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->'''Vala''': "Ow! Ohh, you hit me!"
->'''Daniel''': "You hit ''me''."
->'''Vala''': "Yeah... you know, we could just have sex instead."
-->-- ''StargateSG1''

->"No matter how often cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens."
-->-- ''Abraham Lincoln''

This trope is all but universal in romantic stories. It frequently brings to a close the WillTheyOrWontThey phase of a RomanceArc.

When a male and female character spend a lot of time bickering, it is all but inevitable that sooner or later he will interrupt her in mid-rant by suddenly grabbing her and [[ShutUpKiss kissing her]]. (Less frequently, ''she'' grabs and kisses him.) The kissed one rarely resists, and usually responds wholeheartedly.

Usually this is triggered by their hostilities reaching a crescendo that results in an exchange of slaps, followed by a moment where both stare at each other in combined confusion and shock, after which they dive into the kiss.

Either way, the kiss prompts both to realize that they've been in love all this time - the rationale being that they wouldn't argue so much if they didn't give a damn about each other. Normally results in some kind of permanent change in their relationship. Like sex, or everything implied by a FirstKiss in {{Anime}}.

OlderThanYouThink, dating back at least to Shakespeare's ''MuchAdoAboutNothing''.

Compare ShutUpKiss, LoveAtFirstPunch,TakahashiCouple, and DestructoNookie. Often considered in similar terms to FoeYay by Fangirls. KissKissSlap is this in reverse (kissing, ''then'' fighting).

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!!Examples:

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

*''TenshiNaKonamaiki'' can be fairly described as forty-nine episodes of slapping, followed by a kiss.
* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' stretched out the trope to breaking point by doing seven seasons of increasing romantic tensions (and slaps -- and punches, and roundhouse kicks, and exploding {{ki attacks}}), but never getting to the kiss.
** Well, consensual kiss, anyway. Their first kiss was when he thought he was a cat, their second kiss was when she was possessed by an evil doll, and so on...
** A tradition proudly carried on by Rumiko Takahashi's later series, ''{{Inuyasha}}''. Though Kagome is a bit more level-headed than Akane, she's still ready to yell "Sit boy" at Inuyasha if he pisses her off...
* Practically every series with a {{Tsundere}} as the [[FirstGirlWins winning girl]].
* Kousuke and Ryoko in ''{{Spiral}} ~Suiri no Kizuna~'' and ''{{Alive}}''. One of their fistfights actually scared away a bear.
* Kazahaya and Rikuo of ''LegalDrug'' seem to be heading in this direction (considering that both their bosses and the rest of the universe [[ShipperOnDeck seem to be nudging them together]]), but since the series has been on hold since Vol. 3 it is impossible to tell.
* This is the essence of Melissa Mao and Kurz Weber's relationship in ''FullMetalPanic!'', although they've only reached the "kiss" stage in the novels on which the anime is based.
* ''{{Suzuka}}'' is chock full of this. The manga has a rare "kiss-kiss, SLAP!!" scene [[spoiler: both initiated by the girl]] depicted.
* Shikamaru/Temari is often depicted as this in the {{Naruto}} fandom. This is unsurprising, as they are essentially a FoeYay pairing promoted to OfficialCouple status.
** This Troper recalls reading a [=ShikaTema=] fanfic in which, after an argument with Temari leads to angry sex, Shikamaru is forced to view his parents' many fights in a whole new light.
* The [[strike: second half of]] ''BlackLagoon'''s seventh episode is an extended slap-slap-IndirectKiss sequence between Rocky and Revy. And by 'slap-slap', we mean 'punch-gunshot to the face'.
* In ''BlueDrop'', Hagino and Mari's huge fight at the school's swimming pool results in both of them landing in the water and exchanging a kiss--probably, since that moment is [[CensorSteam obscured by lots of bubbles]].
* Inverted in ''{{Noir}}'' when Lady Silvana (aka the Intoccabile) gives Mireille a [[FoeYay lengthy]] KissOfDeath, whereupon the latter tries to punch her.

