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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Hamlet''': Lady, [[Accidental Innuendo|shall I lie in your lap?]]
'''Ophelia''': No, my lord.
'''Hamlet''': I mean, my head upon your lap?
|''[[Hamlet]]'', [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|Making This...]]}}
A good way to show the physical intimacy and trust which a couple have is to rest one's head on the other's lap. Usually, the man does the resting while the woman provides the lap, not only because of anatomical reasons but because the lap-owner is typically of a nurturing nature more associated with femininity. Bonus points if she's feeding him grapes or stroking his hair.
▲A good way to show the physical intimacy and trust which a couple have is to rest one's head on the other's lap. Usually, the man does the resting while the woman provides the lap, not only because of anatomical reasons but because the lap-owner is typically of a nurturing nature more associated with femininity. Bonus points if she's feeding him grapes or stroking his hair.
In some cases this is done between people who are not necessarily lovers, to comfort someone who is weeping or injured.
In Japan, if they're ''really'' close, the sitter is [[Ear Cleaning|cleaning out]] the layer's ears with a
Compare [[Holding Hands]].
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* In ''[[Kodomo
▲== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
▲* In ''[[Kodomo No Jikan]]'', Aoki uses Rin as a lap pillow. Soon after, they've moved to the tree behind them and she's using him as a lap pillow (in the perfect position to drool right there). Then Kuro and Mimi find them. Mimi leans up against the opposite side of Aoki while [[Schoolgirl Lesbian|Kuro]] uses the opposite side of the lap (the rear, for the unable to figure out hints) on Rin as her pillow.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', [[Adorably Precocious Child|Negi]] does this a lot, falling asleep on his students' laps on numerous occasions. The romantic overtones are usually subverted. Such as when he falls asleep on Konoka's lap (pictured above), leading the cheerleaders (and [[Shotacon|Ayaka]], who promptly freaks out) to believe that they're secretly dating, when in fact he's just exhausted. Naturally, Ayaka is overjoyed when Negi conks out on her lap later on, again due to fatigue.
* In ''[[Fate/stay
* This happens very early on in ''[[
* In ''[[Skip Beat
** Specifically, Ren was overcome by his feelings and nearly either confessed or propositioned her, but realizing halfway through that this was already freaking her out and if he finished she'd probably be scared out of his life for good, he managed to turn it into the claim that he thought he might feel better if he napped and he couldn't sleep without a pillow. Both of them feel very awkward, until Kyoko (thinking Ren is asleep) starts petting his hair.
** It is very cute, but like most of ''[[Skip Beat
* In ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'', when [[Tsundere|Anko]] and [[Butt Monkey|Noboru]], Anko accidentally smacks Noboru in the face with her purse thinking he's a perv, so she lets him rest his head in her lap until his nose stops bleeding.
* The implied intimacy of the situation is the reason why Dolores and Mr. Raptor (Both [[Humongous Mecha]], mind you) end up going straight to [[Instant Seiza]] when a bump during transportation puts them in this position in ''[[Zone of the Enders]]: Dolores, i''. That, and the cockpit sticking out from between Dolores' legs...
* In the last episode of the first ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' series, Fate rests her head on her familiar Arf's lap while sleeping in her cell.
* In ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'', Akito puts his head on Sana's lap and she cleans out his ears, except...she was pretending to be his mother and had to blackmail him to get him to do it.
* In the [[Pool Episode]] of ''[[Sasameki Koto]]'', Ushio offers her lap to Sumika, who is exhausted from her competition with Tomoe. Sumika certainly enjoys the view from her position.
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', the first time we learn that Inuyasha is human once a month, his entire demeanor change from [[Jerkass]] to [[Jerk
* Used with a twist in the ''[[
** Which had just been reversed earlier, with a freaked-out Tetsuo laying and resting his head in her lap with her stroking his hair and comforting him.
* Done by Minami for Yutaka in one episode of ''[[Lucky Star]]''. Yutaka seems oblivious to the [[Girls Love|romantic implications]] but [[Otaku Surrogate|Konata]] and [[Yuri Fangirl|Hiyori]] are not.
