This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Lale: We're slipping — took ten minutes to get a BTVS example.
Lale: It wasn;t actually named after the film — that's just a coincidence.
There are a LOT more examples of this trope, and it seems to occur in real life, too.
Arivne: deleted The Princess Bride example because neither Inigo nor Fezzik are "the opposite gender" to Westly.