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* ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': Wakana Gojo is obviously attracted to Marin Kitagawa's looks and cheery personality, but whenever someone suggests they may be dating or something, he's quick to deny it. Justified due to his own insecurities, as he considers her so painfully out of his league that he can fathom that a girl like her would be interested in him that way, even though she's not exactly subtle about her own feelings for him.
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* In ''Anime/IrodukuTheWorldInColors'', when Hitomi first gets sent to the year 2018, she ends up in the bedroom of Aoi Yuito, and is seen leaving by some of his friends, leading them to believe that the two of them are secretly dating. It takes a good amount of effort on Yuito's part to convince anyone otherwise.

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** It has Inuyasha calling Kagome "shard detector" in early chapters/episodes to deny any relationship with the reincarnation of his old girlfriend. She resents it every time, at first because she's a person, not just a detector, and later because of the BelligerentSexualTension between them. The most famous instance of this is probably Miroku's entry episode (episode 16, "Mystical Hand of the Amorous Monk, Miroku!") near the end, where he denies a relationship... with LuminescentBlush and stuttering.

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** It has Inuyasha calling Kagome "shard detector" in early chapters/episodes to deny any relationship with the reincarnation of his old girlfriend. She resents it every time, at first because she's a person, not just a detector, and later because of the BelligerentSexualTension between them. The most famous instance of this is probably Miroku's entry episode (episode 16, "Mystical Hand of the Amorous Monk, Miroku!") (Episode 16) near the end, where he denies a relationship... with LuminescentBlush and stuttering.


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** Subverted when Kagome's little brother Sota needs help confessing love to a girl in his class and he goes to Inuyasha for advice. He asks whether Kagome or Inuyasha said "I love you" first, having already assumed they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Despite Inuyasha's subsequent stuttering and blushing, he doesn't outright deny it.
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* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira gives a SpitTake when Alpha tells him he’s been appearing like Sheryl’s girlfriend with how he’s been walking around the slums with her (which was important to Sheryl’s plan.) He later says his relationship with her is strictly professional even in front of the gang they’re supposed to have a FakeRelationship in front of to keep in line. Not long after, he gets into the groove of playing along. The mixed messages lead to a lot of confused discussions about the two.

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* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira gives a SpitTake when Alpha tells him he’s been appearing like Sheryl’s girlfriend boyfriend with how he’s been walking around the slums with her (which was important to Sheryl’s plan.) He later says his relationship with her is strictly professional even in front of the gang they’re supposed to have a FakeRelationship in front of to keep in line. Not long after, he gets into the groove of playing along. The mixed messages lead to a lot of confused discussions about the two.

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* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': Kojiro Hyuga in regards to [[PassionateSportsGirl Maki Akamine]]. When she gives him a good luck charm for the upcoming World Youth Cup, Takeshi remarks about how Hyuga never accepted gifts from girls before, causing Hyuga to get enraged and chase him around while the rest of the Japanese team laughs out loud.

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* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': Kojiro During the ''World Youth Cup'' arc, Hyuga in regards to accepts a good-luck charm from [[PassionateSportsGirl Maki Akamine]]. When she gives him a good luck charm for the upcoming World Youth Cup, Akamine]], an Okinawan girl he's had ShipTease with recently. Takeshi remarks about how steps on the scene and recalls that up until then Hyuga was a CelibateHero who never accepted any gifts from girls before, causing girls, so he starts teasing Hyuga to get enraged and chase him around while the rest about Maki. Hyuga then angrily chases Takeshi in front of the whole Japanese team laughs out loud. team, threatening to kill him with his Raijuu Shoot.



* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': During the ''World Youth Cup'' arc, Hyuga accepts a good-luck charm from [[PassionateSportsGirl Maki Akamine]], an Okinawan girl he's had ShipTease with recently. Takeshi steps on the scene and recalls that up until then Hyuga was a CelibateHero who never accepted any gifts from girls, so he starts teasing Hyuga about Maki. Hyuga then angrily chases Takeshi in front of the whole Japanese team, threatening to kill him with his Raijuu Shoot.


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* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira gives a SpitTake when Alpha tells him he’s been appearing like Sheryl’s girlfriend with how he’s been walking around the slums with her (which was important to Sheryl’s plan.) He later says his relationship with her is strictly professional even in front of the gang they’re supposed to have a FakeRelationship in front of to keep in line. Not long after, he gets into the groove of playing along. The mixed messages lead to a lot of confused discussions about the two.
** Akira later has to deny Carol is his girlfriend after living with her as part of a job.
* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': In the AlternateTimeline known as the ''Marie Route'', Leon reacts to [[EveryoneCanSeeIt all of his friends and family thinking]] he and Marie are a couple like this, until their RelationshipUpgrade.
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* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': Kojiro Hyuga in regards to [[PassionateSportsGirl Maki Akamine]]. When she gives him a good luck charm for the upcoming World Youth Cup, Takeshi remarks about how Hyuga never accepted gifts from girls before, causing Hyuga to get enraged and chase him around while the rest of the Japanese team laughs out loud.
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* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', Ran gets very flustered when her friend teases her about being Shinichi's girlfriend. Interestingly, this is averted at two points in the manga. The first is when Conan teasingly asks her if Shinichi is the guy she's interested in only to be surprised when she freely admits that he is. The second is during a later case, when a woman asks Ran if she has a sweetheart (or, depending on you translate it, a lover), to which Ran replies, "I do have a person I like! [...] He's really smart and he's good at soccer. He's ready to help at any time. He's really cool... He's even a better detective than Dad!" Later on, it takes about 250 chapters for her to respond to Shinichi's LoveConfession and once they become an OfficialCouple in chapter 1004, Ran is open to admit him as her boyfriend.

