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| 6 | ->''"There are Super Bowl commercials that last longer than you, Malcolm!"'' |
| 7 | -->-- '''Keisha''', ''Film/AHauntedHouse'' |
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| 9 | One of the standards of sexual prowess for a guy, at least in fiction, is how long sex with him can be expected to last. Thus, a male character's real or alleged inability to maintain a RagingStiffie long enough for it to provide much pleasure for his partner is a frequent subject for [[LousyLoversAreLosers insults]], gossip, or [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating humor]]. Sometimes it has implications of selfishness (if the guy is only interested in his own orgasm and assumes sex is over once it's happened) or inexperience/ineptitude (premature ejaculation also features often here) followed by [[CryingAfterSex a swift cry afterwards]]. Men might ThinkUnsexyThoughts during the act to delay their orgasm. |
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| 11 | While this can be a problem for men in RealLife, it tends to be exaggerated in fiction, mostly for purpose of comedy. You may also find numerous references to "seven minutes" out there in trope land. Rest assured; seven minutes is [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle actually the median time]] for an act of human sexual congress, but that doesn't mean a ''session'' can't last more than seven minutes! |
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| 13 | Something that can be just as much of a problem—but rarely gets depicted in fiction—is an inversion when a guy can keep going and going [[{{Anorgasmia}} without ever reaching an orgasm himself]], no matter how hard he tries. In that case, a guy can get discouraged with sex, and worry that this inability to climax from sex with his partner will hurt their feelings. It is a more common problem for male virgins who have a lot of prior experience with masturbation: they find that actual sex feels different, and that two-way communication is required to figure out an arrangement that pushes the right buttons. |
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| 15 | Note that Speed Sex is the norm for many animals, particularly prey species that can't afford to leave themselves vulnerable to attack for longer than a few seconds. For example, chimpanzees and gorillas both only have sex for about thirty seconds. The reason humans last so much longer than their closest cousins is because it's a different sexual strategy, which also explains the differences in our penis shapes and testicle sizes. Humans have the largest penis, chimps have the largest testicles, and gorillas are the smallest in both. Their penises are also pointy where humans have a bulbous head. Gorilla males compete to make sure they're the father by maintaining a harem and preventing other males from having access to sex with them, hence no need for much semen. Chimpanzees have large colonies with parity among the sexes, so the competition occurs inside the vagina, with chimps pumping out copious volumes of semen to flush out their competitors and leave a plug to prevent others doing the same. Meanwhile, human penises act as pumps to scoop out competitor's stuff (which takes a lot of time), but we hope to prevent a competitor doing the same so we need more volume than gorillas. |
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| 17 | Compare TheLoinsSleepTonight for when he can't get it up in the first place and LousyLoversAreLosers for when someone is an overall unsatisfying lover. If the couple decides to do something else sexual instead, check TechnicalVirgin. A man ejaculating before he can even get his clothes off is JizzedInMyPants. |
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| 20 | !!Examples: |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 25 | * Funny example in ''Manga/EdenItsAnEndlessWorld''. For his first time, Helena makes Elijah finish in [[spoiler:9 seconds]]. She timed it with a stopwatch. |
| 26 | [[/folder]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 29 | * One of Dave Chappelle's old stand-up jokes was that he was a "speed fucker" and that he had gotten his best time down to a minute twenty. |
| 30 | * The joke about Franchise/{{Superman}} being faster than a speeding bullet, which was used in a ''{{Magazine/Mad}}'' magazine satire of ''Film/SupermanII''. |
| 31 | * Jack Whitehall managed to work this into a joke: "When it comes to sex, [[BritishStuffiness I'm very British]]: two minutes in the dark, then roll over, curl up into the fetal position and cry for a few minutes." |
| 32 | * A couple goes to a restaurant. Every time the husband tries to order something, his wife interrupts with "You'll have vegetables, won't you dear?" After a while, the waiter says that if he's on a diet, they have some dishes, but she shoos him away, saying "Oh, he's not sick. But as long as he screws like a rabbit, he'll eat like a rabbit!" |
| 33 | * "Did you hear the Vatican has released a feature-length pornographic movie? Three minutes of sex and eighty-seven minutes of guilt." |
| 34 | * A priest is invited to give a speech to a young ladies' finishing school on the dangers of premarital sex. He does so with gusto, warning that an hour's pleasure is not worth an eternity of hell. When he asks if there are any questions, he gets one: |
| 35 | -->How do you get them to last a whole hour? |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 39 | * ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'': In one issue, ComicBook/{{Huntress}} makes a joke about Arsenal being bad in bed by saying archers are always "too quick to let fly." |
| 40 | * ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': Joked about in an issue of ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvel2016'', where Carol and ComicBook/WarMachine try to discreetly leave an ComicBook/AlphaFlight function so they can go have sex. |
