History Main / TonightSomeoneKisses

* [[TotalDramaIsland Total Drama World Tour]] pretty much revealed every kiss in the season in one of the first previews. One significant one is the reveal of a Gwuncan kiss.

* {{Nickelodeon}} advertised "Kisses and Misses Night" one Valentine's Day, a stream of new episodes of various shows in which ''all'' of them fit this trope.

* The GrandFinale of ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': As if no one could see the LastMinuteHookUp coming from two seasons away.
* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': Trailers teased a potential kiss between Sam and Freddie for the episode ''iTwins''. ''iSaved Your Life'' didn't bother teasing a ''potential'' Carly/Freddie, and showing them actually kissing. Also done that way with Griffin and Carly for ''iDate A Bad Boy''. Melanie and Freddie in ''iTwins'' showed their kiss, but teased the idea that Melanie was fake and didn't exist and that Freddie was actually kissing Sam.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': A strange sort of anti-ShipTease, as it showed Elliot kissing [[DieForOurShip someone else besides Olivia]], but the relationship never went anywhere.
* The very last scene of the very last episode of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' shows Luke and Lorelei kissing, which would have been the touching resolution to the suspenseful season-long WillTheyOrWontThey arc. [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Except that they'd been showing it in the previews for weeks.]]
* The teaser for the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Grace". The kiss turned out to be an IndulgentFantasySegue ''within'' a hallucination.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has done this in its season trailers for (new) seasons two through ''six'', with a different companion each time. It's a good lesson in why you should NeverTrustATrailer. Rose was possessed, the Doctor snogged Martha as part of a plan to distract the Judoon, Donna was giving his system a "shock", and Amy was trying to have GladToBeAliveSex which he was emphatically uninterested in. River was the only trailer-kiss that turned out to be completely genuine.
* Previews for ''Series/{{Lost}}'''s fourth season finale showed Sawyer and Kate about to kiss, and the writers promised a major kiss. However, [[spoiler:the Sawyer/Kate kiss was only one of two; the major kiss turned out to be Desmond and Penny.]]
* {{Nickelodeon}} advertised "Kisses and Misses Night" one Valentine's Day, a stream of new episodes of various shows in which ''all'' of them fit this trope.
* ''Series/{{House}}'' had one of these trailers during Season 5. [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/71282/house-for-huddy-fans#s-p1-st-i1 Clip here.]] [[spoiler:It was, indeed, [[AllJustADream All Just A Hallucination]].]]

* ''Series/MakeItOrBreakIt'' had this with a couple of episodes in its Second Season, notably the episode "Rock Bottom" where [[spoiler:Payson, at the peak of her crush, kisses her coach Sasha.]]
* In every ''Series/{{Skins}}'' promo for Naomi's episode in series three, the scene of Cook and Naomi making out was played up as though they were going to have sex. Needless to say, they didn't--but Naomi and ''Emily'' did end up having sex.
** And then there's the aftermath of Emily's S4 episode, which left Naomi and Emily's relationship in [[YourCheatingHeart serious trouble]]; the preview for the next episode, Cook's, showed Naomi and Cook making out again. [[spoiler:It was an entirely platonic between friends thing and was immediately followed by a ShipSinking.]]

** The Season 4 episode "I Do" teased fans with hookups between popular broken up couples Finn and Rachel and Kurt and Blaine (the latter of which actually got a couple kisses in the episode), as well as between Santana (an out lesbian) and her best friend Quinn (who is straight, but has a very large gay following)>
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' had a pic of the kiss from "Knockdown" doing rounds in every media 7 weeks before the airing.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'':
** The promos for "Triangle" played up a Mulder/Scully kiss, though in reality, the kiss was between Mulder and a hallucinated past version of Scully, not Scully herself. When Mulder and Scully ''do'' kiss for the first time, in "Millenium", the kiss is never mentioned in the promos at all.
** Trailers for [[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture the first film]] tease the audience with a shot implying that Mulder and Scully kiss, though in the movie, they get interrupted just before lips touch.
* Fans of ''Series/TheAvengers'' who love the palpable WillTheyOrWontThey tension between Steed and Peel probably are all too thrilled when they pull out their DVD of the episode "Who's Who?" for the first time and see an image of their favorite couple engaged in not just one of Emma's playful pecks, but a full on sexy makeout session. Trick is "Who's Who" is a '''body swap episode'''. Emma and Steed have their minds in the bodies of the villains and are tied up in a warehouse somewhere, while the villains are the ones in Steed's flat, in Steed and Peel's bodies, getting comfy and kissing while they live it up and continue an evil plot. Of course, since it's just the [[ActingForTwo same sets of actors switching roles]], that's STILL Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg full on frenching each other, so do with that what you will. And I'll remind you this is while they are playing villains, and EvilIsSexy.

