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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."''
|'''Mr. Darcy''', ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''}}
[[The Power of Love|Love is a funny thing]]. Sometimes, we feel the strong need to keep our love secret from the object of our affection, for various reasons. They could still be attached, [[Just Friends|they may consider us a "best friend"]] and [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|we don't want to endanger it]], [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|or maybe we just haven't come to terms with our feelings]]. The attempts that we have already made were all [[Moment Killer|suddenly interrupted]]. When we finally confess, it's like pulling our own teeth.
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These kinds of confessions and proposals have a low success rate. When they come halfway through a work, they must usually be repeated again at the climax so that they can be accepted. Thank God there are extraneous factors that force us to shout our love to the heavens after we've been pushed around. Otherwise, how would romance work?
Be warned: point of death confessions of undying love all too often turn out not to be. There is a very real possibility you will live to face the consequences of your confession. This may be a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. Depending on the work in question, might be a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] or possibly [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Funny]] if done correctly.
{{Unmarked Spoilers}}
{{examples}}
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''.
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* The ending of ''[[Love Hina]] Again!'' The amount of interference (including, but not limited to, rocket-launchers, exploding buildings, [[Functional Magic]], [[Latex Perfection]] bodysuits, mecha-turtle invaders, and the immediate threat of losing Keitaro to his [[Not Blood Siblings|adopted]] [[Brother-Sister Incest|sister]] who'll go to ''[[Yandere|any length]]'', legal or not, to get him) required to make Naru fess up about her true feelings, cannot fail to amaze...
** Then again, it's the same thing as in that manga arc in {{spoiler|Chapter 100-105}}.
* After spending approximately fifteen episodes of ''[[
** Presumably done by Mai to Yuuichi as {{spoiler|he lies dying}}. I say presumably because at that point he is {{spoiler|too far gone to actually hear what she's saying, although we can see her lips move.}}
* ''[[
** And in the second chapter of ''[[Shin Mazinger Zero]]'' she {{spoiler|falteringly uttered she loved Kouji}} shortly before {{spoiler|dying.}}
* At the end of the ''[[
* There's a similar scene in ''[[
** Kagome later gets to play it straight and cross it into [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] ''and'' {{spoiler|[[Shut UP, Hannibal]]}}, as she deals her most direct one to Inyuasha {{spoiler|to shake the effects of The Baby's ''very'' cruel [[Hannibal Lecture
* Happens frequently in Hinako Takanaga's [[Boys Love]] manga:
** In one chapter of ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
* {{spoiler|Domon Kasshu}} of ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam
** ''The'' finishing move, as it turns around into a combination attack that defeats the [[Big Bad|Devil Gundam]] {{spoiler|by putting a great big heart-shaped hole right through it}}.
** Allenby herself does this, but only Rain gets to hear it during their [[Designated Girl Fight]]. {{spoiler|And in a variation, Allenby herself is ''[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]'' during it, and mostly expressed her love for Domon when Rain mentions him during the fight [[Defusing the Tykebomb|while trying to calm her down]].}}
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* Several examples in ''[[Naruto]]'':
** When Sasuke sets out to betray the village, Sakura confesses her love for him and tells him that she is willing to leave with him and betray the village just so they can stay together. His response is "you're annoying", followed by a "thank you", followed by whacking her on the back of the neck and rendering her unconscious. Even today, years after this happened, people are ''still'' not entirely sure what he meant by that; it's an [[Ironic Echo]] of a conversation that moments before he denied remembering, and he later carries her to a park bench instead of just leaving her to lie on the ground. This suggests he wasn't being ''completely'' cruel to her, but was stopping her from taking his dark path. [[Protagonist Journey to Villain|Back then]].
** In the series' [[Darkest Hour]] Hinata [[Takes the Bullet]] for Naruto, after a fashion, and leaps into a hopeless situation just to buy him time. When he asks her why, she confesses her love for him with this ''grand speech'' that starts with "Your smile saved me!" and goes from there. Then she gets stabbed in the neck before we can hear his
** Sai gives one of these to Sakura on Naruto's behalf. Sakura then rushes to Naruto to tell him that she loves him now. Except she doesn't really mean it, and she [[Break Her Heart to Save Her|just wants him to stop suffering because of her.]] This results in an emotional train wreck of frightening proportions.
** Rin to Kakashi near the end of Kakashi Gaiden. He responds that he doesn't deserve her for abandoning her, but he will protect her as Obito, who secretly loved her, would.
* ''[[Maison Ikkoku]].'' You can always count on wishy-washy Godai to to wait until the last minute to make his feelings known. As with [[Real Life]], unless there's lots of alcohol involved.
* This is the first climax of the main romantic plot in ''[[Fruits Basket]]''. After both characters have accepted their own feelings towards the other but both fearing rejection, Kyo confesses to Tohru that he was {{spoiler|there when her mother was hit by the car, that he didn't grab her because he would transform into a cat and that her mother said she would never forgive him.}} He gives the choice to either forgive him or not and she takes the third option declaring:
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** Then straight after that {{spoiler|she falls off a cliff, tells Kyo to go on without her, he gives her a kiss (she's unconscious by then), but she gets better fortunately.}}
* In ''[[
** Is there anyone in ''Gantz'' who does have luck with this sort of thing? Kurono had {{spoiler|Sakuraoka die on him, and had to unsuccessfully try to defend against half the Gantz team to save Tae. Even Reika went the [[Yandere]] route by cloning him and admiting to some desperate love.}}
* Genkaku from ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' confesses to Nagi during his {{spoiler|[[If I Can't Have You]] moment where he kills him}} that he "loved him." Love confession gone ''very'' wrong.
* [[Big Bad|Gauron]] from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', five seconds before trying to get his [[Humongous Mecha]] to self destruct and have a double suicide with Sousuke, yells out, "[[Ho Yay|I LOVE YOU KASHIM!]]" Sousuke is not amused.
** Tessa also directly confesses her love for Sousuke in ''The Second Raid'' OVA. He misunderstands it brilliantly, in [[Comically Missing the Point|typical Sousuke fashion]].
