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Line 23: {{examples}} == Anime and Manga == * ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Shinji almost kisses Asuka when she sleepwalks right into his bed, but [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma\|stops himself]] when she whimpers in her sleep about her mother. Line 100 ⟶ 99: == Fan Works == * Occurs in the [[Axis Powers Hetalia\|America×England]] fanfic ''You Can't Take the Sky from Me'', when [[Belligerent Sexual Tension\|America and England]] are in England's cabin... then [[Deadpan Snarker\|Prussia]] walks in and [[Moment Killer\|~~ruines~~ruins the moment]]. [[Shipper on Deck\|(Although he later wishes he hadn't...)]] == Films -- Animation == Line 124 ⟶ 123: == Films -- Live-Action == * This is a genre standard in [[Bollywood]] films. Up until very recently, kissing in movies was censored in India (it is still seen as racy), so filmmakers perfected the art of showing the leads caressing with lips oh-so-close to each other. (This is especially common in dance numbers.) Note that, unlike in other instances of this trope, an actual kiss (or more) is usually implied to have taken place. ** Done in ''[[Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham]]'' during the number "Yeh Ladka Hai Allah".▼ * Averted in ''[[2012]]'': Dr. Heimsley and Laura are about to kiss when they are interrupted by a broadcast. They ignore it and continue their business. ▲** Done in ''[[Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham]]'' during the number "Yeh Ladka Hai Allah". * Happens in ''[[Dragnet]]'' (the 1987 movie) twice with Joe Friday and Connie Swail. * ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'': Happens twice between Dolores and Eddie, while in the movie theater and toward the end of the movie after reading the will, when Roger intervenes. * [[The X-Files (film)\|The first]] ''~~[[The~~ X-Files~~\|X-Files]]~~'' ~~[[The X-Files (film)\|~~movie]]: Mulder and Scully almost, ''almost'' kiss in a hallway, but Scully gets stung by a bee just before it happens. ** In the DVD commentary, Chris Carter tries to peddle the idea that the emotions from the almost kiss in the hallway plus the CPR scene later in the movie equals a kiss. Not surprisingly, nobody buys that. * A [[Running Gag]] between Troy and Gabriella in ''[[High School Musical]] 2'', to the frustration of preteens everywhere. They made sure to make up for it later, though. Line 211 ⟶ 210: * A [[Running Gag]] in SM:TV Live's ''[[Friends]]'' parody ''Chums'': Dec and Cat are always interrupted when they are about to kiss by the doorbell. * Watch the gag reel for ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', if anyone forgets their line and ends up just staring they will start moving in. * ''[[Firefly (TV series)\|Firefly]]'' in the episode "Objects in Space": It's taken [[The Stoic\|Simon]] and [[Genki Girl\|Kaylee]] [[Will They or Won't They?\|the whole series]] to reach that moment. They're having a heart-to-heart. They're [[Held Gaze\|staring]] into each other's eyes. They're inching closer. His hand starts to reach out to caress her cheek. They lean in for the kiss. [[Moment Killer\|And then Book walks into them]]. {{quote\|'''[[DVD Commentary\|Joss Whedon]]:''' Oh, thank you very much, Book. Way to ruin the kiss!}} * Played darkly and subtlely in ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)\|Robin Hood]]''. Guy of Gisborne has just proposed to Marian and been accepted. He moves in for a kiss, but she looks tearful and uncertain, and both turn their heads away fractionally. (Reasons being that he's just threatened her with execution after accusing her of being in cahoots with Robin over a missing necklace. She proves him wrong by producing it - Robin has just passed it to her through the window, and is privy to everything that goes on inside the room). Line 257 ⟶ 256: == Web Original == * ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-~~Along Blog\|Doctor Horribles Sing~~ Along Blog]]''. Penny and Billy are in the laundromat, looking deep into each others eyes. It looks as though she and Billy are drawing closer, and closerrrr....and then she brings up Captain Hammer. Ouch. * Speaking of [[Felicia Day]], it's [[Lampshade Hanging\|lampshaded]] in the "''[[The Guild"]]'' music video, "Game On"—lyrics: "Level up/Feel the bliss/Forward-slash/Almost kiss..." For those not familiar with MMORPG terminology, forward slashes are used for emotes (especially in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', which is ''The Guild''{{'}}s main source of parody). So /kiss would cause your character to blow a kiss to his or her target. Naturally, in the music video, they perform an Almost Kiss immediately after the line. * Lampshaded by Thalia in ''[[Thalia's Musings]]'' [http://thaliasmusingsnovels.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/1-7-please-be-seated/ as it happens to her and Apollo]. {{quote\|"The Almost Kiss. Such a classic trope in romantic comedy. The concept I am about to reveal to you may be beyond your mortal comprehension, so listen carefully: ''Romantic Comedy'' is what happens when my domain and [[Moment Killer\|Aphrodite’s]] intersect. The fact that she and I have never gotten along terribly well is the reason works in this genre so often fail at being either romantic or comical." ~~[http://thaliasmusingsnovels.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/1-7-please-be-seated/\]~~ }} * Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long of ''[[RWBY]]'' come within inches when they're reunited in episode 10 of volume 8. (They finally get past "almost" in the middle of volume 9.) == Western Animation == * ''[[Ben 10: ~~Alien Force\|Ben 10~~ Alien Force]]'' Gwen and Kevin have an Almost Kiss in the episode "Darkstar Rising", ~~interruped~~interrupted by the Highbreed Commander busting through the wall. [[Running Gag\|Well,that happened a lot of times already...]] Two of the many Almost Kiss moments happened in "The Transmogrification of Eunice" (Ben and Eunice, of course) and "Revenge of the Swarm" (Ben and Elena). * ''[[Code Lyoko]]'': In episode "Routine", Yumi's and Ulrich's [[First Kiss]] after Ulrich saves her from falling into the Digital Sea is interrupted when Aelita resets time.