History SheIsNotMyGirlfriend / AnimeAndManga

** In the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', Link keeps saying this, unconvincingly, to Ricky the kangaroo about Din.
** In the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', when a passerby teases Link on his relationship with Zelda, he immediately tells him to shut up.

* Played With in ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': Anna Yamada anxiously asserts that she doesn’t have ''a'' boyfriend to two girls who insistingly assume that she does… while her actual crush Ichikawa was standing aside from her pretending to mind his own business. Then she tells Ichikawa himself that she doesn’t.

** Subverted with Ichigo and Rukia. When they're always seen together, sneaking off and whispering about Hollows, the high school rumor mill assumes they're dating. Ichigo always denies this, and when Orihime's friends [[SpitTake ask Rukia]] about it, she asserts that she's just a friend. This does get zig-zagged, though, as Rukia responds to this question by immediately leaving Ichigo's house, under the impression that she's starting to feel too human, which leads to Ichigo going on a [[RescueRomance quest to save her]]. At the end of the series, [[spoiler:they do not end up together, ultimately defying this trope]].

** Subverted 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]]. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale he marries Orihime, while Rukia marries Renji.]]
** 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.

* ''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.

** The anime does this a few times with Ash being mistaken for being Misty's boyfriend, especially in the second movie.

** Lyra asks Dawn if Ash is her boyfriend at one point in the Diamond and Pearl arc.
** Exploited in the XY series with Ash and Serena. Miette knows that Serena and Ash aren't dating, but she also knows about [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Serena's massive crush on him]], so she frequently acts as though they're an item anyway, and frequently tries to "steal Ash away" just to mess with Serena.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', Link keeps saying this, unconvincingly, to Ricky the kangaroo about Din.

** Subverted 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]].

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Often said by Yusuke about Keiko. They have had UnresolvedSexualTension since they were preteens that resolves on a TheyDo in the last few chapters.

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'': Basically most of the interactions between Shinka and Kumin, regarding Dekomori in the movie and the 2nd Season.

* ''Manga/TriGun''. When a couple bodyguards assume she's fighting with her "boyfriend", the Broom Boy (a.k.a. Vash the Stampede), Meryl Stryfe is very quick to inform them that not only is he ''not'' her boyfriend, but she doesn't even like him! Whatever she has to tell herself to get through the job.

* ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'': Nikaido and Caiman zig-zag this early on. When this question is asked of Nikaido, her response is to deny, blush and think that she's too cowardly to be honest. When Caiman is asked the same a few chapters later, he also denies it [[PlatonicLifePartners but genuinely seems to mean it]]. He ''does'' get annoyed enough by the question to hit a baseball so hard it breaks a solid wooden pole in two, but that's implied to be because he just doesn't like the person who asked him. [[spoiler:Also, Nikaido is secretly a mage and [[MageKiller Caiman hates mages]]; it is possible her 'cowardice' refers to her being afraid to be honest with Caiman about that.]]

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': Aoba says this to his [[spoiler:Blue Square members]] regarding Mairu and Kururi. Turns out it's rather tough to explain away [[spoiler:that they both kissed him]].

* ''Manga/InuYasha'':

* ''[[Anime/{{Bakugan}} Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'' gets a few of these. [[TheHero Dan]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Runo]] have the majority of these, more commonly in Season 1, but [[TheChick Julie]] recently gave the "He is ''not'' my boyfriend!" line regarding [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Billy]]. This prompted a response of, "Now she's breaking up with me!" from Billy, who had an obvious crush on Julie from the very beginning. This was all of about a minute before [[ChildhoodFriendRomance things changed]].

** Edward Elric says this frequently about Winry Rockbell. When Ed calls Winry to get his automail repaired after a run-in with the homunculi and Brosh asks him if he's calling his girlfriend. Ed gets so incensed by this proposition that his yelling reopens his wounds. Later Ed has a spectacular SpitTake at Hawkeye's suggestion that he loves Winry, which nearly drowns poor Hayate. It also happens in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]] after Edward passes the state alchemy exam and writes to Winry to tell her so; Nina says that "Winry is a pretty name" and asks if she is his girlfriend, at which point, he flips out to a comparable degree of his height BerserkButton.

