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Then her brother walks into the room, asking if she wants pepperoni or ham on her pizza. "Ugh!" is their reply, echoed by all of the fans. Whatever was there has been shot down dead. They lost the spirit of the moment and it will be a long time before they can get it back. After witnessing their frustrated anger, the brother then asks, "Is this a bad time?"

The Moment Killer is the bane of all [[Shipping|shippers]], and eternally frustrates those who will [[Die for Our Ship|find any reason to hook up a favorite pairing.]] The moment is far most commonly romantic in nature, but covers the instances ''whenever'' there is a possibility of a relationship upgrade or change, including going from [[Heel Face Turn|enemy to ally]] or getting that coveted "[["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done, Son]]."

The exact nature of the killer can come under several varieties:

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* This occurs in a romantic moment in ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' between Kouta and Yuka, in which Nyu promptly jumps out, startling them both and ruining said moment. Luckily though, [[Fan Service|she's completely naked]].

* Kaoru and Aoi get this ''a lot'' in ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]''. Most of the cast [[Moment Killer|Moment Kills]] by accident, but Miyabi, being the [[Mama Bear]] she is, does it on purpose. She mellows eventually.

* This trope might have been taken a bit too far in ''[[Code Geass]]'''s second season, where the [[Tsundere|Tsunderes]], Lelouch and Kallen, rarely have ''a single conversation'' that did not go down this path (with each Moment Killer becoming more ridiculous than the one before it). (Note: ''[[Code Geass]]'' is not a romantic comedy.) It could be assumed that this some-what tortured the fans of this pairing. To make it even more torturous for them, the only uninterrupted conversation they have during the whole season ends with {{spoiler|Kallen kissing Lelouch, but since he's moments away from turning himself into the enemy of the entire world and doesn't want to drag her into it, he doesn't respond to any of it, leaving Kallen with the impression that he feels nothing for her, resulting in Kallen bidding him farewell and walking away, with him sadly whispering goodbye once she's out of earshot. }}

** Ironically, in R2 episode 24, {{spoiler|Lelouch and C.C. have a very touching moment together, and it's interrupted by Kallen bursting through the wall to kill Lelouch.}} A few fans joked that this was revenge for {{spoiler|C.C. interrupting a near-[[Accidental Kiss]] between Lelouch and Kallen earlier in the series in a very "mother walking in on her son and his girlfriend making out" fashion.}}

* Almost everytime Saito and Louise come together in ''[[Zero no Tsukaima]]''. It gets worse and worse. Especially once you consider that it keeps happening during the third season as well, despite the fact that {{spoiler|they got ''married'' at the end of season two}}.

* Taniguchi [[Sorry to Interrupt|barging in]] on ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', when Kyon and Yuki were, erm, ''close'' to each other could be counted as a [[Moment Killer]]. Of course, it's [[Played for Laughs]]. Haruhi disrupting Kyon and Mikuru ''twice'', too.

* ''[[Full Metal Panic!|Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid!]]'' - Sousuke is ''finally'' about to [[Cooldown Hug|embrace Kaname when she breaks down in tears]] at the end, but then an entire classful of girls enter the corridor and start shouting at him for upsetting Kaname again.

** Sousuke himself tends to do this to Kaname. Especially when she misconstrues his actions as being "bold" and "romantic," only for him to completely obliterate any such hope by doing something ridiculous.

* [[Inverted Trope]] in ''[[Digimon Frontier]]''. In episode 46, Takuya and Zoe are talking in the library when Takuya blurts out, "I really like you." Cue [[Luminescent Blush]] by Zoe and then by Takuya when he realizes what he just said. By the time Izumi tries to respond, Takuya is sleeping. In this case, the [[Moment Killer]] was one of the people that would benefit from the completion of the moment. ...The shippers were not amused.

* America and England of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' have a moment killed in a strip [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|titled this]]. Also happens between Germany and Italy. In both cases, they don't even need third parties due to [[Tsundere]]-ish traits or outright [[Oblivious to Love|Obliviousness]].

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* In ''[[Omamori Himari]]'', its practically a [[Running Gag]] for one of the girls starting to get intimate with Yuuko...only to be violently (and, oftentimes, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilariously]]) interrupted by one or more of the other girls.

