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* In Music/MelanieMartinez's "[[Music/CryBaby Pacify Her]]", the singer sees her ex-boyfriend with another girl and becomes determined to take him back, even if it means ruining their relationship.

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O-5D9Gtceqw Akane]] is a GoldDigger who pursues Tokusa, who's dating Tsutsuji, under the assumption that Tokusa is rich. In order to get Tokusa to dump Tsutsuji, Akane sends what she thinks is evidence that Tsutsuji is a pornstar. However, her plan backfires because Tokusa knows the pornstar and Tsutsuji are {{Identical Stranger}}s due to research. To top it off, Tokusa isn't even rich, Akane just [[OutOfContextEavesdropping thinks he is due to a conversation she overheard]].
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbWubkXiYOQ&pp=ygUbZXRyYSBjaGFuIHNhdyBpdCB3YXRlcm1lbG9u Yuzuriha]] is Kuroki 's [[PsychoExGirlfriend crazy ex-girlfriend]] who decides to [[WeddingSmashers crash his wedding]]. In order to try and steal him away, she shows up heavily pregnant and claims the baby is his in order to [[TheBabyTrap baby trap]] him. [[spoiler:She's not actually pregnant, she just [[PillowPregnancy stuck a watermelon down her dress]].]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqwrdyVPdgY "Pretentious coworker with 6 boyfriends flirts with my fiancé.But it will be exposed ..."]] [sic]: At the company's hot springs trip, Moka Kiyoi attempts to seduce Chief Kairi. His fiancé, Ram, is unable to do anything because he told her to keep the engagement a secret and would end up blowing their own cover if she intervened. However, Kairi sees right through Moka's tricks and proves wrong her claims of never being in a relationship [[spoiler:by exposing her affairs with six male coworkers. All six of them turn on Moka after realizing her true colors]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUd1caO2WWA "A misunderstood woman who pretends to be a lover when she is not even in a relationship"]]: When Chief Alto shows up to inspect the work branch Kanade worked at, Misato attempted to seduce him, but Alto chews her out and tells her to resign. When she disses Kanade's appearance while playing her advances as a joke, Alto reprimands her even harder and reveals Kanade is [[spoiler:his fiancée]]. Eventually, [[spoiler:Misato resigns after being cast aside by the entire company, and the groundwork laid by Alto in response reduced her to [[FallenOnHardTimesJob work at a local snack bar]]]].
* ''WebAnimation/MangaWaido'': [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ndm-Of9gS-c Noai]] aggressively pursues Makoto, one of her father's employees, doing things such as sending sexually explicit photos of herself and offering to go swimming with him, despite knowing that he's a married man and loyal to his wife. The reason for her aggressive pursuit is that she's a DudeMagnet who isn't used to having guys resist her advances, [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou which makes Makoto a challenge for her]]. When Noai sees a picture of Amane, Makoto's wife, she makes fun of Amane's [[OlderThanTheyLook youthful appearance]] and insists that she would be better because of her more mature body. When Makoto rejects her at a drinking party, Noai loses it and [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape him]], only to be stopped by Amane, who's trained in various martial arts, and subtly threatens to kill Noai if she doesn't stop bothering Makoto, which, alongside the fact that her father punished her for her behavior, causes [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Noai to give up]].
* ''WebAnimation/RefreshingStories'': [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-8JhIQET4 Hiroshi's manager]] hits on Hiroshi's wife, Mako, despite being married himself. When Mako refuses his advances, the manager decides to make Hiroshi work longer hours in order to find out where he and his wife live by [[StalkerWithACrush following Mako.]] Once he finds out, he keeps harassing Mako, but she refuses to let him in, and whenever he sees Mako, he touches her inappropriately, which naturally frightens her. One day, the manager steals Hiroshi's house key and decides to break in so that he can [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape Mako]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for the boss, not only do Mako and Hiroshi move, but their old house is now being occupied by a group of female police officers. Naturally, he gets beaten and sent to jail]].

