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Ned: Missy, we need to talk. I've found someone else. Missy: You're so cute when you say things that you know will get you and whoever you're talking about seriously injured. — Neds Declassified School Survival Guide
She's often cute, almost to the point of twee. She's affectionate, too. But she also has a grip like a hydraulic press, and seems to want to be an article of clothing wrapped around the body of the guy she likes. Woe to him if he looks at another girl (or if another girl looks at him), for she's usually armed with an Armor Piercing Slap, a Megaton Punch or a Hyperspace Mallet, and she's willing to use it on him whether he invited the attention or not. She's the Clingy Jealous Girl, and she can be anywhere on the spectrum from a fondly-regarded nuisance to a psycho stalker.
Clingy Jealous Girl usually lavishes her attention upon a male schoolmate, but sometimes she can fixate on her older brother. While usually this is a purely filial, protective behavior, it can occasionally verge on Brother Sister Incest. And the occasional Psycho Lesbian Clingy Jealous Girl has been spotted.
If she's a Yandere, she'll snap and try to Murder The Hypotenuse at least once. Especially " If I Can't Have You". If she's a Tsundere instead, her violence towards the male lead will be a Running Gag.
And finally, expect her to be the victim of lots of fan bashing for getting in between The Hero and his True Love, even if she actually loses. If she manages to start a relationship with her object of affections, it will range anywhere from annoying gushing, All Take And No Give, or even Love Martyrdom. In Fan Fiction, she is almost always what the Relationship Sue turns out to be in the end.
Examples
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Anime & Manga
- Genkaku towards Nagi in Deadman Wonderland, though he's really a Clingy Jealous Boy over Nagi's carnage.
- Peacemaker Kurogane: In the manga, Suzu becomes a male version of this towards Tetsunosuke.
- Black Cat has Creed act in such a way whenever Train is involved or not involved.
- Kaede from Shuffle.
- In Girls Bravo Yukinari has to deal with the insane Lisa, and Miharu and Kirie to a lesser extent.
- Lovely Complex: Mimi and Risa in regards to Otani. Otani himself has traces of this when Risa is involved, though he is more subtle about his affections.
- Yuno towards Yukiteru in Mirai Nikki. Very much so. On the Ho Yay side there is the affection that Akise has for Yukiteru. Both of them are perfectly willing to eliminate whatever competition they may face by any means neccesary, although Akise is considerably more subtle about it, using and manipulating the legal system in order to get at enemies, whereas Yuno prefers to simply go Axe Crazy on them.
- Peach Girl: Sae to whoever attracts her "interest", though it can be argued that she just acts clingy and lovestruck because she is trying to undermine Momo; as well as Jigoro towards Sae. On that note, both Kairi and Toji have displayed certain aspects of this behavior, all of it directed towards Momo; Momo herself is this way towards both Toji and Kairi as well at times.
- To Love Ru. Oh Yes indeed.
- Ruuan, Kaori, and arguably, Shao in Mamotte Shugogetten.
- In Rosario To Vampire every girl in Tsukune's Unwanted Harem acts like this towards Tsukune to varying degrees.
- Usagi, Fish Eye, Ann, Galaxia, Beryl, Nehelenia, and arguably, Chibiusa act in such a manner towards Mamoru in Sailor Moon. Also, Rei in regards to Mamoru and Tuxedo Kamen at times; as well as Emerald whenever Prince Diamond is around or even mentioned. Ann and Ali even act like this towards eachother. On the male side there is Prince Diamond and Ali both clingy around Usagi and also Umino acts like this in regards to Naru. Truly, Love Hurts so fucking much.
- Reiji (Rage) from the Gravitation manga series is a robot panda-driving Fag Hag fixated on Shuichi, even following him to America and becoming his band's manager because of this obsession.
- Akane, Shampoo, Ukyo and Kodachi from Ranma ½ all display one degree or another of this behavior — all of it focused on Ranma.
- Whenever Akane seemingly shows interest in anyone other than him, Ranma's jealousy knows no bounds.
- And when Ranma is hit with a Fishing Rod Of Love, she turns into this for Ryōga. Even going as far as attacking ''Akane'' out of jealousy.
- Kunō and Ryōga could be considered Spear Counterparts of this trope, except that they're more low-key than the girls and rarely Glomp the girls they're interested in. (Kunō because, unless he catches them by surprise, Akane and Ranma beat his head in for trying; Ryōga because he gets too flustered to try it.) Mousse, though, is practically a Clingy Jealous Girl in male form — even the fact his antics usually get him beaten up (by either the girl he chases or by someone he Glomps by mistake) fails to dissuade him.
