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Narrative
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Over and over and over again
You say that we're just friends
Forget the implications
Infatuations end
Felt so easy
Why's it hard?
—Wilco, "We're just friends"
"No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her."
— "Harry" (Billy Crystal), When Harry met Sally
Teasing at a romantic relationship between two platonic friends. The central driving force of many whole series, or an undercurrent to a main plot. The force with which the two deny any feelings is always inversely proportional to the truth.
A tease used commonly in SitComs and dramas with single characters as principals. (Friends drove this one into the ground repeatedly.) The Relationship Upgrade is used as a major plot point for a season Cliff Hanger or series finale. An easy way to generate tension.
This particular mode is ridiculed by Kim Possible and her platonic pal Ron in the show's third season, in a bit of Lampshade Hanging that foreshadows the predictable end to the (at the time) series-capping TV movie. The two watch a weepy teen drama called "Agony County":
Ron: Oh, please! Are they still teasing that Charity and Danny are gonna get together?
Kim: Like that's ever gonna happen! It would end the series.
Compare Like Brother And Sister. See also: Will They Or Wont They, She Is Not My Girlfriend, Everyone Can See It, Heterosexual Life Partners. If sex is involved, then this is Friends With Benefits.
The Straight Will And Grace really are just friends.
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