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"I had the strangest dream: I dreamt that some psychopath was trying to break the two of you up. Luckily, I woke up, and I see that world is just as it should be."
— Julianne, My Best Friend's Wedding

Most people know better than to go after someone who's already taken; not only is it wrong, it can also lead to a lot of easily avoidable drama. Unfortunately, some people have no issue aggressively pursuing someone who's already taken, even if said taken person has made it clear that they aren't interested in having an affair or leaving their current partner. For the pursuer, the target of their affections will be theirs and they won't let a minor detail like "being spoken for" stop them.

The reasons for going after a taken person may vary; the pursuer could be an ex who refuses to let go of their past relationship. They might be a Gold Digger and/or a shallow person who has no problem stealing a rich and/or good-looking partner from someone else. Maybe they see their crush as their soulmate, with said crush's current partner being seen as a thief who "stole" what "rightfully" belongs to them. Alternatively, they aren't really interested in the person they're pursuing, they are more interested in hurting and/or one-upping the person whom they're attempting to steal from.

These characters' schemes to steal their target vary, but some of the more common ones include:

  • Trying to seduce their target via sex appeal, money, status or some other superficial quality.
  • Blackmailing the crush or the rival into breaking up.
  • Spreading lies about the rival or the crush to engineer a break-up.
  • Trying to put down the rival in order to convince the crush to date the admirer instead.
  • Offing the rival so the crush will be up for grabs.
  • If a female is harassing a male, they could try and lie about being pregnant in order to baby trap him. Alternatively, if the woman really is pregnant, she might claim that the baby is actually the man's.

Regardless of what method the admirer uses, their schemes will almost always fail. If the admirer uses seduction, the crush's love for their partner will prove to be stronger than base desire. If they attempt to use lies, the the trust between the two lovers will prove too strong for them to believe any baseless lies about the other. If they try blackmail, one or both parties will either take revenge or simply refuse to allow the admirer's threats to sway them. Expect the crush to declare that not only are they happy with their current lover, but that they also wouldn't date the admirer even if they were single.

Needless to say, these types of characters are unlikely to be portrayed in a sympathetic or likeable manner. While sometimes portrayed humorously, the humor comes more from the absurd lengths they'll go to to get their target and whatever karma they receive.

Sub-Trope of Abhorrent Admirer. See also Seduction-Proof Marriage when the target of the affections refuses this character's advances. Often overlaps with Stalker with a Crush, Mad Love, Entitled to Have You, and Yandere. Overlaps with Psycho Ex and/or Fair-Weather Ex if the admirer used to date the target of their affections or Wedding Smashers if the admirer tries to steal their crush during the wedding. May involve a Better Partner Assertion if the admirer tries to convince their crush that they would be a better partner. Compare And Now You Must Marry Me, which this trope might overlap with if the villain is trying to marry someone who is already in a relationship. Compare/contrast Serial Homewrecker, which this character might also be if they have successfully stolen other's partners before. Contrast Cuckold if they succeed, I Want My Beloved to Be Happy, where a character accepts that their crush is happy with someone else, The Mistress, Remarried to the Mistress, and Sympathetic Adulterer.

As with all Sexual Harassment and Rape Tropes, No Real Life Examples, Please!

Examples:

