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* Pretty much the whole set-up of ''{{Reba}}''. Barbara Jean is Brock's new wife but treats Reba, the ex, as a close personal friend which is what they eventually become.
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* A more disturbing example: ''Anime/{{Monster}}'': "No matter what he did, I think I will forgive him". Yeah, [[CompleteMonster Johan]] is just that charming.
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* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Arrancar arc Orihime Inoue realized she was in love with Ichigo Kurosaki and felt this way toward her friend Rukia Kuchiki, who was also close to Ichigo.
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* In ''{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', during the Arrancar arc Orihime Inoue realized she was in love with Ichigo Kurosaki and felt this way toward her friend Rukia Kuchiki, who was also close to Ichigo.
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* ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' is entirely about this trope. By extension, ''KissMeKate'' and ''TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
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* In TheHungerGames trilogy, Gale admits to Katniss that he has a hard time hating Peeta because Peeta's so likeable, despite being a competitor for Katniss's affections.
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* This happens on anime-version of''{{Karin}}''. Winner is in love with Karin, who dislikes him because he's a vampire slayer (though it helps that he's utterly incompetent). Meanwhile, Karin's best friend, Maki, has a crush on Winner. Maki even says once, through thinly-veiled hypotheticals, that she wishes she could hate Karin for attracting Winner's attention, but Karin's too good a friend for that.
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* This happens on anime-version of''{{Karin}}''.of ''{{Karin}}''. Winner is in love with Karin, who dislikes him because he's a vampire slayer (though it helps that he's utterly incompetent). Meanwhile, Karin's best friend, Maki, has a crush on Winner. Maki even says once, through thinly-veiled hypotheticals, that she wishes she could hate Karin for attracting Winner's attention, but Karin's too good a friend for that.
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* This happens on ''{{Karin}}''. Winner is in love with Karin, who dislikes him because he's a vampire slayer (though it helps that he's utterly incompetent). Meanwhile, Karin's best friend, Maki, has a crush on Winner. Maki even says once, through thinly-veiled hypotheticals, that she wishes she could hate Karin for attracting Winner's attention, but Karin's too good a friend for that.
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* Korra feels this way toward Asami in ''TheLegendOfKorra''.
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* This happens in ''MyBestFriendsWedding'', though it doesn't stop the main character from being a bitch about the situation.
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* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Arrancar: The Arrival arc Orihime Inoue realized she was in love with Ichigo Kurosaki and felt this way toward her friend Rukia Kuchiki, who was also close to Ichigo.
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* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Arrancar: The Arrival Arrancar arc Orihime Inoue realized she was in love with Ichigo Kurosaki and felt this way toward her friend Rukia Kuchiki, who was also close to Ichigo.
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* In the book ''AvalonHigh'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. [[spoiler: It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.]]
* Obligatory ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
* Obligatory ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
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* In the book ''AvalonHigh'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. [[spoiler: It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.]]
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* Obligatory ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
* Obligatory ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
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* ''TheTamingOfTheShrew'' is entirely about this trope. By extension, ''KissMeKate'' and ''TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
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* Discussed in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', when Navani tells Dalinar that she really tried to hate his (now deceased) wife, but couldn't because she was too nice.
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* A more disturbing example: ''{{Anime/Monster}}'': "No matter what he did, I think I will forgive him". Yeah, [[CompleteMonster Johan]] is just that charming.
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* In AtlasShrugged, Hank Rearden is completely prepared to hate Francisco D'Anconia for his perceived worthlessness. When they actually have a conversation, Rearden realizes that they share a LOT in common.
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* In ''{{Airborn}}'', cabin boy Matt loses out on a promotion to newcomer Bruce, who is much less experienced but whose father owns their airship (and plenty of others). After actually meeting him, Matt admits to himself that it would have been easier if Bruce was a spoiled brat - finding out that he's actually a decent guy just makes it worse.
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* In ''{{Airborn}}'', cabin boy Matt loses out on a promotion to newcomer Bruce, who is much less experienced but whose father owns their airship (and plenty of others). After actually meeting him, Matt admits to himself that it would have been easier if Bruce was a spoiled brat - finding out that he's actually a decent guy just makes it worse.
