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* ''Literature/TheScumVillainsSelfSavingSystemRenZhaFanpaiZijiuXitong'': Implied. As Luo Binghe holds [[spoiler:Shen Qingqiu's dead body]], he seems close to confessing his feelings but is too broken over what had happened to truly say it.
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* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': Ichikawa gives Yamada a doggie-bone bracelet for White Day and actually calls her "so cute I die" to her face. He tries to follow up by finally confessing to her, but relents when he sees her crying TearsOfJoy.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'':
** In "Stretch the Basketball Star", Mr. Boynton nearly declares his love for Miss Brooks when visiting her classroom. However, he's interrupted by Walter Denton, Mr. Conklin and Stretch Snodgrass.
** "Tears for Mr. Boynton" sees Miss Brooks follow Mrs. Davis' advice and try to use crying to induce Mr. Boynton to propose. It almost works, but Mrs. Davis returns home with her cat Minerva at just the wrong moment. [[spoiler: Miss Brooks finally marries Mr. Boynton at the end of TheMovie GrandFinale]]
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'':
** In "Stretch the Basketball Star", Mr. Boynton nearly declares his love for Miss Brooks when visiting her classroom. However, he's interrupted by Walter Denton, Mr. Conklin and Stretch Snodgrass.
** "Tears for Mr. Boynton" sees Miss Brooks follow Mrs. Davis' advice and try to use crying to induce Mr. Boynton to propose. It almost works, but Mrs. Davis returns home with her cat Minerva at just the wrong moment. [[spoiler: Miss Brooks finally marries Mr. Boynton at the end of TheMovie GrandFinale]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Numbuh 4 tries to tell Numbuh 3 that he loves her several times, but he gets interrupted or distracted before he could spit it out ("Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.", "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L." and "Operation: L.O.V.E.").
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Numbuh 4 tries to tell Numbuh 3 that he loves her several times, but he gets interrupted or distracted before he could can spit it out ("Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.", "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L." and "Operation: L.O.V.E.").
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Numbuh 4 tries to tell Numbuh 3 that he loves her several times, but he gets interrupted or distracted before he could spit it out ("Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R., "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L." and "Operation: L.O.V.E.").
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Numbuh 4 tries to tell Numbuh 3 that he loves her several times, but he gets interrupted or distracted before he could spit it out ("Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R., ", "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L." and "Operation: L.O.V.E.").
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Numbuh 4 tries to tell Numbuh 3 that he loves her several times, but he gets interrupted or distracted before he could spit it out ("Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R., "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L." and "Operation: L.O.V.E.").
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** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', when Princess Zelda [[spoiler:leaves the Master Sword with The Great Deku Tree before going to face Ganon alone, it's implied that she was going to ask The Great Deku Tree to pass on her LoveConfession to Link once he returned for the sword.]] It's also possible that she wasn't, given that The Great Deku Tree cuts her off by insisting she should deliver the message herself, but the lead of up of "Tell him I--" sure seems to point in that direction.
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*** When Princess Zelda [[spoiler:leaves the Master Sword with The Great Deku Tree before going to face Ganon alone, it's implied that she was going to ask The Great Deku Tree to pass on her LoveConfession to Link once he returned for the sword.]] It's also possible that she wasn't, given that The Great Deku Tree cuts her off by insisting she should deliver the message herself, but the lead of up of "Tell him I--" sure seems to point in that direction.
*** When Princess Zelda [[spoiler:leaves the Master Sword with The Great Deku Tree before going to face Ganon alone, it's implied that she was going to ask The Great Deku Tree to pass on her LoveConfession to Link once he returned for the sword.]] It's also possible that she wasn't, given that The Great Deku Tree cuts her off by insisting she should deliver the message herself, but the lead of up of "Tell him I--" sure seems to point in that direction.
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* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'':
** Despite being a professional at the art of seduction, Irina fails to fully confess her feelings towards Karasuma. Her students don't take this too well. This ties to Irina's stunted emotional growth due to her DarkAndTroubledPast and the fact that Karasuma is painfully ObliviousToLove.
** [[spoiler:Kayano, after working up the courage to tell Nagisa how she feels on Valentine's Day, decides against it because she sees how focused he is on his future and doesn't want to distract him]].
* Subverted in ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Suzu tries to confess to Matsuri, but gets cold feet worrying he'd only love her like family, and [[LastSecondWordSwap pretends she just wanted to ask for a sweet potato]]. [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike Matsuri then reveals he already bought a sweet potato for her]], something Suzu finds so kind and considerate, it gives her the courage to ''actually'' confess (while stuffing it into her mouth).