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    Anime & Manga 
  • My-Otome: After Schwartz and Count Nagi de Artai take over the Garderobe Academy, Tomoe tells Shizuru that Natsuki was captured (a lie) and that she'd be well taken care of if Shizuru cooperated. Tomoe honestly thought this would make Shizuru fall in love with her. But Shizuru was well aware that Natsuki had escaped and only went along with Tomoe to flip the tables on her later. When Natsuki goes in on a rescue mission, Shizuru reunites with her unhesitatingly, to Tomoe's fury and frustration.
  • Ranma ½: Ranma and Akane's many admirers pursue them despite knowing they are engaged to one another. Their schemes range from sexual harassment to attempted murder. Despite how much Ranma and Akane may insult and attack one another, they are ultimately loyal to one another.
    • Ranma himself tries to be a homewrecker during the Ten Year Sauce story. Long story short, due to a series of mishaps and miscommunications, Ukyo believes Ranma is genuinely set on living up to a Childhood Marriage Promise, and so she moves into the Tendo Dojo, causing absolute hell as Akane's jealousy goes through the roof. So Ranma tries to drive off Ukyo by acting like an absolutely terrible husband figure, only for each attempt to backfire. Flipping the Table and calling her a bad cook? She doesn't even bat an eye, the Tendos save the food, and Soun beats him up for nearly spilling it. Coming home pretending to be drunk? She casually splashes him with cold water to sober him up. Putting lipstick kisses on his shirt collar? She catches him at it. She doesn't even bat an eye when he goes to Akane's room whilst declaring he's going to see his mistress. Of course, it doesn't help Ranma that Ukyo came to the conclusion earlier that Akane was forcing Ranma to try and break up with Ukyo...

    Comic Books 
  • Josie and the Pussycats: Josie James and Alan Mayberry have been dating steadily pretty much since Alan's introduction. This doesn't stop Rich Bitch Alexandra Cabot from trying to sabotage Josie and take Alan for herself. However, much of the series' comedy lies in Alexandra suffering repeated Backstab Backfires while trying to sunder the Josie + Alan couple. This dynamic extends into the Animated Adaptation in 1970 by Hanna-Barbera.

