Fake-Out Make-Out: Difference between revisions

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Two characters, who either appear to be attracted to each other but in denial, or who just hate each other's guts, find themselves cornered during an emergency. They're about to be caught sneaking into the [[Big Bad]]'s fortress, looking at confidential files, or fleeing the scene of the battle. The quickest solution? Kiss—passionately.

Compare the longer-term [[Undercover As Lovers]].

 

 

** In that exact same episode/chapter of the light novel, there's a really steamy, passionate scene where Princess Henrietta [[Black Comedy Rape|practically rapes Saito]] to avoid arrest by government officials looking for her.

** Also on the subject of Agnes, she ''is'' rather androgynous/masculine in appearance,<ref>As long as she's wearing something loose enough to hide her figure, which is definitely ''NOT'' masculine</ref> so her and Louise kissing wouldn't necessarily look like a lesbian makeout session to unknowing observers.

* Done by [[The World God Only Knows|Keima]] to {{spoiler|Tenri}} to trick the demon chasing them.

* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' has an example where kissing is actually ''weaponized'': the resident [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] Zentradi who live apart from their women and reproduce through cloning. When Misa and Hikaru (Minmay and Kaifun in [[The Movie]]) are ordered to kiss by Britai who have no idea what kissing is, the two comply and give a ''[[Freak-Out|nasty]]'' [[Heroic BSOD]] to every single Zentradi in the room.

 

 

* Alan Quatermain and Mina Murray do this during an infiltration in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''.

** "Leave him guys he's recruiting..."

* ''Uncanny [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'': Iceman does this to Cecilia Reyes, who not only actively dislikes him but hates the whole mutants-vs-humans drama thing going on, and is only with him because she got outed and will be killed if she doesn't have his help.

 

 

* Employed in the ''[[Homestuck]]'' fanfic [http://archiveofourown.org/works/184018/chapters/270773 Cities In Dust] by two detectives hot on the trail... [http://archiveofourown.org/works/184018/chapters/315657 Happens about halfway through the chapter]

 

 

== Films -- Live Action ==

** Given his large, hairy hands... That would be [[Ho Yay]] [[Screw Yourself|with himself]]!!

* Played straight in ''[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]''. Well, except that both characters are male, and it doesn't really lead anywhere...

* Subverted in the ''[[The Faculty]]''. While breaking into the school's storeroom to steal ingredients for his drugs, Zeke cites the trope to reassure Marybeth should they be caught. However the two aren't patient, and start making out regardless.

* Simon and Emma do this in ''[[The Saint]]''.

* Hilariously subverted in one of its earliest examples, Alfred Hitchcock's ''[[The 39 Steps]]''. In it, the main character is trying to evade police who are looking for him on a train. So he bursts into a woman's compartment and kisses her as the police look in, snicker, and go on. The woman then immediately turns him in to the police without hesitation.

* ''[[The Fourth Protocol]]''. In the opening sequence where the MI5 Watchers are tailing the South African agent, Michael Caine sees two young Watchers snogging passionately and says: "Aren't they overdoing it?" His colleague replies: "She doesn't seem to mind."

* ''[[Inception]]'': Arthur suggests this to Ariadne to avoid the stares of the projections:

{{quote|'''Ariadne:''' They're still looking at us.

* In ''[[Charlotte Gray]]'', which takes place in Nazi-occupied France, the eponymous heroine and a member of the French resistance are being held in a house by Nazis, and manage to distract the guard who's supposed to be watching them by making out, then jump him and run for it when he comes over to separate them.

** Earlier, the resistance member is yelling angrily at Nazi tanks driving down the street, and Charlotte kisses him to shut him up and prevent him from being arrested or killed on the spot.

 

== Literature ==

* Mat pulls a surprise make out in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' to prevent the woman in question from being discovered. She is quite shocked at first, but quickly complies when she hears the guards' voices.

** Their haste is aided by the fact that he [[Coitus Uninterruptus|doesn't pause at their entry]].

* Dirk does this to Tia in one of the Second Sons trilogy books.

* In ''In the Belly of the Bloodhound'', part of of the ''[[Bloody Jack]]'' series, Jackie Faber and her [[Arch Nemesis]] Clarissa are taking advantage of a diversion to look for possible escape routes, IIRC. Hearing someone coming, Jackie grabs Clarissa and makes out with her. Passionately. A [[Minion with an F In Evil]] walks in on them, causing them to be [[Mistaken for Gay]].

* Happens in ''Sweet-Talking TJ'' by Karen [[Mc Combie]], between the titular character of the book and Stella to trick the police. It might have worked, but then they might have just not been seen.

* ''[[Alyzon Whitestarr]]'' by Isobelle Carmody features two of the main protagonists, Alyzon and Harrison, sneaking into a library to find out about Alyzon's sister. When a military-looking goon comes along, guess what happens.

* In one of the ''[[Sweet Valley High]] Kids Christmas'' books, one of the twins does this after she and a boy she was helping are caught by guards in a restricted area during a party. As neither of them were invited to the party to begin with, she also runs off crying saying "I told you someone would see us." The guards are so busy laughing that neither of them are checked for ID or questioned about why they were in the restricted area.

