History Main / FoeRomanceSubtext

->''"Venom... I've been all over this city looking for you! You never call, you never write... [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything It's like I'm the only one interested in making this relationship work...]]"''\\
--''SpiderManWebOfShadows''

** ''{{Skyfall}}'' throws "implications" right out the window with Silva's opening scene, where Bond is tied to a chair and Silva unbuttons his shirt to touch a scar on Bond's shoulder, continues to caress his throat, and strokes Bond's thighs. Bond responds to Silva's quiet snark, "Well...first time for everything, yes?" with, "What makes you think this is my first time?"

* ''DirtyHarry''. Scorpio's reaction to seeing Inspector Callahan's [[HandCannon .44 Magnum revolver]] for the first time. "My, that's a big one." Reportedly actor AndrewRobinson [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed that line]], which made the crew laugh. One of many allusions to Scorpio's stereotypical "gayness". Look at the hair, [[SissyVillain the whiny, murderous hissy fits]], and, when Callahan stabs him in the leg, hear the strangled, limp "uuuuuuuugh" he emits, as opposed to a full-throated "AAAAAARGH!"

* ''DirtyHarry''. Scorpio's reaction to seeing Inspector Callahan's [[HandCannon .44 Magnum revolver]] for the first time. "My, that's a big one." Reportedly actor Andrew Robinson [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed that line]], which made the crew laugh. One of many allusions to Scorpio's stereotypical "gayness". Look at the hair, [[SissyVillain the whiny, murderous hissy fits]], and, when Callahan stabs him in the leg, hear the strangled, limp "uuuuuuuugh" he emits, as opposed to a full-throated "AAAAAARGH!"

* Spike to ''Series{{Angel}}'', in the latter's titular show.

* Spike to ''Angel'', in the latter's titular show.

-->'''Ripely'': Oh, look. It's your boyfriend.

* PlayedForLaughs in the fifth and final season of ''Radio/BleakExpectation'', where it becomes increasingly obvious to Ripely that her husband and the evil Mr Benevolent ''do'' have a romantic relationship.

* ''DoctorWho'': The Doctor sobbing over the Master's body in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E13LastOfTheTimeLords Last of the Time Lords]]" and pleadingly telling him "You could be beautiful" in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]". And don't even ''start'' on "[[WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka]]" (although the Master isn't a foe any more)...

* {{Batman}} and TheJoker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' ("You complete me!")[[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=11376 One reviewer]] described the delivery of that line as "like a bride to a groom". The Joker also pretty clearly [[TheCombatSadomasochist enjoys Batman beating the hell out of him]]. Of course, this particular bit of subtext goes back a long way, and has become more or less canon in the comics.

-->'''Kunkka:''' Ah, Tidehunter, you cared enough to hate me. You can't buy that sort of love.

* ''Film/FightClub''. Aside from the fact that [[spoiler: they're basically [[ScrewYourself the same person]]]], there's a large amount of subtext between The Narrator and Tyler, as Tyler is the epitome of everything the Narrator wishes he were, compared to the Narrator's docile, repressed sexuality. The movie opens with Tyler [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything shoving the barrel of a gun down the Narrator's throat]], they live together, bathe together, spend their nights beating each other to a pulp while shirtless and covered in sweat, and let's not forget the chemical burn scene, in which Tyler kisses the Narrator's hand and holds him down while he burns him, and Marla's almost jealous reaction when she sees the scar ("Who did that to you? Guy or girl?").

* Bond/Le Chiffre from ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' (2006). When your naked torture scene begins with the villain eyeing Bond up and saying "You've taken good care of your body"... This is actually more explicit in the novel where Le Chiffre addresses Bond as "dear boy" during the scene and of course, is the fact that Fleming based him on the bisexual Alastair Crowley. It's also worth noting that the idea of Le Chiffre having a girlfriend is movie only (the original liked to patronize the string of brothels that he owned).
** Not to mention that Le Chiffre didn't seem particularly bothered about the thug threatening to chop off his girlfriend's hand. Of course, that was probably supposed to be a KickTheDog moment for Le Chiffre rather than a statement on his sexuality.
** It's likely his indifference was because the girl was actually a {{mook}} posing as his girlfriend. Of course, that in itself [[TheBeard implies something]].

* [[Film/TheDarkKnight The Joker to Batman: "You complete me!"]]
** Not to mention the Joker pretty clearly enjoying Batman beating the hell out of him. Combined with a FunnyAneurysmMoment when [[AuthorExistenceFailure the Joker]] says "I can see us doing this forever."
** [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=11376 One reviewer]] seems to have noticed the FoeYay, commenting that the Joker delivers that particular line "like a bride to a groom".
** This particular bit of FoeYay goes back a long way, and has become more or less canon in the comics.
** Considering how they only shared one scene, this troper found the Joker to have an alarming amount of this trope with Rachel Dawes.
*** Indeed. Aside from repeatedly calling her beautiful, sniffing her and ignoring her personal space he said "a little fight in you; I like that" in response to her [[spoiler:kicking him in the crotch]]. That really comes across as the reaction of a StalkerWithACrush.
** And then there's at the end where the Joker actually straddles the Batman to prevent him from interfering with his plans.
** The Joker breaking Harvey's mind and leaning over him while he was laying in bed.
* While Xerxes, as portrayed in ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]'', appears to be into ''everything'', and his feelings were not reciprocated, his interest in Leonidas certainly appeared to be more than political.
** This was actually deliberate, as the director felt that the teenage boy demographic would find Xerxes scarier if he was presented as a DepravedHomosexual intent on molesting the protagonist. UnfortunateImplications ahoy!
* ''DirtyHarry''. Scorpio's reaction to seeing Inspector Callahan's [[HandCannon .44 Magnum revolver]] for the first time. "My, that's a big one."
** Reportedly actor Andrew Robinson ad-libbed that line, which made the crew laugh.
** One of many allusions to Scorpio's stereotypical "gayness". Look at the hair, the whiny, murderous hissy fits, and, when Callahan stabs him in the leg, hear the strangled, limp "uuuuuuuugh" he emits, as opposed to a full-throated "AAAAAARGH!"

