Line #68 Main/VillainousCrush


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4	[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/villainous_crush.png]]]]
5	[[caption-width-right:350:One of the [[DeconstructedTrope downsides]] to being MsFanservice is, occasionally, you get the [[{{Yandere}} wrong attention]] from the [[DirtyOldMan wrong sources]].]]
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7	->''"Just fear me. Love me. Do as I say, and I shall be your slave."''
8	-->-- '''Jareth the Goblin King''' to Sarah, ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''
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10	This trope applies whenever a villainous character has romantic and/or sexual feelings for a heroic one.
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12	If this crush takes a turn for the perverse, as most such crushes do, this can lead to IHaveYouNowMyPretty, ForcefulKiss, BatheHerAndBringHerToMe, AndNowYouMustMarryMe, ScarpiaUltimatum, and GoGoEnslavement where the villain tries to force their desires upon their crush, although none of those ''require'' a Villainous Crush. Additionally, the villain may become a StalkerWithACrush. If the crush itself is a motivating factor in their StartOfDarkness, then it's LoveMakesYouEvil. If a particular character is a magnet for creepy crushes like this, they may very well be SoBeautifulItsACurse.
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14	On the other hand, a wholesome crush can conversely be a very humanising trait for an AntiVillain. The heroic character may become a MoralityPet, and can be fairly certain that their villainous admirer will never harm them or allow harm to come to them, [[KickTheMoralityPet barring certain exceptions]]. They may even step in to protect them from other villains who have fewer compunctions. Taken all the way, it may become LoveRedeems and/or DefectingForLove if the villain choses to switch sides to be with their crush.
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16	If the feelings are mutual or an actual relationship develops, then it's DatingCatwoman instead. When the crush or relationship is purely subtextual, see FoeRomanceSubtext. The specific variant when the Evil Empress captures the hero to seduce him is VillainessesWantHeroes. Not to be confused with FoeYayShipping, which are purely audience reactions. Sometimes overlaps with BigotWithACrush, if the bigot is depicted as a villain.
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18	Contrast AllGirlsWantBadBoys and ReformedRakes. Though the former can overlap if the hero the villain admires is an AntiHero.
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20	Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease
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23	!!Example subpages:
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25	[[index]]
26	* VillainousCrush/AnimeAndManga
27	* VillainousCrush/ComicBooks
28	* VillainousCrush/FanWorks
29	* [[VillainousCrush/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
30	* VillainousCrush/{{Literature}}
31	* VillainousCrush/LiveActionTV
32	* VillainousCrush/VideoGames
33	[[/index]]
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35	!!Other examples:
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38	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
39	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': Sick Monster has a crush on Careful S., despite the two being a villain and a hero respectively. In Season 6 episode 3, Sick Monster is constantly holding a plush of Careful S., and at the end of the episode, Big M. holds the plush on a string to encourage her to ride a space bike back to Planet Guling.
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42	[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
43	* In ''Literature/{{Pintosmalto}}'', a queen who attends the wedding feast immediately falls in love with the titular handsome youth and takes advantage of his innocence to abduct him.
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46	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
47	* Jafar to Jasmine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Although he was only interested in marrying her for power at first, he acts very lustful towards her after he becomes sultan and even orders the Genie to make her fall in love with him, which, fortunately, is one of three wishes he cannot grant.
48	* Steele for Jenna in ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'', but she's into the titular main character.
49	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'': Paris Franz has a massive interest in Batgirl.
50	* Gaston to Belle from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', developing from a simple {{Jerkass}} PrinceCharmingWannabe to a {{Yandere}} out to MurderTheHypotenuse and throw her father in the asylum if she won't submit to him.
51	* Frollo to Esmeralda in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'', as pictured above. The VillainSong "Hellfire" is about his conflict over him lusting after her when she's a gypsy and he's a "righteous" man of the church.
52	* The titular king, actually a painting of the real king, of ''WesternAnimation/{{The King And The Mockingbird}}'' falls for the Shepherdess, another painting come to life, and the main conflict of the film revolves around the king trying to marry the Shepherdess while not letting her be with her actual love, the Chimney Sweep.