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWv3ZbSPXMo&pp=ygUdcmV2ZW5nZSBmaWxtcyBodXNiYW5kIHN0YWxrZXI%3D Blair]], despite being married herself, aggressively pursues her neighbor Ali's husband because he's handsome. Blair tells Ali ''to her face'' that she's going to steal her husband away, and starts flirting with him and tells Ali to give him up. Even though he states he's married, Blair refuses to give up, to the point where she ''breaks into Ali's house, lies on Ali and her husband's bed '''naked, claiming that she slept with the husband'''''. Fortunately, Ali doesn't believe Blair as her husband was with her the entire time, and calls the cops on Blair for breaking and entering as well as stealing some jewelry. As a result, Blair gets [[HumiliationConga arrested, sued, divorced, disowned by her daughter, and forced to work off her debt by her parents]].
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ewOlqfIQB2g Erin]] is Ariel's prettier, popular sister who [[SerialHomewrecker constantly stole Ariel's boyfriends]] out of a desire to make Ariel miserable. When Erin tries to steal Ariel's latest boyfriend, Sean, he's disgusted by both her shamelessness in addition to the fact that Erin is knowingly trying to seduce her sister's boyfriend. Sean then proceeds to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech call her out for the fact that, unlike the less attractive, but kinder Ariel, Erin is just an easy slut whose only good quality is her looks]].
* ''WebAnimation/SekaiNoFushigi'': [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ylq73Nmyo&pp=ygUWU2VrYWkgbm8gZnVzaGlnaSBudXJzZQ%3D%3D Minori]] is Haruto's ex-girlfriend, who he broke up with for using people. When Haruto ends up in the hospital, Minori is assigned to be his nurse, and she wastes no time insulting and spreading rumors about him. [[GoldDigger Minori's]] tune changes when she learns that Haruto became rich and successful, and she tries to get back with him. Haruto rejects her, as he has a girlfriend who has come to visit. When Minori sees that his new girlfriend, Yuka, has smaller breasts, she tries to use her larger breasts (BigBreastPride, BuxomBeautyStandard) to entice Haruto into getting back together. Unfortunately for Minori, not only does Haruto refuse, [[spoiler:Yuka is also the daughter of the hospital's owner AKA, Minori's boss, and it's all but stated that Yuka has Minori fired for unprofessional behavior]].
* ''WebAnimation/TroubleBusters'': [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ab2_ovKObIg&pp=ygUadHJvdWJsZSBidXN0ZXJzIGRlbHVzaW9uYWw%3D The unnamed nurse]] combines this trope with a ''serious'' case of MadLove; in order to steal Alan, the hospital's director, from his wife Melanie, she lies to Melanie by claiming that Alan wants to divorce Melanie to be with her, going so far as to create a fake recording, a photoshopped picture, and divorce papers with Alan's forged signature. When she tries to force a hospitalized Melanie to sign the divorce papers, Alan stops her. The nurse delusionally believes that Alan is in love with her, claiming that she can "hear his feelings from his heart" and that ''Alan's soul came to her in a dream and possessed her to force her to sign the divorce papers''. [[spoiler:Later, it turns out that she wasn't crazy, just an extremely persistent GoldDigger]].

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* ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma and Akane's [[UnwantedHarem many admirers]] pursue them despite knowing they are engaged to one another. Their schemes range from sexual harassment to [[MurderTheHypotenuse attempted murder]]. Despite how much Ranma and Akane [[BelligerentSexualTension may insult and attack one another]], they are ultimately [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther loyal to one another]].

* ''Fanfic/ConsequencesMiraculousLadybug'': Lila in the stories ''SUN'S WRATH'' and ''CAGED'' combines this trope with IncompatibleOrientation; despite the fact that [[AdaptationalSexuality Adrien and Luka]] are in a relationship, she tries to break them up so she can be with Adrien. In ''SUN'S WRATH'' she attempts to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Luka by pushing him in front of a car]], while in ''CAGED''m she tries to blackmail Adrien into breaking up with Luka by threatening to ruin Adrien's social life. In both stories, she not only fails to win over Adrien, she also almost gets killed by an Akumatized Adrien (in ''SUN'S WRATH'') or Luka (in ''CAGED'') for trying to hurt the other.

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* ''Fanfic/ConsequencesMiraculousLadybug'': Lila in the stories ''SUN'S WRATH'' and ''CAGED'' combines this trope with IncompatibleOrientation; despite the fact that [[AdaptationalSexuality Adrien and Luka]] are in a relationship, she tries to break them up so she can be with Adrien. In ''SUN'S WRATH,'' she attempts to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Luka by pushing him in front of a car]], while in ''CAGED,'' she tries to blackmail Adrien into breaking up with Luka by threatening to ruin Adrien's social life. In both stories, she not only fails to win over Adrien, she also almost gets killed by an Akumatized Adrien (in ''SUN'S WRATH'') or Luka (in ''CAGED'') for trying to hurt the other.
* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': Colette is obsessed with Danny because, unlike Star's previous boyfriends [[SerialHomewrecker who she was easily able to steal]], he is faithful to Star and rebuffs Colette advances. In Colette's mind, [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou this makes him a challenge to overcome]], while Danny just views her as an annoying [[AlphaBitch mean girl]] who won't leave him and his girlfriend alone.
* ''Fanfic/ElementaryMyDearNatsuki'': A ''Anime/MyHime'' fanfic that puts Shizuru in the role of "consulting detective" in Victorian England, with Natsuki serving the Watsonian role, Tomoe Marguerite takes an interest in Shizuru when [[spoiler:she witnesses Shizuru slaughter the heads of the Obsidian Order to protect Natsuki from them.]] To try and bring Shizuru closer to her, Tomoe frames Natsuki for murder, though she also makes sure that if Shizuru can unravel the clues and free Natsuki from the hangman's rope, they will all implicate her associate, Miya Clochette. When Natsuki and Shizuru confront Tomoe, Natsuki points out that they already have the evidence that will free her, and Tomoe might as well confess to the crimes. Tomoe attempts to appeal to Shizuru [[spoiler:by pointing out that if she is captured and confesses, she will have to explain Shizuru's role in the deaths of several people, saying Natsuki would thus have Shizuru's neck in the noose when Tomoe testified]]. In the end, realizing that she couldn't drive a wedge between Natsuki and Shizuru, Tomoe decides to pull an IfICantHaveYou. Fortunately, Natsuki settles the matter with a BoomHeadshot before Tomoe can mortally wound Shizuru.