* Promo materials (including the trailer and a still photo) for a Season 3 ''Series/OnceUponATime'' episode play this trope for all it's worth, highlighting a kiss between [[spoiler: Hook and Emma]], much to the delight of the pairing's fanbase.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', the exact same thing can be said for Danny and Sam.
* The so-called "final episode" (not) of ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', where June kisses Henry. To the shipper's dismay, it never aired on Nicktoons.
* The SchoolPlay episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold!'': At least they were honest about the circumstances.

* And the PR department strikes with no mercy for ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' by doing this with [[spoiler:Korra and Mako.]]

* The [[PostScriptSeason original]] GrandFinale [[TheMovie movie]] of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', ''[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama So The Drama]]'', had a LastMinuteHookup between Kim and Ron. It would have been more poignant had Creator/DisneyChannel not been advertising the seconds leading up to the kiss for several weeks at that point.

* Trailers for the 2009 reboot of ''Star Trek'' seemed to imply a steamy and passionate sex scene between Kirk and Uhura, however, all it ended up being was an Academy hook up between Kirk and an Orion girl, which [[CasanovaWannabe Kirk didn't even get to consummate.]]

[[AC: Live Action Television]]

** A trailer for the hundredth episode in Australia showed [[spoiler:both kisses from the episode, one of which was a flashback, the other in which Brennan cuts it off - but of course they didn't show this. In the US, they just showed them leaning in.]]

* ''Series/MakeItOrBreakIt'' had this with a couple of episodes in its Second Season, notably the episode "Rock Bottom" where [[spoiler: Payson, at the peak of her crush, kisses her coach Sasha.]]
* In every ''Series/{{Skins}}'' promo for Naomi's episode in series three, the scene of Cook and Naomi making out was played up as though they were going to have sex. Needless to say, they didn't -- but Naomi and ''Emily'' did end up having sex.

** Surprisingly, they did ''not'' do it for the famous [[spoiler: Kurt/Blaine]] kiss in "Original Song," which undoubtedly contributed to the maniacal excitement that followed.

* Twisted horribly, like most tropes, in ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''. The trailer for "Futamono" showed [[spoiler:Alana]] in bed with [[spoiler:Hannibal Lecter, who is [[VillainWithGoodPublicity still believed innocent by almost all of the characters]]]], triggering a fandom-wide case of BileFascination.

[[AC: Western Animation]]

* The [[PostScriptSeason original]] GrandFinale [[TheMovie movie]] of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', ''[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama So The Drama]]'', had a LastMinuteHookup between Kim and Ron. It would have been more poignant had DisneyChannel not been advertising the seconds leading up to the kiss for several weeks at that point.

* The very last scene of the very last episode of ''GilmoreGirls'' shows Luke and Lorelei kissing, which would have been the touching resolution to the suspenseful season-long WillTheyOrWontThey arc. [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Except that they'd been showing it in the previews for weeks.]]

* The [[PostScriptSeason original]] GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', ''[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama So The Drama]]'' had a LastMinuteHookup between Kim and Ron. It would have been more poignant had DisneyChannel not been advertising the seconds leading up to the kiss for several weeks at that point.

* The [[PostScriptSeason supposed]] GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' had a LastMinuteHookup between Kim and Ron. It would have been more poignant had DisneyChannel not been advertising the seconds leading up to the kiss for several weeks at that point.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': As seen on the trailers, Miss Brooks and Mr. Boynton in TheMovie GrandFinale.

* An episode of the ''[[Videogame/PokemonXAndY XY]]'' saga of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the Pokemon anime]] invoked this trope with its Japanese title: "Ash and Serena's First Date!? The Vow Tree and the Present," along with the leak that Ash and Serena were going shopping ''[[NotADate without Clemont and Bonnie]].'' The dub title, "Under The Pledging Tree" was more indicative of the episode's actual nature as a {{Christmas|InJapan}}-[[YouMeanXmas Surrogate]],[[note]]Despite the fact that it aired in Japan a month after the Civil New Year and two weeks before the Chinese one,[[/note]] with the shopping trip being for presents for their Pokemon. [[spoiler:Although there was one legitimate tease regarding an item Ash picked up along the way...]]

* The so-called "final episode" (not) of ''KaBlam!'', where June kisses Henry. To the shipper's dismay, it never aired on Nicktoons.

* An episode of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the Pokemon anime]] that'll air in February 2015 seems to be invoking this trope. [[spoiler:Its Japanese Title translates into "Ash and Serena's First Date!? The Vow Tree and the Present."]]

