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** So do Sophia and Nate.

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** So do Sophia Sophie and Nate.
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*** On a larger scale, the resurgent UST between Green Lantern and Hawkgirl (and Vixen, who Lantern started seeing while Hawkgirl had secluded herself in the aftermath of [[spoiler:her FaceHeelTurn/HeelFaceTurn]] in ''Starcrossed'') was LeftHanging at the end of the series.
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* From the same time period, ''Persuasion'' also packs a pretty good punch. The first scene where Anne and Captain Wentworth are reunited after so many years, even though they do no more than exchange awkward pleasantries, is ridiculously charged.
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Interestingly enough, Lost In Translation seems to be on the list now.


* How is "LostInTranslation" not on this list? The entire movie is about Bob and Charlotte's sexual tension and them trying to resolve it despite both of them being married.

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* How is "LostInTranslation" not on this list? LostInTranslation: The entire movie is about Bob and Charlotte's sexual tension and them trying to resolve it despite both of them being married.
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* ''Persona 3'' is chock full of this, especially when it comes to a (Male) Protagonist and Yukari. The game blatantly puts the two together in would-be romantic situations outside of her Social Link, but when you max out her Social Link, she admits her love and tells him not to make plans that evening...and ends with [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean a rather ambiguous sentence about what came after]] (something that carries over into Persona 4). And given the ending, the amount of UST could be irksome. [[/folder]]

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** Later on, the series does this with {{Batman}} and WonderWoman. However, it's more or less only unresolved on Batsy's part, due to his "issues... ''lots'' of issues". Wonder Woman is very open (and, at a point or two, aggressive) about her desire to get together with him.
--->'''Green Lantern:''' ''(to an oblivious Superman)'' You know, for a guy with like fifty different kinds of vision, you can be completely blind sometimes....

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** Later on, the series does this with {{Batman}} and WonderWoman. However, it's more or less only unresolved on Batsy's part, due to his "issues... ''lots'' of issues". Wonder Woman is very open (and, at a point or two, aggressive) about her desire to get together with him.
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him. It's to the point when even when they were turned into children by Morgan Le Fey, their attraction was still noticeable. Exhibit A:
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Lantern:''' ''(to an oblivious Superman)'' You know, for a guy somebody with like fifty different kinds of vision, you can be completely blind sometimes....are so blind.
--->'''Kid Superman''': ...''what?''
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* Riker and Troi from StarTrek The Next Generation. They did eventually get married in the last TNG movie but considering that most Trek fans hate that movie its canon is questionable.
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The comic BB/Rae relationship came AFTER the cartoon finished. If they have UST in the comics, by all means, move the example up there.


** [[SlapSlapKiss Beast Boy and Raven]] also had this as well, hence the WillTheyOrWontThey questions the fans have asked. Another reason why the fans believed that Beast Boy and Raven would hook up was the fact that they were in a romantic relationship in the comics, however, the writers set it straight. [[{{Jossed}} They didn't, after all]].

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[[caption-width-right:250:Sixty-eight episodes later, the show ended. This is as close as they ever got.]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:Sixty-eight [[caption-width-right:250:[-Sixty-eight episodes later, the show ended. This is as close as they ever got.-] ]]



* Quite blatant in two of the three routes in FateStayNight, especially the second. The third route WOULD be this, only they [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean resolve it]] rather early on.

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* Quite blatant in two of the three routes in FateStayNight, ''FateStayNight'', especially the second. The third route WOULD be this, only they [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean resolve it]] rather early on.



* MassEffect 2 has this develop between Shepard and Samara if a relationship with her is pursued. Considering Samara is a CelibateHero, it remains in the "Unresolved" stage.

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* MassEffect 2 ''MassEffect 2'' has this develop between Shepard and Samara if a relationship with her is pursued. Considering Samara is a CelibateHero, it remains in the "Unresolved" stage.



* Gallons of this between Gil and Agatha in ''GirlGenius''.
** Almost to the point of parody.

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* Gallons of this between Gil and Agatha in ''GirlGenius''.
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''GirlGenius''. Almost to the point of parody.






-->'''Joker:''' Will Green Lantern ever admit to his feelings? Will Hawkgirl ever stop sublimating her passions with that big honking mace? Will true love conquer all? ''Not on my show.'' * BOOM*

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-->'''Joker:''' Will Green Lantern ever admit to his feelings? Will Hawkgirl ever stop sublimating her passions with that big honking mace? Will true love conquer all? ''Not on my show.'' * BOOM* *BOOM*



* ''CodeLyoko''. Ulrich and Yumi (pictured above). To a level at which all WesternAnimation examples will be compared.
** This couple may live on in infamy as the only one to ever [[GettingHotInHere sit half-naked in a heat bath together]] at 4 PM on CartoonNetwork.
*** And ''still'' not hook up. It takes until ''the last few minutes of the last episode of the series'' before there's ''any'' kind of resolution, and even then it's only a tentative [[WillTheyOrWontThey "they will"]]. It seriously borders on MindScrew.