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* In TheHungerGames, Gale admits to Katniss that he has a hard time hating Peeta because Peeta's so likeable, despite being a competitor for Katniss's affections.
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* ''Film/PlanB'' takes this trope to its logical extreme with Bruno's attempts to sabotage Pablo's relationship with his ex Laura going awry when he finds himself liking Pablo as not only a best friend, [[QueerRomance but a love interest too]].
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* ''ElGoonishShive'' has Justin feeling like this toward Sarah.
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* In the book ''Avalon High'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. [[spoiler: It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.]]
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* In the book ''Avalon High'', ''AvalonHigh'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. [[spoiler: It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.]]
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* Both Physis and Jomy have this reaction to Keith Anyan in the last two episodes of ''TowardTheTerra'', each separately commenting that even though Keith has been doing everything he can to exterminate their race, they can't bring themselves to hate him. In both cases the most probable answer to [=~Why Can't I Hate You?~=] seems to be "Because he already hates himself enough for both."
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* Both Physis and Jomy have this reaction to Keith Anyan in the last two episodes of ''TowardTheTerra'', each separately commenting that even though Keith has been doing everything he can to exterminate their race, they can't bring themselves to hate him. In both cases the most probable answer to [=~Why Can't I Hate You?~=] WhyCantIHateYou seems to be "Because he already hates himself enough for both."
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* TenThingsIHateAboutYou is entirely about this trope. By extension, KissMeKate and TheTamingOfTheShrew.
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** This trope popped up practically every time Ross or Rachel had a RomanticFalseLead, except in rare occasions where they really ''were'' jerks.
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* Played with in interesting (and non-romantic) ways in ''The Things They Carried''. Tim, a soldier in the Vietnam War, is best friends with The Medic, Rat. Rat gets shot, and transferred out of TheSquad. Soon after, Tim himself is shot, and nearly looses his leg because Rat's replacement forgot to treat him for shock. Tim is rather bitter about this. Tim learns that the new medic is actually a nice guy who was simply inexperienced and cracked under the pressure of combat. Tim comments that if he could only bring himself to hate the new medic, he could also forgive him.
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* In TigerAndBunny, all the heroes are in competition, and it would be normal for the older heroes to resent the current young King of Heroes, Sky High. If only he weren't so polite, earnest, and enthusiastic all the time.
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* In TigerAndBunny, ''TigerAndBunny'', all the heroes superheroes are in competition, and competition with each other, so it would be normal for the older heroes them to resent the current young King of Heroes, Sky High. If only he weren't so polite, earnest, and enthusiastic all the time.
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* In ''WhenHarryMetSally'', this is Sally's response to Harry's LoveConfession at the end.
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-->---'''TheStoneRoses''', "I Am the Resurrection"
Alice is in love with Bob. Unfortunately, she finds out that Carol is also in love with Bob, leading her to view Carol as an enemy. The catch? Carol is so damn nice to Alice that Alice feels guilty about disliking her. If Carol happens to be Bob's girlfriend, things can get even worse.
This can also apply to situations where someone simply has a non-romantic reason for hating someone, but said someone is too nice/charming to dislike. Can result in a GoKartingWithBowser-like scenario if the participants in the LoveTriangle end up hanging out a lot.
Compare FriendlyEnemy.
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!!Examples of the romantic version:
* ''ElGoonishShive'' has Justin feeling like this toward Sarah.
* In ''SgtFrog'', Tamama sees Angol Mois as a rival for Keroro's love and attention, but is frequently overwhelmed by her niceness. At one point in the dub, he thinks to himself regarding Mois "Stop making it so hard for me to hate you!"
** Mois also once turned Kululu into a shambling wreck by simply staring at him for an extended period. "I can't be mean to those eyes!"
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has a more complex version, with Yue trying to help her best friend Nodoka get closer to Negi...and then falling for Negi herself. She feels like a huge jerk for a while, thinking that she's betrayed her friend.