- After Suzumiya Haruhi sees Kyon and Mikuru acting a bit too friendly with each other, her jealousy nearly brought about the end of the universe. In her defense, Haruhi does restrain her jealousy a lot and doesn't really intervene in these cases other than by making disguised sighs of disgust and frustration... but, given that the whole universe is hanging on her mental balance, inner frustration is pretty much everything it would take for the world to implode.
- Note that Haruhi does not know she's a Reality Warper. In fact, she regards the night when she was about to bring the end of the universe as a simple nightmare she had. And it's pretty much a sure thing that it's much better to keep her Locked Out Of The Loop...
- Nanami Kiryuu from Revolutionary Girl Utena is fixated on her brother Touga.
- Shiho Munakata from Mai-HIME, in regards to her "big brother" Yuuichi Tate.
- Asuka from Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Clingy Jealous Girl around Ryōji Kaji.
- And Shinji for that matter too, to a lesser extent (notice her particular agitation towards Rei). This is bumped up in many of the alternate universes.
- Ritsuko also exhibits traces of this behavior towards Rei, who she is fearful of after Rei starts spending a lot of time with/and earning the favor of her old lover Gendo Ikari.
- Interestingly, when Armisael merges with Unit 00 in the manga, the Other Rei tells Rei that while she may not outwardly show it or be fully aware of it, she has some of this towards Shinji as well. It goes on to say that she gets jealous whenever Shinji visits Asuka in the infirmary after her Mind Rape, and that deep down she has a selfish desire to have him all to herself which stems from her loneliness.
- As a Harem telling of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual, all the girls noticibly show this trait towards Kazuki. However D Rei's Expy clings to him the most.
- Lum in Urusei Yatsura, in regards to her "husband" Ataru Moroboshi. Also Ryōko Mendō, aimed at her brother Shūtarō.
- Harry in Outlaw Star is very much the guy version of this with additional stalker tendencies whenever he is around Melfina, and becomes irrational to the point of violence when she repeatedly rejects his advances and starts to spend a lot of time with Gene. On that note, Gene also acts like this around Melfina at times, though definitely not to the extent that Harry does.
- Quiche from Tokyo Mew Mew falls under these same lines, and at one point threatens to kill Ichigo, the object of his obsessive infatuation, when she refuses him.
- Hikaru in Kimagure Orange Road, competing with her best friend Madoka for Kyōsuke's affections. It's more of a childish, innocent kind of clinging, except in The Movie.
- Merle in Vision Of Escaflowne is clingy and jealous with respect to Van, whence her sometimes-friendly rivalry with Hitomi.
- Yuka in Elfen Lied, though she attempts (and fails) to grapple with her jealousy throughout the series. The main character of Elfen Lied, Lucy could also be seen as an example, though her grappling with jealousy involves murdering her romantic interest Kouta's family and sparing Yuka's life only because of Kouta.
- Although it is disputed whether her motives are romantic or not, C-ko Kotobuki acts this way around A-ko Magami in Project A-ko.
- Kizaki Tamayo from Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer acts this way towards her classmate Kobayashi Koutarou. When Misaki (the main character) starts getting close to Koutarou, Tamayo's already excessive friendly-violence steps up a notch. Then again, in the manga, she acts this same way and has only one scene to suggest any romantic motives (and ends up with someone else; the anime, on the other hand, pairs her with Koutarou).
- Amagi Michal from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch is fiercely possessive of Kaito once she saves him, but she's also a Lonely Rich Kid AND an Ill Girl, so no violence here — she'd probably collapse.
- Takamiya Rina from Kaitou Saint Tail becomes so possessive that she ruthlessly blackmails, gossips and overrides commands, pulling the dirtiest tricks she can think of to get her rival out of the way. On one occasion, she even aims a rocket launcher into a room full of priceless artifacts with both rival and boy inside.
- Kagura Sohma from Fruits Basket is extremely clingy to her cousin Kyo, but doesn't hesitate to get violent. She ends up being rejected by Kyo for the main character, Tohru. In Kagura's defense, she's a friend of Tohru as well *and* does get over Kyo choosing Tohru on her own, even before Kyo rejects her for the last time.
- Kagura might accept that Kyo chose Tohru but the author said that she will never get over him. Not to say that she won't get on with her life, just that she will never stop having feelings for him.
- Miu from Ichigo Mashimaro reacts like this whenever Nobue shows too much attention or admiration for one of the other three girls—which happens regularly. It's likely non-romantic, although with Miu all bets are off.