* In [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13974573/chapters/32173479?view_adult=true Stamford University: WARGAMES]], an AlternateUniverse of the Wrestling/{{WWE}} set at the titular University, Wrestling/MandyRose becomes an AbhorrentAdmirer towards new student Wrestling/DeanAmbrose, constantly trying to seduce him and come on to him, even when he makes it clear that he's [[LadykillerInLove put his past womanizing ways behind him]] and is set on marrying cheerleader Wrestling/AlexaBliss and starting a family with her. Initially, Mandy appears to have [[EveryoneHasStandards lines she refuses to cross]], such as giving Dean some respectful distance when he and Alexa are in mourning for the miscarriage of their first child, but then later in the story she abandons such restraints and crosses the MoralEventHorizon by [[spoiler:raping Dean and trying to get him to leave Alexis for her]]. And no, the writer makes it clear that [[spoiler:DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale]] doesn't apply here: Dean is clearly traumatized afterwards, and even more hellbent on defending himself and Alexa from a depraved individual like Mandy.

* In ''Series/That80sShow'', Sophia constantly tries to seduce Katie despite the latter being both straight and in a long-distance relationship.

* ''I Got a Man'', by Positive K has the rapper complimenting and asking out a woman [[CallAndResponseSong who almost immediately tells him]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin she already has a man]]. Despite this, K persists and tries telling her that [[BetterPartnerAssertion she could do better with him instead]], only to get shot down every time.
* In Music/MelanieMartinez's "[[Music/CryBaby Pacify Her,]]" the singer sees her ex-boyfriend with another girl and becomes determined to take him back, even if it means ruining their relationship.
* In the song "My Boyfriend's Back" by ''The Angels'', a boy tried to date a girl who wasn't interested while her boyfriend was out of town and when she said no, he started spreading MaliciousSlander about her. The song consists of her telling him that her boyfriend has returned and is about to beat him up in retaliation.

* In the music video for {{Music/Paramore}}'s "Misery Business," when the AlphaBitch sees a couple happily talking in the hallway, she shoves the girl out of the way and plants a ForcefulKiss on the boy.

* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Chaz from the episode "Exes and Oohs" is the ex of both Moxxie ''and'' Millie who tries to sleep with them despite both of them hating his guts ''and'' being married to each other. To make matters worse [[spoiler:he's in on a plot with Crimson, Moxxie's [[TheDon mob boss]] father, to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force Moxxie to marry him]]]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

SubTrope of AbhorrentAdmirer. See also SeductionProofMarriage when the target of the affections refuses this character's advances. Often overlaps with StalkerWithACrush, MadLove, EntitledToHaveYou, and {{Yandere}}. Overlaps with PsychoEx if the admirer used to date the target of their affections or WeddingSmashers if the admirer tries to steal their crush during the wedding. May involve a BetterPartnerAssertion if the admirer tries to convince their crush that they would be a better partner. Compare AndNowYouMustMarryMe, which this trope might overlap with if the villain is trying to marry someone who is already in a relationship. Compare/contrast SerialHomewrecker, which this character might also be if they have successfully stolen other's partners before. Contrast {{Cuckold}} if they succeed, IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy, where a character accepts that their crush is happy with someone else, TheMistress, RemarriedToTheMistress, and SympatheticAdulterer.

* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': Colette is obsessed with Danny because, unlike Star's previous boyfriends [[SerialHomewrecker who she was easily able to steal]], he is faithful to Star and rebuffs Colette advances. In Colette's mind, [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou this makes Danny a challenge to overcome]], while Danny just views her as an annoying [[AlphaBitch mean girl]] who won't leave him and his girlfriend alone.