* While there is no love triangle involved, in ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', when it comes to light that [[spoiler: you're Revan]], a talk with Carth reveals that he "tried to hate you, but couldn't." It's especially good to hear if you're a female PC seeking a romance sub-plot with him.
** Of course, he does give this exact same speach to the canonically [[HoYay male]] Revan.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Arrancar: The Arrival arc Orihime Inoue realized she was in love with Ichigo Kurosaki and felt this way toward her friend Rukia Kuchiki, who was also close to Ichigo.
* On ''{{Friends}}'' Rachel sort of felt this about Julie. Monica had to remind her that Julie has done nothing wrong.
* This happens on ''{{Karin}}''. Winner is in love with Karin, who dislikes him because he's a vampire slayer (though it helps that he's utterly incompetent). Meanwhile, Karin's best friend, Maki, has a crush on Winner. Maki even says once, through thinly-veiled hypotheticals, that she wishes she could hate Karin for attracting Winner's attention, but Karin's too good a friend for that.
* Ben Stiller's character feels this way about Owen Wilson's character, his fiance's ex-boyfriend, in ''MeetTheParents''.
* Pretty much the whole set-up of ''{{Reba}}''. Barbara Jean is Brock's new wife but treats Reba, the ex, as a close personal friend which is what they eventually become.
* ''MyNameIsEarl'': Earl is and always has been on friendly terms with Darnell (aka "Crab Man"), the man who cuckolded him and stole his wife.
* In the book ''Avalon High'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. [[spoiler: It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.]]
* Obligatory ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
* In series 2 of ''AshesToAshes'' [[AscendedExtra Jackie]] turns up at CID claiming to be [[TheBabyTrap pregnant with Gene's baby]] and Alex can only [[GreenEyedMonster look on in horror as he proposes to Jackie.]] However Alex and Jackie bond over the episode and besides, why on earth would Alex affected by it? I mean [[GreenEyedEpiphany it's not like she's got any feelings whatsoever]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial for this glorified imaginary construct.]] [[spoiler: It all gets better when Jackie reveals [[ManipulativeBastard she lied to get Gene to help her]] and was [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim insulted he believed she would sleep with him.]]]]
* In ''ForgettingSarahMarshall'', Peter tells Aldous that while he has many reasons to hate him, the main one being that he's the guy Sarah dumped him to be with, he can't deny that Aldous is a cool guy too. But then it's subverted a minute later when Aldous lets slip that [[YourCheatingHeart he and Sarah had begun seeing each other a year before she and Peter actually broke up]], enraging Peter.
* SpellmanFiles has this go on with Maggie. Isabel (and her sister Rae to some extent) don't really want her to settle down with Henry, but both Spellmans can't help but like Maggie. [[spoiler: Luckily for them, Maggie breaks up with Henry and becomes their future sister-in-law instead.]]
* TenThingsIHateAboutYou is entirely about this trope. By extension, KissMeKate and TheTamingOfTheShrew.
* In ''AMomentOfPeace'', Ito feels this way toward Crux on first meeting. Crux is [[AllLoveIsUnrequited the unrequited crush of his unrequited crush.]]
* Discussed in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', when Navani tells Dalinar that she really tried to hate his (now deceased) wife, but couldn't because she was too nice.
* On ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'', Heloise begins dating Peep to [[OperationJealousy make Jimmy jealous]]. It works, but to her suprise Jimmy and Peep hit it off quite well on non-Heloise topics.
* On ''SisterSister,'' Lisa meets the woman who is apparently keeping Ray from getting together with her, and admits that she's conflicted about whether or not she should be angry at the woman or invite her into the house for a snack. It probably helps that the woman pulls a IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy. (Made weirder because "the other woman" turned out to be [[spoiler:Ray's ''[[YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost dead]]'' wife, whom he felt reluctant to move on from]].
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!!Non-romantic examples:
* Also from ''{{Friends}}'', Monica and the woman who stole her identity. Monica became friends with her.
