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7->''"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."''
8-->-- '''Grandpa''', ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
9
10A kiss that is SeriousBusiness, with all the spectacle that entails. In all probability it's a FirstKiss that finally puts an end to UnresolvedSexualTension and/or other typical obstacles that get in the way of True Love. [[SceneryPorn The scenery will be epic]], [[OrbitalKiss the camera will go wild]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the music will swell]], [[FireworksOfLove maybe there'll be some fireworks]]. The most straightforward way to telegraph a RelationshipUpgrade or a HappilyEverAfter ending which isn't an actual wedding.
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12Some tropes, such as SmoochOfVictory, HollywoodKiss, ConcertKiss, BeachKiss, and LipLockSunBlock, are almost always examples of this as well. If a kiss is built up to be this but fails miserably, it's probably an AwkwardKiss.
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14'''Beware of spoilers.'''
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16Usually has nothing to do with BigDamnHeroes. However, if the heroes do a SmoochOfVictory, then it does qualify. See also BigDamnHug.
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18!!Example Subpages:
19[[index]]
20* TheBigDamnKiss/AnimeAndManga
21* TheBigDamnKiss/FanWorks
22* [[TheBigDamnKiss/LiveActionFilms Films - Live-Action]]
23* TheBigDamnKiss/LiveActionTV
24[[/index]]
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26!!Other Examples:
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30%%[[folder:Advertising]]
31%%* The two minute mark on this old car advert [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LENbh_560s here]].
32%%* Parodied in a 4G Epic commercial.
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35[[folder:Arts]]
36* ''Art/TheKissKlimt'' and shows a tender and loving kiss and embrace in a field.
37* ''Art/TheKissHayez'' shows a tender and stolen kiss between two lovers in a Middle Ages hallway.
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40[[folder:Audio Plays]]
41* In the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho episode "Scherzo", the Eighth Doctor and companion Charlotte finally get their Big Damn Kiss. It... [[BodyHorror does not go well]].
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44[[folder:Comic Books]]
45* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': When Tim Drake is reunited with Stephanie Brown, his girlfriend who he'd thought was dead for over a year, he enthusiastically sweeps her off her feet and they have a triumphant kiss. Right in front of Batman no less, who had always disapproved of their relationship.
46* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
47** Chase plants one on Gert right after she saves his life with CPR right after ''he'' saves ''her'' from a giant, flaming rock monster.
48** The second series ends with Nico and Victor sharing a big kiss after [[spoiler:they survive a battle with the Gibborim]], and the first arc of the third series ends with Karolina and Xavin sharing their first (and only) on-panel kiss [[spoiler:just before Xavin clocks Karolina and impersonates her so that they can hand themselves over to the Light Brigade, thus sparing Karolina their wrath]].
49%%* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'':
50%%** ''Scott Pilgram's Precious Little Life'': The first kiss between [[RelationshipUpgrade Scott and Ramona]]. %%needs context; describe the spectacle/obstacles
51%%** In volume 4: Scott and Ramona %%needs context; describe the spectacle/obstacles
52* Occurs during the climax of the second volume of ''ComicBook/MikiFalls''
53* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
54** In ''ComicBook/YoungLove'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and her ex-boyfriend Dick Malverne meet again after several years without seeing each other. When Dick kisses her, they float in the air. Literally, since Linda started hovering.
55** The kiss between Superman and Lois Lane while on the moon during ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman''.
56** ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroesBugsBunnySpecial'': In the second version, it is said that Kara and Querl's kiss echoes throughout time and space.
57--->''Brainiac 5 and Supergirl embrace. Once again, love proves to be the most powerful emotion in the universe.''\
58'''Brainiac 5:''' ''"Welcome back, my love!"''\
59'''Supergirl:''' ''"Your love brought me back."''\
60''It is a kiss that is felt throughout time and space.''
61** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'': The conclusion of "Reign of the Supermen" storyline, which was also the conclusion of the entire "Death and Return of Superman" story arc, had one of these; Lois wakes up in her apartment to the sound of tapping outside her apartment window. She opens the curtains, thinking it's just a bird...only to see Superman, his powers restored and finally back in his iconic blue and red, floating outside.
62--->'''Narration:''' There isn't a doubt in her mind. She's in his arms faster than a speeding bullet.
63** In ''ComicBook/SupermansReturnToKrypton'', Kal and Lyla kiss each other while sightseeing the Rainbow Canyon. It is said Krypton's inner fires were cold compared with their kiss.
64--->Two pairs of lips meet, and two hearts thrill as one... As deep within the heart of Krypton, fiery forces clash and twist and churn, foreshadowing dreaded things to come... But the flames within the planet are like cold glaciers, compared to the mighty love blazing between Superman of Earth and Lyla Lerrol of Krypton...
65* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
66** In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' #143, [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane]] share their first kiss in a mostly empty section of JFK airport with a big snowy window behind them before Peter goes on assignment in France. It may not have been upside down, but as MJ says, "Wow, why didn't you ever tell me you could kiss!" Followed by (after she lets it sink in for a minute) "Far freaking out." (Made even funnier by the fact that the kiss was her idea.)
67** In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2018'' #1, Peter and Mary Jane finally kiss after years of being apart due to editorial mandate.
68* In Issue 50 of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', Sonic learns that Sally did not die earlier and is in fact in a coma. He goes to her and awakens her with a peck on the cheek. However, in ''Sonic Super Special 6'', a retelling of Issue 50, after Sally wakes up, Sonic and Sally share a big damn kiss in a panel that takes up an entire page.
69* ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' has one in issue 50 at the end of Chapter Seven: The Big Valley between [[TheBigBadWolf Bigby]] and [[Literature/SnowWhite Snow]]. As the author [[AllThereInTheManual notes in the script]] for the issue: "They kiss. This is the truest of true love's kisses since the beginning of time. It's every poem ever written and every song ever sung. This is the one panel at which the dream of every female reader of FABLES has come true. Each and every one of them must be made to cry or squeal or swoon like a character in a Creator/JaneAusten novel. Don't blow it, Buckingham. We sort of, kind of know where you live."
70* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers Vol 2'':
71** Near the end of Children's Crusade, Teddy breaks Billy out of a months long depression after the fantastic mess their latest shenanigans caused by proposing to him. They seal the deal with their first on-panel kiss. It is spectacular, and extremely gratifying.
72** When Teddy briefly broke up with Billy after having doubts in their relationship, they reunite when the team go to save Teddy from [[HumanoidAbomination Mother]]. As Billy tries to fight her off, Teddy assures him that he loves him and the two kiss, making Billy so happy he becomes the 'Demiurge' for a moment, resulting in Mother being vanquished and, for a moment, he's in control of the entire universe. You don't get a kiss bigger and damner than that.
73* One strip of ''ComicStrip/{{BC}}'' [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this where one character notices a volcano about to erupt, he decides to take and kiss the Cute Chick right as it blows. Turns out to have worked pretty well.
74* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' story "Pastoral", Cammie's seeing this is TheReveal at the end of the story. [[spoiler:Cammie already knew Roustabout's SecretIdentity; it was discovering his SecretRelationship with her cousin that pushed her to become a SecretKeeper. May also have been a SmoochOfVictory, since it was shortly after he defeated Team Carnivore, and a ReunionKiss, since he travels with the carnival, and their previous meetings with this arrival were constrained by the need for secrecy.]]
75* Hellion tries to invoke one in issue 19 of Marjorie Liu's ''ComicBook/{{X 23}}'' series. After squaring away the [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Richards kids]] when they were kidnapped by the Collector, he grabs Laura and plants a ForcefulKiss on her, believing that it would lead to a RelationshipUpgrade and fix the tension between them. It...doesn't end well when Laura shuts him down cold, to the point they ''still'' haven't spoken since.[[note]]The issue was released in December ''2011''.[[/note]]
76* ''ComicBook/ThanosRising'': After denying Thanos for many years, Death finally embraces and kisses Thanos after he starts believing that she's just a figment of his imagination after all.
77 * ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'': Arcee spontaneously plants one on Aileron after the latter rescues her from falling to her death. This is, in fact, the first time two Transformers have ever been depicted kissing in any official media.[[note]]While there have been instances of one Transformer kissing another, none of them have been mutual or done as an actual romantic gesture.[[/note]]
78* ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'': Stephanie Brown's reunion with Tim Drake, who she'd thought was dead is punctuated with a marvelous kiss which mirrors their previous iterations dramatic reunion kiss when Tim was reunited with Stephanie who he'd thought was dead. Unlike many Bat-characters whose pasts went largely unchanged by the ComicBook/New52 Steph and Tim had theirs completely wiped and are very different than those previous better known versions.
79* ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'':
80** After eleven issues of developing their mutual respect and affection, Steve and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana]] finally share a joyful kiss
81** Issue #42 ends with one between Ivy and Harley after having escaped the Joker's Daughter.
82* ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Wonder Woman Volume 1]]'': After 43 years of publication in two different 'verses with different writers trying their best to put ComicBook/SteveTrevor on a bus or kill him off the final issue confirms Steve and Diana's relationship with them getting married and the final panel is of them passionately kissing.
83* ''ComicBook/FutureFoundation'': Julie and Rikki share one in Issue 5, after Julie's rescued Rikki, acting on their obvious mutual attraction. Rikki's then called her girlfriend.
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86[[folder:Films — Animation]]
87* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' has one near the end between Homer and Marge while driving a motorcycle.
88-->'''Marge:''' Best kiss of my life.\
89'''Homer:''' Best kiss of your life ''so far.''
90* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'': Blu and Jewel, during the film's climactic "falling" scene.
91* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', Jack and Sally get together at the top of a hill.
92* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
93** [[{{Tsundere}} Helga]] gives one to Arnold in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'' after doing her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Arnold gets confused about it afterwards.
94** ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'': Arnold tells Helga that he realizes she was trying to give him a LoveConfession earlier and that he reciprocates her feelings. He takes her hands and they kiss until [[MomentKiller Gerard happens upon them and interrupts]].
95* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'', this happens when [[spoiler:Isabella]] kisses [[spoiler:Phineas]] near the end of the movie, [[spoiler:only for their memories to get erased]].
96* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': Belle and the Prince's kiss after his transformation, the magical force of which created fireworks that could be said to have cheered and then exploded into a WorldHealingWave kind of rain that cleansed the castle and its inhabitants of their cursed forms. The kiss Belle and the Prince shared on the dance floor moments later is no less epic.
97* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', Bob and Helen share three of these. The first is at their wedding, the second is in Syndrome's lair and the third is just before the climactic BossFight.
98* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', Rapunzel's FirstKiss shows: she kisses Flynn on the mouth much as Mother Gothel kissed her. Flynn promptly pulls her closer and starts to demonstrate the differences before the cut.
99* The end of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Felix kisses Calhoun on the cheek spur-of-the-moment, then promptly looks nervous as he realizes it might not have been a great idea. She grabs him by the front of his shirt, [[TinyGuyHugeGirl pulls him up so that he's level with her]]... and then [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan kisses him for real]].
100* In a way, the nuzzle between Simba and Nala in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' could count as well.
101* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' when Jane decides to stay in Africa, she runs from the boat to the beach and kisses Tarzan. She looks very embarrassed, but then Tarzan swoops in for a kiss.
102* In ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', Kristoff accidentally lets slip that he wants to kiss Anna, then mixes up his words:
103-->'''Kristoff:''' I... could. I mean I would. I'd like to. May we? We me? Wait, what?\
104'''Anna:''' ''[kisses Kristoff]'' We may.
105* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'':
106** Manolo and Maria just after [[spoiler:the former comes back to life.]]
107** [[spoiler: Even La Muerte and Xibalba have one after they reconcile in form of a KissingDiscretionShot.]]
108* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': [[spoiler: Marianne]] and [[spoiler: the Bog King]] have a pretty dramatic one, with a [[JukeBoxMusical two part song]] leading up to this, with the event itself involving the two flying and spinning whilst a [[DisneyAcidSequence completely unexplained kaleidoscope]] whirls around them.
109* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'':
110** Hiccup and Astrid share their first kiss after Hiccup has defeated the Red Death and ended the war with dragons.
111** In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', Hiccup and Astrid share a kiss after Hiccup and Toothless have defeated Drago Bludvist.
112** [[spoiler:In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', the kiss Hiccup and Astrid share during their wedding is what marks the beginning of their marriage to each other.]]
113* In ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'', [[spoiler: Nod and MK share a romantic kiss before the latter is returned to her normal size towards the end of the movie.]]
114* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': Aladdin's and Jasmine's first kiss on the balcony; according to the directors on the DVD's commentary : "One of the hottest we animated".
115* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': At Rémy's urging, Linguini plants a kiss on Colette to stop him from revealing his secret. Cue RelationshipUpgrade.
116* ''Film/SpaceJam'': At the conclusion of the Ultimate Game, Michael Jordan departs ToonTown for the real world, advising Bugs Bunny to stay out of trouble. As soon as Jordan is gone, Bugs seizes Lola Bunny by the arms, and plants one huge smooch on her lips. Lola is at first surprised by this sudden affection, but quickly warms to it.
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119[[folder:Literature]]
120* Works by Creator/RickRiordan
121** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': [[spoiler:Percy and Annabeth share a spectacular UnderWaterKiss at the end of ''The Last Olympian'', ending five books of BelligerentSexualTension. Even [[BloodKnight Clarisse]] thought it was about time]].
122** ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'': [[spoiler:[[JerkassWoobie Alex]] kisses [[KnightInSourArmor Magnus]]]] when she thinks that they're about to die of sheer cold. They also kiss once they've won.
