History Main / KissedKeepsake

* ''WesternAnimation/{{MuppetBabies|1984}}'': Gonzo finally gets a kiss on the nose from a grateful Piggy and says he'll never wash it again. Mercifully, the show ends right there.

* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'': Gonzo finally gets a kiss on the nose from a grateful Piggy and says he'll never wash it again. Mercifully, the show ends right there.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart makes this declaration after Laura (the next-door neighbor girl whom he has a crush on) spat in his hand as part of a prank. He sticks with it until it's practically black and covered with band-aids and old gum, but decides to clean it after an attempt touch Lisa causes his hand to get stuck on the dog's fur.

* Turned UpToEleven in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. After a marriage counselor suggests that Peter and Lois start seeing other people, Peter looks up his old girlfriends, but all of them prove disastrous dates; one of them shows Peter her now rather grotesque hand that she hadn't washed in years after being kissed there, and the StalkerShrine she built to the same object of obsession (Peter).

* ''Manga/SailorMoon'' has a simultaneous shot of Usagi kissing the pocket watch and Mamoru kissing the handkerchief.
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': In "The Connection Cap", Noby uses the Connection Cap to meet the celebrity actress Serra Ivy. She holds Noby's hands, and he is very flattered and exclaims that he'll never wash his hands again. Serra comments that doing that would be very unsanitary.

* An episode of ''Series/FullHouse'' involves Steph having this reaction to a kiss from her CelebCrush.
* ''[[Series/{{Alice1976}} Alice]]'' (the '70s work com): Mel Sharples reacts this way when a famous person he admires visits his humble greasy spoon. He vows he will never wash the diner floor where his foot trod again. Waitress Vera quips, "You never wash it ''now''."

* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'': Gonzo finally gets a kiss on the nose from a grateful Piggy and says he'll never wash it again. Mercifully, the show ends right there.
* Lydia, disguised as a FemmeFatale (or perhaps a [[TheUndead Femme Fatalized]], considering), seductively pinches the ear of WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}. He privately declares, "I'll never wash this ear again -- [[ThePigpen not that I ever]] ''did''."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': After Eris is tricked into kissing Grim, he says he never washed his face before and won't start doing it now.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E09TheEvillustrator The Evillustrator]]", Adrien touches Marinette's shoulder, prompting her to say she'll never wash her coat again.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': After meeting the Silver Shell and getting her metal body scorched by the blast of his jet boots, a love struck Jenny says she will never polish again.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'': In "The Connection Cap", Noby uses the Connection Cap to meet the celebrity actress Serra Ivy. She holds Noby's hands, and he is very flattered and exclaims that he'll never wash his hands again. Serra comments that doing that would be very unsanitary.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Pearl shakes hands with her celebrity crush and swears to never wash the hand. Then Bubble Buddy comes along, shakes it, and the soap on him causes it to be sparkly clean, and Pearl bursts out sobbing.

Of course this trope is not strictly limited to a spot where someone has been kissed. It can be a touch, or a handshake, or just a spot where the person stood. The kiss is just the most well known iteration.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': Doug, after Patty Mayonnaise has held his arm.

* In ''ComicStrip/{{Mafalda}}'', one strip starts with Mafalda giving her father Ángel a kiss on the cheek right before he shaves. [[{{Adorkable}} The next panel has Ángel smiling happily - with one un-shaved spot on his face.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Vampirina'': In [[Recap/VampirinaS2E26 "The Ghoul Guides Save the Day"]], [[spoiler:Bob the Bigfoot autographs Edgar's shirt and Edgar says he'll never take it off again. His sister Poppy calls it "gross".]]

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', Nobby says he'll never wash his hankerchief again, then blows his nose ("It still bends, see?")

* Lydia, disguised as a FemmeFatale (or perhaps a [[TheUndead Femme Fatalized]], considering), seductively pinches the ear of WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}. He privately declares, "I'll never wash this ear again -- [[ThePigpen not that I ever]] ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments did]]''."

[[caption-width-right:280:A kiss from the one you love is a treasure to be cherished.]]

* ''Manta/SailorMoon'' has a simultaneous shot of Usagi kissing the pocket watch and Mamoru kissing the handkerchief.

** Eugene, after Helga shoves him.

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* In the {{Literature/Discworld}} novel ''Jingo'', Nobby says he'll never wash his hankerchief again, then blows his nose ("It still bends, see?")

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* The early sixties song "Ain't Gonna Wash For a Week", recorded most notably by Eddie Hodges and by the Brook Brothers.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': After Patty Mayonnaise has held his arm.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic:'' "The Secret of My Excess" - Spike reacts this way to Rarity kissing him on the cheek...though he has said, "Eh, what does ''she'' know?" in response to Twilight warning him that he doesn't have a shot.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E09TheEvillustrator "The Evillustrator"]], Adrien touches Marinette's shoulder, prompting her to say she'll never wash her coat again.

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[[caption-width-right:350:A kiss from the one you love is a treasure to be cherished.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart makes this declaration after Laura (the next-door neighbor girl whom he has a crush on) spat in his hand as part of a prank. He sticks with it until it's practically black and covered with band-aids and old gum, but Marge makes him clean it after he creeps Lisa out by threatening to touch her.

Either way, if the object of desire is particularly pleased, affectionate, or otherwise inclined, sometimes they'll give their admirer a kiss -- or simply touch them. And the admirer will so treasure the moment and the memory that they want to keep the spot of the contact untouched forever -- and that includes ''never washing it''. The StockPhrase appears frequently enough to actually be its own trope. And when the "never washing it" declaration is taken to extremes, it almost always results in a GrossUpCloseUp.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Pearl shakes hands with her celebrity crush and swears to never wash the hand. Then Bubble Buddy comes along, shakes it, and the soap on him causes it to be sparkly clean.

* Oddly invoked in ''OnePiece''. Devil Fruit abilities are negated by water. Captain Van Der Dekken, owner of the Mark-Mark Fruit can target any two objects, one per hand, from anywhere. These targets are stored in his ability's memory until the hand is washed. As part of his master plan, he touched the target of his affection around 10 years ago, and hasn't washed his hand since. No mean feat, considering he is the first Fishman to have a Devil Fruit, and lives underwater.