| 41 | -->'''Captain Marvel:''' Good point. A moment of your time, Colonel?\ |
| 42 | '''Puck:''' I hope for their sake it's more than a moment. |
| 43 | * ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'': In one arc, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]] was abducted by Dark DimensionLord Umar for her bedroom entertainment. Not even he could keep up with her for more than about six minutes. (She wasn't too discouraged, apparently, because she abducted him again in a post-''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' story when he was in full [[UnstoppableRage Worldbreaker mode]] -- this time he was equal to the challenge). |
| 44 | * ''ComicBook/DrBlinkSuperheroShrink'': One patient is a super-speedster who's looking for marriage counseling help. |
| 45 | -->"[=MywifesaysI'mtoofastinbed...=]" |
| 46 | * ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Unlike his below-mentioned Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse counterpart, [[Characters/TheFlashWallyWest Wally West]] was not above joking about this as when his wife Linda Park first became pregnant, he joked about, due to his superspeed, not being sure how he got her pregnant. However, it's been implied he's not actually bad in bed. |
| 47 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Likewise, in the issue of ''New Teen Titans'' where Speedy first met Magenta, he made sure to inform her that his name doesn't mean he does ''[[DoubleEntendre everything]]'' too fast. |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Hollis Mason recalls a joke about the 1940s "masked avenger" team to which he once belonged, namely that they were called the Minutemen because of their bedroom performance. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 52 | * In ''Film/FrightNight2011'', Peter Vincent rags on his girlfriend and stage partner Ginger for being late at one point during the act. She responds with "You were early! ''In bed.''" |
| 53 | * ''Film/JackieBrown''. Melanie and Louis are having a conversation when she asks out of the blue: "Wanna fuck?" Louis agrees, then a title card shows that only three minutes pass before he's finishing inside her. Justified as Louis just got out of prison a few days ago. |
| 54 | * In ''Film/SurviveStyleFivePlus'', commercial executive Yoko sleeps with a man who lasts all of three seconds. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQJ80r4hN00 She thinks up an ISP commercial based on this.]] |
| 55 | * The first arc of ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''. Stacy and Mike Damone hook up with each other to have sex, but it lasts for less than a minute as Mike ejaculates inside Stacy several seconds into the act and he soon dresses himself back up and leaves. Even worse is that Stacy gets pregnant from it. |
| 56 | * Jim's webcam encounter with Nadia in the original ''Film/AmericanPie''. Bonus points for it happening twice in as many minutes. |
| 57 | * Gwen's boyfriend Richard in ''Film/VanWilder'' orgasms in 15 seconds when having sex with Gwen and 10 seconds when cheating on her with another girl. He then blames it all on stress. Gwen pays him back by mentioning his "problem" in her article. |
| 58 | * In ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'', Brodie gets on an elevator with René, and they manage to have frantic sex before the doors open back up. |
| 59 | * Justified in ''Film/OnceBitten'', in which the young couple has less than a minute to render the guy unsuitable for [[VirginSacrifice a virgin-hunting vampiress to prey upon]]. |
| 60 | * Happens in ''Film/ANightAtTheRoxbury''; when the two protagonists finally meet two women willing to have sex with them, they each last less than a minute. |
| 61 | * Brazilian movie ''Film/CiladaDotCom'' starts by the protagonist becoming a national mockery once his girlfriend, retaliating for a public betrayal, [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube uploaded on YouTube a "loving night" that lasts less than one minute]]. |
| 62 | * In ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'', [[spoiler: the eponymous virgin finally gets to consummate marrying a woman he loves, only for his ''first'' time to last...a whopping 60 seconds.]] |
| 63 | * In ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', Jordan's first time having sex with Naomi lasts all of 11 seconds,because Jordan actually [[LemonyNarrator narrates the scene to tell the audience about it]]. It's subverted, though, because he still has an erection and is able to continue. |
| 64 | * Enforced in ''Film/NoStringsAttached2011'' when the lead characters first get it on. Emma has to get to work in ten minutes and doesn't want her roommate getting suspicious, so she tells Adam he has "45 seconds to make both ends meet". He manages to get her [[TheImmodestOrgasm yelling]] in about twenty. |
| 65 | * Mentioned during Lily von Schtupp's performance in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', about how men are "always coming and going and going and coming, and always too soon". |
| 66 | * In ''Film/OnChesilBeach'', Edward and Florence are trying to consummate their relationship on their first night as a married couple. Their attempt is thwarted when Edward finishes too soon. |
| 67 | * Gender-flipped in ''Film/StepBrothers''. Whenever Alice has sex with Dale because he punched out her JerkAss husband, she climaxes before Dale even realizes what's happening. |
| 68 | * Mark, in ''Film/TheSessions'' has never had sex, and his sex therapist is played by Helen Hunt. Needless to say, he does not reach his goal of simultaneous orgasm before the imposed limit of six sessions. |
| 69 | * In ''Film/FriendsWithBenefits'', Jamie brings this up when she parodies how men act during sex: "Oh, yeah, baby, come on, now. Say my name. Yeah... I'm done. How was I?" |