123* Cullen in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' with his fianceé, his reaction to her proposing to him. The witnesses consider it inappropriate. He doesn't care.
124* Jenny Doolittle and Lynn Lambretta's kiss in episode 17 of ''Literature/BodaciousSpacePirates''. Cue massive [[{{Squee}} Squeeing]] from all the schoolgirls in the room.
125* ''Literature/CarryOn'': Simon and Baz kiss when they fail to get information from Nicodemo. Baz is irate and drives them both to a clearing in the woods where [[spoiler:he intends to burn himself to death. Simon desperately tries to intervene, ending up disarming with a kiss, the two start kissing in the middle of the fire at which point Baz realizes he is gonna accidentally kill Simon if the fire continues and he sets off to put it out.]]
126* ''Literature/DorkDiaries'': [[spoiler:Nikki Maxwell and Brandon Roberts have this]] in ''Tales from the Not-So-Glam TV Star''
127* ''Literature/AGrimmQuest'': Princess Capricorn plants one on [[spoiler:Remmington]] that leaves their friends amused and embarrassed.
128* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
129** Hermione gives Ron one after retrieving the Basilisk's fangs in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' when Ron realizes they need to warn the house-elves to get out (Hermione having been the only person worried about their rights up until then). [[ShipperOnDeck Harry's happy for them]], but...
130---> '''Harry:''' Is this really the moment? …[[WhileRomeBurns OI! There's a war on here!]]
131** There's also one between Harry and Ginny in ''The Half-Blood Prince''.
132--->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.
133* "Think of life!" In ''Literature/{{Sabriel}}'', 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.
134* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'': [[spoiler:Jame and Tori]], in Mother Ragga's lodge, during a volcanic explosion. But while the trope itself isn't subverted, some of its expectations are. It does '''not''' resolve the UnresolvedSexualTension; they have an ''epic'' kiss… then Tori freaks out and runs away.
135* After having gone through hell, nearly died, found healing in each other's company and watched together as their world ended, Faramir and Éowyn claim the only romantic kiss of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' on Minas Tirith's walls:
136-->"Then must I leave my own people, man of Gondor" she said. "And would you have your proud folk say of you: 'There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North! Was there no woman of the race of Númenor to choose?'"
137-->"I would," said Faramir. And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
138* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'':
139** Alec [[spoiler:[[ComingOutStory finally outs himself]] in ''City of Glass'' by kissing Magnus in front of, well, everybody]].
140** Jace and Clary's first kiss in ''City of Bones'', and their kiss in the faerie court in ''City of Ashes'', also count.
141* ''Literature/MurderForTheModernGirl'': In chapter 36, right after the climax, [[spoiler:Ruby gives a motivating speech to Peter about how he deserves more than spending his life running and hiding, that she's willing to take a risk to give him the life he deserves and that he saved her own life, so she's going to save his in return. She then kisses Peter in his true form for the first time and tells him that's the only form she'll be kissing, cementing their relationship and Peter's CharacterDevelopment.]]
142* ''Literature/{{Nightrunner}}'': Alec and Seregil. Twice up til now. [[spoiler: First time after a reunion, second time in the face of death.]]
143* In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' by Creator/TerryPratchett, when Juliet and Trev kiss at the end of the match, they float in the air and are lit with a golden glow. Other characters comment on this.
144* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Once per book. In-universe, where Katniss and Peeta share a few kisses that might qualify for the Capitol audience (and for that matter, the rest of Panem). In particular, when they are hiding in the cave and [[spoiler:their passionate kisses on the beach in the Quarter Quell which serves as a Big Damn Kiss moment for many readers too.]]
145* [[spoiler:Hazel and Augustus in front of a crowd of tourists ''in the Anne Frank house'']] in ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars''.
146* After the climax of ''Literature/HeartOfSteel'', Alistair and Julia share one that overlaps with SmoochOfVictory, described thus:
147-->''Their lips met like protons in a particle accelerator.''
148* Kell and Lila share a kiss near the end of the second ''Literature/ShadesOfMagic'' book, after spending the majority of the book either just missing each other or in disguise.
149* Creator/NKJemisin's ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy'': When [[spoiler:Sieh]] and [[spoiler:Deka]] finally kiss after over ten years of dancing around their feelings, it's enough to make the latter's magic [[PowerIncontinence go haywire]] and wreck the room without him noticing.
150-->'''[[spoiler:Deka]]:''' That went better than expected.
151* In ''Literature/ABoyMadeOfBlocks'', Alex and his estranged wife Jody have one at the airport when [[spoiler:Dan and Emma fly to Rio together]].
152* ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': After their mutual LoveConfession, which follows their development throughout the first book, Dennaleia and Mare finally kiss passionately.
153* ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'': Subverted then applied. When Richard and Anne have their BigDamnReunion, he wants to give her a passionate kiss, but ever-chivalrous and sensing she is a BrokenBird, he gives her a chaste peck instead. Later, when she admits she hated her first husband and is happy he is dead, Richard is overcome with emotion and kisses her passionately.
154* ''Literature/SoThisIsEverAfter'': Arek and Matt kiss near the end, which leads to them finally acting on their love for each other.
155* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfDorsa'': Tasia kisses Joslyn after the latter is wounded, with her fearing she's dead. After doing so, she realizes that she's in love with Joslyn.
156* ''Literature/ShatterTheSky'': Maren foresees herself kissing Sev after the two meet in the imperial palace. When they do, it's after she's broken up with her girlfriend, and signifies that she chooses him instead. They become lovers after this.
157* ''Literature/SomethingtoTalkAbout'': After they have both realized their feelings for each other, Emma kisses Jo.
158* ''Literature/SweetAndBitterMagic'': Wren and Tamsin passionately kiss toward the end once both have finally expressed that [[LoveConfession they love each other]].
159* ''Literature/TheAfterward'': Kalanthe and Olsa get back together, after much difficulty, in the book's finale, kissing each other publicly to cheers from onlookers.
160* ''Literature/{{Inkmistress}}'': Asra and Hal kiss passionately when they finally show their love for each other.
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163[[folder:Music]]
164* Music/GreenDay's "21 Guns" music video from the album ''21st Century Breakdown'' has Christian and Gloria make their way to each other through the hail of bullets filling the room and embrace and passionately lip-lock in what they think will be a LastKiss--complete with going a long time during the guitar solo with a spotlight and a 360 degree shot as well.
165* "Dark & Long" by Music/{{Underworld|Band}} from ''Music/{{dubnobasswithmyheadman}}'', a 7:19 track where the line "Now I kiss you dark & long" is repeated at various intervals.
166* Hernaldo's song "El beso que me has dado" (The kiss that you have given me) is from the POV of someone who has just been on the receiving end of a Big Damn Kiss and is very happy about it.