53	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'':
54	** A deleted scene has Scar trying to make Nala his queen by making sexual advances at her and cornering her, but she claws him into making him stop. He won't take no for an answer, so he declares to the pride that he chooses Nala to be his queen, but she rejects him. Scar then makes the pride banish her out of Pride Rock, but they refuse to do so. So he orders the hyenas to banish her themselves. This deleted scene was supposed to be a reprise of "Be Prepared", but it was used in the [[Theatre/TheLionKing Broadway version]] during the song, "The Madness of King Scar".
55	** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' adaptation, Scar is attracted to Mufasa's wife Sarabi and, after Mufasa's death, he tries to force her to be his queen.
56	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'':
57	** The title character towards Roxanne since before the events of the film, as confirmed by the filmmakers' commentary. Neither of them realize until he [[spoiler:starts dating her as his alter-ego Bernard]] and everybody had assumed she and Metroman were an item (turns out they were JustFriends).
58	** [[spoiler:Hal/Titan]], who only wanted to be a superhero to get Roxanne's attention. When she rejects him, he turns into a villain.
59	* Maynott for Lucille in ''WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis''. It's obvious he's eager to have her as a TrophyWife.
60	* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', Rameses tries to make Tzipporah his concubine and calls her a "desert flower", but Tzipporah almost bites his hand off her face, thus making Rameses scared of her and calling her a "desert cobra". He would then offer her to Moses, who would later free her and meet her again in Midian, her homeland, and they would get married.
61	* Ruber tries to make Juliana kiss him in ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', but she slaps his hand off her face and calls him an "impertinent pig".
62	* In ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', Roland wants fairy princess Marianne, as it would make him king. She nearly fell for it until he cheated on her on their wedding day. Now, he's still pursuing her despite her aversion to him.
63	** To a lesser extent, the Bog King is [[AntiHero painted as evil]] and [[CardCarryingVillain takes pride in his villainous title]], and is obviously impressed by Marianne from their first meeting. Unlike with Roland, however, Marianne realizes Bog's feelings are genuine, and ends up returning them.
64	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' has Bowser who, in typical Koopa King fashion, is motivated by his desire to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe marry Princess Peach]], even having [[VillainLoveSong his own song dedicated to her]]. It gets to the point that ''any'' instance where Mario has the potential to win her over will trigger his BerserkButton. Unfortunately for him, conquering countless worlds and stealing an InvincibilityPowerUp doesn't exactly provide the best first impression.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrysGiantAdventure:'' The giant has an unrequited crush on the heroic fairy Red, flirting as they fight and going gaga while watching her cabaret performance.
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68	[[folder:Mythology]]
69	* In Myth/NorseMythology, more than one of the jotuns (frost giants) tried to woo Freya (goddess of love), either by trickery or blackmail. Thyrm was a giant king who stole Thor's hammer, hoping to blackmail Asgard into giving him Freya. (They pretended to agree with this, and Thor went dressed as Freya; Thrym and his court, being nearsighted, stupid, or both, was fooled by the disguise, and was crushed - literally - when Thor got it back). Also, there was giant who disguised himself as a laborer, and offered to build a wall around Asgard in exchange for Freya. (They only agreed to this if he could do so in three seasons, without help; when it looked like he might succeed - he was a giant in disguise, using an enchanted stallion to haul materials - Loki took the form of a mare and seduced the stallion. The guilder got angry, his disguise slipped, and was struck down by Thor.)
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72	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
73	* In Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/JimmyJacobs has it ''bad'' for good guy Wrestling/AdamCole. He's open-mouthed kissed Cole on at least one occasion, and taking this to an unusually meta level, has propositioned Cole for sex on Twitter.
74	* In Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 2022, Wrestling/RheaRipley also had this for Wrestling/DominikMysterio, even while constantly attacking him. Dom would eventually turn against [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr his father]], and he and Rhea became a kayfabe couple.
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77	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
78	* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' adventure ''Harlequin's Back''. In the {{backstory}}, a [[EldritchAbomination Horror]] fell in love with Queen Thayla and refused to leave her, even though his presence was destroying her land. She eventually decided to leave with him to save her people from destruction.
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81	[[folder:Theatre]]
82	* The Phantom for Christine in ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. The story is set in motion by his love and passion for her, as in the first act he tries to terrorize the opera house into advancing her career — and in the second, makes them stage an opera he wrote himself which is intended to lead Christine back into his arms.
83	* Judge Turpin of ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' developed two of these. The first was on Sweeney's wife, Lucy Barker, which ultimately led him to kick off the plot by having Sweeney transported for life, followed by luring her to a masked ball and raping her. The second was on Sweeney and Lucy's daughter Johanna, who he adopted out of remorse for what he did to Lucy but [[WifeHusbandry came to desire as more than a daughter]] as she grew older.
