History Main / LoveLetterLunacy

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* ''CyranoDeBergerac'': This trope is a plot point in the play. In Act II, Cyrano, [[TheGrotesque a man with a ridiculous long nose]], [[TheAce loves beautiful and eloquent Roxane]], [[CannotSpitItOut but is utterly afraid of her rejection]]. So he writes a love letter to her, [[DirtyCoward hoping to give it to her and run]]. When Cyrano discovers Roxane [[LoveAtFirstSight is interested]] in [[BrainlessBeauty fair but ineloquent Christian]], he realizes that Roxane will be disillusioned with Christian and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he cannot let that happen]]. So [[PlayingCyrano he proposes to teach Christian to be eloquent, and lends Christian the love letter he wrote to Roxane to so Christian can send it to her in his own name]]. In Act III, -Cyrano realizes that the [[WittyBanter eloquence]] Roxane admires so highly is shallow and decides to speak of his real feelings in the letters he keeps sending her in Christian’s name from the Battlefield twice a day. The whole point is that these new love letters are so powerful in expressing Cyrano’s love to Roxane, that Roxane evolves from a self–admitted SatelliteLoveInterest into a full fleshed heroine, deciding to save Christian from peril in Act IV.

* ''CyranoDeBergerac'': This trope is a plot point in the play. At Act II, Cyrano, [[TheGrotesque a man with a ridiculous long nose]], [[TheAce loves beautiful and eloquent Roxane]], [[CannotSpitItOut but is utterly afraid of her reject]]. So he writes a love letter to her, [[DirtyCoward hoping to give it to her and run]]. When Cyrano discovers Roxane [[LoveAtFirstSight is interested]] in [[BrainlessBeauty fair but ineloquent Christian]], he realizes that Roxane will be disillusioned with Christian and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he cannot let that happen]]. So [[PlayingCyrano he proposes to Christian teach him to be eloquent, and lends him the love letter he wrote to Roxane to Christian so he can send it to her in his own name]]. At Act III, -Cyrano realizes that the [[WittyBanter eloquence]] [[FanDumb Roxane]] [[SeriousBusiness admires so highly is]] shallow and decides to speak of his real feelings in the letters he keeps sending her in Christian’s name, from the Battlefield, risking his life, twice a day. The whole point is that these new love letters are so powerful in expressing ---Cyrano’s love to Roxane, that Roxane evolves from a self – admitted SatelliteLoveInterest into a [[GuileHero full fleshed heroine]] decided to save Christian from peril in Act IV.

* In the third ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' game, series ButtMonkey (literally) Larry Butz leaves a love letter for his latest crush. However, being the doofus he is, he manages to write it so it looks like blackmail.

We all know what a Sandbox/LoveLetter is, so let's get down to ''this'' trope.

* In one of the early arcs of ''CollegeRoomiesFromHell'', the guys have Roger send a note to the girls next door asking them out. Roger forgets to bring a pen, so he writes the note using blood from a paper cut. The cut clots before he finishes the message. As a result, the girls end up with a note with "We're coming to get you" written on it in blood slipped under their door. Violence ensues.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}!'', Taiga attempts to leave a love letter for Yuusaku in his bag--but accidentally puts it in ''Ryuuji's'' instead. When he finds it later and attempts to look inside, he discovers it's a sealed, empty envelope. She's so [[{{Dojikko}} klutzy]] she ''forgot to put the letter in''.

* Shows up, of all places, in ''LaMulana.'' The dating-sim homage game Lemeza can play on his MSX features one of these that drives the plot. It's anonymous, and asks the nameless protagonist to come to the "legendary tree." It's all perfectly cliche from there on out. [[spoiler: Until it turns into a ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' homage.]]

* In the season one finale of ''CarolineInTheCity'', Richards writes a love letter to Caroline telling her to meet him at Remo's if she accepted. She coincidentally ends up there at the expected time without having read the letter causing Richard to humiliate himself and flee to Paris. Annie finds the unread letter in season two which leads to comical blackmail mayhem.

* An episode of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy write a love letter to [[AlphaBitch Trixie]], but lacks the courage to send it. [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents So his parents do it for him]]. Since magic can't interfere with love (including love letters) he has to enter {{Cyberspace}} to get it back.

Compare Sandbox/LoveLetterObsession, where everything goes according to plan, except the letter is ''crazy''.

