"Take That!" Kiss: Difference between revisions

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The idea isn't ''necessarily'' specifically to mock or antagonize, though. It usually seems more like a non-verbal [[Take That]], though not always aggressive or hostile, and can be more of an affectionate sending-up or one-upping.

In effect, the "message" can range from "Try anything else, and I'll pull the plug on your career as well as make fun of you in public" (the ''[[Riget]]'' example, below) through "I'm not going to let your hostility stop my aggravating exuberance" ([[Bugs Bunny]], [[Woody Woodpecker]]) to "So you just told a memorable fable about the problem of evil that explicitly challenges all I'm thought to stand for, and now you're expecting a counter-argument? Well, actually, I'm just going to do something ambiguous and non-verbal that will nonpluss you and everybody else" (''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'').

 

 

 

 

Blowing kisses can be a way of achieving a similar, if milder, mocking effect at a safe(r) distance.

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'', Tsubaki Kasugano plants one of these on Yukiteru when she thinks she's defeated him and Yuno. {{spoiler|Unfortunately for her, [[Yandere|Yuno]] [[Berserk Button|doesn't like that]] [[Murder the Hypotenuse|one bit]].}}

** Later, {{spoiler|Akise}} gives one to Yukki, partly out of love, partly to piss Yuno off. [[Gone Horribly Right|It worked]]. {{spoiler|Or not.}}

* In ''[[Naruto]]'', the titular character is having a friendly fight against The (Soon to be) fifth Hokage, the Granny Tsunade. Altough Naruto managed to pulled his brand new technique, she manages to put him against the ropes. When he awaits to receive an earth-shattering punch, he instead have his efforts rewarded with a kiss in the front. Oooow...

* Sae of ''[[Peach Girl]]'' is constantly attempting these on Toji, as a way to one up Momo.

* Done by proxy in the first part of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', where Dio steals Jonathan's beloved's [[First Kiss]] to get one over on him. It [[Insult Backfire|backfires]], as she proceeds to insult him by washing her mouth out with filthy water - the implication being he's so disgusting she doesn't want to pollute the nearby stream. He snaps, backhands her (which causes his cronies to abandon him in disgust), and ultimately this causes him ''far'' more pain than it does Jonathan.

* In the second season of ''[[Spice and Wolf]]''.

* Nakago to Tamahome in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''. Yep. You read that right.

* In ''[[Berserk]]'', {{spoiler|Griffith/Femto}} gives {{spoiler|Casca}} a [[Forceful Kiss]] just before brutally raping her. Normally, it would be [[Your Mileage May Vary|arguable]] whether a kiss in the process of a rape counts as this trope, but since the only point of this horrific [[Kick the Dog]] moment was to spite {{spoiler|Casca and Guts}} before killing them, you could read the whole ordeal as a particularly evil [[Take That]].

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

{{quote|{{spoiler|Beatrice}}, I need your help in one more thing. Passion is blasphemy in this holy place. <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Beat]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> And I have a powerful need to blaspheme.}}

* [[Black Canary]] did this to [[Batman]] in [[Birds of Prey]] #90 to the amazement of her teammates.

{{quote|"Like kissing your principal while on detention."}}

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Remember the Titans]]'', [[Ambiguously Gay|Sunshine]] thanks Bertier for his homophobic remarks by giving him a big smooch in front of the entire team.

** ''In the changing room/showers'' to boot. And then, when Bertier tried to plant a fist in Sunshine's face, the latter not only held his own, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|but managed to knock the All American on his butt.]]

* [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade|"Zat's how Austrians say goodbye."]] Harrison Ford is really prone to this trope, one way or another isn't he?

** [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|It's]] [[Harrison Ford]]. [[Even the Guys Want Him]].

* ''[[Black Widow]]'' (1987). When Alexandra gives Catharine a piece of "black widow" jewelry (letting her know that Alexandra knows she's a [[Black Widow]]), Catharine kisses her as a challenge.

* Freddy Krueger's daughter does this after stuffing a pipe bomb in his gut at the end of ''[[Freddys Dead the Final Nightmare]]''.

* Chase plants one on Caleb in ''[[The Covenant]]'' for a rarer male on male example. Considering the most memorable moments in the movie consist of [[Ho Yay]], [[Foe Yay]] and boys in too small speedos, it's not really surprising.

* Either to emphasize the [[Foe Yay]] between the two characters or the villain's [[Depraved Bisexual|depravity]], Commodus plants one on [[Gladiator|Maximus]] {{spoiler|while stabbing him in the side}} right before the big [[Boss Battle]] in the Colosseum.

* Roger kisses Eddie Valiant in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]],'' after which Eddie exclaims, "Don't ever kiss me again!" At the end, Eddie kisses Roger {{spoiler|to show that he hasn't quite lost his sense of humor.}}

* Nefertiri to Rameses in ''[[The Ten Commandments]]''. An unusual example - she did it to show how much she loves Moses and despises Rameses. "Did you think that was a promise of what you will have? No - that was to show you what you will never have..."

* In the 2001 ''[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (novel)|Snow White]]'', we get this unforgettable exchange between [[Miranda Richardson]] and [[Kristin Kreuk]]:

{{quote|'''Queen:''' Mirror, mirror in my hand, who's the fairest...