84	** Mrs. Lovett has one for Sweeney Todd himself, though they're both more VillainProtagonist than heroes.
85	* Jud for Laurey in ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'', though how much one considers Jud to be a villain is up for debate.
86	* Count Gregor for Sophia in ''Theatre/{{Fools}}''.
87	* [[ManipulativeBitch Abigail Williams]] has one on John Proctor in ''Theatre/TheCrucible''.
88	* J.D. and Veronica of ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}'' are actually dating for the majority of the show, and are nearly in UnholyMatrimony territory (Veronica being manipulated into participating in J.D.'s murders rather than doing it of her own free will is what stops it from being a straight example of the trope). After Veronica finally gets tired of his shit and dumps him, J.D. still remains very much in love with her, which makes it this trope.
89	* Downplayed in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': Burr briefly shows attraction to the Schuyler sisters (primarily Angelica) in "The Schuyler Sisters" and "A Winter's Ball", but the subject is pretty much dropped after Alexander and Eliza's marriage. However, Angelica is clearly put off by it (leading to the brilliant line "Burr, you disgust me"/"Ah, so you've discussed me"), which makes it more of a straight example.
90	* The titular character in ''Theatre/{{Attila}}'' for Odabella. Many productions show it develop into real love on his side. She exploits it and stabs him to avenge her father's murder.
91	* In ''Theatre/SonicLiveInSydney'', Robotnik develops a crush on Sally Acorn, much to her disgust. Once he captures Sally, he asks he why she likes Sonic, but not him.
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94	[[folder:Webcomics]]
95	* ''Webcomic/AngelDown'', [[spoiler: Bernard and Ward's]] romantic feelings for each other remain even after the latter's HeelFaceTurn. This is so strong that [[spoiler: Ward's]] WeCanRuleTogether speech resembles a marriage proposal.
96	* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'''s [[SuccubiAndIncubi Fuchsia]] / [[CuteBookworm Criminy]] romantic subplot [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2009-01-07 started out]] when the [[DepravedBisexual seductive succubus Fuchsia]] took an interest in [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Criminy]] for the purpose of corrupting his innocence. When he [[GoodFeelsGood treated her kindly]], she was reminded of her humanity and [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2009-03-15 developed a crush on him]]. They gradually started spending more time together, leading to positive CharacterDevelopment for both of them, as Fuchsia genuinely tried to become the good girl she thought Criminy would like, while Criminy came out of his shell, matured, and arguably TookALevelInBadass for her sake.
97	* Galgarion from ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'' apparently has some crush on Cherry.
98	* A spoileriffic but amusing one from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': [[spoiler:Jack Noir, the sort-of BigBad, has developed a crush on PM, who [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge wants nothing more than his horrible, bloody demise]]. Given [[AllergicToLove Jack's previous reaction to the entire idea of affection]], his response to this realization is to run away]].
99	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
100	** Maybe Zola was faking weakness every time Gil had to rescue her, but her love for him remains after she revealed being way more dangerous than she looks.
101	** {{Subverted\|Trope}} with both Tarvek and Gil in their crushes on Agatha, given that all three are very powerful and not strictly aligned players in European politics, making FriendOrFoe a complicated question. They both start off as (sort of AmbiguouslyEvil) {{Anti\|Hero}}-{{Hero Antagonist}}s who want Agatha to love them despite not having her trust. But over time, [[MoralityChain Agatha's positive influence as a love interest makes them much better people]].
102	** Martellus has one of these on Agatha, although romance doesn't enter into the equation. He's outright stated that he would be perfectly willing to kill her if she interferes with his plans, and the main reason he's chasing her is because of the legend that the Storm King would marry the Heterodyne Girl - she's the Heterodyne, so if he wants to be the Storm King he obviously has to marry her. However, some of his behaviour suggests that he [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20141222#.Vv6Rz-IrLIU finds her attractive,]] and he certainly [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130605#.Vv6SLOIrLIU doesn't seem annoyed by the idea of marrying her,]] with or [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130603#.Vv6SVOIrLIU without her permission]]. [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200717#.YFUEydynyUk A later conversation with Krosp]] confirms that he's begun to see her as something more than a political tool, which confirms Krosp's belief that LoveMakesYouStupid, at least if you're human.