** This trope is the only thing stopping this from being a hentai... not that it's that far away to start with.

* In ''[[Special A]]'' Yahiro and Megumi are about to kiss when Tadashi rushes by on a motorcycle, yelling "Hey, Yahiro! I'm borrowing your bike for a moment!" Yahiro responds "Can't you read the atmosphere here?"

* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' - In the anime, Brock's Croagunk! Any time Brock gets excited around a woman, he leaps into action with a Poison Jab attack, right in Brock's ass. Brock will collapse and be dragged off. Before Croagunk, variations where Misty or Max would drag him off by the ear or Bonsly tackling him with Double-Edge used to occur.

** Team Rocket also plays this sometimes, like during the final episode of ''Diamond and Pearl''. As Piplup and Pikachu are sobbing into Togekiss's chest because Ash, Brock, and Pikachu are going back to Kanto, Team Rocket comes in with another stupid capture attempt. This is then turned into a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] as not only does Ash deliver a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] moment via a Brave Bird, but Team Rocket gets freaking [[Curb Stomp Battle|Curb Stomped]].

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* Beatrice pulls this on George and Shannon in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]].'' After Shannon asks George to tell him that he loved her, Beatrice just trolls up, and replies:'''You really thought I'd let him say it? DUMB ASS!''' and then kills them both.

* This makes up much of the humor of the [[Yaoi]] manga ''I Can't Stop Loving You'' as Kyouji and Yu's attempts to have sex are constantly thwarted by causes ranging from ghosts to people walking in on them to Yu accidentally crushing Kyouji's ribs with his [[Super Strength]]...

* This happens in ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' to Tsukune and Moka, courtesy of... pretty much everyone else.

* This happens in ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' to Tsukune and Moka, courtesy of... pretty much everyone else.

* In ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'', Touma and Mikoto dance together, them Koroko dropkicks Touma in the back of the head.

* The stated purpose of The MK5 from ''[[Beelzebub]]''. Seriously, that's what they like to do. If there's any kind of moment, be it action or romantic, the MK5 will show up and do what they do best.

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** [http://regentshaw.deviantart.com/art/HTTYD-Three-s-a-Crowd-173790033 Toothless seems to be a master at this trope].

* In ''[[Twisted Fates]]'', Yomiel has just got home from work and really wants some quality time with his wife. Sissel, however, really needs to talk to him and breaks up the moment rather unceremoniously. He feels bad about it, though.

* In the [[DC Nation]] plot "Heaven or Las Vegas," [[Green Lantern|Jade and Kyle]] are laughing themselves silly over the completely crazy scenario they're trapped in, and making out after a brief tussle with a Yellow Lantern construct. Then, the Star Sapphire flies in.

{{quote|'''Jade:''' OH HELL NO YOU DON'T! I'm - We're - having a moment here!"}}

* Sparx does this to Spyro and Cynder in the first chapter of ''[[The Legend of Spyro: A New Dawn|The Legend of Spyro a New Dawn]]''.

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* In ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', summarizing what was pretty much his role in all the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies, C-3PO interrupts Han and Leia kissing with, "Captain Solo! Captain Solo! I've isolated the reverse power flux coupling!" [[Sarcasm Mode|"Thank you.]] [[Death Glare|Thank you]] ''[[Death Glare|very much]]''." [[Does Not Understand Sarcasm|"You're welcome, sir!"]]

* Dot Matrix, the parody version of C-3PO in ''[[Spaceballs]]'', has a Virgin Alarm that lets out a loud klaxon when Lone Star and Princess Vespa are about to kiss. "[[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That|It's set to go off before you do!]]"

* ''[[Judge Dredd]]''. The title character and Judge Hershey are having an intimate talk in Hershey's trashed apartment. Herman Ferguson, the comedy relief sidekick who's been tagging along with Dredd, walks in and interrupts them, then says "Is this a bad time?"

* Donkey does this constantly in the ''[[Shrek]]'' films. Often to say stuff like "Isn't this romantic?"

