History Main / LoveMakesYouDumb

* At one point in the ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' anime, a Monster Card was introduced that literally made other monsters dumbstruck with love. She was (appropriately) called the "Maiden in Love" and any monster (male of course) that attacked her would then fall under the control of the player using the Maiden.

* From ''ComicBook/AstroCity,'' the brilliant Mock Turtle is blinded by love for his childhood sweetheart Lucia, who he constantly imagines as an innocent girl to be sheltered from his roguish life. She, in turn, easily exploits his intellect and engineering talents for her own gain.

%%* Four simple words: [[Webcomic/{{Digger}} "Skin-Painter]] [[{{Tearjerker}} is fool."]]
* In her very first appearance, [[StrawFeminist Susan]] in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-05-29 declared this trope]]. That said, the comic has not supported her view.

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' Guts takes multiple arrows protecting Casca despite him already wounded from Adon’s arrow, there’s some justification the first time it happened as Casca fainted from blood loss over period. But Guts TakingTheBullet later on for a completely healthy woman is just asking for trouble especially as Guts nearly gets killed because of it, though this action does make Casca fall in love with him so it equals out.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Krillin had the chance to shut down Android 18 and stop Cell from ever reaching his Perfect form. But because he developed feelings for her, he destroyed the only chance to stop it from happening. In his defense, Krillin thought that Vegeta, who had the upperhand over Cell, would kill Cell, and Trunks hadn't even need to step up yet, so he was caught off-guard that Vegeta would just let Cell have his way and sabotage the Dragon Team.

** Usopp has a variation of this in Water 7 as he refuses to let go the ''Going Merry'', a ship given to him by his pseudo-{{Love Interest|s}} Kaya, ensuring a fight between him and Luffy resulting in his leaving the crew. The thing is, the ''Merry'' was already gonna break apart and Usopp could've faced the truth without creating more heartache. That being said, Usopp saw the abandonment of the ''Merry'' as a potential fate of himself, seeing that he's the weakest link of the crew (not only is he one of the weakest members, his role on the ship is not as important as the others, and he just failed to guard their money twice in this arc) and that he's afraid that Luffy would eventually leave him behind like the ship. And he was the only one who met the "soul" of the ''Merry'' in the previous arc, which makes his attachment to his "friend" even more justifiable.

* Esmeraude (Emerald) in ''Anime/SailorMoon R''. She was so in love with Diamond that she hastily accepted Wiseman's tiara to become more powerful than Sailor Moon and thus, winning Diamond's heart. Unfortunately, her plan falls apart when the tiara transforms her into a dragon rather than a Queen. The senshi (with the help of Tuxedo Mask) defeat the dragon and Esmeraude is momentarily restored to her human form -- only to fall into a dark abyss. She whispers Diamond's name as she vanishes. To Esmeraude's credit, the rest of her peers including Diamond also made the colossal mistake of trusting Wiseman.

* From the strange and supernatural manga, ''Manga/SexPistols'', one part-time protagonist Seth decides, after his boyfriend tries to break up with him, to knock-out said boyfriend, kidnap him, take him ''half-way across the world'' into a ''war zone'' in ''Saudi Arabia'', lock him up, and then forget to tell him that the reason ''why'' he's locking him up is that as soon as he entered the country an entire faction of Seth's family has been trying to '''''kill him!''''' [[SarcasmMode Nice one, Seth]]. And no, he wasn't aiming for an IfICantHaveYou ideology either. Probably.

** In the ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''/''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' crossover ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', the Joker is infatuated and obsessed with Batgirl (despite her hating his guts). His intelligence drops down to negative digits when Batgirl is nearby, making real dumb statements and getting distracted during fights.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' plays with this trope. Anna can be quite clever at times, but she feels LoveAtFirstSight for Hans and agrees to marry him even though she had [[FourthDateMarriage just met him]]. [[spoiler:Too bad that Anna couldn't see that Hans [[EvilAllAlong couldn't be trusted.]]]] {{Subverted|Trope}} and platonic example in regards to her sister Elsa. While Anna was perceptive enough to realize, despite the suspicions of the townspeople, that her long-distant and secretive sister had not frozen the kingdom purposely, the film emphasizes the low likelihood of her faith being correct. [[spoiler:While Hans is revealed to be untrustworthy, Anna's undying love for and faith in Elsa is vindicated when it turns out Elsa really is NotEvilJustMisunderstood.]]