103	* ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'':
104	** Dinah Might seems to be a [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/402 fan of Mr. Mighty]]. At first it looks like this is just a distraction to help her and her boss escape; later, though, it looks as if there is some [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/414 genuine attraction]].
105	** Ken Troubled [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/221 has a crush]] on Summer Mighty, and is not discouraged when she makes it abundantly clear that she wants nothing to do with him.
106	* Peridot from ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' has a pretty blatant crush on Almond (if you don't believe it, [[WordOfGay ask Gigi Digi]]). Being the little brat that she is, she mostly shows it through being {{Tsundere}}. Almond is ''very'' aware and [[TheGadfly likes to toy with her about it]].
107	-->'''Almond''': You just can't stay away, can you?
108	-->'''Peridot''': Sh-''SHUT UP!''
109	* Hyde's constant flirting and occasional advances in ''Webcomic/TheSearchForHenryJekyll'' really make Al confused and uncomfortable.
110	* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat is introduced as a villain, raising [[MixAndMatchCritter snake-centipede]] pets which would have preyed on the nearby village, and [[DreamWalker entering Mao's dream]] to [[PokeThePoodle get revenge on him]] for killing said pets. He develops a crush on Mao and stops doing anything particularly villainous, and sticks to [[StalkerWithACrush stalking him]].
111	* ConversationalTroping in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' when Ellen and Nanase are trying to explain "attraction" to Nanase's eight year old sister, and Ellen isn't comfortable with saying it's the same thing as love because "that's where vampire romance novels come from".
112	-->'''Akiko''': Do you mean like how the good boy and girl will like each other and want to be together, but the bad guy tries to ''make'' the girl be with him? Like, they're both ''attracted'' to her, but only the good guy ''loves'' her? \
113	'''Nanase''': Uh ... that'd be one example, yeah...\
114	'''Ellen''': Keep that in mind if any vampires ever ask you out.
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117	[[folder:Web Originals]]
118	* ''WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses'': In keeping with her role as sex goddess of ''Website/ChannelAwesome'', Ask That Guy is implied to have a crush on Creator/AllisonPregler (not so much since he fired her IRL). He's also slept with Linkara, AntiHero champion of the universe.
119	* In ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'', Light has an obvious crush on L. [[ManipulativeBastard L, for his part, takes full advantage of this and agrees to go out with him for the investigation]].
120	-->'''Light:''' Well, we've been outside talking for awhile and we've decided to make it official. '''''I LOVE L! AND HE LOVES ME!''''' I'm going to dump Misa so I can be with L!\
121	''[everyone gasps]''\
122	'''L:''' No, I think you've misinterpreted the situation...
123	* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', Perfect Cell jokes that Android 16 has a "murder-crush" on Goku, since the latter is programmed to hunt down and kill Goku and he is utterly obsessed with it. Cell himself also has a very suggestive attraction to Goku, making numerous sexual innuendos while fighting him and acting like a jilted lover when Goku forfeits their duel and comments that "We both know this was only a fight."
124	* [[AntiVillain Dr. Horrible]] of ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has a crush on a local do-gooder, but his arch-nemesis [[AntiHero hero]] beats him to the punch. Unusually, Dr. Horrible is more of a WellIntentionedExtremist, while the so-called hero is an [[SmugSuper arrogant bully]] who only dates the girl to make the protagonist jealous.
125	* ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' has Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy as a ShoutOut to Esmeralda and Frollo. Pinkie is a HotGypsyWoman while Fluttershy is the cult leader of a ReligionOfEvil.
126	* In King Francis Petty's ''MediaNotes/JennyEverywhere'' stories, Jenny Nowhere has a one-sided crush on her archenemy Everywhere and is principally motivated by trying to get Jenny to reciprocate (in extremely convoluted, destructive ways).
127	* ''WebVideo/ProZD'': Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdoiBdNeCbM failing to keep your crush on the down low around the other villains]]. The villain makes his sexual attraction extremely obvious, despite apparently trying to hide it.
128	* ''WebVideo/ResidentEvilAbridged'': In a scene [[TheStinger after the credits]], Chris finds a document that turns out to be a fanfic written by his [[MoleInCharge traitorous captain, Wesker.]] He gets two pages in before it starts to get explicit, prompting Chris to draw his gun and shoot it [[{{Squick}} out of revulsion]].