* ''[[Back to The Future]]'': Marty and Jennifer are dreaming about things in the clock-tower square and are playfully flirting, coming close to a kiss. But it is interrupted by an activist asking for donations to save the clock tower, setting up the [[Chekhov's Gun]] about lightning hitting the tower later in the film. At the end of the movie (or the beginning of Part 2), the return of the Delorean from Doc's trip to the future interrupts another kiss.

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* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'': Eddie and Delores are about to kiss when they hear Roger sighing. "P-p-p-please, don't mind me."

* ''[[Zenon]]'': Zenon and Greg mutually are guilty of a fatal fumble on this one. At one point they are sitting side-by-side, facing the same direction, with awkward silence. Zenon tells Greg that if he wants to kiss her he should just do it already. After a pause, they both turn towards each other at the same time - and accidentally smash their faces into each other.

* Mikaela in the ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' film improvised and used this as an excuse why Sam was acting nervous and jittery when his parents came into his room: "He was hiding a girl." And his parents fell for it enthusiastically, actually really happy about it. Of course the real reason was that anxious alien robots were in the backyard.

* The entire ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Half-Blood Prince'' film is just one cockblock after another for Harry. After Dumbledore ruins Harry's chance with a cute waitress and Hermione smacks him for even looking at Romilda Vane, he then has this happen ''twice'' with his true love Ginny. The first time, Ron sits down in the couch between them with an oversized plate of pies. And it just gets better when a bathrobe-clad Ginny is interrupted in kissing Harry when a gaggle of Deatheaters come right the frig out of nowhere and wreak havoc upon The Burrow. Later he finally gets one tiny kiss...and she's gone when he opens his eyes. Oh well, maybe next time. After Voldemort's defeated, or something.

** Done again in the beginning of [[The Deathly Hallows]] Part One when Ginny asks Harry to zip up her dress. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Then George walks in...]]

** Pfft. This is obviously just karma for Harry being a [http://adventuresofcomicbookgirl.tumblr.com/tagged/THIRD-WHEEL third wheel.]

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== Literature ==

* A much earlier example of the meddling robot (a la [[Star Wars|C-3PO]]/[[Spaceballs|Dot Matrix]]) appears in the [[Robert Sheckley]] short story ''Human Man's Burden''. Every time the man and the woman start edging towards expressing their true feelings, an obnoxious marrying-bot bursts in, ruining the moment. Some other robots finally physically restrain the intruder long enough to allow the couple to clinch.

* ''[[Thursday Next]]'''s time-traveling father does this to Thursday and Landen in the first book when he shows up (freezing time for everyone but himself and Thursday) to have a chat with his daughter about the invention of the banana -- while she and Landen are having a moment.

* That's exactly what happens in ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows]]'', when Ginny invites Harry to her bedroom to give him his birthday present (a kiss). How far they would've gone is debatable, but they clearly would've gone past "Thank you for the gift." if Ron hadn't shown up to assassinate the moment. In the film Ron is replaced by George, who [[Crowning Moment of Funny|knows exactly what he's doing]].

** Later, Harry takes a turn as moment killer for Ron and Hermione - though he does have a good reason.

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* [[Trope Namer|Named]] from a running gag in an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]''. Whenever J.D. worked up the nerve to ask Kim out on a date, Elliot would step in and chat with her girl-pal. [[Boss Subtitles|Cue title-card]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc_hDy8xk0Y Elliot Reid: Moment Killer]''. The series itself is filled with many other examples.

** Elliot/J.D. had this happen to them in one of the earliest episodes, when J.D. is growing closer to Elliot and were about to kiss for the first time, only to be interrupted by Dr. Cox. J.D. noted that in such a situation he had 48 hours to actually kiss her before he entered "The Friend Zone" and spent the next two days trying to get that kiss. Right at the buzzer they were about to kiss again, only for Elliot to confess their work life was too hectic to consider a relationship at that point. Note that J.D. and Elliot are the [[Official Couple]] of the series, so that was just the start of their [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]].

* ''[[iCarly]]'':

** Spencer does this to all 3 of them: he cockblocks Carly hard in her attempt to kiss Shane in ''iSaw Him First''; when Freddie hits on Carly in ''iDon't Wanna Fight'', a flush is heard from Spencer's toilet; and as for Seddie fans, Spencer breaking in to find his banjo before they even answer Carly's question if Sam and Freddie liked their kiss.

