Almost Kiss: Difference between revisions

* ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'

** Ariel has to achieve a [[True Love's Kiss]] with the prince in order to win her bet with Ursula and not get turned into Ursula's prisoner. Ariel and the prince have a very romantic ride on a boat, and are about to kiss... when the two eels who are working for Ursula overturn the boat, so as to keep Ariel from winning the bet.

* ''[[Chicken Run]]'' has this as a running gag, largely because the animators couldn't figure out how to make two chickens kiss. For the big kiss at the end, their heads were strategically placed so the beak-action was hidden and therefore didn't have to be animated.

* In the last two minutes in ''[[Surf's Up]]'', Cody and Lani were about to kiss when Arnold (one of the little kids that the crew interviews) interrupts them. Turns out, in "Arnold's Zurfinary" (a four-minutes video on the DVD that teaches you surfer slang), {{spoiler|that he has a crush on Lani.}}

** 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.

* In ''[[Zenon|Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century]]'', Zenon and Greg are sitting side-by-side, facing the same direction, with awkward silence. Zenon tells Greg if he wants to kiss her he should get over it and just kiss her. After a pause, they both turn towards each other at the same time - and accidentally smash their faces into each other.

* In ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'', Tony and Pepper share a nervously awkward dance, leading to getting some air on the roof, leading to... this. And then it led to Pepper's stammering request for a drink right after that freeze of realization. (Of course, the early trailer [[Never Trust a Trailer|suggested the scene went differently]]...)

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''

** In the first episode of the second season, Willow and Xander share a sweet and believable exchange, before a sexually tense Almost Kiss. It's interrupted when they are attacked by a vampire.

** At the beginning of "Hush" Buffy and Riley are about to kiss when a nervous Buffy does a [[Moment Killer]] by babbling about something inconsequential. Fortunately the [[Monster of the Week]] steals the voices of everyone in Sunnydale, so the two communicate [[First Kiss|the only way they can]].

* Subverted in ''[[Sports Night]]'': The fans almost start pulling their collective hair out after an Almost Kiss between Casey and Dana, and then Casey does a one-eighty, grabs Dana, kisses her seductively, and walks away with fists raised in triumph.

* In ''[[Farscape]]'' Aeryn and John spend a lot of scenes face-to-face, body pressed to panting body...''and they don't kiss''. Also notable in that, when they ''do'' kiss it could sort of still count as an Almost Kiss because they are always either interrupted or Aeryn freaks out.

* Also used in ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]'' when they get to the appropriately named Kissingtown, where [[Love Is in the Air|love is literally in the air in the form of CGI butterflies.]] The first time at Snow White's coffin, then later on the balcony, but thanks to the [[Rule of Three]] Wolf finally gets one the third time.

* Also seen in ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' many ''many'' times between Gene Hunt and Alex Drake, with the same resolution. Arguably, one party was unconscious for three of these.

* ''[[Scrubs]]''

* How has the ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "Daphne Hates Sherry" been omitted from this? A brilliant almost have sex scenario with Niles and Daphne, three years before their actual hookup. Filled with Tennessee Williams references in the title cards and elsewhere. The [[Moment Killer]] is particularly cruel, as Frasier points out to Niles at the end of the episode that if his brain had been in gear (for obvious reasons, it wasn't), it could have been completely avoided. In similar episodes such as "Moon Dance", "Mixed Doubles" and "First Date", Daphne is as oblivious as ever, but in this one, she seems completely ready to jump in. The whole thing is forgotten completely by the next episode.

* In one of the last episodes of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', Mary and Lou attempt to kiss, but both dissolve into hopeless giggling.

* Obnoxiously overused in the [[CBS]] ''[[Beauty and the Beast (TV series)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' television show from the late '80s. In practically every episode Vincent and Catherine start to engage in a kiss, but at the last moment they always wince and just hug each other instead. After a while, it didn't feel like "the characters always come to the realization that their love is not possible," so much as [[Executive Meddling|"the producers were afraid of outcries of bestiality."]] When he finally did kiss her, {{spoiler|''it was after she was dead''}}. Arrgghhh!

* In the British comedy ''[[Spaced]]'', Tim and Daisy have one of these during a conversation about how things "happen when you least expect it" after getting locked out of their flat. They are interrupted by their dog who has just happened to have found Tim's keys lying on the curb and drops them at his feet.

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Devil May Cry]]''

** Even more frustrating in ''Devil May Cry 4'' with Nero and Kyrie. The [[Big Bad]] has been defeated, the world is at at peace, Nero saves the girl he loves... what better mood to lean in and go for it? Unfortunately just a few millimeters away, Nero pulls a gun at a swarm of demon baddies determined to interrupt, and ends up telling Kyrie that kiss is going to have to wait. You never see it. If one protects her competently during the credits, it's strongly implied that they go through with it.

* ''[[Mass Effect]]''

== 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.

* Lampshaded by Thalia in ''[[Thalia's Musings]]'' 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/\] }}

** In the "Daemon Rising" arc the brainwashed AndrAIa explains how important love is to the innocent-looking virus Daemon... who [[No Sense of Personal Space|leans in very close]], as if she was trying to get a kiss from the game sprite.

* In ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' "Wishology" trilogy, a running gag in Part III is Timmy and Trixie trying to follow up their [[Now or Never Kiss|first kiss]] with a second one, but a different [[Moment Killer]] interrupts them each time.

* 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.