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    Anime and Manga 
Gabi: Your brother will inherit the Beast Titan already, so your family will be taken care of as honorary Marleyans! Why you insist on competing [for the Armored Titan] with me?!
Falco: I'm doing this for you!
Zofia: Oh my...
Liberio Gatekeeper: He finally said it...
Gabi: Whaaaaat?! So you're trying to keep me from what I want because I don't know what's good for me?!
(Falco runs away)
Gabi: Wait... where is he going?
Liberio Gatekeeper: Ahh... she didn't get it...

"What the hell am I doing...? In this dumb place... risking my life so cheaply. Is it for her (Casca)? No, probably not..."
Guts, Berserk

Tomoyo: I love you, Sakura-chan.
Sakura: I love you too.
Tomoyo: (Talking to herself) But Sakura-chan's meaning is different. When she says that she loves me...
Sakura: What is it?
Tomoyo: I'll tell you when you're older.
Tomoyo confessing her love to Sakura in Cardcaptor Sakura

Aila: You forgot this. (hands Reiji his Beginning Gundam)
Reiji: What?! Why are you here?
Aila: Because I made a wish.
Reiji: What wish? (Aila gets flustered)
Aila: Don't you get it?! You're so slow-witted!
Reiji: (startled by Aila's change in emotion) Why are you so mad?
Aila: Re... Re... REIJI, YOU IDIOT!!!
Reiji finding out that Aila came with him to Arian, Gundam Build Fighters

Kaoruko: Good morning, Sekai.
Sekai: Oh, the girl from...
Kaoruko: I made lunch for you. Help yourself.
Sekai: Really? For me? thanks!
Kaoruko: Bye... (runs off giggling)
Sekai: Yeah, thanks. Yes! Now I have two bento boxes! I can eat one before lunch break.
Yuuma: Sekai, do you understand what this means?
Sekai: Lunch is lunch. What more meaning is there? (Mirai, Fumina and Yuuma sigh in unison)
Fumina: So, you really don't get it...
Mirai: That's my brother...
Sekai not getting why Kaoruko Sazaki made a bento box for him, Gundam Build Fighters Try

Izuku Midoriya was the ninth wielder of One For All and the key to this particular battle. Since the advent of the extraordinary, One for All had been the only power in Japan—no, in the entire world that the shadowy mastermind—All For One—was obsessed over. And now, this boy was the vessel for that very power. He had encountered Himiko Toga a number of times by this point, but since she had never come right out and expressed her affection in words, he'd never realize the way she felt about him. Because for all his triumphs, he was still just a damned nerd.

"Hinata Hyuga. She's okay... but I don't know why she always gets all shy and embarrassed every time I even like...look at her. It's kinda weird..."
Naruto when describing Hinata for the first time

Lyra: (To Dawn) Yeah, you are number one of the bunch no doubt! Ehi, Ash, don't you think so too?
Ash: Of course she is number one! 'Cause Dawn is gonna win!
Lyra: That's not what I meant by number one! It went over Ash's head, didn't it?
Tails: You're so beautiful.
Cosmo: Yes, the stars ARE beautiful!

    Comic Books 
Beth: So what does it take to get you to ask a girl out?
Jack: Ummm... I guess if my friends encourage me or if I'm in a really good mood.
Beth: Are you in a good mood now?
Jack: Yeah, it's nice day. I've got a bit of jock foot though. That's kind of bringing me down.
Beth: Would you ever ask me out?
Jack: Out where? Don't you have to watch the store?
Beth: On a date. Would you ever ask me out on a date?
Jack: Oh sure, you're nice enough. Why, is there a guy you like?
Beth: Jack, do you want to go out with me tonight. On a date. I'm asking you out on a date.

    Fan Works 
Meanwhile Toriel comin' on to Sans, but poor fool is oblivious. Not sure if he's even aware of the fact that he is currently on a date with her.

Monster Kid: Y-yo F-Frisk! Uh, d-do you have a band-aid? C-cuz... Cuz I've scraped my knee falling for you!
Frisk: Oh no, you're hurt?! Yes, I do think we have band-aids! I'll go get one right away!
Monster Kid: A-actually, n-nevermind about the band-aid. I... don't actually need it, so...

