->''"There are worlds beyond and worlds within which the explorer must explore, but there is one power which seems to transcend space and time, life and death. It is a deeply human power which holds us safe and together when all other forces combine to tear us apart. We call it the power of love."''
-->--closing narration of the ''OuterLimits'' episode "The Borderland"

->''"According to my research, about 70% of a hero's power comes from absorbing [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove this strange energy called 'love']]."''
-->--'''Mao''', ''{{Disgaea}} 3''

The [[BackToTheFuture Power Of Love]] (note the capitals) is [[LoveMakesYouCrazy a curious thing]]. It makes [[LoveHurts one man weep]], and [[HappilyMarried another man sing]]. It can [[LoveRedeems change a hawk to a little white dove]]. [[LoveMakesYouEvil More than a feeling]], that's ThePowerOfLove. It's also an occasionally useful DeusExMachina. Even more than ThePowerOfFriendship, the power of True Love can be applied in dire situations to make things better. Unlike ThePowerOfFriendship, though, it can be applied in FanFic [[MisterSeahorse to make things profoundly disturbing.]]

Common applications of ThePowerOfLove include activating an EmpathicWeapon, [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight freeing]] a loved one from [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind control]], [[PowerOfTrust strengthening a loved one]], and converting a Real Death into a DisneyDeath. Even when the power of love is not literally and directly responsible, the scene is often set such that the audience is left with the impression that it was "really responsible".

[=~Don't You Dare Pity Me~=] can sometimes be overcome by the PowerOfLove; however, it may take time, and the love itself must be [[CharacterDevelopment purified]] of any pity it does contain.

The GreenEyedMonster may come into play. In more idealistic shows, it is an enemy of true love. However, more cynical shows may treat it as normal, and even let it overcome CannotSpitItOut.

In these cynical times, this often feels like a supreme rip-off. It depends on where you, and the scene in question, fall on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. More conventionally, LoveRedeems evil. When it's not [[LoveMakesYouEvil turning you evil]], that is. Or, less often, [[UnholyMatrimony supporting said baddies]].

TrueLovesKiss ''definitely'' falls under this trope. A more passive but no less impressive display of the Power of Love is it's ability use the RedStringOfFate to reunite the [[ReincarnationRomance reincarnating lovers]].

Not to be confused with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway The Power of Heart]], which is mostly a tone-downed and less effective version of this, or [[DeusSexMachina The Power of Sex]], which... [[SoYeah yeah]].
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* Van from GunXSword runs on this, and damn, is he a {{Badass}} as a result. William Wo claims this is his motivation, but he is massive subversion of this.
* ''YuYuHakusho''. Messing with Yukina is a wonderful way to get your ass handed to you by Kuwabara. Yusuke is this way as well if you mess with Keiko, although not to the degree Kuwabara is.
** Yusuke is generally stronger than Kuwabara though, so it all evens out.
* Sora's crest in ''DigimonAdventure''. She's a quicker learner than [[ThePowerOfFriendship Yamato]], thankfully.
** The crest passes onto Miyako after Sora.
* The power base of most lead {{Magical Girl}}s, going all the way back to ''[[SailorMoon Codename: Sailor V]]''.
** And this is stated literally in the credits ThemeSong from the SailorMoon movie, ''Promise of a Rose'': "You've got to believe in the power of love..."
* Subverted HARD in the ending episode of ''{{Mahoromatic}}''. [[spoiler: After Mahoro's violent death is witnessed by Suguru, all he can focus on is the fact that she is not going to always be with him, as she promised. This warps him, and it's stated that "meeting Mahoro just made me more miserable". The epilogue episode deals with Suguru's end as a bounty hunter, fixated on destroying any members of Management he can find. Management is the organization that, in it's dying grasp, caused Mahoro to destroy herself and her opponent. Suguru was never told that Mahoro didn't have much time.]]
* In ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'', this is what saves the world from divine puberty.
* In ''GGundam'', fighting alongside his girlfriend allows the main character to turn his ultimate attack, Sekiha Tenkyoken, into "Sekiha ''Love Love'' Tenkyoken," which is strong enough to obliterate the BigBad.
**Not to mention summoning the King of Hearts to blast a heart shaped hole in the Big Bad. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUJ6LehQ3I Just... Watch it.]]
* In ''KannazukiNoMiko'', apparently "no one" can overcome the [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]] power of the Orochi, but Souma manages to through his love for their target, Himeko. Of course, [[GirlsLove he picked the wrong kind of series to love her in]]...
** A bigger example would be Himeko and Chikane, who invokes ThePowerOfLove to ScrewDestiny and return to each other despite the will of the gods.
---> '''Chikane''': Even if the Gods of Death would block my way, they absolutely won't stop my love for you.
* In the first ''{{Pokemon}}'' movie, Ash is [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] by a stray attack from Mewtwo and Mew. It is [[SwissArmyTears the tears of Pikachu and the other Pokemon]] that return Ash to normal.
** [[NostalgiaCritic "It's fucking creeeepy!"]] [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Of course it's creepy to you, Nostie...]]
** In the Mewtwo backstory [[SendInTheClones Ambertwo]] says that Pokemon tears are said to be full of life.
*** Subverted in Mewtwo's [[FakeMemories forgotten]] backstory. [[spoiler: His tears did nothing to save his 3 bestfriends.]]
* Reversed and slightly subverted with Nova and Hikaru's relationship in the second season of ''MagicKnightRayearth''. Nova's hatred for Umi and Fuu is driven by the fact that Hikaru loves them so much, and her similar utter devotion and adoration of Hikaru is prompted [[spoiler:by Hikaru's intense self-hatred that she's had since being forced to kill both Zagato and Princess Emeraude at the conclusion of the first season.]]
* Just about everything in ''EurekaSeven'' is powered by love...even some of the HumongousMecha!
* Ditto ''{{Simoun}}'', although that's a [[GirlsLove different kind of love entirely]].
* Kurau in ''KurauPhantomMemory'' appears to gain a lot more strength with the help of Christmas, her Rynax-pair.
* Weaponized by Kalch of ''Salsa Blaze'' before [[spoiler: he joins Grif's newly created group of assassins.]]
** This is most prominent when [[spoiler: Mioji is fighting the Sentori while it was in a powered up state due to the moon being held in a solar eclipse by Orion, who had already taken out Grif and Moki with relative ease. Kalch's love for and want to protect Mioji materialize into an armor and weapon that allow to [[CurbStompBattle completely own Orion and send him plummeting to Earth]] before returning safely himself.]]