* In ''Film/{{Casino}}'', Sam "Ace" Rothstein is known as a very intelligent and calculating man who is an [[TheAce ace]] at gambling, and is known to never lose. It's this reason he is put in charge of a big Casino in Vegas for the Mob. Everything is fine at first, until Sam falls in love with a woman hustler named Ginger, [[{{ForeShadowing}} while he is watching her steal]] from a high stakes gambler. Despite this, and many bad signs and warnings from others, Sam marries her and quickly regrets it. He even gives her the only key to his saved fortune, which even makes the bank manager question it. It proves to be one of the reasons for the Casino's downfall. He only survives getting killed, because the Mob still feels they can use him to make money. Lampshades during the film:

* ''Literature/AesopsFables'': In "The Lion in Love", a lion falls in love with a young woman. Her father says that he will only let the lion marry her if he allows him to pull his teeth and cut his nails, because she is frightened of them. The lion loves the woman so much that he consents, but after it has been done, the father is no longer afraid of him and drives him away with his club.

--> '''Virtue:''' I'm going to refuse to do puberty. It makes you stupid.

* ''Series/BecomingElizabeth'': Many allusions are made to Queen Catherine Parr's intelligence and accomplishments, such as being the first English woman to publish a book under her own name, but in the series Catherine's love and passion for Thomas Seymour make her foolish and arrogant.

* From ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', the vast major of incidents involving Vanessa Huxtable getting in trouble usually start as a result of her boy-craziness.

* Suzy Pepper of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' had a crush on her teacher, called him at 3 a.m., gave him a tie with red peppers so when he wears it he can think of her. Teacher rejected her, she ate world's HOTTEST PEPPER, burned holes in her esophagus, and got put in a medically induced coma for 3 days. To add insult to injury, the teacher then added that girls are so fragile.

** There also was an indirect but very literal version in the episode where the patient of the week was a former prodigy and teen genius, now working as a [=FedEx=] deliveryman. Turns out that he'd fallen in love with a girl who had maybe 1/3 of his IQ, and started habitually using a drug made from a combination of prescription-strength cough-syrup and strong alcohol (known as 'Astro-Tripping' or 'Blue Drank') to slow his mind down to the point where he could relate to her. Of course, using something like that on a daily basis for years can take its toll...

* Nobody, least of all the writer responsible, has any idea why Marian, in the 2006 BBC version of ''Series/RobinHood'', ran up to Guy of Gisbourne, an unhinged man who was obsessed with her, and began yelling: "I love Robin Hood! I'm going to marry Robin Hood!" Guy responded by [[spoiler:running her through with a whopping great sword]].

** In "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E4Cyberwoman Cyberwoman]]", Ianto's love for his girlfriend leads him to hide her in the basement of a heavily armored and base filled with alien tech. She's a half-converted evil cyborg woman. He then proceeds to date the guy who kills her.

* ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' features Olivia, a FemmeFatale GoldDigger who definitely beleives this. When protagonist Manny says he's skipping town to pursue a woman he met once and can't get out of his head, she says she has a poem for him. It's short:

* Phoenix Wright from ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' is generally intelligent [[IndyPloy in his own way]], but in a backstory case he absolutely refuses to believe that his girlfriend might not be who she thinks he is, despite all the evidence that she was using him, even when Mia had shown that Dahlia wanted to ''kill him'', going so far as to declare that [[AffectionateNickname "Dollie"]] who testified against him during his trial was somehow a fake. [[spoiler:And he was ''[[SubvertedTrope right]]'', sort of. The girl who was testifying was the real Dahlia, but the girl who he'd been dating was actually Dahlia's twin sister Iris, who was [[SheepInSheepsClothing genuinely as nice as she seemed]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Many of Marinette's worst decisions are driven by her unrequited crush on Adrien, especially in Season 1. This includes wasting a Lucky Charm to try and keep Chloe away from him, stealing his phone to erase an embarrassing voice mail, and verbally tearing down Lila after she starts putting the moves on him.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In the episode "Krusty Love", Mr. Krabs falls so deeply in love with Mrs. Puff that almost all sense of reason leaves him. When first introduced to her, he's so lovestruck that he [[GibberishOfLove can't put any of his thoughts into words]], requiring [=SpongeBob=] to translate his gibberish into a date request. During said date, his normal frugality goes out the window, and he somehow manages to spend $100,000 all on expensive gifts for her. After hiring [=SpongeBob=] to be his financial assistant for their next date, he falls into this pitfall again by contradicting his own orders and demanding [=SpongeBob=] fetch tons of gifts for Mrs. Puff. He manages to amass a pile of extravagant gifts in front of Mrs. Puff's house, all before they got to the park to start their date!

