Love Tropes



"''"Love is not love

''Which alters when it alteration finds,

''Or bends with the remover to remove:

''O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken""

- William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 116"

Ah, love. One of the fundamental forces of drama. Listed here are some of the ways Love Hurts.

Compare Romance Novel, Admiration Tropes.

Contrast Hatred Tropes... usually.

Tropes
Categories:
 * Boys Love Tropes
 * Dating Tropes
 * The Ex Index
 * Hug Tropes
 * How to Become A Love Interest
 * Kissing Tropes
 * Love Interests
 * Love Is a Crapshoot
 * Marriage Tropes
 * Queer As Tropes
 * Romance Arc
 * Romance Novel Plots
 * Rule of Romantic
 * Sex Tropes
 * Shipping Tropes
 * This Index Is Not My Girlfriend
 * Unrequited Love Tropes
 * Wedding and Engagement Tropes
 * Yuri Genre


 * Abduction Is Love
 * Aborted Declaration of Love
 * Accidental Hand Hold
 * Adaptational Sexuality
 * Adrenaline Makeover
 * After-Action Patchup
 * Airplane of Love
 * All Amazons Want Hercules
 * All Gays Are Promiscuous
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys
 * All Guys Want Cheerleaders
 * All Guys Want Sorority Women
 * All Love Is Unrequited
 * Allergic to Love
 * Always Save the Girl
 * Anchored Ship
 * Anger Born of Worry
 * Anguished Declaration of Love
 * Asian Gal With White Guy
 * Attractiveness Isolation
 * Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other
 * Badass Gay
 * Balanced Harem
 * Battle Couple
 * Beast and Beauty
 * Beautiful Dreamer
 * Becoming the Mask
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension
 * The Bet
 * Beta Couple
 * Better As Friends
 * Betty and Veronica
 * Birds of a Feather
 * Black Gal On White Guy Drama
 * Blind Date
 * Bodyguard Crush
 * Boys Love
 * Boy Meets Girl
 * Boy Meets Ghoul
 * Break-Up Bonfire
 * Break Up to Make Up
 * Break His Heart to Save Him
 * Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl
 * Brother-Sister Incest
 * Cannot Talk to Women
 * Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest
 * Can't Have Sex Ever
 * Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them
 * Captive Date
 * Cardiovascular Love
 * Care Bear Stare
 * Cartwright Curse
 * Casual Kink
 * Caught in The Rain
 * Celeb Crush
 * Celibate Hero
 * Chastity Couple
 * Cherry Blossoms
 * Childhood Friend Romance
 * Childhood Marriage Promise
 * Clueless Chick Magnet
 * Cock Fight
 * Comforting Comforter
 * Complicated Possibly-Requited Love
 * Concert Climax
 * Converse With the Unconscious
 * Converting for Love
 * Courtly Love
 * Crush Blush
 * Cry Into Chest
 * Cupid Hates Odd Couples
 * Dance of Romance
 * Dandere
 * Dating Catwoman
 * Dating Do-Si-Do
 * "Dear John" Letter
 * Death of the Hypotenuse
 * December-December Romance
 * Deconfirmed Bachelor
 * Defenestrate and Berate
 * Derailing Love Interests
 * Destructive Romance
 * Destructo-Nookie
 * Devoted to You
 * Did Not Get the Girl
 * Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?
 * Discount Lesbians
 * Disposable Fiance
 * Divorce Requires Death
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!
 * Downtime Downgrade
 * Drowning Our Romantic Sorrows
 * Dump Them All
 * Duet Bonding
 * The Dulcinea Effect
 * Dying Declaration of Love
 * Eating the Eye Candy
 * Enter Stage Window
 * Eternal Love
 * Everyone Can See It
 * Exiled to The Couch
 * "Falling in Love" Montage
 * False Soulmate
 * False Start
 * Fan-Preferred Couple
 * Fantastic Romance
 * Fatal Attraction
 * Fatal Attractor
 * Fate Drives Us Together
 * Father, I Want to Marry My Brother
 * Ferris Wheel Date Moment
 * Fidelity Test
 * Finishing Each Other's Sentences
 * Fire and Ice Love Triangle
 * The First Cut Is the Deepest
 * First Love
 * First Girl Wins
 * First Girl After All
 * Flight of Romance
 * Flirting Under Fire
 * Florence Nightingale Effect
 * Flirty Stepsiblings
 * Foe Cooties
 * Fool for Love
 * Forgotten First Meeting
 * Free-Love Future
 * Friendly War
 * Friend Versus Lover
 * Friends With Benefits
 * Gaussian Girl
 * Gay Option
 * Gender Bender Friendship
 * Ghost Shipping
 * Gibberish of Love