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', the dying Judeau can only tell Casca that she cries a lot, and dies regretting that he couldn't confess how he really felt about her.
* In the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' pilot, Orihime (who [[DeathByFallingOver died from falling down the stairs]]) considers confessing to Ichigo just before leaving for the Soul Society, but the spirit of her father advises against it, as it would only make Ichigo suffer.
* In the DistantFinale of ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'', Mai plans on confessing her feelings for Marika before she graduates, knowing they're [[IncompatibleOrientation unrequited]]. She instead tearfully congratulates Marika on graduating.
* ''Manga/DGrayMan'': in chapter 205, [[spoiler:This is seemingly what Lenalee is trying to do with Allen now that he´s leaving the order. It´s less of an aborted confession and more that she didn´t get to say it before Allen hugged her, dispelled her doubts and declaring his [[AllLovingHero love]] for everyone in the order, specifically Lenalee, followed by his departure through the ark.]]
* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'': At the end of "The Second Raid" Kaname has travelled all the way to Hong Kong to make a LoveConfession to Sousuke ([[{{tsundere}} after first beating him up for all the angst he's put her through]]) but [[CannotSpitItOut chickens out at the last second]].
** Sousuke follows it up with his own in the subsequent volume. Finally having achieved a proper LoveEpiphany in the middle of a Christmas seajacking, Sousuke tells Kaname that he has something to tell her once they have a proper moment to talk before rushing off to save his kidnapped commanding officer. When he finally does get the chance to tell her three days later, he finds himself too EmotionallyTongueTied to find the right words. He doesn't bail out entirely and still manages to give her the lapis lazuli he had prepared for the occasion and [[IUhYouToo manages to give Kaname a vague idea of what he feels for her]], but the choice of gift[[note]]Kaname notes earlier in the book that, while Sousuke actually gets her gifts pretty regularly, they're always "practical", thoroughly unromantic items like self-defense tools, even for major occasions like Christmas[[/note]], the way he places it in her hand, and the few comments he does manage to stammer out imply he had intended the gemstone to be more of ''engagement'' present than a belated birthday gift.
* Except that it never seems to be played as anything final, Kaoru of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' does this while he and Yukiji are visiting Italy during Golden Week. He starts confessing and then decides that he just can't do it, so he changes the end of the sentence to be about her little sisters' relationship status. Yukiji seems to realize this but uses her HardDrinkingPartyGirl personality to play with his mind a little and continue the conversation as it was playing out, asking him what he likes about her sister.
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': Yuko wished to let Yuji know her feelings after running into him again, but couldn't go through with it.
* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': Youko pulls this move during Asahi's first attempt at a confession. she knew Asahi had something to tell her, but when the idea of a LoveConfession came to mind, she shot herself down by saying he's nice to ''everybody'', and she causes him too much trouble for him to see her as anything but a friend. Due to her own nervousness and uncertainty about her feelings for Asahi, she interrupts him mid-confession, awkwardly says "I like you! …and all our other friends!" and runs off.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': In ''Kakashi Gaiden'', [[spoiler:Obito's]] dying thoughts are that he never told Rin that he loves her, and his reasons for not confessing are never explained. Kakashi reveals this to Rin just after [[spoiler:Obito]] dies. As found out later, [[spoiler:Obito]] never confessed because Rin loved [[spoiler:Kakashi]].
* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'': Miku was planning on confessing to Fuutarou after the final exams, confident that she'll get the highest grades and thus will be able to graduate from being his student. However, she's shocked to learn that Ichika beat her by two points, and she backs off at the last second. [[spoiler:Subverted in a later chapter, as she more or less gets the chance to tell Fuutarou about this (by way of IHaveThisFriend) and he gets the message across]].
* In ''Manga/SandsOfDestruction'', Morte very nearly tells Kyrie that she loves him [[spoiler:and just remembered that she's loved him for millennia]], but stops herself because she still thinks she's unworthy of happiness [[spoiler:and it's too late anyway, as she's dying of a sudden case of hole-through-the-chest]].
* In ''Anime/UtaNoPrinceSama'', both Otoya and Tokiya try to confess to Haruka, but lose their nerve (as well as the whole "Love is Forbidden" thing) and instead...
-->"I'm in love...with your music!"