    Fan Works 
  • CONSEQUENCES (Miraculous Ladybug): Lila in the stories SUN'S WRATH and CAGED combines this trope with Incompatible Orientation; despite the fact that Adrien and Luka are in a relationship, she tries to break them up so she can be with Adrien. In SUN'S WRATH she attempts to kill Luka by pushing him in front of a car, while in CAGED she tries to blackmail Adrien into breaking up with Luka by threatening to ruin Adrien's social life. In both stories, she not only fails to win over Adrien, she also almost gets killed by an Akumatized Adrien (in SUN'S WRATH) or Luka (in CAGED) for trying to hurt the other.
  • Cut My Life Into Pieces, This Is My Last Resort has Lila convince Alya that Marinette has been trying to seduce Nino behind her back by spoofing Marinette's number. This works so well that Alya gets akumatized into Truth Bomb, resulting in her seemingly blowing her best friend sky-high.
  • Danny Phantom: Stranded: Colette is obsessed with Danny because, unlike Star's previous boyfriends who she was easily able to steal, he is faithful to Star and rebuffs Colette's advances. In Colette's mind, this makes him a challenge to overcome, while Danny just views her as an annoying mean girl who won't leave him and his girlfriend alone.
  • Elementary My Dear Natsuki: A My-HiME fanfic that puts Shizuru in the role of "consulting detective" in Victorian England, with Natsuki serving the Watsonian role, Tomoe Marguerite takes an interest in Shizuru when she witnesses Shizuru slaughter the heads of the Obsidian Order to protect Natsuki from them. To try and bring Shizuru closer to her, Tomoe frames Natsuki for murder, though she also makes sure that if Shizuru can unravel the clues and free Natsuki from the hangman's rope, they will all implicate her associate, Miya Clochette. When Natsuki and Shizuru confront Tomoe, Natsuki points out that they already have the evidence that will free her, and Tomoe might as well confess to the crimes. Tomoe attempts to appeal to Shizuru by pointing out that if she is captured and confesses, she will have to explain Shizuru's role in the deaths of several people, saying Natsuki would thus have Shizuru's neck in the noose when Tomoe testified. In the end, realizing that she couldn't drive a wedge between Natsuki and Shizuru, Tomoe decides to pull an If I Can't Have You…. Fortunately, Natsuki settles the matter with a Boom, Headshot! before Tomoe can mortally wound Shizuru.
  • King Explosion Murder The Shield Hero: Zenra, the prized botanist and former castle gardener, wanted Queen Mirella to be his wife despite the Queen already being married with two daughters. When she rejected him, he snapped and destroyed the castle gardens, resulting in him losing his job.
  • The Many Dates of Danny Fenton: Quite a number of bullies and villains attempt to steal Danny or his girlfriends away from the other.
    • In both the original story and its spinoffs, Dash tries to steal Danny's dates/girlfriends by bullying the latter or using his status as a football player. He always fails because the girls prefer a Nice Guy like Danny rather than an obnoxious bully like Dash.
    • Paulina tries to steal Danny once it's revealed that he's her superhero crush, Danny Phantom. Not only is Danny no longer interested in her, he also finds her persistence annoying and creepy. She continues to do this as an adult even though he's married to his chosen girl, to the point that in the timeline where Danny chose Makoto, he had to get a restraining order against Paulina. In the timeline where he married Kim, Paulina actually tried to sue Kim for "stealing" Danny from her, despite being married herself.
    • Bonnie tries to steal Danny once she finds out that he's the famous superhero Danny Phantom. In the timeline where he chooses Kim, Bonnie forcefully kisses Danny on the lips at prom, despite already having a boyfriend, which disgusts and angers him, Kim, Bonnie's boyfriend Brick, and everyone else who saw what she did. Even as an adult when she is married and has children of her own, she is still obsessed with Danny and hates Kim for "stealing him".
    • In TMDDF: After Many Dates: Danny and Kim, Camille Leon aggressively pursues Danny, even after learning he's with Kim. In the future, despite Danny being married to Kim, Camille sends him love letters from jail, which he eventually decides to stop reading.
    • In a number of stories, Ember is perfectly willing to try to steal Danny from whoever his girlfriend is and has no problem forcing kisses on him.
  • Ranma Club:
    • Kuno, being a Casanova Wannabe, tries to steal the Winx girls away from Ranma, only to end up getting painfully rejected each time.
    • Mikado Sanzenin is portrayed as being this; like in canon, he has no qualms about kissing girls who are already taken. Unlike canon, rather than being treated like a ladies' man, he's portrayed as a creep who can't take no for an answer; he acts obsessively pushy towards the Winx girls for constantly rejecting him, despite them being in a relationship with Ranma. When he gloats that he has no qualms about kissing girls who are already taken, Bloom puts a curse on him that makes him incapable of kissing a girl without consent. When he tries to forcefully kiss a girl with a boyfriend, not only does the curse prevent him from doing so, but the girl is creeped out by the fact that some stranger tries to kiss her and is relieved when her boyfriend punched said stranger out.
  • In Stamford University: WARGAMES, an Alternate Universe of the WWE set at the titular University, Mandy Rose becomes an Abhorrent Admirer towards new student Dean Ambrose, constantly trying to seduce him and come on to him, even when he makes it clear that he's put his past womanizing ways behind him and is set on marrying cheerleader Alexa Bliss and starting a family with her. Initially, Mandy appears to have lines she refuses to cross, such as giving Dean some respectful distance when he and Alexa are in mourning for the miscarriage of their first child, but then later in the story she abandons such restraints and crosses the Moral Event Horizon by raping Dean and trying to get him to leave Alexis for her. And no, the writer makes it clear that Double Standard Rape: Female on Male doesn't apply here: Dean is clearly traumatized afterwards, and even more hellbent on defending himself and Alexa from a depraved individual like Mandy.