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* In the Frank Miller-written comic book ''Allstar {{Comicbook/Batman}}'', a retelling of the Batman mythos that is slowly becoming more and more of a parody of the 90s DarkAge of comics that Frank Miller helped create (it is ''fervently hoped'', anyway), WonderWoman is characterized as a [[StrawFeminist man-hating shrew]], someone who thinks [[DoesNotLikeMen men do nothing but destroy the planet]] and even calling some random onlooker in the street a "sperm-bank". She meets up with the rest of the Justice League, including {{Comicbook/Superman}} and, after saying that she hates their guts (several times, using the same wording) she suddenly starts making out with Supes. After that she returns to her ultra radical feminist self with no explanation given for the two heroes suddenly massaging each others' tonsils.
* A frequent move of Catwoman's when she goes up against Batman. The final issue (#82) of her most recent series is just one example.
* In 'Boy Meets Hero' by Chayne Avery and Russell Garcia, villain Cold Snap and her protege 'Zack Savage' get a moment like this, hurling insults, complete with "Are you as turned on as I am?" "More!", at which point she jumps on him and they start kissing.
* Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Glittering Goldie in the DonRosa story ''[[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck The Prisoner of White Agony Creek]]'', pictured. The action cuts to outside the cabin, where there are sound effects of yelling and crashing … and [[SexyDiscretionShot then, suddenly, silence]]. [[InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson]] attempt to rush in, shouting, "They killed each other!" but the more GenreSavvy Judge Roy Bean prevents them from [[MomentKiller ruining the moment]].
** It's even more so with Donald's parents in ''The Invader of Fort Duckburg''.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* ''BladesOfGlory'' has this between [[BrotherSisterIncest Stranz and Fairchild van Waldenberg]]. Um...[[SoYeah right]].
* ''FatherGoose'' does this. The first time, Leslie Caron slaps Cary Grant, he calmly slaps her back, and she dissolves in tears and runs away. The second time, she slaps him, he slaps her back, she slaps ''him'' back ... cut to Trevor Howard, reaction to the news that they want to be married.
* Taken to a ridiculous extreme by the movie ''Mr. And Mrs. Smith''. The two main characters practically demolish a house with gunfire in an attempt to kill each other. They then proceed to punch, kick and smash objects onto each other, demolishing even more furniture in the process, until they grab their weapons again and get to a MexicanStandoff. Surprising nobody, little time passes before they put down the guns and start kissing and ripping each other's clothes off (although to be fair, as a married couple they were already long past the WillTheyOrWontThey stage. Also, as a pair of professional assassins, they weren't trying to kill each other for personal reasons.)
** They then proceed to [[DestructoNookie demolish even more of the house...]]
* In ''{{Whitecoats}}'', this is done with out the will they or won't they, in this case the Slaps were a fist fight where they gave as good as they got, with the rest of the cast trying to pull them apart. It ended when they started making out.
* ''IronMan'' has an argument between Tony Stark and Christine Everheart cut directly to them having sex. However this is a one night stand and isn't a set up for a relationship.
** The more subdued scene later on with Tony and Pepper is more standard but still ends up [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when it inspires Pepper not to sleep with her boss but to mull over just how screwed-up her relationship with him is.
* ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade'' has a classic example of this: Indy and Elsa are arguing. Indy goes on about how "Since I met you, I've nearly been incinerated, drowned, shot at, and chopped into fish bait" blah blah, then kisses her. She slaps him, says, "How DARE you kiss me?!" then kisses him back.
* ''StarWars'' - Han Solo and Leia, anyone?
** I'm appalled this isn't the first entry in the film section.
* ''{{Enchanted}}'': Giselle is first turned on by Robert when he makes her feel angry for the first time in her life.
* Played straight in Lethal Weapon 3, where Riggs and Lorna end up kissing after the infamous "my scar is bigger" contest.
* ''The Singles Ward'' has another classic example, where Jonathan and Cammie, after having gotten off to a rough start, get into an argument in the kitchen, during a party at his house. They criticize and mock each other, stepping ever closer together, until a friend walks in to find them making out.
* ''{{Film/Outlander}}'' has a rather non-standard use of this. Kainan knocks Freya unconscious during his attempted escape. The following morning, Freya gives him a good sock upside the head in return. Freya warms up to Kainan after hearing that he killed a bear all by himself. By the end of the film, they're married.
*In ''{{Gangs of New York}}'', this trope makes an appearance as more of an "Insult retort slap slap punch grapple claw try-to-bite kiss".
* Stef and Mouth have this sort of relationship in ''TheGoonies''. At first they hate each other, but then she hugs him when they find the pirate ship and then pushes him back. Finally at the end they really do make up.

