History Main / ObliviousToLove

* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron:'' Natasha obviously flirts with Bruce by using the joke of a [[IHaveThisFriend man who did her wrong]] implying it to be Bruce with the subtlety of brick to the face as mentions traits that only possibly refer to him, ending with asking if he thinks she should go for it. Bruce remains confused and still thinks she's talking about someone besides him until Steve spells it out for him.

** "Teardrops on My Guitar" has shades of this, too.
* Westlife's "Obvious"
* 98 Degrees' "Invisible Man," "You Should Be Mine," "You Don't Know," "Why Are We Still Friends?"
* Music/BackstreetBoys' "All I Have to Give"
* Music/{{NSYNC}}'s "Crazy For You"
* Clay Aiken's "Invisible" (if you ignore the StalkerWithACrush subtext...)

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* [[GoldDigger because she is interested in Charlie's money/chasing fame]].

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** Though Hobbes also sometimes teases Calvin by suggesting he and Susie like each other; [[NotSoImaginaryFriend assuming he is real]], it's possible he's just acting infatuated to get under Calvin's skin.

* Parodied in ''[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic The Nostalgia Critic's]]'' fourth video about commercials, which has a RunningGag about a witch who wants to have a sexy time with someone. She attempts to tell her targets about it via all sorts of innuendos, and when that fails, she resorts to bluntly spelling it out to them. They remain utterly oblivious even then - TheStinger shows [[spoiler: Mark, from ''Film/TheRoom'', being the final recipient of her advances, acting just as oblivious before until [[BrickJoke telling her that it's sexual harassment and he doesn't have to take it]].]]

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* ObliviousToLove/WebComics

* "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Everybody Knows (Except You)]]" by Music/TheDivineComedy

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* In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', [[HotGypsyWoman Esmeralda]] is oblivious to [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]]'s love. Unfortunately for Quasi, this means [[spoiler:[[DidNotGetTheGirl she hooks up with]] [[KnightInShiningArmor Phoebus]] [[DidNotGetTheGirl instead]]. Right in front of him, in fact]].

* In ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', Anna doesn't realize that Kristoff has fallen in love with her until Olaf casually mentions it.

** Arguably, this may apply with Susie as well. Susie generally is contemptuous of Calvin, ignores him, and associates with him only when she has to, but at the same time, perhaps like Calvin, doesn't know how to handle her feelings towards him.

* In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', [[HotGypsyWoman Esmeralda]] is oblivious to [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]]'s love. Which, unfortunately for Quasi, means [[spoiler:[[DidNotGetTheGirl she hooks up with]] [[KnightInShiningArmor Phoebus]] [[DidNotGetTheGirl instead]]. Right in front of him, in fact]].

* In ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', Anna doesn't realize that Kristoff had fallen in love with her until Olaf casually mentions it.
* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': [[PrincessClassic Princess Dawn]] completely fails to notice her [[JustFriends best friend]] Sunny (who's an elf) is in love with her, despite his increasingly obvious hints. She's too busy flirting with every fairy boy that she fails to see his attempts to woo her. [[spoiler: This drives Sunny to make a LovePotion to make her love him.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'', Max is completely oblivious to Gidget's rather blatant crush on him. [[spoiler: Until he develops one on her in turn after seeing her go [[OneManArmy One Dog Army]] on [[KillerRabbit Snowball's]] minions at the climax.]]

* Mark from ''Film/TheRoom'', to a ridiculous extent. He never gets the idea that he's helping Lisa, who is Mark's best friend's Johnny's fiancé, cheat on Johnny until about the ''fourth or fifth'' time that Lisa calls him over to have sex.

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* Believes she's an OldMaid incapable of attracting love,
* [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Can not recognize love]] and mistakes it for something else, like a blush for a fever,
* Isn't convinced that he's [[HasAType her type]],
* Doesn't pick up on the fact that he's interested in her,
* [[SelectiveObliviousness Is in deep denial]]

->"What does a woman need to do, Harry? Rip her clothes off, throw herself on top of you, and shimmy while screaming, 'Do me, baby!'?"