 * Girl Notices First
 * Girl of My Dreams
 * Give Geeks a Chance
 * The Glomp
 * God Couple
 * Grand Romantic Gesture
 * Green-Eyed Epiphany
 * Grow Old With Me
 * Hands-On Approach
 * Hands Play in Theater
 * Handsome Devil
 * Happiness in Slavery
 * Harem Seeker
 * Headbutt of Love
 * Headbutt Thermometer
 * Heart Beat-Down
 * Heart Is Where the Home Is
 * Heartbroken Badass
 * Held Gaze
 * Her Heart Will Go On
 * High School Sweethearts
 * Holding Hands
 * Hollywood Kiss
 * Home Sweet Home
 * Hooked Up Afterwards
 * Hopeless Suitor
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming
 * I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me
 * I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
 * I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship
 * I Have to Wash My Hair
 * I Love You Because I Can't Control You
 * I Love You, Vampire Son
 * Imaginary Love Triangle
 * Imagined Innuendo
 * I Uh You Too
 * If I Can't Have You -- Then No One Else Will!
 * Incompatible Orientation
 * In Love With Love
 * In Love With Your Carnage
 * Incest Is Relative
 * Innocent Cohabitation
 * Instant Illness
 * Interrupted Declaration of Love
 * Interspecies Romance
 * Intertwined Fingers
 * It Doesn't Mean Anything
 * It's Not You, It's Me
 * It's Not You, It's My Enemies
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
 * I Will Protect Her
 * I Wish You Had Called
 * The Jailbait Wait
 * Jumping the Gender Barrier
 * Just Friends
 * Kissed Keepsake
 * Kissing Cousins
 * Kissing in A Tree
 * Kuudere
 * Lady and Knight
 * Ladykiller in Love
 * The Lady's Favour
 * Language of Love
 * Lap Pillow
 * Last Confession Wins
 * Last Girl Wins
 * Last Het Romance
 * Last-Minute Hookup
 * Laundromat Liaisons
 * Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone
 * Leaving You to Find Myself
 * Let's Duet
 * Let's Just Be Friends
 * Let's Wait A While
 * Like an Old Married Couple
 * Like Brother and Sister
 * Literally Loving Thy Neighbor
 * Little Boy Seeks Big Girl
 * Little Sister Heroine
 * Lonely Together
 * Long-Distance Relationship
 * Longing Look
 * Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places
 * Lost Love Montage
 * Love Allegory
 * Love Across Battlelines
 * Love At First Note
 * Love At First Punch
 * Love At First Sight
 * Love Before First Sight
 * Love Bubbles
 * Love Can Make You Gonk
 * Love Cannot Overcome
 * Love Chart
 * Love Confession
 * Love Dodecahedron
 * Love Epiphany
 * Love Father, Love Son
 * Love Floats
 * Love Goddess
 * Love Hotels
 * Love Hungry
 * Love Hurts
 * Love Imbues Life
 * Love Is a Weakness
 * Love Is in The Air
 * Love Letter Lunacy
 * Love Makes You Crazy
 * Love Makes You Dumb
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * Love Martyr
 * Love Potion
 * Love Redeems
 * Lover Tug of War
 * Love Ruins the Realm
 * Love Transcends Spacetime
 * Love Triangle
 * Sibling Triangle
 * Tenchi Solution
 * Triang Relations
 * Two-Person Love Triangle
 * Love Will Lead You Back
 * Love You and Everybody
 * Loved I Not Honor More
 * Loves Me Not
 * The Love Slap of Epiphany
 * Loving a Shadow
 * Loving Bully
 * Lust Object
 * Mad Love
 * Magic Contract Romance
 * Magnetic Girlfriend
 * Make-Out Point
 * Make-Out Kids
 * Make Up or Break Up
 * Married to The Job
 * Marry for Love
 * The Masochism Tango
 * The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life
 * A Match Made in Stockholm
 * The Matchmaker
 * Matchmaker Crush
 * Maybe Ever After
 * May-December Romance
 * Mayfly-December Romance
 * Meadow Run
 * Mindlink Mates
 * Mistaken Declaration of Love
 * The Missus and The Ex
 * Mistaken for Cheating
 * Moe Couplet
 * Moment Killer
 * The Mourning After
 * Mrs. Hypothetical
 * Muggle and Magical Love Triangle
 * Murder the Hypotenuse
 * My Own Private I Do
 * My Sister Is Off-Limits
 * Necktie Leash
 * New Old Flame
 * Nice Guys Finish Last
 * No Accounting for Taste
 * Nobody Thinks It Will Work
 * No Going Steady
 * No Guy Wants an Amazon
 * No Guy Wants to Be Chased
 * No Hugging, No Kissing
 * No Loves Intersect
 * Nonhuman Lover Reveal
 * No Romantic Resolution
 * No Sparks
 * Not Blood Siblings