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* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', ''Manga/CaseClosed'', Ran gets very flustered when her friend teases her about being Shinichi's girlfriend. Interestingly, this is averted at two points in the manga. The first is when Conan teasingly asks her if Shinichi is the guy she's interested in only to be surprised when she freely admits that he is. The second is during a later case, when a woman asks Ran if she has a sweetheart (or, depending on you translate it, a lover), to which Ran replies, "I do have a person I like! [...] He's really smart and he's good at soccer. He's ready to help at any time. He's really cool... He's even a better detective than Dad!" Later on, it takes about 250 chapters for her to respond to Shinichi's LoveConfession and once they become an OfficialCouple in chapter 1004, Ran is open to admit him as her boyfriend.

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* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** Lucy has to deal with this trope a number of times. People have mistakenly hooked her up with Natsu, Gray, Loki/Leo, and Ren from Blue Pegasus.
** This occurs with Elfman and Evergreen as well during the S-Class Trial Arc.
** When they were younger, Gray would constantly follow Erza around and challenge her to fights. His peers teased him for this and asked if the real reason was because he was in love with her. He got embarrassed and denied it.
** When Gray returns to the guild, Juvia cries tears of joy, which flood the guildhall. The other members ask Gray to stop his girlfriend before they all drown. Gray's response? "She's not my freakin' girlfriend!"
** In the ''100 Year Quest Arc'', Jellal visits the Sabertooth guild for info about a dangerous criminal--a young girl later revealed to be Touka, who recently joined Fairy Tail. Minerva calls out Jellal on being interested in another girl besides Erza, whom he denies being in a relationship with.

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* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** Lucy has to deal with this trope a number
Most of times. People have mistakenly hooked her up with Natsu, Gray, Loki/Leo, and Ren from Blue Pegasus.
** This occurs with Elfman and Evergreen as well during
the S-Class Trial Arc.
** When they were younger, Gray would constantly follow Erza
romantic comedy in ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'' revolves around Shugo's and challenge her Rena's attraction to fights. His peers teased him for this and asked if each other--and their efforts to deny it--in the real reason was because he was in love with her. He got first half of the series (they stop being embarrassed about in the second half).
* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'': Protagonist Eijun Sawamura constantly insists to his roommates in the Seidou dorm that Wakana, the girl who's always texting him from his hometown in Nagano, is ''not'' his girlfriend, just his childhood friend. They don't believe it in the least, especially when they get to meet her in person
and denied see how pretty she is.
* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Ian at one point refers to Eren as Mikasa's boyfriend. She blushes and denies
it.
** When Gray returns to the guild, Juvia cries tears of joy, which flood the guildhall. The other members ask Gray to stop his girlfriend before they all drown. Gray's response? "She's not my freakin' girlfriend!"
**
In the ''100 Year Quest Arc'', Jellal visits the Sabertooth guild for info about ''Manga/AttackOnTitanJuniorHigh'', a dangerous criminal--a young girl later revealed man assumes Annie to be Touka, who recently joined Fairy Tail. Minerva calls out Jellal Bertolt's girlfriend. Like Mikasa, he blushes and denies it.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Averted in the manga. After Rukia's habit of dragging Ichigo off to hunt hollows starts rumours flying around the school (actually, Keigo starts them to cause trouble but Ichigo never finds this out), the girls end up asking Rukia (to her SpitTake surprise) if there's anything going
on being and Rukia confirms there isn't. That is the end of it and this trope never comes into play. WordOfGod confirmed he wasn't interested in another girl besides Erza, whom he denies being in writing a romance story and views Ichigo and Rukia's relationship with.as [[PlatonicLifePartners close but not romantic]].
** This trope is played straight in the anime, however, as the animators rewrote this scene to include rainbows and turn it into a JustFriends scene complete with all the romantic undercurrent this trope evokes. The animators have written this trope for Ichigo and Rukia into the anime on as many occasions as they can get away with, usually in filler scenes where they will use filler characters in an EveryoneCanSeeIt manner or even rewrite canon characters (such as Nel) in a ClingyJealousGirl way to imply there's something going on between Ichigo and Rukia. None of it is based on anything from the manga, however.
** In ''[[Anime/BleachMemoriesOfNobody Memories of Nobody]]'', Ichigo is forced to buy Senna a new ribbon after she accidentally steals one. The shopper keeper asks if it's a present for his girlfriend, triggering this trope.



