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A male character takes the hand of a woman (often his [[Love Interest]]) and kisses it as a mark of respect. Used to portray the man as particularly romantic, [[Knight in Shining Armor|chivalrous]], foreign, or [[Born in
In modern times this can come across as rather creepy, especially if the guy doesn't know the woman very well. For this reason, it is sometimes done by sleazy villains in order to show up the less 'cultured' hero.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* A non-romantic example occurs in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' when Fay pledges to serve Sakura in Infinity country. Despite initially appearing romantic, the actual intent of this gesture is a lot darker: Fay's actually distancing himself from his [[True Companions]].
* Another non-romantic CLAMP example, Eriol kisses Sakura's hand (in ''[[
* Yet ''another'' CLAMP example! This time somewhat romantic, in a [[Mind Game Ship|horrible screwed-up kind of way]]: In ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'' {{spoiler|Seishirou Sakurazuka kisses Subaru's hands when he first meets him, leaving the mark of the Sakurazukamori on the backs of his hands.}}
* Mytho from ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' kisses the title character's hand before asking her "what do you think of me?"
* Done by the [[Large Ham|ridiculously over the top]] Tamaki in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. Gotta love him. In episode 9 Benio does this to Haruhi as well.
* Kon ([[Grand Theft Me|in Ichigo's body]]) pulls the whole "gentleman" act on Orihime in an early episode of ''[[Bleach]]'', and kisses her hand, which prompts everybody in the classroom to flip out. He makes things worse by kissing Tatsuki ''on the cheek'', which causes her to start throwing heavy objects at him.
* Played with in the ''[[
* Each of the ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'' dolls has a rose ring. Mediums pledge to serve them by kissing the ring, which causes an identical ring to appear on their finger, marking them as a Medium. To release the Medium from their service, the doll must kiss the ring the Medium wears.
* Subverted in ''[[
* George De Sand of ''[[
* In ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', this is [[Handsome Lech|Mikado Sanzen'in]]'s opening move on any (attractive) woman he meets; since he's charming and handsome, most girls consider it romantic. [[Tsundere|Akane's reaction]] when he tried it on her (if Ranma hadn't interrupted) would have been to [[Cute Bruiser|sock him in the jaw]].
* Jack Atlas of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
* Lawrence seems to be a fan of this in the second season of ''[[Spice and Wolf]]''. He's usually pulling Holo's leg when he does this but it's still [[Ship Tease|ridiculously adorable]].
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', before Helios has to return home, he kisses Chibiusa's hand while on his knees in a true gentleman fashion.
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** In the eighth episode, the Count does this to Albert's mother as a greeting.
* When he tells Taki he is leaving with him, Klaus kisses Taki's hand for the first time at the beginning of ''[[Maiden Rose]]''. Afterwards it becomes an outward symbol of Klaus' fealty as a knight and a pretty thinly-veiled way of secretly acknowledging their relationship.
* Gender-flipped in ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' Touga once does this to the titular Utena.
* ''[[Reimei no Arcana]]'': Caesar to Nakaba in Chapter 13.
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== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[Kyon:
* [[
== Films -- Animation ==
* [[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]] and [[Boisterous Bruiser|Little John]] make do with this trope and a little flattering to take the jewels off [[King of Beasts|Prince John]]'s jewels.
** [[Subverted Trope|Prince John learns from his mistake.]] Little John eventually fails his second attempt.
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* ''[[Titanic]]'': Jack kisses Rose's hand when he meets them in the first class dining room for dinner, followed by the impish grin and the confession: "I saw that in a nickelodeon once and always wanted to do it."
** A [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] example happens at the end of the movie. But then, the guy just died.
* In the movie ''[[Gladiator (
** The gesture of kissing the hand derives from ancient pledges of fealty, so it is appropriate in that context. The more classical example is "kissing the ring" as a sign of submission, still practiced in audiences with the Pope and I think some royalty and Mafioso. One assumes it made it's way into romantic gesture territory through [[wikipedia:Courtly love|Courtly Love]].
* ''[[Star Wars]]'': Lando Calrissian's greeting to Princess Leia, establishing just how smooth and charming he can be, especially compared to his old friend Han Solo.
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* In the 2009 ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' film, Holmes does this to Watson's wife-to-be Mary upon meeting her. It's probably intended on his part to be a bit unsettling, given that he spends the entirety of their meeting trying to drive her and Watson apart.
* In ''[[The Queen]]'', [[Tony Blair]] is depicted as actually kissing Her Maj's hand. This is a faux pas, since the custom is supposed to be done symbolically, by holding her hand and bowing over it. None of this has anything to do with real life.
* In ''[[
* Gender-flipped in the film ''Tuesdays With Morrie'', when he was struggling to breath and the EMS were tending to him, his wife kissed his hand to assure him that things will be all right.
