Basic Trope: In order to boost Ratings, a show features a passionate kiss between two female characters who might not normally be inclined to kiss.
- Straight: Alice and Betty kiss at the end of the Season Finale of Prime Time Soap.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice and Betty actually have a sex scene at the end of the Season Finale of Prime Time Soap.
- Every episode has a lesbian sex scene in it.
- Downplayed: In the Season Finale of Prime Time Soap, Betty flirts with Alice and winks at her.
- Justified:
- Alice and Betty have been playing a game of Will They or Won't They? all season, possibly all series long.
- The series actually is geared towards a primarily LGBT audience.
- The series is part of the Yuri Genre.
- Alice and Betty are Kissing Under the Influence
- Inverted:
- In the Season Finale of Prime Time Soap, Alice and Betty break up. They may decide they're Better as Friends, or they may become mortal enemies.
- Alice and Betty have had a lot of Les Yay through the series, and everyone assumed they were an actual couple. In this episode, it's revealed that they're nothing more than roommates.
- In a series where there's a Cast Full of Gay (perhaps one geared towards and LGBT audience), Alice and Bob share a kiss.
- Gender Inverted: Alex and Bob share a passionate kiss at the end of the Season Finale of Prime Time Soap because Guy on Guy Is Hot.
- Subverted:
- Betty goes in for the kiss, but Alice turns so that the kiss lands on her cheek instead of her lips.
- Alice and Betty used to be just friends, and become...mortal enemies.
- Alice and Betty have been in a relationship from the get-go.
- While it may look passionate, Alice and Betty are only pretending to kiss for a play.note
- Double Subverted:
- The kiss is still played up for all it's worth.
- They still have a lot of Foe Romance Subtext, and share a kiss when they finally reconcile at the end of the series, of course following a Cat Fight.
- Parodied:
- Right after the kiss, Alice and Betty move in together and/or get married.
- Alternately, Alice wipe her mouth out with soap because Betty didn't brush first: much to the former's disgust.
- Alice and Betty are Heterosexual Life-Partners who have never questioned their sexualities. Nevertheless, an Author Avatar of the writer repeatedly tries to force the couple's mouths together.
- The camera catches the director and the actresses arguing about the kiss. The footage is accidentally spliced into the episode as it is released.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Alice and Betty don't kiss at any point in the series.
- Enforced:
- Cast Full of Gay
- Everyone Is Bi
- Girl on Girl Is Hot
- Polish the Turd
- "Let's try and attract an LGBT Periphery Demographic!"
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Alice and Betty are on an in-universe show, and suggest this as a way to get more viewers.
- Exploited: Alice and Betty were a gay couple from the start of the series, but the writersdid not have them openly embrace untill this episode.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: "So...Alice and Betty aren't just Heterosexual Life-Partners anymore?"
- Conversed: "Eh, they're just trying to cater to those seeking Fanservice."
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