While many films, TV shows, and music videos feature brief moments of a dog licking a character as a central narrative point or a significant, recurring cinematic device for both male and female characters. The following examples incorporate dog licking someone's face that serve the story or create a memorable cinematic moment. In the psychological horror game Rule of Rose, the boundaries between childhood innocence and cruel trauma are deeply blurred when Brown, a stray yellow Labrador approaches Jennifer by waking her to lick her face. Haunting Ground (known as Demento in Japan) geniusly counters this by giving the vulnerable protagonist, Fiona Belli, a loyal ally: Hewie, a majestic White German Shepherd, also affectionately licks her face. Finally, in Assassin's Creed: The Guardian's Loyal Hound set in 1897 on the eve of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee where Lady, Evie Frye's beloved Saint Bernard, resting her heavy chin on the mattress, gently licking her mistress's face, and causing the Master Assassin to chuckle softly in her sleep in bed as part of her morning routine.
