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* In "Follow Your Heart" from ''{{Urinetown}}'', the entire song has to do about following your heart more or less metaphorically, but one of Bobby's verses [[YourMileageMayVary walks the line]] between romance and {{squick}}.

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* In "Follow Your Heart" from ''{{Urinetown}}'', the entire song has to do about following your heart more or less metaphorically, but one of Bobby's verses [[YourMileageMayVary walks the line]] line between romance and {{squick}}.
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* The animation for the infatuation status and the Attract move in the 'Franchise/'{{Pokemon}}'' games is a small floating pink heart.

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* The animation for the infatuation status and the Attract move in the 'Franchise/'{{Pokemon}}'' ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games is a small floating pink heart.
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* The animation for the infatuation status and the Attract move in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' games is a small floating pink heart.

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* The animation for the infatuation status and the Attract move in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' 'Franchise/'{{Pokemon}}'' games is a small floating pink heart.
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* In ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hearts appear to symbolize the love between the Yetis, and Link can [[HeartsAreHealth pick them up to heal himself]]. Link's fangirls from the STAR game also make [[HeartsAreHealth recovery hearts]] appear whenever he's nearby.

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* In ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', hearts appear to symbolize the love between the Yetis, and Link can [[HeartsAreHealth pick them up to heal himself]]. Link's fangirls from the STAR game also make [[HeartsAreHealth recovery hearts]] appear whenever he's nearby.



* [=ThinkGeek=].com offers heart themed items of geeky romance, including a pair of T-shirts with a bar of [[LegendOfZelda Zelda-esque]] hearts that light up when their wearers are near, and an anatomically correct gummy heart. It also features items with the "less than three" ( <3 ) netspeak variant.

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* [=ThinkGeek=].com offers heart themed items of geeky romance, including a pair of T-shirts with a bar of [[LegendOfZelda Zelda-esque]] Zelda-esque hearts that light up when their wearers are near, and an anatomically correct gummy heart. It also features items with the "less than three" ( <3 ) (<3) netspeak variant.
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* Lampshaded on ''RedDwarf'' with the song ''TongueTied''.

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* Lampshaded on ''RedDwarf'' ''Series/RedDwarf'' with the song ''TongueTied''.
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* The main plot point in ''The Wizard's Hairy Heart'', a short tale and [[ShowWithinAShow Book Within a Book]] in the [[HarryPotter Harry Potter universe]]: A twisted wizard seeks to remove all emotion from himself in order to become stronger, and so uses dark magic to physically extract his heart and store it in a container. [[GoneHorriblyRight It works better than he ever intended]].
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* Averted in KatawaShoujo; the game logo has a bandaged heart, but while it is a DatingSim with five [[DisabledLoveInterest disabled love interests]], but it represents the protagonist's heart condition.
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** Older translations of ''Literature/TheBible'' use not only the heart, but the kidneys as a metaphor for centers of human thought and emotion. It feels mildly sacrilegious to read any passage where the original word for "affection" (NIV) is "bowels" (KJV).

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** Older translations of ''Literature/TheBible'' use not only the heart, but the kidneys as a metaphor for centers of human thought and emotion. It feels If you're not used to it, it can feel mildly sacrilegious to read any passage passages where the original word for "affection" (NIV) is "bowels" (KJV).
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* Valentine's Day plays this trope straight. (Thankfully for the cynics, there ''are'' chocolatiers that sell [[LiteralMinded anatomically-correct chocolate hearts]].)

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* Valentine's Day plays this trope straight. (Thankfully for the cynics, there ''are'' chocolatiers that sell [[LiteralMinded anatomically-correct chocolate hearts]].hearts]] (e.g. [[http://www.pushindaisies.com/candypress/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=224 here]]).)
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* Starting with the ancient Greeks, the liver was claimed to control human passion. Later, medieval Europeans developed the idea that "humors," -- blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile -- controlled health and temperament, and that a lack of yellow bile (anger, courage, spirit) would make the liver pale as a side effect. This is the origin of the insult "Lily Livered" since a pale or white liver was a weak one thus without emotion or courage. Humors are the justification behind blood-letting, as well.


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* Starting with the ancient Greeks, the liver was claimed to control human passion. Later, medieval Europeans developed the idea that "humors," "humor," -- blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile -- controlled health and temperament, and that a lack of yellow bile (anger, courage, spirit) would make the liver pale as a side effect. This is the origin of the insult "Lily Livered" since a pale or white liver was a weak one thus without emotion or courage. Humors are the justification behind blood-letting, as well.

