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15 | ->''"Love is not love\ |
16 | Which alters when it alteration finds,\ |
17 | Or bends with the remover to remove:\ |
18 | O no! it is an ever-fixed mark\ |
19 | That looks on tempests and is never shaken"'' |
20 | --> -- '''Creator/WilliamShakespeare''', "Sonnet 116" |
21 | |
22 | Ah, love. One of the fundamental forces of [[RuleOfDrama drama]], and a key component in SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments. [[TheFourLoves Love comes in many forms]], but this index lists virtually all {{tropes}} concerning the most recognizable form, romantic love. For tropes about familial love and platonic love, see FamilyTropes and FriendshipTropes, respectively. For the unconditional love felt for everyone, see AllLovingHero. |
23 | |
24 | Compare RomanceNovel, AdmirationTropes, KissingTropes. Contrast HatredTropes... [[BelligerentSexualTension usually]]. |
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26 | !!Tropes: |
27 | [[index]] |
28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
29 | |
30 | [[folder:'''Related indexes and subcategories''']] |
31 | [[AC:Love in general (including non-romantic love)]] |
32 | + FamilyTropes: Tropes about the affection and bonds between people who are related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption. |
33 | + FriendshipTropes: Tropes about the affection and bonds between people who just simply enjoy each other's company. |
34 | + HugTropes: Embracement is a common way for any people who really care about each other to show affection, regardless of whatever type of interpersonal relationship they have. |
35 | + KissingTropes: While kissing usually has a romantic context, it can also be done between family or even friends. |
36 | + ReunionTropes: When two or more people who were close to each other meet again after being separated for a while. |
37 | + ThisIndexBrokeUp: When two or more people who were close to each other have a falling out. |
38 | ++ ReconciliationTropes: But then they make up with each other and reunite. |
39 | + ThisIndexIsNotMyGirlfriend: Are these two people in a platonic or romantic relationship? It's hard to tell. |
40 | \ |
41 | [[AC:Romantic love and sexual lust]] |
42 | + AttractionTropes: Tropes about physical attraction between people, be it mutual or one-sided. |
43 | + DatingTropes: Tropes about activities between unmarried lovers. |
44 | + DysfunctionalRomanceIndex: Tropes about "love" gone horribly wrong. |
45 | ++ TheExIndex: Tropes about ex-lovers and former spouses, and why they split in the first place. |
46 | ++ InfidelityIndex: Tropes about adultery and infidelity, or the act of cheating on one's (monogamous) partner by secretly engaging in a romantic/sexual affair with another person. |
47 | + FlirtingAndCourtship: Ways of expressing romantic or sexual attraction to another person. |
48 | + ForbiddenLove: When a pair of lovers are kept separated from each other due to familial or social pressures. |
49 | + IndexOfRomanticCouples: Types of lover duos. |
50 | + InterracialAndInterspeciesLoveIndex: Love and sex between two people from (very) different backgrounds. |
51 | + LoveInterests: A classic character archetype of people who are meant to fall in love with the protagonist. |
52 | + LoveIsACrapshoot: Love can be good, but it can also go bad, or complicate things. |
53 | + MarriageTropes: Tropes about the legal union of spouses. |
54 | ++ WeddingAndEngagementTropes: Tropes about ritual ceremonies that initiate marriage. |
55 | + QueerAsTropes: Tropes about non-heterosexual romance. |
56 | + RomanceArc: An arc of two characters becoming lovers. |
57 | + RomanceNovelTropes: Tropes common to romance novels. |
58 | ++ RomanceNovelPlots: Common plots in romance novels. |
59 | + RomanticResolutions: Common endings to love stories. |
60 | + RuleOfRomantic: Unrealistic stuff is fine, so long as it's romantic. |
61 | + SexTropes: Tropes about sexual lust, which is closely related to (but not quite the same thing as) romantic love. |
62 | + ShippingTropes: Some fans are really rooting for their preferred pair of characters to fall in love with each other. |
63 | + TheSinglesIndex: Tropes about individuals without romantic partners. |
64 | + UnrequitedLoveTropes: Tropes about unreciprocated affection or attraction to another person. |
65 | [[/folder]] |
66 | |
67 | [[folder:Tropes (A-G)]] |
68 | * AbductionIsLove: Kidnapping your LoveInterest guarantees they'll fall in love with you. |
69 | * AbortedDeclarationOfLove: You're about to confess your love for somebody, but then decide not to. |
70 | * AccidentalAdultery: Cheating on your lover/spouse by mistake, e.g. [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated thinking they were dead]] when they were actually alive. |
71 | * AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: A moment that has one character confess his feelings to another by accident. |
72 | * AccidentalHandHold: ShipTease moment where two characters end up locking hands with each other when they reach for the same item. |
73 | * ActOfTrueLove: An action done to prove one's love for another. |
74 | * ActionGirlfriend: Badass girlfriend. |
75 | * AdaptationalSexuality: A character's sexual orientation is changed in an adaptation of a story. |
76 | * AdrenalineMakeover: The heat of adventure turns a frumpy, uncool character into TheHero's attractive LoveInterest. |
77 | * AfterActionPatchUp: ShipTease moment where a character gets their wounds patched up by their LoveInterest. |
78 | * AgentsDating: Secret agents fall in love. |
79 | * AgeGapAlgebra: Calculating age difference between partners in order to determine compatibility. |
80 | * AgeGapRomance: Romance where one partner is notably older or younger than the other. |
81 | * AirplaneOfLove: An airplane takes off to symbolize unrequited love. |
82 | * AllAmazonsWantHercules: A strong, tough woman falls in love with a man who is stronger than or just as strong as her. |
83 | * AllGaysArePromiscuous: Homosexual men are depicted as being incapable of committing themselves to one partner. |
84 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Girls fall for guys who are moody or outright criminal. |
85 | * AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Guys tend to fall in love with cheerleaders. |
86 | * AllGuysWantSororityWomen: Much like cheerleaders, men tend to fall for women in sororities. |
87 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Romantic affections are not returned. |
88 | * AllLovingHero: A heroic character who has unlimited love and compassion for others. |
89 | * AllergicToLove: Love makes you feel sick. |
90 | * AlmostKiss: Two characters come close to kissing. |
91 | * AloneAmongTheCouples: One character is single while everyone else around them is in a relationship. |
92 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Saving your LoveInterest before anyone else. |
93 | * AmIJustAToyToYou: Person A confronts Person B about how serious their relationship is. |
94 | * AmazonChaser: A guy who falls in love with tough girls. |
95 | * AmicableExes: Former lovers who have remained on good terms with each other. |
96 | * AmnesiacLover: The protagonist's LoveInterest gets amnesia and can't remember their own lover. |
97 | * AnchoredShip: A potential romantic pairing that's been put on hold. |
98 | * AngelDevilShipping: Romance between a heroic, sweet-natured character and a darker, more devilish character. |
99 | * AngerBornOfWorry: When you love someone, you get angry at them for endangering themselves. |
100 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Confessing your love for somebody during a moment of angst. |
101 | * AnimalSweetOnObject: An animal has a crush on an inanimate object. |
102 | * AntiLoveSong: A not so sweet song about love. |
103 | * ArtistsAreAttractive: Many folks can't help but fall for a poet, painter, musician, etc. |
104 | * AttractiveZombie: Even the undead find love. |
105 | * AttractivenessIsolation: A conventionally attractive person has trouble finding love due to people being scared to talk to them. |
106 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: No matter how much they fight, they really do care about each other very much. |
107 | * BalancedHarem: A HaremGenre story where each haremette is given equal screentime and a shot at being with the lead. |
108 | * BalconyWooingScene: A lover courts his maiden from below her window or balcony. |
109 | * BattleCouple: Lovers who kick ass together. |
110 | * BeachKiss: A couple share a passionate kiss on the beach. |
111 | * TheBeard: A character who pretends to be someone's lover to hide someone's sexuality. |
112 | * BeastAndBeauty: A couple involving a beautiful girl and a monstrous man (literal or not). |
113 | * BeautifulDreamer: Lovingly watching your lover sleep. |
114 | * BecomingTheMask: TheMole genuinely comes to fall in love with the person they were stringing along. |
115 | * BelatedLoveEpiphany: Realizing that you love someone when they're no longer there with you. |
116 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Two people are in love, but they mask their feelings behind arguments. |
117 | * BestHerToBedHer: A man must defeat a strong woman in combat if he wishes to romance her. |
