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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