* A more disturbing example: ''{{Anime/Monster}}'': "No matter what he did, I think I will forgive him". Yeah, [[CompleteMonster Johan]] is just that charming.
* Played with in interesting (and non-romantic) ways in ''The Things They Carried''. Tim, a soldier in the Vietnam War, is best friends with The Medic, Rat. Rat gets shot, and transferred out of TheSquad. Soon after, Tim himself is shot, and nearly looses his leg because Rat's replacement forgot to treat him for shock. Tim is rather bitter about this. Tim learns that the new medic is actually a nice guy who was simply inexperienced and cracked under the pressure of combat. Tim comments that if he could only bring himself to hate the new medic, he could also forgive him.
* Both Physis and Jomy have this reaction to Keith Anyan in the last two episodes of ''TowardTheTerra'', each separately commenting that even though Keith has been doing everything he can to exterminate their race, they can't bring themselves to hate him. In both cases the most probable answer to [=~Why Can't I Hate You?~=] seems to be "Because he already hates himself enough for both."
* Real life example: American tennis player Andy Roddick on Roger Federer, the man who's denied him multiple slams, most painfully one at Wimbledon 2009: "I've said to him before, 'I'd love to hate you, but you're really nice.'"
* ''Bring Me the Head ofPrince Charming'' mixes this with an aversion of EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily--sloth, wrath, and pettiness are so rampant in the demonic community that the demon protagonist discovers he likes his angelic counterpart more than he likes most of his fellow demons. [[spoiler:Until said angel hooks up with his ex-girlfriend and converts her to the side of light, that is . . .]]
* In SquidRow, Randi is surprised to find her non-romantic male friend's new girlfriend is really nice and she likes her.
* In ''PennyAndAggie'', Duane, noticing for the first time the emotional vulnerability of TheFundamentalist Charlotte (who had attempted to frame a fellow student for making a bomb threat, and had slandered a lesbian student as a rapist), thinks to himself, "What is wrong with me, that I can't hate you now?"
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->''"And I hate how much I love you boy. \\
I can't stand how much I need you. \\
And I hate how much I love you boy. \\
But I just can't let you go, \\
And I hate that I love you so."''
->{{Rihanna}}, "Hate That I Love You"
-->''I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like''
-->'''TheStoneRoses''', "I Am the Resurrection"
Alice is in love with Bob. Unfortunately, she finds out that Carol is also in love with Bob, leading her to view Carol as an enemy. The catch? Carol is so damn nice to Alice that Alice feels guilty about disliking her. If Carol happens to be Bob's girlfriend, things can get even worse.
This can also apply to situations where someone simply has a non-romantic reason for hating someone, but said someone is too nice/charming to dislike. Can result in a GoKartingWithBowser-like scenario if the participants in the LoveTriangle end up hanging out a lot.
Compare FriendlyEnemy.
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!!Examples of the romantic version:
* ''ElGoonishShive'' has Justin feeling like this toward Sarah.
* In ''SgtFrog'', Tamama sees Angol Mois as a rival for Keroro's love and attention, but is frequently overwhelmed by her niceness. At one point in the dub, he thinks to himself regarding Mois "Stop making it so hard for me to hate you!"
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has a more complex version, with Yue trying to help her best friend Nodoka get closer to Negi...and then falling for Negi herself. She feels like a huge jerk for a while, thinking that she's betrayed her friend.
* While there is no love triangle involved, in ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', when it comes to light that [[spoiler: you're Revan]], a talk with Carth reveals that he "tried to hate you, but couldn't." It's especially good to hear if you're a female PC seeking a romance sub-plot with him.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Arrancar: The Arrival arc Orihime Inoue realized she was in love with Ichigo Kurosaki and felt this way toward her friend Rukia Kuchiki, who was also close to Ichigo.
* On ''{{Friends}}'' Rachel sort of felt this about Julie. Monica had to remind her that Julie has done nothing wrong.