* ''Manga/CityHunter'': The usual Ryo/Kaori dynamic. They always deny a romantic relationship between them. No one believes them.
* [[NiceGirl Nagisa]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Tomoya]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' anime, before they went on and became the OfficialCouple. And even then, the denial is relatively minimal. When directly confronted with the accusation that she and Tomoya might be dating, Nagisa hastily looks away with a nervous blush and replies with what basically boils down to, "May we talk about something else, please?" In the Visual Novel, Nagisa and Tomoya are more open about their relationship, although Tomoya still tries to hide it from Sunohara out of embarrassment ([[EveryoneCanSeeIt it doesn't work]]).
* ''Manga/{{Dandadan}}'': This is the general reaction Ayase has when people rightfully call her out on her [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious crush on Okarun]].
* Emi from ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' is always assumed to be Maou's jealous ex by those who don't know that the two of them are actually a hero and demon lord from another world (and even by someone who actually ''does'' know, in the fourth light novel). The fact that she blushes while denying these accusations does not help her case. After [[spoiler:[[OurPhlebotinumChild Alas=Ramus]]]] shows up, people start assuming that Emi is Maou's ''wife'', to the vehement objections of both of them.
* ''Manga/DogsBulletsAndCarnage'' has a double example of this. When Haine and Magato first met each other, both immediately assumed that the other is Naoto's boyfriend. Naoto is not amused.
* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': Sick of her friends teasing him about it, Senpai stands up and makes a loud public statement to the whole cafeteria that he's NOT Nagatoro's boyfriend...and then can't think of anything else to say, so he just sits down thoroughly embarrassed.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' people generally assume that Mikado and Anri are dating. When they explain that they aren't, the typical reaction is usually, "Really? ...sweet, I have a shot at her, then!" Note: [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove They do not]].
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** Lucy has to deal with this trope a number of times. People have mistakenly hooked her up with Natsu, Gray, Loki/Leo, and Ren from Blue Pegasus.
** This occurs with Elfman and Evergreen as well during the S-Class Trial Arc.
** When they were younger, Gray would constantly follow Erza around and challenge her to fights. His peers teased him for this and asked if the real reason was because he was in love with her. He got embarrassed and denied it.
** When Gray returns to the guild, Juvia cries tears of joy, which flood the guildhall. The other members ask Gray to stop his girlfriend before they all drown. Gray's response? "She's not my freakin' girlfriend!"
** In the ''100 Year Quest Arc'', Jellal visits the Sabertooth guild for info about a dangerous criminal--a young girl later revealed to be Touka, who recently joined Fairy Tail. Minerva calls out Jellal on being interested in another girl besides Erza, whom he denies being in a relationship with.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** Kyo gets pissed when any of his family teasingly suggests that he has a crush on Tohru. It's turned on its head at the end of the series, when some classmates notice the two being clingy to each other. When they ask as a joke if the two are now dating, Kyo matter-of-factly states that yes, they are.
** A rather funny variant happens at one point, when a girl tries to confess her love for Kyo, only for him to brush him off. Uotani makes a snarky comment, leading to the girl somehow concluding that ''Uotani'' is the girl he's in love with. Since they don't exactly get along, they don't take to this theory well.
---> DO YOU HAVE KNOTHOLES FOR EYES???
* Fujimura from ''Manga/FujimuraKunMates'' insists that he and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Eri]] are just friends. But he never completely rejects her constant advances.



* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** A large portion of their fellow students assume that Haruhi and Kyon are dating; Kyon's friend Taniguchi in particular is completely convinced of this, no matter how often Kyon says otherwise. Also, after Kyon and Nagato [[spoiler:finally defeat Ryoko the GirlWithPsychoWeapon]], Taniguchi finds Yuki lying against Kyon while holding onto his arms, and now Taniguchi firmly believes that Kyon had sex with Yuki in the classroom... Kyon's heated (for him) over-explanation doesn't help. His friend points out that for both [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]] ''and'' [[TheStoic Yuki]] to show that much emotion over anything is very suspicious. Which is absolutely correct.
** After Haruhi and Yuki, there is an ''{{inverted|Trope}}'' case in the 7th novel with [[spoiler: Mikuru and Kyon. Kyon is asked if Mikuru is his girlfriend by some (apparently) random guy. Kyon actually replies that she ''is'' his girlfriend, to make the situation not any more awkward.]]
** Kyon seems to have a knack for this trope. The 9th novel mentions that [[spoiler:people apparently thought his strange friendship with Sasaki meant that she was his girlfriend]].
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
** [[MoeAnthropomorphism Sweden calls his partner Finland his wife]], and so do [[FourthWallMailSlot fans]]. Finland denies it every time, partly because he's [[TheBigGuy scared of Sweden]].
** Another variation: Japan had sex with his close friend Greece (more exactly, Greece learns that Japan's sex life is rather "non active" and gives him a "private lesson" to help him) and is in denial about that too. [[AllJustADream "It was just a dream!]] [[Funny/HetaliaAxisPowers A dream! A DREAAAAAAM!"]]
*** And in another strip, while holding a practice conversation in Japanese with Greece, Greece asks him who "Nekojiro" [aka the pretend name Japan assumes for himself in that conversation] gets along with. Japan replies, "His friend, Nekokichi-san." Greece smiles and asks if ''he's'' "Nekokichi-san", which causes Japan to blush and stammer for a bit before replying with "No comment." Take from ''that'' what you will.
** And England gets it played straight in a certain drama CD when France calls an Anglo-American argument everyone was eavesdropping on a "lover's spat" which he of course denies.
** Switzerland would also like to remind you that he and Austria had never, ever, ''ever'' been HeterosexualLifePartners.
* Subverted in chapter 23 of ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' when Hori and Miyamura's RelationshipUpgrade is kicked off by Hori's father asking if they're dating.



* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** Setsuna is always saying this regarding her [[BodyguardCrush relationship]] with Konoka, especially after their impromptu NotADate in the manga. Everyone else [[EveryoneCanSeeIt just smiles]].
** [[{{Tsundere}} Asuna]] denies that she has feelings for [[ChickMagnet Negi]]. Nobody ([[EveryoneCanSeeIt including people who have known her for weeks or even less]]) buys that.
* The standard response for Naru concerning Keitaro in ''Manga/LoveHina'', only she goes further by [[{{Tsundere}} rattling off his bad qualities defensively]]. She even does this once by reflex [[spoiler: after they're engaged.]]



* Most of the romantic comedy in ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'' revolves around Shugo's and Rena's attraction to each other--and their efforts to deny it--in the first half of the series (they stop being embarrassed about in the second half).

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* Most of Freighted with extra meaning in ''[[Manga/KanojoNiNaruHi Kanojo Ni Naru Hi Another]]'' as the romantic comedy "girlfriend" in ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'' revolves around Shugo's question is a former boy who has spent months vehemently denying and Rena's attraction concealing an involuntary GenderBender and his would-be love interest is afraid treating him as a girl (let alone claiming him as a girlfriend) would backfire.
* Miu of ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' complains loudly whenever anyone calls the title character her boyfriend.
-->'''Miu:''' He's not my boyfriend! He's more like a little brother, or even a dog, you know like a stray dog you bring home because you feel sorry for it?\\
'''Kasara:''' Hey, aren't you taking that a little too far?
* ''Manga/KingdomHeartsII'': At separate points, Sora is referred
to as Kairi's boyfriend and Kairi is referred to as Sora's girlfriend. Both deny it, but it's very clear that they are romantically interested in each other--and other.
* In ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'', Komachi Ono's parents mistakenly believe that
their efforts daughter and Kankichi Ryotsu are a couple, despite her constantly trying to deny it--in tell them otherwise. They also take the first half of two's constant bickering and fighting as their cover for flirting.
* Kanna and Motoki from ''Manga/KoeDeOshigoto'' have this reaction to
the series (they stop being embarrassed about suggestion that they're a couple, with the same {{Speech Bubble|s}}, no less.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** Setsuna is always saying this regarding her [[BodyguardCrush relationship]] with Konoka, especially after their impromptu NotADate
in the second half).manga. Everyone else [[EveryoneCanSeeIt just smiles]].
** [[{{Tsundere}} Asuna]] denies that she has feelings for [[ChickMagnet Negi]]. Nobody ([[EveryoneCanSeeIt including people who have known her for weeks or even less]]) buys that.
* The standard response for Naru concerning Keitaro in ''Manga/LoveHina'', only she goes further by [[{{Tsundere}} rattling off his bad qualities defensively]]. She even does this once by reflex [[spoiler: after they're engaged.]]



* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** A large portion of their fellow students assume that Haruhi and Kyon are dating; Kyon's friend Taniguchi in particular is completely convinced of this, no matter how often Kyon says otherwise. Also, after Kyon and Nagato [[spoiler:finally defeat Ryoko the GirlWithPsychoWeapon]], Taniguchi finds Yuki lying against Kyon while holding onto his arms, and now Taniguchi firmly believes that Kyon had sex with Yuki in the classroom... Kyon's heated (for him) over-explanation doesn't help. His friend points out that for both [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]] ''and'' [[TheStoic Yuki]] to show that much emotion over anything is very suspicious. Which is absolutely correct.
** After Haruhi and Yuki, there is an ''{{inverted|Trope}}'' case in the 7th novel with [[spoiler: Mikuru and Kyon. Kyon is asked if Mikuru is his girlfriend by some (apparently) random guy. Kyon actually replies that she ''is'' his girlfriend, to make the situation not any more awkward.]]
** Kyon seems to have a knack for this trope. The 9th novel mentions that [[spoiler:people apparently thought his strange friendship with Sasaki meant that she was his girlfriend]].



* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
** [[MoeAnthropomorphism Sweden calls his partner Finland his wife]], and so do [[FourthWallMailSlot fans]]. Finland denies it every time, partly because he's [[TheBigGuy scared of Sweden]].
** Another variation: Japan had sex with his close friend Greece (more exactly, Greece learns that Japan's sex life is rather "non active" and gives him a "private lesson" to help him) and is in denial about that too. [[AllJustADream "It was just a dream!]] [[Funny/HetaliaAxisPowers A dream! A DREAAAAAAM!"]]
*** And in another strip, while holding a practice conversation in Japanese with Greece, Greece asks him who "Nekojiro" [aka the pretend name Japan assumes for himself in that conversation] gets along with. Japan replies, "His friend, Nekokichi-san." Greece smiles and asks if ''he's'' "Nekokichi-san", which causes Japan to blush and stammer for a bit before replying with "No comment." Take from ''that'' what you will.
** And England gets it played straight in a certain drama CD when France calls an Anglo-American argument everyone was eavesdropping on a "lover's spat" which he of course denies.
** Switzerland would also like to remind you that he and Austria had never, ever, ''ever'' been HeterosexualLifePartners.



* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Averted in the manga. After Rukia's habit of dragging Ichigo off to hunt hollows starts rumours flying around the school (actually, Keigo starts them to cause trouble but Ichigo never finds this out), the girls end up asking Rukia (to her SpitTake surprise) if there's anything going on and Rukia confirms there isn't. That is the end of it and this trope never comes into play. WordOfGod confirmed he wasn't interested in writing a romance story and views Ichigo and Rukia's relationship as [[PlatonicLifePartners close but not romantic]].
** This trope is played straight in the anime, however, as the animators rewrote this scene to include rainbows and turn it into a JustFriends scene complete with all the romantic undercurrent this trope evokes. The animators have written this trope for Ichigo and Rukia into the anime on as many occasions as they can get away with, usually in filler scenes where they will use filler characters in an EveryoneCanSeeIt manner or even rewrite canon characters (such as Nel) in a ClingyJealousGirl way to imply there's something going on between Ichigo and Rukia. None of it is based on anything from the manga, however.
** In ''[[Anime/BleachMemoriesOfNobody Memories of Nobody]]'', Ichigo is forced to buy Senna a new ribbon after she accidentally steals one. The shopper keeper asks if it's a present for his girlfriend, triggering this trope.



* [[NiceGirl Nagisa]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Tomoya]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' anime, before they went on and became the OfficialCouple. And even then, the denial is relatively minimal. When directly confronted with the accusation that she and Tomoya might be dating, Nagisa hastily looks away with a nervous blush and replies with what basically boils down to, "May we talk about something else, please?" In the Visual Novel, Nagisa and Tomoya are more open about their relationship, although Tomoya still tries to hide it from Sunohara out of embarrassment ([[EveryoneCanSeeIt it doesn't work]]).



* Kanna and Motoki from ''Manga/KoeDeOshigoto'' have this reaction to the suggestion that they're a couple, with the same {{Speech Bubble|s}}, no less.



* Miu of ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' complains loudly whenever anyone calls the title character her boyfriend.
-->'''Miu:''' He's not my boyfriend! He's more like a little brother, or even a dog, you know like a stray dog you bring home because you feel sorry for it?\\
'''Kasara:''' Hey, aren't you taking that a little too far?



* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' people generally assume that Mikado and Anri are dating. When they explain that they aren't, the typical reaction is usually, "Really? ...sweet, I have a shot at her, then!" Note: [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove They do not]].



* Fujimura from ''Manga/FujimuraKunMates'' insists that he and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Eri]] are just friends. But he never completely rejects her constant advances.



* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** Kyo gets pissed when any of his family teasingly suggests that he has a crush on Tohru. It's turned on its head at the end of the series, when some classmates notice the two being clingy to each other. When they ask as a joke if the two are now dating, Kyo matter-of-factly states that yes, they are.
** A rather funny variant happens at one point, when a girl tries to confess her love for Kyo, only for him to brush him off. Uotani makes a snarky comment, leading to the girl somehow concluding that ''Uotani'' is the girl he's in love with. Since they don't exactly get along, they don't take to this theory well.
---> DO YOU HAVE KNOTHOLES FOR EYES???
* In ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'', Komachi Ono's parents mistakenly believe that their daughter and Kankichi Ryotsu are a couple, despite her constantly trying to tell them otherwise. They also take the two's constant bickering and fighting as their cover for flirting.



* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Ian at one point refers to Eren as Mikasa's boyfriend. She blushes and denies it.
** In ''Manga/AttackOnTitanJuniorHigh'', a man assumes Annie to be Bertolt's girlfriend. Like Mikasa, he blushes and denies it.



