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* ''Fanfic/BabyWontYouPleaseComeHome'': Oliver rejects Isabel's attempted advances, and his relationship with Felicity sours when she ignores her objections to telling Thea the truth about his activities. He also expresses interest in rekindling his past relationship with Laurel before learning that she's [[spoiler:pregnant with his daughter]].

* ''Fanfic/TheAFRUniverse'':
** In the series, [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu Narukami and Naoto Shirogane]] are an OfficialCouple, killing the popular ship of Naoto with Kanji Tatsumi. In "Buchi-Con", Kanji explains to Haru Okumura that while he did have a crush on Naoto, he never built up the courage to ask her out, so Yu eventually beat him to the punch. He's man enough to admit it's his own fault that he never got in a relationship with her, and he's genuinely happy that two of his closest friends are happy together.
** In "Buchi-Con", Haru shows clear attraction to Kanji and it's implied the two slept together at the end. Unfortunately, "Rainy Day Visit" reveals that whatever spark was there didn't last. Kanji and Haru were both too invested in their homes and careers for either to consider moving in with the other, and they had tried and failed at a long-distance relationship.
* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': In "What if they had the chance to do it over again?", Marco stops his father dating his maths teacher by telling her that his father has various girlfriends already.
* ''Fanfic/BlackbirdArrow'': Played with and subverted. Thea ''thinks'' she's this to what she perceives as Oliver and Sara's renewed affair, which she makes no secret of to Oliver, because she thinks it would be disrespecting Laurel's "memory"[[note]]Laurel had been sold out to the League of Assassins by her mother in exchange for Sara's freedom, but it's only until Oliver got home and pointed out how strange her departure was that anyone realized she had actually been kidnapped and was missing instead of skipping town[[/note]]. In reality, Oliver is even more disgusted with the idea than Thea herself is due to still holding a grudge against Sara for what happened to Laurel. Sara similarly has lost interest due to her own guilt over the situation, and most of their interactions usually devolve into arguments over how to get Laurel back from the League.

* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Rei does NOT like seeing Shinji and Asuka together due to a mix of jealousy, envy and over-protectiveness. Put bluntly, Rei does not think Asuka has treated him well and he does not want to admit Asuka cares for Shinji.
* In ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'', Stella and Jean-Luc dismiss the idea of Star being with Danny, finding him too plain and unimpressive for her. However, Stella comes around in future stories.

* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': When Shinji and Asuka got together, most people in the Distler Air Base were neutral or supportive... but Ritsuko was against it, arguing that [[BelligerentSexualtension their relationship was very volatile]] and if they broke up it might mess the pilots' teamwork up. However she was told that they should let them make their own choices so that she stopped to try to keep them apart.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/FlowersDrenchedInVodka''. While [[Anime/LoveLive Kotori]] didn't actively disapprove of Eli and Hanayo's relationship, Nico is fully aware that Kotori has always been "skeptical" of it, and so she's the first person she tells about her suspicions that Eli is physically abusing Hanayo(and even she isn't immediately convinced). [[spoiler:Kotori gets together with Hanayo in the end, so a part of this may have been due to jealousy of Eli. Kotori admits that a part of her wanted their relationship to fail, but never dreamed that it would turn abusive, and certainly didn't want it to.]]

* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Franchise/{{Superman}} does NOT approve of [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} his cousin Kara]] dating Dev-Em, a former bully/delinquent who used to make his life harder -just for the Hell of it- way back when Kal-El was ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and a [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Legionnaire]]. Dev has cleaned up his act since, but he's still a jerkass who is ''not'' good enough for Kara as far as Superman is concerned. Unfortunately Kara is quite smitten with Dev, so Superman has to accept their relationship, like or not.
* In ''Fanfic/ISawHerStandingThereThesocialhermit'', Mya warns Edric to stay away from Alayne Stone, because Littlefinger will have something to say about it. And it wouldn't be nice.
* ''Fanfic/JulekaVsTheForcesOfTheUniverse'':
** After [[SecretSecretKeeper discovering Marinette and Adrien's]] [[SecretIdentity Secret Identities]], Juleka decides that she can't support them getting together anymore, as she's able to see just how unbalanced and unhealthy the relationship is. Marinette [[CannotSpitItOut gets tongue-tied]] and [[HumiliationConga constantly humiliated]] around Adrien, while Adrien seems [[ObliviousToLove completely oblivious]] to her crush... and as Chat Noir, he blithely ignores Ladybug's repeated rejections of his unwanted advances, insisting that [[EntitledToHaveYou they're meant to be together]]. Thus, Juleka becomes determined to see Marinette get together with somebody she's actually ''comfortable around'', despite others conspiring to force the two together.
** Alya, meanwhile, aims to sabotage any chances of Marinette getting together with anyone ''other'' than Adrien, as she's a ControlFreak who's decided her "bestie" simply isn't ''capable'' of managing her own love life.
* ''Fanfic/TheOneToMakeItStay'': Alya is so singularly focused on "[[UnwantedAssistance helping]]" Marinette hook up with Adrien through her {{Zany Scheme}}s that she refuses to accept Marinette has given up on her hopeless crush and moved on. When Marinette explains that she's started dating Luka, Alya outright accuses her of secretly using him to stage an OperationJealousy.
* In the ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3129006/1/Legends-and-Heroes Legends and Heroes]]'', Trent ruins his own chances with Kira when he tricks her into missing her first date with Conner by claiming that Conner stood her up. After Trent admits this, he tries to argue that he truly admires Kira, but Kira is just disgusted at the idea that he intended to start a relationship with her based on a lie, informing Trent that if he couldn't respect her decision to be with Conner, than he doesn't respect her.

* In ''Fanfic/AMothersLove'', Groo still breaks up with Cordelia due to her love for Angel, but Wesley also decides not to pursue anything with Lilah after Illyria's warning.
* In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'', Ritsuko thinks a relationship between Shinji and Asuka can't work, and chides Misato for not "getting" it.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5454443/1/Not-Better-Just-Different Not Better, Just Different]]'' culminates in the Tenth Doctor explicitly telling Rose Tyler that he has moved past their old relationship and has now fallen in love with Martha Jones, even as he regrets hurting Rose and assure her that they just missed their moment rather than him never having feelings for her in the first place.
* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel ''Picking Up the Pieces'', Internal Affairs agents are bound to make sure the Guards uphold the rules, including not having romantic relationships between two or more Guards. When Gentle Step and Memorizing Gaze start a relationship, a handful of IA agents show up in their office the next day to warn Gentle Step that she needs to break it off because of that rule, and inform her that it would be best if she gave a public statement reminding the other Guards of it. Surprisingly averted by their Deputy Commissioner Iron Gates, who has no problem with the relationship as long as they keep it professional while on duty. [[spoiler:It later turns out IA's Commissioner couldn't care less about their relationship, he was just using it as an excuse in his efforts to take down Gentle Step due to the grudge he has against her.]]
* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Pikachu is this for anyone who isn't Ash getting together with his female companions. Case in point, he expresses disgust when Ash says that he always thought May and Dawn had a thing for Drew and Kenny respectively back in the old timeline.

!!Examples

* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/FlowersDrenchedInVodka''. While [[Anime/LoveLive Kotori]] didn't actively disapprove of Eli and Hanayo's relationship, Nico is fully aware that Kotori has always been "skeptical" of it, and so she's the first person she tells about her suspicions that Eli is physically abusing Hanayo(and even she isn't immediately convinced). [[spoiler: Kotori gets together with Hanayo in the end, so a part of this may have been due to jealousy of Eli. Kotori admits that a part of her wanted their relationship to fail, but never dreamed that it would turn abusive, and certainly didn't want it to]].

