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{{quote|'''Pacha:''' For the last time, ''it was not a kiss!''<br />
'''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 EmperorsEmperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]''}}
 
A character has been rescued from some sort of danger, but they are now unconscious. Their rescuer, giving up on other ways of reviving them, attempts [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_respiration artificial respiration], also known as the [[Kiss of Life]]. Predictably, the unconscious character awakens at the ''exact'' instant their lips press together. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
 
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.
 
Sometimes happens with a pair of straight male characters, for the [[Ho Yay]] misunderstanding goodness.
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See also [[CPR Clean Pretty Reliable]] and [[Magical Defibrillator]]. Contrast with [[Kiss of Death]].
{{examples|Examples}}
 
== Anime & Manga ==
* Miroku tries to do it straight (for once) for Sango in ''[[Inuyasha]]''. Unfortunately, the trope runs true, and with ''his'' [[Handsome Lech|reputation]], you can guess what comes [[Armor -Piercing Slap|next]]....
* In an episode of ''[[The Slayers]],'' Zelgadis, who really was almost drowned, blushes when Amelia suggests giving him Mouth-to-mouth. Unfortunately for him, the ship's (male) Captain volunteers first. But wait, it gets worse! They immediately cut to a scene of the captain licking his lips, then later twist the knife further when it's revealed that Zel just happens to resemble the captain's late wife.
* In the first episode of ''[[FLCL]]'', Naota is KOed after his [[Crash Into Hello]] meeting with Haruko. Haruko quickly decides to give him CPR, and here the "kiss of life" metaphor is played to the hilt as a flabbergasted Mamimi looks on.
* This trope is played straight in various ways in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' when to return back to life, Yusuke must get someone to kiss him at the correct time. {{spoiler|This results in some hilarity when he sends dreams to his rival, Kuwabara, to suggest this, which Kuwabara takes as a nightmare (the actual kiss is censored too). It's also milked for the the [[Will They or Won't They?]] tension with his love interest, Keiko as well as the overall drama of the situation.}}
** The kiss was censored? Not the version I saw.
*** Which version was that?
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* Parodied in the ''[[Excel Saga (Manga)|Excel Saga]]'' manga: several members of the Daitenzin nearly drown (it's a long story) and Iwata is ecstatic at the chance to give the [[Kiss of Life]] to his beautiful co-worker Misaki. Unfortunately for him, she wakes up before he can get started. However, he later does get the chance to use his resuscitation skills... on the male and decidedly unattractive Sumiyoshi.
** 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!"
** Later on, Watanabe gets stuck on a raft with his beautiful, passed-out neighbor Hyatt. He gets into a fight with his [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]] because he wants to give her the [[Kiss of Life]] for purely selfish reasons.
* In the ''[[Love Hina]]'' manga, the girls set up a situation for Shinobu to get a [[Kiss of Life]] from Keitaro, but she freaks out and runs away before Keitaro can actually do it.
** 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.
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'''Gert:''' I was reventilating him. Anyone who says otherwise gets fed to my %$@#ing dinosaur. }}
* Used and lampshaded in ''[[Ruse]]'', when Simon revives Emma this way and Emma promptly scolds him for "skipping the chest compressions".
* In a [[Star Wars]] story called "Tides of Terror," [[Green -Skinned Space Babe|blue-skinned]] [[Ms. Fanservice]] Aayla Secura falls into the waters of Kamino and nearly drowns. Thanks to the [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071114225219/starwars/images/b/bc/AaylaKit.jpg timely intervention] of her amphibious co-worker, Kit Fisto, she survives. Unsurprisingly, this turned out to be the start of a relationship between the two.
 
 
== Films -- Animation ==
* Trope Namer: In ''[[The EmperorsEmperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'', this is exactly what happens when Pacha attempts to revive an unconscious Kuzco (who, for good measure, had previously been transformed into a llama). When Pacha tries to explain the true nature of the situation, Kuzco refers to it as "your little kiss of life" with a heavy sarcastic lilt.
** Beware the pop-out llama tongue.
** Lampshaded by a cutaway to Pacha's children later in the film:
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Magellan]]'', [[Badass Normal]] Kaycee Jones is teamed with [[Half -Human Hybrid]] Fatima, who is half squid and an [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] because she doesn't have experience with human quirks. They have to dive to the bottom of a pool with no time for Kaycee to don scuba gear, so Fatima gives her air by [http://magellanverse.com/?p=737 kissing her and exhaling]. The guys on other teams ''definitely'' [http://magellanverse.com/?p=741 notice].
* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', {{spoiler|Sollux}} gets killed by the [[Brown Note|Vast Glub]] when he stays behind to get Feferi into the Medium first. She repays him by bringing him back to life this way. However, instead of reviving his actual body, it wakes up his dream self. {{spoiler|Or rather, dream ''selves''.}}
** As it turns out, all princes and princesses of Prospit and Derse (or, in other words, all Sburb/Sgrub players) have this ability. Tavros attempts it on {{spoiler|Vriska, but her Dream-Self stops it just before it happens, having other plans.}} Karkat and Terezi also attempt it on {{spoiler|Kanaya and Tavros}}, respectively. {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real|The latter doesn't work]], but turns out Kanaya is [[Our Vampires Are Different|a special case]].}}
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== Web Original ==
* ''[[Gaia Online]]'' gets in on the act when Sasha, beachcombing on a date with Ian, finds Gino Gambino unconscious on the beach. Ian shows up at the wrong moment. Drama ensues.
** Admittedly, Sasha ''did'' remember the chest compressions, even if it [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|looked like she was feeling him up]].
** A RIG mini-game uses and lampshades the trope in the Game Over sequence, when Lex wakes up and discovers that he's been revived by [[Ho Yay|his only]] ''[[Ho Yay|male]]'' [[Ho Yay|coworker]].
{{quote| '''Russell Ace:''' ''(proudly)'' And that's how CPR works!<br />
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