* Happened in ''[[
* This happens betweens between Momoko and Yousuke in ''[[
* ''[[Mayoi Neko Overrun]]'' has it between Kaho and Takumi in episode four. Both of them are naked, after a series of circumstances involving hot springs, a forest trek and Kaho not having any shame.
* Happens twice in ''[[
** The second instance occurs in the Soul Society arc, during a flashback, between [[Les Yay|Yoruichi and Soifon]].
* One of [[Naoko Takeuchi]]'s art books has [https://web.archive.org/web/20111201120357/http://mangastyle.net/book1/1-44.jpg this cute drawing of Usagi and Mamoru.] "I love sleeping with my head on someone's lap. I also love having someone's head on my lap. Since both really put me at ease, I can be happy." she says of it.
* In the manga version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', Link is lying on Princess Zelda's lap, although this turns out to be a dream.
* Ch. 19 of ''[[Aki Sora]]'' has one page of this between [[Psycho Lesbian|Nami]] and [[The Woobie|Sora]]. The [[Brother
* A villainous version occurs in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' with [[Big Bad]] [[Humanoid Abomination|Asura]] resting his head in the lap of [[Hot Witch|Arachne]] while she comforts him, telling him he'll be safe with her, and that she will never leave him.
* A more violent version occurs in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' due to Natsu's [[Weaksauce Weakness|extreme motion sickness]] Erza punches him in the stomach causes him to fall in her lap.
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* Kazuki gets to do this with Tokiko at the end of the Papillon arc of ''[[Busou Renkin]]''.
* During one chapter in ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'', Ash and Pikachu are seperated. At the end of the story, Misty is doing this to Ash after the poor guy has run himself ragged trying to find him. Unfortunately for her, when Pikachu returns Ash bolts up so fast that he ends up knocking her back.
* There's also a rather cute example in the Pokemon anime - during a flashback Meowth has, we see a brief shot of Jessie and James asleep, [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|with her head on his lap.]]
* In the manga Seven Days, Yuzuru attempts to lie down on Seryou's lap to take a nap. He promptly complains that it's not as soft as a girl's would be.
* ''[[D
* In ''[[Hetalia Bloodbath 2011]]'' [[Ho Yay|Italy is shown sleeping]] [[Ship Tease|with his head on Germany's lap]].
* In episode 17 of ''[[Kiniro no Corda]]'' Shimizu uses Hino's lap as a pillow.
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' Yukine uses Tomoya's lap as a pillow during one of their visits to the library, much to Nagisa's chargrin.
* During the storyline in which Tatewaki is possessed by a cherry tree in [[Ranma
* In ''[[Madlax]]'' episode 24, Margaret sleeps with her head in Elenore's lap during a flashback. Also contains [[Ear Cleaning]].
* More than once in the first season of ''[[Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?]]'', Ais rests Bell's head on her lap when he's knocked out for whatever reason. Bell being a [[Chaste Hero]], he invariably panics when he wakes up.
▲== [[Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Sin City]]: Family Values'', Miho rests her head on Dwight's lap in a rare moment of affection.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In the ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' story ''[http://www.eyrie.net/UF/FI/OOTR/FED/ The Order of the Rose "The Federation Lives Forever!"]'', [[K-On!|Ritsu Tainaka]] routinely plops her head into the lap of bandmate (and long-time friend) Mio Akiyama. Mio may protest, but never pushes her away.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Notting Hill]]'', in a gender reversal: Pregnant Julia Roberts with her head in Hugh Grant's lap, sitting on a park bench.
* Done by Rupert Everett and Reese Witherspoon in ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''.
* ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]''. Will Riker goes round to Troi's office for some counselling, or so he claims. Troi realises otherwise when instead of lying down on the couch he lies down with his head in her lap, which is much more comfortable. We next see them taking a bath together.
* Jim ([[James Dean]]) and Judy ([[Natalie Wood]]) in ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''.