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* ''CodeLyoko''. Ulrich and Yumi (pictured above). To a level at which all WesternAnimation examples will be compared.
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compared. This couple may live on in infamy as the only one to ever [[GettingHotInHere sit half-naked in a heat bath together]] at 4 PM on CartoonNetwork.
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CartoonNetwork. And ''still'' not hook up. It takes until ''the last few minutes of the last episode of the series'' before there's ''any'' kind of resolution, and even then it's only a tentative [[WillTheyOrWontThey "they will"]]. It seriously borders on MindScrew.

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* A highlight of ''SequentialArt'', though it seems to be cracking in [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=569 recent]]
* The early ''Questionable Content'' strips had this entirely. Now that[[spoiler: Dora and Marten are together, we have Faye and Angus tension]]
* These ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=570 strips]]. Prime example, though, being [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=404 was]] [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=405 here]], in combination with a SheIsNotMyGirlfriend.

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* A highlight of ''SequentialArt'', though it seems to be cracking in [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=569 recent]]
* The early ''Questionable Content'' strips had this entirely. Now that[[spoiler: Dora that [[spoiler:Dora and Marten are together, we have Faye and Angus tension]]
* These ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', most obvious example [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=570 strips]]. Prime example, though, being php?s=404 being]] [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=404 was]] php?s=405 here]], complete with SheIsNotMyGirlfriend and Vanity trying to play TheMatchmaker. It seems to be gradually cracking [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=405 here]], in combination with a SheIsNotMyGirlfriend.php?s=568 later]].
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* Also Warrick and Catherine

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* ** Also Warrick and Catherine
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*** [[PerverseSexualLust I was a fan of the whole crew and the whole crew]]. [[MyFriendsandZoidberg except for shepherd book]]
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*** In "Seventeen People" (season 2, episode 18), Josh says "If you were in the hospital, I wouldn't stop for a beer," and Donna says, "If you were in the hospital, I wouldn't stop for red lights."
*** In "The Women of Qumar," Amy asks josh, "Are you dating your assistant?" Cuz some people think you are.
*** In "Commencement" (season 4, episode 22), Amy says to Donna, "Are you in love with Josh?" And Donna never answers, of course. And that's after Donna explains to Amy--Josh's girlfriend--how you just have to get Josh.
*** In several episodes, their relationship is acknowledged by other cast members. For example, in "Gaza" (season 5, episode 21), after Donna is in an accident, Leo asks Josh if he needs to go see her. And of course he does.

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*** In "Seventeen People" (season 2, episode 18), Josh says "If you were in the hospital, I wouldn't stop for a beer," and Donna says, "If you were in the hospital, I wouldn't stop for red lights."
" And that's after Donna compared Josh to her ex-boyfriend.
*** In "The Women of Qumar," Qumar" (3x8) Amy asks josh, "Are you dating your assistant?" Cuz some people think you are.
*** In "Commencement" (season 4, episode 22), (4x22), Amy says to Donna, "Are you in love with Josh?" And Donna never answers, of course. And that's after Donna explains to Amy--Josh's girlfriend--how you just have to get ''get'' Josh.
*** In several episodes, their relationship is acknowledged by other cast members. For example, They talk to Josh about him being jealous over her, and Joey Lucas addresses it in one episode. In "Gaza" (season 5, episode 21), (5x21), after Donna is in an accident, Leo asks Josh if he needs to go see her. And her, and of course he does.

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* ''TheWestWing'' had Josh Lyman and Donna Moss.

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* ''TheWestWing'' had Josh Lyman and Donna Moss. They eventually did resolve it, but they dragged it out over ''six and a half seasons,'' which made the resolution feel weird, like you expected it for so long that you stopped expecting it.


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** Josh and Donna's relationship is alluded to and quasi-{{lampshaded}} repeatedly. A few of dozens of examples:
*** In "Seventeen People" (season 2, episode 18), Josh says "If you were in the hospital, I wouldn't stop for a beer," and Donna says, "If you were in the hospital, I wouldn't stop for red lights."
*** In "The Women of Qumar," Amy asks josh, "Are you dating your assistant?" Cuz some people think you are.
*** In "Commencement" (season 4, episode 22), Amy says to Donna, "Are you in love with Josh?" And Donna never answers, of course. And that's after Donna explains to Amy--Josh's girlfriend--how you just have to get Josh.
*** In several episodes, their relationship is acknowledged by other cast members. For example, in "Gaza" (season 5, episode 21), after Donna is in an accident, Leo asks Josh if he needs to go see her. And of course he does.
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* AngryJoe's Hotel Awesome series suggests that there's some of this between him and TheNostalgiaChick.
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* The state of North Carolina requires you to get a permit for UST. Every gas station in NC has, somewhere on the premises, a permit. For its Underground Storage Tank.
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***Plus, those heated gazes that could shoot the temperature in the room up ten degrees. They say so much just looking at each other that at times, it makes physical contact kind of superfluous. They tend to exclude other characters in the room when they do it, so it makes everyone else feel like they're seeing something they shouldn't. It's awesome.
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*** And to think Mulder perceived Scully's hatred of Fowley as professional distrust...yeah, right.
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** Sheppard and Weir do the same in ''StargateAtlantis''. Until Weir leaves the show in the fourth season premier, that is.
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** Actually, it was very much resolved in the first book Angua was introduced in, and all other characters definitely consider them a couple. They just don't marry or have children.
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** Actually this could fit with ALL the A.I deaths on this show. [[spoiler: Doyle died right after kissing Cordelia, after pining after her for his entire time on the show, Cordelia died after only one kiss with Angel, Fred died only one episode after FINALLY getting together with Wesley, and Wesley died right as he was beginning to get along with Illyria.]]