| 70 | * Twice in ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'', once when April Wheeler (Creator/KateWinslet) with her husband (Creator/LeonardoDicaprio) on a kitchen counter, and with a neighbor (with similar stamina) in a car. Each 'one take' scene is portrayed as usual and April's character doesn't seem to react to the duration. |
| 71 | * In ''Film/CantHardlyWait'', when alt-girl Denise and wannabe 'Kenny Fisher' (Seth Green) hook up in an upstairs bathroom. After the act, she comments "It gets better...It can last longer next time". |
| 72 | * In ''Film/LoadedWeapon1'', Colt and Destiny eventually end up in bed together. Just as they get going, the camera pans to the left over some brand-new lit candles and finally comes to rest on Colt's clock radio, which switches to the next minute barely a second later. When the camera pans back immediately afterwards, the candles have burnt down to tiny stumps, and Colt and Destiny are lying beside each other, [[SmokingHotSex smoking]]. It's actually a subversion as Destiny reveals the two of them did nothing ''but'' smoke in that time frame. |
| 73 | * In ''[[Film/CitySlickers City Slickers 2: The Legend Of Curly's Gold]]'', Mitch does this with his wife when he notices a piece of paper tucked away in Curly's cowboy hat. While his wife goes into the bathroom after the sex, Mitch pulls it out and notices that it is a secret treasure map. |
| 74 | * In ''Film/{{Blockers}}'', Sam's prom night date prematurely ejaculates before he can even get inside of her and promptly falls asleep. Sam is actually relieved, however, because she's a closeted lesbian who was trying to lose her virginity to a guy only because her two other girl friends were planning to do the same. |
| 75 | * ''Film/TheBurning'': When Glazer finally manages to convince Sally to have sex with him, the resulting tryst takes about thirty seconds before he is finished. Sally isn't all that impressed ("That's all?"), but she is willing to let him try again later. Too bad for them, since [[SexSignalsDeath they are killed by Cropsy soon afterwards]]. |
| 76 | * In ''Film/TheSquidAndTheWhale'', when teenage Walt gets a handjob from his girlfriend it's realistically awkward. Walt orgasms in less than 30 seconds after she starts, and things are weird afterwards. |
| 77 | * ''Film/PlanB2021'': Kyle lasts about ten seconds with Sunny when they have sex, to her disappointment. |
| 78 | * ''Film/TheWackness'': The first time Luke has sex with Stephanie, he climaxes almost immediately, which she's incredulous at. |
| 79 | * ''Film/{{Kaboom}}'': London snidely tells Rex after he comes really fast as they're having sex that she's had pelvic exams that lasted longer. |
| 80 | * ''Film/{{Waves}}'': Luke ends up climaxing quickly the first time he has sex with Emily; however, she laughs it off and insists it's alright. |
| 81 | * ''Film/NotOkay'': Colin lasts maybe a minute before coming inside Danni, to her dismay, and she gets Plan B afterward as they didn't use protection. |
| 82 | * ''Film/ShowMeLove'': Elin complains that her boyfriend went too fast after she's lost her virginity with him, saying Johan lasted about five seconds. Jessica says Markus is better than he was once, but used to be like this too. |
| 83 | * ''Film/{{Network}}'': Diana is a very rare ''female'' version. She warns Max beforehand that she is "masculine" in the bed and climaxes quickly... and lord, she does. |
| 84 | * ''Film/Halloween2007'': Lynda criticizes her boyfriend Bob's lack of stamina when he ejaculates too early. |
| 85 | * ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'': When Jack and Joan are about to have it off in her office, she writes that she'll be back in ten minutes on the chalkboard outside. Jack takes offense to this, claiming he can do better than that, and changes it to thirty. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 89 | * In Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{It}}'', Beverly's friend, Kay [=McCall=] (a feminist writer) says this about her ex-husband: "Two pumps a tickle and a squirt, that was ole Sammy's motto. The only time he could keep it up for longer than seventy seconds was when he was pulling off in the tub." |
| 90 | * In ''Literature/{{Joyland}}'', when the protagonist has sex for the first time, he lasts for about nine seconds. Luckily, he's soon ready for a second time... which lasts for four minutes. Third time is the charm. |
| 91 | * Randy and Amy's first time in ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'' is over as soon as it begins, mostly due to the fact that the encounter was one of the first things Randy did after spending several weeks in jail. He's horrified as to what Amy will say about this, but she thinks it's funny and just tells him to go shave. |
| 92 | * The first time that John Kelly and Pamela Madden make love in ''WithoutRemorse'', Kelly isn't able to last very long due to the fact he hasn't gotten laid in a while. Pamela, being the HookerWithAHeartOfGold, doesn't mind and the second time he does much better. |
| 93 | * The first time we read of [[VigilanteMan Mack Bolan]] having sex in the first ''Literature/TheExecutioner'' book, this happens, but his partner, another HookerWithAHeartOfGold, also doesn't mind commenting that "You guys always come back (from the Vietnam War) full of TNT or something" and gives him another opportunity to do better. |
| 94 | * In the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'', Rao has wanted Shakuntala so long and so hopelessly that their first time on their wedding night winds up being this. Things improve after that, though not before Shakuntala takes the opportunity to tease him mercilessly for it. |
| 95 | * A gender-reversed version happens to Remo in ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' repeatedly after he masters the Sinanju art of pleasing a woman. Inevitably, the woman orgasms before Remo even starts to have sex with her. |