** Later on in the novels, Sousuke and Kaname ''finally'' get their chance to declare their love for each other as
** Spoofed in ''[[Full Metal Panic!|Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu]]''. One of Kaname's classmate's is hit by Sousuke's booby trap and makes an anguished declaration of love to Kaname over his cell phone as he's "dying" (he was plastered to a tree with some kind of adhesive). As Kaname starts crying and begging him to live, the boy asks if she'd still consider going out with him, whereupon Kaname snaps, "Not on your life!" and hangs up. "Argh! [[Tsundere|You're so mean!]]"
* Nanako to Rei/Saint-Juste in ''[[Oniisama
** Also subverted by {{spoiler|Fukiko}}, who gives one to {{spoiler|Nanako}}... but it's a fake. {{spoiler|And Rei interrupts it, too.}}
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Shirley Fenette had a [[Break the Cutie|"knack" for this]]. Earlier, after a long series of [[Moment Killer
** It doesn't get much more [[Tear Jerker|anguished]] than {{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie|Nunnally]]'s "aishiteru" at the very end of the series, while [[Brother-Sister Incest|Lelouch]] lies dying next to her. She makes this confession to [[Complete Monster|the most]] [[Silent Scapegoat|hated man]] in the world in public, in front of many live-broadcasting cameras. Good thing she was probably drowned out by all the people cheering and chanting the name of Lelouch's murderer.}}
* A classic example would be Harima from [[School Rumble]]. Too bad he confessed to the wrong girl.
** Listing all the examples would take someone with [[Hypocritical Humour|way too much time on their hands]]. Let's just say there's a fair number of them. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Harima accidentally confesses to their male teacher, who is completely nonplussed. Then, in the next episode, he does it AGAIN.
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''. Because it was raining, Tamahome just kicked a few asses, Miaka was starting to get sick, and because everyone was on an emotional roller coaster at the time.
* In ''[[Fate/stay
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'''Shirou:''' SHUT UP! ....Just... be quiet for a second... You can rely on others... rely on...
'''Saber:''' You're wrong. You're more important than me, your life is more important, so you should take care-"
'''Shirou:''' ''I want you more than anything else!'' There's not one thing that can replace you. Sorry, I... I like you the most out of everything. So I'm not going to let a guy like ''him'' take you! }}
** Saber refuses to admit to having any romantic feelings for Shirou, even after their intimate scene; however, her final words to him were: "Shirou... anata wo aishiteru." She uses the stronger and less ambiguous "aishiteru" (the most [[Serious Business]] version of "I love you") instead of the more common "suki" (the more informal version, and the one most likely to be used).
* ''[[Midori Days]]''. Twice in the same chapter. {{spoiler|Ayase, after spending the entire series to lure Seiji into an "appropriate" moment, after nearly a year of perfect chances being missed because of insecurities, [[I Have This Friend|she confesses her love (and her attempts) to Seiji]]. Seiji, however, then tells her that he does have a girlfriend (which is Midori, after spending the series not liking her). Ayase smiles, runs off, and says "It's alright! I confessed! It's alright!" and [[Tear Jerker|cries under the street lights.]]}}
* In ''[[Macross]]'', Misa finds out that Minmei was with Hikaru in his apartment after hearing her talking to him. Suspecting that she lost to her, and also learning that she was to captain the SDF-2 and leaving Earth for a while, she gives one of these to him before leaving, since she wanted to let him know her true feelings for him. {{spoiler|He actually ends up declaring his love for ''her'' instead.}}
* {{spoiler|Rue}} confesses her love for {{spoiler|Mytho}} this way in ''[[Princess Tutu]]''. As the object of her affection is sending himself to certain [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|doom]] {{spoiler|because she tainted his heart with Raven's blood}}, the poor girl chases after him screaming and wailing in anguish at the top of her lungs: "I've loved you ever since I was a little girl! AND I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU FOREVER!" {{spoiler|This sets Mytho's heart free from the Raven's blood, but marks poor Rue as a target to the Raven. Mytho spends most of the rest of the finale trying to save her.}}
* {{spoiler|Sasame}} from ''[[Prétear]]'' (anime version) confesses his love for {{spoiler|Takako, the [[Dark Magical Girl|Princess of Disaster]]}} this
** And later ''she'' confesses to {{spoiler|his ''dead body'' after he makes a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to save her life [[Tear Jerker|and asks her "Am I finally your knight?]]}} In fact, her original confession to {{spoiler|Hayate}} was pretty anguished, too.
* Seen in [[Tear Jerker|episode 19]] of [[
* Simon, a childhood friend of Erza from ''[[
* ''[[
* In the end of both the [[Light Novel|novel]] and anime versions of ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]!'', Sato tries to {{spoiler|convince Misaki not to kill herself}} with a speech that becomes increasingly impassioned, until he blurts out "I like you! I ''love'' you! {{spoiler|Please, don't die}}!" {{spoiler|Misaki}} dismisses it as being hollow words to convince her not to jump, and even Sato himself doesn't realize the full weight and meaning to what he said until he's {{spoiler|ready to jump off the cliff himself in a desperate attempt to convince her of the worth of her own life}}.
* ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L0ULFvaIjM&feature=related Vincent gives Re-l one] in Episode 12:
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[Vincent grabs Re-l on the arm and throws her down on the bed]
'''Vincent''': I love you. I love you, Re-l. But for an immigrant... No, that's wrong. I mean, for a monster to love you... I thought that I wouldn't see you again. No matter how hard I tried to stop... No matter what, I still love you. }}
* In ''[[Yaiba]]'', {{spoiler|Yaiba says a "I Like You, seriously." to an aged Sayaka before confronting Kaguya. After the battle however he jokes about it, so we don't know if it was serious or not}}.
