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All he needs is a little peck and he'll be ready to go.
A Motivational Kiss happens when someone, almost [[Always Female]], gives the main protagonist a kiss that gives him an extra boost in confidence. The kisser will often, but not always, be the protagonist's [[Love Interest]], or at least someone who he's been [[Ship Tease
May sometimes overlap with [[Last Kiss]], or a (successful) [[Comically Small Bribe]].
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== Anime And Manga ==
* Sometimes the hero is the one who steals a kiss to give himself motivation: In ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'', both Kamina and Kittan {{spoiler|choose to kiss Yoko shortly before dying heroically in battle.}}
* Inverted in [[Baccano
* Sera gives one to Knuckles in [[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie|Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie]].
== Film ==
* In [[
* In [[Star Wars]] Episode IV, Princess Leia gives Luke a peck on the cheek "for luck" before he tries to swing over a precarious gap.
* Played more-or-less straight in [[Mystery Team]]...except that Jason doesn't actually know how to kiss, and just blows into the love interest's mouth.
* Happens in [[Van Helsing]] when Van Helsing and Anna split up before the climactic battle, he to face down Dracula {{spoiler|using his werewolf power to defeat the vampire}} and she to retrieve the werewolf cure serum.
* At the climax of ''[[Monster House]]'', our protagonist, DJ, is faced with the task of climbing up a crane and dropping a stick of dynamite down Constance's chimney, destroying her once and for all. When he says that he doesn't think he can do it, his [[Love Interest]] Jenny loudly proclaims, "Yes, you ''can''!" before kissing him on the mouth.
* In the live-action film version of ''[[Peter Pan (
* Subverted radically by the villainess, Poison Ivy in ''[[Batman and Robin (
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** Though in truth it's [[Double Subverted]] by Robin as he came prepared thus didn't die.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[The Suite Life On Deck]]'' episode ''Maddie On Deck'': Maddie's kiss to Zack allowed him to do an overkill of noodle-whacking towards the prince, enough for the prince to surrender and run home crying for his mommy!
* Done by [[Captain Power and
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* "[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Actively defied by Zelda in [[The Legend of Zelda
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'''Zelda''': You've GOT to be kidding. }}
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