History Main / SatelliteLoveInterest

* There is very little to know about Erudyce, Orpheus's wife that died and he went to the Underworld to rescue.

** Sky, Sophie's fiance. He works for Sophie's mother's business setting up a website; despite being the groom, his family's contributions and attendance of the wedding is never mentioned, [[spoiler: not even when Sophie decides to cancel the wedding the day of]]; and his major song is about how [[CrazyJealousGuy possessive he is of Sophie]].

** [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments6Series Angel (Experiment 624)]], an experiment who is designed [[FaceHeelTurn to make experiments made before her evil]] with a siren song, was primarily introduced to give Stitch a love interest. She even looks a lot like a [[PinkGirlBlueBoy pink]], [[DistaffCounterpart female version of him]]. After she [[BreakoutCharacter broke out]], however, the subsequent ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime wore down the "satellite" part and gave her more distinct personality.

** Angel (Experiment 624), an experiment who is designed [[FaceHeelTurn to make experiments made before her evil]] with a siren song, was primarily introduced to give Stitch a love interest. She even looks a lot like a [[PinkGirlBlueBoy pink]], [[DistaffCounterpart female version of him]].
** Lilo has a crush on a local skateboarding boy named Keoni Jameson, who is the son of her older sister Nani's employer. According to [[WordOfGod executive producer Jess Winfield]], he was also designed to be an AudienceSurrogate, as he's a generally NiceGuy who accepts Lilo for who she is, though he still doesn't have that much of a personality.

* Sky, Sophie's fiance in ''Theatre/MammaMia''. He works for Sophie's mother's business setting up a website; despite being the groom, his family's contributions and attendance of the wedding is never mentioned, [[spoiler: not even when Sophie decides to cancel the wedding the day of]]; and his major song is about how [[CrazyJealousGuy possessive he is of Sophie]].

* Sky, Sophie's fiance in ''Theatre/MammaMia''. He works for Sophie's mother's business setting up a website, despite being the groom, his family's contributions and attendance of the wedding is never mentioned, [[spoiler: not even when Sophie decides to cancel the wedding the day of]], and his major song is about how [[CrazyJealousGuy possessive he is of Sophie]].

* Most of the men that the women date in ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' are either OneShotCharacter or this. Only Big, Steve, Aidan, and Petrovsky ever get any plot to speak of that doesn't revolve directly around their relationship with one of the central female characters. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the four women are the main characters of the series and the show is ''about'' them; it's only about the men so far as they're in relationship to the women.

* Most of the men that the women date in ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' are either OneShotCharacter or this. Only Big, Steve, and Aidan ever get any plot to speak of that doesn't revolve directly around their relationship with one of the central female characters. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the four women are the main characters of the series and the show is ''about'' them; it's only about the men so far as they're in relationship to the women.

* Discussed in ''Manga/EvenAMonkeyCanDrawManga'', with the added visual gag of depicting the sidekick character as a literal satellite orbiting TheProtagonist.

SisterTrope to SatelliteFamilyMember. AudienceReaction version of DrivenByALoveInterest. Contrast with DesignatedLoveInterest, in which a character's characterization isn't involved ''enough'' with loving another character, thus making the "love interest" moniker seem tacked-on. Not to be confused with [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 the Satellite of Love]]. If someone's love interest is an actual satellite, see CompanionCube.

SisterTrope to SatelliteFamilyMember. Contrast with DesignatedLoveInterest, in which a character's characterization isn't involved ''enough'' with loving another character, thus making the "love interest" moniker seem tacked-on. Not to be confused with [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 the Satellite of Love]]. If someone's love interest is an actual satellite, see CompanionCube.

* Celia in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''. Aside from being Mike's love interest and the company secretary, she doesn't have much characterization. On her date with Mike they don't really talk about anything but [[SickeninglySweethearts their relationship]] and it is difficult to see why he likes her so much, [[GorgeousGorgon aside from the obvious]].