* One of the most heart-wrenching examples occurs in series finale of [[Sonic X]], of all places. After about a season of building up a relationship with her, Tails finally admits in the series finale he loves Cosmo {{spoiler|just before he is forced to kill her.}}
* This happens in ''[[
* ''All'' of [[Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]'s chapter 97 is {{spoiler|Inugami}} ([[Tall, Dark and Snarky|of]] [[Loners Are Freaks|all]] [[Jerkass Woobie|people]])'s
* Happens in ''[[Vandread]]'' when a [[Not What It Looks Like]] moment between Hibiki and Misty causes Dita to get supremely depressed. The crew decides to resolve the issue by locking Hibiki and Dita together until they make up. Hibiki eventually starts an
{{quote|
'''Hibiki:''' [[Hey, You|Idiot]], don't come!
'''Dita:''' I finally understand... [[Third Person Person|Dita]]'s [[The Ditz|stupid so I can't understand the world]]... but I understand [[Embarrassing Nickname|Mr. Alien]] very well! Right now Mr. Alien is trying to protect the lives of everyone so Dita will protect Mr. Alien instead! Because Dita loves Mr. Alien! That's why... that's why Dita's going to protect [[First-Name Basis|Hibiki]]! }}
* ''[[Angel Beats
* In a late episode of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', Zakuro appears to be leaving the other Mews. [[Ambiguously Bi|Minto]] takes this badly and actually ends up outright fighting her, growing increasingly impassioned and upset until she screams "I loved you! ''I loved you!''" It's never confirmed [[Hide Your Lesbians|what kind of love she was talking about]], and the whole thing is never mentioned again.
* In the ''[[Chobits]]'' manga both Chitose and Freya force one out of Hideki for [[Robot Girl|Chii]]. Even after he confesses his love for her Freya taunts him to make certain he's serious by telling him that Chii's actions and thoughts are only programming and she will never love him back. His response? "Her feelings live in me!"
** In the anime version it's changed to a straight declaration of love because it's suggested that her advanced programming DOES give her emotions.
* In ''[[Toradora
* In [[
* ''[[Yakuza Girl]]'': Many times.
▲== Comic Books ==
* Cassidy declares his love with Tulip before and after {{spoiler|Jesse dies}} and after {{spoiler|Jesse comes back}} in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''.
* Something of an unusual case (as they were already having sex) but it's not until he figures he's about to lose her that Mimic confesses his love to Blink in ''[[
* In ''[[Mouse Guard]]'': Winter 1152, {{spoiler|Saxon finally [[Cannot Spit It Out|spits it out]] during Celanawe's funeral--his experiences in the weasel dungeon made him realize his life of constant battle was meaningless.}}
* In the [[Nintendo Comics System]] series based on [[The Legend of Zelda (
* ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'': Recently, while Raven was [[Converse
* In ''[[Ultimate Spider
{{quote|
'''Peter:''' Oh.
'''MJ:''' We didn't ''do'' anything. He tried, but I backed off. I knew-- I knew ''something'' was off. I knew it was ... too good to be true. Now, I would like to go away from you as I am out of embarrassing things to say.
'''Peter:''' Mary...
'''MJ:''' Peter, go find your girlfriend. }}
* In ''[[Elf Quest]]'', Zhantee very emotionally declares his love for Leetah to Leetah's lifemate Cutter. In the elf culture, love is very free and sex is often shared between friends, and Cutter fails to understand why Zhantee never told them about his feelings. He explains to Zhantee that he'd have been welcome in their relationship all along. Through telepathy, Cutter connects himself and Zhantee to the faraway Leetah, and the three share a powerful romantic and sexual bonding for a few brief moments... {{spoiler|until Zhantee dies in Cutter's arms.}}
==
* [[Tsundere|Asuka]] does this to [[Ineffectual Loner|Shinji]] in ''[[Evangelion R]]'', though he remains unaware due to her [[Gratuitous German|speaking in German]].
* From ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fanfic '[[Skin (
▲{{quote| "Because ''I'' love you! You think I can't tell the difference?"}}
* In ''[[
▲* From ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' fanfic '[[Skin (Fanfic)|Skin]]', Jonouchi's confession scene is considered by some to be ''so'' heartfelt that it manages to overshadow the first break in UST for ''one million four hundred thousand words''. {{spoiler|The fact that it came directly before his match against Yami no Malik probably didn't help.}}
* In ''[[
▲* In [[Trouble (Fanfic)|Trouble]], Butch and Harkness had been tip toeing and snarking around just what their feelings for each other were. {{spoiler|But in chapter 38, Butch cries over Harkness' seemingly lifeless body, "Babe, wake up. Please."}}
* In Chapter 7 of ''[[Fallout Equestria
▲* In ''[[Hunting the Unicorn (Fanfic)|Hunting the Unicorn]]'', Blaine [[Cannot Spit It Out|doesn't actually say]] the magic words (yet), but he ''does'' make a huge speech to Kurt in chapter nine about [[Grow Old With Me|getting old together,]] [[Happily Adopted|adopting]] [[Babies Ever After|lots of kids with him,]] and how [[Love Redeems|having Kurt in his life makes him a better person]]. The anguished part is that [[Foregone Conclusion|Kurt still wants to go back to McKinley]].
* In Chapter 35 of '''[[Dangerverse
▲* In Chapter 7 of [[Fallout Equestria Pink Eyes (Fanfic)|Fallout Equestria Pink Eyes]], Jammed Gun, a guardspony, gives one to a fellow guard Trigger Happy, pleading with her not to throw her life away on finding Puppysmiles. She tells him [[Incompatible Orientation|she's lesbian]] and departs anyway. {{spoiler|However, his declaration won her over, and she [[Bi the Way|returns the sentiment]] when she survives.}}
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▲* In Chapter 35 of [[Dangerverse (Fanfic)|Facing Danger]], Hermione is still unable to {{spoiler|be near anyone male}}. Everyone but Ron has tried, and failed, to be near her. Ron overhears Letha and Danger discussing, and gets rather upset, since nobody had talked about it to ''him''. So when (he thinks) she's asleep, he sneaks into her room and starts [[Converse With the Unconscious|talking to her]]. Leads, of course, to a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
* In the ''[[
▲{{quote| Ron: ''I'm so sorry. I didn't want you to get hurt. I didn't want anyone to get hurt, but you least of all...''}}
* The ''[[
▲* In the ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'' fanfic, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3657630/1/Its_not_fair It's Not Fair!], Sarah gives one to Jareth after he has transformed into an Unseelie and about to be sentenced to death, in the hopes he will hear her and change back. {{spoiler|It works}}.