* In ''{{Mai-HiME}}'', the show's Mons are powered by ThePowerOfLove. [[spoiler: Literally. Toss in {{Synchronization}}, AnyoneCanDie and ThereCanOnlyBeOne and this begins to feel a lot less idealistic than you first thought...]]
* A slightly cynical variant comes from ''FistOfTheNorthStar'': in the final battle with Kenshiro, Raoh, the BigBad, uses a technique that is powered by his love for Yuria [[spoiler:and sorrow over her impending death]].
* One episode of ''[[PrettySammy Magical Project S]]'' has a group who gains their power from their devotion to their husbands. [[spoiler:In order for them to be defeated, Sasami has to invoke the Power of Love between herself and Ryo-Ohki to free herself from their binds.]]
* In the last episode of ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', the OfficialCouple finally getting over their [=~Will They Or Won't They~=] and sharing TrueLovesKiss is what allows the crew to make their getaway with the series MacGuffin. Naturally, there's a TechnoBabble reason for this, but one suspects Inez came up with it just to ''finally'' get the two of them together.
** If this troper recalls, any close skin contact would have done the trick, the kiss part was unnecesary, but hardly out of character for Inez to suggest it for amusement.
* ''PenguinMusumeHeart'' contains one of the more unusual uses of love power. When Sakura is losing her one-on-one sumo match with her [[TheRival rival]], Marie, her little sister takes the initiative to shoot her in the head with a tranquilizer called the Love Drive that absorbs the love of everyone in the arena into her. Somehow this makes Sakura [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant and half-naked]]. For fairness, Marie is given a Love Drive too, but since she doesn't get much love, she only grows a little. ''Then'' her QuirkyMinibossSquad says that they ''do'' love her. Giant naked catfights ensue.
* In the SonicX anime, Chaos energy is defined as "the power enriched by the heart". So when Eggman or Chaos tried to use the power of the seven emeralds [[ChaoticEvil selfishly or cruelly]], the effect was rather... [[NightmareFuel disturbing]]. When Sonic used them, however, he used them out of the desire to help people (and his friends gave them to him specifically because they cared), which meant me was able to transform into [[SuperMode Super Sonic]].
** Also possibly a contributing factor to Chris Thorndyke's ability to escape from Eggman and rip the Emeralds out of an active 'Badnik after witnessing Sonic attacked and hurt by aforementioned 'Badnik. (Okay, it's never explicitly stated, but how many twelve-year-olds do you know who can ''break out of solid metal restraints'' without some kind of powerful motivator being involved?)
* ''WeddingPeach'' is practically overflowing with it.
* According to the manga, and implicitly within the TV series, "love" is the control medium for ''[[NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' units; specifically, the pilots [[UnusualUserInterface synchronize via the A10 nerve in the brain]], the one that's active when experiencing feelings of love and affection. The series as a whole is pretty much devoted to [[{{Deconstruction}} kicking around and brutalizing this concept]]. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto said it best:
-->In other words, the power of love drives this weapon of mass destruction.
* In ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', you can apparently make swords out of love [[MindScrew or something]]. Needless to say, LoveHurts.
** To say nothing of the movie, in which Anthy evidently needs to be kissed to activate her sword drawing powers at all. The Power of Love indeed.
* Used all over the place in ''PrincessTutu''. From Fakir's "she changed me" epiphany to [[spoiler:Rue's confession that frees Mytho's heart from the Raven's blood poisoning it]], to the fact that the fate of the main character is supposed to be confessing her love and "turn into a speck of light and vanish" when she does.
* Subtly but constantly used in ''ChronoCrusade''. Early in the series, Rosette stops Chrono from losing himself in [[UnstoppableRage demonic rage]] when he thinks she's dead. Joshua stops Fiore from [[spoiler:becoming a completely mindless doll]] by mistaking her for his sister [[spoiler:and reminding her of her own]]. Later, Rosette [[spoiler:saves Joshua]] in a similar way. And Rosette even [[spoiler:''comes back from the dead'']] partially because of her love for Chrono and partially through simple [[{{Determinator}} stubbornness]]. To top it off, she's aided in it from Chrono's ''former'' love. This is only ''some'' of the examples.
* This is how Daisuke of ''DNAngel'' transforms into his alter-ego, Dark. It's implied that Satoshi's transformation may be triggered similarly.
* In the ''HayateTheCombatButler'' manga, ChurchMilitant Sonia requests a kiss from Wataru if she rescues Saki, who had just been kidnapped. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Wataru pays in advance]]. Next page, Hayate (on bike) catches up to the flaming wreck of the kidnappers' car: a giant cross driven through the hood, the men tied up nearby, and Saki unhurt but confused.
* In ''[[{{Zoids}} Zoids: Chaotic Century]]'', [[TheHero Van Flyheight]] was down and about to be shot by his [[TheRival Rival's]] [[HumongousMecha Geno Saurer's]] WaveMotionGun, which would instantly kill him. Then [[TheChick Fiona]] gets up, merges with the TeamPet which happens to be a MechanicalLifeform, and warps into Van's HumongousMecha, and then a hologram of her [[TrueLovesKiss kisses Van]], thus starting a full regeneration of Van's HumongousMecha, and activates its [[PlotArmor ability to disperse charged particles]], thus rendering Raven's WaveMotionGun completely useless, and allows [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Van to stab the Geno Saurer in its mouth, causing it to explode.]]
* In ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Simon and Nia's love for each other is what allows Simon to follow her to the dimension of the Anti-Spirals--and that's only the most blatant of this series' many examples of love giving the characters strength and determination.
** As Leeron once said, the Gunmen are ''literally'' powered by love, or rather humans' ability to reproduce if you wanna get technical.
*** And then brilliantly and controversially subverted when [[spoiler: Simon refuses to bring Nia back to life, as it would make him no better than her father, BigBad number one. Basically, he loves her so much that he won't bring her back. It's complicated.]]
** As Leeron said, "love changes the universe." He's referring to the fact that sexual reproduction is one of the basis of human evolution and evolution is one of the biggest theme of the series.
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'': Considering Set's history with Kisara, Kaiba's power to ScrewDestiny in his duel with Isis, and essentially every time he duels with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, comes from the Power of Love.
** His use of the Blue Eyes White Dragon in the present day is a subversion, because it's purely for the use of its power, as it is the most powerful monster in the game at this point with no summoning requirements or limitations or adverse effects.