* ''Fanfic/JulekaVsTheForcesOfTheUniverse'': After [[SecretSecretKeeper discovering Marinette and Adrien's]] [[SecretIdentity Secret Identities]], Juleka decides that she can't support them getting together anymore, as she's able to see just how unbalanced and unhealthy the relationship is. Marinette [[CannotSpitItOut gets tongue-tied]] and [[HumiliationConga constantly humiliated]] around Adrien, while Adrien seems [[ObliviousToLove completely oblivious]] to her crush... and as Chat Noir, he blithely ignores Ladybug's repeated rejections of his unwanted advances, insisting that [[EntitledToHaveYou they're meant to be together]]. Thus, Juleka becomes determined to see Marinette get together with somebody she's actually ''comfortable around'', despite others conspiring to force the two together.
* In the ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3129006/1/Legends-and-Heroes Legends and Heroes]]", Trent ruins his own chances with Kira when he tricks her into missing her first date with Conner by claiming that Conner stood her up. After Trent admits this, he tries to argue that he truly admires Kira, but Kira is just disgusted at the idea that he intended to start a relationship with her based on a lie, informing Trent that if he couldn't respect her decision to be with Conner, than he doesn't respect her.

* ''FanFic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel ''Picking Up the Pieces'', Internal Affairs agents are bound to make sure the Guards uphold the rules, including not having romantic relationships between two or more Guards. When Gentle Step and Memorizing Gaze start a relationship, a handful of IA agents show up in their office the next day to warn Gentle Step that she needs to break it off because of that rule, and inform her that it would be best if she gave a public statement reminding the other Guards of it. Surprisingly averted by their Deputy Commissioner Iron Gates, who has no problem with the relationship as long as they keep it professional while on duty. [[spoiler:It later turns out IA's Commissioner couldn't care less about their relationship, he was just using it as an excuse in his efforts to take down Gentle Step due to the grudge he has against her.]]

* Stone attempts to do this in ''Fanfic/ZumasFear'' - [[spoiler:Stone forces Skye to tell Chase that she has never and will never have romantic feelings for him. He takes it well all things considered]].

* Briefly happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', when Vlad worries about Dimitri and Anya's budding romance. He quickly shifts to a ShipperOnDeck, though.

* In ''Fanfic/ISawHerStandingThere'', Mya warns Edric to stay away from Alayne Stone, because Littlefinger will have something to say about it. And it wouldn’t be nice.

* This guy is in a LoveTriangle case with one of them. In worse cases, he/she may try to MurderTheHypotenuse.
* There's a LoveTriangle with in-universe ShipToShipCombat, and he ships one of them with somebody else.
* He thinks one or both of them simply aren't good for each other.
* He just doesn't like one or both of them.

** Dorothy and Sarah are this for Joe and Joyce. Both flat out refuse to believe that Joe has changed his {{Casanova}} ways and thinks his efforts at self-improvement are a ploy to get in Joyce's pants. Dorothy relents somewhat after some self-examination, while Sarah doesn't.

* Heartwarmingly subverted on ''Series/{{Castle}}'', when everyone assumes Gates would flip out if she discovered [[spoiler:Rick and Kate's relationship]]. Turns out she's as big a ShipperOnDeck as the rest of the cast.

* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'': Dorothy is this for Joe and Joyce. She flat out refuses to believe that Joe has changed his Cassanova ways and thinks his efforts at a HeelFaceTurn are a ploy to get in Joyce's pants. And she has no problem telling either one of them this.

And there may be other reasons too. If it progresses far enough, may result in attempted RelationshipSabotage. Related tropes may include BoyfriendBlockingDad and MySisterIsOffLimits.

Contrast ShipperOnDeck, ShipperWithAnAgenda, and RomanticWingman. For information on ''actual'' torpedoes, see UsefulNotes/NavalWeapons.

Considering that this trope shows up at least as far back as [[JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples Shakespeare]], it is OlderThanSteam, if not even older.