* ''[[Anime/{{Bakugan}} Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'' gets a few of these. [[TheHero Dan]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Runo]] have the majority of these, more commonly in season 1, but [[TheChick Julie]] recently gave the "He is ''not'' my boyfriend!" line regarding [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Billy]]. This prompted a response of, "Now she's breaking up with me!" from Billy, who had an obvious crush on Julie from the very beginning. This was all of about a minute before [[ChildhoodFriendRomance things changed]].

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

* ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'': Most of the romantic comedy 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).

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' Anime-only arc Musubienishi-hen has this happen to Mion and Keiichi. Takano comments that they look good together, and Mion vehemently denies it.

* 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.

* 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.

* In ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' basically most of the interactions between Shinka and Kumin, regarding Dekomori in the movie and the 2nd Season.

* In ''Manga/LuckyStar'' Most of the times Misao asks Kagami about Konata.

* In the ending of ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'', Busujima tells Imai that her "boyfriend" Roji [[spoiler:got back together with Muhyo despite failing the advancement test]], prompting her to get angry at the use of the term.

* Camie the mermaid in ''Manga/OnePiece'' does a variation of this trope when asked if she was Hachi's girlfriend, and her blushing and nervous reply neatly confirms her love for him, which had been strongly implied ever since his cover arc.
* Shouma and Ringo from ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' go through several rounds of saying this about the other.

* A similar version is executed in ''Anime/RahXephon'' with Ayato and Meg, the Shinji-Asuka equivalents of the show, down to the simultaneous blushing shout. In this case however, their statement is true: Meg does have a crush on Ayato but he's interested in Haruka.

* Creator/RumikoTakahashi [[BelligerentSexualTension seems to like this trope]], as it appears in ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'' and ''Manga/InuYasha'' as well.

* Makoto and Sekai in ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' do this constantly, even after [[spoiler: they start sleeping together]].

* ''Manga/SkipBeat'' opens with Sho stating this about Kyoko, his [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend childhood friend]] [[LikeBrotherAndSister whom his parents raised]], whom he was essentially using as a maid. Of course, [[spoiler: after he says it enough times and she [[BeautifulAllAlong successfully enters show business]], he realizes that it's not true--by which time she has stopped seeking his affections and is [[ObliviousToLove completely oblivious to the fact that he is now actually seeking hers]].]] Sho and Kyoko continue to deny that they are or ever have been dating, even after [[spoiler: he states that she ''belongs to him'' and attempts to drive off his romantic rivals.]]
* Taken a step further in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' when Kiyoh assumes that Gimmy and Darry [[IsThatCuteKidYours are two kids that]] [[BelligerentSexualTension Kamina and Yoko]] had together.

* Souichi from ''Manga/TheTyrantFallsInLove'' reacts violently when, after having sex, Morinaga suggests that they are "lovers" and later on, "sex friends" (his response to the latter is punctuated by dumping hot coffee on Morinaga's head). All this leaves poor Morinaga wondering just what kind of relationship they ''do'' have.
* Kyouhei and occasionally Sunako from ''Manga/TheWallflower'' say this when other characters infer that they have a romantic relationship. The belligerent sexual tension between the two and the quite obvious fact that the two are the hero and heroine in a romantic comedy make such claims baseless.
* Yuko from ''Manga/XxxHolic'' displays this kind of attitude in relation to her not-boyfriend Clow, and she tends to get rather vindictive should someone suggest she had some kind of relationship with the guy.

* Often said by Yusuke in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' about Keiko. They have had UnresolvedSexualTension since they were preteens that resolves on a TheyDo in the last few chapters.

* 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).

* ''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 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.

