Kiss of Life: Difference between revisions

'''Kuzco:''' Well, ''whatever'' you call it, it was ''disgusting!'' And if you'd done what I ordered you to do in the first place, we all could have been spared your little ''kiss of life''.|''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]''}}

 

 

Distinct from [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|Dude, She's, Like, In A Coma]] in that the rescuer isn't actually attempting to ''really'' kiss the rescuee. See also [[Indirect Kiss]] and [[Intimate Healing]]. Sometimes doubled up with some CPR for extra drama.

*** Which version was that?

* In the ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' anime, Satoshi performs mouth-to-mouth on Daisuke after he nearly drowns in the school swimming pool. Their female classmates (and [[Yaoi Fangirl|some viewers]]) are... pretty interested in this, to say the least.

** Impressive that, unlike many other examples, [[Shown Their Work|he actually knows proper emergency procedures and CPR techniques]] (not just bending down and kiss the subject). The reason that Misaki didn't [[Megaton Punch|hit him outright]] is because he did strictly follows the procedures, even pointless ones like try calling for help in the middle of the sewer, making it the right thing to do even with obvious indecent intention. She only hit him later when he started babbling the usual nonsence like "At least you should've blush or something!"

** Besides, Keitaro actually follows proper CPR procedure, i.e. tilting her head back and pinching her nose shut, which, while impressing the other girls, kills the "romantic" mood.

* ''[[Blue Seed]]''. Kusanagi is forced to perform mouth-to-mouth on Momiji, who is then left with the question of whether or not it counts as her [[First Kiss]] (worse yet, in the next episode she ends up deciding that it ''does''). This eventually leads to a cute scene at the end of the episode, when Kusanagi pretends to be unconscious just to make Momiji try to do this on him. She is far from being pleased by this, having been genuinely worried about him.

* In ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', Erstin saves Nina with one of these after the latter drowns in a swimming pool. The [[Les Yay]]-filled imagery is not lost on Nina (or the audience) when she finds out.

* Tessa of ''[[Full Metal Panic!|Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu]]'' sees using CPR on a half-drowned Sōsuke as the perfect excuse for a kiss. Despite the fact that he is breathing and semi-conscious at the time and thus does not ''need'' CPR, a fact her rival for his affections is quick to point out.

* In ''[[Kaleido Star]]'', Sora makes a serious mistake when trying out the trapese on the set of the Kaleido Stage's latest production, The Little Mermaid. Yuri dashes in and saves her from serious injury at the last second, but still has to give her CPR. Ken is apparently pretty upset about this. The actual mouth to mouth happens off screen, but Sora has an interesting dream sequence about it. It's never brought up again, but from Sora's reaction when she finds out we can infer that this was her first kiss.

* From [[Sailor Moon]], after Helios had used up all his energy to protect Usagi and Mamoru and presumably has died, in a last attempt to revive him, Chibiusa kisses him, begging him to do so. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|And he does.]]

** Though he seemed pretty happy that she did later on in the episode

* Momoka tries to set this up in one episode of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', fake-drowning so that her crush, Fuyuki, will save her and give her [[Indirect Kiss|mouth-to-mouth]]. Unfortunately, she is unaware that Fuyuki can't swim, and her tactics to keep from being rescued by anyone but Fuyuki (plus some interference from Giroro) end up making her almost drown for real. In the end, she does need mouth-to-mouth, which she gets from a [[Space X|Space]] [[Naughty Tentacles|Octopus]] (though she is mercifully kept unaware of this).

 

== Literature ==

* [[Torture Technician|Mord-Sith]] in the [[Sword of Truth]] have the "Kiss of Life", where a recently-dead victim with their trachea and lungs intact can be revived. It's never explained how. Made fairly squicky because usually it's used so that the Mord-Sith can ''kill and revive their torture victims over and over''. Yeah. They are not fun people.

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has two types. The Ironmen, who worship the Drowned God and practice a type of baptism in which the subject is drowned, have developed a crude form of CPR called the Kiss of Life to revive each other. The death rites for followers of R'hllor include a kiss on the lips of the deceased, which starts to occasionally bring certain people back to life.

* Happens in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' at least twice - Martha brings the Doctor back to life/consciousness, in Smith and Jones. Also, in the episode Utopia, she tries this on Jack, not knowing that he can't die. The Doctor stops her before Jack can wake up, but the first thing he says? "Was someone kissing me?" Then he looks back and forth between the Doctor and Martha, as if figuring out which one he'd be kissed by.

* Like the ''Sword of Truth'' example above, this was retained in ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'', except in the TV series, the Kiss of Life is explicitly magical, which is good considering the first time it's used is to revive someone who was killed via sword-through-the-gut.

* The title character in ''[[Kyle XY]]'' jumps into a pool in an early episode without knowing how to swim and is rescued by his crush, Amanda, who is a lifeguard.

* In one later episode of [[Stargate SG-1]], someone who ''really'' should be more mature freaks out when he might have to give mouth-to-mouth to General Hammond, and is profoundly relieved when he wakes up on his own. (The force of head-to-wall contact prevents me from [[Easy Amnesia|remembering any more details]].)