History Main / AllergicToLove

* In ''Sideways Stories from Wayside School'', the first ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' book, Joy [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this to [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext free Jason from a chair she'd put gum in before he sat back down in it]]. Apparently, the solution to setting him free is to hang him and the chair upside down so she can... kiss him on the nose? Jason also reacts quite appropriately for this trope, freaking out and [[AnythingButThat begging for any of the other weird, painful things the class previously tried or suggested instead]]. This being Wayside School, [[RandomEventsPlot where quite literally ANYthing happens]], [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Joy's solution is the only one that works,]] and it even absolves her of any punishment for putting gum in his seat in the first place... which she did in retaliation for him getting up to report her for chewing gum in class.

* In ''Sideways Stories from Wayside School'', the first ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' book, Joy [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this to [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext free Jason from a chair she'd put gum in before he sat back down in it]]. Apparently, the solution to setting him free is to hang him and the chair upside down so she can... kiss him on the nose? Jason also reacts quite appropriately for this trope, freaking out and [[AnythingButThat begging for any of the other weird, painful things the class previously tried or suggested instead]]. This being Wayside School, [[RandomEventsPlot where quite literally ANYthing happens]], [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny Joy's solution is the only one that works,]] and it even absolves her of any punishment for putting gum in his seat in the first place... which she did in retaliation for him getting up to report her for chewing gum in class.

* In the early episodes of ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'' the tough guy Yamucha is severely gynophobic, and intends to use the dragonballs to wish away his affliction.

Exaggeration of the nervousness and discomfort one feels at approaching someone cute to the point that they become physically sick (major turnoff). If the character is lucky, they might find the one person who doesn't trigger the reaction. Compare CannotTalkToWomen, LoveMakesYouCrazy, DoesNotLikeMen ([[HeManWomanHater or women]]), ParalyzingFearOfSexuality and ChasteHero.

* Shogo from ''Manga/ApollosSong'' might count, except his reaction is "violent revulsion and pathological hatred" instead of "fear".

* ''Webcomic/FurryExperience'': Whenever Hunter, a husky, attempts to asks Cat out, she [[RunningGag runs off in a panic]].

** [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140209193018/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2054 some language]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140209193018/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2055 has some harmful effects]].
** "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20140209193018/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2245 Yech! Ick!]]" This includes angel-glitter and (of course) "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20140209182611/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2613 father-son thing]]".
** Lil' E -- [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2036 Or says so]]. Still fails at not being cute in process. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140209183244/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2575 Angel-glitter too]].

* [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]] in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7262795/1/Love-Sick Love Sick]] violently throws up even if he just SEES a girl. It varies, though, depending on age (girls closest to his age do the worst) and appearance (one girl looked so much like a guy he was unaffected until he realized "he" was a "she"). Kairi is labeled as the most dangerous girl he's ever encountered thanks to just a '''glance''' at hear causing the most violent reactions in his '''life'''.

* A rare example that is as much dramatic as comedic: in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', party member Guy (pictured above as he appears in TheAnimeOfTheGame) suffers from severe gynophobia, specifically being touched by women. Its origins, rather than funny, prove to be quite horrific.

* In one ep of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Trixie falls for Timmy [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou after he loses his emotions]]. When he doesn't respond, she decides to date Chester to spite him, much to Chester's dismay; [[GirlsHaveCooties he actually breaks out in hives]].

* In one ep of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Trixie falls for Timmy after he loses his emotions. When he doesn't respond, she decides to date Chester to spite him, much to Chester's dismay; he actually breaks out in hives.
** He also finds A.J.'s crush on "Timantha" disturbing. (Granted, [[{{Squick}} it]] ''[[{{Squick}} was,]]'' [[{{Squick}} but still.]])

* ''{{Persona 3}}'' has Chihiro Fushimi, the student council treasurer, who starts off as being nervous about talking to men. As you progress her Social Link more, she starts becoming more confident.

** Okay, [[FreudWasRight that just]] [[HoYay sounds wrong]].

* Cultist in the TowerDefense Game ''Leave [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] Alone!'' states that "hugs make me break out in [[{{Squick}} huge]] [[BodyHorror cysts]]."

* In the first ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' anime, [[ShrinkingViolet Nodoka]] starts out this way - she can't stand being anywhere near a man, seemingly becoming downright terrified just by the thought, and physically recoiling at the sight of a BoysLove manga. Since she goes to an all-girl school, she can usually avoid such contact, but her friends warn her that once she leaves the school, half the world is men... and fortunately, [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]] is just what she needs to get over her fears.

[[quoteright:350:[[Webcomic/{{Sinfest}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sinfest_alergic_to_love.jpg]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:GUY NO WANT!]]

* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': Keiichi tries to ask Belldandy out to a museum, and gets so nervous that she immediately diagnoses him with a terrible illness. [[HilarityEnsues And acts accordingly.]]