- Ranpha's path in Galaxy Angel Moonlit Lovers has her snap when she walks in on Tact and Chitose picking up fallen papers. Tact's solution? Convince her that he could never love anybody else — by way of self-humiliation
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- Sakurato falls into this role to various extents in Demashita Powerpuff Girls Z, to the point where (in her most recent appearance) she deliberatly changes into Sedusa so her Hyde self can take appropriate revenge when she sees Souichirou with another girl (nearly twice, but the PPGZ (in civilian guise) prevent the second occurrence, thwarting what would otherwise have been a Here We Go Again ending).
- Koboshi of Pita-Ten would often get very jealous and infuriated whenever Misha would glomp Kotarou. We would often find her contemplating on her chances with Kotarou and whether Misha was getting more attention from him, particularly when Kotarou wouldn't push the angel away and just let her hang there.
- Mei Ling of Cardcaptor Sakura was sort-of engaged to her cousin Li Shaoran since childhood and holds this very dearly, to the point it becomes quite a running gag. However, when she realizes he has really fallen for Sakura and also ends up befriending her, she "breaks it off" and ends up helping them get together.
- Skuld of Ah! My Goddess acts in a manner resembling this trope — about her sister — when she perceives that Keiichi and Belldandy are becoming more romantically close.
- Similarly, but much less severe, could be Belldandy herself. Things have been known to randomly explode if she sees Keiichi receiving excessive attention from another girl. Even when she keeps it under control, however, her confrontation with Peorth revealed that she won't tolerate people randomly interfering with their relationship.
- Although there Belldandy ended up the worse off in their exchange, since Peorth accused her of not fulfilling Keiichi's desires making Belldandy get all sad and angsty because she hasn't had sex with him.
- In the second season of the anime, when Hild's loli-form goes back in time to seduce a younger Keiichi, she acts like a Clingy Jealous Girl towards him every time Belldandy (who has also come back in time to stop Loli-Hild) tries to talk to Keiichi.
- When first introduced, Tsubasa Shibahime (Kare Kano) is very clingy towards Soichiro Arima, often attacking Yukino Miyazawa, with whom Arima had a burgeoning romantic relationship.
- Tamami of Mahoraba Heartful Days is obsessively clingy to Kozue, and while not particularly violent, she heaps the verbal abuse on Shiratori when he and Kozue get close.
- In Mahou Sensei Negima, Anya, Negi's wizard-world friend who is seen very briefly in an early Flash Back, is in fact Clingy Jealous about him. At least, she wants very badly to be so, but mostly sits in the hot springs and whimpers, because she's so darn intimidated by the size of a significant portion his Unwanted Harem's chests. (And later, by their level of combat ability.)
- Mayu Miyuki from Ai Yori Aoshi is notorious for this, outraged when any other girl does anything with Kaoru and she does not, and regularly, and dramatically, proclaiming her love and plans for their future. Made even worse by the fact that she never really stops, just tones it back somewhat... even after Kaoru is married.
- That was the only part of the ending that disappointed this troper. Tina handled her disappointment far better than Mayu did... funny, considering how Mayu was always criticizing her for being graceless. Better would've been for her to gain strength from it, stay friends with them, and move on, like Tina did. Goodness knows how much she's spent flying from England to Japan once a month.
- Christine Hanakomachi from Daa! Daa! Daa! There seems to have two personas hiding inside her: the meek gentle girl who adores Miyu Kozuki as a friend, and the crazy devil capable of superhuman feats that would murder anyone who tries getting "romantically close" to Kanata Saionji (namely Miyu herself, though non-intentionally).
- Subverted in Hell Teacher Nube, with Yukime the Snow Girl. First, she goes all jealous when Nuubee goes into a fancy date with his workmate Ritsuko, but another spirit who had arranged the date in the first place via her powers sees this and punishes Yukime messily and repeteadly through the second half of the episode. Some time later, she kidnaps Ritsuko after being subjected to a Hannibal Lecture of her father's Poisonous Lackey who almost manages to convince her to murder her victim and then get together with Nuubee... but Yukime realizes this is fucked up, apologizes to Ritsuko and releases her, which ends up in her death. She gets better, though. Finally, it's one of the rare cases where the Clingy Jealous Girl actually wins.
- Misa Amane in Death Note, who indicates to Light that if he dates any other girls, even to throw the authorities off their own relationship, she'll kill them with her Death Note. For that matter, Kiyomi Takada later on.
- Naruto has Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka who, in the beginning, are clingy to a T whenever Sasuke is involved, and (in Sakura's case at least) violent when he isn't. Both kinda grow out of the fangirlism if not their feelings for him by the time Shippuden starts, though. Although Fan Dumb refuses to aknowledge that.