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169[[folder:Podcasts]]
170* In ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', [[spoiler: after rescuing him from being trapped in the Astral Plane and reuniting with him for the first time in "way too long," during the Balance Arc's finale, Taako kisses Kravitz.]]
171* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', after 27 episodes of [[CharacterNarrator Cecil]] crushing on Carlos, they kiss at the end of their first date.
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174[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
175* Wrestling/SpikeDudley and Wrestling/MollyHolly had several Aborted First Kisses before they finally had the big one after a match between their two families (Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys and the [[Wrestling/BobHolly Holly]] Cousins). Wrestling/JimRoss said it was "just like Creator/BradPitt and [[Creator/JenniferAniston what's-her-name"]].
176* Wrestling/AJLee is a master at this, but arguably her greatest kisses were:
177** The first kiss with Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
178** Kissing Wrestling/CMPunk and then sending him and [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] crashing through a table.
179** And the two passionate kisses she gave Wrestling/DolphZiggler on consecutive nights.
180* Wrestling/{{Magnum TA}} gave Baby Doll one during his feud with Tully Blanchard. She [[https://thesmartmarks.com/printer_433.shtml spoke well]] about it years later.
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183[[folder:Radio]]
184* Used for gruesome BodyHorror in ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho''. After a whole lot of UnresolvedSexualTension, the Eighth Doctor and his companion Charlotte finally decide to talk about their feelings. As it happens, at the time they're trapped in a nightmare void for weeks or possibly months, their senses have been dulled completely, they're blinded by piercing light, there's a constant piercing screech in their (and our) ears, something is slowly ''eating'' them, and they discover that they've been [[SecurityCling holding hands]] for so long that [[spoiler: their fingers have started melting together]]. As a desperate last-ditch effort to survive, the Doctor tells Charlotte to [[spoiler: mash her mouth against his so they can melt into each other's faces and become a single organism together]].
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187[[folder:Theatre]]
188* In ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'', 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.
189* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' combines this with a TearJerker BittersweetEnding beautifully.
190* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXkJIXNB3A "Champagne"]] from ''Theatre/InTheHeights'' has one at the end, complete with swelling music.
191* In ''Theatre/CityOfAngels'', Stone and Alaura shared a big passionate kiss as her theme music swells.
192* The ''Theatre/MrsHawking'' play series: In part four, ''Gilded Cages'', {{subverted}} by the FirstKiss between Victoria and Reginald. It has all the trappings of one, but it's all wrong as Victoria has no romantic feelings for him.
193* In ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Death claims his victims with a kiss.
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196[[folder:Video Games]]
197* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' 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]].
198* At the end of the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'' version of ''Crash Bandicoot'''s 100% ending, Tawna gives Crash one of these ([[HilarityEnsues well, attempts to]]). Considering [[NintendoHard everything you just went through]] to get to that point, it's very much well-deserved.
199* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'', Nick and Annie/Katey Greene share one after Red is defeated.
200* Creator/BioWare loves this trope in general, as the same thing happens in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' as Hawke's having one last conversation with the party members before the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. It's especially poignant if Hawke's LoveInterest is either Fenris (due to the SecondActBreakup they had) or Anders [[spoiler: because he's a fugitive terrorist at that point]].
201* After 13 chapters of UST in ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'', [[spoiler:Adell embraces Rozalin in the good ending to calm her "True Overlord Zenon" form. She turns back to normal from Adell's CooldownHug, and the following dialogue occurs:]]
202--> [[spoiler:'''Rozalin:''' ''(sob)'' Sh- Shut up... you're an enemy! I can't trust anyone...\
203'''Adell:''' Stop talking and trust this.\
204''(cue The Big Damn Kiss)'']]
205* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' DLC ''Trespasser'', Inquisitors who romanced [[spoiler:Solas]] will combine the trope with IntimateHealing and potentially LastKiss during their final encounter [[spoiler:when he stops the Mark from killing her by magically removing her left forearm]]. Swelling music, spinning camera, gorgeous scenery, glowing effects - the whole nine yards.
206* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'': Princess Gwaelin shares a passionate kiss with the Hero after he saves her from the dragon.
207* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' had a 2-minute long sequence of this between Tidus and Yuna.
208* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth'', after several decades of fans clamouring to see it since 1997, [[spoiler: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mDkPlvmcIhM Cloud and Tifa finally kiss]] on their Gold Saucer date [[FireworksOfLove during the fireworks]].]]
209* At the climax of Season One of ''VideoGame/GuildWars2's'' Living World, NPC party member Kasmeer Meade kisses Marjory Delaqua passionately on the lips out of relief to find that she's still alive, confirming all former hints of their homosexuality and [[RelationshipUpgrade becoming an official couple]].
210* ''VideoGame/ItTakesTwo'': In a game which is essentially magic marriage counseling between the two player characters, this occurs at the end of the final chapter, and [[spoiler: is the final catalyst that breaks the spell that turned May and Cody into toys]].
211* '' Franchise/LifeIsStrange'':
212** The first ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' has [[spoiler:two potential ones in the finale. Depending on your past choices with him, Max, still drenched from the storm, has the option of kissing Warren before she leaps back in time. At the end of the game, if you choose to sacrifice Chloe to save the town, depending on your RelationshipValues with her, Max can grab Chloe and kiss her in front of the tornado. In both cases, Max can just hug them instead if RelationshipValues aren't high enough.]]
213** ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm'' provides the opportunity for Chloe and Rachel to share a passionate first kiss towards the end of the second episode.
214** ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors'' can feature one between Alex and either Steph or Ryan after the Spring Festival. Courtesy of Alex's empathy powers, it causes a joy nova that extends all the way to the surrounding mountains and illuminates the stars above.
215* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': After returning from the baker's retreat [[spoiler:and shooing out his twin brother Sam for [[TwinSwitch deceiving Amelia into thinking it was him]], Joe asks Amelia out for their first date since high school 15 years ago. She says yes, and they finally kiss without getting interrupted. Unlike the other cutaways, the scene is partially animated with a flashy fade-in and a pink heart background as they move in for the kiss.]]
216* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
217** ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' features this for the final romance scene, if the player pursues that option. Given that an AlmostKiss had happened very recently beforehand, it makes it all the more meaningful.
218** Executed brilliantly, beautifully, heartwarmingly well at the conclusion of ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' between Shepard and a romanced Liara in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
219** Perhaps making up for the HeadbuttOfLove in the second game, Garrus and female Shepard have two of these in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' 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 [[BizarreAlienBiology guy who doesn't have lips]].
220* ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame'' ends each of the first four levels with one between Scott and Ramona.
221* ''VideoGame/ShadowOpsRedMercury'' ends with a pretty epic one in the final cutscene. The two leads, having saved Paris from destruction, kiss near the foot of the Eiffel Tower as a prototype nuke explodes ''above'' them, while dozens of French civilians cheer them on before the credits roll.