-->''Clever boy. I think I'll eat you heart.''

* Seymour and [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Audrey II]] in ''LittleShopOfHorrors.'' In its first VillainSong, 'Feed Me', Audrey II (who is named after the woman Seymour loves, by the way) seduces more than convinces Seymour to aid him. Audrey II sings to him "feed me [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything all night long]]", puts one of its roots up Seymour's shirt, and forces Seymour into a chair before bringing him uncomfortably close to his face. Audrey later [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar pulls Seymour's pants down,]] and lastly, it [[GroinAttack punches him in the scrotum]]. And also in his song [[VillainSong Mean Green Mother From Outerspace]], in a brief part Audrey says: "I got garden style, major moves, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything nasty thoughts, and I'm using them."]]. Though being a plant, well....[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLO7IxKwruc&feature=related]].

[[AC: Western Animation]]

--> "My heart is filled with Kaka."

* ''SluggyFreelance'': In the story "Girls' Night Out", a series of random events leads the main characters to get tangled with a minor, [[AnimalWrongsGroup animal-obsessed]] DiabolicalMastermind called Tadius Greasenherr, and Zoë having to bluff him that she's a fellow criminal boss called Cacamille to save the others. As soon as she's away from his sight, though, she's forced to admit out loud that she finds him ridiculously cute. They ultimately part on hostile terms, but events years later force Zoë to adopt the "Kaka" persona again (English doesn't seem to be Greasenherr's first language, and he sees nothing funny in calling her that) to make a deal with Greasenherr; and even though they end up parting on hostile terms again, she's still affected by his cuteness again, and he's smitten by her coming across as a {{Chessmaster}} and MagnificentBastard (and as controlling [[KillerRabbit Bun-bun]]).

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* FoeYay/{{Anime}}
** ''FoeYay/KatekyoHitmanReborn''
** ''FoeYay/{{Naruto}}''
** ''FoeYay/{{Pokemon}}''
* FoeYay/ComicBooks
* FoeYay/{{Film}}
* FoeYay/{{Literature}}
* FoeYay/LiveActionTV
** ''FoeYay/DoctorWho''
* FoeYay/VideoGames
** ''FoeYay/DissidiaFinalFantasy''
* FoeYay/WesternAnimation
** ''FoeYay/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
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!!Examples

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* Mac/PC, as played by Justin Long and John Hodgman in the Apple ads.
** [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook David Mitchell and Robert Webb]], from the British version, are HeterosexualLifePartners, so naturally this crops up in spades.
* In the Apple Jacks ads, Cinna-mon seems rather... ''fond'' of Apple, in my opinion.
* {{Popeye}} and Bluto in this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCcYyB3OSQc infamous Minute Maid spot.]]
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[[folder:Fanfiction]]
* An in-universe example in ''UndocumentedFeatures'', from ''Manhunt 4: [[http://www.eyrie.net/UF/EX/MH/manhunt04.txt Sleeping Alone is for Suckers]]'':
-->'''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Saavik]]''': As you requested, I've performed a quick check on your calculations. They are essentially sound, but you've left one-tenth of one percentile unaccounted-for.
-->'''[[{{Robotech}} Vanessa]]''': I didn't think the captain needed or wanted to hear about the [[BubblegumCrisis Largo]] / [[SelfInsert Gryphon]] slash fans.
* It would probably be easier to list every work work with two rival characters where this trope ''hasn't'' been invoked in a fanfic than to list all the ones where it has. The list wouldn't be long.
* And wouldn't last long either, Rule 35 of the internet, which is a guarantee that Rule 34(If it exists, there is porn of it — no exceptions.) will remain true, states that "If there is no porn of it, it will be made", meaning that if someone notices a lack of porn of something, and happen to point it out, somebody somewhere will be happy to draw/write/find it in pretty short order to fill the vacuum.

