Line #35 Main/PostCoitalCollapse


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3	->''"My God, I haven't been fucked like that since grade school."''
4	-->-- '''Marla''', ''Film/FightClub''
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6	A scene begins, focusing on bed or surface when suddenly one or more characters collapse into it, being exhausted, panting for air, drenched in sweat, and with their hair in disarray, clearly implying they had just finished having sex. This is done to tastefully show two characters have just been intimate without actually having to show the act, and the scene will move on to the characters having some kind of [[TalkingInBed pillow talk]], such as wondering DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo, proclaiming ThatDidntHappen or gushing about how [[SexGod amazing their partner just is]] or [[SpeedSex how fast it was]].
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8	Sometimes this is preceded by an EstablishingShot of the outside building, where we hear the [[GruntingOrgasm grunts]] and [[TheImmodestOrgasm moans]] of the couple, before the camera cuts inside. A common, more risque variation is to briefly show one character on top of another before they roll off and collapse into bed. A woman can do a backward HairFlip while arching her spine before rolling off her lover, as a tasteful way to insinuate she has reached her climax.
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10	Since this is commonly done in an effort to make a suggestive situation tamer, camera tricks are often used as to hide any actual nudity, with the collapsing characters being shown [[ShouldersUpNudity only from the shoulders up]] or under a ModestyBedsheet. If they collapse on their stomach, ToplessnessFromTheBack may also apply. Sometimes the characters may also [[RightThroughHisPants simply be more dressed than expected for the act]].
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12	This is the inverse of a SexyDiscretionShot where a scene ends with characters starting to get intimate, although it can sometimes ''follow'' a SexyDiscretionShot. It can also be what follows after an InstantSeduction. See DestructoNookie for when the coupling causes objects ''around'' the couple to collapse.
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14	!!Examples:
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19	* A 2011 UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tap4J9nT96U ad]] for the mattress company "Sealy" showed many couples collapsing into bed in this fashion, each with their own ModestyBedsheet wrapped around them.
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23	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': RobotGirl Chachamaru feels extreme pleasure from being refueled via the WindUpKey in the back of her head, which grows more intense as more magical energy is put in. Negi fails to notice it and enthusiastically winds the key while pumping way too much magic into it, and the ensuing ForcedOrgasm is so intense that she collapsed into a panting heap on the floor while Negi [[IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn remains clueless]].
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27	* In ''ComicBook/NewXMen'', ComicBook/EmmaFrost uses her {{telepathy}} powers to [[ForcedOrgasm stimulate the pleasure centers in a person's brain]]. She used these powers to neutralize a hostile group of anti-mutant protestors, by "pushing their bliss buttons" causing a mass simultaneous case of JizzedInMyPants so strong they all collapsed on the spot.
28	* ''ComicBook/SupermanBrianMichaelBendis'': In ''Action Comics'' #1004, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LoisLane reunite after being separated for a while, and their reunion quickly leads to them hitting the sheets. In one panel we see a shot of the empty bed and the following panel has them both collapsing on it, exhausted from their second round of sex.
29	* A disturbing example in ''ComicBook/TheXMenAndTheMicronauts''. When Professor X (Who's [[DemonicPossession under the control of the Entity]]) he uses his telepathic powers to cause a ForcedOrgasm on Dani Moonstar, who promptly collapses on the floor "in the throes of pleasure" with an orgasmic facial expression.
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33	* ''Fanfic/KaleidoscopicGrangers'': Ron gently pushes so he and Hermione fall sideways into a cuddle after the sex.
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36	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
37	* ''Film/AllCheerleadersDie'': When Hanna has sex with Manny in the bathroom and reaches her climax, it causes Maddy, Martha, Lenna and Tracy to all experience a ForcedOrgasm due to their PsychicLink and we see them all drop to the floor in ecstasy.
38	* In ''Film/ArtOfTheDead'', we see Dylan collapsing beside his wife in bed after they have amazing sex under the {{Lust}} painting's influence.
39	* ''Film/TheForeigner2017'': We hear a [[TheGruntingOrgasm a grunt]] as a man collapses into bed, sweaty and panting quickly followed by his lover Maggie. While he goes to the bathroom to clean up, she quickly searches his room, revealing she is actually [[HoneyTrap a terrorist that seduced him]] for being a journalist that had info she needed to further a bombing plot.
40	* ''Film/HectorAndTheSearchForHappiness'': We get this shot after Hector and Clara sleep together, with her being the one to drop on top of him, wrapping herself up in a ModestyBedsheet and then rolling off him.
41	* ''Film/{{Mastizaade}}'': Near the start of the film, a rehab girl Sunny was having sex with rolls off him as they finish having sex, both covered by a ModestyBedsheet.
