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* '''Gender Inverted''':
** Alice has a boyfriend, "Pierre," who lives in Canada, or so she claims.
** Or Alice claims she has a girlfriend named Marie to turn away guys hitting on her by [[DudeShesALesbian making her think she's a lesbian]].

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* '''Straight''': Bob is with his buddies when the subject of girlfriends comes up and the others all talk about theirs. Bob has been dateless for a long time, possibly ever, but doesn't want to admit it, so makes up "Marie" who lives in Quebec. His buddies are dubious, but Bob mentions Marie every so often [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday to reinforce the idea]] that he's able to interact with a woman.

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* '''Straight''': Bob from Maine is with his buddies when the subject of girlfriends comes up and the others all talk about theirs. Bob has been dateless for a long time, possibly ever, but doesn't want to admit it, so makes up "Marie" who lives in Quebec. His buddies are dubious, but Bob mentions Marie every so often [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday to reinforce the idea]] that he's able to interact with a woman.



** Bob claims to have a girlfriend "in another school", despite the fact that he and his friends have graduated a long time ago.
* '''Downplayed''':

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** Bob claims to have a girlfriend "in another school", despite the fact that even though he and his friends have graduated a long time ago.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':



** Bob is desperate to hide his dateless loser status, and he knows none of the other guys have been to Quebec. Besides, if he ever does get a real girlfriend, he can "dump Marie" with no problem.

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** Bob is desperate to hide his dateless loser status, and he knows none of the other guys have has been to Quebec. Besides, if he ever does get a real girlfriend, he can "dump Marie" with no problem.



** [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Bob really is in a long-distance relationship with Marie]], but she's TheUnseen, and all of Bob's stories about her and their relationship are so over-the-top and ludicrous that no one believes him.

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** [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Bob really is in a long-distance relationship with Marie]], but she's TheUnseen, TheGhost, and all of Bob's stories about her and their relationship are so over-the-top and ludicrous that no one believes him.



** To everyone's surprise, [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Marie shows up in person]], [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight and verifies all of Bob's wild stories]].

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** To everyone's surprise, [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Marie shows up in person]], [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight and verifies all of Bob's wild stories]].



* '''Zig Zagged''': Later, someone notices a message from a Quebec French-speaking woman on Bob's answering machine, asking why she hasn't been picked up from the airport.
* '''Averted''': No one in the story pretends to have a relationship with an imaginary person, and there may or may not be genuinely mistaken claims of relationship.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Later, someone notices a message from a Quebec French-speaking woman on Bob's answering machine, asking why she he hasn't been picked her up from the airport.
* '''Averted''': No one in the story pretends to have a relationship with an imaginary person, and there may or may are not be necessarily genuinely mistaken claims of relationship.



* '''Played For Laughs''': "Marie" shows up, but it's Bob in a WigDressAccent disguise. He fools almost no one, except [[HandsomeLech Bob's rival]] [[SmallNameBigEgo Ethan]], who tries to steal "Marie" before Bob "returns".
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's imaginary girlfriend is just a symptom of much deeper psychological problems caused by his social maladjustment. Over time, he becomes more and more engrossed in his fantasy of a perfect relationship, until he loses the memory that Marie doesn't actually exist.

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* '''Played For for Laughs''': "Marie" shows up, but it's Bob in a WigDressAccent disguise. He fools almost no one, except [[HandsomeLech Bob's rival]] [[SmallNameBigEgo Ethan]], who tries to steal "Marie" before Bob "returns".
* '''Played For for Drama''': Bob's imaginary girlfriend is just a symptom of much deeper psychological problems caused by his social maladjustment. Over time, he becomes more and more engrossed in his fantasy of a perfect relationship, until he loses the memory that Marie doesn't actually exist.



* '''Implied''': Of the male characters said to be in romantic relationships, Bob is the only one whose partner is never seen.



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