** In both the original story and its spinoffs, Dash tries to steal Danny's dates/girlfriends by bullying him or using his status as a [[JerkJock football player]]. He always fails because the girls [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan prefer a]] NiceGuy like Danny rather than an obnoxious [[TheBully bully]] like Dash.
** Paulina tries to steal Danny once it's revealed that he's her [[LovesMyAlterEgo superhero crush]], Danny Phantom. Not only is Danny no longer interested in her, he also finds her persistence annoying and creepy. She continues to do this as an adult even though he's married to his chosen girl, [[spoiler:to the point that in the timeline where Danny chose Makoto, he had to get a restraining order against Paulina. In the timeline where Danny married Kim, Paulina actually tried to ''sue Kim'' for "stealing" Danny from her, despite being married herself]].
** Bonnie tries to steal Danny once she finds out that he's the famous superhero Danny Phantom. In the timeline where Danny chooses Kim, [[spoiler:Bonnie [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kisses him on the lips]] at prom, despite already having a boyfriend, which disgusts and angers Danny, Kim, Bonnie's boyfriend Brick, and everyone else who saw what she did. Even as an adult when she is married and has children of her own, she is still obsessed with Danny and hates Kim for "stealing him"]].

** Paulina tries to steal Danny once it's revealed that he's her superhero crush, Danny Phantom. Not only is Danny no longer interested in her, he also finds her persistence annoying and creepy. She continues to do this as an adult even though he's married to his chosen girl, [[spoiler:to the point where in the timeline where Danny chooses Makoto, he gets a restraining order against Paulina. In the timeline where Danny married Kim, Paulina actually tries to ''sue Kim'' for "stealing" Danny from her, despite being married herself]].

# Trying to seduce their target via sex appeal, money, status or some other superficial quality.
# {{Blackmail}}ing the crush or the rival into breaking up.
# [[MaliciousSlander Spreading lies about the rival or the crush]] to engineer a break-up.
# [[BetterPartnerAssertion Trying to put down the rival]] in order to convince the crush to date the admirer instead.
# [[MurderTheHypotenuse Offing the rival]] so the crush will be up for grabs.
# If a female is harassing a male, they could try and lie about being pregnant in order to [[TheBabyTrap baby trap him]]. Alternatively, if the woman really is pregnant, she might claim that the baby is actually the man's.

* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': Colette is obsessed with Danny because, unlike Star's previous boyfriends [[SerialHomewrecker who she was easily able to steal]], Danny is faithful to Star and rebuffs Colette's advances. In Colette's mind, [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou this makes Danny a challenge to overcome]], while Danny just views her as an annoying [[AlphaBitch mean girl]] who won't leave him and his girlfriend alone.

** Paulina tries to steal Danny once it's revealed that he's her superhero crush, Danny Phantom. Not only is Danny no longer interested in her, he also finds her persistence annoying and creepy. She continues to do this even as an adult even though he's married to his chosen girl, [[spoiler:to the point where in the timeline where Danny chooses Makoto, he gets a restraining order on Paulina. In the timeline where Danny married Kim, Paulina actually tries to ''sue Kim'' for "stealing" Danny from her, despite being married herself]].
** Bonnie tries to steal Danny once she finds out that he's the famous superhero Danny Phantom. In the timeline where Danny chooses Kim, [[spoiler:Bonnie forcefully kisses him on the lips, despite already having a boyfriend, which disgusts and angers Danny, Kim, her boyfriend Brick, and everyone else who saw what she did. Even as an adult, she is still obsessed with Danny and hates Kim for "stealing him", despite the fact she is married and has children of her own]].
** In ''TMDDF: After Many Dates: Danny and Kim'', Camille Leon aggressively pursues Danny, even after learning he's with Kim. In the future, despite Danny being married to Kim, Camille sends him [[LoveLetterLunacy love letters from jail]], which Danny eventually decides to stop reading.

* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': Quite a number of bullies and villains attempt to steal Danny and his girlfriends away from the other.

** Paulina tries to steal Danny once it's revealed that he's her superhero crush Danny Phantom. Not only is Danny no longer interested in her, he also finds her persistence annoying and creepy. She continues to do this even as an adult even though he's married to his chosen girl, [[spoiler:to the point where in the timeline where Danny chooses Makoto, Danny gets a restraining order on her. In the timeline where Danny married Kim, Paulina actually tries to ''sue Kim'' for "stealing" Danny from her, despite being married herself]].
** Bonnie tries to steal Danny once she finds out that he's the famous superhero, Danny Phantom. In the timeline where Danny chooses Kim, [[spoiler:Bonnie kisses him on the lips, despite already having a boyfriend, which disgusts and angers Danny, Kim, her boyfriend Brick, and everyone else who saw what she did. Even as an adult, she is still obsessed with him and hates Kim for "stealing him," despite the fact she is married and has a child of her own]].

* ''Fanfic/RanmaClub''

* In ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episode "[[Recap/MonkS7E16MrMonkFightsCityHall Mr. Monk Fights City Hall]]", [[spoiler:The reveal is that Eileen Hill had hired a pregnant woman while claiming to give her a drug test during the process, in order to [[BabyGambit show a positive pregnancy test]] to Paul Crawford so that he would leave his wife. [[ADeadlyAffair He murdered her instead.]]]]