222* The BDK from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic '06]]'' is proof that this trope isn't always what the fandom wanted. Given that it's between the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog and Elise, she a Human Princess, and he, well a Hedgehog, the bestiality undertones are really, REALLY, hard to ignore, not to mention that he was dead at the time and the kiss was supposed to bring him back from the dead, so you can throw necrophilia into the mix. Even said, the Kiss is played completely straight, with the soaring music and glowing aura during the kiss, that the creators intended this to legitimately be a super romantic moment, yet for the reasons any rational human being could come to, the moment is now one of the most maligned events in the entire ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' Canon.
223* ''VideoGame/SwooningOverStansAGrunkleDatingSimulator'': In Stan’s route, him and the player share one in his car during their final onscreen date.
224** In the good ending of Ford’s route, [[spoiler: he and the player share one as the player is about to leave the Mystery Shack. Much to [[ShipperOnDeck Mabel’s joy.]] ]]
225* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has a big one between Welkin and Alicia at the climax of the "Maiden's Shield" chapter, where he [[spoiler:stops her from attempting a HeroicSacrifice against the Marmota]] by declaring his love and asking her to marry him. Alicia tearfully accepts and they share an emotional first kiss, which includes a [[OrbitalKiss 360 degree camera pan]] and [[spoiler:sparkling light from her Valkyria transformation]].
226* Mostly subverted in ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''. After Link awakens the princess at the end of the game, [[spoiler: a curtain falls over Link and Zelda as they are standing face-to-face, and you only see their feet come together.]]
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230* 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.
231* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': One of the last [=CGs=] in Mio's route shows them kissing dramatically in front of a [[SceneryPorn truly beautiful sky]].
232* Miyako Miyamura and Hiro Hirono get one in ''VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo''.
233* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' has one for every route, but out of all of them, [[ThePollyanna Emi]]'s is very striking.
234* ''VisualNovel/KiraKira'' has one for each of the three heroines, but special mention goes to [[GenkiGirl Kirari's]] since it's also a ConcertKiss. At the end of their last concert on their summer tour, Kirari kisses Shikanosuke, ([[DraggedIntoDrag who is in drag at the time]]), on stage in front of blinding lights, cameras, and an audience of thousands of people. It also happened to be Kirari's [[SacredFirstKiss first kiss]], although it wasn't Shikanosuke's first.
235* The kiss at the music-themed party in ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}''. By this time, the protagonist and title character are finally acknowledging their feelings for one another, and the protagonist has just chased Steve away when he’d been harassing Melody. In the moment that comes up for the kiss, the game itself lampshades what’s about to happen:
236-->'''Text box:''' Kiss her, you fool!!!
237* ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateNinjaShadow'' also has some for (almost) every route. The one between the PlayerCharacter and [[spoiler: Okita]] is nice enough to be featured as the very last CG of his [[EarnyourHappyEnding Sweet Ending]].
238* In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'', Nobunaga's route has his first kiss with the female main character happen after she saves him on the battlefield and [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove passionately declares how much she cares about him]], causing him to become so overwhelmed by his feelings for her that he impulsively kisses her while they're still in the middle of a battle. The MC describes their kiss as being hot enough to scorch away the entire battlefield.
239* They went through hell to get there, but Tyrion and Celeste finally have their moment at the end of ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane''.
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243* In the final episode of ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'', Belle and her lover [[spoiler:Lucinia]] share a passionate kiss after finally reuniting in the flesh.
244* ''WebAnimation/TheMusicFreaks'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheMusicFreaksS1E5ADrummersConfession A Drummer's Confession]]" Luke and Zander kiss, after an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove from the former, officially beginning their RelationshipUpgrade.
245* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
246** [[TheAce Pyrrha]] has liked [[BadassOnPaper Jaune]] from the moment she first met him because he [[FirstFriend treated her]] like an ordinary person when everyone else treated her [[FamedInStory like a superstar]] who was [[AttractivenessIsolation out of their league]]. However, Jaune initially was only interested in Weiss and oblivious to how Pyrrha felt about him. In Volume 3, she finally tells him that she wishes she had attended the school dance with him. After that, they begin growing closer but the nature of their relationship remains nebulous until the Volume 3 finale when, in the middle of the chaos of battle, she pulls him in for a big kiss. [[spoiler:She has the courage to [[FirstKiss kiss him]] because she's about to [[ChronicHeroSyndrome go into a fight]] with Cinder that she knows [[LastKiss she'll never survive]].]]
247** [[CuteBruiser Nora]] and [[{{Ninja}} Ren]] have been [[ChildhoodFriends exceptionally close]] since the beginning of the show, to the point where people in-universe have assumed [[JustFriends they're a couple]]. Nora has [[GenkiGirl visible feelings]] for Ren but Ren's feelings for her are [[TheStoic harder to read]]. In Volume 4, they're forced to [[UnstoppableRage confront the Grimm]] that destroyed Ren's home and family, and end up [[ShipTease snuggling afterwards]] on the airship ride to Mistral. Their relationship remains ambiguous until they break out into an argument about [[UnresolvedSexualTension the status]] of their relationship in Volume 7. Nora wins the argument by [[TheGlomp hauling Ren]] into [[FirstKiss a kiss]] to which he responds positively.
248** [[LadyOfWar Blake]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Yang]] have been [[ShipTease teased partners]] for years; it ramps up from Volume 6 onwards until [[TheWonderland Volume 9]] sees them trapped in a "punderstorm", a magical thunderstorm that forces them to confront an [[CannotSpitItOut unresolved emotional conflict]]. Trapped on broken bridges either side of a central platform, they discover that the bridges repair each time they reveal unspoken truths about how they feel about the other. Starting small, they quickly build to a full-blown LoveConfession that transports them to the central platform; [[FirstKiss as they kiss]], the sky [[EmpathicEnvironment blends]] their purple and yellow {{Color Motif}}s, soft winds billow around them and flowers blossom at their feet. When their friends see it, [[AudienceSurrogate Jaune comments]] everyone's waited forever for that to happen.
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252* ''Webcomic/CheckPlease'':
253** After two years of [[WillTheyOrWontThey dancing around their feelings]], [[spoiler:Jack]] {{race|ForYourLove}}s to surprise [[spoiler:Bitty]] with a [[http://checkpleasecomic.com/comic/02-18-01 lingering kiss]] on the finale of Year 2 "Goodbye for the Summer", cementing their RelationshipUpgrade. For bonus points, it's later revealed to have been the latter's FirstKiss.
254** At the end of Year 3, [[spoiler:Jack]] and [[spoiler:Bitty]] [[http://checkpleasecomic.com/comic/3-25-01 kiss]] on centre ice after the former's Stanley Cup win. The following chapters touch on the fallout of him becoming the first professional hockey player to come out.
255* ''Webcomic/DocRat'' managed to pull this off by focusing ''four'' daily strips on Ben and Daniella's first kiss.