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* Valentine's Day plays this trope straight.
** Thankfully for the cynics, there ''are'' chocolatiers that sell [[LiteralMinded anatomically-correct chocolate hearts]].
*** [=ThinkGeek=].com offers heart themed items of geeky romance, including a pair of T-shirts with a bar of [[LegendOfZelda Zelda-esque]] hearts that light up when their wearers are near, and an anatomically correct gummy heart. It also features items with the "less than three" ( <3 ) netspeak variant.

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* Valentine's Day plays this trope straight. \n** Thankfully (Thankfully for the cynics, there ''are'' chocolatiers that sell [[LiteralMinded anatomically-correct chocolate hearts]].
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[=ThinkGeek=].com offers heart themed items of geeky romance, including a pair of T-shirts with a bar of [[LegendOfZelda Zelda-esque]] hearts that light up when their wearers are near, and an anatomically correct gummy heart. It also features items with the "less than three" ( <3 ) netspeak variant.




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* The heart has long been thought of as the seat of the emotions, while the brain was regarded as little more than "head stuffing". This thinking goes back to the ancient Egyptians, who preserved the heart of the dead ''but threw out the brain''. It wasn't until the 6th century BCE that the idea of the brain as seat of intelligence was even forwarded, and Aristotle believed that the brain served to cool the blood (humans being superior to animals because, since our blood-coolers were larger, we were less [[HotBlooded hot-bloodedly]] irrational). Head wounds bleed profusely, so that being a good way to kill people was no contradiction.
* Since heart transplants became viable, some recipients have reported changes in their personalities, tastes and desires that seem to mirror the donor's lifestyle.
* In biblical literature:
** Older translations of ''Literature/TheBible'' use not only the heart, but the kidneys as a metaphor for centers of human thought and emotion. It feels mildly sacrilegious to read any passage where the original word for "affection" (NIV) is "bowels" (KJV).
** A Christian comedian Mark Lowry once commented on this, resulting in "Oh, baby, you MOOOVE me! You move my ''bowels!''" He then proceeds to sing exerpts from several songs, replacing "heart" with "bowels."
* Starting with the ancient Greeks, the liver was claimed to control human passion. Later, medieval Europeans developed the idea that "humors," -- blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile -- controlled health and temperament, and that a lack of yellow bile (anger, courage, spirit) would make the liver pale as a side effect. This is the origin of the insult "Lily Livered" since a pale or white liver was a weak one thus without emotion or courage. Humors are the justification behind blood-letting, as well.

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Apparently, the heart [[CaptainObvious (being the organ responsible for powering the circulation of blood around the body)]] is an extremely romantic thing. Hence, "heart" is equated with emotions such as love and caring. It follows that someone that lacks ability to love and care sufficiently is "heartless," and someone that has recently experienced a romantic tragedy is "heart-broken."

In Animation as well as Graphic Novels, a cloud of hearts is sometimes used to indicate falling in love and/or lust. Eyes popping out in the shape of a heart, oversized heartbeats and the like are all some of TheOldestOnesInTheBook. See HeartSymbol for more examples.

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Apparently, the heart [[CaptainObvious (being the organ responsible for powering the circulation of blood around the body)]] is an extremely romantic thing. Hence, "heart" is "hearts" are equated with emotions such as love and caring. It follows that someone that lacks ability to love and care sufficiently is "heartless," and someone that has recently experienced a romantic tragedy is "heart-broken."

In Animation as well as and Graphic Novels, a cloud of hearts is sometimes used to indicate falling in love and/or lust. [[EyePop Eyes popping out out]] [[WingdingPupils in the shape of a heart, heart]], [[EfficientDisplacement oversized heartbeats heartbeats]] and the like are all some of TheOldestOnesInTheBook. See HeartSymbol for more examples.



It should be noted that not all cultures equated love with the heart. In Elizabethan England, for instance, it was believed that the passions were seated in the liver, and, in Ancient Israel it was the bowels (hence "gut feeling").

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It should be noted that not all cultures equated love with the heart. In Elizabethan England, for instance, it was believed that the passions were seated in the liver, and, and in Ancient Israel it was the bowels (hence "gut feeling").



* [[StrawVulcan Spock]] lampshades the illogic of this trope in [[http://community.livejournal.com/st_tos_kink/485.html?thread=87781#t87781 this]] SlashFic.

