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7	->''"The curtains close / on a kiss God knows / we can tell the end is near."''
8	-->-- '''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''', "Once More With Feeling"
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10	When the OfficialCouple kiss at or very near the ending of the series or film. If the kiss itself isn't the very last shot, it will probably be followed by their [[WeddingFinale wedding]], a dance, RidingIntoTheSunset, or closing the bedroom door. If the kiss ''is'' the very last shot, bonus cheese points may be awarded for ending with an IrisOut centered on it.
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12	Chances are good this will precede any ending narration or title card that says "And they lived HappilyEverAfter."
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14	Being an [[EndingTropes Ending Trope]], it's a given the examples contain '''{{SPOILER}}S'''. Consider yourself warned.
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16	Sometimes a sub-trope of LastMinuteHookup, or it might happen at a WeddingFinale. Not to be confused with LastKiss, AMagicContractComesWithAKiss, or SignedWithAKiss.
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18	!!Examples:
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22	[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
23	* ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'' ends with Mashiro and Azuki kissing.
24	* The last scene of the ''Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner'' OAV, which is also the end of the whole series, features [[spoiler: Anna and Eiji]] having quite TheBigDamnKiss.
25	* ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan'' ends with the title characters kissing. [[spoiler: It might be a good-bye, kiss, though, so this may actually be a BittersweetEnding.]]
26	* ''Literature/{{Corsair}}'' ends this way, with the protagonists kissing on the top deck of their ship.
27	* ''Manga/DNAngel'' ends with Daisuke and Riku sharing a kiss while Risa and Hitawi are [[HookedUpAfterwards hinted to hook up later.]] Actually, the only "hint" is that they could be seen as gazing at each other. Whether this actually was supposed to be a hint or not is [[BrokenBase debated in fandom]].
28	* The ending of the fourth season of ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' has Issei and Rias kiss.
29	* ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'' ends with Noelle and Yuusuke kissing, mirroring their first kiss from the first episode. [[spoiler: For some, Raphael and Mikael also count, though theirs is not 'that' visible]]
30	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
31	** [[Manga/SailorMoon The manga]] ends with Usagi and Mamoru kissing at their wedding.
32	** [[Anime/SailorMoon The 90s anime]] ends with Usagi and Mamoru kissing in the moonlight.
33	** ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'''s ClosingCredits end on a kiss between Serenity and Endymion as they're reflected in water, with the precise moment their lips touch [[KissingDiscretionShot obscured]] by ripples.
34	* Simon and Nia kiss at their wedding in the final episode of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Interestingly, [[spoiler:it's also a LastKiss, since Nia's existence [[NoOntologicalInertia cannot be sustained any longer because she has Anti-Spiral data in her]], and she fades away]].
35	* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' has Keima kiss each GirlOfTheWeek at the end of her arc; this drives out the "loose spirit" inside them, allowing Elsie to capture it. Also a LastKiss, because the girl [[LaserGuidedAmnesia forgets their entire relationship afterward]] [[spoiler:though some of them get their memories back later]].
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38	[[folder: Comic Books]]
39	* ''ComicBook/DCPride2022'': Most, but not all, of the stories in this anthology end with couples kissing.
40	* ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'' ends its last chapter with Toadstool giving Mario a kiss on the cheek.
41	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The final chapter closes on a kiss between the newlywed Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor.
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44	[[folder: Fan Fiction]]
45	* ''FanFic/JustAnotherMorning'': After Katara gets her breath back from the FriendlyTickleTorture inflicted upon her by Aang, she kisses him to thank him for waking her up.
46	* In ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'', Shizuru and Natsuki's last scene together ends with them kissing.
47	* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': At [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322325/3/sunspawned/i-expected-many-things-but-this-is-a-complete-surprise the end]] of ''Sunspawned'', Sunset and Sunburst kiss to test it out.
