History Main / HeartSymbol

* ''{{Doug}}'' [[http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lihjqimEOH1qe3twro1_500.gif and]] [[http://www.bravotv.com/media/imagecache/photo-scaled/photos/mosteligibledallasseason1gallerytvcouplesdougpatty.jpg Patti.]]

* In ''[[Anime/{{Persona 4}} Persona 4: The Animation]]'' when [[spoiler: Naoto]] tells the group she was scared, [[SweetOnPollyOliver Kanji]] gets these floating around him.

* Bay got one in [[http://www.sailorsun.org/index.php?comicID=167 this strip]] of ''SailorSun''. Slightly tweaked at first just because she noticed it, it was [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] even more when she was [[http://www.sailorsun.org/index.php?comicID=175 able to physically grab it]]. Then, when Bay tried to shoo that embodied visual metaphor for her own crush out a window, it turned out to [[http://www.sailorsun.org/index.php?comicID=176 have feelings of its own]].

* Played with in [[http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20081015.html this]] ''FriendlyHostility'' comic, where a character not only notices the heart but ''pops'' it, too. Nice metaphor.
* ''TheCyantianChronicles'': Seen in Campus Safari when Cilke first met [[spoiler: Chrome.]] They were immediately dubbed "Floaty Love Hearts" by a fan of the comic.

* Inversion: when Moby was the musical guest on ''SaturdayNightLive'' in 2002, he was embroiled in a feud with Music/{{Eminem}}. He appeared in a sketch and wore a T-shirt that read "I heart eminem" given to him by a fan.

* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Hunteri Heroici" opens with the chest-bursting variety, followed by a literal chest-bursting that leaves an equally anatomically-incorrect ImpactSilhouette.

->'''The client:''' How much does this pink ass cost?\\
'''The saleswoman:''' Mister, that's a heart.\\
'''The client:''' Madame, I've been working as a cardiac surgeon for twenty years; how much does this pink ass cost?
-->-- ''RussianHumor''

* The Literature/{{Discworld}} Emporium offers a FunTShirt which declares "[Eyeball] [realistic heart> [[TheIgor Igorth]]".

* As illustrated by Paul Kidby, Twoflower's [[JapaneseTourist Agatean Tourist]] gear in the first two ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels includes a hat proclaiming "I ♥ A-M".

The stylized heart shape, '''♥''' (or <3 as a smiley), is a classic visual metaphor. It has long been used in Western animation and comics to symbolize a romantic crush. Or anything [[HeartsAreHealth health-related]] in VideoGames.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3253 they float about Fuschia]].
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2245 and Monique's interactions, once.]]
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4328 And the Illuminati drones for the green succubus -- for once, not a romantic love.]]

* Naturally, in a show starring a self-proclaimed warrior of {{love|Freak}} and {{justice|WillPrevail}}, ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' has a lot of them. [[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VgNTPgP2Y&feature=related Even as weapons]].

* Naturally, in a show starring a self-proclaimed warrior of {{love|Freak}} and {{justice|WillPrevail}}, ''Manga/SailorMoon'' has a lot of them. [[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VgNTPgP2Y&feature=related Even as weapons]].

* When characters in ''TheSims'' fall in love, they emit hearts to indicate this.

* Hilariously subverted in [[http://zitaspacegirl.com/webcomics-2/ this]] ''ZitaTheSpacegirl'' strip by Ben Hatke.

* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (season 11 episode "Saddlesore Galactica"): Moe meets a beautiful woman at a horse racing track, and his heart starts beating out of his chest like in the older, wackier [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age of Animation]] cartoons (particularly the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and [[TexAveryMGMCartoons MGM]] cartoons directed by TexAvery). When he notices this, he identifies this as the symptom of a medical problem, and says he has to leave for the hospital. Also counts as something of a PG-rated SomethingElseAlsoRises.

* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' uses them for the max level Dark Assembly members can like you... and just to show how wicked the Netherworld is.

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Compare LoveBubbles for the MangaEffects equivalent. For the specific equation of the HeartSymbol with love, please see CardiovascularLove; for its equation with health, see HeartsAreHealth. See also SayItWithHearts, CherryBlossoms.

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* The PhilFoglio comic adaptation of the ''MythAdventures'' books features signs saying "I ♥ NY"; "I ♣ Seals"; "I ♠ Cats" and "I ♦ ..." and the end of that sign is covered. Years later, Foglio was asked how the last sign ended, and replied "[[TheUnreveal It was cleverly blocked for a reason]]."

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