118 | * TheBet: Love is involved in a wager. |
119 | * BetaCouple: A secondary couple who acts as the more stable foil to the main couple. |
120 | * BetterAsFriends: Two people were in love for a while, but then decided it was better that they were JustFriends. |
121 | * BetterPartnerAssertion: Someone tries to convince the person they love that they would be a better lover than their romantic rival. |
122 | * BettyAndVeronica: A love triangle where the lead's prospective {{Love Interest}}s are the sweet, reliable GirlNextDoor and the more daring, sultry MsFanservice. |
123 | * BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: One couple are SickeningSweethearts while another is very argumentative. |
124 | * TheBigDamnKiss: A grandiose kiss scene. |
125 | * BirdsOfAFeather: A couple share similarities with each other. |
126 | * BiteOfAffection: Love for somebody is shown through the form of biting them. |
127 | * BiWildered: Confusion about one's own or another's bisexuality. |
128 | * BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Relationships between black women and white men tend to be stigmatized. |
129 | * BlindDate: Going on a date with someone you never met. |
130 | * BodyguardCrush: Falling in love with somebody hired to protect you or vice versa. |
131 | * BoyMeetsGhoul: Romance between the living and the undead. |
132 | * BoyMeetsGirl: A boy and a girl meet, lose each other, then find each other again. |
133 | * BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: You must break up with your lover in order to protect them. |
134 | * BreakUpBonfire: Things that remind you of your former lover are thrown into a fire. |
135 | * BreakfastInBed: Showing appreciation and affection for another by preparing them a meal served upon their waking in bed. |
136 | * BridalCarry: A character carries his LoveInterest in his arms and/or vice versa. |
137 | * BromanticFoil: The romantic male lead's foil who's unlucky in love. |
138 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: A moody bad boy and a sweet, kind girl fall in love. |
139 | * BrotherSisterIncest: Romance between siblings. |
140 | * BusinessTripAdultery: Using a business trip (one's own or another's) to have an affair. |
141 | * CannotTalkToWomen: A guy who has trouble talking to girls. |
142 | * CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Refusing to do anything lewd when in the presence of the one you love. |
143 | * CantHaveSexEver: You and your lover can't have sex or something bad will happen. |
144 | * CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: When you prefer to be alone but find yourself oddly attached to another. |
145 | * CantTieHisTie: A man allows a woman (who he may or may not be romantic with yet) to tie his tie, showing their closeness. |
146 | * CaptiveDate: Being forced to go on a date against your will. |
147 | * CardiovascularLove: Hearts always represent love. |
148 | * CareBearStare: ThePowerOfLove literally weaponized. |
149 | * CartwrightCurse: TheHero's lovers tend to die once involved with him/her. |
150 | * CasualKink: BDSM and other fetishes are seen as normal expressions of love. |
151 | * CaughtInTheRain: ShipTease moment where a couple seek shelter from the rain and they get intimate with each other as a result. |
152 | * CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve: ShipTease moment where one partner grabs the other partner's arm/sleeve. |
153 | * CelibateHero: TheHero who understands romantic love, yet forgoes it. |
154 | * ChangingYourselfForLove: Changing your image to impress a love interest. |
155 | * ChastityCouple: They're in love, but they're not physically intimate with each other. |
156 | * CherryBlossoms: Japanese cherry blossoms are used to symbolize love and romance. |
157 | * ChicAndAwe: One character assumes that another will be unattractive, but, upon seeing them in person for the first time, discovers that they're incredibly good-looking. |
158 | * ChildOfForbiddenLove: The child from a [[ForbiddenLove forbidden relationship]]. |
159 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: People who have been friends since childhood get a RelationshipUpgrade. |
160 | * ChildhoodMarriagePromise: ChildhoodFriends promise to get married when they grow up. |
161 | * ChocolateOfRomance: Chocolate makes a good gift for your lover. |
162 | * ClaimedByTheSupernatural: A supernatural being falls in love with a regular person and "claims" them with some sort of "mark". |
163 | * CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: When the lead hooks up with their OneTrueLove, their other suitors are, often out of nowhere, paired off with other characters. |
164 | * ClingyJealousGirl: She tends to be very possessive of her LoveInterest. |
165 | * ClosetKey: A character who makes a person realize that they're actually gay/bi, often they end up hooking up with that character in return. |
166 | * CluelessChickMagnet: This guy has no clue how popular he is with the ladies. |
167 | * CockFight: Two guys fight for the affections of a girl. |
168 | * ComfortingComforter: ShipTease moment where someone covers their LoveInterest with a blanket when they start to get cold. |
169 | * ComingOfAgeQueerRomance: A character realizes they are queer and falls for (and ends up in a relationship with) another queer character. |
170 | * CommitmentIssues: Fear of settling down with a LoveInterest. |
171 | * CommonLawMarriage: A couple live together for a very long time but aren't married. |
172 | * CompetingWithACorpse: A LoveTriangle where one party is already dead. |
173 | * ConcertClimax: A GrandRomanticGesture occurs at a climatic event. |
174 | * ConfessionTriggersConsummation: The first confession of love between two characters immediately leads to sex. |
175 | * ConverseWithTheUnconscious: ShipTease moment where a character talks to their LoveInterest while they're unconscious, often in a very angsty way. |
176 | * ConvertingForLove: Converting to a religion to be with your lover. |
177 | * CoupledCouples: Two couples who are good friends. |
178 | * CourtlyLove: Medieval style romance where characters love each other from afar. |
179 | * CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: A character is eccentric or outright insane, which makes them more appealing in the romantic and sexual sense. |
180 | * CrazyJealousGuy: He can't stand seeing his LoveInterest be with anyone else. |
181 | * CriminallyAttractive: A criminal falls in love with either their victim or an official who would normally bring them into custody. |
182 | * CrushBlush: Love causes you to blush. |
183 | * CrushFilter: Someone's crush is shown in a beautiful, ethereal light from their perspective. |
184 | * CryIntoChest: A ShipTease moment where one partner cries into the other partner's chest. |
185 | * CuckoldHorns: A pair of horns used to show that a man's lover has been unfaithful. |
186 | * CupidsArrow: Falling in love personified by the love god, Cupid. |
187 | * DanceOfRomance: A couple dances together. |
188 | * DatingCatwoman: Enemies who are also lovers. |
189 | * DatingDoSiDo: Characters in a long-running show all date each other at some point. |
190 | * DeadSparks: They were once in love, but the romance died out a long time ago. |
191 | * ADeadlyAffair: When an affair turns into a crime scene. [[AnyoneCanDie Victim(s) can vary.]] |
192 | * DearJohnLetter: A romantic relationship is broken off through mail. |
193 | * DeathAndTheMaiden: A personification of death falls in love with a woman. |
194 | * DeathOfTheHypotenuse: A love triangle is resolved when one of the prospective {{Love Interest}}s dies. |
195 | * DecemberDecemberRomance: Elders in love. |
196 | * DeclarationOfProtection: Making a vow to protect the one you love. |
197 | * DeconfirmedBachelor: He vowed to never be in a relationship, but then he met "her". |
198 | * DefenestrateAndBerate: Throwing out or destroying your ex-lover's belongings. |
199 | * DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest: A character is DemotedToExtra once they hook up with TheHero. |
200 | * DerailingLoveInterests: Getting the OfficialCouple together by making the RomanticFalseLead look bad. |
201 | * DestructiveRomance: A deeply unhappy and dysfunctional romantic relationship (sometimes to the point of being abusive). |
202 | * DestructoNookie: Lovers have sex so rough, stuff gets wrecked. |
203 | * DevotedToYou: A character who inspires obsessive devotion in those around them. |
204 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: TheHero doesn't win their LoveInterest. |
205 | * DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Romance between a human and an EldritchAbomination. |
206 | * DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: Despite still loving each other, breaking up because you know you will be unhappy together. |
207 | * DiscountLesbians: Nonhuman characters used to represent a homosexual relationship. |
208 | * DismissingACompliment: A character (often a {{Tsundere}} or an InsecureLoveInterest) doesn't believe something nice their LoveInterest tells them. |
209 | * DisposableFiance: A RomanticFalseLead character whose role is to get dumped by the lead. |
210 | * DivineDate: Romance between a mortal and a god. |