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50	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
51	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', Manolo and Maria kiss as Mary Beth finishes telling their story to the children. Also, once Mary Beth and the old security guard reveal themselves as La Muerte and Xibalba, the two share a passionate kiss as the movie ends.
52	* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' ends with Sam and Flint finally getting to kiss, punctuated by Brent yelling "Yeah! I'm a chicken!"
53	* Franchise/{{Disney\| Animated Canon}}, naturally, Loves This Trope:
54	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'': Cinderella and Prince Charming on the way to their honeymoon (as seen in the image).
55	** ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'': Aurora and Philip after sharing a waltz.
56	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Robin Hood\|1973}}'': Robin Hood and Maid Marian on the way to ''their'' honeymoon.
57	** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'': Ariel and Eric during their wedding reception.
58	** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': Belle and Adam after sharing a waltz.[[note]]The dance and the kiss both recycle animation from ''Sleeping Beauty''.[[/note]]
59	** WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} and Jasmine seal their love with a kiss at the end before embarking on another flying carpet ride.
60	** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Tiana and Naveen while dancing on the balcony of Tiana's Palace.
61	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' ends with Rapunzel and Eugene kissing while (in narration) the latter answers the question "Did Rapunzel and I ever get married?"
62	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': "[[Recap/FuturamaM4IntoTheWildGreenYonder Into the Wild Green Yonder]]" has Fry and Leela finally kiss [[spoiler:before [[RidingIntoTheSunset the crew flies through a wormhole to escape Zapp]]]].
63	* ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'': The final shot of the film is Sophie and Howl sharing a kiss and then RidingIntoTheSunset.
64	* ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'' ends with Naruto and Hinata sharing TheBigDamnKiss up in the air with FullMoonSilhouette behind. When the scene blacks out, you can hear Naruto thanking Hinata. The ending credits immediately follows, and it features their wedding, and then TheStinger shows them with [[BabiesEverAfter their children]] Boruto and Himawari playing in the snow.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' ends with Jack and Sally sharing their first kiss.
66	* ''Anime/SummerWars'' ends with a kiss. Kenji doesn't quite have the balls to do it, so Natsuki has to take things into her own hands and give him a peck on the cheek. [[PostKissCatatonia He collapses as a result.]]
67	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' ends each of its first three movies with Derek and Odette kissing, via StockFootage of the first time they locked lips.
68	* [[OfficialCouple Robin and Starfire]] kiss at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo''. Cyborg remarks it's about time.
69	* Creator/DonBluth:
70	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' ends as Anastasia and Dimitri kiss on the boat as they run away together.
71	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina\|1994}}'' ends as Thumbelina and the prince kiss, now married.
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74	[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]
75	* ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' ends with Paul and Holly [[RomanticRain kissing in the rain]].
76	* ''Film/BringItOn'': Torrance and Cliff in the final scene get their RelationshipUpgrade with this. "So how’s second place?" "Feels like first."
77	* The 1958 film version of ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' ends with Brick and Maggie kissing.
78	* ''Film/TheClassic'': The film ends with Ji-hye and Sang-min sharing a kiss after he gives her a firefly at the river.
79	* ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' ends with the leads kissing.
80	* ''Film/{{The Girl Next Door\|2004}}'': Matthew and Danielle end the movie with a kiss.
81	* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical2'' ends with the leads kissing.
82	* This is the standard ending for ''Film/JamesBond'' films, although the woman saying "Oh, James..." [[NewerThanTheyThink only came later]]. A few examples:
83	** ''Film/DrNo'': Bond and Honey Ryder make out in a rescue raft while throwing away the mooring rope tying them to a Coast Guard ship.
84	** ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' is famous for ''[[YankTheDogsChain lacking]]'' such an ending. [[spoiler: Poor Tracy. ;-; ]]
85	** ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'': Bond disconnects a phone call from M to make out with Mary Goodnight.
86	** ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'':
87	-->'''Gray:''' Bond! What do you think you’re ''doing''?!
88	-->'''Bond:''' [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre Keeping the British end up, sir.]]
