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{{quote|''"Since the invention of the kiss there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind."''|''[[The Princess Bride (
The moment when awesomeness and romance meet, when an otherwise epic scene is topped with a kissing scene that is quite epic on its own as well.
Visually, it might be supported with [[Stuff Blowing Up]] in the background. In more mundane settings, it might still be enhanced with tropes like [[Dramatic Wind]], [[Scenery Porn]], or [[Orbital Kiss]] camera movements. In the narrative, it can be signified as the the characters' [[First Kiss]], maybe the long-awaited end of the [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]], a [[Now or Never Kiss]], or referenced as [[True Love's Kiss]].
In media forms that use background music, it might often overlap with a [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] as well, or at least it will be located at a climatic part of the soundtrack.
Some
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== Advertising ==
* The two minute mark on this old car advert [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LENbh_560s here].
* Parodied in a 4G Epic commercial.
== [[Anime]]
* It's not framed by explosions (unlike [[HSQ|everything else in the show]]), but Kamina and Yoko's first {{spoiler|and last, and only}} kiss in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is accompanied by [[Crowning Music of Awesome|"Libera Me" From Hell]] and erupting volcanoes.
* At the climax of ''[[FLCL]]'', right after an epic fighting scene between its two participants, right before the appearance of a [[Physical God]], and right at the middle of the song ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|I THINK I CAN]]''.
* In ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', the first season climax, accompanied by an [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Ominous Latin Chorus]], and giant monster things destroying the area around them. It's even more awesome as {{spoiler|[[Reality Warper|Haruhi]] is subconsciously '''[[The End of the World
* ''[[Kanon]]''. The spinning pan-out and reflective teardrop in the 2006 version make it.
* A more tender yet equally as awesome variant happens at the climax of the second season of the ''[[Slayers]]'' anime, when {{spoiler|Gourry, against all odds, breaks into ''another dimension'' to rescue Lina from being eradicated from existence. His fondness and desire to protect her apparently impresses [[Guardian of the Multiverse|the Lord of Nightmares]] enough to bring Lina back.}} They share a kiss, spinning in place amidst bubbles of light.
** Sadly, [[Laser
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' has one right in the anime finale when Kagome and Inuyasha {{spoiler|are reunited inside the Shikon Jewel}}.
* ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' has three in the final three episodes, including the mid-air, upside down reunion of {{spoiler|Dominic and Anemone}} in Episode 48. In the final episode, {{spoiler|Renton and Eureka [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|finally]] have their first kiss in what they [[Now or Never Kiss|believed to be the final act of their respective lives]], only to be saved by Nirvash's sacrifice}} so that they can enjoy the third epic kiss as they float down from orbit.
* The final ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' novel's epilogue eventually gives us the kiss we'd been promised for several books, and had been anticipating the whole series: at {{spoiler|Jindai High's graduation}}, [[Cannot Spit It Out|Kaname]] and [[Chaste Hero|Sousuke]] finally meet and he plants a long-awaited big one on her while the entire crowd cheers.
* [[Negima|Negi]] does this to Chachamaru to prove a point that Chachamaru has a soul by having a Pactio artifact with her. ''Extreme Kissing people!''
** [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Setsuna and Konoka]]'s Pactio kiss was pretty damn long, too.
*** Setsuna almost suffocated from this kiss. We don't know about Chachamaru, since she is a robot.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1RBUoCFBuw This kiss] in ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' with a [[Humongous Mecha]] using it's finishing move in the background.
* Guts and Casca's first non-[[Intimate Healing]] kiss pretty much [[They Do|sealed the deal]] between them being ''[[Berserk]]'''s [[Official Couple]], so much so that there's gorgeous [[Scenery Porn]], [[Dramatic Wind]] is blowing Guts's [[Badass Cape]] as to encircle the couple, AND somebody rendered this all [https://web.archive.org/web/20120407205538/http://www.mattbrowning.com/berserk/colors/guts_casca_kiss_final.jpg in color.]
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Adolescence of Utena]]'' ends with [[Les Yay|Utena and Anthy]] passionately kissing as they drive away from Ohtori (also, [[Fan Service|they're both nude]]), finally free from the oppression of Akio and his schemes.
