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Love is something best given freely, not demanded; it's something that has to be earned and worked at to keep alive, not a [[AllTakeAndNoGive one-sided]] thing. However, the [[TitleDrop Love Hungry]] character doesn't understand that. They are too insecure, [[DesperatelyCravesAffection starved of affection]], or even greedy: they want absolute, unconditional, and perpetual love, and feel that the ends justify the means. They won't settle for being merely loved by others, but in having their love enslaved to always do so. Even a [[NiceGuy genuinely]] [[TheCutie kind]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings person]] may become this out of [[BreakTheCutie fear]] of losing their love, [[NotGoodWithRejection anger at rejection]], [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy of another's love]], or a [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic desire to be the most-loved.]]

* Show to be ''the'' main tract of The Sues in ''Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie'', starting around the final moments of ''Wrath of Sue'' to then be completely explored in ''Crisis of Infinite Sues''. After being left powerless and imprisoned out of frustration by Kirk, Ensign muses that all she wanted is to belong in their stories and to be loved. She then comes to realize that forcing others into loving you is not real love at all, and tries to get this idea into her Mother, God Sue/[[spoiler:Lt. Sue]]'s head with no results. Made more ironic when it's revealed that, despite all her claims of being a benevolent being who loves Spock with all her heart, God Sue is actually ''incapable'' of loving, and only cares about her love hunger being satisfied.

* In ''Disney/TheRescuers'', BabysitterFromHell Madame Medusa {{lampshade}}s this. Penny might have been willing to accept Medusa as a foster parent if Medusa had not prioritized obtaining the MacGuffin over Penny's safety. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2yyvcdts9s Spoilers here.]]

* On one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' due to [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Timmy's Wish]], he and Trixie are the only two male and female left on the planet, and although Timmy initially enjoys being with his {{Love Interest}} due to [[AttentionWhore Trixie's attention demanding personality]], she wants Timmy to show her the attention that normally lots and lots of people would give to her, eventually exploding into full-on {{Yandere}} mode.

* Multiply ItsAllAboutMe by GreenEyedMonster and you get Bender from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.

-->'''Bender:''' Now to make a cake so delicious they'll have no choice but to love and worship me.

-->"Now to make a cake so delicious they'll have no choice but to love and worship me."

* With a backstory that involves being torn apart on a daily basis for for being Foxy's ReplacementScrappy, Mangle is shown to be so desperate for affection in [[DantesNightAtFreddys Dante's Night at Freddy's 2: Animatronic Boogaloo]] that she [[BlackComedyRape sexually assaults Foxy]] in a simultaneously disgusting and humorous scene.

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' [[{{Central Theme}} explores the universal need for love through many characters, mostly in the . Bojack is desperate to love himself and be loved by others, yet due to a [[AbusiveParents lack of]] [[FriendlessBackground experience]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast during his formative years]], [[{{Jerkass}} his]][[InferioritySuperiorityComplex off-putting]] [[{{Narcissist}} personality]] and [[HisOwnWorstEnemy chronic self-sabotage]], Bojack has no idea how to process love when he does get it, let alone how to reciprocate. (His past as a Sitcom actor doesn't help either, as its led him to an unrealistically simplistic understanding of relationships. The end result is a broken wreck of a (horse)man with [[IdleRich too much money]] who's [[WhiteDwarfStarlet trying to recapture his 'glory days']] and who [[Tsundere both clings to and pushes away his friends and love-interests alike]].

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Beasts of Nurgle are giant acid-oozing sluglike creatures with the mindset of a BigFriendlyDog, always eager to run around and play with their little friends. Unfortunately, [[AndNameHimGeorge said little friends tend to stop moving shortly]]. When the beasts mature, they turn into giant flies, driven bitter and hateful over their lonely larvahood. Nurgle being the AnthropomorphicPersonification of love and despair...

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Beasts of Nurgle are giant acid-oozing sluglike creatures with the mindset of a BigFriendlyDog, always eager to run around and play with their little friends. Unfortunately, said little friends tend to stop moving shortly. When the beasts mature, they turn into giant flies, driven bitter and hateful over their lonely larvahood. Nurgle being the AnthropomorphicPersonification of love and despair...

* Toneri Otsutsuki, [[BigBad the villain]] of ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', tries to get [[RavenHairIvorySkin Hinata]] to marry him. His attempts to win her over, however, make it clear that he's more concerned about ''his'' own feelings rather than hers. The fact that she's deeply in love with [[TheHero Naruto]], [[spoiler:who has ''finally'' [[LoveRevelationEpiphany realized both her feelings and his own for her]]]], doesn't help either.

* Toneri Otsutsuki, [[BigBad the main villain]] of ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', tries to get [[RavenHairIvorySkin Hinata]] to marry him. His attempts to win her over, however, make it clear that he's more concerned about ''his'' own feelings rather than hers. The fact that she's deeply in love with [[TheHero Naruto]], [[spoiler:who has ''finally'' [[LoveRevelationEpiphany realized both her feelings and his own for her]]]], doesn't help either.

