1 | '''Basic Trope''': Two characters always fight because they secretly like each other. |
2 | * '''Straight''': AliceAndBob constantly bicker with each other. At the end of the series, they start dating. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob were {{Arch Enem|y}}ies who tried to kill each other whenever they met. They end up HappilyMarried [[BabiesEverAfter with children]] by the end. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': |
5 | ** Whenever Alice and Bob flirt, there is noticeable edge to their comments. |
6 | ** Alice and Bob are VitriolicBestBuds with a few hints of UnresolvedSexualTension. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Alice is a {{Tsundere}}, and it's the only way she knows to express her feelings. [[ObliviousToLove Bob just doesn't get it.]] |
9 | ** Alice and Bob are both {{Jerkass}}es, but the more they know each other, the more they [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold have feelings for each other]]. |
10 | ** Alice and Bob hate eachother ''because'' they are mutually attracted to each other—constantly asking themselves [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He/She See in Her/Him]] and getting frustrated they can't answer that. |
11 | * '''Inverted''': |
12 | ** KissKissSlap. |
13 | ** Bob and Alice act romantically towards each other, so they get into fights. |
14 | * '''Subverted''': |
15 | ** Everyone assumes that Alice and Bob secretly like each other, [[MistakenForRomance but they really do hate each other.]] |
16 | ** Alice and Bob's banter starts out as playful banter, but grows to become more bitter and resentful. |
17 | * '''Double Subverted''': Alice and Bob have convinced themselves that they hate each other to hide their true feelings from themselves. |
18 | * '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob get into a ridiculous [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Kung Fu Fight]] whenever they meet. |
19 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice and Bob constantly switch between loving and hating each other. |
20 | * '''Averted''': |
21 | ** Alice and Bob keep arguing and never end up together. |
22 | ** Alice and Bob end up together, and only argue occasionally. |
23 | * '''Enforced''': [[SickeninglySweethearts "People will find it too sappy if they are openly affectionate to each other.]] [[TrueLoveIsBoring After all we can't let these characters be too happy now can we?"]] |
24 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Look, Alice and Bob are fighting again. [[GetARoom Would they just go home and kiss already?"]] |
25 | * '''Invoked''': Alice and Bob are in a situation where dating would be frowned upon, so [[SecretRelationship they pretend to hate each other in public.]] |
26 | * '''Exploited''': Bob and Alice are both [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence turned on by conflict so they fight as a means of foreplay.]] |
27 | * '''Defied''': |
28 | ** Alice rejects Bob's admission of love so that he will have more to argue with her about. |
29 | ** Alice and Bob decide that their relationship, whichever way it'll go, shouldn't be tainted by vitriol. |
30 | * '''Discussed''': "Do they ''really'' want to beat each other up, or are they just trying to convince themselves they do?" |
31 | * '''Conversed''': "When characters fight like that, it ''always'' means they're in love." |
32 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
33 | ** Alice and Bob's frequent arguments and lack of common ground or compromise descends into outright abuse, and [[AwfulWeddedLife one or both of them are miserable]]. |
34 | ** DestructiveRomance. |
35 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
36 | ** Alice and Bob have mutually consensual, literal hatesex and enjoy it. |
37 | ** Alice and Bob decide to see a couples' therapist and learn to work through their problems. As a result, their relationship is much healthier and they, at most playfully banter with each other. |
38 | * '''Untwisted''': Alice and Bob's friendly conversations are full of {{stealth insult}}s, flirtatious stealth insults. |
39 | * '''Implied''': A shopowner who knows AliceAndBob is often sighing and muttering about how they should "stop messing the shop up and just kiss already". |
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44 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
45 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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