History Main / NowOrNeverKiss

-->'''Owen:''' "Last kiss for the condemned man. Embarrassing given that we havent been killed."

-->'''Anakin:''' I thought we agreed not to love. That it would destroy our lives.
-->'''Padmé:''' I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway.

-->'''Elizabeth''': ''(After Will asked to marry her during a climatic battle)'' [[LampshadeHanging Do you really think this is a good time?!]]
-->'''Will''': ''(Also fighting)'' Now might be the ''only'' time!

* In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} #51'' Kara kisses Mon-El as he flies towards Comicbook/Brainiac's ship.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', Steve and Peggy kiss just before he goes to stop the Red Skull. This is also their LastKiss, since while neither actually dies in the aftermath, the next time they see each other Peggy will be a grandmother in her nineties.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', Steve and Peggy kiss just before he goes to stop the Red Skull. This is probably also their LastKiss, since while neither actually dies in the aftermath, he becomes frozen in time for seventy years.

* In Elizabeth Peters' novel, ''Crocodile on the Sandbank'' (which launches her long series of AmeliaPeabody books), Radcliff Emerson, the dashing Egyptologist whom Amelia thinks merely respects and grudgingly admires her, realizes that either or both of them could be killed within minutes by the villain, and refuses to die without having at least kissed her -- passionately and at length, right on the floor of the tomb where they're hiding.

* Han and Leia's kiss in ''Franchise/StarWars'', right before he was lowered into the carbonite freezing chamber and an uncertain fate.
** [[spoiler:Leia's mother]] did the same thing! Padmé and Anakin kiss in ''Attack of the Clones'' right before they are led into an execution arena.
-->'''Anakin:''' I thought we agreed not to love. That it would destroy our lives.
-->'''Padmé:''' I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway.
-->''(cue passionate kiss and dramatic swell in the soundtrack.)''
* Will and Elizabeth get a now-or-never ''marriage'' in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''. In the midst of the big climatic battle, on board a ship in a whirlpool, they get Captian Barbosa to marry them as they recite their vows between sword blows and fending off opponents. They then manage a long kiss, while somehow managing not to be attacked by anyone. Even other crew members stop to stare.
-->'''Elizabeth''': ''(After Will asked to marry her during a climatic battle)'' [[LampshadeHanging Do you really think this is a good time?!]]
-->'''Will''': ''(Also fighting)'' Now might be the ''only'' time!
** In the ''same film'' Elizabeth was given a now-or-never kiss by her one-time fiancé James Norrington, as he helped her with an escape then refused to follow, presumably parting from her forever. [[spoiler: He was- he gets fatally stabbed a few seconds later.]]
* In ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'', Rick suddenly kisses Evelyn while they're talking about Hamunaptra, when he first meets her while a prisoner in Cairo. Later on in the movie, Evelyn asks him why he kissed her, to which he replies matter-of-factly, "Well, I was about to be hanged. ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime."

* Averted in ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. As the final fight is approaching, Simon gives a solemn confession to Kaylee (that he regretted never having sex with her), which seems like it would lead to one last kiss. Rather than responding with a kiss, she cocks her gun and excitedly declares "To Hell with this! I'm gonna live!"

* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 2'' has [[spoiler: Harry and Ginny immediately going for the kiss after Neville announces that he's going to tell Luna he likes her, because "we'll probably both be dead by dawn."]]
** Humorously, Ron and Hermione's kiss is changed to a G-rated version of GladToBeAliveSex.
* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', Steve and Peggy kiss just before he goes to stop the Red Skull. This is probably also their LastKiss, since while neither actually dies in the aftermath, he becomes frozen in time for seventy years.
** Amusingly, after doing so he turns and looks at Colonel Phillips:
-->'''Phillips:''' I'M not kissing you!
* Jason and Kelly in ''Film/MysteryTeam''.
* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow''. Rita Vrataski grabs William Cage for a LastKiss when they're on a SuicideMission and (having broken out of the GroundhogDayLoop) know that this death will be the final one. Up till then Rita had avoided getting close to Cage or any other soldier, having experienced the pain of watching her friends die over and over again.

