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'''Beware'''! '''''MANY spoilers''''', either marked or unmarked.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''.
{{quote| '''Nanami''': (to Touga) "Because I love you! BECAUSE I LOVE YOU BIG BROTHER!"}}
* 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
** Then again, it's the same thing as in that manga arc in {{spoiler|Chapter 100-105}}.
* After spending approximately fifteen episodes of ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|Mai-HiME]]'' following [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Yuuichi]] around like a hawk, Shiho finally confesses that she really loves him. Of course, he's asleep at the time...and she's still angry at Mai because she thinks he likes ''her'' better...
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* At the end of the ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma ½]]'' manga, {{spoiler|Ranma cries out his love for Akane in desperation because he thinks she has died.}} Whether it was an internal declaration or a vocal proclamation is up to the reader, {{spoiler|but apparently Akane heard it loud and clear.}}
* There's a similar scene in ''[[Inuyasha (Manga)|Inuyasha]]'' as well, in which Inuyasha and Myouga see what they think are the departing souls of Kagome and Shippo (actually alive and well, just surrounded by protective foxfire), and Inuyasha blurts out more than he intended before he realizes that they're alive.
** 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|Hannibal Lectures]] off herself.}}
* Happens frequently in Hinako Takanaga's [[Boys Love]] manga:
** In one chapter of ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love (Manga)|The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'', Morinaga and Souichi get into an argument on whether Morinaga should continue staying at Souichi's place to keep a lookout for the stalker or move to another place for his safety. In exasperation, Souichi yells that he'd rather be hurt than have things precious to him be hurt. His declaration isn't explicit enough to completely resolve the "[[Will They or Won't They?|does he like him back or not]]" issue, but judging from Morinaga's stunned face and Souichi's "[[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|My God, what did I just blurt out?]]" expression, it's a tad more revealing than he intended.
** In ''[[Little Butterfly (Manga)|Little Butterfly]]'', outcast Nakahara is surprised when cheerful classmate Kojima is friendly to him, but agrees to become friends. When his feelings of friendship deepen into love he makes an [[Gayngst|angsty declaration]] to Kojima, fearing rejection and saying that they probably shouldn't see each other any more. Kojima does accept his feelings, saying he thinks [[If
** In ''[[Awkward Silence (Manga)|Awkward Silence]]'' baseball ace Tamiya asks out the shy artist Toono, but becomes more and more distressed as he takes Toono's natural emotionless appearance as a sign [[Oblivious to Love|his feelings are unrequited]]. This leads to Toono having to declare his love in turn to convince Tamiya that the relationship is truly wanted.
* {{spoiler|Domon Kasshu}} of ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|G Gundam]]'' managed to turn one of these, addressed to {{spoiler|his kidnapped and brainwashed love interest, Rain Mikamura}} into the lead-in to a [[Finishing Move]]. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|And it was BLOODY AWESOME]].
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** 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|Moment Killers]], she {{spoiler|finally kissed him during a dramatic downpour -- spurred to action upon learning that her father had died. Most of her "declaration" was silent, but it was definitely "anguished," and she ''finally'' made her feelings perfectly clear to the [[Celibate Hero]] Lelouch.}} Too bad [[It Got Worse]]... {{spoiler|and the ''other'' time she got to tell him that she loved him, it happened as she lay dying in his arms.}}
** 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
* 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.
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* 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 ''[[Magic Users Club (Anime)|Magic Users Club]]'' when Nanaka confesses to Aburatsubo. He rejects her feelings ''in the kindest, sweetest way ever'', doing what he can to not break her heart further. Note also that the frame doesn't change from a closeup on Nanaka's face while he gives her his reply; you can watch her emotional state shift from nervousness to surprise to sad realization to resignation.
* ''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 [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] towards {{spoiler|Aoshika-sensei.}}
* 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 [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] but [[Moment Killer|gets interrupted by the scramble alarm]]. Dita returns the favor in the final battle when Hibiki attempts a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
{{quote| '''Dita:''' I won't let that happen! ''(charges into the fray)''<br />
'''Hibiki:''' [[Hey, You|Idiot]], don't come!<br />
'''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
* ''[[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats]]'' created a really [[Tear Jerker|heartrending]] scene between {{spoiler|1=Yuzuru Otonashi and Kanade Tachibana in the last episode. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMfAENkuE8E This video explains all. TT_TT]}}
* 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.
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== 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 ''[[Exiles (Comic Book)|Exiles]]''.
* 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.}}
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* ''[[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 The Big Scoop]]. After becoming trapped in a cave full of dynamite that's about to explode, Joe looks her in the eyes and asks...if she really did cut his fuel line. Polly is understandably annoyed that he's going to spend their last moments on Earth discussing this point.
** {{spoiler|She did!}}
* The titular character, [[The Stoic|Seibei]], in [[The Twilight Samurai]]. {{spoiler|Just before going off to his fateful duel with [[Anti
** {{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 ...
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"Then tell me," {{spoiler|Philippa}} said. "And make me believe it."<br />
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
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** 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
** 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 With a Heart of Gold|Barney]], who has been in love with Robin since the end of the third season ([[Allergic to Love|and not dealing with it too well]]), is heartbroken by this and accidentally blurts out his secret ''three times'', first to Ted and Marshall and twice to Robin... only the first two times, he covers awkwardly and is believed, and the third time, Robin is completely oblivious to the idea he could mean it like that. Robin explains why she and Ted stopped sleeping together:
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* In ''[[The Nanny]]'': "[[Slap Slap Kiss|Well you're a...you walk like a...marry me!]]"
* ''[[Get Smart (TV)|Get Smart]]''. Max and 99 finally admit they love each other while trapped in a corridor with two KAOS agents trying to break down the doors. 99 then thinks up a [[Door Judo]] idea to get them out of the situation. Afterwards Max asks why she waited till ''after'' his declaration of love before suggesting this brilliant idea. 99 just smiles, and the two walk off arm in arm.
* 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 ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'''s ''Children of Earth'' miniseries {{spoiler|Ianto, [[Dying Declaration of Love|knowing he has minutes to live]], breaks down in tears and tells Jack he loves him.}} Right before he {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|begs Jack not to forget about him.]]}}
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'''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 ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode "[[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 E06 Epidemiology|Epidemiology]]" Troy does this to Abed right before Abed becomes infected, although whether to take it seriously is another matter.
* 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.
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* 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
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* In ''[[Fantasia Otome Game Series|Fantasia - Requiem of the Abyss]]'', Valen's confession to Cain was like this.
{{quote| '''Valen''': It's because I LOVE YOU, DAMMMIIIITTTT!!!!}}
* 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.
{{quote| "Loved you from the moment I first saw you. Thought you were a dream. Meant every word. Tried to play it off as a joke--wasn't funny."}}
** 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".
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'''Jimmy:''' "LOVE POTION! That's it! Thanks, Cindy!" *kisses her cheek and runs off*<br />
'''Cindy:''' "...I wasn't gonna say LOVE!" }}
* Spike the dragon from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] carried a silient crush for Rarity the unicorn during 36 episodes. But at the climax of the episode "Secret of my Excess" both of them are plummeting from a mountain to their deaths, so Spike decides to finally break his silence:
{{quote| '''Spike:''' "Rarity? I need to tell you something! Just in case we don't make it! I-I've always sort of had a crush-"}}
** 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.''
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