* This happens on ''{{Karin}}''. Winner is in love with Karin, who dislikes him because he's a vampire slayer (though it helps that he's utterly incompetent). Meanwhile, Karin's best friend, Maki, has a crush on Winner. Maki even says once, through thinly-veiled hypotheticals, that she wishes she could hate Karin for attracting Winner's attention, but Karin's too good a friend for that.
* Ben Stiller's character feels this way about Owen Wilson's character, his fiance's ex-boyfriend, in ''MeetTheParents''.
* Pretty much the whole set-up of ''{{Reba}}''. Barbara Jean is Brock's new wife but treats Reba, the ex, as a close personal friend which is what they eventually become.
* ''MyNameIsEarl'': Earl is and always has been on friendly terms with Darnell (aka "Crab Man"), the man who cuckolded him and stole his wife.
* In the book ''Avalon High'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. [[spoiler: It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.]]
* Obligatory ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
* In series 2 of ''AshesToAshes'' [[AscendedExtra Jackie]] turns up at CID claiming to be [[TheBabyTrap pregnant with Gene's baby]] and Alex can only [[GreenEyedMonster look on in horror as he proposes to Jackie.]] However Alex and Jackie bond over the episode and besides, why on earth would Alex affected by it? I mean [[SkaterBoySyndrome it's not like she's got any feelings whatsoever]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial for this glorified imaginary construct.]] [[spoiler: It all gets better when Jackie reveals [[ManipulativeBastard she lied to get Gene to help her]] and was [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim insulted he believed she would sleep with him.]]]]
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!!Non-romantic examples:
* Also from ''{{Friends}}'', Monica and the woman who stole her identity. Monica became friends with her.
* A more disturbing example: ''{{Monster}}'': "No matter what he did, I think I will forgive him". Yeah, [[CompleteMonster Johan]] is just that charming.
* Played with in interesting (an non-romantic) ways in ''The Things They Carried''. Tim, a soldier in the Vietnam War, is bets friends with The Medic, Rat. Rat gets shot, and transferred out of TheSquad. Soon after, Tim himself is shot, and nearly looses his leg because Rat's replacement forgot to treat him for shock. Tim is rather bitter about this. Tim learns that the new medic is actually a nice guy who was simply inexperienced and cracked under the pressue of combat. Tim comments that if he could only bring himself to hate the new medic, he could also forgive him.
* Both Physis and Jomy have this reaction to Keith Anyan in the last two episodes of ''TowardTheTerra'', each separately commenting that even though Keith has been doing everything he can to exterminate their race, they can't bring themselves to hate him. In both cases the most probable answer to [[WhyCantIHateYou Why Can't I Hate You?]] seems to be "Because he already hates himself enough for both."
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I can't stand how much I need you. \\
And I hate how much I love you boy. \\
But I just can't let you go, \\
And I hate that I love you so."''
->{{Rihanna}}, "Hate That I Love You"
-->''I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like''
-->'''TheStoneRoses''', "I Am the Resurrection"
Alice is in love with Bob. Unfortunately, she finds out that Carol is also in love with Bob, leading her to view Carol as an enemy. The catch? Carol is so damn nice to Alice that Alice feels guilty about disliking her. If Carol happens to be Bob's girlfriend, things can get even worse.
This can also apply to situations where someone simply has a non-romantic reason for hating someone, but said someone is too nice/charming to dislike. Can result in a GoKartingWithBowser-like scenario if the participants in the LoveTriangle end up hanging out a lot.
Compare FriendlyEnemy.
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!!Examples of the romantic version:
* ''ElGoonishShive'' has Justin feeling like this toward Sarah.
* In ''SgtFrog'', Tamama sees Angol Mois as a rival for Keroro's love and attention, but is frequently overwhelmed by her niceness. At one point in the dub, he thinks to himself regarding Mois "Stop making it so hard for me to hate you!"
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has a more complex version, with Yue trying to help her best friend Nodoka get closer to Negi...and then falling for Negi herself. She feels like a huge jerk for a while, thinking that she's betrayed her friend.
