Line #9 PlayingWith/BelligerentSexualTension


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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45	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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