* In the ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''/''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'' '''Comicbook/TheJoker''' is infatuated ''and obsessed'' with Batgirl (who in turn hates his guts). His intelligence drops down to negative digits when Batgirl is nearby, making real dumb statements and getting distracted during fights.
* In the Franchise/{{Superman}} story ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore'', a pilot tries to fight three armed bandits to impress Comicbook/LoisLane. He has the chance to catch them off guard... and he shouts before pouncing on the ringleader.

* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} warns Odie against developing a crush on a poodle in [[https://garfield.com/comic/2011/02/12 the February 12, 2011 strip]], saying he "already act[s] stupid enough".

'''Rei:''' That was your problem,

* In ''VideoGame/TheresiaDearEmile'', HotScientist Maylee says this word-for-word after she has sex with the main character of the Dear Martel story.

'''Gil:''' No, no! I'm only '''that''' stupid in front of [[HotScientist Agatha]]!\\

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Krillin had the chance to shut down Android 18 and stop Cell from ever reaching his Perfect form. But because he developed feelings for her, he destroyed the only chance to stop it from happening.

* Sakura Haruno from ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' in regards to Sasuke, it’s worth noting fans actually forget Sakura is a [[TheSmartGuy smart cookie]] but whenever her SingleTargetSexuality comes up, it renders her IQ somewhere around toddler level. At 12 years old, she was willing to leave her parents and village for a boy she’s hasn’t so much as had a proper conversation with and even three years later, she was willing to lie to her best male friend (Naruto) telling him that she loves so he’ll stop chasing after Sasuke. Oh, and when that fails miserably, Sakura tries to stop Sasuke herself (also failing because she “wuvs him too much”) nearly getting herself killed by Sasuke and is saved by her teacher and the boy she friend-zoned. Thankfully she got some CharacterDevelopment during the Ninja War and for once stops caring about Sasuke being more concerned with Naruto dying... [[spoiler: then Sasuke has one last HeelFaceTurn and Sakura [[EasilyForgiven forgives him completely]] despite him literally knocking her out again and later actually asks to join him when Sasuke leaves Konaha]].

** Boa Hancock jeopardizes her position as a Shichibukai, potentially risking the wrath of TheGovernment, all to protect Luffy during the Marineford WarArc.
** Usopp has a variation of this in Water 7 as he refuses to let go the ''Going Merry'', a ship given to him by his pseudo-{{Love Interest|s}} Kaya, ensuring a fight between him and Luffy resulting in his leaving the crew. The thing is, the ''Merry'' was already gonna break apart and Usopp could've faced the truth without creating more heartache.

* At one point in the ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' anime, a creature was introduced that literally made other creatures dumbstruck with love. She was (appropriately) called the "Maiden in Love" and any creature (male of course) that attacked her would then fall under the control of the player using the Maiden.

* Suzy Pepper of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' had a crush on her teacher, called him at 3 a.m., gave him a tie with red peppers so when he wears it he can think of her. Teacher rejected her, she ate world's HOTTEST PEPPER, burned holes in her esophagus, and got put in a medically induced coma for 3 days. To add insult to injury, the teacher then added that girls are so fragile.

* On ''Series/GilmoreGirls,'' Lane is so smitten with a boy that she pets his hair when he's turned around, then runs away, embarrassed. She winds up turning to Lorelai for advice, who advises her that when it comes to love, "it pretty much all comes out in stupid."

* Speaking of Samson, this is basically the best possible [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for the IdiotPlot of ''Literature/SamsonAndDelilah'', considering that Delilah succeeded in getting Samson to tell her the secret of his strength after she'd already tried to exploit each version of the "secret" he'd told her ''three times'' before in order to hand him over to his enemies. It's also something of a testament to how charming she could be that the Philistines to whom she'd related these "secrets" the previous three times came back for one more try after her false information had previously gotten them thrashed -- and they brought their money. Laugh as we might at his folly, the story's not so implausible to anyone who's seen the gullibility of a man thinking with the wrong head.