* ''{{Noein}}'' features this at the climax and ending of the story where the [[spoiler: love of the two main characters overcomes Noein, the antagonist, and his not-so-benevolent plans.]]
* Played straight and subverted ''{{Berserk}}''. The lead character, Guts [[spoiler: hacks off his own arm to free himself to try to save his lover Caska from his best-friend-turned-traitor-turned-demon-god Griffith.]] Subverted when one of Griffith's minions tackles him, holds him down, and forces him to watch helplessly [[spoiler: as Griffith rapes Caska.]] Played straight[[spoiler: since the end of the Retribution Arc where Caska becomes Guts' MoralityChain and also the one thing that prevents him from giving into his EnemyWithin.]]
* Subtly played in ''SkipBeat!'': The president of LMA Productions, Lory Takarada, firmly believes that the main force who drives artistes to the spotlight is the need of love and being loved, and runs his company under this belief with apparently astounding results. This is mostly seen in some of his decisions, e.g. creating the Love Me division for talents who lack that drive, like Kyouko (who is fueled by a mix of desire of revenge and sheer stubbornness) and Kanae (whose need of individual recognition is so strong it buries any love feelings, even the non-romantic ones). Lory even consistently refused to cast his best male actor, Ren Tsuruga, as a romantic lead, because he knows that [[spoiler:Ren had never been in true love, and because of that he couldn't express it convincingly on screen. When Ren manages to get such a role over the president's objections, and finds himself with difficulties to act for the first time in his career, Lory shamelessly points it out. Good luck Ren realizes he is in love just in time to get his character]].
* In the Angel Eater arc of ''AhMyGoddess'', Keiichi is revealed to be the only human capable of supporting (and fighting alongside) one of the goddesses' angel symbiotes because of the love (including familial-type love and friendship as well as romantic love) he receives from the goddesses he lives with.
* {{Touch}}. For Minami, Katsuya and Tatsuya can and will do anything.
* ''{{Daimos}}'' runs on this trope. The reason why Kazuya continues to fight on and win is derived from his love to Erika. Sometimes, when HumongousMecha is not enough to win, there's always this thing to make him win.
* Cruelly, horrifically subverted in ''{{Naruto}}''. [[spoiler: Hinata finally, truly declares her love to Naruto, and charges Pain, warming up the best she's got to strike him down... and Pain reverses gravity in her face, then proceeds to stab her([[IGotBetter somehow managing to fail to kill her]]).]]
* Played straight in the ''{{Ga-Rei}}'' manga, where Kensuke is flatly told that he needs the PowerOfLove to draw out the true strength of his sword. Naturally, he only remembers this during the [[spoiler:final battle of Kyubi arc]], where his love gives the sword the power to ''cut dimensions'', [[spoiler:freeing the LoveInterest Kagura]].
* In ''{{Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl}}'' Hazumu would have [[spoiler: died]] if it weren't for the power of love. [[spoiler: His,or should I say [[GenderBender her]],heart had to link with someone she truly loves,or she would die.]].
** The [[AdaptationDecay anime]] screwed this up. [[spoiler: Hazumu seemed to have linked hearts with Yasuna in the last episode,but in the ova they broke up and she hooked up with [[FirstGirlWins Tomari]]. This cannot happen in the manga, as both Yasuna and Hazumu should die if their love is broken somehow. Then again,the anime creators may not have known about this at the time the ova was [[GeckoEnding released]]. ]]
* ''DragonautTheResonance'' is an example of how NOT to use The Power Of Love in a story.
* ''RozenMaiden'' subverts this trope TWICE, when [[spoiler: Suiseiseki tries to convince Souseiseki to stop fighting but instead is forced to see her die because of ignoring these arguments]] and later when [[spoiler: Suiseiseki tries to win her Rosa Mystica back, but ends up getting killed trying to do so]].
* ''OnePiece.'' Luffy wouldn't do half the shit he does if it wasn't for the love of his crew.
** It's also how Garp (and Nami) can hurt Luffy; out of sheer love.
* In the ''ViolinistOfHameln'' the only thing keeping Hamel from [[spoiler: turning into a Mazoku and killing all]] [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean is Flute. ]]
*Segumi from ''Aquarion'' is guilty of this over the top, She calls this out "There is no limit to the power of the love that I feel!" before shooting forth a new move, Infinite Light of Explosive Love.
* ''FushigiYuugi''. Pretty obvious considering Suzaku symbolizes love.
* In ''{{Monster}}'', [[CompleteMonster Franz Bonaparta]] falls in love, and decides to give up on his experimentations with eugenics and brainwashing for the sake of his interest's children. How noble.
* RaveMaster. Shiba has been preserving and fighting for 50 years for one girl. Haru's doing pretty much the same thing, and for the very same girl.
** Also Sieg Hart, who dedicated his live to guarding that same girl for 50 years and continued to do so even long after death.
* [[ArcWords "Without love,]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi it cannot be seen".]]
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* ThePowerOfLove allowed the {{Flash}} to come back from an otherdimensional speedster heaven that no one had ever returned from. Several times.
** Hell, it allowed [[spoiler:Barry Allen to break the Anti-Life Equation's hold over Iris Allen in FinalCrisis.]] They're kind of built of this trope.
* For a split second, it looks as if this trope is going to be averted in the ''{{Justice Society of America}}'' arc "Princes of Darkness"--Jade's {{The Power of Love}} speech to Obsidian fails to halt his evil rampage--but it's really only a set up for their father, the GoldenAge GreenLantern, to come in and deliver it successfully.
* In the fourth ''ScottPilgrim'' book, The Power of Love is manifested as a giant flaming katana, which Scott yanks out of his chest.
* Star Sapphire is a GreenLanternCorps that is fueled by love.
** Too bad they're all a bunch of Yanderes
* Ultra Boy is saved from [[MindControl The Blight]] by ThePowerOfLove in the ''LegionOfSuperHeroes'' issues right before ''Legion Lost''.
* The New Zealand comic ''FootrotFlats'' features a scene where the main character, [[IntellectualAnimal the Dog]], finds himself able to ''walk on water'' due to his love for Jess, the neighbour's dog [[hottip:*:this phrase used to avoid the perhaps-inevitable misunderstandings resulting from the phrase "neighbour's bitch"]]. After this initial success, he demonstrates that there is no such thing as The Power Of Lust, by sinking as soon as he moves from "Love ''can'' work miracles!" to "I'm coming baby!"