* While there is no love triangle involved, in ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', when it comes to light that [[spoiler: you're Revan]], a talk with Carth reveals that he "tried to hate you, but couldn't." It's especially good to hear if you're a female PC seeking a romance sub-plot with him.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Arrancar: The Arrival arc Orihime Inoue realized she was in love with Ichigo Kurosaki and felt this way toward her friend Rukia Kuchiki, who was also close to Ichigo.
* On ''{{Friends}}'' Rachel sort of felt this about Julie. Monica had to remind her that Julie has done nothing wrong.
* This happens on ''{{Karin}}''. Winner is in love with Karin, who dislikes him because he's a vampire slayer (though it helps that he's utterly incompetent). Meanwhile, Karin's best friend, Maki, has a crush on Winner. Maki even says once, through thinly-veiled hypotheticals, that she wishes she could hate Karin for attracting Winner's attention, but Karin's too good a friend for that.
* Ben Stiller's character feels this way about Owen Wilson's character, his fiance's ex-boyfriend, in ''MeetTheParents''.
* Pretty much the whole set-up of ''{{Reba}}''. Barbara Jean is Brock's new wife but treats Reba, the ex, as a close personal friend which is what they eventually become.
* ''MyNameIsEarl'': Earl is and always has been on friendly terms with Darnell (aka "Crab Man"), the man who cuckolded him and stole his wife.
* In the book ''Avalon High'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. [[spoiler: It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.]]
* Obligatory ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
* In series 2 of ''AshesToAshes'' [[AscendedExtra Jackie]] turns up at CID claiming to be [[TheBabyTrap pregnant with Gene's baby]] and Alex can only [[GreenEyedMonster look on in horror as he proposes to Jackie.]] However Alex and Jackie bond over the episode and besides, why on earth would Alex affected by it? I mean [[SkaterBoySyndrome it's not like she's got any feelings whatsoever]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial for this glorified imaginary construct.]] [[spoiler: It all gets better when Jackie reveals [[ManipulativeBastard she lied to get Gene to help her]] and was [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim insulted he believed she would sleep with him.]]]]
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!!Non-romantic examples:
* Also from ''{{Friends}}'', Monica and the woman who stole her identity. Monica became friends with her.
* A more disturbing example: ''{{Monster}}'': "No matter what he did, I think I will forgive him". Yeah, [[CompleteMonster Johan]] is just that charming.
* Played with in interesting (an non-romantic) ways in ''The Things They Carried''. Tim, a soldier in the Vietnam War, is bets friends with The Medic, Rat. Rat gets shot, and transferred out of TheSquad. Soon after, Tim himself is shot, and nearly looses his leg because Rat's replacement forgot to treat him for shock. Tim is rather bitter about this. Tim learns that the new medic is actually a nice guy who was simply inexperienced and cracked under the pressue of combat. Tim comments that if he could only bring himself to hate the new medic, he could also forgive him.
* Both Physis and Jomy have this reaction to Keith Anyan in the last two episodes of ''TowardTheTerra'', each separately commenting that even though Keith has been doing everything he can to exterminate their race, they can't bring themselves to hate him. In both cases the most probable answer to [[WhyCantIHateYou Why Can't I Hate You?]] seems to be "Because he already hates himself enough for both."
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to:
I can't stand how much I need you. \\
And I hate how much I love you boy. \\
But I just can't let you go, \\
And I hate that I love you so."''
->{{Rihanna}}, "Hate That I Love You"
-->''I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like''
-->'''TheStoneRoses''', "I Am the Resurrection"
Alice is in love with Bob. Unfortunately, she finds out that Carol is also in love with Bob, leading her to view Carol as an enemy. The catch? Carol is so damn nice to Alice that Alice feels guilty about disliking her. If Carol happens to be Bob's girlfriend, things can get even worse.
This can also apply to situations where someone simply has a non-romantic reason for hating someone, but said someone is too nice/charming to dislike. Can result in a GoKartingWithBowser-like scenario if the participants in the LoveTriangle end up hanging out a lot.
Compare FriendlyEnemy.
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!!Examples of the romantic version:
* ''ElGoonishShive'' has Justin feeling like this toward Sarah.
