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{{quote|''"When kissed for the first time, a girl should close her eyes. The second time, she should give an ecstatic back kick, clutching her sweetheart by his coat lapels."''
|from "An Outline of Motion Picture Etiquette," [http://www.archive.org/details/ScreenlandOct.1923 October 1923] issue of ''Screenland''}}
Traditionally, when a woman and a man kiss, the woman tends to lift her leg to show just how hot and heavy it's getting or to demonstrate how much she trusts the man to hold her up.
A somewhat [[Discredited Trope]] nowadays, and mostly crops up in parody (though the alert viewer will still sometimes see it played straight, mainly in romantic comedies), as often a man will do this to emphasize his effeminate side, or both people will do it at once. The [[Trope Namer]] is the film version of ''[[The Princess Diaries]]''.
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Though the trope originated earlier, the [[Hays Code]] required that women, in love scenes, at all times have [[Exact Words|"at least one foot on the floor"]] (in other words, no love scenes in bed). It may even be an example of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] if it's combined with [[Something Else Also Rises]]. However, this euphemistic meaning has become mostly forgotten over time, to the point where it can be used without a single raised eyebrow in children's programming, or conversely, seen in ''pornographic'' movies, where the need for euphemism is lessened, to say the least.
According to some commentary on the topic (including several actresses from the [[Golden Age of Hollywood]]), this trope was/is also intended as a way for starlets [[She's Got Legs|with shapely legs to show off their limbs]]. This is borne out by numerous posed "cheesecake" photographs from the 1930's through the 1960's where the model is striking a
See also [[Stock Kisses]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* [[Older Than Television]]: a magazine stocking advertisement from the 1920's features this trope, suggesting that it developed as soon as skirts became short enough to show off female legs.
* This trope used to show up frequently in pantyhose and stocking commercials (and some shoe commercials as well) in the
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Done straight in chapter 22 of ''[[Little House With an Orange Roof]]'' {{spoiler|when Natsumi and Shoutarou embrace for the first time}}.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'': Wonder Girl does it the first time she and Superboy kiss. They're both in the air at the time.
== [[Fan
* The last kiss in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', chapter 29.
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* In the first ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'' movie (the protagonist's life dream is to meet a guy, fall in love at first sight, and kiss him like this. She expressly specifies the foot pop. Subverted three times and then played straight.
** First try: Daydream sequence, when the protagonist is kissing the boy and she can't pop her foot because it's cemented to the sidewalk by used gum.
** Second try: protagonist and boy are hiding in a shed. Kiss is attempted, foot gets caught in fishing net and she falls over.
** Third try: guy forces her into a kiss with paparazzi surrounding them. She starts to do this, then takes off her sandal and beats the guy over the head with it.
** Fourth try: protagonist is (finally) kissing the boy she likes outside, her foot pops properly. Her foot pops such that it turns on the fountains in the garden as well as all the lights, demonstrating that when one kisses the right person, foot pops go perfectly.
* Anne Hathaway's character indulges in
** First attempt: Mia gets smooched at a garden party. She accidentally turns on a sprinkler system, drenching herself and her kisser.
** Second attempt: Played straight. Mia encounters her true love (the same guy who kissed her earlier) and kisses him in front of the throne; she lifts her foot as the camera pulls back out of the room.
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* In the 1932 [[Jean Harlow]] film, ''Red-Headed Woman'', the protagonist and her boyfriend go behind the cupboard in a bar, so we only see their feet. She lifts one of their legs, showing that they're kissing - quite scandalous in a public place back then.
* Spoofed in the [[Bob Hope]]/Jane Russell film ''Son of Paleface'', in the scene where Jane kisses Bob. One of Jane's shapely legs goes up as per trope specifications, then ''both'' of Bob's legs fly up in the air and the spurs on his bootheels (he's in full-dress cowboy gear) begin to spin madly.
*
* Seen and played straight in ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'', when Ferris (Matthew Broderick) greets his girlfriend (Mia Sara).
* Also played straight in ''[[Working Girl]]'' at a key romantic moment between Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford's characters.
* Played straight in the classic musical ''Three Little Words'', where Red Skelton's character finds his fiancee kissing another man backstage.
* In the Dean Martin/Tony Curtis/Janet Leigh movie ''Who Was That Lady'', the movie opens with a scene showing Leigh arriving at her husband's (Curtis) office and catching him in the act of kissing a
* Played straight by [[Brigitte Bardot]] in her 1950's movie ''Une Parisienne''.
* Martine Carol strikes a
* Done in ''[[So I Married an Axe Murderer]]'' by Mike Myers' character, kissing his bride at the altar, dressed in a kilt.
* ''[[Scooby Doo]] Curse of the Lake Monster'' has one between {{spoiler|Shaggy and Velma}} played entirely straight.
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* ''[[Leon the Professional]]''. When Leon rescues Mathilda from corrupt cops at the DEA office, she throws herself into his arms; naturally as she's only a little girl the subsequent Foot Popping closeup shows her feet hanging a foot above the floor.
* The last kiss in ''[[OSS 117: Lost in Rio|OSS 117 Lost in Rio]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the photo-novelization of the 1980 [[Village People]] movie ''Can't Stop The Music'', there is a picture of Valerie Perrine
* In a [[Magic: The Gathering]] novel (''Invasion'' if I recall correctly), the ''Weatherlight'' crew is fighting a group of [[mooks]]. One of them tries to get a jump on [[Wrench Wench|Hanna]] from behind. She turns her head, kisses him and does a
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' has an [[Daydream Surprise]] from Olive Snook where she is literally swept off her feet.