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Alexis planned to confess her feelings for Jaden after their tag-duel in Season 4; however, she found herself unable to [[CannotSpitItOut spit the words out]] and just said she was glad to have his friendship. It's probably for the best, as he's (unbeknownst to her) already in an OfficialCouple, and would have had a tricky time explaining [[SharingABody the circumstances behind it]].
** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', on the other hand, subverts this with regards to its male and female lead, as in the last episode, the night before they all go their separate ways to live out their dreams, Akiza visits Yusei in their team garage and very nearly blurts out her feelings, but stops herself at the last minute. However, unlike with Jaden above, Yusei has always been aware of her feelings, as he then wordlessly shows that he reciprocates. What follows is the two looking at each other's eyes while holding hands, before she pulls away and goes back home. While they apparently don't see each other again for many years, at the very least, both parted with their feelings for each other laid bare, and it's implied they may reunite again.
* In a bonus chapter of the ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' manga, Kurama's classmate Maya confesses to him, and he notes that telling her how he really feels would be too dangerous. When he and Hiei save her from a demon named Eight-Hands, Kurama uses a dream flower on her to erase her memories of the incident and make her forget her feelings for him.
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* ''Fanfic/AngerDenialAndChocolateCake'': It's heavily implied that this is what Teruteru ''really'' wanted to tell Fuyuhiko in Chapter 9, but he backed down.
* ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort'': When Kazumi figures out that Shizuka [[spoiler:is the third culprit]], she wants to tell her how she feels, but can't bring herself to actually say it.
* ''Fanfic/AllThatDwellWithinYourGates'': While trying to make up with Nath after using a MindRape spell on her, Miri almost blurts out that she loves her, but cuts herself short, realizing just how poor timing that would be.
* In chapter 5 ''Fanfic/SachikoAndYumisAlphabet'', Yumi gets nervous mid-confession and gets off track after seeing an earthworm. Sachiko is the one who successfully confesses to Yumi.
-->'''Yumi''': "Onee-sama, I l-lo...What I want to say is that I...I lo...I mean I'm in l-love with...eh! An earthworm!"
* ''Fanfic/AMeetingByMoonlight'': Princess Luna seems to be working her way up towards confessing her feelings to Twilight when she abruptly realizes that Spike is eavesdropping and cuts herself off. This may be for the best, as Twilight has just realized that [[spoiler:she's the reincarnation of Dusk Skyshine, who was her lover in a past life]].
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* ''Fanfic/AngerDenialAndChocolateCake'': It's heavily implied that this is what Teruteru ''really'' wanted to tell Fuyuhiko in Chapter 9, but he backed down.
* ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort'': When Kazumi figures out that Shizuka [[spoiler:is the third culprit]], she wants to tell her how she feels, but can't bring herself to actually say it.
* ''Fanfic/AllThatDwellWithinYourGates'': While trying to make up with Nath after using a MindRape spell on her, Miri almost blurts out that she loves her, but cuts herself short, realizing just how poor timing that would be.
* In chapter 5 ''Fanfic/SachikoAndYumisAlphabet'', Yumi gets nervous mid-confession and gets off track after seeing an earthworm. Sachiko is the one who successfully confesses to Yumi.
-->'''Yumi''': "Onee-sama, I l-lo...What I want to say is that I...I lo...I mean I'm in l-love with...eh! An earthworm!"
* ''Fanfic/AMeetingByMoonlight'': Princess Luna seems to be working her way up towards confessing her feelings to Twilight when she abruptly realizes that Spike is eavesdropping and cuts herself off. This may be for the best, as Twilight has just realized that [[spoiler:she's the reincarnation of Dusk Skyshine, who was her lover in a past life]].
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* A variant in ''Film/{{Once}}'' between the nameless protagonists: the protagonists. The girl tells the guy she loves him, but [[BilingualBonus she says it in Czech]]. When the guy asks what she said, she refused to translate.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has a strange variant (an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], perhaps) as Spike, who's loved Buffy for years, makes his HeroicSacrifice in the [[GrandFinale Series Finale]]:
-->'''Buffy:''' I love you.\\
'''Spike:''' ...No you don't. But thanks for saying it.
* Coulson and May on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', multiple times. Most notably in Season 1 Episode 17 and Season 5 Episode 19.
* ''Series/DoctorWho''. There is massive disagreement among fans over the nature of the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald's relationship, but just before she is [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]] in "Face the Raven", Clara spends [[spoiler:her last few minutes]] trying to comfort the Doctor and at one point he begins to say something to her which she interrupts with a hug and "Everything you're about to say, I already know. Don't do it now; we've already had enough bad timing." Rather than saying anything herself along these lines (having made a promise to her now-deceased boyfriend in the previous season never to say "I love you" to anyone else again), she strokes the Doctor's face instead.