* ''Literature/RallyRoundTheFlagBoys'': Angela Hoffa, on the verge of divorcing Oscar, faces a dilemma: Putnam's Landing is no place for a childless divorcée to live, but at age 38 she's too old to return to the social scene in New York City. However, while Putnam's Landing is devoid of eligible bachelors, it is home to more than a few {{Henpecked Husband}}s, and she comes to the conclusion that pursuing a discontented husband and offering herself to him as a superior mate is as moral as "to find a man in bondage and set him free." She identifies Harry Bannerman as her most promising target and spends most of the rest of the story pursuing an affair with him. While this adulterous fling does succeed for a while, she never comes close to convincing Harry to leave his wife for her.

* ''Literature/RallyRoundTheFlagBoys'': Angela Hoffa, on the verge of divorcing Oscar, faces a dilemma: Putnam's Landing is no place for a childless divorcée to live, but at age 38 she's too old to return to the social scene in New York City. However, while Putnam's Landing is devoid of eligible bachelors, it is home to more than a few {{Henpecked Husband}}s, and she comes to the conclusion that pursuing a discontented husband and offering herself to him as a superior mate is as moral as "to find a man in bondage and set him free." She identifies Harry Bannerman as her most promising target and spends most of the rest of the story pursuing him.

* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': AlphaBitch Brittany has a ''massive'' crush on Max Pritchard, and won't let silly things like "already has a (''[[BewareTheNiceOnes very]]'' [[BewareTheNiceOnes violent and scary when angry]]) girlfriend" and "is clearly and openly disinterested in her" get in the way of trying to get together with him. During the "Power Struggle" arc, she constantly forces herself between Max and Calixta, either clinging to and openly flirting with the former or insulting and getting into fights with the latter. [[spoiler:At one point, she even uses [[SuperhumanTransfusion her newfound]] [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Omega powers]] to constantly pull Max away from Calixta and force him to be with her, as shown in "[[https://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1546 Head Games]]."]]

** In the episode "Man's Best Friend", Rodney, an obnoxious young warlock Samantha used to babysit, pops in expecting Sam to run away with him. When she refuses, he returns in the form of a dog to endear himself to an unknowing Darrin while intentionally invoking Sam's wrath to drive a wedge between them. Then, he orchestrates talk of Sam having an affair with him getting back to Darrin to prove he doesn't trust her. When Sam confesses that her alleged affair was with the dog leads to her and Darrin having a fight, Rodney drops the ruse, thinking he's been proven right. Unfortunately for Rodney, Darrin believed Sam from the start, he just wanted to handle the situation without Sam having to break her record for days without using magic.

* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': Colette is obsessed with Danny because, unlike Star's previous boyfriends [[SerialHomewrecker who she was easily able to steal]], Danny is faithful to Star and rebuffs Colette's advances. In Colette's mind [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou this makes Danny a challenge to overcome]], while Danny just views her as an annoying [[AlphaBitch mean girl]] who won't leave him and his girlfriend alone.

* ''Series/NightGallery'': In "The Caterpillar", a discontented soldier, Macey, begins lusting after his boss's much younger wife, despite her clearly not wanting his attentions and being happy with the way things are. His murder plot to "free" her from her husband backfires on him horrifically.

* In the first season of ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Kate Kane tries to renew her relationship with her ex-girlfriend Sophie Moore, despite Sophie having retreated into the closet and gotten married to a man in the years since they broke up. While Sophie eventually realizes that she is gay and divorces her husband, her relationship with Kate remains conflicted, and ultimately, they do not end up together.

SubTrope of AbhorrentAdmirer. See also SeductionProofMarriage when the target of the affections refuses this character's advances. Often overlaps with StalkerWithACrush, MadLove, EntitledToHaveYou, and {{Yandere}}. Overlaps with PsychoEx if the admirer used to date the target of their affections or WeddingSmashers if the admirer tries to steal their crush during the wedding. May involve a BetterPartnerAssertion if the admirer tries to convince their crush that they would be a better partner. Compare AndNowYouMustMarryMe, which this trope might overlap with if the villain is trying to marry someone who is already in a relationship. Compare/contrast SerialHomewrecker, which this character might also be if they have successfully stolen other's partners before. Contrast IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy, where a character accepts that their crush is happy with someone else, TheMistress, RemarriedToTheMistress, and SympatheticAdulterer.

The reasons for going after a taken person may vary; the pursuer could be an [[PsychoEx ex who refuses to let go of their past relationship]]. They might be a GoldDigger and/or a shallow person who has no problem stealing a rich and/or good-looking partner from someone else. Maybe they see their crush as their soulmate, with said crush's current partner being seen as a thief who "stole" what "rightfully" belongs to them. Alternatively, they aren't really interested in the person they're pursuing, they are more interested in hurting and/or [[SeductionAsOneupmanship one-upping the person who they're attempting to steal from]].

