History CrazyJealousGuy / Literature

* Quentin Compson from ''Literature/TheSoundAndTheFury‘’comes off as this for his sister Caddy due to the IncestSubtext between them. He goes so far as to pick a fight with Dalton Ames because Dalton had slept with Caddy and he tries his hardest to convince Caddy not to marry Herbert Head after she becomes pregnant.

* Quentin Compson from ''Literature/TheSoundAndTheFury‘’comes off as this for his sister Caddy due to the IncestSubrext between them. He goes so far as to pick a fight with Dalton Ames because Dalton had slept with Caddy and he tries his hardest to convince Caddy not to marry Herbert Head after she becomes pregnant.

** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': When Hermione goes to the Slug Club party with Cormac [=McLaggen=] in book 6 (and after Ginny accuses him of being insecure about never having kissed a girl), he starts a relationship with Lavender Brown which quickly devolves into its own OperationJealousy via SickeninglySweethearts as Ron starts to realize he doesn't really have romantic feeling towards her, leaving Lavender insecure and [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy]] as Ron starts to slip away from her. This wasn't helped by the fact that Hermione's "relationship" with [=McLaggen=] was ''also'' an OperationJealousy; neither of them are good at sorting out their feelings.

* ''Literature/ADowryOfBlood'': {{Dracula}} is very possessive of his harem despite the seemingly nice demeanor he initially gives off. This is because he views them less as people and more as possessions and has even gotten rid of any brides who he believes have outlived their usefulness. He explodes into violet tempers if he even thinks his harem have affection for anyone else.

** [[spoiler: Turns out this was the main cause of Severus Snape's angst. He dearly loved his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Lily]] and utterly despised James for his JerkJock bullying and was quite anxious over the fact James liked Lily too. So when his friendship with Lily fell apart, she married James, and they had Harry, Snape was a bit miffed. It's revealed that Snape actually tried to negotiate with Voldemort to spare Lily's life in exchange for her husband and son, which disgusts even Dumbledore. When Harry goes to Hogwarts, Snape wastes no time venting out all his frustration and jealousy of James on poor Harry who has no idea he is the living embodiment of the fact Lily that chose James over him]].

* ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'' Elizabeth's boyfriend Todd reacts very badly to anyone he perceives as a rival for her affections, so much so that the fan site 1bruce1 nicknamed him "Todd Punch Wilkens." Enid's boyfriend Ronnie Edwards was also like this.
%%* Jimi Deed (based on Tommy Lee) from the Pamela Anderson semi-autobiographical ''Starstruck''.
* Erik the titular ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' is an OlderThanRadio example over the heroine Christine. Erik is obsessed with her (pretending to be her "Angel of Music") and gets dreadfully jealous of her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]] Raoul, even stopping giving Christine signing lessons until she reassures him she and Raoul are JustFriends and he stalks the pair feverishly getting more and more enraged. The ending dials it up as Erik gives [[ScarpiaUltimatum an ultimatum]]: either Christine chooses him over Raoul or he'll blow up half of Paris with gunpowder. Thankfully both outcomes are avoided and Erik [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy lets Christine go free]] after she shows him all the affection the world can offer him.