** The Tenth Doctor experiences a related trope, the InterruptedDeclarationOfLove, In "Doomsday" when he appears to be about to say "I love you" to Rose Tyler before communication breaks down between the separate universes they find themselves in. As with the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, there is disagreement as to whether he was actually going to say it, though WordOfGod is that he was.
* This happens in ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' with Niles and Daphne.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** Chandler got out that he loved Monica but immediately took it back. (Luckily Monica knew he loved her and gave him time to tell it once again.)
--->'''Chandler:''' You're so great I love you!\\
'''Monica:''' What?\\
'''Chandler:''' Nothing! I said you're so great and then I just stopped talking!
** Rachel tried to tell her assistant Tag that she likes him. She didn't but Joey thought she had and saw them hugging, so he excitedly said: "He likes you back!" Rachel tried to bend the meaning that it was about "her back", but it was all too clear.
* Happened three times with Blair and Chuck on ''Series/GossipGirl''. The first time Blair was going to end their "you should say it first" game by telling Chuck she loves him, but [[MomentKiller Dan made her chicken out]]. The second time happened long after she had already told him how she felt, only to be rejected, and she had moved on to date his best friend (her ex). She told Chuck that if he loved her back he needed to tell her, and they could be together, and if he didn't he should stop getting in her way. Chuck told her he had just been playing games with her since he [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy didn't think he could make her happy]]. The third time around Blair was single again; she confessed her love for Chuck once more and knowing that he felt the same way about her begged him to tell her. He didn't.
* An ExploitedTrope by Lee Thompkins in the ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' episode "Mandatory Brunch Meeting", when in a riddle contest with (of course) the Riddler. The riddle she sets has the answer "I love you", and Riddler solves it instantly, but owing to Ed Nygma's suppressed feelings for her, he can't bring himself to actually say it.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': In "Drumroll, Please", Robin was going to tell Ted she had feelings for him when he had a call, which helped him find Victoria. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Thinking Ted should be with Victoria]], Robin told him to go find her.
** Later on, when Robin and Ted were dating, Robin wanted to tell him she loved him but ended up saying [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext "falafel"]] instead.
** Much later in the series, Barney bursts into Ted's apartment, about to tell him that he loves Robin.
-->'''Barney''': Ted, it's true, I'm in love with ''[turns around and sees Robin]'' [[LastSecondWordSwap tacos!]]
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' has Parker trying to admit that she has feelings for Hardison partway through season 3. She gets most of the way through it, too, before blurting she's having these feelings for ''[[LastSecondWordSwap pretzels]]''. Thankfully, Hardison knows how to speak Parker by now, and uses the analogy to explain his stance on waiting for her.
-->'''Hardison:''' Well they're right here. When you want them.
* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'':
** A variation of this happens between Arthur and Guinevere. In a second season episode, Guinevere is kidnapped by a warlord and held for ransom, mistakenly believed to be King Uther's ward. Arthur goes through hell to get to her, only to find that Lancelot got there first. He'd already admitted his feelings for Guinevere to Merlin on the trip there, and it was fairly obvious that he was planning to share them with Guinevere on rescuing her, only to be silenced at the sight of Gwen and Lancelot being rather chummy with each other.
** In the final episode of season three, he tries again and tells Guinevere: "I just want you to know... if I never see you again..." but she cuts him off with her assurances that they ''will'' meet again.
* ''Series/NoahsArc'': In the movie, [[spoiler:Brandon challenges Ricky to confess his love for Noah. Ricky goes up to him, but can't get out the words]].
* In ''Series/RadioFreeRoscoe'', Lily missed her opportunity to date her best friend Ray, who liked her but moved on to be with a different girl when he didn't think Lily would want to be with him. Unfortunately, Lily does want to be with him now and decides to try to win him back. She writes a song about convincing a guy to leave his girlfriend, called "You Belong to Me", but before she goes onstage to play it, she sees that Ray is actually happy with the new girl, and the song actually played is called "You Belong to Someone Else," and is about a girl that likes a guy with a girlfriend, but isn't going to interfere. It doesn't take, and [[spoiler:Lily/Ray ends the series as an Official Couple]].