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

* Said by Kousaka from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'', [[CloudCuckooLander in his usual flippant way]]. His "not girlfriend" tries to change this any way she can, with little success. This doesn't last very long (all of three chapters, in fact), as the GenreSavvy Genshiken tell him to just admit it. He does, and thereafter goes from denying it to just not making a big deal out of it.

* Miu of ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' complains loudly whenever anyone calls the title character her boyfriend.

* 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.

* 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.]]

* Rina Touin from ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' starts out saying this about Masahiro Hamasaki, especially in the manga (his anime incarnation gets off a little lighter, mostly because he's introduced at about the same time as Nagisa and he and Hanon need all the help they can get).

* The title character from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' obviously has feelings for Jean, but she declares otherwise to both Grandis and Marie when both call her out about it. (Naturally, since she has never known anything about love before, she does not know how to acknowledge it or express herself.)

* Chiaki from ''Manga/NodameCantabile'' keeps denying vehemently that Nodame is his girlfriend--even though he spends massive amounts of time with her, mostly at his own place. Things don't get any clearer when he decides to bring her to see his father, which [[spoiler:does lead to a temporary break-up though]].

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

* In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack: Shikkoku no Hana'' [[HeroAntagonist Misaki Kirihara]] was teased by a friend about her little obsession:
-->'''Kanami:''' ''[[[CheshireCatGrin grinning]]]'' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Is it, by any chance]], that you don't want to follow ''Contractors'', but a ''[[DatingCatwoman certain man]]''?\\
'''Misaki:''' ''[turning to her, frowning, [[LuminescentBlush blushing]], sweating and screaming]'' Wha--that's not...\\
'''Kanami:''' ''[cheerful]'' Oh, I knew it! Your dear BK-201. ''Your panicking confirmation.''
* Aoba also says this to his [[spoiler:Blue Square members]] regarding Mairu and Kururi. Turns out it's rather tough to explain away [[spoiler:that they both kissed him]].





* Taken a step further in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' when Kiyoh assumes that Gimmy and Darry [[IsThatCuteKidYours are two kids that]] [[BelligerentSexualTension Kamina and Yoko]] had together.
--> '''Kiyoh:''' Yoko! When did you have children? Don't tell me you and Kamina--?!\\
'''Yoko:''' As if that'd happen!
* In ''Manga/RaveMaster'', Haru and Elie do this a lot, starting when Haru's father asks if they are together. They finally admit their feelings near the end of the story.
-->'''Gale Glory''': Ha ha! You got yourself quite a catch there, son. Nice rack too.\\
'''Haru Glory''': I told you... it's not like that.



* ''Franchise/KagerouProject'':
** During Chapter 18 of the manga, Hiyori asks Momo about her 'boyfriend' Shintaro. Being brother and sister, the latter two blurt out this trope in mutual disgust.
** When Takane presses Ayano about Shintaro, she insists vehemently that there's nothing there. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt The rest of the cast and fandom disagree.]]
* This was Arima's response to his mother in ''Manga/HighSchoolNinjaGirlOtonashiSan'' when she said that Otonashi-san was no good for her son (since she wasn't rich). However, he said that if he did fall in love with her, it's none of his mother's business.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' has the Argama crew thinking that Kamille and Fa are a couple and termed their quarreling as a means of [[BelligerentSexualTension "recreation"]].
* This is done hilariously in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' Season 2 where Mileina asked Setsuna and Marina if they're lovers, the two answered simultaneously that they're not in a very flat expression. Then when Mileina asked Allelujah and Marie/Soma the same question, all she got is a LuminescentBlush from both of them, causing her to {{squee}} in delight.

* ''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/{{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.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':

* ''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.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': The simultaneous version. Asuka starts chewing out Shinji for not bringing their lunches, while he tries to get his side in. Toji tosses off a remark that they're arguing LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. Cue double LuminescentBlush (they HAD kissed not many days earlier), then simultaneous denial in perfect stereo.
* A similar version is executed in ''Anime/RahXephon'' with Ayato and Meg, the Shinji-Asuka equivalents of the show, down to the simultaneous blushing shout. In this case however, their statement is true: Meg does have a crush on Ayato but he's interested in Haruka.