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▲* The ''[[Tamers Forever Series (Fanfic)|Tamers Forever Series]]'' has an unusual example. Unusual in that Takato doesn't actually say it to the object of his affection:
▲{{quote| '''Takato (to Renamon)''': ''You can help me protect Rika, and that's the only thing I want…''<br />
'''
▲'''Takato''': ''What?''<br />
▲'''Renamon''': ''Why do you want to protect Rika so badly?''<br />
'''Renamon''': ''Why do you insist so much in taking care of her, when she only insulted you and humiliated you in the past? Why do you want to be her friend so badly? Why do you smile every time her name is mentioned? Why, Tamer? I don't understand…''
▲'''Takato''': ''Well, that's…err…well…that's because…ahh…umm…''<br />
▲'''Renamon''': ''Why do you insist so much in taking care of her, when she only insulted you and humiliated you in the past? Why do you want to be her friend so badly? Why do you smile every time her name is mentioned? Why, Tamer? I don't understand…''<br />
'''Takato''': ''Dammit, Renamon, because I love her!'' }}
* ''[[
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** Rainbow Dash confesses her love to a near-catatonic Pinkie Pie as they're {{spoiler|trapped in the burning CMC clubhouse. They survive.}}
* ''[[
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'''Tornado Swirl''': Overdrive... what are you...?
'''Overdrive''': Tornado... I... ''I love you''. }}
** Tornado {{spoiler|[[Relationship Upgrade|returns her feelings]], as he had a crush on her for a while}}.
▲== Film ==
* ''[[Moonstruck]]''
{{quote|
* The best thing Ben Affleck will ever do - the Love Speech In The Rain in the middle of ''[[Chasing Amy]]''.
** Speaking of Ben Affleck, he and his friend Matt Damon wrote the award-winning ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'', which featured an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq0apHW6Ezw emotional scene] in which Will admits to being an abused kid of many foster homes to his girlfriend, Skylar. They get into a fierce row over him "not needing to be saved", and desperately, she sobs, "I love you." ...To which Will responds "I don't love you." Then he leaves. Ouch.
** {{spoiler|Of course this is just Will being a jerk for the moment, and the ending implies heavily how he really feels.}}
* ''[[Bullshot]]'' (1983). [[Celibate Hero]] Hugh 'Bullshot' Crummond and [[The Ingenue]] Rosemary Fenton fall in [[Love At First Sight]], but don't admit it until they're facing imminent death via being [[Death Trap|drowned whilst imprisoned in giant concrete eggcups]].
* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]''. [[Ace Pilot]] Joe Sullivan and [[Hot Scoop]] Polly Perkins are former lovers who split up when Joe accused Polly of sabotaging his airplane while [[Going for
** {{spoiler|She did!}}
* The titular character, [[The Stoic|Seibei]], in [[The Twilight Samurai]]. {{spoiler|Just before going off to his fateful duel with [[Anti-Villain|Yogo Zen'emon]], Seibei ''finally'' proposes to [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Tomoe]], whom he has [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|loved since childhood]]. But he's delayed too long: just days before, she's accepted another proposal. They're ''both'' anguished, and so is the audience. All the worse for their incredible stoicism.}}
** {{spoiler|Then they do get married, that is good, but he dies three years after that sucks.}}
* [[The Empire Strikes Back|Star Wars!]] I mean, come on ...
{{quote|
'''Han:''' [[Throw It In|I know.]] }}
* In ''[[It Happened One Night]]'', Peter is talking a mile a minute about how useless he finds the [[Spoiled Brat]] Ellie Andrews, that "any man who'd fall in love with [her] ought to have his head examined", that "[[Belligerent Sexual Tension|a normal human being couldn't live under the same roof with her without going nutty]]," when her father begins to catch on to how he really feels:
{{quote|
'''Peter:''' ''YES!'' But don't hold that against me, I'm a little screwy myself! }}
* In ''[[Madagascar]]'': ''Escape 2 Africa'', as their plane is falling out of the sky, Melman blurts out, "I love you, Gloria! I always have!" Unfortunately, when he looks at her, she's asleep. And the looks he gets from Alex and Marty are priceless.
* A very understated, very British, but nonetheless extremely moving moment from ''[[Four Weddings and
{{quote|
'''Fiona:''' No need really. The deed is done. I've been in love with the same bloke for ages.
'''Charles:''' Have you? Who's that?
'''Fiona:''' ''(very casually)'' You, Charlie.
'''Fiona:''' Doesn't matter. Nothing either of us can do on this one. Such is life. ''(awkward pause)'' "Friends" isn't bad, you know. "Friends" is quite something. }}
* A <s>funny</s> ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]]'' example: near the end of the climactic chase scene from ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'', [[Those Wacky Nazis|the head of the Illinois Nazis and his number 2]] have run their car off an unfeasibly high drop and are plummeting to their doom. As they sit paralyzed by their rapidly-approaching fates, [[Famous Last Words|the number 2 manages to turn to his leader]] and say [[Ho Yay|"I've always loved you."]]
* In ''[[Bent]]'', While Horst is nearing a complete mental break down from their rock duties, he confesses to Max that he loves him. Much to Max's frustration, as Max refuses to risk giving the guards any reason to make their lives more hellish.
