History Main / HeldGaze

* Not surprisingly, ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' the novel was doing exactly the same in nonvisual form.

** ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}'' also had a moment at the very end of the game where Sonic and Blaze gaze at each other and try to stop themselves from being pulled back into their dimensions. This goes on for more than a few seconds.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Poison Ivy does this briefly with Batman in her [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison debut episode]], pausing to smirk seductively at him before shutting her eyes and leaning in for a [[BigDamnKiss passionate]] [[DruggedLipstick goodnight]] [[KissOfDeath kiss]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Caitlyn and Vi share a tender moment after a very, very long day. Curled up on Caitlyn's bed, Vi tells a story about her failure to protect her sister Powder which causes Caitlyn to comfort her, complete with stroking Vi's cheek and gazing into each others eyes while holding hands.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has a few of these. One with Mai and Zuko in the Boiling Rock episodes after being forced to lock the cell door on her (this one is more of deep hurt though), one with Suki and Sokka on the Serpent's Pass leading to an AlmostKiss. Finally, there's one between Aang and Katara which leads to TheBigDamnKiss and end of the series.

** Mako and Korra share several of these throughout Book One, with arguably the most conventional example nearly ending in an AlmostKiss in the two-part season finale. [[spoiler:They do get TheBigDamnKiss, but it comes a bit later, once much of the underlying drama has been resolved.]]
** In the final scene of the entire series, after an entire season's worth of ShipTease and nudges, [[spoiler: ''Korra and Asami'', of all people, share one of these--complete with holding hands whilst facing one another--as they're teleported into the Spirit World by Republic City's newly-created Spirit Portal.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', Hordak holds the gaze of two people. [[spoiler:In "Huntara" and "Failsafe", he shares a held gaze with Entrapta, the woman he loves. At the end of "Heart, Part 2", he shares a held gaze with She-Ra after she exorcises Horde Prime's spirit from his body and he remembers the moment he rescued her as a baby.]]

!!Examples:

** The platonic version occurs in the first film, after Manny has just rescued Diego from death at the lava fields.
** This happens again during a tense situation between the mammoth and the tiger in the third film, ''Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' when Diego is attempting to convince Manny to let him go protect Ellie.
* The [[HeterosexualLifePartners platonic]] version occurs between Stoick and Gobber in Dreamwork's ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' when they grasp hands, looking each other in eye, before going off to distract Green Death together to buy their people some time.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Poison Ivy does this briefly with Batman in her [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison debut episode]], pausing briefly to smirk seductively at him before shutting her eyes and leaning in for a [[BigDamnKiss passionate]] [[DruggedLipstick goodnight]] [[KissOfDeath kiss]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Elastigirl and Mr Incredible share a rather long seductive one right after they capture a thief together during the ColdOpen at the beginning of the movie. They have a similar exchange later while fighting the mooks on the island together with their kids and exchange an "I love you".

* The "Staring Contest" game, often played in RealLife, because it is so much fun to try and break another's gaze off of your own.

* One famous moment in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'' is where Dante and Lady have a ''[[https://youtu.be/rVZ3QukijLA?t=404 very intimate]]'' held gaze.

* ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'': During the introductory FMV, you can see Wendy and another girl doing this, before initiating a HeadbuttOfLove. [[spoiler:[[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship It's Jennifer as a young girl, when she and Wendy swore their eternal love to one another]].]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', Flynn and Rapunzel share a HeldGaze before their AlmostKiss after they have watched the lanterns rise into the sky.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Elastigirl and Mr Incredible share a rather long seductive one right after they capture a thief together during the ColdOpen at the beginning of the movie.