# [[MaliciousSlander Spreading lies about the rival or the crush]] to engineer a break up.

* ''Anime/MyOtome'': After Schwartz and Count Nagi de Artai take over the Garderobe Academy, Tomoe tells Shizuru that Natsuki was captured (a lie), and that she'd be well taken care of if Shizuru [[ScarpiaUltimatum cooperated.]] Tomoe honestly thought this would make Shizuru fall in love with her. But Shizuru was well aware that Natsuki had escaped, and only went along with Tomoe to flip the tables on her later. When Natsuki goes in on a rescue mission, Shizuru reunites with her unhesitatingly, to Tomoe's fury and frustration.

* ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats'': Josie James and Alan Mayberry have been dating steadily pretty much since Alan's introduction. This doesn't stop RichBitch Alexandra Cabot from trying to sabotage Josie, and take Alan for herself. However, much of the series comedy lies in Alexandra suffering repeated {{Backstab Backfire}}s while trying to sunder the Josie + Alan couple. This dynamic extends into the AnimatedAdaptation in 1970 by Creator/HannaBarbera.

* ''Fanfic/ElementaryMyDearNatsuki'': A ''Anime/MyHime'' fanfic that puts Shizuru in the role of "consulting detective" in Victorian England, with Natsuki serving the Watsonian role, Tomoe Marguerite takes an interest in Shizuru when [[spoiler:she witnesses Shizuru slaughter the heads of the Obsidian Order to protect Natsuki from them.]] To try and bring Shizuru closer to her, Tomoe frames Natsuki for murder, though she also makes sure that if Shizuru can unravel the clues and free Natsuki from the hangman's rope, they will all implicate her associate, Miya Clochette. When Natsuki and Shizuru confront Tomoe, Natsuki points out that they already have the evidence that will free her, and Tomoe might as well confess to the crimes. Tomoe attempts to appeal to Shizuru [[spoiler:by pointing out that if she is captured and confesses, she will have to explain Shizuru's role in the deaths of several people, saying Natsuki would thus have Shizuru's neck in the noose when Tomoe testified]]. In the end, realizing that she couldn't drive a wedge between Natsuki and Shizuru, Tomoe decides to pull a IfICantHaveYou. Fortunately, Natsuki settles the matter with a BoomHeadshot before Tomoe can mortally wound Shizuru.

** Paulina tries to steal Danny once it's revealed that he's her superhero crush, Danny Phantom. Not only is Danny no longer interested in her, he also finds her persistence annoying and creepy. She continues to do this even as an adult even though he's married to his chosen girl, [[spoiler:to the point where in the timeline where Danny chooses Makoto, Danny gets a restraining order on her. In the timeline where Danny married Kim, Paulina actually tries to ''sue Kim'' for "stealing" Danny from her, despite being married herself]].

** In a number of stories, Ember is perfectly willing to try to steal Danny from whoever his girlfriend is, and has no problem [[ForcefulKiss forcing kisses]] on him.

** Mikado Sanzenin is portrayed as being this; like in canon, he has [[SerialHomewrecker no qualms about kissing girls who are already taken]]. Unlike canon, rather than being treated like a ladies man, he's portrayed as a creep who can't take no for an answer; he acts obsessively pushy towards the Winx girls for constantly rejecting him, despite them [[{{Polyamory}} being in a relationship with Ranma]]. When he gloats that he has no qualms about kissing girls who are already taken, Bloom puts a curse on him that makes him incapable of kissing a girl without consent. When he tries to [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kiss]] a girl with a boyfriend, not only does the curse prevent him from doing so, but the girl is creeped out by the fact that some stranger tries to kiss her and is relieved when her boyfriend punched said stranger out.

* ''Literature/IJedi'': Pirate queen and ex-Imperial Moff Leonia Tavira decides in the last third of the book that she wants "Jenos Idanian", i.e. protagonist Corran Horn, as her next boytoy, despite the cover identity including a preexisting romance with the heiress of a shipping line (Corran's real wife Mirax is being held prisoner by Tavira's pirates). She makes it clear she doesn't care about his other lover and [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kisses him]] in an attempt to whet his appetite.

* ''Literature/RallyRoundTheFlagBoys'': Angela Hoffa, on the verge of divorcing Oscar, faces a dilemma: Putnam's Landing is no place for a childless divorcée to live, but at age 38 she's too old to return to the social scene in New York City. However, while Putnam's Landing is devoid of eligible bachelors, it is home to more than a few {{Henpecked Husband}}s, and she comes to the conclusion that pursuing a discontented husband and offering herself to him as a superior mate is as moral as "to find a man in bondage and set him free." She identifies Harry Bannerman as her most promising target, and spends most of the rest of the story pursuing him.

