History Main / KissOfDeath

Though not exactly graphic, the Kiss of Death is still sensual, seductive, and very, very deadly. While a character may be anxious about administering the KissOfLife, nobody is shy about giving the Kiss of Death. This may be because EvilIsSexy or the more practical reason -- once somebody catches onto what the kisser is going to do, they'd run for the hills. This is a favorite weapon of TheVamp.

* ''Literature/{{Holes}}'': [[FromNobodyToNightmare Katherine Barlow]] was originally a beloved schoolteacher in a small Texas town, who fell in love with the local onion farmer, Sam. [[MalignedMixedMarriage As she was white and he was black]], the townsfolk turned on them both when they were caught sharing a kiss, and when Kate went to the sheriff for help, he drunkenly asked her for a kiss as payment to "just" run Sam out of town instead of hanging him. Sam ended up killed while trying to flee, and the next day Kate returned to the sheriff's office, coyly asked him if he still wanted that kiss... then shot him dead, applied a fresh coat of lipstick, and left a kiss mark on his cheek before leaving town. This subsequently became her CallingCard as the infamous bandit "Kissin' Kate Barlow," who robbed many (including the protagonist's ancestor) but would only kiss the men she killed.

* ''Literature/{{Holes}}'': [[FromNobodyToNightmare Katherine Barlow]] was originally a beloved schoolteacher in a small Texas town, who fell in love with the local onion farmer, Sam. [[MalignedMixedMarriage As she was white and he was black]], the townsfolk turned on them both when they were caught sharing a kiss, and when Kate went to the sheriff for help, he drunkenly asked her to give him a kiss, promising to "just" run Sam out of town instead of hanging him if she did. Sam ended up killed while trying to flee, and the next day Kate returned to the sheriff's office, coyly asked him if he still wanted that kiss... then shot him dead, applied a fresh coat of lipstick, and left a kiss mark on his cheek before leaving town. This subsequently became her CallingCard as the infamous bandit "Kissin' Kate Barlow," who robbed many (including the protagonist's ancestor) but would only kiss the men she killed.

* ''Literature/{{Holes}}'': [[FromNobodyToNightmare Katherine Barlow]] was originally a beloved schoolteacher in a small Texas town, who fell in love with the local onion farmer, Sam. [[MalignedMixedMarriage As she was white and he was black]], the townsfolk turned on them both when they were caught sharing a kiss, and when Kate went to the sheriff for help, he drunkenly asked her to give him a kiss, promising to "just" run Sam out of town instead of hanging him if she did. Sam ended up killed while trying to flee, and the next day Kate returned to the sheriff's office, coyly asked him if he still wanted that kiss... then shot him dead, applied a fresh coat of lipstick, and gave him the kiss he had wanted. After that she left town and became the infamous bandit "Kissin' Kate Barlow," who robbed many (including the protagonist's ancestor) but [[CallingCard would only kiss the ones she killed]].

* ''Literature/{{Holes}},'': [[FromNobodyToNightmare Katherine Barlow]] was originally a beloved schoolteacher in a small Texas town, who fell in love with the local onion farmer, Sam. [[MalignedMixedMarriage As she was white and he was black]], the townsfolk turned on them both when they were caught sharing a kiss, and when Kate went to the sheriff for help, he drunkenly asked her to give him a kiss, promising to "just" run Sam out of town instead of hanging him if she did. Sam ended up killed while trying to flee, and the next day Kate returned to the sheriff's office, coyly asked him if he still wanted that kiss... then shot him dead, applied a fresh coat of lipstick, and gave him the kiss he had wanted. After that she left town and became the infamous bandit "Kissin' Kate Barlow," who robbed many (including the protagonist's ancestor) but [[CallingCard would only kiss the ones she killed]].

* In ''Literature/{{Holes}},'' a schoolteacher named Katherine Barlow angrily refused the local sheriff's offer to [[spoiler: run her black lover out of town instead of being lynched]] if he kissed her. When she failed to [[spoiler:save her lover]] herself, however, she went back and kissed the sheriff in his sleep, then killed him. After that she left town and became the infamous bandit "Kissin' Kate Barlow," who robbed many (including the protagonist's ancestor) but would only kiss the ones she killed.

* In ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'', a naked space vampire woman killed (and zombified) a man with a kiss by sucking out his lifeforce...therefore, the name of the movie.

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' has an enemy that's actually called the Kiss of Death, which is only a smiling mouth with huge red lips. It has the ability to give the "kiss of death", which poisons the victim. There's [[UndergroundMonkey a similar enemy]] called the French Kiss of Death.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Rogue's primary power is stealing other people's life force [[PowerCopying and abilities]] by touching them. She first discovered her power by kissing her boyfriend for the first time, putting him in a coma. While any skin-to-skin contact will do, in her earlier appearances her SignatureMove when using her power on male opponents was to kiss them; for women she would simply take off her gloves. But by the end of the 80's, the writers must have realized that sexual assault isn't very heroic, so when the ''X-Men'' comics were revamped in 1991, she started taking off her gloves for all opponents.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': ''WesternAnimation/OperationZero'': a zombified Kuki gives Wally TheVirus by kissing him. A virus that, mind you, [[RapidAging turns people]] into "Senior Citizombies" -- that's right, zombie old people. Numbuh 362 and the other remaining opertatives find this as {{Squick}}y as the audience does.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' MadeForTVMovie: a zombified Kuki gives Wally TheVirus by kissing him. A virus that, mind you, turns people into "Senior Citizombies" -- that's right, zombie old people. Number 362 and the other kids find this as {{Squick}}y as the audience does.