* ''Literature/DomCasmurro'': The main character, a lawyer named Bentinho, seems to be truly crazy and obsessed with the thought of his wife cheating him with his best friend. However, [[UnreliableNarrator since he's also the narrator]], it's not clear if it was true or just pure madness.
* In ''Literature/TheAlienSeries'', this is Kitty's type, although she's not sure if she's attracted to them or they're attracted to her.
** Martini gets upset when Kitty spends time alone with other men and tries to make her change her ringtone, "My Best Friend," for her male best friend.
** Kitty's ex-boyfriend Brian was so clingy and demanding that she dumped him for it. Ten years later, he's still not over her.
* "Hollyoaks" has Brendan Brendan for his on-again, off-again boyfriend Ste Hay.
* There was a ''Literature/FearStreet'' miniseries based around a girl with an insanely jealous boyfriend who murdered several people for getting too close to her, including guys he spotted on dates with his girlfriend's roommates who had borrowed her clothes. It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: the girl has [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities]], and her "boyfriend" as well as her roommates are all her own alter egos]].
* ''Literature/ShadowOfTheTemplar'': Simon, in [[AllThereInTheManual Chapter 10.5]] of ''Double Down'', takes out his jealousy of Jeremy's ex-boyfriend on Jeremy.
* In ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' The Man in Black aka the Dread Pirate Roberts [[spoiler: who’s actually Westley, the titular princess bride Buttercup's OneTrueLove]] has this attitude towards Buttercup getting married to Prince Humperdink. After saving her from Inigo, Fezzik and Vizzini he expresses his anger calling Buttercup heartless and even slapping her when she slows down their escape. [[spoiler: Westley is in truth actually was [[SecretTestOfCharacter testing]] if Buttercup still loved him as she did not wait for him like they promised [[labelnote:*]] to be fair she thought he was dead when she got engaged with Humperdink and had [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe no real choice]] in the matter anyway[[/labelnote]] and when Westley does reveal himself, after Buttercup pushes him into a ravine Buttercup confirms she’s never stopped loving him, i.e [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes what she’s done]] and jumps into the ravine after Westley. The [[Film/ThePrincessBride film adaptation]] understandably tones down Westley’s Crazy Jealous Guy behavior]].
** Played with in regards to Prince Humperdink. While he naturally finds [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Buttercup]] [[HeadTurningBeauty attractive]], much like Gaston he still loves himself far more than her [[spoiler: and Humperdink also plans to [[KillTheCutie kill]] Buttercup on their wedding night and make it look like an assassin of the enemy nation Guilder did it]]. However Humperdink does fall into this when Buttercup refuses to stop gushing about Westley and admit he (Humperdink) is the better man and when Buttercup unwisely [[TheReasonYouSuck calls him a pathetic coward]] who could never destroy her and Westley’s love, Humperdink files into an UnstoppableRage tossing Buttercup into her room by her hair and subjects Westley to the worst pain imaginable [[spoiler: which temporarily kills him]].
-->She loves you, the Prince cried. She loves you still and you love her, so think of that—think of this too: in all this world, you might have been happy, genuinely happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, not really, no matter what the storybooks say, but you could have had it, and so, I would think, no one will ever suffer a loss as great as you.
* ''Literature/{{We}}'' takes place in a FreeLoveFuture where [[Literature/BraveNewWorld everyone belongs to everyone else]] (as long as they have a pink sex ticket for that day). Thus, the protagonist is deeply ashamed and disturbed at how angry the thought of a woman he's met sleeping with other men makes him -- how unnatural and illogical of him!
* In Creator/PoulAnderson's "Holmgang", Johnny is shot to death by a man in a bar over a girl. [[spoiler: Later turns out to be a ploy to eliminate him, and so open up a slot on the ship for the killer, who needs to return to Earth.]]
%% * ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'':
%% ** Jace does have a tendency to lapse into this, especially when it concerns Clary and another guy.
%% ** His parabatai Alec also has quite the problem with jealousy. Especially in regards to [[spoiler: Magnus.]]
* Like his animated counterpart, Frollo from ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is obsessed with Esmeralda and would kill her if she rejected him. There are a few differences, though: he's a holy man, has done good deeds such as raising his younger brother after their parents' deaths and taking in Quasimodo when no one else would, and doesn't kill anyone (despite his attempts). However, he's still eager to throw her to the wolves if his feelings aren't returned.
* ''Literature/OksaPollock'': Gus is jealous because of the friendship between Oksa and Tugdual.