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[[folder:{{Film}}]]
* The trope takes its name and first sentence from the Huey Lewis and the News song of the same name, which was written for and featured in ''BackToTheFuture''. The film provides many examples of The Power Of Love.
* Disney's ''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]'' where the Beast turns into a Prince when Belle tells him she loves him.
* The monsters in ''The Deaths of Ian Stone'' feed on human fear, but the most powerful one, [[spoiler: Ian Stone]], draws power from love.
*This is pretty much the whole {{Aesop}} of Disney's ''{{Enchanted}}'', right down to TrueLovesKiss.
* ''TheFifthElement'', where the five central elements in the universe are earth, fire, wind, water [[spoiler:... and life.]]
* In ''{{Krull}}'', the Power of Love manifests itself at the climax as the ability to throw fireballs. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* In ''TheMatrix'', it appears that Neo's transformation into The One is sparked by Trinity telling his mostly-dead body that she loves him. However, the Power of Logic is also implicated: She loves Neo. She was told by the oracle that the man she loved would be the One ;therefore, Neo is the One. The One would not be dead; therefore, Neo cannot be dead.
* In ''The Naked Gun'', Frank's power of love break's Jane's MindControl.
* In ''Next'', the precognitive abilities of Nicolas Cage's character only allow him to see up to 2 minutes into his own future, except, for no apparent reason, for one recurring vision that presages the arrival of his eventual love interest. Once he's finally met and slept with her, he can see further ahead than ever before.
* In ''{{Pleasantville}}'', it's ThePowerOfLove (or just plain old AutoErotica) that changes the entire TV show from black and white to colour.
** Technically, it's the Power of Change that causes people to -well- change color. It's just that most people did this by having sex, which didn't exist in their world before. The two main characters, coming from the real world, had a harder time gaining color.
* Perhaps the quintessential example of this trope is ''ThePrincessBride'', wherein the depth of the protagonist's love for the eponymous Princess saves him from certain death, grants him access to {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s, and confers on him the ability to produce a death wail that can not only be heard across an entire kingdom but also identified as a scream caused by one losing their true love. Partly subverted in that [[spoiler:the machine is able to kill him ([[OnlyMostlyDead mostly]]) in the first place]], though this produces the scream that allows his rescue.
* In the film version of ''{{Stardust}}'', Yvaine's love for Tristan [[spoiler:allows her to go supernova and incinerate Lamia.]]
** [[spoiler: Because of her love, Tristan now "possessed the heart a star" and got bonus immortality too.]]
* This is basically what ultimately saved [[StarWars Luke Skywalker's]] life, prompted Darth Vader's HeelFaceTurn, and brought down TheEmpire in ''ReturnOfTheJedi''. In this case, [[LoveRedeems love does much more than "just" redeem]].
** Which is ironic considering that's what causes Anakin to turn to TheDarkSide [[LoveMakesYouEvil in the first place]]
*** Consult [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Padawan Bindo]] for more information.
*A more cynical and indirect usage: In the film ''{{Film/Ultraviolet}}'', the heroine weeps over a dead boy, causing him to come back to life -- because her tears infected him with vampirism.
* While love doesn't actually accomplish anything supernatural in the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' films, the fact that genies can't cause people to fall in love puts Love on the same level of ''greater''-than-phenomenal-cosmic-power as Life or Death.
* ''Santo contra La Hija de Frankenstein'': Santo's girlfriend is hypnotized and ordered to cut out his eyes and deliver them to Dr Frankenstein. She gets as far as holding the knife over the helpless luchador's face before this trope snaps her out of it.

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* In PoulAnderson's ''A Midsummer's Tempest'', the PowerOfLove drives the magical rings that Oberon and Titania give Prince Rupert and Jennifer. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, along comes a {{Vamp}} with a LovePotion and then they must soldier on without the magic.]]
* In Jim Butcher's''TheDresdenFiles'' love is literally poison to the White Court, a species of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] who feed on human lust, fear, and/or despair.
* In the ''HarryPotter'' series, love is said to be the source of the force which saved Harry from Voldemort in his infancy, and is cited as the secret power he has over You-Know-Who. In the seventh book, however, [[spoiler:it is made clear that it is mostly a mother's love for her child, and other non-romantic types of love, that actually have concrete magical power. Romantic love has a role only for its psychological effect.]]
***The last part of this is a cleverly hidden deconstruction; Harry is an unremarkable wizard caught up in circumstances that are extraordinary by even magical standards and the old magic [[spoiler: his mother protected him with via her love]] only does so much. Because Harry is also a normal human being compared to the soul-torn sociopath Voldemort, he ''does'' have one concrete, tangible advantage that ends up making a huge difference. It's the fact that his "power of love" is nothing more than his basic social skills allowing him to befriend and entrust others, while ''being befriended and entrusted back,'' whereas Voldemort's allies are all power-hungry sadists and sycophants who can't be trusted as far as they can be thrown. The number of times the unconditional (non-romantic) love his friends have for him have inspired them to ''help'' him, often with events that he would never have been able to handle on his own, are quite numerous.
** On the other hand, love is the reason for [[spoiler: Severus Snape's decision to betray Lord Voldemort who never could neither understand nor detect this decision because it was motivated by love.]]
* In ''A Wrinkle In Time'', Meg is able to save her little brother Charles Wallace from being possessed by IT through the power of her love for him.
**She suspects that if anyone ever offered love to IT, IT would shrivel up and die. Not sure whether that's a subversion or not....everyone else will be fine, but poor IT.
* In ''The Fangs of K'aath'', the power of love in the heroes is able to repel the minions of the titular demon as if they are physically burned and cancel out a magic poison at the book's climax.
* Quite a few of David Eddings' novels have the goddess Aphrael. Her "real" form is an adult woman, but she always appears to everyone as a [[TheCutie eight year old girl]]. This allows her to use ThePowerOfLove on everyone. When a cute young girl asks to sit in your lap, no one can refuse. Once she sits in your lap and gives you a kiss, she will get her way on everything she wants.
* [[OlderThanFeudalism To quote Virgil, "Omnia vincit Amor".]]
** "Et nos cedeamus Amori..."
* Supervillainess Sahar, in the WhateleyUniverse. She has a psychic ability to - once she's seduced a Psi - get so close that she can learn to copy that Psi's best 'knacks'. This makes her a ruthless femme fatale, until she falls in love with a mark, Zenith. She doesn't know how to handle that. So it takes a different kind of love - friendship - to get her to finish her HeelFaceTurn. And she gets Zenith back.