* In ''SgtFrog'', Tamama sees Angol Mois as a rival for Keroro's love and attention, but is frequently overwhelmed by her niceness. At one point in the dub, he thinks to himself regarding Mois "Stop making it so hard for me to hate you!"
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has a more complex version, with Yue trying to help her best friend Nodoka get closer to Negi...and then falling for Negi herself. She feels like a huge jerk for a while, thinking that she's betrayed her friend.
* While there is no love triangle involved, in ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', when it comes to light that [[spoiler: you're Revan]], a talk with Carth reveals that he "tried to hate you, but couldn't." It's especially good to hear if you're a female PC seeking a romance sub-plot with him.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'', during the Arrancar: The Arrival arc Orihime Inoue realized she was in love with Ichigo Kurosaki and felt this way toward her friend Rukia Kuchiki, who was also close to Ichigo.
* On ''{{Friends}}'' Rachel sort of felt this about Julie. Monica had to remind her that Julie has done nothing wrong.
* This happens on ''{{Karin}}''. Winner is in love with Karin, who dislikes him because he's a vampire slayer (though it helps that he's utterly incompetent). Meanwhile, Karin's best friend, Maki, has a crush on Winner. Maki even says once, through thinly-veiled hypotheticals, that she wishes she could hate Karin for attracting Winner's attention, but Karin's too good a friend for that.
* Ben Stiller's character feels this way about Owen Wilson's character, his fiance's ex-boyfriend, in ''MeetTheParents''.
* Pretty much the whole set-up of ''{{Reba}}''. Barbara Jean is Brock's new wife but treats Reba, the ex, as a close personal friend which is what they eventually become.
* ''MyNameIsEarl'': Earl is and always has been on friendly terms with Darnell (aka "Crab Man"), the man who cuckolded him and stole his wife.
* In the book ''Avalon High'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. [[spoiler: It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.]]
* Obligatory ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
* In series 2 of ''AshesToAshes'' [[AscendedExtra Jackie]] turns up at CID claiming to be [[TheBabyTrap pregnant with Gene's baby]] and Alex can only [[GreenEyedMonster look on in horror as he proposes to Jackie.]] However Alex and Jackie bond over the episode and besides, why on earth would Alex affected by it? I mean [[SkaterBoySyndrome it's not like she's got any feelings whatsoever]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial for this glorified imaginary construct.]] [[spoiler: It all gets better when Jackie reveals [[ManipulativeBastard she lied to get Gene to help her]] and was [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim insulted he believed she would sleep with him.]]]]
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!!Non-romantic examples:
* Also from ''{{Friends}}'', Monica and the woman who stole her identity. Monica became friends with her.
* A more disturbing example: ''{{Monster}}'': "No matter what he did, I think I will forgive him". Yeah, [[CompleteMonster Johan]] is just that charming.
* Played with in interesting (an non-romantic) ways in ''The Things They Carried''. Tim, a soldier in the Vietnam War, is bets friends with The Medic, Rat. Rat gets shot, and transferred out of TheSquad. Soon after, Tim himself is shot, and nearly looses his leg because Rat's replacement forgot to treat him for shock. Tim is rather bitter about this. Tim learns that the new medic is actually a nice guy who was simply inexperienced and cracked under the pressue of combat. Tim comments that if he could only bring himself to hate the new medic, he could also forgive him.
* Both Physis and Jomy have this reaction to Keith Anyan in the last two episodes of ''TowardTheTerra'', each separately commenting that even though Keith has been doing everything he can to exterminate their race, they can't bring themselves to hate him. In both cases the most probable answer to [[WhyCantIHateYou Why Can't I Hate You?]] seems to be "Because he already hates himself enough for both."
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I can't stand how much I need you. \\
And I hate how much I love you boy. \\
But I just can't let you go, \\
And I hate that I love you so."''
->{{Rihanna}}, "Hate That I Love You"
I can't stand how much I need you. \\
And I hate how much I love you boy. \\
But I just can't let you go, \\
And I hate that I love you so."''
->{{Rihanna}}, "Hate That I Love You"
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