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[[folder:Music]]
* "Hate 2 Love Her" by Blake Lewis is a perfect example of this trope:
-->I know that I hate her, even though I love her
-->She's making my heart hurt, I cant describe, describe...
-->How I hate her, everytime I'm with her
-->All I do is want her
-->Why do I even try?
* "I Can't Decide" by the ScissorSisters - as seen in ''Series/DoctorWho''!
* {{Tatu}}'s "Friend or Foe?". Don't believe it? Check youtube for the staggering numbers of fanvids with this theme.
** Along the same line of thought is 'Perfect Enemy'.
-->Why should I welcome your dominations?
-->Why should I listen to explanations?
** T.a.t.U really has a thing for this.
*** "You don't turn me off..." Huh.
* "I Hate Everything About You", by Music/ThreeDaysGrace. Considering the titular lines are 'I hate everything about you, why do I love you?' it's a pretty clear cut example of this trope.
* "Oi To The World" by the Vandals.
* The Vocaloid song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcjLYw7qOHw&fmt=18 "Rondo of Sun and Moon".]] FoeYay being the main theme, is full of lines that suggests that the two characters have this major love/hate relationship going on.
--> ''"From when our gazes met, we were attracted to each other / I want to leave a scar on your back that will never disappear."''
* {{Ludo}}'s ''Love Me Dead'' is all about this trope.
-->''Love me cancerously''\\
''Like a salt-sore soaked in the sea''\\
''"High maintenance" means you're a gluttonous queen, narcissistic and mean''\\
''You're awful, I love you!''
* 'Passive' by A Perfect Circle can easily be interpreted this way.
* 'Face to Face' by Siouxsie and the Banshees, used in the movie ''Film/BatmanReturns'' to neatly sum up the tumultuous [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]]-laden relationship between Batman and Catwoman.
* It may or may not be there in the lyrics, but one of the iron rules of fanvidding is that any ship of this nature will inevitably inspire a vid set to "Closer" by NineInchNails (the [[RefrainFromAssuming "I want to fuck you like an animal"]] song).
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3HAq0cWu_w "Descent of the Archangel"]] from Kamelot's Faustian ConceptAlbum ''Epica'' is nothing but Mephisto hitting on Ariel in song.
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX2eEICejB0 Nemeses]]" by JonathanCoulton. Especially noticeable in the third verse.
** Even more obvious in earlier live versions ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDbf5LkTsqg like this one]])--the chorus's first two lines were as follows:
-->''Could it be that you and me\\
Were always meant to be together?''
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XynwLZsqOFg Then Again, Maybe Not]]" by Kirby Krackle.
-->''Hey, here's a thought when you're done kickin' my face in. You and me grab a bite, and some flirty conversation''
* "What Have You Done Now" by WithinTemptation is about two lovers who are also mortal enemies.
* "Skullcrusher Mountain" by JonathanCoulton
* "Blue Like You" by Music/TheMegas, a ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' fan song, portrays Flash Man as feeling this towards Mega Man.
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[[folder:Mythology]]
* [[NorseMythology Thor and Loki]]. Thor never seems to like Loki much from the beginning, but ''Loki'' certainly had fun [[DisguisedInDrag getting Thor fitted for a wedding dress]].
** Who wouldn't?
** Also, Odin and Loki. They were sworn brothers before falling out. When it comes to insults, they have a long list of humiliating anecdotes about each other, especially about "effeminacy". Odin's wife had to make them stop once.
* [[EgyptianMythology Horus and Set]], both legendary and ''canonical''.
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[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* ''The Argyle Sweater'' has a rather [[NoYay disturbing]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater/2012/01/19 example]]: [[TheChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan and the White Witch]].
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* The fall of 2008 Raw storyline between {{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} and Wrestling/{{Kane}} could be considered as such, what with Kane speaking in excruciating detail of the pleasure he always took from hurting Rey, even going as far as to describe the feel of his heartbeat increasing and the happiness he got from carrying Rey's mask around with him.
* The storyline between KurtAngle and BrockLesnar, the two biggest stars of the Ruthless Aggression Era, revolved in a never ending cycle as tag team partners/rivals/buddies with hints of unresolved tension (and obsession) between the two. It was further hinted with Kurt's confusion of his sexuality and a Take that Kiss, as initiated by Brock.
* RandyOrton and ''everyone''.
* {{Edge}} vs ChrisJericho at {{Wrestlemania}} 26. Edge will spear Jericho when he least expects it.
* TrishStratus vs. {{Lita}}? Or Mickie James vs. Anyone else? Good old KissOfDeath.
* [[TheNexus Wade Barrett]] wants JohnCena to wash his back.
* ScottSteiner wants to put {{Goldberg}} in the [[http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc253/toontownjuggalo/RSLN-fan/Steiner-ReclineronSting.jpg Steiner Recliner]] so he can whisper in {{Goldberg}}'s ear that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOoXZe_S3wI "Size does matter, BITCH!"]]
* And then there was Justin Credible's bizarre feud with Stacy Keibler, wherein he came across as a DepravedHomosexual who was insanely jealous of the attention Stacy got from the fans and began harassing her during her promos to an almost stalkerish degree. Notably, he'd interrupt her whenever she was about to do something {{Fanservice}}-related, and depicted not only this trope but also quite a bit of GreenEyedMonster tendencies on top of it all.
* Perhaps the biggest example though was ChrisJericho and StephanieMcMahon during the attitude era. The two couldn't stand one another, so much to the point that there was a lot of BelligerentSexualTension SubText.
** And more than one TakeThatKiss.
* The Test[=/=]ScottSteiner feud in 2003 involved matches to determine who would get the services of Stacy Keibler. With Stacy already in Test's corner, the stipulation for their Unforgiven match was that Steiner would belong to him as well if he lost... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8CJL0dFMpY which indeed happened.]]
* On a ''Raw'' prior to ''WrestleMania XVII'', TheMiz ambushed JohnCena, with the attack culminating in a shot of TheMiz looming over a beaten Cena laying by the WWE logo stand, with a particularly sadistic smile.
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[[folder:Sports]]
