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** You can ''quite literally'' hear the mood bubble pop.
* Every time Keitaro and Naru in ''[[Love Hina]]'' come close to kissing or admitting their feelings for one another, someone will inevitably barge in on them or Keitaro will suffer an [[Accidental Pervert]] moment and provoke Naru into [[Megaton Punch
* 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
* This trope might have been taken a bit too far in ''[[Code Geass]]'''s second season, where the [[Tsundere
** 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
* ''[[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
* 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]].
{{quote|'''Germany:''' Hey! Don't run off when I'm having a moment!}}
* Anytime Nike and Kukuri have a tender moment in ''[[Mahoujin Guru Guru]]'', Gipple will inevitably pop up screaming for a barf bag.
* [[Naruto]] and Sakura were having a moment and Sakura was about to feed Naruto ramen when Sai pops in as the Moment
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' - Subverted with [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Soul and Maka]], when {{spoiler|Maka is standing beside Soul in the infirmary after the fight with Crona, in which he was seriously injured. Maka is tearing up and in the middle of some kind of heroic vow when '''Black☆Star''' [[Chewing the Scenery|crashes into the room and starts yelling]] at the top of his voice as he practically strangles an unconscious Soul on the bed in an attempt to wake him up.}} Most shippers felt that the Maka Chop that came after was well deserved.
* ''[[Eiken]]'''s Densuke and Chiharu, usually caused by Kirika, the other members of the club, and anyone else, in order of likeliness.
* In the final episode of ''[[Tenchi in Tokyo]]'', just when Ryoko was about to kiss Tenchi, Washu pops out of the tree trunk where Tenchi and Ryoko are standing, to test her new and improved Dimensional Tunnel. She was then followed by Sasami, and then Ayeka, and finally Mihoshi and Kiyone.
** In episode 7 of ''[[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]]'', Washu [[Naughty Nurse Outfit|dresses up in a nurse outfit]] to perform her... experiments on Tenchi. And then Mihoshi walks in the lab...
* Dee and Roy in ''[[FAKE]]'' are all but ''guaranteed'' to have the moment killed for them. The most frequent offenders are Bikky and JJ, who do it on purpose, but there's also that time when Ryo fell asleep right after kissing Dee and that other time when Dee's phone rang just as things were getting hot and heavy between the two of them. No wonder it took them seven
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Good job, Nel, you kind of ruined the quiet, subtle, heart filled moment between Ichigo and Orihime, which essentially counted as their true reunion. Not that you diving into Ichigo's, uh, lower abdomen area wasn't cute in its own way, it's just, you killed that sweet moment.
** In chapter 228, Rukia and Orihime are veering dangerously close to a [[Les Yay]] [http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-chapter-228-page-3.html moment], and Hiyori quite literally falls from the sky and drags Orihime off. Moment killer much?
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* In Chapter 81 of [[Ouran High School Host Club]], Haruhi {{spoiler|confesses her love to Tamaki}}. The moment was totally ruined when Tamaki made an absolute fool of himself by yelling to Hikaru what she just said, falling to the floor, being called a narcissist when he {{spoiler|accepted her confession}}, and being called an idiot. Haruhi then shouts that she's not sure {{spoiler|if she still loved him}}. After all that, he ends up {{spoiler|kissing her}}, which made Hikaru cry.
* [[Kiss X Sis]] runs on this a lot. Sometimes (or perhaps more often than not), the moment isn't killed at the [[Almost Kiss]] part; it completely [[Up to Eleven|shoots past that]] and ruins the glorious moment instead.
* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]: has, surprisingly, quite a few of these. Of course, this being NGE, nothing close to a stable emotional relationship is recognisable within about a five lightyear radius, but the moments ''are'' there. The most famous one is probably in ''Both Of You Dance Like You Want To Win!'' when Asuka falls asleep ''right'' next to a wide-awake Shinji, [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|who tries to lean forward to kiss her]]... until Asuka calls for her mama
* ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'': After over 400 chapters of seemingly being oblivious to the true feelings of Kenichi, Miu finally admits that she feels similarly... only to have her [[Overprotective Dad|overprotective grandfather]] suddenly burst in, spewing intense amounts of Killing Intent, scaring the hell out of Kenichi and Miu in the process, the other Ryouzanpaku masters struggling (and failing miserably) to hold him back.
* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', there's a scene wherein Yuki starts telling Tohru how cute she is and they move closer and closer...until Ayame comes in talking about how romantic the scene was. Yuki, naturally, decked him.
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== Film - Animated ==
* As for [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney Films]]:
** In ''[[The Little Mermaid]]''; Ursula does this intentionally to prevent a kiss between Eric and Ariel. It has a bit more behind it,
** Happens several times between Bernard and Bianca (involving a marriage proposal rather than a kiss) in ''[[The Rescuers]] Down Under''.
** In ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''; Jasmine and Aladdin were having a moment at his sleeping spot and talking about how they [[Not So Different|both feel trapped]] by their circumstances. About to kiss, they are interrupted by the palace guards arriving to rescue Jasmine and arrest Aladdin.
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* Louis in ''[[Kangaroo Jack]]'', part of the [[Running Gag]] on his [[The Ditz|Ditz]] / [[Born Unlucky]] character. Charlie lampshades it.
{{quote|'''Charlie''': (''after making out with Jessie under a waterfall'') Okay, I'll admit it. This is the most romantic moment of my entire life. (''Louis screams and cannonballs into the water near them'') And now it's over.}}
* In the first Christopher Reeve ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' movie, Supes goes back in time to save Lois from death, the two are just about to
* ''[[Total Recall]]''. As Quaid and Melina are kissing in the Martian catacombs, the rebels show up and take them into custody.
* In [[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]], Shu Lien was apologizing to Mu Bai for letting the sword get stolen, believing that was the reason why he had came to see her. He said that he did not hear about the stolen sword until he arrived in town, implying he came specifically to confess his feelings towards her. When he was about to say it, a servant came in, interrupting them.
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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
* 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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* Oh so many times in The ''[[Darkest Powers|Darkest Powers Trilogy]]''. Especially with Chloe and Derek. Simon is a master cockblocker.
* A hilarious moment in ''[[Master and Commander]]'' has a [[Meaningful Name|Mr. Timely]] showing up at Jack's door just as his girlfriend is [[Marshmallow Hell|sticking her cleavage in his face]] so he can see what the necklace he just gave her looks like on.
* In ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'', when Lazarus and Maureen are headed off for an adulterous <ref>
* Happens multiple times in ''[[Audrey Wait]]''. Random Accident varieties are from the customers in the Scooper Dooper, and Sharon is the jealous rival type.
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** 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
** Turnabout is fairplay, though, since the Doctor himself is often guilty of this; most recently in "The Lodger", when Craig, his landlord and Hapless [[Nice Guy]], has invited his best friend Sophie around to finally admit to her that he's in love with her. He's just about to blurt it out when cue the Doctor, having decided to rewire the house's electricity.
* ''[[Smallville]]'': Clark and Lois are about to kiss for the first time, "officially", when there is a shout of "Oh my god!" and Clark's ex, Lana Lang, walks in.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
** Buffy and Angel when they first
** A more long-lasting moment killer is when Faith started to teeter towards [[The Dark Side]] and Angel managed to capture her before she killed Xander. While talking her down and actually getting her to listen, Wesley burst in with a Watchers Council squad to apprehend her. This effectively ruined any chance to stop her before she made a full [[Face Heel Turn]]. Although this was the start of a unique friendship between her and Angel because of being [[Not So Different]].
** The beginning of Season Two. Willow and Xander are out for a nighttime stroll, and Xander playfully dabs Willow's nose with ice cream. He's just about to kiss it off when they are interrupted by a vampire, which Buffy promptly arrives back in town to kill. Willow later attempts to recreate the moment, but by that point, Xander is back to being all hung up over Buffy.
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== Music ==
* [[Queen]]'s song "Tie Your Mother Down" is about the narrator taking...drastic measures to avoid his [[Love Interest]]'s family ruining their moment.