** The episode ''iSaw Him First'' is quite full of moment killers where both girls attempt to kiss Shane first in all futility.

** In ''iSaved Your Life'' Mrs. Benson abruptly interrupts as Carly and Freddie are in the middle of a heated make out session. In his bed. With Freddie having just come out of the shower, wearing only ''[[Something Else Also Rises|a bathrobe]].

** In [[Zoey 101]], one of [[iCarly]]'s spiritual predecessors, this becomes a [[Running Gag]]. Every time Chase tries to tell Zoey he's in love with her, someone always interrupts. Fittingly, he ends up telling her completely by accident.

* ''[[Friends]]''

** Ross and Rachel. In "The One with the Blackout", Ross is about to declare his feelings to Rachel on the balcony, then gets attacked by a psycho cat who belongs, of course, to [[Romantic False Lead|Paolo]].

** Also, in "The One Where the Monkey Gets Away", Ross is about to declare his feelings to Rachel ''again'', when her ex-fiance barges into the apartment.

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* Parodied in the ''SM:TV'' Live Chums sketches, "Me and Cat alone in the flat..." However, Mary being Mary, she understood they had to leave.

* In the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Objects in Space", Simon and Kaylee are talking, one thing leads to another, they both lean in, about to kiss for the first time, and then Book interrupts by accident.

** Simon also has the dubious distinction of having killed at least one moment on his own, though. When alone with Kaylee, in a freak show of sorts, he gives as reason that he is attracted to her, that she is the only woman in his life who is neither married, a "professional," or a close blood relative. He is, of course, trying to say that Kaylee is the only girl for him, but - boy - does he mess it up or, as quoth Wash, "Oh my God! It's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar."

** Mal had another moment, compounded by Kaylee's reaction. Simon and Kaylee get drunk. Next morning, Mal finds them fast asleep in the bar, cuddled up together. He pauses to double-take then deliberately kicks them awake. Even Kaylee's a little startled by the situation she and Simon find themselves in - Simon naturally panicks and tries to reassure Mal that he would never do anything disrespectful to Kaylee such as randomly sleeping around with her. It's fairly obvious what he means but Kaylee misinterprets it as him not wanting to sleep with her and takes it so badly she abandons him at the bar.

* In ''[[Farscape]]'' Aeryn and John are stranded, apparently going to die. So of course they kiss and start taking off their clothes. Then D'Argo shows up, doing his [[Big Damn Heroes]] impression - easily a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] what with Aeryn's pissed-off voice ("Someone's ''docking''?!") and D'Argo's obvious amusement. Also notable is that Aeryn manages to be the moment killer in most of their future romantic moments. Though attacking spaceships, imminent death and Scorpius-take-overs do manage to contribute to aborted romantic moments.

** John manages to do this when he walks in on Chiana and D'argo in the... er, middle of things, shall we say. Chiana, being Chiana, [[Coitus Uninterruptus|doesn't really mind the intrusion]], D'argo however does, and calls Crichton on "killing the moment" for them (warning him in non too vague terms to please not do it again).

** And of course the final episode (before the movies) had John and Aeryn in a row boat with John proposing {{spoiler|However an alien species we've never seen before turns up and reduces them to small cubes of flesh.}}

* In ''[[The Office]]'' fourth season finale, Jim is about to {{spoiler|propose to Pam}}, which the show had been hinting at in recent episodes, when {{spoiler|Andy}} asks {{spoiler|Angela}} to marry him.

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** There's also the end of "Waiting in the Wings", when Angel is trying to tell Cordy about his feelings for her...and then Groo shows up.

* This happens quite literally in ''[[Life On Mars]]''. Sam Tyler is leaning over the table to kiss WPC Cartwright... when his future self has an induced heart attack.

** Count how many times Gene Hunt interrupts a heart-to-heart talk between Sam and Annie throughout both seasons. He's paid back in ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'', though.

* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' - Every time Gene and Alex get near each other, Shaz pops in with some vital bit of info or other. {{spoiler|Jim Keats}} manages to pull off one hell of an epic cock block. Mind you, that was accomplished with {{spoiler|pictures of Sam Tyler}} so maybe he deserves the credit after all...