* In JimButcher's ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent White Court vampires]] of House Raith feed on sexual desire, but a person touched by true love can burn them like sunlight burns a movie vampire. The relationship between Thomas and his favorite toy, Justine, has slowly progressed from "mutually beneficial experience" (she gives him nourishment, he keeps her mental illness in order) in ''Grave Peril'' to "true love" in ''Blood Rites''. It can't end well.

** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2054 some language]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2055 has some harmful effects]].
** "[[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2245 Yech! Ick!]]" This includes angel-glitter and (of course) "[[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2613 father-son thing]]".
** Lil' E -- [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2036 Or says so]]. Still fails at not being cute in process. [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2575 Angel-glitter too]].

* [[KingdomHearts Sora]] in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7262795/1/Love-Sick Love Sick]] violently throws up even if he just SEES a girl. It varies, though, depending on age (girls closest to his age do the worst) and appearance (one girl looked so much like a guy he was unaffected until he realized "he" was a "she"). Kairi is labeled as the most dangerous girl he's ever encountered thanks to just a '''glance''' at hear causing the most violent reactions in his '''life'''.

* The early episodes of ''{{Smallville}}'' subverted this trope, as Clark Kent got weak and klutzy whenever he approached Lana Lang not because of his crush (which [[LoveMakesYouDumb only affects his judgement]]), but because of her kryptonite necklace.
* For an episode of ''{{Scrubs}}'', J.D. had to deal with an element of this, when he couldn't get some of the ugly scenes from work out of his head and looking at any part of his would-be girlfriend ended up making him think of some scene involving that part of the body (throat cancer when he looked at her neck, etc). He was able to move past it with some "help" from Drs. Cox and Turk.

** In reality she never really acts all that odd toward Naruto in the manga. The anime takes a few outlying examples of her behavior [[NeverLiveItDown and makes it a key part of her characterization]].

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', Nodoka starts out this way - she can't stand being anywhere near a man, seemingly becoming downright terrified just by the thought, and physically recoiling at the sight of a BoysLove manga. Since she goes to an all-girl school, she can usually avoid such contact, but her friends warn her that once she leaves the school, half the world is men... and fortunately, [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]] is just what she needs to get over her fears.
** In the original manga, she's just a typical ShrinkingViolet.

* The protagonist Tachibana Rintaro has a disease where if he sees anything related to {{Fanservice}}, his illness would go bad and if he gets too much, he'll die.

* Sunako from ''Manga/YamatoNadeshikoShichiHenge''. She completely freaks out, nosebleeds to the point of hemorrhage and passes out whenever she sees "bright creatures." In a slight subversion, this applies to females as well as males, but is usually centered on her {{Bishounen}}...housemates.

* Rico, of ''{{The Penguins of Madagascar}}'', has 'mushy love sickness'. Meaning any mushy display of affection (or anything mushy really) will cause him to become sick and vomit. This doesn't get in the way of his [[{{cargo ship}} relationship with his doll]] however.

* The lead of the manga series ''GirlsSaurus'' and it's sequel ''Girls Saurus DX'' is a "healthy" young boy... until he receives a beating from an [[{{Gonk}} overweight high school girl]], severe enough to send him to the hospital for a few weeks; afterward he develops gynophobia, and has an [[TheUnwantedHarem unwanted harem]] form around him. HilarityEnsues.

* Rito of ToLoveRu was sort of like this. He was less allergic to love/girls, and more shy of physical contact to the point he would run if he could. One of the major over-arcing elements of the plot is him getting what could be compared to immersion therapy throughout the manga.
* In the early episodes of ''{{Dragonball}}'' the tough guy Yamucha is severely gynophobic, and intends to use the dragonballs to wish away his affliction.

* While Daisuke from ''DNAngel'' doesn't get ill when he's around his love interest, experiencing the feelings of love sets off an "genetic condition" that [[ThePowerOfLove turns him into]] his alter ego, PhantomThief Dark. This leads to Daisuke constantly running away from the girl he has a crush on.

* An early episode of ''NorthernExposure'' had Chris struck dumb by meeting a beautiful woman. This prompted many of the citizens of the town to reflect that they felt sick when they met their partner; the one man that felt happy was dumped by his girlfriend 3 weeks later.
* Played with in ''NoahsArc''. At the start of one episode Ricky looks unusually pale, and Noah askes if hes sick. Ricky says he thinks hes "falling in love", implied to be thinking about Junito, and then passes out. He wakes up later in a hospital (come to find out, it was a Staph infection).

* Hinata from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has some extreme reactions when in the presence of the only guy she loves, Naruto.
** It gets less severe over time until [[spoiler:she finally confesses her love to him]].
*** In reality she never really acts all that odd toward Naruto in the manga. [[NeverLiveItDown The anime though..]]