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* In ASongOfIceAndFire, Daenarys is considering an ArrangedMarriage with political advantages. She asks the suitor to kiss her. [[spoiler: She doesn't feel anything, and tells him as much. He is not particularly upset by this, and persuades her to go ahead with the marriage anyway because it's the best way to stop her city getting torn apart.]]

* In the third season of ''That70sShow'', Jackie and Hyde do this, and state that they felt nothing - though it looks like Hyde is not entirely sincere. They still get together in the fifth season.
* ''TheWestWing'': C.J. and Danny, who have had {{UST}} buzzing between them for quite some time, do this so CJ can convince herself that one kiss will "get it out of [her] system" and things can then go back to normal. Since she [[spoiler:winds up married to the guy]], obviously, her plan doesn't work so well; in fact, they're so hot for each other they keep randomly grabbing and kissing each other pretty much throughout the show.
* In ''{{ER}}'', Carter and Lewis make one. They remain good friends after it.

* On the last episode of ''ThatsSoRaven,'' Eddie and Raven share a test kiss. The results were ambiguous...

* In ''BringItOn: In It To Win It'', one of the male cheerleaders comes out as straight (apparently, he liked the fact that girls would change in front of him). Nobody believes him, so one of the girls grabs him and kisses him, which cues this line:

* In the ''PSILoveYou'' film, Holly and her friend Daniel kiss before quickly pulling away, laughing and claiming it was like kissing [[LikeBrotherAndSister a sibling]].

Sometimes a character will suggest a test kiss because he/she sure that the other loves him/her, but she/he is denying/suppressing it for some reason. In these cases, the kiss is meant to be a wake-up call, proving to the oblivious/taken/heroically withholding character that they can no longer ignore their feelings.

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', [[spoiler:''Abyss'']], [[FanPreferredCouple Chloe and Clark]]'s FirstKiss seems like this on Chloe's part, although Clark seems content on standing there and looking shocked.
* In ''TheBigBangTheory'', Leonard and Leslie decide to skip all that pointless date business and proceed directly to the goodnight kiss--no sparks fly.

* This happened at least twice on ''BoyMeetsWorld''.

* Played with on ''TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''. Amy worries that she might not be a good kisser after a guy doesn't call her after their date. Her baby daddy Ricky offers to kiss her to calm her fears, and practice her technique if need be. When the two of them kiss, it quickly becomes clear that it's not practicing, but the resolving of {{UST}}.(Though they initially tell their friends that they're [[LikeBrotherAndSister just friends]] and it really was [[BlatantLies just practice]])

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': In episode 15, Asuka and Shinji kiss, but due to their personal traumas it goes awfully wrong. Asuka wanted to kiss Shinji but she did not want to look interested, in case that he rejected her, so she told she wanted to kiss him because she was bored. Shinji wanted to kiss her but he did not believe she was interested in him, so he initially resisted. They went forward with the kiss but Asuka held Shinji's nose the whole time to pretend it was not a big deal in case that he turned her down. And precisely because she was pretending it was not a big deal, Shini did not dare to do anything, and he remained motionless and unresponsing. And precisely because he remained motionless, Asuka thought that he was turning her down, so that she ran off. Cue Shinji's self-esteem getting another blow and Asuka giving another step towards her mental breakdown.

* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Asuka decides to kiss Shinji because she's bored [[BelligerentSexualTension (or so she claims)]]. She pinches his nose because his breath tickles, causing him to turn blue while she kissed him. Afterwards, he's left gasping for breath, while Asuka is in the bathroom gargling soap. [[spoiler:Asuka is later revealed to have taken the fact that Shinji didn't hold her as a rejection.]]

* Monica from ''{{Friends}}'' did this with Pete (the millionaire) to see whether there was a spark, just before they finally got together after a long time of WillTheyOrWontThey.
* ''{{Glee}}'' plays with this. After kissing each other while drunk during a game of Spin the Bottle, they both feel sparks, causing Blaine to doubt he's really gay, and Rachel to fall head over heels. When Kurt says that there's IncompatibleOrientation, Rachel kisses him again to prove Kurt wrong. Due to the absence of alcohol, Blaine [[NoSparks feels nothing]], and reaffirms that he's gay, and Rachel has something to write a song about, so all is well.
* Zack and Jessie did this on ''SavedByTheBell''. They found out they didn't like each other, but Kelly and Slater walked in and [[MistakenForCheating got the wrong idea]].
* A variant on ''SexAndTheCity''- Miranda was MistakenForGay by someone in her law firm who tried to fix her up with another woman that she ended up taking to a formal function put on by her firm (being more accepted as a lesbian in a relationship than she would straight but single). She eventually admits the truth, and in an awkward elevator ride down with the lesbian she kisses her, then concludes "Nope... definitely straight."

* Peggy Hill from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' lost her virginity to a friend while testing if he was gay or not. She concluded that he was gay. Very, very gay.
* Stan of WesternAnimation/AmericanDad tries to become gay in order to speak at a republican convention. After kissing his gay neighbor Terry, he is shocked to find that he doesn't feel anything and learns that being gay is not a choice.

* In ''Film/{{Spider-Man}} 2'', Mary Jane asks her fiance to kiss her upside down, reenacting her awesome kiss with Spiderman. He feels it; she doesn't.

Its in his kiss!\\

-->'''Ethan:''' Looks like we have a winner.

* In ''Film/{{Spider-Man}} 2'', Mary Jane asks her fiance to kiss her upside down, reenacting her awesome kiss with Spiderman. He feels it; she doesnt.

That's where it is, oh yeah!\\

-- '''Betty Everett''', "It's In His Kiss"

-->"Looks like we have a winner".
-->"You can't do that! You're straight!"
-->"I'm whatever you ''[[DepravedBisexual don't]]'' want me to be, baby."

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', Marty [=McFly=]'s mother test kisses him in the car before the Enchantment Under The Sea dance, only to realize that Marty isn't the boy for her, because kissing him was like "kissing her brother."

* Janis and Damian's kiss in ''Film/MeanGirls''. Intentionally comical since it is Damian is gay and Janis is rumoured to be a lesbian.
* In the ''PSILoveYou'' film, Holly and her friend Daniel kiss beofre quickly pulling away, laughing and claiming it was like kissing [[LikeBrotherAndSister a sibling]].

* Every kiss in ''ThePrincessDiaries'' is a kind of test kiss. Mia has a theory that a good kiss causes ones [[FootPopping foot to pop]], and when she kisses the WrongGuyFirst, it is kept from popping by used gum or a fishing net.

* In ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Asuka decides to kiss Shinji because she's bored [[BelligerentSexualTension (or so she claims)]]. She pinches his nose because his breath tickles, causing him to turn blue while she kissed him. Afterwards, he's left gasping for breath, while Asuka is in the bathroom gargling soap. [[spoiler:Asuka is later revealed to have taken the fact that Shinji didn't hold her as a rejection.]]

* In {{Misfile}}, Emily (girl) kisses a sleeping Ash (boy turned into a girl due the titular misfile)...and subverts the trope by lamenting that the kiss didn't help clear things up at all.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}!'': Ethan is just starting to realize that he's gay. Robin insists on a test kiss, which has inconclusive results. Then ''[[{{Jerkass}} Mike]]'' kisses him, and Ethan looks down at himself...

* In ''{{Shiniez}}'' at the end of their first weekend together Lisa, confused between what she was feeling, initiated this to see if there was something more to her and Ally's relationship than just the dominance and submission. Turns out there was.
* ''PennyAndAggie'': In order to tell whether or not she's a lesbian, Sara kisses Marshall. [[NoSparks She got her answer]]: definitely gay.