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* In ''{{Friends}}'' after Monica and Chandler sleep together for the first time, they insist to never do it again, then ask each other when they ''can'' do it again. A few episodes later, an unsuspecting Rachel sets herself and Monica up on dates with male nurses, and Chandler finds out from Joey. Pre-empting rejection, he tells Monica that since they're just goofing around, it doesn't matter whether she dates anyone else. She's clearly stung and admits she was going to get out of the date for him, but if they're just goofing around, she'll go on the date after all. They work it out by the end of the episode, whereupon all pretence that they're just FriendsWithBenefits is over.

-->'''Batgirl:''' It was just sex for God's sake! It doesn't have to mean anything, it's not like we have to care! I don't care, you don't care! We just go back like it was, that's all!

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke''. After Barbara Gordon/Batgirl has sex with Batman, she argues that they can go back to their previous student/mentor relationship because "It was only sex!" Batman thinks otherwise, and it breaks up their partnership.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Susan and Justin share a kiss at one point... while [[GenderBender gender-bent]] and in a moment of emotional vulnerability, so hormones probably had something to do with it. Afterwards the two of them laugh it off and both agree it didn't mean anything, and nothing more is made of it.

* In ''PennyAndAggie'', Penny reacts this way after her [[FriendlyEnemy frenemy]], HandsomeLech Stan, gives her a good-bye kiss out of habit (he'd ended up in her bedroom by accident) and they both get unexpectedly turned on. The scene pairs this trope with ThatDidntHappen.
* In ''BittersweetCandyBowl'', Lucy kisses Mike after a particularly unpleasant encounter with some youth gang members. She immediately denies that it meant anything, but it obviously did for both parties.

* Cat from the Literature/NightHuntress series insists that [[KissingUnderTheInfluence her attraction to Bones]] is caused by alcohol, instead of being revealed by it.
* [[Literature/{{Reckless}} The Mirrorworld Series]]: Jacob more or less says this to [[spoiler: Clara]]. She doesn't quite believe him. Neither does [[spoiler: Fox]]. Come to think of it, he has his own doubts on the matter...

* [[{{Skins}} "It's only the drugs, right?"]]
* In ''{{Smallville}}'', [[{{OfficialCouple}} Clark and Lois]] naturally do this more than everyone else put together. Throughout the first few seasons after Lois's arrival, they are VitriolicBestBuds, but do things that reveal {{UST}} at least OnceAnEpisode every time Lois is around. Finally in Seasons 8 and 9 it gets to the point where neither can deny it any longer. And there was much rejoicing, both in-universe and out.

* Cat from the NightHuntress series insists that [[KissingUnderTheInfluence her attraction to Bones]] is caused by alcohol, instead of being revealed by it.

* In ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'', Apollo and Starbuck have some major drunken making out and things start getting heated before Apollo tries to slow them down, noticing that she seems to be upset. Starbuck's immediate response is to claim she just wanted an easy lay, and that there is nothing between the two of them - [[UnresolvedSexualTension an obvious lie to anyone who's watched them together up until that point]].

* In the second season of DeadLikeMe, Daisy kisses Mason and then adds, "Don't make any more of it than it is."

** When Faith (in [[GrandTheftMe Buffy's body]]) has sex with Riley Finn, [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex his affection freaks her out]] so much she pulls away from him and starts babbling, "This is meaningless."

* At the end of GreekNinja, [[spoiler: Sasha and Daichi]] have a moment, specifically he hugs her, in a way that is obvious it's not just casual. Such intimate contact is not common in Japan between friends, so when she questions him on it, he simply replies: 'I meant it the western way then.'

* The infamous Mistletoe/Caroline induced kiss in ''{{Bones}}'' eventually leads to a conversation between Booth, Bones, and Dr. Sweets, during which Bones proclaims that the kiss "was totally sexless" and "was nothing". [[ShipperOnDeck Sweets disagrees]].

* When the crew goes on a cruise in ''{{Futurama}}'', Leela pretends to be Fry's girlfriend so Zapp Brannigan will leave her alone. After she kisses Fry and Zapp leaves, she tells Fry, "That was for Zapp." Fry asks if she has anything else for him.

* ''StarTrekEnterprise''. T'Pol does this all the time during her relationship with Trip Tucker. Given that her emotional control is suggested to be less than many Vulcans, she's afraid of getting emotionally involved with Trip. This leads to a lot of BelligerentSexualTension.

** In "Innocence" Willow flees the room after catching Xander kissing Cordelia.

** Also notably averted with Monica and Joey—Chandler and Monica are asked to explain exactly how they got together, and Monica admits that it was actually Joey she had been looking for with the intention of sleeping with him, precisely ''because'' she wanted something "stupid and meaningless". She found Chandler first and, [[HappilyMarried well...]]

** They later begin using this same line of thinking when everyone tries to convince them that their in love with each other. Which is all but obvious to everyoen but them.

* Danny and Sam from ''DannyPhantom'' and their FakeOutMakeOut to fool TheHunter Valerie. They obviously felt something, but deny it. [[WillTheyOrWontThey This continues on throughout the rest of the series]].

If this trope involves them insisting that a shared kiss didn't mean anything, the agreement will often be followed by a kiss. Nothing to do with WordSalad titles, FauxSymbolism or SpeakingSimlish.

If this trope involves them insisting that a shared kiss didn't mean anything, the agreement will often be followed by a kiss.

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', [[ForegoneConclusion Clark and Lois]] had a bit of this in ''Committed'' when Lois says she loves Clark when hooked to a lie detector [[spoiler:but she says later that she slipped the censor off her finger]].
** Chloe would also act this way towards Clark frequently. Dismissing their brief relationship at the end of season one, saying "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Nothing was happening! We're not doing anything!]]" in ''Bound'', dismissing the [[TheBigDamnKiss kiss]] in ''Vessel'' while it [[ItMeantSomethingToMe clearly meant something to Clark]], etc. [[ShaggyDogStory They ended up]] as PlatonicLifePartners.

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', [[{{OfficialCouple}} Clark and Lois]] naturally do this more than everyone else put together. Throughout the first few seasons after Lois's arrival, they are VitriolicBestBuds, but do things that reveal {{UST}} at least OnceAnEpisode every time Lois is around. Finally in Seasons 8 and 9 it gets to the point where neither can deny it any longer. And there was much rejoicing, both in-universe and out.
** Chloe would also act this way towards Clark frequently in the earlier seasons, though she eventually grew out of her crush. They ended up as PlatonicLifePartners