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - In a heart[[Bizarre Alien Biology|s]]-to-heart[[Bizarre Alien Biology|s]] between the Doctor and the Master, The Doctor almost persuaded the Master to come and travel with him through the universe. The Master is going all teary-eyed and mellow, there's a declaration of affection on the Doctor's part -- and then Wilfred shouts his way into the conversation. [[Moment Killer|Arg]].[http://ihasatardis.livejournal.com/1982260.html\]

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* ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' has a couple, albeit somewhat variated: in the first season episode 'Tundra' Howard and Vince are tied up and about to be frozen to death by the evil black frost. Vince and Howard break into a crimp; then Howard suddenly blurts out that he loves Vince. Vince starts to laugh, but when Howard becomes angry and hurt, Vince admits he loves him back. Then, seconds later, Dixon Bainbridge enters the ice cave and spoils the moment. It's variated because a) They aren't looking into each others eyes and b) it's somewhat unclear if Howard means he loves Vince in a platonic or romantic way. It's fairly obvious though that Vince meant his declaration romantically. The second, more brutal moment killer comes about in the episode 'Jungle'. Vince becomes fed up with Howard's constant worship of his mentor, Tommy, and asks Howard if he was in love with Tommy. Howard laughs it off; then Vince moves closer to Howard, looks into his eyes and asks if he ever kissed him. The moment is spoiled when Howard storms off.

* Toward the end of ''[[Chuck]]'s'' second season, Chuck and Sarah finally make out and start to have sex, but when Chuck gets a condom from his wallet, he only finds an IOU from Morgan. This sufficiently kills the moment that their relationship stalls for another season.

* On ''[[Dark Angel]]'' the moment killer was Logan's eternally helpful PT, Bling and killing moments was very nearly his entire raison d'etre.

* A non-romantic example in [[Supernatural]]. {{spoiler|As Michael and Lucifer are getting ready to throw down, it's a dead serious moment, full of dramatic tension, Lucifer's "last temptation" to Michael, and they are ready. Then Dean rolls down the road, his car blasting [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Rock of Ages by Def Leppard.]] Cue Lucy and Mike going "Wtf?"}}

** And then, of course, two seconds later when things have gotten tense again-- [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"HEY, ASSBUTT!"]]

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** When Leonard and Penny end up alone in a hotel room in Big Sur, Raj walks in and climbs into the other bed. He also asks if they want to watch Bridget Jones' Diary.

** This is a [[Running Gag]] in the season three premiere. Leonard's come home from a long trip to the North Pole, and Penny has missed him very much. While there's no shortage of kissing, it's always interrupted, right up until the end of the episode.

* In ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode 'Small Potatoes' Scully is [[Almost Kiss|just about to kiss]] a shapeshifter [[Ship Tease|disguised as Mulder...]] when the real Mulder bursts in and kills the mood. However, that moment killer was appreciated by all involved and watching. And in true Mulder and Scully sytle, they never speak of that moment again.

* The Dean's interuption of Jeff and Slater in ''[[Community]]'' episode [[Community/Recap/S1 E14 Interpretive Dance|Interpretive Dance]] just when they are starting to makeout.

* Almost every serious romance between main characters in ''[[Star Trek]]'' is replete with moments where someone phones in and tells one or both to report to the bridge.

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* During Lucy and Jimmy Moon's first unofficial date, the two are watching a romantic French film and about to share a moment when Eric bounds into the room with his guitar. This was actually a revenge ploy by Mary, who was angry at Lucy for some reason or another.

** Happens with these two again in the Valentine's Day episode. Jimmy's about to give Lucy her first kiss when an usher pops in and announces that Simon, Nigel, Lynn and Ruthie were caught acting up and have been kicked out of the theater.

* Happens between Maddy and Jonathan in several episodes of ''[[Jonathan Creek]]''. Most of them interrupted by someone from the case calling or showing up on their doorstep or a small misunderstanding turned [[Up to Eleven]] by Maddie (finding a pulse monitor on Jonathan when they're about to have sex, spotting him in another woman's car on the eve of his birthday).

