Lap Pillow: Difference between revisions

 

== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

* 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.

** 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.

* 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 ''[[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.

** 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.

* ''[[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.

** 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 [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.

* 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.

* 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 ''[[Clannad]]'' Yukine uses Tomoya's lap as a pillow during one of their visits to the library, much to Nagisa's chargrin.

* In ''[[Madlax]]'' episode 24, Margaret sleeps with her head in Elenore's lap during a flashback. Also contains [[Ear Cleaning]].

 

* ''[[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]]''.

* Jim ([[James Dean]]) and Judy ([[Natalie Wood]]) in ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* 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.

{{quote| '''House''': [[Heh, Heh, You Said "X"|Heh heh]], my head is on your vagina. <br />

{{spoiler|Cuddy}}: Go to sleep, House. }}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

{{quote| '''Attorney:''' I object to this witness! She's obviously trying to influence the judge.<br />

'''Joker:''' (sounding genuinely confused) What makes you say that? }}