211 | * DivorceRequiresDeath: Wanting to leave your spouse means one of you will have to die. |
212 | * DontYouDarePityMe: A ShipTease moment where one partner tries to comfort the other, only to be turned away. |
213 | * DowntimeDowngrade: Two characters hook up at the end of the story, only to have broken up by the sequel. |
214 | %%* Driven By A Love Interest: Character's entire life revolves around their love interest. |
215 | * DrowningOurRomanticSorrows: Romantic rivals get drunk together. |
216 | * DuetBonding: Two people fall in love when they play music together. |
217 | * TheDulcineaEffect: A character falls for someone and instantly wants to protect them with their life. |
218 | * DumpThemAll: The lead chooses not to be with any of their prospective {{Love Interest}}s. |
219 | * DyingDeclarationOfLove: Confessing your love for somebody when you're dying. |
220 | * EatingTheEyeCandy: Eyeing up your LoveInterest's gorgeous body. |
221 | * ElectricLove: Love represented by literal sparks. |
222 | * EliteManCourtesanRomance: Romance between a sex worker and a person of high class. |
223 | * EnterStageWindow: A character visits their LoveInterest via climbing through their window. |
224 | * EternalLove: Immortal lovers who have been together for eons. |
225 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Villains are humanized by being loved, especially from a heroic character. |
226 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Bad guys love someone, romantically or not. |
227 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: It's obvious that these two are meant to be together, if only they themselves saw it. |
228 | * EveryoneMustBePaired: The work insists that every single character must end up with a LoveInterest. |
229 | * ExiledToTheCouch: When a couple fight, one partner is forced to sleep away from the bed. |
230 | * FakeOutMakeOut: ShipTease moment where two characters kiss each other as a way to distract someone. |
231 | * FakeRelationship: Pretending to be in a romantic relationship. |
232 | * FallenCupid: Cupid turned evil! |
233 | * FallingInLoveMontage: A couple is shown spending time together as they fall in love. |
234 | * FalseSoulmate: This person seemed perfect for you at first, but they later turn out to be a mismatch. |
235 | * FalseStart: Something prevents a long-awaited love confession from happening. |
236 | * FanPreferredCouple: The audience supports this couple more than the OfficialCouple. |
237 | * FantasticRomance: A romance only possible in speculative fiction. |
238 | * FatalAttractor: This character always seems to fall in love with evil/mentally unstable people. |
239 | * FateDrivesUsTogether: If two people keep encountering each other, it means they're meant to be together. |
240 | * FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother: A child expresses an innocent desire to marry a family member, oblivious to the incestuous context. |
241 | * FauxInterracialRelationship: They initially seem like a biracial couple, but then they turn out to actually be of the same race. |
242 | * FerrisWheelDateMoment: A couple has a romantic moment on a Ferris wheel. |
243 | * FidelityTest: Testing your lover to see just how faithful they are to you. |
244 | * FinishingEachOthersSentences: People who are so in love know what their partner is gonna say before they do. |
245 | * FireAndIceLoveTriangle: A love triangle where the lead's two LoveInterest choices make up a RedOniBlueOni duo. |
246 | * FireworksOfLove: Fireworks that go off when a couple is kissing, having sex, or otherwise having an intimate moment. |
247 | * TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Being unable to love again due to emotional wounds from a previous relationship. |
248 | * FirstGirlAfterAll: She knew the lead long before they met their other prospective {{Love Interest}}s and therefore hooks up with them. |
249 | * FirstGirlWins: The lead hooks up with the first person they meet in the story. |
250 | * FirstLove: The first person that you've ever fallen in love with. |
251 | * FlamesOfLove: Fire represents the passion in a relationship. |
252 | * FlightOfRomance: Flying with your LoveInterest makes for a good romantic moment. |
253 | * FlirtingUnderFire: The BattleCouple flirt while in the middle of combat. |
254 | * FlirtyStepsiblings: Teenage stepsiblings tend to have romantic subtext with each other. |
255 | * FlorenceNightingaleEffect: A doctor/nurse falls in love with the person under their care. |
256 | * FlowersOfRomance: Flowers are a great gift for your lover. |
257 | * FoeCooties: Wanting nothing to do with your LoveInterest upon knowing they were once involved with your enemy. |
258 | * FoolForLove: TheCynic or KnightInSourArmor falls in love despite emotional wounds from past love relationships. |
259 | * ForbiddenLove: Romantic relationships which are considered taboo. |
260 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: Forgetting that you first met your LoveInterest long ago. |
261 | * ForeverFling: A short-lived, youthful, passionate romance is the yardstick by which all the couple's subsequent romances are measured and fail. |
262 | * TheFourLoves: Romance is not the only form of love there is. |
263 | * FreeLoveFuture: In the future, everyone has sex with whoever they want without committing to each other. |
264 | * FriendVersusLover: A character is fought over by their LoveInterest and best friend. |
265 | * FriendlyWar: Fighting done out of love rather than malice. |
266 | * FriendsWithBenefits: Two people who have sex with each other in a non-romantic relationship without falling in love. |
267 | * FriendshipOnTheSet: Actors become good friends while working on a production together. |
268 | * FromRoommatesToRomance: Love blossoms between two people who live together as a result of their close contact. |
269 | * GardenOfLove: Gardens as a setting for love to take root, grow, and blossom. |
270 | * GaussianGirl: A visual effect where the (usually female) LoveInterest is given a blurry, ethereal look. |
271 | * GayGuySeeksPopularJock: A gay male is in love with the star quarterback of the school. |
272 | * GayOption: A dating game gives you the option to hook up with someone of the same sex. |
273 | * GenderBenderFriendship: Character befriends their LoveInterest while masquerading as the opposite sex. |
274 | * TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: A woman's two choices for a LoveInterest are the polite NiceGuy and the dangerous, more thrilling bad boy. |
275 | * GhostShipping: Fans pair a living character with one who is dead. |
276 | * GibberishOfLove: Being unable to speak in complete sentences when around your LoveInterest. |
277 | * AGirlInEveryPort: Having love/sex affairs while traveling. |
278 | * GirlOfMyDreams: First encountering your LoveInterest in your dreams. |
279 | * GiveGeeksAChance: Nerds are given a chance at love. |
280 | * TheGlomp: Tackling and hugging your LoveInterest tightly. |
281 | * GodCouple: Divine beings in love. |
282 | * GrandRomanticGesture: A big, elaborate event done for someone to show your love for them. |
283 | * GreenEyedEpiphany: Realizing you love someone when seeing them with someone else upsets you. |
284 | * GrowOldWithMe: Lovers stay together to old age. |
285 | [[/folder]] |
286 | |
287 | [[folder:Tropes (H-M)]] |
288 | * HairMemento: A character cutting a piece of their hair and giving it away to someone they love (this can be any kind of love). |
289 | * HandsOnApproach: ShipTease moment where someone gets really close to their LoveInterest while teaching them how to use something. |
290 | * HandsPlayInTheater: Putting your arm around your LoveInterest while you two are at the movies. |
291 | * HappilyMarried: A married couple who are happy together. |
292 | * HappinessInSlavery: Being happy to serve somebody because you love them. |
293 | * HaremGenre: A story where the lead is given multiple choices for a LoveInterest. |
294 | * HaremSeeker: A character who seeks to gain multiple lovers. |
295 | * HeadbuttOfLove: Lovers press their foreheads together. |
296 | * HeadbuttThermometer: ShipTease moment where a character checks their LoveInterest's temperature by pressing their forehead against theirs. |
297 | * HeartBeatDown: Using the HeartSymbol, the quintessential symbol of love, as a weapon. |
298 | * HeartIsWhereTheHomeIs: Turning down a foreign LoveInterest in favor of a local lover. |
299 | * HeartbrokenBadass: A badass who lost the love of their life. |
300 | * HeldGaze: Lovers look deeply into each other's eyes. |
301 | * HerBoyfriendsJacket: Character wears an article of their significant other's clothing. |
302 | * HerHeartWillGoOn: They die, but their lover stays strong. |
303 | * HerosSlaveHarem: A hero has multiple slaves that are in love with them. |
304 | * HighSchoolSweethearts: They've been together since they were teenagers. |
305 | * HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: The love or relationship of two historical characters is portrayed differently to how it was in RealLife. |
306 | * HoldingHands: A classic romantic gesture is lovers locking hands with each other. |
307 | * HollywoodKiss: When couples kiss in fiction, it's always perfect. |
308 | * HomeSweetHome: Staying home to settle down with your LoveInterest after a long adventure. |
