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I've been lonely without you, lover troper! If you don't play with me, ''[[{{yandere}} we can always play basketball--'''''with your head''''' Heheheheheheh...]]''

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I've been lonely without you, lover troper! If you don't play with me, my favorite game, ''[[{{yandere}} we can always play basketball--'''''with basketball... with your head''''' Heheheheheheh...]]''head! Tee-hee~!]]''
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I've been lonely without you, lover troper! If you don't play with me, ''[[{{yandere}} we can always play basketball--'''''with your head''''' Heheheheheheh...]]''
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** Sally has always been AxeCrazy, even ''before'' she met Bob.

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** Sally has always been AxeCrazy, AxCrazy, even ''before'' she met Bob.

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* '''Implied''':
** Sally is in love with Bob. One day Alice threatens Bob, and Sally discovers this. Alice is never heard from again.
** It's implied that [[AxCrazy Sally]] has a crush on Bob.



%%* '''Implied''': ???
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** Sally and Alice (and possibly Bob) get caught up in a brutal fight since Alice was able to dodge the immediate attack from Sally. However, through Sally's screams Alice (and/or Bob) realizes why Sally's attacking her, and they are conflicted about how to respond amidst the carnage because even though if Sally were to die it'd be justifiable self-defense, Alice (and/or Bob) may not want her death on their conscience - they may even be desperate to try to find a way to calm Sally down enough so that she can get proper therapy rather than just kill her.
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** Bob is [[GenreSavvy aware]] of what Sally is, so dates her to get her to see a therapist and [[MoralityChain stop her doing more drastic options.]]

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** Bob is [[GenreSavvy aware]] aware of what Sally is, so dates her to get her to see a therapist and [[MoralityChain stop her doing more drastic options.]]
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** Sally, knowing how [[{{Understatement}} clingy]] she gets, decides that she and Bob are BetterAsFriends.

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** Sally, knowing how [[{{Understatement}} clingy]] clingy she gets, decides that she and Bob are BetterAsFriends.
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** Sally has always been AxeCrazy, even ''before'' she met Bob.
** Sally thinks that [[BlueAndOrangeMorality killing people who get in the way of your love is what you're supposed to do.]]
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** Sally has been abandoned and alone all her life, and Bob was the only one who made her feel loved and special.

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** Sally has been abandoned and alone all her life, and Bob was the only one who [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe made her feel loved and special.special]].
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** Or...
-->'''Bob''': "...You mean that 'love you to death' thing literally, don't you?"
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** Sally is a [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]] and StalkerWithACrush to Bob and [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend viciously assaults anyone who harms him]]. However, she's willing to be in a [[JustFriends purely platonic relationship]] with Bob if [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy that's what will make him happy]].

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** Sally is a [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged {{Dogged Nice Girl]] G|uy}}irl and StalkerWithACrush to Bob and [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend viciously assaults anyone who harms him]]. However, she's willing to be in a [[JustFriends purely platonic relationship]] with Bob if [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy that's what will make him happy]].
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** Sally is a [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]] and StalkerWithACrush to Bob and [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend viciously assaults anyone who harms him]]. However, she's willing to be in a [[JustFriends purely platonic relationship]] with Bob if [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy that's what will make him happy]].
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** ClingyJealousGirl.

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** ClingyJealousGirl.ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]CrazyJealousGuy
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** Sally, normally sane and nonviolent, lashes out at [[StalkerWithACrush Bob]] after he fails to understand the word "no".

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** Sally, Sally is normally sane nonviolent and nonviolent, lashes out at sane, except around [[StalkerWithACrush Bob]] after he fails Bob]], who seems to understand the word "no".be a walking {{trigger}} for her.



** Sally tries to be saner & nicer in the hopes that Bob won't leave her.

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** Sally tries to be saner & nicer is normally AxCrazy [[MoralityChain until she meets Bob]], who is an emotional anchor in the hopes that Bob won't leave her.her life.
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Again, not an inversion. That instance would more be defied or subverted, depending on how it\'s set up; defied if she actively chooses not to be insane, and subverted if we are led to believe that she \'\'will\'\' do something crazy.


** [[MoralityChain Sally has obvious problems, but her immense love for Bob gives her some much-needed stability.]]



** Sally acts like an insane person towards Bob [[{{Tsundere}} because she really likes him on the inside.]]
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The last example was more an exploited trope; she\'s invoking yandere so Bob will be turned off. It\'s not an inversion.


** Sally is normally sane, but acts crazy so Bob will be afraid of her.
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I notice a trend in the \'\'\'downplayed\'\'\' section, where the trope is so watered-down it ceases to be an example at all. I think we should keep key elements of a trope in play (in this case, a crazy-possessive Love Interest who is unstable mentally/emotionally), but tone down the less-savory implications (ie: people being killed).


** Sally repeatedly tries to drive wedges between Alice and Bob, but it never escalates into violence.
** Sally doesn't intentionally want to cause harm to Bob and Alice, but either she's so incompetent or her plans are so filled with EpicFail that they come off as her being a violent, love-crazy psycho.