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* [[StrawVulcan Spock]] lampshades the illogic illogicality of this trope in [[http://community.livejournal.com/st_tos_kink/485.html?thread=87781#t87781 this]] SlashFic.



* Apparently, a heart that was two sizes too small was responsible for [[TheGrinch the Grinch's]] lack of fondness for Christmas. The trope is played straight.

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* Apparently, a heart that was two sizes too small was responsible for [[TheGrinch the Grinch's]] lack of fondness for Christmas. The trope is played straight.
straight in the most literal sense possible.



* Typing "love" into ''{{Scribblenauts}}'' makes a realistic human heart appear. Said heart does nothing. A parody.

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* Typing "love" into ''{{Scribblenauts}}'' makes [[ParodiedTrope a realistic human heart appear. appear]]. [[JokeItem Said heart does nothing. A parody.nothing]].



* The animation for the infatuation status and the Attract move in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' games.
** The shape of the love-symbolizing Pokemon Luvdisc.
* In ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', recovery hearts appear to symbolize the love between the Yetis; Link's fangirls from the STAR game also make recovery hearts appear whenever he's nearby.

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* The animation for the infatuation status and the Attract move in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' games.
games is a small floating pink heart.
** The shape of the love-symbolizing Pokemon Luvdisc.
Luvdisc is basically a living HeartSymbol with a face.
* In ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', recovery hearts appear to symbolize the love between the Yetis; Yetis, and Link can [[HeartsAreHealth pick them up to heal himself]]. Link's fangirls from the STAR game also make [[HeartsAreHealth recovery hearts hearts]] appear whenever he's nearby.



* Lampshaded in SpongebobSquarepants. When Spongebob gives Squidward a shirt, he reads it as "I Heart You."

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* Lampshaded in SpongebobSquarepants. When Spongebob gives Squidward a shirt, he shirt with "I ♥ U" woven into it, Squids reads it as "I Heart You."
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A possible explanation for this may be the increase in heartbeat when in the presence of someone you have a crush on. Or maybe the fact that for a good part of history, the heart was known as the "main life organ". [[hottip:❤:The one that means instant death if lost; nowadays it's the brain. You can live for about four minutes if your heart stops.]]

It should be noted that not all cultures equated love with the heart. In Elizabethan England, for instance, it was believed that the passions were seated in the liver, and, in Ancient Israel, the bowels.

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A possible explanation for this may be the increase in heartbeat when in the presence of someone you have a crush on. Or maybe the fact that for a good part of history, the heart was known as the "main life organ". [[hottip:❤:The one that means instant death if lost; nowadays it's the brain. You brain, since you can live for about up to four minutes if your heart stops.]]

It should be noted that not all cultures equated love with the heart. In Elizabethan England, for instance, it was believed that the passions were seated in the liver, and, in Ancient Israel, Israel it was the bowels.
bowels (hence "gut feeling").



** Thankfully for the cynics, there ''are'' chocolatiers that sell anatomically correct chocolate hearts.

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** Thankfully for the cynics, there ''are'' chocolatiers that sell anatomically correct [[LiteralMinded anatomically-correct chocolate hearts.hearts]].




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* [[OlderThanDirt The ancient Egyptians]] took this trope one step further: they believed the heart was not only the center of the soul, and thus the "seat of emotions and will", but also [[ScienceMarchesOn the center of the nervous system]].
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In Animation as well as Graphic Novels, a cloud of hearts is sometimes used to indicate falling in love and/or lust. Eyes popping out in the shape of a heart, oversized heartbeats and the like are all some of the OldestOnesInTheBook. See HeartSymbol for more examples.

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In Animation as well as Graphic Novels, a cloud of hearts is sometimes used to indicate falling in love and/or lust. Eyes popping out in the shape of a heart, oversized heartbeats and the like are all some of the OldestOnesInTheBook.TheOldestOnesInTheBook. See HeartSymbol for more examples.
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*In ''PowerRangersNinjaStorm,'' the BigBad's TV show in one episode (whoever watches gets brainwashed) was a sitcom called "I Love Lothor," with a heart for the logo... as in the actual, not-very-romantic-looking organ.
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* Lampshaded in SpongebobSquarepants. When Spongebob gives Squidward a shirt, he reads it as "I Heart You."
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* In BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Angel talks about this at length at one point. Buffy embraces him, and they have this exchange:

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* In BuffyTheVampireSlayer, ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Angel talks about this at length at one point. Buffy embraces him, and they have this exchange:



* In TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess, recovery hearts appear to symbolize the love between the Yetis; Link's fangirls from the STAR game also make recovery hearts appear whenever he's nearby.

