Fake-Out Make-Out: Difference between revisions

== Comic Books ==

* 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.

 

== 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...

* 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."

* ''[[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:

* 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.