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Not to be confused with DeliberatelyJumpingTheGun.

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Not to be confused with DeliberatelyJumpingTheGun.
DeliberatelyJumpingTheGun or ConfessionDeferred, which is about telling the truth only when it's convenient.
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* WebVideo/ProZD both [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] and [[ParodiedTrope parodies]] this trope (along with FireworksOfLove, as it happens), in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B13yISVHWI sports commentators commentating a romantic anime scene]]", using a scene from ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun''.
-->'''Post-"game" analyst:''' Well Brian, it was a very strong offensive on Sakura's part, but unfortunately her opponent is [[ObliviousToLove very dumb.]]
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* YuppieCouple Menko ("Miss Noodle") and Shiruo ("Mr. Soup") in ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' are eternally on the verge of declaring their love for each other when the current episode's lunacy literally runs them over.
* Watanabe in ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' runs into out-of-left-field calamities every time he tries to get somewhere with "Miss Ayasugi" (Hyatt).
** The most devastating of which was, after they got engaged and are finally about to have sex, [[spoiler:Il Palazzo appears and restores Hyatt's memory, and she leaves Watanabe]]. This ends up driving Watanabe insane.
* A random schoolboy in ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' is constantly interrupted by the cast from confessing to Jun's sister Nori.
* This happens to Momoka on ''Manga/SgtFrog'' all the time.
* ''Manga/VideoGirlAi'' has a moment where Yota and Moemi are out shopping and Yota seems to have gotten up his courage and a soft speechbubble appears with the words I love you... and it turns out he was just thinking it and Moemi is embarrassed cause he's just standing there with his mouth open.

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* YuppieCouple Menko ("Miss Noodle") and Shiruo ("Mr. Soup") Happens a few times in ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' are eternally on ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', usually thanks to Skuld providing the verge of declaring their love for each other when the current episode's lunacy literally runs them over.
* Watanabe in ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' runs into out-of-left-field calamities every time he tries to get somewhere with "Miss Ayasugi" (Hyatt).
** The most devastating of which was, after they got engaged and are finally about to have sex, [[spoiler:Il Palazzo appears and restores Hyatt's memory, and she leaves Watanabe]]. This ends up driving Watanabe insane.
* A random schoolboy in ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' is constantly interrupted by the cast from confessing to Jun's sister Nori.
* This happens to Momoka on ''Manga/SgtFrog'' all the time.
* ''Manga/VideoGirlAi'' has a moment where Yota and Moemi are out shopping and Yota seems to have gotten up his courage and a soft speechbubble appears with the words I love you... and it turns out he was just thinking it and Moemi is embarrassed cause he's just standing there with his mouth open.
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* In ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' (at least in the second season), any movement towards resolving the LoveTriangle is rudely interrupted by the sudden arrival of the next overpowering BigBad.
* Happens a few times in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', usually thanks to Skuld providing the interruption.
* One episode of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' features this one in regards to Nodoka's feelings for Negi. [[spoiler:She still manages to tell him by the end of the episode.]]
* Happens to Miroku and Sango several times in ''Manga/InuYasha'', mostly because ''both'' of them are inveterate {{Moment Killer}}s.
* ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' does this a lot. In the first episode alone the main character tries to confess to his love interest and is stopped in order by a soccer ball to the head, a flower pot to the head, [[OverlyLongGag a garbage truck, a herd of rampaging elephants, and finally a crashing alien spaceship]].
* Pretty much what happened constantly in the second arc of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' with [[spoiler:Syaoran trying to confess his love for Sakura.]]
** Also done with Touya and Yukito, with a few twists: [[spoiler:Touya was trying to tell Yukito that Yukito was dying, and all the interruptions caused by Nakuru were deliberate.]]
* In ''Manga/DNAngel'' this happens to Daisuke when he tries to confess his love for Risa in the first anime episode. (In the manga he managed to tell her, but she flat-out rejected him.)
* In ''Anime/{{VanDread}}'', a nervous Hibiki gets out an "I like y--"/'omae ga su---' to Dita, before the attack alert sirens go off.
* Ushio of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' is smitten with his lovely co-worker Mikage, but the moment he chose to make his feelings known to her unfortunately turned out to be the moment when she was having a rather intense conversation with Jack Atlas, which made it clear that she was in love with him. Either because Ushio knows that he can't compete with the younger, more glamorous, and better-looking Jack, or because he [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy just wants her to be happy]], he drops the attempt and apparently never works up the courage to try again.



* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'':
** Pretty much what happened constantly in the second arc with Syaoran trying to confess his love for Sakura.
** Also done with Touya and Yukito, with a few twists: [[spoiler:Touya was trying to tell Yukito that the latter was dying, and all the interruptions caused by Nakuru were deliberate.]]
* In ''Manga/DNAngel'' this happens to Daisuke when he tries to confess his love for Risa in the first anime episode. (In the manga he managed to tell her, but she flat-out rejected him.)
* Watanabe in ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' runs into out-of-left-field calamities every time he tries to get somewhere with "Miss Ayasugi" (Hyatt).
** The most devastating of which was, after they got engaged and are finally about to have sex, [[spoiler:Il Palazzo appears and restores Hyatt's memory, and she leaves Watanabe]]. This ends up driving Watanabe insane.
* In episode 5 of ''The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses'', Mie gets upset after seemingly running out of {{Platonic Valentine}}s before she can give him one, and to make up for it, offers to do any one thing he asks. Komura decides this is a good opportunity to confess and asks her to listen to what he's about to say, only to find that he can't get the words out. He apologises and asks Mie to wait until he's ready to tell her.



* Happens to Miroku and Sango several times in ''Manga/InuYasha'', mostly because ''both'' of them are inveterate {{Moment Killer}}s.



* In episode 5 of ''The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses'', Mie gets upset after seemingly running out of {{Platonic Valentine}}s before she can give him one, and to make up for it, offers to do any one thing he asks. Komura decides this is a good opportunity to confess and asks her to listen to what he's about to say, only to find that he can't get the words out. He apologises and asks Mie to wait until he's ready to tell her.

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* In One episode 5 of ''The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses'', Mie gets upset after seemingly running out of {{Platonic Valentine}}s before she can give him one, and to make up for it, offers to do any one thing he asks. Komura decides ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' features this one in regards to Nodoka's feelings for Negi. [[spoiler:She still manages to tell him by the end of the episode.]]
* A random schoolboy in ''Manga/RozenMaiden''
is constantly interrupted by the cast from confessing to Jun's sister Nori.
* In ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' (at least in the second season), any movement towards resolving the LoveTriangle is rudely interrupted by the sudden arrival of the next overpowering BigBad.
* ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' does this
a good opportunity lot. In the first episode alone the main character tries to confess to his love interest and asks her is stopped in order by a soccer ball to listen the head, a flower pot to what the head, [[OverlyLongGag a garbage truck, a herd of rampaging elephants, and finally a crashing alien spaceship]].
* YuppieCouple Menko ("Miss Noodle") and Shiruo ("Mr. Soup") in ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' are eternally on the verge of declaring their love for each other when the current episode's lunacy literally runs them over.
* In ''Anime/{{VanDread}}'', a nervous Hibiki gets out an "I like y--"/'omae ga su---' to Dita, before the attack alert sirens go off.
* ''Manga/VideoGirlAi'' has a moment where Yota and Moemi are out shopping and Yota seems to have gotten up his courage and a soft speechbubble appears with the words I love you... and it turns out he was just thinking it and Moemi is embarrassed cause
he's about just standing there with his mouth open.
* Ushio of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' is smitten with his lovely co-worker Mikage, but the moment he chose
to say, only make his feelings known to find her unfortunately turned out to be the moment when she was having a rather intense conversation with Jack Atlas, which made it clear that she was in love with him. Either because Ushio knows that he can't get compete with the words out. He apologises younger, more glamorous, and asks Mie better-looking Jack, or because he [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy just wants her to wait until he's ready be happy]], he drops the attempt and apparently never works up the courage to tell her.try again.