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45	* ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'': In ''The Black Wing'' novel, the VillainProtagonist dragon ([[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifted into a human in disguise]]) decides to sleep with one of her companions just out of curiosity of how sex feels like and the scene ends with a SexyDiscretionShot and the very next chapter starts with them both rolling off each other post-sex.
46	-->"Onyx and Led rolled apart at last and fell into exhausted slumber as the night sky began to lighten".
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49	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
50	* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'':
51	** "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E12WhoYouReallyAre Who You Really Are]]" has a scene with Skye and May sparring violently, with May throwing Skye to the mats, and the scene is [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence immediately juxtaposed]] with a [[SceneTransition transition]] of Bobbi collapsing into bed after having sex with Lance.
52	** In "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E11WakeUp Wake Up]]", when we see Elena and Mack having sex [[TheirFirstTime the first time]], we get a quick shot of [[ToplessnessFromTheBack her back]] on top of him as she [[HairFlip throws her hair backwards]] before rolling off of him. Their pillow talk gets {{interrupted\|Intimacy}} by a text message requiring his presence elsewhere, meaning he's NotStayingForBreakfast.
53	* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Lampshaded with the reveal that Wesley has started [[DatingCatwoman sleeping]] with AmoralAttorney Lilah.
54	-->'''Wesley:''' You know that sinking feeling you sometimes get the morning after? [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone It arrived early.]]
55	* ''Series/TheArrangement2017'': The first time we see [=DeAnn=] and Mason in bed, the scene begins with both collapsing on the bed, exhausted and panting but each still carefully covered by their own ModestyBedsheet.
56	* ''Series/BetterOffTed'': We see Veronica and Ted both collapsing on a desk after they conclude their "[[SexAtWork office affair]]".
57	* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode [[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS9E11TheOpeningNightExcitation The Opening Night Excitation]], Sheldon and Amy have sex (first time for both). Afterwards, Sheldon makes the observation that "that was better than I thought it would be." Amy, in contrast, is splayed out on the bed next to him, in a happy daze.
58	* ''Recap/CrazyExGirlfriend'': In "[[Recap/CrazyExGirlfriendS1E17WhyIsJoshInABadMood Why Is Josh in a Bad Mood?]]", when Rebecca and Greg have sex at the start of the episode, we see them start to make out. One SexyDiscretionShot later we cut to both in falling in bed panting and covered by a ModestyBedsheet.
59	* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'': In "Being Alive", Kat and Orson's conversation is interrupted when they years Bree's [[TheImmodestOrgasm orgasmic screech]] that could be [[RightThroughTheWall heard throughout most of the neighborhood]]. Cut to Bree collapsing in bed next to Karl, both sweaty and wrapped up in their own ModestyBedsheet.
60	* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': In "The Target", Echo is out hunting with the "Client Of The Week", and after some flirting while he teaches her how to hunt, we SmashCut to them collapsing in his tent, panting for breath post-sex.
61	* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': Olivia Dunham is introduced this way in "[[Recap/FringeS01E01Pilot Pilot]]", complete with establishing shot of the motel where she and John Scott have met to hook up. [[InterruptedIntimacy They're interrupted]] by calls from their respective agencies summoning them to a crime scene where we learn that they work together, hence the secrecy of their relationship.
62	* ''Series/InPlainSight'': In the "Pilot" episode, Mary goes to Raphael's house during a HeatWave so she can talk to him about Brandi. He answers the door {{shirtless\|scene}} and their {{UST}} immediately starts up, but Mary is determined to just talk even as Raphael invites her in. [[InstantSeduction Cut to]] Raphael's bedroom as we hear Mary's [[TheImmodestOrgasm loud moan]] as they both collapse in bed panting and sweating.
63	* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': After TheirFirstTime in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder In Throes of Increasing Wonder...]]", Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt collapse on the sofa while breathing heavily, both experiencing the afterglow from their orgasm.
64	* ''Series/TheITCrowd'': In "The Speech", we see Douglas GirlOfTheWeek collapse beside him in bed after they're done having sex, with a ModestyBedsheet covering them up to their necks.
65	* ''Series/IZombie'': In "[[Recap/IZombieS1E8DeadAir Dead Air]]", Liv has a vision of one of Sasha's lovers collapsing in bed next to her in this fashion.
66	* ''Series/JaneByDesign'': In "The Birkin", a scene begins with India rolling off Jeremy post-sex, each of them wrapped in their own ModestyBedsheet.
67	* ''Series/{{Justified}}'': "Where's Waldo?" begins with Raylan and Lindsey collapsing in bed after a vigorous coupling.
68	* ''Series/TheLWord'': When Alice sleeps with the [[SexGoddess legendary lesbian womanizer Papi]], we cut to a breathless and exhausted Alice collapsing on her back after multiple orgasms, while Papi looks no worse for the wear, and just smugly tells Alice they're not done yet.