- There's also Sasuke's recruit Karin, who only joins him just so she can get closer to him. She passes by Sakura briefly (though the two have yet to fully encounter each other) and they already display disgust for one another. Part II has Karin obsessively pining after Sasuke and Shiho fangirling Shikamaru. She has since been frequently bashed (and even hated) by Sasu/Saku fans.
- As time goes on Sakura will also get jealous of any girl that takes Naruto's attention away from her.
- To name a couple there was when Amaru held an unconcious Naruto in her arms in the second Shippuden Movie,
- And in Chapter 442 of the manga when she morosely heals Hinata's wounds while thinking about how much she loves Naruto.
- Out of Akito's half-dozen or so love interests in Martian Successor Nadesico, the two most successful, Megumi and Yurika, were the clingy and jealous type. Fortunately for everyone involved, this never involved violence (except Akito getting Bright-slapped by Ryoko once or twice), or Yurika abusing her powers as captain to punish her rivals. Although it's possible that that just didn't occur to her.
- Yubel from Yu-Gi-OhGX is apparently a clingy jealous hermaphrodite... dragon... demon... thing. Uh. Is also a body swapping parasite that is jealous of all the ho yay going around.
- Wolfram from Kyou Kara Maou fits this trope to a T despite being a boy. Still, his borderline obsessive jealousy towards his accidental fiance Yuuri more than qualify.
- In the Pretty Sammy series, Haida is this to Hiroto in spite of the fact that the latter has never once condoned this.
- May Wong from Kaleido Star counts as a non-romantic version of this, since she's very possessive of her idol and prospective partner Leon Oswald and has to compete hard with Sora to become his official partner. She also blames Sora for indirectly destroying her cherished dream to perform with her other idol, ex-Kaleidostage star Layla Hamilton.
- Gender flipped in Slam Dunk, where Ryota Miyagi is Ayako's Clingy Jealous Boy. One of his first apparitions has him weeping river tears, screaming and punching the light out of Sakuragi because he mistook him for Ayako's boyfriend.
- Kazuki Ibuse in Bitter Virgin, to the extent that Daisuke plays along with being her boyfriend because he knows she's likely to harm Hinako (the girl he does like) if she isn't placated. Towards the end of the series however, Kazuki cuts Daisuke loose after finally learning Hinako's secret and that Daisuke loves her while having known all about it. She's content to wait for Daisuke and Hinako to break up, a fate that everyone (up to and including the couple themselves) fully expects to eventually happen.
- FAKE has another Clingy Jealous Boy: Jamie Jay Adams aka JJ, who keeps following his "sempai" Dee Laytner and clinging to him. He gets over it, lets go of Dee willingly... and gets a boyfriend (sorta) in the epilogue.
- Armored Trooper VOTOMS has Coconna, who gets extremely jealous of the attention Chirico pays to Fyanna. She is always having to convince Gotho and Vanilla to save Chirico when he gets captured during the first arc.
- Pinoko is definitely like this in regards to Dr. Black Jack, and tends to be deliberately rude to any cute-looking woman that walks within ten feet of him, only becoming nicer once she's assured that they pose no threat. The fact that she's WAY too young for him (physically, anyway) never seems to cross her mind.
- To Aru Majutsu No Index: Kuroko threatens Touma the moment she sees him out of suspicion over his relationship with Mikoto, telling him that if he wants to make a go at Mikoto he'll have to go through her first.
- Lolly and Menolly from Bleach. They're such Aizen fangirls that they torment Orihime Inoue purely because of his interest in her, beat her up brutally once and recently tried to kidnap and kill her during the Ichigo v/s Ulquiorra fight... despite Orihime having revived the two, after Grimmjow brutally murders them.
- Neliel also counts as this toward Ichigo, though hers are a much more light-hearted version. Orihime may have expressed jealousy at some points, but she never even thought of clinging to Ichigo, though fandom would rather think she does.
- Les Yay version: Rukia's "Younger Sister" Homura from the third movie is one hell of a Yandere towards her.
- Another Les Yay version is the resident Lipstick Lesbian and Meganekko from Karakura, Chizuru Honshou, who plays the role towards Orihime. Completely played for laughs.
- Another Les Yay version, arguably; Soi Fon in filler and side materials is not very happy with Ichigo for having bathed with Yoruichi. This is also speculated by some to be the reason she refuses to help the Vizards until Hachi says he'll seal up Yoruichi's best buddy/possible love interest Urahara for a month.