* Emi from ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' is always assumed to be Maou's jealous ex by those who don't know that the two of them are actually a hero and demon lord from another world (and even by someone who actually ''does'' know, in the fourth light novel). The fact that she blushes while denying these accusations does not help her case. After [[spoiler:[[OurPhlebotinumChild Alas=Ramus]]]] shows up, people start assuming that Emi is Maou's ''wife'', to the vehement objections of both of them.



* ''Manga/KingdomHeartsII'': At separate points, Sora is referred to as Kairi's boyfriend and Kairi is referred to as Sora's girlfriend. Both deny it, but it's very clear that they are romantically interested in each other.
* ''Manga/DogsBulletsAndCarnage'' have a double example of this. When Haine and Magato first met each other, both immediately assumed that the other is Naoto's boyfriend. Naoto is not amused.
* Freighted with extra meaning in ''[[Manga/KanojoNiNaruHi Kanojo Ni Naru Hi Another]]'' as the "girlfriend" in question is a former boy who has spent months vehemently denying and concealing an involuntary GenderBender and his would-be love interest is afraid treating him as a girl (let alone claiming him as a girlfriend) would backfire.
* ''Manga/CityHunter'': The usual Ryo/Kaori dynamic. They always deny a romantic relationship between them. No one believes them.
* Subverted in chapter 23 of ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' when Hori and Miyamura's RelationshipUpgrade is kicked off by Hori's father asking if they're dating.



* ''Manga/ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt'': The romantic leads are two science students who are trying to scientifically prove they are in love with each other. They try to achieve this mostly by experimenting various things romantic couples usually do, and their actual feelings for each other sometimes result in at least one of them getting a little overinvested in the experiment. Unsurprisingly, there is frequently some bystander who has to be told they are in fact ''not'' a couple.
* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'': Protagonist Eijun Sawamura constantly insists to his roommates in the Seidou dorm that Wakana, the girl who's always texting him from his hometown in Nagano, is ''not'' his girlfriend, just his childhood friend. They don't believe it in the least, especially when they get to meet her in person and see how pretty she is.

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* ''Manga/ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt'': The romantic leads are two science graduate students who are trying to scientifically prove they are in love with each other. They try to achieve this mostly by experimenting various things romantic couples usually do, and their actual feelings for each other sometimes result in at least one of them getting a little overinvested in the experiment. Unsurprisingly, there is frequently some bystander who has to be told they are in fact ''not'' a couple.
* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'': Protagonist Eijun Sawamura constantly insists to his roommates in the Seidou dorm that Wakana, the girl who's always texting him from his hometown in Nagano, is ''not'' his girlfriend, just his childhood friend. They don't believe it in the least, especially when they get to meet her in person and see how pretty she is.
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* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': Sick of her friends teasing him about it, Senpai stands up and makes a loud public statement to the whole cafeteria that he's NOT Nagatoro's boyfriend...and then can't think of anything else to say, so he just sits down thoroughly embarrassed.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
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* ''Anime/JoseeTheTigerAndTheFish'': Josee exclaim this [[LuminescentBlush with a blushing face and comical explosion]] when Kana the librarian asks about her relationship with Tsuneo as he calls her with the name of a character from the author Kana and Josee likes.

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* ''Anime/JoseeTheTigerAndTheFish'': Josee exclaim exclaims this [[LuminescentBlush with a blushing face and comical explosion]] when Kana the librarian asks about her relationship with Tsuneo as he calls her with the name of a character from the author Kana and Josee likes.
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* ''Anime/JoseeTheTigerAndTheFish'': Josee exclaim this [[LuminescentBlush with a blushing face and comical explosion]] when Kana the librarian asks about her relationship with Tsuneo as he calls her with the name of a character from the author Kana and Josee likes.
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* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': Sick of her friends teasing him about it, Senpai stands up and makes a loud public statement to the whole cafeteria that he's NOT Nagatoro's boyfriend...and then can't think of anything else to say, so he just sits down thoroughly embarrassed.

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* ''Charlotte'' :
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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

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* Second episode of ''Anime/DigimonSavers'', as Masaru and Yoshino are arguing:

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* Second episode of ''Anime/DigimonSavers'', ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', as Masaru and Yoshino are arguing:



* Wanna see a funny face? Ask ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'''s {{Mam|aBear}}ori if [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]] is her boyfriend. [[spoiler: By the end of the series, she's practically using the SubordinateExcuse.]]

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* Wanna see a funny face? Ask ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'''s ''Manga/Eyeshield21'''s {{Mam|aBear}}ori if [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]] is her boyfriend. [[spoiler: By the end of the series, she's practically using the SubordinateExcuse.]]



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* Shouma and Ringo from ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'' go through several rounds of saying this about the other.