* See early ''Series/{{Friends}}'' and Ross' unrequited love for Rachel.
* Early ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' was full of False Starts.

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* See early ''Series/{{Friends}}'' In the ''Series/{{Alias}}'' season 2 episode "The Counteragent," Vaughn pursues Sydney after a tender moment is interrupted; however, Sydney is nowhere to be found.
* Danny
and Ross' unrequited love for Rachel.
* Early ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
Lindsay on ''Series/{{CSINY}}''; their romance was full of False Starts.interrupted at first by Lindsay's trouble dealing with her turbulent past.



* Happens a lot between Sam Tyler and Annie Cartwright in ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''; [[spoiler:they finally get it together in the finale.]]
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': In episode 56, Alan is convinced that it is the time for him to make a love confession to Pipin. The problem is this trope happens. The first two times Alan's confession plans involve setting up heart-shaped decoration, but Pipin (who is not very smart) doesn't notice the CardiovascularLove and calls out Alan for throwing away flowers in her shop or spooking her with candles. The third time is straight up stopped by bad luck as his donuts for Pipin gets mixed up with Prima's apology donuts for Mami Bibir.
* Happens to Chase a few times in ''Series/{{Zoey 101}}'': he first tries to tell Zoey on a date (in which she shows up with her roommates, thinking it was just a friendly hangout), then he tries to tell her by sending her a text message only to have Zoey's phone get left by a fountain and fall in.



* Happens quite a few times in ''Series/{{Psych}}'' between Shawn and Juliet. In one season finale, the almost kiss becomes "close talking" as they have a full conversation with their lips a few centimeters apart. Then there was the time when Juliet went to ask him out but he was on a date with another girl. In another episode, Shawn goes off on a tangent about cereal boxes and toys until Lassiter comes in.
** To be fair, in that last example, the cereal box toys conversation was directly related to their situation, he just went on a little too long.
** And then there was the [[spoiler:TheBigDamnKiss during the mid-season 5 finale, while ''Juliet has a boyfriend''.]]
* In the ''Series/{{Alias}}'' season 2 episode "The Counteragent," Vaughn pursues Sydney after a tender moment is interrupted; however, Sydney is nowhere to be found.
* Danny and Lindsay on Series/{{CSINY}}; their romance was interrupted at first by Lindsay's trouble dealing with her turbulent past.



* Happens a lot between Sam Tyler and Annie Cartwright in ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''; [[spoiler:they finally get it together in the finale.]]
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': In episode 56, Alan is convinced that it is the time for him to make a love confession to Pipin. The problem is this trope happens. The first two times Alan's confession plans involve setting up heart-shaped decoration, but Pipin (who is not very smart) doesn't notice the CardiovascularLove and calls out Alan for throwing away flowers in her shop or spooking her with candles. The third time is straight up stopped by bad luck as his donuts for Pipin gets mixed up with Prima's apology donuts for Mami Bibir.
* Happens quite a few times in ''Series/{{Psych}}'' between Shawn and Juliet. In one season finale, the almost kiss becomes "close talking" as they have a full conversation with their lips a few centimeters apart. Then there was the time when Juliet went to ask him out but he was on a date with another girl. In another episode, Shawn goes off on a tangent about cereal boxes and toys until Lassiter comes in.
** To be fair, in that last example, the cereal box toys conversation was directly related to their situation, he just went on a little too long.
** And then there was the [[spoiler:TheBigDamnKiss during the mid-season 5 finale, while ''Juliet has a boyfriend''.]]
* Happens to Chase a few times in ''Series/{{Zoey 101}}'': he first tries to tell Zoey on a date (in which she shows up with her roommates, thinking it was just a friendly hangout), then he tries to tell her by sending her a text message only to have Zoey's phone get left by a fountain and fall in.



* [[Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy Sam Logan]]'s [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=155 guest strip]] for ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.



* [[Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy Sam Logan]]'s [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=155 guest strip]] for ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.



* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' uses it a couple of times. The most noticeable example is ''The Earth King'', when [[MomentKiller Sokka interrupts Aang's confession]].
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' actually has an episode with this title. Jérémie has finally brought his beloved Aelita into the real world...only to find out she has to return back to her virtual one, for the moment at least.