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* In TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess, ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', recovery hearts appear to symbolize the love between the Yetis; Link's fangirls from the STAR game also make recovery hearts appear whenever he's nearby.
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Don\'t quote me on this, I just googled it.


A possible explanation for this may be the increase in heartbeat when in the presence of someone you have a crush on. Or maybe the fact that for a good part of history, the heart was known as the "main life organ". [[hottip:❤:The one that means instant death if lost; nowadays it's the brain.]]

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A possible explanation for this may be the increase in heartbeat when in the presence of someone you have a crush on. Or maybe the fact that for a good part of history, the heart was known as the "main life organ". [[hottip:❤:The one that means instant death if lost; nowadays it's the brain. You can live for about four minutes if your heart stops.]]
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* In TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess, recovery hearts appear to symbolize the love between the Yetis; Link's fangirls from the STAR game also make recovery hearts appear whenever he's nearby.
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** The shape of the love symbolizing Pokemon Luvdisc.

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** The shape of the love symbolizing love-symbolizing Pokemon Luvdisc.
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** Another parody is when Moe sees a beautiful woman, mutters "You're BEAUTIFUL," and his heart flies forward from his chest like a cartoon. He immediately says "Excuse me, this is a serious heart condition, I gotta go!"
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It should be noted that not all cultures equated love with the heart. In Elizabethan England, for instance, it was believed that the passions were seated in the liver.

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It should be noted that not all cultures equated love with the heart. In Elizabethan England, for instance, it was believed that the passions were seated in the liver.
liver, and, in Ancient Israel, the bowels.
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* [[StrawVulcan Spock]] lampshades the illogic of this trope in [[http://community.livejournal.com/st_tos_kink/485.html?thread=87781#t87781 this]] SlashFic.
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* The duet "My Heart" in PDQBach's ''Oedipus Tex'' uses a series of increasingly awful animal metaphors for the heart.

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thanks for the first example being a star trek slash fic bro!!!


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* [[StrawVulcan Spock]] lampshades the illogic of this trope in [[http://community.livejournal.com/st_tos_kink/485.html?thread=87781#t87781 this]] SlashFic.

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* [[StrawVulcan Spock]] lampshades the illogic of this trope in [[http://community.livejournal.com/st_tos_kink/485.html?thread=87781#t87781 this]] SlashFic.

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* Valentine's Day plays this trope straight. Annoyingly so for the more [[SlidingScaleLongName cynical]].
** Thankfully for the cynics, there ''are'' chocolatiers that sell anatomically correct chocolate hearts. Sounds like a wonderful gift for one's significant other, no?
*** [[GeekyTurnOn Hell yes!]]
*** This troper recommends giving them to doctors.
** What does that have to do with being cynical?
** [=ThinkGeek=].com offers heart themed items of geeky romance, including a pair of T-shirts with a bar of [[LegendOfZelda Zelda-esque]] hearts that light up when their wearers are near, and an anatomically correct gummy heart. It also features items with the "less than three" ( <3 ) netspeak variant.

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* Valentine's Day plays this trope straight. Annoyingly so for the more [[SlidingScaleLongName cynical]].\n
** Thankfully for the cynics, there ''are'' chocolatiers that sell anatomically correct chocolate hearts. Sounds like a wonderful gift for one's significant other, no?\n
*** [[GeekyTurnOn Hell yes!]]
*** This troper recommends giving them to doctors.
** What does that have to do with being cynical?
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[=ThinkGeek=].com offers heart themed items of geeky romance, including a pair of T-shirts with a bar of [[LegendOfZelda Zelda-esque]] hearts that light up when their wearers are near, and an anatomically correct gummy heart. It also features items with the "less than three" ( <3 ) netspeak variant.

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* Subverted by the hyenas in Digger, who view the liver as the most important organ.
-->'''Grim Eyes:''' So let me get this straight... you go to the camp of your beloved, and you take you blushing lover in your arms, and you whisper 'My darling, my carrion-scented flower, you gnaw my liver...'

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** The shape of the love symbolizing Pokemon Luvdisc.
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*Apparently, a heart that was three sizes too small was responsible for [[TheGrinch the Grinch's]] lack of fondness for Christmas. The trope is played straight.

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*Apparently, a heart that was three two sizes too small was responsible for [[TheGrinch the Grinch's]] lack of fondness for Christmas. The trope is played straight.

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