- Gokudera from Katekyo Hitman Reborn could definitely be considered a male version of this trope in respect to Tsuna. He sticks to Tsuna like no one else does and constantly tries to get people who start becoming "overly close" with Tsuna killed (and this is done in a comedic way).
- Almost every member of the Unwanted Harem in Omamori Himari is a Clingy Jealous Girl. The only exception is the Foreign Fanservice Meido tea-cup spirit Lizlet.
- In Clannad ~After Story~, after drinking one cup of sake, Nagisa becomes this in regard to her own mother. Sanae gets drunk and fuels the whole thing further as well. Needless to say, Hilarity Ensues.
- Sekai Saionji from School Days. Very, very, much so. Also, Kotonoha Katsura as well. Although, they both differ on how they express their affections towards Makoto and jealousy towards anyone who might take his attention away from them.
- Ritsu Tainaka from K-On! demonstrates extreme traits of this trope towards Mio in Episode 11 when Mio seems to be spending more time with Nodoka than paying attention to her.
- Momoko from Hourou Musuko displays this behavior toward her childhood friend Chizuru and often acts very upset when Chizuru pays more attention to other people. Still, Momoko is not above giving Chizuru a piece of her mind when she thinks her friend has done something stupid to other people—which is quite often.
- Rurouni Kenshin: At first, Kaoru was very jealous of Megumi, who was better than she was at the traditional female tasks than her, but near the beginning of the Kyoto Arc Megumi gives up on pursuing Kenshin; they become good friends after that.
- Naru from Love Hina may say she hates him every time until they finally get together, but boy is she one.
- Tessa from Full Metal Panic is this towards Sousuke - big time. She's normally a ditzy, Moe Moe Dojikko, but if anything concerns Sousuke, she gets very possessive and wily. She literally throws herself at him, and has been shown several times to (purposefully) sneak to where he's sleeping so she can molest him, which eventually implied to result in his habit of sleeping under the bed. And as for the "jealous" part, TSR has her chewing him out and lambasting him for his Heroic BSOD and depression over being jerked away from Kaname (whom he developed one of the few human attachments he's felt for). Ironically enough, it's suggested that Sousuke was actually put off and made to be more afraid of her due to her incredibly aggressive advances than if she had just lightened up.
- In the One Piece anime, Hancock is jealous of the women in Luffy's crew, and fears that Luffy will choose them over her (Not that it's likely to happen).
- Male Example: Gopher of Soul Eater is borderline Noah's personal fanboy. He beats Kid to a bloody pulp twice for having Noah's attention and got extremely pissed off when Maka turned out to have the same uniqueness that made Noah have apparently fleeting interest in Gopher. This gets VERY bad when Noah decides that he wants to have Maka as well. Mind you that Gopher is featured in three chapters.
- Eri from School Rumble. Also deconstructed, as it brings her genuine trouble and almost wrecks her friendships with Mikoto and Tenma.
Films
Literature
- Blanche Ingram from Jane Eyre, but she doesn't have any real affection for Rochester - she's just a Rich Bitch golddigger. Easily gotten rid of when Rochester lets a rumor reach her saying (falsely) he's broke.
- Ron's girlfriend Lavender Brown in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: In addition to being insufferably cutesy and granting Ron the entirely unwelcome nickname of "Won-Won", she's hyper-jealous of Hermione (admittedly with good cause, as Ron's only really dating her to make Hermione jealous, anyway).
- Snork Maiden of The Moomins, partially inverted as she is Moomins' real love interest and so is justified in becoming really clingy whenever he falls in love with a block of wood (actually happens).
- Eponine of Les Miserables is notable for being about as clingy and jealous as you can get while still remaining The Woobie. While she desperately wants Marius to pay attention to her, she lacks the self-confidence and the boldness that would make her fit the trope. Obviously, trying to get him and herself killed on the barricade is taking clinginess to an extreme level, but she had lost all hope at that point.
- In the second chapter of Charlie Daniels, Teenaged Schmoe, Lynn (Charlie's girlfriend) develops these tendencies, yelling at Charlie because another girl flirted with him (and he tried to brush her off) Actually, the first chapter definitely has these tendencies, as she tries to make him jealous by kissing a girl, and when that doesn't work, spreads the rumor that he raped her.
- Lady Caroline Bingley fills this role in Pride And Prejudice; having clear intentions on Mr. Darcy, she is less than impressed by the obvious attention and interest he has in Elizabeth (obvious to her, that is, not to Elizabeth herself) and spends a lot of time attempting to belittle and put-down Elizabeth as much as possible. Darcy, for his part, takes the ignore-her-long-enough-and-maybe-she'll-go-away approach.