* Billy Joel's song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAKX2DIooA "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"] is about this but the
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* In one of the street cases of ''[[LA Noire]]'', Cole Phelps become one of this when the suspect and his girlfriend is having a romantic moment.
* In ''[[Solatorobo]]'', Red does this to Dade and Vanille. His sister Chocolat also does it accidentally {{spoiler|to Red and Elh}} when she tells a group to [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]] too loudly and the lovebirds in question overhear her.
* Jenon has an unfortunate tendency towards this in ''[[Blaze Union]]''. Early into the story, there's a scene where protagonist Garlot and his childhood friend Siskier have a heart-to-heart while waiting for their enemies to walk into their
** Much later, in the final chapter of the canon route, there's a scene after the battle of the day has been won where Gulcasa and Nessiah take a few moments to praise each other on their good teamwork. Their happiness is, of course, short-lived: Jenon comes charging in to interrogate Gulcasa with no small lack of subtlety or sensitivity, leaving him very confused and upset. Nessiah then cuts in to inform Jenon that now is kind of a bad time, and proceeds to drag Gulcasa off so that the two of them can have peace and quiet. Among other things, this scene is very much meant to be a more somber [[Call Back]] to the early one between Garlot and Siskier.
** In yet another scene from the canon route (taking place before the Gulcasa and Nessiah one), Siskier comes out to chat with Garlot one night while the latter is worrying about the future, and over the course of their discussion, she comes very close to confessing her feelings for him several times but [[Cannot Spit It Out|continually cuts herself off]]. Just when Garlot has finally figured out that something is weird about the way she's acting, there's a surprise attack from the enemy.
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** He does however a lot of the time correct himself like in the above example:
{{quote|"Oh wait, you mean someone who uses someone else! Never mind."}}
* In the ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' games, Sakura tends to walk in at bad moments. This is especially bad in ''[[Fate/hollow ataraxia]]'' where she manages to walk in on just seemingly every scene that Shirou and [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Rider]] have together. Perhaps justified
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** Also, in Chapter 30, with Parley having admitted her love for Andrew, as they're moving in for their first kiss, Antimony interrupts them by continuing the discussion they were having beforehand.
** Then seconds later does it ''again'' when the moment is in danger of reestablishing itself. Kat has to drag Antimony off.
* ''[[Misfile]]'' - Rumisiel plays the
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'':
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0316.html # 316]: Haley attempts to kiss Elan during New Year's Eve, but can't bring herself to do it. When she finally gets the courage, another girl jumps in and kisses Elan instead.
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0292.html "Just curious, do you get XP for killing this dramatic moment?"]
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'': A velociraptor-riding bandito (roll with it) makes a very cool speech at the end of [http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=33&issue=3 this strip]. Then the doctor has to go [http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=34&issue=3 and ruin it.]
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' had this often, usually with Sarah doing the moment-
** 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|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
* Agatha and Gil's [[Almost Kiss]] in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' is [[Chandler's Law|interrupted]] by [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090511 an angry professor on a mechanized Gatling gun carrier.] This fact, all by itself, tells you everything you need to know about the comic. Gil's reaction to being shot at is an indignant 'hey!' that is clearly a reaction to the moment being killed rather than him almost being killed.
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': Torg and Zoe have something like this happen a few times.
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** 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.
* ''[[Nerf Now]]'', [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 this] strip. [[Team Fortress 2|Scout]] - an impatient, twitchy loudmouth - is of course a natural
* ''[[Sandra and Woo]]'': [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/12/13/0226-bulls-eye-i/ Soccer ball, apply directly to the forehead!]
* ''[[Freefall]]'' had a [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01165.htm particulary vicious one.] And full-on [[Cerebus Syndrome]] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01980.htm after that.]
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** In the comic continuing the series, [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luolcnpQy31r27wz9.png we see what happened just after that last kiss between Aang and Katara.]
* 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''
* 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
* Wade does this a few times in ''[[Kim Possible]]''. Apparently it was funny according to the writers.
* ''[[Futurama]]''
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