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{{quote|''"What does he have to do to make it clear to you lunkheads!? The show's ''over!'' They wanna be alone!"''|'''Iago''', ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|The Return of Jafar]]''}}
 
When a [[Will They or Won't They?]]-type couple is on the verge of [[Relationship Upgrade|upgrading their relationship]], their friends will quickly vacate the area to give them some privacy. The less [[Genre Savvy]] friends may have to be shooed or pulled away. As may [[Children Are Innocent|children]]; adult friends may hurriedly cook up some [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog|implausible reason to leave]]. In some variations, the friends will spy on the couple to see how it goes. In others, the "couple" uses this trope to get others to leave, often by [[Fake-Out Make-Out]].
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* In ''[[Genshiken]]'', Sasahara and the other guys excuse themselves from Kousaka's apartment so he would be alone with Kasukabe.
* The "let's spy on them" variation was a trademark schtick of everybody else in the house when Ranma and Akane had to talk in ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]]''. This of course usually led to the interruption of said moments when someone inevitably either fell through the sliding doors, or got impatient and told them to [[Get On With It Already]]. The same thing happens with Ukyo and Shampoo.
* A variation: In ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]]''/''[[Robotech]]'', when Hikaru/Rick and Misa/Lisa [[Fake-Out Make-Out|kiss]] to try to distract what they thing is a Zentraedi guard, it turns out to be Max's [[Humongous Mecha|battroid]] [[Dressing Asas the Enemy|in a Zentradi uniform]]. He stows his comrades into the coat's pockets, but teases Hikaru/Rick and Misa/Lisa by putting them in the same pocket to give them some "privacy".
* Played straight multiple times and subverted once in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]''. In the manga (and second movie of the anime), Tomoyo (and Meiling) often make excuses to disappear when Syaoran gets close to confessing his love to Sakura. Subverted once with Sakura and Yukito in the Path of Stars; everyone makes sure they enter together alone, Eriol even holds off his mischief for a while, but the talk that ensues is Yukito turning Sakura down and helping her realize that she loves him as family.
* Near the end of ''[[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]]'', the other GGG members keep Mamoru from going with Gai and Mikoto to her parents' grave, knowing that anything they say there (and afterwards) is likely going to be very private.
* In ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', when Rosette walks away from her group to find Chrono in a carnival, [[The Matchmaker|Azmaria]] makes up an excuse to Satella for why they shouldn't follow, when her motivation is really so Chrono and Rosette can have a moment alone together.
* Done in [[Gundam Wing]] in episode 46. After [[The Stoic|Heero]] learns Relena's on Libra, he goes to get her. Duo wants the Gundam Pilots to go after him, but the others decide not to, with Quatre adding, "Besides, let's leave the two of them alone." Note that Quatre has a ''smile'' on his face when he says that. [[Shipper Onon Deck|He probably knows something that the rest of the pilots don't know]].
* Chapter 255 of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has a hugely smiling Konoka speedily vacating the room with Setsuna after [[Ship Tease|Asuna insisted that she be the one to rub the healing salve on Negi's]], partly healed, [[Shirtless Scene|shirtless body]].
* In episode 23 of ''[[Shin Mazinger]]'', the ''Narrator'' tries to pull this on Kouji and Sayaka as they're doing [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|their usual thing]], but they [[No Fourth Wall|overhear him]] just before the scene changes.
* In ''[[Vandread]]'' one of the characters arranges for the lovebirds to be [[Locked in Aa Room]] together. Although they thoughtfully installed cameras beforehand...
** ... and broadcast the feed live across the whole ship, to boot.
* In a more recent chapter of ''[[Detective Conan]]'', an injured Takagi is alone in a hospital room with Sato, certain that any moment now, a [[Moment Killer]] will walk through the door. Thankfully, unknown to him, the Detective Boys shoo away the visitors under the pretense he needs his rest, and they can't help but to peek in the room when he and Sato share a very [[Squee]]-enducing kiss.
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== Fan Fiction ==
 
* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]'', ''Nagato'' of all people enforces this at one point.
* In the ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Galaxy Rangers]]'' fanfic ''Isn't Life Strange,'' Doc half-jokingly suggests this to Zach when they see Shane and Niko having a happy moment, despite both of them being laid up in Sickbay.
* Played with in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fanfic ''[[Elemental Chess Trilogy (Fanfic)|Flowers of Antimony]].'' The military personnel, all of whom were privy to {{spoiler|Roy and Riza's [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]}}, attempt to give them some privacy in a compartment on the train back to Central... except for the members of the Mustang unit, who left communications equipment in there with them and are listening intently to the conversation.
* ''[[Death and Ker (Fanfic)|Death and Ker]]'' features several scenes in which Shinjiro, observing the burgeoning romance between Akihiko and Mitsuru, finds a way to slip away unnoticed and leave them alone together. It almost approaches the level of a running gag, as it's inevitably followed by one or the other of them wondering where the hell he went.
 