* A DoubleSubversion in ''[[SwordOfTruth Wizard's First Rule]]''. The subversion is in Kahlan's power which uses a person's love to make them a slave to her will. This completely destroys a person, with no possibility of reversal, and causes her to be hated and feared, despite being the de facto ruler of the land. The double subversion comes [[spoiler:in the climax, where Richard's love for Kahlan protects him from her power, allowing them to get together.]]
* There is an interesting use of this trope at the climax of TadWilliams' ''[=~Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn~=]'' series. Just when it seems as if the BigBad Storm King is about to be [[SealedEvilInACan unleashed]] on the mortal world, TheHero Simon finally understands why he's been receiving PropheticDreams about the creature's backstory as the Sitha prince Ineluki. It is to [[spoiler:prepare him for the realization that the reason for Ineluki's desire to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy existence]] is how [[TheWoobie brutally he suffered]] in life trying to [[WellIntentionedExtremist defend his people]] from the depredations of [[HumansAreBastards mankind]]. This revelation allows him to do the one thing that ''doesn't'' feed the Storm King's power -- forgive him, which weakens him just enough for Miramele to kill his [[DemonicPossession physical host]].]]
* A central theme in ''TheEnglishPatient'' is the question of whether love can transcend national boundaries in wartime. The short answer? Yes. The long answer? Yes, but the results [[LoveMakesYouCrazy aren't always pretty]], and don't necessarily last.
* Tom Holt's ''The Portable Door''. [[spoiler: The only way to get the swords out of the stones to get a hold of the keys on the end is to have two people who are in love pulling them]].
** An even more bizarre version comes from ''You Don't Have to be Evil to Work Here''. [[spoiler: Screwing with True Love actually causes ''the entire Universe'' to go a bit out of whack, and maths stops working properly]].
* Subverted in the ''Succubus'' series by Mead. The heroin is a succubus, feeding on lifeforce through sex. Everytime she has sex. It means that she cannot sleep with the one she loves, ever, because that would shorten his life.
* The Power of Love was a particularly troubling notion to the Legalists during the Warring States Period, as it could inspire people to defy the government in favour of getting a better deal for their families. Hence, ''TheBookOfLordShang'' advises taking measures to keep peasants occupied with nothing more than farming, and to prevent them from having more than a subsistence living. In case you haven't guessed, Shang Yang was very much NeutralEvil.
* In AndreNorton's ''Year of the Unicorn'', Gillian's love manages to inspire Herrel to take on the rest of the Were-Riders.
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* In the sixth season finale of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Xander literally saves the world from Dark Willow by standing in front of her and telling her repeatedly that he loves her (non-romantically, but that doesn't change the fact that he saved the world with a yellow crayon).
**It's a little different though: in this case Xander is reminding Willow of who she really is by presenting her with the most powerful (surviving) figure in her "real" life and her connection with him. He was sort of "bringing her back to herself".
* ''DoctorWho'': In "Fear Her", we meet an alien quite ''literally'' powered by a combination of love and heat -- such that the Olympic torch serves as the perfect agent for restoring its strength.
* A very strange and freaky example: In ''{{Jekyll}}'', Claire is told that the Hyde personality first emerges when the original personality falls in love -- pure, unrestrained love, the type you are likely to kill over. And, thanks to the Hyde personality, likely are going to.
* For some reason, [[BattlestarGalactica Cylons]] can only reproduce if they're in love. They have all the equipment, but it just doesn't work otherwise.
* Villain example: In ''[[SuperSentai Juuken Sentai Gekiranger]]'', [[TheDragon Mele]] is driven by and draws strength from the love she holds for [[EvilOverlord Rio]], the main villain. [[spoiler:And with all the CharacterDevelopment and {{Pet the Dog}} moments they get, it hardly comes as a surprise to anyone when, in the end, Rio discovers that he also loved Mele all along, and both do a HeelFaceTurn to defeat TreacherousAdvisor-turned-BigBad Long. In the second round of said fight they [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice themselves]] as a RedemptionEqualsDeath, after Long turned out to be immortal. It didn't take the second time either; Love may conquer all (twice), but some people ''just won't stay dead''...]]
* In ''BabylonFive'', the power of love was critical to Sheridan's return from the dead at Za'ha'dum.
* Subverted in the finale of the first series of ''BeingHuman''. [[spoiler:George THINKS the reason he was pacified when Nina saw him transform is true love but, as he muses about their 'connection' the next day, it cuts to her rubbing huge scratches on her arm, implying that it's not so much love as that she's now a werewolf and he's fixated on her the same way Tully was fixated on him.]]
* The court scene in "Right Ho, Jeeves" (the [[JeevesAndWooster TV episode]], not [[PGWodehouse the novel]] which covered a different story) was interrupted by the arrival of [[LoveFreak Madeline Basset]], who used the Power of Love to keep Bertie out of jail. Going into a story about how he broke into a house and "stole" a picture of her because he was "''so madly in love with her''," she has the whole courtroom moved to tears in about ''ten seconds.''
**To clarify for those not familiar with the show, they weren't actually in love at the time, which makes this an interesting subversion of sorts, although Madeline spends the entire series convinced Bertie loves her; He spends it trying not to get engaged to her again.
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* Subverted in the Glass Hammer song [[http://www.ghfan.net/ontoev.html#angel/ Junkyard Angel]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SELp8xfbzJQ Not exactly the epitome of this trope, but this page wouldn't be complete without it.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaXTcR4dtE In case you don't get the opening two sentences of this article.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfptieWXEJA Alive with the Glory of Love]], by Say Anything. About the singer's grandparents surviving the Holocaust to be together again.
* Played straight in Nightwish's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eTX-rjGcw8& Ghost Love Score]], essentially a ballad about two lovers who separate and reunite, but amped-up to insanely epic power metal proportions. [[MemeticMutation Epic Love Maneuver!]]
* JAMProject's GONG. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGEN60bf3p8 I GET THE POWER OF LOVE!]]
* Rozalla's "Faith". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5UYYNt6dbM 'Cause you've gotta have faith ♪ In the power of love ♪ You've gotta have faith ♪ In the power of love ♪]]
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[[folder:TabletopGames]]
* The [[FunWithAcronyms ANIMa]] from BlissStage create a HumongousMecha and it's weapons entirely out of, as WordOfGod has it, "''weaponized love.''"
* In DungeonsAndDragons 4th Edition, this is actually a ''feat'' in the new ''Divine Power'' supplement.