* In ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063005/ Le Gendarme se marie]'' (part of ''Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez'' movie series), when Cruchot kiss the hand of his future wife Josépha, [[Love At First Sight|electric sparks fly off]] -- twice. Puzzled, Adjudant Gerber wonders whether Cruchot is full of static electricity, and commands him to kiss his own hand, to no result. [[Not What It Looks Like|That's when the colonel walks in...]]
* Anytime [[Thor (
** And also in {{spoiler|[[The Big Damn Kiss]]}} where Thor and Jane lean forward [[Almost Kiss|to kiss]], only for Thor to hesitate and kiss her her hand instead. {{spoiler|Jane pulls him into a kiss anyways.}}
* George kisses Mary's hand while walking her home from the high-school dance in ''[[
* A non-romantic version with adopted siblings Charles Xavier and Raven/Mystique in ''[[X
== Literature ==
* Yuichi does this to Wataru in ''[[Only the Ring Finger Knows]]'', in the midst of their [[Slap Slap Kiss]] banter. Since Yuichi's acted like a [[Jerkass]] to Wataru (and Wataru only, because [[Love Makes You Crazy|apparently the best way to deal with loving someone of the same gender is to be nasty to them]]), it only reinforces Wataru's belief that Yuichi is just playing around with him, and leaves him even more steamed (and [[Am I Just a Toy
* Many works set prior to the 20th century, such as TV/film adaptations of [[Jane Austen]]'s novels.
* [[Poirot]] often does this, ever the charming Frenchman [[Mistaken Nationality|(oops, Belgian!)]]
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** Also seems to be a [[Vorkosigan Saga|Vorkosigan family]] trait. Aral does it to Cordelia a few times, Miles kisses a ''lot'' of hands and even Mark gets in on the action with Kareen.
** And it apparently passes to foster family members, as Emperor Gregor Vorbarra kisses the hand of Laisa, his future wife.
* Used both straight and subverted in the ''[[Outlander (
* Played with in ''[[Forgotten Realms|Elminster in Myth Drannor]]''. On the one [[Incredibly Lame Pun|hand]], it helps to weaken [[Medieval Stasis]] and show it was an "old" setting. On the other hand, {{spoiler|El experimentally discovers that elves ''don't'' know such a gesture}}...
* Yuri does this to a (male) black-ops agent in ''Cagebird''. He means to kiss the guy's hand to get a rise out of him. When that doesn't work, he proceeds to ''lick it.''
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* In [[Anne McCaffrey]]'s first ''Acorna'' book, Baron Manjari makes a point of actually kissing Acorna's hand at her social debut instead of miming it as expected. {{spoiler|He's just dosed her with a contact poison applied to his lips (he wipes them clean immediately afterward and [[Carrying the Antidote|takes the antidote]], claiming it's his daily medication.) Too bad he didn't know about Acorna's ability to neutralize toxins.}}
* In a short story by [[Sherwood Smith]], the [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]] villain does this to be polite to a young woman he conned into helping him. When the girl he's kidnapped accuses him of emotional manipulation, he is surprised to learn that people do not do that anymore.
* In ''[[Sense and Sensibility (
* ''Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth'' inverts the genders, with Hook's love interest kissing ''his'' hand.
* In [[David Eddings]]' ''[[Elenium]]'' and ''Tamuli'', kissing a woman's palms is a standard greeting among the Styric ethnicity.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* On ''[[
* ''[[
* On ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', Damon kisses Elena's hand just a couple of minutes after they have an [[Accidental Kiss|Accidental]] [[Almost Kiss]].
* The overenthusiastic Italian major in ''[['Allo 'Allo
* Happens a few times between Mulder and Scully on ''[[The X-Files]]'', notably in "Redux II" and "The Truth".
* Sayid, of all people, does this to Kate in the eighth episode of ''[[
* Lancelot kisses Gwen's hand during their first meeting in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''.
* ''[[The Tudors]]'' is filled with hand-kissing. Most of it is non-romantic.
* At the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''The Daleks'' one of the Thals that the heroes have been working with kisses Barbara's hand. She then kisses him on the lips.
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
* General Tarquin to Haley in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0726.html strip #726] of ''[[The Order of the Stick
* In ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'', Lucas is gentleman enough to do this with Princess Ibkis, even though she's a female orc.
* In ''[[The Dreamer]]'', Alexander kisses Beatrice's' hand [http://thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=240 in the fifth panel].
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* When Arnold in ''[[Hey Arnold]]'' finds out that his date isn't whom she said she was, he does this to her to show that no matter what he genuinely liked the date. Of course it was Helga all along...
* In Disney's [[Robin Hood]], Robin and Little John, in disguise, use this trope to steal the rings off Prince John's fingers. When Little John tries it again later, the Prince declines, stating, "I lose more jewel's that way."
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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