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Basic Trope: A character's medical problems are healed via intimacy.

  • Straight: Alice and Bob have sex, and as a result, Bob's condition improves.
  • Exaggerated: Alice and Bob have sex, and Bob, who was on the brink of death, has perfect health afterwards.
  • Downplayed: Alice and Bob have sex, and while Bob still has to recover, his chances of doing so are much better now.
  • Justified:
    • Bob was suffering from Hypothermia; Alice's body was incredibly warm, so having sex allowed him to warm up.
    • Bob had a migraine, and the endorphin kick killed the pain.
  • Inverted: Alice and Bob have sex, but Bob's condition gets worse.
  • Subverted: Alice and Bob have sex. Bob's health doesn't change.
  • Double Subverted: His physical health, anyways. It does cause him to get over his mental hangups.
  • Parodied: Bob goes from being seconds away from death to perfect health from having the slightest sexual contact with Alice.
  • Zig Zagged: But then it turns out that Bob getting over his mental hangups is just an act...
  • Averted: No one has medical or mental issues. Alternatively, no intimacy occurs.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: It was previously stated that the medical problems can only be healed with intimacy.
  • Exploited: Carol films it and makes a Lemon DVD out of this, earning heaps of money.
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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