** In the episode "Man's Best Friend", Rodney, an obnoxious young warlock Samantha used to babysit, pops in expecting Sam to run away with him. When she refuses, he returns in the form of a dog to endear himself to an unknowing Darrin while intentionally invoking Sam's wrath to drive a wedge between them. Then, he orchestrates talk of Sam having an affair with him getting back to Darrin to prove he doesn't trust her. When Sam confessing that her alleged affair was with the dog leads to her and Darrin having a fight, Rodney drops the ruse, thinking he's been proven right. Unfortunately for Rodney, Darrin believed Sam from the start, he just wanted to handle the situation without Sam having to break her record for days without using magic.
** In the episode "Once in a Vial", Endora summons one of Sam's exes, Rollo, in hopes there is still enough of a spark between them to make her finally leave Darrin. After a false start, Rollo, eager to correct the one blot on his otherwise flawless love record, agrees to come to a dinner party at the Stepehens residence. When Sam continues giving him the cold shoulder, Rollo takes Endora's suggestion and tries to [[SlippingAMickey slip Sam one of his love potions]], but things go sideways when the spiked drink winds up being [[HoistByHisOwnPetard drunk by Endora]] and she falls madly in love with Darrin's latest client.
* In ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episode "[[Recap/MonkS7E16MrMonkFightsCityHall Mr. Monk Fights City Hall]]", [[spoiler:The reveal is that Eileen Hill had hired a pregnant woman, while claiming to give her a drug test during the process, in order to [[BabyGambit show a positive pregnancy test]] to Paul Crawford so that he would leave his wife. [[ADeadlyAffair He murdered her instead.]]]]

* ''Series/{{Outlander}}'': After finding out that Jamie and Claire have married, Laoghaire still attempts to woo Jamie away, believing that he should have rightfully been hers. She approaches Jamie at the lake in just her corset (extremely racy in the 18th century) offering to let him have his way with her, she puts an ill-wish omen under their bed in hopes that Claire will fall deathly ill, and later she intentionally gets Claire arrested for witchcraft hoping she'll be executed, leaving Jamie single once again. Unfortunately for Laoghaire, each of her attempts to break up the new marriage ultimately fail.

* In ''[[VideoGame/CrusaderKings Crusader Kings II]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CrusaderKingsIII III]]'', only player characters can become one of these. In the case of [=NPCs=] seducing the player character, the player has an option to tell the would-be seducer you'll never be interested in them, permanently stopping them from trying to romance you. However, the AI can't exercise this option against the player, meaning you can doggedly pursue an NPC forever, even if they're married and aren't attracted to your character in the slightest.

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O-5D9Gtceqw Akane]] is a GoldDigger who pursues Tokusa, who's dating Tsutsuji, under the assumption that Tokusa is rich. In order to get Tokusa to dump Tsutsuji, Akane sends what she thinks is evidence that Tsutsuji is a pornstar. However her plan backfires because Tokusa knows the pornstar and Tsutsuji are {{Identical Stranger}}s due to research. To top it off, Tokusa isn't even rich, Akane just [[OutOfContextEavesdropping thinks he is due to a conversation she overheard]].

* ''WebAnimation/MangaWaido'': [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ndm-Of9gS-c Noai]] aggressively pursues Makoto, one of her father's employees, doing things such as sending sexually explicit photos of herself and offering to go swimming with him, despite knowing that he's a married man and loyal to his wife. The reason for her aggressive pursuit is that she's a DudeMagnet who isn't used to having guys resist her advances, [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou which makes Makoto a challenge for her]]. When Noai sees a picture of Amane, Makoto's wife, she makes fun of Amane's [[OlderThanTheyLook youthful appearance]] and insists that she would be better because of her more mature body. When Makoto rejects her at a drinking party, Noai loses it and [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape him]], only to be stopped by Amane, whose trained in various martial arts, and subtly threatens to kill Noai if she doesn't stop bothering Makoto, which, alongside the fact that her father punished her for her behavior, causes [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Noai to give up]].

* ''WebAnimation/TroubleBusters'': [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ab2_ovKObIg&pp=ygUadHJvdWJsZSBidXN0ZXJzIGRlbHVzaW9uYWw%3D The unnamed nurse]] combines this trope with a ''serious'' case of MadLove; in order to steal Alan, the hospital's director, from his wife Melanie, she lies to Melanie by claiming that Alan wants to divorce Melanie to be with her, going so far as to create a fake recording, a photoshopped picture, and divorce papers with Alan's forged signature. When she tries force a hospitalized Melanie to sign the divorce papers, Alan stops her. The nurse delusionally believes that Alan is in love with her, claiming that she can "hear his feelings from his heart" and that ''Alan's soul came to her in a dream and possessed her to force her to sign the divorce papers''. [[spoiler:Later, it turns out that she wasn't crazy, just an extremely persistent GoldDigger]].