* ''[[Late Night]] with Conan O'Brien'' had a character played by Jon Glaser who could ruin any moment by saying one word. That word? {{spoiler|Pubes}}.

* On ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', Liz [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this trope to get in the way of the weird sexual tension between Jack and his mother-in-law, played by Mary Steenburgen. Liz proudly declares that, "[[Suddenly Always Knew That|All my life]], I have been the third wheel that prevents people from having sex." Apparently she was nicknamed "The Blocker" in college.

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'''Snake:''' I need you. I can't pilot the WIG all by myself. }}

* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' - Shepard and your chosen [[Love Interest]] are getting quite close (should you pursue the romantic subplot between them) when Joker interrupts. Shepard can accuse him of doing it intentionally.

* At the end of ''[[Uncharted Drakes Fortune]]'', just as Nate and Elena are leaning in suggestively for a kiss, Sully comes out of nowhere and says "You two got a funny idea of romantic!" therefore breaking up the romance... and making it a dreaded [[Almost Kiss]]. Nice job, Sully.

* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' - Daxter. Daxter Daxter Daxter Daxter Daxter. Turning a kiss into an [[Almost Kiss]] once would be forgivable, but doing it twice? {{spoiler|Thankfully, not only does Jak get his revenge in ''Jak III'', but at the end of ''Jak X'' Daxter [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades]] this with "Would you just kiss her already? Sheesh!"}}

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]] [[Phantom Hourglass]]'', Tetra finally gets better from being [[Taken for Granite]], and Link and Tetra look one another in the eyes. Smiling, they reach their hands out to one another in slow-motion, and just as they're about to touch, {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Bellum]] bursts through the ceiling and steals Tetra away}}.

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== Web Comics ==

* Forgath has become this in ''[[Goblins]]'' whenever he shows up as Minmax and Kin discuss their feelings...and lately {{spoiler|as the two are sharing a very tender hug after Minmax saved Kin from imaginary Goblinslayer/the mysteriously growing forest.}}

* This becomes a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Kid Radd]]''.

* ''[[Casey and Andy]]'', [http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=627 Strip 627]: Andy pops in to inform Casey of the arrival of Jenn's time-traveling daughter, and the necessity to embark on further temporal misadventures to save the timeline... while he's in the middle of proposing to his girlfriend. Of course, Mary is very understanding, and even lets Casey go off with Andy to save the timeline. [http://galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=483 "Cockblocked by God. That's gotta suck"]

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'':

** Chapter 18 of begins with Kat walking in on her parents as they're getting intimate. Much cheer was had when they carried on after she had left the room.

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* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' had this often, usually with Sarah doing the moment-killing -- and occasionally realizing that she'd just killed a moment. Also [[Lampshaded]] in the process of [[Aversion]] when Tedd asks Grace why she's leading him away from [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Ellen and Nanase]] as if they need privacy for some reason.

** The Demonic Duck {{spoiler|deliberately interrupts Justin and Susan during the party using his illusion powers. Afterward, they're both grateful the "light bulb burned out".}}

* In ''[[8-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage accidentally killed his own moment. The one time when it seemed he might be slowly winning the heart of White Mage, he casually let it slip that his Hadoken siphons love out of the universe every time it's used... and that he sacrificed several children to obtain the spell. She didn't take it too well. Tough luck for BM, but if he ever reads this page, he'll feel better knowing he killed something.

* In ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage accidentally killed his own moment. The one time when it seemed he might be slowly winning the heart of White Mage, he casually let it slip that his Hadoken siphons love out of the universe every time it's used... and that he sacrificed several children to obtain the spell. She didn't take it too well. Tough luck for BM, but if he ever reads this page, he'll feel better knowing he killed something.

** Except that he would probably want those moments back. And this is not the only time Black Mage cockblocked himself either.

* The title character of ''[[Tsunami Channel|Experimental Comic Kotone]]'' is a [[Moment Killer]], a theory that Konstantin forcibly tests out [http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-08-07&comic=ExCoKo here]

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** Later, having realized he's in love with her, Torg tries to win Zoe's heart with a giant bejewelled necklace he found in a pyramid as a Christmas present. She's quite taken with the gift, until she puts it on and it turns her into a camel.

