History Main / TheVJDayKiss

* [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-33816_162-57491471/sailor-nurse-from-iconic-vj-day-photo-reunited/ More recent developments has identified Greta Friedman as the nurse and George Mendosa as the sailor]]. Subsequently it also became a FunnyAneurysmMoment as it turned out that Mendosa was drunkenly kissing everyone at the time and the kiss was [[ForcefulKiss non-consensual from Friedman's side]].
** Clarification: Mendosa and Friedman are two people who have ''claimed'' to be the sailor and the nurse, but others have also made that claim and no one is really 100% sure.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/VJ_Day_Nurse.jpg]]

** Before that, in 2011, after the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy was repealed, two female Navy officers were the first sam-sex couple to publicly share the US Navy's traditional first kiss (the Navy tradition of choosing one sailor to be the first to kiss a loved one on the dock after a long voyage), [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2077283/US-Navy-women-share-gay-kiss-Lesbian-couples-homecoming-kiss-ship-returns.html recreating the iconic image]].

The famous kiss an ecstatic sailor plants on a very surprised nurse he just grabbed off the street for the express purpose of kissing (see page image) when the end of WorldWarTwo is announced in [[BigApplesauce New York City]] is the most [[StockParodies commonly parodied]] [=VDay=] photograph, though there are others.

* Larry and UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart jump into a large print of it in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum: Battle of the Smithsonian''.

Likely the modern TropeCodifier for TheBigDamnKiss.

* [[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-33816_162-57491471/sailor-nurse-from-iconic-vj-day-photo-reunited/ More recent developments has identified Greta Friedman as the nurse and George Mendosa as the sailor]]. Subsequently it also became a FunnyAneurysmMoment as it turned out that Mendosa was drunk at the time and the kiss was [[ForcefulKiss non-consensual from Friedman's side]].

* The ''Series/{{Mash}}'' episode "Abyssinia, Henry" has Colonel Blake recreating this with Major Houlihan, after the former is inaudibly advised/dared to do so by [[HandsomeLech Hawkeye]].

* At the end of a marching band performance in the 2013 UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade, two dancers reenacted the kiss while some colorguard members folded out a giant photo of the trope image.

* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' puts the openly lesbian character Silhouette in the place of the Sailor. [[AllohistoricalAllusion A sailor walks past them as they kiss]], even briefly glancing at them before moving on. This apparently started a relationship, as that same nurse was seen sitting with Silhoutte at a Watchmen dinner and then murdered along with Silhouette later in the title sequence.

* Included as a FunnyBackgroundEvent in [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111216 this]] Webcomic/GirlGenius

* Larry and AmeliaEarhart jump into a large print of it in ''NightAtTheMuseum: Battle of the Smithsonian''.
* ''LettersToJuliet'' begins with the main character attempting to find someone who saw the photo being taken.

* ''JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': Ice, the former love of Guy Gardner's life, was resurrected after years of being deceased during an affair between the Birds of Prey and the Secret Six. In the aftermath of the Sinestro Corps War, the two ex-lovers met once again in Times Square and shared a single long and passionate [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/7/74/Guy_Ice_together_again.jpg kiss]].

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', at the end of ''[[FilmNoir Noir]]'', Jimmy does this to Chloe. Fitting for an affectionately old-fashioned episode.
* ''{{Frasier}}''. When Frasier and the gang return to KACL after it reverts back to talk show format.

* Once parodied in ''TheSimpsons''. From "Bart the General", Bart and Milhouse parade Nelson, tied up in the wagon. Lisa stands in the street surveying the damage, when a soldier boy rushes up and kisses her, the moment captured forever in a photo. Lisa slaps him and yells, "Ewww, knock it off!"

* KatyPerry reenacted the kiss [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2151687/Is-new-Kiss-photo-Black-white-snap-Katy-Perry-locking-lips-marine-mirrors-iconic-WWII-moment.html with a Marine]] when she was giving a show during the New York Fleet Week.

** Given that the two are reportedly real-life friends, it's highly possible she didn't really mind at all back then.

* The ''{{MASH}}'' episode "Abyssinia, Henry" has Colonel Blake recreating this with Major Houlihan, after the former is inaudibly advised/dared to do so by [[HandsomeLech Hawkeye]].

The famous kiss an ecstatic sailor plants on a very surprised nurse he just grabbed off the street for the express purpose of kissing (see page image) when the end of WorldWarTwo is announced in [[BigApplesauce New York City]] is the most [[PicturePastiche commonly parodied]] [=VDay=] photograph, though there are others.

* Parodied by John Oliver, and an unknown actress, on TheDailyShow in a [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-11-2011/verizon-iphone-announcement feature]] about the iPad getting the use of the Verizon network ('VZ Day'). While kissing the woman, Oliver makes the picture himself with his iPad.