* Bruno's rooftop confession to Pablo in ''[[
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== Literature ==▼
* In Erika Griffin's novel, [http://www.amazon.com/One-Who-Waited-Erika-Griffin/dp/1411627164 The One Who Waited], has a good example of this trope. Upon being repeatedly assailed by the Boogeyman character, Alice finds out that {{spoiler|the only reason he has been terrorizing her was because she abandoned him when she was still a child and he needed her to remember him in order to maintain his existence. These emotions manifested themselves gradually into an obsessive, parasitic kind of love.}}
* Sydney Carton gets one of these in [[
* From C. Dickens' ''[[Great Expectations]]'' by an olderPip, to {{spoiler|Estella.}}:
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* Dickens seems fond of these - but when [[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]] tries it, it rather backfires, what with his paramour breaking down into sobs, David trying to calm her down, and her yippy dog barking his head off the entire time.
* Mr. Darcy delivers a speech like this to Elizabeth Bennet halfway through ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''. This one might be trope-defining. Of course, Darcy's anguish over his distaste for Elizabeth's family injures her pride, so she rejects him. {{spoiler|Consequently, his reaffirmation of his feelings at the end is a bit more humble.}}
* Laurie's proposal to Jo in ''[[Little Women]]''
** However, Jo herself does have a better return rate when she sobs out her confession to Fritz, who agrees wholeheartedly. Laurie and Amy, meanwhile, just sort of fall into a relationship without a lot of talking.
* Captain Wentworth's declaration of love to Anne Elliot in ''Persuasion''. {{spoiler|"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago." Don't worry, Captain Wentworth. You've nothing to fear.}}
* Gilbert Blythe's proposal to Anne in ''[[
** Well, the combination of an overactive imagination and reading too many romance novels could color one's view of love, so this one might be [[Justified Trope|Justified]].
* Edward in ''[[Twilight (
* The narrator of ''The Invention of Morel'', after pursuing an obviously disinterested Faustine for days, finally throws himself at her feet and proclaims his love for her. {{spoiler|Too bad she doesn't know he exists. Literally.}}
** And then there's the ending. {{spoiler|He makes it looks like they were in love and kills himself by doing so. It's complicated and and bit tragic.}}
* ''[[
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* ''[[The Princess Bride (
* Taran delivers an elegantly subtle one of these to amnesiac Princess Eilonwy in the third book of the ''[[Prydain Chronicles]]'' in an attempt to restore her memory.
* In the ''[[Outlander (
* Professor Radcliff Emerson realizing that he might very well die that night gives [[Amelia Peabody]] a long, passionate kiss - even at the risk of living to face the consequences, which turn out to be a long and happy marriage.
* In [[
* [[Played for Drama]] in a short story in [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''The Worthing Chronicle'', when a movie star does it to a fellow actress. [[Throw It In|While the camera is rolling]]. After she wraps the shoot with some brilliant improv and gets her [[Human Popsicle]] vacation, she wakes up years later and finds out that [[Driven to Suicide|he was dead serious]].
* In Lies, the third book of the ''[[Gone (novel)]]'' series, when {{spoiler|Diana finally admits that she loves Caine (while, at the same time, calling him a "sick twisted creep".), just as he's about to kill Sanjit and the other island kids.}}
* [[Jane Eyre]] delivers an epic one when she thinks she's to be separated from Rochester - but it's also calling him out on how he's been using her mercilessly, acting as if she has no feelings just because she is not a gentlewoman.
* There are several occasions of this in the [[X Wing Series]]. Kell Tainer makes one to Tyria Sarkin early in ''Wraith Squadron''. She rebuffs him, because she thinks he's [[Loving a Shadow]]. Later in the book, after getting to know her rather than judging by appearances and how good they would look together, he tries again, saying that he wants to win her heart - and she tackles him. She'd been attracted since the beginning, but had wanted him to see her for herself before making a move.
* At the end of [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[Apprentice Adept|OutOfPhaze]]'', Mach combines this with [[The Power of Love]] to save Fleta from her suicide attempt.
* Catherine Earnshaw gets one of the best in literature in ''[[Wuthering Heights (
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** An eavesdropping Heathcliff of course overhears only the part where it would degrade her to marry him; cue a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] and decades of misery for everyone in the book.
* In ''Checkmate'', last book of the [[Lymond Chronicles]]:
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A trickle of wax, occasioned by the draught of her movement, ran like an escaping spirit down the stem of a candle and there stiffened, extinguished as an unwanted emotion. Lymond drew an uneven breath. "What is temptation, if not that?"
"Then tell me," {{spoiler|Philippa}} said. "And make me believe it."
It was a moment before he replied. Then the shut mouth curled, in something not quite a smile. "Gould bydeth ever bright... It would be a pity to cloud it," he said. "That is one blasphemy I cannot bring myself to commit. I love you, {{spoiler|Philippa}}, in every way known to man." }}
* In [[Jack Campbell]]'s [[The Lost Fleet]] novel ''Invicible'', Geary [[Dirty Business|has to read]] a letter between two [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]. As he expects, it contains this: he declares that his feelings are incapable of changing and therefore they must not meet again. She on receiving it declares that she must not respond to i.
* In ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' rugby enthusiast{{who}} sputters out his confession of love for Sandy just before he is going to emigrate to Canada. Something he's been too tongue-tied to do up to that point. She accepts and the rest of the episode involves her rushing to pack so she can go with him that afternoon.▼
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* In ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' rugby enthusiast sputters out his confession of love for Sandy just before he is going to emigrate to Canada. Something he's been too tongue-tied to do up to that point. She accepts and the rest of the episode involves her rushing to pack so she can go with him that afternoon.
* In [[The Mighty Boosh]], episode Tundra, Howard unexpectedly admits his feelings for Vince after they are left for dead:
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(Vince laughs)
'''Howard:''' What are you doing?
'''Vince:''' Nothing.
'''Howard:''' Are you laughing?
'''Vince:''' No.
'''Howard:''' You better not be laughing. I'm telling you I ''love'' you, how dare you laugh at me?
'''Vince:''' You're making me laugh.
'''Howard:''' That is so humiliating.
'''Vince:''' You just caught me off guard, it was out of the blue.
'''Howard''' (distraught) I'm telling you I love you, and you're laughing!
'''Vince:''' Well, I love you.
'''Howard:''' No you don't. You're just saying it because I said it to you. It doesn't work that way, it doesn't ''mean'' anything.
'''Vince:''' (sincere) No. I ''love'' you. }}
* ''[[Coupling]]'', "The Girl With One Heart." A series of misunderstandings leads Patrick's current girlfriend (who's bi) to flirt with Sally, who's in love with Patrick... only Sally doesn't know she's being flirted with. When everything comes out, Sally ends up shouting in frustration that she's not in love with the girlfriend, she's in love with Patrick.
** This happens rather frequently to the characters on ''Coupling''. See also Steve, in the middle of a truly impressive rant about how natural it is for men to want to watch porn, accidentally letting it slip out that he wants to spend the rest of his life with Susan.
* In the episode "Heart of Stone" in ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. Only their imminent death through oxygen deprivation gives B'Elanna Torres the courage to tell Tom Paris she loves him (next moment they're beamed to safety). Likewise the EMH blurts out his feelings for Seven of Nine (in front of half the senior officers) when he thinks his program is going to shut down forever. Unfortunately he's repaired a few seconds later, much to his embarrassment. Unfortunately for both him and the fans [[Last-Minute Hookup|Seven ends up with Chakotay]] [[Crack Pairing|for no apparent reason]].
** Also, when the 37s are discovered, Fred Noonan (Amelia Earhart's navigator) gets shot in the chest and taken to sickbay. Thinking he will die, he confesses his love to Earhart. However, he is then healed by the Doctor and takes back his confession.
* ''[[Frasier]]'' has two (and several near-misses) of Niles declaring his unending love for Daphne. The first occurred during an impressive tango dance at his country club where he blurted out how much he adored her and she reciprocated. Unfortunately his joy ended when he realized she had assumed they were putting on a show for his condescending friends. The second occurred on the night before her wedding to another man. Niles suddenly assured her he would divorce his wife and run away with Daphne if there was even the slightest chance Daphne had feelings for him.
* Subverted on ''[[My So-Called Life]]'', where Brian is portrayed as more of a stalker of Angela than a friend, and when he finally [[Cannot Spit It Out|Spits it Out]], it disgusts her more than anything.
** She isn't disgusted. She chooses Jordan in the end, but she was more tender with him in that moment then she was with anyone else in the whole series.
* In "Benefits", a season 4 episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Robin and Ted start having casual sex again to take the friction out of rooming together. [[Jerk
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'''Barney (totally sincere):''' I love you!
'''Robin:''' Exactly! He's not like you. You know? And besides, we're friends, and I don't wanna screw that up by getting involved. Dating friends never works out. So, uh, you want to get a taco?
'''Barney:''' ... A taco?
'''Robin:''' You love them, remember? }}
* In ''[[The Nanny]]'': "[[Slap Slap Kiss|Well you're a...you walk like a...marry me!]]"
* ''[[
* On ''[[The Office]]'', after 2 seasons of [[Cannot Spit It Out|not being brave enough]] to tell Pam how he feels, Jim finally comes clean with a supremely anguished declaration in "Casino Night". She doesn't take it well, setting up another full season of [[Will They or Won't They?|dancing around the subject.]] Eventually it all gets [[They Do|figured out.]]
** Also occurs in the [[Follow the Leader|British version]] of ''[[The Office]]'' during the Season 2 finale, when Tim ([[Cutting the Electronic Leash|presumably]]) admits love for and is rejected by Dawn.
* In ''[[
** When Owen is revived using the Resurrection Glove after being shot in the episode "Reset", Toshiko confesses her love to him, thinking it is their last goodbye. When a fluke with the Glove makes him permanently undead, she tries to explain and he says he knows she didn't mean it, ("You're losing something, and suddenly you desperately desire it.") even though she does. In "Exit Wounds", after both Tosh and Owen are both [[Killed Off for Real]], Gwen, Jack and Ianto find a time-locked video from Tosh that again declares love to Owen. Obviously, when she recorded it, she didn't know Owen would be dead too.
* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', Lennier declares his love for Delenn while they are aboard a crippled White Star that is apparently about to be attacked and destroyed. The attack is aborted at the last moment, and they are rescued.
* ''[[Skins]]'': Emily and Naomi have just spent their first night together. Emily is quite a bit more okay with being gay than Naomi, which is why Naomi tries to sneak away the morning after. It doesn't work.
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'''Naomi:''' I-I got to go...
'''Emily:''' I know you, Naomi! I know that you are ''lonely!'' I think that you ''need'' someone to want you! Well, I do want you! [[Gayngst|So... please be brave... and want me back!]] }}
** Done again in reverse at the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|end of Series 4]].
* After spending half a season fighting over who should be the first to say those three words, eight letters, ''[[Gossip Girl]]''s Blair Waldorf finally says them to Chuck Bass but it doesn't go so well:
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'''Chuck''': And why would you do that?
'''Blair''': Because I ''love'' you.
'''Chuck''': Well that's too bad. }}
** After Chuck later mocks her declaration of love Blair pretty much gives up on him for the next half of the season... Only to give him a second anguised declaration of love in the season finale. He doesn't say it back this time either (but does come around by the end of the episode).
* ''[[The Mentalist]]'''s Rigsby makes one of these. {{spoiler|it takes a while to get through to Van Pelt}}. Also, {{spoiler|Bosco and Lisbon}}.
* This is how Rose finally confesses to the Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who]]''. And the Doctor is cut off right before he gets to reciprocate with one himself.
* Jack does this in [[Stargate SG
* Soaps opera have this, all the time. Love in the afternoon? More like heartbreak in the afternoon, with some grief sex.
** In [[Guiding Light]] Olivia finally confessed her feelings for Natalia in an anguish cry, in a graveyard, before Natalia's wedding. If that wasn't heartbreaking enough Natalia almost got her own confession out but Olivia stopped her because [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|she was afraid how their love could affect Natalia's chance for happiness.]]
