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** According to \'\'AshesToAshes\'\' 3x04, [[spoiler: \
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** According to \\\'\\\'AshesToAshes\\\'\\\' 3x04, [[spoiler: \\\"Gene <3 Sam\\\", or so says the graffiti Alex spies on a wall.]]
* Ando fills this role for Hiro on \\\'\\\'Series/{{Heroes}}\\\'\\\'.
** Nathan and Peter Petrelli. Oh my \\\'\\\'God\\\'\\\', Nathan and Peter Petrelli.
* Quite a few of them on \\\'\\\'{{Lost}}\\\'\\\', particularly Claire for Kate and the Man In Black and Jacob for each other.
* Lorelei and Rory are this to each other in \\\'\\\'GilmoreGirls\\\'\\\'.
* Similarly, but with a dollop of dysfunction, VeronicaMars and her father, Keith.
** A stronger VeronicaMars example would be Veronica and Wallace.
* Reno and Billy in \\\'\\\'AnythingGoes\\\'\\\'.
* Most male/female partnerships in the \\\'\\\'ResidentEvil\\\'\\\' fit this to a T. The ones that do develop a romantic element usually don\\\'t end well.
* Justified for Sophie in VideoGame/TalesOfGraces because even thought she is not Asbel\\\'s love interest she is still the heroine.
* Yuri and Flynn of Tales of Vesperia fame.

!!Debated Examples:
* \\\'\\\'CodeGeass\\\'\\\': Suzaku and Lelouch. They alternate between being HeterosexualLifePartners and FoeYay-tastic {{Rival}}s, have \\\'\\\'epic\\\'\\\' amounts of HoYay, and the show\\\'s plot is basically driven by their relationship. Nunnally could also be seen to take this role to Lelouch, though she\\\'s much less active in terms of plot.
*** Debatable as Lelouch and Suzaku are meant to fullfill {{Rival Turned Evil}} and [[spoiler:while initially it means they care for each other, in the end Suzaku hates Lelouch. Their care for one another also never reaches how much they care for others in the story, or for their respective causes]].
** Cornelia feels this way about Euhpie.
* Delenn and Lennier in BabylonFive.
** Well [[TropesAreFlexible sort of]]. Sheridan isn\\\'t \\\"much less significant.\\\" But in many ways Lennier might qualify as Delenn\\\'s NotLoveInterest. [[spoiler: Also, Lennier would prefer that \\\"Not\\\" to not be there. But then, this was the show that gave us the TropeNamer for AllLoveIsUnrequited.]]

!!Just Bad:

Seems more like HomoeroticSubtext or some other trope (no indication he fulfills other LoveInterest type roles):
* Robin in the {{Batman}} comics. Lampshaded in an issue of JusticeLeagueOfAmerica where the other [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smartbombstudios-justice.jpg Justice League members think of their girlfriends and Batman thinks of Robin]].

Not a love interest role:
* In \\\'\\\'IndianaJones and the Temple of Doom\\\'\\\', Short Round is Indy\\\'s real emotional center.
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Removing bad examples, disputed examples, and {{Zero Context Example}}s (that may not be bad, but certainly need clarifying):
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** According to \'\'AshesToAshes\'\' 3x04, [[spoiler: \
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** According to \\\'\\\'AshesToAshes\\\'\\\' 3x04, [[spoiler: \\\"Gene <3 Sam\\\", or so says the graffiti Alex spies on a wall.]]
* Ando fills this role for Hiro on \\\'\\\'Series/{{Heroes}}\\\'\\\'.
** Nathan and Peter Petrelli. Oh my \\\'\\\'God\\\'\\\', Nathan and Peter Petrelli.
* Quite a few of them on \\\'\\\'{{Lost}}\\\'\\\', particularly Claire for Kate and the Man In Black and Jacob for each other.
* Lorelei and Rory are this to each other in \\\'\\\'GilmoreGirls\\\'\\\'.
* Similarly, but with a dollop of dysfunction, VeronicaMars and her father, Keith.
** A stronger VeronicaMars example would be Veronica and Wallace.

!!Debated Examples:
* \\\'\\\'CodeGeass\\\'\\\': Suzaku and Lelouch. They alternate between being HeterosexualLifePartners and FoeYay-tastic {{Rival}}s, have \\\'\\\'epic\\\'\\\' amounts of HoYay, and the show\\\'s plot is basically driven by their relationship. Nunnally could also be seen to take this role to Lelouch, though she\\\'s much less active in terms of plot.
*** Debatable as Lelouch and Suzaku are meant to fullfill {{Rival Turned Evil}} and [[spoiler:while initially it means they care for each other, in the end Suzaku hates Lelouch. Their care for one another also never reaches how much they care for others in the story, or for their respective causes]].
** Cornelia feels this way about Euhpie.
* Delenn and Lennier in BabylonFive.
** Well [[TropesAreFlexible sort of]]. Sheridan isn\\\'t \\\"much less significant.\\\" But in many ways Lennier might qualify as Delenn\\\'s NotLoveInterest. [[spoiler: Also, Lennier would prefer that \\\"Not\\\" to not be there. But then, this was the show that gave us the TropeNamer for AllLoveIsUnrequited.]]
* Reno and Billy in \\\'\\\'AnythingGoes\\\'\\\'.
* Most male/female partnerships in the \\\'\\\'ResidentEvil\\\'\\\' fit this to a T. The ones that do develop a romantic element usually don\\\'t end well.
* Justified for Sophie in VideoGame/TalesOfGraces because even thought she is not Asbel\\\'s love interest she is still the heroine.
* Yuri and Flynn of Tales of Vesperia fame.

!!Just Bad:

Seems more like HomoeroticSubtext or some other trope (no indication he fulfills other LoveInterest type roles):
* Robin in the {{Batman}} comics. Lampshaded in an issue of JusticeLeagueOfAmerica where the other [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smartbombstudios-justice.jpg Justice League members think of their girlfriends and Batman thinks of Robin]].

Not a love interest role:
* In \\\'\\\'IndianaJones and the Temple of Doom\\\'\\\', Short Round is Indy\\\'s real emotional center.
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Seems to me that \
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Seems to me that \\\"Blogon\\\" is the more prevalent spelling out there (a Google search for \\\"\\\'inspector spacetime\\\' blogons\\\" turns up over 20,000 results, while \\\"\\\'inspector spacetime\\\' blorgons\\\" turns up less than 4,000), so, you know, DeathOfTheAuthor and all that. At any rate, playing up the controversy as a bitter in-universe feud seems like a brilliant idea, so I added a BrokenBase entry to the YMMV page.
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