| 96 | * ''Literature/TheReluctantKing'': Jorian's first time with the high priestess of Iraz is quite fast, and thus dissatisfying to her. He explains this as a result of being celibate for several months, and after that pleases her greatly due to him getting back into his old form. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 100 | * The episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'' where Abbey tells Bartlet his health is good enough to have sex again for the first time since he was shot. |
| 101 | -->'''Abbey:''' We'll coordinate our schedules and find a free hour.\ |
| 102 | '''Bartlet:''' I don't think it's gonna take more than a couple minutes, but I appreciate your confidence. |
| 103 | * In an episode of ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' they're talking about good songs to have sex to [[ItMakesSenseInContext (because of Alan Clark's sex scandal)]] and Paul Merton says his would have to be the Minute Waltz. |
| 104 | * ''Series/HomeImprovement'' had a similar Minute Waltz joke. |
| 105 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'': |
| 106 | ** In the episode that flashes back to the night Monica and Chandler hooked up, we see that once they agree to have sex, Chandler undressed really quickly. Monica remarks on this and Chandler replies, "It bodes well for me that speed impresses you." |
| 107 | ** In one episode, when the others thought that Chandler was cheating on Monica because he was in a house with a woman for forty-five minutes (she was actually a realtor showing him around the house), Joey didn't think it made sense because he couldn't believe that Chandler could go forty-five minutes. |
| 108 | ** In a flashback episode, Rachel finds it romantic when her then-boyfriend promises that the next time they have sex, it'll last a whole song. |
| 109 | * Al Bundy from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' is constantly mocked for his "5-second sex". This was {{exaggerated|Trope}} after Al had to abstain from sex for a month due to a mix-up at the hospital giving him a circumcision - it lasts ''two'' seconds, but [[DestructoNookie the impact is enough to shake the house]]. |
| 110 | ** And averted in the episode "Til Death Do Us Part" where Al, tired of being mocked for this trope, manages to get his stamina to a point where he and Peg have sex for ''two full days''. |
| 111 | ** One episode had Kelly put on toast as Al and Peg were walking upstairs to have sex. They undressed, had sex, got dressed, and were walking down the stairs in the amount of time it takes to toast bread in a toaster. |
| 112 | * ''Series/That70sShow'' |
| 113 | ** In the episode "The Velvet Rope", Jackie and Kelso are shown kissing and laying down on her bed. [[SexyDiscretionShot The camera then shifts]] to a 1970s-style [[TimePassesMontage digital clock as it ticks away...]] two minutes. |
| 114 | ** Implied in the episode "Afterglow", when Donna is talking to Jackie about how her first time having sex with Eric went. |
| 115 | --->'''Donna:''' I mean, during it, I just remember thinking, "This is it. This is what everyone..."\ |
| 116 | '''Jackie:''' Everyone what?\ |
| 117 | '''Donna:''' That's as far as I got. |
| 118 | * ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' had several examples, such as a "time passes" fade to [[SmokingHotSex the post-sex cigarette]] with a title card reading "Two Minutes Later." |
| 119 | * ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'': |
| 120 | ** This and being an incurable skirt-chaser are the defining traits of Dorothy's ex-husband, Stan. In fact, Stan's lack of stamina is mentioned more than his infidelity by Dorothy, specifically, the night that resulted in her ShotgunWedding was retold as "It took three seconds. I wasn't sure we did anything... until nine months later when the baby came." |
| 121 | ** The crowner was in an episode where ''Blanche'' starts dating Stan. Blanche insists nothing is happening, but Dorothy doesn't believe her. When they're out very late one night, Dorothy asks what they could be doing. |
| 122 | --->'''Sophia''': You know what they're doing.\ |
| 123 | '''Dorothy''': I also know Stan, we were married for 38 years. And if you add up all the time we did what they're doing right now, Blanche still should have been home 15 minutes ago. |
| 124 | * ''Series/{{Frasier}}''; |
| 125 | ** In an episode that had a running gag of characters making InnocentInnuendo and being overheard and misunderstood, Niles walks in just in time to completely misinterpret Roz lamenting how an elderly friend in a retirement home died, and so gives [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial a suspiciously indignant reaction...]] |
| 126 | --->'''Roz''': One minute he's lying in bed, smiling and happy, and ten seconds later it's over.\ |
| 127 | '''Niles''': Oh for heaven's sake, it happens to every man a couple of times in his life! Why can't you women take it as a compliment? |
| 128 | ** There was a caller who complained on Frasier's radio show about her boyfriend, one of the complaints was she'd been vaccinated slower. |
| 129 | * In ''Series/{{Misfits}}'', Nathan ejaculates within seconds after a scene of intense foreplay involving kissing, removal of clothes, and intimate touching. Ruth laughs - not at Nathan's sexual mistake but at the face he pulls during orgasm. Thankfully, she lets him have another go, but unfortunately [[spoiler:[[ARottenTimeToRevert turns into an 82-year-old woman (her true form) as she orgasms]]. The other characters find out and mock him, particularly as it becomes apparent he went down on her.]] |
| 130 | * ''Series/TheNewStatesman'' [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant (the tv series, not the newspaper)]] has a RunningGag that, in addition to his TeenyWeenie, sex with Alan lasts 30 seconds: in one episode he and his wife use sex as an egg timer. Strangely, his frequent talk of his sexual prowess often includes references to his lack of stamina, and he seems to consider it a point of pride that he's "getting quicker". But then, expecting Alan [[MeaningfulName B'Stard]] to be a considerate sexual partner... |