69	* ''Series/MiracleWorkersOregonTrail'': In "Over the Mountain", Prudence and Ezekiel collapse into bed together when we cut back to them just as they finish having sex, with a ModestyBedsheet tucked securely around both.
70	* ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'': In an effort to get her romantic rival Asha off his mind, Tonya puts Todd through a sex marathon that ends with her rolling off him on a desk at the office, while she's still wearing underwear.
71	* ''Series/PrivatePractice'': Many of the show's sex scenes are portrayed in this manner, including {{Modesty Bedsheet}}s usually involving [[ReallyGetsAround Addison]]. One notable example being when Cooper and Charlotte first get together after he invites her for a drink.
72	-->'''Cooper:''' A drink. Not sex. Absolutely no sex.\
73	''[Charlotte gives a reluctant shrug and a skeptical look]''\
74	''[SmashCut to Charlotte collapsing in bed, panting and drenched in sweat followed by a smug Cooper]''\
75	'''Cooper:''' Can I get you that drink now?\
76	'''Charlotte:''' Not yet. Ask me again in two hours.
77	* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': In "Happy Endings", Charlie seduces Connor in Vegas and we later cut to a shot of her collapsing into a pile of hay after they're done, with her clutching a [[ModestyBedsheet blanket to her chest]] while Conner is {{shirtless\|scene}}.
78	* ''Series/RoyalPains'': In "Something Fishy This Way Comes", when we cut to Hank and Harper as they finish having sex, we see them collapse in bed side-by-side simultaneously while breathing heavily and laughing.
79	* ''Series/Scoundrels2010'': An episode has a scene that begins with Logan and Valerie collapsing side-by-side in bed after a bout of VictorySex due to the Hope's {{Blackmail}} photos getting burned.
80	* ''Series/SecondChance2016'': In "Palimpsest", we see Mary [[TheModestOrgasm gasping softly]] before rolling off her lover, a billionaire GuyOfTheWeek that is supposed to merge their two companies, with their post-coital pillow talk being them just talking business.
81	* ''Series/TheSecretCircle'': "Loner" begins with both Melissa and Nick collapsing in bed wrapped in a ModestyBedsheet after just finishing having sex.
82	* ''Series/ShadowAndBone'': In "[[Recap/ShadowAndBoneEpisode5ShowMeWhoYouAre "Show Me Who You Are]]", we see Jesper and the stablehand collaping post sex after a SexyDiscretionShot.
83	* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'': In "Original Scene", we see Magnus collapsing beside Alec after having sex, both panting heavily.
84	* ''Series/TeenWolf'': "[[Recap/TeenWolfS06E02Superposition Superposition]]" shows a brief shot of Malia on top of Nathan [[ToplessnessFromTheBack from the back]] before she rolls off and collapses unto the bed. After gushing about [[SexGoddess how amazing she just was]] he tries to cuddle, but she's clearly not as into him as he's into her.
85	* ''Series/{{Valor}}'': Gallo is seen rolling off of his girlfriend Anna in bed post-sex, quickly followed by a TalkingInBed scene where she confesses she feels she's BeingWatched at work.
86	* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': Several of Kendall and Logan's sex scenes are filmed like this, specifically in "[[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E07NobodyPutsBabyInACorner Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner]]" when Kendall cuddles up to him as a way of attempting to get money from him after finding out she's broke.
87	* ''Series/{{Upload}}'': In the opening scene of "[[Recap/UploadS1E2FiveStars Five Stars]]", we cut from Nora and Byron consenting to have sex to their sweaty bodies collapsing on the bed.
88	* ''Series/WitchesOfEastEnd'': The pilot episode shows Dash rolling off Freya in bed after they have their "goodbye sex" before he leaves the country for a while, both carefully wrapped in a ModestyBedsheet.
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92	* In the music video for Music/PassionPit's "Carried Away," a couple [[TheMasochismTango keeps fighting, then making up with one another]]. One scene has the girlfriend angrily charge at the boyfriend only to cut to them slumping onto the bed, smiling at each other.
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96	* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': When Sciona sleeps with Deus, he proves to be [[SexGod so good in bed]] that she still can't move her legs long after they've done it. When they're TalkingInBed about their evil plans and he pisses her off, she angrily stand up, only for her jelly legs to fail her and she collapses unto the floor again.
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100	* {{Conversed}} in ''Website/AsexualityArchive''. The man who runs the site discovered that he asexual after analyzing such a scene in a movie. Namely, two characters fall back into bed naked and panting with the implication they had sex, but from their positioning, they wouldn't have been physically able to.
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104	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': PlayedForLaughs in "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E4MNightShaymAliens M. Night Shaym-Aliens!]]", as we Jerry collapsing on his side of the bed, sweating and exhausted after he had "the best sex of his life", implying he just slept with a SexGoddess, [[BedmateReveal only for the camera to pan over]] to a hologram of Beth that is completely immobile.
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