** And Numbah Three's ObfuscatingStupidity definitely didn't help matters.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' uses it a couple of times. The most noticeable example is ''The Earth King'', when [[MomentKiller Sokka interrupts Aang's confession]].



* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' actually has an episode with this title. Jérémie has finally brought his beloved Aelita into the real world...only to find out she has to return back to her virtual one, for the moment at least.
* On ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'', this happened several times regarding Sprx trying to confess his feelings for Nova -- either [[MomentKiller something would interrupt]], or [[CantSpitItOut he'd chicken out]] at the last moment. [[spoiler:In the end, ''she's'' the one who confesses first, [[ThePowerOfLove which is enough to free him]] from his BrainwashedAndCrazy state in the final episode.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' actually has an episode with this title. Jérémie has finally brought his beloved Aelita into the real world...only to find out she has to return back to her virtual one, for the moment at least.
* On ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'', this happened several times regarding Sprx trying to confess his feelings for Nova -- either [[MomentKiller [[InterruptedDeclarationOfLove something would interrupt]], or [[CantSpitItOut [[AbortedDeclarationOfLove he'd chicken out]] at the last moment. [[spoiler:In the end, ''she's'' the one who confesses first, [[ThePowerOfLove which is enough to free him]] from his BrainwashedAndCrazy state in the final episode.]]

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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture''
** George [=McFly=] with Lorraine Baines in 1955 before they're married.

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* At the start of the election arc in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', Shirogane asks Kaguya to meet him behind the school so he can requst her help in his campaign. When the entire school ends up misinterpreting this for something romantic and watches from nearby in the hopes of seeing a confession. Given the environment, he actually does briefly consider putting their whole DuelOfSeduction aside and confessing to her right then and there, but he chickens out at the last second and goes with his original request. That said, she makes it clear in her response that she would have gladly said yes regardless of which question he had chosen to go with.

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* At the start of the election arc in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', Shirogane asks Kaguya to meet him behind the school so he can requst her help in his campaign. When campaign, which the entire school ends up misinterpreting this for something romantic and watches from nearby in the hopes of seeing a confession. Given the environment, he actually does briefly consider putting their whole DuelOfSeduction aside and confessing to her right then and there, but he chickens out at the last second and goes with his original request. That said, she makes it clear in her response that she would have gladly said yes regardless of which question he had chosen to go with.
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* In episode 5 of ''The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses'', Mie gets upset after seemingly running out of {{Platonic Valentine}}s before she can give him one, and to make up for it, offers to do any one thing he asks. Komura decides this is a good opportunity to confess and asks her to listen to what he's about to say, only to find that he can't get the words out. He apologises and asks Mie to wait until he's ready to tell her.
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* In ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' (at least in the second season), any movement towards resolving the LoveTriangle is rudely interrupted by the sudden arrival of the next overpowering BigBad.

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* In ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' (at least in the second season), any movement towards resolving the LoveTriangle is rudely interrupted by the sudden arrival of the next overpowering BigBad.
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* At the start of the election arc in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', Shirogane asks Kaguya to meet him behind the school so he can requst her help in his campaign. When the entire school ends up misinterpreting this for something romantic and watches from nearby in the hopes of seeing a confession. Given the environment, he actually does briefly consider putting their whole DuelOfSeduction aside and confessing to her right then and there, but he chickens out at the last second and goes with his original request. That said, she makes it clear in her response that she would have gladly said yes regardless of which question he had chosen to go with.
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* Turned UpToEleven in [[Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy Sam Logan]]'s [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=155 guest strip]] for ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.

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* ''Series/JandaKembang'':
** Near the end of episode 23, Malik has prepared himself to confess his feelings to Salmah, even bringing in a flower. When he arrives, Kemal already asked out Salmah to a dinner. Malik feels defeated and gives the flower to Wulan instead.
** In episode 26, Wulan decides to take her aunt's advice and admits her feelings to Malik, but she chickens out mid-sentence and says she likes pizza instead.

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