* Toneri Otsutsuki, [[BigBad the main villain]] of ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', tries to get [[RavenHairIvorySkin Hinata]] to marry him. His attempts to win her over, however, make it clear that he's more concerned about ''his'' own feelings rather than hers. The fact that she's deeply in love with [[TheHero Naruto]], [[spoiler:who has ''finally'' [[LoveRevelationEpiphany realized the romantic nature of her feelings and that of his own]]]], doesn't help either.

* Toneri Otsutsuki, [[BigBad the main villain]] of ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', tries to get [[RavenHairIvorySkin Hinata]] to marry him. His attempts to win her over, however, make it clear that he's more concerned about ''his'' own feelings rather than hers. The fact that she's deeply in love with [[TheHero Naruto]], [[spoiler:who has ''finally'' [[LoveRevelationEpiphany realized the true nature of her feelings for him and that of his own for her]]]], doesn't help either.

* Toneri Otsutsuki, [[BigBad the main villain]] of ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', tries to get [[RavenHairIvorySkin Hinata]] to marry him. His attempts to win her over, however, make it clear that he's more concerned about ''his'' own feelings rather than hers. The fact that she's deeply in love with [[TheHero Naruto]], [[spoiler:who has ''finally'' [[LoveRevelationEpiphany realized the true nature of his feelings for her]]]], doesn't help either.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Beasts of Nurgle are giant acid-oozing sluglike creatures with the mindset of a BigFriendlyDog, always eager to run around and play with their little friends. Unfortunately, said little friends tend to stop moving shortly. When the beasts mature, they turn into giant flies, driven bitter and hateful over their lonely larvahood. Nurgle being the EmotionalEmbodiment of love and despair...

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is willing to commit murder, kidnapping, rape, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking government felony]] if it'll make WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows love her. Nothing has worked yet, [[SarcasmMode you surprised]]?

* Toneri Otsutsuki, the main villain of ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', tries to get Hinata to marry him. His attempts to win her over, however, make clear he's more concerned about ''his'' own feelings rather than hers. The fact that she's deeply in love with [[TheHero Naruto]], who has ''finally'' [[spoiler:[[LoveRevelationEpiphany realized the true nature of his own feelings for her]]]], doesn't help either.

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* In the backstory material for ''Anime/CodeGeass'', [[spoiler: CC, then a young slave]], who is adorable but has never had a best friend, wishes that everyone would love her. It quickly becomes a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor tale as she learns that if you force everyone to love you, then none of it will be genuine. [[http://kurogane.animeblogger.net/2008/07/20/code-geass-r2-15/ Full spoilers here]].

* Toneri Otsutsuki, the main villain of ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', tries to get Hinata to marry him. His attempts to win her over, however, make clear he's more concerned about HIS own feelings rather than hers (the fact that she is already in love with Naruto doesn't help either).

Love is something best given freely, not demanded; it's something that has to be earned and worked at to keep alive, not a [[AllTakeAndNoGive one-sided]] thing. However, the [[TitleDrop Love Hungry]] character doesn't understand that. They are too insecure, [[DesperatelyCravesAffection starved of affection]], or even greedy: they want absolute, unconditional, and perpetual love, and feel that the ends justify the means. They won't settle for being merely loved by others, but in having their love enslaved to always do so. Even a [[NiceGuy genuinely]] [[TheCutie kind]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings person]] may become this out of [[BreakTheCutie fear]] of losing their love, [[NotGoodWithRejection anger at rejection]], [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy of another's love]], or a [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic desire to be the most loved.]]

Love is something best given freely, not demanded; it's something that has to be earned and worked at to keep alive, not a [[AllTakeAndNoGive one sided]] thing. However, the [[TitleDrop Love Hungry]] character doesn't understand that. They are too insecure, [[DesperatelyCravesAffection starved of affection]], or even greedy: they want absolute, unconditional, and perpetual love, and feel that the ends justify the means. They won't settle for being merely loved by others, but in having their love enslaved to always do so. Even a [[NiceGuy genuinely]] [[TheCutie kind]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings person]] may become this out of [[BreakTheCutie fear]] of losing their love, [[NotGoodWithRejection anger at rejection]], [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy of another's love]], or a [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic desire to be the most loved.]]

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'': Beasts of Nurgle are giant acid-oozing sluglike creatures with the mindset of a BigFriendlyDog, always eager to run around and play with their little friends. Unfortunately, said little friends tend to stop moving shortly. When the beasts mature, they turn into giant flies, driven bitter and hateful over their lonely larvahood. Nurgle being the EmotionalEmbodiment of love and despair...

* The Plutonian from ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'', spurred from a childhood that consisted of being bounced around numerous foster homes. He went on to become the world's most beloved and admired superhero, but his [[CantTakeCriticism inability to handle criticism]] whenever he made a mistake drives him off the deep end after a tragedy occurs, and he becomes the page image provider for BewareTheSuperman.