== Animated Films ==
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* In ''[[Pocahontas]]'', Grandmother Willow closes her leaves like a curtain while the main couple are about to kiss.
** Meeko also fulls one off by preventing Flit from getting in the way. This and his resulting expression is one of the few respectable actions [[Jerkass|Meeko]] does in this movie.
* In the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' sequel, ''The Return of Jafar'', Iago shoos Genie, Rajah, and Abu away from Jasmine and Aladdin, loudly and obnoxiously, as he does everything. It's an attempt to make them trust him ([[Becoming the Mask|maybe]]).
* ''[[Tangled]]'': When Flynn and Rapunzel seem to be about to kiss near the end of the floating lanterns scene, Pascal turns pink and covers his eyes. Kinda subverted, though, when he immediately peeks between his fingers.
* ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' has this invoked by the King to make sure that the Prince can spend more time with Cinderella without gawkers and to eventually propose to her.
* At the end of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', the villagers crowdsurf Quasimodo away from the cathedral, but Esmeralda and Phoebus stay behind.
* Inverted at the end of ''[[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire (Disney)|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' where {{spoiler|[[Mighty Whitey|Milo]]}} and {{spoiler|[[The High Queen|Kida]]}} both run off from their subjects and climb up a large rock structure as the stone face representing {{spoiler|[[Leonard Nimoy|Kida's dead father]]}} flies away into the sky.
 
== Film ==
 
* ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded'': Link, Neo, Trinity and the Kid are all on an elevator together. When the door opens Link says, "Let's go, Kid. These two got things to do." As soon as the door closes again Neo and Trinity start kissing.
* In ''[[Sense and Sensibility (Filmfilm)|Sense and Sensibility]]'', when Eleanor bursts out crying at the news that Edward {{spoiler|is not married}}, her mother and sisters look at each other, gobsmacked for a moment, and then hurriedly vacate the room.
* In ''[[The American President]]'', when President Shephard and Sydney Ellen Wade are about to reconcile, A.J. announces, "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the Lincoln bedroom, giving oxygen to Lewis."
* In the film version of ''[[Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix]],'' Ron, Hermione, and the rest of Dumbledore's Army pull one of these as Harry confronts Cho at Christmas.
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{{quote| '''Janice''': ''(grabs the certificate)'' Thanks, suckah!<br />
'''Damian''': PEACE! ''(they run off)'' }}
* [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit|Arthur]] tries to invoke this with Ariadne in ''[[Inception]]'' when {{spoiler|Fischer's projections are looking for him}}. It doesn't work, but it's [[Ship Tease|very smooth on Arthur's part]].
{{quote| '''Arthur:''' Quick, give me a kiss.<br />
[She kisses him and then looks around]<br />
'''Ariadne:''' They're still looking at us.<br />
'''Arthur:''' Yeah, it was worth a shot. }}
* In ''[[Fireproof (Film)|Fireproof]]'', Kirk Cameron's character's best friend shoos the other firemen away from the door in order to let the protagonist and his wife enjoy their reconciliation in peace.
 
== Literature ==
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** And in the movie, where they leave the room... and promptly gather around the keyhole to listen in to all the proceedings.
** Not long thereafter, Mr. Bingley cheerfully asks Mrs. Bennet to suggest a ''nice long walk'' for Darcy and Elizabeth to go on, and then immediately suggests that Kitty would not want to go with them, in a manner that can only be considered subtle when compared to Mrs. Bennet.
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[The Golden Oecumene (Literature)|The Golden Transcedence]]'', when Phaethon reunites with Daphne, Helion and Atkins turn away on their own, but must make Diomedes leave them all; Diomedes, coming from the asexual Neputanians, finds it very interesting to watch.
* Hermione does this in ''[[Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix]]'' - leaving, and dragging the less perceptive Ron away with her - to give Harry time alone with Cho.
** She does it again in ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'' to allow Ginny to give Harry his birthday present. Unfortunately, this time Ron got away from her.
* In ''The Lost World: [[Jurassic Park]]'', Thorne uses this as an excuse to get everyone except Sarah and Ian out of the trailers, not long before the parent T-rexes appear and push the trailers over a cliff.
* In [[LML. M. Montgomery]]'s ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' series, Marilla does this at one point to leave Gilbert and Anne alone together. Anne sees right through it and is furious with her, because of course, she and Gilbert are [[Just Friends]].
* Novelization of [[Dead Poets Society]] does it. Actually, Nuwanda asks them to show the garden to the second girl. The ones who understand quickly push the others outside.
 