->'''Kim''': She used to like you! You mean you never noticed?\\
'''Ron''': [-NO-]! Why didn't you tell me!?
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

->'''Kim''': ''She used to like you! You mean you never noticed?''\\
'''Ron''': ''[-NO-]! Why didn't you tell me!?''
-->--''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

->'''Lucy:''' Schroeder, do you think love is the answer to everything?\\
'''Schroeder:''' ''[two-panel beat]'' Boy, I hope not!
-->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' (see [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e4/97/79/e497795e729b71e57d0fd90347e063f9.jpg here]])

LoveHurts; it's messy and [[TriangRelations a mathematical nightmare]] where only a few can come out happy, never mind unscathed. One of its worst injuries is perhaps the plainest one… pining away at someone because AllLoveIsUnrequited, and in the end never even holding them because IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy.

Then, there's times a deep-frozen love life is not because of StarCrossedLovers, the pursued {{Love Interest|s}} being the MasterOfTheMixedMessage or any such thing. It's because the rules of plot and characterization dictate [[PlotSensitiveSnoopingSkills that they not notice]] the protagonist's overtures and {{Longing Look}}s. [[AliceAndBob Bob likes Alice]], and he makes several increasingly obvious hints that he's interested, he'd like to ask her out, and wants to be her boyfriend. Alice (though gender reversals are common) will usually be oblivious enough that his [[CanNotSpitItOut stuttering overtures]] aren't heard or followed up on, and on top is usually blind to Bob as a love interest because she:

'''Schroeder:''' Boy, I hope not!

->'''Lucy:''' Schroeder, do you think love is the answer to everything?
->'''Schroeder:''' Boy, I hope not!

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* In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame,'' [[HotGypsyWoman Esmeralda]] is oblivious to [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]]'s love. Which, unfortunately for Quasi, means [[spoiler:[[DidNotGetTheGirl she hooks up with]] [[KnightInShiningArmor Phoebus]] [[DidNotGetTheGirl instead]]. Right in front of him, in fact]].

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Charlie Brown and Marcie. He's understandably intimidated by Peppermint Patty's overtures, but has yet to notice Marcie. Charlie Brown does figure out that Marcie likes him, but not until she (very bluntly) ''tells'' him so. His self-esteem is so low, he can't really believe that ''any'' girl can be interested in him, even Peppermint Patty. There's also Charlie and the Little Red-Headed Girl, who probably doesn't even know he exists.
* Calvin and Susie Derkins from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. WordOfGod [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes#Susie_Derkins says]] that they have a mutual crush on each other. Calvin, apparently, either doesn't know about it or doesn't know how to deal with it, so he does his best to gross out and anger Susie, who then always gets mad at him.
** Arguably, this may apply with Susie as well. Susie generally is contemptuous of Calvin, ignores him, and associates with him only when she has to, but at the same time, perhaps like Calvin, doesn't know how to handle her feelings towards him.
** Strangely enough, in the strip it's Hobbes (Calvin's [[LovesMyAlterEgo alter ego]]?) who is attracted to Susie and is always convincing Calvin to go play with her.
--> "...So what happened to the mandibles of death, you sissy furball?!?"
--> "I was beguiled by her feminine charms. Yow. Go soak your head."
** Most likely Calvin just projects his feelings onto his imaginary friend as a way of dealing with them.
** Though Hobbes also sometimes teases Calvin by suggesting he and Susie like each other; [[NotSoImaginaryFriend assuming he is real]], it's possible he's just acting infatuated to get under Calvin's skin.
* In ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}'', the titular character is too busy crushing on Michelle (who most definitely does ''not'' reciprocate) to realize that his good friend Chutney is head-over-heels in love with him. Once or twice he does wonder "Could it be that Michelle doesn't like me and that Chutney does?" but [[StatusQuoIsGod always writes the possibility off in the end]].
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'''Critic''': Ohhh, I see what you're saying: you want me and the actress from ''Series/GameOfThrones'', [[Creator/EmiliaClark the one who plays the Albino dragon chick, to hook up]].

* [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Can not recognize love]] when it's not [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys edged with danger]] or [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel occurring like a romance novel]],

If the problem escalates, then this can lead to a case of CluelessChickMagnet. Compare to ChasteHero, where the character in question is completely clueless about the concept of romance; this one knows things about love and may even have a crush, just that [[SelectiveObliviousness he's just oblivious to certain other characters' advancements]]. This is one cause of the IgnoredEnamoredUnderling's problems.

* A RunningGag in the original ''Film/{{Ghostbusters1984}}'' was Janine's crush on Egon and how he was absolutely oblivious of it due to his cold scientific nature.