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* MixtapeOfLove: Mixtapes can be a bad way to show your affection for someone.
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* StringingTheHopelessSuitorAlong: A HopelessSuitor is trying to move on, but the one they love won't let them. But the person still doesn't want the suitor.
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* UnwantedHarem: When one character is the love interest for several he or she has no such interest in.

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* UnwantedHarem: When one character is the love interest for several he or she has no such interest in.multiple people and would rather not be.
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* UnwantedHarem: When one character is the love interest for several he or she has no such interest in.
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* LovesMeNot: Someone with an unrequited crush plucks something to determine if the have a chance with the object of their affections.

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* LovesMeNot: Someone with an unrequited crush plucks something to determine if the they have a chance with the object of their affections.
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* LovesMeNot: Someone with an unrequited crush plucks something to determine if the have a chance with the object of their affections.
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* UnbalancedByRivalsKid: The child of one's unrequited crush and love rival causes distress for a character.

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* UnbalancedByRivalsKid: The child of one's an unrequited crush and a love rival causes distress for a character.
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* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Male characters don't return the feelings of women who actively pursue them.
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* LoveWillLeadYouBack: Character pins after someone who left them and may never come back to them.

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* LoveWillLeadYouBack: Character pins pines after someone who left them and may never come back to them.
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* LoveTriangle and all its subtropes.
* LoveWillLeadYouBack

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* LoveTriangle LoveTriangle: Two people like the same person, only one is liable to win this.
* LoveWillLeadYouBack: Character pins after someone who left them
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* LoveWillLeadYouBack
may never come back to them.



* TheObstructiveLoveInterest - causes Unrequited Love
* PiningAfterProtagonistsParent - often, though not always, unrequited

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* TheObstructiveLoveInterest - causes Unrequited Love
TheObstructiveLoveInterest: The LoveInterest who constantly rejects someone crushing on them due to misinterpreting their behavior.
* PiningAfterProtagonistsParent - often, though not always, unrequitedPiningAfterProtagonistsParent: One of [[TheHero The Hero's]] parents has an unrequited suitor.



* {{Starboarding}}

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* {{Starboarding}}{{Starboarding}}: Romantic pairings that are one-sided.



* TwiceShy: Two characters with mutual love are both too shy to return the other's feelings.

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* TwiceShy: Two characters with mutual love are both too shy to openly return the other's feelings.



* YouNeverDidThatForMe

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* YouNeverDidThatForMeYouNeverDidThatForMe: Realizing that your crush doesn't love you by seeing how they treat others compared to you.

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* BalancedHarem

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* BalancedHaremBalancedHarem: Every haremette has a chance with TheHero, but only one is likely to win him.



* DisposableFiance

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* DisposableFianceDisposableFiance: The RomanticFalseLead who loses their partner's affections.



* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling

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* IgnoredEnamoredUnderlingIgnoredEnamoredUnderling: A character loves the person they work under, but they don't love them back.



* TheLostLenore



* StalkerWithACrush

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* StalkerWithACrushStalkerWithACrush: A common unrequited love victim is the character who creeps out the recipient of their affections by stalking them.
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* PrinceCharmingWannabe
* RejectionAffection
* RomanticRunnerUp
* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest

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* PrinceCharmingWannabe
PrinceCharmingWannabe: He thinks he's a woman's perfect guy, she disagrees.
* RejectionAffection
RejectionAffection: Continuing to chase after an unrequited crush no matter how often they reject you.
* RomanticRunnerUp
RomanticRunnerUp: They could've been [[TheHero The Hero's]] main LoveInterest, but ultimately, they never get any feelings returned.
* SelfProclaimedLoveInterestSelfProclaimedLoveInterest: They consider themself to be someone's LoveInterest, but the other person disagrees.



* SupportingHarem

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* SupportingHaremSupportingHarem: The supporting cast of a HaremGenre story who have one-sided crushes on one of the leads.



* TwiceShy
* UnbalancedByRivalsKid

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* TwiceShy
TwiceShy: Two characters with mutual love are both too shy to return the other's feelings.
* UnbalancedByRivalsKidUnbalancedByRivalsKid: The child of one's unrequited crush and love rival causes distress for a character.



* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden

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* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever
UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Continuing to love someone you can't have.
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo
UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: A crush is not returned so the crusher gets over it, only for the crushee to develop feelings for the former.
* UnrequitedTragicMaidenUnrequitedTragicMaiden: She's hopelessly in love with a man she can never be with.



* {{Yandere}}

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* {{Yandere}}{{Yandere}}: A common victim of unrequited love who tries to murder anyone they see as a threat to their love.
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* TorchSong: Sentimental ballads often sung about unrequited love, thus "holding the torch" for the one who doesn't love them back. Often sung by female characters.

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* LoveCannotOvercome
* LoveHungry
* LoveMartyr

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* LoveCannotOvercome
LoveCannotOvercome: [[TheHero The Hero's]] adventurous lifestyle scares their LoveInterest away from returning their feelings.
* LoveHungry
LoveHungry: Character desperate for love goes out of their way to make their unrequited crush love them.
* LoveMartyrLoveMartyr: The object of their affections not only doesn't return their feelings, but actively treats them like crap yet they willingly put up with their abuse because they love them.



* SighOfLove

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* SighOfLoveSighOfLove: Sighing longingly when in the presence of a LoveInterest that you know you can't have.



* UnluckyChildhoodFriend

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* UnluckyChildhoodFriendUnluckyChildhoodFriend: A ChildhoodFriendRomance never happens between the ChildhoodFriends no matter how much one of them would want it to.