- Angelina in The Stainless Steel Rat. Admittedly she's his wife, but most partners draw the line at threatening their husband-to-be with a .75 calibre recoilless pistol just because he's having second thoughts about their marriage.
- She was in her third trimester with twins and he was still waffling! But she does display this behavior quite well later in the same book, as well as subsequent ones.
- Edward and Bella both toward each other in Twilight. Jacob Black developed into something like this as well, later on. Or so I heard.
Live Action TV
- Missy from Neds Declassified School Survival Guide, undaunted by the fact that Ned has absolutely no interest in her. Fortunately, Ned finds the perfect solution: a Huge Schoolgirl bodyguard.
- Olive Snook from Pushing Daisies began this way, but seems to be drifting to a nobler mindset of late.
- Ned is prone to this sort of behavior himself, although he's usually more of a doormat about it.
- The titular character of House is a rare straight male example towards his best, and for good reason: his only friend Dr. Wilson, who in turn is a very friendly, outgoing kind of guy and only came around to being with House once his marriages started failing. As a result, House actively and selfishly works to keep Wilson's relationships with women in pieces so he can have him all to himself. Don't think it can be put any straighter than that.
- Wilson's girlfriend Amber (who was later killed off) can be put into this category too. She used to disagree with House over how much time Wilson should be spending with him. They challenged each other for Wilson's "custody", and they disliked each other too.
- Myra from Family Matters took this trope to rather frightening extremes, going so far as to blame Steve's infatuation with Laura on Laura herself.
- Mel from Flight of the Conchords. Hilariously creepy.
- Lorelai shows shades of this to Luke's love interests in the early seasons of Gilmore Girls until they finally kissed at the end of season 4.
- Dean can be seen as a male version of this. He starts reacting jealously when Rory and Jess start to become friends and continued the behavior even after he breaks up with her and she starts dating Jess. Dean's jealousy re-appears when Rory and Logan become friendly, even though Dean himself is cheating on his wife with Rory and still loses her to a rival in the end.
- Chloe was this during early seasons of Smallville — to the point where she was willing to sell Clark out to Lionel Luthor after she saw him with Lana. An episode also centred on her being slipped a "love potion" which made all who drank it (mostly men) this trope temporarily, during which she tried to kill her cousin Lois in a jealous rage.
- As her relationship with Mulder evolves, Scully exhibits a milder version of this trope... except in "Syzygy", where it's absolutely full-blown pathological jealousy. She also gets very jealous whenever Diana Fowley comes into the picture.
- This goes back as far as the first season, when Mulder's ex-girlfriend from Oxford shows up.
- Matsu in Toshiie To Matsu is so jealous that she doesn't allow him to have any mistresses (normal for men at the time) and he gets ribbed by his colleagues about being on a short leash. Nene similarly flips out whenever Hideyoshi strays, but since she can't give him any children (and he's a pervert) he just ignores her complaints—it got so bad that Nene almost divorced Hideyoshi at one point, but is talked out of it to avoid a scandal.
- From the BBC's Robin Hood: Kate. Her rival Isabella is not even in plain sight before Kate is demanding to know who she is and why Robin has brought her to Sherwood Forest, snapping: "What's the reason for her?" (She says this as they're all running for their lives.) In later episodes she responds to Isabella's mere presence by sulking, and even later (after her Relationship Upgrade with Robin) tries to actively kill her every time they cross paths, either by her own hand, or by indirect means (at one stage encouraging Robin to abandon Isabella to her murderous husband). And she's supposed to be one of the good guys!
- Rose Tyler from Doctor Who demonstrated tendencies towards this trope; she reacted rather poorly when she learnt that she wasn't, in fact, the Doctor's very first female companion ever. She was also visibly displeased at any indication that the Doctor might be impressed by someone other than her.
- Martha Jones also displayed elements of this trope, especially when Rose Tyler's name came up. Then again, anyone might get a bit irate if the person they had feelings for wouldn't stop loudly and tactlessly insisting that their ex was so much better than they were. Then when they're finally in the same episode, Rose is the one acting jealous of Martha until they actually interact, at which point they are cool with each other.
Mythology
- The ultimate, original Clingy Jealous Girl would have to be Zeus' wife, Hera, in Greek mythology, whose stories are mostly about the myriad hellish punishments she inflicted on her husband's few thousand human mistresses (never mind the fact that half the time, the relationship was not consensual). Keep in mind that she's the goddess of family and marriage as well as the Queen of the Olympic Pantheon. No wonder she's pissed off like Hell.
