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Alice and Bob open their arms. They lean in and... fake to the left, flinch backwards, bump arms, cringe, and back away.
Sometimes, hugs are [[Cooldown Hug|psychologically helpful]], [[Security Cling|natural]], [[Group Hug|heartwarming]] or at very least, [[Cry Into Chest|cathartic.]] Other times, the chemistry's off, elbows keep bumping, or both participants instantly want to back out. Can be used to to highlight a complete lack of sexual tension, relationship problems, embarrassment, intimacy issues, any number of things, really. The important part is that the hug is incredibly awkward. This does ''not'' indicate that the characters are not emotionally
The characters may actually succeed in wrapping their arms around one another, but immediately break apart from acute embarrassment.
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Can overlap with [[Man Hug]], where men develop a special way of hugging to keep this from happening out of embarrassment. Also see [[Air Hugging]]. Maybe the natural result is [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] is violated.
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== [[Film]] ==
* At the end of ''[[Mean Girls]]'', Janis and Damien's hug is this.
* Several examples in [[Harry Potter (film)|the Harry Potter films]]:
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* In the 1958 film version ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', Maggie hugs her husband, Brick. Brick instinctively raises his arms to hug her back... then lets them down and tells Maggie to let go.
== [[Live
* ''[[Psych]]'': At a big party for Lassie, Lassiter and Juliet exchange an utterly awkward but completely sincere hug.
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'': Liz and Jack should ''not'' attempt to hug without extreme circumstances.
* On ''[[Firefly]]'', Zoe and Mal have a "highlighting lack of sexual tension between close friends" variant.
* Happened hilariously on ''Series/Merlin'': Merlin saves Arthur's skin again and after Arthur reluctantly apologizes, Merlin goes in for a hug. Arthur steps back, hands out, and says "Noooo." Merlin tries to explain and he gets all embarrassed.
* Happens in the [[
* On ''[[Doctor Who]]'', in the episode "The Parting of the Ways", when the Doctor says goodbye to Lynda as she's heading off to help defend the space station.
* ''[[Monk]]'': When Monk's brother Ambrose is first introduced, the somewhat estranged siblings try to hug. This doesn't go well, partially due to the fact that both of them suffer from [[Super OCD]], and they end up [[Air Hugging]].
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* The ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' are so dysfunctional they have trouble hugging. Harper even lampshades it.
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* Awkward sidehugs.
* Hover hand. It's putting your arm around somebody's shoulders, but letting your hand hover awkwardly just above their shoulder. Usually indicates lack of confidence.
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