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** Amazing Girl is worried about Bob's safety, and for that reason tries to [[MomentKiller shot down any potential romantic moments with him]].

** What came first, the chicken or the egg? It does not matters. There are still murderous madmen out there who would gleefully murder Bob in the most violent and public way possible [[TargetedToHurtTheHero just to get a rise out of Amazing Girl]] or [[ForTheEvulz for a lark]], and it's a proven fact that if they think there is a connection between them they would become absolutely relentless about killing Bob. Bob is still safe being very, very far away from Amazing Girl.

** The murderous madmen who want to kill anybody Amazing Girl loves... are just an excuse. She has a tremendous fear of commitment, a titanic amount of self-loathing, and said villains coming out of the woodwork is a particularly ironic coincidence; but if they did not existed Amazing Girl would just find some other reason to dump Bob and apply it with similar drama. Maybe all of her efforts would not prevent [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied the Green Beetle from tossing Bob off the top of George Washington Bridge]] -- the thing is, Amazing Girl does not even wants to ''try''.

** After rescuing him one too many times from the clutches of one of her archenemies, Amazing Girl finally snaps and tells Bob [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he's an incompetent and useless piece of garbage that couldn't do anything to save himself]]. After watching [[BrokenPedestal such negative image of her former lover]], Bob decides to end his relationship with Amazing Girl on that instant and walks off with bitter feelings towards her. The enemy spies, having seen that Bob no longer has any connection with Amazing Girl, decide he's not useful as a hostage and finally leave him alone. Meanwhile, Amazing Girl cries in solitude because of [[ShootTheDog the harsh act she had to pull back there]]; [[TearJerker she'll always love Bob no matter what]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': After rescuing him one too many times from the clutches of one of her archenemies, Amazing Girl finally snaps and tells Bob [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he's an incompetent and useless piece of garbage that couldn't do anything to save himself]]. After watching [[BrokenPedestal such negative image of her former lover]], Bob decides to end his relationship with Amazing Girl on that instant and walks off with bitter feelings towards her. The enemy spies, having seen that Bob no longer has any connection with Amazing Girl, decide he's not useful as a hostage and finally leave him alone. Meanwhile, Amazing Girl cries in solitude because of [[ShootTheDog the harsh act she had to pull back there]]; [[TearJerker she'll always love Bob no matter what]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Amazing Girl fakes her own death in order to ensure that she and Bob are apart and thus protect him.
* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl is worried about Bob's safety, and for that reason tries to [[MomentKiller shot down any potential romantic moments with him]].

* '''Enforced''': "It sure would be a grand romantic gesture if Amazing Girl gave up the man she loved in order to protect him from her enemies; plus, it'd make her angsty, and everyone knows that TrueArtIsAngsty."

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'''Basic Trope''': The hero breaks up with their LoveInterest in order to protect said Love Interest from their's enemies.

** Alternatively, Amazing Girl is a {{Celibate Hero}}ine. Even when she might want to love like a normal person, she's conscious that heroes must make sacrifices to ensure world's well-being.

** Bob is a more ruthless anti hero then Amazing Girl. He hunts down and kills all of Amazing Girl's enemies.

** OAmazing Girl decides to move in with Bob because if they're together more often, it will be more difficult for her enemies to attack him.

** [[MoralEventHorizon Or Amazing Girl kills Bob herself]] [[PaterFamilicide to "protect him" because he will be in danger from her many ruthless enemies as long as he's alive.]]

** Bob hunts down and kills all of Amazing Girl's enemies.

** Or Amazing Girl decides to move in with Bob because if they're together more often, it will be more difficult for her enemies to attack him.
** Or, Amazing Girl dumps Bob because she's sick of dealing with his enemies. Especially his PsychoExGirlfriend, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Bouncing Betty.]]

** He could be kidnapped and taken hostage to get to her.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl is worried about Bob's safety, and for that reason tries to stop having {{UST}} with him.

** Bob breaks up with Amazing Girl in order to protect ''himself'' from her enemies.

** Or, Amazing Girl dumps Bob because she's sick of dealing with ''his'' enemies. Especially his PsychoExGirlfriend, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Bouncing Betty.]]

** ...until there's a very close call. Then she decides she really ''does'' need to break up with him to protect him.

** Amazing Girl breaks up with Bob despite the fact that he is ''also'' a superhero who is more than capable of defending himself against any attacks.
** Amazing Girl breaks up with Bob to [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend protect her enemies from HIM]].

'''Basic Trope''': The hero breaks up with his/her LoveInterest in order to protect them from the hero's enemies.

* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl is worried about Bob's security and takes measures to keep their relationship a secret.
* '''Justified''': Amazing Girl's enemies are psychotics who are willing to kill Bob in a terrible and painful fashion in order [[RevengeByProxy to take their revenge on her]].

** Bob breaks up with Amazing Girl in order to protect himself from her enemies.

** She breaks up with him until she knows for sure he's safe.
* '''Doubly Subverted''': She just said that; she ends up breaking up with him after all.

** Amazing Girl breaks up with Bob to protect her enemies from ''him''.

** From the outset of the relationship Amazing Girl warns Bob that she may break up with him due to this trope.

** Or Bob just points out that if Amazing Girl dumps him, he'll ''still'' be a likely target for villains, and ''now'' he won't have an awesome superhero girlfriend around to save his sorry ass.

** Amazing Girl hasn't actually solved the problem; those enemies who suspect that Bob is special to her are not going to leave him alone simply because she has made a token gesture in separating from him, thus still leaving Bob in danger. All she has done is cause her and Bob heartache and loneliness.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** [[MoralEventHorizon Or Amazing Girl kills Bob herself]] [[PaterFamilicide to "protect him" because he will be in danger from her many ruthless enemies as long as he's alive.]]

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Amazing Girl hasn't actually solved the problem; those enemies who suspect that Bob is special to her are not going to leave him alone simply because she has made a token gesture in separating from him, thus still leaving Bob in danger. All she has done is cause her and Bob heartache and loneliness.
** Or, the bad guys aren't really concerned about whether or not Amazing Girl and Bob are currently in a relationship. Despite Amazing Girl's efforts to protect Bob by breaking up with him, they [[CruelTwistEnding kill him]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog anyway]].
* '''Reconstructed''': After rescuing him one too many times from the clutches of one of her archenemies, Amazing Girl finally snaps and tells Bob [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he's an incompetent and useless piece of garbage that couldn't do anything to save himself]]. After watching [[BrokenPedestal such negative image of her former lover]], Bob decides to end his relationship with Amazing Girl on that instant and walks off with bitter feelings towards her. The enemy spies, having seen that Bob no longer has any connection with Amazing Girl, decide he's not useful as a hostage and finally leave him alone. Meanwhile, Amazing Girl cries in solitude because of [[ShootTheDog the harsh act she had to pull back there]]; [[TearJerker she'll always love Bob no matter what]].

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** Or, the [[CompleteMonster bad guys]] aren't really concerned about whether or not Amazing Girl and Bob are currently in a relationship. Despite Amazing Girl's efforts to protect Bob by breaking up with him, they [[CruelTwistEnding kill him]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog anyway]].

* '''Inverted''': Bob breaks up with Amazing Girl in order to protect himself from her enemies.

* '''Subverted''': Amazing Girl considers breaking up with Bob, but decides to stay with him come what may.

* '''Parodied''': Amazing Girl breaks up with Bob despite the fact that he is ''also'' a superhero who is more than capable of defending himself against any attacks.

* '''Deconstructed''': Amazing Girl hasn't actually solved the problem; those enemies who suspect that Bob is special to her are not going to leave him alone simply because she has made a token gesture in separating from him, thus still leaving Bob in danger. All she has done is cause her and Bob heartache and loneliness.

* '''Invoked''': From the outset of the relationship Amazing Girl warns Bob that she may break up with him due to this trope.

* '''Defied''': Amazing Girl actively cultivates superficial relationships, one-night-stands and relationships without romantic involvement precisely so that she never finds herself in this position.

* '''Reconstructed''': After rescuing him one too many times from the clutches of one of her archenemies, Amazing Girl finally snaps and tells Bob [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he's an incompetent and useless piece of garbage that couldn't do anything to save himself]]. After watching [[BrokenPedestal such negative image of her former lover]], Bob decides to end his relationship with Amazing Girl on that instant and walks off with bitter feelings towards her. The enemy spies, having seen that Bob no longer has any connection with Amazing Girl, decide he's not useful as a hostage and finally leave him alone. Meanwhile, [[IPromisedMyselfIWouldntCry Amazing Girl cries in solitude]] because of [[ShootTheDog the harsh act she had to pull back there]]; [[TearJerker she'll always love Bob no matter what]].

'''Basic Trope''': The hero breaks up with his / her LoveInterest in order to protect them from the hero's enemies.

** Or, the [[CompleteMonster bad guys]] aren't really concerned about whether or not Amazing Girl and Bob are currently in a relationship. Despite Amazing Girl's efforts to protect Bob by breaking up with him, they [[OuterLimitsTwist kill him]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog anyway]].