Ichigo: We should go out for ice cream some time.
Orihime: Ichigo I'd love to —
Ichigo: We could invite Tatsuki and Chad along.
Orihime: (through visibly gritted teeth) Ichigo! I'd. Love to.
Hiyori: Are you stupid?! This chick obviously wants to jump your bones you dumbass!
Ichigo: I'm too busy training to know what that means!

Touma: My parents. I see them and they're happy. I like to think they're happy because they have each other. If there was something I'd like it would be to meet someone like that. Someone to share my life with. Someone who wouldn't mind sharing my unfortunate life. A nice girl to share my life with? Like this unfortunate Kamijou would be so lucky.
Index gave the boy a warm smile but her eyes started to tear up, showing the heartbreaking pain she felt but tried to hide. This boy would give up everything to save a stranger and had tons of girls fawning over him but he didn't see it, he didn't understand how much he was loved. The only thing he'd ask for was someone to hold his hand but he didn't believe he'd ever get that.

"Oh, don't tell me you don't know at all...I know she likes you very much."
Hikari to a clueless Shinji about Asuka, The Child of Love, chapter 2

Akane: I wonder if it's obvious to him that I have a total crush on him and that I want him all up inside me and to ride me like a wild rodeo cowboy?
Natsuru: (vacant expression, sound of wind blowing)
Akane: Nah, I think I'm safe.

She goes upstairs after dinner and takes a shower (she had probably smelled totally rank when Souji had asked her out, and she laughs at the thought) and relishes for a while in the warm water. She gets in her fluffiest pajamas and lays down on her futon, and she's smiling as she drifts off. Tomorrow's just another day, with stupid old Yosuke and Yukiko being pretty, as always, and Kanji and Naoto still not realizing that they like each other, and Souji, my boyfriend
Wide awake, she bolts straight up in her bed, and breathes into the darkness, "Holy shit, I've got a boyfriend."

Ruby hummed and cupped her chin for a second, before perking up. "I know. Why don't you tell me what happened to make you think they like you?"
"And you can tell me if it means they're interested," Jaune realized. "Ruby, that's a great idea."
She preened a little. "Yep. I'm a genius."
"Okay. So... we were out at a nightclub together."
"Uhuh," Ruby said, leaning forward.
"And then they both kissed me."
"..." Ruby blinked.
"On the lips," Jaune added, or clarified. "With tongue. For about a minute or more."
She stared at him. Long and hard.
"Do you think that means they like me?"
Ruby sighed. She was fifteen, and she already felt like she was too old for this.

"How does that idiot not know that she likes him? Eh, he'll have to learn eventually. Or maybe someone will point it out to him someday. But even then, he'd probably still be confused. Troublesome..."
Shikamaru about Naruto being oblivious towards Hinata, True Potential

Sakura: It’s…It’s not teasing, Senpai. It’s never just been teasing. (kisses him)

    Films - Animated 
Anna: I don't even know what love is.
Olaf: That's okay, I do. Love is... putting someone else's needs before yours, like, you know, how Kristoff brought you back here to Hans and left you forever.
Anna: Kristoff... loves me?
Olaf: Wow, you really don't know anything about love, do you?
Frozen

    Films - Live-Action 
Oracle: You're cuter than I thought. I can see why she likes you.
Neo: Who?
Oracle: Not too bright, though.

    Literature 
"Of all the hopeless objects on which I might target my sincerest feelings, I had to pick him! I may as well ordain as a nun. Nuns are supposed to be wed to Christ, or God, or some such, aren't they? That's more than I'm ever likely to experience."

"In most regards, Alice Healy is an incredibly bright woman. This doesn't change the fact that I had to propose three times before she noticed. I suppose I should have covered myself in ichor or something first, just to get her attention."
Thomas Price, Waking Up in Vegas

    Live-Action TV 
Amy: I nearly died! I was alone, in the dark, and I nearly died. And it made me think.
Doctor: Well yes, natural. I think sometimes, lots of times...
Amy: About what I want. About who I want. You know what I mean?
Doctor: Yeah!
(Beat)
Doctor: No...
Doctor Who, "Flesh and Stone"

"I'm well known for knowing nothing of such things, or getting them very slightly but extremely obviously wrong. It saves all sorts of complications."
The Doctor, Death and Diplomacy

Woman: I like your glasses
Moss: I'm afraid they're not for sale.
Woman: (fake laughs)
Moss: Laugh all you want, they're not for sale.
— a random woman attempting to flirt with a clueless Moss, The It Crowd