* ''[[Inukami
* ''[[Ah
* ''[[
* In ''[[No. 6]]'' [[Ho Yay|Shion kisses Nezumi]] halfway through the series; in the final episode Nezumi returns the favor before he leaves.
* ''[[
* Chapter 140 of ''[[Medaka Box]]'' ends with one between {{spoiler|Medaka and Zenkichi}}, who have just thwarted {{spoiler|Najimi}}'s plan to end it all.
* Jenny Doolittle and Lynn Lambretta's kiss in episode 17 of ''[[Bodacious Space Pirates]]''. Cue massive [[Squee
* ''[[Hana no Mizo Shiru]]'': Arikawa and Misaki's [http://www.dm5.com/m104616-p31/ full-page kiss in a field of flowers] at the end of Chapter 4.
== [[
* ''[[Runaways]]'': Chase plants one on Gert right after she saves his life with CPR right after ''he'' saves ''her'' from a giant, flaming rock monster.
* Occurs at the climax of the second volume of ''[[Miki Falls]]''.
* The kiss between Superman and Lois while on the moon during ''[[All
* The first kiss between Scott and Ramona in ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'s Precious Little Life''.
* In the ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' comics Peter and MJ share their first kiss in a mostly empty section of JFK airport (well mostly empty sans Robbie Robertson whom was there too) with a big snowy window behind them before Peter went on assignemnt in France. It may not have been upside down, but as MJ said "Wow, why didn't you ever tell me you could kiss!" Followed by after she let it sink in for a minute "Far freaking out." (made even funnier by the fact the kiss was her idea).
== [[Fan
* [[
* [[
* {{spoiler|Javert and Valjean}}'s kiss in ''Roommates'' may count, but fandom reaction has certainly been...enthusiastic, even attracting several new shippers.
* There's one between the isekai character and {{spoiler|Sailor Jupiter}} in ''[[Isekai by Moonlight]]'', just before the Sailor Senshi take the battle to the Dark Kingdom. Bittersweet because she knows from him that she probably isn't coming back... and it's her [[First Kiss]], too.
== [[Film]] ==
* The famous [[:File:Spider-Man kiss 445.jpg|upside down kiss]] from the first ''[[Spider-Man (
* A rather famous one in Alfred Hitchcock's ''[[Notorious]]''. The censors at the time didn't allow for a kiss to last longer than 3 seconds. The [[Big Damn Kiss]] moment in that movie breaks up the kiss at just the right moments to have the couple keep repeatedly kissing each other.
* At the end of ''[[Demolition Man]]''.
* The kiss between Will and Elizabeth in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]] At World's End '' after {{spoiler|their marriage at sea: Surrounded by an Epic Fight, trading blows between exchanging vows, culminating in an [[Orbital Kiss]] a few minutes before Will is killed and comes back from the dead}}. There's a [[Big Damn Kiss]] at the end of all three movies, too.
* ''[[Judge Dredd]]''. The scene at the end when Judge Hershey (Diane Lane) kissed Dredd ([[Sylvester Stallone]]) was supposed to be one of these, but fell kind of flat. You can [[Incredibly Lame Pun|judge for yourself]]: it's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFWwOTF8Py4 here, at 5:20-5:40].
** Lane does a more passionate one with Michael Pare in ''[[Streets of Fire]]'', complete with dramatic rain.
* Speaking of sci-fi cop movies, before the movie ''Runaway'' ends, after Dr. Charles Luther (played by Gene Simmons... yes, [
* The unforgettable kiss done by Seymour and Audrey in ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' at the end of the "Suddenly Seymour" number. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120519124120/http://www.horrorstew.com/images/SuddenlySeymore.jpg Aww]...
* Speed and Trixie's kiss at the end of the ''[[Speed Racer]]'' live action movie.
* The reunion scene between [[Forrest Gump]] and Jenny Curran before the Washington Monument.
* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and Jamie Lee Curtis in ''[[True Lies]]'', as a nuclear warhead goes off in the background.
* ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' has one near the end between Homer and Marge while driving a motorcycle.