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[[folder: Machinima ]]

* ''RedVsBlue''. Tex and Church sometimes play this in reverse:
-->'''Chruch:''' Alright O'Malley this is it. From now on if any one makes my girlfriend crazy and psychotic...it's gonna be me.
-->'''Tex:''' Aw, that's sweet.
-->'''Church:''' Shut up bitch.
-->'''Tex:''' Asshole.

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[[folder: Music ]]

* Used in Muse's KnightsOfCydonia music video (which is done in the style of a 70s SciFi movie). The love interest slaps the hero in a bar, then the slap is shown again, but they're now in a bedroom and wearing less clothes. Again, with less clothes, but he grabs her arm and they kiss.
* The whole point of the 80's Latin-American pop song "Dame un beso" ("Gimme a Kiss") by Yuri, which plays it up as comedy.

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* This situation very accurately describes the relationship between Aravis and Prince Cor in ''[[{{Narnia}} The Horse and his Boy]]'':
--> "Aravis also had many quarrels (and, I'm afraid, even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they were grown up, they were so used to quarreling and making it up again that they got married so as to go on doing it more conveniently."
*There's a similar case with a young Vulcan couple in DianeDuane's ''StarTrek'' novel,''Spock's World''. The chapter ''is'' set pre-Surak, after all.
* Ron and Hermione in the ''HarryPotter'' series.
** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold James Potter]] [[WhenAJerkLovesATsundere and]] [[{{Tsundere}} Lily Evans]].
* How about ''Stab Stab'' Kiss? Vlad of the ''{{Taltos}}'' series and his wife, a former assassin, fall in lust/love after she kills him and he is revived from the dead. This is subverted later, when the series takes a more realistic perspective toward this kind of tumultuous relationship by having their marriage fall apart very quickly when the two discover how different they really are.
* Alluded to in the prequels to Eddings' ''{{Belgariad}}''. The heirs of Astur and Mimbre were LockedInARoom "to kill each other without disturbing honest people", with the sole purpose of having them accept marriage.
** Pretty much defines the relationship between Garion and Ce'Nedra.
* Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in ''PrideAndPrejudice'' are often cited as this -- a scene where the two of them argue about what the other's worst qualities are makes Darcy's ClingyJealousGirl Caroline Bingley worried enough to try to distract them with the piano... which just leads to more {{UST}}. However, the SlapSlapKiss feelings are actually only coming from Darcy. Elizabeth geuinely DID detest him at first and [[MisaimedFandom finds it insulting that no one can ever give a girl permission to genuinely dislike a man without masking love]].
* The real ur-example is most certainly the Sumerian poem ''TheCourtshipOfInannaAndDumuzi'', in which the {{Tsundere}} goddess Inanna spends most of the story berating the shepherd Dumuzi for not being a farmer, until they have a good argument and Inanna becomes smitten. They spend the rest of the story having awesome sex. Yeah, this is OlderThanDirt.
* Averted in ''{{Animorphs}}'', where Marco and Rachel exhibited many symptoms of this trope... but it turns out that they really ''couldn't'' stand each other. There are indications of attraction and mild flirting, but Rachel and Tobias are set up as a couple from the very first book. Later in the series, Marco makes it pretty clear that he thinks Rachel is [[BloodKnight a rageaholic violence junkie]] and Rachel gets very impatient with his snark and suspicious caution. The trope is also played with to a certain extent: they seem to flirt in earlier books, Marco's immediate reaction to seeing that Rachel has been split in half is that there's one for him now, Nice Rachel says she would go out with him if he asked her, and in the WonderfulLife / WhatIf book, where they never became Animorphs and Rachel never really got to know Tobias, they did end up going on a date.
* In Xanth, Ogre-style-love is violent to the point of being perceived as rape by virtually all of the other non-Ogre cultures.
* {{Discworld/Mort}} and Ysobel. There's a good two pages dedicated to a conversation in which they insult each other.
** Pratchett sums up their relationship in Soul Music: [Mort and Ysobel] took a strong and immediately dislike to one another and everyone knows there's only one inevitable outcome to that kind of relationship.
*In {{Discworld/Pyramids}} this is mostly the case for Pteppic and Ptracy until it is revealed [[spoiler:they're half-siblings]]
* DS Edgar Wield and Edwin Digweed in Reginald Hill's DalzielAndPascoe novel ''Pictures of Perfection,'' largely because neither of them is GenreSavvy enough to realize that Hill is parodying ''PrideAndPrejudice.''
*in ArchAngel (by Sharon Shinn) The main character's relationship is entirely this.
* An entire chapter of [=~The Action Hero's Handbook~=] is dedicated to teaching the reader how to invoke this trope.