* Christian Grey from ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''. He has Ana's workplace under his control, he traces her with her cell phone (a present from him, by the way), and freaks out if she doesn't reply to his texts or emails within a certain time frame. Even in ''Fifty Shades Darker'', he buys all of the pictures of her just because he doesn't want another guy looking at her. In ''Fifty Shades Freed'', he even manages to become jealous of his unborn child and, after {{drowning his sorrows}} with Elena, he admits that he fears that Ana will choose the baby over him.
* ''Literature/HeartOfSteel'' gives us Jim Thompson, who completely flips his shit after getting torn in half and restored as a clunky cyborg and decides to hunt down not only his girlfriend Julia but also Alistair, who only repaired him in the first place because he was in love with Julia. We learn later that he was actually responsible for Julia being attacked when Jim started to suspect she was planning to break up with him.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has Ashfur, who was willing to murder four cats (one of whom was ''his own apprentice'') to hurt Squirrelflight--who had rejected him the year before.
* ''Literature/BrokenLoveSeries'' Keiran Masters becomes absolutely furious if anyone as much as looks at his girlfriend Lake Monroe. He gets her to quit her job after he comes in while a customer is trying to ask her out, and is insanely jealous of her hanging out with a male friend who [[spoiler: is gay.]]
* [[TheStoic Outwardly it's hard to tell]], but Lan Wangji from ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' is one of these; he glowers when a shopkeeper puts an arm around Wei Wuxian and holds a grudge against Wen Ning, the closest person to Wei Wuxian other than himself.
* ''Literature/TheDarkDescentOfElizabethFrankenstein'': Hoo boy, ''Victor''. As a child, he didn’t want to be separated from Elizabeth even for school, and he didn’t react well to Henry kissing her. As an adult, [[spoiler: he’s much worse, orchestrating Justine’s death not only for his experiments but because he was jealous of Elizabeth's love for her.]]
* ''Literature/{{Wulfrik}}'': Baron Udo Kruger is so obsessed with his wife's virtue that he keeps a wizard on the payroll just to keep tabs on her, despite it being glaringly obvious to everyone else (the wizard included), that this exists only in his head and that no sane man would ever want to sleep with her. Wulfrik uses it to his advantage by claiming he's there to see "your wife and my children", which so enrages the baron that he charges out of the city walls, where he is quickly dispatched and the gates of Wisborg left wide open.
* ''Literature/TheMarvellousLandOfSnergs'': Lady Gwendolyne's paramour would like nothing better than to find Sir Percival and beating him into the ground for courting his lover, even though -as his squire points out- Gwendolyne already found an effective, non-violent way to dissuade Percival.
* In the short story "CU: Mannix" by Creator/RichardMatheson, the vain and egotistical protagonist finds himself in a [[HoistByHisOwnPetard quandary of his own making]] when a joke he initiated goes entirely too far and leads him to believe that his wife is cheating, even though all of the 'proof' he uses to persuade himself is circumstantial and inextricably tied to his constant insecurities related to his age and appearance. [[spoiler: Double subversion--his wife was actually faithful and was ''not'' cheating when he attempted to [[BedroomAdulteryScene walk in on her]] and literally play the part of the wounded spouse (he '''is''' an actor after all), but now his blunderings have given her ''carte blanche'' to do as she pleases. It's heavily implied at the end of the story that she actually ''will'' have an affair soon, with the very man her husband tried to entrap her with in the first place!]]
* ''Literature/OnceUponAMarigold:'' Rollo, the head palace guard, goes into a smoldering rage whenever his girlfriend shows an interest in another man, and she likes to stir him up that way.
* Erich in ''Literature/ACryInTheNight''. He's extremely possessive of his new wife Jenny and jealous of any man who shows her affection, however innocent it is. He wants her to cut her ex-husband out of her life completely despite him being the father of her children and Jenny gets the impression he believes she still has feelings for Kevin despite their marriage having ended years ago. He even makes a point of asking her on their wedding night if there have been any other men she's loved besides Kevin (with the implication he wants to know whether she's ''had sex'' with anyone else too).
* ''Literature/TheGirlAndTheGhost'': A non-romantic example in Pink, who uses his powers to torment Suraya's new friend Jing out of jealousy. This then escalates into tormenting Suraya herself after she dismisses him. Luckily, he gets over it.
* Fu Shenxing from ''Literature/WhoIsThePrey''. While He Yan is married to Yuan Ze, he has his men chop off his finger after he finds out everything and forces He Yan to divorce him. Late in the story, [[spoiler:when he finds out He Yan is pregnant with Yuan Ze’s child after having escaped for a year, he forces her to have an abortion.]]