Basic Trope: Two people with unresolved romantic interest in each other kiss, but for a plausibly non-romantic reason and so don't become a couple.
- Straight: Alice and Bob both have a crush on one another, but are scared to actually go steady. In the Christmas Episode, they kiss, but it was Under the Mistletoe, so they don't start dating.
- Exaggerated: Not only was it under the mistletoe, but also it was All Just a Dream and they were undercover.
- Downplayed: Alice and Bob are dating, but they never kiss. When they do kiss, it's implied that they're going to get married, but they don't.
- Justified: Alice and Bob are still too shy to date, but they want to kiss, so they kiss under the mistletoe.
- Inverted: Alice and Bob are already a couple but they want to break up. They seem to, but it was all a dream.
- Subverted: Alice and Bob kiss under the mistletoe in the Christmas episode. They're not dating in the next episode, but they go on their first date in the episode after that.
- Double Subverted: Only to decide it's not worth it and break up.
- Parodied:
- Zigzagged: Alice and Bob kiss under the mistletoe and don't start dating, then later they do but they break up, then later they go all the way but it was a one-night stand, then they kiss again but they were undercover...
- Averted: Alice and Bob do get together after kissing under the mistletoe.
- Enforced:
- The executives wanted to avoid a Shipping Bed Death.
- Two writers are in conflict about whether Alice and Bob should hook up.
- Lampshaded: "Well, guess our first kiss didn't count."
- Invoked: Alice and Bob, due to their crushes, intentionally find excuses to kiss.
- Exploited:
- Defied: "No! I don't care if there's mistletoe, I'm not kissing you unless you agree to date me!"
- Discussed: "Does it count when it's under the mistletoe?"
- Conversed: "Just get together, already! You've already kissed, for crying out loud!"
- Implied:
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Played for Laughs:
- Played for Drama:
- Played for Horror: It doesn't count as a kiss, because they were possessed.
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