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* ''{{Cheers}}'', practically a TropeNamer, centered around the WillTheyOrWontThey relationship of Sam and Diane that seemed eternally poised to trigger this trope.
-->'''Sam''': You are the nuttiest, the stupidest, the phoniest fruitcake I ever met!
-->'''Diane''': You, Sam Malone, are the most arrogant self centered, son of a b...
-->'''Sam''': SHUT IT! Shut your fat mouth!
-->'''Diane''': Make me!
-->'''Sam''': Make you?! My God I'm-I'm gonna, I'm GONNA BOUNCE YOU OFF EVERY WALL IN THIS OFFICE!!
-->'''Diane''': Try it and you'll be walking funny tomorrow... Or should I say funnier?
-->'''Sam''': You know... you know I always wanted to pop you one! Maybe this is my lucky day, huh?
-->'''Diane''': You disgust me! I hate you!
-->'''Sam''': Are you as turned on as I am?
-->'''Diane''': More!
-->''(They kiss passionately.)''
** In fact, during the season two finale, they ''literally'' slapped each other.
*** ''{{Frasier}}'' would reference this scene twice with Frasier.
* Niles and C.C. in ''TheNanny'' triggered a quantum leap in their relationship this way.
* Can you say ''{{Moonlighting}}''?
** [[IncrediblyLamePun Moonlighting.]]
* Buffy and Spike on ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Although that was more a case of "roundhouse kick, punch to the face, kiss."
** Also Cordelia and Xander.
-->'''Cordelia:''' I hate you!
-->'''Xander:''' I hate ''you!''
-->''Both wait a beat, then grab each ''other'' and kiss passionately.''
** And Buffy and Faith, if you're a fan of subtext.
*** Buffy and Faith actually got along pretty well before Faith's FaceHeelTurn. A better example mostly in the subtext would probably be Spike and Angel. Which, of course, got a little textier with this:
--->Me and Angel have never been intimate. Except that once.
*** There's also that guy who shot that chick in the back on the show, and now they've been dating in real life for about five years. SoYeah.
* Although they are brother and sister, Justin and Alex, from ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', have the [[SlapSlapKiss slap slap kiss]] kind of relationship. Despite of the fact that the ''slap slap'' part is much more dominant, they occasionally hug and support each other, especially in the last episodes (plus [[TheMovie the movie]]), where these gestures are ''quite'' frequent. Now, it might sound like a normal sibling relationship... if the entire fandom wasn't lead by fans who support [[PortmanteauCoupleName Jalex]] ([[BrotherSisterIncest Justin/Alex]]).
**[[RelationshipWritingFumble And this is the producers' fault, of course.]]
* Hawkeye and Margaret's brief liaison under fire in ''[[{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]]'' is a variation on this trope. Even Hot Lips and Frank conveyed this trope note for note years earlier.
* Aeryn and John on {{FarScape}}, often complete with literal punches and backhands but not always. They yell at each other, and then they make out...[[{{KissKissSlap}}or they make out and then yell at each other]].
* Pretty much the entire plot of every instance of "The Needlers" , a recurring sketch on ''SaturdayNightLive''.
* Happened in the penultimate episode of ''TwoGuysAndAGirl'' to set Pete and Ashley together.
* Happened completely literally in the late first season of ''{{Rome}}''. Slap. Pause. Slap. Pause. Kiss.
* ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': This pretty much sums up Will's relationship with one of his longer-lasting [[GirlOfTheWeek Girls Of The Week]], Jackie.
** There was also a GirlOfTheWeek who was rude to everyone, and Will wasn't getting along with her for that reason. Carlton had better luck, however, and after the "kiss" part of the trope kicked in, he was able to get her to treat people in a civil manner. After discovering that Carlton was able to assert himself, Will tried doing the same thing as Carlton did...however, Will was just as unable as ever to get past the "slap slap" stage of the relationship.
* ''DrakeAndJosh'': Josh and Mindy share the following heated exchange...
-->'''Josh''': So today, you were just messing with my head?
-->'''Mindy''': I think you deserved it after the way you screamed at me.
-->'''Josh''': I still think that was a really obnoxious thing for you to do!
-->'''Mindy''': I think you acted ''way'' more obnoxious.
-->'''Josh''': Well, I'm just glad we're broken up!
-->'''Mindy''': Not as glad as I am!
-->'''Josh''': Oh, really?!
-->'''Mindy''': REALLY!
-->(They make out.)
** On that note, Sam and Freddie of ICarly [[GenreSavvy unsurprisingly]] become this at the close of the TonightSomeoneKisses special. Judging by their reactions after they share a FirstKiss, the way they act towards each other won't change much.
***Although if you look closely, Freddie at least seemed to enjoy it more than he expected to.
***It is hinted that Sam enjoyed it too when Carly confronts them about it in a later episode.
---> '''Carly''': Did you guys ... you know ... like it?
---> Sam and Freddie both hesitate to answer.
* Maddie shares one such scene with a one-shot character, Trevor, a "merit scholar", on ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'', ending with the most passionate make out scene ever on children's programming:
-->'''Trevor''': I don't need a vote from some tree-hugger.