309 | * HookedUpAfterwards: At the end of the story, two characters are shown to have started dating. |
310 | * HopelessSuitor: One who has no chance of winning someone's love. |
311 | * HornySailors: Everyone at sea is lustful, all the time. |
312 | * HowDadMetMom: Come around, kids, this is the story of how your father and I fell in love. |
313 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: A couple where the man towers over the woman. |
314 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: Someone who [[BelligerentSexualTension regularly antagonizes their significant other]] gets enraged if someone else wrongs them. |
315 | * ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: A character is surprised to learn that their crush actually loves them back. |
316 | * IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Unintentionally making someone fall in love with you. |
317 | * IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Two people who are good friends refuse to get romantically involved with each other on the grounds that their friendship would go south. |
318 | * IGotYouADrawer: Two characters are signaled to be getting a RelationshipUpgrade when one partner gives the other partner a space in their home to put their stuff. |
319 | * ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: TheCasanova falls in love with someone who rejects their advances. |
320 | * TheILoveYouStigma: Using the word "love" around your significant other too soon can cause them discomfort. |
321 | * ILoveYouVampireSon: A vampire turns their lover into a vampire so the two of them can have EternalLove together. |
322 | * IUhYouToo: A character fumbles their words when they try to say "I love you" to their LoveInterest. |
323 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Being willing to let your unrequited crush go be with the one they love. |
324 | * IfICantHaveYou: Killing someone because they won't return your love. |
325 | * ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Characters are mistakenly assumed to be involved in a love triangle. |
326 | * ImaginedInnuendo: A character's dialogue is misinterpreted as a DoubleEntendre by another. |
327 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: This character has vaguely romantic subtext with TheHero. |
328 | * IncestStandardsAreRelative: A romantic relationship is seen as incestuous due to different culture norms. |
329 | * InLoveWithLove: Being more enamored by the idea of being in a relationship than actually loving someone. |
330 | * InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: TheHero loves a dangerous man's girlfriend. |
331 | * InLoveWithTheMark: A ProfessionalKiller falls in love with the target they're supposed to kill. |
332 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: A villainous or morally ambiguous character falls for someone because of their violent tendencies. |
333 | * IncompatibleOrientation: Two people can't be together because of their differing sexualities. |
334 | * InconvenientAttraction: A character falls in love when they'd rather not. |
335 | * IndirectKiss: Two people share the same bite or drink as if they're kissing. |
336 | * InsecureLoveInterest: A character who believes themself to be unworthy of their LoveInterest. |
337 | * InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Character tries to confess their love for somebody but is interrupted. |
338 | * InterruptedIntimacy: Someone walks in on a couple having some "alone time". |
339 | * InterspeciesRomance: Romance between beings of different species. |
340 | * IntertwinedFingers: Two people lock fingers with each other, showing that they're in love. |
341 | * IntimateArtistry: An artist paints a picture of the one they love. |
342 | * IntimateLotionApplication: Applying lotion on another character as a way to create sexual tension, romantic intimacy, awkwardness, or humor. |
343 | * ItDoesntMeanAnything: Characters who are JustFriends do something intimate with each other and then insist that it was nothing. |
344 | * ItsNotYouItsMe: Breaking off a relationship due to feeling unworthy of your LoveInterest. |
345 | * ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Being with your lover puts them in harm's way. |
346 | * TheJailBaitWait: Waiting for your underage LoveInterest to grow up so you can properly be with them. |
347 | * JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A character's sexual preferences change when they undergo a GenderBender. |
348 | * JustFriends: Two people consider themselves to be only good friends rather than lovers. |
349 | * KissedKeepsake: Not wanting to wash a part of your body that was kissed by your crush. |
350 | * KissingCousins: Romance between cousins. |
351 | * KissingInATree: Childishly mocking people who are in a relationship or seem to be in a relationship. |
352 | * LaceratingLoveLanguage: Expressing your affection through physical violence. |
353 | * LadyAndKnight: The brave, chivalrous knight defends and falls in love with the fair lady. |
354 | * LadykillerInLove: TheCasanova who genuinely falls in love. |
355 | * TheLadysFavour: A woman gives her LoveInterest an item of hers before he goes off into battle. |
356 | * LanguageOfLove: A couple where one partner speaks a different language than the other. |
357 | * LapPillow: ShipTease moment where a character rests their head on their LoveInterest's lap. |
358 | * LastConfessionWins: In a HaremGenre story, the last girl to reveal that she loves the lead is who wins him. |
359 | * LastGirlWins: The lead hooks up with the last person they meet in the story. |
360 | * LastHetRomance: A character realizes that they're gay after a failed heterosexual relationship. |
361 | * LastMinuteHookup: Two characters don't become an OfficialCouple until the end of the story. |
362 | * LaughOfLove: The tendency to laugh when in the presence of your LoveInterest. |
363 | * LaundromatLiaisons: Two characters meet at a laundromat and eventually hook up. |
364 | * LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: Leaving a room so two lovers can have some alone time. |
365 | * LeavingYouToFindMyself: Character breaks off a love relationship to go do some soul searching. |
366 | * LetsDuet: Lovers sing a song together. |
367 | * LetsJustBeFriends: Characters break up, but decide to remain friends because they still care about each other. |
368 | * LetsWaitAWhile: A couple waits to have sex until the time is right. |
369 | * LevelUpAtIntimacy5: Romance and sex give you power ups. |
370 | * LifeSavingEncouragement: A statement of hope/encouragement saves a person literally or spiritually. |
371 | * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: These two people are very close and tend to bicker with each other. |
372 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: These two see themselves like siblings rather than as lovers. |
373 | * LikeGoesWithLike: Characters tend to fall in love with those of the same race as them. |
374 | * LikeParentLikeSpouse: A character's LoveInterest is similar to one of their parents, be it in looks or personality. |
375 | * LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Falling in love with your neighbor. |
376 | * LittleSisterHeroine: A character's little sister serves as a LoveInterest option. |
377 | * LonelyTogether: Two lonely characters bond and fall in love. |
378 | * LongDistanceRelationship: Characters who are far away from each other have a romance. |
379 | * LongingLook: Glancing at your LoveInterest in a yearning way. |
380 | * LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: A character who is desperate for love has one failed relationship after another. |
381 | * TheLostLenore: This person is dead and their lover mourns over them. |
382 | * LostLoveMontage: A character sadly looks back on an ex-lover. |
383 | * LoveAcrossBattlelines: Characters from enemy factions fall in love. |
384 | * LoveAllegory: A story used to symbolize a love relationship. |
385 | * LoveAtFirstNote: Falling in love with somebody when you hear them sing. |
386 | * LoveAtFirstPunch: Falling in love with somebody who beat you up. |
387 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Falling in love with somebody the moment you see them. |
388 | * LoveBeALady: A girl, or girls as a whole, used as representatives for the concept of love. |
389 | * LoveBeforeFirstSight: Falling in love with somebody before you even see them. |
390 | * LoveBubbles: An anime/manga effect where the background fills with sparkly bubbles during a love scene. |
391 | * LoveCanMakeYouGonk: Love causes a character to have cartoonishly exaggerated reactions. |
392 | * LoveCannotOvercome: TheHero's LoveInterest breaks up with them because they can't handle their adventurous lifestyle. |
393 | * LoveChart: A chart that details the characters' relationships with each other. |
394 | * LoveConfession: Character confesses their love for another. |
395 | * LoveConfessor: Character admits their feelings for their beloved to a third party. |
396 | * LoveDodecahedron: Several characters are connected to each other romantically. |
397 | * LoveDoodles: Drawing love symbols and writing initials and names, indicating someone has a secret crush. |
