Line #22 PlayingWith/IfICantHaveYou


1	'''Basic Trope''': One character loves another and, upon being rejected, tries to kill them.
2	* '''Straight''': [[{{Yandere}} Bob]] loves Alice a great deal... so when she picks Charlie instead, he kills her for her "betrayal".
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice smiles at one of Charlie's jokes. Bob [[DisproportionateRetribution burns her alive]].
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Bob loves Alice a great deal... so when she picks Charlie instead, Bob spreads mean rumors about both Alice and Charlie, causing them to break up.
6	** Bob {{blackmail}}s Alice into taking a vow of celibacy.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Bob has been betrayed by the people he cares about his entire life]], and after [[StalkerWithACrush he learns that]] Alice isn't interested in him, he [[DespairEventHorizon finally snaps]].
9	** Bob was [[LovingAShadow in love with the idea of Alice]], and because the real Alice does not line up with this idea, he kills her so the idea can live on.
10	** Bob is a {{Yandere}}.
11	* '''Inverted''':
12	** Alice breaks up with Charlie to be with Bob, and Bob kills her for hurting Charlie.
13	** Bob is so heartbroken that Alice doesn't return his affections for him, he [[SpurnedIntoSuicide takes his own life]].
14	** After not being able to get over Alice, Bob kills her to "free himself".
15	** Bob instead [[MurderTheHypotenuse kills Charlie]] for trying to "steal" her away from him.
16	** Alice tells Bob that she likes Bob as a friend, but doesn't love him. Bob [[OmnicidalManiac decides to kill everyone]] except Alice with the intent of kicking off an AdamAndEvePlot.
17	* '''Subverted''':
18	** When Alice picks Charlie, Bob declares that [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy her happiness is more important to him than his own]]...
19	** Bob is a StalkerWithACrush, but Alice finds that [[StalkingIsLove to be romantic]], and EverybodyLives.
20	** When Alice tells Bob she'd rather be with Charlie, Bob raises a gun to Alice before the camera [[DisturbedDoves cuts to a scene of a flock of birds flying coupled with a gun shot and a scream]]. However, it turns out [[DrivenToSuicide he turned the gun on himself]].
21	* '''Double Subverted''':
22	** ...Except [[ILied he was lying]] and slits Alice's throat in her sleep, but at least wanted her to die happy.
23	** ...Alternately, Bob is a MagnificentBastard and [[BatmanGambit the entire thing was a ploy to impress Alice with his apparent maturity]], and he patiently waits until a few weeks after the wedding, before quietly arranging for Charlie to have an "[[DiabolusExMachina accident]]" and [[DieForOurShip die]], before immediately going to comfort Alice in her loss, knowing that the {{last g\|irlWins}}uy wins.
24	** Except that Alice realizes just how far Bob is willing to go, and is so terrified of being killed that she plays along with it.
25	** Bob winds up shooting himself instead, and Alice [[DiedInYourArmsTonight rushes over and holds him as he dies]]. While she's caught off guard, however, he shoots her so that they can be TogetherInDeath.
26	* '''Parodied''': "If I can’t have you, no one shall!" …and Bob proceeds to grind a chocolate bar to pieces and throw them into a dustbin, because he’s allergic to chocolate but loves it.
27	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is a StalkerWithACrush who borders on {{Yandere}}. At first, Alice appears to be {{Squick}}ed out by this behavior, but then turns out to be a NightmareFetishist who finds it endearing. Except that she doesn't take his threats seriously. After a drunken one-night stand with Charlie, she wakes up to find Bob standing over them with a butcher's knife and a SlasherSmile. Turns out he's understanding enough to let Alice live because she was drunk and wouldn't have cheated on him were she sober... [[InsaneTrollLogic but then he goes berserk]] on Charlie for "tempting/corrupting her". This firsthand evidence of Bob's psychosis disturbs Alice so deeply that she rejects him out of sheer terror, this time sending him [[UnstoppableRage completely over the edge]]...
28	* '''Averted''':
29	** Alice and Bob have a healthy relationship.
30	** Bob is not in a relationship at all.
31	* '''Enforced''': "We can't just have AliceAndBob break up; [[RuleOfDrama it wouldn't be dramatic enough]]. Let's have Bob murder Alice."
32	* '''Lampshaded''':
33	** "Don't kill me, Bob! You'll probably find another girl in due time, and who knows? Maybe Charlie and I won't work out."
34	** "If you don't [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] love me Alice, I swear I'll kill you! No one deserves you in here but me!"
35	* '''Invoked''':
36	** Bob asks his friend Dave what do to, and Dave suggests getting revenge.
37	** Bob decides to get revenge.
38	* '''Exploited''': Emily wants to die, but [[ICannotSelfTerminate cannot bring herself to commit suicide]], so she disguises herself as Alice in the hope that [[MurderByMistake Bob will kill her]].
39	* '''Defied''':
40	** Alice cheats on Bob, and he does nothing more drastic than break off the relationship.
41	** Bob is commiserating with Dave about Alice and Charlie's new relationship when Dave suggests revenge. Bob is horrified at the DisproportionateRetribution.
42	** Alice files a restraining order against Bob or has him arrested for his violent behavior.
43	* '''Discussed''': "Alice, I wouldn't date Bob if I were you. He's a little too possessive for his own good. And for yours."
44	* '''Conversed''': "Ever notice how Bob starts fingering that knife whenever Alice is chatting with some other guy?"
45	* '''Implied''':
46	** Bob is mad when Alice starts dating Charlie. Alice and Charlie then vanish [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome with no straightforward explanation]].
47	** Bob tries to kill Alice after he leaves his organization, like [[ResignationsNotAccepted he does to anyone who try to leave]]. The rage that Bob shows while hunting her down implies implies he took her leaving quite personally, and that their relationship was more than professional.
48	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob attempts to off Alice and Charlie during their date, [[{{Slapstick}} in increasingly ridiculous ways that keep backfiring]].
49	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob [[AccidentalMurder unintentionally kills]] most of the other characters during his attempt to murder Alice and Charlie.
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51	-> '''Bob''': Alice, love, you're going back to IfICantHaveYou? Well, that's fine then - [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle wait, you're going]] [[GreenEyedMonster to another]] {{trope}}, [[BerserkButton aren't you]]? [[ItsAllAboutMe How DARE you betray me]]?! If you won't edit me, then... I WON'T LET YOU EDIT ANOTHER TROPE IN MY PLACE!!!
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53	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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55	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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