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# Everyone simply assumes the couple in question did, and said couple never confirms or denies.

A favored trope of [[Sit Com|Sit Coms]] -- especially of the [[Three Is Company]] variety. Often exacerbated by a [[Shrug of God]]. Compare [[Innocent Innuendo]] -- where the answer is a short, but sweet "They didn't". Contrast [[Fake Out Make Out]] -- where they did (sort of), but didn't really "mean it".

A favored trope of [[Sit Com|Sit Coms]] -- especially of the [[Three Is Company]] variety. Often exacerbated by a [[Shrug of God]]. Compare [[Innocent Innuendo]] -- where the answer is a short, but sweet "They didn't". Contrast [[Fake-Out Make-Out]] -- where they did (sort of), but didn't really "mean it".

See also [[What Did I Do Last Night?]] and [[Bedmate Reveal]]. Usually follows [[Will They or Won't They?]].

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== Literature ==

* ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' [[Expanded Universe]]:

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Expanded Universe]]:

** Subverted in the novel ''Death and Diplomacy.'' Benny and Jason get drunk and go to bed together; the narrator talks about how things are usually affable and casual the morning after a drunken hook-up because both parties subliminally know they fell asleep before anything serious could happen. In this case, however, those subliminals are featured using words like "repeated," "volcanic," and "multiple," so breakfast is tense and miserable.

** An example of the first variety occurs in the Eighth Doctor novel ''The Taint'', although the reader knows exactly what went on -- Sam got a little drunk and a whole lot concussed, and Fitz put her to bed, undressed her down to her underwear, and got in bed with her naked, and in the morning claimed they had wild, amazing sex and is very hurt that she doesn't even remember. Somehow, she eventually forgives him.

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* ''[[Threes Company]]'': After a night of drinking, Mr. Roper wakes up in bed with Jack. Despite Jack's assurances that nothing happened, Roper acts like he's committed some sort of mortal sin. Jack jumps on the grenade and confesses that he's not gay to try and snap him out of it. Roper still doesn't buy it, but respects the fact that Jack was willing to risk getting thrown out of the apartment just to spare his feelings.

* In ''[[The Young Ones]]'' episode "Time", Rick wakes up next to a girl and immediately assumes that he and she must have "done it", even though he can't remember. He's such a repulsive character that it's not a huge surprise when she reveals that she just crashed out in his bed.

* ''Darkly'' subverted with [[Fan Preferred Couple|Peter and Darcy]] on ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]''... Unless sex is a part of the character's immediate plot, two characters in a relationship are rarely confirmed to have sex. Often its only confirmed much later if they did or didn't by a throwaway piece of dialog when sex is a part of the plot. Spinner having sex with Manny is only confirmed in Season 5 (when Spinner becomes a virgin again as part of Friendship Club), and Ellie's not having sex with Sean is confirmed in Season 6 (when she tells Ashley she's a virgin afraid to be seen as a kid with her older more experienced boyfriend).

* ''Darkly'' subverted with [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Peter and Darcy]] on ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]''... Unless sex is a part of the character's immediate plot, two characters in a relationship are rarely confirmed to have sex. Often its only confirmed much later if they did or didn't by a throwaway piece of dialog when sex is a part of the plot. Spinner having sex with Manny is only confirmed in Season 5 (when Spinner becomes a virgin again as part of Friendship Club), and Ellie's not having sex with Sean is confirmed in Season 6 (when she tells Ashley she's a virgin afraid to be seen as a kid with her older more experienced boyfriend).

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''

** {{spoiler|Giles and Joyce Summers}} are implied to have sex in "Band Candy". It is confirmed in "Earshot".

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* Occurs in the ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' episode "A Human Reaction". John and Aeryn kiss and the scene cuts to them both awake and dressed the next day, never directly acknowledging what happened.

* Played with in series two of ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]''. Alex and Gene declare they are [[Lame Excuse|"Going home"]] at exactly the same then slipping off and becoming conspicuous by their absence, causing an awkward silence and much exchanging of looks between CID. Cut to them walking separate ways to a [[Ship Tease|pre-determined meeting point looking rather distracted]]. Add to that some [[Accidental Innuendo]] and most of the fandom groaned in frustration when it turned out they we're only bugging [[The Dragon]]'s office. They do, however fall asleep together on Gene's desk and have a type 2 scene the next morning in front of the rest of the team who don't know this is what they were doing.

* River Song appears in ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors. She's met the Doctor before, but he hadn't met her -- they're both time travelers. Oh, and she has her own sonic screwdriver, knows how to pilot the TARDIS (possibly better than the Doctor, taught {{spoiler|by the TARDIS itself}}), can write Ancient High Gallifreyan, and calls the Doctor "sweetie". She's managed on two occasions to actually call the Doctor to specific locations in space and time just by placing clues she knew the Doctor would find. {{spoiler|The two kiss several times on screen in series 6, though nothing more, and she "marries" the Doctor in "The Wedding of River Song", though it could be argued that she's basically married to a robot duplicate...it's complicated}}.

* River Song appears in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors. She's met the Doctor before, but he hadn't met her -- they're both time travelers. Oh, and she has her own sonic screwdriver, knows how to pilot the TARDIS (possibly better than the Doctor, taught {{spoiler|by the TARDIS itself}}), can write Ancient High Gallifreyan, and calls the Doctor "sweetie". She's managed on two occasions to actually call the Doctor to specific locations in space and time just by placing clues she knew the Doctor would find. {{spoiler|The two kiss several times on screen in series 6, though nothing more, and she "marries" the Doctor in "The Wedding of River Song", though it could be argued that she's basically married to a robot duplicate...it's complicated}}.

* ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV)|Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'': One of the early episodes sees Dennis get really drunk and wake up in bed with a guy. Then another guy comes out of the bathroom. We don't ''know'', but we can guess.

* The second-to-last ''[[Bones (TV)|Bones]]'' episode of season 6 does this for {{spoiler|Booth and Brennan. They did.}}

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