-->'''Maddie''': If you have it your way, there won't be any trees left to hug.
-->'''Trevor''': Oh, next you're going to blame the oil companies for global warming.
-->'''Maddie''': Yeah, 'cause they're to blame!
-->'''Trevor''': Oh, cry me a river!
-->'''Maddie''': If I did, you'd just pollute it!
-->'''Trevor''': You bleeding-heart liberal!
-->'''Maddie''': You establishment puppet!
-->'''Trevor''': Do you wanna kiss me as much as I wanna kiss you!?
-->'''Maddie''': I'm surprised someone as smart as you would have to ask!
-->'''London, to a nearby museum staff''': Didn't see ''that'' comin'. (The man nods)
** It doesn't help that Trevor and Maddie are played by the same people who played [[HighSchoolMusical Troy and Sharpay]].
** "I wonder what they'd do if they liked each other?"
* One episode of ''{{Frasier}}'' subverts it by having Frasier in the slap phase with a coworker, but when (in a ContinuityNod to the ''Cheers'' example) he asks if she is as turned on as he is, she just says no and looks disgusted. Since the station manager saw the situation, everyone in the station has to attend a SensitivityTraining.
** A straight example of this trope occured in an earlier episode in a very similar situation, but without the ShoutOut to the {{Cheers}} line.
** A version of this trope occurred in the episode ''Daphne Returns'' where Daphne and Niles' first fight leads to them kissing and then having sex for the first time.
* The rebooted ''BattlestarGalactica'' has raised this to the level of an art form; nearly ''every'' canonical couple has engaged in it at some point and to some degree, often in the most literal sense (see -- unsurprisingly -- Lee Adama and Kara Thrace; also Saul and Ellen Tigh).
** In the case of both Adama/Thrace and the two tighs this pretty much ''defines'' their relationship from beginning to end.
** Deserving of special mention are Chief Tyrol and Callie. The first slap was actually Callie [[MurderTheHypotenuse Murdering The Hypotenuse]] by shooting Tyrol's Cylon lover right before his eyes. The slap back came later that season, when Callie woke Tyrol up from a nightmare and Tyrol, possibly believing he was still dreaming, he beat her so brutally that a disclaimer warning of excessive violence was broadcast before the episode. Two and a half episodes later, they were married and expecting. Admittedly there was a one year TimeSkip in the meantime, but Jesus H. Christ... To twist the trope further into the realm of the bizarre, they were one of only three couples on the show that were relatively stable and supportive. At least until the forth season, but I [[SpoilerHound probably shouldn't say any more...]]
* ''BurnNotice'' takes this and runs with it, since both of the "combatants" are trained covert ops. After a short fight with heavy subtext, one finally gets the other in a choke pin... but then they start making out.
* Ellen from ''SlingsAndArrows'' does this twice within three episodes of each other: the first time with Geoffrey, the second with her brother-in-law Eric.
* Worf and Ezri Dax from ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' have a heated argument while stranded on a forest planet, intensified by the feelings shared between Worf and Jadzia Dax, Ezri's symbiont predecessor. It eventually degrades into name-calling and fisticuffs, and a passionate kiss with (implied) off-camera relations.
** Speaking of DS9, Odo and Kira in "His Way". Not too heavy on the slapping, but a heated argument in the middle of the frickin' Promenade should count too. Also, the way Worf and Jadzia got together in "Looking for Par'mach in All the Wrong Places".
** Early in the first or second season of ''Next Generation'', Worf explains to Wesley that this is how all Klingon courtship works. The woman screams and throws heavy objects, while the man reads love poetry and ducks a lot.
** Chief O'Brien has this almost done to him as well. He's working with a female Cardassian engineer and the two of them won't stop arguing over everything. Soon he learns that she believed that he was flirting with her.
* ''TheTick'' (live-action): Batmanuel and Captain Liberty
* ''{{Scrubs}}'': Jordan and Dr. Cox. Although it's more of a ''Stab Stab Sex'' sort of thing.
** Jordan again, this time with JD. He gets fed up with her behaviour as a patient, tells her so, and she tells him to take his pants off.
* Gene Hunt to Alex Drake in Episode 1 of ''AshesToAshes'' (immediately after grabbing her breast in the supply room):
-->'''Gene''': ''Now'' then, Bollinger Knickers. You going to kiss me or punch me?
** (She did not, needless to say, kiss him. Nor has she yet, but let's face it -- it's only a matter of time.)
* Dick and Mary from ''{{Third Rock From The Sun}}'' have this quite often. Most bizarrely, the first episode has Dick kiss Mary, she slaps him, she kisses him again, then he, confused, ''slaps her back''.
* Receptionist Amanda and Nick Pepper of ''{{Ugly Betty}}'' revert to this after quite a few scenes of sexual tension, coming to a close when both tag each other out of a game of [[PaintballError company paintball]] -- and consequently decide that their catfights actually turn them on.
* Spike and Lynda of ''{{Press Gang}}'' conducted their kissing-and-slapping exchange while on the set of a Saturday morning children's cartoon show, where Lynda was supposed to be promoting the wholesomeness and public-spiritedness of the ''Junior Gazette''.
