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'''Fry:''' Talk about a mood killer.|''[[Futurama]]''}}

 

== Anime & 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.

'''Asuka:''' Pervert! Fiend! Idiot! I can't believe this! }}

* ''[[Love Hina]]'': Naru and Keitaro have several of these, always interrupted by their friends.

* In ''[[Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo|Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo]]'', considering what will happen if a [[Magical Girl]] ever kisses someone, this happens on several occasions.

* In the five-part miniseries ''Wasted Minds'', Tamuro asks Yura which country's trash she wants to teleport to (He has the power of teleportation, but [[Blessed with Suck|can only teleport from trash pile to trash pile]]). She tells him "France" and they lean in to kiss each other, only to be interrupted by Mr. Sekoi calling out:

* In "[[Mirai Nikki]]" {{spoiler|Nishijima and Uryu}} share an almost kiss but are interrupted by a Walkie-Talkie. Kinda sad once you realize that {{spoiler|Uryu and the 2nd world's Nishijima}} never get another chance.

* A running gag of sorts in ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', given that the relationship between Keichii and Belldandy always teeters on the brink of romantic action but never crosses the threshold, making these inevitable.

* In the first issue of ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]]: The [[Young Avengers|Children's]] Crusade'', Wiccan and Hulkling are about to make out when Speed interrupts them. The two have been dating since day one, so it's probably safe to assume that they've kissed before, but never on-panel.

* At one point in ''[[Shadowpact|Day of Vengeance]]'', Ragman and Enchantress are talking away from the others. They discover they have some things in common and then they fall silent. Then Ragman moves in, and Enchantess pulls away and asks him what he thinks he's doing. She than completes his embarassment by announcing this to the others.

 

 

* ''[[Constantine]]'': Occurs three times between the title character and Angela Dodson. (1) When he's putting the protective amulet around her neck, (2) When he pulls the knife out of the ground after rescuing her, and (3) during the rooftop meeting, while handing her the Spear of Destiny. ''Notably'' enraging, because even after the tension has become thick enough to cut with a chainsaw, they never actually kiss.

** This one may not completely count but it comes very close: When Angela is about to take her first plunge into hell, she asks Constantine if she must take off any more close and he just stares, which leads to this exchange.

'''Constantine:''' On is fine. }}

* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy]]'' has a number of these, most notably when Evie, inebriated, leans forwards to kiss Rick, and just as they're about to kiss, she faints.

* ''[[Dante's Peak|Dantes Peak]]'' contains a rather silly example: Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton are about to kiss, when suddenly some random extra drives by and shouts "Hey, you two!" One scene later, another kiss is prevented by Linda Hamilton's daughter complaining that she's thirsty, although that turns out to be a plot point, because that's when they find out that all the tapwater is discolored.

* Spoofed in ''[[Spaceballs]]'', when Vespa and Lone Starr are interrupted by Dot's Virgin-alarm.

** This scene is a parody of a scene from ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''. Although Han and Leia actually ''did'' kiss, they were immediately [[Moment Killer|interrupted by C-3PO]] before things could go any further.

* ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers 1998]]''. While Steed is helping Emma Peel on with her boots, they are close to kissing when Father breaks in and arrests Mrs. Peel.

** Poison Ivy falls "victim" to this. Surprising Robin from behind in Freeze's lair, [[The Vamp|she twists]] [[Shut Up, Kirk|his efforts]] to arrest her by [[Love Is in the Air|seducing]] him. [[You Can Barely Stand|Once again]] [[Evil Is Sexy|with feeling]]. Ivy offers him an [[Lover Not a Fighter|alternative to fighting]]. To share a [[First Kiss|passionate kiss]] with her instead. Robin literally [[Love Makes You Dumb|unable to answer]], [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|Ivy eagerly moves in]]. [[Drugged Lipstick|Her lips]] are just about to meet his when Bane knocks Batman to the ground closeby [[Moment Killer|startling both of them]] and [[Heroic Second Wind|snapping Robin out of his stupor]] allowing him to fight Bane once again to Ivy's clear irritation.

** It happens again later in the same scene. With the civilities out of the way, Poison Ivy tries a [[Manipulative Bitch|"different" approach to seducing Robin]]. Dosing him once again with her [[Love Potion|lovedust]] she immediately gets amorous and very [[Evil Is Sexy|sensual]], [[No Sense of Personal Space|backing him into a corner and coddling him]] [[Evil Feels Good|seductively]]. She [[More Than Mind Control|woos him]] by convincing him he's better that his mentor and [[Wounded Gazelle Warcry|he doesn't need him anymore]]. [[Villainesses Want Heroes|Not when she can guide him instead]]! Trapped and under her spell Poison Ivy attempts to [[A Magic Contract Comes with a Kiss|seal Robin's fate with a poison kiss]]. Their lips linger over each other closer than before, [[Smug Smiler|Ivy]] tries to [[Poisonous Person|entice Robin]] into initiating it but he hesitates. Finally she gives up and [[Forced Kiss|pushes in]], her lips almost brush against hi--

* In ''X-Men: The First Class'': Beast and Mystique are about to kiss when Charles Xavier tells them there's work to do.

* In the film adaption of ''[[Hitman]]'', After Agent 47 has killed the man he's going to impersonate later and taken Nika back to their hotel, Nika, who is pretty drunk begins to seduce 47, going as far as undoing his pants and straddling him on the bed. Just when they get close enough to kiss, Agent 47 jabs her in the neck with a sedative.

* Played hilariously straight in ''[[My Name Is Bruce]]'' between Bruce and love interest Kelly.

 

 

* 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]]'' 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]].

* 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).

* ''[[Coupling]]'''s walking relationship-dictionary Jeff Murdoch gives us the self-explanatory phrase "Nose Avoidance Tilting".

* 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 ''[[Thalias Musings]]'' as it happens to her and Apollo.

 

 

* In an episode of ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'' the animated series, Icarus almost kisses his beloved Cassandra while both are brainwashed... until she realizes there's a huge saliva drop and snaps out of it.

* In the '90s ''[[Wild CATS|WildC.A.T.s]]'' cartoon, Zealot and Grifter spend most of the thirteen episodes doing the [[UST]] dance; when they finally admit their feelings, they lean in... and then an emergency warning starts blaring.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (animation)|The Legend of Zelda]]''. The main running gag of the show is Link trying to get a kiss from Zelda, and they frequently come pretty dang close, but are ''always'' interrupted.

* In ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' episode "The Falcon and the Snow Job", Skipper, after defeating the other falcon who wanted to eat King Julien, has an Almost Kiss with Kitka. Julien ruins the moment by mocking the fact that they're both birds and would have to "love peck" instead of kiss, due to their lack of lips. Instant [[Moment Killer]].

* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''

** Happens once to both frustrate the fans and for pure comedy. When everyone in Miseryville falls asleep Jimmy's the only one awake, so when he gets to Heloise's house and finds her asleep like Cinderella, he finds a book next to her that says that tells of the wake-up kiss. He appars to consider it, but dismisses it and chucks the book away.

** Nearly happens again when Heloise has Jimmy under the influence of a [[Love Potion|love sweater]], only to be [[Mood Killer|interrupted]] by Beezy who, under the influence of a fear sweater, [[Unwanted Rescue|"rescues"]] Jimmy from her.

* ''[[Generator Rex]]'': One between Rex and Circe, {{spoiler|another between Agent Six and Doc Holiday, which starts off their status as an [[Official Couple]]}}.