| 131 | * ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'': According to Amy, her first time with Ricky was "like two seconds". He must have just been having an off night, since he's shown to be [[ReallyGetsAround quite the ladies' man]] with everyone else and [[spoiler: when he and Amy get together officially, they have great sex.]] |
| 132 | * ''Series/{{House}}'': The episode "Nine to Five" shows Cuddy and her boyfriend having (at his insistence) sex for anywhere from one to a whopping two minutes. |
| 133 | * Parodied several times in ''Series/LeCoeurASesRaisons''. One occurrence had Brett and Criquette "making love" solely by bumping their nether regions together ''while still fully clothed'', and another lasted approximately the time of a quick camera swoop, unclothing time included. |
| 134 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Faith can't resist getting in a snarky line upon meeting Xander's new girlfriend. (Xander was a virgin when Faith slept with him so was rather inexperienced, and Slayers are also considered something of a SexGoddess, so she should really cut him some slack). |
| 135 | -->'''Anya:''' We were going to light a bunch of candles and have sex near them.\ |
| 136 | '''Faith:''' Well, we certainly don't want to cut into that seven minutes. |
| 137 | * In ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'', Rhaskos is not considerate of his partner's pleasure. Whenever he has sex, he pumps as hard and fast as he can until he orgasms then stops and pulls out. |
| 138 | ** Averting this trope is a plot point in the episode "Whore." Spartacus has been contracted by a high-class Roman woman for something more intimate than a standard gladiator match, and Lucretia points out that Spartacus has been bereft of female companionship for quite some time, and might not be up for this particular challenge. When they send another slave to make sure Spartacus has some stamina, and she explains this, he replies "The notion offends me." |
| 139 | * In ''Series/TwentyFour'': In the penultimate episode of Season 5, Martha Logan is forced to seduce [[spoiler: Charles Logan]] as part of a ploy to expose his actions. The episode ends with them undressing the next one (roughly 2 minutes later) starts with them ''putting their clothes back on''. |
| 140 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. One sketch plays with this when a speed reader (Will Forte) succeeds in a bar patron (Creator/HalleBerry) wanting to get with him and then quickly exits the scene. |
| 141 | -->'''Patron:''' (''sultry'') Enough with the talk, let's do this thing!\ |
| 142 | '''Speed Reader:''' Ohhh, we just did - twice! Yeah, I am that fast! And, don't worry, it was good for me, too. Good night, my lady! |
| 143 | * In an episode of ''Series/SpinCity'', Paul uses sex with his wife as part (albeit a very short part) of an alibi. |
| 144 | -->'''Mike:''' And how long did that take?\ |
| 145 | '''Paul:''' I don't know. How long is "the Hollywood Minute"?\ |
| 146 | '''Mike:''' All right, well, I'm satisfied. Claudia probably less so. |
| 147 | * Subverted in ''Series/TheFlash1990''. Sometime after Barry Allen acquires his super-speed powers, we see him in bed with his girlfriend Iris. She's expressing her disappointment that "it" over so quickly. Barry agrees -- because they were talking about a pay-per-view boxing match on TV, that lasted only a minute or so. |
| 148 | * ''Series/TheFlash2014''. In "The Nuclear Man", Barry Allen's so-called friends don't exactly help his confidence over his budding romance with Linda by speculating about this trope. |
| 149 | -->'''Cisco:''' Aren't you worried about moving too fast?\ |
| 150 | '''Barry:''' No, what do you mean? It's a ''second'' date.\ |
| 151 | '''Cisco:''' No, no, no, no. I meant ''going'' too fast. Look, I mean, you're fast, but there's fast and then there's ''fast''. Am I being subtle enough?\ |
| 152 | '''Barry:''' [[SarcasmMode No, you're really not.]]\ |
| 153 | '''Caitlin:''' Cisco is right. With your increased blood flow and increased heart rate, theoretically, your speed could cause you to...\ |
| 154 | '''Barry:''' ''[eyerolls]'' |
| 155 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In "Instinct" Maxima arrives on Earth in search of a Kryptonian to be her perfect mate. Her dialogue implies she's too much of a SexGoddess for anyone to handle her for long, as mere kisses from her cause normal men to JizzedInMyPants. When Clark proves his strength to her, she's thrilled. |
| 156 | -->'''Maxima''': ''Finally''. A man with some fight in him. None of the men on my planet have the stamina to ''keep up.'' |
| 157 | * ''Series/You2018:'' StalkerWithACrush Joe watches [[ThePeepingTom Beck and her boyfriend have sex]] and smugly notices that it didn't last long and the boyfriend failed to make her orgasm. But when Joe finally gets the chance to sleep with Beck he lasts all of eight seconds, leaving her very unimpressed with him. It turns out to be a one-time thing for Joe, and he and Beck end up having a very satisfying sex life (he's a stalker and a murderer and genuinely disturbed, so, you know, it's not a ''great'' relationship). |
| 158 | * In ''Series/GilmoreGirls,'' when Rory and Jess start dating, Luke tells Lorelei not to worry about any funny business, because he never leaves them alone for more than ten minutes at a time. Lorelei comments that ten minutes was about how long it took her to make Rory in the first place, including freshening up afterward. |