256-->'''Ben:''' (''thinking'') Words... who needs 'em?\
257'''Daniella:''' (''also thinking'') My thoughts exactly.
258* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
259** [[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]],
260--->'''Tarvek''': When she kissed Wulfenbach, my ''glasses'' started to ''melt''.
261** And of course, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120713 there's this, too.]] {{Foot Pop|ping}} and all, on the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120716 second page]].
262* [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] and [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] several times in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''.
263** Jake kissing [[spoiler:Dirk]] [[http://www.homestuck.com/story/5250 here]], with his coat billowing in the wind, while a volcano erupts behind them, a dragon circles overhead, and the apocalypse approaches, would be one of the most over the top examples here, except, well, [[spoiler: he's kissing [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dirk's Severed Head]]]].
264** When Kanaya is kissed by [[spoiler: a drunk Rose]], [[http://www.homestuck.com/story/5421 they get]] a dramatic LensFlare, courtesy of a [[SomethingElseAlsoRises boost]] in Kanaya's [[PowerGlows glowing skin]]. And of course, this being Homestuck, [[spoiler: Rose immediately falls [[RunningGag down the]] [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff stairs]].]]
265* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Elan delivers a glorious ShutUpKiss [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0400.html to Haley]]. And it's comic #400, to boot!
266* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' - FINALLY!!! Ash and Emily's first [[http://www.misfile.com/misfile/2012-08-27 real]] [[http://www.misfile.com/misfile/2012-08-28 kiss!]]
267* [[http://ohumanstar.com/chapter-2-page-46/ Here]] in ''Webcomic/OHumanStar''.
268* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
269** The [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-09-29 kiss]] between, [[spoiler: Nanase and Ellen]] at the end of the Grace's Birthday Party arc was given an extra-large panel, and a glowing, star-filled background. There were even [[http://www.egscomics.com/bg/egs_bg_0039_800x600.jpg four]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/bg/egs_bg_0040_800x600.jpg different]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/bg/egs_bg_0041_800x600.jpg wallpapers]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/bg/egs_bg_0042_800x600.jpg made]] using that panel.
270** Also during the Grace's Birthday Party arc, Tedd and Grace, while not their first kiss, have [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2006-08-09 a significant kiss]] when Tedd [[spoiler: discovers that Grace's GenderBender party theme was a gift for ''Tedd'' all along]]. While Grace feels terrible that [[spoiler: she didn't realize Tedd might be uncomfortable being romantic with guy!Grace due to [[MistakenForGay homophobic bullying]],]] Tedd finally goes for it out of love for Grace, complete with [[PowerGlows glowing background]]. (Which gets {{Lampshaded}} one comic later when Grace asks, "How long have you been able to glow?")
271** The kiss between [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2073 Elliot and Ashley]] in the "So a Date at the Mall" arc was emphasized with a large panel, and an [[DutchAngle odd angle,]] and served as a turning point in the arc, as they transitioned from two characters on a date to an actual couple.
272* From ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience''. It took over four hundred pages, a number of explosions, and [[spoiler: [[RocketlessReentry falling from orbit on wings of fire]]]], but it was well worth it for a [[http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/mos434.html kiss]] this damn big.
273* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': [[spoiler: Dale and Marigold]] kiss for the first time [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2589 here]].
274** Another QC example [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3744 here]] between [[spoiler: Faye and Bubbles]]
275* ''Webcomic/Rain2010'': The last panel of Chapter 37, when [[spoiler:Rain and Emily kiss on the dance floor in front of everyone]].
276* At the end of ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'', [[spoiler:Lei'ella gives one to Varden when she decides not to rejoin elven society and he invites her to be his thieving partner]].
277* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': After getting stuck in the woods, falling down a gully, getting trapped in a cage, and having a run-in with one of [[JerkassGods Pete's]] gargoyles, Jessica and Zach have a nice, long heart-to-heart. Once they patch each other up, Jessica says she's like to hang out with him again and pulls him in for a Big Damn Kiss. [[labelnote:note]]The Jessica-Rabbit ship had been going strong for over a year.[[/labelnote]]
278* In ''Webcomic/GoodGuyComic'' the protagonist, [[ADogNamedDog Guy]], gets one at the end of the second chapter.
279* In ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'', Camel gives Folami one as a way to accept her marriage proposition.
280* In ''Webcomic/GoGetARoomie'', after Roomie opens up to Lillian about her insecurities and how she doesn't want to keep pushing people away when they get too close to her, to prove she's serious, she asks Lillian to give her a birthday present she'll accept no matter what. [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/comic/strip-666 Lillian gives her a present.]]
281** Native American sweat lodge rituals aren't meant for couple therapy... [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/comic/falling-over but for Lillian and Roomie it's a nice little bonus.]]
282--->'''*disclaimer: sweat lodges don't magically invoke roomillian smooches'''
283* ''Webcomic/ThePaulReveres'' After 9 years and 9 issues, [[http://paul-reveres.com/?comic=page-49 FINALLY]].
284* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': At the end of [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-15-page-31 Chapter 15: Page 31]], Kokoro and Undine share a big kiss and hug in a huge SplashPanel.
285* ''Webcomic/StrangeSchool'': SplashPanel also. It's [[https://strangeschoolnotsogreat.tumblr.com/post/135407726752 the only panel]] of its update. And the "Kiss" has a HeartSymbol for the dot of the "i". CardiovascularLove implications.
286* ''{{Webcomic/Contrasts}}'': After much pining on Ahsoka's part and suggestive but not definitive reactions from Barriss when they get close, at last Barriss kisses her.
287* ''Webcomic/StarPower'': [[https://starpowercomic.com/comic/soaring-spirits/ "Soaring Spirits"]], the second last page, where the kiss is the first panel.
288* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': One between [[spoiler:Cio and Allison]] takes up almost the entirety of [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/kill-six-billion-demons-9-116/ this strip]] near the end of Book Three.
289* ''Webcomic/TheGlassScientists'': In the climax of Chapter 13, [[spoiler: Jekyll]] and [[spoiler: Landon]] finally clear the air about their 15 years of estrangement and confess their love for [[https://www.theglassscientists.com/comic/page-36-4 each other, resulting in a tender kiss.]]
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293* In ''WebVideo/ClassicAlice'' we have a few parties do a 'big kiss' (though the biggest is the last of this list). There is one between [[spoiler: Alice and Ewan]] in episode 13, the kiss between Cara and Lily in Musica Mundana, and finally the very slow burn kiss between [[spoiler: Alice and Andrew]] in episodes 51 and 53.
294* There's a ''lot'' of kisses in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' but the biggest one is actually pretty subtle: [[spoiler: after many episodes of Ship Tease and being on the receiving end of thankful cheek-kisses, Percy at last initiates a kiss with Vex'ahlia and promises that they'll "talk later" just before the end of Episode 72.]]