* In the novel ''Literature/{{Barrayar}}'', Vidal Vordarian launches one of these straight between [[ScienceHero Cordelia, Lady Vorkosigan (nee Captain Cordelia Naismith)]] and [[OldSoldier Aral, Admiral & Lord Vorkosigan]]...by telling Cordelia at a ball that [[ValuesDissonance Aral is bisexual.]] It fails to detonate--Cordelia, [[FreeLoveFuture a Betan scientist,]] absent-mindedly agrees that yes, he was, visibly shocking [[NobleBigot the very Barrayan Vordarian]]--but it's a rare example of a shipping torpedo that feeds into both characterization and a major plot point: once Cordelia ''realizes'' Vordarian was trying to destroy her marriage, she immediately suspects him of being exactly the kind of person who would engineer an assassination attempt on her recently-promoted-to-Imperial-Regent husband. [[spoiler:She's right.]]

* Alec Lightwood of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' isn't a fan of Jace/Clary at first, since [[spoiler: he has feelings for [[EvenTheGuysWanthim Jace]] himself]]. But once he [[spoiler: falls in love with Magnus]], he calms down about it.

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Ivypool is strongly opposed to her sister Dovewing's interest in Tigerheart. This is because she doesn't want her to suffer the inevitable consequences, humiliation, and heartbreak of a [[StarCrossedLovers forbidden relationship.]] As a result, she pressures Dovewing to get back with her ex, and tries to kill any chance of the two being alone together, going so far as to [[spoiler: speak out against a mission to find her apprentice's [[DisappearedDad lost kin]] (since Dovewing and Tigerheart volunteered to go), which kicks off a series of events leading to said apprentice going without backup and suffering a rather painful DisneyDeath as a result.]] Ivypool's efforts [[spoiler:ultimately failed, if the blurb of ''Tigerheart's Shadow'' is anything to go by.]]

** In a particularly emotional variation, most of the main cast takes this stance when it is revealed that [[spoiler: Cooter has become abusive to Beiste]].
** Sebastian isn't a fan of Blaine and Kurt together. [[spoiler: He seems to get over it by the time he helps with Blaine's proposal.]]

** If Regina trying to prevent Charming and Snow from being together isn't enough, [[spoiler: she rips out the Huntsman's heart as punishment for him sparing Snow; forces the Huntsman, as Graham, to become her lover in Storybrooke (which essentially amounts to rape); and murders Graham [[IfICantHaveYou out of spite and jealousy]] when Graham develops feelings for Emma]]. Regina generally seems to be the anti-ship to ''every'' canon ship in Storybrooke, breaking apart families, murdering, and harming others to make sure no one gets a HappilyEverAfter. Even when shown her soulmate, [[spoiler:Robin Hood]], Regina sabotages her ''own'' chance at a HappilyEverAfter, because she is afraid of falling in love again.
** The Blue Fairy deliberately prevents Nova and Dreamy, later known as [[spoiler:Grumpy]], from eloping, because "dwarves don't fall in love", and she thinks she is protecting Nova for her own good. Hell, ''everyone'' (except Belle) seems against Dreamy and Nova's love for one another at first. However, after [[spoiler: the Dark Curse is lifted from Storybrooke]], Dreamy (now known as [[spoiler:Leroy]]) and Nova are reunited, resuming their previous relationship.

** "Sk8er Boi" has the narrator expressing her dislike for the titular skater boy's old girlfriend for her stuck-up attitude. [[spoiler: when the narrator reveals that she is with the skater boy now, she rubs their happiness in the girl's face]].
** "Girlfriend" has the narrator explicitly tell her love interest that she should be his girlfriend instead of his current one. She trashes the current girlfriend's personality and in the music video [[spoiler: physically assaults the girlfriend on numerous occasions]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcgee'': Scratch, Molly’s ghost friend, acts disapprovingly of her crush on her new neighbor, Oliver Chen, and tries to sabotage any romantic moments they shares together throughout, “I Wanna Dance With Some-Ollie”. Though it’s for a good reason, as Oliver is in fact, a ghost hunter. He even apologizes to Molly afterwards saying that he ultimately wants her to be happy, but Molly understands the gravitas of the situation, and calls off any sort of relationship with Ollie out of loyalty to Scratch. Too bad Oliver overhears all this, and ends up with a broken heart.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In the first season Korra has a crush on Mako, who is with Asami instead. In the episode "The Spirit of Competition", she confesses her feelings to Mako, [[spoiler: and they even kiss later in the episode. Mako and Korra do end up briefly becoming an OfficialCouple by the end of the season, but they break up midway through the second season and after that mutually decide it's better for them to stay just friends. In an ironic twist, [[UsefulNotes/{{Bisexuality}} Korra is endgame with Asami]], the Love Hypotenuse she was jealous of at the beginning of the series]].