Newspaper Comics
- Lucy van Pelt from Peanuts is obsessively infatuated with Schroeder and goes to ridiculous lengths to beat out her competition for his attention — namely, his piano.
- Lucy's brother Linus also has to keep reminding Sally, Charlie Brown's sister, that "I'm not your 'sweet baboo'!"
- Hernia, Hamlet's (wannabe) girlfriend from the Hagar The Horrible comic strip. In one strip she sewed name tags onto his clothes — with her name on it.
- And in another, she chains him to the spot, which is bad for a wandering minstrel.
- Andrea, a character from the Filipino newspaper comic Beerkada, had a peculiar way of clinging to her object of affection: she literally chomps down on the shoulder or neck of the guy and doesn't let go, earning her the nickname "Chompy." She later becomes his girlfriend.
- Anthony's fiance, then wife, Therese from For Better Or For Worse behaved this way whenever his childhood girlfriend Elizabeth was around, even at their wedding. Justified in that Anthony probably was cheating on her emotionally even then.
- Liz got a stint of this when she attempted to break up with Anthony before a school dance, only to get insanely jealous when the friend she asked to help her break up by proxy felt so bad for him that she offered to take him instead. As this occured before most Pattersaints could do no wrong, Lynn repeatedly Lampshaded Liz's own responsiblity for the whole debacle.
- Luann features both Bernice, who harasses and smothers Disabled Hottie Zane (including asking him to marry her despite her being a teenager), and Luann herself, who obsesses over Aaron Hill and hates anyone he likes.
- Roxanne in Candorville is an extreme example, and apparently plans to kill the girl Lemont really likes. She's also somewhat of a deconstruction in that she's never shown love for him, only a desire to control him and have him obey her every whim.
Puppet Shows
Theater
- Nessarose from Wicked, who abuses her authority to keep Boq near her, basically enslaving him, and goes to the point of shrinking his heart and turning him into the Tin Man to keep him from marrying Glinda. Of course, it was Glinda's fault in the first place, as she tricked Boq into dating her.
- Arguably Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, though to what extent is determined by the actress playing her. I've seen Helenas who tugged the heart strings and others who were so abject and annoying, you wanted to scream. 'Treat me as your spaniel!' Ugh.
- Amneris from Verdi's opera "Aida." Hoo boy.
Video Games
- Amy Rose from Sonic The Hedgehog borders on the psycho stalker version. And has a large hammer which she isn't afraid to use on Sonic if he refuses. It leaves behind a trail of hearts.
- Though really she's more of a Stalker With A Crush. And a very large hammer. No wonder Sonic runs.
- Depends if the writer has a clue what they're doing and doesn't resort to Flanderisation. Bioware managed to do her right in Sonic Chronicles, with less of the Stalker With A Crush elements.
- Although Amy is mostly clingy, with nobody to be jealous of. She legitimately loves Sonic. He may or may not reciprocate her feelings. Maybe Amy will find out if she'll settle for dating him for right now. Marriage proposals from a twelve-year-old tend to be a bit off-putting.
- Pearl Fey from the second and third Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney games fits this trope. She's jealous not for her own sake, but for her cousin Maya, whom she's convinced is romantically involved with Phoenix. She will not hesitate to slap Phoenix up and down if he fails to be sufficiently romantic (which is often).
- Chihiro in Persona 3 is a rather minor version of this — certainly clingier than the other girls, however not nearly as extreme as the others on this page. Don't tell the fans that, though.
- Persona 4 has Ai Ebihara. Often while you're on a date with her, the two of you run into another of your female "friends". You then get to witness a grudge match where Ai chases off the other girl and then reprimands you for daring to speak to another girl while out with her.
- Unless, of course, the other girl is Yukiko; she actually manages to scare off Ai and then confronts you to find out just what you think you were doing with her. Fortunately, the MC is pimp enough to be able to easily defuse these situations without risk of a reversed commu (that this troper has seen).
- Kingdom of Loathing features "Clingy Pirate" as an opponent. If your character is male, she'll be a girl. She attacks by hugging you and hurting your feelings. You may simply beat her senseless like any other monster, or write a bogus phone number on a cocktail napkin so you won't have to fight her for a few dozen advetures.
- Akiha of Tsukihime tends to not trust any woman Shiki associates with, but that's normal jealousy, not clinging...except during Kohaku's storyline, where she deals with Shiki's rejection rather violently. She was, admittedly, not herself at the time.