* ''TheVicarOfDibley'' had something similar to the {{Fraiser}} subversion but played more seriously: Geraldine, the title character and a liberal female vicar, is always trading insults with the [[StrawmanPolitical arch-conservative]] councilman David. At one point in the series, he reveals his love for her, interpreting her snarking as flirting. In actuality, she doesn't really consciously ''like him'' much at this point. This declaration starts his character on a more PetTheDog path and makes her better disposed to him.
* From ''{{House}}'', Greg House and Lisa Cuddy: "I try to make you miserable. You deny that it's making you miserable. You try to make me miserable so I'll stop making you miserable." How romantic...
** And let us not forget [[spoiler: the ending of the episode 'Joy' in season 5, where they actually do kiss after the slap slap.]]
* Done in ''{{Friends}}'' between Ross and Rachel. Rachel is very pregnant and overdue for labor, and the doctor has advised several home remedies, including sex, to speed up the process. They try everything else and nothing works, so Rachel insists they have sex. Since she had been very mean to Ross that entire episode, Ross declines. Rachel then starts angrily ranting at him how this is all his fault and so on, but is interrupted by Ross kissing her. Rachel is surprised and Ross says, "I don't care what it takes, I am getting that baby out of you!" Rachel immediately starts having contractions and Ross says, "I am ''good''!"
* An episode of ''SavedByTheBell'' featured Slater and Jessie arguing as they always do before launching into a kiss.
* ''StarTrekEnterprise''. In "Precious Cargo" Trip Tucker has this happen with the beautiful yet [[RoyalBrats arrogant First Monarch Kaitaama]], among a bunch of other [[ClicheStorm cliched scenes]].
* ''The Daily Show''. Samantha Bee and Jason Jones (married in RL) pulled this off...[[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=120392&title=Chalabi/Cheney-Transcript while acting as Dick Cheney and Ahmad Chalabi]].
** Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac did something similar during their [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-july-30-2009/white-house-beer-simulation White House Beer Simulation]] though it was more Fight Dance Fight Dance Fight Dance Grope.
* Laura and one of her love interests had the Insult Insult Kiss variation of this in an episode of ''FamilyMatters''.
* {{Lost}}. Ana Lucia tries to get Sawyer's gun-she asks him for it, tries to steal it, and gets caught. She and Sawyer fight before he pins her down and asks her what she's going to do, and she kisses him, leading to them having sex. [[spoiler: She steals the gun after, when he's too distracted to think about it.]]
* Played around with in the season 4 finale of ''HowIMetYourMother'', between [[spoiler: Barney and Robin]]. The two are unable to admit their feelings without provoking the other into an automatic rejection response (as both are relationship averse). Leads to a long, rapid back-and-forth "I love you"/"Lets be friends" style exchange that escalates in aggravation until they become so confused and frustrated they simply kiss.
** And it's awesome:
-->[[spoiler:'''Barney''']]: Why are you so afraid of giving this a chance?
-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''']]: Because I am scared of how much I like you!
-->[[spoiler:'''Barney''']]: Whoa, this is a bad idea.
-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''']]: You’re right, this is a mistake.
-->[[spoiler:'''Barney''']]: Yes. No!
-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''']]: I love you!
-->[[spoiler:'''Barney''']]: Let’s be friends.
-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''']]: Okay, friends then.
-->[[spoiler:'''Barney''']]: I love you.
-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''']]: Let’s get married!
-->[[spoiler:'''Barney''']]: No, you’re smothering me!
-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''']]: Okay, forget it!
-->[[spoiler:'''Barney''']]: Gaaah!
-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''']]: Gaaah! (they kiss)
* When John Hart and Jack Harkness meet again on ''{{Torchwood}}'' this is exactly what happens, although they substitute punches for some of the slaps. It helps that they're both omnisexual mansluts.
** More KissKissSlap than SlapSlapKiss.
** Meanwhile, in the first season, Jack and Ianto went from pointing guns at each other's heads in episode 4 to {{UST}} in episode 5 and [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean discussing stopwatches]] in episode 8. (To be fair, it's also been suggested that they were having sex before episode 4, though nothing in canon actually proves it.)
* Notable [[AvertedTrope aversion]]: the original script called for this between Jack Bauer and Renee Walker in season 7 of ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'', but the kiss was cut for being "[[LampshadeHanging too cliché]]". The actress who plays Renee added that she [[http://au.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b104556_24_cuts_out_hot_kiefer_kiss.html wasn't quite sure if she wanted a romantic subplot with Jack]] [[CartwrightCurse because that's "usually the kiss of death for a character"]]. I smell GenreSavvy here.