    Literature 
  • Earth's Children: While open relationships are considered normal in Zelandonii culture, Marona clearly has malicious intentions when she seduces Jondalar in The Land of Painted Caves, as it's well-known that Marona is bitter that Jondalar chose to mate Ayla over her and bears Ayla ill-will for this. Marona specifically waits until Ayla is preoccupied and often away from home to move in on Jondalar, taking advantage of his increasing loneliness and frustration. When Ayla catches them together, Marona gleefully rubs it in her face and appears to believe Jondalar will leave Ayla for her (or at least favour her from now on). She underestimates how much Jondalar loves Ayla, as he instantly realises what a stupid mistake he made and what Marona's true intentions were. He admits he was only interested in sex with Marona and doesn't feel anything deeper for her, so he's hardly going to ditch his wife and mother of his child for her.
  • I, Jedi: Pirate queen and ex-Imperial Moff Leonia Tavira decides in the last third of the book that she wants "Jenos Idanian", i.e. protagonist Corran Horn, as her next boy toy, despite the cover identity including a preexisting romance with the heiress of a shipping line (Corran's real wife Mirax is being held prisoner by Tavira's pirates). She makes it clear she doesn't care about his other lover and forcefully kisses him in an attempt to whet his appetite.
  • In the second book of Nursery Crime, Jack Spratt is lured to a hotel room by his Abhorrent Admirer, Agatha Diesel, who successfully convinces both her husband and Jack's wife that Jack is having an affair; Jack gets punched out first by her husband (who happens to be his boss) and then his wife for this, and it's only intervention by Punch and Judy's marriage counseling that prevents Jack's life from disintegrating entirely.
  • Rally Round the Flag, Boys!: Angela Hoffa, on the verge of divorcing Oscar, faces a dilemma: Putnam's Landing is no place for a childless divorcĂ©e to live, but at age 38 she's too old to return to the social scene in New York City. However, while Putnam's Landing is devoid of eligible bachelors, it is home to more than a few Henpecked Husbands, and she comes to the conclusion that pursuing a discontented husband and offering herself to him as a superior mate is as moral as "to find a man in bondage and set him free." She identifies Harry Bannerman as her most promising target and spends most of the rest of the story pursuing an affair with him. While Harry does become a Sympathetic Adulterer, Angela never comes close to convincing him to leave his wife for her, and he only feels more guilty about their affair the longer it goes on.
  • Wax and Wayne: Despite normally being The Social Expert, Wayne repeatedly makes passes at Ranette even though she has a girlfriend, is gay, and has shot him on four occasions. It's a sign of both his Amazon Chaser inclinations and his deep-seated self-esteem issues.
  • The Wheel of Time: Berelain repeatedly makes advances at Perrin over the course of six books, persisting even after he gets married and starts shouting her away. It's implied that him being Forbidden Fruit is part of the appeal for her.