Tony: You're in love with him.
Jeanne: If you think his photos are brilliant, you should see him work. He can't see, but he still sees more than most people.
[on the other side of the interrogation window]
Jackson: For a man who can see more than most people, I managed to miss the thing that counts the most.
NCIS, "In the Dark"

    Music 
So let me disarm you
There's an army I'm fighting around your heart
Let me disarm you
Cause, baby, I just wanna love who you really are
Kaskade, "Disarm You (ft. Ilsey)"

If you can't tell who it is who loves you,
I can't open your eyes.
Gileah Taylor, "If You Can't Tell"

I'll tell you something, it ain't no mystery how your new best friend looks in your eyes
Cause, that girl's in love with you
That girl's in love with you
I know that you're too blind to see
I know that it's so plain to see
That girl'sin love with you
So madly
That Girl, The Noisettes

    Video Games 
Kagura: Don't worry about it! More importantly, babe... Step out for some tea with me. My throat's sore from all this talking. The tea they serve here is quite good. C'mon, have some with me.
Noel: I've had it a bunch of times! The tea they serve here IS really good, huh? Is it okay if I invite Makoto, too?
Kagura: [frowns] Huh?... Oh, uhhh, sure. Go ahead. I guess we can be alone next time.

"Wait, Kris! What the HELL was that!??!?! Why would NOELLE?? Ask ME?? To do HOMEWORK?? With HER?!?? Deathwish much? Does she WANNA fail?...... wait a second. WAIT a second. Kris, did you notice how nervous she was...? And like... blushing and stuff? Kris, you don't think... she... uh... She's onto our secret identities!? Y'know. This... Dark World stuff. Damn... we gotta keep this under wraps, Kris. This is OUR thing, y'know?"
Susie, Deltarune

Leliana: But now it's getting late. I think I might... turn in early. I can't help thinking about how soft and warm my bedroll is.
Warden: You don't want to talk to me anymore?
Leliana: Of course I do. You know I enjoy your company. But... it's getting a little chilly, and I prefer to be in my bedroll.
Warden: Well, I shan't keep you.
Leliana: You know, it'd be nice if you came with me.
Warden: What for?
Leliana: So I can show you my collection of pressed flowers... obviously.
Warden: I didn't know you collected pressed flowers.
Leliana: I... don't. Stop pretending you don't know what I want!
Warden: I have no idea what's going on.
Leliana: Ah, the games you play. Listen, I want to spend the night with you. There. I said it.

Lilli: Take my number, hon.
Jackie: Yes, ma'am, I mean, wait, what? Why?
Lilli: So you can text me, duhhh. Figured you might wanna hang out later when my shift's over. I know some cute spots. Way better vibes than this dump. Whaddaya say?
Jackie: Wow, that sounds like fun! Everyone in this dungeon is so flirty, it'd be a great change of pace to hang out with someone who just wants to be friends.
Lilli: ...............Yeah totally. Hit me up if you wanna hang out, as, like, friends or whatever.
(Jackie exits the Dungeon Shop)
Jackie: Hold on. Was she flirting with me???

Elwyen: I know a game we can play.
Mardek: Ooh ooh, is it 'Jump Repeatedly Over the Rather Large Toadstool for Hours'?? I used to play that a lot when I was a kid!
Elwyen: No, it's called Twister. It could bring us very...close...
Mardek: ...Isn't Twister one of Gloria's spells? That tornado one?
MARDEK RPG, Chapter 3

Tali: She got you turian chocolate?
Garrus: She said she saw it and thought of me... why?
Tali: (snickers) Oh, nothing...

"You have all the makings of a great scholar, Cyrus. But allow me to offer you a word of warning: For all your intellect, you have always been clumsy in the matters of the heart. I know that your research is more important to you than anything. But you would do well to give some thought to how you treat the fairer sex. You are more handsome than you give yourself credit for. If you are not careful, you might find your words and actions... misconstrued... by those around you."
Odette, writing to Cyrus Albright, Octopath Traveler

Mayl: Heh-heh, your mom and dad sure get along well, Lan.
Lan: I know. It's really embarassing.
Mayl: Maybe we could learn from them...
Lan: Huh? What are you talking about? We're just friends!
MegaMan.EXE: Lan, Lan, Lan...
Roll.EXE: He really is dense, isn't he?
MegaMan.EXE: That's right, Roll!
Roll.EXE: You said it, Mega!
Mayl: Look... Even Roll and MegaMan are in the mood! I've had it with you, Lan! After I was so nice... I shouldn't have rescued you after all.
Lan: ??? I don't get it! What am I doing wrong??
Dex: *Whistles* Yowsas!
Yai: Woo! Woo! Mayl and Lan, up in a tree...
Lan: Mayl and... Mayl are you... do you?
Mayl: Isn't it obvious!? Really!
Lan: Y-Yeah,but I...
Yai: Don't deny it, Lan...
Lan: Grrr! That's it! This conversation is over!