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* Red and Gobo of ''FraggleRock'' -- in the rare moments when they're not fighting/competing to see who can be more stubborn, they're hugging. Or Red is desperately trying to get his attention. And yet for all their complaints and squabbles about leadership, they keep coming back...


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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twyUZEn4cuE Here's an example]] between Eric Bischoff and Stephanie [=McManhon=], then-General-Managers of {{WWE}} ''Raw'' and ''Smackdown'', respectively. Strangely, it was never mentioned again after this.
* Glamarella started this way.

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* Benedick and Beatrice in ''MuchAdoAboutNothing''.
* Played straight in ''ThoroughlyModernMillie'':
-->'''Millie:''' Skirt-chaser!
-->'''Jimmy:''' Gold-digger!
-->'''Millie:''' Womanizer!
-->'''Jimmy:''' Jezebel!
-->'''Millie:''' Casanova!
-->At which point he grabs her, snogs the hell out of her, and dashes off... whereupon she bursts into song.
* Jimmy and Helena in ''Look Back in Anger''

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* In the TV Zapping intro of the first ''CommandAndConquer'' game, the third sequence (on channel 319) is a ''perfect'' example of SlapSlapKiss. Joe Kucan, who plays Kane, has [[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=3&cId=3156010 named it as his favorite scene]] in the whole series.
-->"Oh yeah? Well at least your mother tipped well!"
* ''FireEmblem'' seems to be quite fond of this trope when it comes to romance. In the 7th installment, we have {{Genki Girl}}/{{Rich Bitch}} Serra and {{Badass Bookworm}} Erk, {{Tsundere}} Farina and the BoisterousBruiser Dart the Pirate, {{Genius Bruiser}} Hector and {{Action Girl}} Lyn, Hector and Farina, and to some extent Wil and Rebecca (she kicks him in the gut and yells at him quite a bit shortly before rushing into his arms). Fire Emblem 6 has {{Well Excuse Me Princess}} Clarine and {{Fragile Speedster}} Rutger, while 8 has the ''other'' {{Well Excuse Me Princess}} L'Arachel behave this way towards her two pairing options (StraightArrow Innes and TheWisePrince of sorts Ephraim) and popular fanon option Rennac.
** You also forgot Serra/Matthew from the 7th game. And Boyd/Mist from the ninth and tenth.
* {{Indiana Jones}} [[LucasArts And The Fate of Atlantis]] shows that Indy loves this trope. After freeing Sophia Hapsgood from her prison they get into an argument, she hits him, he hits back, she goes to hit him again but Indy yanks her into a deep kiss.
* [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid 4]]. In the third phase of the final battle, your opponent sometimes grabs you in a chokehold. If you leave the controller still for a while, he will plant a kiss on Snake's cheek and let him go. This troper couldn't figure it out until after playing Metal Gear Solid 3 and carving through the insanely complicated plot of 4 to figure out what the point of the entire game was.
* Buck and Dare do this near the end of Halo 3: ODST.
* Loni and Nanaly in ''TalesOfDestiny 2''. Every time she gives him a bone-crusher makes you think "Aw, they really ''do'' love each other!"