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' GrandFinale, as the plane they're in is crashing, Elaine gets as far as "I've always loved" to Jerry before it miraculously stabilizes, awkwardly ignoring him afterward. Then again at the end of the episode, only in something of an {{exaggerated|Trope}} {{inver|tedTrope}}sion, instead of separating, they're about to spend a year together in the same tiny cell (yeah, don't ask):
-->'''Jerry''': So Elaine, what was it you were about to say to me when the plane was going down?\\
'''Elaine''': I've always loved yoooo[[LastSecondWordSwap United Airlines]].\\
'''Jerry''': ...uh-huh.
* Happens in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', when Sherlock and John are on the tarmac and Sherlock has something he wanted to tell him always, but cuts off with a joke in order to preserve John's happiness with Mary.
-->'''Sherlock''': John, there’s something ... I should say; I-I've meant to say always and then never have. Since it's unlikely we'll ever meet again, I might as well say it now. ''(deep breath to steady himself)'' ... Sherlock is actually a girl's name.
* ''Series/{{Soap}}'': Jessica's lawyer E. Robert Mallu falls in love with her during her trial for the murder of Peter Campbell. He says "I love you" just as Benson comes in, so he has to [[LastSecondWordSwap add a word]] in order to cover up, but he doesn't do it very well.
-->'''Mallu:''' Jessica, I love you ''(Benson enters)'' eyes.\\
'''Benson:''' "I love you eyes?" [[DeadpanSnarker I love you suit]].
* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': Alex came close to telling Dean she loves him twice. First was when they were working on her father's car ("How do you think of me...in flip-flops? Think about going casual this summer?"). Second when he gave her a wooden card ("I love it! And I love...this card").
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has a strange variant (an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], perhaps) as Spike, who's loved Buffy for years, makes his HeroicSacrifice in the [[GrandFinale Series Finale]]:
-->'''Buffy:''' I love you.\\
'''Spike:''' ...No you don't. But thanks for saying it.
* Coulson and May on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', multiple times. Most notably in Season 1 Episode 17 and Season 5 Episode 19.
* ''Series/DoctorWho''. There is massive disagreement among fans over the nature of the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald's relationship, but just before she is [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]] in "Face the Raven", Clara spends [[spoiler:her last few minutes]] trying to comfort the Doctor and at one point he begins to say something to her which she interrupts with a hug and "Everything you're about to say, I already know. Don't do it now; we've already had enough bad timing." Rather than saying anything herself along these lines (having made a promise to her now-deceased boyfriend in the previous season never to say "I love you" to anyone else again), she strokes the Doctor's face instead.
** The Tenth Doctor experiences a related trope, the InterruptedDeclarationOfLove, In "Doomsday" when he appears to be about to say "I love you" to Rose Tyler before communication breaks down between the separate universes they find themselves in. As with the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, there is disagreement as to whether he was actually going to say it, though WordOfGod is that he was.
* This happens in ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' with Niles and Daphne.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** Chandler got out that he loved Monica but immediately took it back. (Luckily Monica knew he loved her and gave him time to tell it once again.)
--->'''Chandler:''' You're so great I love you!\\
'''Monica:''' What?\\
'''Chandler:''' Nothing! I said you're so great and then I just stopped talking!
** Rachel tried to tell her assistant Tag that she likes him. She didn't but Joey thought she had and saw them hugging, so he excitedly said: "He likes you back!" Rachel tried to bend the meaning that it was about "her back", but it was all too clear.
* Happened three times with Blair and Chuck on ''Series/GossipGirl''. The first time Blair was going to end their "you should say it first" game by telling Chuck she loves him, but [[MomentKiller Dan made her chicken out]]. The second time happened long after she had already told him how she felt, only to be rejected, and she had moved on to date his best friend (her ex). She told Chuck that if he loved her back he needed to tell her, and they could be together, and if he didn't he should stop getting in her way. Chuck told her he had just been playing games with her since he [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy didn't think he could make her happy]]. The third time around Blair was single again; she confessed her love for Chuck once more and knowing that he felt the same way about her begged him to tell her. He didn't.
* An ExploitedTrope by Lee Thompkins in the ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' episode "Mandatory Brunch Meeting", when in a riddle contest with (of course) the Riddler. The riddle she sets has the answer "I love you", and Riddler solves it instantly, but owing to Ed Nygma's suppressed feelings for her, he can't bring himself to actually say it.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': In "Drumroll, Please", Robin was going to tell Ted she had feelings for him when he had a call, which helped him find Victoria. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Thinking Ted should be with Victoria]], Robin told him to go find her.