'''Snow White:''' I am! I am! I am the fairest! }}

* ''[[The Mask of Zorro]]'' has a couple during Zorro and Elena's duel

{{quote|'''Elena:''' (''after Zorro has slashed Elena's nightgown'') Not bad

(''another move and now they're in each other's faces'')

'''Zorro:''' Not bad at all (''plants a kiss on Elena's mouth'') }}

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* As indicated above, ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' has both Christ's kiss to the Great Inquisitor and the kiss Alyosha, inspired by it, plants on Ivan (who responds "That's plagiarism. But thank you.")

* In ''[[Holes]]'', this was the outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow's [[Zorro Mark|signature]] when she murdered people.

* In book 3 of J.R. Ward's vampiric erotica series The [[Black Dagger Brotherhood]], there is a venomous exchange of words between [[Handicapped Badass]], [[Rapunzel Hair|Phury]], and another male vampire called [[Irony|the]] [[The Aggressive Drug Dealer|Reverend]], about the titular brotherhood. The heated back-and-forth at last comes to a head when the Reverend insinuates rather blatantly (and ''very'' derogatorily) that Phury maintains his [[Celibate Hero|celibacy]] because he is actually gay. Phury responds by [[Ho Yay|planting a kiss on the guy]] that is described as being akin to a "punch between faces." Needless to say, [[Yaoi Fangirl|many readers]] were thrilled at his ironic rebuttal to the accusation.

* {{spoiler|Selia}} does this to Isi in Forest-Born, "like a girl kissing her favorite doll." [[Squick]].

 

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', [[Dark Action Girl|Faith]] plants one of these on Buffy's forehead during one of their many showdowns (in the episode "Enemies" season 3, episode 17).

** It was [[Les Yay|supposed to be on the lips,]] but the [[Executive Meddling|network said no]].

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the (Simm!) Master blows one of these at the Doctor, just as his army of <s> evil Maltesers</s> Toclafane come down.

** River Song also blows a kiss to a [[Smug Snake]] about to have her shot, right before effortlessly and stylishly thwarting him.

* In Lars von Trier's ''[[Riget]]'', [[Magnificent Bastard|Stig Helmer]] gets one of these right on the lips from his archnemesis [[Almighty Janitor|Dr. Krogshoej]], right in front of a startled morning staff assembly. (Well, okay, so Krogshoej is just ''one'' of Helmer's nemeses — the man has a low hostility threshold.)

* A rather dark version appears in one season 4 episode of ''[[The Wire]]'': Omar Little is {{spoiler|in prison}}, and a man tries to assault him with a knife. In response, he disarms the man, pushes him against a wall and kisses his ear, in a display obviously intended to make the man think he is about to be [[Prison Rape|raped]]. Instead, Omar opts to just... [[Ass Shove|give him his knife back]], as it were.

* Then there's the infamous incident on ''[[All in The Family]]'' where Sammy Davis Jr. -- ''the'' Sammy Davis Jr. -- poses for a picture with affable racist (yet avid fan) Archie Bunker, whereupon Davis kisses him on the cheek just before the camera snaps the picture, and exits while Archie is still stunned.

* In ''[[Skins]]'' season 3 episode 5, Freddie headbutts Cook during a fight and Cook grabs him like he's going to hurt him, but instead harshly kisses him before leaving with JJ.

'''Mom:''' Whatever you say, love.

[Emily walks over and kisses the hell out of her girlfriend, then leaves.]

* Sheppard pulls one of these on Teyla in [[Stargate Atlantis]] after he wins a sparring match. The fact that he didn't get his ass kicked as usual plus the kiss are clear signs that something is very, very wrong with him.

 

== [[New Media]] ==

* Ganondorf did this {{spoiler|to Zelda, after killing her and Link}} in ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]''.

 

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* The [[Camp Straight]] wrestler Rico was known to do this to opponents to throw them off their game.

* Goldust, who in kayfabe was pretty much pansexual, would do this to his opponents occasionally.

 

== [[Theatre]] ==

* In ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'', Eddie kisses Rodolpho to show his (Eddie's) superiority.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* [[Ho Yay|Ash does this to Rion]] in ''[[Galerians]]'' once he's done wiping the floor with him.

* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' has Belleza blow a kiss at Vyse everytime she outsmarts him.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In an early ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' strip, we learn that whenever Elliot had a martial arts match with his (then) girlfriend Nanase, the winner of the match would kiss the loser. See it [http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-04-23 here].

* In [[Touhou Nekokayou]], Daiyousei, of all people, [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic35 does this to Cirno] just to drive home how weak Cirno's [[Memetic Mutation|Icicle Fall -Easy-]] really was.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Dial Meg For Murder", Meg French kisses [[Alpha Bitch|Connie D'Amico]] after knocking her (and the other popular kids who bullied Meg) out with a sack of soda cans.

* The Warner siblings from ''[[Animaniacs]]'' do this on occasion.

* Inque to Batman in ''[[Batman Beyond]]''.

* Omi pulls one off against [[Manipulative Bitch]] Syris in ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'' right after he beats her in their showdown.

* A deleted scene in ''[[The Clone Wars]]'' shows Assaj Ventress running her lightsaber into Commander Colt's gut then kisses him. Either search Asajj's deadly kiss on youtube or watch here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esbI1HTzRHA&feature=related

 

 

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[[Category:Kissing Tropes]]