"There used to be a woman who insisted on following me around and offered assistance in my lab, free of charge. One day, she pulled me aside and asked, 'What are we?' To which I replied, 'Humans, I assume.' Somehow, this answer was very unsatisfactory for her. She departed, and I never saw her again. Shame. She had steady hands. Good for pouring dangerous mixtures."

    Visual Novels 
Junpei: C'mon, it's not like there's anyone here you need to impress.
June: Yes, there is.
Junpei: Who?
(June is silent)
Junpei: What? Why are you so quiet all of a sudden?
June: Ugh! Forget it, Jumpy!

    Web Animation 
"Let's say you're in a bar, and you look across the length of the counter and you see a cute girl who glances at you briefly, does a quick hair flip and then turns back to her friends. Is she into you?
Eye contact is obviously a good sign, but you can't really tell from this example. She could just be adjusting her hair, and maybe she was looking at someone behind you.
[...]
Okay, so let's say you meet up with a friend that you've had coffee and drinks with a couple times, and she says "I've had a lot of fun on the last few dates we went on." That's a good sign because she thought those hangouts were actually dates, so suppose then she says "How'd you like to come back to my place and watch Netflix tonight?" That's another good sign. It's usually a pretty good indicator when a girl invites you to do something, especially at her place. So, then, let's say, later at her house, you guys are watching
WALL•E or something like that, and she says "I'm getting pretty bored. Why don't you come upstairs with me?" That's another great sign; she probably has something pretty interesting to do upstairs if it's better than watching WALL•E. So then, after you go there, all of a sudden she pushes you onto her bed, dims the lights, rips off her clothes, and you start having sex. Is she into you?
Yeah, again, you really can't be too sure. It's pretty dark in the room, so she can't see you properly. Maybe she's from Canada and was just being polite."
Casually Explained, "Is She Into You?"

"SHE'S INTO YOU! WHY DON'T YOU SEE IT?! WAKE UP!"
Miles Luna, when asked what he'd say if he could ever talk to his RWBY character Jaune Arc

    Webcomics 
Prep: Hey, I'm sorry for not noticing your feelings for me before.
Goth: Oh really. Me fucking you tenderly on a bed of rose petals wasn't already a huge hint?

BLU Scout: TAKE ME NOW!
BLU Spy: Take you... where?
Cuanta Vida bonus comic

Everybody in Paris can't be like this. I mean I've seen kids.
— Zeetha, being witness to this trope, Girl Genius

Liam: You were always joke flirting with me. I thought you were making fun of me.
Milo: But I was actually flirting with you!
Liam: Well, I know that now!

Elf: Captain, there's a beautiful girl in a bikini standing right behind you.
Captain Tagon: Where?
Captain Tagon: Oh, did you mean you?

Captain Tagon: What the...!? Elf, are you flirting with me?
Elf: Yes.
Captain Tagon: Oh... I, Umm...
Captain Tagon: Why?

    Web Original 
I was once on vacation, in a park, taking 3D pictures with a homemade stereoscopic camera. A woman called me over and started asking questions about the camera, and telling me how she was a photographer, too. We spoke for a minute or two, then I continued wandering around the park. On my way back to my car, I passed the bench, and she loudly lamented to her friend “Where are all the good men in this town?”.
I was literally *in the next state* when I realized that she probably wasn’t *that* interested in my camera.