* In ''FinalFantasyIX'', [[BrattyHalfPint Eiko]] got help from the Doctor Tot to write a love letter to [[TheHero Zidane]], and when hung on a peg she's forced to ask Baku to deliver it to Zidane. Baku accidentally drops it and forgets to mention the whole thing to Zidane. This leads to [[ActionGirl Beatrix]] believing the letter is from [[LordErrorProne Steiner]] and vice versa; the two do wind up becoming a couple, and no one's the wiser. Even if Eiko, Blank, Markus and Baku do witness their first tentative meeting. The music that plays during that scene is even entitled, "Foolproof Love Letter Scheme." A nice alternate title for the trope...

* In the first episode of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', Sousuke receives a love letter in his shoebox. His perfectly sensible (From the perspective of a former ChildSoldier who grew up in an area where [=IEDs=] are a common problem) response is ''to blow up the school's entry hall because his shoebox has been opened'', and interpret the singed fragments of letter he retrieves from the ruins as a death threat. To make matters worse (or more humorous), the StudentCouncilPresident agrees with Sousuke that his actions were the most correct ones. Kaname's reaction look is hilarious.

* In the first episode of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', Sousuke receives a love letter in his shoebox. His perfectly sensible response is ''to blow up the school's entry hall because his shoebox has been opened'', and interpret the singed fragments of letter he retrieves from the ruins as a death threat. To make matters worse (or more humorous), the StudentCouncilPresident agrees with Sousuke that his actions were the most correct ones. Kaname's reaction look is hilarious.

* Ritsu, the drummer from the ''[=K-On!=]'' Band, spends an episode wondering about some mysterious love letters she receives. Then her friend Mio (bassist-songwriter) asks her opinion about those song lyrics she left in Ritsu's mail box. [[YuriFangirl Mugi]] would be [[ShipTease disappointed]]--nor not.

* In ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'', several characters decide to bring Malvolio down a peg and write a fake love letter to him from their mistress. Because he is a prideful fool, he immediately falls for it and believes Olivia is infatuated with him. When he follows the ridiculous instructions left for him in the note, Olivia thinks he's gone mad and has him locked up as a lunatic.

* In ''WJHCOnTheAir'', Sandy writes a love letter to Janie but doesn't put either of their names on it. It gets passed around the entire main cast, and HilarityEnsues.

* In ''ComicBook/WJHCOnTheAir'', Sandy writes a love letter to Janie but doesn't put either of their names on it. It gets passed around the entire main cast, and HilarityEnsues.

* In ''WJHCOnTheAir'', Sandy writes a love letter to Janie but doesn't put either of their names on it. It gets passed around the entire main cast, and HilarityEnsues.
* ''BlueMonday'': Victor decides to send a mushy letter to Clover asking her to the Valentine's Day dance, but he sticks it in the wrong locker and it ends up in the hands of the incredibly homely Sally instead. Clover then takes the opportunity to mock the letter with her friends.

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When characters aren't brave enough to come out and say they like someone, the accepted way around a direct confrontation is a love letter, usually anonymously left in a [[UsefulNotes/InsideShoes shoe locker]] or prominent area, with a request to meet at a predetermined location. The intent is better known than the identity of the person; the letter is often pink, in cute handwriting, and smells like perfume. Bonus with lipstick marks.

After the character debates going through with it, they traditionally meet the writer either behind the school or in a field with [[WorldTree a big tree]].

Sometimes the character does not understand the intent of the letter, but in general the anonymous nature of the letter makes for [[HilarityEnsues zany hijinks]] as characters jump to wild conclusions. This is multiplied if the letter is accidentally [[MistakenMessage left or found by the wrong person]].

Popular girls often get these, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer often from other girls]].

To add to the lunacy, just add [[PlayingCyrano a ghostwriter who may or may not have feelings for the recipient himself]].

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* Hilariously sent up in one of the ''SailorMoon'' TV specials and Ami breaks out in hives whenever she sees them.
* In the first episode of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', Sousuke receives a love letter in his shoebox. His perfectly sensible response is ''to blow up the school's entry hall because his shoebox has been opened'', and interpret the singed fragments of letter he retrieves from the ruins as a death threat.
** To make matters worse (or more humorous), the StudentCouncilPresident agrees with Sousuke that his actions were the most correct ones. Kaname's reaction look is hilarious.

* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': At the end of Asuka's first day of school, her shoe locker is entirely filled with love letters.
* Nagisa in ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' gets unwanted love letters from [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer other girls]].
* Megumi in ''TenshiNaKonamaiki'' gets love letters from both sexes, as well as her TrueCompanions and InstantFanClub.
* Hazumi in ''YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito'' receives love letters from one particular girl whose identity she heartbreakingly fails to figure out.

