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Line 1: {{trope}}{{Needs Image}} Ah, love. ~~Sometimes -- and~~Sometimes—and in ''[[Shojo]]'' series, it's very ~~frequently -- it~~frequently—it's entirely one-sided. When a character encounters that certain special someone who's totally out of their reach ("''takane no hana''"), a conveniently timed airplane flies by, and the unrequited lover spends several seconds staring at the airplane as it flies off into the distance, forever out of reach. In fantasy or historical series where there are no airplanes, a bird appears instead. Despite flying high in the upper troposphere, the [['''Airplane of Love]]''' frequently draws a [[Dramatic Wind]] in its wake that affects people on the ground. Not to be confused with the [[Mile-High Club]], for those of you who are of a different mind. Line 10: == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * ''[[Tenshi Nana Konamaiki]]'' * ''[[Ranma ½ ~~(Manga)\|Ranma 1/2~~]]'' * ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' is another Takahashi example, in this case it represents Kyoko accepting the death of her husband and deciding to remarry. ** In episode 20 this seems to be combined with [[Disturbed Doves]]. Both Kozue and Kyoko are watching, so it isn't clear, but it had the symbolism and feel of Airplane Of Love. * ''[[Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora]]'' features a scene where the protagonist and his [[Tsundere]] crush share a moment watching the [[Airplane of Love]] fly by in the distance. * ''[[Simoun]]'' subverts this: the [[Airplane of Love]] that Morinas sees when Neviril turns her down turns out to be an incoming enemy missile. * In the manga of ''[[Love Hina]]'', Keitaro and Naru have just begun to acknowledge their feelings for each other when Keitaro must leave for foreign study. He and Naru fall asleep while waiting for the plane, but Naru awakes alone in time to watch his plane depart. * In ''[[~~Ichigo One Hundred Percent\|~~Ichigo 100%]]'', when Manaka thinks that Nishino is breaking up with him, the [[Airplane of Love]] suddenly appears above his head. It disappears as she clarifies. Then he thinks they're breaking up again, and it's another Airplane over his head. This happens three times in a row, indicating busy skies over the city! * ''[[Genshiken]]'' also has a ridiculous amount of airplanes going over the university building when romance is just out of somebody's grasp. Obviously they're under a flightpath or something... ** Let's not forget that the whole POINT of Genshiken is to mess with not only all of these tropes, but the people that like to follow them. * In ''[[~~Five Centimeters Per Second (Film)\|~~5 Centimeters Per Second]]'', a space probe is launched into deep space as one of the characters realizes that the object of their love is completely beyond their reach. ** And while we're on the subject of [[Makoto Shinkai]], [[The Place Promised in Our Early Days]] has the Velaciela * A temporary character in ''Monochrome Factor'' mentions that she wants to "ride the airplane of love". * ''[[The Girl Who Leapt Through Time]]'' * In ''[[FLCL]]'' it represents Mamimi's longing for [[The Ghost\|Tasku Sempai]], who has gone off to America to play Baseball, especially when she finds out he has an American girlfriend * A variation in ''[[~~Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)\|~~Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' because they are both clearly within reach of each other and believing [[I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me]] of each other, and [[Attractiveness Isolation]] on Hinagiku's side, Hinagiku manages to confess that she likes Hayate, only for him to be unable to hear because the train is rushing by. * ''[[Toradora ~~(Light Novel)\|Toradora~~!]]'' ~~-- Inverted~~—Inverted. When Ryuuji gives his "Tiger and Dragon" speech there are twin contrails in the sky, symbolizing his connection to Taiga. At the end of the series, when Ryuuji stands outside alone, the sky is empty, but he recalls the contrails as he {{spoiler\|vows to return to Taiga's side some day.}} * Shows up in the finale of ''[[Gun X Sword]]'', though it's a flying mech rather than an airplane: {{spoiler\|After Wendy lets Van go without confessing her love, she watches him fly off in Dan.}} Comes complete with violent wind and sparkles. Line 33: == [[Live-Action TV]] == * In the remake of ''[[Battlestar Galactica ~~Reimagined~~(2004 TV series)\|Battlestar Galactica]]'', Apollo's relationship with Starbuck is metaphorically represented by this trope via Pigeon!Kara. == [[Music]] == Line 40: == [[Video Games]] == * ''[[Yami to Boushi Toto Hon no Tabibito]]''{{context}} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Love Tropes~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Japanese Visual Arts Tropes]] [[Category:~~Airplane~~Love ~~Of Love~~Tropes]]▼ [[Category:Tropes On a Plane]] ▲[[Category:Airplane Of Love]]