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{{quote|'''Danny:''' ''I call that a [[Trope Namers|fake-out make-out]].''

'''Sam:''' [dreamily] ''Yeah. I know.''~~|''[[Danny Phantom]]'' }}~~

'''Sam:''' [dreamily] ''Yeah. I know.''

|''[[Danny Phantom]]'' }}

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.

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

Not to be confused with the [[Kiss of Distraction]].

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== Anime & Manga ==

== Anime and Manga ==

* Used by two different pairs in one episode of ''[[Zero no Tsukaima]]'', Louise x Agnes being the [[Mistaken for Gay|more entertaining]] of the two—Agnes eavesdrops on a conversation between conspirators, Louise comes up behind her and gasps when she overhears part of the plot. When one of the men goes to investigate, Agnes quickly kisses Louise until the man walks off. Agnes looks disgusted (or, at least, very embarrassed) afterwards, but for some odd reason, someone happens to mention a rumor to Louise later on that Agnes might like women...

** 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.

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* 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.

** The third episode of ''~~Macross7~~ Encore'' is essentially a large shoutout to the original ''Macross'' series but this time, it's Milia and Max doing the kissing and the targets are Meltran (female Zentradi). Reactions are the same.

** The third episode of ''[[Macross 7]] Encore'' is essentially a large shoutout to the original ''Macross'' series but this time, it's Milia and Max doing the kissing and the targets are Meltran (female Zentradi). Reactions are the same.

== ~~Comics~~ ==

== Comic Books ==

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

* Happens in the ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' comic. Twice.

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== ~~Fanfic~~ ==

== Fan Works ==

* 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]

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* 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]]''.

* ~~Subverion~~ in ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'': Tyler pulls Marla into a corner in a hallway to escape the paramedics, but instead of kissing her, he does a bit of an awkward dance to pass the time.

* Subversion in ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'': Tyler pulls Marla into a corner in a hallway to escape the paramedics, but instead of kissing her, he does a bit of an awkward dance to pass the time.

* 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."

* ''[[Top Secret]]'', a farcical [[Affectionate Parody]] of action movies set in [[World War II]], takes it in a bit of a different direction: when a patrol of soldiers looking for them happens by, the young protagonists hide in each others' faces in a park rather crowded with other couples making out.

* ''[[The New Centurions]]'' (1972). The police officer protagonist sees a robbery taking place inside a store, calls for backup, draws his gun and ducks behind a car for cover, then realises there's a couple snuggling each other in the front seat. He rushes over to warn them, only to get shot in the chest with a ~~sawn~~-off by the couple, who are driving the getaway car.

* ''[[The New Centurions]]'' (1972). The police officer protagonist sees a robbery taking place inside a store, calls for backup, draws his gun and ducks behind a car for cover, then realises there's a couple snuggling each other in the front seat. He rushes over to warn them, only to get shot in the chest with a sawed-off by the couple, who are driving the getaway car.

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

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

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== 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.

* Used repeatedly in the [[Hardy Boys]] Casefiles series.

* Used repeatedly in the ''[[Hardy Boys]] Casefiles'' series.

* In ''[[Belisarius Series|An Oblique Approach]]'' by [[David Drake]] & [[Eric Flint]], Prince Eon of Axum hides the fugitive Princess Shakuntala from a search of his quarters... by throwing her on the bed, jumping on top of her, and then pulling the blankets up over them both while making some obvious physical movements and sounds. The villain's soldiers, utterly embarrassed at having caught their master's royal ~~houseguest~~ in the middle of something, give his rooms the hastiest and most perfunctory search ever and then flee in disorder.

* In ''[[Belisarius Series|An Oblique Approach]]'' by [[David Drake]] & [[Eric Flint]], Prince Eon of Axum hides the fugitive Princess Shakuntala from a search of his quarters... by throwing her on the bed, jumping on top of her, and then pulling the blankets up over them both while making some obvious physical movements and sounds. The villain's soldiers, utterly embarrassed at having caught their master's royal house guest in the middle of something, give his rooms the hastiest and most perfunctory search ever and then flee in disorder.

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

* Also used in ''[[Heirs of Alexandria|Shadow of the Lion]]'' by [[Mercedes Lackey]], [[Eric Flint]], and [[Dave Freer]]. However, there is nothing fake about it, and technically, the participants were not making out.

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

* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s novel ''Pebble in the Sky'', one of the protagonists has a secret meeting with a girl in a car. She says that if someone is coming, they should do this. Then she '''lies''' that someone is coming.

* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s novel ''[[Pebble in the Sky]]'', one of the protagonists has a secret meeting with a girl in a car. She says that if someone is coming, they should do this. Then she '''lies''' that someone is coming.

* 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.

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* ''[[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.

* In ''The Pillars of Creation'' of the [[Sword of Truth]] series, Jennsen and Sebastian pull this off to avoid being noticed by a squad of D'Haran soldiers.

* In ''The Pillars of Creation'' from the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, Jennsen and Sebastian pull this off to avoid being noticed by a squad of D'Haran soldiers.

* 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.