* [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]] gets dragged into the duels for the Rose Bride as a result of a [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil student council member]] publicly ridiculing Utena's friend Wakaba for sending him a love letter.
** She also receives her challenges in the Black Rose arc via letters left in her locker. Though the intent of the note is the opposite, the sender is still a surprise to her when she arrives at the arena.
* Subversion: In the ''LoveHina'' Christmas movie, Keitaro stumbles upon what he thinks is a love letter from Naru to Seta, but, being Keitaro, has mistakenly jumped to a conclusion.

* A chapter of ''Manga/YuGiOh'' revolves around one of these made in the form of a jigsaw puzzle.
* In one episode of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Professor Chronos wrote Judai a fake love letter and signed Asuka's name in order to trick Judai into trespassing onto the girls' dorm, thus giving Chronos an excuse to expel him. His plan was messed-up somewhat when ''Sho'' found the letter and thought the letter was meant for him.
* In the Valentine chapter of ''FruitsBasket'' Yuki gets a huge amount of chocolates and letters in his shoe locker (apparently this happens every year), except instead of creating a pile each girl would throw the previous one in the bin. The overflowing bin. Hanajima instead decides to steal the current chocolate for the sake of it, much to Yuki's annoyance because he's a gentleman.

* Tomari from ''KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' gets love letters from other girls. This is very much to her dismay, even though she does fall in love with her old childhood buddy Hazumu after he changed into a girl.
* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', Yukari brings up a love letter whenever Nyamo looks to be about to dish some dirt on her. What exactly happened with this love letter [[NoodleIncident is never clarified]], although {{Fanon}} generally states that Nyamo wrote it to Yukari at some point as part of a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship, wanting to [[SchoolgirlLesbians take it to the next level]].
* There's a deliberate contrast in ''PowerpuffGirlsZ'', as Miyako (Bubbles) undergoes daily LoveLetterLunacy (she doesn't mind), while Momoko the Love Lunatic (Blossom) gets none. Karou (Buttercup), meanwhile, is at one point shown with an InstantFanClub (all girls).
* In ''LuckyStar'', Kagami appears to get one. Turns out the guy just wanted a trinket that would be embarrassing to ask for in public.
** In the manga, vol. 6, she finds one in her shoe locker. But it was an April Fools' joke by Konata... who can't bring herself to let on.
** In vol. ''7'', Kou finds one in her desk, but it ''too'' is for Kagami... and it, too, is a trick played by Konata, which failed (or was at least delayed) because Kagami never went back to her desk. This time, though, she brings it up over the phone, not knowing that the letter had been delivered... Boy, Kagami sure is a target for love letters that aren't, huh?
* In ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', Ahiru's friends write a love letter ostensibly from her to Fakir (partly to save her the trouble, partly because they're [[JerkAss jerkasses]]). Luckily, Ahiru gets a chance to explain (and Fakir's reaction is exactly how she predicted it would be from the start).
* In ''HidamariSketch'', Hiro did receive a love letter from an unnamed upperclassman [[spoiler: and she calmly rejected him]]. The one who got nuts was, however, Sae, who [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship freaked out at the prospect of Hiro having a boyfriend]], and Yoshinoya, who was sent to the hospital for being a [[DatePeepers Date Peeper]].
* ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' has Kirika's 'daisuki na Mireille', which spurs Mireille to [[spoiler:agree to an alliance with Breffort, go to the Manor, and rescue Kirika from herself.]]
* In ''ZettaiKarenChildren'', Kaoru tends to get love letters from girls--which she finds troublesome, since she prefers older women. The other two girls get ''loads'' more love letters though.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', Taiga attempts to leave a love letter for Yuusaku in his bag--but accidentally puts it in ''Ryuuji's'' instead. When he finds it later and attempts to look inside, he discovers it's a sealed, empty envelope. She's so [[{{Dojikko}} klutzy]] she ''forgot to put the letter in''.

* A love letter plays a central role in one subplot of ''WhisperOfTheHeart''.
* Ritsu, the drummer from the ''KOn'' Band, spends an episode wondering about some mysterious love letters she receives. Then her friend Mio (bassist-songwriter) asks her opinion about those song lyrics she left in Ritsu's mail box. [[YuriFangirl Mugi]] would be [[ShipTease disappointed]]--nor not.

* In DNAngel's first chapter, Daisuke gives Risa a love letter, but she turns him down.
* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'''s ''Love Letter Competition'' side story, Seria Kumokawa writes a love letter to Touma Kamijo. Soon, practically every girl in Touma's UnwantedHarem is scrambling to intercept the letter before it reaches him. It turns out that Seria was actually trying to catch a spy, under the logic that the spy will believe the love letter to be an actual important confidential message from Seria to Touma.

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* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kyon gets a plethora of them in the wake of him uncovering and shutting down a ring of photographers who were taking pictures of girls while they were changing.