* One of the more common views of UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts and the associated sport of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, due to both the ''usual'' requirement of being lean and physically in shape, and the "ground game." From a fan perspective a standing clinch can look like "hugging," but things can look ''especially'' homoerotic once it hits the ground. From the perspectives of the fighters themselves, they're just trying to win using what techniques they know to work within the rules, i.e. wrapping one's legs around the opponent's waist (the "full guard"), as much as it may resemble the missionary position, is to mitigate damage and block attempts to "pass guard," while setting up sweeps of the opponent to end up on top, or to set up choke holds or joint locks from the bottom.
** For an example of this view, a mostly work-safe [[http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2009/11/01/fight-club-how-gay-is-mma/ write-up of UFC 83]].
** The [[http://www.mmafighting.com/photos/ufc-130-weigh-in-photos/#photo-1 weigh-ins]]. Dear God, the weigh-ins. Shirtless, standing nose-to-nose, both guys giving the most intense DeathGlare they can muster? Oh, yeah.
* Any sports the ancient Greeks ever practiced ever. [[UnfortunateImplications Gymnopaedia]], anyone?
* Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir, two rival American figure skaters, are infamous for retconning their relationship. In the past, they were obviously quite friendly with each other, but now they both claim that they either don't care about or actively dislike the other. Their most recent scuffle: Evan said that Johnny wasn't good enough to participate in a particular ice show, Johnny called him a slore during an interview, Evan claimed not to have watched that interview...and then it transpired that Evan's castmates on Dancing With The Stars had started calling him a slore.
** Any Ho Yay implications were unfortunately destroyed when Lysacek Tweeted an [[http://glaadblog.org/2010/08/10/evan-lysacek-twitter-incident-another-example-of-homophobia-in-sports/ incredibly offensive comment]] about Weir and then refused to apologize for several days.
** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Better]] theoretical response by Lysacek?
-->'''Commenter''': "Is Weir really a man?"
-->'''Lysacek''': "Oh, yes. Definitely. And '''what''' a man..."
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* This trope actually ''killed'' one of the vestiges in the DungeonsAndDragons ''Tome of Magic'' (3.5 ed.) -- Agares, Truth Betrayed. He deeply respected a recurring adversary, so suspecting a FoeYay taking place, one of his lieutenants delivered a fake challenge to a duel with that adversary and then murdered Agares.
** In the Edition War series on the D&D Forums there are at least two cases of foe yay (and technically there's Puppet/Shade but Puppet is Shade's mom so we don't like talking about that).
** ''ForgottenRealms'' has their share, the most famous being the archwizard [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep known as]] Lord Shadow (Netherese who ''discovered'' the Demiplane of Shadow) and [[spoiler:Alashar]], one of the most talented among the hundreds of [[CareerKillers assassins]] who hunted him. They tried to kill each other, then saved each other, then decided they preferred the latter. And eventually "vanished" together when attempts on his life became too tiresome.
** How about Artemis Entreri's obsession with Drizzt Do'Urden?
** Another D&D example occurred in the Mystara setting with the Immortals (D&D's functional equivalent of AD&D's gods) Ixion and Nyx. Ixion was the reigning Hierarch of the Sphere of Energy, and the Immortal of the sun, light, and fire, while Nyx was a Hierarch of the Sphere of Entropy, and the Immortal of night, darkness, and the undead. They constantly opposed one another, but got along very well in their "off hours," and were clearly attracted to one another. The fluff never made it clear whether they had ever consummated their flirtation.
* White Wolf's ''{{Exalted}}'' setting lends itself well to this trope, since two of the "bad guy" exalt types- Abyssals and Infernals- were once Solars in the First Age, and may have been close friends or lovers to Lunars, other Solars, Sidereals, etc.
** Plain old Solars and Lunars can have this. The nature of the Solar Bond means that Lunars are often lovers to Solars, but can just as often be best friends, boon companions... or rivals who challenge them on every level. And those categories can easily shift.
** Official characters Harmonious Jade (Solar) and Disciple of the Seven Forbidden Wisdoms (Abyssal), former First Age lovers, seem to have a bit of this going down.
** Implied to be canon between Deathlords First And Forsaken Lion and Princess Magnificent With Lips Of Black Coral (at least on Lion's side).
* The Dark Eldar of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are quite probably the masters of this trope, as while they fight solely to increase the amount of slaves on which they can inflict horrific tortures, their attitude and behaviour towards this endeavour is [[FreudWasRight distinctly sexual]] in nature (to the point where they have become {{Memetic Molester}}s in some parts of the fandom) and especially in the context of the WorldHalfEmpty setting its almost as if that's how they normally get dates. For a specific example, the Eldar after action report for the Dark Eldar campaign in ''DawnOfWar: Soulstorm'' notes that Archon Tahril was disappointed that Farseer Caerys escaped capture, as he wanted her to be his "personal plaything". Seriously.
* Whats squickier is that there is fanfiction of that.
* Another example would be the rocky relationship between Inquisitor Valeria and Trazyn the Infinite. One is a ruthless alien-hunter who uses any means at her disposal. The other is an ancient alien undead robot who likes to collect things. Their mutual gifts... are legendary.
* [[RedOniBlueOni Chandra and Jace]] from MagicTheGathering are implied to have this sort of relationship, judging the flavor text of many of their respective cards. [[ExpandedUniverse The tie-in works]] seem to confirm this: they often [[EnemyMine unite to defeat a common foe]] and [[FriendlyEnemy save each other's lives]] from time to time, but still chase each other around a lot. In honor of this, Wizards has released [[http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/11 a pair of preconstructed decks reflecting the two]].
* This is ''canon'' for [[TheFairFolk the Gentry]] in ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost''. Their home dimension, Arcadia, is made of such swirling chaos that the only way for the Gentry to maintain power and coherency there is to make war on one another. So, a Gentry's best friend among the fae is the one who will try their hardest to stab them in the back for tales of glory.
** And this is sometimes a literal example. The chapter fiction is a romance between characters controlled by opposing True Fae.
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[[folder:Theater]]
* {{Shakespeare}}'s tragedies are rife with this trope... [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Tybalt/Romeo]]? Check. [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Cassius/Caesar]]? Check. [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago/Othello]]? Check. [[{{Coriolanus}} Coriolanus/Aufidius]]? Check. [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice Antonio/Shylock]]? Check. And in this case, people with fancy degrees actually spend too much of their time researching and writing about it.