* In his last voiced appearance in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}} XY'' series, Tierno tries flirting with Serena one more time, but Shauna, herself a ShipperOnDeck for Ash and Serena, finally puts her foot down and nixes Tierno's attempts.

** Xander was king of this trope: he loathed [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] with Series/{{Angel}} because he was in love with Buffy, and later just because he didn't get along with Angel; was a Torpedo to Spike/Buffy because he disliked Spike and thought he was bad for Buffy, and anti-shipped Wesley/Cordelia for all of the above reasons. He ''eventually'' changes his mind about Spike in the comics, albeit only after he'd been a semi-regular Scooby for nearly a decade.
** Pretty much everyone was against Spike/Buffy - even the two of them on occasion. Averted in the season 10/11 comics, where everyone accepts their relationship and in fact even [[ShipperOnDeck encourages]] it. Except for Angel, [[GreenEyedMonster for obvious reasons]].

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Phoebe is surprisingly anti [[{{HappilyMarried}} Chandler/Monica]], implying Monica can do better and predicting when they'll get divorced. This is very odd, as Chandler and Monica are extremely happy together and make each other much better and more secure people. Yet Phoebe is the biggest ShipperOnDeck for the dysfunctional [[{{WillTheyOrWontThey}} Ross/Rachel]], who aren't nearly as well-suited, and her weird perspective is never really explained. This is made especially weird because Phoebe's relationship with Ross could be described as VitriolicBestBuds as the show went on, perhaps even moreso than her relationship with Chandler.

* ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' ''and how'':

** In the same manner, Anya herself becomes this for Fiona's potential dream. This is because [[{{Telepathy}} Anya can read Fiona's mind.]] While trying to steal Twilight from Yor is one thing, the straw that breaks the camel's back is when Anya learns that to make Anya graduate her academy with flying colors Fiona will implement extremely harsh, spartan-like mentoring system without any care of Anya's well-being. Hence, Anya will do everything she can to make sure Fiona does not get together with Loid.

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': When Nightfall, aka. Fiona Frost, is first introduced, she learns that Twilight, aka. Loid Forger, [[MarriageOfConvenience is now married to Yor as part of Operation Strix]]. Since Nightfall was away on a mission when Twilight got "married," she missed out on being in a FakeRelationship with him, and since she has a crush Twilight, she hoped this was her chance to become more than just partners and get married for real. To get Yor out of the way, [[MurderTheHypotenuse Nightfall first considered killing Yor]], but decided to use [[{{Gaslighting}} psychological]] [[BlatantLies manipulation]] instead. Nightfall convinced Yor that Loid has recently been complaining that he feels unhappy in his marriage, with the hope that Loid and Yor would get a divorce, and Nightfall would swoop in and become Mrs. Fiona Forger.

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': When Nightfall, aka. Fiona Frost is first introduced, she learns that Twilight, aka. Loid Forger, [[MarriageOfConvenience is now married to Yor as part of Operation Strix]]. Since Nightfall was away on a mission when Twilight got "married," she missed out on being in a FakeRelationship with him, and since she has a crush Twilight, she hoped this was her chance to become more than just partners and get married for real. To get Yor out of the way, [[MurderTheHypotenuse Nightfall first considers killing Yor]], but decides to use [[{{Gaslighting}} psychological]] [[BlatantLies manipulation]] instead, and convince Yor that Loid has recenly been complaining that he feels unhappy in his marriage, with the hope that Loid and Yor would get a divorce, and Nightfall would swoop in and become Mrs. Fiona Forger.