| 159 | * Combining this with JizzedInMyPants, in the episode "The Skank Reflex Analysis" of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Penny gets drunk and winds up in bed with [[spoiler:[[CannotTalkToWomen Raj]], of all people]]. She doesn't remember what happened, and he explains later that he, *ahem*, ''finished'' as she was helping him put on the condom. |
| 160 | -->'''Penny:''' So, we didn't...? |
| 161 | -->'''[[spoiler: Raj]]:''' ''I'' did. It was beautiful. |
| 162 | * ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'': One Scenes From a Hat suggestion was "Songs about life's most embarrassing moments". |
| 163 | -->'''Wayne''' (singing): We made love at 5:06 and I was done by 5:07! |
| 164 | * ''Series/TheFixer''. The protagonist is let out of prison after five years to act as a government hitman. He sleeps with a woman called Rose, only to discover she's a HoneyTrap for his new employer. |
| 165 | -->'''Rose:''' Ah well, don't be too hard on yourself. I mean it had been a while hadn't it? ''Which showed''. |
| 166 | * ''Series/ThePunisher2017''. When David Lieberman returns to his wife after faking his death and going into hiding for a year, she hauls him into the bathroom for some frantic yet fumbling sex that ends with David coming too fast because it's been so long, which both find ActuallyPrettyFunny. |
| 167 | * ''Series/SexLife'': Cooper often goes too fast while having sex with Billie, though she urges that he do it slower, and this seems to be a part of why she's unsatisfied. |
| 168 | * ''Series/FantasyIsland2021'': While in Zev's body, Daphne has sex with him (switched into hers), but then she comes almost immediately. |
| 169 | * ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "The Q and the Grey", Q offers to mate with Captain Janeway, but she convinces him to mate with a female Q instead. She goes to LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone, but can't resist sneaking back for a peek (ForScience). Despite Q bragging earlier that "foreplay for a Q can last for decades!", the act itself doesn't last long at all. |
| 170 | -->''(The two Qs touch right forefingers, which glow briefly.)'' |
| 171 | -->'''Q:''' Oh! I was good, wasn't I? |
| 172 | -->'''Female Q:''' Very good. |
| 173 | -->'''Janeway:''' ''(incredulous)'' That was it?!! |
| 174 | -->'''Q:''' You had your chance. Don't go crying about it now. |
| 175 | * A skit on ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' featured Lois Lane and Clark Kent getting married. Kent reveals he is Superman and the two get into bed to engage in sex. The lights go out then come back on three seconds later to show the two smoking a cigarette. |
| 176 | -->'''Lois:''' They're right about you, Superman. You ''are'' faster than a speeding bullet! |
| 177 | * ''Series/UtopiaUS'': When Becky and Ian have sex, he comes almost immediately. She doesn't mind, saying everything else is getting in the way of coming. |
| 178 | [[/folder]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 181 | * Music/FlightOfTheConchords' song "Business Time" discusses this. |
| 182 | -->''Making love\ |
| 183 | Making love for\ |
| 184 | Making love for two\ |
| 185 | Making love for two minutes\ |
| 186 | (When it's with me, you only need two minutes, 'cause I'm so intense)'' |
| 187 | * Music/LilyAllen's "It's Not Fair" is about resenting her (otherwise very decent) boyfriend for being crap in bed: |
| 188 | --> I look into your eyes, I want to get to know you \ |
| 189 | But then you make this noise, and it's apparently all over |
| 190 | * Swedish rock singer Magnus Uggla's "4 sekunder" ("4 Seconds") is about a guy with this problem. |
| 191 | * Music/TheLonelyIsland / Akon's "[[HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday I Just Had Sex]]". "Best thirty seconds of my life!" |
| 192 | * Music/MotleyCrue's "Ten Seconds to Love" is an ode to quickies. |
| 193 | * ''Music/TheMaccLads'' had a song called "Two-Stroke Eddie" which is pretty self-explanatory. "He just made a mess / All over me dress..." |
| 194 | * Inverted in the infamous "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqDgxodEQFM Make It Last All Night]]", featured in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''. |
| 195 | * J.B.O. made a "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" parody titled "Ejaculatio praecox" which is about just this. The singer's solution: listen to music while doing it, more specifically, listen to Music/{{Nirvana}}. |
| 196 | * "One Minute Man" by Music/MissyElliott is all about expecting the guy to do better than this trope. |
| 197 | * Music/NinjaSexParty has "Three Minutes of Ecstasy", which according to the song, is the longest Danny can last. |
| 198 | * [[Music/NickCave Grinderman]]'s "Worm Tamer": |
| 199 | -->''Well, my baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster\ |
| 200 | Two great big humps and then I'm gone'' |
| 201 | * In TRAMP STAMPS' "I'd Rather Die", the narrator complains that the guys she has sex with only last "like one or two seconds". |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 205 | * The ''Dragon Magazine'' article "The Ecology of the Catoblepas" attributes that D&D monster species' very existence to this trope. It attests that the catoblepas is an example of BizarreSexualDimorphism, in which the females are bulky long-necked quadrupeds with a deadly breath attack, while the males are speedy kangaroo-like grazers. The males wait until a female has her head underwater, grazing on swamp vegetation, then rush up and mate ''very quickly'' before she can lift her long neck above the surface. |
| 206 | [[/folder]] |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 209 | * Near the beginning of ''Theatre/NextToNormal'', Dan teasingly complains to his wife Diana that he's going to be late for work because they were having sex. Her sarcastic reply goes largely unheard. |
| 210 | -->'''Diana:''' That'll teach you to take a whole seven minutes. |