- Outside of the original Visual Novel, however, she more firmly falls into this trope. Shiki's awareness of this seems on-and-off, but it's illustrated rather poignantly in Kagetsu Tohya, when a minor (female) character is reduced to near-incoherent terror at the thought of being seen with Shiki by Akiha. Poor, poor Seo...
- Clarine in Fire Emblem: The Sealed Sword pretty much worships her older brother Klein to the point where she yells at another healer for healing Klein before she had the chance.
- Papillon from La Pucelle Tactics behaves this way towards Captain Homard. Particularly squicky if you really think about it because she's a Tinkerbelle Expy, and thus is about the size of his hand, total.
- Well, Tinkerbelle was quite the Clingy Jealous Girl to begin with, anyway.
- Rare MMO example: in Guild Wars, players who cross into Cantha for the Factions campaign are treated to an exchange between the monk Mhenlo, his apparent girlfriend Cynn, and his "old friend" Jamei:
Cynn: That's Jamei? Mhenlo, he's a girl! All those stories about your old friend growing up, and you never told me...
Brother Mhenlo: You never asked, Cynn, and I don't see that it matters.
Jamei: Ah, the stories. There are so many, eh, Mhenlo? I swear, it seems looking back that there was not a day we were apart.
Cynn: Not a day apart?! Listen lady, he may not be much, but that Monk is mine! Don't even think about it!
Brother Mhenlo: Now Cynn, calm down...
Jamei: Oh, Mhenlo! You got yourself a little girlfriend! How... sweet.
Cynn: "Little girl"?! Lady, this "little girl" will show you big pain if you're not careful....
- Marta in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. She immediately latches on to Emil. Thankfully, Character Development settles in and she eventually grows to be a bit more reasonable about her love... though this does not prevent her from flipping out in skits and victory poses when Emil so much as compliments another girl.
Emil: Nice moves, Sheena.
Sheena: Thanks.
Marta: Noooo! I can't believe Emil is looking at Sheena's chest!
Emil: What? No I wasn't!
- Even though Neeshka is not romanceable in an unmodded Neverwinter Nights 2, she gets very... possessive if the main character is male and he's paying attention to any of the other females in the party.
- Fan speculation supposes that she was once intended as an actual romance, though other than the aforementioned clinginess and overjoy at being praised there's no hard evidence of this (i.e., no cut dialogue files).
- The romanceable Elanee isn't much better, though she at least seems to save her jealousy for women inside the party, whereas Neeshka is ready to unleash it on random dancers.
- Anise from Tales of the Abyss fits the bill for the first half of the game. Ironically, her interest in Luke stems not from genuine affection, but more from the fact that she desperately wants to marry into money.
- Kiki, the lawyer girlfriend from Grand Theft Auto IV, has some serious psychological problems when it comes to relationships. If you wear inappropriate clothing she will berate you for letting "your other whore" dress you up for your date, and if you get her drunk she'll chew you out for supposedly checking out another girl at a bar. She is also very possessive but sweet, a definite Type B Tsundere, sending you text messages that alternate between "This is a picture of me thinking of you, I love you so much!" and "Come date me when you're not fucking one of your whores." This Troper would have put her under Tsundere but the reason she fluctuates between hot and cold is because of her inate jealousy.
Web Comics
- Helene, from Avalon, although she never really snaps at Ceilidh. It might be because she wouldn't give Alan the time of day... or because Helene's dumb as a post (or at least would rather seem that way).
- Mellisa, of El Goonish Shive, is a Clingy Jealous Girl around Justin — a Straight Gay whom she inadvertently outed...
- Oasis, of Sluggy Freelance takes this to the extreme, attempting to kidnap Torg and kill any rivals for his affection.
- Put Emily and Missi from Misfile in the same room as Ash and watch them both try and outdo each other in the Clingy Jealous Girl stakes. Actually, put any possible partner for Ash in the same room as Emily and watch the jealousy flow. Of course her and Ash are only friends.
- In The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob, Jean Poule tends to get extremely possessive of Bob whenever Princess Voluptua shows up. Even Jean is startled by her behavior in these situations.
- For some reason, many Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Fan Web Comics portray Fate as this in regards to Nanoha, such as A's/StrikerS Nano (sample strip◊) and Nanoha StrikeOut (sample strip◊).
- In reality, Arf toward Fate.
- Angela from Punch an' Pie is a rare example of the Clingy Jealous Girl as the main (or at least co-main) character. It is given a realistic treatment, as her girlfriend Heather breaks up with her over it.
Western Animation
Real Life
- Occur in Real Life as well, athough the Gender flipped version is more common (and less comical)
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