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* WomanScorned: Her LoveInterest doesn't return her feelings, and now she's vengeful about it.
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* IncestantAdmirer: Similar to AbhorrentAdmirer, but said admirer [[IncestIsRelative is related to the object of their affections.]]
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* MadLove

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* MadLoveMadLove: The one who suffers unrequited love is too insane to take a hint that their crush doesn't love them.



* VillainousCrush

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* VillainousCrushVillainousCrush: Evil character crushes on TheHero, naturally they don't return their feelings.
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* VillainessesWantHeroes

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* VillainessesWantHeroesVillainessesWantHeroes: Female villain has a one-sided crush on TheHero.
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* AttractivenessIsolation: When someone who is otherwise attractive has trouble getting a date due to potential suitors believing them to not wanting to return affections.

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* AttractivenessIsolation: When someone who is otherwise attractive has trouble getting a date due to potential suitors believing them to not wanting that person won't want to return their affections.



* ChildhoodFriendRomance
* CommitmentIssues: Character doesn't want to settle down into a relationship
* DefrostingIceQueen - often begins as Unrequited Love

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* ChildhoodFriendRomance
ChildhoodFriendRomance: A character has a crush on someone they've known since childhood, but the recipient of the crush only likes them as a friend.
* CommitmentIssues: Character doesn't want to settle down into a relationship
relationship, so any potential suitors aren't likely to win their affections.
* DefrostingIceQueen - often begins as Unrequited LoveDefrostingIceQueen: They initially don't return someone's love, but come around after a while.



* DoggedNiceGuy
* GreenEyedMonster
* HeartbrokenBadass

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* DoggedNiceGuy
DoggedNiceGuy: He/she just can't take a hint that the recipient of their love is just not interested.
* GreenEyedMonster
GreenEyedMonster: A victim of unrequited love gets enraged at seeing the object of their affection with someone else.
* HeartbrokenBadassHeartbrokenBadass: Even badasses can be victims of unrequited love.



* TheILoveYouStigma
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* JustFriends

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* TheILoveYouStigma
TheILoveYouStigma: Love is not returned because the word "love" makes the recipient uncomfortable.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A more positive outcome of unrequited love is when a character is willing to let the object of their affections go be with the one they really love.
* JustFriendsJustFriends: The recipient of an unrequited crush only likes the other person as a friend.



* NotGoodWithRejection: An extremely negative reaction to being rejected.

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* NotGoodWithRejection: An extremely negative reaction Not getting romantic affections returned can cause the victim to being rejected. [[LoveMakesYouEvil turn evil]] or [[SpurnedIntoSuicide off themself]].



* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou

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* SleepsWithEveryoneButYouSleepsWithEveryoneButYou: A promiscuous character won't have sex with this person despite being willing to shag AnythingThatMoves.
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* NotGoodWithRejection: A common reaction to unrequited love is an extremely negative reaction to being rejected.

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* NotGoodWithRejection: A common reaction to unrequited love is an An extremely negative reaction to being rejected.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* AttractivenessIsolation

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* AbhorrentAdmirer
AbhorrentAdmirer: A common victim of unrequited love is someone regarded as disgusting by the recipient of their love.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
AllLoveIsUnrequited: No romantic affections are returned.
* AttractivenessIsolationAttractivenessIsolation: When someone who is otherwise attractive has trouble getting a date due to potential suitors believing them to not wanting to return affections.



* CelibateHero: A common magnet of unrequited love is someone who wants nothing to do with romance.
* ChasteHero: A common magnet of unrequited love is someone who can't even comprehend love and sexuality.



* CommitmentIssues

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* CommitmentIssuesCommitmentIssues: Character doesn't want to settle down into a relationship



* DidNotGetTheGirl

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* DidNotGetTheGirlDidNotGetTheGirl: The end result of unrequited love is not hooking up with that person.



* GreenEyedMonster (the romantic version)

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* GreenEyedMonster (the romantic version)GreenEyedMonster



* HopelessSuitor
* IfICantHaveYou - said when you're not good with being rejected by someone you love.

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* HopelessSuitor
HopelessSuitor: They never had a chance of getting their feelings returned.
* IfICantHaveYou - IfICantHaveYou: Commonly said when you're not good with being rejected by someone you love.



* IncompatibleOrientation

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* IncompatibleOrientationIncompatibleOrientation: Sexual orientation prevents romantic affections from being returned.



* NotGoodWithRejection

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* NotGoodWithRejectionNotGoodWithRejection: A common reaction to unrequited love is an extremely negative reaction to being rejected.



* SupportingHarem

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* SupportingHaremSpurnedIntoSuicide: A person kills themself when their LoveInterest won't return their feelings.



* SupportingHarem



* YoureNotMyType

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* YoureNotMyTypeYoureNotMyType: Not returning someone's affections because that person doesn't fit your ideal mold.
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* IfICantHaveYou _ said when you're not good with being rejected by someone you love.

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* IfICantHaveYou _ - said when you're not good with being rejected by someone you love.
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* IfICantHaveYou _ said when you're not good with being rejected by someone you love.
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Tropes that result in or occur during a situation wherein one loves one who doesn't love one back.

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Tropes that result in or occur during a situation wherein one loves one another who doesn't love one back.return the feelings.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer
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* PiningAfterProtagonistsParent - often, though not always, unrequited
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* SighOfLove

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* TrueLoveAutoCorrect
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* TrueLoveAutoCorrect
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* DefrostingIceQueen - often begins as UL

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* DefrostingIceQueen - often begins as ULUnrequited Love



* TheObstructiveLoveInterest - causes UL

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* TheObstructiveLoveInterest - causes ULUnrequited Love

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