** In cases like Tybalt/Romeo, it's much more obvious when a female is cast as Tybalt; the results are ''very'' interesting...
*** Tybalt and Romeo? What about Tybalt and ''Mercutio''!?
** The comedies aren't free, either. [[Theatre/TwoGentlemenOfVerona Valentine/Proteus]], anyone?
** Nor are the histories, which give us [[HenryIVPart1 Hal/Hotspur]] and [[Theatre/RichardII Richard II/Bolingbroke]].
** ''Especially'' Iago and Othello. Some of his lines even seem jealous of Desdemona and homoerotic enough to suggest that Iago really is deluded enough to imagine a (completely one-sided) romantic relationship with him and Othello. Somehow, this seems a bit more plausible than his whole motivation being jealous over Cassio's ''promotion''.
* Jean Valjean and the original InspectorJavert from ''Theatre/LesMiserables''. Hey, the woman whose child you've sworn to raise as your own has just died from an STD? No problem -- just sing a song with your sworn nemesis!
--> ''I swear to you- I will be there...''
** It doesn't help that during the ''[[ShowStopper One Day More]]'' song at the 10th Anniversary Concert where each "group" shares a microphone (Marius and Cosette, the Amis de l'ABC, while Eponine and Gavroche are alone) Valjean and Javert sing on the same mike.
* ''Billy Budd'', also the book, but especially the opera. I mean WTF. Claggart has a crush on Billy who's too naive to notice it. And he sings a long aria about the boy's beauty and how he "cannot enter" where "love stills lives and grows strong" and therefore he must destroy Billy. It's not even subtext, it's clearly slashy. He steals Billy's scarf and pervs over it. And runs around with a phallic symbol.
* Depends on the production, but Puccini's {{Tosca}} sometimes has this between Tosca and Scarpia.
* It isn't evident (or at least it isn't as obvious)in the novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' but the [[Theatre/JekyllAndHyde musical adaptation]] contains several hints of foe yay. The best example is the song Confrontation. During the song, Jekyll and Hyde are fighting for dominance and it becomes a [[FightClub Fight Club-like]] MindGameShip. It is more prominent in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Iq_9BdA70c this production]], which decided to portray Jekyll and Hyde as two different actors. Note at 2:13, when Hyde pounces onto Jekyll and flips him over, how Jekyll is sprawled on the floor and thrusts his hips upward.
* From ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': "My pulse it rushing, my head is reeling, what is this feeling, fervid as a flame - does it have a name? YES! It's loathing!" [[SarcasmMode Clearly loathing. Not lust or anything.]] Elphie and Galinda later develop a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship, and they got the WordOfGay treatment, so...
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Webcomic/{{Niels}} and Agent 300, and how. Their mutual game of cat-and-mouse [[spoiler: eventually leads to a significant plot point, ultimately being what makes 300 confront his bisexuality.]] Niels also unsuccessfully tries to draw Thomas into the same kind of dynamic.
* ''{{Fuse}}'': Bastardface often teases Starkeeper by telling her how much he likes her.
* ''PennyAndAggie'': Despite seeing it first through the eyes of Sara's suppressed lesbianism... well, let's just say these two gave her subconscious plenty to work with, and indeed, the main plot thread in the last third of the strip is the two of them realizing she was probably right after all.
* ''TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' lampoons it in [[http://nonadventures.com/2008/01/26/beware-the-ides-of-arch/ this strip]].
-->'''Wonderella:''' ''Whaa?!'' I fight you all the damn time!
-->'''Hitlerella:''' You call ''that'' fighting? I spend ''weeks'' building a huge death machine... Then you show up, flip it on its back, Wham! Bang! and you're gone! I need someone who will listen to my ''[[JustBetweenYouAndMe monologues]]'', Dana. Someone who'll be there till the ''police'' show up.
-->'''Wonderella:''' Hitlerella, I swear I am that someone.
** This is a bit of a running gag on Wonderella, mostly with Hitlerella as the foe but occasionally [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Jokerella]] assuming a more "unrequited crush" position.
* It comes to a head in this ''[[http://www.superstupor.com/sust01022008.shtml Super Stupor]]''.
* ''Webcomic/StringTheory'' has major FoeRomanceSubtext between Schtein and...well, everyone. Especially true in his competitive relationship with [[spoiler: ArmouredClosetGay]] Dr. Langstrom, and fellow prison inmate Drew Mac Manus.
** Langstrom has a tendency to address Schtein as 'Hervy' and 'darling'. Feel free to draw your own conclusions.
** Mac Manus and his prison gang actually corner Schtein in the showers, and the possibility of rape seems [[http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chapter-three/page-five-2/ very, very real.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' has our favorite [=McNinja=] and [[spoiler:Hortense]]. In fact, this trope turned out to be [[spoiler:actively invoked by our favorite ninja-doctor's parents. It figures that their idea of playing matchmaker would involve their son and his potential love interest trying to kill each other with the fate of the world hanging in the balance]].
** [[spoiler:That's at least a partial lie from Hortense, who was actually hired by BigBad King Radical to steal the Inocktek tablet for him, but it wouldn't be surprising for both to be true.]]
* There's always 'The Event' from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' when Belkar, drunk on New Year's, grabbed Vaarsuvius and kissed [[AmbiguousGender him/her]]. Fortunately for V, Belkar didn't remember a thing afterwards. V made a point of increasing his/her explosive rune usage on Belkar as a direct result of this incident.
* {{Lackadaisy}} : Viktor and Mordecai. Mordecai kneecapped Viktor just before leaving the Lackadaisy Gang, [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=332 but]] [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=216 they]] [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=29 have]] [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=30 a]] [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=28 history]]. At the very least, they were the closest thing either of them had to a best friend.
* ''{{Megatokyo}}'''s Piro and Miho had a somewhat nebulous relationship some time prior to the start of the comic, and Miho maintains that they were "lovers," though Piro contends otherwise ([[spoiler:we eventually learn that this is because he considers the current Miho to be separate from the one he had a relationship with, claiming that "that girl doesn't exist; she isn't real; she never was."]]). Miho, for her part, has spent the majority of the comic playing various mindgames with Piro, up to an including attempting to seduce his best friend, Largo (who hates her even more than Piro does, making this almost an example of a FoeRomanceSubtext love triangle).