"This is what I love about Twilight. Everyone in town could have a crush on her, and she wouldn't notice."
Bobtehnoob, fimfiction.net, commenting on Damn it Twilight, I Love You, a.k.a. This Trope: The Fanfic

"I feel like Pyrrha could be lying naked in a bed of rose petals and Jaune would be like 'Shit, do you need to borrow a t-shirt?'"
— Blogger cerayneigh (on RWBY)

"Men just aren't smart to recognize when they're being hit on. We're kind of dumb that way. If a woman's not interested, that's the one we go for, but if a woman is interested, we're blindly naive to it for some reason. If a female boss is hitting on a male worker, he's not gonna catch onto it any time soon."
The Nostalgia Critic, regarding a commercial in which a male boss hits on a female worker and ponders the reason why the reverse case is never addressed

"Well, Brian, it was a very strong offensive on Sakura's part, but unfortunately, her opponent is very dumb!"

"Oh my God, do you need landing lights to the bed? She wants to sleep with you! That's the thing she does every other stinkin' time you're over, you fucking idiot!"

"You want me? To do what?"

Anonymous: the girl who sits next 2 me in English keeps inviting me over to study but we just end up watching movies and she wrote "love u" on my annotation of a poem and she wants to take me to a vegan cafe. how do i ask her if she's gay
sa2ha: anon im going to kill you
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Willy: You are the dumbest motherfucker in the entire world. [...] If you haven't picked up on how Scratch feels about you by now I don't know what to say that can change that except literally telling you that Scratch is in love with you.
Joey: Wait, what?
Willy: [very slowly] Scratch is in love with you.
Joey: Scratch is straight.
Willy: Money! Jesus fucking Christ!
Joey: Is this about Owen? Because I know Owen thought—
Willy: Money. Nick is in love with you. It's obvious from fucking space that he's in love with you. You know how obvious it is? Trigger knows he's in love with you, and Trigger doesn't even understand human emotions.

    Western Animation 
Huckle: Lowly, have you thought of maybe making one special Valentine, for this one special someone?
Lowly: But Huckle, each of my friends is a special someone!
Huckle: (facepalms) No, I-I mean something really special! For an extra-special friend! Like, oh, I dunno, maybe Hilda?
Lowly: Hilda? Why, she's just as special as the rest! So she gets a cookie too! Boy, am I lucky to have so many friends to give Valentines to!
Huckle: I don't think you're gonna feel so lucky tomorrow!
The Busy World of Richard Scarry, "Be My Valentine"

Danny: This is Clueless 1. Why am I Clueless 1?
Tucker: (To Sam) Tell him.
Sam: (To Tucker) Shut up.

Egon: Class, this is Janine Melnitz. Janine was our receptionist.
Janine: (on a seductive tone): I like to think that our relationship was more than that.
Egon: Of course! (to the class) Janine also did our accounting and collections.

Kim: She used to like you! You mean you never noticed?
Ron: NO! Why didn't you tell me!?

Phineas: Isabella, wanna come and help me find Meap?
Isabella: Sure! I still have to get my "You Wouldn't Know Cute If It Bit Your Legs Off" accomplishment patch.
Phineas: [Beat] Great! Let's go!
Phineas and Ferb, "The Chronicles of Meap"

"I can't believe that, all this time, you never said a word.
Although it's possible you did, and I just never heard.
I never even noticed. I guess I wasn't that alert.
But I must say that, in retrospect, you were being quite overt."
Phineas, Phineas and Ferb, "Act Your Age"

Boimler: [to Mariner] I'll do anything to get away from these raisins. It's already going to take me a month to get the smell out of my hair!
Genevieve: Hey Bradward! Want to test the sweetness of my bushel?
Boimler: [annoyed] Ugh, fine Genevieve. [grabs a raisin from Genevieve's basket and eats it] Just give it 43 more sun hours at 23 degrees spritz.
Genevieve [disappointed] Oh... okay...
[...]
Mandolina: Bradward? [leans up against Boimler] All these varietals are so confusing. [holds up a bunch of red and a bunch of white grapes] Take me to the privacy of the pickery shed and explain them to me.
Boimler:[visibly irritated] Come on, Mandolina. Red goes in the red bucket, white in the white. You know that.[Mandolina whimpers as she looks like she is about to cry, before backing off]
[...]
[As Boimler and Mariner are running out of the vineyard, a third farmhand appears, covered in grape juice trying to get his attention]
Lianne: Bradward! I'm soaked in juice and I need help getting naked! [Boimler turns around and exasperatedly yells out to her]
Boimler: JUST SPRAY OFF WITH THE HOSE, LIANNE! [Lianne turns around and crosses her arms, angrily whimpering]


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