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While kissing hands can mean romance or humility, kissing feet can mean many different things. It often means an even greater humility than hand-kissing, or can be used to show submission ("now you have to kiss my feet!") or devotion. Less often, it is used romantically. In period settings, kissing the hem of a woman's gown is a common substitution.
Even when it's not meant to be... romantic, some people [[Fetish
Compare [[Foot Focus]], which is [[Fan Service]] for foot fetishists.
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== Anime
* The foot massage in ''that'' episode of ''[[
** Given the rather blatant religious symbolism in that series, the aforementioned massage can be interpreted in a number of ways.
* Akio in ''[[
* In ''[[
** ''[[Kenichi:
* ''[[
* A bratty student in ''[[
* In ''[[
* Used in ''[[
* In Episode 2 of ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* In episode 9 of ''[[
* In chapter 91 of ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* Used when [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] member Chamber is forced to kiss the boot of a bully at the school where he was operating under cover. Having no mouth, Chamber instead spent the time down there tying the bully's shoes together.
== Film ==
* The titular heroine in ''[[Great Catherine]]'' (Jeanne Moreau) tickle-tortures Peter O'Toole's character (who is tied up at her feet) with her toes, and then makes him kiss her bare foot.
* The Butler in ''Mr. Deeds''.
* The producer in ''[[Barton Fink]]'' tries to make his assistant kiss Fink's feet, but when the confused assistant fails to do so, he does it himself. Which makes the [[Downer Ending
* Used sort of in ''[[Batman (
* Used in the indian movie ''Mohabbatein'': Raj points out that touching someone's feet should be done out of respect, but most students in the school do this to the principal out of fear. {{spoiler|Then at the end of the movie, when the principal announces that he's going to step down and leave Raj in charge of the school, Raj does touch his feet. It's all very dramatic.}}
** Most Bollywood movies have an example of this since touching your elder's feet is a traditional sign of respect in India.
* An instance between Kirill and Nikolai occurs very briefly in ''[[Eastern Promises]]''. It's because Kirill's ridiculously drunk, though, and [[Ho Yay|crushing on him to boot.]] Given how uncoordinated he is, it's more like falling on his shoes, too.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Local Hero]]'' Danny Olsen meets Marina on the beach - during some tenuous flirtation he starts to kiss her foot (as she's in a full-body wetsuit, it's about the only exposed skin) and discovers with some surprise that she has webbed toes.
* In [[Howard Stern
* ''[[From Russia
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* In ''[[
== Literature ==
* After undergoing the Ludovich technique, Alex from ''[[A Clockwork Orange (
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': There are numerous mentions of [[Foot Focus|bare feet]] in many, many chapters (including males, but especially Sansa, Arya, and Daenerys). Daenerys in particular ends up getting her bare feet kissed numerous times, often while astride a horse.
* The Death Eaters do this with [[Harry Potter (
* A variant in [[Andre Norton]]'s historical novel ''Shadow Hawk'': the hero Rahotep, at an audience with Pharaoh Kamose, was about to kiss the ground in front of the ruler's feet in accordance with protocol. But Kamose slid a foot forward, granting Rahotep the special honor of '''touching''' the royal person. Particularly impressive to the witnesses as the hero had just recently been under suspicion of treason.
* You want to know why ''[[
* Mentioned several times in [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Chalion]]'' universe, especially in ''The Curse of Chalion''. Normal respectful greetings involve kissing the back of a person's hands. When it's a high superior<ref>or someone you owe ''big''</ref> one add their feet as well.
* In Edith Wharton's ''[[The Age of Innocence]]'', Newland Archer kisses Countess Olenska's shoes.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Devoted husband Mack in ''[[Clocking Off]]'' kisses his unfaithful wife Catherine's foot in one episode.
* In ''[[Ugly Betty]]'', Bradford Mead had a foot fetish, which is how Wilhemina got her hooks into him.
* In ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'''s second miniseries, the [[Les Collaborateurs|human collaborator Daniel]] forces some college schlub to lick his boots.
* In ''[[Oz]]'' Schillinger forces Beecher to lick his boots after the latter spoke up without permission.
* Used in a demeaning fashion by the female party on an episode of ''[[Blind Date]]''. Being a real demeaning type, she told the man to kiss her
* In ''[[Blackpool]]'', DI Carlisle does this to Natalie. This happens to be one of the most [[Tastes Like Diabetes|sickeningly adorable]] scenes in the entire show.
* In the 1980s sitcom ''[[Alice]]'', southern waitress Flo used "Kiss My Foot!" as a [[Unusual Euphemism|general purpose euphemism]]
* In the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Q2", Q tries to kiss Captain Janeway in the bathtub, but she blocks him from getting closer by raising her foot, so he ends up kissing her foot.
== Music ==
* [[Ali Project]]'s "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOns_HTVB4Q Hizamazuite Ashi Wo Oname]." The title translates to "kneel down and lick my feet."
== Newspaper Comics ==
* [[Gahan Wilson]] once drew a cartoon for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' which depicts a psychiatrist kissing his (male) patient's foot, while the patient growls "Doctor, this is ''not'' helping my messiah complex!"
== Professional Wrestling ==
* After winning the King of the Ring competition, [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] superstar [[Booker T]] became "King Booker", an [[Jerkass|arrogant]] [[
* [[Jerry Lawler|Jerry "The King" Lawler]] initiated a match against then-rival [[Bret Hart]] at King of the Ring '95, where the loser had to kiss the winner's foot. Lawler lost the match, and it was ''not'' pleasant for him, to say the least.
** That was mentioned during Lawler's feud with [[Michael Cole]] leading to another Kiss My Foot Match at Over The Limit 2011 and Cole's [[Humiliation Conga]].
* And then there's [[Vince McMahon]]'s much, ''much'' cruder version, "The Kiss My Ass Club".
* Occasionally put into use on the independent circuit, notably by Davey Richards (who then will follow up with spitting in his opponent's face and/or kicking them in the head).
== Theater ==
* Pistol in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Henry V]]'' has these lines:
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''A lad of life, an imp of fame;''
''Of parents good, of fist most valiant.''
I kiss his dirty shoe, ''and from heart-string''
''I love the lovely bully. '' }}
* In ''[[Rent]]'', when Maureen is attempting to make up with Joanne over the phone, she offers total submission:
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** This lasts about a month and a half before Maureen gets bored of playing that role and goes back to playing herself in full-on diva mode.
== Video Games ==
* ''[[
* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
== Web Original ==
* A frequent source of [[Fetish Fuel]] in ''[[Tales of MU]]'', between Mackenzie and Amaranth or Mackenzie and Sooni. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Mack most certainly does not want to worship at their feet. Nope. Not at all.]]
== Western Animation ==
* Many times in [[Looney Tunes]] cartoons.{{context}}
* In ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney
* ''[[
* This is frequent in many children's cartoons.{{context}}
* In ''[[Batman: The
* Rarity kissing princess Celestia's hooves in ''[[My Little Pony:
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