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* ''Series/HermansHead'': Herman catches Heddy in a vulnerable moment, and they do this to their boss's desk before having sex on it. The boss figures it out, and isn't happy.

* On ''Series/HermansHead'', when Herman and Heddy finally get together, [[SlapSlapKiss they argue and fight, then kiss violently]], and each sweeps a half of their ''boss'''s desk! Then they have sex on it and spend the night in the office.

** [[Recap/FriendsS7E9TheOneWithAllTheCandy "The One With All The Candy"]]: When Rachel is dating her assistant Tag, she dramatically sweeps all the stuff off her desk and hops up onto it.
--->'''Tag:''' Are you serious?\\

** Tag sweeps stuff from Rachel's desk and wants to get it on. Rachel glares at him and says it took her so long to get that desk organized... but it turns out she's just messing with him and is into playful flirting. She just wants to see his ass as he tries to pick up the things from the floor.

** David the Scientist Guy (played by Creator/HankAzaria) awkwardly attempts to sweep his desk to impress and kiss Phoebe before realizing that most of the equipment on it is quite expensive (like a laptop or a microscope). To get him to stop, Phoebe has to point out that he's tidying more than spontaneously sweeping off the desk.
--->'''David''': ...the longer I waited, the more phenomenal the kiss had to be, and now we've reached a place where it's just gotta be one of those things where I just like... sweep everything off the table and throw you down on it. And, uh, I'm not really a, uh, sweeping sorta fella.
** Later in the episode David decides not to go to Minsk for a project and celebrates his decision by successfully sweeping all the papers off the table. When Phoebe comments that he's getting better at it David replies that they were his lab partner's papers so he didn't care about making a mess with them.
** When Rachel is dating her assistant Tag, she dramatically sweeps all the stuff off her desk and hops up onto it.

** Chandler tries this thing with Monica, sweeping everything off the table in their apartment. She, however, is obsessed with cleanliness and orderliness.

* ''Film/Jason's Lyric'': The second sex scene in the electronic shop, Jason is seen sweeping everything from the counter to put [[LoveInterest Lyric]] on and consummate their passion.

* ''Jason's Lyric'': The second sex scene in the electronic shop, Jason is seen sweeping everything from the counter to put [[LoveInterest Lyric]] on and consummate their passion.

* In ''FilmArtOfTheDead'', the {{Lust}} affected Gina sweeps up Dylan's papers off his desk in an attempt to convince him to have sex with her on the desk, but since he's affected by {{Greed}}, it doesn't tempt him at all.

* ''Jason's Lyric'': The second sex scene in the electronic shop, Jason is seen sweeping everything from the counter to put [[LoveInterest Lyric]] on and consummate their passion.

--->'''Tag''': Are you serious?
--->'''Rachel''': No, I’ve just always wanted to do that. Can you help me clean this up?

* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Bev comes down with an amphibian throat disease after eating an infected mosquito, and requires a tonsillectomy. She also gets a new nose put on (despite being a toad), because someone else's order got attached to hers. She ends up liking the new nose, gets her hair done and buys a new dress, and goes to visit her husband at work. Ed is delighted to see her, and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar pushes everything off his desk]]. [[spoiler: They don't end up doing it, not only because this is (allegedly) a kids' show, but because Bev can smell Ed now...and he smells ''bad''.]]

* Done in ''Series/GeneralHospital'', only to have the man's confused girlfriend point out, "We have a perfectly good couch right here." The man sheepishly declares, "I know, I've just ''always'' wanted to do that."

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', as a female Inquisitor if you choose to pursue a romantic relationship with Cullen their first time ends up being on his desk where he sweeps everything off before picking her up and putting her down on it. Apparently, [[RightThroughTheWall everyone knows this happened]] as Sara makes a joke about how desks need to beware.

Desks are convenient flat surfaces for [[OfficeRomance office liaisons]], or at least they would be if they weren't so cluttered up with office supplies, paperwork, food etc. So... sweep it all off in one dramatic move! That'll please your paramour and turn them on, right?

Usually it's a direct prelude to ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks, unless a MomentKiller interrupts. This trope appears mostly in sitcoms and [[WorkCom work coms]], and it's PlayedForLaughs more often then not.

This move is titillating because MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces is so damn sexy. Doing it in a semi-public place and the idea that the couple might be seen or caught... that makes it even hotter and more thrilling. It also implies that the loved one is so hottt that the character who does the sweeping can't control himself/herself. They're so turned on and so eager that they simply ''must'' have their lover, now, consequences be damned.

* OvercomeWithDesire: Characters ''must'' do it where they can because they're just ''so'', no matter where they find themselves.

!!Relational troping:

** David the Scientist Guy (played by Creator/HankAzaria) awkwardly attempts to sweep his desk to impress and kiss Phoebe before realizing that most of the equipment on it is quite expensive (like a laptop or a microscope). To get him to stop, Phoebe has to point out that he's cleaning up more than spontaneously sweeping off the desk.

** When Rachel is dating her assistant Tag, she dramatically sweeps all the stuff off her desk:
--->'''Tag''': Oh my God. Are you serious?
--->'''Rachel''': No, I just always wanted to do that. Can you help me pick this stuff up?
** Tag sweeps stuff from Rachel's desk and wants to get it on. Rachel gets angry because it took her ages to organize her desk... but turns out she's just messing with him and is into it. She just wants to see his ass as he tries to pick up the things from the floor.
** Chandler tries this thing with Monica, sweeping everything off the table in the apartment. She, however, is obsessed with cleanliness and orderliness.

* In ''Film/{{Tamara}}'', Tamara has an EroticDream about her teacher Mr. Natolly. He picks her up in the classroom and them sweeps everything off his desk as he lays her down on top of it.