* Parts of {{Sinfest}} have vaguely 'couples' counseling'-type moments with God and Satan... Also, the third panel of [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3279 this strip]]. For the lulz.
** Oh, come on. I can't be the only one who saw a little foe yay between Seymour and Lil Evil.
* In ''UnwindersTallComics'' Unwinder starts {{shipping}} Jaded Lament and Colonel Gunarm [[http://tallcomics.com/?id=31 after watching]] a few episodes of ''Tokyo Delta Jetlag D''.
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Othar Tryggvassen (GentlemanAdventurer) and Gilgamesh Wulfenbach have a lot of this going on, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100324 according to Othar's sister.]] She also reassures him that she's okay with it, having been desensitized to homoeroticism during her time among the mechanical narwhal pirates.
** WordOfGod has also implied that Othar views Agatha as a potential love interest.
** Some het examples is Zola towards Gil and Tarvek. She seems to have VillainousCrush on Gil and regards Tarvek as hers.
** There's also the FoeRomanceSubtext between Gil and Tarvek, which stems both from misinterpretations of past events as well as from the fact that they're both chasing after the same girl. The fact that lately they've been getting along a lot better, with Gil having twice endangered his life to save Tarvek's, has made it seem that their relationship may be changing to VitriolicBestBuds instead. Many fans, hoping for an OT3 ending, play up these angles, especially since the authors have done this sort of thing in previous works.
* ''{{Homestuck}}'' [[StealthPun has this in spades]]... specifically, it is one of the four cornerstones of troll romance, represented by the suit of Spades much as "normal" romance is represented by Hearts. The Trolls call it "caliginous" romance, based on completely hating the other person's guts, followed not long after with Black Queen/Jack Noir given as an example. It even plays a role in the trolls' [[BizarreAlienReproduction complicated reproduction cycle]], since each troll must [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004296 supply the Mother Grub with DNA from]] a pitied one ''and'' hated one.
** [[spoiler:Speaking of [[http://mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scratch/room60.gif the Black Queen and Jack Noir]]...]]
--->[[spoiler:You're not supposed to kiss her. You're supposed to KILL HER.]]
* ''HarkAVagrant'' parodies this with [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=327 a pirate and his nemesis]], who each carry pictures of the other with them at all times.
* It's probably just me reading into it too much, but I got a little of this vibe from Litchfield and Author from ''Instant Classic''. They used to work together, Litchfield refers to him as "Auteur" (which for him is a pet name) on occasion, and Litchfield tries fairly fervently to get Author to join Studio Litchfield again and work with him as co-director. Plus, Author seems to be the only person Litchfield likes even a little.
* ''{{Spacetrawler}}'': Growp's final words to Emily are that he wants to kill her [[LoveMakesYouEvil because]] he loves her.
* ''EerieCuties'' has a few rather hilarious moments when Tiffany Winters [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20110131.html tried to become a proper vampire slayer]] the second time. Three pages and [[LuminescentBlush a few blushes]] later, she becomes [[strike:the second known living thing after her {{catboy}}friend]] ''one of many, many... many friends'' to whom Layla is really nice and hugs her "nemesis" in tears.
** Tiff has similar LesYay with Faith in in MagickChicks. Faith clearly cares for Ash as well. When they aren't fighting. Well, Faith calls him "lover" then, as well...
*** The situation is one-sided and insincere, though. Faith is a SchoolgirlLesbian who uses [[EmotionControl psychic seduction]] [[AlphaBitch as a tool of social dominance]] in an all-girls school. Ash is her actual lover. Tiff is straight, wants to be the new AlphaBitch, and despises her; Faith wants to control her and her power.
**** That is Mel, not Tiff you're talking about
* A quick throwaway gag from Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-9/05-blackmail-is-love/secretlove/ Olbermann, O'Reilly admit secret love, tonight at 11.]]
* [[http://www.goblinscomic.com/09092011/ This sequence]] between [[{{Goblins}} Kin]] and [[ScrewYourself Scorpion Kin]] where they discuss the advantages of her tail's sensitivity.
* One ''Webcomic/PrincessPi'' comic ended with Pi [[spoiler: impulsively [[SaveTheVillain saving her greatest enemy, Princess Ip]], from getting flattened by the MonsterOfTheWeek. Ip responded by kissing Pi while exclaiming, "You do care!" As Pi stood startled and shocked, Ip left exclaiming, "Well, that was embarrassing!"]]
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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''. The rivalry between Strong Bad and Homestar isn't nearly as bad as most examples; Homestar is far too dumb to realize Strong Bad's annoyed by him, and Strong Bad is more of a SitcomArchNemesis than anything. This doesn't, however, stop this dynamic duo from starring in countless {{fanfic}}s, a few of which are Foe Yay.
** The series itself made fun of this in the Strong Bad Email "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail188.html fan club]]", wherein Strong Sad writes a Strong Bad fanfic that edges into SB/H* SlashFic territory before it's interrupted.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and the WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd got shipped in a fan fiction which [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bt/the-sage/fanfic-theatre/4835-episode-1-doug-and-james Bennet the Sage read out loud to everyone]].
** The number of AVGN/NC fics in existence is rising, going from the one mentioned above (which is widely considered to be junk or just a Troll!Fic) to all of these: an [[http://aunt-zelda.livejournal.com/121062.html apocalypse!fic]] and a [[http://emeriin.livejournal.com/67928.html sexpollen!fic]] (both of which contain as [[EveryoneIsBi many pairings as possible]]), a [[http://bubosquared.livejournal.com/1664517.html genderswap!fic]] and a [[http://aunt-zelda.livejournal.com/114524.html "reimagining" of the final battle]].
*** That apocalypse!fic also shipped [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Dr. Insano]] / [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]. [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bt/the-sage/fanfic-theatre/13982-ep011 And now Bennet has read that one too.]]
*** With such gems such as "You diabolical cream puff!" the prolific use of the phrase 'Nerd-On-Critic Action' to refer to their epic fight, and the fact that for their retrospect video they use the song '[[Music/{{Nightwish}} Ghost Love Score]],' it's kinda hard NOT to ship them just a little bit. We [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls fangirls]] have built pairings on MUCH less.
*** James Rolfe is kinda horrified by it. When asked at a convention what he felt when he first discovered it existed, his face spelled pure terror, referring to it as "the creepy art?"
