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* In the ''Literature/MythOMania'' series, Cupid uses three different kinds of arrows, two of which invoke the TemporaryLoveInterest trope. Love induced with yellow-tipped arrows only lasts an hour. Orange-tipped arrows create romantic effects that wear off after three days. Red-tipped arrows make people permanently fall in love. ''Hit the Road, Helen!'' introduces the "Smoochie Woochie" arrow, which Cupid uses to make Helen of Troy leave Menelaus for Paris. [[spoiler:The Smoochie Woochie's effects wear off of Helen after Philoctetes slays Paris.]]

* Kamadeva, the [[HinduMythology Hindu god]] of love, also uses his arrows to make people fall in love, except his arrows are tipped with flowers instead of actual arrowheads. (He's pretty clearly the same deity as Eros.) But other gods (such as Shiva) don't always appreciate being on the receiving end.

** Even Eros/Cupid was himself not immune to this, as when he met his future wife Psyche he accidently pranged himself on his own arrow and the rest is history. Well, mythology.

* In ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' Oberon sends Puck to get a certain flower, "Love-in-Idleness," which was created when Cupid's arrow missed a would-be lover and hit the flower instead. The juice from that flower, squeezed into someone's eyes while they're asleep, makes them fall in love with the first thing they see upon awaking.

* In the WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} short "Olive Oyl for President" druing Popeye's dream Olive Oyl gets eleted President. Giving a speech before Congress (depicted as a bunch of elephants and donkeys) who are arguing over her proposals President Oyl calls upon her "Secretary of Love" who is a Cupid with a bow. Seeing the chaos, Cupid ditches his bow for a machine gun, shooting many arrows quickly into the crowd.

** Even Eros/Cupid washimself not immune to this, as when he met his future wife Psyche he accident pranged himself on his own arrow and the rest is history. Well, mythology.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Wizards of Waverly Place}}'', Alex summons Cupid to shoot Theresa after she gets angry at Jerry courtesy of one of Alex's magic antics. To Alex's dismay, however, Cupid turns out to be a literal talking baby with a babyish personality[[note]]He also lost his wings at the start of the episode[[/note]] and only has one arrow [[RunningGag which Max keeps accidentally breaking and has to be fix it over and over.]] It gets even worse that the arrow's effect is temporary.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{American Dragon Jake Long}}'': In the episode "The Love Cruise", Gramps is entrusted to guard Cupid's arrows while the latter is on vacation. However, Jake steals the arrow and tries to shoot Rose with it during a cruise trip for the school, thinking that Rose doesn't love him anymore. However, things get out of hand when he accidentally starts shooting at other people and making them fall in love (such as the captain to the Statue of Liberty, Fu with [[ScrewYourself himself]], etc.]]), and when he finally shoots Rose she instead starts hating him due to the effects of the arrows on someone who is already in love with you.

* On Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger, Dora Pixie does this with baseballs, throwing them into people’s mouths. It effects Dan and Boi, making them fall for Mei.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "Love Among The Toons", Cupid- still with Elmer Fudd in the role- hires [[TheDitz Concord Condor]] to take his place as he gets tired of his job. Concord proves incompetent by pairing up the Tiny Toons cast with the wrong matches (one example being Babs falling for Montana Max), causing Elmer to step in and fix things.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' Valentines' special, Scrooge [=McDuck=] finds Cupid's arrows in a sunken Greek temple. Scrooge is only interested in them because they're solid gold, but it turns out they really work: they accidentally make Launchpad falls in love with a shark, and Scrooge and Aphrodite (who had come looking for the arrows) fall in love with each other. It also turns out that [[ThePowerOfLove True Love]] can break the influence of the arrows: Launchpad snaps out of his obsession with the shark when Huey, Dewey, and Louie point out he'll have to give up flying to be with it, and Scrooge is willing to give up being with Aphrodite if it means not seeing his family (the one thing he loves more than money) ever again.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ducktales}}'' Valentines' special, Scrooge [=McDuck=] finds Cupid's arrows in a sunken Greek temple. Scrooge is only interested in them because they're solid gold, but it turns out they really work: they accidentally make Launchpad falls in love with a shark, and Scrooge and Aphrodite (who had come looking for the arrows) fall in love with each other. It also turns out that [[ThePowerOfLove True Love]] can break the influence of the arrows: Launchpad snaps out of his obsession with the shark when Huey, Dewey, and Louie point out he'll have to give up flying to be with it, and Scrooge is willing to give up being with Aphrodite if it means not seeing his family (the one thing he loves more than money) ever again.

* Cupid a.k.a. Eros (in ClassicalMythology) was depicted making people fall in love by shooting them, in many myths, and can be considered the TropeMaker. Medea with Jason and [[DistractedByMyOwnSexy Narcissus with his own image in a pond]], for example.

* ''Series/MuppetsTonight'': When the guard, a grizzly-puppet named Bobo, sees a guest star Creator/CindyCrawford, cupid appears to shoot an arrow at him...however, upon realizing that it was a ''bear'' he was supposed to shoot, he immediately exchanges his bow for a heavy crossbow, knowing that it'd take ''that'' much firepower to affect a bear. The kick from said crossbow [[LawOfInverseRecoil launches him off the screen]] while he's in the middle of explaining it to the audience. Later on in the same episode, he accidentally shoots Sal, causing him to [[HoYay fall in love with Johnny Fioma]].

* The premise of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "The Stupid Cupid" where the role of cupid is taken by Elmer Fudd, who takes drastic steps to ensure the (already bitterly married) DaffyDuck gets into the romantic spirit of things.

* In the {{Popeye}} short "Olive Oyl for President" druing Popeye's dream Olive Oyl gets eleted President. Giving a speech before Congress (depicted as a bunch of elephants and donkeys) who are arguing over her proposals President Oyl calls upon her "Secretary of Love" who is a Cupid with a bow. Seeing the chaos, Cupid ditches his bow for a machine gun, shooting many arrows quickly into the crowd.

* Cupid a.k.a. Eros (in ClassicalMythology) was depicted making people fall in love by shooting them, in many myths, and can be considered the TropeMaker. Medea with Jason and [[DistractedByHisOwnSexy Narcissus with his own image in a pond]], for example.

* Cupid a.k.a. Eros (in ClassicalMythology) was depicted making people fall in love by shooting them, in many myths. Narcissus and Medea, for example.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOho-r-oBog "Cupid"]] by SamCooke.