History Main / AllLoveIsUnRequited

** Though it's implied at the end of one of the movies that Timmy ends up married to Tootie, as both his future children share both his traits and hers, up to and including black hair and big, dorky glasses.
*** [[WordOfGod Butch Hartman]] himself has stated that any of Timmy's potential love interests could be the mother of his children, although Trixie and Tootie are the most probable candidates.

* ''{{Gargoyles}}'': Brooklyn loves Angela who loves Broadway. The Magus loves Princess Katherine who loves Tom. Iago loves (lusts after?) Desdemona who loves Othello. Demona loves Thailog who pretends to love her while she pretends to love Macbeth. Leo loves Una who loves Griff. As you can see, it's a recurring theme here.

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* In ''Digimon Adventure/Digimon Adventure 02'' Tai/Taichi really likes his close childhood friend Sora, and for a while it seemed that she shared his feelings ... until she starts dating his best friend Matt/Yomato and marries her at the end of the series. Similarally throught the first half of ''Digimon Adventure 02'' Google-Head Davis/Daisuke crushes on Kari but it is unrequianted as she seemed to like her close friend T.K. - Davis' rival moreso. Also in ''Digimon Frontier'' had it's share of unrequianted love. J.P. really likes Zoe and while she seemed to value him as a friend she has a crush on Takuya instead.

* The majority of ''CodeGeass'' characters' loves are unrequited. Kallen, Shirley, [[GayOption Rolo]], Milly, and Kaguya are ''all'' in love with Lelouch, in their own ways. Lelouch had a crush on Euphemia, who was falling in love with Suzaku, who was falling in love with her. However, [[spoiler: Lelouch accidentally causes Euphie to die and Suzaku went bonkers for that]]. Lelouch also apparently [[BrotherSisterIncest loves his full-blooded sister a bit too much]], but Nunally, in addition to loving her brother ''just as much'', has a bit of a crush on Suzaku, who still mourns for Euphemia and has ''lots'' of FoeYay going on with Lelouch. And then there's Mao, who is [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed]] with C.C. who tries to push him away...with a gun. And Milly, even though she [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend secretly loves Lelouch]], is engaged to Lloyd who is pretty much MarriedToTheJob ([[spoiler: she later manages to break the engagement off, though]]). Not to mention Nina's [[PsychoLesbian psychotic love]] for [[strike:[[CargoShip Table-kun]]]] Euphemia or Rivalz's own crush on Milly... And let's not even start on the ''Lost Colors'' DatingSim.
** Mao's case is eventually averted, however, when C.C. [[spoiler: [[LoveConfession admits]] she [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther really]] did [[MindGameShip love]] him.]] He still [[spoiler: dies]] soon after though, so he only has a few moments to enjoy it.

* The majority of ''CodeGeass'' characters' loves are unrequited. Kallen, Shirley, C.C., [[GayOption Rolo]], Milly, and Kaguya are ''all'' in love with Lelouch, in their own ways. Lelouch had a crush on Euphemia, who was falling in love with Suzaku, who was falling in love with her. However, [[spoiler: Lelouch accidentally causes Euphie to die and Suzaku went bonkers for that]]. Lelouch also apparently [[BrotherSisterIncest loves his full-blooded sister a bit too much]], but Nunally has a bit of a crush on Suzaku, who still mourns for Euphemia and has ''lots'' of FoeYay going on with Lelouch. And then there's Mao, who is [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed]] with C.C., but C.C. already loves Lelouch. And Milly, even though she [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend secretly loves Lelouch]], is engaged to Lloyd who is pretty much MarriedToTheJob ([[spoiler: she later manages to break the engagement off, though]]). Not to mention Nina's [[PsychoLesbian psychotic love]] for [[strike:[[CargoShip Table-kun]]]] Euphemia or Rivalz's own crush on Milly... And let's not even start on the ''Lost Colors'' DatingSim.

* ''SchoolRumble''. The entire series revolves around a number of [[LoveDodecahedron Love Dodecahedra]], ''all'' of which are never fully resolved.

* ''SchoolRumble''. My God, SchoolRumble...