* ''Website/NotAlwaysRomantic'': [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-friend-zone-contains-no-true-friends/119398/ This woman's]] (now evidently former) friend decides to hit on her via text, and claims that "I'm [[HappilyMarried married]], and I don't think of you like that" isn't an answer. When he continues to press her over it, she understandably grows angry, which leads to him insulting her and making posts online about the "friend zone" and calling her "blind, slutty and stupid". She responds by posting a screenshot of their original conversation, which he promptly deletes and blocks her.

* ''WesternAnimation/AllenGregory'': Before the events of the series, Jeremy was a straight, HappilyMarried man. However, one day, he met [[TheSociopath Richard]], who [[StalkerWithACrush continuously stalked him day in and day out]]. Jeremy rejected him time and time again, even with [[HollywoodRestrainingOrder several restraining orders]], yet Richard never got the message, and continued to stalk him constantly. Eventually, Jeremy got fed up with it. He regretfully divorced his wife, gave in to Richard's pleas, and married him. The series proper is about their "[[AwfulWeddedLife happy]]" gay married life together.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has had quite a few examples, with Homer and Marge's marital stability being a frequent YoyoPlotPoint. One of the more recurrent is Marge's one-time prom date and full-time StalkerWithACrush Artie Ziff. Oddly enough, Mr. Burns, [[CompleteMonster of all people]], was ''not'' this when he briefly became infatuated with Marge, as upon discovering she was married he immediately gave up on pursuing her ([[EvilIsPetty but also spitefully fired her from the job she held at his power plant at the time]]).
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* ''Fanfic/ElementaryMyDearNatsuki'': A ''Anime/MyHime'' fanfic that puts Shizuru in the role of "consulting detective" in Victorian England, with Natsuki serving the Watsonian role, Tomoe Marguerite takes an interest in Shizuru when [[spoiler:she witnesses Shizuru slaughter the heads of the Obsidian Order to protect Natsuki from them.]] To try and bring Shizuru closer to her, Tomoe frames Natsuki for murder, though she also makes sure that if Shizuru can unravel the clues and free Natsuki from the hangman's rope, they will all implicate her associate, Miya Clochette. When Natsuki and Shizuru confront Tomoe, Natsuki points out that they already have the evidence that will free her, and Tomoe might as well confess to the crimes. Tomoe attempts to appeal to Shizuru [[spoiler: by pointing out that if she is captured and confesses, she will have to explain Shizuru's role in the deaths of several people, saying Natsuki would thus have Shizuru's neck in the noose when Tomoe testified]]. In the end, realizing that she couldn't drive a wedge between Natsuki and Shizuru, Tomoe decides to pull a IfICantHaveYou. Fortunately, Natsuki settles the matter with a BoomHeadshot before Tomoe can mortally wound Shizuru.

** Paulina tries to steal Danny once it's revealed that he's her superhero crush, Danny Phantom. Not only is Danny no longer interested in her, he also finds her persistence annoying and creepy. She continues to do this even as an adult even though he's married to his chosen girl, [[spoiler: to the point where in the timeline where Danny chooses Makoto, Danny gets a restraining order on her. In the timeline where Danny married Kim, Paulina actually tries to ''sue Kim'' for "stealing" Danny from her, despite being married herself]].

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* ''WebVideo/ViralTexts'': [[https://youtu.be/MzKbo-g1bTc?feature=shared Marge]] wants her sister Jenny's fiance Gerry, despite having a boyfriend herself, because she thinks [[EntitledToHaveYou she's a better fit]] due to her superior looks on top of the fact that Gerry is better looking than her own boyfriend. Marge calls Jenny and tells her that ''Gerry is now her fiance'', with her parents even supporting Marge, much to Gerry's horror. After Gerry refuses her advances [[spoiler: Marge decides to sneak into Gerry's house ''in her underwear'' and hugs him, which causes Gerry run away and call the cops. Marge ends up screwing up her own life for her actions; she gets arrested while in her underwear, finds out from Jenny that Gerry's coworkers, including Marge's boyfriend, saw her trying to seduce Gerry due to him being in an online business meeting, which causes her boyfriend to break up with her, and ends up getting sued for causing Gerry's coworkers emotional distress]].

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* ''Fanfic/ConsequencesMiraculousLadybug'': Lila in the stories ''SUN'S WRATH'' and ''CAGED'' combines this trope with IncompatibleOrientation; despite the fact that [[AdaptationalSexuality Adrien and Luka]] are in a relationship, she tries to break them up so she can be with Adrien. In ''SUN'S WRATH,'' she attempts to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Luka by pushing him in front of a car]], while in ''CAGED,'' she tries to blackmail Adrien into breaking up with Luka by threatening to ruin Andrien's social life. In both stories, she not only fails to win over Adrien, she also almost gets killed by an Akumatized Adrien (in ''SUN'S WRATH'') or Luka (in ''CAGED'') for trying to hurt the other.

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* SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes