Allergic to Love: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Garth:''' Wayne, what do you do when, every time you see a really hot girl, you feel like you're going to hurl?

 

Exaggeration of the nervousness and discomfort one feels at approaching someone cute to the point that they become physically sick (major turnoff). If the character is lucky, they might find the one person who doesn't trigger the reaction. Compare [[Love Makes You Crazy]], [[Does Not Like Men]] ([[He-Man Woman Hater|or women]]), and [[Chaste Hero]].

 

Compare [[Cannot Talk to Women]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Xellos from [[Slayers]] is allergic to, in addition to love, any and all positive emotions.

* ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'': Keiichi tries to ask Belldandy out to a museum, and gets so nervous that she immediately diagnoses him with a terrible illness. [[Hilarity Ensues|And acts accordingly.]]

 

== Literature ==

* In [[Jim Butcher]]'s ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', the [[Our Vampires Are Different|White Court vampires]] of House Raith feed on sexual desire, but a person touched by true love can burn them like sunlight burns your ordinary vampire. The relationship between Thomas and his favorite toy, Justine, has slowly progressed from "mutually beneficial experience" (she gives him nourishment, he keeps her mental illness in order) in ''Grave Peril'' to "true love" in ''Blood Rites''. It can't end well.

** However, it only applies when the last person somebody was intimate with loved and was loved by them. As of Ghost Story, Thomas and Justine appear to have found a workaround. She's adventurous and her name is Mara.

 

* The early episodes of ''[[Smallville]]'' subverted this trope, as Clark Kent got weak and klutzy whenever he approached Lana Lang not because of his crush (which [[Love Makes You Dumb|only affects his judgement]]), but because of her kryptonite necklace.

* For an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'', J.D. had to deal with an element of this, when he couldn't get some of the ugly scenes from work out of his head and looking at any part of his would-be girlfriend ended up making him think of some scene involving that part of the body (throat cancer when he looked at her neck, etc). He was able to move past it with some "help" from Drs. Cox and Turk.

 

== Music ==

* The Shins have a song called ''Know Your Onion'' which mentions this

{{quote|"I left all my friends at the morning bus stop

 

== Video Games ==

* Not only is [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness/Characters|Laharl]] from ''[[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' allergic (as in gets ''literally'' hurt by: his [[Gameplay and Story Integration|stats get cut]]) women with sexy bodies, he is also allergic to optimistic sayings, especially "Eternal love".

** And don't forget optimistic sayings said ''by'' women with sexy bodies. "A ray of hope" isn't overly much for Laharl when said this way.

'''Yuri:''' You're my important Dearche and everyone's King. I haven't forgotten and I'll keep on saying I love you no matter how many times.

'''Dearche:''' U-uwaaaAAA~!!! Shut up already!! Shut uuup!!! No, it doesn't matter if you don't! With my power as the King who rules over Darkness, I'll shut that loose mouth of yours to never say those again! }}

 

== Web Original ==

* Charlie, the main character in [http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2535577/1/Charlie_Daniels_Teenaged_Schmoe this story] is a fairly unique case of this trope. Whenever people start being mushy or making out near him (especially making out), he usually ends up with heartburn. He often uses this for comic effect (i.e. to weird people out)

 

== Western Animation ==

* In early seasons of ''[[South Park]]'', Stan vomited uncontrollably when his love interest Wendy Testaburger so much as talked to him.

** This seems to have started all over again at the end of the episode ''The List''. Though in ''Super Fun Time'', he holds her hand through most of the episode with no ill effects. Then in ''Elementary School Musical'', she kissed him without Stan puking on her.