    Live-Action TV 
  • The Addams Family: In one episode, a man invited by Fester to aid in a "marital dispute" between Gomez and Morticia (which was all in Fester's imagination), the man makes it his goal to woo Morticia, despite her making it clear she has no interest. He sees the light by the end, telling Fester that Gomez and Morticia are perfect for each other.
  • In the first season of Batwoman, Kate Kane tries to renew her relationship with her ex-girlfriend Sophie Moore, despite Sophie having retreated into the closet and gotten married to a man in the years since they broke up. While Sophie eventually realizes that she is gay and divorces her husband, her relationship with Kate remains conflicted, and ultimately, they do not end up together.
  • Bewitched:
    • In the episode "Man's Best Friend", Rodney, an obnoxious young warlock Samantha used to babysit, pops in expecting Sam to run away with him. When she refuses, he returns in the form of a dog to endear himself to an unknowing Darrin while intentionally invoking Sam's wrath to drive a wedge between them. Then, he orchestrates talk of Sam having an affair with him getting back to Darrin to prove he doesn't trust her. When Sam confessing that her alleged affair was with the dog leads to her and Darrin having a fight, Rodney drops the ruse, thinking he's been proven right. Unfortunately for Rodney, Darrin believed Sam from the start, he just wanted to handle the situation without Sam having to break her record for days without using magic.
    • In the episode "Once in a Vial", Endora summons one of Sam's exes, Rollo, in hopes there is still enough of a spark between them to make her finally leave Darrin. After a false start, Rollo, eager to correct the one blot on his otherwise flawless love record, agrees to come to a dinner party at the Stephens residence. When Sam continues giving him the cold shoulder, Rollo takes Endora's suggestion and tries to slip Sam one of his love potions, but things go sideways when the spiked drink winds up being drunk by Endora and she falls madly in love with Darrin's latest client.
  • In Monk episode "Mr. Monk Fights City Hall", The reveal is that Eileen Hill had hired a pregnant woman while claiming to give her a drug test during the process, in order to show a positive pregnancy test to Paul Crawford so that he would leave his wife. He murdered her instead.
  • Night Gallery: In "The Caterpillar", a discontented soldier, Macey, begins lusting after his boss's much younger wife, despite her clearly not wanting his attentions and being happy with the way things are. His murder plot to "free" her from her husband backfires on him horrifically.
  • Once Upon a Time: Near the end of the first season, Regina convinces the married David to come over to her house as thanks for fixing her car. While the two fix dinner, Regina attempts to seduce David, whom she knows is married to Kathrine and is in love with Mary Margaret. He quickly turns her down due to not being interested.
  • Outlander: After finding out that Jamie and Claire have married, Laoghaire still attempts to woo Jamie away, believing that he should have rightfully been hers. She approaches Jamie at the lake in just her corset (extremely racy in the 18th century) offering to let him have his way with her, she puts an ill-wish omen under their bed in hopes that Claire will fall deathly ill, and later she intentionally gets Claire arrested for witchcraft hoping she'll be executed, leaving Jamie single once again. Unfortunately for Laoghaire, each of her attempts to break up the new marriage ultimately fails.
  • In That '80s Show, Sophia constantly tries to seduce Katie despite the latter being both straight and in a long-distance relationship.

    Music 
  • In the song "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels, a boy tried to date a girl who wasn't interested while her boyfriend was out of town and when she said no, he started spreading Malicious Slander about her. The song consists of her telling him that her boyfriend has returned and is about to beat him up in retaliation.
  • Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend", in which the singer insults her crush's girlfriend and implores him to date her instead, could count as this depending on whether you believe the singer's assertions that the crush likes her back, or whether she's just deluding herself.
  • "My Guy" by Mary Wells is directed at a man who's trying to convince the singer to leave her boyfriend for him.
  • In Melanie Martinez's "Pacify Her", the singer sees her ex-boyfriend with another girl and becomes determined to take him back, even if it means ruining their relationship.
  • In the music video for Paramore's "Misery Business", when the Alpha Bitch sees a couple happily talking in the hallway, she shoves the girl out of the way and plants a Forceful Kiss on the boy.
  • I Got a Man by Positive K has the rapper complimenting and asking out a woman who almost immediately tells him she already has a man. Despite this, K persists and tries telling her that she could do better with him instead, only to get shot down every time.
  • Taylor Swift: Her Breakout Hit "You Belong with Me" expresses the singer's desire to be with a guy who is already the boyfriend of another woman. The official music video portrays the singer pursuing him and eventually convincing him to be with her.

    Video Games 
  • In Crusader Kings II and III, only player characters can become one of these. In the case of NPCs seducing the player character, the player has the option to tell the would-be seducer you'll never be interested in them, permanently stopping them from trying to romance you. However, the AI can't exercise this option against the player, meaning you can doggedly pursue an NPC forever, even if they're married and aren't attracted to your character in the slightest.