295* ''{{WebVideo/Gameboys}}'' gives us two amidst the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, complete with [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] safety protocols.
296** In Cairo & Gavreel's first meeting in person, Gav prepares a disinfected plastic barrier with arm slots for both of them so they can finally hug. The look of genuine joy in their eyes to experience something discouraged even for household contacts was priceless. After much buildup, the couple take off their facemasks and kiss through the barrier.
297** After a surprising reunion, and talking through the issues that caused their biggest fight yet, Gavreel receives the result of his swab test. Cairo [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that they are both negative as he was supposed to fly with his family to Bukidnon. Cue an epic 3-minute sequence of Gav taking off their facemasks, and a passionate 52-second around-the-world skin-to-skin kiss to end the season.
298* Roy and Valerie share a big damn kiss after they reconcile in ''[[WebVideo/TheCartoonMan Journey of the Cartoon Man]]''. [[spoiler: It enables them to escape from a pit of quicksand.]]
299%%* WebVideo/ShipwreckedComedy's ''Kissing in the Rain'' is basically built around this trope, and delivers one an episode.
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303* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has a long awaited one between [[CuteMonsterGirl Marceline]] and [[TheHighQueen Princess Bubblegum]] after a near death experience with a GOLB monster almost kills PB.
304* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' has one in [[spoiler: "The Shell" between Gumball and Penny]].
305--> '''Gumball''': [[spoiler: That's not what you are, it's how you feel, and this is how ''I'' feel]].
306* ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends'': [[spoiler: Raf and Sulfus finally kiss in episode 26 much to the joy of Reina and fangirls. ]]
307* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' ends with a beautiful one between Aang and Katara, which brings the series to a close and cements their status as an OfficialCouple.
308* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
309** Harley Quinn goes back for seconds after giving Batman a "Thank You" peck on the lips in the episode "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE16HarleysHoliday Harley's Holiday]]".
310** Although Poison Ivy's [[KissOfDeath intentions]] ran counter to the usual meaning of this trope, she definitely added romantic flare to the buildup of [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fda5ARkbrWc her and Batman's first snog]] in her debut episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison Pretty Poison]]" what with the shoulder massage and sultry wording ("late night rendezvous"). Their kiss itself was actually very passionate. We see Ivy saunter up to a [[TentacleRope flytrap ensnared]] Batman before [[VillainousFaceHold gently laying a hand on his face]] all while she [[HeldGaze gazes seductively into his eyes for a moment]] before shutting hers, puckering up, snaking her other hand around his neck and pulling the squirming Dark Knight in for a deep, smoldering kiss Ivy deepens halfway through, moaning as she does. Ivy then releases Bats with a great, big "mwah", pulling back to give him a sly grin. The ominous music swelling up to the contrasting lush harp cords we hear when their lips come together emphasizes the [[FoeRomanceSubtext romantic vibe]] the moment carries. As is them both being framed [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything like a couple about to recite wedding vows.]]
311* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'':
312** In "Eight Days a Week", Paul fills in for movie kisser Lips Lovelace, but his lady co-star is a chronic kisser. After a chase with the co-star's "jealous boyfriend" and constant kissing, Paul is ready to give the job back to Lovelace, but not before his co-star wants to thank him with a "great...big...kiss!"
313** In "Baby's In Black", Paul is so relieved that the girl in the vampire get-up wasn't a real vampire that he plants a big one on her. She's so ecstatic ("Paul actually kissed me!!") she starts flying ''without'' the wires she used earlier.
314* In the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'' [[spoiler:following BigBad Jörmungadr's defeat, Tom thanks Jun for always being there for him and having his back. In responds, Jun tells him it seems she has to be his brains and kisses him.]]
315* Shortly into Season 3 of WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince, the lead human and elf protagonists, Callum and Rayla, begin to realize that their feelings towards the other go deeper than friendship. Despite some initial awkwardness, an episode later the youths embrace and kiss becoming the first InterspeciesRomance in a thousand years.
316* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'': Clara and Foxxy's makeout session in the pilot. Probably one of the most famous and memorable moments in series history. This would also be constantly referenced to and alluded in many future episodes such as "Clara's Dirty Little Secret", "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine", "American Idol Parody Clip Show", etc.
317* When [[spoiler:Goliath and Elisa finally kiss]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', it's more of a Small Damn Kiss, but since (particularly older) fans had been waiting upwards of 60 episodes for this to happen, it still counts.
318* The ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' episode "Assault on Abysus" has Rex and Circe kiss, complete with slow-motion and tears in Circe's eyes before she [[HeroicSacrifice helps Rex escape from Providence, getting captured herself in the process.]]
319%%* One occurs in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' between Mabel and Mermando.
320* Two from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
321** In ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'', Irwin kisses an unconscious Mandy. When she awakens, she clocks him.
322** The episode "Heartburn" had a kiss between the two but this time it was consensual.
323* ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'': [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Mira and Adam do kiss, but it's extremely awkward and he immediately follows it up by saying that he is not interested in her]].
324* ComicBook/GreenLantern and [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]] have one at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode ''Wild Cards''.
325* The end of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible: [[TheMovie So The Drama]]'' ends with Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable going through their RelationshipUpgrade and kissing at the junior prom. Originally this was intended to be the GrandFinale to the series. At the end of the ''real'' GrandFinale, after graduating high school and saving the world from an AlienInvasion, Kim and Ron kiss whilst flying off towards the moonrise in their FlyingCar.
326* WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts: This happens with Benson and Troy.
327->'''Benson:''' [exhales] Troy, I’ve been trying all day to think of the perfect way to ask you to Prahm. Because you’re amazing and awesome and that’s what you deserve. But what I’ve realized is… I’m not perfect. Nothing is. Not even french fries.
328->'''Dave:''' He’s right. They should be called potato noodles!
329->'''Benson:''' So, I’m not gonna try to be perfect anymore. I’m just gonna be me. So, will you?
330->'''Troy:''' Will I… go to Prahm with you?
331->'''Benson:''' Aah! I asked weird! I screwed it up!
332->'''Troy:''' No, no, that was really cute. It’s just, I was literally about to ask you.
333->(Roberto appears in the background with a bouquet of flowers, but Troy gestures for him to leave.)
334->'''Benson:''' The answer’s yes!
335->(They hug, and then kiss.)
336* Season 1 of the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' ends pretty soon after one between Mako and Korra.
337** The comic continuation of the series, ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars'', has one between Korra and [[spoiler:Asami]] in the first couple of pages just in case anyone was still in doubt about [[RelationshipUpgrade the nature of their relationship]] after the finale.
338* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "Dark Cupid", [[spoiler: Chat Noir is hit by an arrow that causes him to hate Ladybug with a passion. How is he broken out of it? Ladybug has to kiss him. Doubles as a TrueLovesKiss, thanks to the love-square.]]
339* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[spoiler:While both of them had already been shown kissing each other on the cheek in previous episodes, "Clouds on the Horizon" has [[OfficialCouple Luz and Amity]] sharing their first kiss on the lips, highlighted by an AnimationBump that the series usually reserves for its climactic action scenes. True to form, they both act incredibly dorky about it afterward; Amity in disbelief that she initiated the kiss, and Luz in disbelief that the first word out of her mouth after the fact was "crikey".]]
340* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
341** Linda and Lawrence, the title characters' parents, have one of the ConcertKiss variety in "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together".
342** In "Summer Belongs To You", Candace and Jeremy attempt one as they cement their OfficialCouple status, but [[ItMakesSenseInContext she disappears over the horizon in a baguette boat]] before they have the chance. In the episode's final minutes, he returns from France a few days early specifically to give her one of these.
343** Candace and Jeremy share another in "Happy New Year" as they watch the fireworks.
344** DoubleSubverted in the FlashForward episode "Act Your Age" between Teenage!Phineas and Isabella, with them merely sharing a warm hug and a promise to meet up at college as she drives off. Then he goes after her, pulls her out of the car, and does it for real, after ''ten long years''.
345--->'''Teen!Isabella:''' [[WorthIt That was worth the wait.]]
346* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily Movie'': Penny Proud and 15 Cent are in together alone, and 15 decided to call it a night. Penny takes this opportunity and gives him a big kiss.
347* After breaking away from the "friend zone" placed on him by an omniscient asteroid, Mordecai kisses Margaret during an epic meteor shower in ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''. It is just as epic as it sounds.
348* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Ashi, a girl from a band of sister warriors sent to kill Jack, becomes his companion (after an EnemyMine session). In episode XCIX after Jack and Ashi defeat an insectoid monster to exhaustion, they turn to each other and...well, what else? And to a recording of the Dean Martin standard "Everybody Loves Somebody".
349* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': After five seasons of romantic tension (not to mention being enemies for most of that time), Catra and Adora finally kiss in the GrandFinale. And how big was this kiss? Big enough to cure Adora from being poisoned and ''saving the universe.''
350* In Season 21, Episode 15 of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Stealing First Base", Bart's crush, Nikki, performs mouth-to-mouth on him after a fall from the school building puts him into an unconscious state. What ensues is a montage of many famous kisses in films and media, including kisses from "Ghost", "Spider-Man", and "Wall-E". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5gYHJaXPc See for yourself.]]
351* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': [[OfficialCouple Sonic and Sally]] share ''two'' big kisses in this series, both of which happened in front of a crowd.
352** Their first big kiss (in ''Hooked on Sonics'') came about as a result of Sonic [[BelligerentSexualTension showing off]] to Sally [[TakeThatKiss how much better he was at kissing than she was]]. Interestingly enough, the kiss was ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JubzKEniPBE&feature=youtu.be&t=24 slow and intimate]]'' - two things one [[HiddenDepths wouldn't normally associate with someone like Sonic]].
353** Their second big kiss (in ''The Doomsday Project'' - the show's finale) comes after [[spoiler:Robotnik's defeat]]. Unlike the first, it was completely spontaneous, and involved an abrupt [[https://youtu.be/XtmmSqC4zEM?t=1265 mutual embrace.]] Due to their recent exposure to AppliedPhlebotinum, their kiss causes fireworks.
354* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': [[spoiler:Star and Marco]] share a passionate kiss along with their mutual {{Love Confession}}s and RelationshipUpgrade in the 4th season episode "Here to Help".
355* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': [[spoiler: Kanan and Hera]] ''finally'' share one in "Kindred" after three and a half seasons of will-they-won't-they.
356* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': After Ruby and Sapphire spent the series kissing AnywhereButTheirLips, they kiss on the lips the first time onscreen [[spoiler:at their wedding]] in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]]. Notably, this is the first onscreen kiss between same-sex main characters in an American children's cartoon.
357* Starfire and Robin's kiss in the rain at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo Trouble In Tokyo]]'', complete with rotating camera, a tiny bit of ShutUpKiss and an "It's about time" from the team AND the fandom.
358* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' episode "Legacy", LaResistance member Panthera celebrates [[{{Catfolk}} her people's]] PyrrhicVictory over their oppressive commander by initiating a SmoochOfVictory with her boyfriend, RebelLeader Leo, [[spoiler:just as their ship is about to crash into what will become Third Earth.]]
359* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Happens at the end of "My Dinner With Elmyra" when Elmyra plants a big one on Montana Max. To his credit, Max said he enjoyed it after he got back in his limo.
360** Happened betwixt the two again at the end of "Prom-ise Her Anything." Max drew Elmyra as his date for the Acme Looniversity prom, and it didn't sit well with him. He's about to spritz Elmyra with a bottle of seltzer water when she plants the kiss on him. Max is left stoic and speechless.
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364* TheVJDayKiss. Navy sailor George Mendonsa kisses Greta Friedman upon news of the end of World War II.
365* [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]] and Michelle Obama [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20267690 shared a Big Damn Hug]] when TV networks announced the former's victory in the 2012 presidential election. It quickly became the most tweeted photo in ''history'', beating the previous record set by Music/JustinBieber.
366* When Creator/AdrienBrody won his Academy Award, he was so overcome with joy he [[http://img2-3.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/060215/101126__brody_l.jpg planted one]] on presenter Creator/HalleBerry. A few months later, while he was at the MTV Movie Awards, Music/QueenLatifah decided [[http://img2-1.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/030602/91752__mtv_l.jpg it was her turn.]] Since the next year's Best Actress award is presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner, Adrien Brody humorously referenced his kiss and quickly used some breathspray before announcing the winner, Creator/CharlizeTheron, who did give Brody a quick kiss on the lips.
367* Creator/RyanGosling and Creator/RachelMcAdams shared [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiX38OrigQM a legendary kiss]] at the MTV Movie Awards in 2005 after winning Best Kiss for ''Film/TheNotebook''.
368* Six words: [[spoiler: [[WeddingAndEngagementTropes "You may now kiss the bride."]]]]
369* When Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus won the Emmy for Outstanding Actress in an Emmy in 2014, Creator/BryanCranston planted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDe29cUz_Y one of the most epic (but staged) kisses]] in award show history.
370* After the Spanish victory in [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup the 2010 World Cup]], goalkeeper Iker Casillas planted one on his girlfriend, well-known reporter Sara Carbonero... while she was interviewing him on live television.
371* The city of Vancouver rioted after its hockey team lost. In the midst of the chaos, Alexandra Thomas was knocked down. To calm her, her boyfriend, Scott Jones, kissed her as they sat in the middle of the street, surrounded by armed police. It was caught on [[http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/overlooked-vancouver-video-shows-kissing-couple-was-knocked-down-by-riot-police/?_r=0 camera.]]
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