| 211 | * ''Theatre/TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier'': As part of Prince Achmed's IAmGreatSong, one of his soldiers makes the claim that the prince "can pleasure sixty concubines in only an hour," to which Achmed brags "Less!" Given the tone of the song, the implication is clearly not that Achmed can't last very long, but that he's so overwhelmingly manly that his partners are satisfied in less than a minute. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 215 | * This quote from ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'': |
| 216 | -->'''Max:''' There comes a time when a group must fight back against tyranny. Like the minutemen of the Revolution, we will fight for our independence!\ |
| 217 | '''Space Kid:''' Minuteman... Mommy calls Daddy that when they argue. |
| 218 | * ''WebAnimation/OneMinuteFly'': The fly in the first video manages to "produce descendants" with a mate in the span of just one second. |
| 219 | * ''WebAnimation/OverSimplified''; In part one of the "UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars" video, Napoleon gets into an argument with Josephine which ends with him saying he going spend the next thirty minutes in conference with his generals, and by "Conference with his generals" he really means "boinking his mistress" and by "30 minutes", he really means "[[EpicFail 2 seconds]]".[[labelnote:Note]][[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer True Story]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 220 | * ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'': When Yahtzee isn't making fun of everyone else (YourMom in particular) or pointing out [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday how not gay he is]], he's joking about his atrocious sex life. |
| 221 | --> [On ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''] The single-player mode is short as fuck, and let me tell you when I'm around fucks are legendarily short. [Two pairs of eyes in darkness with the speech "Sorry".] |
| 222 | [[/folder]] |
| 223 | |
| 224 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 225 | * The punchline of [[http://xkcd.com/320/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip. |
| 226 | ** And also the punchline of [[http://xkcd.com/744/ this one]]. |
| 227 | * ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': |
| 228 | ** Didi has had several boyfriends but never experienced an orgasm due to this trope. It happens to every guy who has sex with her, because of her supreme beauty. |
| 229 | ** [[spoiler:And then there's Gary, who lasted a whopping 43 seconds on his first time. Luckily he makes it up to Kiley by eating her out.]] [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/english_os_restored #536 - #545]] |
| 230 | * Corbin from ''Webcomic/PlusEV'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html can do it twice in five minutes!]] |
| 231 | * In this ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2619#comic strip]] this happens due to God's different conception of time. |
| 232 | * ''Webcomic/BugMartini'': In one [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/love-in-the-fast-lane/ strip]], the author decides to take SpeedDating to [[ExaggeratedTrope the next level]], speed relationships. This includes sex. It ends up getting GenderFlipped though. |
| 233 | * One unfortunate man in ''{{Webcomic/Oglaf}}'' was cursed to give his partners instant orgasms. Problem is, they fall asleep immediately afterwards. And he can't even jack off because then his ''hand'' falls asleep on him. |
| 234 | * Jane from ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' tries to apply {{Speedrun}}ning to life, which annoys Morgan. When Jane wants to get intimate, Morgan invokes this by going straight to climax before Jane can get started, telling her they can go back to regular sex when she drops her speedrun. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 238 | * ''WebVideo/FrenchBaguetteIntelligence'': In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYVKqM2WhJw Art vs "Art" video]]", Fuck Cares uses making excuses regarding this as an example of why it is bad to tolerate mediocrity instead of striving for excellence, pointing out how hypocritical television programmes are for promoting the 'it's not about winning; it's about having fun' mantra, despite people's attitudes towards this when it comes to sex. |
| 239 | -->'''Faux Cares:''' Not to mention the whole "It's not about winning" bullshit is a corny anthem for mediocrity. Imagine people doing that in bed…\ |
| 240 | '''Cleopheobs:''' Hun… You came first again…\ |
| 241 | '''Faux Cares:''' It's not about winning, babe. It's about having fun.\ |
| 242 | '''Sigma Council:''' Sigma Rule #1: Never let a woman come before you. A true racer always finishes first.\ |
| 243 | '''Faux Cares:''' They call me [[Franchise/{{Cars}} Lightning McQueen]]. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 247 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 248 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E9LifeOnTheFastLane Life on the Fast Lane]]", after Marge and Homer have resolved their Marriage Problem of the Week, Marge surprises Homer at work: |
| 249 | ---> '''Homer:''' Marge! What a lovely surprise! You're here to see me, right? \ |
| 250 | '''Marge:''' Of course! ''[cuddles and kisses him on the cheek]''\ |
| 251 | ''[Homer picks her up and carries her past his co-workers who're cheering "Way to go, Homer, Way to Go!"]''\ |
| 252 | '''Worker:''' Hey, what will I tell the boss?\ |
| 253 | '''Homer:''' Tell him I'm going to the back seat of my car, with the woman I love, and I won't be back for ten minutes! |
| 254 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E13AndMaggieMakesThree And Maggie Makes Three]]" has a joke about this and Maggie's conception. Homer and Marge are kissing in bed; cut to a "Seconds Later" title card, and a mini-Homer sperm joins an egg saying "Woo-hoo!". |