* In one episode of ''[[Happy Days]]'', the boys watch a kissing scene involving an actress with whom they [[Bachelor Auction|might have a chance to win a date]] and discuss how much they'd like to raise that foot up.
** In another episode of ''[[Happy Days]]'', Potsie observes Fonzie kissing a
* In the episode of ''[[Living Single]]'' where Overton and Sinclaire finally Spit It Out, they ''both'' pop their feet when they finally kiss.
* Sarah does this in the
* [[Mork and Mindy|Mork]] did this while kissing Mindy in the episode "Mork The Prankster".
* In the movie version of ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' episode ''The Double Affair'', ''The Spy With My Face'', Senta Berger disrobes, enters a shower and kisses Robert Vaughn. Only their legs are seen, and hers take a sort of
* Doubled up in an episode of ''[[The Nanny]]'' where Fran and Maggie both arrive home from a date at the same time, and in eerie synchrony each kiss their dates goodnight with a footpop.
== [[Music]] ==
* The cover of the old Carmen Cavallaro record, ''For Latin Lovers'', shows this trope.
* The cover of the 2007 compilation album, ''The Departure Lounge: Love'' also shows this trope.
* In the video for Eddie Money's early-1980's song "Shakin'", the Latina beauty driving the blue "lowrider" strikes a
* The music video for Josh Turner's "Your Man" plays this trope straight as his lover lifts her foot while kissing in an elevator.
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* In the video game ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye]]'' on N64, the ending has [[James Bond]] and Natalya kissing, and she does this. It's sort of distracting because the whole credits sequence is [[Orbital Kiss|just orbiting around them]] [[Overly Long Gag|for several minutes]].
* The most recent ''[[Sims]] 2'' expansion pack, ''Apartment Life'', includes a new kiss called 'Suck Face'; the receiver's foot pops if the interaction succeeds (regardless of the gender of said Sim).
* Used in one ending of [[
* In ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'', once a certain level of suavity is achieved, the protagonist can kiss girls [[Intimate Healing|For Health(tm)]] and there will be foot-popping involved. Of course, then the leg-pop progresses to more intense making out, so it's not so much a "cute" move.
* In the [[Scott Pilgrim (video game)|game adaptation of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World]], Knives does this whenever she [[Les Yay|kisses Kim]] (once again, [[Intimate Healing|For Health(tm)]]).
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [http://nonadventures.com/2007/02/17/burning-love/ This Non-Adventures of Wonderella strip].
* In ''[[Freefall]]'', [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02041.htm this pose is avoided] since the kiss in question is between a human and an [[Uplifted Animal|uplifted wolf]].
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* [[Karate Bears]] do a [http://www.karatebears.com/2011/06/kiss-and-tell.html double foot pop!]
* Bill Holbrook, creator of ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'', seems to be a fan of these, possibly because his [[Furry Comic|anthropomorphic characters]] don't wear shoes, creating a unique [[Foot Focus]]. Usually it's the title character of Kell who ends up [http://www.kevinandkell.com/2006/kk1022.html doing it], but there's also [http://www.kevinandkell.com/1999/kk1206.html a notable one] when Coney kisses Nigel just before the two [[It Makes Sense in Context|use a time machine to return themselves back to their usual toddler forms.]]
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** In the episode "When Aliens Attack", the title character does it in the fictional show ''Single Female Lawyer''.
* Shows up in the [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney]] version of ''[[Hercules (film)|Hercules]]'', where Megara, naturally, is not a victim of [[Pater Familicide]] but a [[Femme Fatale]].
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]] has done this a few times while kissing Marge.
** It was even lampshaded once, when Marge became a cop. He popped said foot right after Marge assured him that he was the man of the house, wearing the pants in the relationship ([[Metaphorgotten|even if, under those pants, he wore ladies underwear]]).
* Done by Sam in the last episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' when he finally kisses her.
* Parodied in ''[[Chicken Little]]'', right before the titular character leaves to go stop aliens from destroying the town; he grabs his friend Abby, the Ugly Duckling, delivers a rapid-fire confession of his love for her, and kisses her. Her foot pop is immediate and rather funny.
* This happens in ''[[
* Makes a [[Gender Inverted Example|gender inverted]] appearance in ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'' when Duncan and Gwen kiss for the second time.
** Common when [[Heterosexual Life Partner|Katie and Sadie]] hug, although [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|anything one takes from that]], [[Shipping Goggles|they probably carried in themselves]].
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* Actress!Katara in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', "The Ember Island Players".
* Done by Leah at the end of ''[[Osmosis Jones]]'' when she kisses Ozzy. According to commentary, the animation was added in for laughs.
* In ''[[The Avengers: Earth's
== [[Web Original]] ==
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Truth in Television]]: [[The VJ Day Kiss]] features a nurse
* [[Black Eyed Peas|Fergie]] did a
* As seen in [https://picasaweb.google.com/103824344846285416033/ConstanceBennett#5538857788001417026 this photo from the 1930's featuring actress Constance Bennett]{{Dead link}}, this trope has been subject to spoofing, inversion and subversion for nearly as long as it's been around!
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