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* Western example: The 1940 movie ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/ The Shop Around the Corner]]'' is about two people who are conducting a romance by sending anonymous love letters to each other... and who also happen to hate each other in real life. In 1998, the movie ''You've Got Mail'' used the same basic plot, with AOL and the Internet replacing the post office.
** Both films are based on the play ''Parfumerie''.
* The whole premise of the 1985 movie ''Secret Admirer''.

* In ''{{Atonement}}'', the lead male is frustrated trying to write a letter to the lead female, and writes a vulgar, sexually charged one to work out this frustration. Afterwards, he writes a perfectly lovely one and gives it to his love's young sister to deliver. Guess what? Remarkably, rather than wacky hi-jinks ensuing, the vulgar letter works.
** Well, hi-jinks ensue. They're just not hilarious. More like [[ShootTheShaggyDog downright depressing]].

* Sean Bateman receives these in ''TheRulesOfAttraction''. [[spoiler: He doesn't even know the girl who's sending them to him is alive, and she eventually commits suicide. Nobody cares.]]

* Book six of ''RangersApprentice'' [[spoiler:ends with Will getting a letter from Alyss admitting she loves him. He goes right away to tell her he feels the same.]]

** In the second season episode "Nocturne," a teen whose parents keep him locked in his basement (to control his SuperpoweredEvilSide) escapes occasionally to leave Lana unsigned love poems at her parents' graves.

* The episode "Mr. Love Letter" from [[MrYoung Mr. Young]].

* In ''FinalFantasyIX'', [[BrattyHalfPint Eiko]] got help from the Doctor Tot to write a love letter to [[TheHero Zidane]], and when hung on a peg she's forced to ask Baku to deliver it to Zidane. Baku accidentally drops it and forgets to mention the whole thing to Zidane. This leads to [[ActionGirl Beatrix]] believing the letter is from [[LordErrorProne Steiner]] and vice versa; the two do wind up becoming a couple, and no one's the wiser. Even if Eiko, Blank, Markus and Baku do witness their first tentative meeting.
** The music that plays during that scene is even entitled, "Foolproof Love Letter Scheme." A nice alternate title for the trope, I might add...
* In ''{{Persona 4}}'', the protagonist will receive love letters in his shoebox if he does good at tests, usually containing some useful item or other that a secret admirer has made for you. [[spoiler:And if you think it's one of your {{Love Interest}}s who did it, you're in for a shock later...]]. As the Fortune Social Link reveals, Naoto is also plagued by these on a regular basis ('plagued' because the detective prince has better things to do than play around with romance).

* In ''NoMoreHeroes'', [[{{Yandere}} Kimmy Howell]] gives the main character a letter that starts out like this... before taking a turn for the AxCrazy.
* Used pretty tragically in ''RuleOfRose'', where Meg's love letter for Diana is not well received, and the protagonist Jennifer gets to suffer ire from both sides after being unwillingly dragged into the mess.

* The short story ''[[http://www.fredart.com/envelope/ envelop(e)]]'', inspired of ''A True Love Story'', had this as its premise. It's mainly notable for having been drawn by Fred Gallagher of ''{{Megatokyo}}'' fame.
* In ''PennyAndAggie'', Aggie tries to get Duane a date with Penny by leaving a note and concert tickets in her locker. Unfortunately, Penny walks up to the wrong guy at the concert (the note only gave a vague description to identify the secret admirer, which coincidentally applied to two boys) and doesn't see Duane at all. Plus Penny's friend Sarah spots Aggie planting the note, leading her believe that Aggie is a lesbian with a secret crush on Penny.
* [[Webcomic/{{Oglaf}} Ivan the Apprentice]] receives a series of decreasingly sane ones [[spoiler:from his boss' minions as a joke]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'':
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3183 Fuschia sends Criminy a letter that spits out a heart-shaped flame, followed by heart-shaped puffs of smoke]]. She means well. . . .
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2704 Slick gets one]] and [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2707 blows off a woman, who was the admirer, and tears up the second one]].

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* In ''Literature/TalesOfMU'', one of the minor second year subplots is Nicki (and the rest of the main characters) learning she has a elven secret admirer via being slipped a thong and veil. It's not until several chapters later that the admirer is finally revealed.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* In ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'': At the end of Asuka's first day of school, her shoe locker is entirely filled with love letters.

* In ''PrincessTutu'', Ahiru's friends write a love letter ostensibly from her to Fakir (partly to save her the trouble, partly because they're [[JerkAss jerkasses]]). Luckily, Ahiru gets a chance to explain (and Fakir's reaction is exactly how she predicted it would be from the start).