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4	[[quoteright:300:[[Film/FromHereToEternity https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beach_kiss.jpg]]]]
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6	->''"Sex on the beach\
7	We don't mind sand in our stilettos"''
8	-->-- '''Music/KatyPerry''', ''California Gurls''
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10	When a man loves a woman, one way they'll show their love is an intimate, passionate kiss on a beach, often with ocean waves splashing over them. Often done in homage or parody of ''Film/FromHereToEternity'''s SignatureScene, which is the TropeCodifier.
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12	Usually a subtrope of TheBigDamnKiss. Not to be confused with kissing the beach; that'd be KissingTheGround.
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15	!!Examples:
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19	* Parodied in a 2017 [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w7n_/at-and-t-unlimited-plus-unlimited-feat-mark-wahlberg-james-marsden commercial]] for AT&T Unlimited Plus data streaming that features Mark Wahlberg describing what it's like to live in a world with "unlimited" access to different movie and tv genres (like westerns, sci-fi, and police procedural). As he mentions "unlimited romance," he appears on a tropical beach surrounded by ''dozens'' of couples making out in the surf and the sand.
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22	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
23	* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': When [[FallenPrincess Ange]] gives [[BadassNormal Tusk]] a SlapSlapKiss [[spoiler:after he returns from what she was ''[[NoOneCouldSurviveThat sure]]'' was [[DisneyDeath his death]]]], they're on the beachside. [[spoiler:They share TheirFirstTime there as well shortly after.]]
24	* Miki and Yuu from ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' share their first official kiss in a beach during the sunset after finishing a long and tearful conversation about their pasts.
25	* Almost at the end of ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs'', [[spoiler: April and Fireball]] ''almost'' got one but were interrupted [[spoiler: by an attack]].
26	* Episode 9 of ''Anime/SonicX'' (Amy On The Beach or The last Resort if you are watching the 4Kids version) has a scene where Amy Rose has a fantasy in which her and Sonic are having fun at the beach and do a kiss in front of a sunset.
27	* There's one at the end of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' between Yuusuke and Keiko, who had been [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend dancing around the issue]] the entire series [[spoiler: and had ''just'' been reunited, after Yusuke spent years in the Demon World while Keiko stayed in Earth and finished school]]. Especially notable since the Japanese are shy about kissing in public, and because ''[[{{Tsundere}} Keiko]]'' is the one who initiated it.
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31	* [[http://images-mediawiki-sites.thefullwiki.org/04/2/9/3/77197401205932367.jpg This rather crowded beach scene]] is how the ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD]]'' parody ''From Eternity Back to Here'' represented the movie's SignatureScene. (This was one of the earliest appearances in ''MAD'' of the {{inherently funny word\|s}} "potrzebie".)
32	* ''ComicBook/TheGirlFromTheSea'': Shared between Morgan Kwon and Keltie the Selkie when they first meet as teenagers, there's a missed opportunity after they meet again on land, and over the roughly two weeks they're together they share such kisses many, many times.
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36	* A sidestory of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' ends with one between Elite Four member Lorelei and her boyfriend Frey.
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39	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
40	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'', after Triton gives Ariel legs (and a sparkly dress) she runs to Eric, who's still on the beach after the showdown with Ursula, and they share one, which transitions right into their wedding scene.
41	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'', Shrek and Fiona parody ''Film/FromHereToEternity'''s kiss during their honeymoon, but the waves bring a [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 red-haired mermaid]] instead of Fiona prompting the ogre princess to get angry and throw her back into the water [[TakeThat where she gets eaten by sharks.]]
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44	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
45	* Parodied in ''Film/{{Airplane}},'' with Ted and Elaine ending up festooned with seaweed, as one of several flashbacks to explain their backstory. The scene in ''Film/FromHereToEternity'' is so famous that when it was spoofed in ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', the filmmakers didn't ''know'' what exactly they were spoofing.
46	%%* ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', as stated above. When watching it, you may be surprised to see that it's only ''three seconds long'' (UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode prohibited kiss scenes longer than that).
47	%%* Homage in the beginning of the film of ''Film/{{Grease}}''.
48	* Katniss and Peeta share one in the movie version of ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'', though it's toned down significantly compared to the book.
49	* ''Film/MammaMia'' has Sophie and Sky do this during "Lay All Your Love on Me"... not too long before Sky's groomsmen come out of the water and pull him away for his bachelor party.