 * Now or Never Kiss
 * Oblivious to Love
 * Official Couple
 * Off-Screen Breakup
 * Old-Fashioned Rowboat Date
 * Old Flame Fizzle
 * One Head Taller
 * One Last Fling
 * One Normal Night
 * One True Love
 * The One That Got Away
 * Operation: Jealousy
 * Opposites Attract
 * Our Love Is Different
 * Outlaw Couple
 * Pair the Smart Ones
 * Pair the Spares
 * Parental Incest
 * Parents Walk in At The Worst Time
 * Pitbull Dates Puppy
 * Playing Hard to Get
 * Please Don't Leave Me
 * Please Dump Me
 * Polyamory
 * The Power of Love
 * Prank Date
 * Precocious Crush
 * Prince Charming Wannabe
 * Promoted to Love Interest
 * Property of Love
 * Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
 * Psychotic Love Triangle
 * Puppy Love
 * Queer Romance
 * Race For Your Love
 * Red String of Fate
 * Redundant Romance Attempt
 * Reincarnation Romance
 * Relationship Ceiling
 * Relationship Compression
 * Relationship Reveal
 * Relationship Sabotage
 * Relationship Upgrade
 * Rescue Romance
 * Resurrected Romance
 * Revenge Romance
 * Removed From the Picture
 * Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor
 * Road Trip Romance
 * Romance-Inducing Smudge
 * Romance On the Set
 * Romancing the Widow
 * Romantic False Lead
 * Romantic Hyperbole
 * Romantic Plot Tumor
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship
 * Runaway Bride
 * Runaway Fiance
 * Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl
 * Second Act Breakup
 * Second Love
 * Secret Relationship
 * Separated By the Wall
 * Serenade Your Lover
 * Serial Romeo
 * Settled for Gay
 * Settle for Sibling
 * Sexual Karma -- When romance is involved instead of/along with sex.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely
 * She Is All Grown Up
 * She Is Not My Girlfriend
 * Shiksa Goddess
 * Shock Value Relationship
 * Shotgun Wedding
 * Sibling Switch Squick
 * Sickeningly Sweethearts
 * Silly Rabbit, Romance Is for Kids
 * Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy
 * Single-Target Sexuality
 * Single Woman Seeks Good Man
 * Situational Sexuality
 * Sleep Cute
 * Sleeps With Everyone but You
 * Smithical Marriage
 * Smitten Teenage Girl
 * Snow Means Love
 * So Happy Together
 * Sorkin Relationship Moment
 * Spurned Into Suicide
 * Squaring the Love Triangle
 * Stalker With a Crush
 * Stalking Is Funny If It Is Female After Male
 * Stalking Is Love
 * Star-Crossed Lovers
 * Stood Up
 * Strangled By the Red String
 * Stupid Sexy Friend
 * Suddenly Sexuality
 * Supporting Harem
 * Surprise Incest
 * Sweetheart Sipping
 * Sweetie Graffiti
 * Sweet On Polly Oliver
 * Talented Princess, Regular Guy
 * Ten Minutes in The Closet
 * There Is Only One Bed
 * They Do
 * Testing the Love Interest
 * Thinks Like a Romance Novel
 * The Four Loves
 * The Reveal Prompts Romance
 * Through His Stomach
 * Time Travel Romance
 * Tiny Guy, Huge Girl
 * Together Umbrella
 * Token Minority Couple
 * Token Romance
 * Train Station Goodbye
 * True Love Is Exceptional
 * True Love's Kiss
 * Tsundere
 * Tsunshun
 * Twice Shy
 * Unbalanced By Rival's Kid
 * Unbroken Vigil
 * Undercover As Lovers
 * Understanding Boyfriend
 * Unrequited Love Lasts Forever
 * Unrequited Love Switcheroo
 * Unrequited Tragic Maiden
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension
 * Uptight Loves Wild
 * Uptown Girl
 * Unwanted Harem
 * Vampire-Werewolf Love Triangle
 * Victim Falls For Rapist
 * Villainous Crush
 * Villainesses Want Heroes
 * Wacky Marriage Proposal
 * Wartime Wedding
 * Was It All a Lie?
 * Weakness Turns Her On
 * Wedding Deadline
 * What Does She See in Him?
 * What Measure Is a Humanoid?
 * Where Da White Women At?
 * Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?
 * Window Love
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?
 * Why Can't I Hate You?
 * Will They or Won't They?
 * Wife Husbandry
 * With This Ring
 * Women Prefer Strong Men
 * Working With the Ex
 * Yandere
 * Yawn and Reach
 * You Are Worth Hell
 * You Have Waited Long Enough
 * Young Love Versus Old Hate
 * Your Cheating Heart
 * Your Favorite
 * Your Universe or Mine?
 * Yuri Genre
 * Zip Me Up