89	** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'': Kara Milovy is disappointed that Bond didn't attend her concert. Turns out he did, and sneaked into her dressing room. It's famous for being the most SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}y ending of a Bond film.
90	** The ending of the tremendously DarkerAndEdgier ''Film/LicenceToKill'' has a SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}y ending as well.
91	** ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': Bond declines rescue from the Royal Navy in South China Sea so he can make out with Wai Lin. FridgeLogic dictates that they would end up drowning, but oh well...
92	** ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' and ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' don't have any such scenes yet, and as such, only time will tell...
93	* A movie version of the myth ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' ends with Hera and Zeus watching Jason and Theatre/{{Medea}} kiss. (They [[HappilyEverBefore neglect to tell you]] what [[WomanScorned came next]], of course...)
94	* In the {{Mockumentary}} ''Film/AMightyWind'', Mitch and Mickey's song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" always used to end with them kissing during the last line. During the reunion concert, there is a pregnant pause at that point, and then they do kiss, even though they have been broken up for years. After the concert we see interviews of both Mitch and Mickey claiming that the kiss meant more to the other person than to them.
95	* ''Film/ParisWhenItSizzles'' [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] the trope before using and lampshading it at the end.
96	* ''Film/PrettyInPink'' ends with Andie and Blaine making out in the parking lot.
97	* ''Film/ThePrincessBride''. "This kiss left them all behind." Notably, the book goes on for a little bit, opting for AndTheAdventureContinues.
98	* ''Film/RobTheMob'': Ends with a kiss between the two protagonists. Unfortunately, it's a DownerEnding...
99	* Naturally happens in the animated feature ''WesternAnimation/RomeoAndJulietSealedWithAKiss''.
100	* ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' ends with Don and Kathy kissing in front of a billboard for their next movie.
101	* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' ends with TheHero and his childhood friend kissing and floating in the air.
102	* ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' has Sugar and Joe cap off their last scene by kissing in the back of Osgood's motorboat; they continue kissing in the background while an argument Osgood and Jerry have in the front of the boat wraps up the whole film.
103	* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' has Lone Starr and Vespa kiss after engaging in "the short ''short'' version" of a wedding.
104	* The first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' film subverts this trope. Mary Jane confesses her love to Peter and kisses him. Peter turns her down and insists that can only be friends, [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies knowing that if Spider-Man's enemies found out about her, she would be in constant danger]]. [[Film/SpiderMan2 The second film]] plays it straight when the two kiss passionately.
105	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]'' ends with Anakin and Padme kissing during their secret wedding.
106	* The ending of the ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' movie features April and Casey kissing, with the Turtles watching above from a rooftop congratulating them.
107	* ''Film/Wings1927'' has Jack and Mary share a kiss after seeing a shooting star.
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110	[[folder:Literature]]
111	* In ''Literature/DateALive'', almost every arc ends with Shido kissing the GirlOfTheWeek. (This [[BroughtDownToNormal seals]] their [[CursedWithAwesome power]] and allows them to live normally.)
112	* After one year of TwiceShy and another [[spoiler:being forced apart by Amalgam]], Kaname and Sousuke finally make up for lost time with a BigDamnKiss in front of the whole school body on the last two pages of ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'''s final volume.
113	* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians: The Last Olympian'' gets Percy and Annabeth together. "And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time."
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116	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
117	* The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling Once More, With Feeling]]". It's lampshaded just before it happens with the lyric "The curtains close on a kiss, God knows we can tell the end is near."
118	* In the series finale of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', the last image is of Chuck and Sarah kissing on the beach.
119	* The end of season four of ''Series/{{Merlin\|2008}}'' more or less ends on the image of Arthur and Guinevere kissing as he crowns her Queen of Camelot (though there is a brief SequelHook afterwards involving Morgana in the forest).
120	* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' does this with Sabrina and [[spoiler:Harvey]] in the last episode.
