[[CargoShip ...that would be rather bizarre]].

An index of tropes about insisting (correctly or not), that two very close people are not going out, and hence are in a platonic relationship. Contrast IndexOfRomanticCouples.

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* BathtubBonding
* BelligerentSexualTension: Two people who are secretly attracted to each other cover it up by bickering.
* BetterAsFriends: Two friends try having a romantic relationship, but decide they'd rather just be friends.
* CommitmentIssues: A character is reluctant to settle down with a LoveInterest.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone else knows they're attracted to each other, even if they don't realize it themselves.
* FakeFirstKiss: Two characters with ShipTease kiss, but it still doesn't lead to a RelationshipUpgrade (they will often make excuses that it wasn't ''really'' a romantic gesture due to the circumstances).
* FakeRelationship: They're actually not in a romantic relationship, but pretend they are.
* FallbackMarriagePact: Two friends make a pact to marry each other if they're still single by a certain age.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Friends who have sex with each other, but aren't in love.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Two people of the same sex who are very close friends with no explicit romantic/sexual feelings.
* ItMeantSomethingToMe: Two people pretend to be in a real relationship (either with or without both characters' knowledge), only for one person to reveal they've developed genuine feelings for the other.
* JustFriends: Two people insist they're only friends, but chances are they won't stay that way.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Friends bicker and banter the way a married couple might, but without being married.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: A male character and a female character have a sibling-like relationship.
* MistakenForCheating: A character mistakenly believes their significant other is cheating on them, often due to seeing them with someone who turns out to be a friend or relative.
* MistakenForRomance: The relationship between two characters is mistakenly believed to be a romantic one.
* NotADate: Two characters hanging out together are mistakenly believed to be on a date.
* TheNotLoveInterest: A character who fulfills many of the roles usually designated to a character's LoveInterest, only there's no romantic relationship between them.
* PlatonicBoyGirlHeroes
* PlatonicCoParenting
* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove
* PlatonicKissing: Two characters kiss, but it's not a romantic gesture.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Two characters of the opposite sex who are very close friends with no romantic/sexual feelings.
* PlatonicProstitution
* PlatonicValentine
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: A friendship between young friends looks a lot like a romantic relationship.
* RelativeError: A character mistakenly assumes a character's relative (usually a sibling) is their significant other.
* SecretRelationship: They're in a romantic relationship, but pretend they're not to everyone else.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: A character insists that another character is definitely not their significant other, though they usually will be soon enough.
* ShipTease: Dropping hints that characters may be attracted to each other, but leaving it ambiguous.
* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Two characters who work together insist on keeping their relationship professional despite being attracted to each other.
* StupidSexyFriend: A character unwillingly develops an attraction towards a friend.
* SuggestiveCollision: Two characters accidentally fall down together in such a way that it looks to others that they're being intimate.
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