Basic Trope: Alice and Bob are about to kiss, but are stopped from doing so at the very last moment by something interrupting them. * Straight: Alice and Bob are about to kiss, but then Alice's sister, Catherine, knocks on their front door. * Exaggerated: Alice and Bob are about to kiss, but then a bus of people, a horde of cats, and an alien spaceship suddenly appear out of nowhere. * Downplayed: A cat appears and meows. The couple is still interrupted. * Justified: * Alice and Bob are cursed with not ever being able to kiss, but they still try. * They just had bad luck. * Inverted: * Alice is about to argue with Bob over something, but she's interrupted. * In the middle of doing some other thing, Alice and Bob kiss each other. * Subverted: Alice