    Web Animation 
  • Etra chan saw it!:
  • Helluva Boss: Chaz from the episode "Exes and Oohs" is the ex of both Moxxie and Millie who tries to sleep with them despite both of them hating his guts and being married to each other. To make matters worse, he's in on a plot with Crimson, Moxxie's mob boss father, to force Moxxie to marry him.
  • Manga Soprano:
    • "Pretentious coworker with 6 boyfriends flirts with my fiancĂ©.But it will be exposed ..." [sic]: At the company's hot springs trip, Moka Kiyoi attempts to seduce Chief Kairi. His fiancĂ©, Ram, is unable to do anything because he told her to keep the engagement a secret and would end up blowing their own cover if she intervened. However, Kairi sees right through Moka's tricks and proves wrong her claims of never being in a relationship by exposing her affairs with six male coworkers. All six of them turn on Moka after realizing her true colors.
    • "A misunderstood woman who pretends to be a lover when she is not even in a relationship": When Chief Alto shows up to inspect the work branch Kanade worked at, Misato attempted to seduce him, but Alto chews her out and tells her to resign. When she disses Kanade's appearance while playing her advances as a joke, Alto reprimands her even harder and reveals Kanade is his fiancĂ©e. Eventually, Misato resigns after being cast aside by the entire company, and the groundwork laid by Alto in response reduced her to work at a local snack bar.
  • Manga-Waido: Noai aggressively pursues Makoto, one of her father's employees, doing things such as sending sexually explicit photos of herself and offering to go swimming with him, despite knowing that he's a married man and loyal to his wife. The reason for her aggressive pursuit is that she's a Dude Magnet who isn't used to having guys resist her advances, which makes Makoto a challenge for her. When Noai sees a picture of Amane, Makoto's wife, she makes fun of Amane's youthful appearance and insists that she would be better because of her more mature body. When Makoto rejects her at a drinking party, Noai loses it and attempts to rape him, only to be stopped by Amane, who's trained in various martial arts, and subtly threatens to kill Noai if she doesn't stop bothering Makoto, which, alongside the fact that her father punished her for her behavior, causes Noai to give up.
  • Refreshing Stories: Hiroshi's manager hits on Hiroshi's wife, Mako, despite being married himself. When Mako refuses his advances, the manager decides to make Hiroshi work longer hours in order to find out where he and his wife live by following Mako. Once he finds out, he keeps harassing Mako, but she refuses to let him in, and whenever he sees Mako, he touches her inappropriately, which naturally frightens her. One day, the manager steals Hiroshi's house key and decides to break in so that he can rape Mako. Unfortunately for the boss, not only do Mako and Hiroshi move, but their old house is now being occupied by a group of female police officers. Naturally, he gets beaten and sent to jail.
  • Revenge Films:
  • Sekai no Fushigi: Minori is Haruto's ex-girlfriend, who he broke up with for using people. When Haruto ends up in the hospital, Minori is assigned to be his nurse, and she wastes no time insulting and spreading rumors about him. Minori's tune changes when she learns that Haruto became rich and successful, and she tries to get back with him. Haruto rejects her, as he has a girlfriend who has come to visit. When Minori sees that his new girlfriend, Yuka, has smaller breasts, she tries to use her larger breasts (Big-Breast Pride, Buxom Beauty Standard) to entice Haruto into getting back together. Unfortunately for Minori, not only does Haruto refuse, Yuka is also the daughter of the hospital's owner AKA, Minori's boss, and it's all but stated that Yuka has Minori fired for unprofessional behavior.
  • SparkTales:
    • "Sister Always Steals My BF! Not This Time..." - Laverne enters a bar where Lisa and Noah are dating for a drink. She then dumped all of Lisa's embarrassing past stories to make her look bad and faked being drunk. However, when she tries to lean in closer for a kiss, Noah has none of it and chews Laverne out for invading his personal space and trying to seduce him away from Lisa.
    • "Husband Leaves for Mistress: Their Downfall!" - Audra briefly attempts to seduce Lisa's new husband, Noah, thinking he was rich because of the luxury apartment they live in. However, Madison reveals that the apartment was bought by Lisa while Noah is a stay-at-home dad. Moreover, Noah adds that Lisa started her
  • Trouble Busters:
    • The unnamed nurse combines this trope with a serious case of Mad Love; in order to steal Alan, the hospital's director, from his wife Melanie, she lies to Melanie by claiming that Alan wants to divorce Melanie to be with her, going so far as to create a fake recording, a photoshopped picture, and divorce papers with Alan's forged signature. When she tries force a hospitalized Melanie to sign the divorce papers, Alan stops her. The nurse delusionally believes that Alan is in love with her, claiming that she can "hear his feelings from his heart" and that Alan's soul came to her in a dream and possessed her to force her to sign the divorce papers. Later, it turns out that she wasn't crazy, just an extremely persistent Gold Digger.
    • "My fiancĂ© cheated on me with my sister so I taught them both an unforgettable lesson!": On her wedding day, Nancy attempts to seduce Helen's new husband, Lee, after finding out that he is the CEO of a K-pop entertainment company. However, she does this right in front of her groom John, his parents, and the guests. As a result of Nancy's shameless behavior, John proceeds to strangle her in retaliation and only was stopped by his parents. However, she insisted on marrying Lee instead and would return to John if she failed, which got her beaten by John, with her parents refusing to do anything and disowning her.
    • "A JERK dumped my friend for her younger sister and said she was ugly...": After finding out her husband, Roger, was an accountant wanted for embezzlement and that Tara's new husband, Alan, had a majority stake on the company Roger worked at, Misty attempts to seduce Alan into lending her money, right in front of Roger. However, Alan has none of Misty's crap and defends Tara while proclaiming the latter as beautiful. Afterward, the newlyweds leave Misty crying in defeat.