129	-->'''Chris:''' ''[horrified]'' Ugh! ''[[YaoiGenre This]]'' must be the [[StealthPun "resident evil"]]!
130	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': During their time together in the White Fang, Ilia fell for Blake around the same time Blake was falling for Adam. [[spoiler:She has been deeply jealous of this fact for a while now and appears to still hold some feelings for Blake as she blushed when finally admitting them; however, they aren't enough for her to side with Blake over the White Fang. She eventually comes around to Blake's way of thinking due to several factors, including her love for Blake, her realisation that her dead parents would disapprove of her choices, and Ghira rescuing her from being crushed.]]
131	* ''Literature/{{Twig}}'': [[VillainProtagonist Sylvester]]'s feelings gradually shift from subtle to finally admitting that he doesn't see a difference between admiring someone for their abilities and being romantically attracted to them -- meaning that, yes, he's been crushing on his recurring enemies Genevieve Fray and Reverend Mauer.
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134	[[folder:Western Animation]]
135	* The Ice King in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is a very extreme case of this. Early on in the show, he's known for kidnapping numerous princesses and trying to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force them to marry him]], with Princess Bubblegum being his main victim.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[PerkyFemaleMinion Ty Lee]]'s one-sided crush on Sokka is an amicable example, since he's flattered by it in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDrill The Drill]]", though he later tells her that he's already seeing Suki in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheCrossroadsOfDestiny The Crossroads of Destiny]]".
137	* Princess Attea towards Ben [[spoiler:in his Incursean form Bullfrag]] in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''. To Ben's chagrin, the feeling is mutual [[spoiler:as Bullfrag]].
138	* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': Gravitina is attracted to Buzz, but he firmly rejects her advances every time.
139	* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': Shriek, has a crush on Dog. Strangely enough, ''Cat'' seems to be attracted to her. A few episodes suggest that Dog reciprocates Shriek's crush. In one where they're all convinced that the apocalypse is coming, Shriek confesses to and kisses him, prompting Dog to go into PostKissCatatonia with a big goofy grin on his face.
140	* Martian Queen towards ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers''. Seriously, the woman veers between wanting to destroy him and wanting to marry him.
141	* In ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'', this trope is well-done.
142	** Manny has Zoe Aves a.k.a. Black Cuervo. At first, she only seduces him to manipulate him into hurting Frida, whom she hates. However, after he sees her true colors and defeats her, showing his ferocious side, [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo the crushes are swapped]].
143	** Frida herself has Diego a.k.a. Dr. Chipotle Jr. and Sergio a.k.a. Senor Sinestro, who have turned on each other to compete for her affections, then teamed up to destroy Manny, who they saw as romantic competition. She also has Django of the Dead.
144	** Manny's father, White Panthera, dated Voltura a.k.a. Carmelita Aves (Zoe's mom) before he dumped her and went on to marry Maria. Years later, she's still bitter over it.
145	* The ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' episode "The Gamemaster" not only hints that Zartan has something like this towards Scarlett, but that she reciprocates it!
146	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
147	** This happens to Mabel Pines twice, the first being Norman/Jeff [[spoiler:(who turns out to actually be a colony of gnomes who [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe want her to be their queen by marrying all 1,000 of them]])]] and the creepy [[EnfantTerrible 9-going-on-10-year-old]] PhonyPsychic Mystery Shack rival Gideon (who tends to lean more towards a StalkerWithACrush).
148	** Giffany from "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E5SoosAndTheRealGirl Soos and the Real Girl]]" might also count, but Soos ''does'' return her affection... that is, until she becomes a total {{Yandere}}.
149	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'': While Chester is already shown to have a thing for Abby, it's far more pronounced in his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Kid Rot]] persona. For her part, Abby may have a thing for Chester, but loathes Kid Rot.
150	* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]] twice:
151	** X's obsession with Harvey and getting his crest drifts into this territory, as he's remained obsessed with Harvey ever since getting that assignment, despite the fact that Harvey has retired from superheroics and the organization that hired X to get his crest ''no longer exists''.
152	** Hero-villain relations are [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything coded as a metaphor for sex]] in "[[Recap/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLawS2E8PeanutPuberty Peanut Puberty]]" when Peanut achieves 'superty' and gets his powers. He gets advice from Black Vulcan, who describes his first time fighting a villain (which ends with [[SmokingHotSex them smoking cigarettes together]]), and the episode ends with Peanut introducing his 'villain friend'.