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** The anime did this a few times with Ash being mistaken for being Misty's boyfriend, especially in the second movie.
** One rather serious time was when James and Jessie sprung their trap on the two (while they were riding on a blimp), but then, realizing Brock wasn't there, mistook them for lovebirds on a date. Of course, they both vehemently denied it and got angry... And then everyone realized [[WhoIsDriving no-one was piloting the blimp.]] It didn't end well.
** Misty was also asked if ''Tracey'' was her boyfriend. Naturally, she denied it.
** Also, Drew and May invoked this trope as well, when Harley directly asked them if they were dating.
** And in one episode, a couple accused both Ash and May ''and'' Jesse and James of being couples. Hilariously, it is during a FeudEpisode between boys and girls, and the inquirers believe their bickering is a sign of their closeness.
** Lyra asked Dawn if Ash was her boyfriend at some point in the Diamond and Pearl arc.

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** The anime did does this a few times with Ash being mistaken for being Misty's boyfriend, especially in the second movie.
** One rather serious time was is when James and Jessie sprung spring their trap on the two (while they were are riding on a blimp), but then, realizing Brock wasn't isn't there, mistook mistake them for lovebirds on a date. Of course, they both vehemently denied deny it and got get angry... And then Then everyone realized realizes [[WhoIsDriving no-one was is piloting the blimp.]] It didn't doesn't end well.
** Misty was is also asked if ''Tracey'' was is her boyfriend. Naturally, she denied denies it.
** Also, Drew and May invoked invoke this trope as well, when Harley directly asked asks them if they were they're dating.
** And in In one episode, a couple accused accuse both Ash and May ''and'' Jesse and James of being couples. Hilariously, it is during a FeudEpisode between the boys and girls, and the inquirers believe their bickering is a sign of their closeness.
** Lyra asked asks Dawn if Ash was is her boyfriend at some one point in the Diamond and Pearl arc.



* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' toys with this in the Emerald arc. We may never know if Ruby actually forgot, refuses to admit his feelings in public, or secretly likes the reaction, but his feigned amnesia[[spoiler: in regards to his confession to Sapphire at the end of the R/S arc]] drives Sapphire up a wall so goddamn hard.

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* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' toys with this in the Emerald arc. We may never know if Ruby actually forgot, refuses to admit his feelings in public, or secretly likes the reaction, but his feigned amnesia[[spoiler: in amnesia [[spoiler:in regards to his confession to Sapphire at the end of the R/S arc]] drives Sapphire up a wall so goddamn hard.
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* Gohan towards Videl in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. He continually denies that anything is going on between him and Videl, even when EveryoneCanSeeIt, even [[OutOfCharacterMoment GOKU]].

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* Gohan towards Videl in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. He continually denies that anything is going on between him and Videl, even when EveryoneCanSeeIt, even [[OutOfCharacterMoment GOKU]].''[[OutOfCharacterMoment Goku]]''.
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* Hilariously subverted in Anime/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts. EmotionlessGirl ClingyJealousGirl Shouko denies it when someone accuses Yuuji to be her boyfriend... because to her, Yuuji is her ''husband.''

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* Hilariously subverted in Anime/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts. EmotionlessGirl ''Anime/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts''. {{Emotionless|Girl}} ClingyJealousGirl Shouko denies it when someone accuses Yuuji to be her boyfriend... because to her, Yuuji is her ''husband.''



* Anime/SamuraiFlamenco: Mari assumes that [[HoYay Goto and Masayoshi]] are a couple. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Twice]]. Goto denies it both times.

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* Anime/SamuraiFlamenco: ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco'': Mari assumes that [[HoYay [[HomoeroticSubtext Goto and Masayoshi]] are a couple. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Twice]]. Goto denies it both times.
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* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'':

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** Another variation: Japan had sex with his close friend Greece (more exactly, Greece learns that Japan's sex life is rather "non active" and gives him a "private lesson" to help him) and is in denial about that too. [[AllJustADream "It was just a dream!]] [[Funny/AxisPowersHetalia A dream! A DREAAAAAAM!"]]

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** Another variation: Japan had sex with his close friend Greece (more exactly, Greece learns that Japan's sex life is rather "non active" and gives him a "private lesson" to help him) and is in denial about that too. [[AllJustADream "It was just a dream!]] [[Funny/AxisPowersHetalia [[Funny/HetaliaAxisPowers A dream! A DREAAAAAAM!"]]
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* ''Anime/Charlotte'' :
** Yuu and Tomori is often mistakenly as a couple which both of them denies,though later they develops feelings for each other

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* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': During the ''World Youth Cup'' arc, Hyuga accepts a good-luck charm from [[PassionateSportsGirl Maki Akamine]], an Okinawan girl he's had ShipTease with recently. Takeshi steps on the scene and recalls that up until then Hyuga was a CelibateHero who never accepted any gifts from girls, so he starts teasing Hyuga about Maki. Hyuga then angrily chases Takeshi in front of the whole Japanese team, threatening to kill him with his Raijuu Shoot.
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* In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Future Trunks and Future Mai get this, when EveryoneCanSeeIt, even [[IdiotHero Goku]].