* ''PhineasAndFerb'' provides a whole mess of examples. [[ScoutOut Ginger]] has a crush on [[BollywoodNerd Baljeet]], but he seems to like both Wendy Stimplehoffer and [[TheChick Isabella]], who ''definitely'' likes [[CheerfulChild Phineas]], who's ObliviousToLove. Meanwhile [[TheQuietOne Ferb]] has a PrecociousCrush on [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]], who is with a guy named Johnny. Meanwhile Phineas and Ferb's sister [[AntiHero Candace]] and her LoveInterest, [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Jeremy]], had a long-running WillTheyOrWontThey, though [[InsufferableGenius Albert]] has a crush on Candace and [[TheRival Wendy]] ([[OneSteveLimit not Stimplehoffer, a different one]]) may like Jeremy. (For added fun, Vanessa flirted with him once too, but quickly lost interest.)

* Happens about half the time on ''PhineasAndFerb.'' [[ScoutOut Ginger]] has a crush on [[BollywoodNerd Baljeet]], but he seems to like [[TheChick Isabella]], who ''definitely'' likes Phineas, who's ObliviousToLove. Meanwhile [[TheQuietOne Ferb]] has a PrecociousCrush on [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]], who is with a guy named Johnny. Meanwhile Phineas and Ferb's sister Candace and her LoveInterest, Jeremy, had a long-running WillTheyOrWontThey, though [[InsufferableGenius Albert]] has a crush on Candace and [[TheRival Wendy]] may like Jeremy. (For added fun, Vanessa flirted with him once too, but quickly lost interest.)

* A random couple of shy NPC's standing across a room from each other will describe their interest in each other (both saying the same thing) if you talk to them.

* Happens about half the time on ''PhineasAndFerb.'' Ginger has a crush on [[BollywoodNerd Baljeet]], but he seems to like [[TheChick Isabella]], who ''definitely'' likes Phineas, who's ObliviousToLove. Meanwhile [[TheQuietOne Ferb]] has a PrecociousCrush on an older girl, [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]], who may or may not be dating a boy named Johnny. Meanwhile Phineas and Ferb's sister Candace likes Jeremy, who likes her back, but a girl named Wendy may like him too. (For added fun, Vanessa also hit on Jeremy once too, but quickly lost interest.)

* ''GhostInTheShell''. Batou clearly has feelings for The Major, but she never responds to them, and Batou is too loyal to force the issue.
** ''In Stand Alone Complex'', the Major at least seems aware of his affections and arguably flirts occasionally. It still never goes anywhere.
** Batou also has a (mostly offscreen) wife in SAC, which complicates things.

* ''{{Peanuts}}'' is this trope '''incarnate''': unrequited love is nearly[[hottip:* :(In the '90s, Charlie Brown had a girlfriend named Peggy Jean, and their feelings for each other were mutual. Until she broke up with him, anyways. Also, in the very early days of the strip, [[BrotherChuck Patty and Shermy]] were a couple, but these strips are [[DisContinuity never considered canon by fans]].)]] the only kind that exists.

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[[caption-width:400:[[LongingLook Good Lord]], [[LoveDodecahedron make it stop]]!]]

->''"Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet."''
--> -- Attributed to Abraham Lincoln

* [[TwentyFour 24]]'s seventh season seems to have a pint-sized version of this going on: Janis likes Larry Moss, who likes Renee Walker, who likes Jack Bauer, who... probably likes Renee.
** Lies. Jack only loves [[MarriedToTheJob killing terrorists]]

*** Maybe Ivanova was too busy [[LesYay playing sleepover]] with [[spoiler: pre-MindRape]] Talia to notice Marcus.

* Squaresoft's RPG {{Bahamut Lagoon}} has [[TheHero Byuu]], who is suggested throughout the whole game to be a very close person to [[DistressedDamsel Yoyo]] [[spoiler: who ended falling in love for [[AntiVillain Palpaleos]] during her captive time, which ended in his [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turn]].]]

*** You DO realize what this means right? Karin is probably smarter then Sakura or Ino, and probably at least half the village.

* In ''{{Primeval}}'', the main character Nick begins to fall for Claudia [[spoiler: who is then erased from the time line and replaced with an alternate version called Jenny who Nick also falls for until he's shot.]] Likewise, Nick's ex-wife Helen tries to seduce him but fails and then tries on his best friend Stephen who leaves her after he [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter ''finally'' realises the sort of person she is]] [[spoiler:- and then [[HeroicSacrafice sacrafices himself]].]] Abby falls for Stephen at the beginning of the show's run but is discouraged when she learns he already has a girlfriend (who is not Helen). Of all the relationships in the show, only the Connor/Abby arc comes to somewhere - and even that took two whole series and the better half of third.