    Webcomics 
  • Ennui GO!: Alpha Bitch Brittany has a massive crush on Max Pritchard, and won't let silly things like "already has a (very violent and scary when angry or jealous) girlfriend" and "is clearly and openly disinterested in her" get in the way of trying to get together with him. During the "Power Struggle" arc, she constantly forces herself between Max and Calixta, either clinging to and openly flirting with the former or insulting and getting into fights with the latter. At one point, she even uses her newfound Omega powers to constantly pull Max away from Calixta and force him to be with her, as shown in "Head Games."

    Web Original 
  • Not Always Romantic: This woman's (now evidently former) friend decides to hit on her via text, and claims that "I'm married, and I don't think of you like that" isn't an answer. When he continues to press her over it, she understandably grows angry, which leads to him insulting her and making posts online about the "friend zone" and calling her "blind, slutty, and stupid". She responds by posting a screenshot of their original conversation, which he promptly deletes and blocks her.

    Web Videos 
  • Apple Texts:
    • In stories where the antagonist is a Serial Homewrecker towards the protagonist, they will eventually try and fail to seduce the protagonist's true love, who, unlike the protagonist's previous lovers, is too much of a decent person to cheat. Nonetheless, the antagonist will usually try to harass the faithful lover into cheating, resorting to measures such as stalking, being sexually provocative, or demanding that the protagonist give them up.
    • Some stories have the protagonist's first lover being faithful despite the antagonist's extreme persistence.
    • In stories where the protagonist's evil ex tries to get back with them, said ex will demand that the protagonist break up with their new lover. When the protagonist refuses, they will often try to bad-mouth the new lover in some way, which naturally pisses off the protagonist even further.
  • Viral Texts: Marge wants her sister Jenny's fiance Gerry, despite having a boyfriend herself, because she thinks she's a better fit due to her superior looks on top of the fact that Gerry is better looking than her own boyfriend. Marge calls Jenny and tells her that Gerry is now her fiance, with her parents even supporting Marge, much to Gerry's horror. After Gerry refuses her advances Marge decides to sneak into Gerry's house in her underwear and hugs him, which causes Gerry run away and call the cops. Marge ends up screwing up her own life for her actions; she gets arrested while in her underwear, finds out from Jenny that Gerry's coworkers, including Marge's boyfriend, saw her trying to seduce Gerry due to him being in an online business meeting, which causes her boyfriend to break up with her, and ends up getting sued for causing Gerry's coworkers emotional distress.

    Western Animation 

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