* Guess the reason why the Emperor has managed to stand for 10,000 years connected to the Golden Throne guiding mankind, making miracles from time to time, sealing the warp fissure at Terra from hordes of daemons and powering the Astronomican (ok, he receives a lot of helps of the sacrified psykers on this one, but still...), yes, he must really love the human race despict many of his own servants are such [[HumansAreBastards bastards]].
** Although to be honest it seems it was his excess of love for his son Horus which make him end in his current state, neverless, he still managed to sacrifice his son for love to mankind, oh wait, that sound a bit familiar...
** It's been mentioned in the fluff that the Emperor's existence connected to the Golden Throne is one of unending agony. He ''must'' really love humanity to deny himself the sweet, sweet release of death. ''For 10,000 years''.
* MagicTheGathering compares ThePowerOfLove to the power of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=27249 rhinos]].
--->''Love is like a rhino, short-sighted and hasty; if it cannot find a way, it will make a way.''
* The Virtue of Compassion in {{Exalted}}.
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* Surprising, given the style of the play, but in the final scene of ''{{Rent}}'', death is converted to DisneyDeath by a love song.
* RichardWagner's version of the FlyingDutchman trope allows the character - traditionally cursed to sail forever, to be saved by the power of love. Pity the love interest is a total MarySue. Good music, though.
* In ''DamnYankees'', Joe manages to thwart the devil partly because of his unswerving fidelity to his wife.
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*The full name of ''{{Touhou}}'''s Marisa Kirisame's "signature" {{Kamehame Hadoken}} is "Love Sign: Master Spark". (The spell is actually [[MegaManning Blue Maged]] from Yuka Kazami.) The description of Love Sign: Master Spark includes "Whisper tenderly into the magical reactor, point it at someone you don't like, and ''release the Annihilation of Love''!" There are two major reasons why Marisa would declare herself powered by love: The first is that it's part of Marisa's desire to be a "MagicalGirl", even though she is technically a human [[WitchSpecies witch of human blood]]. The second is the sheer subversiveness of declaring herself a heroine of love, even though her only motivations in any of the games seem to be to [[YourHeadAsplode kick in the teeth of as many powerful people as she can]], show up [[TheRival Reimu]], and maybe [[MegaManning steal even more magical powers]] ([[KleptomaniacHero or anything else, for that matter,]]) from whatever victim she is currently harassing. It's worth noting, however, that DefeatMeansFriendship in this game, and she has a ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters lot]]'' of "[[LesYay friends]]" over years of adventuring, so there ''may actually be'' something to the name, after all.
** Wait... Love focused into a coherent beam of destruction? But what would happen if such spell [[EightBitTheater fell into the wrong hands]]?
*** So far, ZUN hasn't said anything one way or another on just how a Spark-type spell uses the power of love, but I'm hoping he is ''not'' a fan of web comics...
* ''CityOfHeroes'' has one mission where the reward is a temporary power; a wedding ring, filled with the love of a woman for her dead husband, that can give you resistance to all kinds of damage for a limited time.
* Subverted in ''{{Disgaea}}''. LoveFreak Flonne points out that an Alternate Universe Overlord couldn't possibly defeat the {{Anti Hero}}es, because his power of love is divided among his ten (still very massive) copies. [[HopelessBossFight Oh, how very, very wrong she was...]]
** If you're on a NewGamePlus, the Prinny commentary will lampshade this.
---> Note to Self: Love is not a battle stat.
** Of course, Flonne isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. Regardless, at the end of the game the Power Of Love '''does''' factor in: [[spoiler: After Master Lamington turns Flonne into a flower, Laharl goes insane. depending on your actions, Laharl will not kill Lamington, and Flonne will be healed. It was all one big XanatosGambit to make Laharl into a good person. The entire game was so that the son of the Devil would be a good person.]]
** "Power of Love" is also the name of Flonne's technique that heals everyone in the eight adjacent cells.
** Spoofed in ''{{Disgaea 3}}''. Mao is entirely aware of the trope and tries to exploit it, but quite frankly has no idea how. His servant Almaz spends a good deal of time politely informing him that Love Does Not Work That Way.
* One of the arcana powersets in the fighting game ''ArcanaHeart'' is Partineas, the Arcana of Love. It revolves primarily around projectile attacks (and defense). One super, in fact, [[KamehameHadoken had this troper quoting Black Mage (above)]]. Naturally, it's the default Arcana of the resident LoveFreak IdiotHero, Heart Aino.
* In ''SuperRobotWars: Original Generation'', ThePowerOfLove grants BadAss Kyosuke and faux-BottleFairy Excellen (she acts the way she does to relieve some of the tension that comes with war) their super-powerful combination attack Rampage Ghost, complete with witty banter. The move is not available until about half-way through the game, when it becomes obvious that [[PortmanteauCoupleName Kyocellen]] is the OfficialCouple.
** And then there's the fact that Excellen refuses to call it anything but "Love Love Attack".
** Also present throughout the franchise is the Love (Ai) Seishin, which gives almost every useful Status Effect in the game all at once, for comparatively little SP cost. The only people to get it are one person per OfficialCouple, usually.
** Then somewhat subverted with Ring Mao and Irm Kazahara, one of Banpresto's original official couples. Irm's Ace Bonus reduces the Love Seishin's cost down to the point it ''costs less to cast it than cast one of the Seishins that's just a part of it''. Irm and Ring, however, have ''not'' gotten along very well for quite a while and really don't have any genuine shipping sequences in OG 2, where Ring becomes a recurring member of the group.
*** They still get a [[RelationshipValues Love bonus]], though. In fact, theirs is bigger than the bonus some of the more overt couples get.
** In OG 2, each character that is in love with another character will receive a bonus from the character they are in love with, even if that character is not in love with them ;_;.
* In [[TalesSeries Tales of]] [[CrisisCrossover the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3]], certain characters, who are [[OfficialCouple OfficialCouples]] from their respective games, [[TalesOfSymphonia like say Lloyd]] and [[RoadCone Colette]] for example, would get the ability "Love Love" which doubled the effects of items.
* In ''TalesOfSymphonia: [[OddlyNamedSequel Dawn Of The New World]]'', there's [[StalkerWithACrush Decus]]. He uses ThePowerOfLove [[LoveMakesYouEvil AGAINST The Player]], and it powers his [[LimitBreak Hi-Ougi]], Storm and Stress, as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyL9cOqi5g here.]]