* In ''NationalTreasure'', as the good guys (Ben, Riley, Abigail, and Ben's father) are heading down the creepy underground passages to the unknown dangers that lie below, basically as hostages of the bad guys (Ian and his goons), Ben pulls Abigail aside and kisses her.

* In ''{{Code Geass}}'', C.C. kisses Lelouch on Kamine Island before they split up: him to rescue his sister from the clutches of an unknown new enemy, her to drag the other Knightmare Frame to the bottom of the sea and get both mecha crushed. Considering the overall state of affairs, they might never have seen each other again.

* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Chloe does this twice, the first time on the fifth season, when she gives Clark a goodbye kiss before he goes [[spoiler:to face Zod]], and the second in the seventh season, [[spoiler:when she is stuck in the Daily Planet's elevator with Jimmy Olsen and a bomb.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'': Blu and Jewel kiss as they fall towards the ocean (The situation got better, though).

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* In Comicbook/{{X-Men}}, Rogue kissed Gambit when the universe was seemingly about to be destroyed.

* In ''[[TheNewTeenTitans Teen Titans]]'', Raven did this to Beast Boy.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''Far From Home'', [[{{Supergirl}} Kara]] kisses Brainiac 5 before going into battle against the entire [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes plus GreenLantern which is foretold to lead to her death.

* Carter and Abby share one on ''{{ER}}'', FINALLY, in the eighth season finale "Lockdown," when it seems that there might be a smallpox breakout in the hospital. [[spoiler:There isn't. And then he [[ShipSinking leaves for the Congo.]]]]

* ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco: Upon getting poisoned in episode 8 and thinking she only has minutes left, Luluco decides to finally kiss Nova. [[spoiler: When they learn that the poison won't kick in for another sixty years, Nova immediately wipes his mouth.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'': Blu and Jewel kiss as they fall towards the ocean ([[ItGetsBetter The situation got better]], though).

* Subverted in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6051938/1/The_Sealed_Kunai The Sealed Kunai]]. Right before they go out to fight [[{{Immortality}} Hidan]] and [[NighInvulnerable Kakuzu]], Yugito Nii kisses Naruto, then firmly tells him that it was ''not'' any sort of last act, and they ''were'' both going to survive. They do, thanks to Naruto pulling off the most epic {{Determinator}} moment ever written.

* In ''LightNovel/AsobiNiIkuyo'', right before what they believe to be a suicide mission, Aoi kisses Kio, which prompts Manami to give him one. Elis, the catgirl, gets a bit jealous, and kisses him as well.

* In ''{{Hellsing}}'', Pip Bernadotte [[AlmostKiss attempts]] to kiss Seras during Zorin Blitz's attack on the Hellsing mansion ([[ForcefulKiss by getting her to close her eyes]]) just before they're hit by the main assault. She opens her eyes just before he manages, and is quite angry (as are his men, who felt that for him to get a kiss was unfair). [[spoiler: He manages to finally get one [[LastKiss right before he dies]] (helped by Seras being wounded and blinded at the time).]]

* Kaneda kisses Kei in the famous ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' manga before he goes off to kill Tetsuo, taking her place.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler:Pyrrha gives one to Jaune right before she goes off to fight a fully-powered Cinder.]]

* Ron and Hermione's version of this in ''AVeryPotterMusical'' [[RefugeInAudacity must be seen to be believed]].
* In ''SailorNothing'', Himei and Seiki have this happen ''thrice''.

* ''ATaleOfTwoCities'' - Sydney Carton gets one from a seamstress [[spoiler: as they go to the guillotine]]. Maybe it's not true love, but considering the circumstances, one could do much worse.

* Averted in ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. As the final fight is approaching, Simon gives a solemn confession to Kaylee, which seems like it would lead to one last kiss. Rather than responding with a kiss, she cocks her gun and excitedly declares "To Hell with this! I'm gonna live!"