*** On the other hand, DougWalker found the art hilarious when Benzaie quizzed him about it. And as he's the one who coined the phrase "Nerd-On-Critic action" (along with lampshading it with Chester's review) and scored the retrospective to "Ghost Love Score", it's safe to say that he knew what he was doing.
** The feud between {{Benzaie}} and ThatDudeInTheSuede [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTgfrlnq590 ended in a love confession]] (it was brought again on Ben's ''A Frog In Chicago Again VLog). No, that's not fanfiction.
** Ever since she bashed three of his movies in a row, there are people who ship WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick with MichaelBay. Yes, really.
*** Nostalgia Chick/Nostalgia Critic should count, too.
** This trope, coupled with TheChewToy and possibly JerkassWoobie, is the main reason why the Critic is a such a LauncherOfAThousandShips. He fights with everyone, therefore he gets paired with everyone.
* [[GaiaOnline The Sentinel and the Overseer]] have their respective superweapons, [[FreudWasRight a portal and a trident]]...
** Plus, they were childhood friends! ''Adorable'' childhood friends! And the Overseer's description of the Sentinel ''did'' cause Liam to comment "Hot"... and the Overseer didn't disagree.
** Halloween 2007 and all the vampires invading Gino's personal space.
---> '''Liam:''' (regarding Vladimir Von Helson) [[LampshadeHanging Dude, he's totally into you.]]
* Thanks to some demented fangirl on /[[ImageBoards y]]/, everyone/[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] is now considered canon. Yes, in that exact order.
* Most of the HoYay on ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' happens between teammates. However, with half the cast tasked to try and kill the other half, this trope does crop up now and then, particularly between [[TheDitz Caboose]] and [[CampGay Donut]].
* This trope is the entire point of WaitingForAMiracle.
* ''TheJokerBlogs'': Much like in the film that inspired it, TheJoker makes some stunningly suggestive remarks to {{Batman}}. "We belong together. There's a wedding ceremony upstairs, just waiting for us to make it official ..."
* ''{{Cracked}}'': [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-writing-tips-people-who-send-me-death-threats/ 5 Writing Tips for the People Who Send Me Death Threats]]. Throughout the article writing a death threat is treated the same as writing a ''love letter''.
* [[LenoreTheCuteLittleDeadGirl Lenore and Mr. Gosh]], though Lenore considers him a nuisance, and kills him alot. She does fall for him, once though.
* In GreekNinja, the arch enemy [[spoiler: Creon]] hits on Sasha and keeps making remarks about her looks, however she repells his advances.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* You actually know people like this - Even if nobody has ever done this to you (or you never did it to anyone else) you know someone who's done this with someone they hate. It's one thing if they are seen around someone they claim to hate so much in grade school where attendance is compulsory; but another to see people on ''The Internet'' and outside of school saying "I hate you" and then intentionally seeking you.
** On the flip-side: People, especially juveniles, allege their bullies are guilty of Foe Yay, and it often makes for a rather weak comeback. It's often less about sexual tension and more about just getting an evil kick out of hassling someone you dislike, or satisfying a real hatred for someone.
* Parodied by ''TheOnion'': [[http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27830 "Sexual Tension Between Arafat, Sharon Reaches Breaking Point"]]
** This was done in at least two skits by the Royal Canadian Air Farce. One was a musical number where they sing the original song "You Don't Bring Me Bagels Anymore" to each other. The other was dialogue-less, as they meet, and in the interest of diplomacy start giving more and more respectful gestures to each other... until they give each other a manly, backslapping hug...and the slaps turn to caresses...
* Pope Sixtus V (1585-90) confirmed the excommunication of Elizabeth I of England from the Catholic Church and promised the King of Spain a huge sum of money if his Armada was successful in deposing her. He nevertheless had great respect for her courage and determination and is quoted for expressing regret that he could not marry her, because "our children would have ruled the world".
* Speaking of Elizabeth I and Philip II of Spain--back when he was married to her sister, Philip helped keep Elizabeth alive, and upon Mary's death, proposed to Elizabeth. Elizabeth refused--but she kept a picture of him in a closet in her chamber, and was quite miffed when he married Elizabeth Valois of France.
* Hitler and Stalin. Stalin obsessively collected details about Hitler's personal life after the war, and Hitler seemed unusually keen on possessing the very city that bore Stalin's name.
** [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Everyone could see this]] "relationship" early on. Just look at this [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXOJsfJyd74/ScjSQKQPzEI/AAAAAAAAB9k/exRaY6poqsE/s400/hitler_stalin.gif newspaper picture]] (which had the caption "How long will the marriage last?" in describing the initial Soviet-Nazi treaty).
* There was a [[http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/84390-new_yorker_s_clinton_obama_3_a_m_phone_call.jpg New Yorker cover]] that showed Obama and (HILLARY) Clinton in bed together.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0rSeI0nhjU She wants to be under Barrack Obama, Bama, Bama, eh, eh, eh!]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrLCNx3hZXM Japan certainly caught on quickly!]]
* Creator/{{Cicero}} and Catiline. This is cemented about halfway through Cicero's first speech when he refers to his bed in the diminutive.
** Their portrayal in Robert Harris's (granted, fictional) Cicero trilogy, notably in the second book, Lustrum: "A few rows back, Catilina watched Cicero with almost lascivious interest."
* People have already made many jokes about Barack Obama being close with Hugo Chavez, after they cheerfully greeted each other despite bad relations. On ''TheDailyShow'', Jon Stewart mentioned that this was like fanfiction. Ooh boy.
* The Benetton ad campaign titled “Unhate” took the FoeRomanceSubtext subtext that lives among political figures and their international counterparts and [[RelationshipUpgrade took it to the next level]]. Warning. [[http://im.rediff.com/news/2011/nov/18sd1.jpg Not]] [[http://im.rediff.com/news/2011/nov/18sd3.jpg safe]] [[http://adboardingpass.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/merkel-berlusconi.jpg for]] [[http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/2011/jenny/unhate/unhate01.jpg sanity.]]
* Joe Rogan once got into a fierce argument with fellow comedian Carlos Mencia about stealing joke material. During the argument, Carlos mocks him by saying that the reason he's so obsessed with him is that he's secretly in love with him.