398 | * LoveEpiphany: Realizing that you're in love with somebody. |
399 | * LoveFatherLoveSon: Character falls in love with their unrequited crush's offspring. |
400 | * LoveFloats: Feelings of love cause a character to levitate off the ground. |
401 | * LoveFreak: Character who is obsessed with the concept of love. |
402 | * LoveGoddess: A deity responsible for feelings of love. |
403 | * LoveHotels: A hotel building where couples can be intimate with each other. |
404 | * LoveHungry: A character desperate for love tries to force people to love them. |
405 | * LoveHurts: Love causes deep emotional pain. |
406 | * LoveImbuesLife: Feelings of love cause an inanimate object to come alive. |
407 | * LoveInformant: A character lets another know that someone loves them. |
408 | * LoveInterestTraitor: TheHero falls in love with someone who turns out to be in league with his enemy. |
409 | * LoveInterestVsLustInterest: Two people like the same person, one out of love and the other out of superficial feelings. |
410 | * LoveIsACrime: Romantic love is outlawed. |
411 | * LoveIsADrug: Talking about love or a lover as though they were a drug. |
412 | * LoveIsAWeakness: Love is regarded as a negative influence. |
413 | * LoveIsInTheAir: A LovePotion affects a bunch of people. |
414 | * LoveIsLikeReligion: Using religious imagery/terminology to talk about love. |
415 | * LoveLetter: A LoveConfession in writing. |
416 | * LoveLetterLunacy: A LoveLetter causes a ruckus. |
417 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: Falling in love makes you lose your mind. |
418 | * LoveMakesYouDumb: Falling in love causes poor judgment. |
419 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Falling in love causes you to cross over to the dark side. |
420 | * LoveMakesYouUncreative: An artist falling in love causes their work to decline in quality. |
421 | * LoveMartyr: A person who willingly puts up with someone's abuse because they love them. |
422 | * LoveNostalgiaSong: A song about looking back on a past love relationship. |
423 | * LoveObstructingParents: Your LoveInterest's parents make your relationship difficult. |
424 | * LoveOverridesTheLaw: When you're in love, even the law can't stand in your way. |
425 | * LovePotion: A magic potion that makes a person fall in love. |
426 | * LoveRedeems: Someone is made a better person through ThePowerOfLove. |
427 | * LoveRevelationEpiphany: Developing feelings for somebody when you learn that they love you. |
428 | * LoveRuinsTheRealm: A ruler's choices in lovers bring about disaster for their land. |
429 | * LoveTheme: A song that encapsulates a couple's love. |
430 | * LoveTranscendsSpacetime: When love is strong, the rules of the universe get bent. |
431 | * LoveTriangle: A character is caught between two choices for a LoveInterest. |
432 | * LoveWillLeadYouBack: Lovers leave each other, but one remains confident that their lover will come back to them. |
433 | * LovedINotHonorMore: TheHero puts their duty before their love life. |
434 | * LovedOnesMontage: A character has a vision of all the people he cares about in a dramatic montage-like sequence. |
435 | * LoverTugOfWar: Two suitors fight over their LoveInterest tug of war style. |
436 | * LovesMeNot: Picking apart an item (usually a flower) to determine if your crush loves you back. |
437 | * LovesMyAlterEgo: Someone is in love with a character's alter ego, but not their secret identity. |
438 | * LovingAShadow: Falling in love with the ideal of someone rather than the actual person. |
439 | * LovingBully: They pick on you because they secretly love you. |
440 | * LovingDetails: Being so in love lets you remember minor details about your LoveInterest. |
441 | * LustObject: This person is the object of another character's sexual fantasy rather than their affections. |
442 | * MadLove: Unrequited love where the pursuer is too nutty to take a hint that their crush doesn't return their feelings. |
443 | * MagicContractRomance: Romance between a mage and the supernatural being they contracted with. |
444 | * MagneticGirlfriend: This girl makes an unpopular guy a stud when she hooks up with him. |
445 | * MakeOutKids: A couple who can't go one minute without PDA. |
446 | * MakeOutPoint: An area for teenage couples to go kiss and possibly make love. |
447 | * MakeUpOrBreakUp: A couple has to choose whether to stay together or break up. |
448 | * MalingeringRomancePloy: Someone fakes sick because their Love Interest is doting on them |
449 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: A peppy, energetic girl who helps a cranky, uptight guy loosen up and they fall in love. |
450 | * MarriedToTheJob: A character is too preoccupied with their career to pay attention to their spouse. |
451 | * MarryForLove: Getting married because you love that person rather than for money, status, or security. |
452 | * MarryThemAll: The lead decides to hook up with all of their prospective {{Love Interest}}s. |
453 | * MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Same-sex couple where one partner is more masculine/feminine than the other. |
454 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: A couple where the girl is a {{Tomboy}} and the guy is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide. |
455 | * TheMasochismTango: Two people claim to be in love, but act like they hate each other. |
456 | * TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: When you're a part of a secret adventurous lifestyle, it cuts into your romantic relationships. |
457 | * MassageOfLove: A loving couple giving each other an intimate, non-sexual massage. |
458 | * AMatchMadeInStockholm: A character falls in love with their kidnapper. |
459 | * TheMatchmaker: The person who tries to arrange a romance between people. |
460 | ** MatchmakerFailure: Person fails to get two people together. |
461 | * MatchmakerCrush: TheMatchmaker falls for one of the people they're trying to hook up. |
462 | * MayDecemberRomance: Romance between a young person and an elder. |
463 | * MaybeEverAfter: Did TheHero and their LoveInterest end up together in the end? Who knows. |
464 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: Romance between people of different lifespans, for example an immortal and a mortal. |
465 | * MeadowRun: Lovers run towards each other in a beautiful meadow full of flowers. |
466 | * MeetTheInLaws: Meeting your LoveInterest's parents. |
467 | * MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: White men tend to fall in love with Asian women. |
468 | * MindlinkMates: Lovers are so close they can literally read each other's thoughts. |
469 | * TheMissusAndTheEx: Your current lover and ex-lover meet each other. Awkwardness may or may not ensue. |
470 | * MistakenDeclarationOfLove: Accidentally confessing your love to the wrong person. |
471 | * MistakenForCheating: Someone is falsely accused of being unfaithful to their lover. |
472 | * MistakenForFlirting: One person believes, in error, that another is flirting. |
473 | * MixtapeOfLove: Mixtapes are a way to show your affection for someone. |
474 | * MoeCouplet: Two people who bring out each other's cute qualities the same way that romantic couples do. |
475 | * MomentKiller: A couple tries to have a romantic moment with each other, but gets interrupted. |
476 | * MonsterSlayerRomance: A romance between a HunterOfMonsters and the monster they're supposed to hunt. |
477 | * MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: A more sexually and/or romantically experienced person pursues someone who has very little to no romantic or sexual experience. |
478 | * MotivationalKiss: TheHero's LoveInterest kisses them in order to give them the courage they need to get through the danger ahead of them. |
479 | * TheMourningAfter: Being too grief-stricken to love again after the death of your lover. |
480 | * MrsHypothetical: A girl thinks about having her crush's last name. |
481 | * MuggleMageRomance: Romance between a magic user and a regular person. |
482 | * MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: The lead's two choices for a LoveInterest are a normal person and someone of supernatural origin. |
483 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: Killing off your love rival. |
484 | * MutualPining: Two characters are madly in love with each other but are so convinced the other can't return their feelings to the point they both suffer quietly over it instead. |
485 | * MyGirlBackHome: TheHero's lover is waiting for him back home. |
486 | * MyOwnPrivateIDo: A couple gets married before having a big fancy wedding. |
487 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: This girl is unable to go out on dates because her brother is very protective of her. |
488 | [[/folder]] |
489 | |
490 | [[folder:Tropes (N-R)]] |
491 | * NecktieLeash: A guy has his necktie yanked by his LoveInterest, showing she is who wears the pants in the relationship. |
492 | * NewOldFlame: Characters who have a romantic history with each other. |
493 | * NiceGuysFinishLast: Women never fall for sweet, kind men. |
494 | * NoAccountingForTaste: There is absolutely no reason for these two to be lovers. |
495 | * NoGoingSteady: Characters date each other without becoming an OfficialCouple. |
