History Main / AlternateAnimalAffection

* '''Ignore it.''' Anatomy? What anatomy? For the purposes of the work, a duck's bill can become just as pliant and squishy as human lips so that WesternAnimation/{{Donald|Duck}} [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts and]] WesternAnimation/{{Daisy|Duck}} can have their smooch. {{Funny Animal}}s, or just those in less-realistic works, tend to get saddled with this option.

* Inverted by 'kissing fish'. What looks like a kiss is actually [[HoYay two males]] [[FoeYay fighting for dominance]] and the right to breed with local females.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Applies to Bolt (licking) and both Mittens and Berlioz ([[HeadbuttOfLove bumping foreheads]]) in "The Paris Trip," "The Cameo," "The Ship," and "The Rings."

* Lions in ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' usually kiss by licking each others cheeks however they seem to have a concept of human kissing. In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' Kovu and Kiara kiss a few times (including an accidental kiss).

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Applies to Bolt (licking) and both Mittens and Berlioz ([[HeadbuttOfLove bumping foreheads]]) in "The Paris Trip," "The Cameo," and "The Rings."

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Applies to Bolt (licking) and both Mittens and Berlioz ([[HeadbuttOfLove bumping foreheads]]) in these stories.

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'': The characters are an assortment of [[BeastMan animal people]], and they kiss [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054145/http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m820zmr4R91rw2cxto1_500.gif just]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054623/http://i.imgur.com/lrxPzBj.gif?1 like]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054812/https://66.media.tumblr.com/6ebc1c877e9f846ee7bdcf1d5c9ac9c4/tumblr_ml1c5kIDsX1rzz7kjo1_500.gif humans.]]

* ''Fanfic/{{Pawprints}}'': Blake is a [[{{Animorphism}} Panther]]. She shows gratitude towards Weiss for sparing her life by licking her knuckles. This confuses Weiss, because she thinks of animals licking one another as being an equivalent to a kiss.

* ''Franchise/TheLionKing'':
** [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The original]] uses the "crossing necks" variant, for both romantic and familial affection. Nala also licks Simba's face when they are [[GRatedSex getting really intimate]].
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' does, at a couple points, have Kovu and Kiara kiss like humans, both on the cheek and on the "lips."

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'': The characters are an assortment of [[BeastMan animal people]], and they kiss [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054145/http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m820zmr4R91rw2cxto1_500.gif just]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054623/http://i.imgur.com/lrxPzBj.gif?1 like]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054812/https://66.media.tumblr.com/6ebc1c877e9f846ee7bdcf1d5c9ac9c4/tumblr_ml1c5kIDsX1rzz7kjo1_500.gif humans]].

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* ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' has the famous SpaghettiKiss where they end up accidentally smooching.
* Lions in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' usually kiss by licking each others cheeks however they seem to have a concept of human kissing. In ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' Kovu and Kiara kiss a few times (including an accidental kiss).

** [[Disney/TheLionKing The original]] uses the "crossing necks" variant, for both romantic and familial affection. Nala also licks Simba's face when they are [[GRatedSex getting really intimate]].
** ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' does, at a couple points, have Kovu and Kiara kiss like humans, both on the cheek and on the "lips."

* Belle and the Beast in Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' never kiss, but the Beast frequently runs his hand through Belle's hair. He also does this as a human prince before he and Belle have their first kiss, which seems to reassure an understandably floored Belle that he ''is'' the Beast.

* ''Disney/TheAristocats'' shows Duchess and O'Malley sharing an affectionate moment by holding ''tails'' as though they were holding hands.
* The Siamese cats in ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' use their tails to "shake hands" with each other.

* '''Ignore it.''' Anatomy? What anatomy? For the purposes of the work, a duck's bill can become just as pliant and squishy as human lips so that [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald and Daisy]] can have their smooch. {{Funny Animal}}s, or just those in less-realistic works, tend to get saddled with this option.

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'': All the characters are an assortment of [[BeastMan animal people]], and they kiss [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054145/http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m820zmr4R91rw2cxto1_500.gif just]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054623/http://i.imgur.com/lrxPzBj.gif?1 like]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054812/https://66.media.tumblr.com/6ebc1c877e9f846ee7bdcf1d5c9ac9c4/tumblr_ml1c5kIDsX1rzz7kjo1_500.gif humans]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'': All the characters are an assortment of [[BeatMan animal people]], and they kiss [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054145/http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m820zmr4R91rw2cxto1_500.gif just]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054623/http://i.imgur.com/lrxPzBj.gif?1 like]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190803054812/https://66.media.tumblr.com/6ebc1c877e9f846ee7bdcf1d5c9ac9c4/tumblr_ml1c5kIDsX1rzz7kjo1_500.gif humans]].

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'':
** The original uses the "crossing necks" variant, for both romantic and familial affection. Nala also licks Simba's face when they are [[GRatedSex getting really intimate]].

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** In the original ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'' ponies used to nuzzle and lick each other like real ponies do. Further in G1 the characters became [[AnthropomorphicShift more anthropomorphic]] and the licking was phased out. It hasn't been used since G1, though ponies have been shown nuzzling in works such as ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends''.

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* Nuzzling noses is apparently a common display of affection among the monsters in ''VideoGames/{{Undertale}}'', to the point where they even made a competitive event out of it. A BattleCouple you encounter were the runners-up one year. [[spoiler:Asgore and Toriel were the multi-year, undisputed winners until their divorce. With them out of the way, Dogamy and Dogaressa finally took the title]].

* ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' has the famous SpaghettiKiss where they end up accidentally smooching. Also, even more anatomically improbably, the Siamese cats use their tails to "shake hands" with each other.
* Lions in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' usually kiss by licking each others cheeks however they seem to have a concept of human kissing. In ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' Kovu and Kiara accidentally kiss and get embarrassed afterwards, though it could be argued they were embarrassed about the physical contact instead of the action.

* Dog owners often refer to their dog licking a face as getting "kissed", more so for small breeds. Puppies lick their mother's muzzle to get her to vomit food for them. In adulthood, the same gesture demonstrates acceptance of the lick-ee's higher rank.