121	** Also lampshaded in the episode that turns the Spellman household into a silent movie. Everything suddenly turns back to normal after Sabrina and Harvey kiss. The aunts explain that the kiss broke the spell because silent movies always end with a kiss, or a comedic pratfall.
122	* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''[='=]s Season 8 finale (which was supposed to be the GrandFinale, but wasn't), the last image J.D. sees on the "Goodbye" sign is of him and Elliot kissing.
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125	[[folder: Video Games]]
126	* The [[UpdatedRerelease Playstation version]] of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' added a movie of Crono's and Marle's marriage to the standard ending. The same movie also shows Kino proposing to Ayla and Frog (in his human form) being knighted.
127	* The ending of the Witch Hunt DLC for ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' can be the player character and [[BlackMagicianGirl Morrigan]] embracing before stepping off into the unknown.
128	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
129	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' ends with Squall and Rinoa kissing as the Balamb Garden flies under the moonlight.
130	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' has [[spoiler:Noctis and Luna share one of these in the post-credit stinger during their wedding in the afterlife.]]
131	* In ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', if the player character is married, in the ending cutscene at the valley's summit which is unlocked after attaining OneHundredPercentCompletion, they will be joined by their spouse who will say how far they've come together in the last years and how happy they are, then they kiss and the credit sequence rolls.
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134	[[folder:Web Original]]
135	* ''Webcomic/KidRadd'', only it ends ''right before'' the kiss, which pisses the hero to no end.
136	* ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' has Ruby and Tom kiss right before they [[spoiler: escape the Metal Glen and [[RidingIntoTheSunset ride a tram into the sunset]].]]
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139	[[folder:Western Animation]]
140	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' managed to do this without anyone planning it. The show was abruptly cancelled after its third season (at least 4 scripts for Season 4 had already been written). Not only that, but the big VillainTeamUp episode that was originally intended to serve as the third season finale was aired almost a year and a half ''before'' the season ended. The result? One of the last 3 episodes to air ("Lady Sings the Blues") had a B-plot of Jimmy and Cindy accepting their feelings for each other and ended with them kissing on the lips, which is why half the fandom considers it the series finale.
141	* ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]'' franchise:
142	** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': The final shot of the series is of Aang and Katara getting their BigDamnKiss outside of Iroh's tea shop, which slowly pans up to the setting sun.
143	** The first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' ends shortly after Korra and Mako kiss.
144	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Although [[SubvertedTrope not said with it's usually intended meaning]], Poison Ivy directly quotes this in [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] before applying her [[DruggedLipstick special lipstick]] and sharing a deep, passionate kiss with an [[ForcefulKiss unwilling]] Batman. Given what type of person [[TheVamp Ivy]] is her subversion was likely intentional.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
146	** ''[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama So the Drama]]'', which was supposed to be the FinaleMovie until the series got renewed for another season, closes with Kim and Ron kissing at the school dance.
147	** "[[Recap/KimPossibleS4E22Graduation Graduation]]", the finale of the fourth and final season, ends with Kim and Ron kissing as they [[RidingIntoTheSunset fly off into the moon-set in their flying car]].
148	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': The last scene of the SeriesFinale ''WesternAnimation/PhantomPlanet'' has Danny and Sam kiss. Then [[RidingIntoTheSunset Danny takes Sam for a romantic flight into the sunset]] as the series ends.
149	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Elisa kisses Goliath at the end of the second season finale. It's the end of the series, not counting the [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canonical]] third season.
150	* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Sonic and Sally kiss in the final episode, although it's followed by a {{Cliffhanger}}.
151	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': Steven and Connie aren't seen kissing on the lips until near the end of "The Future", right before [[spoiler: Steven moves out of the Gem Temple and leaves Beach City on a JourneyToFindOneself.]]
152	* ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'': The final episode ends with a {{Cliffhanger}}, but not before Nova gives Sprx a kiss on the cheek after confessing her love for him.
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