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'''Homer:''' Best kiss of your life ''so far.'' }}
* The 1978 Danish film ''Du er ikke alene'' (''You Are Not Alone'') ends with a show the boys at a boarding school put on to illustrate the Ten Commandments. 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself' is illustrated with a short movie showing 15-year-old Bo, a pupil at the school, and 12-year-old Kim, the headmaster's son (Kim is a male name in Denmark) hugging and kissing. It packs quite a punch, both within the film itself and within the context of the time when the film was made. The film became iconic for being the first Danish film to show a homosexual relationship.
* {{spoiler|Double subverted}} in ''[[Thor (
* Averted in ''[[Mystery Team]]''. As Kelly described it, "He breathed in [her] mouth".
* The climax of ''[[
* In the mind-synching scene of ''[[
* The Kiss from ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''. Yeah, [[Signature Scene|that one]].
** As opposed to [[Brother
* Anakin and Padme's [[Now or Never Kiss]] en route to the arena in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]''.
* ''[[The Princess Bride (
* ''[[Beauty and
** Heck, many animated Disney couples do this.
* Speaking of Disney films, ''[[National Treasure]]'' featured one. Two words: "Come here."
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Hermione gives Ron one after retrieving the Basilisk's fangs in ''[[Harry Potter
** Seriously? Harry. Ginny. The Half-Blood Prince. {{spoiler|"Harry looked around; there was Ginny running towards him; she had a hard, blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him. And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her."}}
*** Ron and Hermione still win, since A) They had sexual tension earlier B) As Harry so politely lampshades, "OI! THERE'S A WAR GOING ON HERE!" C) You could hear the cheers ''rock the planet'' with cries of "FINALLY." No "seriously" about it.
** It's even more of a [[Big Damn Kiss]] in the movie. Hermione has just destroyed a horcrux, they're both drenched with water and suddenly they pounce on each other, complete with epic kiss music. [[Crossing the Line Twice|This all happens in the Chamber of Secrets.]]
* "Think of life!" In ''[[The Old Kingdom]]'', this describes Sabriel and Touchstone's first kiss - bonus points because she's kissing him to resist the lure of Astarael, the bell that can send them both into Death, easily.
* Alec in ''[[Mortal Instruments]]'' {{spoiler|[[Coming Out Story|finally outs himself]] in ''City of Glass'' by kissing Magnus in front of, well, everybody}}. Jace and Clary's first kiss in ''City of Bones'', and their kiss in the faerie court, also count.
* [[Nightrunner|Alec and Seregil]]. Twice up til now. {{spoiler|First time after a reunion, second time in the face of death.}}
== [[Live
* [[Doctor Who
** When River Song and the Doctor {{spoiler|get married, the ensuing kiss restarts time again.}} [[The Power of Love]] indeed!
** Before that, River {{spoiler|saved the Doctor's life, giving him all
*** Rory and {{spoiler|Older}} Amy have an absolutely romantic one in The Girl Who Waited.
* ''[[Lost]]'' promised its viewers a spectacular kiss in the season 4 finale. Halfway through, it seemed to be Kate and Sawyer in the helicopter. Then later in the episode it was topped by Desmond and Penny's reunion.
** In the finale, {{spoiler|Kate and Jack have defeated the Man in Black, and realize they're never going to see each other again. The ensuing kiss is quite epic.}}
* When Odo ''finally'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjwj4nL7Qg8 kisses Kira] on [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]], he does so in the middle of the very crowded Promenade (just outside of Quark's, no less) immediately following a very loud, very heated UST-charged argument between the two. Bonus points for everyone else stopping what they're doing to turn and stare as Odo and Kira kiss.
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* Fraser and Thatcher on top of a train full of unconscious Mounties heading toward nuclear disaster in the [[Due South]] episode All the Queen's Horses.
* Arthur and Gwen's first kiss on ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' is shot in slow motion, with [[Lip
** They got another epic kiss when Gwen kisses Arthur to [[True
** In a season three episode Gwen is accused of witchcraft and dragged away to be burnt at the stake before Arthur's eyes. He lunges after her for a [[Last Kiss]], and it takes ''four grown men'' to tear them apart. This kiss is actually [[Fan Nickname|referred to]] as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHXg7YTXoAg&feature=related the Kiss of Epic].
** Yet [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeW-oDlLvxY another one at the end of series 4] (spoilers).
** Let's put it this way...the ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' fandom made up of approximately 70% slash fan-girls who ship Arthur/Merlin. Naturally this involves the predictable dose of [[Ho Yay Shipping]], [[Het Is Ew]] and [[Die for Our Ship]] [[Fan Wank]]. But whenever Arthur and Guinevere kiss? '''Fandom. Shuts. Up.'''
* {{spoiler|Kurt and Blaine's kiss}} on [[Glee]] is treated like this by the fans, and for good reason. [[Love Epiphany]]? Check. Incredibly romantic speech {{spoiler|from Blaine to Kurt}} ''about'' the epiphany? [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Check.]] ''Complete aversion'' of {{spoiler|[[But Not Too Gay]]}}? Check, finally. Fans flooding the Internet with posts after they catch their breath from [[
** And let's not forget {{spoiler|Finn and Rachel's on-stage Nationals kiss in the season two finale. Even Finn comments on it's epic-ness...}}
*** {{spoiler|Finn: "It was the Superman of kisses. It came with its own cape!}}
* Booth and Brennan's kiss on [[Bones]] {{spoiler|the real one}}. Seriously, five seasons on a show that's pratically based on [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]].
* ''[[The Nanny]]'' has the epic kiss between {{spoiler|Niles and CC}}.
* It wasn't their first kiss, but Richard and Kahlan's final kiss that ends ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'' was the perfect end to the show, especially since they are the epitome of [[Earn Your Happy Ending]].
* ''[[Community]]'' episode [[Community
* ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'': For shippers of the couple, {{spoiler|Ricky and Amy's}} kiss [[Concert Kiss|onstage]] at the former's high school graduation is this. It wasn't their first kiss, but it was a big deal since they got engaged seconds before the kiss. And before that, there was their "[[Test Kiss|practice]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8yIQkZHLuk kiss]"
* Between Jo Min Sung and Yoo Eun Joo in ''[[
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Homaged with the kiss between Buffy and Spike in "Once More With Feeling" which, as it takes place at the end of a [[Musical Episode]], is accompanied by swelling music and falling curtains.
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* When [[Angel]] becomes human in "I Will Remember You"; Buffy finds out about it when he walks up to her in the sunlight and sweeps her into his arms for a passionate embrace.
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' gives John Sheridan and Delenn theirs in "And the Rock Cried Out 'No Hiding Place'" after Delenn shows Sheridan a whole fleet of fast, maneuverable, highly advanced ''White Star'' spaceships. Keep in mind that he'd confessed his love for her ''nine episodes earlier''. It would be easy to assume this wasn't their [[First Kiss]], except their body language ''screams'' that they've never done this before ([[Almost Kiss|although they got]] [[Moment Killer|pretty close once]]). Apparently that pesky war kept getting in the way...
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'''Sheridan''': [''after a long [[Held Gaze]]''] ...I don't know what to say.
'''Delenn''': Then say nothing...
[''Sheridan proceeds to snog her senseless''] }}
* Horribly averted on ''[[The X-Files]]''. Viewers waited through seven seasons of UST for Scully and Mulder to have their moment, only to find out...they already did. Off camera.
** [[The X-Files]] LOVED to avert this trope. They also did it with the hallway kiss in "Fight the Future;" Mulder does all but say the words "I love you" and they're about to kiss...when Scully is stung by a bee. The next season has the episode "Triangle;" a high-action plot climaxes with Mulder and Scully standing on the deck of a large cruise ship trying to thwart Nazis. Mulder is about to jump over the side of the ship and pulls Scully into a passionate kiss. Except....it's not Scully, and Mulder is probably dreaming.
** Also averted by their real first kiss, which is hailed by fans as the [[Big Damn Kiss]] only because they waited seven seasons for it. However, it happens during a very quiet, non-action-packed scene in a hospital. Same goes for their touching kiss at the end of "Existence," the scene is awesome because Mulder and Scully are fawning over their baby and they finally admit their feelings for each other (in their vague, Mulder-and-Scully way), not because there is a lot of action.
* [[Castle]]: {{spoiler|Beckett and Castle finally kiss for keeps after 4 seasons of UST!}}
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* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' combines this with a [[Tear Jerker]] [[Downer Ending]] beautifully.