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* There is a small moment in ''[[NCIS]]'' S7 Premiere, when Ziva returns and she and Tony stand in the bullpen gazing at each other for a few moments before McGee makes some half-hearted excuse and leaves the room.
* ''[[Leverage]]'': When Parker is jealous of Hardison's attraction to one of their clients, Sophie tells Parker she should confess her feelings and leaves them alone together. Parker [[Cannot Spit It Out]], but Hardison understands and basically lets her know that he's willing to wait.
* In the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Jaynestown," Simon and Kaylee are getting drunk in the bar and basically having a Moment. [[The Captain|Mal]] comes up to them and almost [[Moment Killer|ruins the mood]] by telling them it’s time to leave and come up with a plan. When Kaylee meaningfully tells him that "things are going well," he [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|tells them to stay in the bar together to keep an eye on Jayne.]] Of course, Mal ''does'' ruin the mood the next morning by kicking them awake from their [[Sleep Cute]] position.
 
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'''Cyrano''' ''(pushing her out):'' And come not back till the very last crumb be eaten!<br />
''(He shuts the door, comes down toward Roxane, and, uncovering, stands at a respectful distance from her.)'' }}
* Used hilariously by Ben Franklin in ''[[Seventeen Seventy Six1776]]'' when Martha Jefferson arrives to "cheer up" her husband.
 
== Video Games ==
 
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]],'' Gor Coron and the Ordon kids leave the room when {{spoiler|Ilia regains her memories of Link}}. Talo needs to be yanked away from the window.
* At a big celebration party in ''[[Okami]]'', the player can sneak into Sakuya's tree and discover Kushi and Susano (the brewer and the lush, how fitting!) enjoying the scenery. However, there's no one to stop you from interrupting, save a few pointed remarks from the couple - in the end, Issun has to do the job himself and scold Ammy into leaving.
* In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', {{spoiler|near the end of the game, Luke and Tear share a moment on the Albiore's deck while Noelle keeps Mieu from spying on them.}}
* In a chapter of ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|FireEmblem: Rekka no Ken]]''), the party decides to split up to avoid attracting attention, leaving Eliwood and Ninian alone. Even though it was Eliwood who called for everyone to separate, Lyn was going for this trope and dragging along an oblivious Hector. It could even work as a twofer use of this trope, depending who you [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|ship]].
** In ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|Path of Radiance]]'', Ranulf teasingly considers enacting this trope, though he is already interrupting Ike and Elincia's [[Moment Killer|moment alone]].
{{quote| '''Unknown (Ranulf)''': Oooh, what a romantic setting. Makes it hard to make an appearance! I guess I could just leave you two...}}
* In the ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' DLC module "Lair of the Shadow Broker," after the Shadow Broker's dealt with and Shepard and Liara start talking about their relationship again, Feron and Shepard's other companion beat a hasty retreat to leave them alone.
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== Web Comics ==
 
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Annie [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=247 skillfully extracts herself] from Kat and Alistair's presence.
** Later on, Kat [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=788 skillfully extracts Annie and herself] from Andrew and Parley's presence.
* In [http://egscomics.com/?date=2006-09-20 this strip] from ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', Grace removes herself (and Tedd) from the balcony as {{spoiler|Nanase and Ellen}} are about to upgrade.
* Emotionally discreet as [[The Spock|Vaarsuvius]] is, s/he still is the one to have everyone vacate the room where Elan and Haley are about to share their first kiss in [[Order of the Stick]].
* An unusual case: in ''[[Fans]]'', the first night that Rumy stayed with Rikk and Ally after the three of them decided to apply a ''[[Tenchi Solution]]'' to their love triangle, Ally loudly announced that she would be studying for her nursing exams with death metal playing on her iPod, while Rikk and Rumy were together in the bedroom.
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