* The rivalry between Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes in economics.
* [[http://voidstone.deviantart.com/art/Jefferson-And-Hamilton-Love-26976049 Hamilton/Jefferson]] ftw! Powder wigs and knee-breeches and political and personal hatred - and they were arguable the two sexiest Founding Fathers (though in two very different ways)
** Oh, but Hamilton/Jefferson has nothing on Adams/Jefferson. Best of friends turned into the worst of enemies due to politics, especially the election of 1800. There are historians dedicated to these two and their relationship. To top it all off, both of them died on the same day hours from one another. The day of the year? July 4th, American Independence Day.
*** Adam's final words were "Thomas Jefferson still survi--". He was wrong; Jefferson had died earlier that day. Jefferson and Adams have a touching ending, too. In their August years, not wanting to die without having explained themselves to each other, they struck up a correspondence that accumulated one hundred and fifty letters between them. Then died within hours of each other 50 years exactly after the Declaration was ratified by Congress.
* The Duke of Wellington had a 14 foot tall nude statue of Napoleon in his entry hall. Really.
** Because it was a free gift. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_as_Mars_the_Peacemaker The British Government bought it for him.]]
*** You still don't have to ''put it out on display''.
*** You do if they gave it to you expecting you to hide it.
*** Actually, considering Napoleon wasn't the most attractive of military geniuses, You'd more have to consider it a testament to Wellington's sheer steel-plated will (and possibly, [[NauseaFuel a testiment to his lack of gag reflex]]).
* New Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. They've been "flirting" with each other for years, but now that they'll (most likely) be fighting for the right to lead the country, things can only get... more interesting...
* PeterMandelson and Alastair Campbell during the New Labour years, and [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/04/02/article-1263184-08FB3484000005DC-187_468x381.jpg possibly since, too]]; Mandelson also with DavidCameron's now Chancellor [[JerkassWoobie George Osborne]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35FOXZyB_Bk more recently]].
* It's one thing to be outraged about an openly gay student body president at your alumnus, it's quite another to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwObjKZg9Jw create a blog devoted to harassing and defaming said college student and his friends and family]] via FaceBook screengrabs, calling him a [[InsaneTrollLogic gay Nazi elitist racist]] and "protesting" outside his house like a [[{{yandere}} crazy teenager]]. And the [[HoYay grown man]] who's doing this cyber-bullying is ''an assistant attorney general'' who claims his actions are [[InsaneTrollLogic "political, not personal"]]. He was eventually fired after it became clear to his boss that he was doing his cyber-bullying at work and not on his own time.
** See here "How '''not''' to come out of the [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/03-minorities-report/closet-2/ closet]]".
* This actually happens with Hatedoms, too. There is a good reason that this trope is listed on the HateDumb page as an example of HateDumb, too! It's actually kind of...interesting how people seem to be talking about and/or keeping tabs on shows they claim to ''hate''. It evidently seems like they're doing ''something'' right...since they're spreading word of mouth and are more than often encouraging people to see it to see how bad it is. (This often leads to CriticalBacklash, too.)
** Music/JustinBieber. Just look on twitter and with a straight face deny that the hatedom and {{Fan Hater}}s aren't FoeRomanceSubtext with them. Look at the comments in ''Website/YouTube''! It's safe to say that a good 95-100% of any music videos out there will have numerous comments trashing Justin Bieber or his fans, and any other video will have a 50-75% chance of having a comment like that.
*** Even if the video has nothing to do with music whatsoever, there is still a 40% probability someone will bring up the biebster as an example of something bad. Just Let It Go !
** For a group of people who hate ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' so much, it's kind of surprising how many of them go out to buy or read every single book or see every single movie based on the franchise. It's also amazing to see how many members of the hatedom ''constantly'' bring it up in conversation.
*** This is more justified of subverting a famous excuse from the fanbase that they did not [[DidNotDoTheResearch 'read the books/seen the movies']], therefore they should not criticize it. After all, you can't logically hate something if you [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch don't know a thing about it]].
**** However; at the same time, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the hatedom just refuses to MOVE ON]]. The franchise really owes a good portion of its popularity (and revenues) to the free advertisement the HateDumb keeps giving.
** There are Christopher Nolan "haters" on the director's IMDb boards who post at least every hour, which suggests a different kind of obsession entirely.
** Anime-style art as well as fan art on DeviantART. Most of the truly mediocre stuff would be forgotten - if not for the fact that people just won't ''shut up'' about it.
** If you look at the official boards for ''any'' MMORPG, you'll notice people who claim to have quit the game years ago or found something better yet still seem to be logging in again and again.
*** This actually happens a lot with other games; too. It's quite amazing to see how many people claim to have left the fandom yet still buy and play every single game that's come out ever since.
** Wal-Mart has a HateDom that keeps coming back again and again to buy stuff from them despite openly detesting it. Even when they have a choice.
*** This was lampshaded in ''{{Persona 4}}'' with the Hatedom of Junes.
** If you've ever worked customer service, not just Wal-Mart or its equivalents, you've seen these customers. You know them - the kind who say you lost them as a customer yet you see them come back again and again.
** Politics. There is absolutely ''no'' need to describe anything involving that. ''AT ALL''. And we mean it.
* Muammar Gaddafi and Condoleezza Rice: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/gaddafi-condoleezza-rice-album-_n_936385.html. Although this was strictly one-sided. Rice thought is was creepy.
* [[RealTimeWithBillMaher Bill Maher]] (liberal comedian) and Ann Coulter (conservative pundit) have a strangely mixed relationship. While obviously they argue a lot, being of very different ideologies (though still more similar on some subjects than you might expect) there are times when Bill Maher will ''defend'' Ann Coulter, like when she was an interview guest on his show, and he ''shouted'' at other interview guests for being so dismissive towards her.
* NickiMinaj & LilKim anyone?
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