* In ''[[Bye Bye Birdie]]'', to grab one last bit of publicity out of Conrad Birdie before he is inducted into the Army, he is to give "One Last Kiss" to one girl "chosen at random from 1,200,000 hysterical teen-agers." Unfortunately, what the television cameras capture is not Conrad Birdie planting a kiss on Kim MacAfee of Sweet Apple, Ohio but Kim's boyfriend Hugo flooring Conrad with one blow.
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110817 "Oh for pity's sake. Go give him something to fight for."] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110819 So big] it takes two pages. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110907 Or],▼
{{quote| '''Tarvek''': When she kissed Wulfenbach, my ''glasses'' started to ''melt''.}}▼
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' Elan delivers a glorious [[Shut Up Kiss]] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0400.html to Haley]. And it's comic #400, to boot!▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** Though this is only if Shepard romanced Liara in the first game. If not, Liara just hugs him/her.
** Perhaps making up for the [[Headbutt of Love]] in the second game, Garrus and female Shepard have two of these in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' if their relationship continues. {{spoiler|The first is during their date high atop the Presidium when Shepard agrees to be his girlfriend, and the second is in London before the final battle for Earth}}. And if Shepard's reaction is any indication, Garrus is one hell of a kisser for a [[Bizarre Alien Biology|guy that doesn't have lips]].
* [[
* The [[Scott Pilgrim (
* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' had a [[Up to Eleven|2-minute long sequence]] of this between Tidus and Yuna.
* ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' has the awesome moment where {{spoiler|Eddie and Ophielia kiss for the first time while the Screaming Wall blares a shockwave of sonic energy, causing hair to billow dramatically}}.
=== [[Visual Novel
* An omnipresent trope in the [[Renai]] genre. Kissing scenes are always one of the few that get their own unique CG art, while the rest of the story uses character sprites.
▲== [[Web Comics]] ==
▲* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110817 "Oh for pity's sake. Go give him something to fight for."]
** And then [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120713 with Tarvek] (also continues to the next page).
** And later (after some soap opera wacky miscommunication) Agatha's new friends, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160819 Larana Chroma and Jiminez Hoffmann].
▲* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' Elan delivers a glorious [["Shut Up" Kiss]] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0400.html to Haley]. And it's comic #400, to boot!
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Green Lantern]] and [[Hawkman|Hawkgirl]] have one at the end of the ''[[Justice League]]'' episode ''Wild Cards''.
* The kiss at the end of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.
* [[The Simpsons]] episode 'Bart The General', has Lisa being kissed by an unknown sailor, similar to the VJ Day Kiss, but Lisa slaps the sailor back.
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* At the end of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', Jack and Sally get together at the top of [[Fan Nickname|Spiral Hill]].
* The end of ''[[Kim Possible]]: [[The Movie|So The Drama]]'' ends with Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable going through their [[Relationship Upgrade]] and kissing at the junior prom. Originally this was intended to be the [[Grand Finale]] to the series. At the end of the ''real'' [[Grand Finale]], after graduating high school and saving the world from an [[Alien Invasion]], Kim and Ron kiss whilst flying off towards the moonrise in their [[Flying Car]].
* Due to their recent exposure to [[Applied Phlebotinum]], Sonic and Sally cause fireworks when they kiss at the end of the ''[[Sonic Sat AM]]'' finale.
* [[Tsundere|Helga]] gives one to [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Arnold]] in ''[[Hey Arnold!]] [[The Movie]]'' after doing her [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]. Arnold gets confused about it afterwards.
* Starfire and Robin kiss in the rain at the end of ''[[Teen Titans (
* In ''[[Phineas and Ferb
* In the ''[[
* The ''[[Generator Rex]]'' episode "Assault on Abysus" has Rex and Circe kiss, complete with slow-motion and tears in Circe's eyes before she [[Heroic Sacrifice|helps Rex escape from Providence, getting captured herself in the process.]]
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'': Happens at the end of "My Dinner With Elmyra" when Elmyra [[Big Damn Kiss|plants a big one on Montana Max]].
* ''[[Jem]]''; the protagonist gets one in the opening credits!
== Real Life ==
* [[The VJ Day Kiss]]. An unidentified sailor
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