* In ''[[{{Drakengard}} Drakengard 2]]'', TheHero receives a [[TrueLovesKiss kiss]] from the StaffChick and this activates his SuperMode for the final boss fight.
* ''KingdomHearts'' : After Sora [[spoiler: comitted "suicide" to save Kairi, who was locked within him, his heart is changed into a heartless. Kairi, however, recognizes him and just by [[SayMyName yelling his name]] and hugging him, she somehow manages to return him to normal. Sora later explains to Kairi: "I was lost in the darkness, couldn't find my way. As I stumbled through the dark, I started forgetting things: My friends, who I was... the darkness almost swallowed me. But then, I heard a voice. YOUR voice. The light of our hearts broke through the darkness. I saw this light. And I think, THAT'S what saved me!"]]
** [[spoiler: It's implied that ThePowerOfLove is what allows [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast]] to break reality, bring himself back from the dead, and go to Hollow Bastion to save [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]].]]
* In ''FinalFantasy X-2'' it's explicitly Yuna's love for Tidus which kicked of the quest and got her to that point that allows Bahamut to do his thing. Not to mention that right before the climactic boss battle, Yuna convinces her Nakama to let her give the power of love a shot at stopping him. You still have to kick his ass though.
* In ''Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves'', Penelope utilizes the power of love to gain mad sword fighting skills against Captain [=LeFwee=] to save Bentley.
* Hell, Lucas's signature PSI attack in ''MOTHER3'' has the default name of PK LOVE. Fits perfectly with the game's theme.
* In ''FireEmblem: Seisen no Keifu'', having a character attack an enemy with their lover standing beside them can activate a critical hit, going so far as to do a little spinning heart animation before the actual attack sequence.
* Welkin from ''ValkyriaChronicles'' has this as his hidden potential.
* [[RogueGalaxy Fated Passion]]. In this attack, [[spoiler:Jaster and Kisala's love for each other can cause the whole galaxy to ''explode''.]] At ''[[ManaMeter 22 AP]]''.
* It's strongly implied by the [[MultipleEndings many endings]] of ''BrassRestoration'' that the only way for Ryo to recover emotionally from losing his arm and being unable to fulfill his dream of being a drummer is to find a girlfriend.
** The [[LampshadeHanging exact phrase]] is even used in one of the routes.
* In ''[[KingsQuest King's Quest IV]]'', Rosella assassinates an evil, hateful fairy by shooting her with one of Cupid's arrows of love.
* In both installments of ''TheSims'', pleading with the Grim Reaper appears to be a game of chance, but in reality it depends on the relationship values. If two sims love each other enough, there's literally no way to possibly fail at this. One can even keep a vampire sim through the day if he's married to a human, let him dust, have his love plead, rinse and repeat until nightfall.
* The opening narration for ''SuperPaperMario'' introduces it as a story "of love", and the Void created by the [[ArtifactOfDoom Chaos Heart]] is finally destroyed at the end by [[spoiler: Tippi/Lady Timpani and Count Bleck/Blumiere renewing their vows of love towards each other.]]
* Hagspawns [[strike: usually]] always look like [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hagspawn.JPG this]]. Gann, the female protagonist's love interest from NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer however, looks like [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gannayev.JPG this]]. Why? Because his mother and father actually loved each other.
* In ''FinalFantasyVI'', both Shadow and Relm can equip an accessory called the Memento Ring, an item which protects against instant death attacks due to a departed mother's love. Some hidden cutscenes reveal that [[spoiler:Shadow is Relm's father]].
* During [[spoiler:Galuf's]] fatal duel with Exdeath in ''FinalFantasyV'', Exdeath chides the poor man, telling him that "all the hatred in existence would never be enough to defeat me." [[spoiler:Galuf]]'s response is "this... isn't anger... isn't hatred... it's..." While he never manages to actually say it, it is heavily implied that he was spurred on to fight by love for [[spoiler: his granddaughter, Krile.]] Exdeath is [[EvilCannotComprehendGood completely baffled by this.]]
* In the [[VideoGameRemake DS remake]] of ''FinalFantasyIV'', the [[PowersAsPrograms augment system]] is introduced, allowing the player to grant varied abilities and buffs to their characters. One of the abilities on offer is the native-to-Palom-and-Porom Twincast, wherein two characters begin casting on the same turn and get a (near, in one case) exclusive spell cast depending on the combination of characters casting. [[TheMedic Rosa]] and [[BlackMagicianGirl Rydia]]? Faith, which increases all allies' magical power. [[TheLancer Kain]] and [[TheHero Cecil]]? Bubble, which doubles all allies' HP. [[OfficialCouple Cecil and Rosa]]? Ultima, strongest attack magic in the game bar ''none'', apparently pure weaponized [[ThePowerOfLove Love Power]].
* Another possible ''{{Pokemon}}'' example is Return, which increases in power up to be a pretty strong attack depending on how much the Pokemon likes it's trainer. It also has Pokemon that only evolve when they really like their trainer, and the opposite move, Frustration which does most damage when they absolutely hate the trainer.
** Also, canonically, Gardevoir bears infinite devotion towards its trainer and would sacrifice itself for them rather than see them hurt. The happiness-detecting power they had before also became a full-fledged psychic bond. Seeing its trainer in danger is what causes a Gardevoir to unleash their full power.
* Another nonromantic example: in ''SilentHill3'' the power of Harry Mason's paternal love for Heather [[spoiler: aka Cheryl aka Alessa reborn]] kept [[spoiler: the "god" of Silent Hill's Order dormant in her body]] since said [[spoiler: "god" needs pain and hatred to grow]]. It's one of the major reasons [[spoiler: Claudia has Harry killed]].
* UminekoNoNakuKoroNi: "Without love, it cannot be seen."
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* Hilariously twisted in [[http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF077-Bunny_Pit.jpg this]] ''Perry Bible Fellowship'' comic.
* In [[http://www.beaverandsteve.com/index.php?comic=201 this]] ''BeaverAndSteve'' story arc, love comes from another dimension populated with evil hearts that want to take over the earth.
* Subverted in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/11/27/8-bit-chronicles-3-of-3/ this]] ''[=~8-Bit Theater~=]'' strip, where Black Mage's Hadoken is literally powered by love: the spell ''consumes'' love, causing a net reduction in the amount of love in the universe. Every time he uses it the divorce rate goes up measurably. Basically Black Mage has managed to use the Power of Love to cross the MoralEventHorizon. He got the spell by [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/12/09/episode-489-oh-that-black-mage-of-ours/ sacrificing nine orphans to a god of evil]].