* Phoenix Wright from ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' is generally intelligent [[IndyPloy in his own way]], but in a backstory case he absolutely refuses to believe that his girlfriend might not be who she thinks he is, despite all the evidence that she was using him, even when Mia had shown that Dahlia wanted to ''kill him'', going so far as to declare that [[AffectionateNickname "Dollie"]] who testified against him during his trial was somehow a fake. [[spoiler:And he was ''[[SubvertedTrope right]]''. The girl he was dating at the time was not Dahlia but her twin sister Iris, who really was as nice as he claimed her to be. Although he himself didn't know it until much later.]]

* ''Literature/{{Kane}}'': In ''Dark Crusade'' former general Jarvo is so blinded by his love for Esketra that he does not see her for an OpportunisticBastard she is (even though he knows very well that she's been unfaithful to him) and fails to notice that she's quite happy in her role as Orted's lover -- and not a SexSlave waiting for him to save her -- and as a result brings doom onto people who have saved his life.

* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': Played both ways between Loid and Yor, both of which are all too willing to overlook the other's obvious signs that they're not normal people, and they continue to do so as their MarriageForConvenience starts becoming [[RomanticFakeRealTurn more real than they anticipated]]. In the case of the latter, it can be excused by the fact that she's a SuperGullible CloudCuckoolander with NoSocialSkills, but the former is a master spy, with enough HyperAwareness to easily discern people's motives with a single look, yet somehow not even the fact that Yor [[NoiselessWalker walked past him without making a single noise]] and was able to tell that he was looking at her (despite having his back turned at her) made him suspect one bit.

* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': Played both ways between Loid and Yor, both of which are all too willing to overlook the other's obvious signs that they're not normal people. In the case of the latter, it can be excused by the fact that she's a SuperGullible CloudCuckoolander with NoSocialSkills, but the former is a master spy, with enough HyperAwareness to easily discern people's motives with a single look, yet somehow not even the fact that Yor [[NoiselessWalker walked past him without making a single noise]] and was able to tell that he was looking at her (despite having his back turned at her) made him suspect one bit.

** In "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E7GreeksBearingGifts Greeks bearing Gifts]]", Tosh secretly bringing her secret alien girlfriend to work, despite her suspicious resemblance to a serial killer on the loose. And the questionable security movements made by Gwen and Jack for Rhys and John respectively.

** In "[[Recap/Torchwood1E7GreeksBearingGifts Greeks bearing Gifts]]", Tosh secretly bringing her secret alien girlfriend to work, despite her suspicious resemblance to a serial killer on the loose. And the questionable security movements made by Gwen and Jack for Rhys and John respectively.

** Happens frequently to Sanji in as ironically despite having [[TheStrategist brains]] to match his brawn, being in the company of Nami, Robin, or any beautiful woman makes [[HandsomeLech him]] dumber than IdiotHero Luffy. It’s actually PlayedForDrama in Whole Cake Island [[spoiler: as Pudding his fiancée betrays him though Sanji is more angry at himself than her]].
** Boa Hancock jeopardizes her position as a Shichibukai, potentially risking the wrath of TheGovernment all to protect Luffy during the Marineford WarArc.
** Usopp has a variation of this in Water 7 as he refuses to let go the ''Going Merry'', a ship given to him by his pseudo-{{Love Interest|s}} Kaya ensuring a fight between him and Luffy resulting in his leaving the crew. The thing is the ''Merry'' was already gonna break apart and Usopp could’ve faced the truth without creating more heartache.

--->'''Amity:''' ''[When her crush offers to carry her after having broken her leg]'' I'm fine! Ahahaha! Who's Amity?! ''[Gets picked up into her crush's arms bridal style]'' Haha. Oh. Wow. ''Sports.''

* From the strange and supernatural manga, ''Manga/SexPistols'', [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters one part-time protagonist]] Seth decides, after his boyfriend tries to break up with him, to knock-out said boyfriend, kidnap him, take him ''half-way across the world'' into a ''war zone'' in ''Saudi Arabia'', lock him up, and then forget to tell him that the reason ''why'' he's locking him up is that as soon as he entered the country an entire faction of Seth's family has been trying to '''''kill him!''''' [[SarcasmMode Nice one, Seth]]. And no, he wasn't aiming for an IfICantHaveYou ideology either. Probably.

