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{{quote|'''Barney:''' We and two beautiful women just survived a mugging. Do you know what that means?<br />
'''Ted:''' 'Thank God we're alive' sex?<br />
'''Barney:''' 'Thank God we're alive' sex! It's even better than 'I can't believe you just proposed to me' sex, which I've only had like, [[Magnificent Bastard|four or five times]].|''[[
The Heroes have survived a harrowing ordeal. It could be a major disaster, a battle or even an encounter with either [[The Dragon]] or the [[Big Bad]]. Whether they won or lost is immaterial. The important thing is that they are still alive and are so glad to be alive that they decide to celebrate the fact by doing the most lively thing of which they can think of.
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[[Smooch of Victory]] may have to substitute, either for a G-Rated version, or because they lack the time and/or privacy.
Sometimes overlaps with [[Last-Minute Hookup]], particularly in one shot works. [[Standard Hero Reward]] is a [[Lighter and Softer]] version of this. [[You Don't Want to Die
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== Comic Books ==
* Done in the [[J. Michael Straczynski]] upgrade of [[Squadron Supreme]], [[Supreme Power]]. Mark Milton's government-assigned parents had just seen him vaporize a puppy by accident with [[Heat Vision]] that nobody knew he had and were so overwhelmed that they sneaked off into a closet with no cameras and did the nasty.
* ''[[Watchmen (
* Played straight and very effectively in ''[[Spider
** Subverted near the end of ''Spider-Man: The Other''. Peter ends up carrying Mary Jane in his arms because she's moving to slow, leading [[Luke Cage]] to believe he's rushing to get laid. Next scene shows that Peter simply wanted to take Mary Jane out web swinging.
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* The end of most [[James Bond]] films.
** Actually lampshaded in the ''[[
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Jack:''' I have to warn you, I've heard relationships based on intense experiences never work.<br />
'''Annie:''' OK. We'll have to base it on sex then. }}
* The end of ''[[The Fifth Element]]''.
* ''[[Enemy
* Possibly implied at the end of ''[[
* At least one of the many sex scenes in ''[[wikipedia:Nine 1/2 Weeks|9 1/2 Weeks]]'', with Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke.
* Okay, so maybe {{spoiler|Hermione and Ron's kiss in the Chamber of Secrets towards the end of [[Harry Potter (
* An interesting example in the Japanese film Departures. The guy comes home from his first session of preparing corpses for burial, and quickly gets hot for his wife. It's not that he was ever in danger of dying, but being around a corpse just spooked him so much that he wants to have sex so he can feel alive again. (Made more interesting by the fact that his wife doesn't actually know what his job is.)
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* In the [[DC Nation]] universe, [http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/481353.html this] and [[Intimate Psychotherapy]] happened between Beast Boy and Fauna after [http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/tag/plague Ra's al Ghul's plague]. Their altered, animal-based physiology left them ''completely immune'' to the plague's effects while virtually everyone else was dying around them, and one of the ingredients Ra's used in the plague was some of Gar's blood.
* A ''[[Persona 4]]'' fanfic, "[http://fasterassembly.livejournal.com/25712.html Goes Down Alone]'' is pretty much about [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] culminating into this trope. It's actually more dramatic than [[Not Safe for Work|erotic]].
* Ken Wolfe's series of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' fics (found on the [[Sailor Moon
== Literature ==
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* In ''A Gift From Earth'', a science fiction novel by [[Larry Niven]], a woman is forced to undergo sensory deprivation, and uses this to bring herself back to feeling.
* The novella version of ''[[The Mist]]''.
* Simon and Miriamele in ''[[Memory,
* {{spoiler|Aviendha and Rand's}} first time in the ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' might qualify.
** {{spoiler|Faile and Perrin}} after the Trolloc invasion is defeated, though not actually shown.
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** That line is not to be confused with a Mr. Clean seduction scene.