* In ''{{Order of the Stick}}'', Haley becomes able to pick a lock when Elan encourages her. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0262.html]]
--->''Love makes the world go round. And has been known to provide a +2 circumstance bonus to certain skill checks.''
** Not to mention the time when Haley had started speaking gibberish and [[spoiler: breaks out of it when she tells Elan she loves him. Though, that's not really her power of love but her honestly trying to tell the truth and overcome her mental problem.]]
* [[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=283 This]] ''BMovieComic'' strip and the associated [[TheRant rant]].
* In ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' the fate of WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Galatea, [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080902.html here]] and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080906.html here.]]
* In ''YuMeDream'', Fiona's decision to [[spoiler:attempt to go back into the Dream World to find Lia]], especially considering [[spoiler:Sadako had banned Fiona from the Dream Land]], as well as the possibility that [[spoiler:Fiona may never return to the real world if she finds Lia]].
* Used and nicely summed up in the final part of ''{{Demonology 101}}'', when [[spoiler: [[AffablyEvil Isaac]] [[CainAndAbel Jenner]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Madeline]] get [[UnholyMatrimony married]].]] Two Witnesses attend the wedding and one comments on the PowerOfLove.
-->'''Aaron:''' What do you think it means?
-->'''Banai:''' It probably means the same thing it meant [[StarCrossedLovers when you married Lily.]] That love is one of those annoying things that somehow manages to [[ScrewDestiny transcend destiny]], [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Nature]], and whether or not you were born with horns on your head.
* According to ''[[http://buttersafe.com/2007/09/27/the-power-of-love/ Buttersafe]]'', "love is the source of energy that fuels eye lasers."
*The ''GunnerkriggCourt'' interlude comic ''City Face'' is described by its author as "a story of how love can save the world." Literally, as it turns out: pigeon love and the resulting pigeon babies prevent humanity from bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* used in [[http://www.captainsnes.com/2009/08/01/584-eyes-wide-open-to-the-world-now-new/ this]] CaptainSNES strip
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* This is, ultimately, what the web animated series ''BrokenSaints'' is all about, and what drives its EarnYourHappyEnding.
-->'''Mama Tui''': "All things must die, Shandala. We cannot change this. But you can bring the heavens to your heart in life. Give yourself to those that need. If you do this, then the world is truly blessed... for it has known your love."
* In DrawWithMe, this is what compels the boy to [[spoiler: break through the glass, and later the girl to cut off her hand]].
* ''Brutally'' subverted in ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' in the case of Galen Neilson and Nadine Willowbrook of version 3. The couple meet up with one another ingame, and the romantic exchange which follows leads the reader to believe that they will stand together to the end. [[spoiler: Moments later, everything disintergrates and the pair end up murdering each other. Graphically.]]
** Another subversion comes from Emma Babineaux and her high school crush J.R. Rizzolo. [[spoiler: She appears to cause a HeelFaceTurn in John, and as the two of them embrace and kiss, John impales her with a sword and shoots her in the head. Ouch.]]
* ''SesameStreet'' is something so pure, so innocent, so nice and so filled with love, happiness and forgiveness, that TheNostalgiaCritic can't bring himself to bash it in his malicious, sardonic, evil way. He actually ''breaks down crying''.
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[[folder:WesternAnimation]]
* ''SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo!'': [[spoiler:Sprx is turned evil by the [[ArtifactOfDoom Object of Hate]], and Nova tells him she loves him to bring him back.]]
* In ''{{Transformers}}: BeastWars'', Blackarachnia defected from the Predacons to save her own skidplate, but the power of hers and Silverbolt's love brought her to the Maximals and made her part of the team, despite her intial reluctance. Of course, since Blackarachnia was the DarkActionGirl for most of the series, this is slow going, but eventually, it does bring her around.
** Later, she's [[NotQuiteDead Mostly Dead]] until Silverbolt winds up facing the uber-powerful Rampage... At which point she's brought back to life in a new form and kicks Rampage to the curb, which is ''not'' an easy task.
* Subverted in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', when the power of love [[spoiler:prevented the protagonist from getting powerful enough to defeat evil, temporarily got him killed, and had the greatest city of the world conquered by the bad guys. Then again, a [[OlderAndWiser wise old guy]] told Aang he made a good choice, so it'll probably pay him off in the end.]]
** Oh, it did. In ''spades''.
* Parodied in the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "Love and Rocket", which features a very ''literal'' power of love: when a whole load of chalky Valentines heart-shaped candies are dumped into a supernova, it causes a wave of "mystical love radiation" that is powerful enough to destroy "[[PlanetOfHats three gangster planets and a cowboy world]]", but causes (or at least enhances) a wave of Valentines-inspired romance on Earth (which is far enough to see the radiation without being destroyed by it).
* In the ''EvilConCarne'' episode "H.C.C.B.D.D.", Major Doctor Ghastly reveals during Hector's birthday party that the most powerful force in the world is the power of love. When he objects that his organization was founded on hatred, she promptly cuts the party short and screams at everybody to get back to work with as much hate as possible... 'cause she just loves him like that.
* This is essentially how Spider-Man [[spoiler:defeats Venom]] in the season 1 finale of ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. Though it's with the love of his friends, uncle, and aunt, but it still technically counts because [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy is one of his friends, and [[ItWasHisSled everyone knows what part she plays.]]]]
* [[YouSuck Ron Stoppable]] got his BadAss ChunkyUpdraft in the GrandFinale of ''KimPossible'' because the aliens grabbed an unconscious Kim and gloated that she'd be a great trophy.
* ''CloneHigh'' had a whole episode parodying this trope as well as the power of rock. During the climactic scene where they tried breaking down the wall with love, one of the characters said "But guys, love is just an abstract concept! It can't break down stuff!"
* In the cartoon pilot, ''PJ Sparkles'' basically runs on this trope. She's transformed into a MagicalGirl due to her strong desire to love someone, and can do almost anything, provided she phrases it "I'd ''love'' it if X."
* In ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'', Irwin uses this to save Mandy when she is kidnapped by the Boogeyman.This was lampshaded when Grim said that it was the power of love."
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[[folder:RealLife]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes The Sacred Band of Thebes.]]
* [[http://wearscience.com/design/huggerf/ This T-shirt]]. [[ILoveNuclearPower After]] a [[IncrediblyLamePun fashion]].

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