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** Likewise, Cleo's a hottie who lives in a music store in the classier part of Westfinster. Her boyfriend? Riff-Raff, [[CoolLoser a scruffy looking alley cat]] who lives in a junkyard.

* In ''ComicBook/LauraDeanKeepsBreakingUpWithMe'' Eric, Buddy, and especially Doodle are clearly starting to become exasperated when Freddy gets back together with the eponymous Laura Dean for a third time, despite the fact that she constantly treats Freddy like dirt.
* Used almost word-for-word in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''.

* In ''ComicBook/Trinity2008'' some heroes meet Thomas Tresser and find out ComicBook/WonderWoman is dating him. Their reactions are: "That's Tresser? And Wonder Woman's '''really''' going out with '''him'''?"
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', both Strange Josie and Namor have wondered enviously why Susan Storm is dating Reed Richards.

* In Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein's ''Allegro'', Joseph Taylor Jr. is about to walk down the aisle with Jenny Brinker, and the guests express their concerns in "What a Lovely Day for the Wedding":

* Blitzo and Verosika, from ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''. Verosika is a world (Hell) famous popstar succubus. Blitzo is just a regular imp, member of the lowest class of Hell's creatures, and a total {{Jerkass}}. Blitzo's co-workers are all shocked by the revelation that they used to date, though there is the question if their boss dated her before or after Verosika became famous. And then there's this exchange:

* Ishigami from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is baffled by Maki's pining over someone as bland as [[TheGenericGuy Tsubasa]], especially considering the fact that [[HopelessSuitor he's already in a relationship with her best friend Kashiwagi]]. The only answer he gets is that Tsubasa is a NiceGuy.

** After discovering Monica and [[HollywoodDateless Chandler]] are dating, Phoebe and Rachel comment that "she could do better". Played with as Chandler, despite his [[SadClown neuroses]], is actually a great boyfriend and he and Monica are very happy together. (Plus she has plenty of her [[TheUnfavourite own]] [[NeatFreak issues]] so they're well-suited.) As Rachel and Phoebe have failed to establish successful relationships themselves at this point, it's more of a justified case of [[GreenEyedMonster extremely jealousy]] than them having any reasonable criticisms.

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--->'''Supergirl:''' ''"I don't know what Superman sees in you, Miss Lane. And don't say XRayVision. I have it, too, and I just don't see it."''
** ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'': Kara is quite shocked when she learns Catherine Grant --whom she cannot stand on the grounds of being an obnoxious, unapologetic, entitled bully-- was a mother since it implies someone willingly dated and had sex with her.
--->'''Supergirl:''' ''"A kid? Someone agreed to mate with that woman?"''
** ''ComicBook/ThePlanetEaterTrilogy'': Morgan Edge argues the Daily Planet series on "The Girl-friends of Superman" flopped because everyone know Superman only loves Lois Lane...for reasons Edge cannot fathom.
--->'''Morgan Edge:''' ''"Everyone knows old Steel-head only has eyes for Lane. Though only Heaven knows why."''

* Sam and Diane in ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. In both directions.

** Sonja is frequently noted by her admirers as being a "classy dame", yet her boyfriend is Heathcliff, the neighborhood terror.
** Cleo is a hottie who lives in a music store in the classier part of Westfinster. Her boyfriend? Riff-Raff, [[CoolLoser a scruffy looking alley cat]] who lives in a junkyard.

* Parodied in ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' with the before-the-game-starts romance between Jasper Guns, a creepy wheelchair-bound paraplegic who speaks through a synthesizer à la Stephen Hawking and sexy blonde ActionGirl Candi Stryper. Normally you would think Jasper is batting out of his league here, but Candi is so [[DumbBlonde incredibly stupid]] that other characters wonder what ''he'' saw in ''her''.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', Kuroko Shirai is in love with Mikoto Misaka, but she's in love with Touma Kamijou. Kuroko doesn't understand why; she thinks he's just a dumb brute and is completely unaware that he saves the world a lot and has saved Mikoto and her sisters.

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Leonard, the jealous RomanticFalseLead, says something along these lines to Kaname about her love for Sousuke. He comments on how it's ridiculous that she likes Sousuke more than him since Sousuke killed hundreds of people. Little does Leonard realize that he's fighting a losing battle when the object of desire is Sousuke.

* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Kyon decides on a whim to try and talk to the eponymous girl (who is extremely beautiful and fiercely rejects any social interaction). The rest of their class does not disguise their shock when she talks ''back''.
* Several characters in ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'' (especially students who attend the same high school Nogizaka Haruka and Ayase Yuuto do) wonder what the popular, talented, and wealthy Nogizaka Haruka sees in average-looking Ayase Yuuto.
* The resident LovableSexManiac Issei Hyodo in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' gets this from all sides at his school, thanks to having many of the school's greatest beauties ''competing'' for his attention. What these humans don't see is that [[ChivalrousPervert Issei]] will unflinchingly go through absolute hell (even by Devil standards) for those around him and very much earned their affection.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Oreshura}}'', practically all of Eita's classmates wonder this when Masuzu gives him a LoveConfession since he seems completely focused on studying while she's the most popular girl at school who's rejected numerous boys. His ChildhoodFriend [[ClingyJealousGirl Chiwa]] wonders about this as well...

** Jin tells Mei that Grandma Wu didn't think he was good enough for Ming.

** ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'': Kara is quite shocked when she learns Catherine Grant -whom she cannot stand on the grounds of being an obnoxious, unapologetic, entitled bully- was a mother since it implies someone willingly dated and had sex with her.

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* In''Film/TheHauntedMansion'', when Jim learns from Ramsley the butler that Edward Gracey thinks Sara is the reincarnation of his love interest and wants to marry her, he protests that she is ''his'' wife. Ramsley calmly admits that's true, but adds he can't see what [Sara] ever saw in [Jim].

* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': Marianne [[{{Squick}} is shocked]] by her [[DamselInDistress sister's]] adoration of the [[EvilOverLord Bog King]] until she finds out about the {{Love Potion}}. [[spoiler: Roland has the same reaction when he finds out Marianne and the Bog King have [[BeastAndBeauty fallen in love naturally]]. The Bog King is less than impressed with Roland being Marianne's ex-fiance himself.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'':
** At the start of the story, Mei's friends Abby, Miriam, and Priya are crushing on a store clerk named Devon, but initially Mei doesn't see the appeal, as she thinks he looks like a "hobo" (she only becomes attracted to him later when drawing idealized doodles of him as a merman). Mei then reminds her friends that the 4*Town singers more closely match their ideal of "real men". Her friends then point out that it costs a lot of money to see 4*Town, while Devon is "right there", so they can see him for free.
** Jin tells Mei that Grandma Wu didn't think he was good enough for Ming.