| 255 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]", Marge gets abducted by Kang and Kodos to be impregnated. After selecting The Alley Behind a Porno Theater from a list of "common human spawning locations" (the other options were the backseat of a car and a friend's wedding): |
| 256 | ---> '''Kang:''' Look behind you! ''[Marge looks, Kang fires a green ray at her]'' Insemination complete!\ |
| 257 | '''Marge:''' Really? That seemed awfully quick.\ |
| 258 | '''Kang:''' ''What are you implying?''\ |
| 259 | '''Marge:''' Nothing... Nothing...\ |
| 260 | '''Kang:''' ''[checks imaginary watch]'' Oh, look at the time, I've got to go. You're a super gal, though. Call you some time! ''[dumps Marge out of the spaceship]'' |
| 261 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2122ShortFilmsAboutSpringfield 22 Short Films About Springfield]]", Apu intentionally provokes this: It's over in two seconds, as he's in a hurry. |
| 262 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 263 | ** In the episode "PTV", the FCC starts censoring real life. When Lois and Peter are about to have sex, a guy from the FCC appears: |
| 264 | ---> '''FCC man:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa. Those actions are highly inappropriate.\ |
| 265 | '''Lois:''' What? Wait a minute. We're not allowed to have sex?\ |
| 266 | '''FCC man:''' Oh, you can have sex, just no moaning, no tongue-kissing, no thrusting, no movement whatsoever.\ |
| 267 | [''Beat'']\ |
| 268 | '''Lois:''' Well, this isn't very romantic. I mean, how are we supposed to...\ |
| 269 | '''Peter:''' I'm done. 'Night, Lois. ''(falls asleep on top of her)'' |
| 270 | ** In the movie, Stewie arranges his loser future self, Stu to lose his virginity to his co-worker, Fran, which turns out badly: |
| 271 | ---> '''Stu:''' I'm sorry. That's, um... That's never happened to me before.\ |
| 272 | '''Fran:''' Which part? The eight seconds of sex, or the 40 minutes of crying? |
| 273 | ** The episode "Blind Ambition" has a scene in which we can hear Peter and Lois having sex with the sound of all the coins Peter has ingested jangling around inside him, which lasts about ten seconds. |
| 274 | ** In a cutaway sequence, Peter is surprised to find Superman playing cards in hell. Superman replies that he killed a hooker after she made the well-worn "faster than a speeding bullet" crack. |
| 275 | ** Happened to Spider-Man in another cutaway, except in his case, he accidentally sprayed webs all over his unfortunate partner. |
| 276 | ** This is something of a RunningGag with Peter, especially how unsatisfied Lois is with his lack of staying power. In fact, Brian and Stewie wrote a song about it. |
| 277 | --->'''Stewie:''' When everybody's gone to sleep, and you've said "Literature/GoodnightMoon", there's plenty of noise still coming from Mommy and Daddy's room.\ |
| 278 | '''Brian:''' Oh, Daddy says, "Please." Mommy says, "No."\ |
| 279 | '''Stewie:''' Daddy says, "C'mon!" Mommy says, "Whoa!"\ |
| 280 | '''Brian:''' Daddy goes "Uhh!" Mommy goes, "Ow!"\ |
| 281 | '''Stewie:''' Daddy says, "I'm done." Mommy goes, "Wow..."\ |
| 282 | '''Stewie & Brian:''' Daddy rolls over and falls asleep. Mommy drinks wine in the dark. |
| 283 | ** In "FOX-y Lady" a cutaway gag showed Lois dating Creator/JohnMoschitta, [[MotorMouth the world's fastest talking man]] from the Fed-Ex commercials and the sex they had was under three seconds. |
| 284 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E5ZappDingbat Zapp Dingbat]]", Leela's mom begins dating Leela's douchey ex-lover Zapp Brannigan, so to prove his intentions aren't pure, Leela propositions him right before her mom is scheduled to come home. She asks him, "Have your way with me for the next thirty seconds," and while he turns her down, he says that'd be more than enough time. |
| 285 | * Joked about in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E8And9InjusticeForAll Injustice for All, Part 1]]", much like the above old joke about Superman. |
| 286 | -->'''The Flash:''' That's right, fastest man alive!\ |
| 287 | '''[[DeadpanSnarker Hawkgirl]]:''' [[{{Double Entendre}} Which might explain why you can't get a date]]. |
| 288 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' has a similar joke in an episode in which Black Canary, Huntress and Catwoman sing a very innuendo-filled song about various male heroes: |
| 289 | -->"''Flash's foes, they finish last\ |
| 290 | Too bad sometimes he's just too fast!'' |
| 291 | * A RunningJoke in ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' is [=BoJack=]'s total lack of staying power. At one point, he finishes before penetrating Princess Carolyn. Another night, he finishes before Princess Carolyn even gets into bed! |
| 292 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' considers ''40 seconds'' to be impressive. |
| 293 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' had an unusual variation in "Poltergasm". Rather than being physically unable to keep going, Stan had started seeing sex as one of his missions, where the "target" was all that mattered. Since Francine didn't want to hurt his feelings, she was unable to tell him that she wasn't getting off that way, a situation that got worse to the point that a poltergeist phenomenon was created from her repressed sexual frustration. |
| 294 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': Used in one of the home movie clips from the "Bloopers" segment. In this case, it was a clip from a hidden camera set up by the man in question, [[SelfDeprecation who's also one of the writers for Robot Chicken]]. He lasted about two seconds. |
| 295 | --> '''Girl''': You have failed ''me'' as a boyfriend, and you have failed ''yourself'' as a man, Robot Chicken co-head writer Douglas Goldstein! |
| 296 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "Butters' Bottom Bitch", Yates' first client only lasts around 10 seconds. |
| 297 | [[/folder]] |
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