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There's a problem that arises in stories featuring reasonably anthropomorphic animals, both of the plain old [[Talking Animal|talking]] and [[Funny Animal|funny]] varieties. Many writers want to include romantic plots or subplots in these works. For human characters, [[True
The problem arises from the fact that, unless you're writing [[
Well, usually one of two things:
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* In ''[[The Swan Princess]],'' Lt. [[Species Surname|Puffin]] manages to give a kiss to the back of Odette's hand. The tip of his beak kind of... folds back.
* ''[[Chicken Run (Animation)|Chicken Run]]'' makes heavy use of the [[Almost Kiss]] because the animators weren't sure how to animate chickens kissing. The kiss at the end is staged so that the beaks are hidden from view.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has actually shown both variants of the trope. Spike fantasizes about kissing Rarity in "A Dog and Pony Show" and is kissed on the cheek twice by Rarity in "Secret of my Excess".
=== Examples of Type 2: ===
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* The horses in ''[[Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron]]'' mostly use nuzzling or neck-crossing. Spirit also gives Little Creek a "hug" by putting his head over Little Creek's shoulder near the end.
* The ponies on ''[[My Little Pony]]'' comfort each other by nuzzling and licking.
** In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Hearts and Hooves Day", pony couples are shown performing Eskimo kisses.
* Belle and the Beast in Disney's ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' 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.
* Lampshaded on [[The Penguins of Madagascar]] in the episode "The Falcon and the Snow Job." After rescuing Kitka (the [[Girl of the Week]] falcon), Skipper goes in for the big kiss, only to be interrupted by King Julien mocking them (and making pecking gestures with his hands):
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