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* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode [[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS9E11TheOpeningNightExcitation The Opening Night Excitation]], Sheldon and Amy have sex (first time for both). Afterwards, Sheldon makes the observation that "that was better than I thought it would be." Amy, in contrast, is splayed out on the bed next to him, in a daze.

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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': After TheirFirstTime, Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt collapse on the sofa while breathing heavily, both experiencing the afterglow from their orgasm.

* ''ComicBook/SupermanBrianMichaelBendis'': In ''Action Comics'' #1004, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LoisLane reunite after being separated from a while, and their reunion quickly leads to them hitting the sheets. In one panel we see a shot of the empty bed and the following panel has them both collapsing on it, exhausted from their second round of sex.

* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': Olivia Dunham is introduced this way in "[[Recap/FringeS01E01Pilot Pilot]]", complete with establishing shot of the motel where she and John Scott have met to hook up. They're interrupted by calls from their respective agencies summoning them to a crime scene where we learn that they work together, hence the secrecy of their relationship.

* ''Series/PrivatePractice'': Many of the shows sex scenes are portrayed in this manner, including {{Modesty Bedsheet}}s usually involving [[ReallyGetsAround Addison]]. One notable example being when Cooper and Charlotte first get together after he invites her for a drink.

* ''ComicBook/BrianMichaelBendisSuperman'': In ''Action Comics'' #1004, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LoisLane reunite after being separated from a while, and their reunion quickly leads to them hitting the sheets. In one panel we see a shot of the empty bed and the following panel has them both collapsing on it, exhausted from their second round of sex.

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* {{Conversed}} in ''Website/AsexualityArchive''. The man who runs the site discovered that he [[{{Asexuality}} was asexual]] after analyzing such a scene in a movie. Namely, two characters fall back into bed naked and panting with the implication they had sex, but from their positioning, they wouldn't have been physically able to.

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-->'''Marla''', ''Film/FightClub''

->''"My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school."''

Since this is commonly done in an effort to make a suggestive situation tamer, camera tricks are often used as to hide any actual nudity, with the collapsing characters being shown [[ShouldersUpNudity only from the shoulders up]] or under a ModestyBedsheet. If they collapse on their stomach, ToplessnessFromTheBack may also apply. Sometimes the characters may also [[RightThroughHisPants simply be more dressed then expected for the act]].

* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': Olivia Dunham is introduced this way in the pilot, complete with establishing shot of the motel where she and John Scott have met to hook up. They're interrupted by calls from their respective agencies summoning them to a crime scene where we learn that they work together, hence the secrecy of their relationship.

* ''Series/SecondChance'': In "Palimpsest", we see Mary [[TheModestOrgasm gasping softly]] before rolling off her lover, a billionaire GuyOfTheWeek that is supposed to merge their two companies, with their post-coital pillow talk being them just talking business.

A scene begins, focusing on bed or surface when suddenly one or more characters collapse into it, being exhausted, panting for air, drenched in sweat, and with their hair in a disarray, clearly implying they had just finished having sex. This is done to tastefully show two characters have just been intimate without actually having to show the act and the scene will move on to the characters having some kind of [[TalkingInBed pillow talk]], such as wondering DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo, proclaiming ThatDidntHappen or gushing about how [[SexGod amazing their partner just is]] or [[SpeedSex how fast it was]].

* ''Film/TheForeigner2017'': We hear a [[TheGruntingOrgasm a grunt]] as a man collapses into bed, sweaty and panting quickly followed by his lover Maggie. While he goes to the bathroom to clear up, she quickly searches his room, revealing she is actually [[HoneyTrap a terrorist that seduced him]] for being a journalist that had info she needed to further a bombing plot.

** "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E12WhoYouReallyAre Who You Really Are]]" has a scene with Skye and May sparring violently, with May throwing Skye to the mats and the scene is [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence immediately juxtaposed]] with a [[SceneTransition transition]] of Bobbi collapsing into bed after having sex with Lance.

* ''Series/JaneByDesign'': In "The Birkin", a scene begins with India rolling off Jeremy post-sex, each othem wrapped in their own ModestyBedsheet.

* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tap4J9nT96U 2011 Super Bowl ad]] for the mattress company "Sealy" showed many couples collapsing into bed in this fashion, each with their own ModestyBedsheet wrapped around them.

-->'''Cooper:''' A drink. Not sex. Absolutely no sex.
-->''[Charlotte gives a reluctant shrug and a skeptical look]''
-->''[SmashCut to Charlotte collapsing in bed, panting and drenched in sweat followed by a smug Cooper]''
-->'''Cooper:''' Can I get you that drink now?
-->'''Charlotte:''' Not yet. Ask me again in two hours.