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' Anime-only arc Musubienishi-hen has this happen to Mion and Keiichi. Takano comments that they look good together, and Mion vehemently denies it.
** Keiichi, however, does not, and mumbles that he "wouldn't mind being Mion's boyfriend". After a pause, he stutters that it was a joke.

* Second episode of ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', as Masaru and Yoshino are arguing:
-->'''Chika:''' Stop arguing LikeAnOldMarriedCouple.\\
'''Masaru & Yoshino:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne WHO ARE YOU CALLING A COUPLE!?]]
* Souichi from ''Manga/TheTyrantFallsInLove'' reacts violently when, after having sex, Morinaga suggests that they are "lovers" and later on, "sex friends" (his response to the latter is punctuated by dumping hot coffee on Morinaga's head). All this leaves poor Morinaga wondering just what kind of relationship they ''do'' have.

* Rina Touin from ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' starts out saying this about Masahiro Hamasaki, especially in the manga (his anime incarnation gets off a little lighter, mostly because he's introduced at about the same time as Nagisa and he and Hanon need all the help they can get).
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma and Akane repeatedly deny that they share romantic interest. In fact, whenever someone mentions [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage them being engaged,]] they immediately try to explain that it was their parents' choice, not their own choice. Sometimes, however, when some other man is after Akane, Ranma doesn't deny it. He actually brings it up and says that she's his fiancée. It's one of his CrazyJealousGuy habits.
* Creator/RumikoTakahashi [[BelligerentSexualTension seems to like this trope]], as it appears in ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'' and ''Manga/InuYasha'' as well.
* Used twice in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. First, with [[CoolBigSis Kurenai-sensei]] and [[FormerTeenRebel Asuma-sensei]] [[spoiler: (turns out later they ''were'' dating and she's pregnant with his baby... too bad he's dead)]] and later with [[ObfuscatingStupidity Shikamaru]] and [[LadyOfWar Temari]] [[spoiler: (although they weren't dating at the time, they hooked up at some point and were shown as married with a kid in chapter 700.)]]
** In ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'', Naruto's son, Boruto, and Sasuke's daughter, Sarada, have some scenes like this in which one time after bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple, Mitsuki says that they make a nice couple, to which they both simultaneously deny it.
* ''[[Anime/{{Bakugan}} Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'' gets a few of these. [[TheHero Dan]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Runo]] have the majority of these, more commonly in season 1, but [[TheChick Julie]] recently gave the "He is ''not'' my boyfriend!" line regarding [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Billy]]. This prompted a response of, "Now she's breaking up with me!" from Billy, who had an obvious crush on Julie from the very beginning. This was all of about a minute before [[ChildhoodFriendRomance things changed]].
** In the New Vestroia series, Dan tells [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Mira]] that Runo is not his girlfriend. The reaction from [[TheLancer Shun]] and Drago?
--> [[EveryoneCanSeeIt She's not?]]
* Camie the mermaid in ''Manga/OnePiece'' does a variation of this trope when asked if she was Hachi's girlfriend, and her blushing and nervous reply neatly confirms her love for him, which had been strongly implied ever since his cover arc.
* Wanna see a funny face? Ask ''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.]]