496 | * NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Men don't want to be with women who can beat them up. |
497 | * NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Men find it creepy when the woman pursues them instead of the other way around. |
498 | * NoHuggingNoKissing: Romance is absent from this story. |
499 | * NoLovesIntersect: Characters get with their LoveInterest without any messy [[LoveTriangle Love Triangles]] or other kinds of romantic drama. |
500 | * NoRomanticResolution: A romance arc ends without anyone getting together. |
501 | * NoSparks: A couple is shown to have no romantic compatibility. |
502 | * NoYouHangUpFirst: An overly lovey-dovey couple argue over who should hang up their phone conversation first. |
503 | * NobodyThinksItWillWork: Two people are in love despite everyone thinking their relationship could never work. |
504 | * NonhumanLoverReveal: A character's LoveInterest is revealed to be a non-human. |
505 | * NotBloodSiblings: An incestuous relationship is justified by the couple not being related by blood (e.g. being stepsiblings or adopted siblings). |
506 | * NowOrNeverKiss: Characters kiss and confess their love for each other in a moment where they think they're about to die. |
507 | * ObliviousToLove: They don't notice that someone is in love with them. |
508 | * ObsessiveLoveLetter: A LoveLetter that is more creepy than romantic. |
509 | * OfficeRomance: Romance between co-workers. |
510 | * OfficialCouple: Characters who are canonically in a relationship. |
511 | * OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: The story's OfficialCouple go through absolute hell throughout the story. |
512 | * OfficialKiss: Two characters kiss to signal their RelationshipUpgrade. |
513 | * OffScreenBreakup: Two characters who were previously established to be a couple are later found to have broken up. |
514 | * OffScreenRomance: Two characters are found to have hooked up sometime offscreen. |
515 | * OldFashionedRowboatDate: A classic romantic date where the couple rides in a row boat. |
516 | * OldFlameFizzle: A character reunites with a previous lover, only to find that that person is no longer the person they remembered so fondly. |
517 | * OneHeadTaller: A couple where one partner (often the man) towers over the other partner. |
518 | * OneNormalNight: A character bringing home a date asks their embarrassing family to act normal for their sake. |
519 | * TheOneThatGotAway: A character wishes they had gotten together with their LoveInterest. |
520 | * OneTrueLove: The one person you're meant to be with. |
521 | * OnlyHasSameSexAdmirers: A character is only loved by people of the same gender. |
522 | * OpenRelationshipFailure: A non-monogamous relationship runs into problems directly related to it being non-monogamous. |
523 | * OperationJealousy: A character tries to get their LoveInterest's attention by pretending to date someone else as a way of inducing jealousy. |
524 | * OppositesAttract: They're complete opposites but they love each other. |
525 | * OrbitalKiss: A couple kisses as the camera rotates around them. |
526 | * OurLoveIsDifferent: A character insists that their relationship with TheCasanova is true love. |
527 | * OutlawCouple: Lovers who commit crimes together. |
528 | * PairTheDumbOnes: Dumb characters get together because they are dumb. |
529 | * PairTheSmartOnes: Intelligent characters hook up with each other. |
530 | * PairTheSpares: The characters who don't have {{Love Interest}}s end up together. |
531 | * PairTheSuitors: Two people vying for someone's attention end up falling in love with each other. |
532 | * ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: A character desires a romantic relationship, but fears succumbing to their base desires. |
533 | * ParentalIncest: Romance between a parent and their child. |
534 | * ParentPreferredSuitor: When a parent prefers one LoveInterest of their offspring over another. |
535 | * ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: A character's parents awkwardly walk in on them hanging out with/having sex with their LoveInterest. |
536 | * PerverseSexualLust: Attraction to and/or falling in love with a fictional character. |
537 | * PiningAfterProtagonistsParent: A character has unrequited feelings for TheHero's parent. |
538 | * PinkIsErotic: The color pink is used to indicate arousal, attraction, eroticism, and scenes of a sexual nature. |
539 | * PitbullDatesPuppy: A rough and tough character falls in love with someone of a softer, gentler nature. |
540 | * PlatonicWritingRomanticReading: The audience picks up romantic subtext between characters that are not meant to be in love. |
541 | * PlayingCyrano: A character helps their friend impress their LoveInterest by feeding them words to say through an ear microphone. |
542 | * PlayingHardToGet: A character tries to attract their LoveInterest by pretending to be not interested in them. |
543 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: A character desperately pleads the love of their life not to leave them. |
544 | * PleaseDumpMe: A character acts disgusting in order to get their lover to break up with them. |
545 | * {{Polyamory}}: Romance between more than two people. |
546 | * PostKissCatatonia: A character is in shock after being kissed by their love. |
547 | * PowerDynamicsKink: A character falling in love with someone whom they can control and punish (or who can control and punish ''them''). |
548 | * ThePowerOfLove: Characters are empowered by their feelings of love and affection for each other, especially the romantic bonds with their significant others. |
549 | ** ThePowerOfFamily: Characters are empowered by the love they feel for their family members (related by [[ThickerThanWater blood]] or [[FamilyOfChoice choice]]). |
550 | ** ThePowerOfFriendship: Characters are empowered by the platonic love they have for their TrueCompanions. |
551 | * PrankDate: A character is tricked into believing they have a date with their crush. |
552 | * PrecociousCrush: A child has a crush on someone much older than them. |
553 | * PrinceCharmingWannabe: A man who deludes himself into believing he's a woman's PrinceCharming who will sweep her off her feet. |
554 | * ProjectileKiss: A character blows a kiss towards their crush. |
555 | * PromotedToLoveInterest: An adaptation of a story turns a character's platonic relationship into a romantic one. |
556 | * ThePromposal: Asking someone to prom in the style of a marriage proposal. |
557 | * PropertyOfLove: When being in love makes you essentially your lover's property. |
558 | * ProxyBreakup: Alice wants to break-up with Bob, so she has Cindy do it for her. Hijinks Ensue. |
559 | * PseudoRomanticFriendship: Two friends have a close friendship with each other that they could easily be seen as lovers. |
560 | * PsychoExGirlfriend: The ex-significant other of TheHero who didn't take being dumped very well. |
561 | * PsychoticLoveTriangle: A LoveTriangle where both suitors are AxCrazy. |
562 | * PuppyLove: Romance between pre-pubescent children. |
563 | * PygmalionPlot: Falling in love with one's own creation. |
564 | * RaceForYourLove: A character races to catch up with their LoveInterest before they leave them. |
565 | * RedStringOfFate: Two characters are bound by fate to be together. |
566 | * RedundantRomanceAttempt: Acting out of character to impress a love interest who likes your true personality. |
567 | * ReincarnationRomance: StarCrossedLovers die and are reincarnated so they may meet each other again. |
568 | * RejectionAffection: A character is repeatedly rejected by their LoveInterest, but never takes the hint. |
569 | * RelationshipCompression: The amount of time it takes for characters to hook up is reduced in an adaptation. |
570 | * RelationshipLabelingProblems: Characters can't describe exactly what their relationship situation is. |
571 | * RelationshipReveal: Implied lovers are revealed to officially be in a relationship. |
572 | * RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Characters date, break up, get back together, break up, and so on. |
573 | * RelationshipSabotage: A character tries to ruin someone's romance, usually out of jealousy or protectiveness. |
574 | * RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: Bickering lovers make up with each other in the midst of a time of crisis. |
575 | * RelationshipUpgrade: Two characters are made an OfficialCouple. |
576 | * RelationshipValues: Stats that show how much video game characters like the player character. |
577 | * RelationshipWritingFumble: A relationship intended to be written one way unintentionally comes across as the wrong kind of relationship to audiences. |
578 | * ReleasingFromThePromise: Character is released from a promise they made to their LoveInterest. |
579 | * RemovedFromThePicture: After a nasty break up, a character cuts their former lover's image out of pictures of them together. |
580 | * RemovingTheRival: A character ties up or locks their love rival in a room in order to keep him/her away from their LoveInterest. |
581 | * ReplacementGoldfish: A character is replaced with another. In romantic instances, after breaking up, a character starts dating someone who looks very similar to their ex. |
582 | * RescueRomance: Falling in love with someone who saves your life. |
