses, but only from people he knows well, like his family.
- Danny is mildly grossed out by his parents kissing.
- Danny is only fine with hugs, but not kisses (or possibly vice-versa).
- Justified:
- Danny has been abused and is touch-adversed as a result.
- Similarly, the person trying to hug/kiss Danny is someone who did hurt him, or just someone he doesn't like or know.
- Danny still believes that Girls Have Cooties.
- Danny is autistic.
- Inverted:
- Danny loves being hugged and kissed.
- Danny is an adult who still doesn't like affection.
- Danny is a kid who likes seeing other people showing affection... sometimes a little too much.
- Subverted:
- Danny doesn't like being hugged or kissed, but it's because he's a germaphobe.
- Danny is grossed out from his parents kissing, but it's cause one of them is sick.
- Double Subverted:
- Danny reveals he believes love is a germ.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- There are no kids.
- Kids don't have any specific reactions to affection.
- Enforced: Truth in Television
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Someone abuses Danny in order to cause him to hate having people show him affection.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Danny's parents take notice of this, and try to inform Danny that showing affection is not a bad thing.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: Turns out, Danny doesn't like seeing other people showing affection to each other because he's never received any sort of affection himself and is secretly jealous.
Go back to Affection-Hating Kid, but don't pet his head, he hates that.