** Later on, when Robin and Ted were dating, Robin wanted to tell him she loved him but ended up saying [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext "falafel"]] instead.
** Much later in the series, Barney bursts into Ted's apartment, about to tell him that he loves Robin.
-->'''Barney''': Ted, it's true, I'm in love with ''[turns around and sees Robin]'' [[LastSecondWordSwap tacos!]]
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' has Parker trying to admit that she has feelings for Hardison partway through season 3. She gets most of the way through it, too, before blurting she's having these feelings for ''[[LastSecondWordSwap pretzels]]''. Thankfully, Hardison knows how to speak Parker by now, and uses the analogy to explain his stance on waiting for her.
-->'''Hardison:''' Well they're right here. When you want them.
* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'':
** A variation of this happens between Arthur and Guinevere. In a second season episode, Guinevere is kidnapped by a warlord and held for ransom, mistakenly believed to be King Uther's ward. Arthur goes through hell to get to her, only to find that Lancelot got there first. He'd already admitted his feelings for Guinevere to Merlin on the trip there, and it was fairly obvious that he was planning to share them with Guinevere on rescuing her, only to be silenced at the sight of Gwen and Lancelot being rather chummy with each other.
** In the final episode of season three, he tries again and tells Guinevere: "I just want you to know... if I never see you again..." but she cuts him off with her assurances that they ''will'' meet again.
* ''Series/NoahsArc'': In the movie, [[spoiler:Brandon challenges Ricky to confess his love for Noah. Ricky goes up to him, but can't get out the words]].
* In ''Series/RadioFreeRoscoe'', Lily missed her opportunity to date her best friend Ray, who liked her but moved on to be with a different girl when he didn't think Lily would want to be with him. Unfortunately, Lily does want to be with him now and decides to try to win him back. She writes a song about convincing a guy to leave his girlfriend, called "You Belong to Me", but before she goes onstage to play it, she sees that Ray is actually happy with the new girl, and the song actually played is called "You Belong to Someone Else," and is about a girl that likes a guy with a girlfriend, but isn't going to interfere. It doesn't take, and [[spoiler:Lily/Ray ends the series as an Official Couple]].
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' GrandFinale, as the plane they're in is crashing, Elaine gets as far as "I've always loved" to Jerry before it miraculously stabilizes, awkwardly ignoring him afterward. Then again at the end of the episode, only in something of an {{exaggerated|Trope}} {{inver|tedTrope}}sion, instead of separating, they're about to spend a year together in the same tiny cell (yeah, don't ask):
-->'''Jerry''': So Elaine, what was it you were about to say to me when the plane was going down?\\
'''Elaine''': I've always loved yoooo[[LastSecondWordSwap United Airlines]].\\
'''Jerry''': ...uh-huh.
* Happens in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', when Sherlock and John are on the tarmac and Sherlock has something he wanted to tell him always, but cuts off with a joke in order to preserve John's happiness with Mary.
-->'''Sherlock''': John, there’s something ... I should say; I-I've meant to say always and then never have. Since it's unlikely we'll ever meet again, I might as well say it now. ''(deep breath to steady himself)'' ... Sherlock is actually a girl's name.
* ''Series/{{Soap}}'': Jessica's lawyer E. Robert Mallu falls in love with her during her trial for the murder of Peter Campbell. He says "I love you" just as Benson comes in, so he has to [[LastSecondWordSwap add a word]] in order to cover up, but he doesn't do it very well.
-->'''Mallu:''' Jessica, I love you ''(Benson enters)'' eyes.\\
'''Benson:''' "I love you eyes?" [[DeadpanSnarker I love you suit]].
* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': Alex came close to telling Dean she loves him twice. First was when they were working on her father's car ("How do you think of me...in flip-flops? Think about going casual this summer?"). Second when he gave her a wooden card ("I love it! And I love...this card").
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* If you fully heal the [[WorldTree Solar Tree]] in ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'', Lita will be deeply moved, to the point where she starts to confess her love for Django... and then chickens out. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0Qqdazfrw Several times.]]
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* If you fully heal the [[WorldTree Solar Tree]] in ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'', Lita will be deeply moved, to the point where she starts to confess her love for Django... and then chickens out. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0Qqdazfrw Several times.]]out several times.
* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', during the fifth and final free time event with Nagito, he ends his conversation with Hinata saying "From the bottom of my heart... I am truly in love with the hope that sleeps within you". The original Japanese text makes it even more obvious as his sentence begins with the same phrasing love confessions usually do, and uses the word aishiteru, which is a strong form of expressing love only married couples use.
* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', during the fifth and final free time event with Nagito, he ends his conversation with Hinata saying "From the bottom of my heart... I am truly in love with the hope that sleeps within you". The original Japanese text makes it even more obvious as his sentence begins with the same phrasing love confessions usually do, and uses the word aishiteru, which is a strong form of expressing love only married couples use.
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* In the ending of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Vivian, while seeing Mario off, almost confesses her love to him, but backs out last minute and says instead that she thinks he and Peach are a good couple.
** It's strongly implied that Goombella was going to confess at the end of her WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue email to Mario. She decides instead that it's better off as a secret.
** It's strongly implied that Goombella was going to confess at the end of her WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue email to Mario. She decides instead that it's better off as a secret.
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* In the ending of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Vivian, while seeing Mario off, almost confesses her love to him, but backs out last minute and says instead that she thinks he and Peach are a good couple.
**couple. It's strongly implied that Goombella was going to confess at the end of her WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue email to Mario. She decides instead that it's better off as a secret. secret.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Even if Joker doesn't romantically pursue her, Haru falls for him anyway. If he rejects her romantic advances late in her Confidant, she goes briefly cold before scaling it back.
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* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Even if Joker doesn't romantically pursue her, Haru falls for him anyway. If he rejects her romantic advances late in her Confidant, she goes briefly cold before scaling it back.
* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide'' games, getting far enough along in a romance with any of the guys inevitably leads to a scene in which the guy in question ''almost'' confesses his love for the heroine, only to lose his nerve before he can quite manage to spit it out.
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* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', during the fifth and final free time event with Nagito, he ends his conversation with Hinata saying "From the bottom of my heart... I am truly in love with the hope that sleeps within you". The original Japanese text makes it even more obvious as his sentence begins with the same phrasing love confessions usually do, and uses the word aishiteru, which is a strong form of expressing love only married couples use.
* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide'' games, getting far enough along in a romance with any of the guys inevitably leads to a scene in which the guy in question ''almost'' confesses his love for the heroine, only to lose his nerve before he can quite manage to spit it out.
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* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', during the fifth and final free time event with Nagito, he ends his conversation with Hinata saying "From the bottom of my heart... I am truly in love with the hope that sleeps within you". The original Japanese text makes it even more obvious as his sentence begins with the same phrasing love confessions usually do, and uses the word aishiteru, which is a strong form of expressing love only married couples use.
* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide'' games, getting far enough along in a romance with any of the guys inevitably leads to a scene in which the guy in question ''almost'' confesses his love for the heroine, only to lose his nerve before he can quite manage to spit it out.
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* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', during the fifth and final free time event with Nagito, he ends his conversation with Hinata saying "From the bottom of my heart... I am truly in love with the hope that sleeps within you". The original Japanese text makes it even more obvious as his sentence begins with the same phrasing love confessions usually do, and uses the word aishiteru, which is a strong form of expressing love only married couples use.
* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide'' games, getting far enough along in a romance with any of the guys inevitably leads to a scene in which the guy in question ''almost'' confesses his love for the heroine, only to lose his nerve before he can quite manage to spit it out.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Luan repeatedly tries to come up with excuses as a means of avoiding the scene in the play where she has to kiss Benny in "Stage Plight", because she's insecure of her crush.
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* 'Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'': Chiaki has many oppurtune times to confess her feelings to her crush Fumiko, but due to her shyness, she quickly chickens out. Most infamously is [[https://mis.thecomicseries.com/comics/7 this]] exchange:
-->'''Fumiko:''' Who do you like, Chiaki-chan?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Huh? I...I like...bread.
-->'''Fumiko:''' Bread?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah Bread!
-->'''Fumiko:''' Who do you like, Chiaki-chan?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Huh? I...I like...bread.
-->'''Fumiko:''' Bread?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah Bread!
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* In the sixth ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film, the goats try to get Prince Pegasus to tell Princess Blue that he loves her. After a few seconds of struggling to admit his feelings to her, he decides not to at the last second and instead says "I love watching ''Pleasant Goat''!"
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* In the sixth ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film, ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMeetThePegasus'', the goats try to get Prince Pegasus to tell Princess Blue that he loves her. After a few seconds of struggling to admit his feelings to her, he decides not to at the last second and instead says "I love watching ''Pleasant Goat''!"