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* In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', ** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' does this with Future Trunks and Future Mai get this, when Mai. Once again, EveryoneCanSeeIt, even [[IdiotHero Goku]].
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* ''Manga/{{Totsugami}}'': In chapter 5, Chikage comes over Tasaku's house to give him a lunchbox along with all the homework he missed. Nakiri sees her and asks Tasaku if she is his girlfriend. Tasaku gets flustered and hurriedly denies this.

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* [[TheStoic Fudo Yusei]] of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' pulls this off after [[spoiler: Aki's dad gets Yusei to help Aki after her duel with Misty. Martha jokes Yusei for crushing on Aki--a fact that Yusei vehemently denies.]]
** Was used before in ''[[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]]'', when Mai saw Yugi and Téa hanging out (before the Battle City is announced) and asks if they are dating (technically they kind of ''were'' on a date, but Téa still points vehemently that they're just ''friends'').
** Happens early in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' to Yuya and Yuzu. Sora asks Yuzu to get Yuya to mentor him, saying he'd do it if his "girlfriend" asked him to. They both deny it (with Yuzu in particular blushing), but Yuya goes a step further by saying he [[AllLoveIsUnrequited wouldn't be with a "rude girl" like her]]. Cue paper fan smack from Yuzu.

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* [[TheStoic Fudo Yusei]] of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' pulls this off after [[spoiler: Aki's dad gets Yusei to help Aki after her duel with Misty. Martha jokes Yusei for crushing on Aki--a fact that Yusei vehemently denies.]]
** Was used before in ''[[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]]'', when
In ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Mai saw sees Yugi and Téa hanging out (before the Battle City is announced) and asks if they are dating (technically dating. Technically, they kind of ''were'' on a date, but Téa still points vehemently points out that they're just ''friends'').
** Happens early in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' to Yuya and Yuzu. Sora asks Yuzu to get Yuya to mentor him, saying he'd do it if his "girlfriend" asked him to. They both deny it (with Yuzu in particular blushing), but Yuya goes a step further by saying he [[AllLoveIsUnrequited wouldn't be with a "rude girl" like her]]. Cue paper fan smack from Yuzu.
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* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'': Protagonist Eijun Sawamura constantly insists to his roommates in the Seidou dorm that Wakana, the girl who's always texting him from his hometown in Nagano, is ''not'' his girlfriend, just his childhood friend. They don't believe it in the least, especially when they get to meet her in person and see how pretty she is.
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** Happens early in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' to Yuya and Yuzu. Sora asks Yuzu to get Yuya to mentor him, saying he'd do it if his "girlfriend" asked him to. They both deny it(with Yuzu in particular blushing), but Yuya goes a step further by saying he wouldn't be with a "rude girl" like her. Cue paper fan smack from Yuzu.

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** Happens early in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' to Yuya and Yuzu. Sora asks Yuzu to get Yuya to mentor him, saying he'd do it if his "girlfriend" asked him to. They both deny it(with it (with Yuzu in particular blushing), but Yuya goes a step further by saying he [[AllLoveIsUnrequited wouldn't be with a "rude girl" like her.her]]. Cue paper fan smack from Yuzu.

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** And likewise with Kaname--as a {{Tsundere}} you'd think she'd blow her stack when asked this question, but she usually acts embarrassed instead. Mind you their formal relationship (with Sōsuke as her secret bodyguard) isn't something she can explain to people either.

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** Sōsuke also previously gave this answer to Tessa when she commented that he and Kaname seemed to be really close. However, rather than covering for his own attraction, it was because he took Kaname's tsundere insistence just before that ItDoesntMeanAnything at face value and [[ObliviousToLove assumed she didn't like him all that much.]] [[CluelessChickMagnet He then becomes very confused as to why his CO seems to be happy about this]].
** And likewise with Kaname--as a {{Tsundere}} you'd think she'd blow her stack when asked this question, but she usually acts embarrassed instead. Mind you you, their formal relationship (with Sōsuke as her secret bodyguard) isn't something she can explain to people either.
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* Gohan towards Videl in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. He continually denies that anything is going on between him and Videl, even when EveryoneCanSeeIt.

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* Gohan towards Videl in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. He continually denies that anything is going on between him and Videl, even when EveryoneCanSeeIt.EveryoneCanSeeIt, even [[OutOfCharacterMoment GOKU]].
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* ''Manga/ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt'': The romantic leads are two science students who are trying to scientifically prove they are in love with each other. One of the ways they try to achieve this is by experimenting various things romantic couples usually do, and their actualy feelings for each other sometimes result in at least one of them getting a little overinvested in the experiment. Unsurprisingly, there is frequently some bystander who has to be told they are in fact ''not'' a couple.

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* ''Manga/ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt'': The romantic leads are two science students who are trying to scientifically prove they are in love with each other. One of the ways they They try to achieve this is mostly by experimenting various things romantic couples usually do, and their actualy actual feelings for each other sometimes result in at least one of them getting a little overinvested in the experiment. Unsurprisingly, there is frequently some bystander who has to be told they are in fact ''not'' a couple.

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