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* In GirlGenius, Agatha goes "you... you... I'm gonna save you both *group hug* ...and THEN I'm gonna KILL YOU!" [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091023]] In Travek's case, being killed was part of Agatha's plan to SAVE him. So it's a subtle slap slap kiss kiss meaning on top...
* Parodied in [[http://www.starslip.com/archive/20050526.shtml this]] ''StarslipCrisis'' strip.
* T-Rex of ''DinosaurComics'' wishes this were more common. [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=956 See?]]
* Done with Star Trek references in this ''Punch an Pie'': [[http://www.punchanpie.net/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20080509 strip]].
** And again when discussing [[http://www.punchanpie.net/cgi-bin/autokeenlite.cgi?date=20081212 a job offer]].
* {{Megatokyo}}'s BetaCouple: Largo/Erika. She has broken his arm on two separate occasions.
* Faye and Sven of ''{{Questionable Content}}'' in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1079 this strip]].
* Hot Goblin Girl Nitrine and her archfoe Halfling Sorceress Morgana satisfy our LesYay & FoeYay expectations in [[http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/comic.php?strip_id=233 this episode]] of FlakyPastry.
* Striptease has a perfect example of this trope in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlapSlapKiss this]] strip.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': Alvin and Brittany are forever fighting, but clearly have the hots for each other.
* ''CaptainPlanet'': Linka and Wheeler
* In ''{{Daria}}'': After the title character gets into an argument with Jane's beau on whether or not they actually ''have'' anything going on on the side, the two come to a mutual agreement that Tom breaking up with Jane is inevitable -- and that, furthermore, it has nothing to do with Daria, and neither would choose to get involved in the first place... That is, until Tom kisses her. Twice.
* ''Beast Machines'': Rattrap and Botanica.
*''TeenTitans'': Beast Boy and Raven, anyone? "Slap Slap Support" and "Slap Slap Commiserate" in the animated series; Kiss in the comics.
** They even hugged in one episode, and Beast Boy Glomped her in another. Which considering it's target audience, might as well count as a kiss.
*[[TeamMom Courtney]] and [[TroubledButCute Duncan]] develop this sort of relationship on ''TotalDramaIsland''.
* Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Glittering Goldie on ''DuckTales'' -- Their idea of romance is taking turns tricking each other out of a fortune... and making out afterwards. Not as [[DestructoNookie violent]] as the above-mentioned comic but still interesting.
* JimmyNeutron and Cindy Vortex own this trope.
* Brock Sampson and Molotov Cocktease from VentureBrothers are more of the ''Stab Stab Kiss'' variety, but they always fight and have a hot makeout session afterwards. Too bad they can only get to second base, though...
* {{Stoked}}: Fin and Reef (of course the almost kiss)

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*[[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael]] hates this trope and wrote a [[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/345153.html Rant]] specifically about ways to avert this kind of romance.
* In a great deal of FanFic to be found in the ''KungFuPanda''-verse, it seems to be the consensus that if [[BadAss Tai]] [[DeadpanSnarker Lung]] and [[ActionGirl Tigress]] were to become a couple, this would be the nature of their relationship--if not outright [[TheMasochismTango Masochism Tango]].
** Pro tip: It's not restricted to King Fu Panda. I see this EVERYWHERE.
*** Oh believe me, I know it! Just pointing out that that particular pairing seems especially prone to this trope.
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