* ''MakeItOrBreakIt'' had this with a couple of episodes in its Second Season, notably the episode "Rock Bottom" where [[spoiler: Payson, at the peak of her crush, kisses her coach Sasha.]]
* In every ''{{Skins}}'' promo for Naomi's episode in series three, the scene of Cook and Naomi making out was played up as though they were going to have sex. Needless to say, they didn't -- but Naomi and ''Emily'' did end up having sex.

** The show did this for season two episode "Blame It On The Alcohol". Needless to say, both characters were drunk, but it did have a (somewhat controversial and ultimately meaningless) effect on one character for the rest of the episode.

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' did this for season two episode "Blame It On The Alcohol". Needless to say, both characters were drunk, but it did have a (somewhat controversial and ultimately meaningless) effect on one character for the rest of the episode.
** Surprisingly, they did ''not'' do this for the famous [[spoiler: Kurt/Blaine]] kiss in "Original Song," which undoubtedly contributed to the maniacal excitement that followed.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The promos for "Triangle" played up a Mulder/Scully kiss, though in reality, the kiss was between Mulder and a hallucinated past version of Scully, not Scully herself. When Mulder and Scully ''do'' kiss for the first time, in "Millenium", the kiss is never mentioned in the promos at all.
** Trailers for [[TheXFilesFightTheFuture the first film]] tease the audience with a shot implying that Mulder and Scully kiss, though in the movie, they get interrupted just before lips touch.

* {{Nickelodeon}} recently advertised "Kisses and Misses Night", a stream of new episodes of various shows in which ''all'' of them fit this trope.

* Averted in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Willow and Tara's first on screen kiss is during The Body. It wasn't even touched on in the trailers or given any importance in the show. It was a kiss between two people who love each other and it was treated like any other kiss. Though, it's not like anybody saw it, the episode is a good 40something minutes of TearJerker and you'll most likely be bawling the whole time if you're a fan of the show.

** This was also done during the first season, pre-"Confidence Man", but it was subverted before "What Kate Did".

* Averted in ''{{Skins}}''. In every promo for Naomi's episode in series three, the scene of Cook and Naomi making out was played up as though they were going to have sex. Needless to say, they didn't -- but Naomi and ''Emily'' did end up having sex.

* Both played straight and averted with ''Series/TheXFiles''. The promos for "Triangle" played up a Mulder/Scully kiss, though in reality, the kiss was between Mulder and a hallucinated past version of Scully, not Scully herself. Averted in that when Mulder and Scully ''do'' kiss for the first time, in "Millenium", the kiss is never mentioned in the promos at all.

* While an impending death promises a drastic change in the status quo (''[[DeathIsCheap yeah, right!]]''), the impending kiss could turn out to be [[AccidentalKiss accidental]], be AllJustADream, be an attempt to [[FakeOutMakeOut distract their enemies]], happen while the participants are both [[KissingUnderTheInfluence drunk]], or otherwise be still worth nothing [[ResetButton at the end of the episode]].

* ''MakeItorBreakIt'' had this with a couple of episodes in its Second Season, notably the episode "Rock Bottom" where [[spoiler: Payson, at the peak of her crush, kisses her coach Sasha.]]

* Trailers for the 2009 reboot of ''Star Trek'' seemed to imply a steamy and passionate sex scene between Kirk and Uhura, however, all it ended up being was an Academy hook up between Kirk and an Orion girl, which Kirk didn't even get to consummate.

* Both played straight and averted with ''Series/{{The X-Files}}''. The promos for "Triangle" played up a Mulder/Scully kiss, though in reality, the kiss was between Mulder and a hallucinated past version of Scully, not Scully herself. Averted in that when Mulder and Scully ''do'' kiss for the first time, in "Millenium", the kiss is never mentioned in the promos at all.

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* Fans of ''Series/TheAvengers'' who love the palpable WillTheyOrWontThey tension between Steed and Peel probably are all too thrilled when they pull out their DVD of the episode "Who's Who?" for the first time and see an image of their favorite couple engaged in not just one of Emma's playful pecks, but a full on sexy makeout session. [[spoiler: Trick is "Who's Who" is a '''body swap episode'''.]] Emma and Steed have their minds in the bodies of the villains and are tied up in a warehouse somewhere, while the villains are the ones in Steed's flat, in Steed and Peel's bodies, getting comfy and kissing while they live it up and continue an evil plot. Of course, since it's just the [[ActingForTwo same sets of actors switching roles]], that's STILL Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg full on frenching each other, so do with that what you will. And I'll remind you this is while they are playing villains, and EvilisSexy.