Line #1 PlayingWith/TheGrovel


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character has hurt their LoveInterest somehow, gotten dumped for it, and sets forth to [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight try and "win" their lover back]].
2	* '''Straight''': Bob told an embarrassing story about his girlfriend, Alice. Alice dumps Bob in a fit of anger, and the next day Bob is on her doorstep, down on his knees, with a dozen roses in his hand and a {{Silly Love Song\|s}} playing on a radio. This wins Alice over, and [[LoveWillLeadYouBack she takes him back]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob was such a {{Jerkass}} to her (cheating on her, being a ControlFreak or CrazyJealousGuy, posting naked pictures of her on the Internet, even [[WouldHitAGirl hitting her]]), the audience wonders "WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack" (Especially so if Alice is otherwise presented as a very "strong" character.)
5	** AliceAndBob [[YoYoPlotPoint break up and get back together repeatedly.]]
6	** Alice was just as bad to Bob [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale (if not worse)]], yet [[DoubleStandard not even one mention is made of]] ''her'' [[TheUnfairSex transgressions]].
7	* '''Downplayed''': Bob is ExiledToTheCouch, but not dumped.
8	* '''Justified''': Alice feels that she overreacted, and Bob really is sorry.
9	* '''Inverted''':
10	** Bob tries to win Alice's affections because she is ObliviousToLove.
11	** [[PleaseDumpMe Bob tries to get Alice to dump him.]]
12	** Bob was the one who hurt Alice, and decides to distance himself from her after she breaks up on him... Only for Alice to beg him to come back.
13	* '''Subverted''': Alice tells him [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain she's not interested in the relationship anymore.]]
14	* '''Double Subverted''': But then she has time to think it over, and decides that maybe she overreacted, and that she still loves Bob, and that he deserves a second chance.
15	* '''Parodied''': Bob bloodily decapitates Alice's dog with a chainsaw, right in front of her, and brags about it to everyone he knows. She breaks up with Bob and is about to report him to the authorities, but then he makes up for it by buying her [[ComicallySmallBribe a pack of gum from the gas station.]]
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': YoYoPlotPoint
17	* '''Averted''':
18	** AliceAndBob don't break up.
19	** AliceAndBob were never an OfficialCouple to begin with.
20	* '''Enforced''': "We want a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming]]!"
21	* '''Lampshaded''': ???
22	* '''Invoked''': Bob gets ''really'' depressed following his breakup with Alice, and his friend Charles can't stand to see him like that and convinces him to try and "win" her back.
23	* '''Exploited''': Charles and his partner broke up a while ago. After he succeeds in invoking the trope for Bob and Alice, Charlie goes to his ex and gives "Alice could forgive Bob for what he did!" as a reason for ''them'' to get back together, too.
24	* '''Defied''':
25	** Bob doesn't think he can win Alice over, or that [[BetterAsFriends the breakup was really for the best]] (or both), and decides not to do that.
26	** Alice may be able to ''forgive'' Bob (or not), but she just doesn't think they can be together anymore.
27	* '''Discussed''': "Just go talk to her, man! Also, maybe apologize to her... I mean, that ''was'' [[WhatTheHellHero kind of a dick move on your part.]]"
28	* '''Conversed''': "There goes Bob, thinking he can "win" Alice's heart like it was [[StandardHeroReward some sort of prize]] for being a NiceGuy... or at least pretending to be. sigh Alice better reject him or I'm turning off this clichéd dreck."
29	* '''Deconstructed''': There's a risk of AesopAmnesia and them going through this again and again, putting them through a lot of emotional strain before they finally put an end to it.
30	* '''Reconstructed''': They do learn from their mistakes, after all, and have their relationship grow stronger as a result. Or at least know what not to do next time they start dating someone else.
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32	Hey, I'm sorry about what I did to you... I was an ass. Will you go back to TheGrovel with me again?
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34	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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36	%%* '''Implied''': ???
37	%%* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': ???
38	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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