* Mary Jane holds Harry's head on her lap in ''[[Spider-Man (
* Connor does this with Brenda at the end of the original ''[[
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', er... [[Loads and Loads of Characters|some guy]] does this with his Aes Sedai girlfriend after the battle to {{spoiler|cleanse ''saidin''}}.
* In ''[[The Witch of Blackbird Pond]]'', Kit's cousin Mercy is in love with John Holbrook. Kit eventually discovers that despite previous confusion, John returns Mercy's feelings, and debates whether to tell Mercy the truth {{spoiler|after they believe him dead}}. Before she gets the chance, however, the door opens to reveal
* In the [[Night Huntress]] books, when Cat is extremely drunk, her love interest Bones tells her to rest her head on his thigh. She thinks he's asking for [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|something else]], but he laughs and tells her to get her mind out of the gutter.
* From ''[[The Lord of the Rings]], The Two Towers'':
{{quote|
* A not-even-remotely romantic variant in ''Fuzzy Bones'', William Tuning's continuation of [[H. Beam Piper]]'s Fuzzy series: a small group of Marines get the word that they've about forty minutes to chill before raiding a criminal stronghold, so they lie down in a rough circle, each man using another's stomach as a pillow.
* Happens in [[The Dresden Files]] book ''Summer Knight'', between Harry and the Summer Lady, Aurora.
** And then it happens again nine books later in ''Ghost Story'', but this time he {{spoiler|wakes up (after being resurrected) on [[God Save Us From the Queen|Mab's]] lap}}. [[Oh Crap]].
== [[Live
* In a flashback scene at the end of an episode of ''[[Monk]]'', it is revealed that Trudy Monk would put her feet up on the coffee table (the sole reason why that piece of furniture is crooked in an apartment of perfect right angles) so Adrian could put his head in her lap.
* On ''[[Dexter]]'', when Lila and Dexter share a hotel room, he ends up falling asleep with his head in her lap after a breakdown following a confrontation with his mother's murderer.
* In [[The X
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "Recession Proof" from season seven of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', when the titular character flops, drunk and soaking wet, on to a couch with {{spoiler|Cuddy}}, head in her lap.
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{{spoiler|Cuddy}}: Go to sleep, House. }}
== [[Theater]] ==
* [[Hamlet]] lays his head in Ophelia's
* Reportedly Douglas Spedden slept in his Nanny's lap like this while in the lifeboats of the ''[[Titanic]]''.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* [[Final Fantasy X|Tidus]] has a moment like this with Yuna early on. While it does show Yuna's sympathy for him, it's less romantic as Tidus is having an inner freakout at that point.
* This is part of Minori's good end in ''[[Brass Restoration]]''. Ryo breaks down crying and then falls asleep with his head in her lap. Because he cried himself to sleep, he doesn't realize what happened until Tsubomi tells him, leading Kouri to ask what a lap pillow is. He says it's a new type of pillow.
* In the second game of ''[[
* The [http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:Th04cover.jpg cover] of ''[[Touhou|Touhou Project: Lotus Land Story]]'' involves Marisa sleeping in Reimu's lap this way.
* The player can get some lap action in [[Steambot Chronicles]] while dating either the female lead, her best friend, or the ship captain.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' has had this happen a few times. {{spoiler|If you count passing out, that is. The puking is usually optional.}}
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' had Roy's mom offer to let him do this while she reads him his favorite bedtime story from when he was a kid after he meets her in Celestia. Due to his mother's appearance having reverted to her teenage years, he doesn't take up the offer.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Batman:
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'''Joker:''' (sounding genuinely confused) What makes you say that? }}
== [[Real Life]] / [[Truth in Television]] ==
▲* Reportedly Douglas Spedden slept in his Nanny's lap like this while in the lifeboats of the ''[[Titanic]]''.
* [http://www.mukkamu.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/japan_lap_pillow_01-1.jpg This is an actual real life pillow in Japan.] The one meant for women is a male torso with an arm extended in a way that the woman would sleep under that arm.
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