** Well the novel ''Sirens'' by Eric van Lustbader had a [[Les Yay]] version of that, which made a bit more sense.
** In-universe example and [[Zig
** In a situation that was tacky even for a [[Hentai]] game, one ''Critical Point'' scenario involved this right after the female character had been raped BY THE SAME GUY she was now coming on to! Technically, he was not in control of himself at the time and it wasn't consensual for either of them, but still, "fixing" the rape by having consensual sex directly afterwards...
** It's turned around in Jo Beverly's ''Devilish''; after she's abducted, tied up, and nearly raped, Diana tries to find a way to cope with the experience by asking her [[Love Interest]] to tie her down. He complies only reluctantly, and flatly tells her not to even ask him to have sex with her like that.
* {{spoiler|Sam Yeager and Barbara Larssen}} do this after nearly being killed by a Lizard Bomb in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''[[Worldwar
** There's an earlier one between {{spoiler|Barbara and her husband Jens}} after they survive a Lizard bombing of Chicago.
* Renie and !Xabbu in ''[[Otherland]]'', actually three times.
* One of the ways to "Turn Sexual Tension into Mad, Passionate Sex " in [[The Action
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[
* Occurred in at least one of the ''[[Guardians of the Flame]]'' novels. I can't remember which one or which characters, only the line:
{{quote| But mostly it's about almost having gotten killed. Or doesn't it make you horny, too?}}
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* Colonial Union Special Forces in [[John Scalzi]]'s ''[[Old Mans War]]'' series have Glad-To-Be-Alive ''Orgies'' after every mission.
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'', Dora asks Lazarus whether it's odd to want this after a fight; he assures her it doesn't mean she's warped.
* In Teresa Frohock's ''[[Miserere:
* In ''East of the Sun, West of the Moon'' (from the [[Council Wars]] series by [[John Ringo]]) Megan's sexual relationship with Herzer has been delayed because she is recovering from repeated rape and [[Stockholm Syndrome]]. She finally demands sex after {{spoiler|watching her friend get killed by a mutant-scorpion-''thing''}} and downing several shots of vodka to steady her nerves. Fortunately she falls asleep before he can comply, as that doesn't really count as [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]]
* Subverted in ''A Ring of Endless Light'' by [[Madeleine L
{{quote| '''Vicky:''' Why have I been so hungry?<br />
'''Leo:''' Because eating is part of life. So is loving.<br />
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** Buffy and Angel having sex at the end of "Surprise" may also be an example, though it was less celebratory and more "I almost lost you, so I want to be as intimate as possible with you."
** In "Forever" Xander and Anya have sex after Joyce's funeral, with Anya lampshading the trope. Angel, who's turned up just to comfort Buffy, has to leave her when Buffy's kissing becomes too passionate.
* ''[[
* {{spoiler|Amy}} all but requests this outright at the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Flesh and Stone". Doesn't get further than a kiss before the Doctor puts a stop to it. Then came the next episode where he tells {{spoiler|Amy's pissed-off fiancé}} what happened.
{{quote| '''The Doctor''': She was frightened. But we survived you know, and in the relief of it and so yes, she kissed me. <br />
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'''The Doctor''': [[Literal Minded|No, I kissed her mouth.]] }}
* Michael and Fiona from ''[[Burn Notice]]'' indulge in this at least once per season.
* Inverted in the first seasons episode ''Ceasefire'' of ''[[M*A*S*H
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'':
** In the first episode. Walter White has just escaped two drug dealers who were about to kill him and a fire that one of them set accidentally. And then he crawls back home to his wife.
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== Web Comics ==
* Unusually done in ''[[The Order of the Stick
** And the famous [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0400.html strip 400], only it's more "glad that you're alive" implied sex.
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* Done by Peter and Lois in an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', after they survive an encounter with Mel Gibson (who was trying to kill them for stealing a reel with his latest movie on it).
* Unsuccessfully invoked in ''[[
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