History Main / NonStandardKiss

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* ''Bear Island'' (1979). The protagonist playfully asks for an Eskimo kiss from a female expeditioner, who like him is rugged up against the arctic cold. She obliges.

* ''Literature/BooksOfTheRaksura'': The Raksura have VoluntaryShapeshifting powers that let them assume a vaguely DraconicHumanoid form; consequently, they nip each other's necks rather than kiss.

Compare HeadbuttOfLove and AnywhereButTheirLips (the latter still involves mouth kissing, however). Also compare FantasticArousal, AlternateAnimalAffection and GRatedSex.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Blink and you'll miss it, but just before Lestat de Lioncourt turns Louis de Pointe du Lac into a vampire, the former very briefly gives the latter an Eskimo kiss (i.e. rubbing the tips of their noses together).

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', gargoyles touch each other's hair to kiss. Since not all of them have lips and many of them have protruding fangs, actual kissing would be awkward. That said, they ''are'' aware of how humans kiss [[spoiler:and Goliath is okay with regular human style kissing with Elisa.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', Eve kisses WALL•E using an electrical discharge [[spoiler: in despair after WALL-E loses his memory. Said kiss also restores his memory.]]

* In ''{{Series/Tracker}}'', Cirronians seem to have an intimate/comforting gesture of stroking the throat. Cole does kiss Mel in one episode, but another has him comforting her after a near-rape by giving quick, gentle strokes to the throat/neck.

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* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe, the Vulcans have a [[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Vulcan_finger-touching finger-touching gesture]] that seems to be used as a kissing analogue. The basic motion is simply extending the first two fingers of the right hand and touching fingertips, but finger-stroking motions can be added for greater intimacy.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', Eve kisses WALL•E using an electrical discharge [[spoiler: in despair after WALL-E loses his memory. Said kiss also restores his memory.]]

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* In ''Film/DemolitionMan'', the future city of San Angeles, even simply high-fiving is thought as being intimate there; people are taught not to do any meaningless physical contact.
* ''Bear Island'' (1979). The protagonist playfully asks for an Eskimo kiss from a female expeditioner, who like him is rugged up against the arctic cold. She obliges.
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* [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_kissing Eskimo kissing]] is done by two people rubbing their noses against each other's.

* In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' book "The Also People", the People (a CaptainErsatz of Literature/TheCulture) rub noses rather than kiss, leading to some confusion the first time the Doctor's companion Chris tries to make out with his GirlOfTheWeek.

** Aldrea (who has morphed into a Hork-Bajir) and Dak Hamee kiss for the first time by pressing their foreheads against each other's.

* In ''Film/DemolitionMan'', in the future city of San Angeles, even simply high-fiving is thought as being intimate there; people are taught not to do any meaningless physical contact.

** Andalites kiss by stroking each other with their palms.

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* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe, the Vulcans have a [[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Vulcan_finger-touching finger-touching gesture]] that seems to be used as a kissing analogue. The basic motion is simply extending the first two fingers of the right hand and touching fingertips, but finger-stroking motions can be added for greater intimacy.
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* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'', Simba and Nala nuzzle their faces together as a means of showing affection soon after they run into each other for the first time in years.

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the cats show love by cleaning each other's pelts or twining their tails together. The latter display of affection is never [[TheFourLoves platonic]], but the first often takes place between friends or family.

* At the end of every episode of ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'', Daniel rubs his nose at the screen as a sign of endearment while saying "ugga mugga".
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' uses nuzzling in lieu of kissing.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', Eve kisses WALL-E using an electrical discharge [[spoiler: in despair after WALL-E loses his memory. Said kiss also restores his memory.]]