583 | * ResurrectedRomance: A character's dead LoveInterest comes back to life to rekindle their romance. |
584 | * ReturningTheHandkerchief: A classic romantic que where a character drops an item of theirs, and their LoveInterest finds it and returns it to them. |
585 | * TheRevealPromptsRomance: A character reveals a big secret to their LoveInterest, which causes them to commence a relationship. |
586 | * RevengeRomance: After a nasty breakup, a character dates someone their ex knows in order to spite them. |
587 | * RichSuitorPoorSuitor: A character's two LoveInterest choices are a rich person and a poor begger. |
588 | * RivalryAsCourtship: A romance that stems from two characters' rivalry. |
589 | * RoadTripRomance: Two characters traveling together eventually fall in love. |
590 | * RoaringRampageOfRomance: A romance that causes the deaths of many people. |
591 | * RoboRomance: Romance between robotic beings. |
592 | * RollInTheHay: Lovers make love while rolling around in a pile of hay. |
593 | * RomanceAndSexualitySeparation: A character feels unable to love, and have sex with, another character. |
594 | * RomanceInducingSmudge: A character has a smudge on their face, which their LoveInterest sweetly rubs off. |
595 | * RomanceOnTheSet: Creators behind a show fall in love. |
596 | * RomancingTheWidow: Getting into a relationship with someone whose spouse has died. |
597 | * RomanticCandlelitDinner: Dinners by candlelight are the definition of romance. |
598 | * RomanticFakeRealTurn: A fake romance becomes real. |
599 | * RomanticFalseLead: The character who initially gets with the lead, but is later dumped in favor of the official LoveInterest. |
600 | * RomanticFusion: Lovers perform a FusionDance. |
601 | * RomanticHyperbole: Describing one's love through implausible situations, e.g. saying you'll grab the moon for your lover. |
602 | * RomanticPlotTumor: A romantic subplot that gets in the way of the main conflict. |
603 | * RomanticRain: Rain makes a good backdrop for a love scene. |
604 | * RomanticRibbing: Love interests tease their partners. |
605 | * RomanticRideSharing: A couple shares a ride on the same vehicle where one drives it and the other hugs them from behind. |
606 | * RomanticRunnerUp: The character set up as a potential LoveInterest for TheHero, but ultimately doesn't end up with them. |
607 | * RomanticSpoonfeeding: A character manually feeds their LoveInterest. |
608 | * RomanticWingman: A person who helps their friends out with their love lives. |
609 | * RomComJob: A line of work that acts as a typical romantic comedy setting. |
610 | * RunawayBride: The bride skips out on her wedding, often because she doesn't really love her groom. |
611 | * RunawayFiance: A person who runs away from an ArrangedMarriage, often to go be with the one they really love. |
612 | [[/folder]] |
613 | |
614 | [[folder:Tropes (S-Z)]] |
615 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: This character is made only to be the love interest of the lead protagonist. |
616 | * SamaritanRelationshipStarter: A character falls in love with somebody upon witnessing them perform an act of kindness. |
617 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: A cool-headed often unathletic guy and a bubbly bouncy girl fall in love. |
618 | * SecondActBreakup: The OfficialCouple breaks up in the middle of the story after a misunderstanding or some other kind of conflict. |
619 | * SecondLove: The next person you fell in love with after your FirstLove didn't work out. |
620 | * SecretRelationship: Characters are in a relationship that they don't want their friends and family to know about. |
621 | * SeductionProofMarriage: When two people are so in love and committed to each other, no seducers can steal them away from each other. |
622 | * SeductiveMummy: A mummy is a beautiful LoveInterest instead of a frightening monster. |
623 | * SelfProclaimedLoveInterest: A character who claims to be/thinks they're someone's LoveInterest. |
624 | * SeparatedByTheWall: Lovers meet up at a barricade that is separating them from each other. |
625 | * SerenadeYourLover: Singing a love song for your beloved. |
626 | * SerialRomeo: He repeatedly falls for every girl he meets, insisting that she's the one for him. |
627 | * SettleForSibling: When you can't win someone's love, hook up with their sibling instead. |
628 | * SettledForGay: Hooking up with a gay man due to him being the only one available to you. |
629 | * SexEqualsLove: When two people have sex, they'll fall in love. |
630 | * SexWithTheEx: A character has sex with their ex-significant other. |
631 | * SexualKarma: A character's morality or lack of it earns them love/sex, e.g. TheHero gets the girl he loves while the villain gets an AbhorrentAdmirer. |
632 | * SexuallyTransmittedSuperpowers: Intimate contact with another superpowered being causes a {{Muggle}} to develop superpowers. |
633 | * SexyFlaw: Imperfections and deformities serving as a romantic "turn-on". |
634 | * ShallowCannotComprehendTrueLove: Superficial people don't understand that not everyone is shallow when it comes to their choice in romantic partners. |
635 | * SheCleansUpNicely: The frumpy LoveInterest looks beautiful when they get dressed up. |
636 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: The old childhood friend who grows into a real beauty, thus a ChildhoodFriendRomance ensues. |
637 | * SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Two people deny being in a relationship, to the scepticism of everyone around them. |
638 | * ShiksaGoddess: A Jewish character's Gentile LoveInterest. |
639 | * ShipperOnDeck: A character who supports a couple being together. |
640 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: A character tries to hook two people up for reasons other than them looking cute together. |
641 | * ShippingBedDeath: Characters getting a RelationshipUpgrade ruins the audience's enthusiasm for the pairing. |
642 | * ShippingTorpedo: This character is strongly opposed to a couple being together. |
643 | * ShockValueRelationship: A character gets into a head-turning relationship purely to surprise people. |
644 | * ShotgunWedding: A couple gets married due to circumstances, e.g. the bride is pregnant with the groom's child. |
645 | * ShowerOfLove: A couple takes a shower together. |
646 | * SiblingTriangle: Two siblings fall in love with the same person. |
647 | * SickbedSmuggling: Giving a hospitalized loved one an (often) banned object (snack, meal, pet, etc.) |
648 | * SickeninglySweethearts: Two people love each other to a SickeninglySweet level. |
649 | * ASideOrderOfRomance: A character visits a restaurant, and falls in love with the waitress. |
650 | * SighOfLove: Sighing dreamily when in the presence of or thinking about your LoveInterest. |
651 | * SignedWithAKiss: A character sends a letter or gift to their LoveInterest with a kiss mark attached. |
652 | * SillyLoveSongs: Peppy songs about one's love. |
653 | * SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: A character believes that love and romance are nothing but idealized nonsense. |
654 | * SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: An unpopular girl crushes on the most handsome and most popular guy in school. |
655 | * SingleTargetSexuality: Being in love with only one person. |
656 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Girls fall for sweet, kind guys. |
657 | * SituationalSexuality: Characters fall in love with someone of the same sex if there is no one of the opposite sex around. |
658 | * SlapSlapKiss: Characters in love argue with each other then begin to kiss. |
659 | * SleepCute: Lovers or characters with ShipTease fall asleep next to each other. |
660 | * SleepingWithTheBoss: A character is in a romantic relationship with their employer. |
661 | * SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: A character will date anyone except this one person. |
662 | * SmithicalMarriage: A couple checks into a hotel, signing in as a married couple. |
663 | * SmittenTeenageGirl: A teenage girl who crushes hard on a guy. |
664 | * SnowMeansLove: Snow makes a good backdrop for a love scene. |
665 | * SoHappyTogether: A tragedy strikes right as a pair of lovers have a happy moment with each other. |
666 | * SorkinRelationshipMoment: A character acts incredibly awkward when around their ex. |
667 | * SpeechImpededLoveInterest: A LoveInterest character with a speech disability. |
668 | * SpurnedIntoSuicide: Unrequited love results in a person taking their own life. |
669 | * SquaringTheLoveTriangle: When the OfficialCouple hooks up, the unrequited suitor is then paired with the couple's child. |
670 | * StalkerWithACrush: A character who follows the person they're in love with everywhere. |
671 | * StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: A girl stalking the guy she loves is considered to be cute and amusing. |
672 | * StalkingIsLove: Stalking your LoveInterest is considered romantic rather than creepy. |
673 | * StarCrossedLovers: Lovers who can't be together due to circumstances. |
674 | * StoodUp: A character fails to show up for a date. |
675 | * StrangledByTheRedString: Characters fall in love out of nowhere. |
676 | * StudentTeacherRomance: Students fall in love with their teachers or vice versa. |