* Said by Kousaka from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'', [[CloudCuckooLander in his usual flippant way]]. His "not girlfriend" tries to change this any way she can, with little success. This doesn't last very long (all of three chapters, in fact), as the GenreSavvy Genshiken tell him to just admit it. He does, and thereafter goes from denying it to just not making a big deal out of it.
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. Said by Triela to Maria Machiavelli, when the latter hints that Triela is in love with her [[TheHandler handler]] Hillshire. The usual awkwardness is absent as Triela makes it clear that even if she was in love, the fratello relationship doesn't work that way. Later Mimi handcuffs them together in a DitchTheBodyguards ploy, suggesting they [[ChainedHeat "talk about love"]].
-->'''Hilshire:''' Say, what did she mean by we should "Talk about love"?\\
'''Triela:''' ''(picking the lock on their handcuffs)'' I think she's got the wrong idea about us.\\
'''Hilshire:''' We're ''[[LikeBrotherAndSister fratello]]''. We don't need to talk about love.
* ''Manga/DearS'': In this case, Ren '''is not''' Takeya's slave.
* ''Manga/SkipBeat'' opens with Sho stating this about Kyoko, his [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend childhood friend]] [[LikeBrotherAndSister whom his parents raised]], whom he was essentially using as a maid. Of course, [[spoiler: after he says it enough times and she [[BeautifulAllAlong successfully enters show business]], he realizes that it's not true--by which time she has stopped seeking his affections and is [[ObliviousToLove completely oblivious to the fact that he is now actually seeking hers]].]] Sho and Kyoko continue to deny that they are or ever have been dating, even after [[spoiler: he states that she ''belongs to him'' and attempts to drive off his romantic rivals.]]
* Yuko from ''Manga/XxxHolic'' displays this kind of attitude in relation to her not-boyfriend Clow, and she tends to get rather vindictive should someone suggest she had some kind of relationship with the guy.
* ''Manga/TriGun''. When a couple bodyguards assume she's fighting with her "boyfriend", the Broom Boy (a.k.a. Vash the Stampede), Meryl Stryfe is very quick to inform them that not only is he ''not'' her boyfriend, but she doesn't even like him! Whatever she has to tell herself to get through the job.

* ''Manga/NanaAndKaoru'' does this with both Nana and Kaoru ''[[http://www.mangatoshokan.com/read/Nana-to-Kaoru/Quicker/32/9 simultaneously.]]''
* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', Fukuda volunteers to help Aoki with her manga illustrations, but is keen to make it clear to his editor, who asks why he is helping a rival mangaka, that he has no interest in her. It ultimately turns out that [[spoiler:he really doesn't have any apparent feelings for her, since she ends up with Hiramaru without him being at all displeased about it]], and it proves his commitment to "Team Fukuda" changing Jump.
-->'''Fukuda:''' And just for the record, I don't have feelings for her or anything. I actually kind of hate her.\\
'''Yujiro:''' You don't act like you hate her.
* In ''Manga/LuckyStar'' Most of the times Misao asks Kagami about Konata.

* In the ending of ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'', Busujima tells Imai that her "boyfriend" Roji [[spoiler:got back together with Muhyo despite failing the advancement test]], prompting her to get angry at the use of the term.
* In ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', Akito repeatedly denies that Yurika is his girlfriend or that he's even interested in her. She refuses to believe that however, much to his chagrin.
* Shouma and Ringo from ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' go through several rounds of saying this about the other.
* Gohan towards Videl in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. He continually denies that anything is going on between him and Videl, even when EveryoneCanSeeIt, even ''[[OutOfCharacterMoment Goku]]''.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' does this with Future Trunks and Future Mai. Once again, EveryoneCanSeeIt, even [[IdiotHero Goku]].
* In ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' basically most of the interactions between Shinka and Kumin, regarding Dekomori in the movie and the 2nd Season.

* [[BelligerentSexualTension Tomoe and Nanami]] do this a lot in ''Manga/KamisamaKiss.'' Though by chapter 38 of the manga Nanami privately admits to herself that she hopes to change that.
* In ''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.
* Kyouhei and occasionally Sunako from ''Manga/TheWallflower'' say this when other characters infer that they have a romantic relationship. The belligerent sexual tension between the two and the quite obvious fact that the two are the hero and heroine in a romantic comedy make such claims baseless.

