History Main / OrbitalKiss

* ''{{Vertigo}}'' has one between Scottie and a made-up Judy. The lips of the two kissers are obscured by scenery during the rotation at regular intervals, due to rules at the time that forbade showing a kiss for more than a few seconds.

* ''{{Recess}}'' plays this one for all it's worth, complete with the playground scenery suddenly transforming into a fairy-tale land and back again, in the episode where TJ and Spinelli have their TestKiss.

* Every {{Bollywood}} film ever. Except the characters in question [[KissingDiscretionShot don't even kiss]], [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome they just hug very dramatically]].

** This is the basis for a gag in ''BeingThere''. Chance is watching the buildup to the moment in question when Eve enters the room in tears, out of desire for him. As per his tendency to imitate what he sees on TV, he furiously kisses her, and when the scene goes orbital, ''he starts turning them around and around to match it.''

* ''TheThomasCrownAffair''

* Kirk and Uhura's famous "first interracial kiss" in a 1968 episode of ''{{Star Trek}}'' was, as a result of cultural taboos, hidden by an Orbital Kiss that just didn't make it all the way around.

* ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'': TheHero and Jasmine spin around on the magic carpet as they kiss at the end of the movie.

Subtrope of OrbitalShot. Not to be confused by [[AnywhereButTheirLips a kiss on the orbitals.]] Or in [[RecycledInSpace near Earth space]]. A symptom of the BigDamnKiss

Subtrope of OrbitalShot. Not to be confused by [[AnywhereButTheirLips a kiss on the orbitals.]] Or in [[BigDamnKiss near Earth space]].

* Sydney and Vaughn's kiss at the end of the ''{{Alias}}'' episode "Phase One" was the culmination of almost two solid seasons of UST.

* In ''{{Mass Effect}} 2'', this happens in [[spoiler:Thane's]] romance scene. (Well, the camera rotates by 180 degrees, but it's close enough)

* ''The Thomas Crown Affair''

* Bob and Dot's kiss in a ''ReBoot'' season finale
* Happens in TheMovie of ''TeenTitans'' with Robin and Starfire.

* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: At World's End'' has this happen at Will and Elizabeth's [[MarriedAtSea wedding]].

'''Examples:'''

** They definitely kiss in ''Three Idiots'', and it's definitely an Orbital Kiss

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* At the end of ''{{Slayers}} Next'', not only does the camera spin when [[spoiler:Lina and Gourry]] kiss, but ''they'' spin too. In mid air.
* ''{{FLCL}}'' parodied this in the first episode, with the characters wondering how they can hold their breath while the camera pans around.
** And again in a later episode, Naota is sent flying toward the class rep- who has a massive crush on him- and, for several seconds, time slows down, the BishieSparkle comes in and it seems like they're going to have the most painful, glorious, awesome kiss in all history. [[spoiler: Their foreheads collide and he goes tumbling down a nearby staircase, simultaneously infecting her with the latest forehead-burst monster.]]
* This happens once in ''{{Fushigi Yuugi}}'', when Miaka resolves to stay in the book world with Tamahome. However, they don't kiss, they just embrace.

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* The "first kiss" cutscene of ''TheSims 2'' does this.
* In ''{{Mass Effect}} 2'', this happens in [[spoiler:Thane's]] romance scene. (Well, the camera rotates by 180 degrees, but it's close enough)

Subtrope of OrbitalShot. Not to be confused by [[AnywhereButTheirLips a kiss on the orbitals.]]

* LarryTheCableGuy in ''WitlessProtection'' before fading to black. [[SoBadItsHorrible One can only presume that the cameraman paused out after vertigo induced nausea combined with the nausea of the film itself.]]

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