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** ClingyJealousGirl.
** Sally repeatedly tries is shown to drive wedges between Alice and Bob, be [[AxCrazy mentally unstable]], but it never escalates into violence.
** Sally doesn't intentionally want to cause harm to Bob and Alice, but either
she's so incompetent or her plans are so filled with EpicFail relatively benign. At best, she's given a would-be [[MurderTheHypotenuse hypotenuse]] a few {{ineffectual death threat}}s, but she's never actually carried it out. [[FridgeHorror At least that they come off as her being a violent, love-crazy psycho.we know of]].
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** Sally, a butcher's apprentice, is rejected by Bob but takes it rather well. But whenever Bob sees her after rejecting her, it's always with a bloody axe and a grin from the meats she's cutting up - and he panics for the imagery in his own mind.
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** Bob is [[GenreSavvy aware]] of what Sally is, so dates her to get her to see a therapist and [[MoralityChain stop her doing more drastic options.]]

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* '''Subverted''':
** When Bob chooses Alice, it looks like Sally might crack, but she happily declares IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** ...But then she secretly poisons Alice's drink.

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* '''Subverted''':
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'''Subverted''': When Bob chooses Alice, it looks like Sally might crack, but she happily declares IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** ...
Subverted''': ...But then she secretly poisons Alice's drink.
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Seems more like a lesbian yandere - which is Not A Subversion


** The only reason Sally is targeting Bob is [[LesYay because it's Alice she's after,]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse and she wants Bob out of the way]].



** But it turns out that Alice is just crazy about Bob, and she sees Sally as a threat to their relationship, and decides to take care of her.

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** Bob is constantly bothered by crazy women, so he happily puts up with Sally ''because'' she keeps other potential admirers away.
** The only reason Sally is targeting Bob is [[LesYay because it's Alice she's after,]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse and she wants Bob out of the way.]]

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** Bob is constantly bothered by crazy women, so he happily puts up with Sally ''because'' she keeps other potential admirers away.
** The only reason Sally is targeting Bob is [[LesYay because it's Alice she's after,]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse and she wants Bob out of the way.]]way]].



** ...which hardly solves the problem, since Sally herself is crazy enough for ten women, but Bob doesn't want to risk his life by upsetting her.

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* '''Parodied''': Sally is standing over Alice's dead body, when Bob walks into the room...

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Sally is standing over Alice's dead body, when Bob walks into the room...
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** Sally [[MiraiNikkiTheAbridgedSeries kills a dog because it was trying to hump Bob's leg]].

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** Sally [[MiraiNikkiTheAbridgedSeries [[WebVideo/MiraiNikkiTheAbridgedSeries kills a dog because it was trying to hump Bob's leg]].

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** Sally [[MiraiNikkiTheAbridgedSeries kills a dog because it was trying to hump Bob's leg]].



** Or [[CuteAndPsycho maybe she just wants them dead]] [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it.]]

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** Or [[CuteAndPsycho maybe she just wants them dead]] [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it.]]]]



** Alice, a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In Sheep's Clothing]] herself, sets Sally up to ''look'' unstable and deliberately sets off her ClingyJealousGirl instincts in order to drive a wedge between her and Bob.

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** Alice, a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitch In Sheep's Clothing]] BitchInSheepsClothing herself, sets Sally up to ''look'' unstable and deliberately sets off her ClingyJealousGirl instincts in order to drive a wedge between her and Bob.


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** Sally, knowing how [[{{Understatement}} clingy]] she gets, decides that she and Bob are BetterAsFriends.
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** Or, Bob is in a situation where [[EveryoneTryingToKillYou everyone is trying to kill him]], and with Sally [[AnAxeToGrind as handy with an axe as she is]], he'll take whatever help he can get.

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** Or, Bob is in a situation where [[EveryoneTryingToKillYou [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everyone is trying to kill him]], and with Sally [[AnAxeToGrind as handy with an axe as she is]], he'll take whatever help he can get.
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Technically, this is what Yuki does with Yuno in \'\'Mirai Nikki\'\', while Yuno just...well, you know...plays it straight.

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** Or, Bob is in a situation where [[EveryoneTryingToKillYou everyone is trying to kill him]], and with Sally [[AnAxeToGrind as handy with an axe as she is]], he'll take whatever help he can get.
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-->'''Bob''': Hey? What happened?
-->'''Sally''': It was only to protect you, sweetie.
-->'''Bob''': [[ILoveTheDead What the hell are you doing with that dead body?!]] [[CrazyJealousGuy I. THOUGHT. YOU. LOVED. ME!]]
-->'''Sally''': I DO LOVE YOU! Why else would I [[CrossesTheLineTwice bake your dog into my lovely pie?]]
-->'''Bob''': That dog doesn't love you!

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-->'''Bob''': Hey? What happened?
-->'''Sally''':
happened?\\
'''Sally''':
It was only to protect you, sweetie.
-->'''Bob''':
sweetie.\\
'''Bob''':
[[ILoveTheDead What the hell are you doing with that dead body?!]] [[CrazyJealousGuy I. THOUGHT. YOU. LOVED. ME!]]
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ME!]]\\
'''Sally''':
I DO LOVE YOU! Why else would I [[CrossesTheLineTwice bake your dog into my lovely pie?]]
-->'''Bob''':
pie?]]\\
'''Bob''': [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic
That dog doesn't love you!you!]]
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Someone else please potlink the Weird Al reference, I can\'t seem to spell his last name for the life of me.


-->'''Bob''': [[WeirdAlYankovik That dog doesn't love you!]]

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-->'''Bob''': [[WeirdAlYankovik That dog doesn't love you!]]you!
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-->'''Bob''': [[WeirdAlYankovick That dog doesn't love you!]]

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-->'''Bob''': [[WeirdAlYankovick [[WeirdAlYankovik That dog doesn't love you!]]

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