677 | * StudentsPlayingMatchmaker: Students try to find a match for their teachers. |
678 | * StupidSexyFriend: Somebody you're good friends with that you can't help but feel romantic attraction to. |
679 | * SuccubusInLove: A [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]] falls in love. |
680 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: A character who is cold most of the time, but super sweet when with the one they love. |
681 | * SuperpoweredDate: Superpowers allow a character to take their LoveInterest on a grandiose date. |
682 | * SupportingHarem: A HaremGenre story where there's a male lead and female lead alongside a supporting cast who are also in love with one of the leads. |
683 | * SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne: Love making someone care for a loved-one, despite said loved-one being a monster. |
684 | * SurpriseIncest: Lovers are revealed to be blood-related after they hook up. |
685 | * SweetheartSipping: A classic romantic date where the couple share a milkshake with two straws. |
686 | * SweetieGraffiti: Lovers carve their initials on a tree or a wall. |
687 | * SweetOnPollyOliver: A guy starts to fall in love with a guy who is really a girl in disguise. |
688 | * TalentedPrincessRegularGuy: A romantic pairing consisting of a princess who is skilled and a guy who is pretty ordinary. |
689 | * TeacherParentRomance: A teacher falls in love with and dates the parent of one of their students. |
690 | * TelephoneSong: A song about calling somebody on the telephone, often a love interest or ex-partner. |
691 | * TenMinutesInTheCloset: Characters get locked in a closet together, romance and make out sessions ensue. |
692 | * TerriblePickUpLines: Character attempts to use smooth one-liners to attract their preferred mate. It doesn't go well. |
693 | * ThereIsOnlyOneBed: ShipTease moment where characters end up having to share a bed. |
694 | * ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Having an idealized outlook on love and romance. |
695 | * ThroughHisStomach: Winning someone's affections by cooking them a delicious meal. |
696 | * TimeTravelRomance: Romance between people from different time periods. |
697 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: A couple where the woman towers over the man. |
698 | * TokenMinorityCouple: Racial minorities in love. |
699 | * TokenRomance: A romantic subplot that's put in a story for superficial reasons. |
700 | * TopWife: A man has many wives, but has one that he loves the most. |
701 | * TotallyTrustingLoveInterest: The LoveInterest who believes in their partner’s fidelity no matter what, and is justified in believing so. |
702 | * TragicallyDisabledLoveInterest: A LoveInterest has a disability and/or is made neurodivergent, and the disability is played for tragedy or drama. |
703 | * TrainStationGoodbye: Lovers going their separate ways say their goodbyes at the train station. |
704 | * TransRelationshipTroubles: Being trans causes drama when it comes to romantic relationships. |
705 | * TrueLoveIsAKink: When love is foreplay. |
706 | * TrueLoveIsBoring: Conflict among lovers is considered more exciting than them being happy together. |
707 | * TrueLoveIsExceptional: A character falls in love with someone who is usually not their type. |
708 | * TrueLovesKiss: Lovers share a kiss that cures a problem/causes a miracle to happen. |
709 | * {{Tsundere}}: They're secretly in love with you, but they have trouble admitting it and mask their feelings with a hostile attitude. |
710 | * TunnelOfLove: An amusement park ride for couples to go on. |
711 | * TurnedOffByTheJerkass: A character is rejected as a romantic option because of how much of a jerk they are. |
712 | * TwiceShy: Characters who are each other's {{Love Interest}}s are both too shy to admit their feelings. |
713 | * TwoPersonLoveTriangle: A LoveTriangle where the two choices are actually the same person. |
714 | * UmbrellaOfTogetherness: ShipTease moment where two characters share an umbrella with each other. |
715 | * UnbalancedByRivalsKid: Upon meeting the child of an unrequited crush and love rival, a character becomes angry. |
716 | * UnbrokenVigil: A character keeps watch over their unconscious LoveInterest. |
717 | * UncoveringRelationshipStatus: A character tries to find out if their crush is already in a relationship. |
718 | * UndercoverAsLovers: Two spies pose as lovers as they go undercover. |
719 | * UnderstandingBoyfriend: The heroine's boyfriend who knows that she's a fantasy heroine and sympathizes with the wacky antics she goes through. |
720 | * UnfocusedDuringIntimacy: Two characters are in a romantic or sexual moment, and at least one isn't entirely into it. |
721 | * UnholyMatrimony: Villains in love. |
722 | * UnknowinglyInLove: A character doesn't realize they're in love. |
723 | * UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: A character never stops loving their unrequited crush. |
724 | * UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: A character has an unrequited crush on another then later gets over it, only for their former crush to develop feelings for them. |
725 | * UnrequitedTragicMaiden: The romantic female lead who is hopelessly in love with a guy she can never have. |
726 | * UnresolvedSexualTension: Two characters are obviously attracted to each other, but they never act on their feelings. |
727 | * UnwantedHarem: Many people are vying for TheHero's attention, much to their dismay. |
728 | * UptightLovesWild: An uptight, cool-headed character loves someone who is more crazy and spontaneous. |
729 | * UptownGirl: The rich girl who falls for a poor boy. |
730 | * VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle: A LoveTriangle where the two LoveInterest choices are a vampire and a werewolf. |
731 | * VillainessesWantHeroes: A villainous female is in love with TheHero. |
732 | * VillainousCrush: An evil character is in love with a heroic character. |
733 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: This girl will not let anyone harm her significant other. |
734 | * WackyMarriageProposal: An unconventional marriage proposal. |
735 | * WallPinOfLove: A character halts their LoveInterest from leaving by pinning their hand against the wall and effectively blocking their path. |
736 | * WartimeWedding: A couple gets married during a time of great war and strife. |
737 | * WasItAllALie: Upon finding out that their LoveInterest was TheMole, a character asks them if all of their good times together were a ruse. |
738 | * WeaknessTurnsHerOn: A girl is attracted to guys who are more vulnerable than males are expected to be. |
739 | * WeddingDeadline: TheHero must get to their true love before they say "I do" at their wedding. |
740 | * WentCrazyWhenTheyLeft: A character goes crazy when someone they care strongly for leaves in any fashion. |
741 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: People wonder why a character is in love with someone who seems so undesirable. |
742 | * WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: A character is unable to understand romantic love. |
743 | * WhatMeasureIsAHumanoid: InterspeciesRomance, except one half of the pairing has a human form. |
744 | * WhenHarryMetSvetlana: Romance between an American man and a Russian woman. |
745 | * WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Black men tend to fall in love with white women. |
746 | * WhyCantIHateYou: A character can't bring themselves to truly hate their love rival. |
747 | * WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: Giving a former lover another chance when they don't deserve it. |
748 | * WindowLove: Lovers meet at a window and kiss or touch hands through it. |
749 | * WifeHusbandry: A man falls in love with a woman he's raised since she was a little girl. |
750 | * WithThisRing: When a man proposes to his lady love, anything can go wrong with securing the ring. |
751 | * WomanScorned: She was spurned/dumped by her LoveInterest and she doesn't take well to it. |
752 | * WomenPreferStrongMen: Women fall for men who are strong and muscular. |
753 | * WorkingWithTheEx: A character has to work with their ex-significant other. |
754 | * {{Yandere}}: They're so in love with somebody that they'll murder anybody who stands in their way. |
755 | * YandereCouple: Two people driven murderous with love end up together. |
756 | * YawnAndReach: A guy pretends to yawn so he can wrap his arm around his girlfriend. |
757 | * YouAreWorthHell: True love is worth suffering a terrible fate for. |
758 | * YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: When a character's true love doesn't return, they're forced to move on. |
759 | * YouMustBeCold: ShipTease moment where a man offers his jacket to a woman. |
760 | * YoungLoveVersusOldHate: Young people fall in love while their older relatives still cling to hatred. |
761 | * YourFavorite: A sign that you really love someone is that you know what their favorite food is. |
762 | * YourUniverseOrMine: Lovers from different worlds or countries must decide where they will go. |
763 | * ZipMeUp: ShipTease moment where a man helps a woman zip up her clothes. |
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765 | [[/index]] |
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