** Legosi's grandmother Leano, upon learning that her Komodo Dragon half was beginning to express itself and was slowly turning her into a grotesque abomination of nature, had Legosi in a one-night stand and expressed her "love" for him by shutting herself in her room for his entire childhood until he was old enough to confirm that he was most definitely not growing scales... and then killed herself. Legosi may be healthy on the outside, but the poor boy is scarred for life now, even more so than he would've been if Leano took her own life immediately after he was born.

* Speaking of Samson, this is basically the best possible [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for the IdiotPlot of ''Literature/SamsonAndDelilah'', considering that Delilah succeeded in getting Samson to tell her the secret of his strength after she'd already tried to exploit each version of the "secret" he'd told her ''three times'' before in order to hand him over to his enemies. It's also something of a testament to how charming she could be that the Philistines to whom she'd related these "secrets" the previous three times came back for one more try after her false information had previously gotten them thrashed -- and they brought their money. [[WhatAnIdiot Laugh as we might at his folly]], the story's not so implausible to anyone who's seen the gullibility of a man thinking with the wrong head.

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}},'' this is what happens if a Pokemon is hit with the move Attract from a Pokemon of the opposite gender, or if the attacking Pokemon uses a move that require physical contact (e.g. Tackle) onto a Pokemon of the opposite gender with the Cute Charm ability (though it works only 30% of the time in this case).

** To be fair to Sakura ''many'' characters in Naruto suffer from this like Karin who arguably has it worse than Sakura and even the sensible Hinata nearly gets herself killed needlessly over Naruto.

* Brock in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', who is usually the rational BigBrotherMentor to Ash and Misty (or May, Max, and Dawn), tended to lose his cool around beautiful women; especially [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny]] (and since both are ''everywhere'', this quickly became a running joke with him proclaiming the latest one was the fairest of them all).

* Sakura Haruno from ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' in regards to Sasuke, it’s worth noting fans actually forget Sakura is a [[TheSmartGuy smart cookie]] but whenever her SingleTargetSexuality comes up it renders her IQ somewhere around toddler level. At 12-years-old, she was willing to leave her parents and village for a boy she’s hasn’t so much as had a proper conversation with and even three years later she willing to lie to her best male friend (Naruto) telling him that she loves so he’ll stop chasing after Sasuke. Oh and when that fails miserably Sakura tries to stop Sasuke herself (also failing because she “wuvs him too much”) nearly getting herself killed by Sasuke and is saved by her teacher and the boy she friend-zoned. Thankfully she got some CharacterDevelopment during the Ninja War and for once stops caring about Sasuke being more concerned with Naruto dying... [[spoiler: then Sasuke has one last HeelFaceTurn and Sakura [[EasilyForgiven forgives him completely]] despite him literally knocking her out again and later actually asks to join him when Sasuke leaves Konaha]].

** Usopp has a variation of this in Water 7 as he refuses to let go the ''Going Merry'', a ship given to him by his sudo-{{Love Interest|s}} Kaya ensuring a fight between him and Luffy resulting in his leaving the crew. The thing is the ''Merry'' was already gonna break apart and Usopp could’ve faced the truth without creating more heartache.

** Dr. Tofu is arguable, since one of his traits from the start was the inability to function properly around Kasumi. Swiftly becomes a moot point, once he's [[PutOnABus replaced]] as the show's [[MrExposition source of arcane knowledge]] by Cologne.

* The root of Hayseed Turnip's problems in the short story in ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #3 , as every time he faces Rarity he ends up doing or saying annoying things that upset her, much for his dismay.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' plays with this trope. Anna can be quite clever at times, but she feels LoveAtFirstSight for Hans and agrees to marry him even though she had [[FourthDateMarriage just met him]]. [[spoiler:Too bad that Anna couldn't see that Hans [[EvilAllAlong couldn't be trusted.]]]] {{Subverted|Trope}} and platonic example in regards to her sister, Elsa. While Anna was perceptive enough to realize, despite the suspicions of the townspeople, that her long-distant and secretive sister had not frozen the kingdom purposely, the film emphasizes the low likelihood of her faith being correct. [[spoiler:While Hans is revealed to be untrustworthy, Anna's undying love for and faith in Elsa is vindicated when it turns out Elsa really is NotEvilJustMisunderstood.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'', Gidget the lovesick Pomeranian does very crazy and impulsive things to rescue Max, including jump out of her apartment room on a high floor, assault an alley cat after just meeting him, confronting an evil bunny and telling him about her and her team's relationship with Max, and, if not the most wanted crazy thing, singlehandedly overpower a group of animals that greatly outnumber her.

