Mating ritual
A mating ritual, or courtship ritual, was the specific form that mating (mate selection followed by mating) took in a specific species or culture. There was significant variety in mating rituals among different species, and frequently featured color change and provocative movement. ()

According to Odo, all humanoids were obsessed with convoluted mating rituals. He once remarked that procreation had nothing to do with how one smelled, or writing bad poetry, or sacrificing plants to serve as tokens of affection. ()

In 1986, while talking to a group of tourists about whale song, Gillian Taylor said its function was unknown, but offered the idea that it was part of the whales' mating ritual as one possible explanation. ()

On Earth, automobiles were once seen as sources of status and virility, and therefore often a prime ingredient in teenage mating rituals. ()

Tholos, an Andorian involved in a 2151 Andorian occupation of the monastery at P'Jem, told T'Pol that he had heard about Vulcan mating rituals, and offered to emulate them by killing someone for her. ()

Ten months into an historic mission undertaken by , Vulcan science officer T'Pol proposed a lack of  as the cause for a reduction in crew efficiency, noting that the Human mating ritual was effective in easing tension. ()

After Dee'Ahn and  – two aliens Malcolm Reed and  became involved with while on Risa – tried to rob them, Tucker quipped that he hoped this wasn't part of their mating ritual. ()

Q claimed he found Human mating rituals disgusting. ()

After Tolian Soran hit Klingon commanding officer B'Etor, she remarked, "I hope for your sake you were initiating a mating ritual." ()

In 2369, while at a conference, Deanna Troi was propositioned by a Ktarian man who claimed to be doing a thesis on interspecies mating rituals and who proposed that she join him in some emperical research. ()

Weyoun found interspecies mating rituals fascinating to watch. ()

Tomin, a Kadi ambassador who visited the , propositioned Seven of Nine, claiming to have studied Human mating rituals. ()

See also 
 Ferengi mating dance
 Jamaharon
 Klingon mating rituals
 Mating call
 Mating season
 Olan'vora
 Vulcan mating rituals

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Sex and reproduction
Ceremonies