153	* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'': Gene has a thing for Pepper, but his feelings are mostly expressed through his actions. They start off not liking each other, but they get close when Gene saves Pepper from the Maggia. He even sacrifices himself for her in the season one finale, which leads to him getting all five Makulan rings. After revealing himself to be the enemy, Gene fights and acts harshly to Tony and Rhodey, even calling them by their last names to reinforce his hatred. However, Pepper is the only one he apologizes to and is the only person he doesn't want to fight or hurt. When he shows up at Team Iron Man's base, he has a heated conversation with Tony, but when Pepper steps in, he changes to a much softer tone for her. Ultimately, when Pepper becomes Rescue, he reiterates that he doesn't want to fight her, but does so anyway.
154	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': The main antagonist of the show, Mr. Cat, has a massive crush on the protagonist, Kaeloo; [[ObliviousToLove Kaeloo seems unaware of the fact]], but [[UnresolvedSexualTension she reciprocates these feelings]].
155	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': A 1935 "Merrie Melodies" short, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cWTEwpGsc8 The Little Dutch Plate]]'', subverts this. The [[DastardlyWhiplash villainous]] Vinegar Bottle (all the characters are household items) who has been pursuing the Girl on the Little Dutch Plate gets in a fight with the hero (a little Dutch boy saltshaker), who literally knocks his block off (Vinegar's head is just a bottlestopper, after all). Looking for his head, he accidentally puts on a girlish one from a perfume bottle. The Girl sees his new PrettyBoy looks and immediately ''defends'' him from the Boy, walking off with him while cooing "You handsome man!"
156	* One time in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Marge gets a job at the nuclear plant and Mr. Burns develops a thing for her. However, when he realises how much Homer and Marge are in love, he withdraws his jealous affections and instead [[PetTheDog lets them go on the fancy date he had prepared for Marge and himself]] (with a captive Music/TomJones, no less).
157	* In the "Super Powers Team" incarnation of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'', Darkseid has a crush on Wonder Woman and constantly tries to make her his bride.
158	* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
159	** In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', [[BigBad the Shredder]] seemed to have a thing for April. This gets parodied in a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch in which they become full-on StarCrossedLovers.
160	** One episode of the '80s 'toon, "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987S03E21GreenWithJealousy Green with Jealousy]]", sees one of Shredder's henchmen, Rocksteady, develop a crush on April after eating a pizza laced with a love potion. He proceeds to kidnap her and plot out a wedding, even instructing his pal Bebop to swipe a ring and kidnap a preacher. The crush is entirely one-sided, though April at one point tries to openly flirt with Rocksteady in order to buy the Turtles time to rescue her.
161	** Agent Bishop is ''very'' affectionate towards Karai when he has her captured in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' (despite his threat to Shredder to chop her into "a supersized pile of Highland julienne fries" if his demands aren't met), spending half the episode kicking the asses of Hun and the Turtles, and the other half admiring Karai and going on about how lovely she is.
162	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Red X flirts with Starfire after pinning her to the wall with one of his gadgets, calling her "cutie" and remarking that the "only crime" between them is that they haven't gone on a date. (Her only response is to blast him with her starbolts through her eyes.)
163	* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'':
164	** Emperor Awesome has a thing for Sylvia (who he insists on calling "Rebecca" or "Becks") and even suggests forcibly adding her to his entourage after capturing her in "[[Recap/WanderOverYonderS1E14ThePartyAnimalTheToddler The Party Animal]]". She's always quick to shoot him down.
165	--->'''Sylvia:''' You can't handle this.
166	** "[[Recap/WanderOverYonderS2E5TheLooseScrewTheIt The Loose Screw]]" implies that this kind of relationship is ongoing between aging villain Mandrake the Malfeasant and his likewise-aging superhero nemesis Stella Starbella. Though he complains that he "could never conquer [her] heart", they're definitely {{Friendly Enem\|y}}ies at this stage if they weren't already, with Stella even bringing him back to her ship for cookies after capturing him.
167	* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' with [[GadgeteerGenius Tobey McCallister]]'s crush on the titular character. She almost always rebuffs him, but there are some cases of legitimate ShipTease between them.
168	* Pyro once tries making a pass at Rogue in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''. She replies by throwing him through the wall as a non-subtle "No".
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