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

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': During her internship, [[PluckyGirl Uraraka]] talks to [[TheHero Deku]] through the cellphone, and the Pro Hero Gunhead quickly assumes she's talking to her boyfriend. She denies it, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt but her later actions make it clear she's developed a crush on him.]]

* ''Anime/JoseeTheTigerAndTheFish'': Josee 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.
* ''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.
* In ''Manga/BeautyPop'', Kiri always has this reaction when her dad teases her about whether this or that boy is her boyfriend. Though, she often communicates this [[DeathGlare visually]] rather than verbally.

* 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.

* 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]].

* ''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]].

* [[{{Tsundere}} Taiga]] and Ryuji of ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' are a shining example of this. Taiga goes on a massive parade of destruction upon finding out that the whole class was gossiping about them. It doesn't help that Taiga hangs out at Ryuji's house and he makes her Bentou every day, and they go to and from school together and they eat dinner together just about every day.
* Hilariously subverted in ''Anime/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts''. {{Emotionless|Girl}} ClingyJealousGirl Shouko denies it when someone accuses Yuuji to be her boyfriend... because to her, Yuuji is her ''husband.''

* A variation of this is found in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' with Sōsuke about Kaname. During a dance party on the ''Tuatha De Dannan'', Kurz mentions to Sōsuke that Kaname is very pretty, cute, and has a nice sense of style. ''Any'' man would fall for her in an instant. Sōsuke coldly and cuttingly replies that he wouldn't know, since he isn't interested. This is ''very'' interesting, considering that this might be one of the few instances where Sōsuke acts like a {{Tsundere}} (breaking from his usual [[TheStoic stoic]] manner).
** 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, their formal relationship (with Sōsuke as her secret bodyguard) isn't something she can explain to people either.

* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'':
** Spelled out by Kyousuke regarding Manami in episode 6. His friend Akagi calls him out on the seeming hypocrisy of his explanation.
--->'''Akagi:''' So basically she's nothing more than a childhood friend to you, you're not going out with her, you have no feelings for her, but you won't allow other guys to make a move on her?\\
'''Kyousuke:''' Yeah, so?\\
'''Akagi:''' ''[sighs]''
** The original novel, however, goes on with this PlatonicLifePartners-ish excuse he makes to the reader when he feels his phrase sounded like he was in denial:
--->''Well, the answer was my honest. I just don't think there is a sharp-eyed guy that could see the appeal behind Manami's homeliness, but if he does appear, I'm going to defend her with all I have. Got it? It's in her company I can relax the most, even with nothing romantic about that. I won't give in to anyone who'd try and take that away from me.''

* Aria and Kinji of ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'' say that about each other several times.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira gives a SpitTake when Alpha tells him he’s been appearing like Sheryl’s 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.
** 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.

* Often said by Yusuke in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' about Keiko.
* ''Manga/NanaToKaoru'' does this with both Nana and Kaoru ''[[http://www.mangatoshokan.com/read/Nana-to-Kaoru/Quicker/32/9 simultaneously.]]''

* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' has several instances of Lawrence calmly explaining to others that he and Holo aren't in that sort of relationship. At some point along the way, it starts becoming something of a lie. The series also inverts it when Lawrence tells other people they meet that Holo is his wife (an easy explanation as to why a young woman would be travelling alone with him), which is, naturally, untrue.
** Aoba also says this to his [[spoiler:Blue Square members]] regarding Mairu and Kururi. Turns out it's rather tough to explain away [[spoiler:that they both kissed him]].

** 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]].

* ''LightNovel/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Oliver and Nanao develop a mutual attraction very quickly and are rarely apart, though neither is completely willing to call it "love" just yet. In volume 4, Nanao's FlyingBroomstick teammates start jokingly referring to her as his ''wife'', much to Oliver's chagrin.

* Kyouhei and occasionally Sunako from Manga/TheWallflower say this when other characters infer that they have a romantic relationship. The belligerent sexual tension between the two and the quite obvious fact that the two are the hero and heroine in a romantic comedy make such claims baseless.