* ''[[
* In ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' after being reset to original programming Cameron makes one of these to John while trying to convince him not to remove her chip. This is a bit complicated, as while she's a [[Robot Girl]] saying it to manipulate him, the simulated emotion appears very real, and he's aware that she's more advanced than other Terminators, but not to what degree. And the second part of her claim "and you love me" probably hit a bit close.
* In the episode "Lancelot and Guinevere" from ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', Merlin finally manages to get one out of Arthur:
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'''Arthur''': I can't! How can I admit that I think about her all the time. Or that...I care about her more than anyone. How can I admit that...I don't know what I'll do if any harm comes to her?
'''Merlin''': Why can't you?
'''Arthur''': Because nothing can ever happen between us! To admit my feelings knowing that...hurts too much. }}
** And just to rub salt in the wound, when Arthur finally finds Gwen, it turns out that Lancelot got there first...
* Santana tearily confesses her love for her best friend Brittany on ''[[Glee]]''. Doubly anguished since it also counts as the beginning of her [[Coming Out Story]].
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'''Brittany:''' I understand that.
'''Santana:''' ...Do you understand what I am trying to say here?
'''Brittany:''' ...No, not really.
'''Santana:''' I want to be with you. But... I am afraid of the talks, and the looks. I mean, you know what happened to [[Camp Gay|Kurt]] at this school.
'''Brittany:''' But honey, if anyone was to ever make fun of you, you would either kick their ass or slash them with your vicious, vicious words.
'''Santana:''' [Starts to cry] I know... I'm just so afraid of what everyone would say ''behind my back''. Still I have to accept... that I love you. ''I love you'', and I don't want to be with Sam, or Finn or any of those other guys. ''I just want you''. Please say you love me back! [[Did Not Get the Girl|... Please...]] }}
** {{spoiler|It gets sadder when Brittany turns her down for Artie.}} I could never be truly mad at Brittany, but...
* It took 100 episodes for ''[[Bones]]'' (the show, not the character) to get around to breaking the [[Will They or Won't They?|will they/won't they]] pattern, but not [[Tear Jerker|in they way we hoped]].
* In ''[[
* In the Season 3 finale of ''[[Castle]]'', Castle finally says "I love you" to Beckett just before she loses consciousness after being shot by a hit man. It is as yet unknown whether or not she will remember it.
** In the first episode of Season 4, Beckett tells Castle that she can't remember the shooting. However, {{spoiler|at the very end we learn that she lied. She remembers everything.}}
** In the finale of Season 4, there are two. {{spoiler|Castle first tells Beckett that he loves her (adding that he knows she knows about it) and confesses that he kept secrets from her to protect her.}} {{spoiler|After resigning from the police force, Beckett goes to Castle's loft to tell him that she nearly died, and the only thing she could think about is him. And that she loves him, too.}}
* In the special ''[[The Muppets]] Go to the Movies'', during the Japanese Monster Movie segment, the male lead gives one of these to the female lead when it looks like the giant rats invading the Earth are unstoppable, while [[Fun
* At the end of season 4 of ''[[Doc Martin]]'', Martin finally breaks down and admits how much Louisa ''really'' means to him. Because he's such an emotionally repressed, stuffed shirt normally this becomes both a crowning moment of awesome and a crowning moment of funny as he struggles to put aside his [[Stiff Upper Lip]] tendencies and speak from his heart.
* ''[[Downton Abbey]]'': Anna to Mr Bates. Which is then [[Moment Killer|promptly interrupted]] - O HAI THAR HAYCART!!!
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Spike is on the point of blurting this out in the Season 5 episode "Crush", when a [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|shocked and disgusted]] Buffy stops him, well aware of what he's about to say despite being clueless [[Stalker
▲== Music ==
* "Crown of Love" by [[Arcade Fire]].
▲== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Fantasia Otome Game Series|Fantasia - Requiem of the Abyss]]'', Valen's confession to Cain was like this.
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* In one of the many parts cut due to [[Executive Meddling]], Atton Rand in [[Knights of the Old Republic]] II was supposed to face Sion in the end in a player-controlled fight. If he lost, he would die in the [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Jedi Exile]]'s arms, and if female he'd make one of these.
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** Though the scene occurs before the declaration of love, Bastila's apology for being such a preachy jerk does sound (according to the player character) like she is "pulling teeth".
** Juhani [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuSjC_DOMVE&feature=related confessing her love] of a female player character has more than an edge of desperation to it.
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I am sorry if this upsets you. I am so sorry if I am wrong, but I cannot deny what it is that I feel. }}
* In order to romance {{spoiler|Naoto}} in ''[[
* Quoted above: In her Happy Ending, Hikari Hinomoto of ''[[Tokimeki Memorial
** In ''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 1'', Shiki Mihara's confession is like this, especially if the heroine tries to say she's not good enough for him.
* In the ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' game ''Dawn Of the Dragon'', as the world is litterally ending around them and the only chance to save it might very well require a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], {{spoiler|Cynder chooses to stay with Spyro and admits her love for him as the last words she says in the series. Thankfully, they live to enjoy their happily ever after.}}
* Played with in [[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]. Marta's love for Emil is well known, even as it changes from infatuation with an idea of him to truly falling for the real Emil. Even so, Marta {{spoiler|tearfully shouting while asking if she ever meant anything to Emil in chapter 8, then burying her head into his chest and telling him she want to be with him might be considered one, even if it's not exactly a confession of love. Emil nervously tells Marta that he loves her, though she cuts him off at the end with a kiss. His confession is not all that anguised, but it does come out during a pretty heartwrenching moment, as it may be the last time the two of them will get a chance to make their feelings for each other known.}}
== Webcomics / Web Original ==▼
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[
** Somewhat of a subversion, as this one was understood and stuck. [[Genre Savvy|Elan groks drama tropes.]]
** Also in that ''Haley'' is the one who tries to backpedal afterwards. Elan stops her with a [["Shut Up" Kiss]].
* Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, of ''[[
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'''Zeetha:''' Now ''that'', I'll pass along. }}
** [[The Lancer|Tarvek]] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110905 gave one] to Agatha, [[Subtext|without actually going out and saying it.]]