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** Actually this could fit with ALL the A.I deaths on this show. [[spoiler: Doyle died right after kissing Cordelia, after pining after her for his entire time on the show, Cordelia died after only one kiss with Angel, Fred died only one episode after FINALLY getting together with Wesley, and Wesley died right as he was beginning to get along with Illyria.]]
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** Actually this could fit with ALL the A.I deaths on this show. [[spoiler: Doyle died right after kissing Cordelia, after pining after her for his entire time on the show, Cordelia died after only one kiss with Angel, Fred died only one episode after FINALLY getting together with Wesley, and Wesley died right as he was beginning to get chemistry with Illyria.]]

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** Actually this could fit with ALL the A.I deaths on this show. [[spoiler: Doyle died right after kissing Cordelia, after pining after her for his entire time on the show, Cordelia died after only one kiss with Angel, Fred died only one episode after FINALLY getting together with Wesley, and Wesley died right as he was beginning to get chemistry along with Illyria.]]

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* Eureka: Carter and Allison. Everytime it seems to make progress the ResetButton gets mashed handily.

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* Eureka: ''{{Eureka}}'': Carter and Allison. Everytime it seems to make progress the ResetButton gets mashed handily.handily.
* Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles of, unsurprisingly, ''RizzoliAndIsles'', ooze this. SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped; two women are ''very'' rarely the primary {{UST}} couple, and never in a police procedural (HeteronormativeCrusader meets ExecutiveMeddling), and some of us are very pleased indeed to see a ''{{Bones}}''-worthy level of UST between them. [[FanYay For obvious reasons]].
** It helps that one of them is [[LawAndOrder Abbie Carmichael]] and the other is [[{{NCIS}} Kate Todd]]. (Amusingly, fanon says BlondeRepublicanSexKitten Abbie was gay as well.)
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** And now [[spoiler: episode 100 reveals that ''they were attracted to each other a year before the series started'' but then had a very bad falling out. Back in the present they finally (FINALLY) open up to each other on camera, but Bones tearfully admits she can't get rid of her doubts about relationships and Booth is tired of wating for her to change, SoYeah....]]

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** And now [[spoiler: episode 100 reveals that ''they were attracted to each other a year before the series started'' but then had a very bad falling out. Back in the present they finally (FINALLY) open up to each other on camera, but Bones tearfully admits she can't get rid of her doubts about relationships and Booth is tired of wating waiting for her to change, SoYeah....change.]]
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*Eureka: Carter and Allison. Everytime it seems to make progress the ResetButton gets mashed handily.
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** And yet it's lovely. In that Brief Encounter sort of way.
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* Ted and Ralph from ''TheFastShow''. [[XJustX Just... Ted and Ralph]]. Virtually all of the humour in their sketches stems from the fact that [[TheWoobie Ralph]] has a crush on Ted, but is far too shy to confess his feelings, despite his constant, desperate, ''painful'' efforts to. Ted, meanwhile, is too embarrassed to admit he already knows, [[spoiler: and, according to WordOfGod, too closeted to admit he feels the same way. Until the [[LastMinuteHookup final]] [[MeadowRun episode]], at least]].

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* Ted and Ralph from ''TheFastShow''. [[XJustX Just... Ted and Ralph]]. Virtually all of the humour in their sketches stems from the fact that [[TheWoobie Ralph]] has a crush on Ted, but is far too shy to confess his feelings, despite his constant, desperate, ''painful'' efforts to. Ted, meanwhile, is too embarrassed to admit he already knows, [[spoiler: and, according to WordOfGod, too closeted to admit he feels the same way. Until the [[LastMinuteHookup final]] [[MeadowRun episode]], at least]].
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** In "Duped," Pete finally discovers that the Myka he's with is a fake when [[FakeOutMakeOut she kisses him]].
-->Pete: The real Myka would ''never'' kiss me – not if her life depended on it!

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