50	* In the Creator/EddieMurphy remake of ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor\|1996}}'', Sherman is watching ''Film/FromHereToEternity'' as he dozes off and has a nightmare where, while doing the scene with Carla Purdy, he unwittingly buries her into the sand because of his enormous weight.
51	%%* Appears in an ImagineSpot in ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'', spoofing ''From Here to Eternity'' (probably the earliest example of that, only two years later).
52	* ''Film/SummerSchool'' ends like this. The twist is that their dog joins in on the kiss, which wasn't planned, but they [[ThrowItIn kept it in]].
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56	* Katniss and Peeta share one in ''Literature/TheHungerGames''' ''Literature/CatchingFire''. They go at it for quite a while before they are interrupted.
57	* In ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'', Humbert attempts to do this (and more) with Lolita but their awkward positioning and the sand getting into their clothes cause the scene to lose all sex appeal for him.
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60	[[folder:Live Action TV]]
61	* ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'': Not on the beach but Series/{{Angel}} kisses Series/{{Buffy\|the vampire slayer}} by the seaside after [[spoiler: becoming human again]] in "I Will Remember You".
62	* Carol Burnett and Steve Lawrence did it on ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' in a film parody called "From Here to Maternity," featuring one huge wave.
63	* ''{{Series/Chuck}}'' has its final shot with Sarah and Chuck kissing on a beach, and fading out to the title.
64	* Sonny and Brenda from ''Series/GeneralHospital'' had a completely unironic one of these. It's probably one of the most famous moments in the show's 40+ year history.
65	* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': Lucifer and Chloe's FirstKiss happens when they're standing on a beach having just solved the case of the week.
66	* In episode 9 of ''Series/OurFlagMeansDeath'', [[spoiler: a freshly shaven Blackbeard kisses Stede on the docks at sunset, after [[LoveConfession telling him how he feels about him]], and suggests faking their deaths to run off together]].
67	* Drake and Morwenna have a ReunionKiss on the beach in ''{{Series/Poldark}}''. The scene is shot with swelling music, romantic camera angles and [[MeadowRun a slow motion run towards one another]]. A textbook TheBigDamnKiss if there ever was one.
68	* Lito and Hernando do this in ''Series/{{Sense8}}'' series 2, complete with the waves crashing over them in a deliberate homage to ''From Here to Eternity'' which is one of Lito's favourite movies.
69	* Creator/SidCaesar and Imogene Coca did a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPOams8jA6g rather]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DMOiaunXEU lengthy]] one on ''Your Show of Shows''. (The beach scene itself starts 5 minutes into the 2nd link. Too bad the audio doesn't sync up with the video.)
70	* ''Series/TheOC'': Alex and Marissa are on their first date–watching the tides change on the beach, which has symbolic significance for Alex. Alex notes that the tide has changed, and she and Marissa kiss, marking the start of Marissa's first (and only) same-sex romance.
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75	* In Music/TheKillers' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FufL80hJsP8 Bones]]" music video, the ''Film/FromHereToEternity'' scene is recreated with [[DemBones skeletons]].
76	* The video for Music/DavidBowie's "[[Music/LetsDance China Girl]]" briefly paid tribute to the ''Film/FromHereToEternity'' scene. The original, never-shown-on-MTV version was done ''sans'' bathing suits, which caused a hubbub.
77	* Music/{{Holland\|Musician}} has a beach date with his boyfriend in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVzGsh0zRec Neverland]]". They do not kiss on the beach, but do so in the next scene.
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81	* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': If the player character romanced Shadowheart [[spoiler:after her conversion to Selûnite faith in Act 2]], her succeeding romance scene would involve accompanying her to a moonlit beach to go SkinnyDipping (as she previously revealed that she can't swim). Not long after, the two would proceed to consummate their relationship by the beach.
82	* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'': On Kahlua/Tequila's route, Kazuya can have his FirstKiss with Kahlua while they're having a date at the beach resort, while Kahlua is blissfully drunk and cuts loose on being affectionate to him.
83	* In VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 when Seven is reunited with their love interest, it is on a beach, and they celebrate with a kiss.
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86	[[folder:Western Animation]]
87	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' episode "Doug Throws a Party" has Doug fantasizing reenacting the famous "From Here To Eternity" scene with Patti.
88	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
89	** Homer and Marge parody the famous ''"From Here To Eternity"''-kiss in the episode "And Maggie Makes Three", with Homer adding a little more sand in his swim short afterwards.
90	** Done by Itchy and Scratchy in the episode "HOMR", after which Itchy puts a shark in his place while Scratchy closed his eyes.
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