* ''[[Dept Heaven Apocrypha]]'' has this happen while Milanor is trying to talk a distraught and slightly-less-than-sane Nessiah down from losing it completely; Nessiah winds up confessing while trying to figure out what to say. {{spoiler|This is mirrored later on when Milanor has to try to convince Nessiah that his feelings are genuine, under rather unfavorable circumstances.}}▼
* There is one of these in ''[http://www.fictionpress.com/secure/story/story_preview.php?storyid=2718227&chapter=1 Fragile]''. When Severin (who is already in a relationship with Page) {{spoiler|temporarily regains a stable mental state after having gone insane}}, he tells Page he loves him. At first Page thinks that Severin is merely telling him something he already knows, but then {{spoiler|it turns out that Severin's lack of control over his mind has caused him to entirely forget about their relationship.}}▼
* ''[[Mayonaka Densha]]'': Hatsune, while trapped inside a bank that's being held up by a group of American bank robbers, notices Tom in the crowd outside and screams out the window that she loves him. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, he couldn't hear her over the crowd.}}
* Lucy in ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]'' finally admits to {{spoiler|[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c51/p11.html her feelings for Mike]. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.}}
* Gary from ''[[Ménage à 3]]'' is on the receiving end from {{spoiler|[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20110409.html Yuki] in the latest arc}}.▼
▲* ''[[Dept Heaven Apocrypha]]'' has this happen while Milanor is trying to talk a distraught and slightly-less-than-sane Nessiah down from losing it completely; Nessiah winds up confessing while trying to figure out what to say. {{spoiler|This is mirrored later on when Milanor has to try to convince Nessiah that his feelings are genuine, under rather unfavorable circumstances.}}
▲* There is one of these in ''[http://www.fictionpress.com/secure/story/story_preview.php?storyid=2718227&chapter=1 Fragile]''.{{Dead link}} When Severin (who is already in a relationship with Page) {{spoiler|temporarily regains a stable mental state after having gone insane}}, he tells Page he loves him. At first Page thinks that Severin is merely telling him something he already knows, but then {{spoiler|it turns out that Severin's lack of control over his mind has caused him to entirely forget about their relationship.}}
* Parodied in ''[[A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever]]''.
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* In the ''[[Neopets]]'' plot, the "Faeries Ruin", {{spoiler|Brynn}} tries to tell {{spoiler|Hanso}} that she loves him, when it seems like {{spoiler|Hanso is joining Xandra}}, but [[False Start|she doesn't get to finish]]. {{spoiler|However, it turns out that Hanso was pulling a bit of a [[Batman Gambit]] anyway...}}
▲* Gary from ''[[Ménage à 3]]'' is on the receiving end from {{spoiler|[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20110409.html Yuki] in the latest arc}}.
* Goes a little sideways in ''[[Me and My Dick]]'':
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'''Joey''': [[Comically Missing the Point|Thanks, friend, I love you too]].
'''Sally''': No, no, no... Joey, when I say "I love you", I wanna say something more. What I'm trying to say is... I '''like''' you! }}
▲== Western Animation ==
* Leela's sudden admittance of love for Fry in the face of danger and possible death in the final scene of ''[[Futurama|Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder]]'', after ten years of not returning his feelings and at the ''worst'' possible time. {{spoiler|They got better.}}
* ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'': Late into the series, Jane gets engaged to Pothole McPucker and throws a party. Lumpus sneaks in, dressed as a woman, and finally confesses his feelings. Since he's in a dress, everyone thinks it's a woman confessing her love to Pothole. Pothole's response? "[[Attractive Bent Gender|Sorry, Jane, she's hot.]]" It's all set up for a later episode where {{spoiler|Jane's wedding falls apart, and Lumpus finally tells her then. [[Earn Your Happy Ending|They marry.]]}}
* ''[[Space Boyfriend]]'': The [[Cliff Hanger]] has Ben finally confess his love to Veronica. We'll never know the answer.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbmHgLH4xyM Helga gives one to Arnold] in ''[[Hey Arnold!|Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]'' complete with a [[The Big Damn Kiss|kiss]].
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** {{spoiler|Then at the end of the movie, she denies it}}.
* Done in [[Family Guy]] as a combination of both [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] and [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] with Stewie and Brian:
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* Cindy gets one in ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'' when she believes they're going to die... only that she never '''actually''' says it.
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'''Jimmy:''' "LOVE POTION! That's it! Thanks, Cindy!" *kisses her cheek and runs off*
'''Cindy:''' "...I wasn't gonna say LOVE!" }}
* Spike the dragon from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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** Rarity interrupts him by placing her hoof in his mouth, then she gives him the tenderest of smiles and starts crying. ''She knew. She knew all along.''
* ''[[Home Movies]]'' - Brendon pushes himself on Cynthia a bit too much at a Battle Of The Bands competition - as she runs off, he runs onstage and, grabbing a microphone, declares in a highly embarrassing manner that he's "in LIKE" with her.
* In ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', Numbuh 86 has a habit of confessing her affections towards male operatives ''right'' before she decommissions them, as decommissioning makes them forget their activities in the KND, up to and including the confession. She has done so to Numbuh 4 in "Operation E.N.D" and to Numbuh 19th Century in "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-5". Whether she's serious or whether this is her odd idea of a joke isn't clear.
* One afternoon, the Reverend Arthur Nicholls declared out of the blue his passionate attachment to [[
▲== Real Life ==
▲* One afternoon, the Reverend Arthur Nicholls declared out of the blue his passionate attachment to [[Charlotte Bronte (Creator)|Charlotte Bronte]], who wasn't interested at all - until her father drove Nicholls out of the parish. Whereupon the canny Reverend began to write Charlotte desperate and touching love letters... and persuaded her to meet him secretly... and the upshot was they got married!
** The downshot is that [[Downer Ending|she died soon after their wedding; while pregnant with her first child. But after the happiest year of her rather miserable life.]]
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