* At the beginning of ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|The Warrior's Apprentice]]'', Miles and Elena do this twice in rapid succession. The first time is intentional: Miles convinces an armsman that they're sneaking into the library to make out, rather than to break into his father's secure terminal. Shortly thereafter, both their fathers walk into the room, and Miles' attempts to make it look like they're rehearsing a play just make it look ''more'' like awkwardly-concealed sex. Complications ensue.

** In ''Ethan of Athos'' Elli Quinn wants to make sure her scheme to get a pair of Cetagandan intelligence agents arrested goes as planned, so she drags Ethan into a convenient alcove near the agents' rooms and enacts this trope. Ethan is a bit perturbed since he's from a male-only planet with religious beliefs that women are the source of all sin and temptation, but he manages to play along.

* In ''Games of Command'' by Linnea Sinclair, Branden's trying to blend in among Tasha's former coworkers when he spots several who know him personally. He tugs Tasha into an access corridor and starts kissing her to hide his face. Since the couple had gotten together a few days before and broken up a few hours before, Tasha is understandably confused.

* In ''Gabriel's Ghost'' by Linnea Sinclair, Sullivan, Chaz, and Ren are trying to pick the lock on a door in a public hallway. When they hear someone coming, Sullivan takes the chance to steal a kiss from Chaz, and silences her protests by claiming they need an excuse to be standing around in a hallway. The passerby laugh and tell them to get a room, and Ren apologizes claiming it's the couple's honeymoon.

* Used by Corran Horn in ''[[X Wing Series|Wedge's Gamble]]'' to avoid being seen by his nemesis while on an undercover mission.

* The "Fake" part is subverted in ''A Planet in Arms'' by Donald Barr, in which to protect [[The Spymaster|spymistress]] Citizen Wells from a would-be rapist, it's not enough for Wells' agent Corander to '''pretend''' he's having sex with her; he has to actually do so. And Wells, Corander discovers at this point, is a virgin. Well, now it's '''was''' a virgin. Luckily, a) Wells fully understands why Corander's doing this; b) {{spoiler|he's such a [[Nice Guy]] that just about any woman he's intimate with soon falls for him,<ref>She knows this, too, because she used to assign female agents to spy on '''him''', and kept having to replace them since she couldn't any longer trust them to rat him out if necessary</ref> and Wells turns out to be no exception; and c) at this point Corander also realizes he's been in love with his boss for a while now.}}

* In the ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' episode "Duped", Pete and Myka employ this trope to avoid the suspicion of the target they are trailing. Although {{spoiler|it's not really Myka. At the end of the episode, Pete says this was how he figured out the imposter, as the real Myka would '''never''' have kissed him.}}

* Sonny of ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'' does this to Chad as part of a [[Batman Gambit]] to dump his best friend. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]... kinda...

* In the ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "The Down Low", Thirteen pretends to be a prostitute in order to cover up {{spoiler|her and Eddie's presence at a drugs warehouse, where they were collecting environmental samples.}}

* To preserve her cover as a call girl, Diana Barrigan (who, incidentally, is gay and has a girlfriend) jumps Neal Caffrey (who is posing as her john) when someone enters their penthouse suite in ''[[White Collar]]'' episode 2.02, "Need to Know." It turns out to be {{spoiler|Neal's friend, Mozzie. When Neal tries to resume the makeout session by pretending Mozz is one of the bad guys, Diana shuts him down}}.

* ''[[Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye|Sue Thomas FB Eye]]'' had the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|rather appropriately titled]] episode "The Kiss".

* Britta and Jeff have one in an early episode of ''[[Community]]'' so he can avoid failing a class.

** Starburns ''tries'' to have one, but Quendra refuses.

 

== Web Comics ==

** [[It Got Worse|It gets worse from there]], ending when {{spoiler|April accidentally murders Mike}}.

* Slightly modified in ''[[Narbonic]]'' during "Professor Madblood and the Lovelace Affair". Madblood is about to spot Helen holding Titus Misanthropie's body, so she kisses Titus to cover up the fact that he's unconscious. There was never any sexual tension between Helen and Titus, but the incident served as yet another derailment of Helen's romance with Madblood.

{{quote|"Hm. Peppermint." }}

* Danny and Sam do it twice on ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Granted, the show doesn't invent the trope, but they did [[Trope Namer|give it a catchy name]].

** The first time, Sam initiates it. The second time, Danny does. It is only slightly less awkward the second time.

* ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'': Wonder Woman kisses Batman in the episode "Starscrossed", when the two are posing as a civilian husband and wife to elude detection from Thanagarian soldiers. He doesn't mind.

{{quote|'''Wonder Woman:''' ''(blushing)'' Sorry.

* Krisse does this in an episode in the second season of ''[[Wakfu]]'', they were really playing a game similar to rugby...

* ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'': Lola does this Bugs when she is tailing Daffy in "Double Date".

 

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