** Subverted in "Love Potion," when Torg and Zoe look at each other by accident while they think they're under the influence of a potion that makes people madly attracted to the first person they see. As they're staring at each other, Gwynn pops up to tell them the potion's effects have worn off. After she leaves, Torg finally asks Zoe out and she readily accepts.

** The big moment killer comes in the same chapter, during said date. Just as he's contemplating leaning over and kissing her, he suddenly finds lips touching his - but they belong to an immortal assassin who is ''extremely'' [[Yandere|obsessed]] with him. To protect Zoe, he has to insult her and then laugh it off when said assassin kicks her in the face, right before dragging him away to get married. ''Epic'' moment kill.

** The big moment killer comes in the same chapter, during said date. Just as he's contemplating leaning over and kissing her, he suddenly finds lips touching his - but they belong to an immortal assassin who is ''extremely'' [[Yandere (disambiguation)|obsessed]] with him. To protect Zoe, he has to insult her and then laugh it off when said assassin kicks her in the face, right before dragging him away to get married. ''Epic'' moment kill.

** Done for all sorts of drama in the "bROKEN" [[Story Arc]]. Zoe has just realized that Torg's in love with her, and, to her own amazement, that she loves him back. And Torg's rushing to her location right at that moment. {{spoiler|Then the assassin mentioned above ''sets Zoe on fire'', seemingly killing her just as Torg arrives on the scene.}}

* Deliberately set up in ''[[Blip]]''. When Hester gets set up on an unwanted date, she arranges for her friend K to "accidentally" run into them and act as a third wheel for the remainder of the date.

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* In the fourth book of ''[[Shadow of the Templar]]'', Jeremy, normally calm and emotionally unaffected, suddenly kisses Simon passionately and seems to be about to tell him something important. Of course, they're interrupted before he can get it out.

* In ''[[Awkward]]'', Alex performs this function for Lester and Steph. Lester being the target of his [[Stalker with a Crush|stalkerish affections]], it's entirely intentional. Lester [[Beware the Nice Ones|doesn't take it well]].

* In [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony's]] Vlog/Review of the New Moon movie, he comments on how Bella and Jacob are about to kiss several times before something stupid happens, such as, as he put it, a guy runs in yelling "Hey you guys I made muffins!!".

* {{spoiler|Shannon}} calls Tom in ''[[Echo Chamber]]'''s "Trope Of The Week" ''[[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]'' and ruins a moment between him and {{spoiler|Dana}}.

* A variant of this trope occurs in [[Survival of the Fittest|SOTF-TV]], where, after a traumatic first day, Amber Lyons and Sterling Odair start to get... "intimate". Unfortunately, however, each team has a mentor which can give advice through the collars. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

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* Played with on ''[[Code Lyoko]]''. After returning from a school break, Yumi wanted to walk to Ulrich about their [[UST]]. No less then three times in 10 minutes, as they tried to have that moment, they were interrupted. {{spoiler|When they finally get the needed 30 seconds, Yumi then gives him the dreaded [[Just Friends]] line. Ouch.}}

* In an episode of ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Gwen]] keeps attempting to suggest that she'd like to go to the [[High School Dance]] with him (since she [[Cannot Spit It Out]] any other way), but Peter is ''her'' [[Moment Killer]] by confessing that he had been going to [[Likes Older Women|go with an older girl, but she turned him down.]] And then Gwen tries to be a little more blunt...("She's not the only girl who would...")...before Peter changes the subject. [[What an Idiot!]].

* In ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Flash managed a ''dramatic'' moment killer: the league makes a perfect, epic entrance and the awe of the moment gets [[Narm|Narmed]] by Flash shouting "Ta da!" More traditional examples happen to moments between Green Lantern and Hawkgirl. A few of these happened to Batman and Wonder Woman. One time, they were discussing about their potential relationship when an alarm sounded off.

* Wade does this a few times in ''[[Kim Possible]]''. Apparently it was funny according to the writers.

* ''[[Futurama]]''

** In the episode "A Flight to Remember", where the characters travel on a cruise spaceship:

{{quote|'''Leela:''' Looks like everybody's got somebody. Except me.