* In ''Film/{{Casino}}'', Sam "Ace" Rothstein is known as a very intelligent and calculating man who is an [[TheAce ace]] at gambling, and is known to never lose. It's this reason he is put in charge of a big Casino in Vegas for the Mob. Everything is fine at first, until Sam falls in love with a woman hustler named Ginger, [[{{ForeShadowing}} while he is watching her steal]] from a high stakes gambler. Despite this, and many bad signs and warnings from others, Sam marries her and quickly regrets it. He even gives her the only key to his saved fortune, which even makes the bank manager question it. It proves to be one of the reasons for the Casino's downfall. He only survives getting killed, because the Mob still feels they can use him to make money. Lampshades during the film.
-->'''Sam "Ace" Rothstien:''' Before I married Ginger, I heard all the stories, but I didn't give a shit. "I'm Sam Rothstein", I said. [[TemptingFate "I can change her."]]

* Pretty much the plot of the seventh book in the ''Literature/HIVESeries''. Otto thinks that the reason [[spoiler:Laura]] was acting strange around him was because [[spoiler: he confessed his love to her and it didn't go well,]] but it was actually because [[spoiler: she was being blackmailed by a member of the staff and her family was being held hostage]]. His lack of attention led to [[spoiler:the death, injury or capture of 36 Alphas, and his own expulsion from the HIVE]].

-->After all, no-one in their right mind deliberately sought to make acquaintance of a Sith. But Captain Typho was not in his right mind. He was in love.

** After [[WrongNameOutburst saying the wrong name]] at their wedding Ross still hopes that Emily will show up at the airport for their honeymoon. As he waits he asks Rachel if he's being an idiot.

** [[spoiler: King Robb Stark]] falls in love with Talisa Maegyr and marries her, despite having already promised to marry Lord Walder Frey's daughter. His mother warns him what a stupid political move this is but he marries her anyway, which doesn't only make him lose an important ally, [[spoiler:but also [[DisproportionateRetribution gets him, his wife, his mother and most of the Northern army killed]] when the Freys murder them [[NastyParty during the reconciliation wedding in Season 3, where he doesn't even realize how dumb it is to parade his new wife in front of his supposed-to-be-wife, not to mention supposed-to-be-father-in-law. In the books, Catelyn forbade him to bring Jeyne to the Twins for this very reason]]]]. Lord Karstark remarks that Robb lost the ongoing war the day he married Talisa. This is in contrast to the books, where he marries Jeyne Westerling out of a sense of honor (and hopes the Freys will understand). The context makes Robb seem more brash and impulsive than his book counterpart, who already got some criticism; no less than ''Tyrion Lannister'' was heard to observe, "Better to leave her with a bastard in her belly," after hearing of his folly with Jeyne.

* Nobody, least of all the writer responsible, has any idea why Marian, in the 2006 BBC version of ''Series/RobinHood'' ran up to Guy of Gisbourne, an unhinged man who was obsessed with her, and began yelling: "I love Robin Hood! I'm going to marry Robin Hood!" Guy responded by [[spoiler:running her through with a whopping great sword]].

--> I've always assumed that love is a dangerous disadvantage. Thank you for the final proof.

* ''WebAnimation/ADayWithBowserJr'': In Rise of Fawful (part 1), Bowser Jr crush on Kylie renders him oblivious to Fawful's obvious ploy to extract secret information from him.

* PlayedForDrama in ''Webcomic/JoeVsElanSchool''. In college, Joe is is so infatuated with his drug-addicted classmate Eva that he eagerly takes 12 pills she gives him to "party" with her, despite not knowing what the hell they even are, and he doesn't question it when she downs 18 of the same pills. His narration even {{lampshade}}s how stupid this is.

* Exploited by Kunoichi, or female ninja. It was all to easy to manipulate stressed officers to reveal vital information with just a promise of a pleasurable night.