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* 'Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'': Chiaki has many oppurtune times to confess her feelings to her crush Fumiko, but due to her shyness, she quickly chickens out. Most infamously is [[https://mis.thecomicseries.com/comics/7 this]] exchange:
-->'''Fumiko:''' Who do you like, Chiaki-chan?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Huh? I...I like...bread.
-->'''Fumiko:''' Bread?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah Bread!
-->'''Fumiko:''' Who do you like, Chiaki-chan?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Huh? I...I like...bread.
-->'''Fumiko:''' Bread?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah Bread!
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* Chiaki in ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' has many oppurtune moments to confess her feelings to her crush Fumiko, but due to her shyness, she quickly chickens out. Most infamously is [[https://mis.thecomicseries.com/comics/7 this]] exchange:
-->'''Fumiko:''' Who do you like, Chiaki-chan?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Huh? I...I like...bread.
-->'''Fumiko:''' Bread?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah Bread!
-->'''Fumiko:''' Who do you like, Chiaki-chan?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Huh? I...I like...bread.
-->'''Fumiko:''' Bread?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah Bread!
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* Chiaki in ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' has many oppurtune moments to confess her feelings to her crush Fumiko, but due to her shyness, she quickly chickens out. Most infamously is [[https://mis.thecomicseries.com/comics/7 this]] exchange:
-->'''Fumiko:''' Who do you like, Chiaki-chan?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Huh? I...I like...bread.
-->'''Fumiko:''' Bread?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah Bread!
-->'''Fumiko:''' Who do you like, Chiaki-chan?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Huh? I...I like...bread.
-->'''Fumiko:''' Bread?
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah Bread!
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->''"Kid, I love... I've always loved your hair. ''(Narrating)'' I have no idea where that came from. So great... not only am I gonna die, but I'm gonna die a socially inept virgin with a hair fetish.
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->''"Kid, I love... I've always loved your hair. ''(Narrating)'' "\\
''(Narrating):'' I have no idea where that came from. So great... not only am I gonna die, but I'm gonna die a socially inept virgin with a hair fetish.''
''(Narrating):'' I have no idea where that came from. So great... not only am I gonna die, but I'm gonna die a socially inept virgin with a hair fetish.''
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'', Devin tries to tell Carrie he loves her, but accidentally says he likes unibrows instead. Their taxi driver [[MistakenForGay takes it very well.]]
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->''"You are important to.......everyone."''
-->-- '''The Darkling''', ''Tv Show/{{Shadow and Bone}}''
-->-- '''The Darkling''', ''Tv Show/{{Shadow and Bone}}''
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->''"Kid, I love... I've always loved your hair. ''(Narrating)'' I have no idea where that came from. So great... not only am I gonna die, but I'm gonna die a socially inept virgin with a hair fetish.
-->--
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->''"Kid, I love... I've always loved your hair. ''(Narrating)'' I have no idea where that came from. So great... not only am I gonna die, but I'm gonna die a socially inept virgin with a hair fetish."''
-->-- '''Sasha "Hammer" Carelli''', ''Webcomic/{{Angels 2200}}''
-->-- '''Sasha "Hammer" Carelli''', ''Webcomic/{{Angels 2200}}''
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* ''WesterAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Enchanting Grom Fright" features a written example where Amity writes a note to ask her crush [[spoiler:Luz]] to be her date to the school dance, hinting that she was at the very least planning on revealing her feelings. Given the fact that the episode specifically shows that the idea of being rejected is her worst fear, she's never able to work up the nerve to give it to them, and when they finally see it and ask who it was addressed to (as a third party had torn off the top half that had their name on it) she deflects by saying that it's not important.
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* ''WesterAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Enchanting Grom Fright" features a written example where Amity writes a note to ask her crush [[spoiler:Luz]] to be her date to the school dance, hinting that she was at the very least planning on revealing her feelings. Given the fact that the episode specifically shows that the idea of being rejected is her worst fear, she's never able to work up the nerve to give it to them, and when they finally see it and ask who it was addressed to (as a third party had torn off the top half that had their name on it) she deflects by saying that it's not important.
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* ''WesterAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Enchanting Grom Fright" features a written example where Amity writes a note to ask her crush [[spoiler:Luz]] to be her date to the school dance, hinting that she was at the very least planning on revealing her feelings. Given the fact that the episode specifically shows that the idea of being rejected is her worst fear, she's never able to work up the nerve to give it to them, and when they finally see it and ask who it was addressed to (as a third party had torn off the top half that had their name on it) she deflects by saying that it's not important.
