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== Film ==
== Film ==
* In ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'', the eponymous character does this when he arrives back in England after the crusades. [[It Got Worse|Then proceeds to find that his father's been executed on false charges and all his lands confiscated]].
* In ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'', the eponymous character does this when he arrives back in England after the crusades. [[It Got Worse|Then proceeds to find that his father's been executed on false charges and all his lands confiscated]].
** Parodied in ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Film)|Robin Hood Men in Tights]]''. Robin kisses the ground noisily when he lands in England, then spits sand out of his mouth.
** Parodied in ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights|Robin Hood Men in Tights]]''. Robin kisses the ground noisily when he lands in England, then spits sand out of his mouth.
* In [[The Pacifier]], Lulu, after a horrible experience with Zoe's driving, happily embraces the ground when they reach school.
* In [[The Pacifier]], Lulu, after a horrible experience with Zoe's driving, happily embraces the ground when they reach school.
* ''[[Flash Gordon (Film)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980). After Flash manages to crash land a plane without killing them, Dale Arden says "Hold me for a second, then drop me, I'll kiss the ground."
* ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980). After Flash manages to crash land a plane without killing them, Dale Arden says "Hold me for a second, then drop me, I'll kiss the ground."


== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* In one of the ''[[I Robot (Literature)|I Robot]]'' stories, Powell and Donovan do that after an interstellar travel a half mad AI sent them on.
* In one of the ''[[I, Robot]]'' stories, Powell and Donovan do that after an interstellar travel a half mad AI sent them on.


== Live Action TV ==
== Live Action TV ==
* In the pilot episode of ''[[Sliders (TV)|Sliders]]'', Rembrandt kisses the ground when he thinks they've made it back to their home dimension from a world of ice and tornadoes. Unfortunately, of course, he was wrong.
* In the pilot episode of ''[[Sliders]]'', Rembrandt kisses the ground when he thinks they've made it back to their home dimension from a world of ice and tornadoes. Unfortunately, of course, he was wrong.


== [[Newspaper Comic]] ==
== [[Newspaper Comic]] ==
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes (Comic Strip)|Calvin and Hobbes]]'': Calvin kisses the ground in an early strip after [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|surviving sliding down a playground slide]].
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': Calvin kisses the ground in an early strip after [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|surviving sliding down a playground slide]].


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* When [[Donald Duck]] lands on a deserted island in the short "Sea Salts", the ant he was with in the raft kisses the beach.
* When [[Donald Duck]] lands on a deserted island in the short "Sea Salts", the ant he was with in the raft kisses the beach.
* In ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures How I Spent My Vacation (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures How I Spent My Vacation]]'', Plucky is so happy to be home from a horrible road trip that took all summer that he kisses Hamton's lawn, only to discover that there's fertilizer on it as plants start to grow on his tongue.
* In ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation|Tiny Toon Adventures How I Spent My Vacation]]'', Plucky is so happy to be home from a horrible road trip that took all summer that he kisses Hamton's lawn, only to discover that there's fertilizer on it as plants start to grow on his tongue.
* In the [[Winnie the Pooh (Disney)|Winnie the Pooh]] short "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too", Tigger kisses the snow after being rescued from a tree.
* In the [[Winnie the Pooh (Disney film)|Winnie the Pooh]] short "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too", Tigger kisses the snow after being rescued from a tree.
* The [[Tex Avery]] short "The Cat Who Hated People" has the cat flying to the moon to get away from people, only to be driven mad by the moon's inhabitants. After returning to Earth, he hugs the sidewalk and kisses it.
* The [[Tex Avery]] short "The Cat Who Hated People" has the cat flying to the moon to get away from people, only to be driven mad by the moon's inhabitants. After returning to Earth, he hugs the sidewalk and kisses it.
* Bob the tomato did this in the ''[[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Veggie Tales]]'' episode "An Easter Carol", after he and Mr. Nezzer land on the ground from riding in a runaway cart.
* Bob the tomato did this in the ''[[Veggie Tales]]'' episode "An Easter Carol", after he and Mr. Nezzer land on the ground from riding in a runaway cart.
* ''[[The Road to El Dorado (Animation)|The Road to El Dorado]]'': Miguel and Tulio both kiss the ground upon their boat arriving in South America.
* ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'': Miguel and Tulio both kiss the ground upon their boat arriving in South America.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "The Mysterious Mare Do Well". The Mare shows Dash up by saving a cart full of ponies. One pony hops out and kisses the ground out of gratitude for having been saved.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "The Mysterious Mare Do Well". The Mare shows Dash up by saving a cart full of ponies. One pony hops out and kisses the ground out of gratitude for having been saved.
* Ed does this once in ''[[Western Animation/The Incredibly Mental Misadventures Of Ed Grimley|The Incredibly Mental Misadventures Of Ed Grimley]]''. He then muses that it doesn't really taste as good as you think it will.
* Ed does this once in ''[[Western Animation/The Incredibly Mental Misadventures Of Ed Grimley|The Incredibly Mental Misadventures Of Ed Grimley]]''. He then muses that it doesn't really taste as good as you think it will.


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